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You are inadequate. At least that's what advertisers would like you to believe.
You bear witness to proof of your inadequacy every day: you see it on your TV, hear it on your radio, stare back at it on your computer screen and on highway billboards. There are plenty of messages all around you to reinforce your utter inadequacy.
If you're a male, you're not a real man unless you drink this brand of beer and eat this particular cut of meat and drive that brand of sport utility vehicle.
And if you're a female, you're not a real woman unless you squeeze into that size dress and don this shiny piece of jewelry and tote the purse with all ostentatious C's or LV's on its leather exterior.
Then and only then will you feel adequate—or so they'd have you believe.
But when you obtain these things, what happens? Do you feel long-term adequacy? Nope. Of course not. Your thirst for over-indulgent consumption isn't quenched when you obtain more material possessions. In fact, it's just the opposite: your desire to consume increases—you've set the bar higher and thus the threshold for future satisfaction is higher, too. It's a vicious, never-ending cycle.
You see, consumption is an unquenchable thirst. This is because you created that thirst, you manufactured the desire to consume more. Sure, advertisers play their role, they help you activate the desire you've created, but ultimately the desire is yours to control. Once you realize you have control, you can break the cycle, you can avoid the continuous downward spiral.
There is one way out of consumption's never-ending downward spiral: You must realize that you're already more than adequate without buying more stuff—you are already perfect. You must realize that the things you purchase do not define who you are—unless you allow them to.
If you're defined by your things, you'll never be happy. But if you're defined by your actions, you'll have the opportunity to feel fulfilled by your everyday growth, you'll have the opportunity to feel satisfied with your everyday contribution to others, you have the opportunity to be content every single day of your life. You see, the stuff doesn't make you happy—you make you happy.


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LOWELL TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WZZM) -- MDOT managers today will outline their plans to replace a Lowell area bridge by sliding the new one in place of the old one.
The state plans to tear down the Alden Nash Ave. SE (M-50) overpass at I-96. Managers plan to build the new, wider overpass right next to the old one.
When the new overpass is done, workers will slide it into place on skids lubricated with dishwashing liquid. The process would reduce the amount of time the bridge would be out of service during construction.
Click here to see video of the "bridge slide" process
The meeting on the project is at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Lowell Township Hall, 2910 Alden Nash Ave. SE.

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New Delhi: The BCCI interim chief, Jagmohan Dalmiya, on Thursday promised action against Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra "if needed", after the latter admitted before the Delhi Police that he had been involved in betting during the Indian Premier League matches.
At a press conference in Kolkata, Dalmiya said that a BCCI Working Committee meet will be held on June 10 where the "Raj Kundra issue will be looked into".
Kundra, during police interrogation on Thursday, had admitted to betting on matches of his own team. The police said that Kundra placed bets through his aide and team co-owner Umesh Goenka. "Kundra used to place bets for the past three years. Kundra placed bets with Goenka. Goenka was a bookie and forwarded bets to others on behalf of Kundra," a senior police official said.
The Delhi Police has now confiscated their passports to ensure they don't leave the country while the investigations are on.
Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar, in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN on Thursday, affirmed that Kundra had not been given a clean chit. He, however, ruled out his arrest. "We don't have evidence against Raj Kundra, so we can't arrest him," he said. He said that there was no evidence to link Kundra to spot-fixing either.
Another police official, SN Srivastava of the Special Cell, said that during questioning, Kundra mentioned that he was placing bets for the last three years and the amount that he lost, "all put together, was to be around Rs 1 crore".
When asked whether Kundra would be charged under the Gambling Act, Neeraj Kumar said it was unlikely since the Delhi Police's case pertains to spot-fixing, and not gambling. He also called the Gambling Act "very weak".
Police sources said Kundra was likely to be quizzed again. However, Srivastava said he cannot give a timeline on when Kundra will be called again for questioning.
According to sources, Kundra became one of the owners of the team in the third season of IPL. From the next season onwards, Goenka started watching matches along with Kundra, who used to give him match passes.
On the basis of Goenka's statement, he said, they had to call Kundra for questioning.
Police sources said Goenka, who was born in Sikkim, was into share and sponge iron business but he suffered losses. As he stayed near the residence of Kundra's mother, he became a family friend and later went to London where he met Kundra after his business collapsed.
Yet undecided on questioning Shilpa Shetty: Delhi Police chief
Kumar also said that the police was yet undecided on whether Shilpa Shetty, Kundra's actress wife and co-owner of the Rajasthan Royals team, will be questioned. Kundra's aide Umesh Goenka, described as a bookie by the police, during questioning had revealed that Shilpa had asked him to place a bet during one IPL match.
Shilpa, however, has denied the charges. In a tweet, she said that her "apparent involvement in betting is complete nonsense", adding that "truth will prevail".
Need stronger laws: Neeraj Kumar
During his interview, Neeraj Kumar also said the need of the hour was a stronger law to curb match and spot-fixing. "If there is a special law for match-fixing or spot-fixing, it would greatly help the police," he said.
Will RR be terminated from IPL?
Sources say the BCCI is likely to examine if Rajasthan Royals violated clause 11.3 (C) of the BCCI-IPL Franchise agreement. Sources say the BCCI members will discuss the termination clause for IPL teams in the Rajasthan Royals issue.
Rule 11.3 in the BCCI-IPL rule book says, "(c) The Franchisee, any Franchisee Group Company and / or any Owner acts in any way which has a material adverse effect upon the reputation or standing of the League, BCCI-IPL, BCCI, the Franchisee, the Team (or any other team in the League) and / or the game of cricket."
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Interview with Kirk McLeod, Seven Nations,
Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival,
Cuyhahoga County Fairgrounds, Berea, Ohio, U.S.A., July 23, 2005
Cleveland fans of the Celtic band Seven Nations were treated to an entire weekend of music this month, with the band playing a long set every day of the Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival. The band gave the audience shows full of energy and incorporated many old favorites into the sets.
An added bonus was the fact that advance copies of the band's new album, Thanks
for Waiting, were
available for purchase at the shows. The full release is due soon, though an
exact release date has not been confirmed. Kirk McLeod, founder and lead singer
of the band, was kind enough to talk to me for a few minutes after the Saturday
show about the CD and the band's
creative process.
As we crossed the grounds of the festival to a relatively quiet place, fans stopped and asked Kirk for a picture or autograph, and he cheerfully obliged. One woman made a comment regarding the fact that Kirk had teased Dan Stacey about his "chicken legs" during the day's show. "That's why we had to stop wearing kilts," Kirk said, "because Dan would look terrible in one with those chicken legs." He then turned to me, smiling, and said, "Print that." Laughing, I promised that I would find a way to work it in.
Let's talk about the new CD, Thanks for Waiting. Is the title a message to longtime fans?
Kind of, but, actually, it was intended more for our friends and family who waited while we spend so many grueling hours on the road. Now, we are doing more the choice shows, and it ends up that we are home more, and we are doing much more productive work on the road. So, now that we aren't away so much, it's our message to them, "Thanks for waiting."
What's the significance of Intro and Outro, with the subway sound effects?
It kinda just happened. Scott brought up the idea for the artwork of having us being in a subway waiting for a train, or waiting for a bus, with a guy in a kilt, or something like that. It never came around to that visually, but it kinda struck a chord with the whole audio thing. It starts with the subway and ends with the subway. It's like a day's journey.
I enjoyed listening to this CD. It is a natural progression from other CDs featuring the current instrumental lineup. The sound mix is really faithful to the arrangements, so I could hear everyone really well.
That's good!
The first song, "Mama," captures the listener right away. Every member of the band really gets a chance to shine in that arrangement. There's driving bass and percussion, the pipes and fiddle line have flair, and the vocals are great.
I actually played pipes on that one. Scott just heard me playing pipes on it, and it started this run, us saying, "Yeah, we should break it down, and Scott's gonna grab the guitar and I'll play pipes on it."
Really? Longtime fans will be glad to hear that. Will we ever see you play pipes on stage again?
Oh, yeah!
There are really some beautiful piano arrangements on several songs on this CD. Did you ever think about bringing the keyboards out on tour?
Yeah, well, sounds stupid, but it really comes down to logistical and financial (details.) We had this great keyboard, the best keyboard you could get, weighted keys, full length, so I could have it onstage. But for some reason, the window crapped out on it, so I can't trust it onstage. That's why we stopped using it.
Most fans know that you all grew up with traditional Scottish music. I want to ask you about your non-traditional influences. Who have you listened to or worked with that influences your current sound?
Probably the Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters, groups like that. Writing-wise, I was influenced by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush a lot.
Did you write all of the songs on this particular CD?
Yeah, I wrote all the songs. There is one song on there, "The Waltz," where Dan came up with the chord progression for it. (He was working) on the piano, and I thought he was doing something for an instrumental fiddle thing. So I said, "Yeah, go ahead record it." Dan said, "You've gotta sing," and I said, "Sing what? There's nothing to sing." And Dan said, "You've gotta write a song over it."
So I said, "Well all right," and I said to Struby, "Remember that French girl you used to date in New York? Write down everything you can think of about her right now, within 20 minutes." So he did, and I took his words, and wrote a song.
Would he want that published?
(Smiles) He wouldn't mind.
I wondered about that one, because most of your lyrics tend to be more hopeful or positive in tone.
That one was kind of negative, wasn't it? (Chuckles.) Those were Struby's words.
What is the usual creative process for a song? When you write a song and you think "This might be a good one for the band," what happens next?
Well, this album was different, because I just built a studio in May of last year. I started writing songs immediately and giving them to the band. Because I have a studio, I was able to record songs as a whole. I was able to record drums, bass, guitars and vocals, and leave spots for fiddle and pipes, and send them to the guys, and say,"What do you think?" They could then plug in their own parts from there.
So each member writes their own line in the arrangement.
How does that fact that the band members live so far apart from each other effect your work? Dan and Scott are in opposite ends of Canada, and three of you are in Florida . . .
Well, we work on the road, so it doesn't matter, really. We just meet up. Everyone asks how we rehearse, but for us rehearsals are long sound checks.
Well, it works. The balance on the new album is really nice.
That's good to hear. I was still worried that there's not enough pipes. In fact, I'm going to start working right now on something new, and I'm going to start with pipes and build from there. I wrote all these songs with pipes in mind, but I didn't record the pipes. I just counted on Scott to come along and fill it out.
He did . . . but he plays them in a way that most folks probably aren't accustomed to hearing pipes, so some folks might not recognize them! You can hear them better than on the last CD, though.
Oh, they're there, for sure! You're also dealing with over 55 minutes of music, so hopefully there's everything you could want on there.
There are a couple of traditional tunes, let's talk about those. "Instrumental" is actually based on a Strathspey, isn't it?
Yep, it's a Strathspey, "Sheep Wife."
I like the way percussion and piano sound along with the pipes. It's a nice bright, full sound.
Oh, for sure.
Is "Slow Air" a traditional piece, or an original of Dan's? It's very pretty with the piano accompaniment.
It's traditional. We don't know who wrote it; it's that old.
Some of the songs have almost a blues feeling to them. Was that by design?
None of it was by design. If anything, I was just hoping to get more of an acoustic sound, getting away a bit from the harder edge we were having live, but still having energy. It just kind of naturally went into a more American-based, sometimes bluegrassy sound, hopefully . . . not that I have any experience with that whatsoever! There's no electric guitar on the whole album. It's all acoustic. The whole thing.
Really? So we'll be seeing a lot of your blue guitar when you play these live . . .
Actually, about half the album was recorded using this old guitar that I never play live because . . . well, I'll show you picture of it. (Pulls out cell phone to show picture of his daughter playing the guitar.) The only reason I didn't sell this guitar was it has my daughter's hand prints on it. The strings are from 2001, and you're supposed to change them every couple of weeks. I used it on 5 or 6 songs.
It sounds great, though. What do your daughters think of Dad being a touring musician? Has it just always been that way?
Yeah, I told them last year, "I've gotta quit. I want to be at home with you guys." And they said, "No, Daddy. It's too cool you do this. You know everything about all the states."
A few of you recorded solo projects recently. Has anyone talked to you about those?
The solo projects were what they were. What we feel is that the Christmas EP, and my solo project, So Piano, were experiments in how to set up a different recording process for the band, both creatively and mechanically. We feel it worked, and it all led to the new album.
You played some shows in England this year. How was that?
England was great. My mother came up. She's in Florida now, but she's from the South of England originally. I went a couple of days early to see family. It was a hard ticket, and it was almost sold out. We had a great crowd. It was even better than Scotland. I though Scotland was great when we played there. But, I forgot how cool English crowds are. They really want to get involved in the show and sing along.
I want to mention the Clan Na Gael CD, Ten Years On. I listened to that too, and the remastering sounds great, and there are some fresh tracks. I understand you have a few reunion shows planned?
Yeah, right now we've got a tour scheduled in October. There are four shows, in Albany, Philadelphia, Northampton and South Carolina.
Fans who have followed the band since those days will be excited about that. Will we be hearing any of those old songs crop up in Seven Nations' sets?
I hope so. It's pretty much a matter of 'bagpipe world.' It's a big difference. We have to figure out how to work that in.
Well, Neil and Scott are both great, but they are different kinds of pipers . . .
Well, they play different instruments.
One plays Uillean pipes and the other plays Highland Pipes.
The band sounds great this weekend. Will we get to hear any more of the new material in the sets?
Thanks. Well, we just finished the new album last week, so we haven't had any real time to rehearse it yet.
I look forward to hearing it when it's ready. Thanks for taking the time to talk.
You're welcome.
Clan Na Gael, the band that eventually became Seven Nations, featured a different lineup. The original four members, Struby, Kirk McLeod, Neil Anderson, and Nick Watson, got together late last year to record a few tracks, which led to a commemoration CD, Ten Years On. Seven Nations' tour schedule is available at their website. Thanks for Waiting will be available for purchase from the site when released and features the band's current line up: Kirk McLeod (vocals, guitar, bagpipes, and piano), Dan Stacey (fiddle), Scott Long (bagpipes), Stuby (bass), and Crisco (drums). Advance copies can be purchased at live shows.
Reviews of Seven Nations' CDs may be found here, here and
[Wendy Donahue]


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26 September 2013 07:06 AM
I have posted about this subject before, a few years ago, but I thought I would have another rant about it!!
Why, oh why is there such a lack of distance learning within UK college and universities? The reason I ask is that I have been working abroad in the Middle East as an avionics aircraft engineer on military aircraft, for the last 16 years and I have struggled to find a reasonable choice of distance learning higher education!!
I finished a HNC in Aeronautical Eng. in 2007 through Perth College in Scotland, as at that time that was the only relevant HNC I could find! I wanted to continue to a HND, but again, at that time I couldn't find a suitable course that wasn't either full time of part time (which included mandatory days at the college!)
Fast forward to 2010...After spending an age looking for another course to do (preferably a HND top up), I found a distance learning HNC/D in Aerospace Eng. through Yeovil College (which I can totally recommend! The course was good and the college staff in the engineering department are great!!) It was aimed at current or ex-military personnel (or appropriately qualified civilians) and was classed as a MOD outreach course, which was perfect for me as I am ex RAF. The downside to this was, as my previous HNC was a Scottish qualification and apparently the framework was different, if I wanted to do the course, I had to start from scratch!
I completed the HNC/D this year and was chuffed to bits at having both my second HNC and HND (top up) with a really good marks. Ok, on a roll here, let's find a relevant top up degree and crack on with that!.....Yep, another brick wall!!
I don't really understand, in this day and age, why it is so difficult to provide a good selection of adult higher engineering qualifications to guys who work abroad? I have seen this same topic raised on other engineering forums, so there is a market for this type of studying. I have been a registered Eng. Tech since I left the RAF in 1992 (it was the IEEIE back then!!) and have always thought that one day, with the right qualification behind me, I could achieve IEng status. Perhaps anyone reading this "rant" that has an insight the UK adult higher education system could shed some light on this subject? Ok dokey..."rant" over!!
26 September 2013 03:01 PM
There are quite a few education establishments who offer decent distance learning courses in engineering, and other subjects as well. There are also some good free ones available as well. It's a growing area.
I am sure if you spend less time ranting and learn to use Google you will find them.
Education establishments are businesses and will cater primarily for the areas where they can avoid running at a loss. You could if you wanted start your own educational establishment and then offer the courses you suggest should be offered, I am sure you would then try to run that business at a profit in order to stay in business. Let me know when you do, I will sign up for a course.
27 September 2013 09:00 AM
Appreciate the comments 'westonpa' and I do agree with you that there are more opportunities out there for distance learning now than there was say 10 years ago and from good establishments, which is great to see. Obviously I do appreciate that these types of courses are run as businesses. Like I said, there is a market for distance learning!
Unfortunately, I'm all 'googled' out trying to find an engineering top up degree that fits my area! However, I will persevere and hopefully find something!
If I do manage to set my own course delivery company, I'll let you know.
27 September 2013 10:21 AM
Perhaps what you want to think about is the problem of being too specific in your course selection.
I appreciate the field you work in and of course there are going to be limits on exactly how tailored the course is - but have you thought about a more general first degree in engineering - after all it's really going to be maths and first principles slog for a few years - as a degree qualified engineer, you can then deploy those first principles learning into your specific subject area - that's the whole point of it.
I've workd in several different fields of engineering and in several sectors. I started out as an apprentice electrician and through ONC, OND and a HNC/HND ended up on a power engineering degree course - a BSc. From there I studied part time in a general mechanical engineering degree course for a BEng and ended up doing a distance learning MSc in Environmental architecture. Each of those study episodes has taught me something that I use in my day job
Something to think about anyway
Let the wind blow you, across a big floor.
27 September 2013 12:00 PM
Well obviously Yeovil College did not see the value in offering a distance learning degree, maybe they can explain the reasons for that! I think as OMS says you are looking in a very specific area. It's not so much of a degree you want but rather it is a degree in your specific area. As you work in the Middle East maybe you could also consider distance learning in say the USA.
By the way the OU have been offering distance learning degrees in engineering and other subjects for about 45 years now. Years ago they trimmed back on their engineering degrees because there was so little take up on them, I know because I knew one of their tutors.
You can even do an accredited MEng with the OU and which is the requirement for CEng, let alone EngTech. http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/p...qualification/m03.htm
You would need to complete the BEng first http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/u...qualification/q65.htm
By the way that meets the academic requirements for IEng.
You can gain credit for previous study, it's further down the page.
If you wanted to do a distance learning engineering degree or masters degree, which was more 'general' then you would have no issues to find one and could most likely use your existing study to represent the first two years of the degree or else use it + your experience to gain entry to the masters.
I did find in about 2 minutes on Google this course http://www.cavc.ac.uk/en/coursepage?uio_id=75537 which "BSc (Hons) Aircraft Maintenance Engineering" and is "a distance learning course and is flexible, with no set start date".
I did a BSc(Hons) Engineering with my local university and a guy completed the 3rd year and who was working for the Renault F1 team. I seem to recall seeing him 4 times during the year, and with two of those being for end of year exams. I think what he did was to contact some universities and explain his situation and what he was trying to achieve and then ask the tutors if they could work with him on it.....seems my local university were able to help out.
28 September 2013 01:30 PM
Again guys, thanks for the comments! Actually, Yeovil college are offering a distance learning degree in composite materials, but that is an area where I don't see myself working. Westonpa, the Cardiff and vale College aircraft maintenance degree is tied in with the Part 66 aircraft licence exams, however, I e-mailed them about a week ago to see if it was possible to do just the university part of the course as a top up. Still waiting to hear from them.
To be honest, I think you both have a valid point about me being a bit selective on the subject area of a top up degree and I do think I need to look at something that's a bit more general. As I said before, I have done lots of research online and found some top up degrees that are "do-able" so will have to re-visit the sites and take another look!
Thanks again, the advice is appreciated.
Regards Steve.
28 September 2013 04:04 PM
You are welcome.
The degree you emailed on involves what is now the University of South Wales. I know them very well because I and friends of mine have studied with them relatively recently.......they are not however the fastest on replying to things or else making decisions but I have found them to be quite helpful and flexible when they get around to it, so good luck.
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The male teenagers, two ages 18 and three ages 17, were in a pickup truck driven by one of the 17-year-old teens that collided with an automobile driven by the 42-year-old woman, the city's Emergency Medical Services Division reported.
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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Introduction
People with non-Hodgkin lymphoma now have more treatment choices and more hope for survival than ever before. Doctors keep finding new treatments for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and ways to help people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma have better lives. We are continually learning more about non-Hodgkin lymphoma, its correct diagnosis, and treatment.
What Is Non-Hodgkin lymphoma?
Lymphoma is a kind of cancer that starts in the lymphatic system. The 2 main types of lymphatic system cancer are Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The information that follows is about non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Usually, the body makes new cells only when they are needed. Sometimes the body starts making cells when they are not needed. When this happens, a tumor, or mass, may grow. The tumor may be benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous). In non-Hodgkin lymphoma, cells in the lymphatic system grow out of control, causing the lymph nodes or other parts of the lymphatic system to grow.
Anatomy of the lymphatic system
The lymphatic system is part of the immune system. It helps the body fight infections. It also helps maintain fluid balance in different parts of the body. It has a series of thin tubes, called lymphatic vessels, which collect fluid, called lymph, from different parts of the body. The thin tubes then carry the lymph back to the bloodstream.
Lymph is a colorless, watery fluid that is rich in white blood cells, particularly lymphocytes. Lymphocytes normally play an important role in the immune system by protecting the body against infection and against the growth of tumors. These lymphocytes form lymph nodes in different places in the body. Lymph nodes are about the size of a pea and have large numbers of lymphocytes. Groups of lymph nodes are found throughout the body, and can be felt in the armpit, groin, and neck area. Some of the body's internal organs also make up parts of the lymphatic system. These organs include the bone marrow, spleen, thymus, and tonsils. Other organs, such as the digestive tract, also contain lymph tissue.
There are 2 main kinds of lymphocytes: B-lymphocytes (B-cells) and T-lymphocytes (T-cells).
B-cells and T-cells have different functions in the immune system. B-cells fight germs like bacteria by making antibodies. These antibodies attach to the bacteria and attract a cell that eats the bacteria. The antibodies also attract proteins from the blood to help kill bacteria.
T-cells protect the body from fungi, viruses, and some bacteria. T-cells are able to recognize viral proteins in a virus-infected cell and then destroy the infected cell. T-cells also release special proteins called cytokines, which bring other types of white blood cells to the area of the infection. T-cells can also kill some cancer cells. Unfortunately, T-cells can also kill the cells of transplanted organs because they recognize the new organ as foreign to the body. People who have had an organ transplant must take medicine to keep the T-cells from killing, or "rejecting," the new organ.
Normal B- and T-cells can be recognized with certain lab tests. Each type of cell has features that the other does not. B- and T-cells have many stages of growth that can also be seen. Lymphoma can start in either T- or B-cells. Finding out which type of lymphoma a person has is an important step in choosing the best treatment. There are many different types of lymphoma, as well as many different treatments.


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Several Vancouver Canucks fans seeing Game 3 in Boston Monday night say they were verbally and physically assaulted by Bruins supporters when the on-ice violence spilled over the boards, first into the stands and then onto the street.
Canucks fans who spoke to CTV News claim the crowd inside TD garden was outraged by their presence, saying some took out their anger on the Vancouver fans who traveled thousands of kilometres to Beantown to watch.
Rob Young said the tension inside the arena was so high that taunts quickly turned to violence, with one Bruins fan head butting a nearby Vancouver supporter.
"The Boston guy went for a head butt and head butted one of the Vancouver fans and it started a big kafuffle right away," Young told CTV News.
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Spencer Sangara said he left the game early after experiencing two hours of taunting and provoking.
"People were confronting us, trying to fight us in the hallways and stuff like that," he told CTV News in Boston.
"And even out on the streets after it was a mob like walking back to the hotel. A guy tried to pull us out of the cab and was like trying to confront us there."
A group of female Canucks-jersey clad fans said they had pepper thrown at them by men wearing Bruins jerseys.
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Going back to some of my original inspiration and roots during my residence which includes B/W film and astrophotography. Read more
Funding Unsuccessful
This project's funding goal was not reached on March 15, 2012.
Going back to some of my original inspiration and roots during my residence which includes B/W film and astrophotography.
About this project
The first part of this campaign was successful, thankfully, but due to how long it takes for the money to get released (up to 3 weeks before it makes it into my account) and the short time I had to raise funds (6 weeks) I decided to do this in two parts. That way if the first part was successful I would have money to start the journey and another influx of money during the middle to help fund the last part and keeping some money available to cover all my bills back home. I have changed some of the rewards and added a couple different ones. Additional pictures of the new rewards are located at the bottom of the main story, which is what was from the first part.
I have been offered, and of course, accepted an Artist in Residence position at Badlands National Park. I will be arriving to the park March 14th and will stay there until April 27th. My hope is to drive down to Dallas to pick my son up from college and make a short road trip with him as well.
During my residency I will be taking a number of pictures using different styles and techniques which will include HDR, long exposure star trails, possibly some astrophotography and traditional black and white film.
HDR photography is where you take multiple exposures and use software to combine the images to create a final image that is closer to what our eyes see rather than the muted details of standard photographic images. (Well, that was it's original intention but is often used differently now to give a highly dramatic image with a lot of contrast).
The Badlands has some great rock formations that will be a great foreground for taking some star trail shots during the nights where moonlight isn't too bright. Also, if I can get my hands on a better telescope it is a great location to photograph celestial objects as there is not as much light pollution there.
My beginnings lie with black and white film and I am wanting to bring my film camera as well as my DSLR camera to shoot. I will need to bring the equipment and materials to develop the film as I will be loading my own canisters. After I return I will make some time to get into my darkroom and create some prints. I haven't included any of these in the reward structure specifically as I will need to make some time to do the work and not 100% sure if I'll get to printing before winter arrives.
As with all of my work, I like to think outside the box when it comes to my printing, which I do myself. My goal for this trip is to come up with some limited edition mixed media pieces that combine metallic paper prints with leatherwork. An interpretation of the scene will be carved into the leather surrounding the picture and each print will be limited to 10 pieces, though each one in the run of 10 will be different from the others as these are all created by hand. I will be donating one of these to Badlands National Park in exchange for hosting me.
The Artist in Residency is not a paid program. They do furnish me with an efficiency apartment for my stay and a $300 stipend. I am responsible for all of my travel expenses, food, materials to create my artwork, etc. While there, I will be teaching two classes to local schools or to some high school students who are staying there for a week as part of their program, which I am also responsible for any equipment and materials needed. (Not to mention covering all my normal monthly bills without drawing a paycheck) A breakdown of some of the expenses are:
Gas: Round trip it is approximately 2400 miles of driving from my house to Badlands National Park. If gas goes up to $4/gallon this will run me approximately $400.
Food: I will have the ability to cook my own foods, which helps a lot, but it will still run $4-500 for the 7 weeks I'll be gone. Total: $900
Lodging while there though I may need to stop somewhere while driving if I can't/don't drive straight through, so let's say $100. Total $1,000
Mixed Media Prints: To do the initial pieces of the leather/photographic prints I am estimating that it will cost me $3,000 of materials. Total: $4,000
Film: I have decided that I will be adding a film aspect to this project, both landscape and astrophotography. My plan is to buy a bulk roll of Ilford B/W film and will develop the film while on my residency instead of trying to transport it and worry about damage or heat. This adds another $300+ that will be needed to get the film, chemicals and paper for printing as I will be making 11x14 prints on fiber paper and then treating them with selenium to make them highly archival.
The park is also giving me access to their two telescopes to use while there. I intend to use both the film and digital cameras to take pictures of the moon, maybe some solar system objects and some deep space objects.
I will be discussing with the park and the teacher who is bringing the students out there about what lessons will be the best ones for me to do. This can run anywhere from just a few dollars to a few hundred if we do something with leatherwork.
So, as you can see, this project of being an Artist in Residence is a costly venture to do. I am doing it no matter if this funding project will succeed or not as I've already accepted the position, which is also why I have used the lowest amount possible. Any help that I can receive will just make it a little easier to do. This is my passion and what I want to succeed in and getting accepted to this position is a good step to success and I want to do everything possible to make sure this venture is a true success!
Some of these examples I had used a sewing machine on, which I will never do again! I really do not like the look so all the stitching will look like the flask with the turkey on it.
Leather Flask:
Leather mini bar:
Thanks for reading all of this and I hope you will help make this project even more successful than the first one. If this project reaches $1,000 a special bonus reward will be offered to all backers of both projects that are helping to fund my Artist in Residence at Badlands National Park. Other bonus rewards will be offered once the first one is reached.
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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About $3 USD
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An electronic image from my residency or current selection that you can use as a background for a cellphone or tablet. You will be able to chose an image from my residency.Less
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Pledge $25 or more
About $25 USD
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You will receive 5 greetings cards with photos from my residency or current selection (you choose which images you would like). The cards have a 5x7 print on them and each card is coated with the same UV protection I use on all my other photographic prints making them suitable for framing and allowing them to last a lifetime. My goal would be to have these sent out before I leave for Badlands National Park. The cards are normally $5 each so I am including free shipping and I will sign the picture on each card. (International supporters please add an additional $5 for shipping)Less
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About $34 USD
1 backer
You will receive either an 8x12 matted print of your choice from my residency or current selection. The picture will be signed and you may specify a mat color or it will be black or white mat depending on the picture. The 8x12 prints will fit in a 12x16 frame. All pictures have a UV protective coating on them to help them last a lifetime. (These run $35 normally without shipping but shipping is included. INTERNATIONAL BACKERS: Please add an additional $5 for shipping)Less
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About $50 USD
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I will be selecting one image from my residency that will be made into an 11x14 print on metallic paper and your name (Or business name) will be listed on the sponsor page of my website. The print will be signed, numbered and matted to fit in a 16x20 frame. The only way to get this print is through the $50, $75 and $100 reward levels that are in this sponsorship opportunity and the image will NOT be available as an 8x10, the only other options is a greeting card or background image. I normally do not create a limited edition paper prints, nor do I sell 11x14 prints regularly so this is a rare offering by me. The run is limited to 100 prints between the Kickstarter Campaign and people I contact directly. INTERNATIONAL BACKERS: Please add an additional $5 for shipping. If you let me know standard frame size I will make the mat fit the frame you can get.Less
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About $74 USD
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This reward is definitely one of those unique pieces that I do that is me. It is an 8oz flask wrapped in leather. On the front of the flask is an approximate 2x2.5 picture printed onto the a piece of leather that is sewn into the wrapping. The flask comes with 4 metal mini shot glasses and a funnel to help make sure you don't spill the precious liquid! You will be able to choose the picture you want on the flask and I'll show you an image of how it would need to be cropped to fit before printing it. These are all hand made by me and all the stitching is done by hand. (FYI, the leather does not come off the flask for cleaning and the image has many many coats of a waterproofing coating) INTERNATIONAL BACKERS: Please add $10 for shipping.Less
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About $99 USD
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This reward is an original B/W 11x14 silver gelatin print done on fiber paper. I will process this print myself in my darkroom and is not something outsourced to another person or lab. The print will be mounted in either a black or white mat (16x20) and the print will be signed and numbered in the order of the pledges received. I will be processing some of the film during my residence and shipping it back home before I leave on the 2nd part of my journey. INTERNATIONAL BACKERS: Please add $10 for shipping. If you let me know standard frame size I will make the mat fit the frame you can get.Less
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An 8x10 photo books in a landscape format (wider than it is tall) with pictures from my Artist in Residence at Badlands National Park. There will be around 70 pages of pictures in the book. It will be hardcover with photo cover instead of a dust jacket that can get damaged or lost in time. As the book will be shipped from me it will be signed and you can dictate who it is to.Less
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Yeah right, but I gotta put one of these on here. Well 5 of them just in case there is a dreamer or two. This is for a custom hand made leather mini bar. The bar includes a medium size shaker, 4 small metal shot glasses, a funnel and a leather wrapped flask. You will be able to choose a picture to have printed for the top of the box and the flask, which are printed on vegetable tanned leather. The box is made with leather but I use hardboard to help it keep its shape and to give it some stiffness. The remaining leather can be vegetable tanned to a color of your choosing (from what is available) or stone oiled leather in black, burgundy or a dark brown. While I'm making 5 of these available, each box will be different as you will choose the pictures for your box and I won't allow multiple boxes to have the same pictures. Up to 3 flasks can be fit in the box. Each additional flask is $55. It takes me a full day of time to create one of these boxes over 10-14 days. INTERNATIONAL BACKERS: Please add $20 for shipping on this item. You are responsible for any custom/import fees.Less
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Luke Woodford's work has appeared editorially in luxury and specialist publications, and for clients within the fashion industry. His photography was recently selected to be part of Vogue Italia's "A Glimpse at Photo Vogue – 101 Photographers/101 Pictures", which took place this summer in Milan.
The 'Abandoned Fashion Series' was born out of Luke's artistic appreciation for both abandoned buildings and inspiring haute couture, resulting in beautiful images surrounded with an ethereal and empowering aura. Limited edition prints are available from online gallery Like Love Want.
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On August 29 Net Art News reported the opening of a new solo exhibition by Wolfgang Staehle at Postmasters Gallery in New York. Like Staehle's previous work "Empire 24/7"--a webcam version of Andy Warhol's realtime documentation film "Empire"--this new exhibition features three webcams, each trained on a different urban landscape. One of those landscapes is Lower Manhattan. In grim coincidence Staehle's webcam captured the terrorist attack of September 11, streaming it onto the gallery wall just as CNN streamed images of the attack onto televisions around the world. Staehle's show is not viewable via the Web, however New Yorkers may visit the gallery exhibition, which closes on October 6.
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Transsexual sports writer Mike Penner dead at 52
LOS ANGELES - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Veteran Los Angeles Times sports writer Mike Penner, who attracted national attention when he announced two years ago that he was a transsexual and was changing his name to Christine Daniels, has died at age 52, the Times reported on its Web site.
The newspaper said Saturday Penner was found dead at his Los Angeles home and the cause of death was believed to be suicide. The date of death was not given.
Penner announced in 2007 that after struggling with his sexuality for more than 40 years he had decided to live life as a woman. Over the next several months he blogged about the experience.
He eventually returned to using the Mike Penner byline. He continued to work for the Times, writing a column called Totally Random.
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|MARS HILL, NC - The Lions' lacrosse team defeated Lees-McRae College 15-6 in their home opener Saturday afternoon at the Ammons Family Athletic Center and Meares Stadium. MHC improved to 2-0 while the Bobcats fell to 1-1 on the season.
Both teams struggled to find the back of the net in the first quarter with each team able to score only one goal in the first quarter. MHC won the second frame 4-2 to take a 5-3 lead into the locker room at the intermission. After head coach Sean Woods made some adjustments at halftime, MHC out scored the Bobcats 10-3 in the second stanza to obtain the nine-point victory. MHC out scored LMC 5-2 in the third quarter and 5-1 in the final period.
Nick Sigona (Auburn, NY) played all 60 minutes in goal for MHC and made eight saves. Adam Canoy played the first 56:44 in goal for LMC and made 13 saves. Andrew Nesdill played the final 3:16 in goal for the Bobcats and made two saves while allowing one goal.
Tyler Farmer (Calgary, Alberta) scored three goals to lead the Lions offensively. Phillip Burke (Brentwood, TN), Jeff Cizdziel (Stafford, VA), Christian McLean (Orchard Park, NY) and Eric Benesch (Bloomington, Ontario) scored two goals apiece. Burke notched the game-winner. Kris Frier (Tully, NY), David Hodgins (Windsor, Ontario) and Noah Baran (Palatine, IL) tallied two assists apiece in the win. Cizdziel won 16-21 face-offs and led the Lions with eight ground balls.
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Badgers continue to climb in the polls, Week 5 college basketball rankings: Wisconsin remains top-10 in USA TODAY Coaches Poll, AP Top 25 .
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Not too surprising here, Marco Estrada, Juan Francisco tendered contracts .
Reviewing the Brew with 2014 Best Case Scenario: The Relievers .
Long but interesting read, The Founding Fathers Of Fantasy .
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Par for the course here, Rob Ford stole someone's seat at a Bills game, then sloppily ate wings in it .
Some good advice here, 24 Reasons You Should Always Drink Responsibly .
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Have To Wait & See – Reports surfaced over the weekend that Aaron Rodgers would most likely not be able to return this weekend & should another loss occur, the Packers could just shut him down for the season. Then yesterday, a different report arrived saying Rodgers said he would be ready to go on Sunday so really, who knows at this point. Let's say Rodgers isn't able to play though & the Packers lose to Atlanta on Sunday, should Rodgers be shelved for the remainder of the season to avoid any further injury? It's a tough call to make because it's a 'throw in the towel' move should the Packers bench Rodgers but it's become obvious these past few weeks, the Packers simply can't win without him & perhaps looking to next year is the right call to make. Additionally, with the way defense is playing right now I'm not 100% sure the Packers could win with Rodgers in anyway. Of course, Rodgers being the competitor he is I'm sure wants to be out on the field, even if the post-season isn't a possibility, but it won't entirely be up to him. We'll find out more as the week progresses but for now, perhaps keeping your MVP out of harm's way to make sure he's fully healed for next year is the right move.
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I repaired the rod that is used to close venetian blinds. I'd tried several other things and nothing worked until I used this glue, and didn't glue my fingers together. I love it.
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I used this glue to mend ceramic (knick knacks) that was broken and a thicker plastic book rack reader for my Nordic track. It goes on like nail polish to both sides, then use something to hold the parts together like a vice and let it dry overnight. I ran out because it's a small bottle and I used it many times. The fridge makes it last forever, as far as I can tell. I had no problems that I read below.
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Repaired 4 items and it was easy and not as messy as some of the super glues. Only thing I don't like is that it has to be stored in the refrigerator, but no big deal.
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|Accession Numbers: G198 (EcoCyc), b0424, ECK0418
Synonyms: thiJ
Subunit composition of
chaperone, protecting proteins in response to oxidative stress = [YajL]2
chaperone, protecting proteins in response to oxidative stress = YajL
The YajL protein functions as a covalent chaperone for sulfenylated proteins [Kthiri10, Le12, Gautier12]. YajL forms mixed disulfides with cellular proteins in response to oxidative stress; its cellular targets include a number or ribosomal proteins as well as members of the cellular thiol proteome, including aconitase and Fe-S cluster-containing subunits of dehydrogenases [Le12, Gautier12]. Free YajL can be regenerated by reduced glutathione or dihydrolipoamide, but not thioredoxin [Gautier12].
A crystal structure of YajL has been solved at 1.1 Å resolution. YajL shows similarity in the overall structure [Wilson05a] and in predicted functional sites [Wei07] to the human oncogene and neuroprotective protein DJ-1, a protein deglycase [Richarme14]. YajL is a dimer in solution; the C47 residue is required for dimerization [Le12]. The conserved C106 residue is important for the formation of mixed disulfides [Kthiri10, Gautier12].
YajL was mistakenly identified as ThiJ and was implicated in thiamine biosynthesis. However, later experiments showed that the original complementation phenotype was due to the neighboring gene, thiI [Mueller98].
A yajL mutant is more sensitive to oxidative stress than wild type; it accumulates aggregated proteins under aerobic conditions [Kthiri10], shows altered ribosome profiles and increased frameshifting after oxidative stress [Kthiri10a], and contains higher levels of sulfenylated [Gautier12] and glycated [Richarme14] proteins than wild type. Viability of a yajL mutant is severely decreased when grown in LB medium containing 0.6% glucose [Richarme14]. Transcriptional profiling of a yajL mutant shows that loss of yajL triggers a global stress response [Messaoudi13].
yajL shows differential codon adaptation, resulting in differential translation efficiency signatures, in thermophilic microbes. It was therefore predicted to play a role in the heat shock response. A yajL deletion mutant was shown to be more sensitive than wild-type specifically to heat shock, but not other stresses [Krisko14].
Citations: [Zhao14]
Locations: cytosol
|Map Position: [442,275 <- 442,865] (9.53 centisomes, 34°)
|Length: 591 bp / 196 aa
Molecular Weight of Polypeptide: 20.777 kD (from nucleotide sequence)
Molecular Weight of Multimer: 52.0 kD (experimental) [Le12]
Unification Links: ASAP:ABE-0001472 , EchoBASE:EB3057 , EcoGene:EG13272 , EcoliWiki:b0424 , ModBase:Q46948 , OU-Microarray:b0424 , PortEco:yajL , PR:PRO_000024059 , Pride:Q46948 , Protein Model Portal:Q46948 , RefSeq:NP_414958 , RegulonDB:G198 , SMR:Q46948 , String:511145.b0424 , UniProt:Q46948
Relationship Links: InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR002818 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR006287 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR029062 , PDB:Structure:2AB0 , Pfam:IN-FAMILY:PF01965
GO Terms:
|Biological Process:
|GO:0009408 - response to heat
GO:0034599 - cellular response to oxidative stress [Kthiri10]
GO:0042026 - protein refolding [Kthiri10]
GO:0042254 - ribosome biogenesis [UniProtGOA11a, Kthiri10a]
|Molecular Function:
|GO:0042803 - protein homodimerization activity
GO:0016787 - hydrolase activity [UniProtGOA11a]
|Cellular Component:
|GO:0005829 - cytosol [DiazMejia09, Ishihama08, LopezCampistrou05]
|MultiFun Terms:
|cell processes → adaptations → other (mechanical, nutritional, oxidative stress)
|information transfer → protein related → chaperoning, repair (refolding)
Essentiality data for yajL knockouts:
|Growth Medium
|Growth Observations
|LB enriched
|Yes [Gerdes03, Comment 1]
|LB Lennox
|Yes [Baba06, Comment 2]
|M9 medium with 1% glycerol
|Yes [Joyce06, Comment 3]
|MOPS medium with 0.4% glucose
|Yes [Baba06, Comment 2]
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Last-Curated 05-Dec-2014 by Keseler I , SRI International
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Gene Local Context (not to scale):
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Peter D. Karp on Wed Jan 18, 2006:
Gene right-end position adjusted based on analysis performed in the 2005 E. coli annotation update [Riley06 ].
Suzanne Paley on Mon Apr 14, 2003:
Comment from EcoGene: Function unknown, PfpI/HchA protease/chaperone family; not involved in thiamine metabolism. YajL has been mistakenly described as ThiJ, involved in thiamine metabolism. This phenotype is now attributed to the adjacent thiI gene. This error is acknowledged by T. Begley in a personal communication cited in the discussion section of Mueller et al., NAR 26:2606-10 (1998).
10/20/97 Gene b0424 from Blattner lab Genbank (v. M52) entry merged into EcoCyc gene G198.
Baba06: Baba T, Ara T, Hasegawa M, Takai Y, Okumura Y, Baba M, Datsenko KA, Tomita M, Wanner BL, Mori H (2006). "Construction of Escherichia coli K-12 in-frame, single-gene knockout mutants: the Keio collection." Mol Syst Biol 2;2006.0008. PMID: 16738554
DiazMejia09: Diaz-Mejia JJ, Babu M, Emili A (2009). "Computational and experimental approaches to chart the Escherichia coli cell-envelope-associated proteome and interactome." FEMS Microbiol Rev 33(1);66-97. PMID: 19054114
Gautier12: Gautier V, Le HT, Malki A, Messaoudi N, Caldas T, Kthiri F, Landoulsi A, Richarme G (2012). "YajL, the prokaryotic homolog of the Parkinsonism-associated protein DJ-1, protects cells against protein sulfenylation." J Mol Biol 421(4-5);662-70. PMID: 22321799
Gerdes03: Gerdes SY, Scholle MD, Campbell JW, Balazsi G, Ravasz E, Daugherty MD, Somera AL, Kyrpides NC, Anderson I, Gelfand MS, Bhattacharya A, Kapatral V, D'Souza M, Baev MV, Grechkin Y, Mseeh F, Fonstein MY, Overbeek R, Barabasi AL, Oltvai ZN, Osterman AL (2003). "Experimental determination and system level analysis of essential genes in Escherichia coli MG1655." J Bacteriol 185(19);5673-84. PMID: 13129938
Ishihama08: Ishihama Y, Schmidt T, Rappsilber J, Mann M, Hartl FU, Kerner MJ, Frishman D (2008). "Protein abundance profiling of the Escherichia coli cytosol." BMC Genomics 9;102. PMID: 18304323
Joyce06: Joyce AR, Reed JL, White A, Edwards R, Osterman A, Baba T, Mori H, Lesely SA, Palsson BO, Agarwalla S (2006). "Experimental and computational assessment of conditionally essential genes in Escherichia coli." J Bacteriol 188(23);8259-71. PMID: 17012394
Krisko14: Krisko A, Copi T, Gabaldon T, Lehner B, Supek F (2014). "Inferring gene function from evolutionary change in signatures of translation efficiency." Genome Biol 15(3);R44. PMID: 24580753
Kthiri10: Kthiri F, Le HT, Gautier V, Caldas T, Malki A, Landoulsi A, Bohn C, Bouloc P, Richarme G (2010). "Protein aggregation in a mutant deficient in YajL,the bacterial homolog of the parkinsonism-associated protein DJ-1." J Biol Chem 285(14):10328-36. PMID: 20124404
Kthiri10a: Kthiri F, Gautier V, Le HT, Prere MF, Fayet O, Malki A, Landoulsi A, Richarme G (2010). "Translational defects in a mutant deficient in YajL, the bacterial homolog of the parkinsonism-associated protein DJ-1." J Bacteriol 192(23);6302-6. PMID: 20889753
Le12: Le HT, Gautier V, Kthiri F, Malki A, Messaoudi N, Mihoub M, Landoulsi A, An YJ, Cha SS, Richarme G (2012). "YajL, prokaryotic homolog of parkinsonism-associated protein DJ-1, functions as a covalent chaperone for thiol proteome." J Biol Chem 287(8);5861-70. PMID: 22157000
LopezCampistrou05: Lopez-Campistrous A, Semchuk P, Burke L, Palmer-Stone T, Brokx SJ, Broderick G, Bottorff D, Bolch S, Weiner JH, Ellison MJ (2005). "Localization, annotation, and comparison of the Escherichia coli K-12 proteome under two states of growth." Mol Cell Proteomics 4(8);1205-9. PMID: 15911532
Messaoudi13: Messaoudi N, Gautier V, Kthiri F, Lelandais G, Mihoub M, Joseleau-Petit D, Caldas T, Bohn C, Tolosa L, Rao G, Tao K, Landoulsi A, Bouloc P, Richarme G (2013). "Global stress response in a prokaryotic model of DJ-1-associated Parkinsonism." J Bacteriol 195(6);1167-78. PMID: 23292772
Mueller98: Mueller EG, Buck CJ, Palenchar PM, Barnhart LE, Paulson JL (1998). "Identification of a gene involved in the generation of 4-thiouridine in tRNA." Nucleic Acids Res 26(11);2606-10. PMID: 9592144
Richarme14: Richarme G, Mihoub M, Dairou J, Bui LC, Leger T, Lamouri A (2014). "Parkinsonism-associated protein DJ-1/Park7 is a major protein deglycase that repairs methylglyoxal- and glyoxal-glycated cysteine, arginine and lysine residues." J Biol Chem. PMID: 25416785
Riley06: Riley M, Abe T, Arnaud MB, Berlyn MK, Blattner FR, Chaudhuri RR, Glasner JD, Horiuchi T, Keseler IM, Kosuge T, Mori H, Perna NT, Plunkett G, Rudd KE, Serres MH, Thomas GH, Thomson NR, Wishart D, Wanner BL (2006). "Escherichia coli K-12: a cooperatively developed annotation snapshot--2005." Nucleic Acids Res 34(1);1-9. PMID: 16397293
UniProt11a: UniProt Consortium (2011). "UniProt version 2011-06 released on 2011-06-30 00:00:00." Database.
UniProt15: UniProt Consortium (2015). "UniProt version 2015-01 released on 2015-01-16 00:00:00." Database.
UniProtGOA11a: UniProt-GOA (2011). "Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries."
Wei07: Wei Y, Ringe D, Wilson MA, Ondrechen MJ (2007). "Identification of functional subclasses in the DJ-1 superfamily proteins." PLoS Comput Biol 3(1);e10. PMID: 17257049
Wilson05a: Wilson MA, Ringe D, Petsko GA (2005). "The Atomic Resolution Crystal Structure of the YajL (ThiJ) Protein from Escherichia coli: A Close Prokaryotic Homologue of the Parkinsonism-associated Protein DJ-1." J Mol Biol 353(3);678-91. PMID: 16181642
Zhao14: Zhao Q, Su Y, Wang Z, Chen C, Wu T, Huang Y (2014). "Identification of glutathione (GSH)-independent glyoxalase III from Schizosaccharomyces pombe." BMC Evol Biol 14;86. PMID: 24758716
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I am starting something new today and I am hoping you'll join me. It's called The Social Media Cleanse.
You Have Control
How much influence on your life do you think you control? Consider the potentially infinite influences: radio, television, ads, internet ads, newspapers, blogs, social media, ad nauseam. Not to mention actual people in your life with influence over you (negative or otherwise). It's limitless. If there are so many, why do most people not control what is within their power to control?
Ever wonder how much control these influences have? I don't even want to think about it because the number is too large. It almost makes me feel tiny and that I have very little control because there are so many. That's my knee-jerk response. But it's wrong. Dead. Wrong.
The very thought of not thinking one has control or that someone else isn't in control destroys hope and is the antithesis of creativity and productivity. All that you can control is what you have direct influence on. Like whether you turn on the radio or not or turn on Facebook and waste an hour or not. You have control.
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Since social media can be a tool for networking and reaching people, I'm not going to tell you to stop using it. Media outlets like Twitter and Facebook are actually just an extension of ourselves. The words we write are carrying our messages across thousands of miles. The videos and songs we create are just taking the sounds and actions we make and allow people to listen and watch from a remote location. This makes the internet a tool. Just like books or even phones. Social media isn't evil, it's an extension of yourself. If you wouldn't say something in person, don't say it online. Be yourself across all avenues.
All I am saying is use Social Media to your advantage, not against it. That's the entire purpose of this article. We're going to clean up the influences you have on your life.
Enter: The Social Media Cleanse. Will you join me?
We're going to prune your existing accounts of negative influences. Though this will focus mostly on social media, I'm going to include tips on other forms of media too.
Let's get started.
- Unlike any page that doesn't provide value. For example:
- Any page that is consistently negative.
- Any page that you don't agree with (e.g. politics, religion, etc.).
- Any page you find offensive.
- Anything that does not provide value to your feed.
- Currently, there is no simple way to go through liked pages and click unlike, so just keep this in mind as you use
- Unfriend people who you don't know or don't keep in touch with. Remember it's your Facebook. You have the right to control it. For example:
- Any friend you weren't close to that you have not spoken to in more than 6 months.
- Your 7th cousin you never spoke to, never talk to, and never met.
- Any person you literally do not know.
- Anyone you don't need that is consistently negative.
- Hide anyone that you absolutely cannot delete (because the drama is not worth your time).
- Family member you absolutely cannot delete but is consistently negative.
- Over time you will discover certain people are just not worth reading about. This isn't selfish. You're controlling the influences coming into your life. Hide them.
- Like pages that you think will provide value to your feed.
- Search out any person, organization, or entity you admire and like them.
- This is just as important as unliking the negatives pages. You want to make your feed an inviting, positive place.
- Unauthorize access.
- Click here. Those are all sites you have authorized access to your account.
- Remove them. Click the little "x" and remove anything you don't use or you would like to stop posting on your behalf (and increase account security).
- Then keep it this way.
- Think about what you're "liking" before you click the like button.
- Anytime you see a page update something offensive or otherwise dislike, unlike the page. There is no point in just hiding updates for a Facebook page. Just unlike it.
- Anytime you see a "friend" post something you find offensive, hide the update or consider removing them.
Time: 30 minutes.
Fortunately, the developers at Twitter has made the job of controlling your feed a lot easier than Facebook. The following applies to your personal twitter account. Do not use this if you are using this account for your business. This is because following people you might otherwise not follow is a legitimate way to reach people.
- Unfollow anyone that does not provide value to your feed. Go twitter.com/following to see the list of those you follow.
- Any account that is consistently negative.
- Any account that you find offensive.
- Anything that does not provide value to your feed.
- Follow anyone that you think will provide value to your feed.
- Search out any person, organization, or entity you admire and follow them.
- Just like Facebook, this is just as important as unfollow negative people. You want to make your feed an inviting, positive place.
- Unauthorize access.
- Click here. Those are all sites you have authorized access to your account.
- Click "revoke access" and remove anything you don't use or you would like to stop posting on your behalf (and increase account security).
Google +, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, etc.
- I think you get the point now. With the simple ideas expressed above, you can apply this to any social networking site in about an hour or less. Some sites are easier than others.
- Don't skip any sites. I'm serious. If you use any other sites on a regular basis, use these principles to control the influence going into your feed.
This is the tip of the iceberg. Think of how much you could clean up if you evaluated everything you use? Email, notes, desktop. Further, what if you digitized all your files?
Radio & Television
- Do you listen to the radio?
- Mute it during commercials or when there isn't music playing.
- Or stop listening to the radio. You don't have control of the bands or music that plays, so why not try something new? Use your iPod, or Spotify.
- Television
- Same deal. Mute the commercials.
- Watch online, where there's fewer ads and you can watch at your leisure.
- Pre-record your shows and watch them later. Or stop watching shows. Most of them are a waste of your time.
The fact is, I'm probably not teaching you anything new. I simply want you to be aware of the influences around you. Only you have control of your media input. Use what is in your control to change your influences.
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One of the most important service that BLDI provides is Sidemount Diving – providing courses and diving for recreational use to 40m as well as services for more deeper diving to 100m-plus. When you visit us, you may be interested in our FREE weekly Intro to Tec that we hold at our resorts, or the 2-day/3dive Sidemount Course for only Eu140 (supplement on top of normal accomm/dive package) – and during Jan-Mar 2014 we are running our TEC Promo that gives you 20% discount on all our TEC courses!!
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TEC Instructors Hiro and Sandy are tekkies in Blue Label Diving Indonesia and are based in Bunaken, Indonesia. They are a technical diving duo and provide technical dive training and dives on sidemount, twinsets and rebreathers. They began technical diving in 2009 on rebreathers and open circuit, and then made the switch to teaching tec in 2012.
They love TEC so much that they actually got married at depth of 130 meters. Not only that, they actually exchanged vows, rings and a kiss at 130 meters underwater in a cave in Thailand and set a Guinness World Record for the deepest wedding!
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It's been a long silence. And that can mean only one thing – we're busy, especailly with rebreathers and sidemount! So here's the Bunaken and Lembeh technical diving update for the past couple of weeks.
Our last dive in the advanced trimix course in Bunaken, Bunaken island to 100m took us almost two hours. Usain Bolt runs 100 meters in less than 10 seconds and could probably run another 100 at the same pace!
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The last weeks have all gone under one keyword – planning – despite there being resorts and dive centers on Bunaken and Lembeh the process of getting helium and oxygen in all desired combinations is still quite slow. That in turns means we need to look quite far ahead with our planning (specially for divers wanting to dive deeper on trimix) to have stock of all gases for all dives and all situations.


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