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This relates to digging into details on bailing out and reforming multiemployer pension plans.
One of the biggest issues is that unionization has dropped, and that means pension plans that were designed assuming growing membership over time has made those particular systems fragile.
Basic unionization data can be gotten here, and...
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I saw that the Public Plans Database folks had a new paper out:
The update's key findings are:
The funded ratio of state and local pensions edged up to 73 percent in FY 2018, but has been largely flat for several years and is well below its peak in 2001.
Liability growth...
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Someone on facebook linked to the Storyline site, and I've really enjoyed it.
The concept is very simple — there's a time series of some sort, based on historical data — generally, there are points for every decade, or maybe every five years. You are given one point on...
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This piece was brought to my attention:
Not All Cities Have A Pension Problem
The Top 21% of Cities With High Pension Funding Levels Deserve Attention and Usually Praise
With so much well-deserved negative attention focused on cities with huge unfunded pension overhangs, it's probably a good time to draw attention...
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The Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee (FOMC) had a meeting this past week, and the reactions have been ugly.
This is what I mean by ugly: a yield curve inversion.
The x-axis is years, and the y-axis is the percent rate.
What that graph shows is that the 1-month to...
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Ugh. What a year. I'm beat.
It also doesn't help that I just slogged through the end of War and Peace (because I had to get it done by 6am this morning when the audiobook was going poof).
One of the things that was a positive for 2018 is that...
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No, I'm not addressing the affordability of the program, etc.
I'm looking at: how much are people actually paid in Social Security benefits
Luckily, the Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration has lots of information so we can get a good idea. I went here, clicked through...
by meepI review three books on data visualization, and try out a couple visualizations using some of the ideas from the first book, Storytelling with Data.
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As promised in a prior post, I'm going to be digging into the many dimensions that drive public pension deteriorating status.
I have a news hook for this:
Pa. treasurer says 'we have seen this movie before' as pension system shifts toward costly hedge funds:
Pennsylvania's $30 billion state pension fund...
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I've taken the data from the Public Pension Database and put it on kaggle – while I hope this will get a few other people dipping into this data, it's more that I can put together some notebooks that others can get and look at….using tools a bit cooler...
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Tectonics The Guardian
Tectonics Review The Guardian ****
7th May 2019
…"Downstairs in the Old Fruitmarket, Scottish vocalist Nichola Scrutton breathed deeply into a mic, the sounds mirrored by clarinettist Alex South across the room. In between, the audience were caught in a dexterous layering of breath that felt like the wash and roll of the sea."…
Read the full Tectonics review online…
Tectonics Festival
Excited to be performing some of our Rough Breathing project this weekend at Tectonics Festival in Glasgow with Alex South. We'll be in the Old Fruitmarket at 4pm on Sunday 5th May. Here's a link for more info…
Here's a link to the main festival information and programme details…Festival info
Here's a link to Tectonics Facebook event …
Rough Breathing at Tectonics
I'm really delighted to say that Alex South and I will be performing Rough Breathing at Tectonics Festival 2019. The BBC SSO festival is on 4th and 5th May at City Halls and Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow.
Read more about line up here…
Tectonics Glasgow 2019 announcement
and buy tickets here…
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Rough Breathing – The Herald
Near the end of our CCA/AC Projects Residency we held an informal event in the Creative Lab. We shared a performance of work-in-progress and had a wonderful Q and A/discussion.
Many thanks indeed to Keith Bruce for including Rough Breathing in this nice piece about CCA Glasgow and the Counterflow Festival 2019.
Rough Breathing Update
During our residency Alex South and I explored different elements through the Rough Breathing context – live electronics, audiovisual, and psychoacoustic and sonic relationships between voice and clarinet in addition to breathing practices informed by Pranayama.
We posted some blogs at AC Projects Counterflows, and shared some work-in-progress at an informal gathering at CCA near the end of the residency.
Huge thanks to Alasdair Campbell/AC Projects, Creative Scotland, Alex Misick, Kenny Christie and all at CCA Glasgow, and our guests in the lab, sound designer William Aikman, filmmaker Wendy Kirkup and dance artists Joan Clevillé and Solène Weinachter.
CCA/AC Projects Residency
I'm very much looking forward to the forthcoming CCA/AC Projects Residency with Alex South. Alex and I will be further investigating the role and impact of breath in our performance practices.
Read more at the CCA website
We will be documenting our development and will be posting occasional blogs.
Rough Breathing – Sharmanka
Rough Breathing Performance
Many thanks to John Cavanagh for inviting us to perform on 1st July 2018 at Sharmanka Gallery amongst the wonderful, atmospheric kinetic sculptures.
Alex and I are collaborating as a performance duo exploring the music/sound potential of voice and clarinets through improvisation.
I am very much looking forward to our residency in Oct/Nov 2018 with CCA/AC Projects to pursue our Rough Breathing project.
Here's a link to the Sharmanka event. https://www.facebook.com/events/181727232538481/
Scrutton/South Rough Breathing
Alex South and I are collaborating as a performance duo exploring the music/sound potential of voice and clarinets through improvisation.
In particular we are pursuing a project called Rough Breathing, in which we investigate the role and impact of breath in our performance practices.
Rough Breathing – Glad Cafe
Delighted to be supporting at the Drawn to Water album launch. Alex South and I will play a new 30 minute set called Rough Breathing at the start of the night.


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What is rosé wine?
Posted on May 8th, 2013
Is rosé a red wine without colour or a white wine with colour? Somewhere in between the two, in fact. Rosé is made when red wine grapes are only permitted enough skin contact with the juice to produce the shade of pink (from barely noticeable to deep and rich, almost red) the winemaker is after. Rosé then undergoes fermentation like a white wine with the emphasis on preserving its appealing freshness and fruitiness. The four approaches to making rosé wines are bleeding, pressing, limited maceration, and run off. Limited maceration is the most commonly used technique for making rosé wines. The grapes or, to be more precise, the skins are left in contact with the juice until the winemaker decides that he is happy with its colour. The…
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A Bicycle Ride With God ~ The Duncan Dehydrator 2015
Duncan Dehydrator 2015, wher I am most connected to God, where I find humble and where I find gratitude…
Father thank you for bringing me into this beautiful world as your child. Thank you for the blessings you continue to place before me each and everyday, thank you for the unique gifts of still seeing this world through the eyes of a child with the faith of the innocence of the child that lives within me. Thank you for trusting me with your blessings to share among those in need, thank you for keeping me in your hands of safety as you use me as your vessel to reach out to others sharing your love through your word. Thank you for protecting each of us from what we clearly deserve and blessing us with what we could never earn or deserve. Thank you for always providing me with the ability to give beyond my means so that you continue to bless me beyond my needs that I may share abundantly with others.
Father, give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words reach and inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Father, let them hear you. Father God I know you abide by me and I abide by you today and everyday. I invite you God to live in me today for infinity so when I step out, I'm representing the God I serve, I'm representing the family who loved me and those who cared for me as blessings in their challenge. Father I pray forgiveness for those who passed without accepting Christ that they may be welcomed in God's embrace and gratitude for God accepting all lost souls even if this means I must take their place, I pray father God they each know your amazing grace, the everlasting love of your son Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Ghost, in Jesus name I give gratitude. Amen.
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Mediocrity Rules, OK?19 May 2011
I suppose I returned to Australia hoping that politicians here had got their act together – but, in the common parlance, it's same old, same old. They really are an extraordinarily mediocre, petty-minded and parochial group of people. Where's the long-term planning, the big picture?
The big debate since the budget a week or so ago is whether we consider a family income of $150,000 a year to be called rich. The tabloids have dragged out "typical" families who are struggling to make ends meet and frankly I don't think the majority of Australians have a great deal of sympathy. A family budget that includes $3000+ a month for a mortgage, private school fees and $500+ a month for TV/Internet/Phones is hardly typical of the "lifestyles" of most of us. And insulting to a great many (the majority of) Australian families.
I do agree with most of the decisions of this Government but I wish they would present them so much better. They don't explain to people what they're doing and why, and we're left with Tony Abbott's rants and those of the radio 'shock-jocks' being the only interpretation many of us get to hear. A typical case was at the last election. Economists tend to fall into two camps when it comes to recessions – spend nothing or inject money into the community. The "spending nothing" brigade around the world didn't fare very well this time and Kevin Rudd took what I thought was a bold decision to spend big. And it appears to have worked. We're one of the few First World countries to have avoided a recession, employment figures are high, interest rates are low. The Labor party could have really capitalised on that during the election in 2010 but were fairly silent on the subject. John Howard would have sat on the cash and the $150,000 a year brigade really would be struggling – they probably wouldn't be earning $150k any more for a start.
I've had a great interest in politics since I was a child (for some obscure reason – I wasn't brought up in a particularly political household) but in both Britain and Australia at the moment (I don't know enough about American politics) we're lumbered with not particularly intelligent, and certainly not charismatic, leaders. The Leader of the Opposition is a good example – he seems unable to string a coherent sentence together for a start. Is Tony Abbott a complete fool or does he just take the voters for fools?
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An innovative AiM systems feature is its CAN2 line, managing data coming from your additional modules (i.e. ABS, traction control, infrared temperature sensors and more...).
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Jim Baumbich's company doesn't make crystal balls, but Mr. Baumbich has seen the future. That future, he says, is electronic commerce.
Mr. Baumbich, president of Alsip-based Accurate Manufacturing Co., which makes and sells press brake tools and dyes, is one of a growing number of small businesses in Illinois that have brought or will be bringing their products to the world via the Internet.
Selling products and services over the Internet, or e-commerce, is not for everybody. But it is clear that the Internet offers many small business owners sales and marketing opportunities they only dreamed of five years ago. And considering that some analysts predict that $200 billion in goods and services will be sold over the Internet by 2001, the enthusiasm for e-commerce is understandable.
"E-commerce is a commitment here. We talk about it as a project we're definitely going to do," says Mr. Baumbich. "If it makes sense to invest a few extra dollars to get there, then we will do that."
Accurate doesn't have a Web site yet, but Mr. Baumbich says he hopes to have the company's 30-page catalog online within 16 months. The company takes most of its orders over the telephone or off the fax machine. But Mr. Baumbich hopes that at least 10% of the company's annual $6 million in sales will come through the Internet.
"We want to take all we can. It's hard for me to predict, but we want to be ready for it," Mr. Baumbich says. "We're a small company looking outwards. I definitely want our people to be computer-literate and to be in that arena."
Although the Internet promises small businesses the potential to sell in a global market, setting up shop in the virtual world can be a complicated and potentially expensive endeavor, says Linda Boissonneault, an Internet and e-commerce consultant in Evanston.
In addition, she says questions about security and privacy on the Internet remain largely unanswered.
"Yes, there is a great potential for e-commerce, but we have to escape the hype," Ms. Boissonneault says. "People really have to think about what a Web site and the Internet offer them: Do they really need a Web site?"
There's more to conducting e-commerce than simply setting up a Web site. But retail businesses that decide to pitch their product over the Internet may be surprised by the number of shoppers who visit their site, according to a September survey by Visa USA.
Visa's survey found that 47% of respondents planning to shop this holiday season plan to purchase at least some of their gifts online. Of those, the survey found, 60% will be purchasing on the Internet for the first time.
Business-to-business e-commerce sales are expected to dwarf the consumer market.
"I think an even larger volume of transactions will be business-to-business commerce. It will be things like small manufacturers selling to larger companies," says Karl Salnoske, general manager of electronic commerce at IBM Software Solutions in Hawthorne, N.Y. "Until now, most companies used catalogs, telephone sales and faxes, in addition to a direct salesforce to do that. The Internet changes everything."
Mr. Salnoske says worries about e-commerce security are "overplayed" in the media. Security has not been a major issue in recent IBM surveys, he says.
"But privacy is becoming more of an issue as people develop the ability to collect information on the Internet, and use that information in ways consumers may not be happy with," Mr. Salnoske says. "Certainly, from an industry point of view, it is something we have focused on."
Despite security and privacy concerns, the force drawing companies online is strong. That could be because some business owners, like Wilmette photographer Pamela Breitberg, find that the Internet gives them an edge over competitors.
Ms. Breitberg and her husband, who own and operate Breitberg Photography, recently signed an agreement with New York-based E-Prints Inc., allowing them to sell over the Internet photographs taken at weddings, class reunions and other gatherings.
Ms. Breitberg says she will send photos to E-Prints, which will display the pictures in an album format on its Web site. Anyone interested in buying prints can order them from E-Prints' Web site.
"We're excited about it because we don't even need our own Web page to do this," says Ms. Breitberg. "Not only can we sell pictures, but we can also put up samples of our work. We'll use it in our advertising."


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Somewhere, in a wood-paneled basement, with a couch upholstered in multi-toned brown plaid, there's a dusty record player resting in a corner on top of crumpled copies of the local newspaper. If you were to travel to this mythical basement, and click the turntable on, you might hear something like Mausoleum Gate's Into Dark Divinity meekly issuing from the needle. You might feel inclined to take off your shoes and let the shag carpeting caress your mangled toes. You might even feel inclined to break out your now ancient stash of Mary Jane. Hey, do you. No one here is judging. You gotta get into the right head space here.
Let's begin with the positives. The opener, "Condemned to Darkness" features some of the most effective vocal patterns on the album and some of the tightest guitar playing. It's catchy, so catchy that you'll actually need to hear it in order to get it out of your head. The guitar solos, throughout the entirety, are impeccable. Further, the guitar tone is finely tuned to an 11 on the psych scale. As the track opens and the dual guitars gently pick out a harmonized lead line, the listener can almost feel the cloth wallpaper that was probably on the wall in their studio. The adventure is about to begin, the traveler has been chosen. There is hope and anticipation throughout the track.
Label: Cruz Del Sur Music.
So let's deal with a low point. Following the nine-minute-plus burner that is "Condemned to Darkness" is the LP's weakest point with "Burn the Witches at Dawn." The track is cheesy, and not in the brilliant normal metal ways. It's a sort of Velveeta version of cheese, utilizing riffs that feel recycled and drumming that sounds straight out of middle school band, the track is wholly unsuccessful. It's a shame because Mausoleum Gate is far more talented than this track would let on. Riding a rock and roll sub-three-minutes length, there's even an excellent guitar solo thrown in. But it's not enough to overcome the disconnect between the vocals, the guitars, the drumming and the all too formulaic composition. Oddly, this track has a near carbon copy later on the album with "Horns."
Another high point is "Solomon's Key." Following a meandering, nearly eleven minute track, "Solomon's Key" is precise, orderly and quite hummable. In fact, it's this kind of music that Mausoleum Gate are terrific at. The slower pacing, the drama dripping from each lyric and the captivating chorus make for an engaging journey. Further, the composition allows multiple verses to pass by before dropping the chorus (another one that will get stuck in your head). It's a patience/reward scenario that truly makes this jam a winner. And, yet another track with a tremendously precise, melodic guitar solo that sounds intricately connected to the piece.
On their prior LP, a self-titled work released in 2014, Mausoleum Gate seemed like a band capable of writing both fantastical and crunching psychedelic rock reminiscent of Detroit's motor city-driven sound. That album had its weak points, in particular "Mercenaries of Steel" but overall it set the tone and expectations for Mausoleum Gate to really put together a solid effort on their sophomore LP. What's most frustrating is that, if you were able to combine these two albums, you would have one really, really solid psych-rock album.
There are highs and lows across Into Dark Divinity. The highs reveal a band capable of swaddling themselves in all the saccharin, solo-laced grooves of the 70s while the lows reveal a band incapable of consistently engaging composition. With track length varying wildly, it's likely that the band is merely experimenting with a few different styles. Unfortunately, most of them are tragically ineffective. Points for style and bravery are in order, but ultimately this is a lackluster effort from a band that is capable of so much more.


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There are hundreds of different beauty pageants in America. From big cities to small towns spanning all ages, pageants are still one of the oldest and most popular traditions. Although they seem to represent the height of normalcy - at least in terms of conventional standards of beauty - there are plenty of little known facts about beauty pageants that make this tradition appear truly weird.
The many things you don't know about beauty pageants are by turns unexpected and seriously strange. Despite some criticisms from groups who disparage the values espoused by the world of beauty pageants, they are still a large part of American culture - and a much bigger part than we might realise, as the following stats will demonstrate.
15 2.5M Women in US Beauty Pageants Each Year
America loves their beauty pageants, but the pageant wouldn't exist without the millions of women who participate. Over 2 million contestants join a beauty pageant of some kind every year. Prizes, school scholarships and general bragging rights are all good reasons. Another good reason is that pageants usually provide women the opportunity to showcase their many talents, global views and unique personalities to a large, even global, audience.
14 100M US Beauty Pageants Each Year
With approximately 100 million every year, there is no sign that the much-maligned beauty pageant will be disappearing any time soon. Even children under one year old are competing in certain pageants. There are many reasons why this number is so high: Beauty pageants can be effective economic drivers for communities and businesses, and they attract sponsors, tourists and common consumers.
13 72% of Contestants Hire a Pageant Coach
Contestants in beauty pageants are so serious that the vast majority will hire a special coach to guide them. Approximately 72% of Miss America contestants hire a personal coach to give them advice on what works and what doesn't, such as what to wear and what to say. There are many subtleties to the competition that can make or break a potential winner, and many coaches make a living on teaching contestants what they can and cannot do.
12 6% of Contestants Suffer From Depression
It takes a certain kind of person with a certain kind of disposition to successfully compete in any beauty pageant, including Miss America. It's rare for contestants not to project a well-adjusted, happy and bubbly personality type when they compete. Even rarer is to see contestants who are clinically or visibly depressed. Only 6% of Miss America contestants self-identify as suffering from depression, a crippling mental illness that will probably be very little help when push comes to shove in a beauty competition.
11 California, Ohio and Oklahoma Win Most In America
Three particular American states produce more Miss America winners than any other throughout the country. It may not seem all that shocking, but it's interesting to know that California, Ohio, and Oklahoma have the greatest number of winners — six from each state to be exact. That may not seem like very much, but it is a lot to the nineteen American states who have produced absolutely zero winners.
10 Cloris Leachman Competed in 1946
Some of the most well-known female celebrities of past and present pop culture competed in the Miss America Pageant at some time. Cloris Leachman, a one-time Miss America contestant, was one of the most successful stage, television and film actresses in the '50s, '60s and '70s. She appeared or starred in more than 50 feature films and received an Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Many people argue that winning the Pageant was a major contributing factor to her success.
9 Bette Cooper Refused Miss America Duties
Winning a beauty pageant is a dream come true for most women. However, not every winner eagerly accepts the crown. Bette Cooper won the Miss America Pageant in 1937 when she was only 17-years old. She accepted the honour, but before she was scheduled to make a theatre appearance in Atlantic City, and later in Hollywood, she completely disappeared with her boyfriend.
She wasn't ready to face the pressure and media attention of being the winner and refused to be part of the pageant any longer. An alternative winner was never chosen.
8 20.8, Average BMI in 1930
BMI or Body Mass Index determines a person's weight compared to their body's proportions. Standards and perceptions of female beauty have changed dramatically throughout the years, as evidenced by the average BMI for Miss America winners in the 1930s. Their average BMI was 20.8, quite a bit higher compared to the average BMI in 2010...
7 16.9, Average BMI in 2010
According to a 2010 study, the average BMI for Miss America has decreased to just 16.9 since the 1930s, even though the average BMI for an adult female is between 18.5 and 24.9.
The study showing the average Miss America BMI indicated that one-quarter of 131 female beauty contestants had been diagnosed with or felt like they had an eating disorder. It's unclear how many contestants actually have an eating disorder, but the average BMI shows contestants and winners are slimmer than the average woman.
6 Contestants Must be Unmarried
Almost like a secret club, many beauty pageants required contestants to make a solemn oath. It was acceptable during the early days, but as time went on, the Miss America board of directors decided to overturn the rule that contestants had to swear they were neither married nor ever had an abortion. However, the board revoked the oath but not the actual rule. Women must still sign a document which states they are "unmarried" and "not pregnant".
5 Miss America Pageant Started As A Ploy
Guess who first conceived of the Miss America Beauty Pageant? Men. Rich, white men to be exact. During the 1920s, very rich businessmen originally conceived the beauty pageant with an event after Labour Day call Fall Frolic. The goal was to keep tourists on the boardwalk where they would spend more money. Eventually, they had a parade showcasing beautiful young ladies, then held an Inter-City Beauty pageant. The pageant evolved into a series before it was finally dubbed Miss America. In one sense, Miss America started as a way to "dupe" tourists to empty their pockets.
4 Duct Taping The Body
Many beauty pageant contestants will do almost anything accentuate their natural beauty. Piper Stoeckel, crowned Miss Arizona, always brings a roll of duct tape when she competes. According to her, she uses it for a lot of her "activities" for Miss America, including taping around her body. It may seem like cheating, but it works to make parts seems tighter and slimmer.
3 Using 'Butt Glue'
What would you do to change your body in order to win a beauty pageant? Some 'beauty' techniques contestants use seem strange, but they do have their advantages. Miss West Virginia Kaitlin Gates uses a special tool to give her booty a boost: butt glue. She claims that using butt glue to make a behind stand out works when, for example, trying to keep everything inside a bathing suit.
2 Only One Jewish Miss America
America is one of the most multicultural countries in the world, but that hardly shows in the Miss America winners throughout history. In fact, only one Jewish woman has ever won the competition. Bess Myerson won the coveted Miss America in 1945, shortly after the end of World War II. Many people considered the win a symbolic gesture from America, after the great atrocities committed against Jews during the holocaust. However, Myerson is nothing less than gorgeous and, despite the war as a backdrop, most maintain she deserved to win.
1 Rule #7 is the Most Controversial
Believe it or not, there is a standard set of criteria for choosing the winner of a beauty pageant. However, many of them don't sit well with the public. The most controversial rule of Miss America, besides that women must be unmarried and not pregnant, was that all women had, at one time, to be in "good health and of the white race." In other words, black women were not allowed to compete, and certainly never allowed to win. There was not one black contestant until the 1980s when Vanessa Williams of New York was crowned the first black Miss America winner.


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CCTV Footage Shows Armed Robberies Of Brothels In Sydney
Two paintball guns believed to have been used during the robberies have been seized by police.
A number of armed robberies committed with paintball guns at brothels across Sydney have been captured on CCTV.
Just before 2am on Monday 15 January, three men -- one of whom was armed -- entered a brothel on Birmingham Road in Villawood, threatening employees before stealing cash and mobile phones.
A 56-year-old man was assaulted during the robbery, sustaining minor injuries to his arms and face.
An hour later that same night, another brothel some 27km away on Lancaster Street in Ingleburn was robbed.
Three men -- again, one of whom was armed -- entered the property and threatened a 58-year-old male employee, before taking cash and fleeing the scene.
Detectives believe the two incidents were linked. They have now released CCTV footage of both incidents in the hope that members pf the public will recognise the men and contact authorities.
The three men are described as being of a Pacific Islander appearance, aged in their late teens or early 20s, and wearing baggy clothing.
Investigators have seized two paintball guns during a search warrant executed in Fairfield, which are believed to have been used during the robbery.
The paintball guns are undergoing forensic examinations.


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I stopped at the supermarket. I get the stuff I stopped for and then I'm waiting at the counter. I don't like queues so I'm a bit annoyed. And then I look at the man in front of me. He's old and tall… and his face strikes me. It's a mix of extreme kindness and deepest resignation. He's humble and polite. He buys just a bottle of water and he thanks again to the cashier.
I can't erase his expression from my mind. It feels like he's seen so many things in his life, and most of them were not pleasant. And there I am annoyed that there's a queue.
I watched him walking out and I felt like talking to him. I don't know what I would say but I thought he had a lot to tell. I still remember him. I don't know if it's the urge in us to try and find out what happened to people around us or the need to fix them. I guess we like to fix people. We feel attracted by people with issues hoping that we are the reason they'll get better. Or it's just the powerless feeling that ignites us.
But it's also the sympathy. That original good that still exists in us, that makes us unable to close our eyes to other beings sufferings.
I'd like to think that's more the latter.
Anyway, he reminded me of my grandfather. He never looked his age in my childhood. He always looked strong and young and tough. I liked him that way. An iron fist, the head of the family, the alpha male. He was a bit too tough if you ask me but he had his funny, loving moments and I loved it when he'll spare some time to play with me. Good times, childhood memories.
He was married to my grandmother for almost 50 years. 50 years! Some people don't even live that long! When my grandmother passed away, that's when it happened… The strong man was gone. I came to visit again and I saw him… older. Way older. In a few days he got old. His hair got whiter and his face was reading the same expression… resignation. His eyes always filled with tears, his voice cracking. You can read an entire life on his face all of a sudden. You can read such a loud loneliness…
I think that's the worst thing that can happen to somebody. When they just give up. When they live because they have to. But there's no joy, there's no will. Just passing the days. This is how the man in the supermarket looked. And I felt sorry. I'm not gonna start with all the philosophy of taking things for granted, but we should be more aware.
Anyway… I guess it's just life. Sometimes I see things like these in faces I never expected. They seem like they have everything figured out and then one day you see darker circles around their eyes, they sigh a bit deeper than usual, their eyes have a shadow. And it makes you wonder… life really doesn't spare anybody.
And it gets everybody in different ways. And there's still a fight, people try to keep on going. And they should. It's hard, but then again, it's all you got.
It's not like I know a way through this, I just write about what I see and what I think it should be the way. I'm probably far from understanding what this people go through simply because I'm not in their shoes.
On the other side you see people who are getting tougher. Angrier. You can't read their eyes, their expressions. They focus on something else just to get distracted from what bothers them. And maybe it's better.
And then there are the ones who are very good at pretending…
It can go on forever like this. Anyway, I just remembered this man and his kind face and I said to myself, for a change, to deviate from my minor issues to him.
This is for you stranger with kind face. I hope I wasn't right and you have plenty of joy in your life.
It's all love tonight. Peace!


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14:1Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
14:2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
14:3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
14:4Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
14:5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
14:6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
14:7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
14:8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
14:9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
14:10But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
14:11For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
14:12So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
14:13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
14:14I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
14:15But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
14:16Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
14:18For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
14:19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
14:20For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
14:21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
14:22Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
14:23And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
5:11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.


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Salud to Salamanca! Five-star quality in a delightful culinary break
Stephen Oryszczuk checks into the five-star Hacienda Zorita in the beautiful setting of Salamanca, for a delightful culinary short break…
Where does the rain stay in Spain? Yes, I can vouch that it definitely does stay mainly in the plain.
Those famous words, from Audrey Hepburn's Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, kept ringing in my ears during our short winter break at a food and wine hotel near the gorgeous, altitudinous city of Salamanca, where the heavens opened.
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When it's not pouring down, the region of Castilla y León, which covers much of the mainland's north-west, is thoroughly impressive, as evidenced by the two-and-a-half hour drive west from Madrid.
We were heading to Salamanca, the region's cultural capital, and Hacienda Zorita, an estate nestling in the foothills just beyond the city and dating back to the 14th century, but which now specialises in gastronomy and oenology (study of wine for the lay person!)
The idea of a five-star hotel producing its own food and offering some of the world's best wines on menus inspired by a Michelin-starred chef was one we thought might interest a Jewish audience.
Off we went, armed with shorts and T-shirts and hopes of sun, into the drenched world of Dominican monks, Knights Templar, pilgrim routes, saints' tombs and isolated hillside chapels. The whole place fizzes with history. Christopher Columbus even stayed here, according to the marketing material.
We landed in the heart of the Duero Valley, home to Spain's best wine, Ribera del Duero, and were told to take it easy.
A prominent Mae West quote greeted us, intoning that "anything worth doing is worth doing slowly". It was immediately obvious that this was going to be a kind of 'Eat, Pray, Love' experience.
Álvaro, who impressed throughout, showed us to our room in the main building. A balcony overlooked a lake stuffed with huge fish, over which bats would later hunt at dusk, while kingfishers took the morning shift. Standing with our complimentary fizz, we sipped some of the freshest air I've known, which is saying something when you live in Dartmoor.
Mrs O, a stressed-out City lawyer, was soon scanning the list of treatments in the Wine and Olive Spa, cooing over such delights as the Wine and Roses Ritual, during which one is massaged with grape pip oil and given the "full wine therapy treatment". Yes. One of those, please.
Evening came and we wandered down to look around. For sheer spectacles, the cavernous 14th century ageing cellar takes some beating, with its high walkway where you can stare down at more than 1,000 oak barrels.
At the far end there was wine tasting, where we learned why the microclimate here makes for perfect conditions (very little frost plus the influence of the Atlantic, 100km away).
We started with a 2014 Ruedo Verdejo called Vega de la Reina, recently voted the best white wine in the world by those who'd know. Mrs O agreed.
We moved on to reds, Syrah and Tempranillo grapes, checking the colour of the rim for maturity, and the legs (streaks) for alcohol and sugar.
We learned about the difference between French and American oak barrels, about density and intensity, and about how to use all your senses.
"It's all in the nose," said the teacher, before asking us what we could smell. Caramel? Toast? Chocolate? Leather? Tobacco? Vanilla? Herbs? We looked blank, to her disappointment. Finally we're told: it smells of cigar packs. Ah, yes, now that you mention it… We finished with a Hibiscus Mojito, another nod to Columbus. Then it's off to the restaurant, where we started with some bread and olive oil that smelled like tomatoes (intentionally).
There's a "slow food" philosophy, as ordered by Michelin-starred chef Victor Gutierrez, so nothing is rushed, meaning you can eat more.
First up from the wine-pairing menu is dried beef, olives and anchovies with Padua oil, followed by foie mi-cuit, sweet rolls and pistachio with 10-year-old balsamic acceto, washed down with Hacienda Zorita's own 2011 Syrah.
Pumpkin soup then gets a 2010 Brut Cava, while grilled turbot, stir-fried vegetable hash and garlic and soya dressing come with the afore-mentioned white wine superstar Vega de la Reina.
Thereafter, suckling lamb rack with spinach, pine nuts and raisins heralds the arrival of Magister, a premium red, which lingers over the final course of goat cheesecake with walnuts, honey and passion fruit.
If you can still move after that, spend some time in Salamanca. A World Heritage Site, it hosts one of the West's oldest universities, and was once an important city along the Via de la Plata, a famous trade route for the transport of silver, stretching from the Andalusian city of Seville in the south-east to the Portuguese border in the north-west, along which Jewish merchants made their money.
The central square, Plaza Mayor, is the social epicentre, flags and banners suggesting a wealth of cultural activities. From here you're within striking distance of several stunning cathedrals, convents, colleges and palaces.
Don't miss the 12th century Torre del Gallo, and remember to hunt the frog, a hidden statue in the university. In between that and the Roman bridges, head for the tapas and wash them down with a great Spanish red.
If you go, let the Drink, Eat, Wander way of life guide you. But pack an umbrella.
• Details: http://the-haciendas.com
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Robert Iron Shell's path to becoming a decorated track athlete wasn't easy, but it was life-changing. Now, he's committed any free time he has to training other young people — particularly among his his fellow Native American communities in Iowa — so that they can experience the same transformation.
Robert's Story
I live an extremely busy life, going to class in the morning, training in the afternoon, and working a part-time job in juvenile corrections at night. Training can sometimes take up to four hours a day with preventative care, lifting, running, and recovery modalities. I also host running camps on local reservations and give public talks regarding health and nutrition to youth when I find time. While it is busy, I can also say it is very fulfilling as I enjoy what I do very much in each aspect. In the future, I hope to be working with reservation hospital administration, coaching, continuing to progress in athletics, and continuing to give back to the community.
Throughout my career I've had the opportunity to thousands of natives and non-natives alike around the country with my story. Put simply, having a coach telling me I wasn't fast enough to be on a track team, coming from a culture not known for athletes, being overlooked in high school (I wasn't recruited by my current school!), and then going on to achieve all that I have so far whilst still being able to give back to my community. This is something that I'm proud of and would like to continue to do.


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This helps to develop the theme that society is largely divided and not only by rich and poor but also by black and white. He develops his theme by showing Richards point Of view which gives us some insight on why society is so largely divided. Richards is showing watching a television show which is called "Treadmill to Bucks" which is a game where people with lung diseases must...Read more 805
The Running Man
by Stephen King
Every time Stephen King writes a dystopian novel, this always turns out to be a masterpiece. His thirteenth novel, The Running Man, is not an exception. Published in 1982 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, this science fiction novel shows the totalitarian United States with collapsed economy, polluted air, lack of supplies, and government-controlled media. The main entertainment of the impoverished masses in 2025 America is a sadistic TV show called "The Running Man". The company that owns the show, the Games Network, is operated by the government and rules all the television with an iron hand.
This violent game allows the participants to win $1 billion if they manage to stay alive for thirty days in a row. It's practically impossible as a group of skillful killers, the Hunters, are chasing them down with one specific aim – to kill. Every hour they are able to remain alive earns them $100. If the participants manage to kill one of them or a police officer, they are given another $100. It's not hard to guess that no one has ever survived long enough to get the main prize. A new participant and the main protagonist of the novel is Ben Richards, from the fictional city of Co-Op.
King makes it pretty obvious that this man differs from the rest of the mindless crowd. In the past, Ben allowed himself not to agree with the governmental politics and was included into a black list of suspicious individuals. Due to his disobedience, Ben can't find any job and has to money to support his family. To solve that desperate financial situation makes him participate in this horrendous game show in order to collect as much money for his sick daughter as possible. Ben has no illusions of staying alive and doesn't even think about the main prize hoping to earn at least some money. This is his last resort and Ben is eager to give it a try. With a 12-hour head start and $4,800 in his pocket, Ben is released into the streets to be haunted.
Declared on the television to be an enemy of the country, Ben travels from city to city trying not to get murdered. Miraculously, he surpasses the record time of staying alive, 8 days and 5 hours, but the countdown has already started. If this books fascinated you enough to keep digging new details about it, FreeBookSummary.com has a lot to offer. On our website, you can find free additional information that will reveal you all the hidden gems of this dystopian masterpiece!
The Running Man Essay
Moss, is the towns source of gossip and 'there was very little that she didn't know bout [the] neighborhood'. In the text Mrs.. Moss is perceived by majority of Seashore Avenue's residence, as a busy body who is always getting her 'beak into everything possessing around for juicy snippets Of gossip. ' However we discover later on in the novel when Mrs.. Moss...Read more 636
Analysis of the Running Man
Analysis of the Running Man Sometimes there are hurdles in life that require great courage to overcome. We must utilize our inner strengths to motivate these courageous actions. Loren Eiseley sets an example of this in The Running Man- a chapter from his autobiography, All the Strange Hours. In this essay he reveals memories that show his lonely childhood which gives him the courage to...Read more 444
The Running Man Quotes with Page Number
"In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives. . . ." — Page 381 — "Say your name over two hundred times and discover you are no one." — — "The apartment was haunted by the ghost of her long departed cabbage." — Page 216 — "The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it." — — "He removed his unvaluable valuables and dumped his shirt...Read more 413
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These two complex characters, over, battle contrasting circumstances. Therefore, Tom Layton and the Running Man escape problems through running, which in turn, affects their post-trauma lives negatively. The Running Man portrays a lifestyle of constant running to deal with his problems. He strives to escape the reality of his life following his family distressing death. His daily routine...Read more 357
Stephen King, The Running Man Essay
Stephen. King. The Running Man. United States: Signet 1982 English Journal 1Pg. 1-64At the beginning of the novel it takes us through the day-to-day modus operandi of Ben Richards. It shows merely how black his life is and begins to demo us the divide between the rich and the hapless. Richards explains that "every development had" ( 1 ) a free-vee and that "it was the law" ( 1 ) which shows...Read more 338
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This chapter has been Ritter and structures to build the tension and suspense leading up to tom leptons appearance by an unexpected twist in the storyline and the amount of detail the author includes. Michael Gerard Bauer describes Josephs feeling during every event that happens which gives the reader a crystal clear understanding of how he is feeling. The unexpected twist that is including in...Read more 328
A Comparison of The Running Man and Weapons Training
In The Running Man, the relationship between Joseph and Tom explores the theme of the effects of AR. Tom has been deeply affected by his participation in the war. This is shown through his change in behavior and Josephs attempt to draw his eyes. Tom's eyes are a recurring motif. "Tom Lotto's eyes were dark green that had been swallowed by the night and gone cold. " The...Read more 300
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For example, Mrs. Moss sees her meddling in other's affairs as trying to protect them, while the people who SSH?s meddling tit mightn't agree, and Josephs impulsiveness that causes hurt to others can be seen as bad, whilst his kind and forgiving behavior towards Tom Layton can be seen as good. Joseph Davidson tends to be extremely impulsive and judgmental at times, less so at the...Read more 290
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Dad wanton to know that put simply I love you. Only now that I know that I could lose you makes me realism how wrong those words were. I was so happy that day. I remember how excited I was to see you at my cricket trials. It was basically everything I have ever dreamed of. A father that came and supported me even just watch and feel proud of me for even a split second. That day could see the...Read more 287


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RIVER FOREST, Ill. - The Rockford University men's soccer team (5-4-1, 1-2-0 NACC) picked up a huge 1-0 win on the road Wednesday afternoon against the Concordia University Chicago Cougars (2-4-0, 1-2-0 NACC). Wednesday's shutout was the Regents fourth of the young season and their third shutout victory of the year. With the win, the Regents improve to 2-2 in their last four matches against the Cougars.
- The Regents and Cougars were evenly matched in the first half as both teams tallied six shots including three on goal.
- Rockford broke the scoreless tie in the 59th minute when Simeon Adesina (Plainfield, Ill.) beat a trio of defenders and found the back of the net to give the Regents a 1-0 lead. Luis Ortega (Rockford, Ill.) was credited with the assist on the play.
- With the Regents leading 1-0, Rockford continued to keep the pressure on the Cougars. Rockford outshot Concordia Chicago 10-5 in the second half including a 7-2 advantage in shots on goal.
- The one goal was all sophomore goalkeeper Edgar Gomez (Belvidere, Ill.) and the rest of the Rockford defense would need. The Regents held the Cougars to just two shots on goal the remainder of the match, both of which were saved by Gomez, to secure the 1-0 win.
- Simeon Adesina tied for the team-high with his fourth goal of the season.
- Luis Ortega tallied his first assist of the season.
- Goalie Edgar Gomez pitched his second shutout of the year to improve to 2-2-0. He made a season-high 5 saves in the match during his 90 minutes in goal.
The RU men's soccer team hits the road again on Saturday, September 29 to face the MSOE Raiders. The match has a scheduled start time of 3:30 PM.


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Mosul, Iraq (Reuters): Twin suicide bomb blasts ripped through a wedding party in a village near the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday killed at least 23 people, several injured.
The blasts in the village of Hajjaj, reported by local officials and medics as suicide attacks, were not immediately claimed, although Daesh has carried out similar actions as it comes under pressure in Mosul.
A police source said two blasts hit the wedding and two more targeted security forces at the scene shortly afterwards. There were ongoing clashes between security forces and militants in the area, he said.
Inside Mosul, troops battled the ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim fighters, who hid among the remaining civilian population and deployed snipers and suicide car bombs to defend their last major Iraq stronghold.
The U.S.-backed campaign to crush the militants saw Iraqi forces recapture the eastern side of Mosul in January. They launched their assault on the western half last month.
The retreat of Daesh's self-styled caliphate, which leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared from a mosque in Mosul's old city in 2014, has been accompanied by bomb attacks in areas outside the group's control, including Baghdad and cities in neighboring Syria.
In November deadly and apparently diversionary bomb attacks by the group hit Tikrit and Samarra, both north of Baghdad.


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A photographer could be defined as someone who has the faith to allow time to express itself. Although, etymologically speaking, a photographer "writes with light" and to an extent determines the details of the character of their image, at a certain point they allow physical reality to trace its own temporality. It's not a coincidence that photographic images were once often described as acheropite, as not made by human hands. Naturally, today, artists don't necessarily use their hands to realize their works but, through varying degrees of mutatis mutandis, do not tend to allow the work to produce itself. Yet at some point the photographer must always do so. In the early years of the medium there were many discussions, theoretical and otherwise, regarding this fundamental difference. Some were convinced that retouching a photograph, by introducing some type of direct intervention, would irremediably alter the purity of their medium. The echoes of this debate are still felt today, and are especially resonant when looking at the photographic work of Massimo Vitali.
Unlike that of many of his contemporaries, Vitali's work presents itself as essentially photographic. While many reduce photography to a formal symbol of itself in order to find a rhetoric close to that painting, Vitali produces images that adhere "millimeter after millimeter" to their photographic nature. To begin with, his subjects could be chosen by anyone who takes snapshots. Many sociological reasons can justify his choices of crowded beaches, mountainous holiday destinations, touristy streets or discotheques but, first of all, they are locations where everyone takes photographs: the classic places of photography that facilitate un art moyen, as defined by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. This does not mean that Vitali takes the same photographs that the people he portrays having fun on beach, ski lopes or walking on the streets of Florence would take.
On the contrary, the choice of viewpoint, which is very particular and always from the same height, distinguishes his images from the world of spontaneous photography. Far from being the simple sum of all these photographs, Vitali's methodically organized images present themselves as metaphotography, in which the photographic appears purified from those considerations that interfere with the fact of photographing; particularly because no one seems to be aware of being photographed.
Those who've read Szarkowski's The Photographer's Eye (1966) may recognise in Vitali's work two of the five typical traits of photography he lists: "subject matter" and "vantage point". Moreover, they will also have noticed that even though Vitali's photographs are readable in this modernist key, they are a subtle criticism of it. The systematic repetition of the vantage point and photographing what is photographable by everyone are certainly not operations two of the three other essential characteristics isolated by Szarkowski – "time", "frame" and "detail" – it is probable that Vitali's images function through the specificity of his chosen viewpoint. Even if the choice of the moment is not casual, it cannot control all the events portrayed – "details" which were so dear to Szarkowski – in the final image. In these two areas, Vitali allows the unconscious law of his medium to assert itself, which is all the more appealing when you consider the richness of the detail in his photographs. Only a photograph can register so great a quantity of micro events with such precision.
Daniel Soutif, "Massimo Vitali" in Contemporary 21, Issue 67, 2004, pp. 98-101.
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Development and Applications of Photoinducible Bioorthogonal Chemistry ABSTRACT Bioorthogonal chemistry has emerged as a powerful tool in probing biomolecular structure and function in living systems. Combining with recent developments in introducing novel chemical reactivity into biomolecules site- selectively in vivo, bioorthogonal chemistry offers an unprecedented opportunity to monitor and expand biomolecular function in living systems. Our long term goal is to develop a toolbox of photoinducible bioorthogonal reactions and apply them to study protein function in living systems. The bioorthogonal reactions we are developing build from our chemical insights into unusual heterocycles which are thermodynamically stable, and yet undergo rapid photoinduced ring openings to generate the highly reactive intermediates. These intermediates then react selectively with their cognate, externally introduced partners in living systems. In the Preliminary Studies, we show the first photoinducible bioorthogonal reaction between diaryltetrazoles and alkenes, and its application in the site-specific modification of proteins both in biological buffer and in living E. coli cells. In this project, we propose to significantly expand the scope and the utility of this reaction toolbox by: 1) identifying tetrazoles with enhanced reactivity toward unactivated alkenes; 2) developing a photoinducible diarylazirine-based bioorthogonal reaction; 3) developing a general strategy for functionalizing newly synthesized proteins in living cells; and 4) probing protein posttranslational modifications such as lipidation and phosphorylation in living cells. We hope these new developments will enable functional study of proteins in vivo with exquisite specificity at the molecular level and operational simplicity at the system level. Our specific aims are the follows: (1) To optimize the reactivity of tetrazoles and develop a diarylazirine- based photoinducible bioorthogonal reaction. Substituent effect based on a 'push-pull' hypothesis will be explored to achieve the selective and enhanced reactivity toward unactivated alkenes. (2) To develop a general strategy for labeling newly synthesized proteins in mammalian cells through co-translational alkene incorporation followed by selective functionalization with the tetrazole-based chemistry. Experiments are proposed to examine the co-translational activities of several activated alkene amino acids and their subsequent functionalization by the tetrazole compounds. (3) To apply the tetrazole-based bioorthogonal chemistry to model Ras lipidation in living cells and probe the role of lipid structures on Ras membrane targeting dynamics, specificity, and function. Both the intein-mediated chemical ligation and the amber codon suppression methods will be employed in constructing the tetrazole-encoded N-Ras mutant for this study. (4) To apply the tetrazole-based bioorthogonal chemistry to mimic STAT-1 tyrosine phosphorylation by incorporating a tetrazole amino acid at the tyrosine phosphorylation site (Tyr-701) using both native chemical ligation and amber codon suppression techniques. We will examine the effect of chemical phosphorylation on the engineered STAT-1 dimerization, nuclear transport, and transcriptional activation in living cells. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The development of chemical tools for the study of complex and dynamic biological problems represents a central challenge in chemical biology. As a new class of chemical tools, the bioorthogonal reactions have significantly advanced our understanding of biomolecular structure, function, and dynamics in living systems, however, various limitations of currently available bioorthogonal reactions prevent their wider applications in the biomedical research. This proposal addresses the development of a class of photoinducible bioorthogonal reactions with many desirable reaction attributes, and their applications in functionalizing newly synthesized proteins as well as the study of the dynamics of protein posttranslational modifications such as lipidation and phosphorylation in living cells.


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There are many appeals to "authentic Islam," which is purported to be peaceful, reverent of the human person, and an allied faith against an increasingly secular world. And yet, as many know, the foundation of much of the violence in the Near East is the difference of opinion concerning where authority lies: in the traditions of Islam as guarded by the Sunni leaders or in the leadership of those descended from Muhammed himself, the Shi'ites. The Muslim world is divided between them, and hostility and outright warfare between the two camps have ever been manifest over the centuries since the death of their prophet.
Christian authorities as well as political leaders often appeal to the "better angels" of Muslims worldwide, begging them to remember the inviolate nature of "innocents," and the benefits of peaceful coexistence. Even our own administration has weighed in on what constitutes "authentic Islam," admonishing its followers to eschew violence and honor the conscience of non-believers in their midst. Indeed, with the increased radicalization of belief, the very survival of Christians in many places around the globe depends on the good will of their Muslim neighbors.
While diplomacy and dialogue have their place in the higher echelons of power, the Christian in his pew must focus on other things — namely the tenets of his religion and how firmly he believes them, for countless followers of Christ, facing the sword, have had to crystallize their true beliefs in the twinkling of an eye. We, further removed, have yet time to think.
For starters, what do we make of St. Paul's (twice repeated!) admonition: "But even if we, or an angel from Heaven, preach any other Gospel to you than we have preached to you, let him be accursed" (Gal 1:8). Furthermore, Mohammed's firm insistence (based on just such an "angel") that God had no Son would clearly identify his creed as antithetical to the Christian faith, leading St. John of Damascus (d. 749) to insist that Mohammed was a "forerunner of the antichrist" and a "false prophet."
The most compelling dimension of this threat is its ability to force us to reflect on the core of our faith: do we believe that Jesus was the Son of God and that He redeemed us from our sins? Ultimately, without acclaiming the Resurrection of Christ, we are no longer Christians. After discerning whether we believe this central truth, we must consider whether we would be willing to die for it — as many have even in recent days. While the saints of ancient Rome's Colosseum may simply be innocuous memorials on our Church calendar, their blood has been mixed in recent days with that of our contemporaries, who made this very profession before death.
Women, in particular, would do well to meditate on why we insist on enjoying the benefits of fundamental equality with men; why we value the ability to enter into exclusive marriages of our own choosing, and whether we want to live in a culture that seeks to protect us from sexual abuse or degradation. None of these are guaranteed by the Qur'an or the shari'a law that flows from it.
In the end, the bulwark against error and aggression is neither in weapons nor accommodation, for God is — in the Trinity of Divine love, in His gracious Incarnation, and in the glory to be revealed in the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. Authentic nuptial love in this world — whether through Marriage, consecrated life, or chaste fidelity strengthened by God's Own grace — will increasingly prove to be the light in this present darkness, in contrast to the myriad lies pressing us from all sides.
Error cannot be resisted in a vacuum, nor can one lie wrestle with another for the sake of peace. The truth will prevail, and we will either prevail with it or perish in the chaos. Even our perishing — in the mundane sense — is victory if Christ is on our lips as we depart, for His Name is the wedding garment that will guarantee our Salvation in the end. Now, let us live as if we truly believe it.
Anchor columnist Mrs. Kineke is the author of "The Authentic Catholic Woman." She blogs at feminine-genius.typepad.com.