The main improvement over the other PET / CBM computers is the 80-column display. The screen is 12'' large and the ROM version is 4.0.
The CBM-80xx was often sold as a "bundle". It was made up of the computer (most often the CBM 8032, though other models were made), the 5.25" double disk drive CBM 8050 (500 KB, 77 tracks) and the bi-directional 132-columns, 160 CPS printer. The 8050 has a 6502 CPU, 4 KB of RAM and 12 KB of ROM (which contains the DOS). It was sold with Ozz, a Database, and a version of the spreadsheet "Visicalc".
CBM & PET 4000/8000 series - Brings back the memories! I used to fix these things, and boy did they have some classics. Regular problems were caused by the chip sockets going intermittant together with the molex power connectors burning out! Fix - remove chip squirt with RS Solvent Cleaner and stick them back. The external Disk units were connected by IEEE connectors. These disk drive units would fail, many a time I would open a unit up onsite(rather like opening the bonnet of a car) to find a pair of rectifier diodes that had got so hot they had actually melted themselves out of the board and fallen into the base.
I experimented with the compatibility of this computer and the C-64. Any software stored on cassette by the CBM could be loaded into the C-64, but C-64 tapes wouldn't work on the CBM.
The 8296DS double disk drive unit uses 2x 6502. They work as multi-processor system. One cpu manages the data transfer and the other the drives hardware. So in fact the floppy has the double computing power than the computer itself.
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Pilot program aims to refurbish solar panels before they end up in Alberta landfills
December 4, 2022, 10:55 a.m. ·2 min read
Solar farms like the The Travers Solar Project, in Lomond, Alta. continue to be built in the province, but many of the panels have a life expectancy of 20 years and will have to go to the landfill. (Carolyn Dunn/CBC - image credit)
Thousands of solar panels are set to reach their two-decade lifespan in the coming years, but one Alberta group is aiming to keep some of those panels out of the landfill.
Canada could pile up 800,000 tonnes of expired solar panels by 2050, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
The Alberta Recycling Management Authority (ARMA) is preparing for the wave of expired panels and has launched a pilot project to try to keep them in use. ARMA has already recovered close to 700 over the past two years with hopes of testing and refurbishing them.
"I think what we're experiencing right now is a calm before the storm," said Brad Shutlz, ARMA CEO. "So we're going to start seeing these coming in by the hundreds of thousands. So it's nice to have a solution before it becomes a problem.
The ARMA has been working on the pilot project for the past two years to solve the problem. Solar panels aren't included in Alberta's electronics recycling program, and the agency wants to change that.
"What we thought we would do is try to get an understanding of the volume that's out there and what are the challenges, how do we actually recycle this material," Shutlz said.
"So working with our processors, we have come up with a method of funding them to go to all these collection sites, bring it back to their facilities and recycle it and just understanding the challenges, and the cost."
In a west Edmonton warehouse, Darren Dunfield demonstrates how he tests out solar panels to assess how safe they are, and monitors how much production might be left.
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Dunfield, a research lead at NAIT's Centre For Grid Innovation, is hoping to eventually automate the process.
"We need processes that can rapidly test, discard and move to refurbishment," Dunfield said. "So expanding the speed that we do the testing, expanding the refurbishment ability of how many more we can salvage. Ultimately for me it's about removing them from the waste stream."
The refurbished solar panels may not be able to generate electricity for the province's power grid due to certification and insurance issues, but the ARMA considers them a good fit for farmers who are looking to cut back on low-end energy use.
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In the meantime, Dunfield is training people like Mark Schell, the owner of Hi-Tech Recyclers to test hundreds of solar panels that have already been recovered.
"It's always fun and exciting to be on the cutting edge of something. It's nice to be the first guy. You'll learn a lot and you don't have to take a whole bunch of time like the others will," Schell said.
While the pilot is expected to wrap up this month, the province is exploring opportunities to continue it, said Miguel Racin, press secretary for Alberta's minister of environment and protected areas.
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Eastern Christians begin Lent with a "Forgiveness" liturgy
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On the Sunday before Lent begins, Eastern Christians turn and ask each other for forgiveness.
While Roman Catholics being Lent with Ash Wednesday and the call to repentance, Eastern Christians (both Orthodox and Byzantine Catholics) celebrate "Forgiveness Sunday."
The celebration occurs on the last Sunday before the Lenten fast officially begins. In the morning the Divine Liturgy highlights the following words of Jesus.
If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.(Matthew 6:14-15)
This sets the tone for the day, which is focused on an interior renewal and a recognition that we must be reconciled with all those we have hurt before we make our own sacrifices to God.
In the evening, Eastern Christians often celebrate "Forgiveness Vespers," which continues the theme of forgiveness, but also includes a concrete act offered to those present.
Byzantine pastor Father Michael O'Loughlin explains the spiritual symbolism in an interview on Denver Catholic.
"Sin objectively keeps you from a relationship with Christ," he said. "We need to make sure there is nothing amongst each other that is getting in the way."In discussing the immensity of his role as pastor of souls, Father O'Loughlin turned to his flock and said, "I ask for forgiveness for any way, and real tangible ways, that I've hurt any of you."
The Catholic Telegraph gives a brief summary of what happens during the liturgical ceremony, "During Forgiveness Vespers, the clergy and the congregation ask forgiveness of each other, one person at a time, for offenses they committed, knowingly or not, and exchange a kiss of peace."
The action of asking forgiveness vary by local custom, as the Denver Catholic explains, "The choir sang Easter hymns—because forgiveness is an act of Easter—as families, couples and friends lined up to hug Father O'Loughlin. Then forming a line after him, each parishioner received each other and, with smiles and tears, sought reconciliation."
This could also include a full prostration on the ground, as Angela Doll Carlson describes on her blog, Nearly Orthodox, "We stand in two lines, all of the faithful, facing each other. And at the appointed time we bow to our fellow parishioner, moving into a deep metania or full prostration depending on one's physical abilities."
It is a profound tradition, one that emphasizes the need to extend mercy to others before we can fully experience the mercy of God.
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May 15, 2017 Murmursmole
I was padding around my neighbourhood the other day, going some messages, as Uncle Ratty's Scottish Aunt Agatha would say. The phrase to me evokes one's own familiar locality, a network of inter-relationships, of picking up and delivering, moseying between places on foot and greeting or chatting to anyone coming the other way. My messages, took me down the hill a little to drop off a note about borrowing a car, a few steps more to cancel a massage and a few steps more to thank a friend for a meal. It meant strolling across the road and chatting to a chum who was working in her garden, waving at people in the café, idling into the post office to buy flowers and stamps and to post two cards for friends beyond the message orbit. And here I was given a banana because they had noticed that days before I had left one on the counter. The next little stretch sloped downhill and veered leftwards towards the creek and led to the recipient of said flowers, and a cup of tea and a hug; then a steep climb through a back yard – with a wallaby beside me – to slip a card of congratulations under the door.
And back to my burrow.
When does this sense of neighbourhood begin? I am a creature of habit, a homebody, a nester by inclination, but I have moved twenty-six times:
lived in three different countries, five cities and countless villages, hamlets, isolated spots. I have shaped myself into attics and cellars, shared rooms, shared burrows, solitary burrows, big burrows, small burrows and a humpy in a clearing in a forest. I have lived on hillsides and near the sea, I have lived next to a bombsite, next to a railway station, next to a farm, next to a brothel, next to an apple shed, next to a tennis court, and between a locksmith and a courthouse.
When does the sense of not just in but next to start? In my fleeting places – places I am merely visiting for a week or two – I am not adventurer. I like to pinpoint one or two retreats, a shop perhaps, a café, not more. These I visit repeatedly, making them my neighbourhood. In big cities and burrows shared with others, it was the public spaces that became familiar – the shopkeepers I spoke to: fish and chip shops, grocers, laundromats and the pub. But sharing burrows, although easing one's sense of belonging, can diminish one's antennae for neighbourhood. Moles living together often flock together and the self-sufficiency of our bandedness can pre-empt us from getting to know those around us.
Once upon a time moles never moved far from their original burrows. When I think of Great Uncle Mole I get a sense of what that kind of embeddedness feels like. I never visited him anywhere but the one burrow. It had belonged to his forbears before him. Quite apart from the mental ancestral charts he maintained of all his neighbours, Great Uncle Mole's knowledge of his surroundings reached deep into the earth, extended itself around and into the trees, the hills, the seasons.
In Switzerland there are different words in the official language of belonging. As well as Geburtsort (place of birth) and Wohnungsort (place of residence) a mole has a designated Heimatort, a home, which is deemed to be the birthplace of the parent whose name it has taken. It gives, or intends to give, the nipper a deeper rootedness than its place of birth might. When I was small most Swiss stayed close to their roots and the three identifications of Geburts-,Wohnungs-, and Heimatsort were one and the same, but the British were gallivanters, my molekin in particular, and my place of birth, residence, and Heimatort were dotted in three, or was it four, countries. The concept of Heimatort was the most confusing of all. Mine was Karachi; – but how to identify it further? Was it in India, where Karachi was when my Papa was born, or Pakistan where it is now?
There were glimmers of neighbourhood in the various places I lived as small nipper: a weighing machine outside a chemists, a belisha beacon and a zebra crossing, a small bridge leading to allotments, and a roundabout mysteriously called the Ace of Spades. But we stayed nowhere long enough for a real sense of neighbourhood. Indeed, it was only the burrows of my grandparents that seemed to grant any sense of stability – I was unaware at the time that it was only as older moles they had settled after nomadic lives.
We moved to a new place in a new country and with a new language just as I was reaching the age of exploration (of self and neighbourhood). Why was I here?What does anything mean? My Mama sought refuge in landscape and sent me on botanical excursions. I listened to the moles about me, wondering whether they were greeting me or calling me names, learned to find my way home, stumbled over the words to ask for bread in the corner shop, began to learn the names of those who shared our six-family burrow. Gradually I became known as Frau so-and-so's nipper, visited the old paper-maker up the road, was invited in by a painter near the cross-roads. After a while the neighbourhood became my own. I knew nippers who lived at the orphanage, on the farm, in the new flats.
That neighbourhood is imprinted on my molemind both as it was at the beginning and how it is now.
Although I am a solitary sort of a mole, I have always been happiest if there are others close at hand. Places I have lived far from neighbours have palled – I can appreaciate their beauty but not feel it in my moleheart. Bern and Hobart are not dissimilar in size. In both cases I have lived not in the city but in a neighbourhood within walking distance of it. You might think I that the first experience predisposed me to seek out and feel at home in the second.
But that isn't the case. When I first moved here I felt its lack of a visible neighbourhood. I felt the linearity and length of the road on which it sits rather than the heart of the blocks that the cross-streets create. It has taken years and years of walking its pavements, the slowness of walking that allows a mole to drink in the smells and moods of a place, allows a mole to greet the fellows it meets; the repeated greetings, then the greeting that extend to chats, and the chats to conversations and sometimes even to friendship.
I have been here for over two decades now and so seen nippers born and grow and and move on. I have grown older with others – I know the place and am known in this place in the way my dear Mama and Papa were known in the village that became an outskirt of Bern, the one I still know in my bones and where they lived for fifty years before they died.
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You have excelled yourself, Mole.
I concur, very thought provoking to me as a person who needs to feel situated and at home.


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Multi award-winning recording artist Katie Melua has announced an extensive European tour for winter 2018, including 13 UK dates.
Katie will be joined by a cast of stellar musicians, as well as members of Gori Women's Choir who featured on the silver-certified 2016 album In Winter. In Winter was recorded in Georgia, and commanded some of the finest reviews of her career with the Sunday Times describing it as 'bewitching…ravishing…spellbinding' and the Independent as 'exquisite and 'remarkable.' The associated 2016 tour, which saw Katie and the choir undertake 28 performances across 8 countries received universal acclaim from music critics and audiences alike.
Next winter will see another expansive set of live performances, which will include songs from 'In Winter' alongside brand new recordings and catalogue classics adapted for the stage.
The announcement follows the release of the 2xCD Special Edition of In Winter, which includes the BBC Children in Need 2017 single Fields Of Gold. The second disc, recorded at Admiralspalast, Berlin, includes live renditions of the entire In Winter album, as well as new choral arrangements of hits such as Closest Thing To Crazy, Nine Million Bicycles, and I Cried For You performed with the Gori Women's Choir.
Born in the Georgian city of Kutaisi, Katie and her family emigrated to Belfast when she was 9 years old. She has released 7 studio albums to date and is one of the UK's highest-selling female recording artists of all time.
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Q: Load a cell below data upon the users choice in the first cell Have a specific question.
I'm building a choice-based TableView app.
Let's say if the user clicks on the second button in the first cell - he is shown the second cell data (if he clicks A it would be data 1, if B - data 2). The first cell then becomes inactive.
In the second cell again he has two options - and then the third cell ... and so on.
Browsed internet all over for this and have no clue.
Thank you!
Appreciate any ideas!

A: I'm not sure to understand your question quite well, should the flow be like this :
1 ) The user sees only one cell containing, let's say, two pictures corresponding to two different choices
2 ) The user selects one of the pictures
3) A second cell appears below the first one ( same type of cell, with two pictures ). User interaction with the first cell is then disabled.
If that's it, a solution would be to implement a custom table view cell with two custom buttons ( UIButton ) corresponding to your choices.
These custom buttons could have an NSString property called "choice" accessible from your table view controller.
You can then add a counter on your table view controller to know how many cells should be displayed. It starts at 1 with the first cell.
When the user would touch one of the buttons, this counter would be incremented by one.
You can manage your data with the choice the user picked up and then reload your tableview.
I didn't write code, because it would represent dozens of lines and you're just asking for ideas.
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Who is Mary Meachum?
Mary Meachum (1801–1869) and her husband, Reverend John Berry Meachum, were American abolitionists who dedicated their lives to educating and freeing enslaved people. Reverend Meachum grew up enslaved in Virginia and Kentucky before earning enough money to purchase his freedom. Before leaving Kentucky, he met Mary – an enslaved woman who was set to be moved by her enslavers to St. Louis. John followed Mary to St. Louis where he bought her freedom and eventually established the First African Baptist Church, the first Black congregation in St. Louis.
To learn more about Mary Meachum, check out the following resources:
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As part of Reverend Meachum's church, he established a school for free and enslaved black students called the "The Candle Tallow School." After the state of Missouri banned all education for Black people in 1847, the Meachums moved their classes to a steamboat in the middle of the Mississippi River – just beyond the reach of Missouri law. Reverend Meachum provided the school with a library, desks and chairs, and called it the "Floating Freedom School."
The Meachums' home on Fourth Street in St. Louis was a safe house on the Underground Railroad. From there, they helped enslaved people escape to Illinois – a Free State, where slavery was outlawed. Their work involved considerable risk due to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 – a law authorizing the hunting and capture of escaped enslaved people and requirement that they be returned to their enslavers. After John's death in 1854, Mary Meachum continued their work educating and freeing enslaved people.
What is the significance of the Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing Site?
On the night of May 21, 1855 – in the area that is now part of the Mississippi Greenway: Riverfront Trail north of the Merchant's bridge – Mary Meachum attempted to help a small group of enslaved people cross the Mississippi River to Illinois where slavery was outlawed. However, enslavers and law enforcement officials caught at least five of the enslaved people and arrested Mary for her participation in the plot. She was charged in criminal court for helping the "fugitives" escape. In 2001, the National Park Service recognized the site as part of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
Where is the Mary Meachum Site?
The site is located on the Mississippi Greenway. Several sections of the greenway are currently impacted by construction. To bike or walk to the site, you can park in North Riverfront Park and ride south on the greenway. To drive there, take Highway 70 to Adelaide Ave: Head East toward river; South on Hall to Prairie; Left on Prairie to site & parking, free shuttle the rest of the way.
The 2022 event brought hundreds of people together at the Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing site for the 20th anniversary of this celebration.
The 2021 virtual event highlights the stories of Black St. Louisans whose lives were intertwined with Missouri's journey to statehood and the legalization of slavery in the state. In 1818, Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state. A compromise was struck, and the horror of slavery was once again expanded. There was no compromise for enslaved people. Join us to learn about and connect to our community's past, present, and future. Thank you to the 2021 sponsors Great Rivers Greenway and Missouri Division of Tourism for supporting bringing these important stories to life!
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Are you a Liar, Liar Pants on Fire?
Over the past week, I kept a journal for my intimate relationships and family relations psych class, recording how many lies and what types of lies I told each day. I had to reflect on what I learned from it, calculate the number/type of lies I told, and ruminate on why those fabrications came from my filthy, lying mouth.
Apparently the phrase, 'liar, liar pants on fire' stems from young children screaming at each other, trying to get the other in trouble whenever they were telling a lie. So why don't we have something to keep us adults on track when it comes to honesty?
Research has shown that lying is surprisingly common, and that nearly all of us couldn't go a day without lying at least once or twice a day. The lying doesn't necessarily have to be a dark, deceptive lie. It can be as simple as someone asking you how your day is going and you reply "I'm fine," when you're in fact having one of those God awful days. Or someone asks you if an outfit looks okay on them and you respond, "That looks great!", when maybe you're just hoping to get them out of the house to get somewhere on time. Perhaps you overslept, but you call in at work exclaiming that traffic is heavy, because sleeping past your alarm would be considered irresponsible, when the traffic excuse is sometimes unavoidable and an excusable offense.
These little lies are what we would call "white lies." Mostly to shy away from conflict or hurting someone's feelings. Let's say a friend paint a portraits in which what they believe to be their most prized piece of work, and you simply don't care for it. You probably wouldn't tell them "Ehh.. I've seen better!" Because you know they are proud of it and it probably isn't the ugliest thing you've ever seen. There is a definitive difference between "saving face" and being deceptive.
Intentional behavior that creates an impression in the recipient that the deceiver knows to be untrue. Outright lying in which people fabricate information and make statements that contradict the truth is the most straightforward example of deceptive behavior, but there are various other ways to convey misleading impressions without coming right out and saying things that are untrue (Buller & Burgoon, 1994). For instance, people may simply conceal information and not mention details that would communicate the truth, or they may divert attention from vital facts, abruptly changing topics to avoid the discussion of touchy subjects. On other occasions, they may mix truthful and deceptive information into half-truths that are misleading (Miller, Rowland 2015).
Because… what would life be like if we were totally and completely honest all the time? And we had no choice in the matter? Maybe some things are better left unsaid, because sometimes there are no constructive ways to build from brutally honest words, and often times, those words can be simply unneeded or just plain rude, and make life a bit more difficult for yourself and others.
In no way will I agree that lying is a good thing, but As Jim Carrey displayed here in Liar, Liar, his painfully honest comments were probably not helpful for anyone's self esteem in the office, or allowed him to maintain successful social relationships in the workplace. Some things are just unnecessary and would induce chaos in our world if we acted as silly as he did, suggesting that some lies are obviously undertaken to promote polite, friendly interactions with others.
Someone asked how my day was and what I was up to. I told them I ran 3 miles, went to work, did some grocery shopping and got some writing in.
Truth: I ran 2.87 miles, not 3. Did I round to make it easier? Or did I say 3 because it looked better than admitting to just barely under 3 miles? I think it could have been easily both conclusions at once.
I had a long day at work and due to issues outside of work, I was under a decent amount of stress. A customer walked in while I was at the register and asked how I was, I responded by saying, "Oh, just absolutely wonderful, thank you! And yourself?" They responded happily and I continued with the transaction. Did I really feel absolutely wonderful? No… but I felt that it was unprofessional to have a therapeutic conversation for myself with a customer just because they were being polite in asking how I was. Is that technically a lie if someone asks how you are and you say the opposite of how you feel? It's not an evil lie, but a fib nonetheless.
I moved out of my apartment, my dad helped me move my bed out from Portland back to Salem for a new job I start in a few weeks. We had a discussion that if I am to be living rent-free with him, I need to stop going on trips and start focusing on graduate school and saving money. Completely logical, and fair enough. A few days later, I was asked to fly to Memphis, Tennessee with a friend for an all expenses paid trip for a donation process and a chance to tour St Jude's Children hospital. My first thought was, "My dad's going to kill me," my second thought was,"Well, I am officially done working in Portland, I don't start my new job in Salem until the 17th, meaning that I will have two full weeks with a few winter classes in between. If I didn't have to pay for a dime, it doesn't really count as a trip does it? Oh absolutely it does. It took me a long time to confess this to my dad, but I called him last night explaining that this was my week of honesty, and not only will he most likely read my post, but if I am to practice what I preach and learn anything from this lying assignment, this is where I should start.
And you know what? I felt a world of relief I didn't even know was pressed on my shoulders, and telling my father something that was EXACTLY the opposite of our agreement was not fun, but made the honesty between my dad and I genuine and felt true and real.
I caught myself telling a half-truth. A friend asked me when I was moving back, I said the 20th of this month. When really I come back the 17th, but because I am busy as far as dentist appointment, a new hire orientation and wanting some time to catch up on cleaning and organizing the room I just moved into, I gave myself a few days to relax before being social again. So, yes, I will be back the 20th, I should've just admitted that I would be back the 17th. But since I knew I wouldn't be available, it was a convenience lie.
I can honestly say I don't remember being dishonest in any way today. That is not to say that it may have happened unintentionally, but today I feel far more aware of the words flying out of my mouth than normal, and the importance of being honest to myself and others is crucial for trust, and being a genuine human. It weirdly makes your heart and soul smile too.
Can we tell when others lie?
There is no clear cut clues to deceit (Frank & Svetieva, 2013) However, careful attention to what people are saying – not just how they are saying it – can alert us to inconsistencies in their statements (Reinhard et al, 2011) And there may be discrepancies between their verbal and nonverbal behavior that give them away. Ultimately, there is no person or technology available to us to detect lies that are 100% accurate as of yet. The only true test is the truth/lie teller themselves, only you know the truth with your own deceptive or sincere heart.
There is a difference between being deceptively malicious and telling a white lie, but in the end, a lie is a lie. I'm not sure how to fix one's habits of lying, but for me, journaling these little fibs over the last few days had me reflect on my own consciousness and hold myself accountable for the half-truths and small fibs that were documented. If we can learn to be aware of our habits and hold ourselves accountable for these day to day fabrications, perhaps we can choose honesty over convenience of a sweet covered lie. As silly as it may sound, I passionately recommend keeping a journal for yourself over the next week to become mindful of your own lying habits. I wrote mine down and called me dad to confess to him that I didn't quite tell the whole truth because I didn't want him to be disappointed or angry with me for going against his wishes. If you can't practice what you preach, isn't that in itself a falsification of genuine truth? Something to think on.
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Therapeutics News and Research
Fullerenes can help fend off damage to normal tissue from radiation
Using transparent zebrafish embryos, researchers at Jefferson Medical College have shown that a microscopic nanoparticle can help fend off damage to normal tissue from radiation.
Human umbilical cord blood cells may widen treatment window for stroke
An experimental treatment that spares disability from acute stroke may be delivered much later than the current three-hour treatment standard – a potential advance needed to benefit more stroke victims.
Introgen's INGN 241 combined with Celebrex kills breast cancer cells
Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. today reported the publication of preclinical data demonstrating that INGN 241 works synergistically with celecoxib (Celebrex) marketed by Pfizer to inhibit the growth and increase apoptosis (cell death) of breast cancer cells.
Error found in standard guidelines on fetal varicella syndrome
The UK's Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB), published by Which?, has identified an important error in standard guidelines on fetal varicella syndrome. This finding has major implications worldwide for advice given to women with chickenpox in late pregnancy.
Targeted drug delivery now possible using nanoparticle-apatamer conjugates
Ground-breaking results from researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, disclosed at the 13th European Cancer Conference (ECCO) have shown for the first time that targeted drug delivery is possible using nanoparticle-apatamer conjugates.
Targeted drug delivery achieved with nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates
Ground-breaking results from researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, disclosed at the 13th European Cancer Conference (ECCO) in Paris have shown for the first time that targeted drug delivery is possible using nanoparticle-apatamer conjugates.
EphA2 represents a promising treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have identified a second promising treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most deadly types of brain tumors. The research results are reported in the October issue of Molecular Cancer Research.
Functional diffusion map to help predict brain tumor outcomes
A special type of MRI scan that measures the movement of water molecules through the brain can help doctors determine halfway through treatment whether it will successfully shrink the tumor or a patient's cancer will continue to grow, a new study shows.
Northwestern University move closer to new therapies for neurodegenerative disease
French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot first described amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1869, but, nearly 140 years later, little is known about the cause of the devastating neurodegenerative disease, and there is no cure.
Australian researchers determine structure of JAK2 kinase, huge implications for development of new cancer drugs
Researchers from Monash's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have determined the structure of the protein JAK2 kinase, a discovery with huge implications for the design and development of new cancer drugs.
Two competing drug-eluting stents work equally well
After completing the most comprehensive U.S.-based study of its kind, Dr. Charles Simonton reported that the performance of two competing coronary stents was "virtually identical" in head-to-head comparisons.
DOS47 scientific paper published in the Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology
Helix BioPharma announced today the publication of a scientific paper in the Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology (volume 5, number 2, pp. 93-99), entitled "Urease-induced alkalinization of extracellular pH and its antitumour activity in human breast and lung cancers."
Researchers learn to rapidly rebuild immunity in immune-suppressed cancer patients
Patients with multiple myeloma suffer from a malignant proliferation of plasma cells in their bone marrow. The standard treatment for this form of cancer is high-dose chemotherapy and transplantation of one's own blood-producing adult stem cells; however, this aggressive treatment wipes out the mature immune-system cells of patients – leaving them vulnerable to infection.
New tool that may prove to be invaluable for investigating the long-term mutagenic effects of chemotherapy and radiation
Scientists have developed a new tool that may prove to be invaluable for investigating the long-term mutagenic effects of chemotherapy and radiation, therapies that are widely used for the treatment of cancer.
dnaJP1 - novel drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have announced successful completion of Phase II clinical trials of a novel drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), one that works without suppressing the patient's immune system.
Curry spice appears to shut down a protein active in the spread of breast cancer
Curcumin, the main ingredient of turmeric and the compound that gives curry its mustard-yellow color, inhibits metastasis to the lungs of mice with breast cancer, report researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
E-cadherin, that cellular touch so important in cancer
E-cadherin is a molecule involved in adhesion between epithelial cells that also seems to have a protective role in cancer, since its loss is associated with tumour progression and metastases formation in a series of different cancers.
New monoclonal antibody that targets immune system B cells shows promise for treating leukemias
In studies with mice, treatment with a new monoclonal antibody that targets immune system B cells has shown considerable promise for treating leukemias, autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection, according to immunologists at Duke University Medical Center.
New information regarding the genetic, cellular and neurological bases of susceptibility to autism and schizophrenia
Two New Jersey research teams are reporting discoveries about the biological nature of psychiatric disorders that may bring them closer to the ultimate goal of finding cures for complex diseases, such as autism and schizophrenia.
Most comprehensive picture to date of how influenza viruses evolve and are transmitted
In the first large-scale effort of its kind, researchers have determined the full genetic sequence of more than 200 distinct strains of human influenza virus.


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Update: At least 13 dead in Tuesday morning carnage at Suhum
On September 15, 2020, 8:21 AM
At least 13 persons have been confirmed dead in a road carnage on the Suhum road in the Eastern region Tuesday morning.
Out of that number, six are said to be females and seven males, the Medical Superintendent of the Suhum Hospital, Dr Kofi Ablorh has confirmed.
The dead included a nine-year old, officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) have revealed. The accident happened at about 5 am this morning.
At least 50 people are injured in the accident on the highway, notorious for road fatalities.
Giving further details, Dr Ablorh explained that "Two of them had injuries in the abdomen but were stabilised and referred to the Koforidua Regional Hospital. 18 of them were minor injuries so they were seen at the OPD and discharged."
It involved a bus carting goods bound for Burkina Faso and two other vehicles, including an inter-city STC bus.
Details are trickling in but the accident scene remains a ghastly sight with bodies strewn all over while others are mashed in metals of the buses.
An eyewitness account had it that the driver of the haulage vehicle was driving haphazardly on the road on the Accra-Suhum portion of the road.
The STC bus which was heading to Accra saw the careless driving and attempted to use the shoulder of the road and ended up in a ditch. A KIA Grand Bird bus, which was behind the STC saw the haulage vehicle a little too late.
And in an attempt to avoid a head-long collision, it swerved, however, the side of the bus smashed and slit open from the driver side all the way to the back of the 45-seater bus, killing some passengers sitting along on that side of the vehicle.
"The impact resulted in the death and injuries to scores of people sitting on that side of the bus. The driver of the Grand Bird bus really tried to dodge the truck but was not successful", the eyewitness continued.
"We rushed to the vehicles to rescue the people but it was difficult so we rushed to call the ambulance at Asuboaye. When we came back the police from Nsawam and Suhum and the ambulance service have arrived at the accident scene and were seen busily working to safe lives and rescue the injured.
"The dismembered bodies of the passengers were scattered all over. It is such a gory sight. The bus is a very long one," the eyewitness told the media.
A NADMO official, Kojo Mintah, said the scores of the injured had been rushed to the Nsawam and Suhum Government hospitals.
Tuesday's accident makes it the fifth reported accident on the road Suhum-Kumasi road this year. At least 23 people have been reported dead.
Six people are confirmed dead in an accident that occurred at Obretema, near Suhum, on the Accra-Kumasi highway, in the Eastern Region.
According to reports, five died on the spot when a Mercedes Benz Cargo truck with registration number GE 5764-V heading towards Kumasi, lost control of the vehicle and collided with a Toyota Tacoma pick-up, carrying seven people.
On March 14, three persons were confirmed dead after a KIA bus they were travelling on crashed into an articulator truck at Beposo near Teacher Mante along the Suhum-Nsawam Highway.
The bus which was carrying 31 passengers attempted to overtake a vehicle ahead of it and in the process, crashed into the truck which was coming from the opposite direction.
One person has died while many others are injured in a fatal accident at Asuboi near the Suhum stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway.
The victims were rushed to Suhum Government Hospital for treatment while the body of the yet to be identified deceased deposited at same Hospital.
The accident occurred Saturday July 18, 2020 at about 6:30pm
Three persons died in a fatal accident involving a VVIP bus with registration number GL 527-14 at Amanase near the Suhum stretch of the Accra- Kumasi highway on September 8.
The bus was carrying about 43 passengers. Many of the passengers reportedly suffered serious injuries with some in critical condition hence rushed to Suhum Government Hospital for emergency healthcare.
Story By Edwin Appiah
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Anonymous says 1 year ago
Jesus Christ.
😭😭😭😭😭
Authorities must be serious about accidents in our beloved Ghana.
God help us


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Orlando City SC Transfer News & Rumors
Transfer Rumors: Is Orlando City Targeting Kevin-Prince Boateng with Kaká's Help?
Word is the German-Ghanaian has received a call from the Lions' captain, who may have known him from his time at AC Milan. Would Boateng fit a need for Orlando City?
By Michael Citro@ManeLandMichael Jul 3, 2015, 10:24pm EDT
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Orlando City may be about to reunite Kaká with former AC Milan teammate Kevin-Prince Boateng, according to a report by David Amoyal from GianlucaDimarzio.com. The story says that the Lions' captain has reached out to Boateng personally to persuade him to jump from the Bundesliga to MLS. From the article:
Boateng is looking for a fresh start. Kaka' personally called Boateng to convince him. Orlando City is the most recent MLS team to contact Boateng about a move to North America, they will make an offer shortly. Could Boateng be the next star to join MLS? Galatasaray is still in the race, but no longer in pole position- Boateng could be leaving Germany to move to Florida.
However, despite the article calling them teammates at Milan, it doesn't seem like they ever played there together. Kaká was there from 2003-09 and again for the 2013-14 season. Boateng was in Milan from 2010-13. There may have been some overlap there for a couple of off-season friendlies, but we're honestly not sure they were at Milan at the same time, so take the "phone call" report with an enormous grain of salt.
Boateng has played with Schalke 04 since 2013, where the 28-year-old Ghanaian international had four assists in 16 appearances this past season in combined Bundesliga and Champions League play. The midfield/forward has seven goals and six assists in 50 appearances (in all competitions) in his two seasons with Schalke.
Prior to joining the Bundesliga side, Boateng played 58 games in Serie A with AC Milan over three seasons, scoring 10 goals with seven assists in league play. He also added four goals and two assists in 15 UEFA Champions League outings. Before Milan, Boateng played three seasons in the EPL with Portsmouth and Tottenham, producing three goals in 36 games.
He has also been capped 15 times with Ghana, scoring twice. He also has German ties, having been born in Berlin. His half-brother, Jerome, is a defender with the German national team and Bayern Munich.
What would Boateng's addition mean for City?
Well, although he isn't really a right wing type, he could give Kaká a more dynamic midfield partner on the right than Eric Avila or Lewis Neal. This has been an area of need since Kevin Molino tore his ACL, but Boateng's dynamism comes more from power than creativity, so it would not be a like-for-like swap for Molino. He also is known to have a high work rate getting forward but his defense is sometimes suspect. Then again, perhaps he just needs to play for Adrian Heath to work on his deficiencies.
Boateng could also provide additional depth at forward or as a box-to-box midfielder.
This is a move that doesn't seem like the best fit, but it could make sense for Orlando City if they can get him on the cheap. Would it require a Core Player or Designated Player slot? Possibly. I don't think the club should spend DP money on Boateng, but he could slot into the Core Player spot, salary-wise. If that happened, Orlando would almost certainly not be able to fulfill the rumored signing of Chicharito or add another quality defender. So it's probably not worth it for a player of Boateng's caliber, who may not exactly fit the hole left behind by Molino.
But if the Lions could land Boateng without having to use up a DP or Core Player slot, he might be a good addition, if only to provide an additional attack-minded midfielder to spell the captain.
What do you think? Should Orlando City be looking in Boateng's direction during this transfer window?


So here is my post for the first tailgate.
It isn't happening. No one can come so I canceled the tailgate. I am thinking of going to Four Peaks before the game so look for a review of their new Endless Summer beer.


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IL GOP leadership locks arms with Dems and supports a gun ban
Never trust a politician. They all, for the most part, hate you. Neither party can be trusted. Looks like lawyers better get lined up to challenge this, cuz it's coming......
https://capitolfax.com/2022/08/09/leader-durkin-supports-assault-weapons-ban-bashes-democrats/
"If people are wondering why we don't have an assault weapons ban, it's because the Democrats have dropped the ball. Period," said Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin.
* House Speaker Welch's spokesperson Jaclyn Driscoll…
Leader Durkin voted against an extended waiting period for assault weapons, a ban on bump stocks, red flag awareness, and didn't vote to ban ghost guns.
Still, the Speaker was encouraged to read in media reports that we can count on the minority leader's vote when the assault weapons ban goes up on the board. Representative Maura Hirschauer will be reaching out to Leader Durkin and we look forward to him signing on in support of HB5522.
Governor Pritzker expects the bill to pass and he will sign it into law.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/gov-jb-pritzker-says-hes-optimistic-illinois-will-pass-assault-style-weapons-ban/
Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday he's optimistic the Illinois General Assembly will be able to pass an assault weapons ban despite fierce opposition from groups like the National Rifle Association.


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Q: APOC trigger get nodes for removed relationship I want to create an apoc trigger that will trigger when a relationship is removed. The trigger needs to find the nodes m and n that the deleted relationship was connecting. Below is what I have, but MATCH (m)-[deletedRel]->(n) does not find any matches. What is the correct way to find the two nodes that were connected by a removed relationship?
CALL apoc.trigger.add('myTrigger',
"UNWIND $deletedRelationships as deletedRel
WITH apoc.trigger.toRelationship(deletedRel, $removedRelationshipProperties) AS deletedRel
WITH deletedRel WHERE apoc.rel.type(deletedRel) = 'MY_REL_TYPE'
MATCH (m)-[deletedRel]->(n)
WITH deletedRel, m, n
CREATE (r:Report {myId: id(deletedRel), type: apoc.rel.type(deletedRel)})" ,
{phase:'before'})

A: You can try using the startNode and endNode functions, like this:
CALL apoc.trigger.add('myTrigger',
"UNWIND $deletedRelationships as deletedRel
WITH apoc.trigger.toRelationship(deletedRel, $removedRelationshipProperties) AS deletedRel
WITH deletedRel WHERE apoc.rel.type(deletedRel) = 'MY_REL_TYPE'
WITH deletedRel, apoc.rel.startNode(deletedRel) AS m, apoc.rel.endNode(deletedRel) AS n
CREATE (r:Report {myId: id(deletedRel), type: apoc.rel.type(deletedRel)})" ,
{phase:'before'})