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The EMSY Gene Collaborates with CCND1 in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinogenesis
Onur Baykara1, Nejat Dalay1, Burak Bakir1, Pelin Bulut1, Kamil Kaynak2, Nur Buyru1
1. Istanbul University, Department of Medical Biology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul 34303, Turkey;
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✉ Corresponding author: Prof. Dr. Nur Buyru, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Dept. Of Medical Biology and Genetics, 34098 Kocamustafapasa, Istanbul, Turkey e-mail: nbuyrucom Phone: 90 505 5249471
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Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths. The main risk factor is smoking but the risk is also associated with various genetic and epigenetic components in addition to environmental factors. Increases in the gene copy numbers due to chromosomal amplifications constitute a common mechanism for oncogene activation. A gene-dense region on chromosome 11q13 which harbors four core regions that are frequently amplified, has been associated with various types of cancer. The important cell cycle regulatory protein cyclin D1 (CCND1) is an essential driver of the first core region of the Chr11q13 amplicon. Deregulation of CCND1 has been associated with different kinds of human malignancies including lung cancer. The EMSY (c11orf30) gene has been proposed as the possible driver of the fourth core of the 11q13 amplicon and its amplification has been associated with breast and ovarian cancers. There is no report in the literature investigating the EMSY gene in lung cancer.
Methods: In this study, expression levels of the EMSY and CCND1 genes were investigated in 85 patients with non small cell lung cancer by Real Time PCR.
Results: Expression of the EMSY and CCND1 genes were increased in 56 (65.8%) and 50 (58.8%) of the patients, respectively. Both genes showed a higher expression in the tumors when compared to normal tissues. A strong correlation was present between the expression rates of both genes (p<0.001). Patients with adenocarcinoma had higher expression levels of both genes (p=0.02).
Conclusion: We conclude that EMSY and CCND1 work in collaboration and contribute to the pathogenesis of lung cancer.
Keywords: CCND1, EMSY, expression, NSCLC.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death among all types of cancer, both in males and females. Lung cancer is classified into two major classes as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). About 80-85% of all lung cancer cases are NSCLC whereas SCLC forms the remaining fraction [1]. Epidemiological studies indicate tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption as one of the main causes of lung cancer but approximately 10% of all cases are never smokers [2, 3]. In addition to smoking, development and progression of lung cancer are under the influence of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors [4-7].
Chromosomal aberrations include the loss or gains of partial or whole chromosomal arms on several chromosomes and are a hallmark of cancer cells. Increases in the gene copy numbers due to chromosomal amplifications constitute a common mechanism for oncogene activation. Cytogenetic studies using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) have already associated chromosomal aberrations with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) [8, 9]. In particular, oncogene activation through increased gene copy numbers resulting in overexpression contributes to the malignant transformation in various solid tumors, including NSCLC.
Amplification of the 11q13 region has been frequently detected in different kinds of human malignancies, including lung cancer [10, 11]. Concurrent or independent amplification of four core regions have been identified within the 11q13 region. One of the key genes driving the amplification of 11q13 is the cyclin D1 (CCND1) gene [12]. CCND1 is a key regulatory protein that plays an important role in the transition from G1 to the S phase of the cell cycle during cell division. Overexpression of CCND1 results in increased proliferation and disruption of the normal cell cycle [13]. Therefore, CCND1 is considered an essential regulator of the cell cycle. Deregulation of CCND1 has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of lung cancer and is associated with poor prognosis [14].
Chromosome 11q13 is a gene-dense region and in addition to CCND1 several other genes have been implicated in its amplification [15]. Evidence shows that the EMSY gene may be another driver of the 11q13 amplification [16]. EMSY has been identified as a novel BRCA2-interacting protein that is amplified both in breast and ovarian cancers [17]. It has also been reported that the activation or repression function of the BRCA2/EMSY complex may be involved in DNA repair. More recently, Rodriguez et al. reported that EMSY is overexpressed and co-amplified together with CCND1 in patients with sporadic breast cancer [18]. In our previous study, we also observed co-amplification of EMSY and CCND1 genes in 10 of 82 (12.2%) patients with lung cancer [19]. In the literature, most studies have focused on CCND1 in lung cancer in association with 11q13 amplification. There is no report except our previous study investigating the EMSY gene in lung cancer.
Therefore, in this study, considering the contribution of CCND1 and EMSY to the progression of various types of cancer, we investigated the expression levels of both genes in a group of 85 NSCLC tumor samples which have been analyzed for amplification of the 11q13 region.
Tissue Samples
85 patients with NSCLC who underwent surgical resection at the Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Chest Surgery were included in the study. Tumor and the adjacent healthy lung tissue samples were obtained during surgery and the specimens were confirmed as tumor and normal samples by a pathologist. The patients taken into the study had not received any previous therapy and were admitted to the hospital for the removal of the tumor as the primary treatment. This study was performed according to the Declaration of Helsinki, 1954 and was approved by the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee (No.292). Signed informed consent was obtained from all patients.
RT-PCR and Real-Time Quantitative RT-PCR
Total RNA was isolated from the tumor and normal samples by using the PureLink RNA Mini Kit (Ambion, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions. cDNAs were synthesized from 400 ng of total RNA using the Transcriptor First Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany). Expression levels of the CCND1 and EMSY genes in the tumors and non-cancerous tissue samples were analyzed by Quantitative Real Time PCR (qRT-PCR) using the LightCycler 480 system (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany). PCR reactions were performed in a final volume of 20 μl containing 1×Master Mix, 300 nM gene specific primers (forward: 5'-TCAGATGACCCAGGAAAAGAG-3' and reverse: 5'-CTCTGTCCCCTCATCAGTGC-3') and 200 nM hydrolysis probe (UPL Probe No.2) for EMSY and (forward: 5'-GCTGTGCATCTACACCGACA-3' and reverse: 5'-TTGAGCTTGTTCACCAGGAG-3') and 200 nM hydrolysis probe (UPL Probe No.17) for CCND1 which were labeled with fluorescein (FAM) at the 5′-end and with dark quencher at the 3′-end. The Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) gene was used as the reference to normalize the quantification of mRNA levels. (Primers; forward: 5'- CATGGTGCTGAGATTTGCCAAC-3' and reverse: 5'- TCAACACCTTGACCTTCTCATCAC-3') probe 5'-FAM-ATCCGGGACGTGATGCAGAACCACCTAC-VIC/HEX Yellow-3'). The 2-ΔΔCt method was used to assess the relative mRNA levels [20].
SPSS 21 for Windows (IBM Corp. Released version 2012, IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 21.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) was used for statistical analysis. The association between gene expression levels and clinicopathological characteristics were determined by the χ2 (2-tailed) test. Correlation between the CCND1 and EMSY expression levels was evaluated using the Spearman's rho test.
In order to investigate the expression rates of the EMSY and CCND1 genes which are located on the most frequently amplified 11q13 region in human tumors we analyzed the expression levels of the genes in 85 tumors and matched non-cancerous tissue samples from patients with NSCLC by qRT-PCR. Expression of the EMSY and CCND1 genes were increased in 56 (65.8%) and 50 (58.8%) of the patients, respectively. The mean EMSY and CCND1 mRNA expression levels in tumor tissue were 65% and 27% higher than in the corresponding non-cancerous tissue samples, respectively (Table 1). The difference between the expression levels in the tumors and normal tissue was statistically significant (p<0.001). On the other hand, we found a strong correlation between the expression rates of both genes (p<0.001). A total of 65 patients out of 85 showed a concurrent pattern of either up- or down-regulation. An increase in both CCND1 and EMSY expression was observed in 45 (52.9%) patients while 20 (23.5%) tumors had decreased expression of both genes (p<0.05, r: 0.63) (Table 2). When we investigated the correlation between the expression levels and clinicopathological characteristics higher EMSY and CCND1 mRNA levels were observed in patients with adenocarcinomas (Table 3). Of 50 patients with increased CCND1 expression, 26 (52%) were diagnosed as adenocarcinoma, 17 (34%) as squamous cell carcinoma and 7 (14%) as other pathologies (p=0.024). Similarly, of 56 patients displaying increased EMSY expression, 28 (50%) patients had adenocarcinoma, 20 (35.7%) had squamous cell carcinoma and 8 (14.3%) patients had other pathologies (p=0.026). However, no statistically significant correlation was found between the expression levels of both genes and other clinicopathologic characteristics (p≥0.05).
Mean Ct values of EMSY and CCND1 genes compared to normalized values with G6PD gene in cancerous and non-cancerous tissue samples.
EMSY Ct (Mean)
G6PD Ct (Mean)
ΔCt
ΔΔCt
2-ΔΔCt
Tumor 28.97 27.49 1.48 -0.71 1.64
Normal 30.93 28.74 2.19 - -
CCND1 Ct (Mean) G6PD Ct (Mean)
Tumor 26.31 27.29 -0.98 -0.35 1.27
Normal 29.12 29.75 -0.63 - -
Values of the patients showing concurrent pattern of either up- or down-regulation.
CCND
n (%) No-change
n (%) Decrease
n (%) p
EMSY Increase 45 (52.9) 3 (3.5) 8 (9.4)
No-change 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2) 0 (0) <0.001
Decrease 4 (4.7) 0 (0) 20 (23.5)
Clinicopathologic characteristics of the patients and their distribution in relevance with EMSY and CCND1 expression.
CCND Expression
EMSY Expression
Adeno Ca 26 (52.0) 6 (26.1) 0.024 28 (50.0) 5 (25.0) 0.026
Histology SCC 17 (34.0) 17 (73.9) 20 (35.7) 15 (75.0)
n/a 7 (14.0) - 8 (14.3) -
Stage 1-2A 15 (57.7) 8 (66.7) 0.74 21 (60.0) 4 (66.7) 0.695
2B-4 11 (42.3) 4 (33.3) 14 (40.0) 2 (33.3)
Sex Male 42 (85.7) 26 (92.8) 0.485 47 (85.4) 22 (95.6) 0.377
Female 7 (14.3) 2 (7.2) 8 (14.6) 1 (4.4)
Age 50 ≤ year 9 (18.0) 3 (10.0) 0.432 10 (17.8) 2 (8.3) 0.456
51 ≥ year 41 (72.0) 27 (90.0) 46 (82.2) 22 (91.7)
Tobacco 30 p/y 23 (48.9) 14 (46.7) 0.233 26 (49.1) 12 (50.0) 0.101
31-60 p/y 22 (46.8) 12 (40.0) 25 (47.1) 10 (41.7)
>60 p/y 2 (4.3) 4 (13.3) 2 (3.8) 2 (8.3)
The chromosomal 11q13 locus is one of the frequently amplified chromosomal regions in different kinds of human cancers including lung cancer [10]. Several studies have provided experimental evidence that the 11q13 amplicon is complex and displays multiple cores potentially harboring distinct drivers [21-23]. While the CCND1, CTTN (EMS1) and GAB2 genes have long been considered as potential drivers of the second core, identification of a novel gene, EMSY has suggested that it is the driver of the third core [17]. On the other hand, the CCND1 gene is involved in approximately two thirds of all 11q13 amplicons [24]. Despite reports on over-expression of different genes in that region, the most likely tumorigenic driver at this locus is still thought to be CCND1, which encodes cyclin D1 [25]. Cyclin D1 is a key regulatory protein that plays an important role in the transition from G1 to the S phase of the cell cycle and increases in the CCND1 copy number have been reported in different kinds of cancer including in breast, esophageal or laryngeal cancers and NSCLC [13, 25]. In our previous study we also observed CCND1 amplification in 12.2% of the NSCLC tumor samples [19]. However, in our study group we did not observe an association between the increase in copy numbers and expression of the CCND1 mRNA as reported by Dragoj et al. [26]. In NSCLC tumors overexpression of CCND1 was more frequent than copy number variations. Our data indicate that overexpression of the CCND1 gene can occur independent of gene amplification.
In 2003, EMSY has been identified as a BRCA2-binding and inactivating protein by Hughes-Davies et al. [17]. However, its exact mechanism of action has not been investigated in detail. In recent years more detailed and comprehensive research has aimed to identify the protein partners of EMSY. As a result of these experimental and in silico studies it has been suggested that EMSY may function in DNA damage repair, chromatin remodeling and regulation of transcription [17, 27-29]. It has also been reported that EMSY was amplified in 13% of sporadic breast cancers, 17% of high grade ovarian cancers and 13% of sporadic pancreatic adenocarcinomas [16-18, 30, 31]. As to our knowledge, there is no data in the literature except a single study investigating the EMSY gene in NSCLC. In this study, Wilkerson et al. [32] have analyzed amplification of the EMSY gene in 10 different cancer cell lines from different anatomical sites. As a result of this study they observed EMSY amplification in the NCI-H1395 stage 2 lung cancer cell line. In our previous study we observed a similar frequency of EMSY amplification in tumors from patients with NSCLC [19]. In some studies EMSY amplification has been associated with increased levels of mRNA [16, 18]. When we investigated EMSY expression levels we observed a higher overexpression rate in the tumor samples than the corresponding increase in the copy numbers or amplification. Another interesting point was the concurrent overexpression of EMSY with CCND1 in our study group. It is well known that CCND1 does not exert its tumorigenic activity by itself [26]. This statistically significant association between the overexpression of the CCND1 and EMSY genes in NSCLC indicates that two genes of the chromosome 11q13 amplification region cooperate in lung carcinogenesis. We also detected a significant correlation between overexpression of the EMSY and CCND1 genes and the histologic type. Overexpression of both genes were associated with adenocarcinoma of the lung. In accordance with overexpression of CCND1 in our study group most recently Dragoj et al. [26] also reported overexpression of CCND1 in the adenocarcinoma subtype. On the other hand, our results also support the data reported by Wilkerson et al. [32] who have observed EMSY overexpression in the stage 2 lung adenocarcinoma cell line.
We conclude that EMSY as a frequently amplified chromosome 11q13 region gene contributes to the progression of NSCLC in collaboration with CCND1. Therefore, the mechanism of the action of the EMSY gene in NSCLC warrants more detailed studies. Identifying its partners and investigation of the mutual interactions would help for the determination of new prognostic and predictive markers in NSCLC.
This study was funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). Project no: 114Z489
The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.
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Received 2017-1-26
Accepted 2017-4-23
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Q: Java Unzip all files, ignoring directories and upload to S3 My current goal is to take a ZIP file that a user uploads, blow it up take all the files and upload each file to Amazon S3. My current implementation works fine when the files are in the root of the ZIP file. If the ZIP has a folder with more files inside the function fails. Here is the method:
public Result zip() throws IOException {

Http.MultipartFormData body = request().body().asMultipartFormData();
List <Http.MultipartFormData.FilePart> uploadFilePart = body.getFiles();
for(Http.MultipartFormData.FilePart uploadFileParts: uploadFilePart) {

    final File uploadfile = (File) uploadFileParts.getFile();
    ZipFile zipIn = new ZipFile(uploadfile);
    final Enumeration<? extends ZipEntry> entries = zipIn.entries();
    while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
        final ZipEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
        PutObjectRequest putObjectRequest = new PutObjectRequest(s3Bucket, entry.getName(), new File(entry.getName())); // create upload object to send to S3
        putObjectRequest.withCannedAcl(CannedAccessControlList.Private); // set to private, so only the server can access it
        s3Client.putObject(putObjectRequest); // upload file
    }
    zipIn.close();
}
return ok();

I am using the Play Framework. When I try to upload a ZIP with folders inside, it throws the error:

play.api.http.HttpErrorHandlerExceptions$$anon$1: Execution exception[[SdkClientException: Unable to calculate MD5 hash: test/Selection_010.png (Not a directory)]]

What I'm assuming is happening is the entries.nextElement() is treating the folder 'test' inside the ZIP as a file it self. My goal is not to have any folders in the S3 bucket just the files inside the ZIP regardless if it had sub folders or not.
Is there anyway to pull out the files inside the subfolders of the ZIP so they 'act' like root files of the ZIP and upload them to S3?
Cheers!
Edit:
I've modified the method a bit to:
while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
final ZipEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
if (!entry.isDirectory()){
    Logger.info(entry.getName());
    PutObjectRequest putObjectRequest = new PutObjectRequest(s3Bucket, entry.getName(), new File(entry.getName())); // create upload object to send to S3
    putObjectRequest.withCannedAcl(CannedAccessControlList.Private); // set to private, so only the server can access it
    s3Client.putObject(putObjectRequest); // upload file

The Zip file I'm trying to upload has the structure:

*

*Workspace 1_005.png

*Selection_009.png

*test/maxresdefault.jpg

*test/191559.jpg

Where 'test' is a sub-folder in the Zip. If I just print out the zip I get:

play.api.Play - Application started (Dev)
  application - Selection_009.png
  application - Workspace 1_005.png
  application - test/maxresdefault.jpg
  application - test/191559.jpg

If it tries to upload it throws the error:

play.api.http.HttpErrorHandlerExceptions$$anon$1: Execution exception[[SdkClientException: Unable to calculate MD5 hash: test/maxresdefault.jpg (Not a directory)]]
  Caused by: com.amazonaws.SdkClientException: Unable to calculate MD5 hash: test/maxresdefault.jpg (Not a directory)
  Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: test/maxresdefault.jpg (Not a directory)

I'm wondering if it's not picking up the correct path of the file or something else it going on? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

A: Something like this?
 File[] files = new File("").listFiles();
 uploadFiles(files);

 public static void uploadFiles(File[] files) {
    for (File file : files) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        uploadFiles(file.listFiles()); // Calls same method again.
    } else {
        // do the uploading
    }
}

This would iterate through ignoring the directories, not sure if it is the most efficient way though.

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Q: How to charge a 24 V battery driving a solar tracker (no AC available) I am working on a solar tracker which will be located some distance from the inverter, and will not have AC available.
The motors driving the tracker will be DC, probably 24 or 48 V. The array panels have SolarEdge equalizers on them, and feed a SolarEdge inverter.
Is there a "good" way to drive the motors from the string output, which is somewhere around 375 V when operating?  For example, is it OK to connect a DC-DC converter to the string output without adversely affecting operation of the inverter, and then run an MPPT charger off that (obviously less power will be available from the inverter)?

A: Add a tiny windmill to power it. Just kidding...
Add an auxiliary solar panel
and Morningstar's cheapest 24 V charge controller.
And, Bob's your uncle.
The difference is maintainability.  Anyone with an ounce of skill in solar can maintain this and no PPE is required. They may even have the parts on their truck.   Using a high voltage DC/DC requires a junction box and guarded enclosure, high voltage DC PPE because OSHA, and if it breaks will befuddle the maintainer who will probably scrap it and do this.
Also, this works if the panels are microinverters.
There is no reason to have any electrical connection between array and motor drive system.


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Garsons Esher is a Greats Gift Retailer Finalist 2020
It's official! Garsons Esher is one of the best gift retailers in the UK, and has been selected as a finalist in The Greats Gift Retailer Awards 2020. The Greats Awards, now in their 18th year, were launched by Progressive Gifts & Home magazine to recognise and reward the UK's very best gift retailers across the retail spectrum.
Christmas comes early with national award
Garsons Esher is officially the capital of Christmas in the southeast and third in the country, whilst Garsons Titchfield came second in the southeast region.
Introducing Allotmint Soap
Family-run garden centre Garsons Titchfield is now the exclusive stockist of a unique environmentally-friendly soap made by pupils of Wicor Primary School and local company, Southsea Bathing Hut. Called Allotmint, the bars of soap have just gone on the shelves in time for Christmas and contain black peppermint grown and harvested by the children.
Charity & CommunityEco & Environmental
Bevan's Butchers Awarded with Best Butcher's in Britain
Having supplied Garsons farm shop in Esher for more than 20 years, the quality and expertise of Bevan's Butchers has never been in doubt - and now they've been named the best in the country.
Garsons PYO Farm Eco Punnets
PRESS RELEASE: Family-run garden centre and farm shop, Garsons of Esher, is mounting its own war on plastics. This summer, it has introduced fully bio-degradable cardboard punnets for its Pick Your Own fruit and vegetables and plans to phase out all plastic punnet versions by the end of this year.
The Wicor School Jack Sausage
Green-fingered pupils from Wicor Primary School have joined forces with the butchers at Garsons of Titchfield to create a new sausage using an ingredient foraged from the school grounds. The Wicor Jack Sausage has been made by Owton's, which runs the butchery counter within the award-winning garden centre, using a wild herb called Jack by the Hedge, or Hedge Garlic, picked by the children.
Funds in the bag for marine conservation charity
PRESS RELEASE: Family-run garden centre and farm shop, Garsons of Titchfield has raised £2,138 for marine conservation along the southeast coastline, simply by asking for 5p for plastic carrier bags. The sum has been collected over a 12-month period from the sale of bags at both Garsons of Titchfield and its sister site in Esher, Surrey and will be donated to the Marine Conservation Society.
Winner of The Greats Gift Retailer Awards 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Garsons has been named the Best Garden Centre for Gifts in the country.
The Toy Industry Awards
Garsons has been recognised in the national Toy Industry Awards for creating magic and theatre for children within its toy department.
Proud to stock eco swimwear
Press release: Garsons Esher is one of the first shops in the country to stock a range of ecological swimwear made from abandoned fishing nets rescued from the oceans. The garden centre now has 12 different lines of the Ecolast swimwear from Zoggs which began life as waste material harmful to marine life.


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David Ferrer has defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy in the third round of Sony Open. Ferrer won the match in the straight sets by 6-1, 7-5.
This was Ferrer's 6th match against Fognini. The Spaniard has won all of them.
Ferrer is ranked 5th in the world at the moment, but, because of the fact that Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are not playing in this tournament, he has been given third seed. He was the clear favourite in yesterday's match. He didn't let his fans down and played fabulous tennis to make his way into the 4th round.
Ferrer was in astonishing form right from the start. He broke Fognini's serve in the second game of the first set to get ahead by 2-0. A serve hold for Ferrer in the next game enhanced his lead to 3-0.
The second breakthrough for Ferrer came in the 6th game which took him ahead by 5-1. Ferrer won his next service game comfortably and that was the end of the set.
Ferrer committed only six unforced errors in the first set, while, Fognini committed 17.
In the second set, both the players won their first two service games and the scores were equalized at 2-2.
Ferrer broke in the 5th game to take a lead of 3-2, but, this time, Fognini didn't let him capitalize on that lead. He broke back immediately and made the score 3-3.
The next 4 games went with the serve. The set was heading towards a tie breaker. But, Ferrer didn't let that happen. He broke again in the 11th game and then, held his serve in the 12th game to win the second set and the match as well.
In the fourth round, Ferrer will play against Kei Nishikori of Japan.
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Mon style se veut tantôt humoristique tantôt élégant mais toujours riche en couleurs. Souvent décrites comme mignonnes/adorables mais aussi amusantes et cartoon, mes créations sont avant tout originales, fortes de mes inspirations multiples. Mon seul mot d'ordre : prendre du plaisir et m'amuser afin de le retranscrire dans chacune de mes illustrations.
English : One day, I'll take over the world thanks to my army of stupid cats (unless they eat me first). Waiting for this time to come, I offer my services as an illustrator to buy more cat food. I'm Tilune Chacon but in real life my name is Mélody Faber (nice to meet you), 27 years old and I live in Nancy, France. My daily inspirations are cats videos you can see all over the internet (they rule it already), but also from my surroundings, differents cultures, Art Nouveau and from a bunch of artists... Yes, I have a broad range of interests.
Always full of colors, my drawing style can show a lot of humor or sometimes some grace. I want most of my drawings to be cute, adorable but also cartoony and, obviously, original. The only thing in my mind when I work : having fun and showing it in each of my illustrations.


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Q: Caching assets in Angular application What is the current best practise for caching assets (images, pdfs, other downloadable documents) in an Angular application?
Let's assume I have a PDF document named agreement.pdf that is linked on a page of the web application and to be downloaded by the user. I deployed the app with nginx setting header Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000 except for index.html that has no caching. Now I am changing the document, deploying and the user's browser that cached the document before must fetch the new version. Since angular doesn't hash assets, this will be a problem.
My current solution is to introduce cache-busting for assets. In my angular.json I specified:
...
"architect": {
  "build": {
    "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
      "options": {
        ...
        "assets": [
              {
                "glob": "**/*",
                "input": "src/assets/",
                "output": "/assets/0/"
              }
        ],
        ...

I also added a pipe
import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
import { environment } from 'src/environments/environment';

@Pipe({name: 'asset'})
export class AssetPipe implements PipeTransform {
  transform(value: string): string {
    return assetUrl(value);
  }
}

export function assetUrl(assetName: string) {
  return "assets/" + environment.assetVersion + "/" + assetName;
}

which can be used in templates where an asset is referenced, e.g. <img [src]="'agreement.pdf' | asset" />. The function assetUrl can be used in component code. The environment.ts reads like:
export const environment = {
  production: false,
  assetVersion: '0'
};

Now, whenever an asset has changed, I modify two places: environment.assetVersion and the asset path in angular.json. Advantage: Only two places to modify for a new assets versions. Disadvantage: All assets must be refetched even if individual ones have not changed.
What's your solution to the problem?


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Lecture: Guild Park and Gardens
Guild Park and Gardens: Past, Present, and Future
Thursday November 21st, 2019. 7:00pm
University College, University of Toronto, Room 140
15 King's College Circle, Toronto
(Queen's Park Subway station)
John Mason will present an illustrated lecture on the history and future of Guild Park and Gardens (formerly known as Guildwood Park) including the inspiration its founders drew from the Arts and Crafts movement and their own passion for natural and architectural heritage preservation.
Inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, Rosa and Spencer Clark in 1932 decided to model their recently purchased property into the Canadian equivalent of Roycroft. They duly founded the "Guild of All Arts" on the Scarborough bluffs, providing a home and a forum for artists and artisans. Many of these were contemporaries or students of members of the Group and Seven whose influence is evident in the work produced on the site. Over ensuing decades, the Clarks built a reputation as patrons of the arts and preservationists, amassing a huge art collection and preserving architectural fragments from dozens of demolished buildings in Toronto.
Loewe: William De Morgan Collection
Premiering November 14, 2019.
The work of British ceramicist William De Morgan is celebrated in LOEWE's new capsule collection conceived as a world of colour, texture and playful imagination.
De Morgan was renowned for his Arts and Crafts tile designs. Now his fantastic creatures and floral arabesques are reimagined in this capsule collection of ready-to-wear, accessories and charms for both men and women. Certain details are enlarged on coats and bags, while others are hand-stitched onto oversized scarves and knitwear. Some garments, such as a woollen dragon's tail, or a horned knitted beanie, remake the wearer as a monster themselves. This is a collection in which the imagination is set free, and the magical is blended with the everyday.
A new series by the BBC!
In a timely social experiment, six modern day craftspeople are sent 'back in time' to live in a remote country house where they immerse themselves in the idealistic dreams of Arts and Crafts visionaries.
A group of 21st-century crafters move in to a late-1800s Victorian Arts & Crafts commune in the Welsh hills to renovate four of the key rooms in the house.
Find it online HERE, or it will air in Canada on TVO Wednesday December 25th at 7pm.
Holiday Dinner!
This year the WMSC will once again hold its annual Holiday Dinner at the UofT Faculty Club's Wedgwood Room!
UofT Faculty Club
41 Willcocks Street
Wedgwood Room
The buffet dinner will include Vegetarian and Gluten-Free options.
Cost is inclusive of all taxes but excluding the bar.
$65 for Non-members.
Download forms here and mail them to us with cheque enclosed.
Or fill in the Google form AND pay online:
Individual Member $60.00 CAD Dual Member $120.00 CAD Guest $65.00 CAD Member and Guest $125.00 CAD
Questions? Email us at info@wmsc.ca
260 Fingers
260 FINGERS IN AN INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION AND SALE OF THE WORK OF 26 OUTSTANDING CLAY ARTISTS AND POTTERS MAINLY FROM ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.
Opening/Vernissage: Friday, November 8 6-9pm
Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, 10am-5pm
Vernissage: vendredi, le 8 novembre de 18h à 21h
Samedi et dimanche, les 9 et 10 novembre de 10h à 17h
Free Admission Entrée libre
The Glebe Community Centre
175 Third Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 2K2
Call for Emerging Scholar Speaker Series
The William Morris Society of Canada is looking for proposals from young and emerging scholars on the broad subject of the Arts and Crafts.
The topics may include, but are not limited to: the Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris (life and works), the handmade, craft, literature, poetry, textiles, furniture, ceramics, intersectional feminism, woodcarving, fashion, Socialism, popular culture, etc.
The WMSC asks that you submit a 250 word proposal to info@wmsc.ca with the subject headline: "Emerging Scholar Speaker Series".
If you are an undergraduate, we ask for a 20-minute presentation. Graduate students and emerging scholars (within the first 5 years of your career) we ask for a 1-hour presentation.
Presentations will be given in Toronto, scheduled in 2020.
Due date is November 15th, 2019.
William Morris Tattoos
At our recent AGM, there was a brief discussion on Morris patterns coming back into fashion, and taking surprising forms.
Looking to William Morris-inspired tattoos, their depictions and interpretations are unique and lovely.
Delicate with colour!
Bold statement
Vibrant colour!
Arm sleeve
A stunning use of colour
Monochromatic beauty
A stunning portrait from the National Trust (UK)
A wee Strawberry Thief
"Love is Enough"
Brilliant use of colour
Beautiful blue foliage
This mannequin design is perfect for a tattoo idea!
Keep an eye on our Pinterest Board for more!
AGM and A Talk on African Textiles
A Reminder about our Annual General Meeting
Monday September 16th, 2019. 7pm
Location: Textile Museum of Canada
55 Centre Avenue, Toronto
A presentation on African Textiles follows:
Tent blanket from Mali
Following the Annual General Meeting, a presentation by Barbara McCann focusing on the historical background of cloth trading and migration of people, the use of cloth to express cultural values and important events, socio-economic issues including gender-based roles which have influenced textile development, as well as amazing innovations and use of recycled materials.
Getting there: St Patrick subway station
Summer Book Club: Pre-Raphaelite Girl Gang
Our summer reading is Kristy Stonell Walker's Pre-Raphaelite Girl Gang. Featuring "Fifty Makers, Shakers and Heartbreakers from the Victorian Era," this book highlights the women that were integral to the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
A fun, accessible read, it has humour and some great details!
Have you read it? Let us know your thoughts!
John Ruskin and the Beginning of the Arts & Crafts Movement
Hello to WMSC Members and Friends
The Roycroft Campus at 39 South Grove Street
East Aurora, NY 14052 (30 km SE of Buffalo)
announces a special event on September 13 and 14, 2019
celebrating the life of John Ruskin, 200 years after his birth
( -- Please note this conference is NOT a WMSC event -- )
There is no fee to attend the program of this Ruskin/Roycroft event
which is co-sponsored by the
North American Chapter of the Guild of St George
and the Roycroft Print Shop.
Overnight accommodation, meals, etc.
are at your own arrangement and expense.
Below are details about the program and registration.
The Guild of St George and The Roycroft Print Shop would like to invite you to our
celebration of John Ruskin's 200 th birthday on September 13-14, 2019. It is much more
than a birthday celebration, however. We are gathering together the resources of the
Guild and Roycroft, and offering to our new century, as both organizations did at the
beginning of the 20th Century, a way to proceed. We would like you to be part of this
celebration, and also part of great things we plan for the future. Hear about the workings
of the Guild in England. Hear about Roycroft and how it works every day to strengthen
the Arts and Crafts Movement in America. Hear about and tour the Roycroft Print Shop,
the only print and graphic arts organization in the world devoted exclusively to the work
of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
The program, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CHARGE, will open at 630pm on Friday night,
September 13th , with refreshments, a reception and a keynote address by Dr. James
Spates. Dr. Spates, who was a Professor of Sociology at Hobart and William Smith
Colleges for many years, is a world-renowned speaker and advocate of the ideas of John
Ruskin. Earlier this year, he gave a similar talk at the annual Arts and Crafts Conference in
Asheville, North Carolina. If you missed that lecture, you can now hear a similar
presentation. If you heard it, you will now be able to speak with Dr. Spates and ask you
own questions.
On Saturday, starting at 9am, you will hear a very interesting variety of presentations.
Peter Potter, a Roycroft Renaissance Artisan in Photography, will introduce you to his Arts
and Crafts Photography. This is important since, as some of you know, John Ruskin was an
avid photographer at a time when this field was first developing and allowing people to
record nature and the important works of man exactly the way they existed. Paul
Dawson, a very active member of the Guild of St George in the UK, will be giving an
important lecture on the work of George Allen, who was John Ruskin's personal
publisher, and about William Morris who established the Kelmscott Press, and their
pioneering work in the Private Press Movement. This will be a unique lecture in the fields
of printing and publishing and the material covered may not be readily available
anywhere in the US. Professor Kay Walter will tell us how she is teaching and promoting
the work of John Ruskin today in rural Arkansas. You will be introduced to the workings of
the Roycroft Print Shop and see how we use some of yesterday's techniques to get our
messages out today. There will then be a panel discussion, with audience participation,
where you can ask questions and state you own ideas for our Arts and Crafts Movement
of the future.
The North American Branch of the Guild of St George
and The Roycroft Print Shop
Please print the REGISTRATION FORM here.
See the FULL PROGRAM here.
Canadian Society of Decorative Arts Symposium
Thursday September 26 - 29th, 2019,
Agnes Etherton Art Centre
An invitation from our friends with the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts
Join the many decorative arts collectors, experts and enthusiasts who plan to be among the delegates in Kingston, September 26-29th. Early bird rates end June 30th!
Honouring the past and learning about current practice in the decorative arts is reflected in this year's theme: Trends and Traditions. To that end, the CSDA/CCAD Programming Committee has been hard at work planning and delivering an exceptional line up of lectures and events led by a stellar group of regional, national and international scholars, experts, curators, collectors and leading contemporary makers of decorative arts. Symposium delegates will also enjoy exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to private and public collections and studios, and visits to important sites and cultural attractions in the area on guided walking tours.
For more information: https://csda-ccad.org/Events
Evergreen Brick Works Tour!
The Brick-Making Machine
Purple-Eyed Susan Sculpture on the side of the building
Old photograph of Toronto
Photos courtesy of WMSC member Heather Johnson.
Tapestry of Spirit: The Torah Stitch By Stitch Project
Rona Kosansky; cross-stitch on aida cloth; 13" wide; "Just before his death Moses views the Promised Land from Mt. Nebo. God would not allow him to enter because of an earlier transgression (Deuteronomy 34:1-4)". Design courtesy of Ann Logan; image courtesy of Torah Stitch by Stitch.
The Textile Museum of Canada presents Tapestry of Spirit, from June 12 – November 17, 2019
Tapestry of Spirit presents the ambitious and inclusive social project to cross stitch the first five books of the Bible as well as selections from the Scriptures and Qur'an, reflecting on the theme of creation. It is an immersive installation that has been collectively created by almost 1500 volunteers of many faiths, under the artistic leadership of Temma Gentles (Toronto). Visitors will journey through nearly 1000 panels in three languages (Hebrew, Greek and Arabic) including illuminations and embellishments by stitchers from 28 countries who have interpreted these ancient narratives into contemplative, often highly personal expressions.
The award-winning documentary short film Stitchers: Tapestry of Spirit (directed by Tassie Notar and produced by 90th Parallel) will play throughout the exhibition.
Opening reception: Wednesday June 12, 5 - 8:30 PM. All are welcome!
Edit-a-thons aim to ensure craftswomen's legacy on internet
Ditchling museum will hold Wikipedia-editing sessions to redress gender imbalance
Elizabeth Peacock (left). Photograph: Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts
The crafts industry has become the latest sector to attempt to tackle the internet's gender imbalance, after a museum warned the legacy of the UK's most important craftswomen is at risk of being forgotten.
Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft is to hold a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons in June. It open its doors to volunteers who will be taught how to create and edit Wikipedia pages to include significant 20th-century craftswomen. The edit-a-thon is one of hundreds taking place around the world aiming to mitigate the lack of information about women online.
Abby Butcher, communications manager at Ditchling museum, says craftswomen are "undoubtedly" at risk of being forgotten and suffer from gender bias that sees male artists such as Eric Gill dominate discussions of crafts history.
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"It's the usual factors you'd expect: they're women and they were working in the early 20th century, and there were a lot of male craftspeople who were dominating that scene. That's the obvious patriarchy argument," says Butcher, who believes the situation is exacerbated by the fact that less than 10% of Wikipedia editors are women.
"The story of Ditchling is dominated by Eric Gill because he was such a big figure but there are a lot of hidden stories. You can trace the impact that a lot of these lesser-known artists have had across the arts and craft movement – there's this lineage."
The museum is holding two edit-a-thons, which have become popular ways for groups to tackle the dearth of female figures on Wikipedia pages in areas such as science and museum curation, on 1 June. Butcher believes for the younger generation, the internet is a vital research tool and if artists don't have a presence, they can quickly become obsolete.
"So much important history is in out-of-print books or in people's heads so it's great we have the chance to get that down," she said. "I think there's a risk with Generation Z that if it isn't online, it doesn't count.
Read the rest on the Guardian website.
Tour of the Historic Brick Works in Toronto's Don Valley
Sunday 9th of June 2019, 2 pm
Come to Evergreen Brick Works and explore the 130-year-old factory, transformed
by environmental charity Evergreen into a sustainable office complex and environmental
community centre. Our heritage-themed tour will explain the origins and architecture of
the brick factory, the process of brick-making, and tell some of the workers' stories.
Tour fee: $14. Payable at the site. (Cash only please. Exact change appreciated.)
Please reserve by May 28 so tour arrangements can be made. E-mail: info@wmsc.ca.
Our gathering spot for tours is the Young Welcome Centre.
Map: https://www.evergreen.ca/images/badges/VisGuide_201805_MAP.jpg
https://www.evergreen.ca/evergreen-brick-works/visitor-info/getting-here/
A TTC bus departs from Davisville Station, 28 Southbound approximately every 20 minutes.
A free Evergreen Brick Works shuttle bus departs from the parkette on Erindale Avenue, just north of the Broadview subway station (Not in the station). It leaves on the hour and half hour on Sundays.
There is also paid parking at the Brick Works site.
Come down early and you can visit artisans' booths on-site as well as having lunch beforehand at the Sunday market local food court, open 10am-3pm. You can pick from a broad array of options, including Persian food, Tibetan momos, Mexican street food, tapioca crepes, Turkish stuffed flatbread and churros with chocolate sauce.
The Don Valley Brick Works (known now as the Evergreen Brick Works) is a former quarry and industrial site located in the Don River Valley. The Don Valley Brick Works operated for nearly 100 years and provided bricks used to construct many well-known Toronto landmarks, such as Casa Loma, Osgoode Hall, Massey Hall, and the Ontario Legislature. Since the closure of the original factory, the quarry has been converted into a city park which includes a series of naturalized ponds, while the buildings have been restored and opened as an environmentally focused community and cultural centre by Evergreen, a national charity dedicated to restoring nature in urban environments.
In 2009, National Geographic Traveler named Evergreen Brick Works one of the 10 finalists in its Geotourism Challenge 2009, "a global competition of tourism-related projects that promote natural and cultural heritage while improving the well-being of the local people". The 10 finalists were chosen from 610 entries from 81 countries. In early 2017, Evergreen launched the redevelopment of the historic Kiln Building, creating a new hub for people across all sectors to collaborate in building sustainable cities. The project is one of the first in Canada to set and strive for a carbon-neutral target.
Tour of St Thomas Anglican Church
Join us for a Tour of St Thomas Anglican Church!
Saturday May 4th, 2019, 2 pm
383 Huron St
The church is an Arts and Crafts building designed by architect and parishioner Eden Smith (1858–1949) and was opened on January 17, 1893. The Memorial First World War Baptistery with Bromsgrove Guild stained glass windows was completed in 1922.
The tour will be a joint one, with the rector, The Revd Mark Andrews and Dr. Carl Benn.
Getting here: TTC (click this link)
Take the subway to St George and exit via the St George exit (near the Bata Shoe Museum).
Walk South to Bloor St, walk West one block to Huron Street, head South to St Thomas Anglican Church.
On the Origins of the Kelmscott Chaucer Typeface
Letters from the 15th Century:
A Study, with Specimen Leaves, of the Influence of the Early
German Printers on William Morris' Masterpiece.
This unique leaf book combines three elements—a significant private press production, a substantial
scholarly commentary that contributes to a further understanding of printing history, and a collection
of five leaves: one from the Kelmscott Press "Works of Geoffrey Chaucer" and four from books issued by German printers Morris most admired.
Written and issued by Phillip J. Pirages, the essay has been produced by gifted professionals; the
study addresses a topic of significance to typophiles in a considerably more thoroughgoing way than
has been done before; and the assemblage of leaves represents a powerful visual reinforcement of the
The text will present information about Morris' life and library, pull together previous relevant
observations in an entirely new way, and provide remarks about the early printers and the leaves
included as part of this production. Most important, the study will show, as objectively as possible,
likenesses between the early letterforms and those of the Chaucer by comparing each of Morris' letters with each of the corresponding letters in the typefaces of Schoeffer, Mentelin, Zainer, and Koberger. And because of the assemblage of leaves, readers will not only be able to learn from the text about the influence on Morris of his typographic forebears, but also to compare with their own eyes the resemblances between the Kelmscott leaf and the leaves from four centuries earlier.
For more information, visit www.pirages.com and enter inventory number
ST15039 in the search box on the top right side of the home page.
Please contact us to reserve a copy at 503-472-0476 or info@pirages.com.
Morris & Co collaboration with Selamat
Morris designs in the media once again!
Morris' designs have seemingly once again captured the popular imagination, appearing in films and design shows, and have recently been part of a number of reimaginings and collaborations across clothing and furniture.
"A selection of Morris & Co.'s internationally recognized designs have been reimagined by Selamat..."
What are your opinions on the pared-down look of muted tones and simplified designs?
Here are just some of our favourites:
Visit the website here:
https://www.selamatdesignsco.com/morrisandco
WMSC 185th Birthday Celebration!
Thank you to everyone that cake to our symposium, and celebrated Morris' 185th Birthday with us!
The toast this year was given by Max Donnelly, "Fellowship is heaven" indeed!
The cake pattern this year was Seaweed!
The cake was chocolate with a mascarpone-black currant filling!
The cake was made by WMSC Board Member Lera Kotsyuba!
Watch the video below to see two days of work condensed into 4 minutes!
Symposium 2019: Arts and Crafts Furniture
Arts & Crafts Furniture: Classic A&C to Contemporary Artisinal
Saturday March 23rd, 2019
10am - Max Donnelly - Morris and the making of Arts and Crafts furniture in Britain
11am - Brad Christakos - The Arts and Crafts Movement in Canadian Domestic Decorative Arts
1:15pm - Peter Fleming - Part of the Furniture
2pm - Leigh Dotey
2:15 - Q & A
2:45pm - 185th birthday party for William Morris and CAKE!
DOWNLOAD the registration form HERE due MARCH 15th, 2019!
Buy Tickets online below:
Member $75.00 CAD Non-Member $85.00 CAD Student $25.00 CAD 2 Members $150.00 CAD Member + Non-Member $160.00 CAD
The Commodification of William Morris: Emotive Links in a Mass-Produced World
Canada has lost one of its foremost champions of craft this past week, Dr. Sandra Alfoldy.
Her writing extended into many of the threads surrounding making, not least of them into questioning the role of mass-production.
Shared here is the abstract to her article: The Commodification of William Morris: Emotive Links in a Mass-Produced World
This article seeks to understand the inconsistencies between William Morris's socialist ideas and his business practices, by exploring their constant impacts on consumers of Morris-inspired products. Although pleasant decorative motifs, the commercial reproductions of Morris's designs are often perceived as meaningless, since they do not support any particular ideology. While offering the reader some details of Morris's life and work, particularly on the founding of Morris & Co. and his conversion to socialism, the growth of the conflict between these two interests may be emphasized. The successful development by Morris of interior design products that could be described as "ethical" resulted in a change in ideals on the part of the designer vis-a-vis the craftsmen, who until then had been responsible for the creation of an entire object, but which became with the creation of the new role of designer, performers in the manufacture of design products. This article draws on the first sources to give meaning to Morris's treatment of its workers in the context of its socialist principles. Using the new cultural theories, especially those formulated by Raymond Williams, Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall, the author ends his article by linking Morris' original philosophies with contemporary uses of his designs, and the power of identity of Consumption and Political Identity Identifying the Work of William Morris. then responsible for the creation of an entire object, but which became with the creation of the new role of designer, performers in the manufacture of design products. This article draws on the first sources to give meaning to Morris's treatment of its workers in the context of its socialist principles. Using the new cultural theories, especially those formulated by Raymond Williams, Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall, the author ends his article by linking Morris' original philosophies with contemporary uses of his designs, and the power of identity of Consumption and Political Identity Identifying the Work of William Morris. then responsible for the creation of an entire object, but which became with the creation of the new role of designer, performers in the manufacture of design products. This article draws on the first sources to give meaning to Morris's treatment of its workers in the context of its socialist principles. Using the new cultural theories, especially those formulated by Raymond Williams, Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall, the author ends his article by linking Morris' original philosophies with contemporary uses of his designs, and the power of identity of Consumption and Political Identity Identifying the Work of William Morris. performers in the manufacture of design products. This article draws on the first sources to give meaning to Morris's treatment of its workers in the context of its socialist principles. Using the new cultural theories, especially those formulated by Raymond Williams, Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall, the author ends his article by linking Morris' original philosophies with contemporary uses of his designs, and the power of identity of Consumption and Political Identity Identifying the Work of William Morris. performers in the manufacture of design products. This article draws on the first sources to give meaning to Morris's treatment of its workers in the context of its socialist principles. Using the new cultural theories, especially those formulated by Raymond Williams, Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall, the author ends his article by linking Morris' original philosophies with contemporary uses of his designs, and the power of identity of Consumption and Political Identity Identifying the Work of William Morris.
Read the full article on JSTOR here.
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Voices of Tomorrow
by submission | Feb 1, 2017 | Story | 2 comments
Author : Philip Berry
"Is it surprising, really? After what they did to you, that you can't feel a thing."
But I could feel. Too much. My skin was on fire.
"No Lana, I mean really feel. Perceive emotions. You can't."
But I could sense my own. Disappointment. Regret.
"Perhaps it will develop, like it does in a child. That's what you are, in a way. The cold has wiped the slate of human experience clean. That reminds me, people used to put tech in the freezer to reset it when they forgot passwords. That's what they did to you."
He was smiling. I found his humour cruel. My face betrayed nothing.
"Who was it anyway? Who put you in the tank?"
I shook my head. I had no memories. Those too, had been wiped.
"You don't know. Well I'll tell you Lana. Your own parents. Why? This surprised me actually. I assumed it would be because you were dying, but it wasn't."
I touched a button and angled the head of the bed up. My pale gown moved over skin that was still over-sensitive. The nerves were proliferating and recalibrating after three centuries of stasis. Every touch was transmitted to my brain as a pain stimulus. I winced.
"More lidocaine? Let me turn it up."
My counsellor touched the infusion pump.
"It'll settle, the hyperalgesia."
I tried to talk then, but the muscles of my mouth cramped. This reminded me of something. A pleasure, in infancy. A sweet pleasure. What was it? An ice cream, big as my face. I smiled, partially. My counsellor noticed moisture collecting under my eyes.
"You remember something! Excellent. Now where was I? Your parents. Actually your father. Your mother, according to the census, succumbed to the epidemic. She was working for an agency in Asia. So your father, watching the forecasts, seeing the viral front cross Europe and nudging the coast of France, decided to remove you from danger. Air travel was banned. A wall of drones was taking out the migratory birds. Universal septivalent vaccination was taking place, although the neuramidase targets were always behind the active mutation. So he put you in the tank!"
Images falling into place.
"Come on Lana. It's all in there. I have other patients."
The rim of moisture under my left eye formed a drop and fell.
He touched a tissue to my cheek.
"Well I'll tell you what I know Lana. We skimmed this from your visual and auditory cortices, the last images and impressions before you lost consciousness. You came home from school. Your father was standing in the kitchen. The radio was on. Reports of the first illnesses were coming through. Via a fishing trawler in Northumbria. They hadn't foreseen that. It was in the cod. A whole village down. So your father took the step. You walked in, and there were three others, dressed in grey. Two women, one man. No words. One of them jabbed you. Bang. Asleep, Within an hour your blood was replaced with polymerised albumin and you were at minus 196 centigrade."
I remembered. I was smiling when I saw Dad; I had good news for him, I'd been selected for the hockey team.
"He did it to save you. There was 75% mortality, more in the young. It worked."
The counsellor stood over me, put his face near mine.
"Don't hate him Lana. The grief killed him before the epidemic took hold. Anyway, my job is done. To get you to feel again. I think I have succeeded, no?"
He was right. I felt everything.
Jae on February 1, 2017 at 1:13 pm
The sad tyranny of parental care in the face of deadly threat.
SimonJM on February 1, 2017 at 9:08 am
Fascinating and extreme measure to avoid a virulent plague.
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Attention Alabama! Animals can't vote, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have a voice in the political process.
You can give animals that voice! Contact your state representative and encourage him/her to support stronger protections for pets/animals. Vote "YES" to the House Bill HB 305. This Bill takes aim at pet owners with outdoor dogs and cats who do not provide adequate shelter. Under existing law, a person commits the crime of cruelty to a dog or cat in the second degree if he or she deprives the animal of necessary shelter. This bill would provide a specific definition of what a dog or cat outdoor shelter should be.
Title: Animals, cruelty to dogs and cats, shelter defined, Sec. 13A-11-240 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a person commits the crime of cruelty to a dog or cat in the second degree if he or she deprives the animal of necessary shelter.
Relating to animals; to amend Section 13A-11-240, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to definitions for animal cruelty laws, to provide a definition of shelter.
(a) The word "torture" as used in this article shall mean the act of doing physical injury to a dog or cat by the infliction of inhumane treatment or gross physical abuse meant to cause said animal the dog or cat intensive or prolonged pain or serious physical injury, or thereby causing the death of the dog or cat due to said the act.
(b) The word "cruel" as used in this article shall mean: Every every act, omission, or neglect, including abandonment, where unnecessary or unjustifiable pain or suffering, including abandonment, is caused or where unnecessary pain or suffering is allowed to continue.
(c) The words "dog or cat" as used in this article shall mean any domesticated member of the dog or cat family.
(d) The word "shelter" as used in this article shall mean a measure by which a dog or cat regularly maintained outdoors is reasonably protected from the elements, including heat, cold, wind, and water. The measure shall have a roof, sides, and be of a size to allow the animal to enter, turn around, and lie down."
Lake Martin Animal Sanctuary shared a post.
This is for everyone in the State of Alabama.....................................,,,,,,,,,,,............Please as you sit in your house during this storm. Possibly surrounded by your family pets. Think about those pets that have NO way to get out of this weather. I urge you to contact your representative to support HB305. This bill just defines shelter. We have a law on the books that is pretty much unenforceable. This just defines shelter so these animals can receive the help they need and deserve.
How do I contact them?? Good Lord this stuff keeps me anxiety ridden!!
If that's what u do to your furbaby u don't need them.
Dog Easter Egg Hunt: How to Create One for Your Pup!
Setting up a dog Easter egg hunt is a great way to test your pup's sense of smell, and it is a fun activity for the whole family!
In search of a full size bed for a teenage boy. He needs it asap!! Please let us know if you can help.
O M G !!! Too dang cute!!!
Helping several dogs in difficult situations. We need donations for the dogs in these photos. Discription under each photo.
Please help us help these families.
Send a check to Lake Martin Animal Santuary at P.O. Box 240006 Eclectic, AL 36024, or contact Castaway Animal Clinic at 334-918-2130 and donate to our account for them.
Lake Martin Animal Sanctuary shared a link.
Lake Martin Animal Sanctuary is with Jennifer N Dan Ames.
Do u need foster for them?
You need a goat in your life!
We just dropped them iff with their new owners.
*Update* She now has a new home and is adjusting well. Thank you! We need your help! This baby is in need of a new, loving home immediately. She is a chiweenie, less than a year old and has not been fixed. Her current owner is simply too old to care for her. She is located in Tallassee, Alabama. We are asking only $20 for her and that's only because we want to make sure she is wanted. Contact me, Alicia Osborne or April Warren if you're interested. We will make sure she is going to a good home.
We are currently looking for land to build our organization upon, if you have any land for sale or donation please contact us on facebook.
We are an animal rescue for the Lake Martin area. We take in abused and neglected animals and rehabilitate them for adoption and foster placement. We help people keep their animals by providing the information they may need to do so. We help people find their lost pets and help lost pets find their people. If you want to help us in any way please don't hesitate to email us today. You can also donate anything from pet meds, blankets, healthcare, kennels, dog houses, cleaning supplies, to time and money.
We are a non profit organization and work strictly off of volunteers and donations. We can only take in what we can afford to care for. Thank you for all your support, shares, and comments. Please keep telling others about our cause and needs.


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NBC's Richard Engel: Without journalists, 'there's just a cacophony of sound.'
por IJNet
Educated, professional journalists are needed to help us make sense of the world, said NBC foreign correspondent Richard Engel, as he accepted the Excellence in International Reporting Award for his Middle East coverage from the International Center for Journalists last night. Here's an excerpt from his remarks:
"Some say that our profession, that our job as journalists, is getting less important, that one day, perhaps one day soon, people will just upload all the pictures and images that they take on their cell phones, and the world will be covered.
"I don't agree with that. While I do believe that the more images taken by the more people in the world will ultimately create a better society and [be] a benefit to the world. I think that also by having more images, it makes it harder for dictators and tyrants to steal money and continue to be corrupt.
"But I still think we desperately do need educated and experienced people to make sense of it all. In fact, the more data that is out there, the more urgent this need becomes. You need musicians to string melodies together from all the disconnected notes that are floating around -- some sharp, some flat, some false -- otherwise there's just a cacophony of sound."
(Photo via The Rachel Maddow Show with a Creative Commons license.)
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Telecoms & TV
New petition - Rundfunkbeitrag, formerly known as GEZ
Started by Chris1479, 8 Oct 2012
Chris1479 52
Posted 8 Oct 2012
18 Euros a month will be levied on every household whether they have a TV or radio or if they sit shivering in the cold because they can't afford to heat their apartment let alone enjoy the wonders that only ZDF can offer.
What the hell is going on with this country? I feel like a tax-sheep getting sheered of just a little extra cash every few months. This is almost as much as my internet connection costs every month, and since I bought a TV the other day and plugged the antenna cable in I can't even find any channels to watch in any case. What a great deal! After I've paid my various tithes to the government for their 'services' (most of which I've never used or even heard of) I'm left with less and less.
Vattenfall are even chasing me for more than 200 euros electricity which is outright impossible - I lived in a 27qm2 box with only 1 lightbulb and my computer. On the documents themselves they say this is the average amount of electricity used for six family-sized households. What the hell is going on with this country?
Related topic: Refusing to pay the German TV license fee
nina_glyndwr 4,695
I don't know if it's any consolation... but they're going to do the same in Finland as of next January, too.
I do find it outrageous. When the heck do I have time to watch TV? I have never owned a bloody TV set, there is no space in my flat for a TV set, and I do not want to be tied to a bloody timetable. And before anyone starts saying... oh, get a recorder.. I say that I don't want the extra bloody hassle of that. Then you have to remember that the Germans can make any subject of interest to me sound so deadly boring that my brain switches off after 10 minutes. (I used to watch TV at my gran's place. It's the only thing they could think of doing in the evenings.)
I pay GEZ for a radio as I do have a radio. I never listen to German radio as that is as boring as German TV. And believe me... I've tried and tried over the years to find a decent radio station - trying out the suggestions of other people here and in real life. What do I listen to? BBC Radio 4 extra.. then BBC RAdio 4, BBC Radio 2 for some music programmes and then Swing FM from France which is non-stop jazz, swing and some gospel. All from the golden age of jazz.
German media? Boring, boring, boring, boring. But we have to pay for this dross.
Allershausen 6,411
What do I listen to? BBC Radio 4 extra.. then BBC RAdio 4, BBC Radio 2 for some music programmes
Do you pay the BBC licence fee?
Actually i agree with you, I never watch German TV, but I do listen to the radio, which all have adverts on them! The GEZ is just a tax so that the people who work for ARD ZDF and the like don't have to work so hard generating advertising revenue. If they had no adverts I could understand it, although that wouldn't explain the poor quality of the programmes.
sr5dnptylno 1,648
Looks like they are pretty comfortable in the legal department as they are hiring 400 new field agents to ferret out non-compliant households/individuals.
GEZ will Bürger künftig noch stärker ausforschen
Die GEZ stockt sogar auf und stellt für den Zeitraum der Umstellung befristet bis 2015 rund 400 neue Mitarbeiter ein.
Sogar für den Personalaufbau wird Personal aufgebaut. Aktuell sucht die GEZ per Stellenausschreibung "eine/n Produktionsplaner/in".
Jeanie 2,594
The GEZ is just a tax
Well, from next year this will definitely be the case. What bugs me though is that it won't just be collected as a tax. Imagine how much money would be saved if the GEZ money collecting section was just entirely disbanded.
Edited to add: cross-posted with the post above but that just reinforces what I was saying I reckon.
Chocky 1,189
What makes this really burn is when you compare the UK license fee with the GEZ fee, and look at what you get on UK terrestrial TV compared to what's on offer here. Admittedly German TV has improved slightly in the last few years, Sat3 and Arte show some good stuff, but the rest is mostly shite - turgid 'culture' shows which usually involve a bunch of middle aged women talking earnestly about something without a glimmer of humour or lightheartedness, endless Krimis, inane soaps and shopping channels.
Which organization, if any, regulates the GEZ?
"The GEZ is just a tax"
Of course it is. I just wish the bureaucrats would have the basic decency not to insult my intelligence by dressing it up or justifying it with spurious reasons. They need more money, the government is backing them up, and I'm obliged to pay them on pain of financial ruin or imprisonment. What a bargain. And people wonder why German TV sucks so much - well what incentive do they have to produce quality programming when you can just lock up your audience? It's certainly easier than producing proper TV.
I wonder why more Germans aren't up in arms or out protesting on the streets against bailing out the entirety of southern Europe and yet they put up with that, and if they'll put up with that I guess they'll put up with GEZ arseholes as well.
216€ a year. thieving bastards, for what?
rubbish programs with loads of adverts that they get loads of money for anyway.
we don't watch German telly and we listen to CDs in the car (currently nursery rhyme CDs woo!).
grr.
Ah I'm a fan of Old King Cole myself. I bet he didn't levy such absurd taxes on his people as the GEZ either.
When was the last time this huge money-raking scheme actually resulted in series that are snapped up by tens of countries? I came across a Canadian series the other week called Murdoch Mysteries. If my memory serves me correctly, it's been sold to all around the world. The Killing was a recent hit from Scandinavia of all places. Like Wallander. What German TV series has taken, say, the UK by storm recently?
All that money and for what? Oh, yes, so they can buy football rights.
Ah Nina, I guess you haven't stumbled across the creme de la creme of German TV that is "Liebe und Land" (sounds like a 1940's radio show...) where various bavarian farmers are shown wearing straw hats and driving tractors, and then ZDF sets them up with some bint from Dusseldorf. A surefire export if ever there was. There's another show about "Messys" or obsessive-compulsive hoarders too... it's a blatant rip-off of various US and UK shows... the one thing I always notice - before switching the TV off - is how the Harz IVers invariably have an apartment three times the size of my own, privately rented, apartment.
Keleth 5,162
This is the bit that I find ridiculous is that the fee is for ZDF,ARD and the local channels.However they all show commercials yet they have the nerve to demand state funding.
Also if you have an internet connection then you are liable to pay the fee even if you don't have a TV because it is possible to watch over the internet.
Sky is also available on the internet but I don't have to pay their fees because they actually lock out non subscribers but I presume it would be too much trouble for the GEZ to set up some sort of database to lock out non payers.
It reeks of the same sort of idiocy as GEMA where they don't have to prove you watch they just say you do and you can do absolutely nothing about it it is up to you to pay.
The wifes cousin is an obergerichtvollzier and he says in his 30 odd years of being one that he has only ever known 1 person who has come out on top against the GEZ.
LukeSkywalker 5,030
In the UK each household pays £145.50(ca. €180) per year as television licence. What's the difference? Also, on ARD and ZDF the advertising is very limited. Personally, I always watch the German news, because I live and work here, so I want to know what's going on in the country. Then, I watch the Bundesliga and some informative consumer programmes.
.. the one thing I always notice - before switching the TV off - is how the Harz IVers invariably have an apartment three times the size of my own, privately rented, apartment.
I note the same thing about the people in the UK. One woman who couldn't cook to save her life had a huge kitchen with a double cooker (six rings at least) all fitted out - when I have often had two rings and a fridge, or no fridge and two rings in a shared room; or a kitchen less than 2 square metres.
I see people in the UK with flats bigger than mine and yet I work all the hours I can get and they are unemployed. Amazing.
In the UK, you can ask the authorities into your home and prove you don't have a TV. Radios are free of licences.
In order to keep up with what is happening here, I read the papers and magazines. I dip into Bild, Die Zeit, the Rheinische Post (those are the main ones) and Stern, Spiegel and Wirtschaftswoche. As well as Brigitte. Oh, and Bild der Frau (nothing like Bild) and Freizeit Revue for the vocabulary-expanding crosswords.
In the UK each household pays £145.50(ca. €180) per year as television licence. What's the difference? Also, on ARD and ZDF the advertising is very limited.
The BBC has no advertising and yet manages to produce world class programmes. The Germans have a more expensive licence fee and advertising and manage to produce rubbish.
Funnily enough many people in the UK don't realise that the license fee collectors have to be invited in, to actually come into your house and search for a TV would require a warrant, but they play on people's trusting ignorance of such matters to rake in as much money as possible. I don't know how the details of the equivalent GEZ situation in Germany, I imagine it's something along the lines of a functionary turning up on your doorstep and demanding the money, and if you fail to pay they send you to Guantanamo Bay.
8420PR 170
I currently do not pay GEZ, and wonder what I should do from Jan 2013. I cannot find any information on changes for 2013 on the GEZ website, so my assumption is that I simply need to signup before 1st Jan 2013 and pay the cash???
Hazza 5,457
Freimann, Munich
I actually don't mind everyone having to pay for state run media. For me, this no different to paying for other state services that are "good for society", without every individual who pays for it necessarily receiving the benefit.
However, the way they do it here is ridiculous.
If they're going to insist that all households pay, then they could dismantle this entire organisation, collect the fee through the tax system and ensure that with the lower collection overhead, either the price goes down per household, or the programming becomes excellent. Instead, there's a whole lot of money leaking into the beurocratic black hole that is the GEZ.
There should be some sort of an enquiry done to determine on what grounds the GEZ have of creating even more jobs out of this change in regulations. I thought that the whole idea of collecting from every household was to simplify things and make this cheaper...
In the UK each household pays £145.50(ca. €180) per year as television licence. What's the difference?
Compared to 216€ a year in Germany.
The difference is the BBC, simply, there is no advertising shown, at all on any of the 8 or 9 BBC tv channels, and the dozen or so radio stations.
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