Chemical restraints for use in macromolecular structure refinement are produced by a variety of methods, including a number of programs that use chemical information to generate the required bond, angle, dihedral, chiral and planar restraints. These programs help to automate the process and therefore minimize the errors that could otherwise occur if it were performed manually. Furthermore, restraint-dictionary generation programs can incorporate chemical and other prior knowledge to provide reasonable choices of types and values. However, the use of restraints to define the geometry of a molecule is an approximation introduced with efficiency in mind. The representation of a bond as a parabolic function is a convenience and does not reflect the true variability in even the simplest of molecules. Another complicating factor is the interplay of the molecule with other parts of the macromolecular model. Finally, difficult situations arise from molecules with rare or unusual moieties that may not have their conformational space fully explored. These factors give rise to the need for an interactive editor for WYSIWYG interactions with the restraints and molecule. Restraints Editor, Especially Ligands (REEL) is a graphical user interface for simple and error-free editing along with additional features to provide greater control of the restraint dictionaries in macromolecular refinement.
Keywords: crystallographic refinement; geometric restraints; ideal geometry; graphical user interfaces; PHENIX.
Restraint dictionaries are used in macromolecular structure refinement to help compensate for the typically low data-to-parameter ratio. Chemical restraints, which form a subclass of all restraints and are the most fundamental, are based on the internal coordinates of a molecular entity and generally include bonds, angles, dihedrals, chirals and planes. Each of the restraints is assigned an ideal value and an estimated standard deviation to define the center and curvature of the parabolic function for calculating the residual and gradient of the restraint (for more details, see Evans, 2007 ). A summation of the restraint residuals and the gradients is used as the functional to minimize the geometry term in the structure-refinement process. One limitation of the restraints paradigm is the need for the Cartesian coordinates of the molecule geometry to be consistent with the restraints. A simple example is a poorly modeled chiral center. The gradients from the chiral restraint and the angle restraints involved do not provide a pathway to the global minima of the moiety, but rather minimize to a chemical unreasonable configuration similar to an umbrella that is a local minima in the restraint paradigm but is not so in chemical reality. This is a shortcoming that can surface in poor models that provide chemically inaccurate geometries outside the radius of convergence of the restraints framework.
For the common chemical entities, such as amino acids, nucleotides and common small molecules, the dictionaries have been determined and improved though use and experimentation. The GeoStd restraints library (N. W. Moriarty & P. D. Adams; http://sourceforge.net/projects/geostd) is an open-source project on SourceForge that contains dictionaries that have been modified to accommodate all of the amino-acid rotamer states determined by the Richardson group (Lovell et al., 2000 ). Structural changes made to the restraints for rotamers include rotamer descriptions that include the definitions of the torsions, the rotamer name, the torsion values and the frequency. In addition, a field, alt_value_angle, has been introduced to the dihedral loop that lists the acceptable angles of the dihedral to allow each rotamer to be at or near a torsional minimum.
For the less common entities that have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank (Berman et al., 2000 ), restraint libraries exist that can be used. For novel ligands and entities that have not been included in restraint libraries, the user has the burden of generating suitable geometry restraints for use in the refinement.
Within the PHENIX package (Adams et al., 2010 , 2011 ), chemical restraint generation is performed using the electronic Ligand Builder and Optimization Workbench (Moriarty et al., 2009 ). Known as eLBOW, it is designed as a very flexible and powerful tool generating dictionaries that are chemically accurate and consistent with a number of workflows. It is also the workhorse in other programs, for example generating restraints and adding H atoms in the PHENIX GUI (Echols et al., 2012 ) for phenix.refine (Afonine et al., 2012 ). Furthermore, eLBOW generates dictionaries with additional fields that need to be handled appropriately. These include the formal charge of an atom, a number of informational fields and the nuclear bond distances for neutron refinement.
Ideally, the geometry restraints in the libraries and those generated by the appropriate programs would be sufficient for all cases. Unfortunately, not all of the chemical knowledge about a certain molecule can be accommodated in the chemical format of choice. Some formats do not have three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates [SMILES (Weininger, 1988 ) and Mol2D], while others can lack bond-connectivity information (PDB and xyz) that leads to ambiguity about tautomeric states. Conversion of the chemical input information can also lead to data loss given that the restraints model of the molecular geometry is an approximation. For example, an sp2-hybridized C atom will remain planar in the vast majority of molecules. The restraints pertaining to the C atom will include three bonds, three angles and, because of limitations of the restraints paradigm, a planar restraint on at least four atoms. Strictly speaking, there is no internal coordinate of a molecule known as `planar', but it is required to enforce planarity in this situation. The reason is that each of the three angles has an ideal value that is constant. If one angle is distorted in a real molecule, the other two will compensate to retain a planar configuration. In the restraints situation, the ideal angle values remain the same, so a distorted angle will not have compensating companion angles and will thus bend out of the plane. A dynamic restraint on sp2 centers that restrains the sum of the three angles to be 360° would be an improvement. Dynamic restraints are becoming standard practice in structure refinement: single-value restraints have been shown to be inadequate for the protein backbone, and the Conformation Dependent Library (CDL; Berkholz et al., 2009 ) has recently been made the default in phenix.refine (Moriarty et al., 2014 , 2016 ).
Furthermore, there are moieties that do not have an explicit restraint for controlling their state. In the case of cis–trans (E–Z) isomers, some chemical inputs do specify the desired isomer. Without the E–Z specification, the input geometry, and to a lesser extent the steric hindrance, can guide the refinement. However, in most cases the dictionary will not provide a pathway from the E-isomer to the Z-isomer, as each is a local minimum. To restrain the molecule to a specific cis–trans isomer, a torsion restraint with a single minimum (period=1) may be used in the geometry dictionary. Another example is the pucker state of a saturated ring moiety. The pucker state is not specified by any of the common chemical formats, nor is there an implicit restraint. Therefore, the options are to leave flexibility in the dictionaries allowing the density to guide the geometry refinement or to control it indirectly using a set of torsion restraints.
Editors allow the operator to change a computer file. One of the most basic is a text editor that allows the entry and deletion of ASCII characters in a simple text file. The same concept holds for a restraints editor, however here the atomicity of edits is geometry restraints that are being added and deleted. The smallest item that can be added or deleted in a text file is a single character; however, in a restraints editor the smallest item is a single restraint. However, a single restraint can have its internal values changed.
Geometry restraints are based on internal coordinates that are fundamentally different from Cartesian coordinates. To this end, REEL is designed to interact with the atoms and internal coordinates and exclude direct control of the Cartesian coordinates. Selection of the desired internal coordinate allows direct modifications of the ideal value and estimated standard deviation. This change needs to be propagated to all restraints appropriately, reflected in the geometry of the molecule and validated for simple errors. There should also be broad controls that can change many of the individual restraints to conform to the requirements of a certain user.
The Restraints Editor (REEL) was developed primarily for editing restraint dictionary files. Hence, the more detailed features of the GUI only relate to the editing of dictionary files. However, REEL will also read any of the chemical input formats, including the residues in the Chemical Components Dictionary (Westbrook et al., 2015 ), via their three-letter code.
REEL can be started on the command line as a standalone GUI, but is also available in the main PHENIX GUI as a choice in the Ligands menu, as well as being integrated into other program results pages. Upon starting, REEL loads the dictionary into a table view with a tab for each restraint type (see Fig. 1 ). It also identifies the possible moieties that could be edited. These include cis–trans isomers, implicit chirals, boat–chair isomers (six-membered saturated rings) and ribose (five-membered saturated rings). Each tab contains a row for each restraint and a cell for each item in the CIF loop that corresponds to it. The rows can be sorted by double-clicking on the column title to toggle the sort order. The estimated standard deviations cells are also colored to indicate warnings and errors (see the Help menu for the legend).
Restraints window of REEL displaying the Atoms tab. The color-coding of the cells indicates the interface limitations of the GUI interactions of each cell designed to alert the user to format restrictions and maintain a consistent set of restraints.
A second window contains the molecular view (see Fig. 2 ). If the restraints contain the Cartesian coordinates, the geometry is displayed in an OpenGL panel that allows rotating, zooming and selections. For restraints files that lack Cartesian coordinates, REEL will generate a three-dimensional geometry by selecting the `Simple Optimization' button on the toolbar. An important feature of the molecular view is the reliance of bond specification on the bond restraints in the dictionary input. For formats other than those with bond connectivity, an element-specific distance-based algorithm is used to determine the bonds.
Molecule-view window of REEL showing the representation of ATP with bond-order view set to `on'. The bottom toolbar can be used for viewing and for molecule and restraints editing.
Interaction with the windows makes use of the point-and-click paradigm. Selecting a row in a table view will highlight (in green) the associated atoms in the molecule view, allowing visual feedback on the affected atoms. Color-coding of the cells provides information about the contents, both available actions and validation. The atom names in the atoms tab are colored pale aqua to indicate that editing a cell will propagate the result to all the other instances of that atom name. Aqua indicates that the cell cannot be edited directly. The Cartesian coordinates, if any, are colored in powder blue to indicate that REEL only edits the molecular internal coordinates as represented by the restraints. White cells can be changed in either a traditional manner (by typing a new value) or using a selection from a pop-up menu. Changes in these cells only affect that particular restraint and little validation is performed on the resulting restraint.
Selecting an atom or bond in the molecule view will highlight the associated atoms in all table-view restraint tabs. In addition, if the atom is in a plane restraint, the entire plane is highlighted in white. Right clicking1 on an atom displays a pop-up menu for some editing procedures such as adding an atom to a plane, changing the atom name or changing the element. The latter two operations are propagated throughout to ensure a consistent set of restraints.
The molecule-window toolbar is situated on the bottom and has some buttons for adjusting the view of the molecule. The molecule-editing buttons are duplicated in the Action menu (see below).
Pull-down menu items provide access to more global editing options. Some of the options have limited utility but are included for increased flexibility. One goal of REEL is to remove the need for text editing the restraint-dictionary file.
Loading data into REEL can be performed via the File pull-down menu or via options at the command line. Some of the more advanced features that require a command-line start are noted in the corresponding sections below. `Open file' will load any chemical file format that eLBOW supports except SMILES. This is most often a dictionary file in CIF format. In the case of a multi-residue PDB-formatted file, the user is presented with a list of residues to select for display. Because REEL has direct access to the dictionary-loading machinery in PHENIX, the exact restraints for a certain three-letter code can be loaded into REEL using the second File menu option for verification of the dictionary or editing of the restraints for use with the current or a different residue. The `Open name template' menu item will use a graph-matching algorithm to rename the atoms in the current molecule with the atoms names in the template file, usually a PDB file. The `Cartesian coordinates input' submenu allows the xyz coordinates of the current molecule to be changed with the optional transfer of the corresponding values to the restraints.
Searching the Chemical Components Dictionary or finding a unique, unused ligand code can be performed in this menu or via the toolbar buttons. The former is helpful for looking for a desired ligand and opens a window that will show the search results in the molecule window or a text window. The search is a generic text-searching algorithm in the Chemical Components Dictionary including key words and logic such as `formula C 1:10' to search for molecule with one to ten C atoms. Details of the syntax are available via the help button on this sub-window. An additional button allows molecules that have a similar Tanimito score (Bajusz et al., 2015 ) to be listed using a molecular fingerprint that is a truncated version of the PubChem fingerprint. A detailed description can be accessed at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/specifications/pubchem_fingerprints.txt.
Saving the current molecule in a number of formats including restraint-dictionary CIF and PDB model can also be performed using the File menu. The `Save restraints' option writes the restraint dictionary to a CIF-formatted file that is standard for most refinement packages. The final pair of menu items (excluding the `Quit' item) allows the saving and deleting of the current window positions and sizes, and other view options selected in the View menu into the view preferences for REEL.
Viewing preferences and options, including showing H atoms, white background, atom and bond attributes such as atom names, and the input file header, can be performed through the View menu. Viewing the input file header can provide additional information, particularly in the case of a Chemical Components CIF, including ligand name, formula and archival dates.
`List geometry values' adds a column, or two, to most of the restraints tabs that display the actual geometry value and the difference between the actual value and the ideal value. This is useful option for checking that the restraint is similar to the actual geometry value in some of the options discussed later.
The first item in the Action menu runs a simple geometry optimization on the active molecule using the current, possibly edited, dictionary. This item is useful to provide feedback about what effect the restraint changes will have on the geometry, particularly if they are consistent. Changing the ligand code and finding a unique code can also performed in the Action menu.
By default, eLBOW optimizes the geometry with additional options for using the AM1/RM1 semi-empirical quantum-mechanical (QM) method or interfacing with third-party QM packages for higher-level optimizations. Notwithstanding, the ability to idealize the geometry can be performed using the `Tetrahedralize' and `Zero constant dihedrals' menu items.
Other global actions, including and removing H atoms, can be performed in the Action menu. An additional useful action is the deactivation of all angle or dihedral restraints, which is achieved by commenting them and writing the output dictionary file. These deactivated restraints can be removed completely or activated again by the uncomment action in subsequent editing sessions using menu items in the Action menu.
The Add and Build submenus will add atoms and restraints to the molecule. These actions can also be performed using the buttons in the footer of the molecule view. In general, it is more efficient to generate the dictionary from a suitable chemical input in eLBOW, but this feature can be helpful for small changes in conjunction with the eLBOW menu.
Plane restraints have a different structure to the other restraints and therefore require the last two menu items to change the plane name and estimated standard deviations.
eLBOW is the restraint-dictionary generation package available with PHENIX and includes a wizard GUI interface in the PHENIX GUI. REEL also has direct access to the GUI and provides the ability to start an empty eLBOW GUI, an eLBOW GUI with the input file set to the input given to REEL or an eLBOW GUI with the input set to the edited current molecule. In all cases, the job is treated as a normal job in the current project of the PHENIX GUI.
Carbohydrates are branched polymers that often attach to the protein covalently. The main feature of the Sugar menu is the `Carbohydrate Builder' shown in Fig. 3 . The base format for describing carbohydrates in PHENIX is the GlycoCT format (Herget et al., 2008 ). To facilitate the generation of the GlycoCT for the desired complex carbohydrate, a builder with flexible input modes is included in REEL.
Carbohydrate-building window for creating polysaccharide chains. Input includes a header toolbar with custom buttons and a footer toolbar for SCaLES input. Individual units can be edited using the panel on the right.
The builder consists of a header and footer toolbar, a display panel and an editing panel. The toolbars have a number of widgets for flexible carbohydrate-unit addition. There are six buttons for loading common sugar units depicted by their CFG representation (Functional Glycomics Gateway, http://www.functionalglycomics.org/). The units are added to the display panel and linked to the currently highlighted unit using β(1–4) linking. Both carbohydrate units and links can be edited using the editing panel at the right of the builder frame. The attributes of the saccharide that can be changed include cyclic closure, handedness and size. The polysaccharide on the panel can be saved as a GlycoCT file.
A GlycoCT file can be loaded and displayed in the builder for verification and editing as desired. For those familiar with the three-letter codes used by the Protein Data Bank, a button allows the addition of units to the panel using them.
To allow more control when building polysaccharides, an inline syntax was developed using similar concepts to the Simplified Molecular-Input Line-Entry System (Weininger, 1988 ), known by its acronym SMILES. SMILES was designed to contain all of the information that is required to specify a molecule using the atomic elements as the smallest unit. Some of the important features include a default bond type (single) that can also be specified (`-') and branching specified using parentheses.
In a similar fashion, the Simplified Carbohydrate Line-Entry System (SCaLES) is designed to contain all of the information to specify a polysaccharide from the PDB codes of each saccharide unit. An unspecified linking is assumed to be β(1–4), which can be specified inline using `-b-(1-4)-'. Other links can be specified using the syntax `-[a/b]-(n-m)-' where the ring closure of α and β are specified by a and b, respectively. The numbers n and m are the number of the C atom in the attaching (following) carbohydrate unit and the number of the C atom on the preceding unit, respectively. The examples in Fig. 4 are available in a pop-up menu of common polysaccharides preloaded into the SCaLES input field at the bottom of the sugar builder.
SCaLES examples available in the input-field pop-up menu in the Carbohydrate Builder.
The SCaLES parser in PHENIX has some additional features beyond simply reading the input. The linking of a carbohydrate unit is dependent on the ring closure of the attaching unit. Thus, the linking type must match the ring closure of the attaching unit. One of the most common polysaccharides in proteins is the covalently bound polymer made up of two units of 2-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranose and one of β-D-mannopyranose. This is commonly erroneously referred to as `NAG NAG MAN'. If the SCaLES string `NAG-NAG-MAN' is parsed blindly, the default linking will not match the ring closure of the PDB unit MAN, which is an α-unit. The parser will honour the linking and change the trailing unit to the β-unit, BMA. To specify the polysaccharide without relying on this feature use `NAG-NAG-BMA' or to really link the α-unit use `NAG-NAG-a-(1-4)-MAN'.
This feature allows the searching of several carbohydrate databases including GlycoWorkbench (Ceroni et al., 2008 ; Damerell et al., 2012 ), GlycomeDB (Ranzinger et al., 2011 and EUROCarbBD (von der Lieth et al., 2011 ) by name in any of the previously defined formats. The carbohydrate can then be added to the builder (if open) for further manipulation and converted to GlycoCT or SCaLES format.
As already stated, changing an ideal bond value, for instance, can be achieved by editing the appropriate cell in the bond table. The view in the molecule does not automatically update, but a simple geometry optimization can be initiated via a button in the toolbar, a pull-down menu (Action → Geometry optimization) or a hot key. In the case of angles and dihedrals, a pop-up menu can be used to change the value to common values such as tetrahedral or 120° for angles and zero or 180° for dihedrals.
Interfacing with chiral restraints is slightly more advanced. Choosing the `View → List geometry values' will display the absolute chiral configuration: R or S. The absolute configuration is a succinct nomenclature for describing the handedness of a steric center. It is based on the CIP priorities (Cahn et al., 1966 ) of the substituents and the direction from high to low priority. The labels are based on the Latin for right (rectus) and left (sinister).
On the other hand, the chiral restraints are based on the volume described by the three vectors from the central atom to the three non-H-atom substituents. In this schema, the order of the atoms is important. Swapping atoms will change the sign of the volume. The choices (selected by right-clicking on the volume cell) are `positiv', `negativ' or `both', with the latter meaning either `positiv' or `negativ'. Selecting a value that requires a change in geometry will update the geometry in the molecule-view window automatically. It is usually the case that the input geometry will determine the chirality if the chirality is not restrained or is set to `both', but there are exceptions. This is owing to the geometry-restraint machinery choosing the nearest minimum as a target.
In addition to the chiral restraints tab, REEL has a tab that lists the possible chiral centers based on the geometry of the molecule. This is a simple validation tool for checking that the chiral restraints in the output file are covering the desired chiral centers. If there are additional chiral restraints that are desired, they can be added using the button at the bottom of the molecule-view window.
Besides tabs for the basic restraints types, bonds, angles, dihedrals, chirals and planes, REEL has additional tabs restraining the molecular geometry indirectly. The simplest is the cis/trans configuration tab. The E/Z nomenclature is based on the same priorities as the chiral configurations but uses the German word for opposite (entgegen) to denote the configuration that has the two highest priority substituents in the trans configuration and the German word for same (zusammen) for that with the two highest priority substituents in the cis conformation. Because there is no restraint for explicitly setting the geometry to a specific isomer and because not all chemical inputs support cis/trans isomer specification, REEL allows this specification. Right clicking on the `restrained_to' cell will allow the selection of either E, Z or either. The restraint that is performing the work is the dihedral involving the two high-priority substituents across the double bond. If E is selected, the dihedral will have an ideal value of 180° and a periodicity of 1. If Z is selected, the ideal value is set to zero and the periodicity to 1. The `either' case does not change the ideal value but sets the periodicity to 2, thereby covering both zero and 180°. It should be noted that in the `either' case the input geometry in the model would determine the isomerization of the ligand.
The `BoatChair' tab and the `Ribose' tab both use dihedrals to restrain a flexible ring into the desired conformation. The `BoatChair' tab pertains to the six-membered saturated ring. It can be in a number of conformations, including the so-called `Boat', `Chair' and `Twisted'. There are six dihedrals involving the atoms of a six-membered ring. In the `Boat' configuration the signs of the dihedrals alternate and can be denoted `+-+-+-'. The first dihedral is defined as the dihedral involving the first atoms listed in the restraints row in the tab. The second moves around the ring by one atom. The pop-up menu in the `restrain_to' cell provides a number of options including the two `Chair' options, six `Boat' options that include two zero dihedrals (denoted, for example, as `-0+-0+') and an option to set to any conformation. Selecting one of the first eight will add six dihedral restraints (visible in the `dihedrals' tab), while the last option removes these six dihedrals. The geometry is automatically updated.
It should be noted that larger or more complex rings could have their confirmations restrained using dihedrals. These dihedrals can be added as required via the `+dihedral' button at the bottom of the molecule-view window.
will load the dictionary and overlay the geometry from the second file. Viewing the actual geometry values and the differences can indicate problem areas for investigation. This operation can also be performed via the File pull-down menu options. One can also transfer the geometry values to the ideal values of the restraints.
Another advanced mode of use involves the PHENIX .geo file. This file contains all of the restraints, in human-readable format, that were used by the program. This is the definitive list of restraints used in the refinement (reciprocal and real space) and geometry minimization. REEL can be used to view the restraints used in a refinement by supplying both the model file and the .geo file.
will load the model, request the user select the residue of interest and display the residue with only those bonds containing one atom of the selected residue. Selecting a covalently bound ligand will determine if it is indeed bound based on the contents of the .geo file and not on any bond-length cutoff mechanism.
As stated earlier, this restraints editor does not allow direct control of the Cartesian coordinates, but is designed to allow direct and indirect access to the restraint types currently used in macromolecular refinement. Indirect access allows the user to restrain chemical moieties such as saturated rings using the available restraint type (torsion) via a quick and easy interface. Interaction with the restraints allows fine-tuning of an individual restraint value and global changes including changing the residue code or removing all dihedral restraints.
More indirect restraints similar to the boat/chair control could be developed in the future, including carbohydrate-specific paradigms which benefit from the alternative angle list for dihedral compared with the nonphysical periodic restraints or the possibly overly restrictive single-value scheme. Ideally, a restraint that allows any chair confirmation and not a boat confirmation (a concerted ring restraint) would be an improvement.
Currently, the definition of indirect restraints relies on the standard restraint types, but additional direct restraint types could be incorporated into a more chemically accurate framework. Small additions have already been introduced into the GeoStd files. These could be extended in the future to provide more accurate geometries and restraint-dictionary deposition to the Worldwide Protein Data Bank.
‡Current affiliation: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
1Mouse clicks are designed assuming a three-button mouse. OSX uses ctrl-click for the right click. Several OS-specific mouse uses can be found in the Help → Mouse controls pull-down menu.
This work was supported by the NIH (Project 1P01 GM063210), the PHENIX Industrial Consortium and in part by the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.


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MelanieKnight
Ted Talk Ripple Effect
Waking up on November 26, was one of those mornings where you open your eyes and for a brief moment, you don't know what day it is yet. And then it clicks: "today's the day!" No doubt, 11 of my fellow speakers were waking up with the same feeling. A whopping 300 people came out that day to experience the TEDxRenfrewCollingwood event. 12 speakers, 1 violinist and a comedian were on the day long agenda.
I was scheduled right before lunch. "Is that the worst spot or the best spot?" I thought. I didn't want to ask why they had decided to slot me there. People were going to be hungry and likely overwhelmed with all the amazing ideas they had heard from the earlier speakers. Good thing I practiced the talk about 100 times. I am going to have to dazzle em'.
Just this Wednesday, November 26, I got a call from a friend who is in the aquarium/museum biz and he said "I just watched your talk! It was great!".
"Wait, what? You couldn't have it hasn't been posted yet."
"No, I just watched it, I loved the story about Sammy. Brought a tear to my eye!" he said.
I did a quick google search and there it was! He had seen it before I did!
"It's up, it's up!" I called to my husband, "stop what you're doing and get over here". We braced ourselves and pressed the big circle play button on the middle of my face.
In just over 48 hours, the talk has over 1000 views. My hope is that those 1000 people WILL take a closer look at the ocean, wonder about the life that lives beneath the surface and activate from a place of fascination, instead of guilt, to conserve our oceans.
Have you seen it yet? If so, how did you like it? What has it inspired you to do? Please leave me a comment. Thank you for reading, sharing and responding.
With deep blue gratitude,
Manifesting a Harbour View
First thing in the morning, you click on Chrome or Internet Explorer. What comes up?
For me, for almost two years, Chrome was set to open up five tabs automatically:
1. Gmail
2. Royal Bank (always gotta keep your eye on your personal finances)
3. My website editor
4. Mini Aquarium facebook page, and
5. St. John's Harbour view webcam.
Everyday, I would wake up at 6:00am and check them all.
This webcam pointed right out to the St. John's Harbour "narrows", named for its narrow opening to the open sea, and the charismatic row houses of St. John's.
During the day, I would see ships coming and going. If I checked at night, you would just see the glows of headlights of horny teenagers on top of Signal Hill (left).
I opened this webcam everyday to remind myself where I wanted to be, what I was doing it all for, to see the community I was hoping to make a difference within. See the ocean I was hoping to protect. Plus, Newfoundlanders love taking about the weather so you "gots" to know what's blowing.
One day while during the summer, I sat down on my bed and opened my laptop. I clicked on the fifth tab and saw the beautiful view of the narrows and the city of St. John's on the webcam.
I slowly looked up just over my laptop screen, to the window frame in front of me and then to the wide open view in front of me, and I realized - it was the exact same view.
The webcam that I had watched for years was attached to the building just one block away from the apartment building Ruby and I had rented for the summer. When Ruby and I signed for the apartment, we knew we had hit the jackpot with this two floor, two bedroom apartment in a converted church with big bay windows overlooking the harbour. But I didn't put it all together until just then.
It was the most remarkable feeling to know that all that thought and intention, came to fruition. Not just the manifestation of a super rad apartment with a killer view. It was the realization that the dream of opening a Mini Aquarium in Newfoundland, just as I had envisioned, had come true. The feeling was unmatched.
What are you looking at everyday? What are you manifesting?
Choose wisely. You could get exactly what you seek.
My bedroom view from Queens Rd., St. John's.
On grand opening day of the Petty Harbour Mini-Aquarium in the active fishing community of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, Maya was going to pee her pants with excitement. Nine-year-old Maya had lived in Petty Harbour her whole life. Fifteen minutes from the capital city of St. John's, Maya and her sister both wiggled with anticipation for the doors to open while listening to the speeches. "Can we go in yet?" she whispers while pulling on her mom's jacket. "Come on!"
"Shhh," whispers her mom, "just a couple of more minutes". They waited huddled under a pink kid-sized umbrella in the light rain amongst the crowd of 200 or more locals, Townies, tourists and media cameras.
Once the doors opened, the Mini-Aquarium flooded with people.
Maya, bright eyed, quickly darted on her tip-toes between towering adults and their kids past the crowd and into the aquarium. She immediately found the touch tanks, open topped tanks that you can put your hands into and gently touch the hardy local animals, like sea stars.
She gasped and her jaw dropped. She laid eyes on this purple five-armed creature that she recognized only from the Little Mermaid and ocean colouring books. Maya had never seen a sea star before.
Kelsey, a staff interpreter on her first real day on the job, enthusiastically told Maya: "Isn't it so cool?" Maya quietly nodded with her mouth still open in awe. "Wanna count the arms with me?" A small crowd had built up, of about 7 or 8 children and half a dozen parents and grandparents onlooking. Kelsey slowly counted out five arms, with the help of parents trying to help get their kid to not be shy. Although silent, Maya eyes intensely watched as Kelsey's finger slowly went from arm to arm as she counted.
"Five arms! How many arms do you have?" Kelsey asked.
"Two!", the other children blurted out knowledgeably.
"Well, do you think sea stars can see?" Maya's eyes widened and she looked up at her mom as if to say, "What kind of question is that?"
"Well, they can," Kelsey continued. "On the tips of all five of their arms, they have tiny light-sensitive spots. Look!" Kelsey held up the sea star so Maya could see it, eye to eye. Kelsey explained that the sea star couldn't see pictures like you and I can, but can instead see light, shadows and shapes to help them find shelter and food.
Maya looked closely, trying to make sense of what she was hearing, trying to make eye contact with this creature. Her jaw still slack, studying, she looked up at her mom and smiled. She tugged on her mom's jacket, bouncing on her toes with silent excitement.
"Wanna feel it?" Kelsey offered. Without hesitation, Maya reached out to touch. "Your pinkie is best, can you show me your pinkie?" Kelsey asked.
Maya studied her hand, concentrating on clasping all her fingers while keeping the pinkie straight. It took a second. She proudly showed just her pinkie up, Kelsey and Maya gently touched the back of the sea star together. "What does it feel like?" Kelsey asked.
A slight delay caused by lack of appropriate vocabulary to effectively describe the unique epidermis of the pink sea star, Maya looked up and said "whoa".
I stand corrected. She was able to find the perfect vocabulary after all.
After an hour of closely inspecting each exhibit with her sister, Maya's mother had to promise they would be back tomorrow to get them to go along home with her.
The next day, when Maya and her family returned, Maya's mother told us that Maya didn't get any sleep that night. That Maya was too excited. She told her mom that she too was going to be a marine biologist like Kelsey when she got older.
Maya had brought a friend along with her today. She pulled her by the arm towards the touch tanks. Kelsey overheard Maya say, "See, they have eyes on the tips of every arm." Her friends jaw was on the floor.
Bringing the ocean to eye level. Melanie Knight will make you fall in love with the oceans and nerd out on nudibranchs.

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Walt Disney Pictures has released a new clip from their live-action Beauty and the Beast. The one-minute long clip shows the opening musical number from director Bill Condon's adaptation, recreating the song "Belle" from the animated classic. Hit the jump to watch Emma Watson perform the Beauty and the Beast Belle song.
As you can see above, the song and staging is a pretty faithful adaptation to the Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise-directed animated film version. I'm not even a huge fan of the original movie, and yet this clip brings a big smile to my face. I think this clip will reassure fans who maybe weren't sure that Bill Condon's staging would be faithful to the classic movie. Star Emma Watson seamlessly falls into this famous role.
The song "Belle" was written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman for Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film, which hit theaters in 1991. The original number was recorded by Paige O'Hara and Richard White. The song serves to introduce us to the film's heroine Belle, as well as to the little village that she lives in. It also introduces us to the film's villain Gaston, who demands her hand in marriage despite Belle's rejections.
Beauty and the Beas will be released in theaters on March 17th, 2017.


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Located in East Atlanta Village, The Earl is one of the older establishments in the neighborhood, but still one of the most popular. The alcohol selection is typical of most pubs; there are no specialty cocktails or craft beers, but there is a full bar. Folks come here for the vibe --it's an Atlanta institution. Be sure to try a burger with your brew, they are a favorite of the locals. You'll dine or drink in the front room while live music bellows from the back, making conversation easy. Expect local bands for the most part. Tickets run about $10-12. Parking is free.
Bars: "Don't visit without ordering the burger and staying for a live concert in the back room."
Best for Bars Because: The Earl is an old-school bar with solid drink offerings, superior burgers and live music.


I love crushing forehands, but I don't want lizard skin.
After three decades in New York, a year ago I moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, the lightning capital of the U.S. There's also no shortage of sunshine, and, thanks to tennis, I'm out in it—a lot. During my 10 hours a week—private lessons, cardio training, group clinic—I'm silently sizing up the sun damage on the teensy-skirted women around me. "That'll be me in another 10 years," I mutter, waiting for a serve. "Five if I'm not careful." Now, thanks to some improvement in my forehand, the cool broads—the ones with the killer lobs and crepey skin—are asking me to play with them.
Here's the thing with tennis: The better you get, the longer you're out there. I desperately need a two-pronged lizard-skin-prevention strategy. Prong One: short-term damage-blocking via one of my least favorite things on the planet, sunscreen. Prong Two: Star Wars–style gadgets you can use to turn back the clock the instant you step off the court.
First things first. I was basically a vampire workaholic during my Manhattan years, so I never got into the habit of putting on sunscreen. When I do wear it, I prefer sunblocks with zinc or titanium dioxide, but they leave me with a Madame Tussauds–ish ghostly glow. Jessica Iclisoy, founder of California Baby sunscreens, is a fellow chemicalphobe and tennis buff. She describes her game as "very Boris Becker, diving around," and her pregame prevention routine is not for sissies either. "If I'm going to be out in direct sun for a few hours, I apply three layers of sunscreen, waiting 15 minutes after each to allow it to set."
How does Iclisoy get around the wax figure pallor? By using a lightly tinted mineral-based product she recently whipped up and now sells online.
That's too elaborate for me, but I know I need to get with a protection program. "UV rays trigger free radicals, which act like darts on our skin, poking holes in our collagen and elastin," says New York skin doc Dennis Gross. "As a dermatologist, all I care about is that people wear SPF."
Message received. Happily, I've just discovered two sweat-resistant sunblocks I really like: CoTZ Sensitive SPF 40 , which I use on my face, and Goddess Garden Organics Sport SPF 30 , for my body. They both go on white, then magically disappear. Whew.
But what can I do to rejuvenate parched, overheated skin, especially from the neck down? While treatments for the face abound (seriously, there are roughly 8 billion ways to obliterate nasolabial folds), ways of de-aging the body have only recently begun gaining traction.
Why the uptick? Three reasons, says New York dermatologist and laser savant Roy Geronemus. One, more precise skin-rejuvenating devices hit the market every day. Two, there's a growing awareness of the disconnect between a supertaut, youthful face and a wrinkly, crinkly everything else. And, three, well-heeled clients increasingly bounce among homes in different climates. "This isn't a Florida problem," he adds, regarding the last point.
Geronemus stocks an array of youthifying machines in his practice, and they fall into three big buckets: laser, radiofrequency, and ultrasound. The Fraxel Dual, which uses both invasive and fractional lasers, yields excellent results on the body. "I treat neck, chest, arms, hands, and legs routinely," Geronemus says. "We often combine the Fraxel with other lasers, like the Q-Switched Ruby, which can be used for isolated areas of pigmentation, like brown spots. It helps enormously with sun damage."
In her Miami practice, dermatologist Leslie Baumann deploys both the Venus Legacy, a radio frequency tightening treatment, and Ultherapy, an ultrasound method that was initially marketed for lifting droopy brows and chins but was recently cleared by the FDA for ironing out wrinkles in the sun-magnet décolletage area. "Both help sagging skin," Baumann says. "Ultherapy hurts but requires fewer treatments—just one or two, spaced three months apart. Venus Legacy feels good, like a hot stone massage, but you need to do one a week for six to eight weeks."
Other potentially ouchy, extra-credit décolletage rejuvenators: Botox and filler injections in those pesky little lines between the breasts. "There's a lot of interest in that," Geronemus says. "A big contrast between a rejuvenated face and an untreated chest can be very problematic."
Farther over the horizon—and not yet in play at most marquee dermatology practices—are two deep-freeze treatments, focused cold therapy (FCT) and whole body cryotherapy. While skin docs regularly freeze off small patches of cancerous tissue with targeted blasts of liquid nitrogen (a technique known as cryosurgery), the trend is toward treating ever larger pieces of real estate. In recent clinical trials, FCT has shown promise in smoothing forehead wrinkles. And cryotherapy, which is percolating on the day spa circuit, is said to help with all manner of maladies. By hopping into cold chambers that dip as low as –166° Fahrenheit, brave souls are hoping to blast cellulite, or sleep better, or bounce back from too much exercise. Think of it as a 21st-century riff on that age-old athlete recovery treatment, the ice bath.
In theory cryotherapy could help keep in check one sinister bodywide aging factor: inflammation. Though there are other triggers, including stress and a crummy diet, the sun is known to set in motion what dermatologist Nicholas Perricone calls an "inflammatory cascade." "It can continue for hours or even days," Perricone says. "The long life of the cascade results in most of the cellular damage that leads to aging and age-related diseases."
Not every attempt to de-age and soothe weather-beaten skin has to involve a gadget, a needle, or teleportation to the Ice Age. There is much to be gained from prescription topicals—and even over-the-counter skincare, if it's strong enough.
Beverly Hills–based dermatologist Peter Kopelson is excited about Tensage, a growth factor serum derived from the secretions of the Cryptomphalus aspersa snail, which likes to hang out off the rocky coast of Santander, Spain. "I'm using it with microneedling: tiny needles that puncture the surface of the skin," Kopelson says. But its rejuvenating effects don't add up to much if they're not combined with sunblock. "The crinkly, crepey stuff is from the sun," he says. "Tennis players get really crinkly, crepey skin." So I've heard.
Unlike some of their weather-whipped predecessors, today's top players practice safe suncare along with their killer backhands.
Victory Lap: Two-time Australian Open winner, Olympic bronze medalist.
Skin Smarts: For smooth skin, the Belarusian makes a sand and coconut milk scrub, which she rinses off in the ocean.
Victory Lap: Five Grand Slam Titles.
Skin Smarts: "We know so much more, not only about skin diseases related to the sun but how easily preventable they are," says Sharapova, who co-owns Supergoop sunscreen.
Victory Lap: 14 Grand Slam titles.
Skin Smarts: Better late than never, Hingis says, "When I was younger I didn't think about protecting my skin. Now it's more of a concern for a lot of players on tour."
Victory Lap: Ranked seventh in the world.
Skin Smarts: "I swear by Shiseido's SPF 50+ Wet Force Lotion," she says. Off the court, REN's Moroccan Rose Otto body oil is "my version of a spa on the go."
Victory Lap: Rising start with three wins over rival Ivanovic this year.
Skin Smarts: Regular checkups and "a minimum of SPF 60" keep this French player safe from skin damage.


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IPOB Proscription: Appeal Court Shifts Kanu's Joinder Application To March 7
The Court of Appeal Abuja on Wednesday shifted hearing in an application filed by the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to be joined in the appeal challenging the proscription of the group by the Federal Government, March 7, 2023.
By Emmanuella Obaje-Daniels
A file photo of Nnamdi Kanu.
Kanu had on September 5 filed the joinder application as an interested party in the January 18, 2018 judgment, that proscribed IPOB.
Although the hearing of the application was scheduled for Wednesday, the appellate court did not sit and the matter was shifted to next year.
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Lead counsel to Kanu, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, who filed the processes, said his client was appealing the judgment of the trial court which was rendered without hearing from him.
Kanu, who expressed dissatisfaction with the judgment, proposed to challenge it on appeal.
In his proposed grounds of appeal, he contended that the trial judge erred in law when he ruled that the Attorney-General in his application exparte exhibited documents showing the existence of a threat to national security by the Respondent/Applicant and accordingly made the order.
On this ground, Ume argued that the ex parte Order of proscription of the Appellant and its listing as a terrorist group violated Applicant's constitutional right to a fair hearing when the 2nd Respondent, consequent upon the said Order declaring and proscribing the Appellant as a terrorist group, arrested, detained and is currently prosecuting the Applicant on charges of terrorism and as a member/leader of the Appellant on six (6) count charges solely predicated on the said Order pending on appeal.
That prosecuting the Applicant with the offences enumerated above, which offences are wholly predicated on the said ex parte Order, and upon which Applicant was not on notice, violated Applicant's constitutional rights, including particularly his right to a fair hearing.
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THE VOICE AND THE VIOLIN. Creating music together with artists from different cultures to produce a unique musical experience. Lando?s CD has been recorded with the ?counter tenor of our time...." Andreas Scholl (Grammophone, Echo and Brit Award Winner), the Parisian Art and Fashion Model Dji Dieng and the ?more-than-200-million-copies-worldwide? Music Producer Axel Breitung. Peter Herbolzheimer?s Jazz Bigband, the Cologne Cathedral Boys? Choir and the Prague Film and Symphony Orchestra supplement the ensemble.


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Time for Australia to ditch the Queen?
Seven from eight of Australia's state and territory leaders have signed their support for an Australian Head of State.
Despite identifying as a Republican, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett was the only state leader to have refused to sign the document.
Republican Movement Chair Peter Fitzsimons says the time has come to change the system.
Almost 55 per cent of voters opted against a republic at a referendum in 1999, however there are growing calls for Australia to appoint its own head of state.


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The digital age has presented an exponential growth in the amount of data available to individuals looking to draw conclusions based on given or collected information across industries. Challenges associated with the analysis, security, sharing, storage, and visualization of large and complex data sets continue to plague data scientists and analysts alike as traditional data processing applications struggle to adequately manage big data. Big Data: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a multi-volume compendium of research-based perspectives and solutions within the realm of large-scale and complex data sets. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this publication presents exhaustive coverage of crucial topics in the field of big data including diverse applications, storage solutions, analysis techniques, and methods for searching and transferring large data sets, in addition to security issues. Emphasizing essential research in the field of data science, this publication is an ideal reference source for data analysts, IT professionals, researchers, and academics.
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Ardingly Choral Society offer Remembrance concert
Ardingly Choral Society's annual Remembrance concert will be at St Wilfrid's Church, Haywards Heath on Saturday, November 13 at 7.30pm.
Wednesday, 10th November 2021, 5:05 pm
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Spokesman Melvyn Walmsley said: "Last year was the first time the concert could not be held so this year's event will be an especially important one.
"One reason for this is that those who work for the NHS and care home staff will be thanked in a specially adapted work by conductor Robert Hammersley, Take them Earth for Cherishing, in which those who have not survived the pandemic will be remembered.
"The concert will then proceed without an interval as this year there will be no orchestra or children's choir.
"The next work will be a beautiful setting of Verdi's Vergine degli Angeli from the end of the second act of La Forza del Destino.
"The solo soprano will be Amanda Buckland, who is very well known to local audiences, and she is accompanied in this piece firstly by the male-voice chorus and then repeated with the full choir.
"This work and the next, Haydn's dramatic Insanae et Vanae Curae, will be conducted by Richard Jenkinson, the organist of Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield, who has had a fine career as a conductor of a number of choral societies."
Melvyn added: "There follows Fauré's beautiful Cantique de Jean Racine, which makes a strong contrast with the final work, Vivaldi's exuberant Gloria, in which soloist Amanda Buckland will be joined by Kathryn James.
"The organist is David Moore, a former pupil of Robert Hammersley at Ardingly College."
This is a free concert with spaced seating.
There will be collections for donations for The Royal British Legion and NHS Charities Together at the door. More details on www.ardinglychoralsociety.org.uk.
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Head and neck carcinomas often are at an advanced stage at the time of diagnosis and therefore frequently primarily hardly operable. A downstaging achieved by neoadjuvant radiotherapy can facilitate a radical tumor resection. Because of radiogenic tissue alterations like scarring and impairment of blood supply, elaborate operations, such as microsurgical reconstructions, are aggravated to a degree, and most surgeons consider them impossible. In this paper, we report our experiences with plastic-surgical reconstruction in patients with neoadjuvant pretreated head and neck carcinoma.
In the last 6 years, eight patients with an advanced head and neck carcinoma were subjected to neoadjuvant radiotherapy followed by a radical tumor resection and reconstruction within the same session. Therefore, pedicled pectoralis flaps (in three patients), microvascular radialis flaps (two), lateral upper arm flaps (one), parascapular flaps (one), and a microsurgical anastomosed jejunal graft were used. The mean follow-up period was 44.5 months.
The surgical postoperative course was uneventful in 75 % of patients (six out of eight). An anastomosis venous thrombose in one patient and a wound dehiscence in another required revision. In the end, a satisfactory result could be achieved in all the patients.
Sophisticated reconstructions in irritated patients with ENT carcinoma are challenging; therefore, efficient interdisciplinary cooperation can overcome this obstacle.
A Wendt TG. Radiochemotherpie bei fortgeschrittenen Kopf-Hals-Karzinomen – was ist gesichert? Strahlenther Onkol. 1996;172:409–16.
Wiltfang J, Grabenbauer G, Bloch-Birkholz A et al. Evaluation of quality of life of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. Comparison of two treatment protocols in a prospective study – first results. Strahlenther Onkol. 2003;179(10):682–9.


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Григорій Андрійович Запорожченко ( 19 квітня 1907 —  30 листопада 1979) — старший сержант Червоної армії часів Другої світової війни, командир відділення зв'язку 104-ї гвардійської окремої роти 73-ї гвардійської стрілецької дивізії 7-ї гвардійської армії, Герой Радянського Союзу (1943).

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Народився 19 квітня 1907 року у м. Ізюм Харківської області в селянській родині. Українець.
Закінчив 7 класів, з 1932 року працював на виробництві.

Друга світова війна
З липня 1942 на фронті. В ніч на 25 вересня 1943 року разом з передовими підрозділами форсував річку Дніпро в районі села Бородаївка Верхньодніпровського району Дніпропетровської області та проклав через Дніпро кабельну лінію. Під час наступних боїв зв'язківці відділення Запорожченко Г. А. усунули близько 100 поривів кабелю, брали участь у відбитті численних атак танків та піхоти супротивника.

Після війни
Після війни демобілізований. Повернувся на Харківщину. Працював у колгоспі. Помер 30 листопада 1979 року. Похований у смт Борова.

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Посилання
 Герои Советского Союза. Краткий биографический словарь. Том 1. — М.: Воениз., 1987 ;

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Elon Musk Says Details on Tesla 3 Will Be Released This Weekend
Elon Musk told a Twitter follower asking about the final release date of the new Model 3 that he will release news this Sunday July 2. The first deliveries are expected by the end of July with scaled production to ramp up by the end of September.
If you've been waiting for more details about the Tesla Model 3 launch, you'll want to stay tuned this Sunday, July 2. Late last night, Elon Musk responded to a Twitter user's query about the exact release date of the latest Tesla model:
News on Sunday
In the past, both Tesla as a company and Musk personally have stated that deliveries of the Model 3 will begin in July. Obviously, once the new models are in circulation, the final details will no longer be rumor, but verified fact. For instance, fans are waiting to see whether there will be a solar roof or windshield, and how much the car's final look will resemble leaked photos of prototypes.
Only the most hardcore Tesla loyalists and employees will be driving Model 3s from the first production run, but the plan has been for production to scale up by September. Sunday may also be when we find out what the configuration process looks like — although Musk has already said it will be limited. In order to limit complexity and achieve an economy of scale, Model 3 buyers will probably choose their car's color and the size of its wheels.
References: TechCrunch, Twitter
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Wanna show some Brooklyn Love without wearing the chewing gum team jersey? Check out these new jerseys from Shmaltz Brewing Co.
Shmaltz Brewing Company is excited to announce that Retro Image Apparel Company will release cycling jerseys featuring the Coney Island Lager(TM) and HE'BREW Beer labels. Inspired by the label artwork of Coney Island Lager(TM), Retro Apparel CEO Roger Mallette launches his ambitious new line of Micro Beer Cycling Jerseys this month. For more information, please see the attached press release.
Shmaltz's Art Director Matt Polacheck is also set to participate for the second year in the "Design, Drink and Be Merry: The Craft Brew Art Movement" exhibition this Saturday, June 27, 2009 at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, PA. He will contribute an art piece including a two-part series showcasing different stages of the label designs for Rejewvenator (2009), Coney Island Human Blockhead(TM), and Coney Island Freaktoberfest(TM). A selection from his piece can be seen in the attached press release.


Mumbai-based Akara Art gallery's ongoing showcase, Moonlit Offerings, is a spotlight on the tempera wash paintings of Kolkata-born Poushali Das. If one had to describe the exhibition in a single word, it would be "soothing"—not least because of the artist's liberal use of cool blues, greens and teals. Most of the series' 15 paintings are on silk, two on archival paper, and each one showcases a scene from mythology or ancient folk tales. The paintings are an indication of her many years of study and experimentation with the tempera technique. What is especially captivating is the artist's depiction of mythology, presented in little miniature-inspired vignettes on the large swathes of silk. Poushali's fascination with mythology dates back to her youth, when she first began to study Buddhism, but she made it a staple in her work for a reason that is far more personal. "I want to connect my personal stories through mythology," explains the 44-year-old artist.
The tempera wash style of painting is itself not new or revolutionary in any way. The pigment was found on Egyptian sarcophagi, and in the Bagh Cave paintings of the 10th century BCE. It is known for it's translucent quality—indeed, the first form of the pigment was made from egg yolk—and requires deliberate layers of application. Over time, the tempera technique has come and gone from artistic favour; it saw a revival among American artists in the 20th century, and was concurrently also used by Indian artists of the Bengal School. Baroda-based Poushali herself learnt the technique as a student at Santiniketan, but then went on to develop her own style while she taught and practiced in Japan.
Poushali continues to paint and experiment, and also teach in Japan and India. 'Moonlit Offerings' is the latest in a string of solo shows she has had around the world, and is a captivating glimpse into her deeply emotional, carefully developed and constantly evolving artistic style.
Moonlit Offerings will be on view at Akara Art gallery in Mumbai until October 20.


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Grow perfect tomatoes
By Karen Dandurantcommunity@seacoastonline.com
There really is nothing like a tomato fresh from the garden, warm, ripe and bursting with flavor.
The taste of garden tomatoes has no comparison to those to be found in a grocery store, in my opinion. Garden tomatoes are delicious on their own, or in any number of salads and recipes.
Tomatoes are not particularly difficult to grow but a few pointers can't hurt.
Becky Sideman, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension horticulture sustainable state specialist, has lots of tips to offer.
The best time to put tomato plants in the ground or outside in pots is once the risk of a frost has passed. Sideman said anytime after June 1 is considered safe in New Hampshire.
"Tomatoes can be successfully grown from seeds, providing you start about four to six weeks before the frost free date," Sideman said. "Anyone who is starting now should probably buy transplants for their garden."
As with any planting, Sideman said if you are putting the tomatoes in the ground, it is advisable to have the soil tested. That can be done through the Cooperative Extension.
"A soil test is a good idea because it can give you a good idea of what amendments you need," Sideman said. "Make sure the area you choose is free of weeds before you put in the plants. If you decide to use pots, have a good potting mix. There are many good options including your own recipes combining compost with peat and other ingredients. If using a pot, straight soil or loam will be too heavy and dense."
Tomato plants require a significant amount of water.
"If they are in pots, the plants should be watered every day," Sideman said. "The frequency will depend on the amount of sun, wind, the size of the plant and the pot. In the ground, the general rule of thumb is that most vegetables need approximately one inch of rainfall each week, so if there is no rain, irrigation will be required."
Fertilizer is another need. Sideman said tomatoes require the proper nutrients to grow and to produce fruit.
Follow the soil test recommendations," she said. "Or, without having any recommendations, use 2.5 to 3 pounds of a complete fertilizer like 5-10-10, or 5-3-4 per 100 square feet of garden area."
Sideman said there are a lot of common pests and diseases that affect tomato plants, such as early blight, septoria, tomato hornworms being the most common. She said the best place for locals to get answers is through the UNH Garden Education Center at http://extension.unh.edu/Gardens-Landscapes/Education-Center-Information-Line.
Finally, the big question; when will you be eating tomatoes?
"That depends on the varieties," said Sideman. "Choose early varieties (Early Girl, New Girl), or cherry tomatoes (Sungold, Sweet 100) for very early fruit. Even then, you probably won't harvest until August, but these plants will continue until the first frost."
For tips on growing the perfect tomato, visit https://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000609 Rep631.pdf
Sideman said pruning tomato plants is not strictly necessary, but it can increase yield and help prevent some of the more common plant diseases.
Pruning involves selectively removing some of the tomato plant growth to improve harvestable yields and to prolong the harvest season. Also, keeping plants off the ground is important because it reduces the risk of common fungal diseases like early blight, septoria leaf spot and anthracnose. It also improves the fruit quality.
For information on the best way to prune tomatoes, visit https://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000598 Rep620.pdf


Brand new Nano with 2.4.2 firmware. In PineAP, I'm trying to connect a client to the SSID Pool but clients can't associate. Think I am missing something with configuration. Where do I go to get more detailed information or logs, can someone help? Options set are Allow Associations, PineAP Daemon enabled, AutoStart PineAP enabled, log PineAP Events, client connect notifications, Capture SSIDs to Pool, Beacon Response, Broadcast SSID Pool. I've added an SSID on the right of "Google Starbucks". But clients can't associate to this SSID for some reason. The PineAP log also doesn't show very much detail.
Think I am missing something with configuration.
How are you setting up your filters?
I am using default configuration, so is that an issue? Under Filters, Client Filtering, it shows Allow Listed MACs and nothing is listed in the table.
so is that an issue? Under Filters, Client Filtering, it shows Allow Listed MACs and nothing is listed in the table.
Yup, you are currently "allowing" no MAC's to join. It's good to get to grips with the filters so its worth trying some combinations out.


We currently live in an era were anything can be possible. The world we live in shrunk to a small rectangular shaped box that connects us to everyone. It made sharing large chunks of stories and lives easy to access, readily available for anyone's prying eyes to examine. Among them is a quiet guy like me trying to escape a reality and follow my dreams. You are welcome to look into my world, as I live it, discover, learn, experience and travel the horizons and beyond.


Christmas refers to the day of the nativity, that is to say, the day of the birth of Jesus: Santa Claus is therefore primarily attached to a Christian holiday. For a long time they celebrated the nativity and the Epiphany – fixed on 6 January – the same day, and by the end of the 4th century they were distinct: the Christmas Day, 25 December, it was indeed a convention. Two millennia ago, there was a celebration in Rome at the time of the winter solstice, the return of the sun, the prolongation of the day, the "undefeated sun." There were organized festivals. In the same way, the first days of March, gifts were offered to celebrate the beginning of the year. For a long time, indeed, the year began with the first days of Spring, which also gave rise to rites. Symmachus wrote at the end of the 4th century that "in the first days of March, in the city, there was the custom to offer gifts in memory of King Tatius, who had been the first to read the signs of good auspices for the new year in the branches of the fertile tree that stood in the sacred wood of Strena." Some Jewish and Christian exegetes wrote that the feasts of Hanukkah and the Nativity were created to counterbalance the festivities of the "undefeated sun." In the Middle Ages, the feast of the fools gave rise to so many excesses that it was limited, even cropped.
With the arrival of Christendom, there were several reforms to try to suppress the ancient rituals.
The legend of Saint Nicholas is established since the Middle Ages: it is celebrated on December 6, but according to the Julian calendar, the day falls on … December 19. This rite comes naturally to be confused with those, older, celebration of the winter solstice. In the historiography, the "winter man" goes back to the Middle Ages, he is the worn-out man who comes to warm himself with the new fire (the consecrated fat log) and to whom presents are offered. In the eighteenth century, the idea of Christmas as the sacred day of the family made its way both in the aristocracy and among the bourgeois and artisans. During the first industrial revolution, a process was set up, combining gifts, trade and moments of generosity with children: it was the invention of the toy-filled showcase and the deeply urban chimney myth.
The historiography of Santa Claus is therefore very complex: at the end of the seventeenth century, for example, there is a "Father Christmas" in English engravings, which refers to masquerades long established at the time of the winter solstice in all British islands. The tradition of Santa Claus therefore seems to have origins in Northern Europe: however, Santa Claus as we know it today is popularized in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century when it takes the name Santa Claus, directly inspired by the Saint Nicholas of Dutch Flanders.


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July 4, 2019 July 11, 2019 Labour Hub Editors
Trigger Ballots – Making the Positive Case for an Open Selection
By Lisa Wright
On Monday 27th June, the NEC Officers met and agreed, amongst other things, to begin the Trigger Ballots of sitting MPs in preparation for a snap election.
Ever since Jeremy Corbyn's election as Party Leader back in 2015 there has been much talk of re-selections, trigger ballots and de-selections. This discussion reached a fever pitch at Labour's Annual Conference last year when a rule change on 'Mandatory Re-selection' was knocked off the agenda at the last minute by a compromise negotiated by the Party's NEC.
That compromise agreement changed the rules on the re-selection of sitting MPs, meaning that rather than needing to get more than 50% of both Party and affiliate branches to request a full selection to trigger one, now only a third of EITHER party or affiliate branches need to request a full selection to trigger a contest.
Whilst many campaigners were unhappy with this compromise on a point of principle, many felt that in reality this was as good as mandatory reselection because if a CLP can not get a third of branches to trigger the MP, then it is very unlikely that they would lose in an open contest anyway.
So, What do the guidelines agreed by the NEC look like and actually mean in practice?
The paper agreed by the NEC officers and seen by Labour Hub, state that MPs have until 8th July to let the General Secretary know if they wish to restand as a Labour candidate.
Some MPs will of course choose to stand down, as we have already seen from Jim Fitzpatrick and Ronnie Campbell, where this happens their CLP will automatically move to a full selection, as has happened in many target seats across the country.
Where MP's indicate that they wish to restand as a Labour candidate a Trigger Ballot will take place.
Who controls the timing of the trigger ballot?
Given the likely number of MPs stating their intention to restand the timings of the Trigger Ballots will need to be centrally coordinated by the General Secretary in consultation with Regional Directors. Once the schedule of the triggers has been drawn up by the General Secretary, the relevant CLPs will be contacted by their regional office to begin the process.
Who oversees the process?
The first step in the process is for an 'NEC rep' to be appointed to each CLP where a trigger ballot is taking place. The NEC rep will usually be a member of the relevant Regional Executive Committee, but will sometimes be an NEC member and will be appointed by either the Regional Executive Committee or the NEC. The NEC rep will then meet with the CLP executive, and between them they will oversee the whole trigger ballot process.
How does the trigger process actually work?
The CLP exec and NEC rep will agree a timetable for the selection, including when each branch will meet. The model timetable in the paper agreed by the NEC and seen by Labour Hub sets out an 8 week process, but in reality many CLPs may be able to complete the process in a much quicker timescale, so long as the NEC signs it off
Each party branch within a CLP will then need to call a meeting to discuss whether they wish to move to a full selection. At that meeting, members who had been a member for at least 6 months on the date the CLP exec first meet the NEC rep, will be able to discuss the benefits of an open selection for up to 30 minutes before voting by a simple majority whether they wish to proceed to full selection or stick with their current MP.
Should a third or more of EITHER party branches OR affiliate branches, who cast a vote, vote for an open selection, then that MP shall be deemed to have failed their trigger ballot and a full selection will then begin.
If a branch chooses not to cast a vote, they are not deemed to have taken part in the selection e.g. if a CLP has 9 branches but only 6 branches cast a vote one way or another, only 2 branches would have to vote in favour of a full selection, for the CLP to proceed to one.
Though the rule change agreed by Labour Conference in 2018, have significantly lowered the thresholds required to trigger sitting MPs, the left should not underestimate the advantage and influence that incumbency brings. In 'early selection target seats' which have been selecting candidates in expectation of a snap General Election, over 90% of the 2017 candidates who applied again, have been reselected. It seems that despite individual candidates' politics, many Labour Party members are creatures of habit who strongly favour incumbency.
Add to this the fact that sitting MPs will be allowed to circulate a double sided A4 report/leaflet to each branch meeting and the fact that no individual candidate can openly campaign for themselves during the trigger process and you can see that there are still plenty of hurdles to be overcome for the grassroots members who may fancy a change in their Westminster representative.
It is absolutely vital that members begin organising in their Momentum groups, left caucuses and any other forums available to them NOW, to overcome that incumbency advantage and ensure that they are making the case for full open selections to as wide an audience as possible.
Print leaflets to hand out before meetings, hold informal discussion groups, ring friends and comrades to make the case, and most importantly remember all campaigning must be kept positive!
It is expected that anyone found to be using underhand or negative campaigning tactics against their sitting MP will be dealt with sternly by the NEC, we do not want to see democratic will of the members being averted because one or two people got carried away with their campaign techniques!
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The Promises of Successful Franchisees of the Last 2 Years!
Eigene August 24, 2022
Success movie sequels have always been part of the repertoire of Hollywood and cinema in general around the world, even here in Brazil. But never before has the buzzword "build a franchise" been as strong as it is in today's industry. In the past, George Lucas created a real empire simply by launching the first Star Wars in 1977. Today, as we know, Marvel owns the tutorial on how to make rivers of money with its interconnected productions, which still have their own franchises within the universe created by the studio. Of course, this is an extreme case, and there's no need to go that far, after all, what's minimally expected by each of the major studios in the movie mecca is that their films do well enough at the box office to get the ball rolling for the first sequence. And so, the flow can be followed with the idea taking on a life of its own in new ways. The expectation of each of the major studios is that their entertainment films will be popular with the general public – the sequel could be a consequence of this success. But believe me, it is expected. It's hard to see a pop hit that refuses to expand its universe and double its profits these days.
Potential franchises are around every corner in Hollywood, just waiting for their place in the sun – read to be bought by fans. Not everyone can, obviously. To emphasize our point, we'll just focus on the last two years since the world stopped – better known as 2020. Since then we've had a lot of quality movies, and a lot of entertainment-oriented products that have actually done well, and have managed to play. the hearts of their target audience, who attended and made them a success. So naturally they have already turned into franchises. Here, we will address some of the most recent phenomena or successful films that have already had their sequels confirmed – or will confirm them very soon – and that should become the new franchise on the block, moving on to their third, fourth and who knows, fifth films. Check out these lucky movies below.
Read too: The MOST FLOPPY Franchise Attempts in Cinema in the Last 2 Years!
We start the list with one of Hollywood's biggest recent hits. The all-new Batman movie, starring Robert Pattinson, was released this same year and was so successful, becoming a phenomenon at the beginning of the year, that it has already secured the green light for the sequel (or almost since it has not been officially announced by Warner yet, but does anyone doubt it?). The idea here is for a reboot of the franchise, featuring the early years of a young Bruce Wayne as Batman. It is true that the proposal had already been put into practice with Batman Begins (2005), but this is the youngest Batman we've ever seen on the big screen. Other than that, the director Matt Reeves guaranteed a film of high censorship, heavy bar, more in the mood of thrillers like seven and Zodiac, emphasizing the detective side of the masked hero, never before presented in this cinematic form. That was definitely a unique approach to the character's universe.
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when we talk about sonic, we are talking about another unique case of recent cinema. Nobody gave two cents for a super fast blue hedgehog movie that was born on the screens of electronic games in the 1990s. Woodpecker (2017). But things got even worse, as when they showed the first trailer for the film, a flood of negativity surrounded the project, with fans fervently complaining about the hideous look that the character received in its design. The "ugly" Sonic became a meme and remains a joke to this day, two years later, being satirized by Disney in the recent film by Disney. Chip 'n Dale. But the filmmakers listened to the audience, rushed to change the look of the protagonist, and at 45 minutes into the second half delivered the film that the fans wanted. Well, at least Sonic with the look that everyone wanted. Which was enough for fans to feel important and embrace the project. In this case, a "detail" made all the difference, as the content of the film probably remained the same. So, a sequel came galloping and debuted this year, with a third part already guaranteed. With all that, we can say that sonic It's already the most beloved video game adaptation of cinema.
Now comes a Netflix original production on the list. And one that has been talked about since its announcement. What Netflix did was release not one, but three movies every week during the month of July. So fans could check out the entire trilogy in the span of three weeks. Fear Street is based on the author's books RL Stinefamous American novelist responsible for creating works of juvenile horror, best known for the Goosebumps series – which has already had a TV show and two films in the style of super productions. Fear Street is also a series of books, and its first trilogy on screen did not spare the blood and violence, being a slasher worthy of productions like Panic, for example. The success of this trilogy has already guaranteed new films of the title on the platform, which we will see very soon.
the author's work Frank Herbert finally had an adaptation to the height it deserved on the big screen. Regarded as one of the most difficult science fiction literary sagas to be transposed to cinema, due to its meticulous technical details narrated in the story, the cult filmmaker David Lynch tried his luck and took on the thankless endeavor, in an ignored super production from 1984 – but which soon after resurfaced as a cult item. Lynch I didn't want to hear about the film anymore, such was the resentment with the result. However, many years later, Warner found itself in possession of the rights and cast a director who was surfing the crest of the wave in his career, the French-Canadian Denis Villeneuve – who had even bathed his feet in science fiction in his latest works (The arrival and Blade Runner 2049) and received numerous praise for the result. Despite the pandemic, the new Dune got a good result, and cleverly Warner and Villeneuve split the film in two, with the second promised for 2023. Other than that, it's producing the film's spin-off series, Dune: The Sisterhood. That is, we will hear a lot more about this universe soon.
Disney has long recreated the live-action of its classic animations. One of the first was 101 Dalmatians (1996), with a clear performance of Glenn Close as the villain Cruella DeVil. Instead of just taking a xerox copy of their animations, some of these productions opt for a more creative path and subvert the concept of their originals. One of the most popular in this sense was maleficent (2014), who instead of just reproducing Sleeping Beauty (1959) in the flesh, was privileged to be one of the muse's favorite films Angelina Joliewho soon rushed to take on the role of the title's villain and put the story's focus on her. maleficent still won a sequel in 2019, and following in the wake, Disney decided to focus on another of its biggest villains in animation, the same Cruella from 101 Dalmatians. The proposal, however, was for an origin film for the character in her youth. And for that, the Oscar winner was hired Emma Stone. What surprised everyone was the quality and anarchic tone that the film would gain at the hands of the director of me, Tonya (2017) – what did it do Cruella (2021) be compared to the film by joker (2019). So, with such success, you can be sure that we will see the character again in the skin of Stone, with a sequel already confirmed.
With eternal Marvel's goal was to elevate characters from the second tier of its collection to the first team, as the studio had successfully achieved in the case of Guardians of the Galaxy. But unlike the comic and dancing film by James Gunnthe footprint with eternal proposed by Oscar winner Chloe Zhao it was more dramatic, contemplative and poetic – bringing "art cinema" to superhero movies so to speak. This caused a huge divide among fans of the genre, with most not digesting the film's tone very well. Add to that the boycott carried out by those who still oppose the representation of minorities in mainstream overproductions (yes, such intolerance exists). The curious thing is that the film pleased more those who are saturated with the massification of this type of film and those who are more open-minded in relation to a more alternative cinema. With all this mixture polarized in the acceptance of eternal, Marvel was expected to leave the project alone. But that's not what the studio did, touting a sequel that should happen in the next few years – thus ensuring its own franchise for the characters.
It is very interesting to note the movement that the mass audience makes, like a wave in the sea. It's not clear what fans will accept and what they will reject. It is a phenomenon that deserves to be studied, but which undoubtedly cannot be predicted. When certain movies seem to have everything in place to become the world's new hit, the general public simply shrugs it off and that movie ends up being overlooked. On the other hand, many productions that no one in their right mind would give two cents, end up embraced by the general public as if they were the last cookie in the package. That was the case with Godzilla vs. kong, a movie that a total of zero people cared about, but which was elevated to the level of extreme hype, infecting more and more people through social media when its trailer was released. It was just talked about. Before that, two films from Godzilla had been released within this franchise, in 2014 and 2019, and a King Kong movie, in 2017. These films were even moderately successful, but no one could have predicted that the meeting of the titans would give so much to talk about. The fact, of course, guaranteed Warner a great success in hand – which should be repeated with the sequel, is what the filmmakers hope.
Sony finally managed to revitalize the franchise Ghostbuster as intended, concluding more than three decades later the long-awaited third film in the franchise. After the at least lukewarm reception of the second 1989 film, the phenomenon The ghost hunters was placed in the refrigerator. A third part was planned for decades, until the studio finally relented in a reboot, in a film starring four women in the lead role, which would serve as a reimagining of the original film. Have you ever heard of backfire? Unfortunately, the outcome was not what was expected and instead of a sequel, the 2016 film was quickly swept under the rug. Last year, Jason Reitmanson of the original director Ivan Reitman, and a talented young filmmaker established in the industry, brought back the concept of the passing of the baton in a big way for a third film, with the original cast blessing the new generation. It worked very well, and the sequel is expected for the next few years.
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Imagine a group of individuals from all over the world working together to solve a global issue. On April 13-14, 2019 over 100 young people representing over 70 different countries will do just that through the UNITE 2030: Kick Out Discrimination hackathon.
UNITE 2030 is a global, virtual, 48-hour "hackathon" for positive social change. If you've never heard of a hackathon before, you're not alone. A hackathon is a sprint-like event, in which people come together to work in teams for a short amount of time, in order to tackle a particular challenge. Hackathons are often hosted in the gaming community, or with computer programmers, where they have two days, for example, to work in a team, to design a video game. L.A.C.E.S. partner The IDHouse takes that exact same framework and uses it to make the world a better place.
During the weekend, participants will be divided into groups of five. Throughout the weekend they will build their solution, attend virtual workshops and receive help from expert mentors to bring their solutions to life. At the end of the two days, teams will submit an action plan which is in essence, a business plan, that lays out the groundwork for their solution to discrimination. UNITE 2030 then culminates with a pitching round, where teams will have the opportunity to present their solutions to a judging panel.
The winning team will receive 3 months of virtual mentorship from Launch 22, a charity incubator program, which will help them bring their ideas to life and further their leadership growth. All participants will then have access to ID House's global platform for change.
UNITE 2030 has a global community that consists of over 400 young leaders from 90 countries and empowered 80 solutions to social issues our world faces every day ranging from climate change to gender inequality. For this event we are calling for applicants from all around the world who are dedicated to creating an inclusive world to join us on April 13-14.
L.A.C.E.S. involvement in the upcoming hackathon was initiated after winning a special grant by the world-renowned Chelsea Football Club and World Jewish Congress. Executive Director, Seren Fryatt flew to England to receive the award at Stamford Bridge the home of Chelsea Football Club. "I am excited to be partnering with influential organizations to engage some of the best minds around the globe," Fryatt explained.
If you are between the ages of 18-30 apply to dream big with us on April 13th and 14th!