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So I'd been thinking of doing Board Game reviews on the Podcast and with it having ended and me never achieving that goal I'm definitely going to use this Blog as an outlet now. I'm an avid Board Gamer and love them as much as Warhammer so you can definitely expect to see some Board Game Reviews coming through here. Hope you enjoy them!
I won this game out of a Christmas Geek-list on Board Game Geek from the creator, Dominic Crapuchettes. Part of the agreement was that if you entered the contest and won that you would write a bunch of reviews on some of the larger retailers websites, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Target, etc...
So happily I won and while I didn't win early enough in the thread to win a bonus game I was thrilled nonetheless. The game is a lot of fun, and very quick! It can also get people playing who may not necessarily enjoy trivia games on the average.
The game takes place over 7 rounds, each round consisting of a single question. Each player is given a marker and a dry erase board and 2 cardboard betting chips. The 1st question is read out loud and every question has a numerical answer. Each player writes down their best answer/guess on their dry erase board and after all the answers are written they are placed in order from smallest to largest on a green felt betting mat, somewhat like a Craps mat from a casino. Each answer depending on where it falls in the order has specific payout of odds.
The players look at the answers and then place there betting chips on answers that they think are correct. They can place their chips on two separate answers or on a single answer and nothing requires them to bet, although you can never lose your original two chips so there's no reason not to at least bet those.
After everyone has placed there bets the answer is read aloud and odds are paid out. Anyone who bet on the correct answer receives chips according to heir bet and the payout odds. So if you chose let's say a middle-ish answer with odds of 3 to 1 then if you'd placed 1 of your cardboard chips you'd receive 3 poker chips. In the successive rounds you can not only place your two cardboard chips, but you may if you wish increase your bets by placing your poker chips under the cardboard ones. However if you choose the wrong answer you lose these chips, while obviously if you choose the right answer you get even more chips!
After seven rounds the person with the most chips wins. It's a very simple game and while it wasn't a huge hit, everyone certainly seemed to enjoy playing. The game accommodates 7 players, after which you can of course form teams to increase player numbers which I've heard is pretty fun; but I have yet to play it with more than 7. The game is great for a number of reasons. The first is that people who may not like trivia games but love gambling will probably be sucked in due to the betting mechanic. Second and this is my favorite part, is the fact that you don't actually have to know the answers to win; you just have to be able to guess who in your group will since there is no requirement to bet on your own answer.
I definitely give this game a big thumbs up, I'm pretty fond of it, its' certainly worth checking out; I've put a link below to the Board Game Geek page.
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490 bankruptcies filed in January
In January this year, 490 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies was considerably higher than in December, when 424 bankruptcies were filed.
As the number of businesses declared bankrupt in a particular month is closely related to the number of days courts are in session, it may vary considerably from month to month. Therefore, the three-monthly moving average is a more reliable indicator.
The three-monthly moving average was 498 in January versus 513 in December 2010.
Bankruptcies of businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses)
More figures can be found in the dossier Business cycle.

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Honda will host an exclusive event with its loyal Civic Type R owners and fans to celebrate the World Touring Car Championship race at the infamous Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. More than 180 Civic Type Rs and over 300 fans, from 12 different European countries, are confirmed to join this exciting event.
On Saturday 21st of June, all 180 owners will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to drive their car on an exclusive parade lap1 around the famous Spa Circuit, said to be one of the most beautiful race tracks in the world. It features the legendary Eau Rouge, renowned by racing drivers as one of the most challenging and unique sections of any circuit.
All 300 fans will receive VIP treatment to watch the WTCC feature races on Sunday from an exclusive terrace, and engage with Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team drivers, FIA WTCC Champion, Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro, as well as Norbert Michelisz from Zengo̎ Motorsport and Mehdi Bennani of Proteam Racing.
Honda will also be running a competition throughout the race weekend offering one lucky Type R fan attending the Spa Circuit the chance to be among one of the first to drive the new Honda Civic Type R at the launch event in 2015. To enter attendees must share their journey and experience via Twitter using #TypeR and #WTCCSPA – which will be showcased on www.myjourneys.com/typer/wtccusers.
The winner of the competition will be decided upon via a 'Flash Vote', allowing other Type R fans and members of the public to vote on their favourite Type R fan journey. Voting will take place from 1800 (UK time) on Saturday 21st June and will end at 1200 (UK time) on Sunday 22nd June. Voters should visit www.myjourneys.com/typer/wtccusers in order to choose their favourite.
Honda's Civic Type R Concept model will also be on display throughout the weekend, allowing current Type R owners and fans the chance to see the inspiring design of the new model prior to the global mass production launch in 2015.
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Recent Posts
- Yong & Chia Kitchen (夫妻摊私房菜) @ Puncak Jalil, Seri Kembangan
- Chongqing Authentic Sichuan Hotpot & Cuisine (正宗金山城 / 川菜麻辣火锅) @ Jalan Changkat Thambi Dollah, Pudu
- Aroy Nae Non Thai Restaurant @ The Scott Garden, Jalan Klang Lama
- Baba Nyonya Seafood Restaurant @ Bandar Baru Nilai
- Nichinan Jidoriya (地鶏日南市 @ Mid Valley Megamall
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Category Archives: Fish Head Curry
Yong & Chia Kitchen (夫妻摊私房菜) @ Puncak Jalil, Seri Kembangan
A short drive out of the vicinity in search for some good food on a lazy weekend is always welcomed. I've wanted to try Yong & Chia Kitchen/夫妻摊私房菜 @ Puncak Jalil for awhile and since it is not very far from … Continue reading
The Home Cooking Dishes (鼎豐 (家鄉菜) 饭店) @ Sungai Way, PJ
Randy & Sara has been raving about this place for some time now. Since we've not met up since the last outing at Reunion Bangsar, a weekend lunch was arranged. We left home early in order to avoid the lunch … Continue reading
Peter's Curry Fish Head (咖喱鱼头) @ Setapak
I have been eyeing the fish head curry here for the longest time. Just didn't have the right quorum of people to attack one huge fish head, but since I have some errands to run around this area and with Cat, … Continue reading
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Lek Lek Restaurant (亚烈家乡小食档) @ Seri Kembangan
Any adventurous foodie must have at least ventured into Seri Kembangan once or twice in search of some scrumptious food item – be it the famous Pan Mee or Yong Tau Foo. So we did just that. Armed with our … Continue reading
Mamak Bistro @ Port Dickson
After about 25 minutes of aimless driving around the 8th – 9th mile of PD looking for a decent place to have breakfast, the impatient look on the faces had begun to show as the hungry tummies were screaming for … Continue reading
Ah Seng Bak Kut Teh (啊星肉骨茶) @ Bandar Seri Petaling
BKT to many is an acquired taste. They are easily available at any corner of the street, especially where the Chinese community are. BKT franchises are mushrooming rapidly as well, with better presentation, promotions and lots of other gimmicks to … Continue reading
Nasi Kandar Line Clear @ Off Jalan Penang
We were supposed to be heading back to Kuala Lumpur today but were still in Penang at at hour.. 5pm. As I dislike driving at night, I persuaded wifey to extend our stay for just one more day. After much … Continue reading


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We are not kidding.
SPARC M7/T7 results are now coming in from our partners and the results are truly worth noting.
Here is one more example to add to the list.
Hangzhou New Century Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. (NCI), located in Hangzhou, China, is an Oracle partner specializing in systems integration, hardware and software distribution, and technical support services for the tobacco industry. They develop and distribute an integrated management and control application called "The Tobacco Business Operation & Maintenance Platform v4.0", which is a widely recognized solution based on Oracle's Java EE architecture. This platform provides the tobacco industry with a unified platform for operations,
management and safety, and includes cloud compute & big data
analysis functionality.
As the story has been going with the SPARC T7, NCI heard about the highly acclaimed analyst reviews, 20 new world record benchmarks, the numerous customer quotes (B&H Photo Video: "run 83x faster on SPARC T7"), and decided to try out the powerful T7-2 server on the Tobacco Business Operations & Maintenance Platform. Their objective was to run tests to measure the performance results comparing the Oracle Database 12c with the IBM DB2 Database, both running on the Oracle SPARC T7-2 servers.
Hardware Components:
The hardware configuration included two Oracle SPARC T7-2 servers with 512GB of memory to deploy Oracle Database 12c RAC, and two Oracle SPARC T7-2 servers with 512GB of memory for deployment of Oracle Weblogic 12c Cluster. A single Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System was used to deploy Oracle RAC ASM, and for operation and maintenance of data storage.
Software Components:
The software configuration included Oracle Solaris 11 as the operating system; Oracle Database version 220.127.116.11.0; Oracle WebLogic version 12.1.1 for the middleware; and IBM DB2 Database version 10.5.0.3.
Test Results: 8 minutes to 7 seconds!
Running the same series of SQL statements on the IBM DB2 database took just over 8 "minutes",
when the same exact run on the same hardware took just under 7 "seconds" with Oracle Database 12c.
The tests were run with the Oracle Database In-Memory option enabled and utilized the SPARC T7 Data Analytics Accelerator (DAX) co-processors. These
results were compared to the exact same hardware configuration running
the IBM DB2 Database. The test database file size in both cases
was 256MB. This was a test to see if the Oracle on Oracle solution
could demonstrate a significant advantage.
NCI realized two primary factors were responsible for that dramatic advantage of the Oracle on Oracle solution:
1) Data Analytics Accelerators (DAX) are individual co-processors on the SPARC T7 chip which perform query-related operations directly through the hardware, thereby improving Oracle Database performance significantly. NCI was able to utilize DAX hardware acceleration for the Oracle Database 12c in-memory database operations on this test, thereby relieving the SPARC T7 cores from this analytics workload.
2) Oracle Database In-Memory is a new option with Oracle Database 12c which works with DAX on the SPARC T7 chip to transparently accelerate analytic queries by orders of magnitude. Oracle Database In-Memory optimizes both analytics and online transaction processing workloads (OLTP), delivering outstanding performance for transaction processing while simultaneously supporting real-time analytics for business intelligence.
A couple of notes on this test:
1) The SPARC M7 DAX functionality is used by default when Oracle Database In-Memory Query Accelerator is enabled. No additional administration is required to turn this functionality on.
2) The database file size of 256MB is a very small size and not applicable to most use cases. A larger database would yield even better performance results.
3) Oracle offers a tool called the In-Memory Advisor which could be used here for assessment of the workload and recommendations regarding how to optimize the Oracle Database performance. See the Oracle Database In-Memory Advisor White Paper for details.
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If cancelled in writing prior to 15th January 2020 all payments made will be returned apart from the NON-REFUNDABLE deposit of £450
If cancelled in writing between 15th January 2020 and 28th February 2020 the full fee will be retained but wherever possible we will allocate part of the entry fee to a future event.
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Indio - Donald Glover has dropped his highly anticipated film with Rihanna during a Coachella performance by his rap alter ego Childish Gambino that could be one of his last.
The star, famous for his music but also successful in film, television and comedy, delivered a pared down headlining performance heavy on dance but light on production to wrap the first night of the premier music festival set in the California desert on Friday.
During his set, Glover's 54-minute film Guava Island - a much-touted tropical thriller shot in Cuba and starring Rihanna - also began streaming on Amazon Prime.
The 35-year-old - who recently announced he will retire his moniker Childish Gambino after wrapping his current tour and releasing one more album - made the film with director Hiro Murai, who is also behind the artist's acclaimed Atlanta series and directed his video for the Grammy-winning hit This Is America.
The film sees Rihanna play singer Glover's tough-to-please girlfriend, and centres on themes of music's power to unify and the weight of capitalism.
During his pumping yet pensive show a shirtless Glover - frequently undulating his hips in the style of his acclaimed America video - strode a catwalk jutting into the enormous crowd there for the three-day weekend of music's hottest acts.
"All we really have at the end of the day are memories," Glover said after acknowledging the recent deaths of rappers Nipsey Hussle and Mac Miller.
"At least one of you won't see next week," he said. "While we're here, feel something and pass it on."


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Dr. Manuel Varela – Who was Hans Krebs? And why did they name a cycle of Metabolism after him?
An Interview with Dr. Manuel Varela – Who was Hans Krebs? And why did they name a cycle of Metabolism after him?
Michael F. Shaughnessy –
1) Professor Varela, there are some outstanding scientists who made amazing discoveries, and there were other scientists who established a foundation for future work. Now, Hans Krebs actually had a cycle of metabolism named after him. Let's start by defining some words. When you say the word metabolism, what does it mean to you as a scientist? And does it mean something different to the layman, like myself (who is trying to lose weight)?
I have to say that of all of the amazing scientists whom we've been reviewing in this series, Prof. Dr. Sir Hans Krebs is one of my all-time favorites. He was a key figure in establishing the extremely important scientific field known as intermediary metabolism. In fact, it has been argued that Dr. Krebs is the architect of this metabolic domain.
In laymen terms, metabolism often refers to the internal activities inside the human body that regulate body weight and confer a general state of healthiness. Simply put, if one wants to lose weight, one "merely" needs to not overeat during meals, avoid snacking between meals, and (with a physician's approval) exercise regularly, of course.
Scientifically speaking, the term metabolism refers, in general, to the entirety or the sum total of all of the chemical or biochemical reactions that happen to occur in living systems. All living beings on Earth metabolize. There are basically two sub-categories that fall under the overall umbrella of metabolism.
The first metabolic sub-category is called catabolism. Here, foodstuffs are broken down into smaller molecules, some of which are called building blocks, thus releasing the energy stored in the foods. During catabolism, the foods and their smaller chemical intermediates are oxidized, meaning that their electrons are taken away. Frequently, many of the foods are broken down all the way to water and carbon dioxide molecules.
The second metabolic sub-category is called anabolism. Here, small biochemical building blocks are used to synthesize larger molecules, sometimes called macromolecules, that are needed for living beings in order to live. Anabolic reactions often require energy in order to proceed to completion.
All of the stages and the players which function during metabolism that fall in between the foodstuffs eaten by a living being and the many types of the new molecules synthesized, that is, the enzymes, substrates, products, co-factors, energetic mechanisms, etc., constitute the components of intermediary metabolism. There are two types of biological energy; the first is called ATP, which stands for adenosine triphosphate, and the second is called an ion gradient, but is also called a motive force.
In summary, when foods are catabolized, the electrons are taken to a so-called final electron acceptor, such as oxygen, or an inorganic molecule or an organic molecule. During the electron transport, protons or sodium are pumped across the membrane, building up on one side of the membrane. This motive force is the energy used to make ATP. The ATP in turn is used to make or biosynthesize molecules needed for life to occur.
2) Where was he born and where did he go to school and how did he first get interested in science (do you know?)
Hans Adolf Krebs was born on the 25th of August, 1900, in the then beautiful northern city of Hildesheim, located in Hanover Province, Germany. His parents, George and Alma Krebs, were Jewish. Krebs had two siblings, Elisabeth (5 years older and nicknamed Lise or Lisa) and Wolfgang (2 years younger and nicknamed Wolf). George Krebs was a physician and Alma Davidson Krebs was a stay-at-home mother. Living in a large country house filled with books and harboring an outside garden, the family had many cultural and intellectual pursuits, including reading, theatre, museums, local concerts, and learning to play music—Krebs played the piano.
Krebs attributes his interest in living beings to his father, who taught the young Krebs about the beauty of the countryside and its associated birds, plants and trees. Krebs was an avid reader and had a deep desire to constantly acquire new knowledge, but his parents had encouraged the analysis of such knowledge, as well.
Krebs attended the Gymnasium (grammar school) called Andreanum between 1910 and 1918. Another famous alumnus of the school was Georg Philip Telemann. Although Krebs had an interest in all subjects, his favorite at the time was History—he was, many years later, to write a series of historical works. In his autobiography Krebs notes that both his parents and teachers had plenty of criticism for him, causing him to have the impression of being both unattractive and unpopular. His father's criticisms caused him to be uncertain of his putative potential and abilities. Yet, Krebs, admiring how his father helped his patients in a positive manner, was influenced to become a physician, too.
Just prior to his finishing school in 1918 at the Andreanum, Krebs was drafted into the military, as the Great War (World War I) was in full swing, having started in 1914. The military stint, however, surprisingly lasted only two months, at which time Germany had collapsed, and the war was over. In the newspapers, which Krebs regularly read, the German civilian populace had been made evidently unaware about the extensive nature of the precariousness of Germany's war situation.
Given a fast-track to graduation at the Andreanum because of his military service, Krebs was allowed to take his final exams early. He then entered university at Göttingen in December of 1918. He stayed only one term. It is in Göttingen during a lecture about inorganic chemistry that Krebs was reported to have said to his friend and colleague Erich Stern, "Oh God, I can never learn this."
In mid-1919, leaving Göttingen, Krebs moved to Freiburg University, Germany; but shortly after his arrival to the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, his mother died suddenly of influenza. The world was in the midst of the worst flu pandemic it had ever experienced, and an estimated 50 to 100 million had perished during this time.
While at Freiburg, Krebs took courses in bacteriology, anatomy, and physiology, but became interested in research after listening to faculty talk about their various research projects during their lectures. Thus, entering the research laboratory of Prof. Wilhelm von Möllendorff, Krebs conducted studies in the methods of histological (tissue) staining and published his very first paper at 22 years of age—the paper was written by Krebs with very little revision by Möllendorff and immediately submitted to a journal. This was an early demonstration of the scientific acumen possessed by Krebs, as decisively recognized by his research supervisor.
Although Krebs had a very successful start performing research with Dr. Möllendorff, it was, however, Prof. Franz Knoop, and his lectures in 1920 about fatty acid metabolism and its catabolic process of β-oxidation, who first influenced the young Krebs to pursue research in what was to eventually become part of the field of intermediary metabolism. In March of 1921, Krebs passed his pre-clinical or preliminary examination, obtaining the equivalent of the Second M.B., tantamount to a bachelor's degree in medicine.
Continuing at Freiburg for an additional semester, Krebs studied pathology under the tutelage of Prof. Ludwig Aschoff, a teacher whom Krebs considered inspiring. Next, Krebs went to Munich for clinical studies in medicine, spending a brief semester interlude at Berlin, and back in Munich completing his clinical courses of study and passing his final exams in December of 1923.
In January of 1924, in order to attain a medical licensure, Krebs began the requisite year of clinical hospital work at the Third Medical Clinic, associated with the University of Berlin, in Germany. During these pre-clinical and clinical medicine years, post-war Germany suffered from instability, including unchecked inflation. It is also the same time period in which Krebs solidified his interest in pursuing scientific research, instead of practicing medicine. Thus, he entered the laboratory of Prof. Anneliese Wittgenstein and conducted research on the entry of certain anionic dyes through the blood brain barrier and into the cerebrospinal fluid, eventually publishing the work later, in 1926.
Shortly after the start of 1925, in January, Krebs took his M.D. degree and then joined the laboratory of Prof. Peter Rona, housed in Berlin at the Pathological Institute of the Charité Hospital, where he (Krebs) learned techniques useful in biochemistry. Rona's laboratory is famous for having trained other prominent biochemists, such as Ernst Chain, Fritz Lipmann, Karl Meyer, and Hans Weber.
In January of 1926, to his great delight, Krebs moved to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology to become a research apprentice in the laboratory of the very famous Dr. Otto Warburg. The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology is well-known for having housed many famous biochemists, such as Fritz Lipmann, Otto Meyerhof, Lise Meitner, Carl Neuberg, Severo Ochoa, to name only a few.
Warburg's studies in photosynthesis, respiration, and intermediary metabolism were extremely important and influential to the field of biochemistry. Warburg had discovered that tumors metabolize sugars at higher than normal reaction rates even when oxygen is present—so called aerobic glycolysis, becoming part of metabolism called respiration. Hence, the "Warburg effect" became useful for diagnosing and treating cancer.
In Warburg's laboratory, Krebs first studied an enzyme, called cytochrome oxidase, of the respiratory chain, an area for which Warburg would later be awarded the Nobel in Physiology or Medicine, in 1931. Today, the presence of this respiratory enzyme is tested in basic Microbiology Laboratory courses, the oxidase test; and it is often used to help identify the species of bacteria. Importantly for Krebs, he learned the methods associated with measuring metabolic respiration, such as manometry, used in the day to measure oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production resulting from respiration during the process of intermediary metabolism.
3) Cycles are obviously important things to know about- in philosophy, in history, but why are cycles so critically important in science, and in this case, the cycle of metabolism?
In metabolism, the cycles become important in re-supplying elements like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and in recycling intermediates that are formed during nutrient metabolism, such as citrate and other central metabolites, back to the living systems, ranging from the bacteria, the plants, animals, to humans and to every living being in between. Without these elemental and nutrient recycling processes in place, these important metabolic molecules would be locked up into unattainable forms, and thus permanently used up. Thus, living organisms would eventually starve and die, and life on Earth could very well cease to exist.
It is during the late 1920s in Warburg's laboratory where Krebs learned the then powerful technique, called manometry, which would help him make his first major contribution to the field of intermediary metabolism—the urea cycle, in 1932. Krebs studied the catabolic degradation of amino acids and the excretion of the nitrogen waste in the form of urea. This is actually the very first metabolic cycle to have been discovered, and it was Krebs who discovered it. The urea cycle figures prominently in the metabolism of amino acids, which then are used to produce proteins, and which, in turn, carryout life's existence. Hence, the urea cycle is an important topic that is still covered in any good course or textbook dealing with Biochemistry.
There is, however, another cycle for which Krebs was to become famous. Although popularly known as the Krebs cycle, Krebs himself actually referred to it as the citric acid cycle, and others have called it the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA). In the strictest sense of the word, the cycle per se consists of 10 metabolites and 8 enzymes in many well-studied eukaryotes and with minor variations 11 metabolites and 8 enzymes in prokaryotes. In eukaryotes the Krebs cycle occurs in the inner matrix of the cellular organelle called the mitochondrion. Whereas in prokaryotes, the Krebs cycle occurs in the cytoplasm of the bacterial cell.
During the 1930s, Krebs elucidated his famous nutrient cycle by studying pigeon breast muscle tissue, which was known to carry out metabolism at rapid rates. He added various starting materials to the minced pigeon tissue in the manometer and measured the resulting consumption of oxygen during the ensuing respiration activity inherent in catabolic metabolism. Interestingly, when he artificially supplied the pigeon breast muscle in the manometer with citrate, he observed its depletion and then saw its regeneration! It was then a matter of identifying the intermediates that occurred in between the citrate removal and its reappearance. Adding the requisite intermediates into the manometer along with pigeon muscle, Krebs then showed the re-appearance of the citrate—hence, the cyclic nature of the pathway was established.
It is interesting that Krebs cited the works of Martius and Knoop (his former inspirational teacher) in which they found that oxaloacetate plus pyruvate could make citrate, to argue his (Krebs) case for the cycling aspect of the metabolic pathway.
Unable to identify one of the metabolites in the cycle, however, Krebs simply called it "an unknown substance," in this famous Nobel winning paper of 1937. We now know from the work of Fritz Lipmann, who discovered the central metabolic reaction converting acetyl-coenzyme A (AcCoA or AcSCoA) to citrate by combining it with oxaloacetate that filled in the missing link, so to speak. When glycolysis takes glucose that we eat to form pyruvate, it loses carbon dioxide (which we then breathe out) and the remaining acetate combines with coenzyme A to form AcCoA, which then enters the Krebs cycle to form citrate. The unknown substance that Krebs predicted was the AcCoA. Together, Lipmann and Krebs would share the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953 for this pivotal discovery.
Interestingly, and importantly, additional work conducted in Warburg's laboratory by Krebs and assisted by a medical student, Kurt Henseleit, the so-called ornithine cycle was discovered, in 1932. Krebs considered himself fortunate to be involved in this discovery for a variety of reasons. First, he chose liver as the tissue to study—it showed high levels of biochemical activity. Second, the ornithine cycle discovery led to another even more important discovery, namely, that of the so-called urea cycle. Third, the discovery of the cycle led to the concept of a metabolic cycle, in general. Fourth, these metabolic cycles were found to be relevant medically and practically in many important diseases. Lastly, Krebs was fortunate that he made the major ornithine discovery prior to the rise in power of Hitler. In this regard, Krebs had officially established himself as a first-rate scientist, and it helped him escape Nazi Germany by accepting an offer from Oxford and later to Sheffield.
Lastly, several metabolic links were discovered between the Krebs cycle and the urea cycle. Collectively called the aspartate-argininosuccinate shunt, the links provided a metabolic conduit between the inner matrix of the mitochondrion, where the Krebs cycle resides, and the cytoplasm, where the urea cycle resides. Anyhow, these two systems are often happily referred to as "Krebs Bicycle!"
4) What relevance does this cycle of metabolism have today? Is it still discussed?
Among the many justifications for its relevance today, I think there are several primary reasons why the Krebs cycle is still discussed in modern times. The first is that the citric acid cycle is a central repository for metabolic intermediates during the consumption of all foods and synthesis of all important compounds that living organisms need. For example, whether the foods consumed by living beings consist of meat (protein), carbohydrates (sugars), nucleic acids, or fats, all such nutrients are eventually taken to the Krebs cycle; likewise, Krebs cycle intermediates are often the starting points for the bio-production of the amino acids, which are then used for making much needed proteins.
One should keep in mind, then, that there is only so much Krebs cycle machinery present in living cells. Hence, if one constantly snacks or overeats during meals, the catabolic intermediates saturate the Krebs cycle machine, forcing the cell to shunt the AcCoA to produce fats, instead.
Another reason Krebs cycle is important is because it provides a means for living beings to collect and concentrate those delicious and nutritious electrons that are stored in foods we eat in order to take them (electrons) to the respiratory chain to transfer them to their final electron acceptors (oxygen, or perhaps other molecules) to generate an energizing proton motive force in order to have energy to make ATP. Hence, without the Krebs cycle, making biological energy, ATP, might be virtually impossible.
The third reason I think the Krebs cycle is discussed today is that its enzymes can make good targets to inhibit during the growth of tumor tissue, like cancer. The diseases involving cancer remain in modern times a significant cause of mortality.
A fourth reason I think Krebs' cycle is relevant today is because without it there would be no human life—this is not true, however, with many of the microbes, but it certainly is true as far as human life is concerned. With life being such an important entity and, hence, a primary preoccupation, I think it is no wonder that in many scientific textbooks, the cycle of Krebs is quite often given its very own dedicated chapter.
5) What have I neglected to ask about the life and work of this famous scientist?
Altogether, Krebs listed 356 publications in his autobiography, published in 1980, shortly before his death on the 22nd of November in 1981.
Although many biochemists know about this, perhaps it may not be so well known to the layman, but Krebs' well-written manuscript, in which he provided obviously well thought-out and carefully collected manometric evidence for his cycle, was soundly rejected on June 14, 1937, by the editor of Nature!
It is said that Krebs actually framed the rejection letter and displayed it in his office for the rest of his career. I do know that Krebs faithfully reproduced the rejection letter on page 98 of his autobiography.
It might further interest your readers to know that my postdoctoral supervisor at Harvard, Prof. Dr. Thomas Hastings Wilson, had himself taken his Ph.D. in 1953 in the research laboratory of Krebs, when they were at the University of Sheffield, England. When I was in Dr. Wilson's laboratory during the late 1990s, he was often nostalgic about Krebs and admired him greatly, and I remember thinking how neat it was to know someone who knew the universally famous Krebs.
I think your readers who enjoy music might also appreciate knowing that Krebs happened to come across a song with a description of his cycle as the lyrics, written by biochemists, and which accompanied an old Australian folk song, "Waltzing Matilda," but colloquially called instead "Waltz Round the Cycle." The story is told that Krebs encouraged these lyricists to keep making more of these scientific songs.
In apparently so doing, there was another song about his urea cycle, titled "We're Here Because Urea." I recall with great fondness that my good friend and colleague, Dr. John A. Badwey, during his lectures on nitrogen metabolism in the large Amphitheatre of the Medical Education Center building at Harvard Medical School, would play this urea tune, to the delight of the postdocs, students, and faculty, alike.
"Waltz Round the Cycle"
"We're Here Because Urea"


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Golden Gate Dim Sum Seafood Restaurant
1829 Clement Street (at 19th Street), San Francisco
Contact: 415 666-3883;
Recommended dishes: pork neck with fermented black beans, red wine oxtail, turnip cake with Chinese sausage, herb chicken feet, claypot with gingko nuts; dessert soup of jasmine tea, soy milk and tofu skin
My elegant Shanghai friends, one in her seventies, the other a venerable 89, swept into the humble little Golden Gate Dim Sum Seafood Restaurant like two empresses. Watching from the table, I had a premonition that this could be a culturally fraught lunch. But I needed them. Most of the dishes I wanted to try were posted on the wall in Chinese.
For three years, Golden Gate has been serving straight ahead Guangdong Cantonese food in the former location of Mao Zedong Village Cuisine. The gruff, un-ingratiating service here seems like a Mao-era holdover though its two dining rooms are actually cheerful and cozy. The small front room has tables covered with white linen and white paper tucked under a beamed A-frame ceiling, with forest green chairs and red lanterns. A small back dining room looks out through a glass wall to a vertical rock garden studded with ferns. Giverny-style white, yellow and blue china, adds that je ne sais quoi.
Both of my empresses speak Mandarin, Shanghainese and English, but one had to dredge up her adolescent, post-1949 Hong Kong Cantonese to order. The dining room was full of Cantonese-speaking lunchers. We were the outsiders. Only I admitted to liking anything.
I don't see how my friends could have been immune to the charms of red wine oxtail ($10.95), #10 on the Chinese wall menu, a clay pot dish evocative of boeuf bourguignon, full of tender carrots, a deep sauce melded with garlic and Western red wine, and flavorful meat nestled into bones. With a platter of spring pea leaves ($14.95) and rice, this is a meal that should have satisfied the pickiest eater.
From the dim sum menu, the empresses grudgingly approved of soft, delicate turnip cakes ($2) with a custard-like texture and crisp edges; and some notably fresh, home-style har gow ($2.50), shrimp dumplings. Warm chicken feet ($4.80) also disappeared quickly, the skin and soft cartilage scented with Chinese celery, steeped in a clear broth studded with red wolf berries, and caramel-nuanced Chinese dates called jujubees.
At dinner one night, a Cantonese-speaking Vietnamese guest ordered exclusively from the Chinese wall menu. I'm still thinking about #8, succulent boneless pork neck stir fried with sliced jalapenos, onions and fermented black beans ($8.50), a spicy, salty, irresistible combination. So was #2, a clay pot of creamy gingko nuts, tofu skin, curls of clean pork stomach, black mushrooms, tons of black pepper, and pickled cabbage leaves in boiling broth ($8.50). I didn't want to stop eating this one, either. For those who love that homey Cantonese dish of steamed ground pork seasoned with salted fish, Golden Gate does an excellent version. The pork is actually pounded, not ground, so it becomes velvety, and almost gelatinous. The mild salted fish adds depth as baby bok choy contributes color and balance. With these dishes and others, Golden Gate Dim Sum Seafood Restaurant has now joined my top comfort food list. The chef, Mr. Wong, reportedly came from the respected Mayflower nearby on Geary.
Dim sum lunch, by the way, is easy to order. Just check off items from a long list. But the best dinner finds demand Chinese literacy. If you can't read, bring someone who does, and who is not affronted by socialist attitude.
Hours: dim sum Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; dinner nightly from 5 to 9:30 p.m.
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When the Earl of Clancarty was captain of a man-of-war, and was cruising on the coast of Guinea, he happened to lose his chaplain by a fever, on which the lieutenant, who was a Scotchman, gave him notice of it, saying, at the same time, "that he was sorry to inform him that he died in the Roman Catholic religion." "Well, so much the better," said his lordship. "Oot, oot, my lord, how can you say so of a British clergyman?" "Why," said his lordship, "because I believe I am the first captain of a man-of-war that could boast of having a chaplain who had any religion at all."


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Originally recorded by Scarlett Wilde and her band Scarlett Feeva, the music video was premiered on YouTube in March 2010. The material they recorded was never officially released.
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Despite only training once a week, sprinter Toby Harries is quickly making a big impression in athletics
Sixteen-year-old Toby Harries broke the UK indoor under-17 200m record when clocking 21.46 to win the England Athletics Under-17 Indoor Championships earlier this year.
What makes this feat even more remarkable is that the talented teenager had only been training for athletics once a week, due to also playing rugby at a high level.
"Based on my training, I knew that I had a good chance of taking the gold, but up against so many great athletes, of course I had my doubts," reveals Toby, who also took bronze in the 60m, having set a PB of 6.91 in the semi-final. However, even the ambitious athlete himself was surprised with the manner in which he took victory in the one-lap discipline.
"I knew I would leave everything on the track in order to take first place. Crossing that line was a mixture of relief and utter triumph. When an official told me I'd broken the record, I think I was as shocked, if not more so, then everyone else," he adds.
Indeed, it was a performance that broke a 17-year-old UK record that had belonged to 44.56 400 man Tim Benjamin, thus emphasising the magnitude of Toby's performance.
Coached by Jon Bigg, it was not the Brighton Phoenix athlete's first taste of athletics success. He had won the National Prep Schools' 100m and 200m in year six, year seven and year eight in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. Although a serious knee injury prevented him from doing any athletics in 2013, Toby bounced back to claim silver at the English Schools last year, which earned him selection to represent England in the SIAB Schools International, where he also finished second.
Clearly Toby soaked up the atmosphere, as he reflects: "The English Schools was hugely inspiring to see all the other incredible athletes. I felt honoured to be representing the Sussex team, as well as having the experience of running and doing so well in my 200m event." However, there is a small part of the event that he would like to forget. He adds with a smile: "Falling over the finish line is something I hope to never repeat."
Despite not having trained much for athletics to date, Toby is clearly in good hands, as he trains alongside Bigg and wife Sally Gunnell's son, Finley, who himself was an English Schools 400m medallist last year. Undoubtedly inspired by his performances and the successful team he has around him, Toby vows: "As the rugby season comes to a close, I am aiming to train more and more in the very near future."
It is not easy to balance training for two sports at a high level and Toby knows that one day he will have to make the difficult decision and choose which sport to concentrate on. But for now, he hopes to combine both sports and thinks the two complement each other.
Speaking about rugby, which he plays four or five times a week, and how it helps his speed, he reveals: "Recently, I was selected for south east England after making my way up through county side Sussex and Harlequins' elite programme. The programmes that I have been involved in have allowed me not only to advance my rugby, but also my athletics. As a number 11 wing and a sprinter, the sports very much interlink. The training for each has allowed me to progress in both sports."
Well aware of the demands that his sporting life places on his family, Toby gives them his final words of praise. "I am really grateful to my family as they transport me to my events and support me hugely, giving me inspiration to perform," he explains.
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Celebrities always seem to look stylish, even when they don't seem to be trying. When they do try — say, at the Met Gala or walking the red carpet at the Grammy Awards — some deliver looks that wag tongues for years to follow.
Here's actor Billy Porter at the 2019 Met Gala in an ancient Egyptian-inspired look. It featured a sequined catsuit, a gold headpiece, gold-leaf shoes and massive gold wings. The ensemble was designed by his stylist, Sam Ratelle, in collaboration with design duo The Blondes. Porter's shoes were custom-made by designer Giuseppe Zanotti.
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The moves are "the most dramatic gesture of reconciliation between the two nations in a decade," said our Korea correspondent. Above, the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy.
Even as relations thaw, however, President Trump told Reuters that Russia is helping the North evade sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting "closer every day" to being able to fire a missile to the U.S..
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Intelligence officials fear the case could represent a troubling pattern of China targeting former C.I.A. employees, an easier task than trying to recruit current operatives.
• Stephen Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, has agreed to be interviewed by investigators looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The deal allows him to avoid testifying before a grand jury, a sign that Mr. Bannon is cooperating with the investigation.
Separately, the clock is ticking on a government shutdown. Mr. Trump insists on including funding for a border wall in any spending bill, but Democrats want to extend a program for young undocumented immigrants.
Republicans, meanwhile, are weighing whether to use funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program as a carrot — or stick — to win Democrats' support.
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The document casts an alarming picture of U.S. national security threats, citing not only Russian and Chinese nuclear advances but also ones by North Korea and, potentially, Iran.
"We must look reality in the eye and see the world as it is, not as we wish it to be," the draft said.
• "I believe that they're hopeful that life will get better for them."
That was the chief executive of the California hospital that is looking after some of the 13 siblings who were rescued by the police on Tuesday.
Their father, David Turpin, had created a school at his nondescript home. But what the authorities found inside over the weekend were his emaciated children, some chained to furniture.
How a family that some described as normal just a few years ago had unraveled so severely, nobody seemed to know. The good news, trauma experts say, is that recovery for the siblings is possible.
• And is that you in that centuries-old work of art?
The Google Arts and Culture app, the most downloaded mobile app over the weekend, has made taking selfies at the museum a bit more personal. It allows the curious-minded to find their doppelgängers in paintings and sculptures.
One museum official said: "Art has the power to transport us through time, and so I think it's a joy to recognize ourselves, a friend or even a pet, in an artwork from centuries ago."
• Apple plans to bring back the majority of the $252 billion in cash that it has long held abroad, capitalizing on the Republican tax law. Meanwhile, our technology columnist writes that it's time for Apple to build a less-addictive iPhone.
• Google is helping businesses build their own A.I. algorithms, even if they are novices.
• Twenty-one U.S. states have filed a lawsuit against the repeal of net neutrality rules, saying the move was "arbitrary and capricious."
• Hong Kong stocks closed at their highest level on Wednesday, and U.S. stocks were up. Here's a snapshot of global markets.
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• In Myanmar, at least seven ethnic Rakhine protesters were killed by the police in Rakhine State, the same region where the U.N. has accused the authorities of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya minority. [The New York Times]
• A Hong Kong court sentenced Joshua Wong to three months in prison for his role in the 2014 Umbrella Movement. [The New York Times]
• The U.S. is withholding $65 million from the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency for "future consideration." [The New York Times]
• A U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led border force in Syria has raised alarm in the region. The 30,000-strong force, opposed by Russia, Turkey, Iran and Syria, could ignite a new phase in the war. [The New York Times]
• The Cantopop scene in Hong Kong owes a lot to Dolores O'Riordan, the Cranberries singer who died this week. [Quartzy]
• China will deploy robot submarines to stop oil leaking from an Iranian tanker that sank in the East China Sea. [South China Morning Post]
• From the Australian Open: Marta Kostyuk, a 15-year-old Ukrainian, has reached the third round. "Scary," she said after advancing. "But, O.K." [The New York Times]
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Double your money in just 90 days. Better yet, make it 45.
That's what Charles Ponzi, who died 69 years ago today, promised investors. In the end, Ponzi swindled more than $15 million in 1920, the equivalent of $191 million today.
The trickery earned Ponzi his own namesake scheme, made notorious by Bernard Madoff, who defrauded clients of more than $50 billion. But the original scheme centered on postal notes.
Ponzi took advantage of international postal reply coupons, which allowed postal customers in one country to buy a coupon redeemable for stamps in another country.
Money was invested through Ponzi's Security Exchange Company with the idea that he would take investor's dollars, use them to buy foreign postal coupons, convert each coupon into a 5-cent stamp, and convert the stamps into cash.
But Ponzi never invested in the coupons.
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Ponzi's scheme was eventually exposed, and he later died in a charity hospital in Brazil, with only $75 to his name.
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Swan lake is a ballet that is very famous in Russia and even in the world. Swan Lake has been around for hundreds of years. Of course, as time went on, there were several modifications and innovations made by ballet composers to make the fresh and new swan lake show. However, do you know who is the most famous ballet composer? He is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer in the age of romantic music born in Votkinsk. A small town that is now Udmurtia. He wrote a lot of world-famous ballet music such as Swan Lake, Romeo Dan Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, and Nutcracker. His works are highly admired in the world because of their peculiarities. His work is a mixture of western music and Russian music. This is what makes it different from other Russian composers, who usually write Russian melodies and folk music.
From Tchaikovsky's extraordinary works, one of the most legendary is Swan Lake. Until now, this ballet has become one of the attractions of tourists. And this ballet is still often displayed in theaters in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In this article we present 4 hidden things that you may not know about Tchaikovsky's swan lake. for those of you who are curious about the initial form of Lake Ballet Swan, then the following discussion.
1. Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Was Made At The Behest Of The Moscow Empire
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a very well-known composer of his time. Because of his success, he was trusted by the empire to make ballet compositions which would be displayed in Moscow's imperial theatre. He was commissioned to write by Vladimir Begichev in the spring of 1875. And finally he completed his assignment in April 1876. And finally his work was displayed for the first time on March 4, 1877. But unfortunately, the beautiful Swan Lake received criticism from critics. They considered Tchaikovsky's music too noisy, too symphonic, and not appropriate to be used as ballet music. So that this beautiful work goes out within a few years.
However, Swan Lake was not really dead. Swan Lake was finally revived by French Choreographer Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in 1895.
2. Various Swan Lake Themes
Swan lake was rejected at first. However, many of the people who admired Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's talents. He is truly a great composer. According to many people, the music is not noisy, but it is used to show the extraordinary emotions of the swan lake story, so that the audience can absorb every plot of the story.
Actually, the swan lake music theme varies greatly. In accordance with the ups and downs of emotions in the story. As in the part of the Siegfried Prince, he saw a swan lake and odette which were very beautiful when he hunted, Tchaikovsky made high f and b minor tones. The high tone meant to make the lake mysterious more pronounced and the b minor was meant to be an introduction to sad tones. Tchaikovsky continued to make the up and down tone according to the emotions of the story. And at the end it impressed every audience. At the end, he uses a minor, which shows the despair of the request and prepares the audience to see Odette and Siegfried deaths. And after the death of the main character, he uses b minor.
Indeed, Tchaikovsky is very extraordinary. The music really made Swan Lake's story dramatic and sad. maybe the critics criticized the music, because at that time classical music that sounded slow and slow was a trend. So that the music feels less suitable for ballet.
3. Odile Is Not A Black Swan
Odile is the daughter of an evil witch who has cursed Odette to become a white swan. And Odile is very similar to Odette. So that in the original story, by Tchaikovsky, Odile is not a black swan. The Odile figure is played by the same person as Odette. That is ballerina Pierina Legnani. In the original story, Odile uses a color spectrum costume to contrast with Odette. Like the colors of aurora, red and gold. However, at the present time Odile figure is a black swan. This is done to make Odile role more distinguishable and its role as an antagonist more visible. So they gave a black costume for ballerina Tamara Toumanova in 1941 by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera.
4. A Complicated Story To Understand
A story does have its own plot, according to the creativity of the author. Likewise with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In the swan lake story he wrote, he presents a unique story, but it is difficult for many to understand. They must think hard to understand the meaning of the swan lake story. Because of the original story written by Tchaikovsky, swan lake is truly a mystery. However, for people who have managed to understand the meaning of this story, they will surely be very amazed by the expertise of a composer Tchaikovsky.
Then, this story was updated by a French composer in 1895, Marius Petipa. He not only added stories, but also changed the storyline from the original. But for music, he doesn't change much. Marius petipa makes swan lake with a storyline that is easier to understand by many people. Like the usual storyline. Introduction, climax, anticlimax, and ending. Not like what was done by the enigmatic Tchaikovsky.
And for his creativity in making swan lake become a fresher and easier to understand story, swan lake began to be known in Russia, not only in Moscow. Even known by the world. The audience felt that the new version of swan lake was easier to feel and its emotions. Not only certain people who can feel it.
But, that does not mean Tchaikovsky's work is not good. His work remains legendary because he was the one who managed to design the initial story of swan lake. it's just that he wants to make this story more unique and full of mystery.
Various stories in history have undergone many changes because of the increasing number of innovative writers. And refreshing is good, because displaying something new as long as it doesn't make a bad image of the story. And from the swan lake story, both the original and updated version by Marius Petipa, still presents a very useful message. That evil will never win against goodness.
That is 4 hidden things you may not know about Tchaikovsky's swan lake. after reading this article, you can see how talented tchaikovsky is. So that Swan Lake is legendary until now it is often even presented not only in ballet, but also in musical dramas or films.


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(Picture of Terrace Lake. Credit: visitsiskiyou.org website)
Last week I was talking with a guy who works at Mt. Shasta Ray's grocery store, and he mentioned that he had just visited Cliff Lake. It's funny he mentioned that because I had been wanting to visit the lakes in this area for quite some time. I figured if a local went there, it must be especially worthwhile because they know the best areas.
This afternoon I grabbed my topographical map (see below) and headed up Road 26 into the hills for an extended lunch break…one of the perks of living in this part of the county.
The guy mentioned that the last part of the road to the lake was meant for off road vehicles (located near top center of map as a dotted line with the letters "4WD". He said that they parked the car and walked up to the lake. It was my intent to do the same thing.
Since the roads are so poorly marked in this area, it was my strategy to drive up to Gumboot Lake, then backtrack down the road a quarter mile to find the off road trail to Cliff Lake.
I parked my car at what I believed to be the Cliff Lake trail, and set off on foot. The rocky trail started to climb in elevation, and at some points became so faint that I had trouble following it. When I got to the top of the hill, the trail disappeared entirely.
When I was scouting around and admiring the vast incredible view of the Siskiyou-Trinity County divide, I spotted a lake below me, which I later determined to be Cedar Lake. Since there was no trail, I headed straight through the waist-high manzanita brush and reached the lake a few minutes later.
At the lake, I quickly found a gravel road, and knew it must be the off-road vehicle trail used to access the lake. This meant that the place where I parked my car was not the correct one.
There was nobody around, and there were no signs indicating which lake it was. Since there are about six lakes in this immediate area, I wasn't sure which one it was. To make things more confusing, the direction of the gravel road didn't seem to match up with the topo map.
The lake appeared to be about the same size as Gumboot Lake. It appeared to be a very shallow lake, and was surrounded by short cedar and fir trees. I could see some lilies in the water. I also found some Cobra Water Pitcher Plants along the banks. At the north-west end, I found a really small spring which fed the lake.
I backtracked and followed the gravel road around the lake and found the lake exit, as well as a rock ringed fire pit and camping area. I continued down the gravel road and found another lake ten minutes later. Although there were no signs, I determined later that this was Lower Cliff Lake.
Lower Cliff Lake also had a rock firepit, but had a larger camping area. Some beer cans with bullet holes were next to the pit, along with a nice pile of oak firewood left behind for the next camper.
This lake had a large amount of downed trees at the lake exit point. It was at this time that I started to notice the wind blowing in the area. Since I was very close to the Trinity Divide, this was one of the areas that the focused wind could blow inland or toward the sea. I don't know if the wind dies down at night, but if it didn't, that would be a major downfall to camping here.
After looking around for a bit, I followed the gravel road away from the lake, heading west. I came across a couple national forest boundary signs. A short while later, a branch of the gravel road took off to the right side, but there was a "Private Property" sign so I didn't explore that way.
After a few more minutes I came across a gorgeous cirque lake against the rock cliffs that turned out to be Cliff Lake. Cliff Lake is a smaller version of Castle Lake, a popular and scenic lake located a several miles to the East.
I could tell that this lake was much deeper than the first two lakes I visited. I could see where ancient glaciers coming down the hillside carved a deep end and deposited the material on the close shore.
It didn't take me very long to hike out to the main road. When I reached the roadway, I saw that the four wheel drive gravel road had a marker: 39NO5Y. I walked up the road to where my car was parked.
The only disappointment was that I was not able to see Upper Cliff Lake. I hope to return at some point to find it. Also in the area is Terrace Lake, as well as three unnamed small lakes, and I hope to see those in the future as well.
John Soares did a story on on the area which included a visit to Cliff Lake and Lower Cliff Lake.
VisitSiskiyou.Org Post on Area Lakes including a picture of Terrace Lake