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For over five decades now, people from all over the province have gathered at the St. John's Arts & Culture Centre to take in a concert, musical, play or other production, creating cherished memories with family and friends along the way. It's hoped that our seventh #ComePlayWithMeNL public piano (officially unveiled in the space last month) will help add to these special moments and bring people closer together through a shared love of the arts.
The makeover of the piano (which is sponsored by Toyota Plaza) comes courtesy of the 2019 graduates of CNA's Textile & Apparel Design Program and is an homage to the magic of live performance and everything that pulls it together – from the costumes to the stage lights.
We spoke with five of the nine artists behind the design (Sonya Coish, Shahida Rajput, Michelle Harris, Rachel Murphy and Brooklyn Yetman) about how their creative collaboration helped give this old piano a new life.
Business & Arts NL: This particular piano marks the first time that we've had more than one artist working on the design (simultaneously). How many students were involved with creating and painting the design, and what was it like working together as a group?
Michelle Harris: There were nine of us involved in creating and painting the design, along with guidance from our instructor, Stephanie Stoker. We have all become very close during these past two years of school together, so we worked well as a group on this project. We came up with the ideas together, and we all had a part on the piano which we painted.
Sonya Coish: It was fun to have everyone contribute their ideas and perspectives on the piano. We have been going to school together for two years and have a lot of respect for each other's creative process and are comfortable sharing ideas with one another. It was also beneficial to have our instructor help us blend all of our ideas into one cohesive concept.
Rachel Murphy: It was good to work as a group where everyone's style was so different, which made the whole piano more interactive and fun in my opinion.
Brooklyn Yetman: It was amazing working in a group. We all had great ideas that really made the piano come to life.
Business & Arts NL: How easy, or difficult, was it to nail down the final concept? Did you go through many different iterations? Does the final product resemble what was initially envisioned?
Sonya Coish: I think it was easy to get a final concept as we all agreed that the main concern was to represent the Arts & Culture Centre. We had lots of ideas since there were so many of us, so we just chose the concepts that best represented the theme of this piano. We did a bit of editing, but overall the vision stayed the same.
Shahida Rajput: As students on this project, we wanted to show both our individuality, as well as our harmony as a team. We achieved this by creating individual designs during our drawing class and once satisfied, coming together to pick one design that we all agreed expressed us and the concept "a celebration of local, live performance." In our designs we showcased what we have learned through our diploma.
Michelle Harris: We took a bit of something from everyone's ideas. We then added in some more elements to highlight the music and the tech aspects of live performance. The final product resembles portions of our original concepts, but enhanced with a few important additions.
Rachel Murphy: I think that the process for everything was moderate. Although everyone had many different styles and opinions for the piano, it was nice when we all came up with a design that everyone agreed upon. And the final outcome wasn't altered too much from our original plan.
Brooklyn Yetman: As a class we came up with final samples of where things would be placed. Once everyone started painting the process it came along so well.
Business & Arts NL: The initial artist call-out requested that the design reflect "a celebration of local live performance." How did you decide which elements to include to best reflect this vision?
Sonya Coish: Our main focus was to include as many aspects that go into a production at the Arts & Culture Centre as possible…Luckily, our instructor, Stephanie Stoker, had spent much time at the ACC and could guide us in how to best represent it.
Michelle Harris: We wanted to highlight some of the things that go on behind the scenes that may not always get the recognition they deserve: light and sound technicians, costume designers, band musicians, set and prop designers, etc. As textile and design students, we know how important these jobs are in tying the performance together.
Rachel Murphy: We decided as a class to incorporate these elements for the piano because we had all agreed that it was important for the general public to be aware of the artisans and craftspeople that are so involved in things such as theatre.
Business & Arts NL: The piano bench is particularly interesting. Can you tell us a bit more about this particular part of the design?
Sonya Coish: As a group who focus largely in textiles, many of our initial ideas were costume or prop based. However, we quickly realized that to only focus on these aspects of live performance was not representative of all the other technical work the goes into a production at the ACC. Painting a sound board on the bench was a great way to showcase the technical side of theatre and its importance to any production.
Michelle Harris: We wanted to highlight the importance of the sound technicians. They work hard to make the performance sound the way that it should.
Rachel Murphy: Where we decided that we wanted to incorporate all of the areas that are involved in theatre, this was just another area that respects the individuals and their jobs and how important they are (individuals that specialize in sound and lighting).
Business & Arts NL: What's been the most rewarding part of this project for the team?
Sonya Coish: Besides the financial help it has provided for our graduate shows this June, it was a honour to work with my classmates to contribute something to our community that others will enjoy for years to come!
Michelle Harris: We are so incredibly thankful to have had this opportunity to create this piece of art which celebrates many different parts of what we do as artists, and to have it displayed in a place which supports arts and culture in our city.
Rachel Murphy: The most rewarding part was seeing the piano being unveiled. It gave me, personally, a great sense of pride to know that I helped to create something with so much history into something that will continue to have the same amount of memories with each individual that will play it.
Brooklyn Yetman: Having the opportunity to be a part of this idea of the piano project NL and giving something back to the community.
Business & Arts NL: If there's anything else you'd like to mention, please feel free!
Sonya Coish: Big shout-out to our instructor, Stephanie Stoker, who helped us see this project through! Having her experience and guidance was an invaluable asset to us.
Michelle Harris: I have been going to the Arts & Culture Centre for many years, whether it be on stage, in the audience, or backstage. I have danced in recitals, seen many musicals and plays, and even got to work backstage going through the costume bank when I worked on my high school musical production. It is such an honour to have been a part of this project and have my artwork displayed in this place which has been such an important part in helping shape the arts career which I am pursuing today.


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Critic Paddy Johnson just penned a column for L Magazine about something she terms "Twitter art," by which she means (I assume) art that uses Twitter. I often enjoy her take on new media but in regards to her treatment of Twitter-related art, I think she misses the mark.
First of all, she cites three artists (Joy Garnett, An Xiao and Man Bartlett) as "Twitter artists". But Garnett never struck me as a significant "Twitter artist" in any way. Her recent #LostLibrary project is something Johnson starts with in her assessment of this category of art making, but it's a weak project to build any sort of case around. I agree with Johnson that Garnett's project needed more imagination, and I'm personally not a big fan of housecleaning as art.
As is true of most art, 80% of Twitter projects are worth forgetting. But when Johnson focuses on An Xiao's "The Artist Is Kinda Present" (2010), I think she does the work an injustice—not only because the tweets were only part of the performance, but it was never intended as "Twitter art" project in the first place (it was a performance work that used Twitter as a way to mediate experience). It was a send-up of Marina Abramović's "The Artist Is Present" (2010); a conventional & social media orgy, but also an exploration of the need to connect virtually as much as in person. I can't tell you how many of my own relationships with people are stronger online than in person, and certainly the opposite is also true. As a point of clarification, I should also mention that texting was also part of Xiao's project, and many participants preferred SMS in their way to kinda connect with the artist. (In the interest of full disclosure, I should also mention that Xiao is a contributor to Hyperallergic.)
As someone who took part in the performance at Olympia Lambert's Escape from New York exhibition, I found Xiao's performance strangely personal and intimate, but also isolating. Considering the fact that Johnson never attended the performance, I'm not quite sure if she considers the tweets, which document only one aspect of the performance, as the main criteria for its inclusion in her category of "Twitter art". I'd also mention that the Shanghai incarnation of "The Artist Is Kinda Present" was done over Weibo and not Twitter—which may sound like a nuanced difference. But as someone who uses both, I can tell you that it changes the nature of conversations because of your ability to comment on posts (where there is no character limitation) and embed images or video directly into your "tweet."
In terms of Man Bartlett (who I'm glad Johnson included in her article) I think he's getting to a point where he could benefit from a thorough critical assessment. But that's something for another time and place. When Bartlett is at his best, which I think he was with "#24hKith" (2010), he taps into an online audience's need for drama, insight, interaction and feedback. During "#24hKith," which took place at Hyperallergic HQ during #TheSocialGraph, his performance reflected the different audiences, including some late-night individuals who were probably emotionally disturbed, who would chime in as the whole performance was livecast online.
I obsessively watched the performance through video and on Twitter to see it evolve, and I found it cathartic and soothing. In other works, like his more recent "#24hPort" (2011), I find the Twitter-only connection to Bartlett a weakness. I wished I could see the people he was interacting with or the way he patrolled the halls during his performance. Sure, I could've visited the artist at Port Authority where there performance took place. But I wanted to follow him anonymously and quietly, like a fly on the wall in a building known for being dehumanizing. I find the power of Barlett's Twitter-facilitated works much more effective in their combination of mediums: it seems to be the power of Twitter to augment conversations and direct interest rather than shine as a standalone medium. Anyone who has watched television or attended a conference and followed a related hashtag can tell you this.
And finally, I'm not sure what Johnson means when she says that "success is measured in relationships." That seems like a convenient way to pigeonhole a medium into a kind of "it's who you know" dismissal, but it isn't accurate. I consider artists who use Twitter (almost all of whom hate the term "Twitter artist" as much as "Social Media artist") are more like conductors. They use the medium to tap into a group and explore what they are willing to contribute to the work. Sometimes it can be powerful, but other times a missed opportunity that functions better as an abstract idea.
What Johnson's article shares with other articles that have dismissed Twitter or social media-related art is their arbitrary stringing together of projects that have little to do with each other besides their use of Twitter in some way. That is very much like making judgments about painting while cherry-picking works on canvas that share no dialogue or commonality. I think Twitter, and all social media, is beyond the point where we can lump them together to discuss them as a "thing". It may make for good titles, but it usually makes for bad art categories.
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It has decided to maintain the current practice on releasing internal documents relating to legislation not yet adopted. Agreed in 2002, this states that papers giving details of cases in which member states differ on aspects of a law under consideration can only be made public if the names of the countries concerned are deleted.
The decision has been thrashed out by the Council working group on information, following a complaint made by Dutch Green MEP Kathalijne Buitenweg to the Union's Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros.
Replying to a recent letter from the Ombudsman, Pierre de Boissieu, the Council's deputy secretary-general, ruled out the prospect of member states being named in the released documents if they give their agreement.
"Delegations' positions are interrelated and the release of one or more identities framed in a specific issue could implicitly lead to recognizing those names that are not disclosed," the Frenchman claimed. "For that reason, and taking into account the principle of loyalty between the member states and the Union, the Council has opted to date for deleting the identities of all delegations whose positions are recorded in a requested document before making it public."
Danish MEP Jens-Peter Bonde, a transparency campaigner, sees the move as a retrograde step.
Bonde said that he had already received a "bundle of documents" which he asked for from the Council in 2001 giving details of clashing national positions. But the papers were only given to him once the laws being considered had actually been adopted.
"This is a step in the wrong direction and I think this decision should be taken to court."
De Boissieu has also told the Ombudsman recently that the latter does not have the authority to demand the Council should hold more of its deliberations in public. Diamandouros had argued that the Council could implement a stipulation in the EU constitution providing for discussions on laws no longer to be held in secret before the constitution comes into effect.


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Dunwoody Senior Baseball will help to pay for the upkeep of new city baseball fields it uses for tournament play in a first-of-its-kind deal.
The agreement between the city and DSB approved by the City Council at the Sept. 11 council states that beginning Jan. 1, 2019, the league will pay the city 10 percent of net revenue less than $100,000 generated by tournament rental fees. If DSB brings in a revenue from tournament rental fees over $100,000, the league will pay the city 15 percent of the revenue.
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"We've never been asked to pay a tax like this," he said, adding the league has always put any money made back into the program.
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FC Porto updated their web site over the weekend, removing something that has a lot of fans standing up and paying attention: Héctor Herrera.
As you can see, they've pulled the Mexico international midfielder from their public squad list, a normally unusual step considering that Herrera still has a couple years left on his contract. With Napoli in hot pursuit of the midfielder, this could be a sign that a deal is close to completion, and that Herrera could soon be Naples-bound.
It's not a certainty, of course -- the only sure thing here is that Porto apparently no longer consider Herrera to be part of the team, strongly implying he'll soon be leaving. Napoli are the team that have been most heavily linked to the midfielder, though, and are the only ones believed to have made a firm offer of late.
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Heartbreaking Facts About Mary Todd Lincoln, America's Most Tragic First Lady
Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Her biography is full of both fascinating and heartbreaking facts, making her a first lady with a rich and often tragic past.
Born in Kentucky in 1818, Mary Todd spent her childhood in the lap of luxury and privilege, although not very happily. At the age of 6, she suffered her first major loss with the passing of her mother. Thereafter, she had to live with a stepmother who was not at all fond of her stepchildren. In 1842, her life changed when she married an up-and-coming lawyer by the name of Abraham Lincoln. The Lincolns moved to Washington, DC, in 1860 after Abraham's historic presidential win. But life in Washington was challenging, and Mary Todd Lincoln often faced challenges as first lady thanks in no small part to the Civil War and the premature death of her children. In addition, Mary Todd Lincoln's siblings, many of whom were confirmed Confederates, did no favors for her reputation in the nation's hostile capital.
In 1865, her life changed again when her husband was murdered at Ford's Theater. What did Mary Todd do after Abraham's assassination? Tragedy and heartache continued to follow her, even in widowhood. Mary Todd Lincoln trivia reveals a woman who has been ridiculed and perhaps misunderstood, both in her lifetime and in the history books.
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She Was Holding Her Husband's Hand When He Was Shot
Mary Todd Lincoln was not just sitting next to her husband when he was shot - she was holding his hand. The Lincolns were sitting in a box at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865, with their two guests, Henry Rathbone and his fiancée, Clara Harris. Mary Todd was apparently holding her husband's hand when she asked Abraham, "What will Miss Harris think of my holding onto you so?" Her husband replied, "She won't think anything about it."
Her hand did not leave his - they were still holding onto each other minutes later, when John Wilkes Booth walked into the booth and fired a bullet into the back of her husband's head.
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People Thought She Went Insane After Her Husband's Death
Already grief-stricken by the loss of two of her children, Mary Todd Lincoln was absolutely heartbroken by the death of her husband in April 1865. Her behavior became increasingly paranoid and erratic, especially upon the untimely passing of her youngest son, Tad, in 1871.
Adding to her depression was her fear of poverty and the paranoia that assassins lurked around every corner. She also shopped compulsively and suffered from migraines.
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Three Of Her Four Sons Passed Before She Did
Though Mary Todd Lincoln had four sons during her marriage to Abraham Lincoln, she buried three of them in her lifetime. Eddie and Willie both passed in childhood - Eddie at 4 and Willie at 11 - and Tad at the age of 18.
Her last surviving son was Robert, the only one who reached adulthood and outlived his parents.
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She Was Committed To An Asylum By Her Own Son
Following the assassination of her husband in April 1865, Mary Todd became increasingly depressed and agitated. It got to the point that Robert, her only surviving son, had her committed to an asylum outside of Chicago in 1875.
Mary Todd Lincoln was committed to Bellevue Sanitarium in Batavia, IL, ultimately orchestrating her own release from the institution a few months later and moving to Europe for a time.
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Medications From Doctors May Have Contributed To Her Erratic Behavior
Mary's adulthood was plagued by both physical and emotional pain. Apart from the personal losses she sustained, she also suffered from migraines and insomnia. To ease her suffering, her doctor prescribed her chloral hydrate in 1873. Among other things, an overdose of chloral hydrate can produce hallucinations, which might explain her paranoia.
That's just one theory about what was contributing to Mary Todd Lincoln's health issues. Historians and medical professionals have put forth many other theories - some have suggested that she had pernicious anemia, while others claim she was bipolar.
She Had A Wicked Stepmother
Mary Todd was only 6 years old when her mother passed. Her father soon remarried, giving his brood of seven children a new stepmother named Betsey Humphreys.
Mary Todd routinely clashed with her stepmother, and Humphreys didn't make life easy for her new stepchildren. She relied on shame, humiliation, and embarrassment as punishments and even referred to Mary Todd as a "limb of Satan."


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Around 3:00 we were all summoned to our Muster stations for a safety drill - very boring, but necessary. I was reminded of the Titanic and could only imagine the bedlam of trying to get over 3000 people to safety on a sinking ship.
Then we returned to our room where we had a message waiting for us. Days before we sailed, Vicky and Marshall, friends from San Francisco, had told us that friends of theirs were also sailing on the Princess, and we should try to get together with them. The message was from Chet and Alice inviting us to one of the specialty restaurants for dinner saying, because they are veteran Princess travelers, they were given three 2-for-one coupons for dinner at the Crown Grill!! We met them at 7:30 and were introduced to another couple, Sheri and Jon from Toronto, Canada. Chet and Alice had met them at a bar earlier in the day. Chet asked them what they were doing in the evening and Jon said they had reservations at the Crown Grill because it was Sheri's birthday. Chet told them he had a 2-for-1 coupon and would they like to join them. So here we were, six strangers, having dinner together at the posh Crown Grill, and it was a blast. The conversation never ended, the food never stopped appearing, and it was a wonderful start to what I know is going to be a magical experience for us. The most interesting conversation happened when Luke (aka Loren) turned to Jon and said, "I have a personal question for you, and you don't have to answer if you don't want to. I'm wondering if all your tattoos have a story behind them?"
Well Jon's eyes lit up and he seemed so pleased to be asked that question. He went on to tell us that he only had one small tattoo on his back before he met Sheri. They have been married for four years but known each other for ten. He has two sons and Sheri has a son and a daughter. They have blended their families in a wonderful way. Jon never believed in destiny or true love until he met Sheri. So all of the tattoos he has are the story of his love affair with his wife. There is the Archangel, Michael who is there to protect her. There is a beautiful portrait of Sheri that almost looks like a painting, there are animals that represent their four children and each other. He even took his shirt off to show us his back! I asked him if he might get more and he said, "Definitely, my right leg is still white!"
They were a wonderful couple, full of life, and they said this was the best dinner they've ever had on a cruise ship! They also run a very successful professional development business in Toronto, own a Jaguar and a Hummer, and say money is not a problem for them. We have always said it is the people inner lives that make us rich, and we struck the jack pot with these two. I hope we run in to them again.
The only disappointing thing of the day was our departure. We were scheduled to leave San Francisco at 4:00 pm, but the Captain got on the speaker and announced that there were some stragglers who had connection problems or flight delays and we were going to wait for them. Later we were told that they were waiting for medical supplies. I was so looking forward to being out on the deck as we went under the Golden Gate Bridge, but our dinner reservation was at 7:30 and we still hadn't left port. During dinner, Jon looked out the window and said, I think we're moving! I thought the Captain would announce that we were leaving, but we were already beyond the bridge and out in the Pacific Ocean and we hadn't even realized it, The first time I walked on the ship while it was moving was when we got up from the dinner table and Whoa!!! I wobbled and wove and found it very hard to get my footing. Even this morning, when I went to get us some coffee, I swayed a bit. I can't imagine if there were a storm with high winds and whitecaps. We'd really be in trouble.
So as the sun rises on a new day, wish us smooth sailing.


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These nucleic acid vaccines, which use cells' existing infrastructure to manufacture their own medicine, appear poised to kickstart new era of rapid-response vaccine development. But their success wouldn't have been possible without a supportive technology that allows the shots to reach the right destination in the body: tiny bits of fat called lipid nanoparticles.
More than mRNA vaccines themselves, these lipid nanoparticles may portend big changes in pharmaceutical development. They can carry big molecular cargo like mRNA and other nucleic acids and deliver them with specificity. That ability to deliver targeted therapies could unleash a new wave of drugs with the potential to cure previously untreatable diseases.
"I'm convinced that in the next 50 to 100 years we'll be able to solve all the [medical] problems that we have not yet," says Sylvia Daunert, a biochemist studying nanoparticles at the University of Miami. She believes that future therapeutics will coax the body into making the tools it needs to repair itself—like a molecular surgeon traveling through the body to the point of need. "It's not just The Magic School Bus, it's a reality."
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Scientists have thought for decades that targeted drug delivery is the future of medicine. The problem has been figuring out how to get drugs into some cells while avoiding others.
For the latter half of the 20th century, the pharmaceutical industry was focused on small molecule drugs. The advantage of these medicines is they're small enough to wiggle their way through cell membranes, which are composed of a protective double layer of lipids. The downside is they don't discriminate.
"That's a big problem because the drugs go everywhere in your body, but a very small proportion gets to where you want to go," says Pieter Cullis, a biochemist focusing on lipid nanoparticles at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
The solution, some scientists thought, was lipid nanoparticles. Our bodies use little packages of fat bubbles to ferry in nutrients and ferry out waste all the time, using proteins on the outside of these packages like shipping addresses to designate the internal material's final destination. So in the 1980s, scientists started making their own lipid envelopes for drugs, ultimately using them to deliver a handful of small molecule-based anti-cancer drugs that would target only tumor tissue.
But small molecule drugs can't effectively treat a huge number of conditions. So in the 1990s, the industry started working on a new wave of drugs—big ones. And those big drugs needed new, bigger packages.
These big, so-called biological drugs take advantage of systems already existing in bodies: Antibodies can attack foreign or misfiring cells that shouldn't be there; nucleic acids like DNA and mRNA can provide recipes for our cells to make their own medicine.
Antibodies don't need to penetrate the cell membrane, but nucleic acids do. Scientists weren't sure how to package them correctly. Molecules of this size are far too big to make it through cells' protective membranes on their own; where small molecule drugs may have a molecular weight of 500 Daltons (a biological unit that describes the number of atoms in a molecule), nucleic acids may be in a range of hundreds of thousands of Daltons, Cullis explained.
And nucleic acid drugs, including mRNA therapies, introduced an extra challenge: Injecting any kind of foreign genetic material into the body triggers a swift immune response. To patrolling immune cells, these therapies look like another viral or bacterial threat, so they dismantle it within hours.
So scientists went back to the drawing board.
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Instead of putting these drugs in a tiny bubble of fat, they designed lipid nanoparticles that are more like globules, which can bind with a nucleic acid and carry it to its targeted destination.
It wasn't an easy process. To get nucleic acids to bond with fats, they need opposing charges, like a magnet. But nucleic acids all have a negative charge, and positively charged fats don't exist in nature. In the early 1990s, University of California, Irvine, biophysicist Philip Felgner invented a positively charged lipid particle in the lab—but in living creatures, they wouldn't work: "Cationic lipids are just really toxic," Cullis says. "They rip membranes apart."
Eventually, Cullis and his team at the University of British Columbia worked with Inex Pharmaceuticals (now Tekmira Pharmaceuticals), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, and Acuitas Therapeutics to come with a solution (Pieter co-founded Inex and Acuitas): They could bind the negatively charged nucleic acid to the positively-charged lipid particle in a slightly acidic solution. Then, they could raise the pH to make it more neutral, like inside our bodies, while adding in a few more fat globules to surround the package. The mRNA stayed attached and intact, and the protective layer of lipids outside wouldn't damage the cell membrane.
Acuitas Therapeutics licensed the technology to Pfizer/BioNTech for their Covid-19 vaccine. Moderna's is similar, having licensed the technology from Acuitas in the past, but is now tailored for its own vaccine.
That's an incredible breakthrough, and work including Cullis' has directly led to the success of these first mRNA vaccines. But these lipid nanoparticle assemblies could also help deliver other drugs that have previously never been able to reach the right cells in patients' bodies—or the right patients.
An unmet need
Pharmaceutical companies typically invest the most in drugs that have the biggest potential customer base. That means a smaller group of people with rare but severe diseases are often left out of the drug development process. When a drug company makes a product that does target them, the lower demand results in higher prices.
Other RNA-based therapeutics, bonded to lipid nanoparticles, could target those more specialized diseases. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, for example, developed one such drug called Onpattro, which treats transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis, a genetic disease that deteriorates tissue in the heart. It's caused by a misshapen protein formed in the liver. Instead of containing mRNA, it contains silencing RNA, or siRNA. This code tells cells in the liver not to produce the faulty protein associated with the disease.
In theory, lipid nanoparticles could be used to deliver immunotherapies for cancer, too. If scientists can figure out the unique antigens given off by a person's cancer, they can use nucleic acids coding for that antigen to generate an immune response that attacks the tumor, says Francis Szoka, a bioengineer at the University of California San Francisco.
Not that it'll be easy. For every new drug or vaccine, scientists still need to figure out how to get nanoparticles to where they need to be. Each kind of cell looks for different protein markers before letting in a medical messenger; identifying those proteins is the next hurdle.
"The reality is we got lucky," Cullis says. When his group was designing his drug for liver cells, they found that a protein called APOE lipoprotein got stuck to their lipid nanoparticles almost right away, which helped it make it to the liver cells it needed. It wasn't something they intentionally engineered their particles for. (There hasn't been data collected on whether this same process helps the mRNA of Covid-19 vaccines to get into our muscle cells, but it's likely this is the case.)
Figuring out how to get these particles into other kinds of cells, like tumor cells, is going to be harder. Compared to this year, though, scientists will think it's a cakewalk.


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The exciting advancements in Nano-materials have allowed us to introduce the world's first nano-polymer based tactile surface sensor. With greater temperature resistance, more accuracy, less drift and better repeatability the user now can perform surface mapping analyses with greater confidence than ever before.
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Tonii Turner is a self-taught winemaker and has been making wine for 10 years. She makes traditional as well as nontraditional wine and specializes in herbal and fruit winemaking. She enjoys teaching other wine lovers the benefits of natural home winemaking and has curated a winemaking kit for beginners.Tonii is a contributor to Mother Earth News Fair Online.
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Monday, June 29, 2015
Twilight thoughts
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Labels: photography, travel
Location: Kashid, Maharashtra, India
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
Faith et. al.
What struck me about this frame was the complex interplay of the sinewy tree and the stacked stone wall which it divides. The wisps of dry grass peeking between the stones talk about no interference to their being. But the two round stones aloof at the foot of the tree talk about the lingering shadow of faith...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Rain clouds
Sunday, June 07, 2015
Weathered. He sits quietly in his 'space'. He worked in the 'town' and stayed in Kalyan. The train was his life line for well neigh 30 years. His co-passangers his friends. For the myrid denizens of the far flung suberbs, the 'train friends' are a serious phenomenon. Same train, same compartment, same window section. Day in day out. Over years, people make friendships. People sing bhajans. People play cards. Many of these friendships continue outside the train and outside the work hours.
The photo
Camera: Mobile phone
I tried to capture the mood. The evening time when he sits, contemplating. He is back from chores in the market and the time before dinner is served, is one of reflections, perhaps.
Thursday, June 04, 2015
All senior people love the corner seat by the window. I think as we grow older we observe more. Life still remains mysterious, perhaps ?
The photo
Camera: Sony A6000
Lens: Sony Zeiss 24mm F 1.8
I loved the light coming from the window. He was so lost in his cell phone. The leading lines of the left wall all pointed to him.
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Labels: life, mumbai, people, photography, thought
Location: Mulund East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
The Old and the New
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Location: Mulund East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Our Mission
United Way of Colquitt County's mission is to organize, coordinate, and maximize the resources available to our diverse community to improve the quality of life.
Our Vision
Caring people working together to improve the quality of life in Colquitt County:
- Bringing together a diverse group of community leaders.
- Continually assessing the diverse needs of our community.
- Developing and distributing the available resources through organized community efforts.
- Maintaining responsible stewardship of the available resources.
- Improving communications to agencies and the community.
501(c)3 Status
Annual Reports
Form 990 By Year
Non-Discrimination Policy
The members, officers, directors, committee members, employees and persons served by this corporation shall be elected entirely on a non-discriminatory basis with respect to age, sex, race, religion, disability and national origin.
Three Year Strategic Plan
Our Goals
In 2008, United Way World Wide initiated a 10-year program designed to achieve the following goals by 2018:
- Improve education, and cut the number of high school dropouts — 1.2 million students, every year — in half.
- Help people achieve financial stability, and get 1.9 million working families — half the number of lower-income families who are financially unstable — on the road to economic independence.
- Promote healthy lives, and increase by one-third the number of youth and adults who are healthy and avoid risky behaviors.
These goals are ambitious, but with your help, and by utilizing our core strengths — a national network, committed partners and public engagement capacity — we can achieve them.
What is United Way?
United Way of Colquitt County, based in Moultrie, Georgia, is a non-profit organization that focuses on creating community-based and community-led solutions that strengthen the cornerstones for a good quality of life: education, financial stability and health.
Every year we set a goal to raise money to support over 40 programs through 20 local non-profit organizations. We work with corporate partners, large employers, major firms, small businesses sector, and individual donors to partner with local non-profits to focus on three areas that we feel encompass our community needs: Education, Health and Financial Stability. We target these areas by using statistics based on the need of our county. Any surplus funds from a campaign are directly put back into the community through Community Impact Grants and Special Grants.
Like we always say,
Money raised here, stays here.
When you give to United Way of Colquitt County, you are helping to feed, educate and promote higher quality of life for 44,656 of our most vulnerable neighbors.


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Even the pigeons are looking for shelter. As the streets are still covered in snow and ice, I am walking, instead of taking the bike, which is probably the reason why I am shooting more. If the forecasts are correct I'll be doing more walking in the next few days. And thus – hopefully – more shooting.
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Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Gossip News:Tapu and Sonu's wedding discussion
TMKOC spoiler twists:
In the future episodes of TMKOC serial, viewers are going to witness a discussion between Jethalal and Bhide regarding Tapu and Sonu's wedding.
So far, in Taarak Mehta serial, due to the magical ring, Popatlal received a call from the marriage bureau.
Now, as per the latest update of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah serial, Jethalal's s life will also turn in his favor after wearing the magical ring.
He will be treated well by everyone. In a jovial mood, he will join Tapu Sena's cricket game.
Bhide's glass window will be broken due to Tapu's helicopter shot thereafter. While Jethala will try to apologize to Bhide for Tapu's mistake, Bhide will, in turn, end up complimenting Tapu. He will further suggest Tapu marry Sonu to Jethalal, according to the spoiler news of TMKOC serial.
Let's see what happens next in the story of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah serial.


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Cheshire is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut. Located in an area surrounded by greenscapes and plenty of interesting natural features, the town also has a suburban culture with quiet neighborhoods and many local amenities like clubs and facilities that make it easy to find new hobbies.
Climate and Geography
The climate in Central Connecticut is categorized as humid continental, which features four distinct seasons. Summers are generally hot and humid, while winters are cold and snowy. Residents can expect higher-than-average amounts of rain and snow, and approximately 198 sunny days throughout the year.
The town is situated in the Central Naugatuck Valley, which is dominated by hilly terrain and densely wooded areas, with a number of brooks and small bodies of water interspersed throughout its borders.
Recreation, Culture, & Entertainment
Some of the top attractions in Cheshire include Barker Character Comic and Cartoon Museum, Roaring Brook Park, Bartlem Park, Drazen Orchards, Cheshire Hollow Farm, and Cheshire Historical Society. The town also offers various programs for the community including transportation services into and out of town. The Cheshire Senior Center offers many programs and social services.
There are plentiful parks and outdoor spaces within the town where residents can get outside and enjoy nature, and additional outdoor recreation activities such as hiking, fishing, and skiing, can be found at the nearby Naugatuck State Park.
Cheshire is also within driving distance of Hartford and New Haven, providing the perfect opportunity for day trips and weekend getaways to enjoy everything these cities have to offer.
Cost of Living & Taxes
The cost of living in Cheshire is higher than the state and national average. This is primarily due to the high cost of housing and homes, while other factors like groceries, utilities, and transportation are just slightly higher than the national average.
The effective income tax rate is as low as three percent and as high as 6.99 percent. Retirement income including Social Security benefits are fully exempt for taxpayers with limited income. Other retirement income like military pensions and railroad retirement benefits are fully exempt. Qualifying homeowners 65+ can also receive property tax credits as well as additional municipality tax reliefs.
Health Care
There are several health care options in the surrounding area of Cheshire. Among them are various hospitals recognized by U.S. News for high performance in many procedures and conditions. The closest hospital is St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, about six miles away. Other choices include the Hospital of Central Connecticut, Middlesex Hospital, Yale New Haven Hospital, Hartford Hospital, and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, all within 20 miles.


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MLB System Plays - September 2019 (direct)
WOW, we pulled off an amazing comeback to secure our 5th straight winning month!!
Just 4 days ago we were down about 7 units in August (i.e. -$7 if your average bet is $1). To be honest, I had lost hope of breaking even for the month.
Since then (by placing $1 bets),
- August 27: 6-0, +$8.05 (Orioles at +288, Blue Jays at +168, Cubs at -107, Cards at +130, A's at -178 and Angels at -156)
- August 28: 2-0, +$1.11 (Indians at -172 and Dodgers at -189)
- August 29: 1-0, +$2.09 (Rays at +209)
Unbelievable! We have now won our past 9 bets, including two huge underdogs.
What an astounding turn of events, as we are back in the black!
What an astounding turn of events, as we are back in the black!
Here is the monthly performance of my 19 MLB betting strategies (by placing just $1 bets):
- April = +$15.86 (from 131 bets)
- May = +$5.58 (from 141 bets)
- June = +$7.10 (from 122 bets)
- July = +$11.99 (from 114 bets)
- August = +$5.89 (from 134 bets)
- TOTAL = +$44.42 (from 642 bets)
So if your average bet is $100, you would have made $4442 this year. Nice!! 💰💰💰
You can expect to receive an average of 4.1 picks per day.
The cost is a meager $40 USD. Who cannot afford $1.33 per day? Or a ridiculous $0.33 per pick?
Do the calculations yourself:
The worst month we've experienced in 2019 has been +5.58 units. Let's say your average bet is $50; that means you would have earned 5.58 * $50 = $279 in profit that month.
How in the world does investing $40 in order to make $279 in return - without making any effort whatsoever - can possibly be not worth it?
It's mind-boggling to me! And remember that was our worst month (the best month: 15.86 * $50 = 793$ in profit).
Join the numerous other savvy sports investors who have already subscribed to receive all the plays in September.
Join the numerous other savvy sports investors who have already subscribed to receive all the plays in September.
Let's go for a 6th straight positive month!
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In the FYSO accelerator, we asked Meghan French Dunbar, the Co-Founder of Conscious Company Media as well as Founder & Boss Lady at www.meghanfrenchdunbar.com to come in and speak on the topic of "purpose" and share her entrepreneurial journey.
Here are the top 4 insights from our interview with Meghan:
1. Don't be afraid to cold email & put yourself out there
When Meghan launched Conscious Company Magazine, she cold emailed John Mackey, the Founder & CEO of Whole Foods, to see whether he'd be open to being featured on the cover of their first magazine.
He said yes and the interview with John led the magazine to wind up on Whole Foods shelves across the country at launch!
When it comes to cold outreach, the worst people can say is no.
In fact, Meghan and her team had a target list of 20 people they wanted to feature in the magazine and 18 ultimately said yes!
It's also worth mentioning we were able to get Meghan to speak at FYSO thanks to a cold email.
2. People want to support companies that align with their values
Meghan shared that after interviewing Rose Marcario, the CEO of Patagonia, Rose told her something she would never forget:
Meghan also pointed out that a research study conducted by Cone Communications Global supports this claim, where 93% of adults surveyed worldwide demonstrate more trust and loyalty for an organization that is socially responsible.
Last, but not least, Meghan shared that the research study showcased in the book, Firms of Endearment (examples of "Firms of Endearment" include: Costco, Whole Foods, method, REI, Patagonia), suggested that the public companies they studied that were driven by purpose and passion outperformed the S&P 500 14 to 1 over a period of 15 years!
Be bold enough to stand for what you believe in.
3. Trust your gut
When asked what the biggest takeaway Meghan had from interviewing more than 41 world-changing women for the World-Changing Women Podcast (which is fantastic, by the way), the top trend that Meghan noticed from interviews with these incredible women was the importance of listening to your gut.
Meghan also pointed out the importance of self-care and slowing down enough to have a quiet space in your life to be strategic and look at the big picture.
4. Very clearly articulate your company's purpose and the "why" of what you're doing
Meghan shared that even though she ran a mission-driven media company, for the first four years they didn't have their "why" clearly defined. They also didn't have a process for measuring their impact.
After their 2018 acquisition, Meghan finally took the time with her team to go deep on articulating a clear company purpose and values with the support of a consultant.
When you know clearly what your purpose is, then it will become clear what to prioritize as an organization. Once Meghan and her team took the time to really get to the heart of their company's "why" it clarified so many strategic decisions.
Overall, Meghan is an incredibly inspiring and insightful leader, so I hope you will consider watching the full interview.
However, if you're short on time and you lead an organization, I highly recommend you, at minimum, take 5 minutes to watch Meghan's interview starting at 15 minutes in to hear how Meghan and her team were able to integrate values into their organization.
As entrepreneurs and innovators, it's up to us to raise the bar, to be bold, to set a clear vision, and, above all else, to commit to doing what is right.


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Correspondence with friends and colleagues; manuscripts, proofs, and notes for his novel, All the Little Heroes (Bobbs-Merrill, 1966); manuscripts of short stories, essays and his collaborative works; documents relating to his publishing, his teaching, and the student uprising at San Francisco State College in 1968. There is also some printed material.
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Gift of Nancy Ruben Wilner, l983.
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Papers: Source of acquisition--Wilner, Nancy Ruben. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/01/81.
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New beginnings!
I want you guys to know that I am very excited for this new journey and opportunity that God's given me. I hope to share to you all everything and promise to be completely honest about each and every thing. I present to you here my husband. He's the blessing God's given me. He's the one of the most beautiful gifts God's given me, alongside my two beautiful children, because every morning, I get to open my eyes and see him next to me.


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China to install 1.4 GW CSP capacity by 2018; South Africa backs Redstone PPA
Solar thermal news you need to know.
China targets 20 CSP plants by 2018
China is to complete its first batch of 20 CSP projects by 2018, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) said September 14.
The plants represent a total capacity of 1.4 GW and will be concentrated in the provinces with the highest irradiation levels: Qinghai, Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang.
The projects, which include 9 solar towers, 7 parabolic trough plants and 4 Linear Fresnel plants, will receive a Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) of RMB 1.15/kWh ($0.22/kWh). The FiT price will be re-examined and adjusted after 2019 based on industry developments.
Increasing confidence in China's FiT plans supported a wave of new project proposals from international firms looking to optimize supply chain opportunities.
Over the last year, U.S. developers SolarReserve, BrightSource Energy, and 247Solar, as well as Sweden's Cleanergy, Germany's FRENELL, and Israel's Ener-T, have all announced they will participate in China's CSP program.
South Africa's Eskom to sign Redstone power contract
State utility Eskom continues to back solar power projects under South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Program (REIPPPP) and intends to sign the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for ACWA Power and SolarReserve's 100 MW Redstone Solar Thermal Power Project despite delays, Eskom spokesman Khulu Phasiwe told The National newspaper.
Eskom would pay, in total, an estimated 50 billion rand ($3.6 billion) for the 20-year Redstone PPA and the utility postponed the signing of the PPA due to conditions precedent not being met, it said in a statement July 28.
"Contrary to some media reports, Eskom has not decided to put on hold any renewable energy contracts," Phasiwe told The National September 15.
"In fact we have signed power purchase agreements with all successful bidders and we're committed to signing all the remaining contracts under the current bid window 4.5 of the [REIPPPP]," Phasiwe said.
South Africa has seen a rapid expansion in renewable energy capacity since it launched the REIPPPP in 2011.
The REIPPPP has thus far procured 3.4 GW of wind, 2.4 GW of PV and 400 MW of CSP. The Northern Cape province in the north-west hosts 65% of the procured solar PV capacity and 100% of CSP projects.
To date, Eskom has contracted for 3.9 GW of renewable capacity, of which 2.1 GW has been connected to the grid, it said in July.
Faced with ongoing financial difficulties, Eskom has not matched the expansion in renewable energy capacity with necessary strengthening of the power grid, particularly in the sun-drenched Northern Cape, where PV capacity has soared.
Researchers aim to cut water usage by 70%
A four year research project involving 11 partners from Europe and Morocco aims to reduce water consumption for CSP plants by 70% without compromising system efficiency, Germany's DLR Institute of Solar Research, a project member, said in a statement September 7.
The research project will develop innovative measures to reduce water consumption in the turbine cycle and mirror cleaning process, typically the two major water consumption areas in a solar thermal plant, the DLR institute said.
Research is being carried out in areas such as anti-soiling techniques and dry cooling systems which can reduce water consumption by up to 90%, the research group said.
The research program includes agencies from France, Spain, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Morocco.
CSP Today


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Three quick ways to tackle stress
April 23, 2021
September 01, 2019
Happy Labor Day, fellow workers! We could not be more excited about our holiday weekend and are celebrating by heading outside and soaking up some ATX sunshine. We know that with so many different fun weekend spots to choose from it can be hard to decide where to go, so we've put together a list of the best Labor Day spots in Austin!
5 Morning Routines for Optimal Health
January 04, 2019
The way you start your morning can really impact the rest of your day, so start out with a morning ritual and set yourself up for a success! Give one, or all of these a try the next time you roll out of bed.
MOLLY & JONATHAN: THE ART OF RVing
December 04, 2018
We recently had the honor of spending an afternoon with our full-time RV friends, Molly and Jonathan, when they passed through Austin last week!
November 05, 2018
It's that time of year, friends, when your already-busy schedule goes into overdrive. Holidays, traveling, shopping, dinner parties, entertaining, cooking, cooking and more cooking! Did anyone else just have to take a deep breath?
Summer Stories: RV Adventures
July 17, 2018
With summer in full swing, we're daydreaming about the iconic America adventure: road trips. And what better way to travel the open road than four wheels that double as a home to sleep in? We took a little time to research the history of the classic RV and here are some fun facts we came up with:
Top 5 Things To Do In Austin: Spring Edition
April 22, 2016
It's finally Spring, and we are so grateful that we get to experience this beautiful season in our home city of Austin, Texas. Here at Thunderbird, we are all about adventure and nourishing food, two things Austin has an endless supply of! In order to encourage you lucky locals (or those of you visiting) to get outdoors and enjoy all that our amazing city has to offer, we've compiled a list of our top 5 favorite activities to do during Spring in Austin. Enjoy!!!


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Sometimes we want our python program to wait for a specific time before executing the next steps. We can use time module sleep() function to pause our program for specified seconds.
Let's see a quick example where we will pause our program for 5 seconds before executing further statements.
import time
print('Hello There, next message will be printed after 5 seconds.')
print('Sleep time is over.')
When we run this program, there will be 5 seconds delay between first print statement and second print statement.
Sometimes we want to get some inputs from the user through the console. We can use input() function to achieve this. In this case, the program will wait indefinitely for the user input. Once the user provides the input data and presses the enter key, the program will start executing the next statements.
sec = input('Let us wait for user input. Let me know how many seconds to sleep now.\n')
print('Going to sleep for', sec, 'seconds.')
print('Enough of sleeping, I Quit!')
Below short screen capture shows the complete program execution. Surprising, there is no easy way to wait for user input with a timeout or default value when empty user input is provided. I hope these useful features come in future Python releases.
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Hey, Is there some way to ask user to enter line but within a time limit in python I mean for example there is only 10s to write a line by user and if he didn't write within 10s the program says TIME IS OVER.
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