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.ult-banner-block,
.wpb_row .wpb_column .wpb_wrapper .ult-banner-block {
    width: 100%;
    margin-bottom: 35px;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -moz-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: -webkit-flex;
    display: inline-block
}
.ult-banner-block img {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 100%!important;
    display: block;
    border-radius: 0!important;
    box-shadow: none!important;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    border: none
}
.ult-banner-block h3.bb-top-title {
    color: #fff;
    margin: 0;
    padding: .7em 15px;
    display: block;
    font-size: 15px;
    line-height: 1.2;
    text-align: left;
    position: relative;
    width: 100%;
    z-index: 99;
    opacity: 1
}
.ult-banner-block h3.title-left {
    text-align: left
}
.ult-banner-block h3.title-center {
    text-align: center
}
.ult-banner-block h3.bb-top-title i {
    float: right;
    font-size: 1em;
    line-height: 1.2;
    padding-right: 0
}
.ult-banner-block .mask {
    color: #FFF;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
    opacity: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    -webkit-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.ult-banner-block .bb-back-icon {
    display: block;
    margin: 25px auto 0;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 1;
    font-size: 3em
}
.ult-banner-block p {
    margin: 0
}
.ult-banner-block .mask .bb-description,
.ult-banner-block .mask p {
    color: inherit;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 15px 1.5em 0;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    display: block;
    line-height: 1.5em
}
.ult-banner-block .mask .bb-description {
    color: inherit;
    padding-top: 2em
}
.ult-banner-block .mask .bb-description p {
    font-family: inherit;
    font-size: inherit;
    font-weight: inherit;
    font-style: inherit;
    color: inherit;
}
a.bb-link {
    text-decoration: none;
    cursor: pointer
}
.ult-banner-block a.bb-link {
    display: table;
    position: relative;
    color: #FFF;
    background-color: #1e73be;
    margin: 15px auto 0;
    padding: .3em .6em;
    text-decoration: none;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.ult-banner-block.ult-bb-box a.bb-link {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    z-index: 99;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    color: transparent !important;
    background-color: transparent !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding: 0 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
    cursor: pointer
}
.ult-banner-block:hover .mask.solid-background {
    opacity: 1;
    background: #000
}
.ult-banner-block:hover .mask.opaque-background {
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .45)
}
.ult-banner-block.ult-banner-block-custom-height img {
    width: auto;
    max-width: initial!important;
    height: 100%;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    left: 50%;
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-50%);
    -o-transform: translateX(-50%);
    transform: translateX(-50%)
}
.ult-banner-block.ult-banner-block-custom-height h3.bb-top-title {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0
}
.banner-style01 .mask {
    -moz-transform: translateY(100%);
    -ms-transform: translateY(100%);
    -o-transform: translateY(100%);
    -webkit-transform: translateY(100%);
    transform: translateY(100%);
    -webkit-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style01:hover .mask {
    opacity: 1;
    -moz-transform: translateY(0);
    -ms-transform: translateY(0);
    -o-transform: translateY(0);
    -webkit-transform: translateY(0);
    transform: translateY(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 200ms;
    transition-delay: 200ms
}
.banner-style02 .mask {
    -moz-transform: translateY(-100%);
    -ms-transform: translateY(-100%);
    -o-transform: translateY(-100%);
    -webkit-transform: translateY(-100%);
    transform: translateY(-100%);
    -webkit-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style02:hover .mask {
    opacity: 1;
    -moz-transform: translateY(0);
    -ms-transform: translateY(0);
    -o-transform: translateY(0);
    -webkit-transform: translateY(0);
    transform: translateY(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 200ms;
    transition-delay: 200ms
}
.banner-style03 .mask {
    -moz-transform: translateX(-100%);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-100%);
    -o-transform: translateX(-100%);
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-100%);
    transform: translateX(-100%);
    -webkit-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style03:hover .mask {
    opacity: 1;
    -moz-transform: translateX(0);
    -ms-transform: translateX(0);
    -o-transform: translateX(0);
    -webkit-transform: translateX(0);
    transform: translateX(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 200ms;
    transition-delay: 200ms
}
.banner-style04 .mask {
    -moz-transform: translateX(100%);
    -ms-transform: translateX(100%);
    -o-transform: translateX(100%);
    -webkit-transform: translateX(100%);
    transform: translateX(100%);
    -webkit-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style04:hover .mask {
    opacity: 1;
    -moz-transform: translateX(0);
    -ms-transform: translateX(0);
    -o-transform: translateX(0);
    -webkit-transform: translateX(0);
    transform: translateX(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 200ms;
    transition-delay: 200ms
}
.banner-style11 img {
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.05);
    -moz-transform: scale(1.05);
    -o-transform: scale(1.05);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.05);
    transform: scale(1.05);
    -webkit-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.ult-banner-block-custom-height.banner-style11 img {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    -o-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05)
}
.banner-style11:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: scale(1);
    -moz-transform: scale(1);
    -o-transform: scale(1);
    -ms-transform: scale(1);
    transform: scale(1)
}
.ult-banner-block-custom-height.banner-style11:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
    -o-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
    transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1)
}
.banner-style11:hover .mask {
    opacity: 1
}
.banner-style11 a,
.banner-style11 p {
    opacity: 0;
    -webkit-transform: scale(2);
    -moz-transform: scale(2);
    -o-transform: scale(2);
    -ms-transform: scale(2);
    transform: scale(2);
    -webkit-transition: all 500ms linear;
    -moz-transition: all 500ms linear;
    -o-transition: all 500ms linear;
    -ms-transition: all 500ms linear;
    transition: all 500ms linear
}
.banner-style11:hover a,
.banner-style11:hover p {
    -webkit-transform: scale(1);
    -moz-transform: scale(1);
    -o-transform: scale(1);
    -ms-transform: scale(1);
    transform: scale(1);
    opacity: 1
}
.banner-style12 img {
    -webkit-transform: scale(1);
    -moz-transform: scale(1);
    -o-transform: scale(1);
    -ms-transform: scale(1);
    transform: scale(1);
    -webkit-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.ult-banner-block-custom-height.banner-style12 img {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
    -o-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
    transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1)
}
.banner-style12:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.05);
    -moz-transform: scale(1.05);
    -o-transform: scale(1.05);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.05);
    transform: scale(1.05)
}
.ult-banner-block-custom-height.banner-style12:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    -o-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05)
}
.banner-style12:hover .mask {
    opacity: 1
}
.banner-style12 a,
.banner-style12 p {
    opacity: 0;
    -webkit-transform: scale(0);
    -moz-transform: scale(0);
    -o-transform: scale(0);
    -ms-transform: scale(0);
    transform: scale(0);
    -webkit-transition: all 500ms linear;
    -moz-transition: all 500ms linear;
    -o-transition: all 500ms linear;
    -ms-transition: all 500ms linear;
    transition: all 500ms linear
}
.banner-style12:hover a,
.banner-style12:hover p {
    -webkit-transform: scale(1);
    -moz-transform: scale(1);
    -o-transform: scale(1);
    -ms-transform: scale(1);
    transform: scale(1);
    opacity: 1
}
.banner-style13 img {
    -webkit-transition: all 300ms linear;
    -moz-transition: all 300ms linear;
    -o-transition: all 300ms linear;
    -ms-transition: all 300ms linear;
    transition: all 300ms linear
}
.banner-style13:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.05);
    -moz-transform: scale(1.05);
    -o-transform: scale(1.05);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.05);
    transform: scale(1.05)
}
.ult-banner-block-custom-height.banner-style13:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    -o-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05);
    transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.05)
}
.banner-style13:hover .mask {
    opacity: 1
}
.banner-style13 .mask p {
    -moz-transform: translateY(50px);
    -ms-transform: translateY(50px);
    -o-transform: translateY(50px);
    -webkit-transform: translateY(50px);
    transform: translateY(50px);
    -webkit-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style13:hover .mask p {
    -moz-transform: translateY(0);
    -ms-transform: translateY(0);
    -o-transform: translateY(0);
    -webkit-transform: translateY(0);
    transform: translateY(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 200ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 200ms;
    transition-delay: 200ms
}
.banner-style21 .mask,
.banner-style21 .mask:hover {
    opacity: 1
}
.banner-style21 .mask {
    -moz-transform: translate(-100%, -100px) rotate(-180deg);
    -ms-transform: translate(-100%, -100px) rotate(-180deg);
    -o-transform: translate(-100%, -100px) rotate(-180deg);
    -webkit-transform: translate(-100%, -100px) rotate(-180deg);
    transform: translate(-100%, -100px) rotate(-180deg)
}
.banner-style21:hover .mask {
    -webkit-transform: translate(0);
    -moz-transform: translate(0);
    -o-transform: translate(0);
    -ms-transform: translate(0);
    transform: translate(0)
}
.banner-style21 .bb-back-icon {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-360deg);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-360deg);
    -o-transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-360deg);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-360deg);
    transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-360deg);
    -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 100ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 100ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 100ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 100ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style21:hover .bb-back-icon {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -moz-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -o-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -ms-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 300ms;
    transition-delay: 300ms
}
.banner-style21 .mask p {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-90deg);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-90deg);
    -o-transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-90deg);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-90deg);
    transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(-90deg);
    -webkit-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 200ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style21:hover .mask p {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -moz-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -o-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -ms-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 300ms;
    transition-delay: 300ms
}
.banner-style21 .mask a {
    -webkit-transform: translateY(-200px);
    -moz-transform: translateY(-200px);
    -o-transform: translateY(-200px);
    -ms-transform: translateY(-200px);
    transform: translateY(-200px);
    -webkit-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style21:hover .mask a {
    -webkit-transform: translateY(0);
    -moz-transform: translateY(0);
    -o-transform: translateY(0);
    -ms-transform: translateY(0);
    transform: translateY(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 300ms;
    transition-delay: 300ms
}
.banner-style22 .mask,
.banner-style22 .mask:hover {
    opacity: 1
}
.banner-style22 .mask {
    -moz-transform: translate(100%, -100px) rotate(180deg);
    -ms-transform: translate(100%, -100px) rotate(180deg);
    -o-transform: translate(100%, -100px) rotate(180deg);
    -webkit-transform: translate(100%, -100px) rotate(180deg);
    transform: translate(100%, -100px) rotate(180deg)
}
.banner-style22:hover .mask {
    -webkit-transform: translate(0);
    -moz-transform: translate(0);
    -o-transform: translate(0);
    -ms-transform: translate(0);
    transform: translate(0)
}
.banner-style22 .bb-back-icon {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(100%) rotate(360deg);
    -moz-transform: translateX(100%) rotate(360deg);
    -o-transform: translateX(100%) rotate(360deg);
    -ms-transform: translateX(100%) rotate(360deg);
    transform: translateX(100%) rotate(360deg);
    -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 100ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 100ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 100ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 100ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style22:hover .bb-back-icon {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -moz-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -o-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -ms-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 300ms;
    transition-delay: 300ms
}
.banner-style22 .mask p {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(100%) rotate(90deg);
    -moz-transform: translateX(100%) rotate(90deg);
    -o-transform: translateX(100%) rotate(90deg);
    -ms-transform: translateX(100%) rotate(90deg);
    transform: translateX(100%) rotate(90deg);
    -webkit-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 200ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style22:hover .mask p {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -moz-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -o-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -ms-transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    transform: translateX(0) rotate(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 300ms;
    transition-delay: 300ms
}
.banner-style22 .mask a {
    -webkit-transform: translateY(-200px);
    -moz-transform: translateY(-200px);
    -o-transform: translateY(-200px);
    -ms-transform: translateY(-200px);
    transform: translateY(-200px);
    -webkit-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 400ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style22:hover .mask a {
    -webkit-transform: translateY(0);
    -moz-transform: translateY(0);
    -o-transform: translateY(0);
    -ms-transform: translateY(0);
    transform: translateY(0);
    -webkit-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -moz-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -o-transition-delay: 300ms;
    -ms-transition-delay: 300ms;
    transition-delay: 300ms
}
.banner-style31:hover .mask.opaque-background,
.banner-style32:hover .mask.opaque-background,
.banner-style33:hover .mask.opaque-background,
.banner-style34:hover .mask.opaque-background {
    background: #414141
}
.banner-style31 {
    display: block
}
.banner-style31 img {
    -webkit-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 300ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style31:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: translateY(-100%);
    -moz-transform: translateY(-100%);
    -o-transform: translateY(-100%);
    -ms-transform: translateY(-100%);
    transform: translateY(-100%)
}
.ult-banner-block-custom-height.banner-style31:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%);
    -o-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%);
    transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%)
}
.banner-style31 .mask {
    opacity: 1;
    -webkit-transform: translateY(100%);
    -moz-transform: translateY(100%);
    -o-transform: translateY(100%);
    -ms-transform: translateY(100%);
    transform: translateY(100%);
    -webkit-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 300ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style31:hover .mask {
    opacity: 1;
    -webkit-transform: translateY(0);
    -moz-transform: translateY(0);
    -o-transform: translateY(0);
    -ms-transform: translateY(0);
    transform: translateY(0)
}
.banner-style32 {
    display: block
}
.banner-style32 img {
    -webkit-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 300ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style32:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: translateY(100%);
    -moz-transform: translateY(100%);
    -o-transform: translateY(100%);
    -ms-transform: translateY(100%);
    transform: translateY(100%)
}
.ult-banner-block-custom-height.banner-style32:hover img {
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(100%);
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(100%);
    -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(100%);
    -o-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(100%);
    transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(100%)
}
.banner-style32 .mask {
    opacity: 1;
    -webkit-transform: translateY(-100%);
    -moz-transform: translateY(-100%);
    -o-transform: translateY(-100%);
    -ms-transform: translateY(-100%);
    transform: translateY(-100%);
    -webkit-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 300ms ease-in-out
}
.banner-style32:hover .mask {
    opacity: 1;
    -webkit-transform: translateY(0);
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The riverside city of Savannah is the oldest city in the state of Georgia. It was settled in 1733 by the British colonists, under the leadership of General James Oglethorpe and Colonel William Bull. Today, Savannah is one of the few cities in the American South to retain its antebellum aesthetic and architecture, and also has one of the largest historic districts in the country.
Savannah shot to fame with the bestselling book and subsequent movie 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' by John Berendt. Savannah's oak-lined boulevards, colonial mansions and relaxed, laidback vibe has earned it the distinction of being one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. Read on to discover the best things to do in Savannah and find out how you can make the most of your next getaway to this beautiful city.
Located on the picture-perfect 'Isle of Hope', the site is one of the most photographed spots in Savannah. The site preserves a part of the former Wormsloe Plantation, which was once established by one of Georgia's colonial founders - Noble Jones. The site has a beautiful 1.5-mile oak avenue, the ruins of Mr. Jones's fortified house, a museum and demonstration area dedicated to scenes from the daily Colonial life.
Look out for the 'Wattle-and-Daub hut' and the small outbuildings that recreate the living conditions of Jones's marines and slaves. There is also a short interpretative trail near the museum, which guides visitors past prints of wildlife and birds by Mark Catesby - the renowned 18th Century naturalist.
A historic home that has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, The Owns-Thomas House is hailed for its English Regency architecture. The house was built in the year 1819 and was designed by the famed architect - William Jay, who also designed the Savannah Theater. Symmetry is a hallmark of the buildingâ??s design as is its sophisticated detailing. While here, look for the cast iron veranda on which the Marquis de Lafayette delivered his 1951 address to the citizens of Savannah. The house also has a collection of period furnishings and decorative arts, including early Savannah textiles, paintings and exported Chinese porcelain.
The museum was established in 2002 as part of the Savannah College of Art and Design. It has a collection of more than 4,500 pieces, including haute couture works, drawings, paintings, sculptures and photographs. The museum is currently home to several important collections, including the Walter O Evans Collection of African American Art -one of the most important collections of African American visual art in the country. Also look out for works by Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz and Pablo Picasso, among others. Haute couture is well represented by heavyweights such as Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel and Oscar de la Renta. The SCADâ??s 86 ft. tall steel and glass lantern is a prominent highlight of Savannah's skyline.
The former home of Savannah's most famous (or notorious) art dealer Jim Williams, is one of Savannah's most visited museums. Mr. Williams - whose story was told in Savannah's most famous book, 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' - was the only person in Georgia to be tried for the same crime four times. Tour the house and view the site where Mr. Williams' assistant was shot, which is also the crime for which Mr. William was tried and retried. It is believed that the art dealer died at the same spot six months after his fourth and last trial was concluded. A visit to the Mercer-Williams House Museum is definitely one of the most interesting things to do in Savannah, especially if you're eager to explore the back story of one of the city's most enduring urban legends.
Spread over 30 acres in Savannahâ??s historic district, the park is an oasis of green in the midst of Savannah's concrete jungle. The park has several walking trails, a café where you can stop for refreshments, a play area for children and even a 'Fragrant Garden' for the blind. The highlight of the park is the Confederate Memorial statue, which is dedicated to those who died fighting for the confederacy, and its beautiful fountain that makes for excellent photo opportunities. The park hosts several free public concerts throughout the year, which draw crowds from across the city.
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Young at Heart has been invited to join in and speak at a Blessing of Pets Service on Wednesday August 29th at 7pm outside Bethany Lutheran Church, ELCA in Crystal Lake, IL.
76 Crystal Lake Ave. - 1 block west of downtown Crystal Lake.
This pet blessing is open to the public and all pets are welcome.


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1100 block of North Elizabeth Street, Lima — A domestic violence incident was investigated Thursday.
1100 block of East North Street, Lima — Police responded to a domestic violence incident on Thursday.
800 block of East Fourth Street, Lima — A theft report was investigated Thursday.
Prospect Avenue at Roosevelt Street, Lima — An alleged assault was reported Thursday afternoon.
300 block of West Grand Avenue, Lima — Police responded Thursday to the report of an assault.
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South Metcalf Street at West Vine Street, Lima — A traffic accident resulting in property damage was investigated Thursday.
1800 block of Ann Way Drive, Lima — Police investigated a traffic accident with property damage Thursday.
2200 block of Molly Avenue, Lima — An assault was investigated by police Thursday evening.
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500 block of Brower Road, Lima — A fight in progress was investigated Thursday night.
1000 block of Bellefontaine Avenue, Lima — Deputies investigated the theft of a purse from an office at Lima Memorial Health System.
2000 block of Hanthorn Road, Lima — A victim told deputies than unknown subjects entered a garage and removed a four-wheeler without permission.
400 block of East Main Street, Beaverdam — A caller said someone had removed items from a trailer without permission.
2400 block of Harding Highway, Lima — A subject told deputies that someone withdrew money from their checking account without permission.
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Web-based technologies
Can HBO Compete in an Unbundled World?
The challenge will be distribution.
Walter Frick
HBO will launch an online streaming subscription next year, and fans are understandably excited. As The Wall Street Journal put it, the company is embracing the inevitable: the unbundling of cable. But can HBO compete in a world without cable TV?
HBO will likely pick up short-term revenue from cord-cutters eager for its content, but inevitable or not the move puts it up against a new set of competitors like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and even YouTube. HBO may be in a strong position in terms of content, but it faces new challenges in distributing it. For now, HBO is hinting at offering a skinny bundle of broadband plus access to its streaming offering. But a post-cable HBO will be going up against competitors who specialize in delivering digital content exclusively and, in some cases, have control over the devices on which that content is viewed.
One key area for distribution will be apps, on set-top devices like Roku, on tablets, even on smartphones. On that front, HBO already has ground to make up. Consider how the existing HBO Go app stacks up against competitors: it's popular and well-reviewed, but it has consistently trailed Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Instant Video in U.S. downloads.
HBO and Netflix have roughly comparable U.S. subscriber bases, but the latter has seen much more success in distributing its content on mobile devices. Of course, that's largely because a greater percentage of HBO subscribers are accessing content through their televisions; nonetheless, it points to the fact that HBO is in some ways already behind its competitors in terms of digital distribution.
Getting a new app in the hands of users isn't trivial, even if the content is good. Most U.S. smartphone users don't download any new apps in a given month, and 69% of all time spent in mobile apps is spent in the user's top three favorites. Like many things online, mobile apps are a winner-take-all market. The app market for devices like Roku likely exhibits a similar pattern, which would mean that in terms of raw number of downloads HBO is even further behind its competition than the chart above suggests.
HBO's challenge in reaching users directly looks even more daunting when you consider that some of its competitors control the devices or operating systems on which content will be viewed. Google and Amazon both can push their own video apps through the Android and Kindle platforms.
YouTube is a case in point.
It's the second most popular app across all categories in terms of unique visitors, according to comScore. It's consistently the first or second most downloaded photo or video app on iPhones and iPads, and consistently one of the top 20 most downloaded iOS apps across all categories. And since it's owned by Google, it comes preinstalled on most Android devices. That's a distribution strategy HBO can never match.
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Walter Frick is membership editor at Quartz. Before that he was an editor at Harvard Business Review for six years, most recently as deputy editor of HBR.org. He has been a Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard's Nieman Foundation for Journalism and an Assembly Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. He has also written for The Atlantic, MIT Technology Review, The Boston Globe, and the BBC, among other publications.

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Our River Seine cruise is designed for families - a fun family river cruise that's all about everything français, from an action-packed two-night stay in Paris to five amazing nights aboard a newly redesigned Tauck riverboat exploring Monet's gardens, D-Day Beaches, Rouen, and Versailles! You'll begin in Paris, where you'll enjoy a guided bicycle ride along the Seine, a Parisian picnic at the Eiffel Tower, and an art-filled scavenger hunt and guided tour in the Musée du Louvre. Explore artist Claude Monet's Giverny where you'll visit inside Monet's house and experience the painted gardens at Giverny. In Les Andelys, take a hike up to Chteau Gaillard of Richard the Lionheart fame or a walk in a village steeped in history and country charm. All generations of your family will share poignant memories exploring the beaches of Normandy, touring the American Cemetery and visiting the D-Day Academy where a hands-on visit provides your family with a unique look at the year 1944 and the history of the 1944 Invasion - don wireless radio headsets in a Willys jeep or Dodge Command car; receive a map briefing; see Allied and German vehicles, weapons and radios... In Rouen, sightseeing includes historic sites immortalized by Joan of Arc, Notre Dame Square and a 3-D tour of the city's Roman period. At Chteau de Versailles your family goes inside Louis XIV's gilded palace to see how the royals lived, or they take a bicycle tour of the gardens and Marie Antoinette's farm. All this and more aboard ms Sapphire, custom-designed to the highest standards of quality and comfort for a memorable family river cruise as you wind your way along the River Seine with no more than 98 Tauck guests!


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Dubai, Exhibition 2009
Expression from the inside for kids
Urbanism Projects
The Journey of three souls
WORK / SCULPTURES
Cecilia Rodhe at work (film)
The Listening series / 2009
The Listening series (film)
Divided Souls / 2000
The Promise / 2007
In Oneness / 2004
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Contact Cecilia Rodhe
A Story… The Promise
The concept of The Promise came about partly as the result of an accident, as ideas sometimes do. I was working on a beautiful piece of Italian statuary marble that came from the same quarry as Michelangelo used, and one day it broke and I found myself with three egg-shaped forms. Horrified, I put them aside and started to work on a different sculpture. But I felt very drawn to them, particularly by the way the shadows they cast on the floor changed over the course of the day. Whenever I entered the studio I felt a strange magic emanating from them. Soon I started to play with them, clicking them together, loving the sound they made.
One day, my son, after hearing me tell him about this yet again, blurted out, "Mom, I know what you mean, this is the sound of rocks moving underwater when you were a little girl in Sweden." I was stunned: he was right. I suddenly remembered spending all my days by the ocean during the summer.
This occurred at the time both my children were going off to college. I was very upset by this, as most parents are: there was a terrible void inside me. I suddenly understood exactly what empty nest syndrome is. By immersing myself in The Promise, I think I was reassuring myself that everything was going to be okay. It is a project very much about hope and reinventing yourself.
Why fifteen eggs? In numerology, the number fifteen represents the fulfillment of all possibilities. Although we may feel there is no solution, no escape from something, it signifies that there is always some new energy waiting, some new possibility.
The Promise represents for me both limitless possibility and the idea of profound inner peace. It embodies the opposition of strength and fragility, and the balance between them that exists everywhere and within everyone. It declares that the tools to change a situation will always be available to us.
The organic shape of the egg embodies the duality of strength and fragility each of us has within us and that we all must confront. In my work, it is a symbol both of creation and of the need we have to constantly recreate and reinvent ourselves. And in a world that seems so difficult and confusing, it is about possibility and hope.
It is the promise of art as a universal language that has motivated Cecilia Rodhe throughout her career as a sculptor and that informs every piece she has ever created. Like so many of the great sculptors of the past, she works with elemental themes and forms, which she imbues with a sense that is at once timeless and very much in the now. All of her sculptures express the dichotomy of strength and fragility that is at the very center of what it is to be human, and that is also intrinsic to the nature of stone, her primary medium, and the one in which she began her career nearly twenty years ago.
At the time, her life was the epitome of glamour. A former Miss Sweden and a leading international model photographed by some of the world's premier photographers, she was married to French tennis star Yannick Noah and living in New York with their two children when she decided to become a sculptor and began her training at the New School, continuing it at the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris, where she eventually moved and lived for more than a decade. In Paris she also studied with the prominent French sculptors Zorko and Xavier Dambrine, eventually getting her own atelier in Belleville. And prior to her return to New York, in 1998, she worked in Senegal with Mustapha Dime, developing the strong interest in African culture and civilization whose influence can be seen so clearly not only in her sculpture but in her frequent and energetic work for humanitarian causes throughout the world.
During her long and highly successful career, Cecilia's work has been exhibited at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, and in galleries in New York, Paris and Stockholm. She has also received numerous important private and public commissions, the most recent of which was for "In Oneness", a massive bronze on permanent display in Atlantic City, New Jersey. If her art has always been strongly influenced by her personal environment, expressing everything that defines her as a woman and as a person, its resonance is only heightened in today's world where hope and love and artistic beauty seem so anodyne, such necessary antidotes to everything that is happening around us.
Michael SHULAN
Creative Director, Primary Exhibitions
World Trade Center Memorial Museum
Cecilia Rodhe's sculptures find their source in nature. Many artists have speculated on the relationship between art and nature. Picasso famously said that the two realms are separate, and that art helps us express concepts far removed from nature. But perhaps there is a different way of envisaging our relationship with nature, of which art bears the testimony. Cecilia' sculptures are not fragments found in nature, they are clearly man-made. But they remind us of the natural realm; carved in limestone or marble, their shape, often in the form of eggs, hint at an inherent fragility. They appear to have an organic relationship with the forests and vast expanses of Cecilia's native land Sweden. And if they display a vocabulary of biomorphic forms, not unlike the sculptures of Barbara Hepworth, they are also strangely silent and effaced: beautiful, yet restrained traces of the journey that takes the artist from nature to the studio. They have reached a state of equilibrium, a precarious balance between nature and artifice. It seems to me that it is within that space that Cecilia's work acquires its true meaning.
Olivier BERGGRUEN
Associate Curator Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
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Taking an international perspective, Bob Tricker examines different models and theories of corporate governance and applies them in a real world context. The author is highly experienced in this field and his practical discussion throughout allows students to appreciate the reality of governance. In this new edition corporate governance theories, the governance of corporate risk, and corporate social responsibility and sustainability are all now more prominent. In addition, more emphasis is given to the BRIC nations to reflect their growing importance.


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50 Days of Taylor Swift, Day 7: "I love John Mayer."
The blog (this blog, the one you're reading) that brought you 100 Days of Julianne Hough and 50 Days of Addison Rae now brings you 50 Days of Taylor Swift. 1, 2, 3… Let's go, bitch! Photo by Dwight McCann
During a TIME Magazine interview when asked who she would like to do a duet with, Taylor Swift responded with Taylor Hanson from the band Hanson.
Then someone from behind the camera chimes in that she usually answers that question with John Mayer.
"I love John Mayer, but I say that in other interviews," Taylor said. "I say that in like every interview, so I figured I would switch it up."
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Humans brewed beer over 13,000 years ago: study
Beer brewing may have been, at least in part, an underlying motivation to cultivate cereals in the southern Levant, supporting the beer hypothesis proposed by archaeologists more than 60 years ago.
By: PTI | Boston |
The earliest archaeological evidence for cereal-based beer brewing even before the advent of agriculture comes from the Natufians, semi-sedentary, foraging people, living in the Eastern Mediterranean between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, following the last Ice Age. (Source: Thinkstock Images)
Prehistoric humans had a thirst for craft beer and were brewing such beverages at least 5,000 years earlier than thought, say scientists who have found evidence of alcohol production in the Eastern Mediterranean. Archeologists from the Stanford University in the US and University of Haifa in Israel analysed three stone mortars from a 13,000-year old Natufian burial cave site in Israel.
Their analysis confirmed that these mortars were used for brewing of wheat/barley, as well as for food storage.
The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, suggests that beer brewing practices existed in the Eastern Mediterranean over five millennia before the earliest known evidence, discovered in northern China.
"Alcohol making and food storage were among the major technological innovations that eventually led to the development of civilisations in the world, and archaeological science is a powerful means to help reveal their origins and decode their contents," said Li Liu, from Stanford University.
The earliest archaeological evidence for cereal-based beer brewing even before the advent of agriculture comes from the Natufians, semi-sedentary, foraging people, living in the Eastern Mediterranean between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, following the last Ice Age.
The Natufians at Raqefet Cave collected locally available plants, stored malted seeds, and made beer as a part of their rituals.
"The Natufian remains in Raqefet Cave never stop surprising us," said Dani Nadel, from the University of Haifa, who was also an excavator of the site.
"We exposed a Natufian burial area with about 30 individuals; a wealth of small finds such as flint tools, animal bones and ground stone implements, and about 100 stone mortars and cupmarks," said Nadel.
"Some of the skeletons are well-preserved and provided direct dates and even human DNA, and we have evidence for flower burials and wakes by the graves," he said.
"And now, with the production of beer, the Raqefet Cave remains provide a very vivid and colourful picture of Natufian lifeways, their technological capabilities and inventions," he said.
The Natufians exploited at least seven plant types associated with the mortars, including wheat or barley, oat, legumes and bast fibres, researchers said.
They packed plant-foods in fibre-made containers and stored them in boulder mortars. They used bedrock mortars for pounding and cooking plant-foods, and for brewing wheat/barley-based beer, likely served in ritual feasts 13,000 years ago.
The evidence of beer brewing at Raqefet Cave 13,000 years ago provides yet another example of the complex Natufian social and ritual realms.
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I was in a Facebook conversation with a friend about the stress she was under. Her husband had helpfully suggested that perhaps she should "just not feel it." Sensing that this was probably not the best advice he'd given her in their marriage, she was crowd sourcing ideas about how to deal with the emotional pressure she was feeling.
That led me to think about my own experience with stress. Stress, as a word, is just too vague to do anything about. Most of us think of stress as mental or emotional pressure. But how do you do anything about pressure? You can't unless you're thinking clearly about where the pressure is coming from.
Any solution for stress that tries to reduce the level of stress in general is a short-term bandaid. Somebody gets a massage, someone else goes to a emotional worship service, someone else gets drunk to forget their problems. All of these make the stress feel less present for a while, but none of them address the causes. So, how can you really reduce your stress?
When I am under a great deal of stress, I'm actually experiencing a number of different things, all blurring together into an incoherent cloud of pressure. Living under that cloud for too long is crushing–and it very often leads to making bad decisions.
1) Unmet commitments to others.
I have a hard time saying no to people because I want them to like and value me. In the past that meant that I constantly over-committed my time and emotional resources. I always had a stack of unresolved commitments floating around out there.
This is one of the easiest stressors to deal with. First, resolve the commitments. Either do the thing you promised to do or choose to get out of it. Apologize for overcommitting. It will be painful, but you'll be amazed at how quickly your stress diminishes as you take care of those unresolved commitments.
The second step is harder. Start being careful about what you say yes to. Having clear personal core values helps with this. Any commitment you make will have a certain payoff for you, but it will also have a certain cost. Remember that you have a limited amount of time, energy and emotional bandwidth available to you. Spend it intentionally and wisely.
It turns out that I have committed myself to being responsible for some crazy things. I've spent a lot of my life acting like I was responsible for how other people felt and whether they were successful or not. As a pastor, I felt I was entirely responsible for how effective my church was being.
This is called hyper-responsibility. It's an enormous cause of stress for two reasons: First, because it's an unresolved commitment (See #1). Second, because it's a commitment that is impossible to succeed at. Apparently I am not in charge of how other people feel! I am not in charge of making sure that everything works out perfectly. When I started to realize this (with good coaching from my counselor), I started to feel less of the associated fear, anxiety, and pressure. Honestly, this category was responsible for the largest portion of my stress and unhappiness. God's been fixing this up in me, and I'm a lot happier.
Resolving this is more complicated because you're the one who set those obligations to begin with, and you have very good reasons for doing so. That means it's going to take someone outside your head–a trusted friend, probably even a counselor–to help you see where you are doing this. Then it takes practice and reminders to keep track of what commitments you actually can do something about, and which ones you should let go of.
3) Fear of circumstances that are out of my control.
Resolving this stressor involves getting clear about what I cannot control, and actively practicing trust. For me, this has been an important part of my spiritual growth. The more I come to understand God's character and heart for me, the more I can trust.
Finally my cloud of stress is thick with unprocessed emotional debris. Each unresolved painful conversation, each painful loss that's gone without grieving, each broken expectation–these all leave a residue in our spirits. Time doesn't heal this wound; It blinds us to it. This emotional residue leaks out of us all the time. It shows up when you get too angry at someone for something that should have only been irritating. It shows up when you hear a certain tone of voice from your spouse, and you assume they are being accusatory. Until you've processed the root pain or loss, it stays in you slowly leaking out, manifesting itself as a vague sense of emotional heaviness, anxiety or unease.
Resolving this stressor requires emotional and spiritual growth. For me it continues to involved counseling, a great deal of journaling, and actively thinking about my emotions every day. The more I've done this work–cried over my losses, written angry journal entries at God, reflected on my gratitude–the less stressed I feel. I have less emotional clutter floating around me. That's positively impacted my relationships, my work and my energy level.
A wholehearted life is a life with more peace. More peace means less stress. But stress doesn't go away just because you want it to. Understanding why you feel this mental and emotional pressure is a step you can take that will make an enormous difference.


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Hey Phoenix bicycle owners! Did you know:

* **Thieves are less likely to steal a registered bicycle** since its owner can easily be identified. Or:
* Bicycle registration aids in identifying the owner in case of a crash, as many bicyclists don't carry ID, which is especially true of children, and:
* Registering your bicycle increases the likelihood it will be returned to you if recovered.

With these facts in mind, the [Evans Churchill Community Association](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjvpIeAuZfQAhXnslQKHe0GCQMQFggdMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fevanschurchill.org%2F&usg=AFQjCNF_dyUhCfOV_jEZBi9qK3nNdkN9WA&sig2=vMOI7E-_q_5CRfAfxIA-Lw), [Phoenix Public Market](http://www.phxpublicmarket.com/), [Phoenix Union Bioscience High School](http://www.phxhs.k12.az.us/bioscience), and [Phoenix Police Department](https://www.phoenix.gov/police) are teaming up provide **FREE bicycle registration** for you, your family, and friends!

Just drop by the Phoenix Public Market on **Saturday, December 3**, from **10 a.m. to 1 p.m.**, and all will be taken care of.

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Visible-Spectrum Biometric Retina Recognition
Borgen, H., Bours, P. & Wolthusen, S. D., 15 Aug 2008, Proc. 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIHMSP '08). IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 1056-1062
Using Physical Models for Anomaly Detection in Control Systems
Svendsen, N. & Wolthusen, S. D., 23 Mar 2009, Critical Infrastructure Protection III: Proc. Third Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection. Springer-Verlag, p. 139-149
Using Observations of Invariant Behavior to Detect Malicious Agency in Distributed Control Systems
Mcevoy, R. & Wolthusen, S. D., 30 Sep 2009, Proc. 4th International Workshop on Critical Information Infrastructures Security (CRITIS 2009). Springer-Verlag, p. 62-72
Towards Composable Threat Assessment for Medical IoT (MIoT)
Darwish, S., Nouretdinov, I. & Wolthusen, S., 2017, The fourth International Workshop on Privacy and Security in HealthCare 2017 (PSCare17).. Procedia Computer Sciences, Vol. 113. p. 627-632 6 p.
Time Accuracy De-Synchronisation Attacks Against IEC 60870-5-104 and IEC 61850 Protocols
Wright, J. & Wolthusen, S. D., 8 Aug 2019, p. 1-5. 5 p.
Threat analysis model of an agent-based vulnerability mitigation mechanism using Bayesian Belief Networks
Al-Salloum, Z. & Wolthusen, S. D., 22 Jun 2011, Proceedings of the 2011 First IEEE Network Science Workshop (NSW 2011). IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 144-151
Threat Analysis for Smart Homes
Kavallieratos, G., Chowdhury, N., Katsikas, S., Gkioulos, V. & Wolthusen, S. D., 25 Sep 2019, In: Future Internet. 11, 10, p. 1-19 19 p., 207.
The cost of observation for intrusion detection: Performance impact of concurrent host observation
Seeger, M., Busch, C., Baier, H. & Wolthusen, S. D., Aug 2010, Information Security for South Africa 2012 (ISSA). 8 p.
Teeth Segmentation and Feature Extraction for Odontological Biometrics
Mairaj, D., Busch, C. & Wolthusen, S. D., Oct 2010, Proceedings of the 2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing. IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 323-328
TACTICS: Validation of the security framework developed for tactical SOA
Gkioulos, V., Risthein, E. & Wolthusen, S., Aug 2017, In: Journal of Information Security and Applications. 35, p. 96-105 10 p.
Structural Controllability Recovery via the Minimum-edge Addition
Zhang, S. & Wolthusen, S., 29 Aug 2019, p. 1-6. 6 p.
Structural Controllability of Networks for Non-Interactive Adversarial Vertex Removal
Alcaraz, C., Etchevés Miciolino, E. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2013, Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Critical Information Infrastructures Security. Springer-Verlag, p. 120-132
Structural Controllability Analysis Via Embedding Power Dominating Set Approximation in ErdHos-Rènyi Graphs
Alwasel, B. & Wolthusen, S. D., 30 Apr 2015, The proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2015). IEEE, p. 418-423 6 p.
Strongly-Resilient and Non-interactive Hierarchical Key-Agreement in MANETs
Gennaro, R., Halevi, S., Krawczyk, H., Rabin, T., Reidt, S. & Wolthusen, S. D., 6 Oct 2008, Computer Security - ESORICS 2008: Proc. 13th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security. Springer-Verlag, p. 49-65
Stealthy Injection Attacks Against IEC61850's GOOSE Messaging Service
Wright, J. & Wolthusen, S., 13 Dec 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe. IEEE Press, p. 1-6 6 p.
State Estimation under Undetectable Single and Double Line Failures: Anonymised for review
Gul, A. & Wolthusen, S. D., 8 Aug 2019, 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT). IEEE, p. 1-5 5 p.
Stability of Power Network State Estimation Under Attack
Baiocco, A. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2014, Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Asia (ISGT Asia 2014). IEEE Press, p. 441 446 p.
Simulating the Influences of Aging and Ocular Disease on Biometric Recognition Performance
Borgen, H., Bours, P. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2 Jun 2009, Third International Conference on Advances in Biometrics (ICB 2009). Springer-Verlag, p. 857-867
Sequential binning privacy model for data with prior knowledge of feature dependencies
Nouretdinov, I., Darwish, S. & Wolthusen, S., Sep 2017, (Accepted/In press) 1 p. Data Science for Cyber-Security workshop, Sep 25-27 2017
Semi-autonomous Link Layer Vulnerability Discovery and Mitigation Dissemination
Wolthusen, S. D. & Al-Salloum, Z., 15 Sep 2009, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on IT Security Incident Management and IT Forensics 2009. IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 41-53
Security-Aware Network Analysis for Network Controllability
Zhang, S. & Wolthusen, S., 2018, p. 1-7. 7 p.
Security Requirements for the Deployment of Services Across Tactical SOA
Gkioulos, V. & Wolthusen, S., 2017, Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Mathematical Methods, Models,and Architectures for Computer Network Security (MMM-ACNS 2017). Springer-Verlag, Vol. 10446. p. 115-127 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 10446).
Security Infrastructure for Service Oriented Architectures at the Tactical Edge
Gkioulos, V. & Wolthusen, S., 2017, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2017). Springer-Verlag, p. 310-322 13 p. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; vol. 611).
Security and Performance Aspects of an Agent-Based Link-Layer Vulnerability Discovery Mechanism
Al-Salloum, Z. & Wolthusen, S. D., 15 Feb 2010, ARES '10 International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security. IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 549-554
Robust Coordination of Cloud-Internal Denial of Service Attacks
Alarifi, S. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2013, Proceedings of the 2013 Third International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing (CGC). IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 135-142
Robust and efficient communication overlays for trust authority computations
Reidt, S., Balfe, S. & Wolthusen, S. D., 30 Mar 2009, Proceedings of the 2009 Sarnoff Symposium. IEEE Computer Society Press, 5 p.
Resource-constrained signal propagation modeling for tactical mobile ad hoc networks
Reidt, S., Ebinger, P., Wolthusen, S. D. & Kuijper, A., 22 Jun 2011, Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE First International Workshop on Network Science (NSW 2011). IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 67-74
Resilience Analysis of Software-Defined Networks Using Queueing Networks
Nweke, L. O. & Wolthusen, S. D., 30 Mar 2020, 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC): Communications and Information Security Symposium. IEEE, p. 1-7 7 p.
Recovery of Structural Controllability for Process Control Systems
Alcaraz, C. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2014, Proceedings of the 8th Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection. Springer-Verlag, p. 47 63 p.
Recovering Structural Controllability on Erdös-Rényi Graphs via Partial Control Structure Re-Use
Alwasel, B. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2014, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security (CRITIS 2014). Springer-Verlag, p. 293-307
Recovering Structural Controllability on Erdös-Rényi Graphs in the Presence of Compromised Nodes
Alwasel, B. & Wolthusen, S., 18 May 2016, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security (CRITIS 2015). Springer-Verlag, Vol. 9578. p. 105-119 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 9578).
Reconstruction of Structural Controllability over Erdös-Rényi Graphs via Power Dominating Sets
Alwasel, B. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2014, Proceedings of the 9th Annual Cyber and Information Security Research Conference (CISR '14). ACM Press, p. 57 60 p.
Reactive/proactive connectivity management in a tactical service-oriented infrastructure
Lopes, R. R. F., Nieminen, M., Viidanoja, A. & Wolthusen, S., 26 Jun 2017, Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS 2017). IEEE Press, p. 1-8 8 p.
Probabilistic Vehicular Trace Reconstruction Based on RF-Visual Data Fusion
Al-Kuwari, S. & Wolthusen, S. D., May 2010, Communications and Multimedia Security: 11th IFIP TC 6/TC 11 International Conference (CMS 2010). Springer-Verlag, p. 16-27
Privacy Violations in Constrained Micro-Grids: Adversarial Cases
Ambassa, P., Kayem, A. V. D. M., Meinel, C. & Wolthusen, S., 19 May 2016, Proceedings of the 2016 30th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (AINA 2016). IEEE Press, p. 601-606 6 p.
Privacy Risks in Resource Constrained Smart Micro-Grids
Ambassa, P. L., Kayem, A. V. D. M., Wolthusen, S. D. & Meinel, C., 23 Jul 2018, Proceedings - 32nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, WAINA 2018. Ogiela, L., Enokido, T., Ogiela, M. R., Javaid, N., Barolli, L. & Takizawa, M. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Vol. 2018-January. p. 527-532 6 p. 8418124
Policy enforcement system for secure interoperable control in distributed Smart Grid systems
Alcaraz, C., Lopez, J. & Wolthusen, S., 1 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 59, p. 301-314 14 p.
Physical Attestation and Authentication to Detect Cheating in Resource Constrained Smart Micro-grids
Wolthusen, S., 10 Jun 2017, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Security of Industrial Control Systems and Cyber-Physical Systems (CyberICPS 2016). Springer-Verlag, p. 52-68 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 10166).
On the Feasibility of Carrying Out Live Real-Time Forensics for Modern Intelligent Vehicles
Al-Kuwari, S. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2011, Forensics in Telecommunications, Information, and Multimedia: Proceedings of the Third International ICST Conference (e-Forensics 2010). Springer-Verlag, p. 207-223
OCPP Protocol: Security Threats and Challenges
Alcaraz, C., Lopez, J. & Wolthusen, S., Sep 2017, In: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 8, 5, p. 2452-2459 8 p.
Observation Mechanism and Cost Model for Tightly Coupled Asymmetric Concurrency
Seeger, M. & Wolthusen, S. D., May 2010, Proceedings, 2010 Fifth International Conference on Systems (ICONS 2010). IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 158-163
Non-Forensic Odontological Biometrics
Busch, C. & Wolthusen, S. D., 12 Sep 2009, Proc. Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIH-MSP '09). IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 1105-1109
Multi-Round Attacks on Structural Controllability Properties for Non-Complete Random Graphs
Alcaraz, C., Etchevés Miciolino, E. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2013, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the 16th Information Security Conference (ISC 2013). Springer-Verlag, 10 p.
Multigraph Critical Infrastructure Model
Schneidhofer, B. & Wolthusen, S., 2016, Critical Infrastructure Protection X: 10th IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference, ICCIP 2016, Arlington, VA, USA, March 14-16, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Springer-Verlag, Vol. 485. p. 149-167 19 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; vol. 485).
MPLS policy target recognition network
Al-Mutairi, A. & Wolthusen, S., 2 Apr 2016, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer-Verlag, Vol. 9572. p. 71-87 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 9572).
Modelling the Privacy Impact of External Knowledge for Sensor Data in the Industrial Internet of Things
Darwish, S., Nouretdinov, I. & Wolthusen, S., 14 May 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) Security and Privacy Trends in the Industrial Internet of Things. p. 223-243 21 p.
Modelling Adversarial Flow in Software-Defined Industrial Control Networks Using a Queueing Network Model
Nweke, L. O. & Wolthusen, S. D., 7 Aug 2020, 2020 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 6 p. 9162191. (2020 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2020).
Modeling And Detecting Anomalies In Scada Systems
Svendsen, N. & Wolthusen, S. D., Mar 2008, Critical Infrastructure Protection II: Proc. Second Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection. Springer-Verlag, p. 101-113
Mitigation of Cloud-Internal Denial of Service Attacks
Alarifi, S. & Wolthusen, S. D., 2014, Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE 8th International Symposium on Service Oriented System Engineering (SOSE 2014). IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 478 483 p.
Measurement re-ordering attacks on power system state estimation
Gul, A. & Wolthusen, S., 18 Jan 2018, Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT Europe 2017). IEEE Press, p. 1-6 6 p.
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"LUXURY ISN'T ALL
"LUXURY ISN'T ALL ABOUT THE PRICE. IT HAS TO BE BESPOKE, IT HAS TO HAVE PERSONALISATION. THEY GO HAND IN HAND"
CRAFTSMANSHIP Left: George Bamford with some of his horological creations, and out in his lovingly restored Land Rover 110 tow truck at his estate in the Cotswolds To say that George Bamford likes Land Rovers would be something of an understatement. He really likes Land Rovers. In garages scattered across his Cotswolds estate he has 14, among them a Defender, several ex-military Wolf models, a vertiginous off-road creation nicknamed 'The Beast', and his latest restoration, a 1972 110 tow truck. So it's little surprise that we're here, on Bamford's very own soggy off-road course, talking about his custom-made watch business, rather than in the somewhat plusher confines of 'The Hive', Bamford Watch Department's headquarters in Mayfair, London. The epicentre of a business that Bamford started 16 years ago, after deciding to not join the family firm – JCB, of bright yellow digger fame and one of Britain's wealthiest dynasties – The Hive's consulting room is where customers can create their very own personalised watch, poring over the smallest details, choosing colours, hands, dial options. Bamford thrives on these details, his obsession with watches going back to his childhood. "I come from an engineering family," he explains as we slither down a slippery incline in the tow-truck. "It's in my blood. When I was small I'd take the TV or the juicer to bits, which my parents found quite annoying," he smiles. "When I was 16 they gave me a Breitling Navitimer and I took that to bits as well, which annoyed them further." But that Navitimer was to be Bamford's lightning bolt with watches. He spent the following years, while studying photography at the Parsons School of Design in New York, visiting flea markets buying up cheap old timepieces, disassembling and re-assembling their movements, learning what made them tick. While the inner workings fascinated Bamford, many watch designs left him cold. "I realised that so many mass market luxury products were the same – the same black dial, the same steel case," he says. "So, in 2003, I decided to personalise a Tag Heuer Monaco I'd been given. I had the whole watch black-coated – the dial, case, everything. That was my first customised watch." Once he started wearing the black Monaco, friends started to notice, and wanted one too, so Bamford had more produced. Bamford Watch Department was born. Early signature projects from BWD were heavily customised Rolexes – most notably the all-black Cosmograph Daytona. But Rolex took a dim view of Bamford's interpretations of their classic designs. Indeed, Bamford's unique take on these famous timepieces – black-coating them, adding different colourways to the dials and hands – was invalidating their warranties, a major problem when it came to after-sales servicing. Nevertheless, the personalisation business continued to grow, so Bamford kept going, even creating his own in-house service department on the top floor of The Hive. BWD soon became known as the world's premier customiser of Rolex watches. Everything changed in 2016, however, when multinational luxury goods group LVMH threw its full weight behind BWD. "That deal put us in a very good place," he says, as we negotiate a near-impossible incline in the Land Rover. "Getting approval was one of the best things ever because we could now offer a manufacturer warranty with our products." Abandoning Rolex, BWD focussed its efforts on LVMH's three premium watch brands – Tag Heuer, Zenith and Bulgari. Bamford's huge range of customisation options was now fully legitimate, allowing customers to spec a watch to their own personal taste, choosing from a total combination of over a billion options. BWD also started producing its own range of watches at the same time, the Bamford London Mayfair and GMT Auto offering a way into the brand at a more affordable price point. "The Mayfair comes in 49 colours," he enthuses. "And we can customise it further for a small fee. But luxury isn't all about the price. It has to be bespoke, it has to have personalisation. They go hand in hand. As with my cars, my focus is on individuality. Purists may not approve, but I love it. I want people to have what they want." It's a philosophy which is paying dividends. With boutiques and dealers worldwide and a demanding market for his wares in Asia and the US, Bamford has created his own mini empire to go alongside the family dynasty. There's also a line of grooming products and accessories to add to the portfolio. So, where next for the Bamford brand? Custommade cars? Bespoke private jets? Bamford smiles wryly as he pulls the Land Rover into his gravelled driveway. "Well, short-term we're launching a new watch just before the summer and we have new collaborations happening – totally apart from LVMH," he explains. "But if you'd asked me ten years ago, I don't think I would have envisaged this business where it is today. I still constantly think 'is it going to die tomorrow?' he laughs. "But now, being embraced by the brands I'm working with, I have the sun beating down on me. I can safely say I love where I'm sitting." And you can bet that applies to the now mud-caked Land Rover as well. Visit bamfordwatchdepartment.com for more information on BWD 61
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Wait Until Dawn
Book 4 in the Southern Spirits series
Beware of what follows you back from the dead…
Detective Rich Montoya was attacked by Sheriff Stenley's stalker in When the Dead Speak. A year later, Rich is having a rough time, haunted by a malevolent spirit that's making his already fragile existence hellacious.
Rich, who's kept to himself for the past year, is scarred more than physically. The last thing he thinks he needs is a lover, little does he know…Chris Neeland is a big guy who drives a big rig, and all it takes is one look at the sexy, wounded man driving the cute little Miata and Chris is sunk. His mystical mother always told him love would hit Chris like a bolt of lightning, fast and hard and not without pain, but he kind of hadn't believed her until he meets Rich.
Reader Advisory: This book is part of a series but may be read as a stand-alone title.
Publisher's Note: This book has previously been published under the same title. It has been expanded, revised and re-edited for re-release with Pride Publishing.
General Release Date: 8th September 2015
So much anger. Rich Montoya squeezed his eyes tightly shut as the nerve endings in his fingers and toes burned, sending pin pricks of pain up his limbs. He tried to will back the evil he felt roiling inside him, but as had happened every time before, it hammered away at his control until bright spots danced behind his closed lids and the foreign presence that haunted him wreaked havoc on his body and mind. It exploded inside him like a geyser, pressurised hatred shooting up and spewing throughout him, splattering his soul with inky black streaks of the malevolent being that tormented him.
"You know who I am."
Rich grunted as he fought the crushing waves of fury, the twisted desires and memories that were forced into his mind. Images of mutilated bodies, his own and another man, seared into his memory. A whimper slipped free as Rich pressed the heels of his hands to his temples, trying to push out the hated invader If he could pop his head right open and put an end to this now, he'd do it.
Screams of pain, dark eyes filled with horror, the sadistic glee as the invader forced helpless victims to bear the brunt of his twisted games. Rapist, victim, murderer, victim—Rich was shunted back and forth, experiencing each. His own shouts mixed with the ones shared by the invader, filling Rich inside and out with sounds of terror and denial. Rich's body jerked at the vision of a brutal penetration, agony ripping through him as if he were being torn into with the force of a jackhammer. His back bowed as he cried out, his hands alternately pulling at his hair and pounding at his head.
"S-stop it! Jesus, God, oh fuck, help me…" Rich pleaded, knowing it was useless. His fears and begging only ever spurred the invader on. Curling into a foetal position, Rich trembled, his teeth chattering as he was mentally subjected to more atrocities. He couldn't do this, couldn't experience this again and again and stay sane. And if he didn't keep his sanity, then the invader would win, maybe even take Rich over and have a willing body in which to act out the sick desires.
"No," Rich whispered, then yelled as his own fury erupted, "No! You won't win!" He rolled off the bed and hit the tiled floor with a loud smack. The pain of the fall helped centre him, giving him something physical to focus on when his mind was in such turmoil. Pushing himself up to his knees, Rich pried his eyes open, unsurprised to find himself shrouded in darkness. The invader always came in the early morning hours—the witching hours, Rich's grandma would have said.
On the nights the invader didn't come, Rich was always wide awake, unable to sleep for fear of having his mind hijacked and filled with horrors no one should ever have to see or experience. He'd wait until dawn, then try to catch a few hours' sleep. It was a pattern that drained him of his energy—and his will to live. What was the point of living if he no longer had a life of his own?
Even without the presence that insisted on shredding Rich's mind, his nights were filled with his own memories of pain and fear, the glint of light off a sharp-edged knife, the searing fiery agony as it sliced into his skin over and over again. His skin was striped with his experience at the hands of a mad man, lines smooth and jagged etched forever into his flesh. He'd never forget, never have peace, never be who and what he was before.
Another wave of images streamed through his head, more screams and agony, more sick delight from the one inflicting the torture.
"No more, you fucking evil bastard," Rich muttered. He grabbed the nightstand with one hand to steady himself and pulled the top drawer open with his other. Even in the darkened room, a sliver of moonlight slipped through the curtains and caressed the cold steel, giving off a subtle glow that seemed to promise salvation, if not respite. Rich picked up the gun, his hand steady despite the rapid beat of his heart. He'd had enough, couldn't deal with it any more. If he went to Hell, it couldn't be any worse. He wasn't sure he'd want to go to Heaven anyway, if such a place existed, not if God was real and let shit like this happen to people.
Flick-flick-flick. Images skipped and sputtered like a film reel misaligned in its projector. Memories or fantasies that weren't his own, would never be his no matter how deeply branded into his mind they were, faded in and out.
"Enough," Rich rasped, flinching only a little when he pressed the barrel under his chin. It wasn't fear of death that made him twitch, only the shock of how very cold the steel felt against his skin. Rich closed his eyes and took a deep breath, already feeling a sense of peace at having found a way to escape. He slipped the safety off and tucked his finger against the trigger before remembering that finger wouldn't work. He shifted his hand a bit until his middle finger touched the trigger.
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Leukemia Specific Splice Isoforms as Neo-Antigens for T-Cell Immunotherapy
Armistead, Paul Michael
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Macrophage m6A mRNA Methylation in Sepsis
DTMI-Center for Thrombotic and Hemostatic Disorders
Potential of A Novel Anti-Platelet Aptamer in Optimizing Antithrombotic
Mechanism of neurotransmitter co-release in a retinal circuit
Budesonide versus fluticasone for treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis
Dynamic prediction of heart failure using real-time functional status and EHR data in the ambulatory setting
Optimizing EP receptor subtype targeting for asthma therapy
Lipolysis during sleep and cardiometabolic consequences of sleep apnea
Chronic and acute leukemias are responsible for ~25,000 deaths annually in the US - a mortality rate that represents ~5% of all cancer related deaths. While leukemias are susceptible to antigen-specific T-cell mediated cytotoxicity, leukemia antigen (LA) discovery methods are complex and time consuming. Most LAs are derived from proteins that contain a somatic mutation or are aberrantly expressed or localized in the leukemia cell; however, another potential source of many LAs are antigenic peptides derived from leukemia specific protein splice isoforms. Our laboratory performed deep RNA-Sequencing of 8 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) samples, which did not contain spliceosome mutations, and identified >300,000 previously unannotated (i.e. novel) splice junctions. The central hypothesis of this project is that leukemia-specific splice junctions yield peptide epitopes that can be presented by class I HLA and targeted by CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells. Roughly 15% of AML and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) samples contain spliceosome mutations: primarily U2AF1 mutations in AML and SF3B1 mutations in CLL.
In Aims 1 and 2, we will investigate the effect of these mutations on mRNA splicing, protein isoform generation and neo-antigen presentation in model cell lines modified to contain common U2AF1 and SF3B1 mutations (Aim 1) and then in human AML and CLL samples with or without a U2AF1 or SF3B1 mutation (Aim 2). In collaboration with Dr. Jan Prins, of the UNC Department of Computer Science, we will perform hybrid RNA-Sequencing (RNA-Seq) that combines short-read RNA-Seq data for splice junction discovery with long-read RNA-Seq to determine full mRNA isoform sequences. Following isoform sequencing we will test for protein translation of the isoform by probing for splice junction specific peptides using a prototype differential ion mobility spectrometer - mass spectrometer (DIMS-MS) that we have used with Dr. Gary Glish (UNC Department of Chemistry) on peptide discovery projects before.
Aim 3 of this research proposal will apply these methods, as well as whole exome sequencing and comprehensive peptide epitope prediction performed by the lab of Dr. Catherine Wu, in a clinical protocol where we will genetically and computational predict LAs from AML or CLL patient samples, confirm their expression by DIMS-MS, and generate LA-specific T-cells from autologous patient-derived lymphocytes. At the completion of this project we will have characterized the effects of spliceosome mutations on mRNA splicing and its resultant effect on protein isoform production and epitope presentation. More significantly, we will have developed a methodology for personalized LA discovery, where we will identify and confirm patient-derived LA that are presented by the patient's HLA, and produce patient-derived LA-specific T-cells. The combined sequencing, bioinformatics and proteomics methods could be applied for the development of patient-specific T-cell therapeutics.
Roughly 25,000 Americans die from leukemia annually - a mortality rate that represents ~5% of all cancer related deaths. Most leukemias are susceptible to killing by the immune system; however, identifying leukemia specific targets (called antigens) is time-consuming and inefficient. The purpose of this grant is to identify a new class of leukemia antigens derived from alterations in RNA splicing and then generate immune cells that are capable of killing the leukemia cells that contain these antigens.
Research Project (R01)
Cancer Immunopathology and Immunotherapy Study Section (CII)
Mccarthy, Susan A
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Schools of Medicine
NIH 2019
R01 CA Leukemia Specific Splice Isoforms as Neo-Antigens for T-Cell Immunotherapy
Armistead, Paul Michael / University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Armistead, Paul Michael / University of North Carolina Chapel Hill $450,359
Lansford, Jefferson L; Dharmasiri, Udara; Chai, Shengjie et al. (2018) Computational modeling and confirmation of leukemia-associated minor histocompatibility antigens. Blood Adv 2:2052-2062
Attayek, Peter J; Waugh, Jennifer P; Hunsucker, Sally A et al. (2017) Automated microraft platform to identify and collect non-adherent cells successfully gene-edited with CRISPR-Cas9. Biosens Bioelectron 91:175-182
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