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Name: XXXX Mentor: XXXX Research Report Genetically altered Spo- strain reveals that endospores delay copper-alloy surface mediated toxicity in Bacillus subtilis Abstract This project is part of the bigger project in the lab where we are trying to understand the mechanism of copper induced, lipid peroxidation mediated cell death in different types of bacteria. Copper has long been known for its antimicrobial properties; however the mechanism of cell death is still not clear. In this study, we used two different strains of Bacillus subtilis, a WT (BR151) and its mutant spo- (SL10950IIA deletion), obtained from Temple University in order to understand if endospore formation plays a role in prolonged survival on the copper. Stainless steel surface was used as a control. A quantitative dilutions series was used to determine bacterial cell death. The TBARS Assay was used to measure the amount of lipid peroxidation that occurs during exposure to copper ions. Also, genomic DNA was extracted to study the mode of death, whether it's apoptotic or necrotic. Fluorescent microscopy was done using a Live Dead Assay kit; furthermore, Acridine Orange was also used to quantitate spore formation. Our results indicate that most of the cells die within 30 seconds of copper exposure while the endospores last for hours. Cell death for spo- strain was seen within seconds of copper exposure. The increase in lipid peroxidation correlates with majority cell death as well as genomic DNA degradation. Introduction Copper is a transitional heavy metal known of having the antimicrobial efficacy to kill the harmful pathogens such as bacteria, fungi and virus. Although the copper is required in trace amount for the microorganisms as their micronutrients to grow and function, elevated amount of copper disrupts the integrity of cell membrane, causes lipid peroxidation to cells of microbes. The cell membranes are composed of phospholipid bilayer with the saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. The lipid peroxidation is the process occurred when the "Free Radicals" produced by the outside factors such as pollution, smoking, alcohol, excessive radiation exposure and toxins from the environment, steal the electrons from the fatty acids within cell membrane. Free Radicals are the species with an atom that has an incomplete octet with a single unpaired electron that makes the species unstable and very chemically- reactive and willing to steal electrons .They form more free radicals or lipid peroxide, which can be toxic to the cells by stealing electrons from the surroundings like the chain reaction. In this case of study, the mechanism of lipid peroxidation is driven via the Fenton-like reaction. Cu + H2O2 → Cu + -OH + OHAccording to this reaction, the hydrogen peroxide produces reactive species, hydroxyl radicals in the presence of copper. The experiment conducted by the copper development association had shown that the pathogens that causes infection in the hospitals dies out in time of being contact with copper alloy surface. Also, many previous studies had shown that the rate of cell death correlate with the increased level of lipid peroxidation when the cells are exposed to copper alloy surface, meaning after the exposure of bacteria to copper surface, they have found out that very few cells of bacteria survive. On the contrary, there are bacteria still growing and multiplying exponentially on the stainless steel surface. We have the cleaning agents that have the antimicrobial quality such as chlorine and hydrogen peroxide; however, they are not effective for the long term use, only have the immediate effect. Therefore, hospitals are becoming interested in replacing the frequently-touched surfaces with copper instead to improve the overall hospital hygiene and fight against the hospital-acquired infections. In this project, we are focusing on studying the gram positive wild type strain, Bacillus Subtilis (BR151 Spo+) and mutant strain (SL10950 IIA deletion Spo-) to see the differences in survival on copper. Bacillus subtilis is rod-shaped soil bacteria that are Gram-positive and they have the ability to form a tough, protective endospore. The mutant strain has a deletion of SpoIIA locus. This mutation is early in the endospore formation pathway, therefore doesn't form any spores. In mutant strain, SpoIIA locus is deleted with neomycin resistant insertion within the SpoIIA operon and becomes sporulation negative and neomycin resistant strain. The genus Bacillus is the soil bacteria that can endure the extreme conditions of the environment because of their ability to form endospore. Nevertheless in the mutant strain, the gene of being able to form endospore was deleted. Thus, we are hypothesizing that the cell death will occur in mutant strain earlier than the normal strain. Methods The strain Bacillus (BR 151 spo+) culture was grown and maintain in the Luria-Burtani (LB Broth). Unlike, the mutant strain (SL10950 IIA deletion Spo-) culture was grown in LB broth in additionally with Neomycin. The killing curve assay was performed by growing the cells to 0.3 OD (Optical Density), and spreading the cells out on the clean and sterilized copper chips. Then, the cells were let it exposed to copper for certain time point and collected in the 2 mL fisher tubes for dilutions. After the dilution, the cells were plated on the LB Agar. TBARS assay was also performed to test for the lipid peroxidation in cells. Firstly, the cells were grown to 0.3 OD, spread it out on the copper chips and collected in the test tube together with SDS reagent and buffer. The buffer solution was prepared with 7.5 mL of diluent 1 (Acetic acid) and diluent 2(sodium hydroxide) and 0.08 grams of thiobarbaturic acid. Immediately after that, they were incubated at 90 o C for 1 hour. After taking them out, they were cooled to room temperature and transferred to cuvette to be measured by the spectrophotometer. Lastly, the absorbance and concentration were recorded and graphed. According to the copper development association, the cleaning protocols of chips should be done by sinking the chips in the warm (37oC) 3.5 % NaOH for 30 seconds and scraping the cells off the chips. After that, the chips were rinsed with the distilled water for 30 seconds and dried with the absorbent paper. Then, the chips were finally washed with H2SO4 (Sulfuric acid) , dipped into the 95 % ethanol, flamed and kept in the sterile petri dish. In order to do the genomic DNA extraction, the cells were grown to OD A600 0.3, spread out on the copper chips for certain time frame and collected in the tubes. Then, the following solutions: nuclei lysis, protein precipitation and RNase were added and the tubes were incubated at 37 oC for 45 minutes to break the cells membrane apart.. All the above procedure was performed using Promega genomic DNA extraction kit. The gel was made using 1% agarose. Result: The log plot of killing curve assay result shows that the Spo+ cells were not completely dead even until the 24 hours of copper exposure whereas the cell death is not really happening on steel exposure. The TBARS assay is the well-established lipid peroxidation in all biological system. By increasing oxidative stress, it can lead to increased level of thiobubataric acid reactive species, which is measured in MDA by absorbance 532. It is performed to see if the cell death is occurred by the lipid peroxidation. According to the graph, the lipid peroxidation is happening in copper, but not on steel. The level of lipid peroxidation is highest in 10 minutes, which is telling that most of the cells are rapidly killed at that time. DNA extraction was performed to further prove the result, which is to match with the killing curve. On the copper, the entire DNA is completely degraded at 20 minutes. However, the cells are still alive on the killing curve log plot. Therefore, we hypothesized that the cells that are surviving are the endospores. To prove it genetically, another mutant strain spo- was obtained from the Dr. Piggot lab of Temple University, where the gene that allows the formation of the endospores was deleted. As one can see on the killing log plot, the cells are completely dead in 30 seconds of copper exposure, comparing to the steel the cells are surviving. The TBARS assay shows that most of the lipid peroxidation happens at 30 seconds, this is when all the cells are dead. The DNA extraction matches the killing curve because there is no DNA seen at 30 seconds; this is when all the cells are dead. Conclusion Comparing to the Spo+ strain, the mutant strain spo- is very sensitive to copper and they die rapidly for the fact that the gene that is able to make endospore is taken out. The copper bursts open the cell membrane. However, the spo+ cells did not die completely even after exposing on the copper for the very long time because they can make the endospore. Compared to the WT strain, the mutant strain spo- is very sensitive to copper surface. Spo- cells die rapidly in 30 seconds on copper compared to 24 hours of WT. Genomic DNA analysis confirm the killing curve results in Spo- strain. It appears that endospore formation of Bacillus subtilis helps delay cell death on copper surfaces. Acknowledgement Dr. Piggott (Temple University) Lab Partners Future work We will be completing our project and finishing up trials of spo- strain on steel surface for killing curve, TBARS as well as genomic DNA extractions.


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Do not despair dear Beloveds. The time for change is now upon all of humanity and we have been waiting for this change for many eons. Much will be happening among all the races and kingdoms in the way of celebrations for the incoming new era and we ask that you allow yourself to celebrate too.
Every day is a new day and every moment is a new moment in creation, all of which you are creating as your walk and breath on this lovely planet you call Earth. We are anxious for the culmination of all the shifts and changes because we know the final end result and we are happy to share with you that it will be soon. Nothing will be more beautiful and more full of joy and bliss once you align and recognize the patterns set forth in this new era of love, peace profound, and abundance. We are with you and we are and have been always with you on each step of this marvelous journey into this time of awakening. We applaud your efforts and your strengths and we ask that you continue just has you have been.
Many truths have been hidden from you but they will not remain hidden. These truths will help to arrange a new understanding and new policies across the lands will be implemented Nothing will be kept hidden. It cannot be any longer. So soon you will be part of the new world, the new earth and the new structure of life on this planet. All will be for the better of mankind and all will be protected as this unfolds. We are here to assist and we are always available to you anytime you call to us. Just listen and we will guide you. Much will change and your ability to hear us clearer will be one of the changes. We look forward to walking the earth plane with you again soon our dear Beloveds.
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text: Guns Supreme Court FOID Decision Could Have National Influence: Lawyer By Mike Smith • Jan 29, 2020 The Illinois Supreme Court says a woman convicted of domestic violence should be able to get a Firearm Owners' Identification card. Illinois Voters Support More Statewide Gun Regulation, Survey Shows By Sam Dunklau • Oct 15, 2019 Illinois residents across the state, and across party lines, largely support more gun regulations. That's according to the results of an NPR Illinois - University of Illinois Springfield survey. We took a look at the new data and explored what might be behind the numbers. Listen Listening... / Sam Dunklau reports. Community Calls for End to Gun Violence in Burlington By Jason Parrott • Sep 19, 2019 npr.org A recent seven-day stretch has led to increased calls to address gun violence in Burlington. From September 5-11, four people were shot in three separate cases throughout the city. Two of the gunshot victims died. New Illinois Laws in 2019 By editor • Jan 2, 2019 State lawmakers approved hundreds of changes that are now Illinois law. Guns, hemp, and stalking are among the themes of the more than 250 new Illinois laws signed by Governor Bruce Rauner that took effect on New Year's Day. We took a look at some of the biggest changes to come out of Springfield in the past year, and how they'll affect life in the Prairie State in 2019. Three Day Waits for Guns To Become Illinois State Law By Sam Dunklau • Dec 31, 2018 The ongoing series of mass shootings across the country prompted Illinois lawmakers to pass a number of measures in 2018 aimed at preventing such tragedies. One of those is taking effect on January 1st. Suicide A Driver Of Gun Deaths In Rural America By editor • May 23, 2018 The national conversation around gun violence generally centers around mass shootings, school shootings and gang activity. These problems need to be addressed, but may overshadow the largest group affected: suicide victims. Listen Listening... / Illinois Newsroom's Madelyn Beck reports on what's being done to prevent suicides with firearms in rural Illinois. Police Data Show Gun Violence A Chronic, Growing Problem Across Illinois By & • May 21, 2018 His name was Devon McClyde, and he was 16 years old when he was caught in the crossfire of an argument while playing basketball one evening in a local park in Danville on June 8, 2016.He died three days later – the victim of another gun crime in Central Illinois. Listen Listening... / Dusty Rhodes reports on the chronic problem of gun violence across downstate Illinois Rauner Proposes Bringing Back Death Penalty, Other Gun Measures, in Amendatory Veto By Sam Dunklau • May 14, 2018 Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says the state should be able to execute those who kill police officers or commit mass shootings. 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- HJS House Rules
- Arrangements Workshops
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- Grievance Procedure
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- HJS House Rules
We expect dancers to abide by the following house rules:
- Please pay at the reception desk before every class you take. You are not allowed to
pay afterwards. Classes are controlled by checking the list of names of people who paid at the desk.
- People may warm up in the studio before class but must not disturb their colleagues still taking class by talking or distracting them.
- Please do not remain in the studio more than 15 minutes after your class is finished. If you are asked to leave because another class / rehearsal is starting please do so immediately.
- Dancers who are obviously not up to the level of the class may be asked to leave class. They can get a refund at the desk.
- You have to communicate any medical problems that causes you difficulties in dancing and hinder your active participation of the class / workshop, to the teacher.
- Please be on time! Teachers have the right to refuse entry to latecomers.
- Appropriate dance clothes must be worn.
- Body cream/oils or hair products that you use may remain on the floor after you have been doing floor work and make it slippery for the dancers in the subsequent classes. If you use these products, please cover yourself appropriately so that they do not have contact with the floor
- No food or drinks are allowed in the studio.
- Mobile phones must be switched off.
- HJS has the right to substitute teachers.
- It is prohibited for dancers to make photographs and/or video recordings in classes and workshops without prior approval of the teachers and dancers involved.
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HJS reserves the right to substitute teachers, or cancel workshops in the case of unforeseen circumstances. Workshops should be paid after receiving the confirmation letter, in which the deadline of payment is stated, only after we received your payment, your place is secured.
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Dutch law stipulates a reflection period of 14 days for a purchaser of a product. The start of this period is on the registration date. If necessary, you can contact the management in writing and ask for the standard withdrawal or dissolution form. This must be filled out and a reasonable explanation given. In case the workshop starts within this period, the policy concerning refunds is applicable.
Participants are guaranteed a full refund of their payment only in the case that they not be selected for the workshop, or if the workshops are overbooked or cancelled for any reason. HJS cannot take responsibility for any other costs that have been made, including travel and housing.
In case of cancellation on the part of the dancer, we will refund your payment except for an administration fee of € 35, -. For cancellations by participants two weeks before the start of the workshops, only 50% of the fee will be refunded. If you cancel within one week before the start of the workshop, the workshop fee cannot be refunded. In case of injury during the workshop; your payment will be refunded except for an administration fee of € 35, -, and minus the days you took the workshop. We will ask you to produce a doctor's certificate. In case a refund is applicable the payment will take place within 4 weeks. In all other cases your payment can not be refunded.
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5 Returning Bands That Failed (And 5 That Nailed Their Comeback)
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Team Abu Dhabi's reigning world champion fastest in official practice for tense Grand Prix double header
Abu Dhabi, 18th October, 2019: Team Abu Dhabi's Shaun Torrente underlined his determination to clinch a second successive drivers' title in the UIM F1H2O World Championship today by setting the early pace at the start of a tense race weekend in China.
Carrying a slim three-points lead over Sweden's Jonas Andersson into tomorrow's (Saturday) Grand Prix of Xiamen, Torrente was comfortably fastest in the two-hour official practice session with a lap of 55.41 secs on the 2,516m Wuyan Bay circuit.
With Norway's Marit Stromoy (56.39) and Italian former four-times world champion Alex Carella (56.37) clocking the two next best times, Team Abu Dhabi's Thani Al Qemzi (56.39), lying third in the world title race, was fourth fastest.
While this year's F1H2O World Championship concludes in Sharjah in December, developments in the Grand Prix double header in China in the space of 24 hours could decide the major issues.
The boats return to the water at 9.45am tomorrow morning for another practice session before the pole position race at 11am for the Grand Prix of Xiamen to follow at 4pm.
The frantic race programme continues with an identical schedule on Sunday culminating in the Grand Prix of China. Team Abu Dhabi's Torrente and Al Qemzi, starting the weekend with eight Grand Prix career victories each, hold a 32 pts lead over Team Sweden in their bid to retain the world team title.
F1H20 leading official practice times
- Shaun Torrente UAE 55.41 secs
- Marit Stromoy NOR 56.36
- Alex Carella ITA 56.37
- Thani Al Qemzi UAE 56.39
- Peter Morin FRA 56.43
- Jonas Andersson SWE 56.74
- Phillippe Chiappe FRA 56.89
- Erik Edin SWE 57.20
- Bartek Marszalek POL 57.39
- Alberto Comparato ITA 57.91
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Springdale is a town located in Arkansas. The settlement of this town that was known as Shiloh began around 1838. The settlement began due to religious purposes.
The survey of the Arkansas territory by the United States government began in 1831. The survey established the township and the section lines that up to today, define the area. In 1834 when surveyors surveyed the area around Shiloh, they noted that there were six farms and one hundred acres under cultivation. The name James Fitzgerald was the only one recorded in their notes. There were three log cabins along the section line where Maple Street runs today.
The father of James Fitzgerald, John, was among the very first white people to settle in the area. He did so in 1825 before it was legal for white settlers to do so. The area at that time was populated by Osage and Cherokees.
In 1840, the Regular Baptist Church was started. It was started in Shiloh because the settlers came to the area claiming that their reason is to spread Christianity. The church was burned down during the Civil War and was later rebuilt in 1868. After being rebuilt, the church was named the Shiloh Church. There were graves near the Shiloh Church. These graves were moved to Bluff Cemetery in 1894. As the community continued growing, many more churches were established, and some of them started meeting in the old Shiloh Church building.
There was an inn near what is now the intersection of Old Missouri Road and Old Wire Road started by John and Mary Fitzgerald in 1839. In 1839, a group of Cherokees who were fleeing their ancestral homes in the southeastern U.S. made a stop at the inn and bought supplies from Mr. Fitzgerald. This inn later became a regular stop. There is a barn near the location of this inn built by Butterfield that still stands today. The Lynch's Prairie Post Office that was located nearby was the first to serve the community.
William Davidson Quinton donated a land grant for 80 acres on Spring Creek in the hopes that a church would be built. This, however, did not happen until the arrival of John Holcombe in 1843 who built a log church in an area that was briefly called Holcombe Springs, then later Shiloh. The name Shiloh stood until Washington County incorporated the town of Springdale in 1878 and John Holcombe's son, Joseph, became the first mayor of Springdale.
Springdale flourished with the development of railroads and roads after the Civil War. These developments gave way to the growth of a trucking industry pioneered by Harvey Jones and his Jones Truck Lines. Other trucking companies that sprouted due to Jones' success in trucking include J.B. Hunt, Joe Robinson, and Willis Shaw, though they did not operate in Springdale, but in other nearby towns.
Agriculture also grew, and strawberries, grapes, and cherries became the major crops in the area. A processing industry also grew with canning factories such as Steele Canning by Joe M Steele springing up.
In 1929, Jeff Brown started the Springdale Hatchery becoming the first person to raise chickens on a large scale in the area. This was a result of crop damage from insects that affected the fruit growing industry, causing growers to look to poultry as a source of income.


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For the third annual Summer Féte fundraiser, Google joined forces with Pioneer Works as a sponsor - sporting their new Tilt Brush VR painting product and partnering with artist and PW founder Dustin Yellin to create a series of immersive collaborative VR works that were previewed at the event along with the announcement of Google's Made with Code initiative.
MATTE was brought on by Google to support Pioneer Works with creative direction and execute an ambient, shareworthy space to activate the Tilt Brush experience.
Demoed by an audience of NYC artist types and creatives including Liv Tyler, Alicia Keys, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Natalie Suarez—MATTE not only oversaw the activation from conception through check-in, but also serviced the delivery of live content capture for each #TiltBrush experience in real time.
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My dear daughter in Christ,
Praying at Home
Recently, you asked me how you, as wife and mother, with children to look after from morning 'til night seven days a week, can enter into our monastery's charism of adoration and reparation. It will be many years, I think, before you will have the freedom to spend any significant amount of time in adoration before the Tabernacle, or before the Most Blessed Sacrament exposed in the monstrance.
Your Divine Office
Your duty now, and the expression of your love for God, is to be fully present to your family. Your "Divine Office" is to cook, and clean, and change dirty diapers, and run errands, and keep the littlest ones amused, and find time to listen to the older children, and to bandage cuts, and look after bruises, and welcome guests -- and every now and then -- to steal a moment or two alone with your husband. Is this incompatible with your desire as an Oblate of our monastery to offer yourself to Our Lord in adoration, in reparation, and in supplication for the holiness of priests?
Think of Me and I Will Think of You
Mother Mectilde de Bar gives a helpful teaching in a conference she pronounced in 1694 for the feast of the Epiphany. This is what the great Benedictine mystic says:
To adore continually it is not necessary to be saying, "My God, I adore You." It is enough to tend inwardly to God who is present, to maintain a profound respect out of reverence for His greatness, believing that He is in us, even as He truly is. In fact, the Most Holy Trinity abides in us. The Father acts and operates in us by His power, the Son by His wisdom; and the Holy Spirit by His goodness. It is therefore in the most intimate part of your soul, where this God of majesty resides, that you must adore Him continually.
Every now and again place your hand on your heart saying to yourself: --God is in me. And He is there, not only to sustain my physical life, as He does in irrational creatures, but He is there acting and operating, so as to raise me to the highest perfection, if I put no obstacle in the way of His grace.
Imagine that He is saying to you interiorly: -- I am always in you; you remain always in Me. Think of Me, and I will think of you, and I will take care of all the rest. Be wholly at My disposal, as I am at yours. Live not apart from Me. As Scripture says: "One who eats Me will live by Me; he will abide in Me, and I in him" (John 6:58; 6:57).
God Awaits Us in the Real
One does not become a perpetual adorer by forcing oneself to say certain prayers until one gets a headache trying to fit them all in, or by closing one's eyes on the world and pretending to be alone. God awaits us in the real, not in some unattainable ideal. He is always present in us, present to us, present for us. He is not in some remote place light years away. Make a habit of adoring the Three Divine Persons living in the secret sanctuary of your soul, and in the souls of your little ones. Many years ago, when my brother Terence (now the father of three children) was a tiny newly-baptized infant, I would steal into his room at odd moments, place my head on his little chest, and adore the Most Holy Trinity present in him, as truly as in heaven.
Shooting Arrow-Like Prayers
Another thing you can do, from time to time -- taking care not to force yourself or strain your mind -- is to lift your heart and mind to God in swift arrow-like prayers shot straight into the Heart of Jesus. "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, be to me a Jesus!" "My God and my all!" "To be near Thee, O God, is my happiness." "Jesus, King of Love, I place my trust in Thy merciful goodness." You will find that verses of the psalms will emerge from your memory bank: just the right word at the right time. "Save me, O God, for the waters have risen to my neck!" "My God, my mercy!"
Strings of Hail Marys
You can also, here and there, say strings of Hail Marys without keeping count, giving them to Our Blessed Mother to sort out and organize into something resembling a proper Rosary. This is a practice pleasing to her Maternal Heart.
The Hour of Adoration at Home and at Work
I would recommend another little practice as well. You may find that in the course of the day you do, in fact, have one or two minutes of quiet, sometimes at the same hour each day. It may be during the childrens' nap time or playtime. You can use these few minutes to set in motion a full hour of adoration and reparation that will not, in any way, distract you from your duties or keep you from attending to whatever surprises may come your way. This is, in fact, the method of the "Guard of Honour" that was promoted with great success in France during the first half of the last century. The "Guard of Honour" motivated ordinary people to consecrate one hour of their ordinary day to adoration of Our Lord in the Sacrament of His Love, without stopping what they were doing, and without going off to church.
A 40 Second Prayer
Here is a prayer that I wrote for this purpose. It takes exactly 40 seconds to say. Over time, it can be memorized. Use it to mark the beginning of your hour of adoration and reparation and, then, go about your business, trusting that Our Lord has heard your prayer and received it into His Heart.
Lord Jesus Christ, although I cannot, during this hour, approach Thee physically in the Sacrament of Thy Love, I would approach Thee by desire and by faith.
Transport me, I beseech Thee, by the lifting up of my mind and heart, to that tabernacle in the world where Thou art, at this hour, most forsaken, utterly forgotten, and without human company.
Let the radiance of Thy Eucharistic Face so penetrate my soul that by offering Thee adoration and reparation, even as I am busy doing ordinary things in an ordinary way, I may obtain from Thy Sacred Heart the return of at least one priest to the Tabernacle where Thou waitest for him today. Amen.
Pray Always and Never Lose Heart
I wrote this prayer for my Oblate sons and daughters, but anyone can say it at any time. I would be happy to see it spread to many Catholic homes, to places of work and business, to hospitals, nursing homes, schools, prisons, and waiting rooms.
This letter is, I fear, already too long. It presents you, nonetheless, with a few practices by which the spirit of our little monastery can find expression in your life just as it is. "Pray always," then, "and never lose heart" (Luke 18:1).
With my affection and my blessing,
In lumine vultu Iesu,
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- Simple-to-use UI that allows you to easily start the bootable macOS installer creation process.
- It can work with every macOS installer app that has the createinstallmedia executable inside its resources folder (including also beta and newly released installers).
- You can use any erasable volume that is at least 7 GB of size (if the volume's drive is not in GUID format, TINU will re-format it accordingly).
- Can work with the Mac OS recovery system, so you can create a bootable macOS installer from the macOS installer itself or from the macOS recovery partition, and you can use TINU to install macOS, too.
- 100% clean: The bootable macOS installers created with this tool are vanilla, just as if you created them using the command line "createinstallmedia" method in Terminal.
- Open Source: You can verify what this program does on your computer and you can create your own version by downloading and playing with the source code.
- Does not require any special preparations. Just open the program, make sure you have a USB drive plugged in and have a macOS installer app on your disk.
- No need to use Disk Utility. TINU can format your drive or partition for you.
- Integrated EFI partition mounter tool.
- Works using the latest versions of macOS and will also support newer Mac installers out of the box without requiring an update.
- Offers advanced features to customize your bootable macOS installer.
Features that are planned for future versions:
- Support for other languages, at least Italian.
(To sugegst a new feature please contact me on github)
- A computer that runs Mac OS X Yosemite or a more recent version (Mac OS X El Capitan is required to use TINU in a macOS recovery or installer).
- A drive or a free partition (on a drive which already supports GUID) of least 7 GB that you want to turn into a macOS/Mac OS X installer.
- A copy of a macOS/Mac OS X installer app (Maveriks or newer versions are supported) in the /Applications folder or in the root of any storage drive on your machine (excepted the drive or volume you want to turn into your macOS install media).
- All downloads:
- Reccommended download for Catalina and Big Sur users:
Frequently asked questions:
Useful links:
Thread (english) on insanelymac.com:
- http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326959-tinu-the-macos-installer-creator-app-mac-app/
Thread (italian) on insanelymac.com:
- https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333261-tinu-app-per-creare-chiavette-di-installazione-di-macos-thread-in-italiano/
Thread (english-german) on hackintosh-forum.de:
- https://www.hackintosh-forum.de/index.php/Thread/33630-TINU/
Post on Reddit:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/a1h61d/tinu_vanilla_bootable_macos_installer_creation/
Facebook hackintosh help and beta testing (Italian only):
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/Italia.hackintosh/?fref=ts
Contact me (project creator):
- Insanelymac.com profile: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/user/1390153-itztravelintime/
- email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Note that:
- This software is under GNU GPL v3 license so any new branch/mod/third party release must be open source and under the same license.
- We (the project creator and othe people involved with active developmment) assume no responsibility for any use of this app and this source code, and also for any kind of hardware and software damage to any computer and any device or peripheral that may come from this app or source code during it's use and outside it's usage
- We do not guarantee support to you, this is only an open source project, not a product released by a company!
- This project is born only for educational and demonstrative purposes, it's not intended to be used for commercial purposes and it will never be.
- This is a no-profit project, born only to let people to create macOS install medias in a more simple way and also to learn how to create this kind of apps.
- Apple for macos and installer apps and scripts
- People that helped me a lot:
Francesco Perchiazzi, Nicola Tomarelli, Roberto Sciortino, Raffaele Sonnessa, Ermanno Nicoletti, Tommaso Dimatore, Michele Vitiello Bonaventura, Massimiliano Faralli, Davide Dessì, Giorgio Dall'Aglio, Peter Paul Chato.
- Special thanks to Italian Hackintosh group!! for help (https://www.facebook.com/groups/Italia.hackintosh/?fref=ts)
- Thomas Tempelmann for help with the UI
- Pietro Caruso (ITzTravelInTime) for creating, maintaing and developing this project
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By tlefko
This esentially an ultra-simplistic version that is stable without the use of a deploy or complicated file installations and copies. Highly recommend using DW1560 wifi card, killer wifi isn't supported. This does include a copy of Clover, which of course I take no credit for. I am only responsible for minor changes in files and plists, as well as placement and instructions throughout the guide (as well as the work used from previous projects). Many files and ideas are sourced from @maz-1, @syscl, and my previous guides Granted, many files are similar or the same but there is significantly less of them and/or they are predeployed into spots where they will work just as well, even if not as efficient on bootup. Esentially, this guide is designed to provide a perfectly working setup with little knowledge of the topic and without optimization (because often they can break things). Most patches on the main plist use patches implemented by him as well. ****This guide does work excellently however and will provide you with a near perfect setup for Catalina for your XPS 9350, and is currently my daily driver as I struggled using the referenced users files as well.
This guide is designed to be literally as thorough as possible to appeal to those who really don't understand many of the things in @maz-1's guide or some of the other users as they assume you would already understand this information. It does not cover complex topics like undervolting etc etc Notes
Never tested USB C except for charging, works great no issues with sleep, wakeup. power management is defaulted as I found with @maz-1 it had issues when on battery switching from AC USB devices eject on sleep (not really an issue) Haven't implemented a Bluetooth solution into this yet, as I don't really use it -- will be added ASAP (I believe KILLER WIFI will NOT work, must use one of the supported chipsets (DW1560 is excellent) BIOS Setup
Set all SATA operation as AHCI Disable Secure Boot, Fast Boot For Coil Whine improvement disable C-States Enable UEFI Booting Recommended: Clean Install (Preinstall steps)
Format a USB (16GB) as Journaled and then proceed to download the latest Catalina Installer Patcher Application Download the latest Catalina installer from within the Patcher App, and select to download a new copy and install to your USB device Download the clover configurator application and mount the EFI of the USB partition, then copy the contents of the Files linked above to the EFI Folder within the EFI partition. ** This is because the App Store installers will often not download a full installer, just an truncated version that downloads the installer files from the interent while installing. Thus, they're not bootable from a USB as they're not complete. That is why you should use this method to make sure the installer is usable for bootable media.
Install Steps
Simply use F12 to boot from the USB device, and select the USB Device and then boot from the Install mac OS partition. I have defaulted the installer to boot into verbose mode so I can easily see the errors you guys are seeing if you encounter them. If everything goes well, you can disable these from the boot arguments selection of Clover Configurator Boot into the USB Device, and follow the steps to format your SSD from the installer to install Mac OS Catalina. NOTE THE TRACKPAD WILL NOT FUNCTION AT THIS POINT, BUT THE TOUCHSCREEN WILL. This is caused by the way the installer handles Kext loading but because the touchscreen is being loaded via usb and the keyboard in a different method (which I can explain in detail if you'd like, the install will be possible. Do not be alarmed if the installer takes a long time to boot into, this is expected Once you have done this step, use F12 to select the USB and boot into the installer from the SSD in the options menu. (you cannot boot natively yet as the EFI isn't copied into the SSD yet. Setup computer as normal, touchpad, brightness, etc, should all be functioning at this point. Same with wifi. Then, you should using Clover configurator copy the contents of the USB EFI into the EFI folder of your SSD EFI partition (in the folder) Now we will add this as a native boot option. Setup computer as normal, touchpad, brightness, etc, should all be functioning at this point. Same with wifi. Then, you should using Clover configurator copy the contents of the USB EFI into the EFI folder of your SSD EFI partition (in the folder) Now will we add this as a boot entry so you can always boot from this natively without the USB. Boot Entry Setup
Boot into the BIOS of the computer, then navigate to the Boot setup (or entries (not sure what it is called exactly, but it will be a list of the options your computer selects to boot) Click add new, and make sure the USB isn't plugged in. Select the only option that is avaiable, and in FS0 navigate to Boot/BOOTx64. Add this as an entry, then select this as whatever priority you would like. Credits
Credit Hackintosher.com for basic patches (although @syscl) covered some Credit to @Rehabman Credit to @syscl Kexts, and his contributers (@maz-1) Messages and Facetime
Using Clover Configuator generate your own Serials, Board Numbers, MLB There are various guides online to do this and as default they're set to essentially Null (Fakeserial) This is fairly straightforward and there is lots of documentation, just don't open these apps until you've done this properly. Finished!
Congratulations, there really aren't any more steps that are required. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Files can be downloaded here, and issues and help requests can be said here or opened into the GitHub page. Please @ me for a faster response on this page, as I am not that attentive, also, feel free to PM me. Github: https://github.com/tlefko/XPS13-9350-Catalina Thanks for reading! Please checkout our official site -- https://twortech.wixsite.com/pcmac Files.zip
By tlefko
Hello, this is a simple guide to get OS X 10.14 working on any XPS 13 9350 model
This guide uses files from (@syscl) (albeit edited) and full credit to him for the Deploy.sh and DSDT patches. However, his Clover folder is unbootable with Mojave and thus has been redone.
However, his Deploy is still retained but edited to remove some DSDT patches that break things on Mojave
I did my best to keep the guide simple and for the most part it is, it's inteded for the 6200U non iris but should work with others. (credit @syscl)
Wake up via lid is hit or miss (sometimes needs key press) SD Card slot Restarts don't work (endless black screen while turning off but still on) Usage Notes
USB Devices eject upon sleep (USB Patches via Deploy were major issue) Changing board number via Clover Config doesn't work always unless serial is changed (No idea..) Audio is controlled via VoodooHDA however prefpane is not nessacary. Never tested USB C anything. Charging should be fine however I'm not sure about others, don't personally use it) What Works
Everything else! Setup Notes
The new AFPS file system must be used, there is no way to avoid it. Has no noticeable adverse effects except slower boot time It is difficult to repartition AFPS drives and resize them, recommend clean install or you could have one partition smaller than your hard drive that can't be increased unless reformatted Although Volumes will be converted, keep drive as GUID BIOS Settings
Set all SATA operation as AHCI Disable Secure Boot, Fast Boot For Coil Whine improvement disable C-States Enable UEFI Booting (Disable Legacy if easily confused) Recommended: Clean Install (Preinstall steps)
Download latest Mojave version from Mac App store (Register AppleID as developer, enroll your mac, download the preview from the link onsite or google for detailed instructions. Make Bootable media (google how or download app to do it, it's just a terminal command) Download the Latest Clover revision (currently using r4568) and install it to your USB as UEFI and ESP (no need for drivers) Copy The contents of this Github repository into your EFI folder on the USB (Mount the EFI Partition via clover config, efi mounter, etc.) (No Boot Folder in EFI) If you have the same XPS Model as me you can use stock ACPI patched files (6200u, hd 520, 3200x1800,) if not delete contents of both folders (origin, patched) and will fix later via @syscls modified deploy) Installing Mojave (Clean Install)
Boot PC off the USB, select your Installer as your Boot drive from clover menu config is currently set to FAKESERIAL and -v. I believe (@syscl's) deploy generates serial # information Once installer is loaded, go to disk utility and format as a GUID Partition Table with whatever partitions you want (Don't format whole drive to afps make sure it's GUID) Run the Mojave installer to the drive wait for it to finish, then turn off) From Clover, select the name of the Mojave Partition (not preboot, recovery, etc.) and not your USB stick either From here the installation will continue. DO NOT CLICK ON MOUSE OR KEYBOARD (crashes installer shortly after at least for me) Post Install (Clean Install)
Reboot off your USB once again, load up your Mojave drive. First Boot will take long, if your using my ACPI files (from @sysl's deploy, edited) and have same model you should have everything out of box (except wifi) Regardless, run through the installer and set it all up. (without acpi) At this point screen should be fine, mouse, keyboard, no wifi should be present or bluetooth. No brightness control as well. go to terminal to mount EFI or via clover Config, EFI Mounter, etc, of both USB and the internal disk Copy and REPLACE the EFI folder from the USB into your hard drive. Unplug your USB and reboot and you should be able to boot without the USB now Turn off PC, boot into clover. Don't select a drive and press F4 and Fn+F4 a few times, wait a few seconds, then boot back to the drive Plug back in the USB, mount it's EFI, and run the modified Deploy Script on your Hard Drive EFI partition After deploy is finished, there will be VoodooI2C error as I deleted it from Kexts, for me it breaks Trackpad and Keyboard. For now will be using VoodooPS2. After Modded Deploy
You should have no Internet at this point, the following next steps should resolve that. However, your Brightness, lidsleep, USB, bluetooth should be working Using your favourite Kext Installer (Put it on a USB or something to get it on the PC), install (credit @Rehabman's) FAKEPCIID and FAKEPCIID_Broadcomm texts that are included in the ManualKexts Folder Then run "Sudo kextcache -i /" from terminal, reboot, then run it again. By this point your wifi should be fixed, and everything should be done Post Install Notes
Your welcome to transfer whatever other kexts you want to S/L/E, personally I leave them in the CLOVER Folder injected. Doing upgrade via mac app store is similar, just partitioning hard drive is harder. Apart from that same process essentially, not recommended Credits
Credit Hackintosher.com for basic patches (although @syscl) covered some Credit to @syscl (clearly...) Credit to @Rehabman Credit to @syscl Kexts, and his contributers. ex. Lidwake.kext (although not fully compatible) Support
Your welcome to open any issues on this thread, I personally have little DSDT knowledge so I will do my best to help! Thanks for Reading!
- This is a clone from my GitHub, the link to the repository is below with all files
- I would really like to hear everyone's experience trying this guide so please let me know in the comments how it worked for you, if you plan to try it, etc.
Checkout our official site here https://twortech.wixsite.com/pcmac
By marzib
I'm trying to upgrade from Sierra to High Sierra. My Sierra is working and booting great with the latest Clover 5.0 r5115, but when trying to upgrade to High Sierra, any time the computer reboots into the installer, it gets stuck at the line "Start ReadKernelCache". The screenshot is attached. I've tried the following troubleshooting steps that I've read in other similar posts, none of which worked. It always remains stuck at that line:
Boot with UseKernelCache=No and/or -x and or -f Temporarily remove discrete graphics card and try to install with integrated graphics Add MATS to the Drop Tables list in Clover Configurator Look for an option similar to "Above 4G Encoding". My motherboard doesn't seem to have that. Try a bootable USB drive with the High Sierra installer instead of the App Store mechanism. The USB boots great, and I can initiate the installation, but upon reboot, I get the same issue trying to boot into the installer. Disable integrated graphics in the motherboard's BIOS
Below are my system details. It seems like it should be possible, based on this post, to run High Sierra with this motherboard and CPU, but I can't get the installer to run.
Thanks for any help!
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5-TH
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Clover: 5.0 r5115 with basically no mods from the default ISO aside from enabling APFS driver


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Words that really should be banned
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It's never one of my favorite moments. There I was, sitting in the overstuffed vinyl torture chair with my rubber-tube-encased arm up on the armrest, waiting for the nurse to take the requisite four vials of blood out of me. I had already shut my eyes and screwed up my face in anticipation of the needle, when she suddenly stopped what she was doing and said sternly, "Have you hydrated today?"
"Have I WHAT?" I gulped.
"Hydrated. Have you hydrated enough today?"
I have to admit that, for various reasons unnecessary to go into, I spend more time than most in medical facilities. But in all my years of hospital-hopping, that's the first time I've ever had that question asked of me.
I stopped and thought hard. Hydrated … hydrated. "Do you mean, did I drink enough water today?" I asked. "Uh, yes, yes, I've drunk plenty."
And I was so thrown off balance by what I considered to be her weird terminology, I almost didn't feel the needle go in.
Why couldn't she have just asked me, plainly, if I had drunk enough water? It was a simple enough question, made complicated by a word that shouldn't have been transmogrified from the simple, pleasant-sounding adjective that it used to be.
I'm sorry, but words like "hydrated" should not come in verb form. A plant is hydrated, but you water it. Same thing with people. I know I can't do anything about this, but I'm convinced that it's all wrong.
Another word that should never have become a verb is "grandfather." Whenever I hear about something that's been "grandfathered," it makes me think of a kindly old man gathering children up on his knee. "Grandfather" should not be a business term; yet there it is. The first time I ever heard someone say "We'll just grandfather it," I wanted to ask them if they were going to wrap it up in blankets and feed it out of an eyedropper, like a sick baby bird. I'm sorry, but like "hydrated," it just ain't right.
And yes, I said "ain't." If people are going to use verbs like "hydrated" and "grandfathered," then I'm going to stick by my right to say "ain't." Where I come from, it's a good word.
I think my all-time hate word has to be "infrastructure." Whoever came up with that one should be locked in solitary confinement in their own infrastructure for all eternity. I do recall, with great glee, the first time I ever heard that word used in public. It was at a national marketing meeting for a well-known children's charity in England back more than 15 years ago. I was the designated singer for the charity so the event organizers dragged me halfway across the country by train so that I could attend the meeting and contribute my supposed American know-how. In fact, the big marketing consultant for the event was also American, a big fish in nonprofit marketing strategy brought over especially to modernize the charity's methods.
I'll never forget that meeting. Every third word he used was "infrastructure," to an all-British crowd that, back then, just wasn't savvy with Madison Avenue terminology.
Finally, the entire row where I was sitting interrupted his presentation by leaning over and asking me, loudly enough for everyone in the room to hear, "Keely, you're an American, so you'll know. What does this word 'infrastructure' mean?"
That memory helps to keep me sane when I hear the word 20 or 30 times a day, but it doesn't make me like "infrastructure" any more now than I did back then.
Lake Superior State University in Michigan, bless them, comes up with an annual list of words or phrases that should be officially banned from the English language. This year they received 4,500 nominations, which to me seems a small number, but then, I didn't contribute, and I know that I would have been good for at least another five hundred or so.
Some of the words that made the final cut were: "Gitmo," "awesome," "undocumented alien," "healthy food" (if your sushi platter were "healthy," they pointed out, it would still be swimming in the ocean), and, finally, the phrase, "we're pregnant," which never ceases to make me giggle every time I hear it. Not since Paul Anka's mawkish song "You're Having My Baby" has pregnancy been made so embarrassing.
I admit, I'm guilty when it comes to "awesome." Like "Googled," it's one of those words that makes me feel ashamed every time I use it, but I use it anyway.
But I do agree with the word banishment committee on "chipotle." All it means, folks, is that they smoked your jalapeno. Yet thanks to its discovery by fast food chains, "chipotle" sounds as if it were some exotic, previously-unobtainable vegetable. It's kind of like back around 15 years ago when restaurants discovered sun-dried tomatoes and cilantro, and suddenly you couldn't get anything that didn't have at least one of those two ingredients in it.
One phrase I would have added to this year's list is one that annoys the living daylights out of me: "Thinking outside of the box." I'm sorry, but really, what the hell is that supposed to mean? And why not just say, "Thinking outside of the infrastructure?"
Anyway, to get back to my hospital story at the beginning, after I assured the nurse that I had "hydrated," she proceeded with the blood-letting. When she had finished and I got up to go, I was tempted to ask her for directions to the ladies room so that I could "dehydrate." But I didn't. I wish I had.
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When I first saw that Johnny Flynn was playing in Toronto it was only about a week before the gig. I was still adjusting to the city at this point but couldn't resist buying a ticket. Lee's Palace, situated on Bloor Street West, meant that I had to face going on the Subway for the first time so it was all a bit of an adventure before I'd even got to there. When I got there I found a large and slightly empty venue that didn't seem at all resemblance of the music that was about to be played but still I bought myself an over priced drink, remembered why you shouldn't by a drink at a gig and then found a place to stand for the evening.
The supporting act, The Melodic, played first and although it started off with a bit of a minimal crowd that soon changed as their set went on. Their diverse sound, a familiar idiosyncratic folk feeling, and their eclectic use of instruments instantly changed the mood of the room.
By the time they had finished their set Lee's Palace was packed. Surprisingly I didn't know how popular Johnny was in Toronto. As we all intently waited for him to walk on stage I found myself, funnily enough stood by a couple of British girls, and when he did the crowd were more than ecstatic to welcome the Englishman.
The whole place went silent as he began to sing. His solo set works just as well his more instrumental album. With his shy persona, soft voice and his colourful mesmerizing guitar playing, he won over everyone in the room that was hesitant about going to the gig, and when he finished his set the buzz in the room was still there a good while after he left.
It is probably a bit cliché to say that when I left the venue I became inspired to write more songs, but I must admit that if I didn't I would be lying. His lyrical genius in The Bottom of the Sea Blues makes you want to write your own heart fulfilled song full of wonder, innocence, wit and love. If you haven't already heard or bought his latest album I suggest you put it on your bucket list.