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os. a network ahead. one year later the shooting that claimed six lives and changed the lives of so many others in tucson, arizona is being remembered. as the congresswoman continues her fight to recover, those who gathered called for a chance for everyone to heal. good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm maureen umeh. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords returned to the scene where she was shot in the head. she and her husband went to the grocery store where she and dozens of others stood the day a gunman opened near. this was the -- opened fire. this was the only memorial she explained. she doesn't want to be the
focus of the day. >> it's not good gabby. it's about the six individuals that died a year ago today. it's a sad event. it's a marker in time. it's important to acknowledge what happened and for the community to get together. >> the suspect, jared loughner pled not guilty to 49 charges connected to the shooting. he is under psychiatric treatment so he can stand trial. hundreds packed into a cathedral for memorial service honoring the six that did die. we will bring you more on fox 5 news at 10:00. police are investigating a shooting in prince george's county. this happened around 5:00 this morning on 28th avenue in temple hill. police say a man was shot in what appears to stem from an attempted break in. he is expected to survive but it's not clear whether he was the suspect or the victim. gun sales in virginia hit a record high in 2011 when
shoppers buying more firearms in december than ever before. according to the richmond times dispatch, mandatory criminal background checks on gun buyers show more than 320,000 gun transactions last year. more than 32,000 were in december alone. that is up 16 piers from the year before. it's the second largest percentage increase in a decade. d.c. police trying to get to the bottom of several frightening robberies in northwest last night. in every case the suspect walked up to the victims. take a look at this map. the first happened around 10:30 in the unit block of kennedy street. the robber fought with the victim before getting away with her purse. then a half hour later two people were robbed in the 70 block of rock creek church road. three suspects in that incident -- there were three suspects. one had a gun. just before midnight, in the 70 block of newton place, two people were robbed by two suspects. one had a gun. it is not clear yet whether the
robberies are connected. to the debate. new hampshire is making the republican candidates for president work hard for your vote. this morning they weren't pulling any punches. >> reporter: during the second debate in 12 hours, republicans vying for the nomination hitting hard. >> can we drop the pious bologna. >> this morning's nbc news facebook debate was the last chance to take down mitt romney ahead of the tuesday primary. >> why didn't you run for reelection. >> reporter: romney hitting back swinging against john luntz man who is climbing in the polls. >> the person that should represent our party running against president obama is not someone who called him a remarkable leader and went to be his ambassador in china. >> this station is divided because of attitudes like that. >> reporter: saturday night republicans meeting at this
debate agreed on one thing, president obama needs to be replaced. >> i don't want to be critical of the people on this stage. any one of these people would do a better job in many respects than our president. >> i'm trying to stop the wars but at least i went when they called me up. >> i would send troops back into iraq. >> i think civil war is around the corner in afghanistan. and i don't want to be the president who invests another penny in a civil war. >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor greeting supporters in rochester after the second debate. he won the iowa caucuses last tuesday di by a scant eight votes and sees his lead narrowing. seeing the rise of ron paul and jon huntsman in third place. with two days until the new hampshire primary, occupy protestors were camped out in manhattan to make their demands
for the candidates heard. yesterday they spoke out for gay rights. the republican candidates oppose gay marriage. some would allow civil unions. fox 5 will have complete coverage on tuesday. you can count on us to keep you on the top of the campaign. when you are not near your tv, log on to myfoxdc.com for the latest. leon panetta said iran is not yet building a nuclear boom but is laying the groundwork to do it some day. it said the world has the -- the experts, rather, have to exert pressure on iran's leaders to keep them from moving forward but says if iran blocks the strait of hormuz the u.s. military will respond. it is critical for oil trade. the arab league is demanding that the syrian government stop the violence
against people who want them out of power. in the last two weeks, 450 people died in the clashes between the people and the military sanctions fighting to keep the president in power. the government still has the upper hand. >> reporter: several civilians have been killed in government raids throughout syria. the exact number killed today isn't exactly clear. syrian forces attempted to break up antigovernment protests in damascus by firing water canyons in the crowd. the amateur video shows demonstrators being beaten and dragged into a police car. in other parts of syria, they chanted against a regime. syrian president as sad's security forces said they would crush the rebellion with an iron fist after 26 people were killed in a suicide beaming attack friday in the heart of damascus. thousands attended the funerals, some holding pictures
of as sad. it's not clear who is behind the attacks. at least seven people were killed this weekend in clashes with security forces adding to the more than 5,000 dead since the violence started last march. arab league observers looking into the situation in syria found themselves trapped between antigovernment groups and the army. meanwhile, in he gyp, crowds gathered outside of the arab league headquarters demanding action be taken against the regime. arab league monitors met in kai i don't. they decided that the monitors will continue working in syria and urged all parties to stop the violence immediately. something that is unlikely to happen. in jerusalem, rina, ninan, fox news. the monitors are supposed to make sure that syria complies with a government to end the crackdown on protestors. syria agreed to the plan last month. riders on metro had a plan this morning to wake you up.
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confrontation at school. they learned the boy was holding a pellet pistol. he was shot twice. no one explained why he had the pellet gun but he did, rather, have a history of trouble. a bungee jump caught on camera in australia went horribly wrong. miraculously the jumper survived. he is jumping in victoria falls when the rope snapped sending her plunging 65 feet into the river. she lost consciousness and woke up in the water and struggled against the rapids in the river. >> went black straightaway. i felt like i was slapped all over. i had to swim down and yank the bungee cord out. >> she reportedly spent a week in the hospital but was not seriously injured in the fall. an organized mission to metro to make people smile. it's the fourth year a large
group of people from capital improv boarded trains and dropped their pants to get a chuckle. >> carefully planned out, get on a all right train, wait for it to start moving then take off your pants. >> we get the most riduculous mutters. >> reporter: this event is not to raise money for charity or bring awareness to any particular group or cause. for these folks from the capital improv, it's all about having fun. >> you get all sorts of reactions. you will get children that are laughing, children pointing with their mouths open. some are really confused. >> the reaction is priceless. a lot of smiles. a lot of confused looks. as long as we crook a few cheeks in dc it's a good time. >> reporter: the event is carry owed around the globe.
this is video from the new york subway system a few years back. no matter where the group drops its pants there are usually smiles that follow. there is also underwear. some wear boxes, others brief. whatever is underneath is usually planned out far in advance. >> i go shopping for new underwear every year. this year it's my jersey get up. >> reporter: they act like nothing is out of the ordinary. as others gawk, the riders try to keep a straight face and explain why they are without bottoms. >> i didn't have my pants this morning. i was running late for the bus and i figured nobody would notice. >> reporter: matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> it does bring a smile to your face. a little chilly to be dropping your pants, wasn't it? gwenn is coming up with the forecast. we have new developments in the search for a rescue dog from fairfax county. it's the little things in life that make me smile.
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well, should you have to be fingerprinted in order to get food stamps? that is a debate up in new york city, a place that often sets trends. the debate comes down to whether it makes good people who happen to be poor feel like criminals. >> i feel violated. >> reporter: for many, public benefits are the option of last
resort and feel the city's policy regarding applicants to give fingerprints makes them feel worse. >> what does fingerprints have to do with hunger. >> reporter: governor cuomo agreed and says the policy should come to an end adding it may be keeping people from applying at all. >> i understand fraud detucks. i understand fingerprinting but don't make a child go to bed hungry. >> reporter: a public advocate is joining the effort and collecting signatures calling on the mayor to make a change. >> this mayor doesn't understand that a lot of people are struggling in the city. it's out of touch with the people that he is supposed to serve. >> reporter: mayor bloomberg said taking someone's finger image is not a stigma and argued it's a valuable tool in preventing fraud. >> he is absolutely right that this is a simply and easy process that has helped us prevent fraud and waste and abuse. >> reporter: supporters say the city has the highest percentage in the state of people
receiving food stamps and the policy has helped catch nearly 2,000 people abusing the system last year. for sewer real, applying for -- sue warrell, applying for government stance. >> so you know who is who and you have no fraud dealings. >> reporter: that fries a mother who can't afford to have anything go to waste. some good news out of buoy, maryland. a search dog that went missing has been found. he was performing a search and rescue exercise with his handler when he got distracted and took off. he works across from the church street and returned it. he is part of the urban search and rescue team in fairfax county. nice to see happy endings like that. >> i was worried about the dog ideas. >> he had good weather first. >> then it turned cold.
good thing he has fur. i got to say -- gwenn, i thought it would be chilly. >> we were 16 degrees cooler than we were saturday when we hit almost 70-degree day of 68. unbelievable. we have been spoiled. but we did well today. let's take a look outside. beautiful shot of the national cathedral. we have, you know, a few clouds out there tonight. it's not all bad. we have a ridge of high pressure in control. that is at the top of our weather headlines tonight. that ridge of high pressure is holding us steady and will do so as we go through the course of tonight and tomorrow. the week is starting mild. we will be in the 50s. we have rain in the forecast. as we move through the later part of the week, by the weekend we have a cool down heading our way. it will be cooler than it was yesterday to today. so, 52 degrees. 16 difference from the 68 high saturday. 50 at dulles.
we hit 51 at bwi. we are still above where we should be, by 10 to 11 degrees. we should be only in the low 40s. here is where we stand in terms of the current temperatures. a chilly 37 at gaithersburg. 34 at frederick. 41 martinsburg. we have 44 at baltimore and 46 at annapolis and 45 to the south in fredricksburg. 39 for boston, the same for new york. cooler. and a few 20s to the west. that's where the cooler air is settling in. if you take a look at the national map, the real variance, the warmer air is hugging down the gulf coast area. temperatures are on the cooler side with the jet stream and the cooler air moving in from the north. satellite and radar composite, we have clouds. we will see a few cloudy skies during the course of tonight. high pressure ridge is in
control. it will keep most of the clouds at bay. tonight, temperatures will be in the 30s. a little chilly. low 30s everywhere. 29 in frederick. be prepared if you are heading out that you have a good jacket. a ridge of high pressure in control. this is the system that will push its way in across from the south and start to gradually head its way up the eastern seaboard. as it does for tomorrow, it will set up for a chance of light showers, primarily to the south of the d.c. region. i can't rule out that we won't get any. i put it in the forecast that we could see a light shower or two. a stronger system that will bring wet weather by wednesday. a tenth or less than that. by the time we get to wednesday, we could see an inch of rainfall in the local areas where we get heavier rainfall hitting through. then by the end of the week, we will clear out again and here is a look at futurecast for tomorrow. we have a few showers edging their way into the 5:00 hour. then they are out of the way by the time we hit into the later
part of the evening. cool and cloudy. could see a shower or two pop up. not all of you will see it. light, scattered here and there. we put it in the forecast for you. by midday around 49 degrees. so, tonight then, mostly cloudy skies and chilly. temperatures in the low 30s. could see upper 20s out there. 34 in the city. light northeasterly flow from 10 to 5 miles per hour. tomorrow mostly cloudy. light showers are possible. not everyone will get it. keep your umbrella handy. 47 degrees and easterly to southerly wind at 5 miles per hour. the heavier rainfall on wednesday. five-day forecast, temperatures are starting to rise as well. we will get back to the 50s. tomorrow chillier at 47. then we climb into the 50s once again. by hump day wednesday, when we get the heavier rainfall, 54 and then we go the opposite direction. into the weekend friday, we are in the upper 30s. overnight lows by saturday
night expected to be in the 20s. that's the reality check of where we are for this time of year. those temperatures are where we should be. so, the spoiling days are coming to an end. >> it's over. >> enjoy the week while you can. you may need it tomorrow but definitely wednesday. >> thank you. the u.s. coast guard is finishing up after rescuing a russian crew stuck in thin ice. they were delivering fuel to alaska when it got caught in the earn being -- earn berring sea. well, the battle of the bands at nine they are di club. these are local students. hundreds of kids from elementary to high school hit the stage to showcase their
talents in the bach 2 rock battle of the bands. they get a chance to work with professionals and record an album in a state of the art recording studio. did you hear? , it's a girl for super couple beyonce and jay-z. she gave birth last night at new york's lennox hill hospital. they allegedly rented out the entire fourth floor so she could deliver in peace. the baby's name, blue ivy carter. the falcons and giants battling. a lot of patients are using toothpaste to clean their dentures. you really want to be careful, you can't use something as abrasive as a toothpaste because it will cause scratches. as a result of those scratches, bacteria will get lodged in that denture and as they multiply in the mouth the odor can get stronger. i always advise my patients to use polident.
good evening. eli manning completed his best season as a pro with 15 fourth quarter touchdown passes. he began the quest to put together the best postseason as a pro. atlanta falcons the not so worthy opponent. they won the nfc east. matt ryan and the falcons entering as the 5th seed in the nfc. giants lead 10-2 in the third quarter. 72-yard touchdown, second of the game. giants up 17-2. fourth quarter,
manning. loads of time. going deep for mario hangham. 27 yards for a touchdown. manning through for three touchdowns. giants down the falcons 24-2. next up, the packers. we thought mike shanahan didn't like the postgame press conferences. how do you think flip saunders feels about it. last season 0-25 on the road. this season 0-7 on any surface. trying to get off today against the minnesota timberwolves at verizon. he missed time due to a hip injury and the flu. first half, rubio to williams. t-wolves lead by 14 at the break. second half, wizards down 10. inbound to john wall who takes it all the way for the left- handed stuff. he had 10 points on just three of 10 in shooting. the t-wolves had it going from
long distance. derek williams four had four of the team's ten three-pointers. now in the fourth quarter, wall, this is the achilles heel, sloppy pass. turnover here and the other way, kevin love who had 20 points and 16 boards. wizards defeated by minnesota. they fall to 0-8. lindsey murphy was at verizon and watched the carnage. >> reporter: flip sanders said he can't give 82 new rocky speeches every season. they have to self prepare for their opponents. the eight speeches and these game preps aren't working. the wizards are running out of things to say. >> disappointed, embarrassment, i don't know if words can explain. my job over the next two days is to try to find five guys that can play the right way and play with heart. it was bad to watch. it was bad to coach. it was bad to play.
>> frustrating. >> sickening. embarrassing. they blew us tonight and we deserved it. >> reporter: the wizards have another chance for a first win tuesday against the raptors. lindsay murphy, fox 5 sports. >> thanks. last night caps seeking a 5th straight win but it wouldn't be good against the sharks. caps on a power play trailing 1- 0. tied at one. that is good. third period tied at 2. joe thornton, caps fall to the sharks. washington hasn't gone on the road -- won on the road in san jose since 1993. maryland women on the road against north carolina. final seconds, terps down 2, alyssa miller drives and beats the buzzer. game tied at 67-67. we are going to overfilm. in ot, terps down one. hawkins with the rebound and put back to give maryland the
lead for good. they defeat north carolina to improve to 16-0. the maryland men play at nc state tonight in their acc opening. that's a look at sports. >> sounds good. quick weather word or is that it for us. >> that's it. out of time. >> all right. back at 10:00 and 11:00. see you then and more weather and sports, too. ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' a sunny day ♪ ♪ sunny day ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' the taste i crave ♪ ♪ subway ♪ i'm makin' it, makin' it how i like ♪ ♪ it's meant to be ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ i'm feelin' subway today [ male announcer ] hey, capital area! are you feelin' subway®? then heat up your day with the big hot pastrami melt! it's fresh toasted and piled-high with pastrami, then topped with pickles, mustard, and cheese. head into a subway® restaurant today for this melty, mouthwatering sub!
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Yoga/Relaxation Bundle by Darrin Zeer, Cindy Luu, and Michael Klein - Book - Read Online
by Darrin Zeer, Cindy Luu, and Michael Klein
Publisher: Chronicle Books DigitalReleased: Sep 28, 2012ISBN: 9781452102740Format: book
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May it inspire you to take good care of yourself at the office and throughout the day.
Part 1: Morning Eye Openers
Part 2: At-the-Desk Relaxation
Part 3: Lunchtime Escapes
Part 4: Afternoon Invigoration
Part 5: Evening Balancers
You’re stuck in another marathon meeting. Your back and neck are screaming; your brain is swimming. You come home stressed and exhausted, wanting nothing more than a pizza and a video before going to sleep to get up and do it all over again tomorrow.
Try a few of the yoga stretches in this book. They are designed so they can be done anywhere, anytime, whether you’re in your office, in meetings, on the phone, or even in bed. These stretches are gentle and relaxing; they will soothe aching muscles; they will ease your tension whether you have a spare twenty minutes during lunch or only two between phone calls.
The philosophy and practice of yoga comes from India. Yoga basically means union, bringing together the physical, emotional, and spiritual parts of ourselves. Yoga is not only about the well-being of our bodies; it is a path toward deeper meaning in life.
In the ancient Sanskrit language, yoga stretches or postures are called asanas, which means to sit or dwell quietly in a particular position. Asanas are said to bring steadiness, stability, ease, and happiness to one’s life.
Yoga asanas help you on many levels: They will strengthen you physically, assisting the digestive, immune, and other bodily systems, and they will empower your mind to be calm, alert, and focused. Once you begin to do them with ease throughout the day, you’ll be surprised how powerful these simple stretches really are.
This book integrates this age-old wisdom into the modern workplace. Yoga stretching is a natural fit in any office, becoming an oasis of calm in a hectic day, one that maintains your physical health and restores your vibrant alertness.
Give it a chance to work for you. Go ahead and select a position; imitate the figure, ease into the stretch, read an inspirational quote. Enjoy the good feeling. If you have a few nagging problems, turn to the Quick Help Guide.
4. If a stretch hurts, don’t do it. In other words: If pain, no gain.
This gentle series of yoga postures helps wake up the entire body. Take the first round slow and easy; if you become dizzy, lie flat on your back and rest. As you become more adept at the postures, your breath should fall into a rhythm like the waves of the ocean.
First, place your hands in a prayer position and inhale deeply. Reach your hands up high and stretch, arching slightly back. Exhaling, sweep your outstretching arms forward and down till you are bent over, touching the floor if you can; relax your head and neck and take a few breaths. Squat down, place your hands flat on the ground, take a big step back with your left foot, and stretch, arching up with your back. Step back with your right foot and rest both knees on

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Patent US7169278 - Apparatus and separation media for separating particles in free-flow ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA free-flow electrophoresis (FFE) apparatus and separation medium for separating particles therefore, includes a separation chamber with a dosage pump for conveying medium, electrodes for applying an electric field in the medium and sample injection points for adding a mixture of particles to be separated...http://www.google.com/patents/US7169278?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7169278 - Apparatus and separation media for separating particles in free-flow electrophoresisAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7169278 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/347,108Publication dateJan 30, 2007Filing dateJan 17, 2003Priority dateJan 21, 2002Fee statusLapsedAlso published asUS20040050698Publication number10347108, 347108, US 7169278 B2, US 7169278B2, US-B2-7169278, US7169278 B2, US7169278B2InventorsChristoph Eckerskorn, Hans-J�rg Grill, Gerhard Weber, Peter Weber, David YostOriginal AssigneeTecan Trading AgExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (19), Non-Patent Citations (1), Classifications (11), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetApparatus and separation media for separating particles in free-flow electrophoresisUS 7169278 B2Abstract A free-flow electrophoresis (FFE) apparatus and separation medium for separating particles therefore, includes a separation chamber with a dosage pump for conveying medium, electrodes for applying an electric field in the medium and sample injection points for adding a mixture of particles to be separated and fractionation points for removing the particles. Definable charge labels couple with the particles to form charge-modified particles which display with a different migratory behavior in FFE The apparatus includes focusing buffers between the separation medium and at least one electrode which has much higher electrical conductivity than the separation medium.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims prior from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/352.313 filed Jan. 28, 2002, and Swiss Patent Application Serial No. 2002 0086/02 filed Jan. 28, 2002.
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to an apparatus, the application or use of the apparatus and separation media for separating particles by means of a free flow electrophoresis technique in accordance with the generic part given in the independent claims.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The aim of the present invention is to refine the preparative and analytic isolation of particles such as cells, organelles and biomolecules (e.g. protein complexes) and similar matter and that of bioparticles or biopolymers in FFE.
Magnetic beads are not suitable for the preparative separation of particles; moreover, only a single type of particle can be isolated at one time using magnetic beads. Magnetic bead applications can therefore be substituted by the use of FFE in accordance with the invention�if positively and negatively charged labels are employed simultaneously. The FFE in accordance with the invention allows the simultaneous isolation of at least two types of particles with maximum efficiency as the individual electrophoretic mobility of the particles is increased considerably and selectively. Many FACS applications can be substituted by FFE applications and executed by facilities which are considerably cheaper and faster and, if required, automated. Specifically selected, living cells can be qualitatively and quantitatively isolated and isolated on a preparative or analytic scale thanks to the specificity of the antibodies used and the separation force of FEE. For the first time it is possible to prepare samples gently for extracting a highly-purified population of organelles. Particle mixtures can be accurately separated on a preparative and analytic scale in relatively large quantities within a short period. One example is provided by the purification of circulating tumor cells from whole blood (tumor cells are found in whole blood at the ratio of 1:106 to 1:108): the white blood cells (2 ml MNC fraction from 10 ml whole blood), including the tumor cells, were separated from the red blood cells in whole blood treated with heparin using a density gradient and after appropriate marking of the tumor cells (incubation with epitope-specific antibodies with charge labels) were subjected to FFE for separation. They were added at a rate of 4�10 ml per hour. The purified tumor cells were able to be extracted in 2�8 ml volumes. The proposed free-flow electrophoresis (FFE) apparatus allows various separation techniques to be conducted using a range of selective separation parameters. The proposed FFE method allows not only the isolation but also the selective depletion of particles from a particle mixture, such as for instance, the depletion of abundant proteins (e.g. separating serum albumin from bodily fluids, for instance blood plasma). The adhesion of particles to the electrodes that are separated due to their particular biological relevance and the subsequent major loss of these particles, can be successfully prevented by the use of a focusing buffer consisting of an electrically highly-conductive buffer medium. Preferred and exemplary embodiments of the apparatus in accordance with the invention for separating particles on the basis of their selectively modified net surface charge (especially for separating cells or cell constituents, organelles or biomolecules and parts or complexes thereof using free-flow electrophoresis technique) shall be described in more detail below on the basis of schematic drawings which serve only to illustrate the invention and in no way restrict its scope. In the drawing:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows cells to be separated such that
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows cells to be separated as an example of particles to be separated 1, 1′,1″. These cells do not necessarily have specific epitopes (cf. FIG. 1A). Such cells display a relatively low negative net surface charge and are very difficult to separate using FFE. However, if the cells display epitopes of a first type 2′ (FIG. 1B) or of a second type 2″ (FIG. 1C) these cells can be labelled epitope-specifically with charged molecules or charge labels. In general in this manner it is possible to selectively modify the net surface charge of particles by bonding charge-labelled binding molecules to these particles. This bonding can be on the basis of antigen-antibody interaction. Additional applicable interactions for modifying the net surface charge of particles in accordance with the invention for the purpose of coupling binding molecules to the particles to be separated also encompass receptor-ligand, enzyme-substrate and protein-protein interactions. Chelate formation or bonding based on general molecular interactions can also be used for this purpose, regardless of whether these are based on ionic or van der Waals forces or on hydrogen bridges. Covalent bonding can also be used for this purpose.
As a result of the interaction of analytes or particles with a single binding molecule with a high charge density it is to be expected that there is a major change in the pI value and therefore a rapid and total separation of the complex consisting of the particle and the binding molecule from the rest of the sample species. The continuous isoelectric focusing technique is especially suitable for the micropreparative to preparative isolation of biopolymers in general and of bioparticles, the biological function or integrity of which is certain to be within the range of the selected span of pH gradients in the separation medium. This applies in the case of many examples of viruses, bacteria, cell organelles and membrane domains, as by adding �osmotic expanders� it is possible to ensure that ideal osmotic pressure is maintained: by adding uncharged substances (e.g. glucose as a non-ionic osmotic expander) and/or salts (e.g. NaCl as an ionic osmotic expander) optimal osmotic pressure (i.e. isomolal conditions) can be achieved for a cell type (e.g. 250�310 mosmol for mammalian cells).
4. The resulting pellet contains the so-called �light microsomal fraction� (incl. peroxisomes, microsomes and some mitochondria with lysosomes), thereby constituting a mixture which also encompasses the peroxisomes.
A method already exists for enriching peroxisomes using a modified form of immuno-FFE (Voelkl A, Mohr H, Weber G, Fahimi H D. �Isolation of peroxisomes subpopulations from rat liver by means of immune free-flow electrophoresis�, Electrophoresis 1998;19: 1140�1144. However, this known method for enriching peroxisomes using immuno-FFE is modified by the introduction of charge labels 4,5 as follows:
4. Separation was conducted using immuno-FFE as described by A. Voelkl, H. Mohr, G Weber, H. D. Fahimi (Electrophoresis 1998, 19, 1140�1144) at a separation medium temperature of 4� C. and at a pH of 8.0 in an electrical field of 1,000 V and 100 mA and a separation medium flow velocity of approximately 5 ml/fraction per hour. The samples were introduced at approximately 2 ml/hour into the separation chamber and the separated fractions were collected using a 96-channel peristaltic pump. Each individual separation experiment lasted approximately 60�90 minutes.
EXAMPLE C Isolation of Recombined Proteins For the expression of recombinant proteins there are vectors which can attach a chain of 5�10 histidines onto the protein to be expressed at the 5′ or 3′ end of a structure (His-tags, cf. FIG. 5). These additional histidines are used for later purification of the expressed proteins. Other vectors contain, for instance glutathione S-transferase as an additional element. These vectors are suitable for the expression of recombinant proteins, e.g. in E. coli, Baculovirus-infected bacteria and mammalian cells. The corresponding methods for producing recombinant proteins are known to those skilled in the art.
A first experiment employed the separation conditions and separation medium disclosed by Bondy B., Bauer J., Seuffert I. and Weber G. (1995) �Sodium chloride in the separation medium enhances cell compatibility of Free-flow Electrophoresis�, Electrophoresis 16: 92�97. Express reference is made to this publication here and the content of which is incorporated by reference. A second experiment employed a separation medium as described in the international application PCT/EP01/10036. Express reference is made to this publication here and the content of which is incorporated by reference. 5. Collection of isolated His-tagged proteins
Rapid �stabilization� of
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[SF] The Rescue Edit (29,156 words) : shortstories
[SF] The Rescue Edit (29,156 words)
Today, finally I get to go visit my Aunt Mary and spend the day with her at work. For Sophomore year Social Studies, we’re required to do a team report on a relative (or family friend) with an interesting or unusual job. Melissa (my best friend) and I have convinced our teachers to let us do our joint report on my Aunt Mary. She’s the Command Logistics Coordinator for an Imperial Tactical Assault/Rescue team. She makes sure all the right people are in the right places, and have the right equipment when and where they need it. Mostly for assaults against hardened criminal or military elements, but also for the occasional hostage/rescue mission, and the very rare extraction of a defector or agent (spy) that has been inserted somewhere dangerous. It’s unusual to be allowed to shadow anyone working at the TOC (Tactical Operations Command) as Mary calls it, but they occasionally make exceptions, primarily to instill goodwill with the general public, and also to remind the younger generation that these service positions exist. Hoping that future generations with the right aptitude, and attitude, will choose a career in this area to replace older members as the retire. And we can write the report, only with the strictest understanding that Command have first option to read-approve-edit-and potentially destroy the report. While anything else we see/hear/read/think about what we experienced is to be kept strictly secret.
Our cab makes the last turn to the base, “Oh, I’m so excited I can’t stand it.”
“I know April, me too. But at least you’ve been there once before.”, Melissa replies.
“Only for ten minutes to pickup Aunt Mary once for a family funeral. And then she met us at Reception for pickup and we returned her to the gate after the funeral without even going into Reception.”
“Is it just us?”, Melissa asks.
“No. There is a group of ten or so visiting dignitaries from a neighboring galaxy. We’re to be observers on the tail end of their group. So, aside from just visiting the TOC, we have to be on our best behavior to help leave them with a good impression.”
“No pressure. As if I wasn’t freaked enough already.”, Melissa adds.
Aunt Mary asked us to arrive “on time” and not be over eager and arrive too early. We’ve timed it pretty well. Stepping out of the cab three minutes before entry time at the walkway up to the guard gate.
A young man, with short hair, and immaculately crisp pressed khaki shirt and pants uniform, around 25 years, with a pistol sidearm on his belt, addresses us as we approach, “Names and ID’s.”
The young guard may only have a pistol, but he’s flanked a few meters back by two more Marines with environment sealed body armor and rifles. Off in the distance, with overlapping fields of fire, I can see turrets with heavy weapons pointing in the general direction of the gate.
Checking our ID’s visually, then scanning them into his clipboard, the guard looks back at the guard station, to see another similar dressed Imperial Marine look up from a terminal and nod back clearance.
The guard hands us our ID’s, “You’re right on time. Thanks. The Utt delegation is in transit and will be clearing the gate in about two minutes. Corporal May will take you to the reception area.”, the guard waves us over to a transportation cart already waiting a few steps away.
Corporal May talks as he drives, “You’ve probably heard it all before in school, but you’ll be watching the “Intro to the Empire” vid shown to all visiting delegations. Then follow them in for the tour and actual TOC visit. It will be a busy day. There is a Rescue Op in progress. If you’re lucky, you might get to see some of the actual extraction.”
Corporal May parks, escorts us into Reception for a second ID verification. The receptionist offered us water or soft drinks, but we are too nervous to touch anything and respectfully decline. We’re asked to wait in the anteroom chairs while the delegation cars are clearing Security scans at the gate.
We are off to ourselves and mostly out of earshot of the others waiting nearby, and Melissa speaks for the first time, other than saying her name earlier.
“Have you ever seen one? Did you see one here last year when you picked up your Aunt Mary?”, she asks.
She doesn’t explicitly name them, but I know exactly what she means. One of the Sezrakeen, the Emperor’s Daughters.
“Last time, when mother was talking to the Receptionist, telling him we were here to pick up Mary, I felt an unusual new sensation off to my right and slightly behind. I looked down one of the hallways leading away from the front desk, and saw the trailing edge of what was a gown or cape on the floor. Just the briefest glimpse of black fabric trailing behind someone passing through the hallway intersection. I can’t describe the sensation well enough. Have you ever walked through the kitchen when your parents were cooking something that required a high temperature, just as they opened the oven door?”, I look at Melissa, “It was like that, but there was no heat. It was just the sensation of standing next to something of immense power. It must be what it’s like to stand next to a nuclear warhead. Nothings really happening, but you have the awareness of being in the presence of great power, ... and doom. I looked back straight ahead and caught the eyes of one of the guards, and blurted out softly ‘Was that . . .?’ The guard still looking forward, with the barest of perceptible head movements, gave one head nod down and up to indicate ‘Yes.’ ”
The Utt delegation arrives. Only six of them, with four escorts/guards surrounding.
The receptionist waves us up and we fall in behind the delegation, with two of the guards trailing our group. As a young Corporal joins addressing the group. “With all respect, please forgive me for dispensing with the normal formalities. My name is Corporal Novis. If we can take you straight in and get you through the introduction vid, we’ll head directly to the Ops. We should just make it in time to see an Extraction Op.”
We’re lead into a theater/auditorium, as I see/hear the receptionist calling my Aunt Mary to announce that we’re here.
I can hear my Aunt Mary’s voice faintly from the phone, “Oh God, is that today? OK, thank you Lieutenant.”, She says to the receptionist. “It’ll either be the best possible day to be here, or the worst.”
Sounds like Aunt Mary is having a “Manic Monday”, even if it is actually Tuesday.
We enter the auditorium and take a seat.
The video begins and gives a quick recap of The Empire formation. The Emperor’s early (normal-human) life. His gathering/training over time of the women that would come to be the Sezrakeen. As their lifespans began to extend, so did their power. ”Absolute power corrupts absolutely” as the saying goes, and they were ‘oh so very’ powerful, which lead them to corrupt and crave even more power. It showed the stages we’ve all learned in school. The gathering years, when the young man who would be Emperor gathers the women. The first separation years, where they all pulled away from him, and grew in wisdom and power, . . . and fear of each other. Fear that lead to the great war with each other. After millions of years, traveling through time, back-stopping whole Galaxies to acquire resources and form armies, and waging war to a standstill. Tens of Billions dying as human cannon fodder, but the several hundred Sezrakeen themselves always fighting to a draw. Then the “bitter” years, when they returned to the young man that started them on their path. The 20,000 years of torturing the man, relishing their revenge on him, for the actions they couldn’t take responsibility for themselves. The 40,000 years of the second separation when they abandoned him, alone, on the planet where he had been tortured. Then, finally realizing the faults they were projecting on him, were within themselves. The penitent years, where they sought him out again and set him in place as the Emperor. The Sezrakeen finally becoming the stewards of the Universe, the Multiverse. Committing themselves to serving the people in redemption for billions of deaths, and millions of years of sins. A redemption they don’t ever expect to find. Then finally, the Empire as it exists now. Peaceful. Well, as peaceful as humans can ever be. Spreading across to fill the known Galaxies and exploring the Universe.
The vid switched from “The Empire” to the more recent history of the TOC itself, with scenes from assaults on entrenched criminal and military compounds, and a few scenes from some hostage extractions.
The auditorium doors open, and Corporal Novis escorts the group out, through a series of three doors, each leading deeper into the TOC. Deeper both meaning, further away from reception, and deeper underground. At one point, we all fit one one large elevator, that … plummeted is the only appropriate word, down at least 1000 feet underground.
The elevator opens. As the delegation in front of us moves to clear our line of sight, Melissa lets slip out, “Is it costume party day?”, I’d thought only I could hear her, but Corporal Novis seems to answer the question.
“Today is an Extraction Op, but its one of an unusual type, and requires some of the agents on-site go ‘in costume’ to blend in with the locals. A few have just returned, the remainder are reporting back events/movements, to keep our extraction in sync with events on the other end.”
We enter a large set of blast doors, currently open. Mary said they weighed several tons, but was balanced such that a typical six year old could push it open/closed if necessary.
“Respected delegates from the Utt homeworld, and other guests, welcome to the ‘TOC’, my name is Lieutenant Mary Corbin.”
I see that Melissa is getting her wish, if it was indeed a wish and not a fear. Two of the Sezrakeen are here. Both are in full Spectral form. Imagine ‘Death’ you’ve seen in the movies. Black holocaust cloak. No visible skeleton or body. Just a black void where someone should be inside the vaporous garment. They aren’t walking, so much as gliding when they move. Melissa and I look at each other, but say nothing.
Aunt Mary continues, “Today … is unusual, even for us. For the first hundred years of his life, The Emperor loved stories. Books, Video, Movies, spoken remembrances. You’ve all heard of the Multiverse. The theory that there are an infinite number of Alternate Universes out there. Where if you searched far, and long enough, you could find anything.
When the great war was young, and Sezrekeen were looking for a universes with raw materials, and people, to fight their war with each other, they began cataloging the millions, then later billions of “slices” they surveyed.
But, like all humans, the Emperor yearned for “Happy Endings” for some of his favorite characters. So many tragic characters, that suffered greatly. It would be cruel to “make” a Universe, where they were enslaved to the stories we’d created here for them.
But what . . . What it if was the other way around? What if they were real-true-complete individuals with Free Will in their own Universes. And that the great stories we love, aren’t creations of our Authors, what if instead, the authors of our world were “seeing into” these Alternate Universes, and transcribing what they witnessed?
Authors here (sometimes) not being creators of fiction, but instead unintentional witnesses of remote fact.
It solved several problems for him. It meant the characters he’d grown to love were real, and had Free Will, and good or bad, happy or sad, at least they were in charge of their own destiny, and it was OUR world, that was different.
In the great surveys the Sezrakeen performed, and continue with today, once in a while, they stumble upon a universe from one of the stories in the Emperor’s childhood.
A few months ago, one such slice was found. We’ve homed into the particular time and location of interest within that Alternate Universe, and have inserted “agents”, dressed as ordinary citizens, to infiltrate the population, and keep track of the people of interest.
The Emperor admits it’s a character flaw, but he can’t help but want to ‘fix’ some of the ends of these stories. And today is one of those Ops . . .
But remember . . . Many of these stories were/are classics. Millions, sometimes Hundreds of Billions have read the story over millennia, and even though we can go there, we can’t “really” tamper with the outcome. Or at least, not in such a way that tarnishes the author’s vision into that world. Whatever change we attempt to make, it must be undetectable to the people of that Universe.
Two of the Sezrakeen have been overwatch for the the extraction. When our in-place agents indicate the correct time is upon us, they will open a Portal to the Alternate Universe, and Extract the two targets.
Timing is hyper-critical, since in the original story, both the main characters everyone has followed, die in the end.
But, if we can extract them fast enough, and replace them with clones . . . Then for all intents and purposes, they will “appear” to die in their world to all observers there, and the story will complete as it always had, when in fact it will be the clones left behind that die, and the real characters will be pulled back to our universe/slice and safety.
Phase 1 was to find the Alternate Universe slice. Part by arduous an unrelenting searching/cataloging, predominately by dumb luck of just exploring billions of alternate universes until we stumbled upon the right one.
Phase 2 was to find the right time within the alternate universe that lines up with “the story” as we all know it.
Phase 3 was to get blood samples from both the extraction targets a few weeks before the critical extraction moment.
Phase 4 was to grow the clones, and station monitoring equipment (and sometimes human “agents”) near the characters being extracted, to both keep track of timing, and to report interruptions. Agents will report back on the exact clothing the targets are wearing, so we can match it on the clones.
This is the point we’re at currently.
Phase 5 is the actual extraction/replacement/cleanup.
Phase 6 is to “calm” the extracted, perform the necessary medical operations, and explain what’s happening to the two targets.
Phase 7 we extract all the inserted agents and clean up/remove any cameras/monitoring equipment.
Aunt May bows gently to the group, concluding her presentation.
The Sezrakeen, look back at the group, each other, then one of them moves towards our visiting group. The group parts down the middle, until Melissa and I are alone with our backs to the doors.
The Sezrekeen holds a black-smoke hand up to my, then Melissa’s foreheads. She was “reading” us. But, she wasn’t just reading us, she changed something. I can feel it. Something is different in me, but, I don’t understand what.
Aunt Mary steps forward, speaks, addressing the Sezrakeen nearest me, “Ma'am, the one on the right is my Niece, they are here . . .”, but she stops mid-sentence as the Sezrakeen holds up a hand in the Stop gesture, without looking back.
The Spectral form speaks, “It’s fortunate timing. We can use them. They can help.”
The black Spectral Form dissipates and leaves behind a woman. Early thirties, about 55 kilos. Long blond hair, green eyes. A slim build. A models build. Likely she was based on a model. The Sezrakeen are so old, even they have forgotten what their original human-born bodies looked like a few million years before. So now, each assumes the form of an Actress or Model when taking physical form. Someone the Emperor remembers from his childhood. It’s both a blessing and a curse. It’s nice to see the beautiful faces he remembers, but they are also the faces of the ones that tortured him for 20,000 years.
“Come with me.”, the Sezrakeen / now-woman says to Melissa and I. Walking briskly away out a side door. We hurry to follow.
“You can help calm them down. The two we’re extracting. A few minutes ago when I ‘Read’ you, I also inserted the targets birth language. So you’ll be able to understand and talk to them. I could do it, but you’re near their age, and will have more believable responses.”, the woman leads us down a side hall, into a room labeled “Costuming”.
Leaving us standing at the entrance, and moving with a blur of speed, she transits up and down the aisles choosing in seconds, two gowns for us to wear.
She hands Melissa and I each one of the gowns. Simple designs, muted colors, with long sleeves, and tight upper arms, fluting out into conical larger openings where the hands exit. It’s like wearing skinny jeans on the top, that expand out to bell bottoms on the ends, but, for sleeves. The body of the dress is the same. Ankle length, perfectly sized for each of us, and also conical in shape. There are two black lace veils with some kind of a white under-cap. The Sezrakeen in human form, gives a flourish of one hand in our direction, and I look down to realize now I’ve swapped, and am wearing the outfit, and holding my original clothes. She gestures to the clothes and to a rack of shelves on the side. We set them down.
As she leads us back to the Op Center, she tells us the role we will play in the Extraction.
“The Alternate Universe we’ve located … In the original story, two young people we’re extracting, fell in love, but their families were avowed enemies.
With the help of her Nurse, and a Friar friend of her lover’s, She had a plan to escape her parents rule by faking her death, then run off to be with the man she loved.
She was to take a sleeping potion, mimicking death, then when all had left, to wake and go be with her lover.
But, couriers were delayed, messages failed to be delivered, and in a tragic twist of fate, the man only heard news that the love of his life was dead.
He goes to visit the crypt. Seeing her lifeless body, is also fooled, and drinks poison he has brought with him to join her. Going unconscious, just in time to see his love wake.
Understanding what has happened, she draws her lovers dagger and kills herself, rather than living a life without the man she loves.”, she opens the door for us to reenter the Op Center.
She continues, “For the ‘Author’ to see and transcribe the story as it originally played out, the boy must drink the poison, and she must begin to plunge the dagger.
It’s at that exact moment, I’ll open the portal to the crypt, the other (pointing to the other Sezrakeen still in Spectral form) will halt the dagger, yank the boy/girl, and replace them with the clones we’ve prepared.
The clones were never alive. They have no brain, no nervous system. They never “lived” nor thought any though, but to observers from that place and time, will pass completely for the original targets they are replacing.
The entire Extraction/Replacement/Continuing the dagger Plunge, will be over in less than a millisecond.
The two Targets will both be ported direct to Med-Bay along with you two.
Then comes your part . . .
The girl will be conscious and terrified. She’ll have just been stopped a millisecond before committing suicide. The horror of that alone will be traumatic.
But she comes from a world, similar to the 1300’s on Mother Earth.
Everything she sees, hears, experiences, will all be alien and terrifying to her.
She’ll never have had any experience with, or even imagining of . . .
Bright interior room lights.
Sterile operating rooms and clothing.
Intubation tubes and IV’s.
Life sign monitors with all their graphic displays and beeping sounds.
The foreign (to her) language everyone will be speaking.
Your goal is to attract her attention and try and keep her calm. Talk to her in her own language. You need do nothing more than be a friend to her.
Let her know we’re trying to help the man she loves, and that she’ll have to be strong for him. Because he’ll be going through the same thing when, if, we can counteract the poison.”
A man across the room at suite of consoles announces, “Agent Delta reports the male is entering the crypt now. All units on Stand-By for extraction.”
“You couldn’t replace the poison he’s to take with a sleeping potion as well?”, I ask.
“Agents on-site couldn’t get to him to swap it unnoticed. We know what it is, so we’re prepared to counteract it, we even managed to lace some of his food over the past weeks, to help build up an immunity and counteract it. But remember, to all observers in that Universe, events must appear to play out as they did originally, in order for the author in our Universe to ‘see’ the vision in his minds eye, of the story he thinks he’s creating, and record the story, the tragedy, just as billions have already come to read it and know it. ”
“Video feed on main monitors.”, as we see the view inside the crypt, from three different angles appear on the large end-room monitor. This must be what some of the agents have been doing on-site. Planting hidden monitoring cameras when no one was in the crypt and surrounding passages to see them.
“How are we seeing the live feed?”, one of the Utt delegation asks.
Aunt Mary responds, “One of the Sezrakeen (now both back in Spectral Form) has opened a mini-portal into that Alternate Universe, and we’re live-streaming radio transmissions of the video feed. We’ve also got comm’s up for the agents in place, and location tracking on the Friar as he approaches the crypt to witness the aftermath.”
We wait and watch the monitors, listening to Agents report progress.
“Approaching thirty minutes since Target 1 took the poison.”, one of the Tech’s in the Op Center announces to the room.
“The Friar is leaving his quarters.”, Agent Bravo announces over the Comm speakers.
The room full of people watch as the Friar passes various surveillance cameras, and finally enters the crypt.
The Friar and Target 2, the girl, exchange the words most of us have heard.
The Friar hears a noise, and startled, begs the girl to leave with him, but, in the seconds after he leaves, she draws the dagger from her lover’s belt and begins to stab herself.
In that moment, Sezrakeen one moves, a brief flash occurs on the crypt video as a portal opens, and the two clones, previously waiting on tables to the side of the Op Center are gone.
Instantly, now Melissa and I are in another room. A hospital operating theater. Nearly a dozen nurses and doctors move towards and around a young man, unconscious on the hospital bed. Standing between myself and Melissa, is the young girl from the crypt. And she’s screaming. Thumping the empty hand, that only a second ago held a dagger, to her chest.
Melissa and I each take an arm in one hand, the other on her shoulder. “Shhh. It’s OK. You are alright. You are safe. He is safe.” Though it sounds strange, because I realize I am speaking Italian. Something I couldn’t do this morning. The Sezrakeen’s change in me . . .
“Look. Look!”, I say, moving in front of the young girl, taking her face in my hands. Placing one hand on each side of her face, just in front of the eyes, like forming blinders on a horse, to get her to look only forward, only into my eyes. “You Are Safe.”, I say. “I know it all looks strange. I’ll explain later. All you need to know for now, is that these people are doctors and nurses, and are doing everything they can to save him. Trust them. Trust me. Let them work and help him.”
I drop my hands and put one arm around the girls waist, the other on her shoulder, pulling her close to me to have someone to lean on.
While Melissa and I have been working with the girl, nurses have been opening the Tunic, and cutting through the white undershirt on the boy. Inserting IV’s, and placing EKG/blood pressure/OxygenFlow monitors on him.
The girl looks around at all the displays lighting up with heart rates, respiration, graphs of EKG output. “Just look at him. Only him for now. They will take care of everything else. You’re scared I know. But imagine how it’s going to be for him when he wakes up. All these strange people around him, in a different place. You’ll need to be strong for him. To keep him calm and not fight the doctors and nurses while they get the poison out of his system. Be strong. Strong for the man you love.”
The girl lets out a sigh, and leans against me. Then after a moment, stands straight and firm, her eyes, her full attention, now only on the man she loves.
I notice the Sezrakeen, previously in the Op Center, are here with us, both in now-human female form. That’s fortunate, the girl would really flip to see them in their normal appearance.
One set of doctors/nurses has been inserting/running IV’s. Bags of fluid to counteract any poison already into the young man’s system. Another set working near the head, have inserted some sort of tube, down the nose and into the stomach. We watch for a few minutes and see a black chalky liquid being pumped into, then later drained through the tube. What did my mother call it last year, when our neighbor kid Thomas swallowed the poison? “Activated Charcoal”, mom said it neutralized the undigested poison still in the stomach/intestines, and even helped to leach it out of the lining walls, to keep some of it from continuing on into the blood stream.
He’s got a pulse. Had one since the monitors were first hooked up, though at that time, it was erratic, and the blood pressure was falling dangerously. Now, the readings begin to stabilize.
“Blood Chemistry?”, one masked doctor asks.
“Coming back. White cell counts went up, trying to fight it as an infection, but everything is stabilizing. And the PPM (parts per million?) on the poison. It’s almost gone.”
I ask toward the doctors, “Will there be any long term damage?”, then realize I said it in Italian, and repeat the question for them in English.
“No. If he wakes at all, we caught it in time. This particular poison works by suppressing the heart and breathing, if we can make it past that, there should be no long-term organ damage.”, the doctor near the head replies. I translate his response for the girl.
“It could still take a few minutes, or he could snap out of it at any second.”, one nurse says in my direction.
I move my hand from the girls waist up to her shoulder and guide her forward to the side of the bed. Nurses move to clear a path for us. She’s terrified. She already thought he was dead, and never having seen intubation tubes and all these fluid lines and sensor leads in her world, isn’t helping.
“Take his hand.”, I tell her.
The girl takes his left hand in hers, putting her right hand on his forehead.
“Romeo. I’m here. Everything is fine. You’re safe. I’m safe. Wake up. Wake up my love.”
Beeps from monitors, and the whirring cyclical rush of air down and back the intubation tube are the only sounds in the room. Everyone is either holding their breath, or trying to move as little as possible.
Juliet looks down at her left hand. He’s squeezing his hand closed around hers. She looks back up to his face.
His eyes open, and he begins to reach for the intubation tube, as one of the nurses restrains him.
She lets go of his left hand and places her hands on each side of his head as I had done to her. Tilting his head over to her side to look directly into her eyes and leans close, “Look at me. Look only at me. You are safe my love. I am safe. We are both safe, and both together. When they’re sure the poison is out of your system, they’ll remove the tube that is helping you breath. Don’t look at them, don’t worry about them, or the tube, nothing else matters. You are with me, and we are safe, and can live out our lives . . . together.”
Melissa and I spend the next few days with the young couple in a nearby resort village for friends/family visiting the medical complex. Explaining how they were found, where they are now. That the Emperor will take care of all their needs. The Sezrakeen we met earlier had already found a planet-system with descendants from Mother Earth, many of whom still speak Italian. Though, even I have been having trouble with dialect. The “old world” dialect of Verona has changed over the millennia and a few of the words just don’t translate. Witnessing the two young lovers experience the modern world, is amazing. Sometimes it’s a bit like watching skittish horses around cars. They’re taken aback by the strangeness of this new world they have entered. But whenever they are afraid, they cling to each other.
At night, while the young couple is together, Melissa and I are writing our school report of the events. It’ll be so long, I can’t imagine Ms. Watson will accept it for our school report, “if”, the TOC will clear it when we’re done. We may have to switch over to Melissa’s Uncle, the Llama breeder as our backup plan and use none of this.
But even if no one ever is ever allowed to read this story, I wouldn’t trade being part of this, for all the Llamas in the world.

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Patent US5710982 - Power control for TDMA mobile satellite communication system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsA method and system for adjusting the transmission power of a transmitter during a communication with a receiver in a mobile satellite communication system is disclosed herein. The method comprises establishing at least one threshold signal strength value for a transmitted burst; measuring the received...http://www.google.com/patents/US5710982?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5710982 - Power control for TDMA mobile satellite communication systemAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5710982 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/496,633Publication dateJan 20, 1998Filing dateJun 29, 1995Priority dateJun 29, 1995Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS5790940Publication number08496633, 496633, US 5710982 A, US 5710982A, US-A-5710982, US5710982 A, US5710982AInventorsEnrique Laborde, James Eryx Malcolm, Robert Carroll Marquart, Adrian MorrisOriginal AssigneeHughes ElectronicsExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (21), Referenced by (44), Classifications (13), Legal Events (10) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetPower control for TDMA mobile satellite communication systemUS 5710982 AAbstract A method and system for adjusting the transmission power of a transmitter during a communication with a receiver in a mobile satellite communication system is disclosed herein. The method comprises establishing at least one threshold signal strength value for a transmitted burst; measuring the received signal strength of the burst received by the receiver; comparing the received signal strength with the threshold value; and setting a power control bit based on the comparison. The system comprises a plurality of mobile terminals having a first stored threshold value; a satellite adapted to communicate with each of the mobile terminals; at least one gateway in communication with the satellite, the gateway having a second stored threshold value, and including a routine for measuring the received signal strength of a burst signal transmitted from the mobile terminal, for comparing the received signal strength with the second stored threshold value, and for adjusting the transmission power of the gateway based on the comparison; and each of the mobile terminals including a routine for measuring the received signal strength of a burst signal transmitted from the gateway to the mobile terminals, for comparing the received signal strength with the first stored threshold value, and for adjusting the transmission power of the mobile terminal based on the comparison.
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