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Dec 02, 2012, 02:52 PM | ||
but sounds like a bad quality motor would be much fun to try lower kv motors with higher pitched props! IMO it is less stress on the motor to turn less rpms... same with FE boat racing, we don't want excessive rpms to run a race... drive lines start to fail with high kv setups also excessive amps that are wasted in heat off to pick up a Twisted Hobbies Crack Yak! for some crazy 3D fun at the club today |
Dec 02, 2012, 03:00 PM | |
Yes but 7x3.8 is going be a good bit more than a 3 pitch. That's pretty crazy numbers for the 7x3.8SF and I'm surprise you didn't smoke something right away I can fly the 7x3SF full throttle most of the flight and things only come down warm. I think mine threw a magnet and trashed the motor.
Dec 02, 2012, 03:19 PM | |||
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Joined Dec 2009
819 Posts
Hey guys, whenever I burst the throttle the motor shuts off, here's a video of it. It happened in my first flight. Also if you could tell me if I'm getting similar throws to you guys that would be appreciated.
Dec 02, 2012, 03:20 PM | |
Here is my take on HH sorta.... not really them but the difference between the US and here (UK). Here HH does not sell to the individual...stupid but they don't. So it's up to the local hobby shop to help out with parts ect... So, I think you find many here are more willing to find a solution before trying to get refunds or parts because we can't just contact HH. I am jealous because I think HH cares about the people purchasing their products....but I love the one day shipping here for £8.50
Dec 02, 2012, 03:24 PM | |||
Didn't Meatloaf also try to sing "America the Beautiful"? -Brian |
Dec 02, 2012, 03:36 PM | ||
United States, NM, Santa Fe
Joined Aug 2011
411 Posts
Does it do that if you have throttle on only 1/4 up? others' thoughts? |
Dec 02, 2012, 03:39 PM | |
United States, NM, Santa Fe
Joined Aug 2011
411 Posts
nanotech 460 25c vs zippy compact 500 35c
short term results--zippy has more power. I can't tell you #s of thrust-- but I can tell you when flying--the plane climbs longer with the zippys. I think the zippy really does have higher c rating. |
Dec 02, 2012, 04:03 PM | |
Well I went to one LHS today, inspected the airframe and wings, not too happy with the cosmetic damages, but I was ok with that. The prop was bent, but I have a bunch of GWS props ready.
I noticed the rudder was fully deflected, which seems odd, as even bumping it when placing in the box should not do that. I am glad I asked to power it up, that servo once powered, was buzzing like crazy, I also noticed that there was quite a bit of play on the servo. Long story short, I walked out empty handed as they only had that one in the box. Soooooo, tomorrow I am headed to another location to HOPEFULLY pick up a working plane. |
Dec 02, 2012, 04:08 PM | ||
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
JDate and Superheroes
Our dear friend JT Waldman alerted us to this cool little wink to the Jewluminati. This week, DC Comics — the company that publishes Superman and Wonder Woman — is completely rebooting its line of comics. What does this mean? Watch this video, and you'll know more than you ever wanted to. (Don't worry. It's funny.)
A totally minor caveat: The video isn't overtly Jewish at all until 1:27. Then, for the final 3 seconds, it is nothing BUT Jewish.
Oh, I know JDate is an easy punchline. But I have to confess (as someone who's never been on the site), it does what it's supposed to do. My sister met her boyfriend on JDate, and they're getting married this weekend. Did you notice there's absolutely no sarcasm in this post? JDate really does work magic.
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A Gay Jewish Reading List
Earlier this week, Wayne Hoffman wrote about a funny thing and shared the meaning behind the names of a few of his characters.
When I was first coming out 25 years ago, there were precious few books about being gay and Jewish. Thankfully, that's not the case today. There are enough to fill whole bookcases. But will anyone who isn't gay read them?
Conventional wisdom in the publishing industry says that non-gay people won't read books with gay themes – with the notable exception of works by humorists, such as David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs, who play their lives for laughs. Straight people can't relate seriously to gay life, the thinking goes; they don't know from such things, and they don't want to know.
Even if there's a kernel of truth in that notion – and I fear, sadly, that there often is – straight Jewish readers in particular should be able to bridge this culture gap by choosing Jewish gay books: While some of the gay content might be unfamiliar, at least the Jewish content will provide a point of identification.
Where to start? Well, my own book, of course. (Here comes the plug.) Sweet Like Sugar includes characters representing a diverse array of Jewish practice, from secular to Orthodox, engaged to alienated. It's a story of a young man named Benji Steiner, who's rejected the Jewish traditions he grew up observing, searching for a place where he can still connect to his community. But it also follows Benji on his search for Mr. Right. If you've never read a book with gay characters and themes, I hope this'll be your first.
But I also hope it won't be your last. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of books on gay Jewish subjects. At the risk of leaving out many books and authors whose work is worth your time, here's a brief list of GLBT books that non-gay Jewish readers will relate to. This list isn't comprehensive, or representative of anything more than my own bookshelf, so feel free to add your own favorites.
Start with an anthology – it'll give you a broad survey of what's out there, and turn you on to authors whose work you'll want to read more deeply. Nice Jewish Girls, a lesbian anthology edited by Evelyn Torton Beck, was the first of its kind, published in 1982. Twice Blessed, edited by Christie Balka and Andy Rose, came out a decade later, and includes dozens of personal and topical essays on everything from community to spirituality. Queer Jews, edited by David Shneer and Caryn Aviv, came out several years after Twice Blessed, and shows the continued evolution of thinking around GLBT issues for Jews. These three together provide a great historical background, as well as an introduction to some of the most important thinkers on these subjects.
Once you've got that foundation, check out a few more recent collections.Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer, edited by Angela Brown, features essays by some of the biggest GLBT literary names around. Found Tribe, edited by Lawrence Schimel, collects coming out stories from Jewish authors. AndBalancing on the Mechitza, edited by Noach Dzmura, is the first Jewish anthology to focus specifically on transgender issues.
If you've got a particular area of Jewish interest, there's probably a gay-themed book that's right for you. If enjoy reading about Israel, check out Between Sodom and Eden, by Lee Walzer, about the (mostly positive) situation for gay Israelis. If you're drawn to Holocaust tales, read Gad Beck's An Underground Life, the true (and truly amazing) story of a gay Jew who survived the Holocaust in hiding in Berlin. If you're invested in cultural politics, Jay Michaelson's persuasive God vs. Gay?: The Religious Case for Equality comes out this fall. Prefer books about spirituality? The Choosing, by Andrea Myers, recounts the unusual personal journey that led her from a Lutheran upbringing to an adult life as an ordained rabbi – and out lesbian. If memoirs are your thing, here are three to start with: Lillian Faderman's Naked in the Promised Land, Stanley Ely's In Jewish Texas, and Lawrence Mass's Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite.
Lots of us prefer reading fiction. Sweet Like Sugar isn't the only novel about gay and Jewish subjects. Two of my favorites are The Same Embrace by Michael Lowenthal (about twin brothers divided by religiosity and sexuality), and Faith for Beginners by Aaron Hamburger (about a mother and her gay son on a journey of surprising self-discovery in Israel). Other great family-focused novels include The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt (set in New York City) and Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg (set in Israel). Sarah Schulman has written daring and complex books – fiction and nonfiction – for decades; start with her novel Rat Bohemia, which will make you look at "family" in a new way, and then work your way through her other titles. T Cooper's Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes, is one of the more unusual novels in recent years, combining an old-fashioned Jewish immigrant story with a modern-day gender-bending tale of troubled youth. Leslie Feinberg's Stone Butch Blues blazed a trail for other transgender stories almost 20 years ago, and remains a classic. There's much more. When in doubt, pick up almost anything (fiction, nonfiction, essays, mysteries) Lev Raphael ever wrote – beginning with his short story collections Dancing on Tisha B'Av and Secret Anniversaries of the Heart.
Now I'm going to throw in someone who usually doesn't make this kind of list: David Feinberg. His books – two novels and one collection of essays – aren't "about" being Jewish in the way that many of the titles above are. But his stories are steeped in Jewish identity and culture, and focus on Jewish characters; if you think Woody Allen makes Jewish movies, you'll understand why Feinberg's books are Jewish, too. Sardonic yet earnest, enraged yet hilarious, Feinberg was also one of the finest chroniclers of the AIDS epidemic, until his death at age 37 in 1994. (I think of him as a cross between Larry Kramer and Paul Rudnick – a front-line activist, but always on the lookout for something to laugh about.) Follow his neurotic Jewish protagonist B.J. Rosenthal through Eighty-Sixed, Feinberg's dazzling debut novel, which contrasts gay life in New York before the epidemic to a time when gay men started dying in droves. Follow B.J. again in the sequel Spontaneous Combustion, in which he continues his search for love and sex in what has become an unrecognizable war zone. Or pick up Queer and Loathing, Feinberg's biting collection of nonfiction essays, published weeks after his death, to get a sense of just how horrible things became – yet how humor, coupled with resolve and anger, helped so many people endure and even resist for as long as they could. That's something every Jew should be able to understand.
Wayne Hoffman is the author of Sweet Like Sugar and Hard, and the editor of What We Brought Back: Jewish Life After Birthright- Reflections by Alumni of Taglit-Birthright Israel Trips. He is currently touring as a part of the Jewish Book NETWORK. For more information on booking Wayne, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
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What's in a Name?
On Monday, Wayne Hoffman wrote about a funny thing.
When it comes to a novel, what's in a name? There are often dozens of characters in a novel, and some of their names have stories behind them. Others, less than it might seem.
In my first draft of Sweet Like Sugar, I had a very good reason – I can't remember it now, but I remember that it was a very good reason – that all the characters my protagonist dated had to have names that started with the letter "C." My husband Mark, who has been the first person to read my work for more than two decades, told me this was confusing. I revealed my very good reason for keeping the names despite the confusion, and he assured me that my reason was not so very good. He was right, of course; that's why he's the first person to read my work.
Some characters in Sweet Like Sugar are named for real people. Most notably, an older woman named Irene is based – in the vaguest way – on my great aunt Irene, who passed away last year. My aunt was never in the situations that define Irene the character, nor did she ever say the things that Irene the character says. But there's something about my aunt's soul, her perspective on life, her ability to bring people together, to be direct without being cruel, to be loving without resorting to guilt, that I wanted to instill in my character. Giving her my aunt's name helped me understand my character's heart, and how she might act in certain circumstances. She's not my aunt – a woman to whom no writer could do justice – but she possesses enough of my aunt's essence to warrant her name.
Sometimes hardly anything connects the characters to the people I've named them for. In Sweet Like Sugar, for instance, the main character's roommate is named Michelle, and her boyfriend is Dan. I named them for my own college roommate Dan and his wife, simply swapping which person lived with me. The characters in the book bear some passing resemblance to their namesakes -– Michelle has dark curly hair and alert eyes, while Dan is blond and tall (or taller than I am, at any rate, which is also true of half the men in the world). There aren't any deeper specific resemblances beyond the physical, though. I just needed names for a wonderful straight couple for whom I could feel some personal affection, and they're the ones who came to mind.
More often, there are characters who are based on real people whose names have been changed. A dancer from Rochester who opens my protagonist's eyes about his own sexuality? He's based on a real person in my life, but his name wasn't Donnie, as it is in the book. A guy who chases after Jewish men, calling them "bagel boy," hoping it'll seem endearing instead of grossly fetishistic? He was real, too, but I changed his name to protect the not-so-innocent. Ditto a bully at summer camp, a finger-wagging grandmother, and a girl with whom I found myself in a compromising (albeit entirely innocent) position as a teenager.
If they're based on real people, why change the names? This is fiction, remember. Sweet Like Sugar is not my autobiography. Benji, the protagonist, might be a gay, Jewish man from suburban Maryland, but despite those similarities, he's most definitely not me: We're from different generations, have very different families and friends, and have traveled decidedly different journeys both as gay men and as Jews. His story isn't my story. So it's only right that the characters in his story have different names from the characters in my real life – even in those instances where the characters are based on real people.
Although readers wouldn't know the difference, giving characters new names allows me to disconnect them from my reality, and it lets me tweak their personalities, actions, and motivations if need be, without worrying about misrepresenting any real people.
There's one name in Sweet Like Sugar that's a nod to another author. It is not Rabbi Zuckerman, the old man who befriends young Benji. Yes, I'm well aware that Philip Roth has made the Zuckerman name quite famous already; my father is a Newark native who went to the legendary Weequahic High School just a few years after Roth, so I'm well aware of most everything Roth does. I had reasons – I can't share them without spoiling the plot, sorry – for choosing that name, but rest assured, I chose it despite Roth, not because of him.
No, the name I borrowed – consciously – from another author is Zisel. A Yiddish nickname meaning "sweet little thing," it's also the mysterious moniker of a character in Sweet Like Sugar. I borrowed it from Isaac Bashevis Singer. In his short story "Two," a young yeshiva student named Zisel "began to find virtues in his own sex," and built a loving, if covert, relationship with another man. The story has a tragic ending, and the sexual politics of Singer's shtetl are far from my own. But I loved the name, and thought it would be appropriate for my story, where two men try to bridge the vast gulf between contemporary gay life and longstanding Jewish traditions.
I don't know if my readers will get the reference, or see the connection. But I do.
Wayne Hoffman is the author of Sweet Like Sugar and Hard, and the editor of What We Brought Back: Jewish Life After Birthright- Reflections by Alumni of Taglit-Birthright Israel Trips.
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A Funny Thing Happened — True Story!
Wayne Hoffman's most recent book, Sweet Like Sugar, is now available. Hoffman is the deputy editor of Nextbook Press and will be blogging for theJewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning's Author Blog all week.
My mother has always been a great storyteller: In recounting any anecdote, she knows exactly which details to leave out and which ones to exaggerate for maximum impact. She has a keen sense of the ridiculous. Plus she's got impeccable timing. Meet her for the first time or the hundredth time, and she'll launch into a story that'll have you laughing in thirty seconds.
Okay, maybe that makes her more of a stand-up comedian than a storyteller. But we're Jews. It's a fine line.
With her excellent sense of what makes a story compelling, she's always on the lookout for her son-the-writer. "Here's something you could write about," she'll tell me as she launches into a new bit, almost begging me to steal her material. Or, after I tell her something she finds particularly amusing, she'll advise me: "You should write a book about that!"
If I wrote a book about everything my mother thinks is book-worthy, I'd have a very busy literary agent. But the truth is, the things I find fascinating or hilarious for a few seconds would rarely retain my interest for an entire book, while the events that inspire me to write a novel aren't always neat and self-contained anecdotes.
An example:
Several years ago, I was working as managing editor at the Forward, an English-language Jewish newspaper. We shared space with the legendary Forverts, our sister newspaper, published in Yiddish. One day, an editor from the Forvertscame into my office and asked if one of his employees could rest on my couch. I looked up and saw a man behind him, holding himself up against the wall. He had a full gray beard, thinning hair and spectacles and a yarmulke on his head, and I figured he was somewhere past his 80th birthday.
I didn't know him, didn't know his name, and didn't even know if he spoke English – not everyone at the Forverts did. But he was very ill and clearly needed to lie down, and my office had the only couch in the newsroom, so I said yes. He came in, kicked off his shoes, and lay down on my couch without a word.
Every few minutes, one of my reporters would walk into my office to ask me a question or complain about something. (That's what managing editors are for.) I'd hold up a finger to shush them, and then point at the couch. They'd give me a confused look – they didn't recognize this man either – but they'd back out and leave him in peace.
Periodically, I'd look over at him as he lay there, snoring or moaning or mumbling, and I'd be amazed that the two of us were sharing this space, even temporarily. I wondered what we could possibly have in common – an elderly Orthodox man who spoke Yiddish, and a (relatively) young, gay, secular Jew who was more comfortable in Spanish. If he woke up, what would we say to each other? What could we say to each other?
There's no great ending to this scene, no punch line; eventually the old man got off the couch and went back to work. But that afternoon started the gears turning, and eventually inspired the opening scene of Sweet Like Sugar. It's not what happened that captured my imagination. It's what might have happened that drove me to spend the next few years writing the novel.
Plenty of other fascinating things happened in that office. There was the night an unmarked package that was ticking arrived in the newsroom, and I was the designated person to deal with it. ("I'm running toward the bomb as fast as I can," I assured my boss when he got on my case. Don't worry, it wasn't a bomb, but an ill-advised promotional toy from the NBA.) There was the time we sat around trying to come up with the most outrageous headlines for a story about an elderly Yiddish poetess who'd started writing erotica. (Most of them were too bawdy to mention, but I'll include my favorite headline-that-dared-not-be-printed: "Oy, Me So Horny.") There were all the wonderful typos that made it into print despite our best efforts – including an error that turned the title of a show about Golda Meir from Golda's Balcony into Golda's Baloney, which has a very different ring.
Those are all great stories. I tell them all the time. But I'm not going to write a book about them, no matter what my mother thinks.
Wayne Hoffman is the author of Sweet Like Sugar and Hard, and the editor of What We Brought Back: Jewish Life After Birthright- Reflections by Alumni of Taglit-Birthright Israel Trips.
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Pro-Israel? Anti-Israel? No, Just Israel.
Earlier this week, Darin Strauss wrote about wrestling with faith and about what we believe. He has been blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning's Author Blog.
Last week, the American Jewish Committee renounced a statement made by one of its staffers. The AJC's Director on Anti-Semitism suggested that some Israel supporters are distorting the 1964 Civil Rights Act when they argue that colleges – that hire anti-Israel professors and support anti-Israel rallies – are in violation of the law. The director said that the Israel supporters went too far.
I am a college professor and a Jew – and a supporter of the State of Israel – but the issue is too complicated for me to address directly, with anything like authority. But it did remind me — as it probably does you — of dealings I've had with relatives. The issue is too divisive to leave many Jewish families untouched.
In my case, I have relatives who will brook no criticism of any Israeli government. (And I'm sure they'd complain that I criticize Israel too quickly.)
I feel passionately about it. I have argued that current Likud policies are unjust and what's more – though I don't think there shouldn't need to be a "what's more" – strategically bad for Israel. For this criticism I've been asked: "Why do you hate Israel?" "Why are you a self-hating Jew." Neither of these things is true about me: I don't hate Israel and I'm not a self-hating Jew. (Well, there are things about myself I dislike, but Judaism isn't among them.) The point isn't just that any disapproval of Israel over any issue is taken for anti-Semitism; it's that both sides are so emotional, and disagree so heartily about this when they agree on most other things.
As for me, I understand why my arguments drive my relatives crazy. The reasons are clear. 1) The other side is worse; Arab nations and the more radical Islamists among them are unreasonable, and frightening, and undoubtedly behave worse than Israel does. 2) There is a disproportionate response in world opinion; Israel is condemned for every misdemeanor it commits, while much more serious violator nations face no public opprobrium, at all. The reason seems to be anti-Semitism. 3) Israel has been attacked by belligerent neighbors and so needs the support of its supporters at all times.
These are all true. But it's equally true that Israeli supporters in the U.S. often have a hard time admitting that hardships were suffered by Arabs during the 1948 War of Independence: that the Palestinian grievance is real. (Ironically, Israelis have come to terms with this – and are more honest about it – than we Americans are. Read any of the Israeli "New Historians.") And it's also true that, on the settlements issue, there is a lot of room for disagreement. Being critical of a particular government's particular policy does not equal abandonment.
Again, I know the other side would disagree and call me naive. What strikes me is that, if we can't agree among ourselves about it — if American, pro-Israel Jews are so divided — is it any wonder that the problem has persisted for over 50 years?
Darin Strauss is the author of Half a Life, More Than It Hurts You, Chang and Eng, and The Real McCoy.
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Quiz Challenge!
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MyJewishLearning's Quiz Challenge has just kicked off! If you haven't taken any quizzes on MyJewishLearning, check it out — it's one of the most fun parts To participate, just take any quiz in any subject–from Jewish humor to Jewish holidays and beyond. (Make sure to register first with your email address; we'll use it to keep track of your points and send your prize!) If you forget to register, just follow the link on top of any quiz page.
Then take another quiz. And another. Each month, we'll award the person with the most correct answers a $10 gift card to Amazon.com. For the first month, September, you'll also win a pony! Because everybody has always wanted to win a pony.*
So get answering those questions now! Astute-minded readers will notice that the person with the most correct answers wins, not the person with the highest percentage of correct answers or whatever. So if you don't score 100% the first time, just poke around the site, learn some stuff, and come back! (Or, yes, you can just keep guessing.) On the first of every month, the count will reset. And then you'll have a chance to win all over again.
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[Insert Your Holiday Pictures Here]
Here at MJL headquarters we spend a lot of time trying to make our articles nice loking. We got a nifty redesign a couple of years ago, we like to divide out articles with helpful subheads, provide lots of links, and most importantly—pictures!
But see, getting Jewish stock photos is kind of a major pain in the tuchis. Put anything remotely Jewish into a stock photo search engine and you're likely to get a handful of pictures of the following:
apples and honey as seen on your grandma's table
Haredi men in black hats wandering around Mea Shearim looking intimidating
People celebrating the 8th night of Hanukkah
These pictures are boring. They are also annoying in that they tend to include almost exclusively men. They feel (and are) painfully staged. And they perpetuate the annoying point of view that it's only Orthodox Jews that do Jewish rituals, when in fact I know lots and lots of people who regularly do Jewish rituals but don't look like haredim.
We'd like to feature way more pictures of non-stock photo Jews. Which is to say, we'd like to feature you and your family here on MyJewishLearning. Because we know that real Jewish families are more interesting and fun to look at than the kind on stock photo services. And because we like real people—real people like you!
So we're having a contest. We've opened a flickr group for Your Best High Holiday Pictures. Upload your pictures to the group. Anything you or your family does to prepare or celebrate the High Holidays, take a picture and send it along to us. We'll pick the best entry, and he or she will receive a $50 Amazon.com giftcard, and the picture will be featured prominently on MyJewishLearning.com. Do you go apple picking? Make your own New Years cards? Make an amazing brisket? Do kaparot as a family? Whatever it is, upload the photo and you could win. Don't feel limited to things you're doing this year—we'll accept any pictures from any year, and you're welcome to submit as many pictures as you like. (By submitting your picture to our flickr group you're allowing us to use your picture on MJL even if you don't win the contest.)
So what are you waiting for? Head on over to our flickr page and start uploading to win now! Contest ends on Sunday September 25th at Midnight. We will announce a winner on Monday September 26th.
PS—If you're looking for more stock-photo-induced hilarity, head on over to our very own Molly's Sh*t I Found On Shutterstock Tumblr.
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What We Believe
On Monday, Darin Strauss wrote about wrestling with faith.
I've done an informal poll — I admit, it's very informal — among Jews I know: What do we believe? A pretty fundamental question, right? And yet there is no consensus of belief, even regarding the most bedrock principles of faith.
What's more, this belief discrepancy doesn't exist just between our religion's big three wings (between Reform, Conservative, Orthodox); it exists within them, too. Ask a few observant Jews what happens to us after we die.
Some will say: "We sit at the hand of G-d — and the closer we are to Him, the more kindly we had been on Earth."
Some will say: "We live on, in the memories of our friends."
Some will say—and these are people who believe, as Madonna does, in the Kabbalah — that there are seven actual heavens.
This sort divergence existed among us even in olden times, well before we'd split into our three current camps. In the Second Temple Era, the Pharisees believed in bodily resurrection for the dead, while the Essenes believed that the soul itself is immortal. And the Sadducees — an old sect I had never before heard of — believed, apparently, in neither: Not in an immortal soul, nor in any afterlife. (Maybe that's why they had "sad" in their name.)
Another point of eternal Jewish dispute is the Messiah. Maimonides wrote a commentary that argued for a non-mystical messiah:
Nothing will change in the Messianic age, however, except that Jews will regain their independence. Rich and poor, strong and weak, will still exist. However it will be very easy for people to make a living…
Don't you love the modern sound of that? You can hear the blustery uncle at a 21st-century seder table in that last bit, the "very easy for people to make a living" part. (Maybe, like my uncle, Maimonides had a Garment Center guy who could get him a nice suit for a good price.)
I don't write this to be disrespectful. I think it's a wonderful fact about Judaism — at least about the approach to Judaism I most relate to: there are no universal answers, we don't have it all figured out, G-d is unknowable.
I wonder: Is this uncertainty, this lack of knowledge we have about the thing that is so central to so many other faiths? Is it because so many of us spent so many of the last 2,000 years forgetting Hebrew? Praying in a language a lot of us could phonetically sound out but not fully understand?
That is probably too simplistic; certainly the most devout among us — certainly a Maimonides — spoke and understood Hebrew fluently. But how many American Jews, say, actually speak Hebrew with real understanding — how many understand all the words to all the prayers?
Moreover, how many subscribers to such "hip Jew" publications as Heeb and Jewcy have a real textual understanding of the religion with which they so identify? These are unanswerable questions. But compare all this Jewish uncertainty with the inflexible sureness of evangelical Christians (not to mention fundamentalist Muslims.) This is, paradoxically, why I know I feel a kinship with Judaism that goes beyond the cultural and familial bonds I have with the faith: the not-knowing.
Darin Strauss is the author of Half a Life, More Than It Hurts You, Chang and Eng, and The Real McCoy. He will be blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council's Author Blog.
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Darin Strauss on Faith
Darin Strauss's most recent book, Half a Life: A Memoir, is now available. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning's Author Blog.
Faith is a private issue. At least, I consider it to be one. (Try telling that to Tea Party evangelicals, though…) I consider myself a Jewish writer—even if my characters frequently are not Jewish—in the same way, I guess, that I consider myself a Jewish man, even though I don't often attend shul.
In another post I'll talk about my books (particularly Chang & Eng, a novel about the famous and Asian conjoined twins, and Half a Life, my non-fiction book about me). Here, today, I want to discuss faith.
I felt sheepish this week when I admitted to someone that I pray each night. My prayer is improvised—though like some standard jazz performance, the improv happens within pretty strict parameters—and asks for nothing. It wasn't always this way.
I prayed every night for as long as I can remember—at least since my Israel bar mitzvah some 27 years ago. But until recently I would ask G-d for favors. Nothing extravagant, nor even of a material nature. But my prayer was a homemade mix of thanks and request. I didn't use a standard, Jewish prayer-book prayer because 1) I don't speak Hebrew, and 2) it seems to me that if one doesn't know the meaning of what one is saying, that ignorance is an impenetrable barrier between oneself and G-d. Now, I could've learned Hebrew, sure. But it seemed (and I'll admit this may have been my laziness) that talking to G-d directly was a better way of expressing my own personal feelings of belief and appeal and doubt and gratitude.
But recently, as my own comprehension of my faith increased, I realized there was much I didn't believe. Or, not that I didn't believe, exactly, but that I had serious doubts about a few things. For example, it struck me as unlikely that G-d involves Himself with the daily minutiae of every single life on the planet. That an omnipotent creator of life would find himself shackled with that duty seemed improbable—it struck me as beneath Him. Also, how to explain the conflicting nature of some prayers? E.g., What to do when a million people pray for one thing, and another million its opposite? And what about not only the Holocaust, but every year's untold tsunami and earthquake victims? Hadn't they prayed? And sick children—etc.
All the same, I believe in G-d, and also that Judaism is closest to what my conception of G-d is—not to mention I have a steep cultural attachment to this religion and her people. And so I decided to keep on praying, but just not to ask G-d for anything. The thing is, I truly am profoundly thankful to G-d for all the blessings I have received in my life, beginning with the gift of Life itself. Now, whether my not asking for good things to happen to me is subconsciously intended to win me brownie points with G-d is something I can't answer. But I do feel the need to give thanks, and also not to feel hypocritical by asking for things when I have doubts that G-d would answer me.
That is not to say I haven't broken my little rule; that I haven't taken up the mantle of hypocrisy now and again. But I do so for my three-year-old son. (He has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and I have prayed, and will continue to pray, for his health and comfort.) It seems to me a little hypocrisy in the service of fatherhood may get a bit of a divine pass. But who knows.
This homemade ritual feels right for me; I'm not saying anyone else should embrace it. I hope others would give me the same wide faith devotional birth.
Darin Strauss is the author of Half a Life, More Than It Hurts You, Chang and Eng, and The Real McCoy. He will be blogging here all week.
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The History of People
Earlier this week, Douglas Stark wrote about the best Jewish basketball team ever and about researching Jewish sports. He has been blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning's Author Blog.
To me, history is telling stories about people. I have always been fascinated by people's lives, the decisions they make (or don't), and ultimately what happens to them. One of my objectives in writing The SPHAS was to have an opportunity to tell the stories of the players and, in some cases, the fans who attended the games. Who were the SPHAS? Where did they come from? Why were they attracted to basketball? Who were they as people?
As I crafted the book, I decided that I would try and tell the story of each season through one or two players. This allowed me to combine the stories of the players with the game-by-game story and drama of each season. It also proved a fairly easy way to organize the book.
One of the challenges of writing a book about a defunct basketball team whose heyday was in the 1930s and early 1940s was that most of the players had either passed away or were very old. I had two paths to take. One was to interview family members of the players from the 1930s. The second was to speak with players who played in the 1940s. Both proved invaluable.
The family members of the 1930s players were able to provide information about who the players were as people and about their childhoods. But in many instances, they were unable to talk about the playing days. Some were too young to remember. Some maybe never asked. However, many of them had scrapbooks of articles and these proved to be a tremendous source of information. Athletes from a certain generation actively kept scrapbooks chronicling their careers. The articles, programs, and ticket stubs contain valuable information. Athletes today do not seem to have the same desire in maintaining scrapbooks.
I was also able to interview quite a few players from the 1940s, and, although they might forget some information, they all loved talking about their playing days. Their faces light up and they can recall a game 70 years ago better than what they had for dinner last week. As they talked, they were young again, playing basketball, traveling 5 or 6 in a car from one town to another, and growing the game.
They all had interesting stories to tell and seemed grateful that someone today wanted to hear their stories. It was my honor to tell their stories and I hope that I did it well.
Douglas Stark's The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team, is now available.
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The interval estimation of the scale parameter and the joint confidence region of the parameters of two-parameter exponential distribution under Type II progressive censoring is proposed. In addition, the simulation study for the performance of all proposed pivotal quantities is done in this paper. The criteria of minimum confidence length and minimum confidence area are used to obtain the optimal estimation. The predictive intervals of the future observation and the future interarrival times based on the Type II progressive censored sample are also provided. One biometrical example is also given to illustrate the proposed methods.
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I got to see a brief demo of XCOM: Enemy Unknown at E3 2012, while it wasn't a long demo I was still impressed. The fact that you could strategically take control of your army on and off land was impressive. The game itself has amazing art work and a classic look to what many people would picture an alien invasion would look like. The game looks to stay true to its retro format only with far more options, insanely better graphics, and audio that brings you into the intensity of the invasion. It looks to be like it's going to be a fun game for fans of the original XCOM game as well as for new comers. For those newly being introduced to XCOM, here's a little bit about what you should expect.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown places you with a secret organization called XCOM. In the game you take the place as commander for XCOM, and your job is to defend against a global alien invasion by strategically using your resources, advancing your technology, and strategizing combat moves.
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by Wadderboiz » Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:24 am
RDD15 wrote:So you are questioning Raiders Ump's opinion like he is out of his mind. He said that Buchholz ERA will be closer to 4 than 3. That means he thinks that Buchholz will have a 3.51 ERA or higher. He thinks that he will be more likely to win 12-14 than 16-18. And you think that the Sox should win 99-104 games.Lets look at some respected predictors of stats:MARCEL-12 wins and 3.49 ERAZIPS-14 wins and 3.79 ERAJAMES-13 wins and 3.54ESPN-16 wins and 3.35CBS-15 wins and 3.46So only one of these 5 think that he will crack that 16 win plateau, and while three of the five believe that he will have a sub-3.50 ERA, two have him very very close.
RDD15 wrote:Could you possibly be looking at these predictions with some bias yourself? And to suggest that the Sox should easily win 99-104 games is kind of silly. They might have the best team in baseball, but to suggest that 99 wins is essentially a given and 104 would not be surprising is a bit much. It is reasonable to think that one MLB team per season will win 99 or more games on average. You are basically saying that you expect that Boston not only COULD, but rather SHOULD have the best record in baseball. I think that it is near impossible to expect with that much certainty that they are the best team in their own division, no less all of MLB.
HOOTIE wrote:Low K/9.
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HOOTIE wrote:Boston is better, but Buchholz is in for a regression.A .261 babip, to a career .285. .290-.300 is the norm for pitchers.A 79% strand rate, 72% is the norm.A 5.6% hr/fb ratio, 10% is the norm.He got lucky in those catergories, making his 2.33 era very misleading.His xFIP was 4.20.
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During the past two weeks, speculators have purchased nearly seven BRCM calls for every put on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), resulting in a 10-day call/put volume ratio of 6.72. What's more, this reading registers in the 94th percentile of its 52-week range, suggesting option buyers have initiated bullish bets over bearish at a near annual-high clip.
As a result, the security sports a Schaeffer's put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) of 0.52, indicating that calls nearly double puts among options expiring within three months. Even more telling, this SOIR sits just four percentage points from a 12-month nadir, implying that near-term options players have rarely been more call-skewed during the past year.
In the front-month series, the December 32 strike is most popular among call traders, with more than 22,100 contracts in residence. In fact, BRCM has already seen more than 3,700 December 32 calls change hands so far today -- mostly at the ask price, suggesting they were bought. Assuming the calls are being purchased to open, the buyers are expecting BRCM to surmount the $33.36 level (strike plus volume-weighted average price of $1.36) within the next couple of weeks.
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The Motorola DROID
Because this is an Android phone, you would expect integration with Google's various services to be tight, and it is for some services. For others, it's nonexistent or inconsistent. A single sign-on the first day I had the DROID gave me Gmail, Google Calendar and Gtalk at my fingertips without a second thought. Because of this seamless integration, I was expecting similar ease when visiting Google Docs and Google Reader via the native browser, but I was disappointed. I concluded that this was a security measure related to the fact that the first three are standalone apps, while the last two run in-browser. Yes, this explanation made sense until the first time I visited Google.com and discovered that I was signed in by default. The bigger question is, of course, why native apps for Docs and Reader aren't available.
Like anything from Google, the search functionality is quite good. The interface is consistent across all apps (even third-party) and uses predictive text, as well as your search history, to begin presenting results as soon as you start typing. Voice search performs well, provided you speak clearly and limit background noise.
The ability to run multiple applications at the same time is another feature that sets DROID apart from most of the other smartphones on the market. The classic example of opening a Web page, leaving to check e-mail and returning to find the page fully loaded works as advertised. As a more challenging test, I started Google Navigation and had it provide me turn-by-turn directions for my route. I then started playback of the Linux Journal Insider podcast. I wasn't sure how DROID would manage the conflicting audio streams, but it did the sensible thing by allowing the navigation prompts to interrupt Shawn and Kyle at the required times.
The DROID comes pre-installed with a fairly well-rounded collection of productivity, entertainment and social-media applications. More notable than the applications that were included, however, were those that weren't. The three most glaring omissions being a weather application (or widget), a Twitter application and a file browser. Fortunately, good third-party solutions exist for all three.
Regarding third-party applications, the Android apps store has convinced me that more isn't always better. After many hours browsing the store, it appears as though there is enough variety to cover just about everything you'd want to do with your phone (and probably a few things you wouldn't). For me, I've had no trouble finding applications for most of the things I've wanted to do. The one shortcoming is the availability of applications for certain popular Web services. This is beginning to change, however, even in the short time that DROID has been on the market.
In searching the app store, I've come across a couple applications developed by Google that aren't on the phone by default, but probably should be included. The first is Listen, a podcast aggregator that includes the very nice feature of allowing downloads right to the DROID over 3G or Wi-Fi (although the app warns of the potential for data-overage charges if you use 3G) and even allows you to begin playback before the download is completed. The second is a client for Voice, Google's telephony power tool, that is available by invitation only. Google Voice users know it's a nice way of managing your voice calling and SMS through one common interface. Once available to the public, Google Voice definitely should be a standard part of the Android operating system.
The DROID also comes supplied with a small collection of useful widgets. The search widget, of course, is included, and it provides fast access to search. The widget I've found useful is the one for power management. It includes status indicators and toggles for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, sync and screen brightness.
The all-around conclusion is that the DROID is a solid phone. Unlike some of its Android-based predecessors, the hardware finally has the muscle to implement the platform the way the developers intended. Only time will tell if the DROID is a serious contender for the smartphone crown, but if you're a devoted user of Google's cloud services (Gmail, Calendar and so on), you'd be hard-pressed to find a phone that does a better job of integrating these services into your daily routine.
Brian Conner, an Internet junkie working for a small nonprofit in western Maryland, blows off the steam of helping to manage a proprietary OS environment by poking and prodding at his favorite distro: Slackware. When not in front of a monitor, Brian can be found photographing his two beautiful daughters (and his beautiful wife), enjoying college football and reading.
I hate this phone.... android
I hate this phone.... android is better for me..
Droid 2 sucks. Backup Assistant does not function and wireless does not stay connected. No fix on the horizon according to Verizon. Thanks Verizon for another half baked OS...
It does Multitouch
Having sold these phones since the day it first came out. The phone does multi-touch. There is paint program you can download that allows you to paint with two fingers. Also with new firmware releases, Android also gives you the option of Pinch Zoom.
You are absolutely correct. I bought the phone on launch day (Nov 6th, I think) and the review was written within the first month or so of ownership. At that time of writing, it was pretty clear that the hardware supported multi-touch, but none of the standard factory apps implemented it.
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Miley and Liam may be struggling as an engaged couple, but the former Disney star insists it was the right thing to do to get engaged nearly a year ago. In the June issue of 'ELLE' UK, Miley also opens up about why she'll be living a more private life moving forward.
According to Miley Cyrus' hit song "See You Again," the singer's friends often explain her silly behavior by saying, "Oh, she's just being Miley." But Billy Ray Cyrus' daughter has a better explanation for why she got engaged at 19-years-old, and why she continues to wear her engagement ring, despite reports of relationship woes with Liam Hemsworth.
Miley Cyrus' 'ELLE' UK Interview
"We have a house together and dogs. It just seems right to be wearing this ring and to be committed," she tells ELLE UK. "But we keep our relationship low-key and don't talk about it any more."
Of course, Miley, 20, is referring to recent reports suggesting that she's hit a rough patch in her relationship with the Hunger Games hottie, 23. Snoop Lion, who Miley recently collaborated with, recently said that Miley's relationship "no longer exists."
Sadly, there may be some validity to Snoop's statement because Miley and Liam have allegedly put their wedding on hold.
Due to the heavy attention surrounding their relationship, Miley now plans on keeping her personal life private.
Miley Cyrus Plans On Living A More Private Life
"We were too nice to the world and gave them too much insight — into my life and my puppies and my house –- and I just don't feel they get that privilege any more," Miley explains. "Like on my Twitter, I'm much more . . . not conservative, but you don't see a picture of my dogs. You don't get that personal stuff any more."
It's unclear when this interview was conducted.
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Posted at 10:35 PM on May 2, 2013
"We have a house together and dogs. It just seems right to be wearing this ring and to be committed.
From the mouths of babes…proof she is too young mentally for such a big commitment.
So what happens when you split…who gets custody of the dogs…house rights…the ring? Sounds more like she is trying to justify having sex before marriage to her fans…and herself.
AE Mark
Posted at 7:25 PM on April 29, 2013
This interview was done the same day as her TWERKING video. She got done with this photoshoot and decided to videotape her twerking. Just look at the background of these pictures and compare to twerking video. Thus, the timeline is Mar. 20, one week before Liam came back from Australia. So yes, it is possible Miley's comments about her relationship could be old.
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The new Lotus Formula One team confirmed on Monday that Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen will form their race line-up for 2010, with Malaysias Fairuz Fauzy taking on the role of test and reserve driver.
Former Monaco Grand Prix victor Trulli has spent the past five seasons racing for Toyota, whole Kovalainen, also an F1 race winner, moves from McLaren after losing his seat to new world champion Jenson Button.
The appointment of Trulli, Kovalainen and Fauzy to the Malaysian-backed team was made formal in an official announcement by Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur, at which all three drivers were present, along with team principal Tony Fernandes.
35-year-old Trulli is regarded as one of the most experienced and consistent F1 racers and one of the fastest men over a single lap. The Italian, who made his Formula One debut with Minardi in 1997, has also finished in the top ten of the drivers' championship on seven occasions.
"It is a privilege for me to sign for the new Lotus F1 Racing team, said Trulli. I have been impressed by the long-term vision of the team management and technical staff. Tony has set out very ambitious plans and I am ready to help the team achieve these high targets. I am also pleased to be back working alongside (team technical boss) Mike Gascoyne, someone with whom I have enjoyed previous success at other teams. I get on very well with him and I respect his working style. Lotus is a truly iconic and inspirational brand and it is great that the name is back in Formula 1. We will be hoping to draw inspiration from the heritage of Lotus for our team.
"I am also delighted to be racing alongside Heikki, someone who I have enjoyed racing against since 2007, and someone else, like me, who brings valuable experience from his time with two of Formula One's most established teams. I believe that together, we are among the most competitive pairings on the grid, and we will be determined to bring success to Lotus F1 Racing to repay the faith that Tony and the team have shown in us."
Kovalainens F1 career began in 2006 when he made his debut as a Renault test driver. His appointment to Lotus will see the 28 year-old Finn, who won the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2008, starting his fourth Formula One season.
"It's fantastic to be joining Lotus F1 Racing and I am excited about the challenges that lie ahead, he said. I recently visited our factory in Norfolk, UK, and was so impressed by seeing how far the team has come in such a short time since it was launched in September, and by how determined everyone is to meet Tony's ambitious targets. I knew immediately it would be a fantastic opportunity to help them achieve their goals.
"I believe that appointing two drivers with the experience Jarno and I have shows how determined the team is to go racing in a truly competitive way, and our pairing sends out a very strong message to our competitors."
27-year-old Malaysia Fauzy joins the team having previously held a Formula One testing role for the Spyker squad back in 2007. Since then he has driven in the F1 feeder series GP2, the World Series by Renault, as well as being named as lead driver for Malaysia's involvement in the A1GP championship.
To have the chance to join Malaysia's first fully fledged Formula One team is very special for me and the highlight of my career so far, he said. I look forward to working closely with Jarno and Heikki on developing the car and the team in our first season together in Formula 1. I am sure we can do Malaysia as a nation proud, as well as upholding the tradition of such a legendary F1 name such as Lotus.
Commenting on the appointments, team principal Tony Fernandes said: "I am thrilled that we have been able to sign Jarno, Heikki and Fairuz to drive for Lotus F1 Racing in our debut season. The appointment of Jarno, Heikki and Fairuz as our race drivers is a testament to the quality of our team, to our ambition and drive, and above all to our long-term vision of success in Formula One.
Jarno and Heiki are winners and have proven track records in Formula One, and will be a big asset to us as we look to develop the team and the car throughout 2010. Jarno and Heikki are two extremely versatile drivers who have proven themselves more than capable of achieving solid results no matter how tough the conditions. Having Fairuz on board is also great news. He is undoubtedly the best Malaysian senior driver at the moment and it is a pleasure to welcome him into Malaysia's Formula One team.
We only secured our 2010 entry from the FIA in September and already we have our first car in production and have signed two Formula One race winners to drive for us, as well as a home-grown Malaysian driver. Not bad for three months' hard work! There is more to come from us and we head into the holiday period buoyed by what we have accomplished already but inspired to push the boundaries yet further."


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As well as the account-based pensions we take from our DIY super fund, we receive part government aged pensions through Centrelink, that are assessed under the assets test. Our fund has a large share portfolio that can fluctuate in value. Centrelink says it must be notified within 14 days of any change of more than $1000 in the portfolio. Given this can happen daily, it is just not possible to calculate and notify increases or decreases on this basis. How can we realistically cope with this, and how do retail and industry super funds cope?
Centrelink says the $1000 change notification requirement applies only to financial assets owned directly by an age pension recipient and not to the value of income streams. Where you are receiving an allocated pension income stream from a DIY, retail or industry super fund, you are not required to advise Centrelink every time the value of the fund assets fluctuates.
Where fund assets have fallen in value, however, you can at any time choose to advise Centrelink of the current account balance and ask for a review of your pension.
Otherwise, the Department of Human Services generally reviews industry and retail account-based income streams in February and August each year. Some pension providers send in required information via an electronic exchange, but if they don't, Centrelink writes directly to the person for the information. DIY funds are reviewed each August. For these reviews, funds are sent a letter asking them to provide information.
What is requested is the July 1 account balance and the annual pension amount to be drawn down from the income stream.
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The signaling pathways of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) in latency and cancer
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous virus with infections commonly resulting in a latency carrier state. Although the exact role of EBV in cancer pathogenesis remains not entirely clear, it is highly probable that it causes several lymphoid and epithelial malignancies, such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, NK-T cell lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. EBV-associated malignancies are associated with a latent form of infection, and several of these EBV-encoded latent proteins are known to mediate cellular transformation. These include six nuclear antigens and three latent membrane proteins. Studies have shown that EBV displays distinct patterns of viral latent gene expression in these lymphoid and epithelial tumors. The constant expression of latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) at the RNA level in both primary and metastatic tumors suggests that this protein might be a driving factor in the tumorigenesis of EBV-associated malignancies. LMP2A may cooperate with the aberrant host genome, and thereby contribute to malignant transformation by intervening in signaling pathways at multiple points, especially in the cell cycle and apoptotic pathway. This review summarizes the role of EBV-encoded LMP2A in EBV-associated viral latency and cancers. We will focus our discussions on the molecular interactions of each of the conserved motifs in LMP2A, and their involvement in various signaling pathways, namely the B-cell receptor blockade mechanism, the ubiquitin-mediated (Notch and Wnt) pathways, and the MAPK, PI3-K/Akt, NK-κB and STAT pathways, which can provide us with important insights into the roles of LMP2A in the EBV-associated latency state and various malignancies.
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- Title
- The signaling pathways of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) in latency and cancer
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Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters
Volume 14, Issue 2 , pp 222-247
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- 2009-06-01
- 10.2478/s11658-008-0045-2
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- 1425-8153
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- Epstein-Barr virus
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- Suat-Cheng Peh (3)
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- 1. Cancer Center Karolinska, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2. Karolinska Biomics Center, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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i flew my dollar tree foam board scratch built stand up jetski lol |
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Got new batteries and wanted to try if non-bullet blades are stable enough and used it for practising pirouettes...
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Well, almost kind of a nasty day, despite the clear sky and bright light. Gusting wind that changed directions and cold to boot. I flew the belt driven 450 SE and my buddy flew his Genius CP and almost lost it a few times. I told him there was too much wind for the little micro....
I left the 500 on the ground because flying today was all work and no fun. |
Feb 24, 2013, 02:45 PM | |
Flew my Airwolf 450 this morning, put the second battery in, and on take off a servo arm broke and one of the blades took out the canopy
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I did fly helicopter(s) today because of a plane! Got out for 30 minutes with my new sbach (UMX) and got very cold and because of having a cold, too, decided not to go out to the field to fly helicopters afterwards.
Now I have to wait another 6 days to see if I am going to get a chance... |
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Just back from 4 packs night-flying on my 450.
Did my first nose-in sideways loops. Nice little milestone for me. Im getting a nice amount of flights out on the evenings the last weeks. sometimes 10 packs. This week i perfected hovering in all 8 orientations (also in wind) and compensating with the rotordisk tilt to counteract the tailrotorthrust before it starts drifting away from its spot. Next up is perfecting backward flight (long due) and start again working on forward inverted flight. Its the basics i want to master before i continue my half-piroflip practice. I really want to be super confident in my orientations before i start all the crazy stirring stuff. I just know there will be no way back when i start doing it. |
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down here at Pax River Naval Air Station for work and I decided to drive and brought a few helis. I left the site and dropped by the skeet range to fly my helis. Right next door is the final approach to the runway. I flew 3 paks in my 130X, 1 in my mCPx (it has problems ), and one in my EXI450Pro which made a terrible squeal when I did a flip It was soooooo cool to fly with T-38s, a seahawk, EC-135, P-3, S-3, and a couple of F/A-18s doing crash and dashes in the background.....OMG I would love to hang here. Later I went out with the wife exploring the local area and flew the 130X near a historical Church/graveyard and I flew one more pak in the 130X....it was much smaller field and I flew into tree branches.....but came out the other side still flying
It sure is nice to not have any snow and is above 30degF....with awsome planes and helis EVERYWHERE |
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bit windy today, but I made myself do inverted hovering practice - my belated new years resolution is no more yank and bank, practice in every flight!
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Sounds like good weather abounded. It was definitely flyable hereabouts so I got two short sessions in, morning and afternoon. In the morning the Turkish boys flew their FPV Octo-copter camera ship and let me work the camera during one flight. Cool! They also flew a Bixler FPV plane with advanced camera stabilization.
I am getting better at inverted orientations and threw the 450 SE around. No one crashed! |
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Japan men's team in business, women in economy (The Associated Press)
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's world champion women's football team has taken exception to flying economy while their male counterparts sat in business class on a flight to Europe for the Olympics. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – World Soccer News
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