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Re: Keeping the Blues alive cruise 4
Very cool! They raffled off three nice guitars on the cruise as well....I walked by them in the case a few times but was in a hurry so didn't look to see they were raffling them....I had felt I had given my share at the time to KTBA by what the cruise cost etc., didnt want to spend my pocket money on more. ...... I walked away before seeing they were raffling guitars. (but not before I asked for a guitar pic - they had special KTBA ones.... I had seen Rachael walking around and she gave me some too )
IIRC they announced they made $20K on just the guitar raffle I think! I was by the stage when they announced the winners.
I considered the beer tasting...maybe next year. I did the wine tasting but no prizes I don't think. It was nice though but you have to miss music (and pay more) to do these things too. So much going on the whole time.


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COUNT LEON, lord of the vast domain of Grandpré, stirred and waved away his servants. As he opened his eyes, the first rays of the sun were slanting through the narrow windows of his bedchamber. He stared sleepily at the tapestry hanging on the thick stone wall. It depicted a stag hunt and he enjoyed looking at it, for there were few things in the world he loved more than hunting. For a few minutes he lay there, listening to the sounds drifting up from the courtyard –the clop of horses' hoofs' the creak of leather, the clatter of boots on cobblestones. The castle was coming awake.
Some of the count's people would be going to the fields that lay beyond the castle walls and the moat. As far as the eye could see, the land belonged to Count Leon. Although this castle was his principal residence, he had other holdings as well — manors and manor houses, farmlands and forests. It did not occur to the count to feel grateful for his wealth and position and power. After all, they were his right; he had inherited them from his father, who had in turn inherited them from his father, who had been granted the land as a fief by the king.
Getting up from his massive bed, Count Leon began to dress, not bothering to call his servants to attend him. He put on a short shirt over the white linen undergarments he wore even when he slept. He pulled long hose up over his legs, then slipped a tunic over his head and belted it at the waist. Finally, he thrust his feet into soft boots, combed his shoulder-length hair with his fingers and went out the door. The count's clothes were little different from those worn by the other people of the castle, except that they were made of finer materials, but only persons of noble birth were permitted to have fur on their garments and when the count presided at his court of justice, he would put on a long fur-trimmed robe.
As usual, Count Leon began his day by attending mass with members of his family and household. His private chapel was near the castle's huge stone tower, which was called a "donjon" or "keep." The service was followed by a light breakfast of bread and wine. After eating, the count set out on a tour of inspection; unlike some feudal lords, he was a competent and careful administrator.
Crossing the bailey, or open courtyard of the castle, the count saw Sir Robert Dubois, one of his vassals. Sir Robert had inherited the fief of Dubois on the recent death of his father. For several generations the Dubois family had held its fief as a grant from the great lords of Grandpré. It consisted of a manor house, three villages and some three hundred acres of farm and forest land. Each time the fief holder of Dubois died, his heir was required to renew the oath of fealty, or faithfulness, to his liege lord, or suzerain. It was to make this public vow of faithfulness, known as homage, that Sir Robert had come to the castle. In return, Count Leon would swear to protect him, to give him military aid when needed, to right his wrongs and to guard and protect his children. If Sir Robert's father had left no children, the Dubois fief would have reverted back to Count Leon, who could have turned it over to another vassal. If Sir Robert's father had left only a daughter, Count Leon would have arranged a marriage for her and the fief would have been her dowry.
Like any vassal who had been granted a fief, Sir Robert owed definite services to his lord. He would have to attend Count Leon at the count's court, assist in administering justice and contribute money when requested. He was required to answer a summons to battle, bringing with him a certain number of fighting men, decided by contract and whenever the count traveled across the Dubois lands, Sir Robert would be expected to feed and house the count and all his company.
This intricate kind of private government, known as feudalism, was for hundreds of years the political system of western Europe and England. Powerful nobles held the rights and privileges which had formerly been held only by strong kings, such as Charlemagne. A poet, mourning the death of Charlemagne, wrote:
Once we had a king,
Now we have kinglets.
Once we had an empire —
Now only fragments called kingdoms.
The unit of government was no longer even a kingdom, but the domain of the feudal lord, who administered justice, settled quarrels, coined his own money, collected tolls from roads and bridges on his land, levied taxes and demanded military service from his vassals. In theory, a feudal lord owed loyalty to his sovereign, the king; in practice, the lords did as they pleased. Most of the kings of the feudal period were little more than figureheads. Often they traveled from one castle to another, living on gifts from the mighty lords.
So it was that Sir Robert, like all vassals' paid little attention to his distant king. He knew that the king had neither the riches nor the power of Count Leon, who had hundreds of vassals and could put in the field an army twice as large as any the king could raise. Sir Robert was proud to serve such a powerful lord and would gladly fight for him in wars against other lords.
Now the count paused in the bailey to greet Sir Robert. Wishing to learn more about his new vassal, he invited the young man to attend him throughout the day. Sir Robert was pleased and flattered. He was eager to make a good impression on his lord; besides, he was anxious to discuss the question of marriage. He wanted to marry the Lady Charlotte of Croyes, an orphan who was the count's ward. According to feudal custom, the count had the right, as Lady Charlotte's guardian, to marry her to whomever he chose.
Sir Robert stood by while Count Leon ordered a man to repair the huge windlass which raised and lowered the portcullis. The portcullis was the heavy oak and iron gate that guarded the entrance to the castle. Beyond it was a drawbridge spanning the moat — the deep, water-filled ditch around the entire enclosure of the castle. If an enemy attacked, the drawbridge could be raised, for the castle was a fort as well as the count's principal home. Besides the great donjon, there were two other towers at the angles of the encircling walls; from them the archers could shoot arrows at the attackers below. The castle could hold out against a siege of many months, for within its walls were storehouses, shops, bakeries, kitchens, artisans' dwellings, quarters for troops and guests, stables, a smithy, an armoury and a drill ground.
As Count Leon and Sir Robert made their way to the stables, they saw two young squires practicing swordsmanship on the drill ground. Sir Robert smiled, for he had put in many hours of practice on this same drill ground while receiving his own training for knighthood. It was the custom for a vassal's son to be sent to the court of a liege lord at seven years of age, to serve seven years as a page. During this period he was cared for by the women of the household, who instructed him in religion, courtesy, deportment and cleanliness. At the age of fourteen he became a squire, a personal attendant to a knight.
It was the knight's duty to train him thoroughly in horsemanship and all the arts of war, as well as in hunting, hawking and other sports. At twenty, a squire was ready to be accepted as a knight of the sword, whose code was "to fear God and maintain the Christian religion, to protect the weak and defenseless, to live for honour and glory, to fight for the general welfare of all . . . to respect the honour of women, to refuse no challenge from an equal and never to turn the back upon a foe." Few knights of the Middle Ages were able to live up to this ideal of chivalry, but for centuries it would remain the standard of conduct for a gentleman.
Although a squire could be knighted on the field of battle, for exceptional bravery, usually he became a knight in a religious ceremony. Robed in garments of white, red and black, he guarded his arms all night before the altar of the church. The following morning, after mass and communion, he received the accolade of knighthood, a blow on the shoulder with the flat of a sword, from either his liege lord or a bishop.
Count Leon and Sir Robert watched the young squires for a few moments and then went on to inspect the stables. Count Leon was especially proud of his charger, his huge and spirited war horse and ordered the stable boys to bring some fresh straw for its stall. Next the two nobles went to the smithy, where they admired a new suit of armour, beautifully etched with the coat of arms of Grandpré. They also carefully examined an array of broadswords, daggers, battle-axes and lances that had just been turned out by the smithy.
Their interest in weapons was not surprising, for making war was a knight's trade. Private wars between lords and knights, often caused by disputes over lands, were common during the Middle Ages and yet, since only knights usually took part in the fighting, the number of persons involved was comparatively small; it was not until the late Middle Ages that battles were waged by large armies. Nor were the wars always bloody
Often a knight preferred to capture, rather than kill, his opponent and release him in return for a ransom.
When there were no wars to fight," knights would take part in tournaments, a favorite pasttime of the nobility. These war games, held at the invitation of some noble, would take place on a field called "the lists," with barriers separating the contestants from the spectators. Tournaments usually included contests between individuals, called jousts, and group combats, and prizes were given to the victors. Although the knights used blunted lances and swords, and the object was to unhorse the opponent, the sport was rough and dangerous. Eager to make their reputation5 as warriors' the knights fought hard, and many were injured or killed.
And so it was that Count Leon and Sir Robert examined the weapons in the smithy carefully. They were discussing the last tournament as they entered the Great Hall of the castle for dinner. Because breakfast was so meager, the mid-day
meal was served early, around ten o'clock in the morning. Noise and confusion filled the vast room as dozens of people took their places at the long trestle tables that had been set up. The count's own table stood on a dais, or platform. Lady Elaine, his wife, sat at his left; Sir Robert at his right, in the place of honor. Also at the count's table were members of his family, his squire, his priest-confessor, and important household ofiicials. Lesser members of the household sat at the other tables, along with such visiting travelers as knights-at-arms, monks, merchants, and troubadours.
Food was plentiful on this day, for the early spring crops were in. There were meat, fish and pastries, as well as the vegetables known to the Middle Ages — cabbage, turnips, onions, carrots, beans, peas — and freshly baked bread, cheese and early pears, all washed down with large tankards of ale or wine. Fruit juices and honey were the only sweetening. Spices were almost unknown until they were introduced from the Orient, after the Crusades. Everyone ate with his fingers, using a dagger to cut meat. Bones and refuse were thrown on the floor for the dogs.
While eating, Lady Elaine informed her husband that she would be riding over to a nearby village that was part of the original estate of Grandpré. Fever had broken out there. In an age when physicians were few, it was the duty of the lord's wife to aid the sick and poor of her husband's fief. This was only one of her many duties; she was responsible for managing every detail of the domestic arrangements of the household.
Count Leon ordered two of his knights to ride escort to his wife. Then he rose, signaling the end of the meal and the Great Hall was prepared for the court of justice. The first business before the court was Sir Robert's act of homage and oath of fealty. Wrapping himself in his fur-trimmed robe, Count Leon seated himself on his carved chair of office and beckoned to Sir Robert to approach. He asked the young knight if he was willing to be completely his man. "I am willing," Sir Robert answered and kneeling, placed his clasped hands in the hands of the count. Sir Robert swore, "I promise on my faith that I will in future be faithful to Count Leon and will observe my homage to him completely against all persons, in good faith and without deceit." Count Leon kissed him, raised him from his knees and proclaimed the grant of the fief: "I Leon, count palatine of Grandpré, make known to those present and to come that I have given in fee to Robert Dubois and his heirs the manor which is called DuBois and whatever the same Robert shall be able to acquire in the same manor I have granted to him and his heirs in augmentation of that fief. . . . The same Robert on account of this had become my liege man. . . "
After the ceremony of homage, Count Leon sat in judgment on various matters brought before him by his bailiff. He settled a dispute between two villeins, or peasants, over a patch of farmland. Next he heard the case of a poacher who had dared to hunt on the count's game preserve and had killed a deer. This was a serious offense, for only the nobility had the right to hunt and the count sentenced the guilty man to have his right hand struck off at the wrist. Finally, one of the count's vassal knights was brought before the court and accused of highway robbery. His case was postponed until Count Leon could summon a group of knights to sit in judgment, for it was a rule of feudal justice that a noble must be tried by his peers, or equals.
After the count adjourned his court, he and Sir Robert spent the afternoon hunting, with both dogs and falcons. Count Leon's prize falcon brought down three braces of doves and Sir Robert speared a wild boar. Galloping back toward the castle, the hunting party passed a group of serfs digging channels to drain a swamp. Sir Robert asked if they might pause so that he could observe how the channels were dug. He was planning to drain some marshlands on his own fief. Count Leon agreed; the more a vassal improved his manor, the more valuable it was to his lord.
Feudal society, which was based on agriculture, could not have existed without manorialism, as the economic system of the Middle Ages was called. The wealth of the nobles came from the manorial lands, which were worked by the peasants and the serfs. Some lords owned only one manor, but the great lords, like Count Leon, owned many. A manor consisted of a manor house, a village or villages and perhaps several thousand acres of meadow, pasture, woodland and cultivated land. The cultivated land was divided into small strips, with about a third of the strips reserved for the lord and a smaller part for the Church. The remaining strips were assigned to the peasants and serfs for their use.
For at least half of each week, peasants and serfs worked the land belonging to the lord and the Church. They also had to do "boon work," such as hauling, harvesting, cutting firewood and building roads and bridges. The rest of the time they cared for their own strips of land.
The serfs enjoyed even less freedom than the peasants. A serf was the chattel, or property, of his lord and was bound to the land for life, as were his children and his children's children. He was permitted to own no property and he could not marry without his lord's permission. Yet a serf was not a slave; feudal law gave him certain rights and defined the lord's duties toward him. If a manor was sold or given as a fief to a vassal or another lord, the serf was not displaced; he remained with the land. He was entitled to military protection by his lord and was exempt from military service.
A manor was a self-contained unit which produced all of its necessities. It had its own craftsmen, such as weavers, tanners, carpenters, blacksmiths and millers. Life on a manor centred around the village, which might be populated by only a dozen families or as many as fifty or sixty. Peasants and serfs lived in hovels that had dirt floors and no windows or chimneys. The furnishings were few and simple — three-legged stools, a trestle table and beds that were boxes on the floor, filled with straw or dry leaves. Unlike the nobles, peasants and serfs rarely ate meat. They ate mostly porridge, cheese, black bread and whatever vegetables they could grow themselves.
The life of the peasant was hard and monotonous. An early Anglo-Saxon writer quotes a peasant as saying, "Oh, sir, I work very hard. I go out in the dawning, driving the oxen to the field and I yoke them to the plough. Be the winter never so stark, I dare not stay home for fear of my lord; but every day I must plough a full acre or more. . . . Yes, indeed it is very hard work," but a peasant had his pleasures, too. He did not work on Sundays, nor on saints' days, which came frequently. He might visit a nearby market or fair, where he would mingle with the crowds and watch a conjuror or a strolling band of acrobats. He enjoyed village dances, harvest, vintage festivals and sometimes the lord of the manor would give a feast to celebrate a wedding or a christening or the completion of the spring sowing.
Peasant or noble, priest or lord — each man had his place in society. Each man was a member of one of three estates, or classes and was expected to carry out the duties of his estate. The first estate was the clergy, who were responsible for the Church and religion. The second estate was the nobility, whose duty it was to govern. All other men were part of the third estate and it was their duty to work, to produce food and all the other necessities of life.
Neither Count Leon nor Sir Robert ever doubted that this was the way things were meant to be. God had put each man in his place — high or low — and who could question God's wisdom? This was the way the world was and so it would continue to be until the end of time. Seated on their horses that day, looking down at the peasants digging ditches, pleasantly tired after the hunt, Count Leon and Sir Robert felt that all was right with the world. They were in the best of humour as they made their way to the castle for the evening meal, which would be served at sundown.
Some travelers had arrived during the afternoon — a bishop returning to his cathedral, a merchant from the Republic of Venice, a knight on a mission and a wandering troubadour. The count made them all welcome; Lady Elaine had already assigned them sleeping quarters and given orders for a lavish banquet. When Count Leon and his guests sat down at the tables in the Great Hall, the servants brought in huge pastries, meat pies, spitted boar, roast swan and peacock. There was wine during the meal and even more afterward, when the troubadour entertained the company with chansons de gestes, or songs of deeds, and chansons d'amour, or love songs.
Sir Robert chose this moment to ask the count for the hand of Lady Charlotte of Croyes. Count Leon was pleased that the fief of Sir Robert would be joined to that of Lady Charlotte; the young man would manage them well. He quickly gave his assent to the marriage, then proposed a toast to the betrothal of his liege man, Sir Robert, to his ward, the Lady Charlotte. Sir Robert in turn toasted his liege lord, Count Leon, to whom he pledged his loyalty and his strong right arm, in peace and war. Still more toasts were drunk and the great ball of the castle was filled with singing and merriment, but the hour was growing late and at last the count pushed himself away from the table and started for his chamber and bed. The others followed his example and a day at the castle of Grandpré — a typical day in the life of the Middle Ages — came to an end.

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$SPY trade on this massive day!
OK so the $SPY has been getting hammered lately and on the last trading day the on the 24th on Christmas eve. The 5 wave had completed on the 24th
Now on the 26th I saw the beginning of a wave 1 and 2 with a deep retrace after the initial move 237.90 and did a 70% retrace which set the stage for the all day 3 move , got some $SPY calls when the price action moved past the 1 and holding it overnight taht has topped out at 245.54 after market. Haven't got the 4wave yet and 5 after that is still coming. The RSI is 36.38 and will hit resistance at 40 level around the 249-250 area and time to reassess !


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"Supreme Court Rules SEC ALJ Appointments Unconstitutional But Leaves Important Questions Unanswered"
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June 28, 2018 – On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in Lucia v. SEC that administrative law judges ("ALJs") employed by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to adjudicate enforcement actions are executive inferior "officers" within the meaning of the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, resolving a split between the Tenth and D.C. Circuits.i As such, SEC ALJs must be appointed by the President, a court of law, or the head of a department or agency, and not selected by SEC staff, as has been the agency's longtime practice.ii Justice Kagan, writing for the majority, declined to address the validity of the SEC's effort in November 2017 to retroactively "ratify" the prior "appointments of the sitting SEC ALJs," as well as the constitutionality of statutory tenure protections on removing SEC ALJs. The decision all but ensures future litigation on these thorny ratification and removal issues.
Lucia came to the Court from the D.C. Circuit, where Raymond Lucia challenged sanctions imposed by the SEC on the basis that the ALJ presiding over his case was an officer of the United States who had not been appointed in accordance with the Appointments Clause. This defect, Lucia argued, rendered the ALJ's decision—which was later confirmed by the SEC—a legal nullity.iii A panel of the D.C. Circuit disagreed, finding that SEC ALJs are mere employees of the agency and not subject to the Appointments Clause.iv Months later, a divided panel of the Tenth Circuit reached the opposite conclusion.v
While Lucia's petition for a writ of certiorari was pending in the Supreme Court, the Justice Department—which had up to that time defended the constitutionality of the SEC's ALJs in the courts of appeals—switched the litigating position of the SEC and conceded that the ALJs are, in fact, officers of the United States.vi This about-face prompted the SEC to issue an order in November 2017 "ratify[ing] the agency's prior appointment of" its five ALJs and establishing procedural steps, including the remand of administrative cases to an ALJ for readjudication, intended to cure the constitutional issues presented in those cases.vii
The Supreme Court explained that its holding was compelled by its earlier decision in Freytag v. Commissioner,viii which the Court characterized as involving "adjudicative officials who are near-carbon copies of the [SEC's] ALJs."ix The ALJs hold a continuing office established by law and possess significant discretion in carrying out their adjudicative functions (including the ability to receive evidence, as well as the ability to make factual findings, render legal conclusions, and mete out appropriate remedies), and thus qualify as Article II "officers."x The Court also rejected the argument that SEC ALJs are mere employees because their opinions are subject to higher levels of review (a position adopted by the D.C. Circuit in Landry v. FDIC, 204 F.3d 1125 (D.C. Cir. 2000), and upon which the D.C. Circuit panel relied in Lucia).xi
Having concluded that the ALJ who presided over Lucia's case was not constitutionally appointed, the Supreme Court remanded for rehearing before a different ALJ who has been constitutionally appointed, or before the SEC itself. In crafting this remedy, the Court did not squarely address the SEC's attempt to retroactively ratify the appointments of all its currently-serving ALJs in November 2017, observing that this issue was not yet ripe for resolution in this case.xii
The majority also avoided the nettlesome question of whether the statutory removal restrictions applicable to ALJs are an impermissible limitation on the President's Article II power to remove executive officers at will, preferring to wait for "thorough lower court opinions to guide [the high court's] analysis of the merits."xiii In his separate opinion, Justice Breyer took issue with the Court's failure to consider the "embedded" statutory removal question before the constitutional Appointments Clause question. According to Justice Breyer, the Court's decision to rule on constitutional grounds and leave for another day the statutory removal question "risks . . . unraveling, step-by-step, the foundations of the Federal Government's administrative adjudication system as it has existed for decades, and perhaps of the merit-based civil-service system in general."xiv
The Court's narrow reasoning in Lucia leaves much to be decided in the months and years to come. Indeed, the same day the Lucia decision was handed down, the SEC issued an order to "stay any pending administrative proceeding" before an ALJ for "30 days or further [pending] order of the Commission."xv Litigants in ongoing SEC proceedings will no doubt continue to challenge the propriety of the Commission's post hoc effort to ratify the "appointments" of its judges. Similarly, separation-of-powers challenges based on two-level tenure protections of the Commission's ALJs will continue to be pressed in the federal courts.
The Lucia decision will do little to quell constitutional challenges to in-house judges across the administrative state, leading to a potential reconfiguration of how federal agencies appoint, oversee, and terminate their in-house judges.
i.Lucia v. SEC, No. 17–130, slip op. (June 21, 2018), https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-130_4f14.pdf. The Court did not explore whether SEC ALJs were considered "principal" or "inferior" officers within the meaning of Appointments Clause, as the distinction was unnecessary to decide the case.
ii. U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2.
iii. Raymond J. Lucia Companies, Inc. v. SEC, 832 F.3d 277, 283 (D.C. Cir. 2016), pet. denied upon rehearing en banc by an equally divided court, 868 F.3d 1021 (D.C. Cir. 2017), rev'd sub nom. Lucia v. SEC, No. 17–130, slip op. (June 21, 2018), https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-130_4f14.pdf.
iv. The full D.C. Circuit, sitting en banc, reheard Lucia's case, but divided evenly, leaving the panel opinion in place.
v.See Bandimere v. SEC, 844 F.3d 1168 (2016), petition for cert. filed, No. 17–475 (U.S. Sept. 29, 2017).
vi. The Supreme Court appointed an amicus to defend the judgment below that the SEC's ALJs were not "officers" within the meaning of the Appointments Clause.
vii. Order, In re: Pending Administrative Proceedings (Nov. 30, 2017), https://www.sec.gov/litigation/opinions/2017/33-10440.pdf.
viii. 501 U.S. 868 (1991).
ix.See Lucia, No. 17–130, slip op. at 6.
x.Id. at 8–10.
xi.Id. at 11; see also 832 F.3d at 284–88.
xii.Lucia, No. 17–130, slip op. at 12–13 & n.6.
xiii.Id. at 4 n.1 (quoting Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 566 U.S. 189, 201 (2012)).
xiv.Id. (Breyer, J. concurring and dissenting op.) at 1, 14.
xv. Order, In re: Pending Administrative Proceedings (June 21, 2018), https://www.sec.gov/litigation/opinions/2018/33-10510.pdf. The Order does not preclude the Commission "from assigning any proceeding currently pending before an administrative law judge to the Commission itself or any member of the Commission at any time."
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By John P. Walsh
Ludwig van Beethoven's birthday is December 16. Throughout the 1790s Beethoven composed in the drawing-room tradition but around his 30th birthday in 1800 he was already telling friends he was determined to "open a new path" for music. Resistance to the young, gruff composer and his new music's coarse vibrancy—a "music of man" expressing every aspect of human living including its suffering, its excitement, and, above all, its engagement with the world—frequently came from the quarters of style galant musicians who were used to playing the cool and shiny music of C. P. E. Bach (1714-1788), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), and Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), the last of whom was still living when Beethoven was working his musical revolution. These musicians' resistance to Beethoven often extended to his audience who were mainly young people with a taste for a revolutionary sound.
What was the exact level of defiance in Beethoven's "new" music? The answer has varied based on the time period in which it was first heard. If it was heard when it was first written and performed it was characterized as "furious." If heard after Beethoven's career had ended twenty five years later his early new music became an object for "astounding confusion."
Beethoven's work is famously divided into three epochs: his own twenties (before around 1800); his thirties to mid-forties (the so-called Middle Period of around 1805 to 1818 or so); and his final decade. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1727) lived to be only fifty-six years old. Profound changes in his art and personal life in his late forties and fifties led to the creation of his—and by inheritance the world's—greatest music but such mature works changed the perception of his first "new" music after 1800. To what degree is Beethoven's earlier music a prolongation of the "old" music more than his mostly young auditors first perceived it?
Here is a great performance of a part of Beethoven's critically contentious early "new" music. It is the first movement of the Fourth Symphony in B Flat Major written in 1806 performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra led by Carlos Kleiber. (10:02 minutes).
Romain Rolland, Beethoven the Creator, Garden City Publishing, Garden City, NY, 1937.
Peter Watson, The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century, HarperCollins, 2010.


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If Versus Tokyo was the menswear story of last Fashion Week, then The Orchestra Show by Gypsy Three Orchestra (G3o) is without a doubt the movement that will define this week. Opening yesterday opposite Parco in Shibuya and sharing a postcode with Center Gai and BAPE, The Orchestra Show is the gallery space and shop for the project that aims to bridge the gap between fashion brands and the public. It is born out of the realisation that no-matter how important Tokyo Fashion Week is to relay Japanese fashion brands with the public, it is ultimately an institution that doesn't necessarily fit the needs of all the creators that the city seems capable of producing. After all, Japan, and Tokyo in particular, rarely follows the traditional fashion path of keeping designers in an isolated bubble of Fashion education > internship > trade-shows >Fashion Week > retail, but instead often allows designers to start in small scale retail and allows the customers to make them a success rather than the press.
So many of the brands that are now associated with the glory days of 90s Japanese Street Fashion followed the path of being acutely in touch with Tokyo culture, their customers and the retail space, which in turn enabled them to snip out most of the industry, sell directly and make a name in their own right. Indeed, designers like Banal Chic Bizarre still live by this Ura-Harajuku ideology to this day, trying to be as self sufficient as possible and letting the customers create the brand, and the streets be their means of communication rather than PR. However, as well we all know, as we entered the mid 2000s, things got tough for new designers fast and the lack of opportunities available to brands forced many to play the industry game over the rebellious drop out route personified by Jun Takahashi.
It is a response to the latter situation that the G3O project was born out of, and in a reference to street level fashion, it chose to restrict information and imagery to the public till the very last second. In its avoidance of this era of instant information (like this site!), where one can see an entire shop's stock instantly, judge it and move on with a flick of your finger, it is refreshing to actually have to work hard to get a glimpse of the concept and take every obscure picture that makes it out with gratitude. Indeed, prior to the launch party, I personally didn't have a good idea of what the finished space would look like, and I can imagine most people will have entered the shop with an engagement that they haven't felt in some time. That was the genius of the early days of street fashion, that in the absence of catwalk shows, lookbooks and magazine coverage, you actually entered a shop space with no idea of what would be on sale, rather than the current feel of recognition you get when you spot things on sale that you have already seen in digital form.
So it is with this aim of connection designers directly with the public, and also forcing them to engage with them through a deliberate lack of information that The Orchestra Show has come to exist as a limited shop through Fashion Week until mid April. The brands involved read like an A-Z of the Tokyo underground menswear brands including:
C.E / ANREALAGE / APPLEBUM / Avoid / Black Weirdos / BAL / Children of the discordance / CARTRIDGE CASE 222 / CILANDSIA / WHITE LINE / DRESSEDUNDRESSED / .efiLevol / NADA / TROVE / ITADAKI / HIRO / FFYR / JUVENILE HALL ROLLCALL / is-ness / CHRISTIAN DADA / TRINI / SUICOKE / Spologum / STEAM AND THREAD / CYDERHOUSE / SIVA / JieDa / GILET / bodysong. / 1982114251 / KANVAS PRODUCTS / LABRAT / Black & Blue / Kim Songhe / REMI RELIEF / YEAH RIGHT!! / KOU / bukht / FLAPH / GAVUDOMUZI / AG by EXPERIMENT / pester / KTZ / NIT / POWELL PERALTA / Santa Cruz / PATRICK STEPHAN / YANTOR / Episode no.. / Palme d'Or / MISCHIEF / Alexander Lee Chang / Bleu de paname+rdv o globe / CYDWOQ / CASEY VIDALENC / ROSA MOSA+rdv o globe / rdv o globe / FLY GALLERY / Aquvii / Danke / SPIRAL / CREPEMAN / LABORATORY / BERBERJIN R / Garden of Eden / Reventon / Jody Barton
A shocking amount of which we have never even managed to talk about on this site, but those that we have are linked, so you might want to have an explore before you proceed inside the shop:
The ground floor is a nice mix of design, street culture and relaxed cool.
These skull rings separate out to allow you to wear the skull in abstract form if you wish.
It wouldn't be Shibuya street style without 80s nostalgia…
B1F is a chilled gallery space which will change on a rotational basis over the life of the shop.
Re-made jewelry put together from vintage charms.
2F reveals some slightly more fashion-forward brands than the streetwear 1F.
But it doesn't stop there, Part 2 will be out tomorrow with a more opinionated view of the shop and what it means for Tokyo fashion. See you then…


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Here are five of the best wetland walks in the Western Port Ramsar site, as voted by wetland protection experts.
When visiting a wetland, please remember:
- Avoid disturbing birds – they are likely to be nesting or recovering from long migratory journeys.
- Obey regulations relating to access and dog walking
- Take your rubbish home – especially fishing lines and plastics.
Bittern Coastal Wetlands Boardwalk (Mornington Peninsula)
This popular boardwalk showcases the southern-most mangroves in the world, with plenty of bird-life and good views to French Island. The trail is shared by cyclists and walkers, and runs from Western Port marina in Hastings to Jack's Beach in Crib Point. 7kms return.
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French Island National Park
The northern area of the island has a 'remote wilderness' feel, yet is so close to Melbourne. Along the northern shore is one of the most extensive areas of saltmarsh and mangrove communities in Victoria. Large numbers of migratory wader birds visit, and the seagrass beds are nursery areas for fish such as King George Whiting, Bream and Mullet. Take the passenger ferry from Stony Point. Bookings are essential. The trip takes about 12 minutes and delivers you to Tankerton Jetty on French Island.
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Churchill Island (Phillip Island)
These walks take in some fine views and a good sample of the island's plants and animals. The northern-most tip of the island is a particularly good place to see the migratory birdlife, especially at low tide, when the mud flats are exposed. Walks include:
- North Point Loop Track (one hour), starting at the homestead
- Bass Rock Loop (30 minutes)
- Grant's Monument Loop (30 minutes)
- Mangrove Loop (45 minutes)
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Conservation Hill and Rhyll Inlet (Phillip Island)
This tranquil wetland area is world-renowned for its importance to migratory and resident birds. Walkers will be rewarded with panoramic views from the boardwalks, trails and the observation tower at Conservation Hill. There is interpretive signage along the walkways and three colour coded tracks to choose from:
- Black Loop – Conservation Hill, along the mangrove boardwalk and then continues along Rhyll Inlet to Rhyll. Approx. 1½ hours return.
- Blue Loop – Conservation Hill, mangrove boardwalk along to Rhyll Inlet Lookout. Approx. 1 hour return.
- Green Loop – Mangrove boardwalk return track. Approx. ½ hour return.
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Warneet to Blind Bight
Experience this serene saltmarsh estuary from a short mangroves boardwalk at Warneet and a coastal trail at Blind Bight. Both towns are joined by a shared walking/cycling trail along the Warneet Nature Reserve. This northern part of Western Port neighbours the remote Quail and Chinaman Islands, and the Yaringa Marine National Park.
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Pennsylvania's law on sex crimes is fairly complex, defining numerous crimes that are different both in their circumstances and the severity of punishment exacted on convicted offenders. In this guide, we'll break down these gradations of sexual crime in detail. To jump straight to information on Pennsylvania's Romeo and Juliet exception, click here.
Misdemeanors & Felonies: Crime Is A Matter Of Degree
Like every criminal code, Pennsylvania first separates sexual offenses into two broad categories: misdemeanors and felonies. Misdemeanors are considered "lesser" crimes than felonies, and offenders generally face less stringent penalties for committing them.
Felonies, on the other hand, are more serious. Crimes are also broken down by "degree." There are first-degree, second-degree and third-degree misdemeanors and felonies, with third-degree misdemeanors being considered the least serious crimes and first-degree felonies being the most serious crimes.
Public Indecency
"Open lewdness," for example, is a third-degree misdemeanor in Pennsylvania. One of several crimes defined under the heading "Public Indecency," open lewdness refers to any act involving erotic or sexual behavior that the offender "knows is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed."
Pennsylvania's public indecency law also covers "indecent exposure," in a which a person exposes their genitals in public, commonly known as "flashing. That's usually a second-degree misdemeanor, unless the offender expose themselves in front of someone under 16, in which case the degree of the offense is increased to a first-degree misdemeanor. As a first-degree misdemeanor, indecent exposure carries a penalty of up to 5 years in prison and fines set at the judge's discretion. Offenders convicted of second-degree indecent exposure face punishments including a 2 year prison sentence and discretionary fines.
How Does Pennsylvania Define Rape?
In Pennsylvania, rape is a first-degree felony. Other states have different names for this offense, including "sexual battery" and "sexual assault," but in Pennsylvania's legal code, under Chapter 31: "Sexual Offenses," the crime is called "Rape."
Intercourse requires penetration, according to Pennsylvania law, but even minimal amounts of penetration are sufficient to constitute the crime:
"In addition to its ordinary meaning, [sexual intercourse] includes intercourse per os or per anus, with some penetration however slight; emission is not required." [emphasis added].
We'll discuss the meaning of "per os or per anus" a little later. For now, note that a sex act need not be "consummated" in any sense, including with ejaculation, to be classified as "sexual intercourse." Thus rape is defined as any sexual intercourse (as described above) committed:
- through forcible compulsion,
- through the "threat of forcible compulsion that would prevent resistance by a person of reasonable resolution",
- while the victim is unconscious,
- when the offender knows that the victim is unaware that the sex act is occurring,
- when the offender has "substantially impaired" the victim's ability to assess or control their own actions by giving them a drug or other intoxicant without their knowledge, or
- when the victim "suffers from a mental disability" that renders them incapable of consent.
Criminal Penalties For Rape
Jail terms and fines for offenders convicted of rape depend on the circumstances of the crime.
When the victim is an adult, an offender can be imprisoned for up to 20 years and fined for up to $25,000. Penalties for "date rape" are even more severe, including 10 more years of imprisonment and an additional fine of up to $100,000.
When the victim is younger than 13, offenders can be imprisoned for up to 40 years. When the rape of a "child" (defined as any minor under 13) causes serious bodily injury, offenders can receive life sentences in jail.
What Is "Deviate Sexual Intercourse"?
Many of these laws don't involve vaginal penetration, what most of us consider "sex" proper. Sometimes these other sex acts, like cunnilingus, fellatio or anal penetration are referred to as "deviate" acts.
In Pennsylvania's law books, "deviate sexual intercourse" is defined by the Latin phrases "per os" and "per anus," which mean "with the mouth" or "with the anus" respectively. The laws apply equally to acts involving either parties' body parts. In other words, forcing someone to insert their penis into one's own mouth is just as illegal as forcing one's own penis into their mouth. Other states call these acts "indecent assault," a term Pennsylvania uses in some circumstances.
"Deviate sexual intercourse" also includes any form of sexual intercourse involving non-human animals.
What Is Pennsylvania's Age Of Consent?
In Pennsylvania, the age of consent is 16. Legally, no one under the age of 16 can consent to sexual conduct, whether or not the sex act in question was consensual. Under a "Romeo and Juliet" exception, the state provides some lee-way when a defendant and victim are within 4 years of one another.
Regardless, this basic definition of "statutory rape" (so-called because it's automatically considered rape under the state's statutes) structures several criminal charges in the state:
- Aggravated indecent assault, a second-degree felony, covers any genital or anal penetration with a body part when the victim is younger than 13. The defendant's age doesn't matter. This law is also extended to cover victims between 13 and 15, when the defendant is 4 or more years older.
Penalties: up to 10 years in prison, up to $25,000 fine or both.
- Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, a first-degree felony, includes oral or anal sexual contact, including cunnilingus or fellatio. When the victim is under 13, the law covers defendants of any age. For minor victims between 13 and 15, the law applies to defendants at least 4 years older than the victim.
Penalties: up to 20 years in prison, up to $25,000 fine or both.
- Indecent assault can either be a first or second-degree misdemeanor, depending on the victim's age. The crime covers all intimate touching with the intent of arousing or satisfying sexual desire.
When the victim is under 13, offenders can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor that carries penalties of up to $5,000 (no less than $1,500), jail time up to 5 years or both. When the victim is 13 or older, the crime becomes a second-degree misdemeanor, with penalties of up to 2 years in prison, a fine of up to $5,000 (no less than $500) or both.
- Rape, a first-degree felony, covers any sexual intercourse with a minor under 13. Genital and anal penetration, however brief, are included in the definition of "sexual intercourse."
Penalties: up to 20 years in prison, up to $25,000 fine or both.
- Statutory sexual assault, a second-degree felony, covers sexual intercourse with children between the ages of 13 and 15, when the defendant is at least 4 years older than their victim.
Penalties: up to 10 years in prison, up to $25,000 fine or both.
In their own defense, sex offenders often say they "mistook" their victims for older, or even that the victim lied about their age. That may or may not be a legitimate defense in Pennsylvania, but only in strictly-defined situations. When a victim is below 14, offenders have no excuse, legal or otherwise. But if a victim is below the age of consent, but over 14, offenders may be able to argue that they reasonably believed the victim was older.
Marriage: An Exception To Statutory Rape Laws
The state does, however, have an exemption for married couples.
Pennsylvania's marriage laws say 16 is the youngest age at which people can get married, and that's only with parental consent. But in rare cases, judges can grant marriage licenses to minors younger than 16, if they believe marriage is in the best interests of the juvenile.
In that case, the state's marriage exemption allows for consensual sex between the minor couple, even if they're separated in age by more than 4 years. That's true, though, only if the couple was married in Pennsylvania, and resides there.
Pennsylvania's Romeo & Juliet Law
In most cases, Pennsylvania prohibits any sexual conduct between adults (people over the age of 18) and minors (people below the age of 16), even when the sex is consensual. There is, however, a "Romeo and Juliet" exception designed to prevent teenagers from being hit by serious criminal charges when they engage in consensual sexual conduct.
Under this exception, prosecutors are prohibited from pursuing criminal convictions when a minor who is 13 or older engages in sexual conduct with a defendant who is less than four years older. Thus, consensual sexual conduct between a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old would be allowed, as would consensual sex between a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old. In both cases, the defendant is fewer than four years older than the other sexual partner, who is older than 13.
Institutional Sexual Assault
Pennsylvania also prohibits most sexual contact between employees of state facilities and the residents under their charge. This law covers employees and "agents" of:
- the Department of Corrections
- county correctional authorities
- youth development centers
- youth forestry camps
- State and county juvenile detention centers
- licensed residential facilities serving children and youth
- mental health facilities
- facilities for the mentally disabled
- schools
If the employ engages in sexual intercourse with an "inmate, detainee, patient[,] resident", or student at their facility, consensual or not, they've committed (at the least) a third-degree felony.
In addition to criminal penalties, sex offenders also open themselves to civil liability in committing their crimes. That means survivors of rape, molestation or any other non-consensual sex act have every right to file their own lawsuit in state court.
Civil sex assault lawsuits are distinct from criminal prosecutions, although some civil cases "tag-along" behind the work of prosecutors, since a conviction can have a major effect (usually good for survivors) on a civil lawsuit.
Current active PA based indecent assault cases we are investigating:
Dr. William Vollmar – Lancaster doctor accused of indecent assault.


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My husband is in Philadelphia this weekend, visiting a friend. He's going to a Phillies game today and having dinner with his son whose birthday is tomorrow. So I've been having a fun "single" weekend. Time with my kids and sweet granddaughter.
- Past few days I watched: We Bought a Zoo and To Kill a Mocking Bird (love both of those movies).
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Your unconditional love and tolerance has become a significant inspiration for me to keep motivated. Your forgiveness and understanding has been freeing and shows me why you never give up on love.
I have a hard time trusting people, especially other women. From my own behavior, I know how destructive and manipulative females can be. I know the games we play to get our way. I am the only woman you need to be concerned with rescuing. No other woman deserves your sympathy. My tears are the tears you should want to wipe away.
I refuse to share. You are my hero. Mine alone. As I lay with my head on your chest, held tightly in your arms. Such a firm loving embrace reminding me I am safe. There is nowhere else I would rather be than with you here in my private sanctuary.
When we are together we are solid and unbreakable. Nothing can compete. We empower each other to keep fighting. We compliment each other where one of us is weak, the other finds strength maintaining balance. Love like this never dies. It can only be described as Perfection.
Your love keeps me alive. You give me strength and make me believe that together we will survive whatever life throws our way. Just look at the obstacles we have already over came. Our love gets stronger with all the hardships we endure. Our love will persevere.
Always and Forever you have my love…..
"We are all a little weird and Life's a little weird.."
― Dr. Seuss
"Being crazy isn't enough."
― Dr. Seuss
"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"
― Dr. Seuss
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You."
― Dr. Seuss
"You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut."
― Dr. Seuss
How wonderful it is, that I am never going to be anything but me. You will never be anything but you. What a blessing. No two people are the same. Life is a collection of moments unique to the individual. Embedded in our memories and kept alive in the memories of others. Our life is real because of our experiences. I am where I am because of where I have been. You are where you are because of where you have been. Nobody really "fits in". Everyone is longing for a meaning.
Some of the most talented people were viewed as insane. How boring our existence would be without all the so called "Crazies" The truth is if you dig deep enough, you will discover there is crazy in all of us.
Embrace uncertainties. Welcome the chaos. Learn a lesson. Take a chance and enjoy the ride. Create those everlasting memories. Your life is yours to live, so be yourself and Just live it.
So the latest drama for me is the D.A., not me, is wanting to press charges against my husband for assaulting me. Apparently its a felony with a 5 year sentence because it happened in front of the kids. I have been avoiding posting about this because it is not easy to think about for so many reasons…
I am so angry that it happened. He knows he fucked up. We have been under a ridiculous amount of stress, I know that doesn't excuse his behavior, he knows that too. It took him a minute, but he came to the realization on his own. He signed up for alcohol treatment and counseling for his anger. He is an alcoholic he turns into a complete jackass when he drinks. It only takes one beer and he's a completely different person. Its been his problem for years. He's finally acknowledging he has a real problem and seeking help for it. He also scheduled an appointment with a doctor to see if there is something more going on.
So is it really necessary for him to go to jail for 5 years? Shouldn't he be aloud the opportunity to get help first. I don't want to spend a night without him, how will I get through 5 years? My kids wont have their dad around its just so fucked up. I love him so much it sucks it got this bad for us but there re plenty of real criminals out here they should be worrying about.
Who's life is this?
A dreamer, full of promise.
Destined for greatness.
Fearless and free.
Such strength and determination.
Who's life is this?
One too many bad choices.
You have lost yourself.
No where to go.
No purpose.
Just going through the motions, no longer living.
Defeated and numb.
Barely recognizable.
Your existence is fading.
Can you remember who you are?
Can you remember who's life this is?
You are being fooled.
Everything is not as it seems.
Such a pretty picture that has been painted just for you. You will never know how ugly it really is.
You think You know. There is so much you don't. All you know is what you have been shown.
What happened to happily ever after?
I believed.
It never existed.
There is no way out. Forever stuck. Trapped. A prisoner hidden behind lies.
You can scream and cry to be rescued nobody will listen.
There are no heroes coming for you.
Why wont you see? Why wont you listen? How can you do nothing?
I understand its easier to play along. Its OK.
You just continue to pretend you never knew.
Its too late now.
Time has run out.
This life is ending.


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Figure 1. mFreSR™ Improves Thawing Efficiencies 5- to 10-Fold over Other Reported Methods
H9 hESCs were cryopreserved in mFreSR™ at the indicated passage number. Thawing efficiencies were analyzed by counting the number of surviving clumps after thawing.
PloS one 2017
Functional Maturation of Human Stem Cell-Derived Neurons in Long-Term Cultures.
Differentiated neurons can be rapidly acquired, within days, by inducing stem cells to express neurogenic transcription factors. We developed a protocol to maintain long-term cultures of human neurons, called iNGNs, which are obtained by inducing Neurogenin-1 and Neurogenin-2 expression in induced pluripotent stem cells. We followed the functional development of iNGNs over months and they showed many hallmark properties for neuronal maturation, including robust electrical and synaptic activity. Using iNGNs expressing a variant of channelrhodopsin-2, called CatCh, we could control iNGN activity with blue light stimulation. In combination with optogenetic tools, iNGNs offer opportunities for studies that require precise spatial and temporal resolution. iNGNs developed spontaneous network activity, and these networks had excitatory glutamatergic synapses, which we characterized with single-cell synaptic recordings. AMPA glutamatergic receptor activity was especially dominant in postsynaptic recordings, whereas NMDA glutamatergic receptor activity was absent from postsynaptic recordings but present in extrasynaptic recordings. Our results on long-term cultures of iNGNs could help in future studies elucidating mechanisms of human synaptogenesis and neurotransmission, along with the ability to scale-up the size of the cultures.
Stem Cell Research 2016 MAR
Generation of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell line SCA3.B11.
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by an expansion of the CAG-repeat in ATXN3. In this study, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were generated from SCA3 patient dermal fibroblasts by electroporation with episomal plasmids encoding L-MYC, LIN28, SOX2, KLF4, OCT4 and short hairpin RNA targeting P53. The resulting iPSCs had normal karyotype, were free of integrated episomal plasmids, expressed pluripotency markers, could differentiate into the three germ layers in vitro and retained the disease-causing ATXN3 mutation. Potentially, this iPSC line could be a useful tool for the investigation of SCA3 disease mechanisms.
Molecular Neurodegeneration 2016 DEC
Manifestation of Huntington's disease pathology in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons.
Background: Huntington's disease (HD) is an incurable hereditary neurodegenerative disorder, which manifests itself as a loss of GABAergic medium spiny (GABA MS) neurons in the striatum and caused by an expansion of the CAG repeat in exon 1 of the huntingtin gene. There is no cure for HD, existing pharmaceutical can only relieve its symptoms. Results: Here, induced pluripotent stem cells were established from patients with low CAG repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene, and were then efficiently differentiated into GABA MS-like neurons (GMSLNs) under defined culture conditions. The generated HD GMSLNs recapitulated disease pathology in vitro, as evidenced by mutant huntingtin protein aggregation, increased number of lysosomes/autophagosomes, nuclear indentations, and enhanced neuronal death during cell aging. Moreover, store-operated channel (SOC) currents were detected in the differentiated neurons, and enhanced calcium entry was reproducibly demonstrated in all HD GMSLNs genotypes. Additionally, the quinazoline derivative, EVP4593, reduced the number of lysosomes/autophagosomes and SOC currents in HD GMSLNs and exerted neuroprotective effects during cell aging. Conclusions: Our data is the first to demonstrate the direct link of nuclear morphology and SOC calcium deregulation to mutant huntingtin protein expression in iPSCs-derived neurons with disease-mimetic hallmarks, providing a valuable tool for identification of candidate anti-HD drugs. Our experiments demonstrated that EVP4593 may be a promising anti-HD drug. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Cryobiology 2015 AUG
Efficient recovery of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cell cryopreserved with hydroxyethyl starch, dimethyl sulphoxide and serum replacement
BACKGROUND The therapeutic use of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) is dependent on an efficient cryopreservation protocol for long-term storage. The aim of this study was to determine whether the combination of three cryoprotecting reagents using two freezing systems might improve hESC recovery rates with maintenance of hESC pluripotency properties for potential cell therapy application. METHODS Recovery rates of hESC colonies which were frozen in three cryoprotective solutions: Me2SO/HES/SR medium, Defined-medium® and Me2SO/SFB in medium solution were evaluated in ultra-slow programmable freezing system (USPF) and a slow-rate freezing system (SRF). The hESC pluripotency properties after freezing-thawing were evaluated. RESULTS We estimated the distribution frequency of survival colonies and observed that independent of the freezing system used (USPF or SRF) the best results were obtained with Me2SO/HES/SR as cryopreservation medium. We showed a significant hESC recovery colonies rate after thawing in Me2SO/HES/SR medium were 3.88 and 2.9 in USPF and SRF, respectively. The recovery colonies rate with Defined-medium® were 1.05 and 1.07 however in classical Me2SO medium were 0.5 and 0.86 in USPF and SRF, respectively. We showed significant difference between Me2SO/HES/SR medium×Defined-medium® and between Me2SO/HES/SR medium×Me2SO medium, for two cryopreservation systems (Ptextless0.05). CONCLUSION We developed an in house protocol using the combination of Me2SO/HES/SR medium and ultra-slow programmable freezing system which resulted in hESC colonies that remain undifferentiated, maintain their in vitro and in vivo pluripotency properties and genetic stability. This approach may be suitable for cell therapy studies.
Microarray Approach to Identify the Signaling Network Responsible for Self-Renewal of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Here we introduce the representative method to culture HESCs under the feeder and feeder-free conditions, the former of which is used to maintain or expand undifferentiated HESCs, and the latter can be used for the preparation of pure HESCs RNA samples, or for screening factors influential on self-renewal of HESCs. We also describe a protocol and tips for conducting gene chip analysis focusing on widely used Affymetrix Microarrays. These techniques will provide us unprecedented scale of biological information that would illuminate a key to decipher complex signaling networks controlling pluripotency.


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Day 6: Difficult Decision
Just one year ago I was so happy to get a job at last after several months of job hunting. And now today I had gone for an interview (after receiving a call without even applying) at another Engineering college very far from our residence just for the heck of it, while being already employed.
After a demo and few questions, the panel readily agreed to the salary asked by me (which of course made me feel I should have asked for more) and were very insistent on me joining as soon as possible.
SIGH!! Wish I could but given the distance and the exhausting commute that it will be, I am happy with my present workplace though the salary is unsatisfactory. D drops me to my work place daily or even if I go by my two wheeler it takes 20 minutes hardly. Better infrastructure, better employee facilities etc are a few among other pros. Also I am not much of a job hopping person. Inspite of all the politics and bad colleagues I stuck at my first work place for 6.5 years only to leave for Bangalore after marriage. That change was really needed and was refreshing. As for the present workplace it has been only one year…. I have just started 🙂
Even if we shift to some area in the middle between this new work place and D's office, rent will get high. And I have to start taking the BMTC bus to that place! Horrors of horror! I dread taking the bus because of my severe motion sickness problem and congestion and crowd in buses.
So the decision to refuse such a good offer is so hard. One side money another side comfort. But I know in my heart my need for comfort and peace is much more than my ambition. Should it be other way round? I don't know!!! If I had been very hard working, god knows what heights would I have attained by now.
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Day 5: Bhulakkad
You may have heard the old saying that a couple that stays together start to resemble each other. A lot of research has been done in this field and you just need to Google it to read all the articles and see all the photos. For example, University of Michigan psychologist Robert Zajonc conducted an experiment to test this phenomenon. He analyzed photographs of couples taken when they were newlyweds and photographs of the same couples taken 25 years later. Apparently, a couple who had no resemblance when they first married began to have similar, though subtle, facial features after 25 years. Research reveals that the happier the marriage, the more the couple resembles each other.
But what about their behaviour? Does it also start to become similar?
Where do I begin to tell the stories of D's forgetfulness? And I think it is hereditary because my FIL is very forgetful and so is my SIL. Once , while on his way to the ration shop to take kerosene, my FIL came back home thrice….first for shopping bag, second time for kerosene bottle and third time for wallet!!
And now I am becoming like D. Once, I hurried up to the return bus at work to get a good seat (I like sitting only in the front or second row and near window to control my motion sickness) and settled down nicely. The bus was about to leave and my gut feeling was telling me something is missing. Then I remembered – I had come to work on my two-wheeler that day!!! 😳
With much embarrassment I got down from the bus with all colleagues, walking up to the bus, asking me what happened.
And, again today, I repeated the same incident!!! :oops::oops: And D reminded me while I was talking to him on phone!! 😀
Sigh! Ab mera kya hoga?
"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time." ― Friedrich Nietzsche
P.S. the title is in Hindi and means "someone who forgets"
Just Another Day
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.
As a child, I simply loved celebrating birthdays with cake cutting ceremony, balloons and gifts 🙂 Lunch also used to be a major event with an extensive menu of at-least 7 different types of dishes. Not that I had any huge birthday party…it was just a family affair. Later in teenage, when I developed a close friendship with my classmate and neighbor, she became the sole invitee to my birthday celebration. As soon as my birthday was over, I used to countdown to the days remaining for the next birthday. 🙂
Then I went to hostel. I still remember the first birthday I celebrated in hostel; the midnight wishes, receiving card and gifts, the cake smearing more than cutting, midnight snacks and cold drinks, dancing routine and the birthday bumps, giving treat to friends next day or someday in the week. 🙂
Then I came back home and though again there was no invitee, celebrated birthday with same enthusiasm. If my birthday was after summer vacation at work, I distributed sweets at work and gave treat to colleagues-friends. Although I had the policy of taking leave on that day if there was nothing urgent.
After marriage, birthday celebration has been with D alone. But with cake and balloons nevertheless and of course gift, movie and restaurant lunch/dinner. And blessings/wishes from both sides of the family.
But this year, after many years, I had to go to work. Though it was a holiday due to fourth Saturday, there was exam scheduled on that day and those coming to work will get a compensatory leave later. So for the benefit of an extra leave I decided to go. It was an enjoyable day. I distributed sweets to all colleagues present and my lunch group colleagues-friends gifted me a saree which was a complete surprise. By the time I reached home it was 5.30 pm and we were going for dinner outside so no time to bring cake, cut it etc. So there was no cake and no balloons. Just a quiet dinner at Barbecue Nation. Well not exactly quiet…with the loud music and servers doing a dance routine 🙂 That is Barbecue Nation style.
D's 6-year-old nephew called to wish and inquired about my birthday celebration and after hearing that I didn't cut any cake and didn't put up any balloons, concluded that I had a very "boring" birthday. Sigh!! 😦
So I think, as my mother used to predict, I have grown out of the phase of usual birthday celebrations and counting days to the next birthday. Someday in the coming years I may even forget its my birthday. God forbid!!! 😯
But then……….Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
P.S. for those who don't know, my birthday was on 22nd June and it was also my WordPress birthday as in I had moved my blog from Blogger to WP in 2008 on that very day.
WP's Maths is Weak!
WordPress informed me 3 days ago that I had registered on WordPress.com 5 years ago and wished me Happy Anniversary. Errrr..but according to my blogging archives and memory, I have completed 5 yrs already and 6th year is going on!! And none of my other blogs under the same username are anywhere near 5 years! So WP, how come you are saying I registered 5 years ago??
Anyway so the wish and the sentence "Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging!" shamed me into writing a post. I have not been a good blogger at all since last two years. 😦
I didn't write a post on my 3rd marriage anniversary which was like the easiest post to write because both of us spent 75% of the day in train traveling from Kolkata to Bangalore!! We had gone to Kolkata in Jan end during my one week vacation at work.
That is taken at Poovar in Kerala….Both of us and my parents went on a trip to Kanyakumari – Poovar in March. It was awesome! Travelogue??….Ahem..ahem..cough…ummm..coming soon when I get around to write it!!
I didn't write a post on the 2nd birthday of my dearest niece which was also a very easy post to write..just post one of her cute pics and gush about her 😀 or maybe just a pic and a wish would have sufficed 🙂
I even pledged (in my mind) that from 1st June I will take up month-long writing exercise as in daily posting challenge but due to session end time at work, 1st June just flew by!! 😦 And once you don't start the challenge on the first day, it doesn't feel like one! It is not proper! So I have rescheduled it to July. Sigh!!
But for this month I will post more than just this one post. And read more of your lovely blogs! That reminds me…how horrible it is that Google is shutting down its Reader service on 1st July!! why couldn't these essential and wonderful services be forever? Now I have to clear up my backlog and learn the working of a new feed aggregator. Humph!! By the way, here are two good links Google Reader Is Shutting Down; Here Are the Best Alternatives and Five Best Google Reader Alternatives to help you choose a new feed subscriber. I have chosen Feedly. How about you?
That reminds me…my anniversary gift. D gifted me Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 and it was a good deal with that Samsung own now plan!! Loving it!! [ Though I am using it to play Angry Birds mostly 😀 😀 ]
Protected: A New Beginning
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A sequel to this post
2012 began. I had been six months out of job. But those six months had been quite busy – visits from in-laws, parents, brother-in-law, sightseeing trips and then there was settling down in a new city.
As soon as March began, I got two calls for interview. One for a position in an Engineering college and another for a position in GATE Coaching Institute.