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The legitimacy of the $100 billion (£60 billion) carbon-trading market has been called into question after the world's largest auditor of clean-energy projects was suspended by United Nations inspectors. SGS UK had its accreditation suspended last week after it was unable to prove its staff had properly vetted projects that were then approved for the carbon-trading scheme, or even that they were qualified to do so.
It is a source of never-ending frustration to me that this dog of a policy mechanism was ever set up. The CDM, in case you haven't had the delight of making its acquaintance, is a mechanism that's supposed to allow developing countries to benefit from emissions trading – without having emissions targets.
If you're wondering how that's supposed to work, then join the queue. This is the other kind of emissions trading, the one that isn't cap-and-trade. It's called baseline-and-credit. What happens is that you look at (say) a factory where you're about to install spanking new energy efficiency equipment. The idea is that you get issued with emission permits adding up to the level of emissions you're saving by installing said technology. The problem, though, is that in order to do that, someone has to work out what the emissions would have been without it. And who the hell knows – really?
Back when the government set up the UK Emissions Trading Scheme in 2001 / 2002 (before it was superseded by the EUETS), I spent four surreal months as an official seconded in to Defra – where I was in charge of developing the baseline-and-credit part of the Scheme. It was abundantly clear that it wouldn't result in real emissions reductions. But companies loved it – as well they might. And as for the consultants charged with designing and accrediting the projects: it was Christmas.
Now, with the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), it's all gone global – and the same basic design problems are still, unavoidably, built in. So who has an incentive to say that the emperor wears no clothes?
Not developed country governments: they love the fact that it helps them to achieve their emissions targets cheaply (as you can see from the fact that a fifth of EUETS permits are from the CDM, or from the huge reliance on the CDM built into Waxman-Markey in the US). Not developing country governments: China and a couple of others are making money out of it, and the gripe you hear from the rest of them is not that the system is bust, but that they're not getting a piece of the action. And certainly not the UNFCCC Secretariat (who are supposed to be impartial in all this): their little secret is that a levy on CDM transactions funds a lot of of jobs at their HQ in Bonn.
Which might leave you wondering why the NGOs don't make more of a fuss. Alas, it's the same old story: their long-standing inability to decide what to think about the thorny issue of developing country participation in climate mitigation. Hamstrung by a rigid interpretation of what constitutes 'equity' for developing countries, none of them are willing to touch the question of quantified emission targets for poor nations. With targets out of the picture, they need some alternative storyline on how developing countries are supposed to reduce emissions and get access to clean technology – and so they end up cheerleading for the CDM, and persisting in the fiction that a few tweaks will be enough to resolve the fundamental design faults with the scheme.
So with no-one out there calling time on the CDM, Copenhagen will doubtless agree another ten years for this broken mechanism that delivers neither real emissions reductions nor real finance for development.
The tragedy here is that all the while, a far better solution to these challenges has been staring us in the face: get all countries involved in quantified targets, and deal with the equity issue by sharing them out on an equal per capita basis. Presto: massive new source of finance for development, plus safely stabilised climate. But the longer we wait to do this, the more of a safe 'emissions budget' gets used up – and the less remains to be shared with developing countries when a worsening climate means it's no longer avoidable for them to take on targets.
The CDM represents a collective unwillingness to face up to difficult issues in the hope that they'll get easier with time. Alas, the opposite is the case.


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Have you ever been enjoying a chat with some friends, and then get "[Name] wants to bite you. You will get a free bite mark"? 20 times in one day?
Update 2008-10-22. The alert now reads "[Name] would like to give you a Vampire bite. This will register you with The Thirst::Bloodlines system, and you'll get a FREE pair of bite marks. If you accept the bite, you don't have to play, and if you get bitten, you don't have to drink a potion to undo it. Say Yes to accept!".
That's Bloodlines. It's a pestilence of spammers who are often inconsiderate and often rude when rejected. Apparently, being refused for unsolicited bites is grounds for calling someone a Nazi.
There are those who enjoy role-playing vampires. Great! Role-play, vampires, fantasy and all of these things are a part of what make Second Life enjoyable. What I'm not great with is that my home is being invaded by a constant plethora of biters. What's more is that as with all spammers, if you unknowingly or without understanding what a "bite" is, get bitten, you get entered into a database. I don't appreciate my name being added to a database without my full and informed consent.
At Kuula, a newcomer learning center, it has become a plague. I've IMed and even dropped note cards on the maker, Mars Bracken and have not received a response.
Now, finally, Mars has come out with a solution. I appreciate that he has responded to non-RP community members. It's garlic necklace that you wear and click and it opts you out of the database. The Bloodlines Garlic can be found here. (Later: necklace prims are mod, copy and transfer. Additionally, a vendor is offered for free. I can seem to buy the vendor, but I have not figured out how to get it to dispense the necklace. Credit where it's due: Mars has made a first step.) While this certainly is one step in the right direction, I also feel that it is a partial and very inadequate solution.
Why the solution is inadquate:
1) All users must know about it in order to use it. They are not protected by default
2) All users must know where to get it, which most will not know about.
3) All users must be savvy enough to know how to use it, which most newcomers are not.
4) All users must be willing to be added to a database, which many are not.
5) Isn't spam opt-out universally understood as "confirmation" which only leads you to getting more spam?
If RL worked in the same manner, it would be legal to assault someone until the victim had discovered, found, filled out and filed out the paperwork to have the assaulter to stop.
The Bloodlines game should be OPT-IN for those to be invited to be bitten. To do anything else is to sully the name of what appears to be a very well enjoyed product. How many newbies (who are constantly preyed upon because they unwittingly click on any alert that pops up) simply accept the bite without understanding what it is? If you've never been bitten, you are not in the opt-out database; therefore you are still vulnerable to the plague. You have to accept a bite, and then opt out. Either way, it's a frequent annoyance or database city for you.
A better solution: It's easy to complain. It's more respecful to come up with some beginning of a solution. Here is mine.
I've proposed this solution to Mars about 30-90 days ago. A free script or API should be distributed that affects the region, not the individual. When a Bloodlines player TPs in or a Bloodlines HUD is rezzed, it should announce itself via llRegionSay() on a specific channel. If it receives no response, then it is disallowed.
Region owners should be able to have a script that response with either "Accept", "Warn-Rules", "Disallow".
"Accept" is self-evident. It's for bite friendly sims. It has no effect on the game, and the game plays as it normally would.
"Warn-Rules" sends a region-owner specifed message to the Bloodlines HUD owner. Example: "This is how you may play", "Please ask before offering a bite", "You are requested to willingly abstain". Whatever the particular sim owner deems most appropriate for their own sim. This permits the game to play as it normally would, but the user is informed of expected behaviour in that particular sim.
"Disallow" literally prevents bite request from being emitted. It would probably be good for the HUD user to be alerted of this fact so that they understand that the product is fully functional, but that the sim owner does not permit it to be active within the confines of their land.
This solution is feasable. I refer to the excellent MystiTool hud that performs just such a function. Some sims have this system where the user is politely asked to allow MystiTool to go into "Sleep mode" and when the user teleports out, all functions are restored to normal. I can appreciate this and have never failed (and have been happy to) allow MystiTool to go to sleep.
Note: Related to the above, an additional option for sim owners might be to have a greeter that informs the user entering a bite friendly area that they can expect to be bitten, and thus, the user having been informed and accepted may have no recourse to abuse reports for bite.
Now, Mars Bracken, I fully understand that as a vendor that you want your product to be promoted as widely as possible. And I'm all for that, and it MUST be done within the confines of full and knowledgeable consent of all parties. At the moment, this is not the case, and has had more than one player banned from various sims that I know of. If you want opt-in, the very best way is to have your enthusiastic players charm people into the notion. If a product is mostly accepted only by default or accident or misunderstanding might want to reconsider the offering and/or consider adding new ideas or markets. However the upside is that those who would be your hardcore loyal customer and fans would be clearly measured and marked out for you, and would be by the very fact of their enthusiasm a sales force.
A side idea, what if you created a promotional piece of material, a note card, or a web page that was used to charm the user into trying your product that your loyal customer base could use? You could count hits, get a sense of the market and still be respectful. A user is not forced to click on a link, and those who go, are those who have interest.
I believe that the use of such an addition to the popular game would have a three fold effect:
First, it would buy back some good will from the non-RPers toward the Bloodlines game. For those who have been harried and annoyed by players not respecting their right to peaceful enjoyment of non-RPers seeing the creator take a proactive stance in resolving the issue can only be good PR.
Secondly it would make clear to the players which sims permit and even invite this kind of roleplay and what kind of behaviour is expected of them.
Third, it would allow the Bloodlines creator an opportunity to accurately and in real-time collect a list of sims that DO encourage this kind of gameplay, add it to the website and permit the furtherance of the game in a way that is appreciated and respectful of all members concerned. (Let's keep full disclosure of databasing in mind here, please).
A humourous (and potentially profitable note). A friend who has a say in the running of multiple sims humourously noted that "The game owners need to start selling vampire hunter kits. You pay them xL$ and get x number of stakes. Whenever you stake one of their vampires they loose all their blood. They would make tons of money :)". Even though this was said tongue in cheek, I actually believe that it's a good idea. This would, of course work only in Allow and Warn-Rules areas.
A call to action
Mars Bracken, I ask you to consider this deeply, and to make such a product available. I'm happy that you have found a successful niche for a product, and encourage your continued success, and would be willing to offer what thoughts and assistance I can to help you bring this new feature to light, in a win-win manner.
Please let me know.
PS: I have posted a link to this article on the bloodlines website at http://www.slbloodlines.com/blog/?p=52
Follow ups: Sarah Nerd is actually using the Buffy Bot to handle this pestillence. This is what an owner controlled region looks like for the vampires that don't play nicely. Allowing for the proposed solution, no ejections or bans would be necessary.

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Posted by Reiseng in 12 Days of Anime, Anime, Steins;Gate on December 15, 2011
In case it wasn't obvious, I am not writing these posts in order of increasing memorability, but rather, I am going to try my best to keep them as chronological as possible. I just realized that this 12 day business was meant to start on the 14th, whereas I started on the 15th. Oops.
I also realized that you are meant to write a post for one moment, and not several like I did last time.
Oh well, let's continue on with my way!
In other news, today, them American congress people are voting on the SOPA bill.
If that bill passes, then well, there is a good chance that even blogs like this one could be in danger. Can you believe it? I am evil, and nasty, but neither me nor my blog have caused anyone harm…I think.


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Solving the crazy-looking physics problems that define the AC75 class, which will be used to contest "AC36", would be hard enough for most top designers. But the added pressures of competing on an America's Cup racecourse against teams such as Emirates Team New Zealand, the Defender and a squad known for pulling design magic out of their hat, while also racing the clock, helps creates the kind of drama that makes the Cup great.
"Not even close, we could use four [more years]," says Terry Hutchinson, American Magic's skipper and a veteran Cup racer, in an official press release, when asked if the remaining timeframe is sufficient. "Every single day is already accounted for as we work and prepare for the 36th America's Cup."
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Then we prepare a digital marketing strategy exclusively for you and your company in order to ensure the best reaction and the best return on your investment. This will include further site visits and creating your unique voice, writing your company's story and presenting all that's good about your offering to the world. We will also audit your website and make it even better than it already is!
Then we use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and blogs to shout to the world about how great your company is and why people should be buying your product and using your service. Depending on your needs and your budget, we use all or some of these social media channels. This is why we work with you to get the right package for you.
We manage all your digital accounts and interact with all your customers all the time in the nicest and friendliest way possible. Why? Because we care as much as you do. That is how we drive business for you.
To show you what we're doing we also give updates on all activity across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LindkedIn and your website.
The information we use online we get from you: it will feature your products and services accompanied by the best content around and by cool photographs and by super videos.
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100% human hair extensions.
All major hair extension brands will announce that their product is made of 100% human hair. Why not just, human hair? Is it not understood that you would only use the human hair if it was labeled as such?
What you may not know is that there are times you will see blends of human hair and synthetic fiber. Most times these hybrids are labeled as blends. In other instances they are not. "Match tests" are performed and required to determine if small amounts of synthetic hair are used as filler.
Human hair costs significantly more than synthetic. A match test is when you light a small bundle of hair with a match. Human hair will burn and of course smell just awful. Synthetic will melt.
In some low quality extensions some manufacturers will blend in yak hair.. Yes, as in the animal. You will never see on a package that these manufacturers have done this. Most people who buy extensions would not be happy to know they are wearing an animals hair! If the human hair you are buying costs $10, chances are you might be wearing hair off a yak's chin.
Human hair is considered to be a better choice than synthetic. In most cases this could be argued to be true. However, human hair comes in many varieties and levels of quality. Really inexpensive human hair can be even worse than some synthetic fiber. That is why it is important to fully understand what kind of hair you are buying.
You would think that price would be the best indicator on the level of quality of human hair. Unfortunately, this is not true. I have purchased hair for $100 that has rivaled hair sold for $300. Not all companies hold the same values and pricing structures. Finding human hair that is a fair price and great quality is getting harder and harder.
That's kind of the whole idea behind what we do at The Beauty Box Salon, to help educate you and weed out a lot of the junk on the hair extension market. We believe you deserve the right hair extension product.
As with most things in life, if it is too good to be true, it probably is. We've done the homework so you don't have to.
The main benefit of human hair is that it can have all the qualities of your own hair on your head. That means, if matched correctly, it should be indistinguishable from your own. In addition, you can shampoo, condition, curl, straighten, and blow dry the human hair extensions just like your own.
I like to think of it as matching fiber to fiber. That is why when you try wearing synthetic hair extensions it can be a bit trickier as the "fibers" do not match as well as human hair. There is nothing on the market that acts and looks exactly like human hair.
Another thing to note when buying human hair is to buy for what your needs are. If you are going to wear hair extensions for a night or from time to time you may not need the "best". I often use "B" grade hair for photo shoots and special event hair.
If you plan on wearing it daily for months and months then making sure you get "A" grade hair may be a better choice. Most human hair comes from two places, China and India. Be careful when you hear the words, "virgin" and "european".
Virgin European hair is very expensive and quite hard to find. Most main stream extension manufacturers do not use this kind of hair as the main stream market is not willing to pay for such high prices.
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Known as the "white death", having TB often meant patients spending weeks, months and even years in institutions – such as the East Anglian Sanatorium in Nayland, Suffolk – undergoing the "rest cure".
TB affected everyone in the UK, including in West Suffolk. In 1906, 10% of deaths in Bury St Edmunds were linked to TB. The profits from the 1907 Bury St Edmunds Historical Pageant – the equivalent of around £100,000 today – were spent on opening the Bury St Edmunds and West Suffolk Sanatorium in 1909.
Writer Helen Bynum, author of Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis, will discuss the impact of TB on patients, the public and nursing staff during the talk at the Royal College of Nursing's regional office in Bury St Edmunds on 6 September.
The free event is open to the public to come along and learn more about the subject and explore some of the lesser known facts about life at this difficult time in our past.
Speaking ahead of the event, Helen said: "Tuberculosis is a terrible disease. It was greatly feared and those who were sick with it were avoided and stigmatised.
"It remains in the top 10 causes of death around the world, killing 1.7 million in 2016."
Helen said that before the arrival of successful TB drug therapies in the 1950s, nursing played a major part in TB care. "The rest cure of the sanatoria demanded that patients do nothing for themselves," she said.
"Rest meant rest and everything else fell to the lot of the nurse, who had to attend to the patient's needs on a constant basis. The sanatorium became the patient's entire world."
Anyone who would like to attend this free event, organised by the Royal College of Nursing's Library Service, can book a place and find out more by visiting the event page or calling 0345 337 3368.


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The blue band was launched by BBC Radio One as part of their One Life campaign to tackle bullying.
The blue band is stamped with 'Beat Bullying' and has been worn by loads of celebrities and sports stars including footballers Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand and guitar band Rooster.
The bands were given away free, but have been so popular that Radio One has been unable to send bands to everyone who has requested one.


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All the news, views, and filtered excellence fit to consume during your morning grumpy.
1. Brad Riter and I recorded a podcast about grocery store etiquette. It's absurd, trivial, and thus far is the most popular podcast we've ever recorded. Which says a lot about the listeners. Enjoy.
2. The average American is as likely to be crushed to death by televisions or furniture as they are to be killed by a terrorist.
3. How activists are turning Chicago's housing crisis into a huge opportunity.
The U.S. Postal Service, which tracks these numbers, reported that 62,000 properties in Chicago were vacant at the end of last year, with two-thirds of them clustered as if to form a sinkhole in just a few black neighborhoods on the South and West Sides. Currently about 40 percent of all homeowners in these communities owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, and countywide 80,000 foreclosures are wending their way through circuit court. Last spring, a nine-month study conducted by the National Fair Housing Alliance revealed what everyone in these neighborhoods already knew: After forcing out families in foreclosure, banks failed to properly market, maintain and secure the vacated homes. Thieves subsequently entered many of the properties and stripped them of copper and anything else that could be trafficked.
Sound familiar, Buffalo?
It's not that the City of Chicago and its public and private partners don't care about the areas gutted by foreclosures; it's just that as investments, the numbers on these blocks simply don't add up, and no amount of good intentions is going to change that any time soon. Since 2009, the city has funneled $168 million from the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program into the purchase of 862 vacant foreclosures, fixing up 804 of them, at an average cost of $110,000. It sank $350,000 into the repairs of one home, but even at the asking price of $105,000, no buyers could be found. So far only 91 of the units have sold.
Yup, sounds familiar. What does a city do if the property value doesn't support renovation for purchase or rental?
Cook County now plans to form what will become the nation's largest land bank, an entity that will acquire thousands of vacant residences, demolishing some, turning others into much-needed rentals and holding onto others until they can be released, strategically, back into the market. By clearing titles and back taxes, the land bank hopes to attract the most responsible of the investor groups that are currently gobbling up distressed housing in neighborhoods with far better prospects.
And activists are filling in the gaps. The article is filled with solid ideas to benchmark for use in Buffalo.
4. How to hire good people rather than nice people.
Nice people care if you like them; good people care about you. Nice people stretch the truth; good people don't. If you tell a nice person to do something evil, they might do it because they do not want to upset you; a good person will refuse to do it.
You might think you are a good person, but you are fallible, so if you want to avoid inadvertently doing something evil you must surround yourself with good people, not nice people.
How do you separate the good from the nice? If you do what I do, it will be a piece of cake.
Nice people will allow you to hire them even if they know they are not among your best candidates; a good person won't let you hire them unless that is what is best for you.
If only more hiring managers in the corporate thought this way and followed this guys tips…
5. Why are athletes and affluent sports fans so obsessed with the idea of a "blue collar" work ethic? Seeing as how most actual "blue collar" folks can't afford a ticket to a pro sporting event.
They are pro athletes who have chauffeurs and nutritionists and such. Most of the fans in the arenas watching them are probably not blue-collar either, in the sense of working with their hands or performing other physical labor. For one, there just aren't that many blue-collar workers anymore: Half as many Americans work in manufacturing now as they did in the 1970s, for example. That doesn't mean it isn't still possible to make a decent living in a blue-collar job, but probably not a nice enough living to afford the $955 ticket that will get you on TNT behind the announcers in Indianapolis' Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Meanwhile, the current fashion in building and promoting the arenas and stadiums that teams play in is to play up the luxury factor; everything is premium state-of-the-art this and black-leather Wi-Fi-enabled that. Buy into the Krieg DeVault Club Level at a Pacers game and you're guaranteed your own "dedicated service staff member."
As I get older the phoniness of professional sports becomes increasingly disheartening.
Fact Of The Day: The terms "left wing" and "right wing" refer to the seating arrangements in the French National Assembly just before the French Revolution.
Quote Of The Day: "Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing patterns of change rather than static snapshots. It is a set of general principles- distilled over the course of the twentieth century, spanning fields as diverse as the physical and social sciences, engineering, and management. …During the last thirty years, these tools have been applied to understand a wide range of corporate, urban, regional, economic, political, ecological, and even psychological systems. And systems thinking is a sensibility- for the subtle interconnectedness that gives living systems their unique character." – Peter Senge
Video Of The Day: Prancersize
Song Of The Day: "World Destruction" – Afrika Bambaataa with John Lydon
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I waited with bated breath for my entry permit.
Not the usual, Please God, I really, really want it. Nope! This was a 30-70 situation. Okay God, do your thing. I guess I kind of want it. But…if you have a conviction to have it denied…if in your view, this cliff is too steep…that will be your decision. I want you to know that I've really grown up since 2 hours ago when you said no to my fervent request for that really important thing (even though you can see just how badly I need it still.)
Anyway…that's water under the bridge. So…in that spirit, perhaps you can say yes to this one by saying no? Do your thing, God. Please.
Barely 2 days later, the permit comes through. The Republic of Somalia welcomes me.
Dear God, you're just on a roll, aren't you? The one thing I asked. The one thing!!
The ticket quickly follows, and I watch every second with growing apprehension.
The eve of travel
I pack late into the night – that's just my thing – I wait until the last possible minute. (I'm trying to kick this habit, but I always wait until the last possible minute to get started on the list of all the habits I want to kick! And this one is at the very bottom, so you can imagine.)
At 11 pm, I finally hit the sack. I needn't have bothered. An hour of sleep is all I get. A dream filled hour. A blend of everything I know about Somalia. I see the women in their hijabs and the men making declarations on TV. I see the trainees jumping over sandbags, bullet magazines draped over their shoulders. I see guns poking out of speeding land cruisers…
At midnight, my eyes fly open. It is going to be a long night! I try to read, but Somalia keeps popping up in the text. I'm so wide awake, I take my daily dose of Duolingo. Then I just stare at the vivid images in the dark.
At 2 am, I finally doze off, only to wake up 5 minutes later. At 3 am, the alarm goes off and I'm relieved. At 3.55 am, my phone rings. The cab is here.
The drive
I've gotten into cars many many many times before. Zero incidents to report. But this time, I manage to hurt my foot. It's raining heavily as we drive. I wonder if that's an omen. And if it's a good one or a bad one.
When I step out for the first security check, I notice that the top of my foot is bleeding. Like. Bleeding.
This omen has tetanus written all over it. When was the last time I took a tetanus jab? Eeek. Let's just say it rhymes with rages.
At the terminal
I'm dragging 4 pieces of luggage:
- My laptop bag.
- My snack bag. (Don't judge. I am going to Mogadishu. It's all anjera over there.)
- Perfectly shredded and packed sukuma wiki. (Again, don't judge.)
- My Personal effects bag. Okay, personal effects and 2 packs of ugali flour. I'm not kidding! They sent an email with a list of things to bring with me: Entry permit. Passport. $60 for a visa. Yellow fever card. 2 packs of ugali flour.
Now, I love the jilbab. Really, I do. But it gets caught between doors, it gets stuck on headrests, it basically gets in the way of me being me. Plus, I keep forgetting how long the dress is, so I'm tripping a lot. I'm walking about as awkwardly as a flamingo in heels when I hear a voice. (Airports are so cold. It's really nice when a stranger speaks to you.) Just one problem, she says something that sounds like "…wara?"
Oh wow! I look like one of them! If I could, I'd do the dance that movie people do in circles – Taran Taran ta he! Taran Taran ta he! You know that song, right?
But my excitement is short-lived. She's waiting for an answer!
"Errm…good morning."
"Good morning." She replies. "..wara?"
She walks away with a puzzled look on her face.
Okay, I feel awful. Drowning in my jilbab, my tongue MIA.
It gets worse.
The women keep coming. I keep nodding my head and smiling. Oh, God.
"….Freedom flight?"
I look in the direction of the voice. The words sound so good. I wrap my arms around them and cling. There! I point to the deadest aisle in the terminal. Turns out I can understand Somali. They just need to add a few catchy English words. Neat trick, huh?
Seriously though, the one time I come early, the counter opens a whole hour late! So now I have to sit here and avoid eye contact. I'm staring so hard at the floor, I start to notice feet. Feet clothed in socks! I look at my own feet. Clearly unclothed. Drat! No one told me to wear socks! Okay fine, I've seen lots of Somali women in socks and sandals. I just thought it was their little thing. More feet-in-socks pass. Yikes!
Then I see a pair of uncovered ones. The henna on her toenails is just beautiful. My doppelganger is at the airport! Hurray! Now, why didn't anyone tell me about the henna? Guys, I really need to blend in.
I soon realize that there is such a thing as too much success.
I get to Passport control and find out that I do not look like me. My fingerprints check out but I have to stand there and convince them that this Somali woman is actually the afro-gal in the photo! I'm just about to throw in the jilbab when they let me through.
"Final call for freedom flight, final call for freedom flight…."
All I can hear is – final call to change your mind…final call to change your mind…
The official who takes my ticket is the same one who checked me in.
"I thought you were going to Bosaso. I was really wondering about your luggage."
A chill runs down my spine.
"Is my luggage on this flight?"
"Lady. My. Luggage. Better. Not. Be. En route. To. Bosaso."
She nods and scuttles off to correct her mistake.
Okay. She doesn't scuttle until I'm on the bus. I don't actually know if she scuttles. What I do know is that she thought I was going to Bosaso. That's just math.
In the plane
You know that safety demo no one listens to? I cling to every word. In the unlikely event that we land on water…, if the plane catches fire…The flight host prances around his stage, pointing out emergency exits and stuff. Then it's all quiet.
An hour later, the seatbelt sign goes up. We are now in Somali airspace.
Outside my window, the ocean stretches on and on. It's like looking down at the sky. The plane starts to lose altitude, we are getting closer and closer. At the very edge of the water, we touch down.
Aden Abdulle International Airport
Formerly known as Mogadishu International Airport (MIA). Whoever changed the name, good call. People tend to go MIA. We don't need the airport reminding us.
For the first time in my life, I set foot on Somali soil.
The moment is poignant.
The heat lines up a welcome parade. It has come with all its clan members.
Someone called Hassan is supposed to meet me. "Don't worry, he'll help you. And then Jaz will meet you."
Ha! Famous last words.
I look around. No sign of anyone vaguely interested in helping me. I process myself.
Ten minutes.
Where is this guy?
"Where are you going? " An official asks.
"My name is Martha. Someone is supposed to meet me." I lunge at the straw.
He nods and speaks into his phone. Then he turns to me.
"The road is closed. You have to wait."
Oh God.
"You know Jaz?"
I nod.
"She is coming. We go pick your luggage."
I think of my Bosaso-bound luggage with apprehension. We get to the conveyor belt…I have never been so happy to see my bag!
He picks it up.
"Very heavy!"
"It has unga."
He smiles. I don't think he knows what I'm saying. He is on the phone again.
We walk.
"Wait here."
"Sit here."
He is pacing anxiously. He stops right in front of me. Phone. Walks away. Phone.
Is he nervous? Should I be nervous?
What is happening? Why is my throat so dry?
"We go."
Phone. Phone. Phone.
It's a bit of a walk. Maybe 100 meters. I keep sneaking glances at the jilbab-clad woman in the airport windows.
Is that really me?
We stop.
It is smoldering.
"Hot is good. Nairobi…too cold." He smiles.
I smile too.
The car arrives. There is no woman in it.
Where is Jaz? Should I trust this car?
They shake hands. The driver opens the door for me. I pile in hesitantly. The guy on the phone smiles and waves goodbye.
In the car, the language barrier looms like a heat wave.
The driver hands me his phone.
"Jaz. "
I don't really know if it's Jaz. I've never met her.
"Sister, I'm so sorry. The road is closed. I will see you soon inshallah."
The street is deserted. Only armed personnel at checkpoints. The driver stops at one checkpoint and asks questions. It sounds to me like he's asking for directions.
Shouldn't my driver know where we're going?
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Timber Harvest Plan: Estes Drive & Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Timber Harvest Plan Approved for
Northeast Corner of Estes Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
A Chapel Hill property owner with timber rights has received a forestry permit from the Town of Chapel Hill for the clear cutting of trees on 14.8 acres at the northeast corner of Estes Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. A copy of the forestry plan can be found here.
The tree harvest must follow the NC Forest Practices Guidelines, and specific requirements for this property, including:
- Access to site by logging equipment and trucks limited to a location on North Estes Drive.
- Limit timbering work to 7:00 am to 9:00 pm on weekdays and 8:00 am to 9:00 pm on weekends.
- Where natural regeneration is not successful in harvested areas, replant with Loblolly Pines. Replanting is required prior to December 2019.
- Work is to only remove the trees. Stumps will remain in place.
The work is anticipated to take approximately 2 to 4 weeks depending on weather conditions.
Additionally, the property owner has agreed to:
- Establish a 30-foot buffer to help protect an ephemeral stream on the eastern edge of the property with selective cutting allowed;
- Establish a 30-foot buffer adjacent to residents to the north with selective cutting allowed.
The Chapel Hill Land Use Management Ordinance requires a permit for the following activity:
The practice of forestry as defined by North Carolina General Statute 105-277.2-.7 which is permitted only after an applicant submits a plan for harvesting and replanting consistent with the most current Forest Practices Guidelines Related to Water Quality published by the N.C. Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, or its successor agency.
NC Forest Service FAQs on Logging in North Carolina
NC State Law on Regulation of Forestry Activities (pdf)
More development in this area:
- Chapel Hill Retirement Residence, 700 N. Estes Drive, a three- to four-story 152-suite facility for seniors at the northeast corner of N. Estes and Somerset drives. Construction is underway.
- Estes Drive Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project – Constructing bicycle and pedestrian facilities along Estes Drive from Marin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Caswell Road. Includes bike lanes and sidewalks on the north and south sides of Estes Drive and an off-road multi-use trail on the north side. Flags outlining easements on private property are placed along the project. Construction is anticipated in summer 2018.
- North Estes Mixed-Use Center, 850 N. Estes Drive. Concept plan calls for 215 dwelling units, office and retail space and a three-level parking deck. This concept plan, for the lot to be forested, was reviewed by the Council in June 2017.
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SGR Conferences
Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) organises a conference roughly once a year on issues of concern related to science, design and technology. Keynote speakers are leading researchers/commentators in their field, and the event also includes SGR's Annual General Meeting, together with poster sessions or workshops.
This section of the website includes details of the current/forthcoming conference, together with reports of previous conferences. Links to conference presentations and related material are provided where available.
Should scientists adapt their work and lifestyles responsibly to align with the 1.5 degree climate change target, to set an example for change in wider society?
Is artificial intelligence evolving quicker than the regulation to manage it? Are we sufficiently able to imagine what major problems may emerge, and can it even be effectively regulated?
Conference outputs are now available to download!
SGR's 25th anniversary conference and AGM
With the world facing heightened risks of nuclear war, the growing threat of severe climate change, and numerous other major problems, fears are once again growing for our future.
SGR conference and AGM 2016
This conference discussed the ways in which the arms, fossil fuel and other controversial industries are involved at UK universities, how government policies encourage this, and the range of detrimental effects - and then discussed proposals for change.
Professor Sir Michael Atiyah, OM, FRS, delivered the inaugural Martin Ryle Trust lecture, which took place in Conway Hall, London.
SGR conference and AGM 2015
Progress towards all-renewable electricity supplies
Prof Keith Barnham, Imperial College London (author of The Burning Answer)
How do we keep 80% of fossil fuels in the ground? Look up, wise up, cheer up
Dr Laurence Matthews, Cap and Share UK
Nuclear weapons and climate catastrophe
Dr Philip Webber, Scientists for Global Responsibility
Demilitarization for deep decarbonization
Tamara Lorincz, International Peace Bureau
A summary of the event, together with the presentations and other material, is now available to download.
SGR conference and AGM 2014
Halton Mill, Halton, Lancaster, UK; 4 October
Main presentations:
The case for urgent and radical carbon emission reductions
Dr Maria Sharmina, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester
How can we live well within natural limits? Case studies of One Planet Living
Sue Riddlestone OBE, Chief Executive, BioRegional
The event also included workshops on community energy projects and sustainable living, and tours of eco-homes and renewable energy technologies.
A summary of the event, together with the presentations, is now available to download.
SGR conference and AGM 2013
Presentations included:
From Offensive Insecurity to Sustainable Security: The Role of Science and Technology
Dr Stuart Parkinson, Scientists for Global Responsibility
Humanitarian Problems from the Use of Nuclear Weapons - and Some Solutions?
Dr Philip Webber, Scientists for Global Responsibility
UK Energy Policy: Secure, Sustainable, Sane?
Dr Ian Fairlie, independent environmental consultant
A summary of the event is available to download, together with presentation slides and some video recordings.
SGR members gathered for the organisation's 20th anniversary AGM and strategy forum in London in May. Over 30 people attended, including long-standing members (some of whom had first been active with either Scientists Against Nuclear Arms or Architects and Engineers for Social Responsibility) as well as recent joiners.
The SGR Conference and AGM 2011 was held at the Alan Baxter and Associates' Gallery, London, UK on 21st May. Presentations included: Geo-engineering the Climate, Prof Joanna Haigh, Imperial College London; Robots on the Battlefield: Ethical and Humanitarian Implications, Prof Noel Sharkey, Sheffield University; Emerging Technologies and Risk: the Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions, Dr Bronislaw Szerszynski, Lancaster University.
Eight posters were presented in the afternoon session. A summary, Powerpoint presentations, and newsletter articles are available from this event.


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I'm an English and Media teacher at Perth High School.
I've been teaching Media for the best part of 20 years on and off… and am convinced it is one of the most important subjects there is. 🙂
If you only have one film to watch, make it Jaws… or The Shawshank Redemption… or Pan's Labyrinth… or Bladerunner… or… ooh there's too many to choose from. And they keep making new ones… 😉


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Welcome to my website. I'm Janet Wainscott, a writer based in Lincoln, near Christchurch, New Zealand.
I write poetry and essays and my work has been published in various magazines and anthologies. In 2013 I published What Are You Doing Here? Reflections on Dementia, a book about my mother's experience of dementia.
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Romeo, Fran Hanlon 1930-2009
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Date: 10/28/2017 at 11:58:08
Fran Hanlon Romeo
Waukee, Iowa
Mar 28, 1930 - Jan 9, 2009 (Age 78)
Fran Hanlon Romeo passed away Friday, Jan 9, 2009 at Spurgeon Manor in Dallas Center, with her son and daughter-in-law at her side. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 15, 2009 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Waukee where the family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow services at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Dallas Center. Fran was born March 28, 1930 in Waukee to John and Louise Hanlon and graduated from Waukee HS in 1948. She worked for the telephone company and then became a dental assistant, which was her career until her retirement. Fran was an avid Dallas Cowboy fan and loved spending time with her son, daughter-in-law and her 3 grandchildren, taking vacations with them or just cooking for them. She was an excellent cook and seamstress and loved to share her work with others. Fran cared for her parents, John and Louise, until their deaths.
She was also preceded in death by her brother, Jack Hanlon and sister, Jane Hakes.
Fran is survived by her son Jim (Clare) Weil of West Des Moines; grandchildren Jen (Jay) Weinand of Plymouth, MN, Molly (Darby) Larson of Atlanta, GA, and Tony Weil of Clive; her sisters Cathy Vogel of Yale and Marie (Jerry) Hooper of Dallas Center.
Fran was a joy to all who took care of her, mainly due to her great sense of humor.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Stine Center at Spurgeon Manor in Dallas Center. ARRANGEMENTS BY ILES FUNERAL HOMES ~ WESTOVER CHAPEL. ~ The Des Moines (IA) Register Tues 13 Jan 2009.
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Living in southeast Virginia, we are accustomed to VERY old homes. Of course, Bacon's Castle is the oldest, dating from 1665. But there are many houses, dating from the 1700's and 1800's, in our area. Some have been maintained all through the years, some have been carefully restored after falling into disrepair, and others remain in poor condition.
Wolftrap, named for a nearby creek, was located on a country road not far from us and was on the National Register of Historic Places. Motor Man's sister, Carolyn, is friends with the owner of Wolftrap, thought to be built around 1846, although Carolyn feels that it dates to an earlier period.
A few months ago, we were invited to have a look.
This was the back of Wolftrap, but I think it was beautiful enough to have been the front.
And this is a picture from many years ago. I'm not sure of the date. Carolyn gave me permission to use this photo.
This was the front of the house, as seen from the lane.
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Abstract Years as a child adrenoleukodystrophy (cALD) is a metabolic disorder in which very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA) accumulate due to ALD protein gene defects ultimately leading to lipotoxicity-induced neuroinflammatory demyelinating disease. of glutathione and enhanced expression of heat shock protein-70/manganese superoxide dismutase. These pathological observations were confirmed through in vitro mechanistic investigation. After increasing VLCFA through silencing Sapitinib Abcd1+Abcd2 in mouse primary astrocytes enhanced expression of Sapitinib 5-LOX was observed and this increased expression was blocked by treatment with monoenoic fatty acids. These results link the previously observed accumulation of VLCFA in cALD to the 5-LOX enzyme pathway. A similar upsurge in 5-LOX manifestation in astrocytes was also recognized pursuing treatment with exogenous VLCFA (C26:0). In amount through 5-LOX activation VLCFA build up causes a lipotoxic response in keeping with cALD mind pathology. for 15 min at 4°C the full total proteins content material in the supernatant was established. Equal levels of supernatant proteins had been put through SDS-PAGE (4-20% Tris-HCl Criterion gradient Gel; Bio-Rad Laboratories Hercules CA) and electrophoretically used in 0.2 μm nitrocellulose membrane (Bio-Rad Laboratories). Blots had been probed as referred to earlier using major antibodies against cPLA2 5 COX-2 temperature shock proteins-70 (HSP-70) β-actin (Santa Cruz Biotech Santa Cruz CA) manganese Sapitinib superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) (Sigma-Aldrich St Louis MO) phospho-cPLA2 and phospho-5-LOX (Cell Signaling Technology Inc. Danvers MA). Manifestation of 5-LOX COX-2 p-cPLA2 ED1 and GFAP by immunohistochemistry of mind section from cALD and control (regular) brains Immunoreactive 5-LOX COX-2 p-cPLA2 ED1 and GFAP had been detected using particular antibodies. Paraffin-embedded areas from formalin-fixed mind tissues had been stained for 5-LOX (goat polyclonal from Santa Cruz Biotech Santa Cruz CA) COX-2 (goat polyclonal from Santa Cruz Biotech) p-cPLA2 (rabbit polyclonal from Cell Signaling Technology) ED1 (mouse monoclonal from Biosource International Camarillo CA) and anti-GFAP (rabbit polyclonal 1 DAKO) as referred to previously (11 14 Deparaffinized cells sections had been put through an antigen unmasking process with citrate buffer (Vector Labs Burlingame CA). non-specific antibody binding was clogged by incubating areas in TBS including 5% regular donkey serum and 3% BSA (obstructing buffer) for 1 h. Major antibodies had been diluted in obstructing buffer and put on sections over night at 4°C. Settings included alternative of major antibodies with surrogate immunoglobulins or no major antibody. Slides had been cleaned 3 × 5 min in TBS with 0.05% Tween 20. Bound major antibodies had been detected having a fluorophore-conjugated supplementary antibody (AlexaFluor 488 and 555 Molecular Probes; Invitrogen) at a focus of 10 μg/ml and diluted in obstructing option for 1 h at space temperature. Slides had been cleaned 3 × 5 min in TBS with 0.05% Tween 20 accompanied by yet another wash Sapitinib for 5 min in distilled water. For dual labeling the next major antibody was put into incubation with fluorescently labeled supplementary antibodies previous. Nuclei had been tagged with Hoechst dye. Slides had been installed with GelMount mounting moderate under No. 1.5 cover slips. All areas had been examined using an Olympus BX-60 microscope and pictures had been captured utilizing a digital video camera controlled by Adobe Photoshop 7.0 (Adobe Systems). Measurement of leukotrienes in brain tissue Samples of white matter from different areas of cALD and control brains were quickly isolated on ice. The samples Rabbit Polyclonal to RIPK2. were prepared as described (34). In brief the tissues were weighed and homogenized in ice-cold absolute ethanol. After centrifugation of the homogenates at 15 0 at 4°C for 30 min the supernatant was collected and filtered through a 0.2 μm filter. The filtration was dried under nitrogen and resuspended in an ELISA buffer. The tissue levels of LTB4 and Cys LT were measured according to the protocol of the enzyme immunoassay kit (Assay Designs). All measurements were carried out three times. Measurement of GSH in brain Levels of reduced GSH in the white matter from different areas of cALD and control brains were measured using a BIOXYTECH? GSH/GSSG-412? colorimetric.
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The islets of Langerhans collectively form the endocrine pancreas the organ
The islets of Langerhans collectively form the endocrine pancreas the organ that is soley in charge of insulin secretion in mammals and which plays a prominent role in the control of circulating glucose and fat burning capacity. families of essential membrane proteins which assure immediate (cadherins N-CAM occludin and claudins) and paracrine marketing communications (pannexins) between beta cells and between these cells as well as the various other islet cell types. Also various other proteins (integrins) offer communication of the various islet cell types using the components that type the islet basal laminae and extracellular matrix. Right here we review what's known about these proteins and their signaling in pancreatic a near normal capability to modulate insulin secretion and biosynthesis in response to blood sugar. Remarkably nevertheless the same circumstances usually do not abolish a significant physiological feature of pancreatic beta cells which is certainly seen in no various other vertebrate cell types that is their ability to exquisitively sense minute changes in the levels of circulating glucose and to regulate accordingly the level of insulin secretion. In contrast this cell-specific feature is definitely rapidly lost once beta cells loose the contacts which they natively establish with each other and other types of endocrine cells within Gdnf the pancreatic islets. Since a partial recovery of this loss is definitely acutely observed after cell reaggregation [5-9] at least some of the many surface proteins which become functionally triggered upon beta cell contact appear obligatory for appropriate insulin secretion. Like all other types of epithelial cells beta cells closely abide by their neighbors by a variety of cell surface proteins [5-9] many Vatalanib (PTK787) 2HCl of which are users of multigene family members. These proteins selectively interact within restricted domains of the cell membrane to form intercellular junctions or form channels permeable to a variety of ions metabolites and second messengers. Some junctions set up adhesive links between adjacent cells ensuring the structural cohesiveness of the islet and contribute to the practical polarity of secretory cells by creating unique membrane domains. Additional junctions provide for anchoring of the endocrine cells to extracellular pancreas parts which presumably allows for the establishment of Vatalanib (PTK787) 2HCl pathways that transduce signals within and between cells in order to couple extracellular changes with intracellular Vatalanib (PTK787) 2HCl reactions. Some channels set up direct exchanges of cytosolic parts between adjacent cells which allows for the synchronization of friend Vatalanib (PTK787) 2HCl beta cells. Additional channels may mediate the coordination of the beta cells with the surrounding alpha cells which create glucagon antagonistically with insulin secretion as well as with the other types of islet cells including the delta cells which generate somatostatin in parallel with insulin secretion the PP cells which generate pancreatic polypeptide as well as the epsilon cells which generate ghrelin. Jointly this group of systems of direct conversation ensures the integration of the different cell types within structurally and functionally coherent pancreatic islets [5-9]. Typically these systems operate over a little distance range because of their reliance on cell-cell or cell-extracellular materials contact and because they're ofter diffusion powered thereby offering a potential hint regarding the interesting little size of pancreatic islets which includes been consistently chosen in most pet types [10]. This paper testimonials the proteins involved with these immediate cell marketing communications [8 9 as well as the mechanisms whereby they make sure direct islet cell adhesion (cadherins and Ca2+-self-employed junctional molecules) anchoring to the extracellular matric (integrins) polarity (claudins and occludin) and possibly communications between beta cells and additional islet cell types. Specific attention is given to Cx36 the sole connexin indicated by pancreatic beta cells since increasing evidence points to a relevant role of the coupling that this protein ensures within the islets in multiple aspects of beta cell functions. 2 Why Cell-to-Cell Relationships? A first multi-cellular organism is definitely believed to have created between cyanobacteria some 3.5 billion years ago relatively soon after the earth crust solidified [11]. Since this event repeated itself a number of occasions [12-20] till about 800 million years ago when it initiated the.
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Despite major advances in understanding the molecular and hereditary basis of
Despite major advances in understanding the molecular and hereditary basis of cancer metastasis remains the reason for >90% of cancer-related mortality1. sorting (FACS)-centered assay which allowed us to enumerate metastatic cells in mouse peripheral cells. We likened gene signatures in metastatic cells from cells with low versus high metastatic burden. Metastatic cells from low-burden cells were distinct due to their improved appearance of stem cell epithelial-to-mesenchymal changeover pro-survival and dormancy-associated genes. In comparison metastatic cells from high-burden tissue were just like major tumour cells that have been even more heterogeneous and portrayed higher degrees of luminal differentiation genes. Transplantation of stem-like metastatic cells from low-burden tissue showed they have significant tumour-initiating capacity and will differentiate to create luminal-like tumor cells. Development to high metastatic burden was connected with elevated proliferation and MYC appearance which could end up being Nepicastat HCl attenuated by treatment with cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors. These results support a hierarchical model for metastasis where metastases are initiated by stem-like cells that proliferate and differentiate to create advanced metastatic disease. To research differentiation in metastatic cells we utilized a micro-fluidics-based system (Fluidigm) for multiplex gene appearance analysis in specific Nepicastat Rabbit Polyclonal to TAF15. HCl cells. This facilitated a systems-level method of research the simultaneous appearance of sets of genes and take care of cellular variety during breast cancers metastasis just achievable Nepicastat HCl on the single-cell level. We designed single-cell tests to research 116 genes involved with stemness pluripotency epithelial-to-mesenchymal changeover (EMT) mammary lineage standards dormancy cell routine and proliferation (Supplementary Desk 1)6-10. We initial created a single-cell gene appearance signature from regular human breasts epithelium to create a guide for analysing Nepicastat HCl differentiation in metastatic cells. The breast includes two epithelial lineages: the basal/myoepithelial lineage which has stem cells and a luminal lineage which has progenitor and older cell populations. We sorted one basal/stem luminal and luminal progenitor cells from decrease mammoplasty examples from three people and prepared them regarding to set up protocols (Fig. 1a)10-13. Primary component evaluation (PCA) and unsupervised hierarchical clustering demonstrated that basal and luminal cells represent specific populations in every individual needlessly to say (Fig. 1b d). Forty-nine of the one-hundred and sixteen genes tested showed differential expression between basal/stem and luminal cells and were used to generate a 49-gene differentiation signature. This signature included established lineage-specific genes such as and (Fig. 1c d Supplementary Table 2 and Supplementary Data 1) validating our multiplex quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) approach. Physique 1 Single-cell analysis of normal human mammary epithelial cells Mice from three genetically distinct triple-negative (ER?PR?HER2?) basal-like patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models (HCI-001 HCI-002 and HCI-010) were analysed (Extended Data Table 1)14. We focused on this subtype since it is the most aggressive metastasis is frequent and there are no targeted therapeutics to treat it15. These PDX models maintain the essential properties of the original patient tumours including metastatic tropism making them authentic experimental systems for studying human cancer metastasis14. To isolate metastatic cells from PDX mice we first developed a highly sensitive species-specific FACS-based assay. We annotated published microarray data to identify cell surface genes highly expressed in PDX breast cancer cells14. This revealed as a top candidate (also known as and and (Fig. 3b). Focusing on clustering of only the metastatic cells (Fig. 3c) we discovered considerable heterogeneity in differentiation which directly correlated with metastatic burden. Akin to the normal mammary gland metastatic cells organized into two distinct clusters where low-burden metastatic cells were most basal/stem-like and higher-burden metastatic cells possessed Nepicastat HCl a spectrum of progressively more luminal-like expression patterns. This was also observed when lung metastatic cells from each PDX model were analysed separately (Extended Data Fig. 4a and Supplementary Data 2) indicating that it is a conserved phenomenon in each model. Some differences in Nepicastat HCl gene expression were.
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The Celebrity gossip mill is buzzing that Elizabeth Taylor, 78, is engaged to be married to Janet Jackson's talent manager, Jason Winters, 49, as first reported in Us Weekly.
Taylor is the queen of divorces—eight in all when you count her two divorces from Richard Burton. But there is a good chance that the talk of marriage number nine stems from someone's desire to spread publicity about her lust for a big screen comeback. While other sources say that even if she did marry Winters, the marriage would be a sham.
Dame Elizabeth Taylor has had her share of husbands. She has married seven men in her lifetime, but has been single since her 1996 divorce from construction worker Larry Fortensky. See CredoVie's Liz Taylor Marriage-Divorce timeline.
Although she has vowed she'd never marry again, that didn't mean she wouldn't have male companionship. She has been seen for the last three years or so at public events with Winters, a top talent management exec, who could easily have a spot on the Black Enterprise Top 50 Hollywood Power Brokers list.
According to Us Weekly Magazine:
In 2007, British papers reported that Taylor and Winters took a romantic vacation together at a Hawaiian resort. Taylor spent "the evening caressing the face of [Winters]," reported the Evening Standard. At the time, the paper quoted a source as saying: "She didn't think she'd fall in love again, but since Jason came into her life that has all changed."
The screen legend has also gushed about Winters to gossip columnist Liz Smith, describing him as "one of the most wonderful men I've ever known, that's why I love him." He even reportedly bought a house for them.
When she was asked in 2007 about whether or not she'll ever remarry. She gave a screeching howl of a no, that reporters will not-soon forget. Hear it here on YouTube.
After all, some of those in the know, say that Winters is a gay man who has been in a long-term relationship with his business partner Erik Sterling, according to Gather.com.
If Winters is a shrewd talent manager, it would make sense that he would plant the marriage story in the hopes of landing his client the gig she seeks. According to the Daily Mail, Taylor, who is confined to a wheelchair as a result of osteoporosis and the curvature of her spine, has even been lowered into a tank to go swimming with sharks, as a way to gain attention.


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So as June slowly wound away from itself, I geared up for a change in direction.
I have suspended most of my sewing efforts this month for my annual Tour de Fleece spin a thon. You may recall last year I worked on my hexagon quilt while watching the Tour de France. I dubbed it my Tour de Fabric) and that quilt is still in progress (slow but steady wins the race). But this year I've decided to jump back on my spinning wheel and work through my stash of a different kind - wool. As in mohair, teeswater, romney, corriedale...etc. Whatever my hand pulls out of the stash.
I've signed up for the Spin Your Stash 2013 Ravelry Team - and so far so good! On Day 1-2 I spun up 50 grams of Blue Faced Leicester which is hand dyed by the Canadian company Fleece Artist.
Spin on!
(PS - Today is WIP Wednesday on Needle and Thread!)
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The NHL 2010 nfl playoffs happen to be so competitive this spring that gamers don't appear to understand when you should quit.
With two models still to become performed, NHL teams have performed 21 overtime games, the 5th-greatest single-season total in league history.
"This is actually the top eight teams in the East and West," Detroit Red-colored Wings gm Ken Holland stated. "The teams that lose plenty of games in regulation throughout the standard season aren't within this tournament."
If two more games get into overtime, this year would rank third overall. The league record for overtimes is 28, occur 1993 once the Montreal Canadiens won 10 consecutive overtime games on the way to the Stanley Cup championship. There have been 26 overtimes in 2001.
The Phoenix Coyotes and Blackhawks performed five overtime games within the first round.
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