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Jan 28, 2011
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wow wow
Very inspiration pics <33
i wish i am brave enough to get one for myself. hahaReplyDelete
im too chicken
that first fancy one is so cool. plus the love ones on the finger, always dig those. id go for something discreet where the fancy one is or on the inside of my wrist.xReplyDelete
I have 6 small ones and love love them! Can't get tired of them and love the 6 a bit more every day:)
maria ana
I love the endless love one on the ring finger!ReplyDelete
Like you i love subtle delicate tattoos in cool places- ribcage, collarbone, spine- all so beautiful and just add something special to your body. I posted a really cool one in my latest post too- just struggling to settle on what i fancy!!http://girlonlsd.tumblr.comReplyDelete
"Sneaky" tats is a great way to put it. I definitely agree. A subtle tattoo can really add to someone's style.ReplyDelete
AH! I want another one so bad. And that Chanel one on the wrist is so clever!ReplyDelete
love these tattoos! i want one myself.ReplyDelete
OH MY GOD!ReplyDelete
Totally agreed! I'm getting my first one tomorrow. Cannot wait!ReplyDelete
wow i loveee the tattoos!ReplyDelete
i got three tattoos (L)
its a piece of yoursellff nd i love it
Xo model from holland
everyday new post,come check it out
couldn't agree more lovelies xReplyDelete
omg!!!!i totally LOVE these pics!!all!!!i looove the tattoo !!!!ReplyDelete
wow all of these are awesome. i love your idea behind tatoos. i would love to get one as well, i think they can add so much to a look. that first one in particular is amazing!ReplyDelete
i like your blog very much...and the australian summer...ReplyDelete
you guys should totally get one at leastReplyDelete
small like you said.
love the first and last! So subtle, yet so strikingReplyDelete
Loving your blog! :)ReplyDelete
loving the tattoo shout out. I have one on my ankle, soon to be getting another on my shoulder blade. amazing!ReplyDelete
Great post, like a little tattoo, think its edgy.ReplyDelete
xoxo irene
love the first one xxReplyDelete
hi girls !ReplyDelete
thank you so much for the lovely comment!
i have a new post outfit of today look!
nd you see my 2 tattoos!
i thought that it fitts beautifull in this post of you girls (L)
you 2 are so Gorgeous nd im so pleased to have an message from you girls (L)
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Love sneaky tatts!! I have a few... a bird by my favourite graffiti artist on my foot. A love heart over the point of my pulse on my wrist. An Anglican specific cross for my mum over my right rib cage with the number 7 for the 7 deadly sins/ 7 signs of virtue. Love tattoos!! Thanks so much for the comment on my blog, the lilac watch is def my favourite too. xoReplyDelete
I feel the same way. And the Chanel tattoos were so beautiful and tempting! As of now, I only have one "sneaky tatt," an infinity sign on the top of my left wrist; it usually hides beneath my watch, because it's just for me :)ReplyDelete
Oh right, I'm a first-time commenter, but I've followed your blog for a while. You girls are so photogenic, keep up the lovely work, please. I have a blog, too. waagella.com
take care <3
Love it ..... I need sunlight asap !!ReplyDelete
Hello, i absolutely love your photos! So artistic, just beautiful! I also follow you on Lookbook and i want mooreee! :) Good good luck with you store!ReplyDelete
I have one on my hand that says "Pray" (:ReplyDelete
Each and every one of you are amazing. Thank you for taking the time to comment us.
Thessy & Yiota


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Dusty Baker, 64, says he still believes he should be the one returning, winning at least 90 games in three of the last four seasons. But the Reds' six consecutive losses to end the season doomed his fate, Jocketty said.
"Did you see the team playing with great passion, vigor and confidence? And as a team? I don't think that anyone can say that positively. I think it was apparent that they were not playing up to their potential."

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NGCS Focus Group – 22nd July 2010 – 2.00 pm Ofcom
Agenda item (1) Introductions and review of minutes:
Justin Hornby
Cable&Wireless Worldwide - Chair
Geoff Brighton
Andy Martin
IV Response
Sean Hartley
Laurent Pariat
Cable&Wireless Worldwide
Peter Farmer
Jeff Loan
Kath Embleton
Sandra Reid
By telephone:
Stephen Ornadel
Everything Everywhere
Lesa Green
Alistair Dixon
Agenda (2: Update / progress report on the current 'live' NTS related consultations / investigations:
- PRS Scope Review
Jeff reported that Ofcoms consulation on whether Payforit and on-portal services should be included under PhonepayPlus regulation is at the stage of internal sign-off before it can be published.
PhonepayPlus has received over 40 submissions in response to the new Code of Practice with Ofcom receiving just over half of that total. Jeff explained that there were new the new risk assessment and due diligence requirements and that the proportionality of the Code was an important aspect. He acknowledged the UKCTA response which had been helpful.
The next step is for the Code to be submitted to Europe for approval which should take three months with implementation mid 2011.
Alistair Dixon asked why the Ofcom and PhonepayPlus consultations were being held in parallel and whether changes would be made to the Code if the European review found it to be disproportionate. Jeff explained that last time the consultations were serial and added three to four months to the process without generating any new material issues. Ofcom will consider any comments made during the review.
- PRS Bad Debt
Ofcom has received an interim update from BDO who continue to work with BT and a further update is expected in August. The outstanding information for 2009/10 is imminent and will provide an indication as to what the future Retail Uplift and PRS Bad Debt surcharge should be. BDO has been set a target date for the end of September. Stakeholders will then be invited to sessions approximately three weeks later to discuss BDOs findings.
Alistair asked whether that meant that BTs revised OCCN should be applicable for the intervening period or if the PRS Bad Debt surcharge should remain at 3.03%. Geoff explained that any dispute regarding BTs OCCN would be considered upon its merits. Ofcom in the meantime are continuing as if the new rates hadnt been issued.
Andy Martin expressed his belief that as the PRS Bad Debt surcharge was part of the charge control process it wasnt appropriate to sign the OCCN and place IV Response at a competitive disadvantage. Peter Farmer commented that those companies which had signed the OCCN were all net originators.
Geoff acknowledged that the current process was much later than expected, but noted that the cause of the delay was not of Ofcoms making. The dispute and BDO work will be carried in parallel.
- 080 Termination Rate Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) Appeal
Geoff reported that the CAT had made an interim judgement to allow BTs additional information to be admissible.
A decision remains to be taken as to whether to seek to link the Appeal with any appeal of the 0845/70 determination. Ofcom fully expect this determination to also be appealed.
- 0845 / 0870 Termination Rate Dispute
Responses to the Supplementary Consultation have been received and Ofcom has a target publication date of 9th August.
Peter queried how Ofcom had managed to reach its conclusion for Principle 3 and commented that it was a risk adverse approach. Geoff declined to comment whilst the final determination was still under consideration.
Andy expressed his belief that IV Reponse had succeeded in meeting all of the Principles set out by Ofcom but that the mobile operators were unilaterally declining to negotiate. Andy asked whether the mobile operators were objecting to the framework or the charges themselves? Stephen Ornadel noted that T-Mobile didnt want multiple disputes with operators and that they hoped the CAT decision on 080 would help flush out the issue and give a clear decision which can be used across all operators.
- NGCS Review
Ofcom is considering the data it gathered as part of the Section 135 requests and is targeting late September / early October for publication of the consultation. The approach has been to start with a blank sheet and to consider everything up to complete price caps. One of the key questions is whether there is on approach that will suit all sections of the market.
Geoff mentioned that the European Framework changes that are due to be implemented next Summer. Ofcom is working with BIS on the implications and may not be able to implement all of their desired changes until the Framework changes are in place. It is likely that this will mean Summer 2011 for any implementation consultation with changes coming into effect some 18 months later.
Andy asked if Ofcom was looking at market power and Geoff responded that Ofcom was looking at a resolution that resolves the issues without relying upon a finding of SMP. The NGCS review is not a market review but a review of the structure of how the market works. When pressed Geoff confirmed that Ofcom had no plans to conduct a market review as there was no need to carry one out. In addition it is considered doubtful whether the European Commission would accept NTS as a market definition. Any changes could be linked to the numbering plan rather than SMP findings.
Agenda Item (4): Implementation by BT of the 4th January 2010 increase in VAT
Geoff announced that it was Ofcoms intention to make changes to the Numbering Plan in order that VAT changes can be made without impacting POLOs. This would mean that the VAT recovery is at the retail end rather than through reduced POLOs. Members were told to expect a short numbering consultation to allow the changes to be made before 4th January.
AP SEP 01 Ofcom to provide an update at the next meeting
Date of Next Meeting: 2nd September 2010
Summary of New and Outstanding Actions:
Ofcom to provide an update at the next meeting


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BP, Billionaires Plan to Sell Control of TNK-BP to Rosneft
BP Plc and its Russian billionaire partners are in talks to sell control of their TNK-BP venture to OAO Rosneft, a deal that may almost double the size of Russia's state-run oil company, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The billionaires, represented by the AAR group, are seeking to sell their 50 percent holding to Rosneft for $28 billion, one person said, asking not to be identified before a transaction is done. BP is also negotiating to sell at least some of its stake for a mix of cash and shares in Rosneft, another person said. Officials from AAR, Rosneft and BP declined to comment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has used Rosneft to tighten the government's grip on Russia's energy industry. Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin, a Putin associate for more than 20 years, is set to meet his BP counterpart, Bob Dudley, in London tomorrow to discuss to the deal, two people said. The Moscow-based company would produce about 4.5 million barrels a day of oil and gas if it buys all of TNK-BP, matching Exxon Mobil Corp.
"This strengthens Putin's national champion," said Iain Armstrong, an analyst at Brewin Dolphin Ltd. in London. "BP will stay in Russia, but perhaps in a more limited way."
BP Optimism
BP rose the most since May on optimism an agreement would end the company's fractious relationship with the billionaires. The London-based explorer offered to sell its own half of Russia's third-largest oil producer in June after relations broke down with AAR. BP asked for bids by 9 a.m. tomorrow.
BP advanced 3 percent to close at 448.35 pence in London.
A possible agreement between Rosneft and AAR was reported by Sky News earlier.
TNK-BP hasn't paid dividends on any 2012 income because it has lacked a full board since December. The management recommended a $4.1 billion interim dividend on 2012 profit, according to documents seen by Bloomberg News today. The board may decide on the dividend in the next few weeks.
An agreement of intent has been signed between AAR and Rosneft, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told reporters in Moscow. Any deal would need government approval and no requests had been received, he said.
Nine-Year Venture
BP put its half of TNK-BP up for sale in June, proposing to end the nine-year partnership that paid BP $19 billion in dividends and accounts for a quarter of its global production. Both AAR and Rosneft had said they were interested in making an offer for BP's half.
BP and AAR openly clashed several times during their partnership. In 2008, current BP Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley was forced to resign as head of the venture and leave Russia after months of battling between the shareholders over strategy. Mikhail Fridman, one of the billionaires, quit as CEO of TNK-BP this year, saying the relationship with BP had run its course.
A year ago, AAR rejected a $32 billion offer for its half from BP and Rosneft. That came after Fridman and BP's other billionaire partners thwarted a $7.8 billion share swap and exploration agreement with Rosneft in court, saying BP was required to pursue all opportunities in Russia exclusively through TNK-BP.
Under the terms of TNK-BP's shareholder agreement, BP has 45 days to decide on bidding for AAR's stake before the billionaires can close a deal with another buyer.


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If you had not noticed by now, I am intrigued by the brain. I am sure I am in the right field as I am truly fascinated and always want to know more.
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Structure (v.17, #9)
In This Issue (ix-x).
The Piston Rises Again by Joseph J. Falke; Annette H. Erbse (1149-1151).
Previous evidence has indicated that the transmembrane signal in bacterial chemoeceptors is carried by the piston displacement of a membrane-spanning signaling helix. Hendrickson and coworkers (Cheung and Hendrickson, 2009; Moore and Hendrickson, 2009) now provide structural evidence that suggests piston transmembrane signaling is widely conserved in bacterial receptors that control ubiquitous two-component signaling pathways.
Polyglutamine Dances the Conformational Cha-Cha-Cha by Jason Miller; Earl Rutenber; Paul J. Muchowski (1151-1153).
While polyglutamine repeats appear in dozens of human proteins, high-resolution structural analysis of these repeats in their native context has eluded researchers. Kim et al. now describe multiple crystal structures and demonstrate that polyglutamine in huntingtin dances through multiple conformations.
Keeping an Eye on Membrane Transport by TR-WAXS by Jeff Abramson; Vincent Chaptal (1153-1155).
In this issue of Structure, Andersson et al. apply time-resolved wide angle X-ray scattering (TR-WAXS) to follow light-induced conformational changes for both bacteriorhodopsin and proteorhodopsin and probe real-time dynamics at atomic resolution.
The Nuclear Pore Complex Has Entered the Atomic Age by Stephen G. Brohawn; James R. Partridge; James R.R. Whittle; Thomas U. Schwartz (1156-1168).
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) perforate the nuclear envelope and represent the exclusive passageway into and out of the nucleus of the eukaryotic cell. Apart from their essential transport function, components of the NPC have important, direct roles in nuclear organization and in gene regulation. Because of its central role in cell biology, it is of considerable interest to determine the NPC structure at atomic resolution. The complexity of these large, 40–60 MDa protein assemblies has for decades limited such structural studies. More recently, exploiting the intrinsic modularity of the NPC, structural biologists are making progress toward understanding this nanomachine in molecular detail. Structures of building blocks of the stable, architectural scaffold of the NPC have been solved, and distinct models for their assembly proposed. Here we review the status of the field and lay out the challenges and the next steps toward a full understanding of the NPC at atomic resolution.
Keywords: PROTEINS; CELLBIO;
Quantitative Determination of the Conformational Properties of Partially Folded and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Using NMR Dipolar Couplings by Malene Ringkjøbing Jensen; Phineus R.L. Markwick; Sebastian Meier; Christian Griesinger; Markus Zweckstetter; Stephan Grzesiek; Pau Bernadó; Martin Blackledge (1169-1185).
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) inhabit a conformational landscape that is too complex to be described by classical structural biology, posing an entirely new set of questions concerning the molecular understanding of functional biology. The characterization of the conformational properties of IDPs, and the elucidation of the role they play in molecular function, is therefore one of the major challenges remaining for modern structural biology. NMR is the technique of choice for studying this class of proteins, providing information about structure, flexibility, and interactions at atomic resolution even in completely disordered states. In particular, residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) have been shown to be uniquely sensitive and powerful tools for characterizing local and long-range structural behavior in disordered proteins. In this review we describe recent applications of RDCs to quantitatively describe the level of local structure and transient long-range order in IDPs involved in viral replication, neurodegenerative disease, and cancer.
Keywords: PROTEINS;
The Orientation of a Tandem POTRA Domain Pair, of the Beta-Barrel Assembly Protein BamA, Determined by PELDOR Spectroscopy by R. Ward; M. Zoltner; L. Beer; H. El Mkami; I.R. Henderson; T. Palmer; D.G. Norman (1187-1194).
The outer membrane β-barrel trans-membrane proteins in gram-negative bacteria are folded into the membrane with the aid of polypeptide transport-associated (POTRA) domains. These domains occur, and probably function, as a tandem array situated on the periplasmic side of the outer membrane. Two crystal structures and one NMR study have attempted to define the structure and articulation of the POTRA domains of the Escherichia coli, prototypic Omp85 protein BamA. We have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) to determine the distance and distance distribution between (1-Oxyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrroline-3-methyl) methanethiosulfonate spin labels (MTSSL), placed across the domain interface of the first two POTRA domains of BamA. Our results show tightly defined interdomain distance distributions that indicate a well-defined domain orientation. Examination of the known structures revealed that none of them fitted the EPR data. A combination of EPR and NMR data was used to generate converged structures with defined domain-domain orientation.
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Structural Analysis of Sensor Domains from the TMAO-Responsive Histidine Kinase Receptor TorS by Jason O. Moore; Wayne A. Hendrickson (1195-1204).
Histidine kinase receptors respond to diverse signals and mediate signal transduction across the plasma membrane in all prokaryotes and certain eukaryotes. Each receptor is part of a two-component system that regulates a particular cellular process. Organisms that use trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) as a terminal electron acceptor typically control their anaerobic respiration through the TMAO reductase (Tor) pathway, which the TorS histidine kinase activates when sensing TMAO in the environment. We have determined crystal structures for the periplasmic sensor domains of TorS receptors from Escherichia coli and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. TorS sensor domains have a novel fold consisting of a membrane-proximal right-handed four-helical bundle and a membrane-distal left-handed four-helical bundle, but conformational dispositions differ significantly in the two structures. Isolated TorS sensor domains dimerize in solution; and from comparisons with dimeric NarX and Tar sensors, we postulate that signaling through TorS dimers involves a piston-type displacement between helices.
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Secondary Structure of Huntingtin Amino-Terminal Region by Mee Whi Kim; Yogarany Chelliah; Sang Woo Kim; Zbyszek Otwinowski; Ilya Bezprozvanny (1205-1212).
Huntington's disease is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder resulting from polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion (>36Q) within the first exon of Huntingtin (Htt) protein. We applied X-ray crystallography to determine the secondary structure of the first exon (EX1) of Htt17Q. The structure of Htt17Q-EX1 consists of an amino-terminal α helix, poly17Q region, and polyproline helix formed by the proline-rich region. The poly17Q region adopts multiple conformations in the structure, including α helix, random coil, and extended loop. The conformation of the poly17Q region is influenced by the conformation of neighboring protein regions, demonstrating the importance of the native protein context. We propose that the conformational flexibility of the polyQ region observed in our structure is a common characteristic of many amyloidogenic proteins. We further propose that the pathogenic polyQ expansion in the Htt protein increases the length of the random coil, which promotes aggregation and facilitates abnormal interactions with other proteins in cells.
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Insights into How Nucleotide-Binding Domains Power ABC Transport by Simon Newstead; Philip W. Fowler; Paul Bilton; Elisabeth P. Carpenter; Peter J. Sadler; Dominic J. Campopiano; Mark S.P. Sansom; So Iwata (1213-1222).
The mechanism by which nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) of ABC transporters power the transport of substrates across cell membranes is currently unclear. Here we report the crystal structure of an NBD, FbpC, from the Neisseria gonorrhoeae ferric iron uptake transporter with an unusual and substantial domain swap in the C-terminal regulatory domain. This entanglement suggests that FbpC is unable to open to the same extent as the homologous protein MalK. Using molecular dynamics we demonstrate that this is not the case: both NBDs open rapidly once ATP is removed. We conclude from this result that the closed structures of FbpC and MalK have higher free energies than their respective open states. This result has important implications for our understanding of the mechanism of power generation in ABC transporters, because the unwinding of this free energy ensures that the opening of these two NBDs is also powered.
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Probing the Accessibility of the Mn4Ca Cluster in Photosystem II: Channels Calculation, Noble Gas Derivatization, and Cocrystallization with DMSO by Azat Gabdulkhakov; Albert Guskov; Matthias Broser; Jan Kern; Frank Müh; Wolfram Saenger; Athina Zouni (1223-1234).
Using the 2.9 Å resolution structure of the membrane-intrinsic protein-cofactor complex photosystem II (PSII) from the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus, we calculated and characterized nine possible substrate/product channels leading to/away from the Mn4Ca cluster, where water is oxidized to dioxygen, protons, and electrons. Five narrow channels could function in proton transport, assuming that no large structural changes are associated with water oxidation. Four wider channels could serve to supply water to or remove oxygen from the Mn4Ca cluster. One of them might be regulated by conformational changes of Lys134 in subunit PsbU. Data analyses of Kr derivatized crystals and complexes with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) confirm the accessibility of the proposed dioxygen channels to other molecules. Results from Xe derivatization suggest that the lipid clusters within PSII could serve as a drain for oxygen because of their predominant hydrophobic character and mediate dioxygen release from the lumen.
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Subunit Architecture of Multiprotein Assemblies Determined Using Restraints from Gas-Phase Measurements by Tara L. Pukala; Brandon T. Ruotolo; Min Zhou; Argyris Politis; Raluca Stefanescu; Julie A. Leary; Carol V. Robinson (1235-1243).
Protein interaction networks are becoming an increasingly important area of research within structural genomics. Here we present an ion mobility-mass spectrometry approach capable of distinguishing the overall subunit architecture of protein complexes. The approach relies on the simultaneous measurement in the gas phase of the mass and size of intact assemblies and subcomplexes. These data are then used as restraints to generate topological models of protein complexes. To test and develop our method, we have chosen two well-characterized homo-dodecameric protein complexes: ornithine carbamoyl transferase and glutamine synthetase. By forming subcomplexes related to the comparative strength of the subunit interfaces, acquiring ion mobility data, and subsequent modeling, we show that these "building blocks" retain their native interactions and do not undergo major rearrangement in either solution or gas phases. We apply this approach to study two subcomplexes of the human eukaryotic initiation factor 3, for which there is no high-resolution structure.
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Probing the "Dark Matter" of Protein Fold Space by William R. Taylor; Vijayalakshmi Chelliah; Siv Midtun Hollup; James T. MacDonald; Inge Jonassen (1244-1252).
We used a protein structure prediction method to generate a variety of folds as α-carbon models with realistic secondary structures and good hydrophobic packing. The prediction method used only idealized constructs that are not based on known protein structures or fragments of them, producing an unbiased distribution. Model and native fold comparison used a topology-based method as superposition can only be relied on in similar structures. When all the models were compared to a nonredundant set of all known structures, only one-in-ten were found to have a match. This large excess of novel folds was associated with each protein probe and if true in general, implies that the space of possible folds is larger than the space of realized folds, in much the same way that sequence-space is larger than fold-space. The large excess of novel folds exhibited no unusual properties and has been likened to cosmological dark matter.
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Structural Polymorphism of the ParM Filament and Dynamic Instability by Vitold E. Galkin; Albina Orlova; Chris Rivera; R. Dyche Mullins; Edward H. Egelman (1253-1264).
Segregation of the R1 plasmid in bacteria relies on ParM, an actin homolog that segregates plasmids by switching between cycles of polymerization and depolymerization. We find similar polymerization kinetics and stability in the presence of either ATP or GTP and a 10-fold affinity preference for ATP over GTP. We used electron cryo-microscopy to evaluate the heterogeneity within ParM filaments. In addition to variable twist, ParM has variable axial rise, and both parameters are coupled. Subunits in the same ParM filaments can exist in two different structural states, with the nucleotide-binding cleft closed or open, and the bound nucleotide biases the distribution of states. The interface between protomers is different between these states, and in neither state is it similar to F-actin. Our results suggest that the closed state of the cleft is required but not sufficient for ParM polymerization, and provide a structural basis for the dynamic instability of ParM filaments.
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Structural Dynamics of Light-Driven Proton Pumps by Magnus Andersson; Erik Malmerberg; Sebastian Westenhoff; Gergely Katona; Marco Cammarata; Annemarie B. Wöhri; Linda C. Johansson; Friederike Ewald; Mattias Eklund; Michael Wulff; Jan Davidsson; Richard Neutze (1265-1275).
Bacteriorhodopsin and proteorhodopsin are simple heptahelical proton pumps containing a retinal chromophore covalently bound to helix G via a protonated Schiff base. Following the absorption of a photon, all-trans retinal is isomerized to a 13-cis conformation, initiating a sequence of conformational changes driving vectorial proton transport. In this study we apply time-resolved wide-angle X-ray scattering to visualize in real time the helical motions associated with proton pumping by bacteriorhodopsin and proteorhodopsin. Our results establish that three conformational states are required to describe their photocycles. Significant motions of the cytoplasmic half of helix F and the extracellular half of helix C are observed prior to the primary proton transfer event, which increase in amplitude following proton transfer. These results both simplify the structural description to emerge from intermediate trapping studies of bacteriorhodopsin and reveal shared dynamical principles for proton pumping.
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I'm trying to learn OOP (PHP4), but I'm having a hard time getting why OOP is more reusable than my procedual functions.
I use a "functions.php" file where I have stashed all my functions, connect to db, resize an image... and so on.
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LONDON: Lawyers for the Muslim Brotherhood have submitted a complaint to the ICC asking it to investigate the military's alleged crimes against humanity in Egypt, they said in London yesterday.
Lawyers acting for the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party said they hoped to meet with the International Criminal Court prosecutor in the coming months to discuss opening a preliminary investigation.
The lawyers told a press conference they had submitted a declaration on behalf of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi accepting the ICC's jurisdiction in Egypt even though it is not a signatory, and he is no longer in power.
They have also submitted a complaint detailing alleged evidence of crimes since Mursi and his Brotherhood were ousted by the military on July 3 last year.
"The message must be sent out clearly to the Egyptian military regime that it runs the risk of prosecution. This is what the declaration accepting the jurisdiction aims to achieve," said lawyer John Dugard. More than 1,000 people have been killed in street clashes and thousands imprisoned in a police crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood since Mursi was ousted.
The military-installed government last month declared the movement a terrorist organisation. The London legal team is led by Tayab Ali of human rights law firm ITN Solicitors. He said their funding came from alleged Egyptian victims of the military.
Egypt is not party to the ICC and Mursi is not in office so it is unclear how far the complaint can go. However, the legal team takes the view that Mursi's administration remains the lawful, democratically-elected government of Egypt. They have submitted a declaration, in Mursi's name, accepting ICC jurisdiction over Egypt in respect of crimes against humanity committed since the coup.
The court in The Hague says that non-signatory states can accept its jurisdiction with respect to crimes committed in its territory or by one of its nationals, and request an investigation by the ICC prosecutor.
The prosecutor can also bring forward cases based on an assessment of the evidence.
"We hope and have good reason to believe the court will take this declaration seriously," said Dugard, a former United Nations human rights special rapporteur.
"The only question is who may make a declaration accepting the jurisdiction of the ICC.
"The main purpose of this exercise is to ensure that those who have committed international crimes will not go unpunished.
"Hopefully this will deter them from future misdoings."
The second part, the complaint, submitted to the ICC on December 20, includes alleged evidence of murder, unlawful imprisonment, torture, persecution against an identifiable group and enforced disappearance of persons. It also includes claims of bulldozers running demonstrators over and targeted shootings.
On August 14, at least 627 people were killed when security forces stormed Cairo's Rabaa Al Adawiya Square to disperse a sit-in by Mursi's backers. It was the deadliest mass killing in Egypt's modern history.AFP


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Dr. Donald Hopkins Nears Victory in His 15-Year Battle to Eradicate a Crippling Parasite, Guinea Worm
As a scourge, guinea worm disease could have sprung from the pages of a science fiction novel. Waterborne parasites that 10 years ago afflicted millions of people across Africa and Asia, guinea worms enter the body as larvae from contaminated drinking water sources, such as wells and stagnant ponds. The larvae, which grow inside the human host's body, become 2- to 3-foot-long worms, the fertilized females of which then bore their way out, causing scar tissue and muscle damage, which can permanently cripple victims. "This disease affects the poorest of the poor," says Dr. Adetekunbo Lucas, a public health doctor in Nairobi, Kenya. "For a long time, Don Hopkins was the only one who believed that guinea worm could be eradicated."
Now Hopkins is about to savor victory. For more than a decade, the 54-year-old crusader, a senior consultant to Atlanta's Carter Center, a not-for-profit foundation created by former President Jimmy Carter, has crisscrossed rural Africa and Asia. His mission: teaching local health officials and people how to avoid guinea worm disease through hygiene, water purification and filtering. The results seem almost awesome: Between 1986 and 1994, the number of guinea worm cases worldwide plummeted from 3.5 million to 160,000. Then, last April, Carter brokered a two-month cease-fire between government and rebel forces in the Sudan—home of one-third of the remaining guinea worm victims. The truce allowed Hopkins and UNICEF to dispatch teams of Sudanese health officials to more than 2,000 villages, where they distributed 150,000 nylon swatches through which contaminated water is filtered. "Don knows every village that has five people with guinea worm and who those people are," says Carter. "He has been the leading light."
Thanks largely to Hopkins's efforts, experts say, by 1997 guinea worm will be a plague of the past. Incredibly, it will be the second major disease Hopkins has helped eradicate. In 1969, as the director of the smallpox program in Sierra Leone, he helped wipe out the last vestiges of that disease. In acknowledgment of these achievements, the MacArthur Foundation in June named Hopkins one of its "genius" grant recipients, an award that will pay him $320,000 over five years. "I was astonished," says Hopkins of the honor, which he'll use to write a book about the guinea worm campaign. "I definitely don't consider myself a 'genius.' "
Hopkins has been intrigued by medicine since his boyhood in Coconut Grove, Fla. "When I was 5, I was accidentally burned very badly by lye and water that my brother was using to take the paint off his bicycle," says Hopkins, the seventh of 10 children of Leonard, a boatbuilder and carpenter, and Iva Major, a seamstress. "I remember the doctor who treated me." At 15, Hopkins won a scholarship to Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he majored in chemistry. During a year abroad, he traveled to Egypt, where he saw his first cases of trachoma, an eye disease. "All up and down the Nile I saw people with flies around their eyes," he recalls. "I decided I wanted to help them."
After graduating in 1962, he entered the University of Chicago Medical School. There he met his future wife, Ernestine Mathis, a research assistant in the hospital's pathology lab. "I was taking a medical history from her mother, who had cancer, when Ernie walked in," he recalls. "I said to her mother, 'Gee, you have a beautiful daughter.' But when I would pass Ernie in the hall, she didn't acknowledge me. Later I found out it was because she wasn't wearing her glasses and couldn't tell who I was."
The couple, who courted mostly by phone and letter while Hopkins interned at San Francisco General Hospital, married in 1967, by which time Hopkins had joined the U.S. Public Health Service as a medical epidemiologist. That October, soon after joining the CDC's smallpox eradication effort, he and Ernestine departed for Sierra Leone, then the country with the highest incidence of smallpox in the world. "It was my first experience out of the country, and it was fantastic," says Ernestine. "We met so many interesting people."
Heading six teams, Hopkins organized a massive campaign to vaccinate 80 percent of the population and, within two years, reduced the number of new cases from 1,697 to 80. In October 1977, the disease was effectively wiped out worldwide. "Don is not a screamer or a shouter," says Dr. Don Henderson, professor of International Health at Johns Hopkins University who headed the smallpox program. "He is an explainer. But there is no mistaking the fact that he wants to see action."
For Hopkins, the rewards of his work have compensated for the hardships of constant travel—the reason, he says, that he and Ernestine do not have a family. "Moving around so much, you can't do right by children," he explains. Ernestine, 51, is working toward her own doctorate degree in public health at the University of Illinois. While she tends to homework, Hopkins often retreats to his study in their elegant two-story house in Chicago, where, on his bookcase, in a jar of formaldehyde, is a guinea worm he has named Henrietta. For years, he says, he has looked at that jar, dreaming of the day that Henrietta would be the last of her kind on earth. With that goal now near, Hopkins has set his sights on his next target: river blindness. Also caused by a worm, it affects 18 million people, mostly in Africa. But Hopkins has no illusions. "I am going to run out of breath," he says, "long before we run out of diseases."
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A Parent Checklist for Back-to-SchoolKelly Wickham
Every year it's the same thing for me in getting ready to go back to school. Fall is the official season, but over the last decade or so schools have started earlier and earlier and many parents have their children already back in the classroom. Still others, following the archaic agrarian calendar for school, don't start until after Labor Day. Schools used to wait for farming crops to be harvested before opening so that young men and women could help with the chores. Those days are long behind us as many modern parents, who both work outside of the home, get their children prepared in August instead of September.
As a mom, I try to plan ahead of time because my school year as an administrator starts in July so that by the time my own children are ready for school I've had School Brain for quite a while. However, there are a number of essential things every parent needs to have done before the first day of school.
1. Register your child. It used to be that neighborhood schools were very good about not having to do this, but with a highly mobile society this has become a necessity. Just because your 3rd grader attended School X last year doesn't mean that they assume she'll be attending 4th grade there as well. Make sure you are either pre-registered or have the date on your calendar when schools are open for registration. You might need proof-of-residency to show that you should enroll there so always keep a piece of mail with your name and address prominently displayed. That may sound funny, but many parents have brought me bulk mail addressed to "Our Friends at 123 Maple Street".
2. Transportation. If your child rides the bus the school will need to be aware of that. Many districts have rules about the distance from school you must live in order to be eligible for school bus transportation. In urban areas, your child may ride the train or a public city bus. Make sure you ask if there are vouchers to ride public transportation and what the cutoff is for being able to ride the school bus for free in your area.
3. School supplies. Every parent I know has been on the lookout for school supply deals since early July. The stores have been advertising them for much longer, though. Many schools have their supply lists in local stores but be sure to check online, too, if your school has a good website. Often, there are Meet The Teacher nights or an orientation when students can haul all that stuff so they don't have to do it on the first day back.
4. Uniform and Dress Code. Schools are as varied as they come. Some have required uniforms where you need to purchase specific clothing, but a lot of schools have groups of parents (sometimes through the PTO/PTA) who do a little garage sale of clothes that children have outgrown so that you can get them at a discounted price. If you have a dress code that requires things like shorts that need to be a certain length or no spaghetti straps, be sure to check that out before you go shopping or let your child head to school. Unfortunately, this applied more to my daughter than my sons, but I was grateful to know the rules prior to spending money or deeming something to be worn only "at home".
5. Lunch Information. Schools are changing each year with their lunch programs, federally subsidized foods, and rules about pop machines in buildings. Be sure to check out the menu and requirements about what can be brought to school for birthdays and other celebrations. If your school is going to have a new salad bar and your child has allergies, call the cafeteria manager to find out more information. Milk and peanut allergies are at an all-time high these days and it's important to have these conversations with your children as they head back to school.
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Brian Leiter, who often mocks the ignorant and semiliterate invocations of philosophical ideas that bounce around the media, links
approvingly [see his response in comments] to the following claim that manages to lower my already-low estimation of Elliot Spitzer's intelligence.
The worldviews of Obama and Romney are really proxies for the theoretical debate about Keynesian economics vs. the more libertarian views of Frederick Hayek. Obama's support for a government stimulus and expenditures to invest are traditional Keynesian; Romney's shrink-government-at-all-costs view is akin to the hands-off approach of Hayek and the Chicago school. Keynes won, as well he should have. Likewise, John Rawls' view of a government that is concerned about the well-being of the last well off member of society is akin to Obama's interest in a progressive income tax where the wealthier pay more, and ensuring access to health care and food stamps for those who are needy. Romney's statements about the 47 percent—even if one credits that he is more compassionate than those words might suggest—are more akin to the libertarian world of Nozick, where one eats what one kills, and if there are shortfalls, private charity not government should fill the void. When the choice was made, Rawls won over Nozick. As well he should have.
Wow. Where does one even begin?
Rawls' "property-owning democracy" is not the American-style tax-and-redistribute welfare state, even if the latter were greatly expanded.
"One eats what one kills," apart from being a singularly bizarre way to talk about someone with Nozick's views on animal rights. is not even loosely a reasonable way to talk about Nozick's views on cooperation in the market.
Rawls endorsed the inviolability of the basic liberties and the lexical priority of liberty; and Nozick, using different language, agreed with both thoughts. Their views on individual human liberty found not the faintest echo in a presidential election between two candidates competing to see who could expand the security state and the police powers brought to bear on the drug war the fastest.
The Chicago School does not oppose countercyclical stimulus.
A difference after ten years between government spending at 20.25% of GDP and government spending at 23.75% of GDP is not the difference between Nozick and Rawls on fundamental philosophical questions.
A projected federal government that spends 20.25% of GDP after ten years is not a "shrink-government-at-all-costs" view.
An inability to specify any actual spending cuts besides PBS is not a "shrink-government-at-all-costs" view.
Proposed expansions of defense spending above the current astronomical levels are not a "shrink-government-at-all-costs" view.
Romney's comments on the 47% were in part a complaint that not enough people pay taxes. That is not a view one could easily associate with Nozick.
The strangest part is you thought it was an "approving" link!
Brian: Well, "I suppose put that way, it's true" is a lot more like approval than you normally express if you mean to *dis*approve of a general-media invocation of philosophy! But if this was just a (slightly atypically? Is that fair to say?) light-touched piece of mockery, I'm glad to hear it and will edit the above accordingly
The truth is I only skimmed it, once I saw who the author was. What would one expect?
Aeon Skoble
Why does Spitzer even have a career? I think less of Slate now, not because of the idiocy of this piece, but that they have him on board at all. Is the public memory that short now? I understand Bernie Madoff and David Petraeus are looking for work too,
Sean II
Spitzer's career is based on Slate's recognition of Keynesian economic principles. They calculated the multiplier effect achieved with every dollar of his salary, and it then became a Rawlsian moral imperative to hire him for the benefit of society's least well off.
So just like the man said, Keynes and Rawls won…"as well they should have".
Wow, Libertarians who take prostitution laws seriously.
Aeon Skoble
It's not prostitution laws I take seriously, it's hypocrisy and abuse of power I take seriously. If Spitzer likes going with hookers, that's his business. But as a public official, he went out of his way to send other people who like using those services to prison. That's bad enough, but as a user himself, it makes it intolerable. Kinda like having a former pothead who becimes president and then uses the DoJ and DEA to make life miserable for other potheads.
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Sounding a bit elitist here. Only real philosophers should be allowed to talk philosophy? But there is a real world out there and policy differences that are indeed small compared to theoretical philosophical positions end up being huge in the lives of real people and the function of the economy and of society. A 3.5% difference in spending is close to $600 billion dollars a year plus or minus any multipliers. I'd be willing to bet that if you gave voters ignorant of Nozick, Rawls, Hayek and Keynes a summary of their philosophies indeed you would see their votes well correlated with the respective philosophers positions. The disdain for Spitzer shown here tells me clearly about voting inclinations of the commenters.
Aeon Skoble
It's not elitist to note that an online columnist is caricaturing and misrepresenting philosophers. Even if the columnist weren't a discredited hack with zero integrity.
Sean II
You gotta believe Spitzer didn't really know who Nozick and Rawls were until shortly before he wrote that.
The funny thing to imagine is: maybe he was wasted at an Obama victory party and he got a "drunk philosophy" lesson from an otherwise legitimate progressive intellectual who was off his game that night. Spitzer then took what he heard, and ran it all through that filter politicians and journalists use to simplify things until they're, you know, dead wrong.
Rawls and Nozick aren't juxtaposed in any way? Justice and liberty don't define two different approaches to ordering our society? Eliot Spitzer discredited? Like Wall Street abuse, fraud and rent seeking hasn't been a problem? He was way ahead of the game trying to prevent the massive crash that wall Street delivered us and to this day they are running rampant over our economy and our democracy while giving clear real time evidence of the problems a libertarian society might foist onto civil society. Theory and philosophy can sound so neat and sophisticated until they comes into contact with the real world.
Aeon Skoble
If the real world is someplace where it's perfectly ok for the powerful to enjoy vices that they imprison others for indulging in, I'll stay in fantasyland.
Absolutely….THAT is the real world and a social contract bound around a common government seems to actually be the best way to maximize utility and liberty. Social democracies with all their problems have created the best societies every…libertarian societies do not even exist…suggesting they are unstable or not consistent with the nature of our evolution. Logic and history suggest its a bit of both. Indeed for many they prefer to complain about the way the real world and impose their fantasy beliefs on others. Libertarianism seems to be more a propaganda tool used by the ruling class to maintain their positions.
Brian is not exactly even-handed in political discussion on his blog. Consider this post:
"Apparently it pays to be a disgraced university President
Wow. The real story, of course, is the extent to which university presidents are being paid like CEOs. Another triumph of the market."
Who is he referring to? Former *Penn State* president Graham Spanier. According to Leiter, anything that falls within the extension of "currently existing U.S. institutions" is a market institution. I find this misleading. (Dworkinian?).
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In conjunction with 'Korea Be Inspired' Festival 2010 and 'Visit Korea Year 2010 – 2012', the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is organizing a Korean Wave Contest.
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With the opening this week of "Moon Over Buffalo" and "Company, " Broadway launches its most rigorous fall season in memory. While last year the Street was all but dead until the spring pre-Tony rally, there are 14 Broadway openings slated in October and November.
Moreover, theatergoers appear to be responding hungrily to the new offerings: Single ticket and group sales are ringing up strong advances as ticket buyers – lured by the return of divas long absent from the Broadway stage, or by good word of mouth, or by some combination of the two – suddenly are investing in Broadway futures. And there's not a Euro musical in sight.
This week's two entries are good examples: "Buffalo, " which reunites Broadway and Carol Burnett for the first time since 1964, comes out of the starting gate with just under $2 million in advance sales. That figure could easily be eaten up by the large size of the house; the Martin Beck has more than 1,600 seats, a big challenge for any play.
On the other hand, with its revival of the 1970 Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical "Company" opening at one of Broadway's smallest venues, the nonprofit Roundabout Theater Company has all but filled every seat of its run (primarily from a huge subscriber base); look for a commercial transfer if the reviews and word of mouth echo the pre-opening anticipation.
Farthest out in front so far is "Victor/Victoria, " which had an advance sale of $15.5 million as of Sept. 29. Clearly, the dual draws of Julie Andrews, one of Broadway's most beloved stars, and the popular 1982 movie on which the show is based – not to mention the current vogue for cross-dressing stars – have spurred the season's biggest advance sales. After a grueling tryout tour, "Victor/Victoria" is slated to begin previews Oct. 3 at the Marquis, with its official opening Oct. 25.
The distant but still healthy second is the Tommy Tune vehicle "Busker Alley, " coming in after an equally strenuous tryout tour; though it is not slated to begin previews until Oct. 19 for a Nov. 16 opening at the St. James, "Busker" so far has racked up $5 million in advance sales, though the figures for both shows include a large portion of group reservations, which can evaporate if the reviews aren't good.
"Victor/Victoria, " "Busker Alley" and "Hello, Dolly!" are coming in on extraordinary waves of publicity, perhaps none more so than the last. Since beginning her "Dolly" tour last fall, Carol Channing has won rave upon rave 30 years after winning the Tony for creating the role of Dolly Levi in the Jerry Herman musical. "Dolly" is still at the Kennedy Center in Washington, but it has rung up $2 million-plus in advance sales, for previews beginning Oct. 11 at the Lunt- Fontanne and an opening Oct. 19; that figure accounts only for sales through Dec. 17, though the show has already extended its "limited" run at least through early January.
Sales for Patti LuPone's limited concert run at the Walter Kerr, slated to run Oct. 5-Nov. 18, were topping the half-million-dollar mark as of Sept. 29.
Zoe Caldwell, playing uberdiva Maria Callas in Terrence McNally's "Master Class, " has clearly proved a boon for the box office: The Broadway Alliance production, slated to begin previews Oct. 25 at the John Golden and open Nov. 5, has an advance of $1 million, about half in group sales – an exceptional figure given the lower top ticket price for Alliance productions.
Also exceptional for a play is the B.O. response to "The Tempest." The Broadway transfer of director George C. Wolfe's summer production for the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Delacorte in Central Park has generated great reviews and plenty of interest, particularly among fans of Patrick Stewart, who plays Prospero.
"The Tempest" had to be completely rebuilt after its run at the Delacorte, and is coming into the Broadhurst with a whopping $2 million pricetag, with previews beginning Oct. 10 and an opening Nov. 1. "The Tempest" had an advance of just over $1.5 million as of Sept. 29 – all of it in single-ticket sales, as opposed to groups. That means real cash.
Though figures were not available for the other shows that will be opening, the buzz on several has been equally optimistic, notably for Circle in the Square's Tennessee Williams duo, "Garden District, " featuring Elizabeth Ashley re-creating the role in "Suddenly Last Summer" so memorably essayed by Katharine Hepburn in the 1959 Joseph Mankiewicz film.
Advance word on Diane Shaffer's "Sacrilege, " starring Ellen Burstyn, John Forsythe and Giancarlo Esposito, is also good. Other entries include the New York premiere of David Hare's acclaimed "Racing Demon" at the Vivian Beaumont, the musical revue "Swinging on a Star" at the Music Box, Tony Randall in "School for Scandal" at the Lyceum and the reprise of David Shiner, Bill Irwin and the Red Clay Ramblers in "Fool Moon" at the Ambassador.
If those expectations prove warranted, the coming weeks will see a double rebirth – not only of Circle in the Square, but of that endangered species, the fall Broadway opening, as well. It might as well be spring.


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She feels bad for Sasha and Malia.By Allison P. Davis
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She likes some things about it.By Noreen Malone
No skinny lattes.By Alyssa Shelasky
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Plus: Steve Martin hangs with squirrels.
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Also, Snooki shares her thoughts on the tanning tax, and plastic surgeons promote "vampire face-lifts."
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Woodinville to hold fall recycling event
The city of Woodinville will sponsor a fall special collection event to provide residents with the opportunity to recycle materials not collected in household recycling programs.
These items include tires, anti-freeze, petroleum-based products, oil filters, lead acid and household batteries, motor oil, bulky yard waste (large material only), scrap wood, appliances (including refrigerators, freezers, household air conditioners, and all other metal appliances), ferrous metals, nonferrous metals, textiles, reusable or recyclable household goods, porcelain toilets and sinks, propane tanks, cardboard, electronic equipment, and cellular phones.
User fees apply to collection of some materials. The event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Woodinville Park and Ride - 17800 - 140th Ave. NE from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. An event flyer with more information will be mailed to all city households.
Compost Bin Sale
During the special collection event the city will implement a backyard compost bin sale. Supplies are limited. The compost bins will be sold at the event at a greatly reduced price of $10 each.
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Use paint-able texture to create this sweet terra cotta "cupcake" with a cherry on top. This cupcake makes cute kitchen decor.
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- 7" standard terra cotta saucer
Preparation: Remove all labels and clean surface before painting.
- Use flat brush and Cloud White to paint saucer; let dry.
- Use palette knife to apply Texture Thick to bottom of saucer up to rim, building up thicker and rounding off at sharp edges for "frosting". Make slight indention at top center to glue bead handle into once dried. Set aside and let dry.
- Use flat brush and Blue Bahama to paint pot below rim and let dry.
- Use flat brush and Geranium Red to paint rim and inside of pot; use round brush to paint wood bead Geranium Red. Let dry.
- Use large pouncer and Cloud White to paint scattered dots on Blue Bahama area of pot; let dry.
- Use small pouncer and Wrought Iron Black to paint small dots on Blue Bahama area of pot. Let dry.
- Use round brush and Geranium Red to paint word "Sweet" on side of pot and let dry.
- Use large pouncer and Cloud White to sponge paint over textured area of saucer. While wet, sprinkle with Glamour Dust. Let dry and then shake off excess.
- Glue Geranium Red bead at top center of texture for "cherry" handle of lid. Cut 2 piece of chenille stem and glue inside hole of bead for cherry stem; let glue dry.
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I recently evaluated bunch of Ruby libraries for consuming webservices. One I liked most is is HTTParty. Love the syntax and elegance. Here is how you would shorten an URL with my favourite URL shortener shrt.st:
require 'rubygems' require 'httparty...
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It was talked about in several different places. Last thursday it became reality. First Estonian Internet Awards winners were announced. These are my comments as a member of jury.
Altex together with Pärnu Turunduskonverets organized a small bloggers meeting. Aim was to discuss same subjects which will be present in the real conference.
DISCLOSURE: People who attended the bloggers were kindly asked (but not required) to mention and link to the conference page in a blog entry. Least we can do as a thanks to nice food and beverages.
Last weekend Kuldmuna awards were given out. Someone is going to be offended by saying this. Level of most of entries shortlisted in Internet design and Digital advertising categories were shamefully low. I know there have been better projects in Estonia during last year. How did this happen?
DISCLAIMER: I work in advertising agency myself. I have been working in advertising agency or online department of advertising agency for last 11 years. Good to remember when you work in advertising and feel offended by reading this.
Last week Estonian business paper Äripäev made a small research. Their journalist made an online registration to test drive a car. Only three car dealers out of seven replied.
Response from those who failed to answer? "We had some technical problems."
Before reading further I should mention that Amserv Auto mentioned in this post is our client.
Out of seven dealers contacted following replied.
Estonian business tabloid Äripäev writes about new real estate portal Koduleidja. According to äripäev this newcomer is bringing out fresh concept to real estate market: silent buying and selling.
What Äripäev fails to mention the concept is not new at all. Instead it is a copy of Finnish real estate portal Igglo.
Igglo was first launched in February 2006. Company and the concept it has been successfull. It currently operates also in Norway. One of the key features of Igglo has been the silent buying and selling. Portal has information and photos of every single building in Helsinki and other big cities in Finland. If you are interested in buying a flat from a specific house you can ear mark your interest anonymously. Also if you are interested in selling yours you can mark that there is a flat possibly available in this house.
Many people have business ideas. Some of them are good. Some of them are bad.
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Shocking news! Expired residence permit can cause problems. Even inside European Union.
In previous part I had problems with Tallinn city officials. I tried to register my living address. Landlords signature was not valid because he had taken a home loan from bank. City database says apartment owner was bank.
Bank sent letter of attorney to landlord. This letter gave him permission to sign a paper. This paper gave me permission to fill a form. With this form I was able to register my address in Estonia. After registering living address I could renew my residence permit.
Problem was all this took three weeks. During this time my residence permit ended. Not a biggie.
There are some small but crucial differences in driving culture between our two small countries. These facts are observed while living most of my life in Finland and 1.5 years in Estonia. My aim is to help Estonians understand Finnish better (and vice versa).
Take your own music with you. Finnish radio absolutely sucks. Programs contain mostly semifunny radiohosts with semifunny jokes. Bad, I mean really bad music. Every single station plays the same Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears songs. Not even any fancy remixes. Just the plain radio versions. Sometimes DJ's go wild and play some Lordi.
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1 teaspoon dried lavender flowers (English lavender)
1 tablespoon English Breakfast tea
a dash of fresh lemon
sugar or honey to taste
To prepare, pour two cups of boiling water over the tea leaves and lavender and allow to steep for five to ten minutes. Add lemon, strain, add sugar or honey to taste.
I can't believe it is Friday already-this week flew by! I am working this weekend, but hopefully I will have a chance to relax with a cup of tea (or wine). What is everyone doing for the weekend?


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The AG08 conference wrapped up nicely yesterday with a great keynote from Stefan Sagmeister (of Sagmeister, Inc.), who discussed several of the concepts from his book, Things I have learned in my life so far. Here's a quick run-through of the things he's learned:
While Stefan didn't tie these much back to learning, he focused on the overall importance of good design and good practice, while emphasizing what's important: exploring creativity, doing the right thing, being brave, and working hard. His book is described on Amazon as "a complex blend of personal revelation, art, and design—an eclectic mix of visual audacity and sound advice." This was certainly inspirational stuff.
I was only able to attend one session Thursday morning, and it was David Metcalf's Instructional Design for m-Learning. David has done some great work in this area, but I think the true impact of mLearning will come in the next 2 years or so. And I still have several questions related to mLearning such as: If an organization wants to roll out mLearning, how can they ensure all employees have a cell phone (without purchasing phones for some individuals)? Will organizations require all employees have a cell phone? If an employee has a personal cell phone, will they be required to pay for a data plan in order to be able to access mLearning? Or would the organization pick up the tab for the data plan? (This would definitely increase the rollout and maintenance cost for the organization.) I'm anxious to see how these decisions are made. There's so much potential.
Again, this was a great conference. I met tons of smart people and had plenty of intriguing discussions. Now I'm looking forward to the next eLearning Guild Annual Gathering, which will also be hosted in Orlando, the week of March 10th, 2009. Now, I just need to think of a great idea for a session to present at AG09…
B.J. is the Founding Editor of eLearning Weekly and has contributed more than 150 articles. He works in elearning at Qualcomm, focusing on mobile learning.
Great summary of Stefan Sagmeister's keynote, especially for the connections to eLearning. I was pretty caught up in the visuals.
Regarding mLearning, I agree with you on the logistics. My thought is that organizations will have to target audiences with company supplied devices. Many companies provide phones or blackberries to sales and technical support people. That limits the scope of mLearning, but does target the mobile workforce. The content will be more support than training, providing users with key pieces of information when they need it.


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Finally, it's here! The shot dog lovers (and RPattz lovers!) everywhere have been clamoring for: a glimpse of Robert Pattinson with his rescue dog, Bear.
On Saturday, the Twilight heartthrob and his furry pal hung out on the balcony of the Toronto pad he's calling home while he shoots the drama Cosmopolis. Two of the actor's friends joined in on the fun.
The last time we saw Bear, he was enjoying a leisurely stroll with Pattinson's main squeeze, Kristen Stewart, in New York City in early May. Which big city will Bear hit next?
Spotted: Robert Pattinson Hangs Out With His Puppy
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