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The development team is always trying to find ways to improve our testing and the quality of our code. We've recently add a new automatic testing system that should help a lot with finding bugs and ensuring that the huge range of features that we have added (and plan to add!) to the code keep working.
If you have a look at http://autotest.diydrones.com you'll see the results from 'Tools/autotest', a test system that runs on every change to the ArduPilot and ArduCopter code. The test script currently checks the following:
- that both ArduPilot and ArduCopter build on the 1280 and 2560 based APM boards
- that both ArduPilot and ArduCopter can build with the 'desktop' build system
- that ArduCopter can fly in both manual and automatic (mission) mode
- that we can download the flight logs
The flight itself is controlled using a python scripting system that flies ArduCopter using MAVLInk commands. Currently that script does the following:
- starts up the simulator at my local flying field
- arms the motors (using virtual transmitter sticks to control the rudder and throttle)
- switches the quadcopter to STABILIZE mode
- does a manual takeoff using throttle, until the altitude reaches 30 meters
- uses the rudder to turn the quad until it is facing north (it starts up facing west)
- uses the elevator and aileron sticks to manually fly a square circuit about 50m on a side
- switches to LOITER mode, and checks that it holds altitude for 10 seconds
- switches back to STABILIZE and decreases throttle, to bring the quad in for a gentle landing
- loads a 9 waypoint mission into EEPROM
- switches to AUTO mode and flies the mission, which involves a zig-zag route over the field
- the last mission step is a RTL, which brings the quad home
- then it switches to STABILIZE, brings the quad in for a landing, and disarms the motors
Running these test steps every time we make a change to the code is already ensuring that a lot of our code works, but we have plans to greatly expand this test suite. What we'd like to do is have every ArduPlane and ArduCopter feature tested, with code that validates that it actually does the right thing. At the moment the test suite only has very rudimentary testing of whether the flight was actually correct, whereas we should be checking lots of parameters (roll, pitch, altitude, speed etc) throughout the flight.
The other obvious missing piece is ArduPlane testing. The test suite checks that ArduPlane builds, but doesn't yet check that it flies correctly. I hope to fix that this weekend, with ArduPlane flying some simple missions plus some 'manual' (ie. python scripted) flying. I'll probably do this by interfacing with FlightGear, but jsbsim linkage of even a new physics model is a possibility.
Under the covers
This new test system involves quite a few new bits of code, some of which we hope will be used for things other than automatic testing. The quadcopter simulator itself is a simple physics simulator written in python, which Michael has since translated into C# for use in the planner (thats how you can fly quadcopter HIL in the planner now). The communication between the various pieces uses pymavlink, a MAVLink implementation in python. That uses a bunch of helper scripts that make it fairly easy to script a ArduPilot vehicle. I'm hoping this system will be used for scripting real copters and planes in the future, along the lines of the acrobatic scripting system we discussed earlier in the year.
The other big part of this autotest system is the 'desktop' (also known as SIL for "software in the loop") build of ArduPlane and ArduCopter. This builds the code using a normal C++ compiler, and creates executables which run directly on your desktop computer, rather than on an APM board. The advantage of this is that we can use all the debug tools (such as gdb and valgrind) which are normally used for C++ development, but also it runs much faster and doesn't rely on hardware being plugged in. We've already taken advantage of the ability to run ArduCopter under valgrind to find some bugs, and it really increases our confidence in the code to be able to run that sort of sophisticated memory checking on every commit.
If you want to have a look at autotest, then start by grabbing the latest APM code and having a look in Tools/autotest. You might like to start by looking at arducopter.py and seeing how it controls the quad. We're hoping that we will get contributions of new tests. We also plan on putting up a wiki page describing how you can run the autotest system on your own computers (right now it only runs on Linux and MacOS, although Micheal has had some limited success on Windows using cygwin).
How you can help
The autotest system is already quite useful and it has already helped us find some subtle bugs in the QuadCopter code, but we'd love to expand it to cover more aircraft and features. Here are a few things that it would be great to get contributions on if someone has the time:
- we need physics simulations for more multi-copter frame types (start with quadcopter.py, and create ones for hexa, octa etc)
- I'd like to produce a nice picture of the flight path from a KML file using a script, so devs don't have to load googleearth to quickly check it looks OK
- we need some interesting test missions to look at. I hope to support loading missions in planner format soon to make this easier
- we need python code to more carefully check the flight is OK. It may be easier to wait on this until we develop some better helper functions, but if you are a python coder then feel free to jump in now
Hopefully this will be the beginning of a much more rigorous testing effort for ArduPilot. We'll post more information as the system develops!


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I.What is a Theoretical Perspective?
Perspectives might best be viewed as models.
Each perspective makes assumptions about society.
Each one attempts to integrate various kinds of information about society.
Models give meaning to what we see and experience.
Each perspective focuses on different aspects of society.
Certain consequences result from using a particular model.
No one perspective is best in all circumstances. The perspective one uses may depend upon the
question being asked. If one is exploring bureaucratic organization, then one might like to use a
perspective that is concerned with social order. On the other hand, if one is concerned with social
inequality, then perhaps the conflict perspective is more useful.
Perhaps the best perspective is one which combines many perspectives.
II. The Functionalist Perspective
The origins of the functionalist perspective can be traced to the work of Herbert Spencer and
The problem of maintaining social order is a central problem for understanding society.
Understanding society from a functionalist perspective is to visualize society as a system of
interrelated parts. All the parts act together even though each part may be doing different
Institutions, such as family, education, and religion are the parts of the social system and they
act to bring about order in society.
Integration of the various parts is important. When all the "parts" of the system work together,
balance is maintained and the over all order of the system is achieved.
Social structures in society promote integration, stability, consensus, and balance.
A. A System With Parts
The parts of society, while performing different functions, work together to maintain the stability of the
whole social system. In order to understand the idea of "social system," it may be helpful to visualize a different kind of
system. For example, biological organisms are systems. In fact, many sociologists use biological models
to explain human society. The biological metaphor is successful in that it calls attention to how a social
"organism" consists of various unique parts. Those parts, in turn, function together to support and
maintain the whole system.
B. What's the Purpose?
Functionalists, like Emile Durkheim, Vilfredo Pareto, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton, are interested
in how the parts of the social system contribute to the continuation of the social system. When
functionalists encounter the various aspects of society, they may ask "What is its purpose?" A primary
purpose of all parts (institutions like police, newspapers, religion) is to encourage consensus.
Merton (see Robertson, 1989:12) distinguishes between manifest functions, latent functions, and
1. Manifest Functions
Manifest functions refer to functions that are obvious.
The manifest function of schools is to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic.
The manifest function of the military is to defend the nation.
The manifest function of criminal justice is to keep the streets safe for a society's citizens.
2. Latent Functions
Latent functions are functions that are unrecognized. They may even be important functions, but their
consequence is not obvious.
College students, in the course of pursuing their education, may make good friends.
Merton described college as a "mate selection market" where students meet prospective
A perspective that is highly concerned about order is by definition concerned about what happens when
social order breaks down. Merton uses the term dysfunction, which refers to a negative consequence
that may disrupt the system. Dysfunction also conjures up the notion that a social phenomenon can be
functional in one setting and dysfunctional in another.
Examples: Over Population
C. Critique of Functionalism
1. Functionalism Resists Change
Invoking a biological model has certain built-in assumptions connected to it. Biological organisms do not
perform very well when they encounter great change in their environment. Society, however, is not
biological. It is social. Social systems can tolerate much greater change than can biological systems.
2. Functionalism is Inherently Conservative
Change tends to be viewed as a negative consequence. All the parts of society act as a part of a unified
system. Altering one part of the system has impact on all the other parts. There fore, there is
a tendency is to protect existing institutions out of a fear that change in one area of society will
adversely influence other parts of society. Fear of creating disorder in society is often used as a
justification for avoiding change.
III. The Conflict Perspective
Conflict theorists see society less as a cohesive system and more as an arena of conflict and power
struggles. Instead of people working together to further the goals of the "social system,"
People are seen achieving their will at the expense of others.
People compete against each other for scarce resources.
Basic inequalities between various groups is a constant theme of conflict theory.
Power, or the lack of it, is also a basic theme of conflict theory.
Since some people benefit at the expense of others, those who benefit use ideology to justify
their unequal advantage in social relationships.
Marx is a conflict

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Dammy Krane has finally released the official music video for his song, “Odoo Esis Mi”.
The Usual Suspekt act who is also signed under Worldstar Inc. wastes no time in releasing the video for this song which dropped 2 weeks ago.
The song was well received and he intends to keep the buzz surrounding the song with this video.
This one is no doubt his best song for a year which was not very good for his brand, considering that he had to spend time behind bars in the United States of America.
The video was shot and directed by Ola Faronbi and in Dammy’s voice, “Issa Hit Men”.
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We will keep on singing!
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Johnson, the first overall pick of the 2006 draft, is expected to be ready for training camp next season. He tore two ligaments when his foot got stuck in a golf cart.
The surgery was performed Wednesday by Dr. Mike Stuart at the Rochester Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. The second of the torn ligaments has healed on its own, and according a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, no further damage was found during the procedure.
"Dr. Stuart was happy with it," Johnson said in the Post-Dispatch. "He said everything went great and I should have 100 percent recovery. I'm glad it's out of the way and I can focus on my rehab, gearing up toward next season and making sure my knee is strong and fit."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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Dredge fish in flour (coating both sides), then dip into egg mixture (allowing excess to drip off). Place fish in pan (wash hands); cook 3–4 minutes on each side and until 145 °F.
Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a stainless skillet over medium-high heat. Add the fish and sear until it is opaque halfway through, 4 to 5 minutes.
Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter to the skillet and, once it has melted, flip the fillets and sear on the second side until completely cooked through and the fillets slightly resist semi-firm pressure when pressed, another 3 to 4 minutes. Squeeze the lemon juice over the capers, sprinkle with the parsley, and stir to combine.
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She's been an award-winning writer and editor for more than 25 years and author of the regional food-travel bestsellers, The Chocolate Lover’s Guide to the Pacific Northwest and The Chocolate Lover’s Guide Cookbook. This is a delicious and easy entrée for date night or for a dinner party.
Lemon Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil is being used and can be purchased online at Spice wood Food Company. I love using infused oils because it has a smoother flavor that a drizzle of juice from a fresh lemon just won’t do and you will be delighted with the flavor and the gourmet quality it adds to any dish you create.
Grouper fillets, skin removed 1 tablespoon of Lemon Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil or regular olive oil and lemon juice 1 tablespoon of olive oil A sprinkle of kosher Alsace 1 tablespoon of olive oil or regular olive oil and lemon juice 1 tablespoon of shallots, finely diced 2 tablespoons of white wine 1 – 14 oz. Once both sides are a crisp golden brown add sauce to skillet and simmer until aromatic about a minute.
Try Fleur Du Cap Chardonnay (Western Cape, South Africa), Powell Avignon Blanc (California), Excelsior Chardonnay (South Africa) or Flensburger Barrera Waken Wheat Beer (Germany) with lemon wedges. Before we visited Aruba in October we emailed one of our favorite restaurants on the island, Que Pass, and set up some time to come by and talk to their talented Chef, Miriam Los.
Que Pass always has an eclectic mix of cuisines on their menu ranging from Dutch to Italian, Caribbean to Moroccan, but no matter what the dish is it is always presented beautifully and full of flavor. Everything in Aruba is imported so Chef Miriam is at the mercy of the food shipments.
Sometimes she orders something and it can take a few weeks to come in and while she waits she will have to change her menu plans to work with the ingredients she has. The duck was cooked perfectly and it was so nice and tender, and it was served on a bed of couscous that had the rich Moroccan flavors I love so much.
Lightly salt and pepper Grouper and then pan fry, 2 minutes each side. Smear each piece with pesto, then top with 3-4 thinly sliced tomatoes, and sprinkle with grated Mozzarella cheese.
They are generated by an online API which recognizes ingredient names and amounts and makes calculations based on the serving size. Add a photo Send Print 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon chopped parsley All-purpose flour, for dredging 1 8-ounce yellowtail Snapper filet, boneless and skinless 3 ounces canola oil Salt and black pepper, to taste Lemon sauce (see recipe) Chopped parsley, for garnish 1 Using a shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together eggs, 2 tablespoons water and parsley.
1 Using a shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together eggs, 2 tablespoons water and parsley. 2 Place flour in a shallow bowl or pie plate.
4 Transfer fish to a serving plate and top with Lemon sauce. Lemon sauce ½ cup Chablis 3 tablespoons lemon juice ½ cup chicken broth 2 tablespoons butter, cold, cut in half Salt and white pepper, to taste 1 Using the same sauté pan as the fish, drain the oil and place on medium-high heat.
Heat oven to 200 degrees and place a large oven-safe plate or baking sheet inside. Season both sides of fish fillets with salt and pepper to taste.
Place half of the fish fillets in the pan and cook until just done, 2 to 3 minutes per side, then transfer to the plate or baking sheet in the oven to keep warm. Add 2 more tablespoons clarified butter to skillet and heat until bubbling, then cook remaining fillets.
In reserved skillet, heat remaining 4 tablespoons unsalted butter until bubbling and golden, 1 to 2 minutes, then pour evenly over fillets. Topped with tangy sour cream and nutty Parmesan cheese, these baked fish fillets take only 20 minutes from start to finish.
And, because of its mild flavor, Baked Grouper Fillets is a great fish recipe for kids! Grouper is a lean, moist fish with large flakes and a firm texture.
I not only enjoy the taste, but like that it’s so easy to prepare, a healthy alternative to meat, and relatively low in calories. Because it’s so quick, Easy Oven-Baked Parmesan Grouper Fillets is not only perfect for a hurried weeknight dinner with the family but equally excellent company fare.
We are fortunate to live in Florida because we have access to fantastic fresh seafood all year long, and we take full advantage of it. Although this recipe calls for Florida grouper, you can easily substitute any firm white fish such as red snapper, redfish, bass or halibut.
The ingredients for Easy Oven-Baked Parmesan Grouper Fillets are simple: grouper fillets, sour cream, grated Parmesan cheese, fresh lemon juice and lemon zest, onion powder, hot sauce, paprika, kosher salt, and ground black pepper. For the optional garnish, you will need some lemon wedges and fresh chopped Italian parsley.
To prepare this tasty entrée, first, gather your ingredients and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Combine the sour cream, grated Parmesan cheese, lemon juice and zest, onion powder, and hot sauce in a small bowl and mix well.
If you are using a meat thermometer, it should read 145 degrees when inserted into the thickest part of the fish. You can easily substitute any firm white fish for grouper including red snapper, redfish, bass or halibut.
Topped with tangy sour cream and nutty Parmesan cheese, these baked fish fillets take only 20 minutes from start to finish. Combine the sour cream, grated Parmesan cheese, lemon juice and zest, onion powder, and Tabasco in a small bowl and mix well.
Sharon's Expert Tips: You can tell if the fish is done when it is opaque and flakes easily with a fork. If you are using a meat thermometer, it should read 145 degrees when inserted into the thickest part of the fish. You can easily substitute any firm white fish for grouper including red snapper, redfish, bass or halibut.
Thin fillets from delicate fish such as flounder or sole won't work as well, and salmon would make the dish too rich. * This recipe for Easy Baked Parmesan Grouper Fillets was adapted from the Grouper Parmesan recipe in the Themes Remembered Cookbook published by the Junior League of Tallahassee.

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Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night drops to its lowest price ever on Android and iOS
Rev 'em up
If you've been eyeing up Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night but never had the cash, now's your chance to nab it for mere pennies on Android and iOS.
The sequel to the Bronze Award-winning board game, Lords of the Night tasks you with saving the world from a horde of zombies in 60 minutes.
It sees you facing off against cultists and Aztec zombies as you use three new decks to destroy the ultimate evil known as the Darkness.
Our reviewer said the original "boasts character and replayability in spades", so this edition is probably even better.

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Early life stress (ELS) in rodents has profound long-term effects that are partially mediated by changes in maternal care. ELS not only induces "detrimental" effects in adulthood, increasing psychopathology, but also promotes resilience to further stressors. In Long-Evans rats, we evaluated a combination of two procedures as a model of ELS: restriction of bedding during the first post-natal days and exposure to a "substitute" mother. The maternal care of biological and "substitute" mothers was measured. The male and female offspring were evaluated during adulthood in several contexts. Anxiety was measured by the elevated plus-maze (EPM), acoustic startle response (ASR) and forced swim test (FST). In other group of animals, novelty-seeking was measured (activity in an inescapable novel environment, preference for novel environments and exploration of novel objects). Plasmatic ACTH and corticosterone in basal conditions and in response to stress were also measured. Cognitive impulsivity was assessed by a delay-discounting paradigm, and impulsive action, attention and compulsive-like behavior by a five choice serial reaction time task (5CSRTT). ELS decreased pup body weight and increased the care of the biological mother; however, the "substitute" mother did not exhibit overt maltreatment. A mixture of "detrimental" and "beneficial" effects was shown. In the 5CSRTT, attention was impaired in both genders, and in females, ELS increased compulsive-like behavior. Novel object exploration was only increased by ELS in males, but the preference for novel spaces decreased in both genders. Baseline anxiety (EPM and ASR) and recognition memory were not affected. Unexpectedly, ELS decreased the ACTH response to novelty and swim stress and increased active coping in the FST in both genders. Cognitive impulsivity was decreased only in females, but impulsive action was not affected. The enhancement in maternal care may "buffer" the effects of ELS in a context-dependent manner. © 2014 Fuentes, Daviu, Gagliano, Garrido, Zelena, Monasterio, Armario and Nadal.
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This collaborative zine was created by teen artists from West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT) during the COVID-19 quarantine from March 16th to May 18th, 2020.
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Kathleen Dowling spends her days working at a Chicago non-profit agency dedicated to lifting men and women out of poverty through job training.
It's a job she loves, and it pays well, especially for the non-profit sector. Last year she made $53,205, but the 48-year-old single woman spends many nights worrying about her financial future. In a letter requesting a Money Makeover, Dowling said she feels panic every time she thinks about turning 50.
"I sense that there are only a few steps between where I am currently and sheer poverty," Dowling wrote to Your Money editors. "All it would take is a modest financial setback."
The team of experts Your Money tapped to help Dowling with her finances didn't advocate panic, but they did agree she needed to spend time working on her financial picture.
Dowling has $15,000 in a bank account and $34,140 in retirement savings, much of which is sitting in a low-return investment with virtually no risk. She owes $9,861 on a home-equity line tied to the prime rate, which has jumped to 5.75 percent from 4 percent in less than a year. She has been so afraid of making wrong decisions that she has simply avoided them. She once took three months to buy a mattress.
"Kathleen is a perfectionist. She's very careful, but also so afraid of mistakes that she has had a hard time making decisions and moving forward," said Candace Bahr, a financial adviser in Carlsbad, Calif., and co-founder of the Women's Institute for Financial Education, known as WIFE.
Bahr walked Dowling through a personality test geared to perceptions about money.
"She has a very strong emotional link to money, and some of it is destructive," said Bahr. "She's very self-critical, and it's really hard for her to live with unknowns."
Dowling avoids lavish spending--a 16-mile commute through heavy traffic to the city's North Side leaves little time for pricey hobbies--and she rarely travels. She spends about $2,400 a month, though rising gas prices are starting to boost that figure.
Over the course of several sessions, Bahr and WIFE co-founder Ginita Wall tutored Dowling on basic financial concepts, talked about her emotional issues with money and came up with an investing game plan.
First up was the arduous task of collecting information about bank accounts, insurance policies, savings plans from previous employers and a new retirement plan being offered at her workplace, the Jane Addams Resource Corp.
Wall, an accountant and certified financial planner in San Diego, noted that Dowling has been spending $186 a year on a $13,000 life insurance policy, although she never married or had children. That money could be better spent on long-term-care insurance, Wall said. The advisers suggested purchasing a policy once she turns 50. Right now, the priority is retirement savings.
Next, the advisers suggested rolling a 401(k) worth $6,543 from a previous employer into her existing $27,597 individual retirement account. Then they suggested putting the entire sum in a target-retirement-date mutual fund. These one-stop shopping funds invest in an array of stock and bond sectors, automatically shifting to more fixed income as the target retirement date nears.
As for the new retirement plan, Wall considered whether Dowling would be better off saving after-tax dollars on her own in a Roth IRA, which grows and is withdrawn tax-free. But because Dowling probably will go to the 15 percent bracket from the 25 percent tax bracket upon retirement, saving $6,900 a year pretax in the company plan is a better option, she said.
Should she try to find a different place for her home-equity loan that isn't tied to the volatile prime rate? No, Wall said. With only a few years to go, it's not worth starting over in a new credit line, she said.
Next, the advisers suggested tackling Dowling's discomfort about discussing money with her family.
Dowling has lived with her mother, Bernice, nearly her entire life. Together they own a two-bedroom condo with no mortgage on Chicago's Southwest Side and share many of the living expenses, and yet they never have had a detailed discussion of what would happen if one of them became sick or died.
"We're taught not to be greedy and ask what we're going to get in an inheritance," said Wall.
"Kathleen is the classic client. She hasn't talked to her mother, and her mother hasn't talked to her," said Bahr, whose client base is about 70 percent single, divorced or widowed women.
The solution--have a contingency meeting--came from the advisers' book, "It's More than Money--It's Your Life! The New Money Club for Women" (Wiley, $25).
They encourage everyone to have a contingency day meeting annually with their spouse, children, parents or whoever is significant in their lives.

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After being exiled to England as a child, a Punjabi prince struggles to return to his homeland and his Sikh faith in this historical drama.
A spoiled trust fund brat finds himself stuck in a rut of meaningless late-night parties until he meets a significantly older woman and writer.
Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future.
The plot thickens around two horse-racing competitors when three beautiful women come into their lives and a murder is committed.
A young man pursues his dreams of wealth by breaking the law, while his twin brother tries to better his life through hard work and honesty.
An eccentric, self-proclaimed detective goes on an action-packed hunt for his missing father, with an awkward but adventurous journalist by his side.
Against a backdrop of burgeoning social unrest, a neophyte filmmaker makes history in 1913 as the director of India's first feature-length film.
In the ancient walled city of Delhi, an American-born Indian finds himself on an unexpected inner journey as he learns about himself and his roots.
Two Turkish agents are sent to New York City on a mission to capture a notorious terrorist known only as 'Dejjal' (Arabic for Antichrist).
When a young man leaves home to fulfill the wishes of his late father, he meets and falls in love with a woman from a very different background.
Five friends embark on a mission to climb the highest peak in Java, overcoming obstacles on the way and discovering the true meaning of friendship.
After losing everything, a young man rebuilds his life and finds love in 1920s Shanghai all while rising to power in an organized crime syndicate.
When high schooler Ichigo is suddenly given reaper abilities, he really wants to give the powers back. But he’ll have to reap some souls first.
Risking his family and future, a banker in occupied Amsterdam slows the Nazi war machine by creating an underground bank to fund the resistance.
After an encounter with an engineer working the night shift for the city train, a 30-year-old woman struggles against all odds to pursue true love.
When his boyhood crush Ern returns, Ped forms a band with his friend to impress her. Romantic rivalries bloom after the talented Ern joins the group.
After killing a young girl in a hit-and-run accident, a couple is haunted by more than just the memory of their deadly choice.
When his colleague (and crush) temporarily loses her memory, an overlooked geek seizes the chance to make an impression before she remembers again.
Desperate to go to the U.S. to win back his girlfriend, Yim hires a tutor to teach him English. But things don’t go according to plan.
When a broken ATM dishes out a fortune, a couple who works at the bank vies to see who can recover the most cash and the loser must find a new job.
Mak's friends just want to protect him, but his wife Nak won't let a small thing like her own death get in the way of true love in this horror-comedy.
Slick lawyer Sung fears he's been cursed with bad karma and considers giving up his practice until he's approached by a widow accused of murder.
When an Intelligence Bureau officer's phone-tapping day job leads him to a serial killer, he must track down and thwart the murderer's next steps.
After reluctantly joining a dating app, a 35-year-old widow accompanies an easygoing poet on a trip to visit three of his exes.
After her stepdaughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked away free.
A detective arrests a doctor for crimes targeting medical professionals but later finds the real culprit in a tale of revenge, corruption and magic.
On her first day of marriage, a woman leaves her husband upon learning his home lacks a toilet, sparking a quixotic quest to acquire modern sanitat...
Despite public humiliation and resistance, an entrepreneur markets a hygienic, low-cost sanitary pad that even India’s poorest women can afford.
When she falls in love with the author of a novel she adores, bohemian Bitti enlists the help of a local printer to find her new object of affection.
When thugs prey upon innocent factory workers, a small-time scammer trains for revenge by studying the moves of Shaolin temple monks.
When his best friend is killed for uncovering political corruption, an idealistic young man decides to become a masked fighter for justice.
A youthful drug dealer in Mumbai must change his ways when the sister who raised him is assaulted by her boss and imprisoned for defending herself.
Faking his death to escape the realities of his uneventful life worked out well for Brij Mohan until he was sentenced to death for his own murder.
A charming allegory based on a novella by Ruskin Bond, this visually stunning film from India explores themes of greed, loneliness, longing and loss.
Meeting while on vacation, Ved and Tara sense a connection but vow to keep their real identities a secret. Years later, their paths cross again.
An idealistic English filmmaker casts a group of student actors in her docudrama about India's revolution against British rule in the 1920s.


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On Christmas night, Prince Charming told my 11 year old brother that Texas Caviar is catfish eggs. Ha! This stuff is way better than (ugh!) catfish eggs would be. I could totally eat this Texas Caviar like a salad – with a fork!
I researched several Texas Caviar recipes and even wrote ingredients on my grocery list, but somehow a few ingredients never made it into the grocery cart. So, I made up my own recipe.
- 1/2 large red onion, chopped
- 1 yellow bell pepper chopped
- 1 can sweet corn, drained
- 2 cans black eyed peas, drained
- 1 can Rotel, drained
- 1 T. minced garlic
- 3/4 cup balsamic vinaigrette
- 1/2 t. cumin
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
Mix onion, bell pepper, corn, peas, Rotel and garlic. Pour vinaigrette over and mix. Add cumin, salt and pepper. Mix well. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Add cilantro right before serving. Serve with tortilla chips (or forks. Ha!). Enjoy!


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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Time for another Chicka Challenge! Thank you so much to Victoria for playing our candy challenge last week. Her candy project is really cute. Check it when you get a chance.
This weeks challenge is in honor of Ben's birthday. Ben is Jane's son and he just loves elephants. So this weeks challenge is to make a card using a zoo animal. Any zoo animal will do, lion, tiger, bear!!! Anything! I brought out my hippo stamp by A Muse. He is just too cute with the little birdie and the sentiment, well, I thought it fit. Not sure you can tell by my photo but I put a little glitter on the birch branch. IMHO cards look better with a little sparkle. I love what Jane did this week with the elephant stamp. She makes me smile when she uses A Muse images. Hooray, Janie!!!
Don't forget to leave a post with a link to your creation.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
It's Chicka Challenge time again! Good thing I have these challenges otherwise I wouldn't have any posts because my life has been so busy lately. Hopefully it will settle down soon so I can get back to posting sneak peeks for all the A Muse new releases. This month's release was super classy. Monograms was the theme. Check out their website for all the new images.
Before we get to this week's challenge, I want to thank everyone that participated last week. Thank you Tinla, Kerry, Armie, Glenda, Kristie Lee, Victoria and Monica!!! You all did a great job with your sparkly cards. Our challenge this week is to make a card or other project with some kind of candy involved. Everyone loves candy and this time of year has us all thinking about our favorites. Jane made this super cute test tube holder for me and I wanted to post it so you could all see her craftyness!!! She is such a good friend. She made me something special and even used A Muse's Boris stamp, he's my boyfriend, you know... Shhhhh, don't tell Gary! I just love her color combination and her new pinking Nestabilities set. Perfect with Boris' hair, don't you think? Now get busy and make something special for your friend or maybe for yourself with a candy theme. Don't forget to post here or at Jane's blog so we can see what you made.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
It's Chicka time again! This is the 7th of our Chicka Challenges. First I would like to thank everyone who played last week. Armie, Victoria and Tinla all did a fabulous job with their Halloween cards.
This weeks challenge is to make a card using Stickles or anything sparkly. You see, I am a Stickles fan and while Jane and I were on our little shopping tour we found some colors I didn't have. I know! How can you be a fan of Stickles and not have all the colors? Soooo, I bought three new ones. I thought about making a lot of different colors on my stickled leaves but am moving to a more simple style so I went with just orange. Then I wondered what is better than just Stickles and added some orange glitter. Super sparkly!!! Now, don't be shy, play along this week and post your creation here or on Jane's blog.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Who can guess what the Chicka Challenge is this week? Oh, yes! My FAVORITE cards to make are Halloween! That is your challenge this week. When Jane and I went on our little outing we both looked at some Halloween paper and didn't buy it. Then we both went back after we got home and picked some up. Guess we were on the same wave length, huh? So, get out your Halloween goodness and make a card just for fun. Don't forget to post here or on Jane's blog with your creation.
I also wanted to thank everyone who played last week. Kerry, Armie and Victoria all did a great job on what I would consider a difficult challenge.


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on january 10, south african president ramaphosa and foundation education minister angie motshekga visited siqongweni high school in pietermaritzburg， south africa and delivered a keynote address. song haiyan, ceo of hengtong aberdare was invited to attend it and were warmly welcome.
in order to help the local students from poverty obtain the equal opportunities for further university studies, hengtong aberdare, in cooperation with siqongweni high school carried out the aber-school project in april 2017. aberdare employed more than 10 experienced retired teachers to provide extracurricular tutoring in english, mathematics and physical science for grade 10-12.
the aber-school project helps 85 students including 25 grade 10 students, 30 grade 11 students and 25 grade 12 students who got excellent results in this year of college entrance examination, and 12 of them were admitted to universities. the teachers and students from siqongweni expressed sincere thanks through the visiting.
in a subsequent speech, president ramaphosa spoke highly of the aber-school project and encouraged students to study hard and read a book a month after school. song haiyan, ceo of hengtong aberdare, knew that the school still lacked three main facilities: a computer center, a library and a science laboratory. he said hengtong aberdare would like to support the school to build a computer center to help the students master the computer knowledge and skills.


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Prickly pears are the magenta-coloured fruit of the prickly pear cactus. They are eaten in Central America and right through the Mediterranean. I’ve seen a street vendor in Valencia with a cart full of them: the old man very carefully peeled the spiky fruit, revealing the extravagantly coloured flesh of the ripe pear’s interior. The flesh is flecked with dark seeds. That’s how I bought it, straight from his hand to mine.
In Australia the prickly pear is a pest, growing wild in central New South Wales and Queensland. It can often be spied growing alongside railway tracks, and in Melbourne a great mess of cactus trees can been seen reaching over backyard fences.
In the spring the cactus has gorgeous orange and yellow rose-ish flowers. The fruits mature over the whole of summer and are ready just when autumn is suggesting we get cosy: the prickly pear is summer’s last shout-out. At this time of year their flat, round paddles are spotted with ripening fruit. The young cactus paddles (nopales) can be eaten too.
At the market, choose ripe fruit by their bright red colour, but they should still look firm. If there is only green or yellow fruit, let these ripen at home, waiting until they are red before eating.
Be very careful handling the prickly pears. This is one fruit that should not be poked and prodded at the market. The spines are virtually invisible and very difficult to remove from your hands. Do not hold them with your bare hands, and make sure they are in a secure bag from the market. To remove prickles from the fruit, hold the prickly pears with tongs, place the fruit under cold running water and scrub them with a brush. The little points, where the prickles are, will go white once the prickles are removed. Once they’re out you can hold them without fear.
This sorbet is a revelation. The taste is floral, reminiscent of watermelon, but really it’s a flavour all of its own. It’s like sunshine, both the colour and the taste are so bright. It’s an unusual fruit, but once you’ve tasted the sorbet you’ll wonder why it’s taken you so long to discover it.
Prickly pear sorbet
5 large prickly pear fruits, scrubbed (see instructions above) and cut into quarters
¾ cup of water
Juice of 1 lime
½ cup raw caster sugar
Blitz the quartered prickly pears in a food processor, until a pulpy liquid. Strain through a sieve, removing the tiny seeds. What you should then have is a thick, fleshy, prickly pear juice.
In a small saucepan bring the water and lime juice to boil. Add half a cup of raw caster sugar. Turn the heat down and stir until the sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool.
Add cooled sugar syrup to the juice, and if you have an ice cream maker, churn. If you do not have an ice cream maker, freeze mixture in a steel tray.
When frozen, remove, chop roughly and blitz in a food processor. Freeze again, and repeat this process two more times. The sorbet should then be a lovely smooth consistency.

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Have fun by learning from the locals and get to know Peru and its culture by experiencing local life. In this program you will learn new skills and get to see the stunningly beautiful views of Peru’s Sacred Valley.
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You will be picked up from your hotel and continue to your first Cacao-to-Chocolate workshop. Here you will learn to make your own chocolate from scratch by our local expertise in the matter. After, we will continue to learn more about the local ceramic and how to make your own. All of this, while enjoying of the most spectacular views of the Andes. Lunch is included in the program.


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You mix in a box of vanilla instant pudding with a can of pumpkin and then fold in the cool whip. Easy as pie and tastes so good. If you haven’t tried this yet then please do. Pumpkin Spices, Instant Puddings, Vanilla Instant, Weights Watchers, Hearing People, Recipe With Vanilla Puddings, Ww Pts, Pumpkin Pies, Pumpkin Fluff
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Pumpkin Fluff ~ •1 (15oz) can pumpkin •16 oz cool whip •5.1 oz instant vanilla pudding •1 tsp pumpkin spice •1 tsp vanilla Stir all ingredients until thoroughly combined. Chill until ready to serve. I like to serve this with gingersnaps, graham crackers or apple slices.
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Dinner recipes for diabetics type 1. Generally clean eating for diabetics involves controlling the amount of carbohydrates you consume to keep blood sugar in check. Diabetes is a problem with your body that causes blood glucose sugar levels to rise higher than normal. The majority of recipes you find are high in carbohydrates and fat or they are bland with very little variety.
Dealing with high blood sugar after meals. Certainly finding a diabetic breakfast menu is essential not only so that you can eat the correct food for your diabetes but also because as we all know breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Diabetes well being was created to provide a wealth of knowledge about diabetes particularly information that is not necessarily discussed in clinical settings.
Meal planning is a tough task for most people especially for those with type 2 diabetes. What is a normal blood sugar level. Strike the spike ii.
This 7 day clean eating menu for diabetics is based on the guidelines of the american diabetes association. Millions of people around the world live with diabetes or know someone living with diabetes. Browse the webmd questions and answers a z library for insights and advice for better health.
The old adage you are what you eat is even truer for those with type 1 or 2 diabetes. What causes diabetes fatigue. If you have been diagnosed with diabetes then you really do need to learn about which foods are best for you and your health.
Gooseberry patch delicious recipes for diabetics proves that people who have diabetes dont have to give up their favorite foods and can eat tasty. You need at least 3 full meals a day with some snacks in between to keep glucose levels steady but you likely worry that what you are eating is not providing you with important nutrients while spiking your blood sugar.


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Oil markets moved materially lower last week falling from over $50 to $46 on concerns over Brexit.
The market being the market, it pummeled the prices down only to rally 4.54% on Friday to close out the week.
John Kemp reports that longs reduced their oil exposure materially last week and shorts increased their positions.
Hedge Funds cut a combined -46 million bbls or 19% to 198 million bbls.
Markets were spooked around the world, but we think the Brexit won't happen. Late night polls currently have the polls swinging towards "remain." Implications for Britain in the long-run would be catastrophic if it were to leave the Eurozone. The markets being ever more dependent on certainty would drastically sell-off in the event Brexit happened. The confidence in the EU would also drop leaving the ECB with more issues as investors would pull out money collectively across the Euro group. This would likely result in central banks around the world lowering interest rates further to stem the capital outflow.
As Gundlach said on Friday, "When it comes up for a vote, I think it will fail."
For those that remember back in 2014 when Scotland voted to stay in Great Britain, the market was just as concerned and all risk assets sold off. The "no" side ended up winning, and the markets recovered.
And to give another example, the market was concerned about the US debt ceiling in 2013 when the government had to shut down for a day only to have the issue resolved and the markets rallied.
These are just several events that can be listed, and it goes to show that mainstream media blows things out of proportion. How about taking a poll with 2,000 people and call it a gauge for where the rest of the people would vote for?
Sometimes the tactics used to overemphasize an event is very classic media marketing. Fear mongering headlines grab a lot of attention. How else do you think ZeroHedge built a business out of selective bias?
In the event that the votes come in favor of "Bremain" on June 23 rd, we think global equity markets will view that very favorably with commodities like oil (NYSEARCA:USO) rallying over $50. The USD in response will likely fall further now that the probability of an interest rate hike has substantially reduced. Avid followers of our writing may note that we do not expect a rate hike to happen this year as the US economy's job figures look to only deteriorate going forward. Any economic softness will likely hold the Fed back from any rate hikes.
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After missing three months, Caris LeVert has been slowly progressing since his return to the Nets’ lineup.
But following a rare scoreless performance in Wednesday’s loss to the Wizards, LeVert admitted he had taken a step back.
Granted, he’s hoping to get on the right track quickly.
“I feel like I’m getting close every day,” said LeVert, who, since returning from a right foot dislocation, understandably hasn’t been as productive as he was earlier in the season. “Even though [Wednesday against the Wizards] was a step back, I still feel like I’m right there. My confidence is still at the same spot it was. I had a great practice today. I’m looking forward to [Friday against the Hornets] to bounce back.”
LeVert, 24, averaged 18.4 points in 14 games before his horrific injury. Since his return, he has averaged 8.9 points in seven games.
On Wednesday, he missed all five of his shots. It was the first time he’d been held without a point since Jan. 2, 2017, his 13th career game in the NBA.
“Three months is a long time to be out, but I don’t want to put it all on the injury,” LeVert said. “I feel like I could have had better energy and defensively and maybe sparked something offensively. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it was. The loss hurts more than anything else.”
LeVert said the hardest part of his return has been “probably the mental aspect.”
He admitted he watched the freakish injury a lot “for the first couple weeks.”
“I’ve never been a guy who couldn’t watch injuries like that,” LeVert said. “And I wanted to see kind of how it happened. And I couldn’t really stop thinking about it honestly, so I just watched it. And like I said, after probably the first week or so I just stopped.”
LeVert said he plans to talk to Paul George, who came back from a horrific leg injury himself to return to superstar form.
“I haven’t talked to him yet, but I definitely am going to reach out at some point,” LeVert said. “But I haven’t gotten the chance yet.”
Reserve forwards Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Jared Dudley both practiced with G-League Long Island on Thursday.
“They wanted to,” coach Kenny Atkinson said. “It just shows the humility of this team. It was voluntary.”
Sean Marks paid a visit to George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa on Thursday, and was seen in a photo on Twitter wearing pinstripes and sitting with Yankees manager Aaron Boone.


So the Stem Cell research bill squeaked by in the house, just as the Senate moderates made their compromise just in time. (FWIW, seven of CC's firm's clients were for the bill. )
It's early to declare a trend of moderation winning out over conservatism, but these recent developments are a good sign.
Also, I really like this essay.
I knew about the Faustlings' history and had been thinking about them often during the debate over this issue.
Addendum after reading Joel's response:
It is possible that Bush did make a mistake by fighting this one on moral rather than financial grounds. The issue really was government funding of the research rather than the research itself.
But I can also see why Bush fought it the way he did.
1. Arguing morals has worked for Bush many times before.
2. Fighting government funding of research quickly leads to questions about if we should be paying for the expensive yet immensely popular NASA. Even libertarians don't mind the government paying to research weapons, and weapons development does not happen independently of developments in other sciences.
People who attack this bill as a ban on the research itself are wrong.
People who attack Bush for arguing as if his problem is with the research, not necessarily the funding for it, are justified in doing so because that's the position Bush himself has taken in using the "snowflake babies" etc.


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Rebuilding Together, an organization providing critical repairs, accessibility modifications and energy efficient upgrades to low-income homes and community centers, participated in Annual Rebuilding Day in the northern suburbs on April 26.
Teska Associates Principal Planner, Kon Savoy, donated his Saturday birthday to oversee rehabilitation of a local community day center for persons with autism.
Alongside fellow members of the First Presbyterian Church, Kon painted 12 rooms and replaced broken doors and ceiling tiles for the center owned by Rimland in Evanston.
The Chapter also helped seven homeowners including a single mom, one family and several seniors with their home repairs.
Rebuilding Together is a national organization that has provided extensive home rehabilitation for almost 25 years. The network of 187 affiliated non-profits brings together 100,000 volunteers and completes nearly 10,000 annual projects. Home by Home, Block by Block, entire communities are transformed. Visit www.rebuildingtogether.org for more information.


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Thanks to a dominant second half, the Midland Bulldogs managed to pull away from the Americas Trailblazers for a 41-23 victory at Grande Communications Stadium in Midland on Saturday.
No. 2 Americas (0-1) led 16-14 at the end of the first half after kicker Alexis Mendoza hit a 25-yard field goal as time expired in the second quarter.
But, the Bulldogs came back on fire after the half, behind a potent offense behind Lance White broke off a 24-yard touchdown run, giving the Bulldogs a 28-16 lead with 1:08 left in the third.
Americas finally got its first points of the second half with 5:44 left in the game when Andrew Ramirez, who had two rushing touchdowns in the game, plunged into the end zone from a yard out, cutting Midland's lead to 28-23. But that would be it for Americas. The Trailblazers only threw one interception all of last season, but threw two against Midland alone, not to mention the lost fumble and 10 penalties for 81 yards.
"We made far too many mistakes," Americas coach Patrick Melton said. "We dug ourselves a lot of holes. And every time we dug out of one hole we went and got ourselves in another one."
Del Valle football loses
No. 4 Del Valle held a 15-9 lead over Everman with a little over six minutes left in the game, but a 55-yard touchdown pass from Reggie Kincade to Chris Strafford gave the Bulldogs a 16-15 win over the Conquistadores on Saturday in Sweetwater, Texas.
Del Valle (0-1) did try a 45-yard field goal with 1:45 left in the game, but it was blocked.
Leading the Conquistadores was quarterback Steven Montez, who had a 6-yard touchdown pass to Matt Vasquez, and Jose Rascon, with his 6-yard touchdown run.
Cross country opens season
The Coronado girls and El Paso boys won the Irvin Cross Country meet at Skyline Park on Saturday.
Coronado scored 32 points, edging Horizon by one point, while El Paso scored 41 points well ahead of Centennial from Las Cruces, which had 60 points.
Sarah Lopez of Horizon won the 5K girls title (19 minutes, 12.05 seconds), while Jorge Quintero of Burges won the 5K boys (15:53).
In the Rodolfo "Rudy" Alvarez Invitational at Del Valle, the Eastwood boys and girls teams took top honors with 33 and 43 points respectively.
Brian Casillas of Eastwood took the 5K boys title (18:06.45), while Santa Teresa's Britani Gonzalez won the 5K girls title (19:01.14).


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The Walking Dead: Norman Reedus, Greg Nicotero restaurant opening in Georgia
The Walking Dead actor Norman Reedus and director-producer-makeup guru Greg Nicotero are taking a break from the zombie apocalypse to open their own restaurant in Senoia, Georgia — the same town where a large portion of the show is filmed.
The eatery is called Nic & Norman and will open at 20 Main Street, as confirmed by a recent Instagram post from Reedus. “Check us out if [you’re] in the hood,” he wrote alongside a photo of the restaurant’s logo. Elsewhere, bystanders posted snapshots of the location to social media.
Nic & Norman will open sometime this summer, according to the official Twitter account, while Atlanta-based newspaper AJC reports it will feature original art by Reedus and Nicotero. See photos below.
Also outside of The Walking Dead, the actor features in Ride With Norman Reedus, a motorcycle series from AMC.


Protein identification presents numerous challenges to life science researchers. Proteins can be difficult to detect, very large or very small, and have perplexing chemical properties. The dynamic range of abundance of proteins found in nature is perhaps the greatest challenge, and means that any comprehensive screening program must incorporate multiple stages and multiple technologies in order to capture all significant proteins.
Pharma industry applications for protein identification technologies include biomarker discovery and validation, protein target discovery and validation, protein-protein interactions, antibodies, analysis of gene knockout or gene silencing experiments, and companion diagnostic development for pipeline drugs. There is a need for more specific proteomics identification tools in today’s drug discovery—for example, researchers often need to distinguish isomers or post-translational modifications.
Much new innovation in proteomics centers on improvements and refinements of mass spec. Novel approaches to complementary proteomics technologies such as the immunoassay and light scattering technology provide additional options for identifying and characterizing proteins.
Mass spec like never before
“The TripleTOF 5600 system is being deployed in big protein biomarker studies where the power of the TripleTOF is needed to dig deeper into a sample, especially to identify low abundant proteins,” says Dominic Gostick, director of academic research at AB SCIEX.
Gostick adds that the 5800 system is being used for routine protein identification, while the 5600 can be used for identification as well as quantification in advanced workflows.
The Waters Corporation (Milford, Mass.) approach to mass spec incorporates nano-scale UPLC separation using a data-independent acquisition strategy. It differs from many other approaches in that it is not necessary to select peptide ions in real time to fragment them. Data can be acquired on all detectable species, all the time, by cycling between two modes alternating low and high collision energies.
“This allows both peptide accurate mass information and fragment ion accurate mass information to be generated for database searching,” says Waters spokesman James Langridge. “This approach results in extremely high-duty cycle, sensitivity, and dynamic range, allowing comprehensive measurements to be made in either simple or complex protein mixtures.”
An extension on the UPLC system adds HDMS (high-definition mass spectrometry) functionality to the system. “The HDMS-E approach uses ion mobility as an additional gas phase separation technique,” Langridge explains. “This gives a significant increase in peak capacity, separation efficiency, and as such allows us to probe complex mixtures in a robust and reliable fashion like never before.”
Ion mobility separation permits the detection of both high- and low-abundance peptides. By using the accurate mass of the precursor peptides and their fragments, it is possible to identify proteins with very high sensitivity and selectivity.
Post-translational modifications demystified
Electron transfer dissociation (ETD) is a new type of fragmentation technique for protein identification that complements other methods such as collisionally-induced fragmentation and higher energy collisional dissociation. ETD is able to fragment and sequence highly modified peptides without loss of the modification. The preservation of the post-translational modification enables precise determination of the site of that modification, for example, mapping the exact location of multiple phosphorylations on a histone.
ETD can also sequence larger proteins, often for more than 40 amino acids at each terminus. In combination with other types of fragmentation technologies, ETD provides very comprehensive coverage of the protein.
Common applications for ETD include its use on a hybrid linear ion trap instrument to identify highly modified histones or other hyperphosphorylated proteins and acetylation of metabolic enzymes. “ETD really enables biologists today to study protein isoforms eventually identifying the biologically active protein isoform that is responsible for regulatory events in the cell,” says Andreas Huhmer, PhD, director of proteomics marketing for Thermo Fisher Scientific (Pittsburgh, Pa.). “This is a dramatic shift from the major objectives of proteomics a few years ago, when the focus was on principle discovery of gene products.”
In the field of drug discovery, interest in epigenetic drug targets is heating up. There is a growing need to identify epigenetic targets and develop inhibitors that are specific to post-translationally modified proteins. Merck researchers used ETD to study isoform-specific inhibitors of class 1 and class 2 histone deacetylase enzymes. The group profiled histone-enriched cellular fractions treated with various inhibitors and analyzed them using differential mass spectrometry using EDT to identify post-translational modifications.1
Advances on the EDT horizon include negative ion ETD, or reverse ETD, in which positively charged ETD reagent ions react with negatively charged analytes to induce fragmentation. That technique could be used for analyzing negative product ions such as carbohydrates and RNA rather than peptides, which are positively charged.
Outside the box
Wyatt Technology Corporation (Santa Barbara, Calif.) has applied laser light scattering principles to protein mobility through its Mobius instrument. That allows the investigator to measure the mobility of proteins smaller than the typical resolution limit of electrophoresis.
The Mobius can handle proteins as small as 2 nm, with an analysis time of 60 seconds or less. Additional options permit the measurement of hydrodynamic radius, through the use of backward scattered light.
Light scattering instruments not only measure protein molecular weight and hydrodynamic radius but also characterize the nature of protein conjugates or aggregates in order to determine subunit conformation and measure the stoichiometry of protein complexes.
The detector is not configured to separate proteins, so it requires a purified sample. Impure samples or samples with mixtures of proteins will return data that is an average of all of the molecules in the sample.
“It’s a noninvasive technique. Mass spec will break it down so it will only be able to measure molecular weight,” says Michelle Chen, head of analytical services, Wyatt Technology. Proteins analyzed by light scattering are not damaged or altered and can be used later.
No treatment of protein identification would be complete without discussing the immunoassay. The immunoassay is a workhorse of protein identification, coming in a wide range of formats, and applied across a spectrum of applications from bedside clinical applications to high content screening in the drug discovery industry.
Nanoscale immunoassays are a recent innovation that basically miniaturize the already-tiny microarray. NanoInk Inc., headquartered in Chicago, makes a dip-pen nanolithography platform that can generate nanoscale features on any solid surface. NanoInk has demonstrated the technology by developing a nano-scale ELISA array to detect recombinant prostate specific antigen. According to NanoInk, the miniaturized assay is capable of detecting prostate specific antigen (PSA) at femtogram per milliliter concentrations.
Nanoscale immunoassays “can be performed in a sandwich capture assay format as well as reverse phase array formats,” says Bruce Dudzik, senior director of Nano BioDiscovery Division at NanoInk. Comparing the dip pen nanolithography method to ink jet spotting, Dudzik said that the ink jet method subjects proteins to very high shear forces and may potentially disrupt the bioactivity of the protein. In contrast, the DPN deposition method produces highly uniform protein features.
A nanoscale assay requires significantly less sample than an ELISA, a bead-based assay, or a conventional microarray. The assay requires as little as 2 µL of sample, which makes it possible to carry out assays in situations where very little sample is available, such as needle aspirates from cancer patients or cerebral spinal fluid samples. The nanoscale assay may also be multiplexed in a single sample, further multiplying the value of the 2 µL sample.
“In many instances, the miniaturization process can also enable an increase in the sensitivity of the assay itself,” says Dudzik. That’s because concentration of the target molecules in a very small area in the nanoscale assay helps increase the kinetics of the reactions and brightens the detection signal registered from the assay.
Dudzik cautions that good laboratory technique must be used in performing the assay, because of the very small volume of sample. “Also, the assay does not fix a bad reagent,” he says. “For instance a poor affinity capture antibody will not be improved in our assay if it does not bind to its partner well to begin with.”
NanoInk makes a preformatted 10-plex human inflammation biomarker kit, and also provides custom biomarker assays. Past clients have requested assays for serum samples, whole blood samples, tumor lysates, tear samples, cerebrospinal fluid samples, and dried blood spots.
1. Lee AY, et al. “Quantitative analysis of histone deacetylase-1 selective histone modifications by differential mass spectrometry.” J Proteome Res. 2008:7(12);5177-86.
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With their dad knee-deep in horror, working as the effects artist on the original Evil Dead, Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce grew up with genre cinema and the indie methods used by Sam Raimi back in the ’80s. The world of horror films was different back then; practical effects were king, and if you could not find a way to do it in reality, it would not make it into the movie. It is this mentality that the brothers brought to their latest film, The Wretched, a throwback creature-feature that rewinds filmmaking to the glory days—filled with blood, kids in danger, and plenty of gruesome practical effects.
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CG Magazine: It seems like The Wretched wears its inspiration on its sleeve. Could you discuss some of the influences involved, how they made their way into the film, and how you surpassed them to make something uniquely your own?
Brett Pierce: A lot of Drew and I’s influences come from horror films, but also other types of movies. There’s obviously an ET influence. It’s not 100 per cent intentional sometimes, but I think it just happens because we both love ET so much.
Drew T. Pierce: I think one of the biggest influences is that we grew up with our dad, and he did the special effects on Evil Dead. We grew up with the mythology of the Evil Dead crew, and the hard shoot in their movies.
BP: Yeah. Evil Dead is a huge influence on us. Just because we were brought up with the idea that like if you want to make a horror movie, you get your friends together and you go out in the woods and you make a horror movie. It’s just because as kids there would be all these guys piled into our basement to finish the special effects in the movie. It instilled in us, “Oh, to make a movie all you have to do is invite your friends to come to your house. And then you go out in the woods and shoot stuff when you need it.”
DP: I think the way we tried to go beyond those influences is that our favourite horror movies usually have some sort of tie-ins in the theme that’s really interesting. The story ties into a theme with the creature, and the one we fell in love with that nobody was doing was the idea of witches, the dark mother, the anti-family creature. We’re like, “Well, that’s perfect.” That creates a story where it’s about a family that’s struggling to stay together. Meanwhile, you have this witch that’s trying to rip them apart at the same time.
BP: Yeah. One of our favourite films is the original Halloween. I mean, half the reason we wanted to shoot the movie on anamorphic lenses was because of the original Halloween. It’s one of those bratty elements as directors where your producers say you can’t shoot on anamorphic lenses. And we were just watching Halloween the night before. So, no, there’s no way we can’t shoot on anamorphic lenses, without that the movie’s going to be terrible.
DP: And we’re obsessed with John Carpenter’s The Thing.
BP: Yeah, The Thing, which has its influences on [our] movie somewhat with the witch taking the form of the mom next door. It’s funny, you don’t really realize what your influences are going into it until… we literally finished the movie two weeks ago!
I’m not joking. You sit down, you watch it, and then you’re like, man. It’s really apparent what I like, but it’s just really funny. It was honestly more for us. Drew and I just really wanted a movie about mythology and folklore as the backdrop for our supernatural element. We wanted to take characters and create a really good drama with people we cared about that we related to because we came from a divorced family. We wanted to build on top of that, and express some of our feelings through the movie. I always liked it in horror movies where you have the real people while their life is going on. Then the supernatural element comes in from the left and just crashes into it and destroys everything.
DP: It sort of tests all those relationships, like in Poltergeist.
BP: Poltergeist is a huge influence too.
CGM: You mentioned folklore, how did you come up with the concept of the witch and how she functions? Did you draw on actual folklore for The Wretched, or is this all from you?
BP: It’s a little bit of both, it actually comes from-
DP: It’s a hybrid from a lot of different mythologies.
BP: The inspiration comes from where we shot in northern Michigan, which is, to people that live in Michigan, where everybody goes on vacation. They go camping up north, we just call it “going up north.” Drew and I used to go up north and go camping in Traverse City. And there’s a lot of myths up there about witches like the Ada Witch, which is this weird spectre that appears on the side of the road, and all this other stuff. We were always obsessed with that type of creature storytelling, and we just wanted to figure out how to make our own new take on the witch movie and tell a new creepy fairy tale. So we started researching all these different witches from around the world from Black Annie and the Kali-ac to Jenny Greenfingers, all these things. And we saw some elements that were in all of them, so we cherry-picked to make one that really works for the story we want to tell. I really like this element about the witch in this story. If we tie this into that, it all makes sense. We weirdly cobbled it together from a bunch of different sources, all actual myths. But, the main ones that came from? Black Annie was a big influence originally.
Then there’s the Boo Hag, which I think is a southern myth. The story goes that this woman seduces a man and then she marries him. At night, she goes out and takes off her skin and seduces other men. Eventually, the husband realizes that she is going out at night and finds her skin in the closet and salts it. When she comes home, she puts it back on, and she burns. You know, these cool, weird myths. I haven’t seen anything like that in a film.
DP: I mean, there aren’t a lot of good witch movies, but in recent years, it feels like most of them are a ghost that they just call the witch. It’s a woman, maybe all her children were murdered, and she’s going to come back and wants revenge or wants to collect the bones of her children or something like that. We were more like, “I love witch mythology, but let’s give her a few rules and build her like you would a vampire or something like that.”
CGM: Let’s talk about the practical effects used in The Wretched. You had some great scenes and some great use of design that really captured the concept you’re trying to get forward. Why the choice to go practical for most of the stuff rather than going straight up CG? I mean, I know why I’d do it, but I’m curious.
BP: It just looks better. It’s probably exactly the same reason you would.
DP: I think people on set can react to it. You can’t put a price on that. Just the fact that if somebody’s staring at a green screen… I mean, we’re buds with Bruce Campbell, and he complains about it all the time.
BP: He was actually telling us the other day how much he doesn’t like doing kicks in front of green screens, and stuff like that.
DP: And we’re just huge fans. I mean, we told you that The Thing was such a touchstone for us, like with him. Our special effects guy just killed it.
BP: Yeah, his name was Erik Porn from this company called Bitemares. Drew and I grew up on practical effects, and they captured light the right way. Like Drew said, people can actually react to what’s there.
DP: There’s a magic trick quality to it when you see something and you don’t know exactly how it’s done. Practical effects are usually meant for the 3-10 seconds that they show up on the screen, and if you show it for one frame longer, it’s going to look like junk. That’s the magic trick, it’s fun to watch a movie and not know how something’s done. Whereas, if it’s CG, there’s just sort of this feeling of “every shot is a CG effect”. You’re just like, “Oh, that’s just a model or something. They just plugged into a computer.
BP: Yeah, and they’re also cool because we actually storyboarded—well, Drew did, then I worked with him in our DP and we storyboarded the whole movie. I think a lot of the challenges with practical effects, why people decide not to do them off the bat, are because you absolutely have to decide what you want to do it ahead of time because everybody’s got to know exactly what they’re looking at. I hear special effects guys complain about this all the time. They get asked to make something, and then they decide to shoot it from a completely different angle where it just doesn’t look good.
DP: It’s scary because you show up and the day of you have some sort of puppet or something that looks goofy, and you’re like, “How are we going to make this work? Like, we have a plan?” Sometimes it just doesn’t work.
BP: I would even say that I’m really proud of the practical effects. Like Drew was saying, some of them you see on screen and you’re like, “Man, it looks really awesome.” That’s for the three seconds you see it, but I guarantee you we cut at the fourth second because then it looked goofy. I think Drew and I especially get a kick out of old fashioned tricks with movies, from practical effects to forced perspective to anything because if you’re actually shooting it in the camera, it feels more real. It helps with the tension of the movie. It’s like you actually feel fear if you think that thing’s really there in the room with somebody.
DP: It’s so fun too. There’s something about the excitement of setting up a practical effect and having it work.
BP: Yeah, the whole crew comes around and they’re all like, “Oh, we’re about to spurt blood all over the place,” and you look at your effects team, and they look really happy.
DP: I can’t imagine shooting a horror movie on a green screen. It would be so boring.
CGM: I want to ask about the dynamic of the kids in The Wretched, because you have a very mature story but you’re telling it from the point of view of teenagers. Why that choice? How did you come up with a story about kids, almost a coming of age story-type thing, but also be about family and all this other stuff that makes up the movie?
BP: I think what that was, is that some of those decisions have a lot to do with how we grew up. Growing up in a divorced family and being put in a similar situation as Ben was in a lot of ways. I think there’s just something inherently scary about the notion that you can be discredited if you’re a teenager. If you’re grown up, that sort of makes everything a little bit less scary a lot of the time, because you’re just more capable. I feel like the kids, the less capable, are dealing with the worst situation—and getting anybody to believe that they are.
With a teenage character, Ben, it’s also at that time when you’re just getting your driver’s license, and you’re being trusted like almost half of an adult. It’s a time that you’re trying to prove yourself the most to your dad and your mom and be trustworthy. But it also tends to be the time that you act out the most, and you act the most ridiculous or be untrustworthy in some aspects. It created a good opportunity of presenting a point where he should be able to be trusted by his family. But, because of where he’s at, it’s very easy to see him as somebody that might be acting out or has outside problems influencing him and he’s acting unreasonably. That really helps with discrediting our main character. So he doesn’t just go like, “Hey, dad, guess what? There’s this horrible thing happening. It’s awful. It’s real.” His dad goes, “Oh, yeah, let’s go check it out. Yeah, you’re right.” Movie’s over.
CGM: Awesome. Let’s get into the level of violence, the level of horror, and the nature of it almost becoming a fun film at times. Even then, you also have those elements of terror and straight-up gore. How did you draw the line of how far to bring it? How far to push it? How do you know when to bring it back and make it a little bit more fun?
DP: I think it’s always a challenge. You know, I think it’s just our sensibilities. Like, we think it’s hard for us to get too dark. We joke that we always hear like, “Oh, there’s this fun scene in your movie.” We’re like, “Oh, we kill almost everybody in our movie.”
BP: Drew’s terrible at dropping ideas that I don’t want people to know. Yes, it’s a thing where, like, I think the contrast of something being perceived in the movie as very disturbing or dark is even better if you have levity and comedy and fun moments elsewhere. I see horror movies all the time. And I like some very, very dark horror movies that stay in the same tone all the way through. But I feel like if you’re just dark all the way through, it dulls things later in the movie because you’re staying in the same spot the whole time.
DP: So you always need that second to breathe and laugh. A light-hearted moment, even a slightly light-hearted moment, can release the tension so that it can build up again.
BP: I just like the idea that we have some elements of comedy in the film, But we also go to really dark, dark places, because I think that makes it more shocking and more entertaining, because you’re like, “Oh man, I’m really enjoying what’s going on with these characters,” and then you’re like, “Oh my gosh, what did you just do?”
CGM: Awesome. Thank you so much. Is there anything else you want to add that I didn’t touch on that you think the audience should know about when looking at The Wretched?
BP: I guess in some ways; I’d like to tell everybody it’s a very independent movie. It’s something that Drew and I took around town trying to get made. We live out in LA, but we’re from Michigan originally. We really wanted to make this movie and almost got it made a couple of times with a couple of companies, and then we just decided to strike out on our own because we felt so good about the movie we just wanted to make it the way we wanted to.
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