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Home > Noelle L'Etoile, PhD
Noelle L'Etoile, PhD
Department of Cell & Tissue Biology
Our focus has been on the cell biological processes that promote and maintain sensory signaling and neuronal plasticity throughout development. Neurons are the front-line of an organism's response to its environment. Thus, understanding how their signaling components organize to perceive and transmit information both in response to novel and persistent cues is key to understanding behavior. We are testing the hypothesis that signaling pathways act via small RNAs to modify chromatin thereby allowing for experience-dependent changes in the output response. We utilize C. elegans for our investigations because this nematode, with only 1,000 cells and 302 neurons exhibits robust behavioral plasticity and we can use cell biological, genetic, behavioral, physiological and molecular techniques to understand the molecular details that underlie experience driven changes in behavior. The molecular and cellular logic that underlies behavioral plasticity in C. elegans is likely to be utilized in the nervous system of higher organisms and humans and insight we gain from examining this nematode may inform both normal processes such as learning and memory as well as help us understand what goes awry in disease states such as addiction and perhaps attention deficit disorders. Our particular focus is on the olfactory sensory circuit of C. elegans.
How does persistent signaling stably alter the physiology of a cell? We examine this process in the olfactory sensory neurons of C. elegans as they adapt to prolonged odor-exposure. A. The signaling is initiated by odor binding to a seven transmembrane G-protein coupled receptor, this leads to decreases in cGMP and subsequently calcium and after 60-80 minutes nuclear accumulation of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase EGL-4. B. Images of the olfactory sensory neuron. The arrow head denotes the sensory cilia which is connected to the boxed cell body by a long dendrite. The axon extends opposite the dendrite. C-D.Image of the AWC cell body. The cell expresses soluble mCherry and GFP-tagged EGL-4. C. In the naïve animal, GFP-EGL-4 is dispersed throughout the cytoplasm. D. In the adapted AWC, GFP-EGL-4 is concentrated in the nucleus.
Adapted from: O'Halloran, Lee and L'Etoile, PLoS Genetics, 2009.
Organismal perspective
Our lab is interested in understanding behavioral plasticity at the molecular, cellular and circuit levels. Animals thrive despite the unpredictability of nature by adapting innate behaviors to suit their current circumstances, for example, most animals will inhibit their innate attraction to a piquant smell if they experience this odor while starving or if they are sated. Using the free-living soil nematode, C. elegans, we seek to understand how such innate stimulus seeking behaviors are modulated by starvation on the one hand and food on the other. Paradigms we uncover by studying the plasticity of innate behaviors in C. elegans may provide molecular and cellular insight into more complex problems encountered in the human brain.
An animal's behavior is regulated by its neural circuits, which consist of individual neurons and ultimately the plasticity that emerges is a consequence of changes within the neurons. Our goal is to understand the molecular, cellular and circuit changes that allow animals and their progeny to adapt their behavior to changes in food abundance and intake. C. elegans is a particularly attractive organism for this study as it has a small, well defined, completely mapped nervous system which can be imaged easily due to its size and transparency. Incredibly powerful genetics allows molecular dissection of complex processes. The ease of genetic manipulations, coupled with a 3-day generation time means that we can conceive of a question, create a transgenic animal, test its behavior and image its nervous system in less than a month.
Currently, we are focused on understanding the molecular, cellular and circuit changes that produce olfactory "memory" formation and how environmental stimuli regulate these changes. The innate behavior we focus on is odor-taxis: when an innately attractive odor is experienced in the context of starvation, the worm "learns" to ignore that odor. This behavioral plasticity is termed olfactory adaptation. As diagrammed above, odor perception in the AWC olfactory sensory neuron is likely to be initialed by GPCR signaling (Troemel 1999) and adaptation to prolonged odor exposure in the starved animal requires entry of a cGMP dependent protein kinase in to the AWC nucleus (L'Etoile et al., 2002; Lee et al., 2010). The nuclear entry of EGL-4 requires both a drop in cGMP levels (O'Halloran et al., 2012) and G alpha signaling (O'Halloran 2009). Interestingly, odor-stimulation induces localized translation of this kinase by a Pumillio type translational regulator, which is possibly aided by a microRNA (Kaye et al., 2009). We have evidence that once the kinase enters the nucleus, it stimulates a chromatin dependent down regulation of specific odor-signaling genes (submitted).
Messenger RNA localization: how is the localization and timing of translation is regulated by activity? Currently we are interested in understanding how localized translation occurs in neurons and whether the messages that are locally translated are subject to special processing into small RNAs.
How the subcellular localization of a signaling molecule (a cGMP-dependent protein kinase) affects the kinase's nuclear entry and activity. We would like to understand whether proteins that are translated in an odor-activated neuron are "marked" and thus differ from the same protein that is translated in an naive cell.
How food-derived signals affect signal transduction within the neuron and alter the subcellular localization of the cGMP-dependent kinase. Food signals acting through a cGMP pathway may substantially alter the physiology of the AWC sensory neuron. cGMP is a fascinating second messenger that has been shown to direct age dependent worker honey bee behavior as well as the over all locomotory state of flies. Most recently, cGMP levels were shown to be important in maintaining attention in mice. We have developed a GFP-based cyclic nucleotide reporter that we are optimizing for study of food mediated cGMP regulation of odor-seeking behavioral states.
The role of small RNAs in regulating chromatin dynamics as a function of prolonged stimulation.
Whether RNA-dependent chromatin changes are required for cancer formation in C. elegans and human breast cell lines.
How triplet repeat RNA sequences prove toxic to neurons.
Mechanisms of Cellular and Behavioral Plasticity
L'Etoile Lab


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Finance ministry, Reserve Bank and autonomy
New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- A finance ministry statement on Saturday said that "the government fully respects the independence and autonomy of the Reserve Bank of India". It's very reassuring to hear this. There have been talks on the Indian central bank's autonomy being compromised in various circles against the backdrop of the so-called demonetization move-how the decision to replace 86% of the currency in circulation was taken in Asia's third-largest economy and the way it has been implemented. Apart from many others, two former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governors-Y.V. Reddy (governor from 06-09-2003 to 05-09-2008) and Bimal Jalan (22-11-1997 to 06-09-2003)-have recently joined the debate. Reddy has gone to the extent of saying that he would have resigned had he not been able to convince the government against this exercise. However, the finance ministry chose not to react to them. It did so after four RBI employee unions wrote to central bank governor Urjit Patel objecting to the ministry's move to send a joint secretary to coordinate cash operations at the RBI. The unions have found this "unfortunate" and something which "impinged on RBI's autonomy". Probably it doesn't really matter to the government how the experts and the so-called intelligentsia react to demonetization but employees' unions do matter as they represent the masses. Besides, they are also part of the RBI and hence they must know the truth (that is, RBI is independent). I heard P.N. Vijay, an expert in investment banking and wealth management services who also assists the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on economic and financial matters, speaking from his heart on a television channel. He would not like to give much importance to the governors of Reddy's ilk. They are the "Lalu Prasad Yadavs" of central banks-bureaucrats sent from Delhi to the RBI without much understanding. Or, something on this line. To be fair to him, he did not say that Yadav would have been a better RBI governor than Reddy the way Haryana health minister Anil Vij said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a better brand than Mahatma Gandhi for the Khadi and Village Industries Commission's calendar and diary. (Later he retracted the statement.) An old debate The debate on RBI's autonomy is as old as the central bank itself. What exactly has happened this time? Why is there so much noise? The government advised RBI to take the call on demonetization and the RBI board obliged the government without losing time. Is this something unprecedented? Does this violate the norms laid down by the RBI Act? Two sections of the Act deal with this. Section 26(2) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 says that on recommendation of the RBI's central board, the government may, by notification in the Gazette of India, declare that with effect from a date specified in the notification, any series of bank notes of any denomination shall cease to be legal tender. So, there is nothing illegal about the RBI board recommending withdrawal of Rs1,000 and Rs500 notes from the system. And, Section 7 of the Act says "the central government may from time to time give such directions to the Bank as it may, after consultation with the Governor of the Bank, consider necessary in the public interest". So, the government's advice to the RBI on demonetization is in sync with the Act even though I am not sure whether it was done under Section 7 of the Act or not. I presume that the governor was consulted on this. In Public Interest? The moot question is: was demonetization "necessary in the public interest"? Many feel that it is not and the intense debate stems from there. If it is not, RBI should have put up at least a semblance of a fight, they feel. Since RBI has not done that, I think at this point both the government and the RBI are on the same page-both believe that demonetization is for the greater good of the public and the long-term gains will more than compensate for the short-term pains. Had the RBI board deliberated on this a little longer, probably people would have been convinced on this. Any way, only time will tell whether this prognosis is correct or not. Five Indian states are going for polls, beginning 11 February. Will these polls be a referendum on demonetization? May or may not be. The narrative of the demonetization story is a fight between good and evil, poor and rich and oppressed and the oppressor. Told nicely, the story can touch the heart of the masses and despite sufferings, they can continue to give a thumbs-up to demonetization. Had RBI not been convinced about the efficacy of the move, could it have stopped it? Probably not, as under Section 7 of the Act, the government can "direct" the central bank. However, it could have fought against it-in private as well as in public-as the appearance of autonomy is as important as actual autonomy itself. The history of central banking in India is replete with many such fights. The title of the book of former governor D. Subbarao (05-09-2008 to 04-09-13) Who Moved My Interest Rate? itself is a testimony to this. His predecessor Reddy too was involved in similar fights-which were more severe than an India-China war, a colleague of Reddy says in jest-but the details are not in the public domain. Reddy's run-ins with the finance ministry were more on specific issues while Subbarao fought on broader policy issues. Creative Tension Reddy always downplayed the fights, terming them "creative tension" but those who had seen the period from close quarters vouch that there was nothing creative about it and the tension was at times unbearable. Reddy fought hard against the government's plan to create sovereign wealth funds and use of foreign exchange reserves for infrastructure development. The finance ministry went to the extent of reaching out to the board of the central bank, seeking help to convince Reddy but he did not budge an inch from his stance. He also made the finance ministry accept that RBI should have the last word on foreign investment in a holding company of a large private bank (ICICI Bank Ltd). The bank had planned to float an intermediate holding company for its insurance and mutual fund businesses and even sold a substantial stake in the proposed holding company to a few foreign investors. The government approved the plan and even the foreign investment promotion board that deals with overseas investments in local firms cleared the proposed investment by foreign funds in this venture. RBI refused to clear it and, with extreme reluctance, the finance ministry accepted the central bank's proposal to form a working group to look into the proposal. The working group took its own time to frustrate the bank and prospective foreign investors in the venture before saying it was not "desirable"! When former finance minister P. Chidambaram called the then deputy governor Rakesh Mohan for an "interview", which the ministry was conducting through a committee to identify Reddy's successor, Reddy was not kept in the loop. That was the finance ministry's way of insulting Reddy. The ministry did the same thing to Subbarao-by not accepting his recommendation for giving another term to his deputies, first Usha Thorat and then Subir Gokarn. In Subbarao's own words, this is the price he paid for asserting autonomy. His first brush with the ministry came in June 2010 when an ordinance was promulgated empowering the finance ministry to resolve all disputes between the regulators. This was when the Financial Stability and Development Council was being constituted. Subbarao immediately wrote to then finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, saying "the very existence of a joint committee (the council) will sow seeds of doubt in public mind about the independence of regulators". "The ordinance has seeming implications for regulatory autonomy and sows seeds of doubts where none exist. My earnest request to you is to allow the ordinance to lapse. If that option is not acceptable, the portion of the ordinance relating to the RBI Act may be deleted." Mukherjee did not pay heed. Subbarao was also not comfortable with the idea of divesting RBI of its debt management function and had strong reservations on the report of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission, which has proposed taking away many of RBI's functions. A Governor, Annoyed and Upset The RBI employees unions' objection to a joint secretary coordinating cash operations at the RBI reminds me of Subbarao's reaction when in October 2008, in the aftermath of the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the acute liquidity crisis, the then finance minister Chidambaram appointed the then finance secretary Arun Ramanathan as the chairman of a panel on liquidity management, without consulting the RBI. Subbarao was "annoyed and upset" and called up the finance minister, saying the regulator would not participate in the committee. The governor's frequent fights with both the finance ministers Mukherjee and Chidambaram on interest rates too are well known. Subbarao's successor Raghuram Rajan (04-09-2013 to 04-09-2016), who received a lot of flak from some quarters for talking beyond central banking in public fora (on intolerance, "make for India" instead of "make in India", among others), also had his quota of fights with the ministry on issues such as funding Punjab government's food purchases (there was a massive gap between the worth of food stock and the money borrowed from banks) and the trillions of rupees of debt restructuring of power distribution companies, among others. Rajan also put his foot down when the finance ministry in February 2014 wanted RBI to pay an interim dividend ahead of the end of its accounting year in an effort to bridge India's fiscal deficit and stick to the estimated deficit target. The RBI follows a July-June accounting year and transfers the surplus in August. In 2015-16, it transferred Rs65,876 crore surplus as dividend to the government, Rs20 crore less than the previous year. Rajan was also against the idea of using RBI's surplus fund to take stakes in banks or create a state-owned bad bank. The idea was first floated by Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian in the Economic Survey for 2016-17. "RBI's capital could be used in two ways. It could be injected directly into PSBs which will give them financial room to accept losses on bad assets and continue lending. Alternatively, funds could be used to create a 'bad bank' that would be used for resolving bad loans, thereby forcing PSBs to focus on their normal commercial activities," the Survey said. Successive RBI governors have also resisted government pressure on making the central bank's staff regulations statutory in character. Currently, the staff regulations are governed by the RBI's administrative decisions but once they become statutory, the approval of the government would be mandatory. Is The Cause Worth Fighting For? In short, there have been innumerable instances of the Indian central bank fighting with the government on many fronts - it has lost in many cases and won quite a few. The core of the debate is whether the cause is worth fighting for. So far, most cases where RBI has chosen to fight-and has lost or won-have been related to certain segments of economy and they did not have the kind of impact on a nation of 1.3 billion people, which demonetization is envisaged to have. Many in the ruling government feel this is the biggest economic reform India has witnessed since independence-bigger than the goods and services tax or GST and even the 1991 chapter when, under the pressure of the worst-ever balance of payment crisis, Indian economy embraced liberalization. It would change India forever by stamping out parallel economy and ushering in a cashless payments system. Is RBI a believer in the demonetization exercise or a reluctant supporter of the move? If it is the latter, then it should have given a fight. Irrespective of a win or loss, that would have made people perceive that the central bank is independent, as public perception about autonomy is as important as autonomy itself. Former RBI governor I.G. Patel (01-12-1977 to 15-09-1982) once said: "Don't nitpick. Pick your battles. Once you have picked your battles, fight those battles valiantly." This was an opportunity for a valiant fight only if the RBI was not convinced about demonetization's success. But the regulator gives the impression that it is convinced of the success. So, why believe that it has surrendered its autonomy? Wait till we see the end or question its wisdom. Meanwhile, since this government wants to change India, it can do many other things. They may not be as seminal as demonetization but nonetheless can change the contour of the financial sector and regulations. Two such things could be, dropping Section 7 from the RBI Act and bringing down the government's stakes below 51% in public sector banks through amendments of Acts. I am sticking to only the financial sector and not talking about making political parties disclose donations of even less than Rs20,000 and paying income tax on all donations.
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Along with the Destiny change, this week will see a change to the staring hand redraw rule (known informally as 'Mulligan').
Currently, if you don't like your starting hand then you can redraw it. The new hand is guaranteed to have two, three or four Power cards.
But what if the new hand is still unplayable?
The new rule will allow a second redraw for a third hand. However this option is considered a 'desperate gambit' and shouldn't be used lightly. Although you'll get a new hand with the same guarantee of two to four power cards, your hand will contain only six instead of seven cards.
Being a card behind from the start limits your options and can put you at a big disadvantage. However if your second hand really is bad then you might want to consider it.
Given the risk, Dire Wolf isn't expecting this option to be used very often. However it does provide a final chance to turn a losing deal into a playable one.


2015 wird richtungsweisend sein in vielen politischen Bereichen des Internets und der digitalen Industrie. Doch was für uns logisch erscheint, muss nicht dabei herauskommen.
Für uns in Europa ist Politik im Digitalen häufig europäisch. Das Internet hat wenige Grenzen und so müssen wir oftmals schauen, was sich in Brüssel oder gar auf der internationalen Ebene tut. Dieses Jahr wird es spannend bei so vielem. Gibt es endlich Konsequenzen aus den ganzen Überwachungsskandalen? Wie geht es bei der Netzneutralität weiter? Wird die Verwaltung des Internets transparenter und demokratischer? Und bekommen wir endlich ein zeitgemäßes Urheberrecht? Einige Fragen werden bleiben, aber viele werden 2015 beantwortet.
Warum ist das wichtig? In vielen politischen Bereichen wird es dieses Jahr wichtige Entscheidungen und Richtungssetzungen geben.
Im Bereich der Überwachung wird es neue NSA-Leaks geben und grundlegende Rechte neu verhandelt.
Der Kampf um Netzneutralität auf EU Ebene geht weiter und Internet-Infrastruktur wird transparenter und demokratischer.
Die europäische Urheberrechtsreform wird konkret und das EU-Parlament wird hoffentlich zeitgemäße Vorschläge bringen.
Der Satz "Dieses Video ist aufgrund von Urheberrechtsbeschränkungen in deinem Land nicht verfügbar" verärgert seit Jahren viele Internetnutzer. Dies ist in der EU umso ärgerlicher, weil es eigentlich einen gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt geben sollte. Im Digitalen sind wir dabei noch weit entfernt.
Der Artikel ist Teil meiner Kolumne Politik fürs Internet und im Internet bei den netzpiloten und erschien dort erstmalig.
How does the future of Internet Governance look like?
This year was quite important for the field of Internet Governance. Next to the establieshed Internet Governance Forum (IGF) by the UN and the European Dialog on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) there was another place called NETmundial in Brazil.
The NETmundial was initatied by Dilma Rousseff, the brazilian president, after the reveilling by Edwards Snowden of her surveillance by the NSA. Being outraged at the beginning the hopes were high to have finally a forum to discuss THE topic: global surveillance by secret services. After half a year on the NSA leaks, it was time to adress it. The past month also showed that this is only possible in an surounding not dominated by the US. They seem to have severe problems in learning from it. Having this in mind, it was surprising, or perhaps not, that the focus shifted during the development of the event and surounding policy process. Additional topics were set, as the future development of ICANN and others. Sadly not even Civil Society was united on this issue. And again, the original topic of surveillance was diluted by a too strong focus on processes. The question is: how much worth are talking about processes when there is not a glance of proceeding on a topic. Especially in an approach which is independ from the UN. So, the topic which started NETmundial occured at the end as an subchapter in the final document. And this being not enough, the pararaphes on surveillance were even weaker than in existing UN resolutions.
Unfortunatly the same happend to EuroDIG in Berlin. In the preparation meetings before the topic shifted again more to Internet Governance as a process with too much focus on itself then the original talking points. Again there was a strong push from several actors to have surveillance as a main topic. At this point the leaks from Edward Snowden had almost their first anniversary. Addional, there is a visible decrease in participation. Not surprising, when there is not really progress and everlasting discussions with the same people on the panels.
To conclude, the approach of Internet Governance as something which tries to be as inclusive as possible and as open as possible, is obviously stuck. The involvement of other stakeholders made some shifts, but the established actors still leading and setting the agenda.
This is quite sad, since there are many issues which would need attension. Filtering, censoring and hard interventions in the core technologies are currently done. Not just by known countries as Iran or China, but also by coutries which call themselves democratic honoring civil and human rights. There is data retention in many countries like Germany. There is deep packet inspections done by private companies. There are severe attacks on privacy supporting technologies like Tor. If there ever was a "freedom of the Internet" it's gone or in the most optimistic case, almost gone. The stituation is clear. So where to start now?
A look in other policy fields can give new ideas and best practices for new approaches. There are other global issues where the traditional policy processes are stuck due to a small group of countries dominating it. The best example is the topic of Nuclear disammament. Due to the NPT only five countries are allowed to have them and so they are only talking with themselves about it. Even so the use or even an excident would affect many others. But there are already positive examples in the field of disammament of weapons of massdistruction. The most recent one is the ban treaty on cluster ammunition. Another very successful is the one on landmines. What have they in common? First of all they focused not on a technical or even security level. They looked at the humanitarian level, meaning which impact has it on humans itselve. After concluding that the danger for the human race alone justifies a global ban on it. Leaving out any other disucusion on security, military or politcal benefits of such weapons. The second important step was to establish a small "core group" of countries who have a similar progressive position towards this topic. They can push it, hosting state conference on the topic itself and after some time start negotions for an international treaty. Even if such a treaty is done by a small group of five to six countries, it can have a large impact since other countries can – one by one – join this treaty.
So, why is there no core group of countries which set an example with an international treaty others can join. Where are Switzerland, Iceland or Brazil to start negations for such a "freedom of the Internet treaty"? Brazil already adopted the Marco Civil, a Fundamental Rights Charter for the Internet. It it time to bring this into an international treaty, having a group of countries negotiating and signing it as initiators. Then they can collect others co-signing it. Naming, shaming and putting pressure on others who don't do it. It is time now to start such a process and not running after the fairy tale of Internet Governance as the universal remedy.


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Q: Improving efficiency with nested for loops & array comparisons I have a macro that loops across two sheets comparing words in each cell. The code works fine, but is there a way to improve the efficiency or speed of this? I manually used a for loop to compare the string arrays as well, as I didn't find any VBA functions to do this. I do have ScreenUpdating off, which seems to help a bit.
For i = 2 To maxMn 'loop 1
    Sheets("Sh1").Select
    Cells(i, 2).Select
    mnStr = Cells(i, 2).Value
    mnArr = Split(mnStr, " ")

    x = 2
    For x = 2 To maxNm 'loop 2
        numTotal = 0
        numMatches = 0
        Sheets("Sh2").Select
        Cells(x, 6).Select
        nameStr = Cells(x, 6).Value
        nameArr = Split(nameStr, " ")
        For Each mn In mnArr 'loop 3
            For Each nam In nameArr 'loop 4
                Application.StatusBar = "(#" & i & " Sh1) (#" & x & " Sh2): Comparing " & mn & " to " & nam
                If LCase(nam) = LCase(mn) Then
                    'MsgBox "Yes, '" & nam & "' equal to " & mn
                    numMatches = numMatches + 1
                Else
                    'MsgBox "No, '" & nam & "' does not equal " & mn
                End If
            Next nam '4: For Each nam In nameArr
            numTotal = numTotal + 1
        Next mn '3: For Each mn In mnArr
        If numTotal > 2 And numTotal > 0 And numMatches >= numTotal / 2 Then
            LogMsg = "(#" & i & " Sh1) (#" & x & " Sh2): |" & mnStr & "| - |" & nameStr & "| = " & numMatches & "/" & numTotal & " matches."
            Print #FileNum, LogMsg
            'MsgBox numMatches & " matches out of " & numTotal & " total."
        End If
    Next x '2: For x = 2 To maxNm
Next i '1: For i = 2 To maxMn

A: The first rule of improving efficiency is don't select or activate anything.  With datasets of 300 and 200 rows respectively, your code took 13.5 minutes.  Just removing the selects
    For i = 2 To maxMn 'loop 1
        'Sheets("Sh1").Select
        'Cells(i, 2).Select
        mnStr = Sheets("Sh1").Cells(i, 2).Value
        mnArr = Split(mnStr, " ")

        x = 2
        For x = 2 To maxNm 'loop 2
            numTotal = 0
            numMatches = 0
            'Sheets("Sh2").Select
            'Cells(x, 6).Select
            nameStr = Sheets("Sh2").Cells(x, 6).Value

cut the time to 154 seconds. The screen redrawing is the single biggest time sink.  The below code runs in 2.18 seconds (5.6 seconds if you add a statusbar update - which you don't need if it only takes 2 seconds)
Sub CompareWords2()

    Dim vaNam As Variant, vaMn As Variant
    Dim i As Long, j As Long
    Dim vaSplitNam As Variant, vaSplitMn As Variant
    Dim colUnique As Collection
    Dim lWord As Long
    Dim sLog As String
    Dim lMatches As Long, lTotal As Long
    Dim sgStart As Single

    sgStart = Timer

    'Put both ranges in an array
    With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sh1")
        vaMn = .Range(.Cells(2, 2), .Cells(.Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp)).Value
    End With

    With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sh2")
        vaNam = .Range(.Cells(2, 6), .Cells(.Rows.Count, 6).End(xlUp)).Value
    End With

    For i = LBound(vaMn, 1) To UBound(vaMn, 1)
        For j = LBound(vaNam, 1) To UBound(vaNam, 1)
            'put all the first words in a collection
            vaSplitMn = Split(vaMn(i, 1), Space(1))
            Set colUnique = New Collection
            For lWord = LBound(vaSplitMn) To UBound(vaSplitMn)
                colUnique.Add vaSplitMn(lWord), LCase(CStr(vaSplitMn(lWord)))
            Next lWord

            'add all the next words to the collection to remove duplicates
            vaSplitNam = Split(vaNam(j, 1), Space(1))
            For lWord = LBound(vaSplitNam) To UBound(vaSplitNam)
                On Error Resume Next
                    colUnique.Add vaSplitNam(lWord), LCase(CStr(vaSplitNam(lWord)))
                On Error GoTo 0
            Next lWord

            'Write to log
            lMatches = UBound(vaSplitMn) + UBound(vaSplitNam) + 2 - colUnique.Count
            lTotal = UBound(vaSplitMn) + 1
            If lMatches >= lTotal / 2 Then
                sLog = sLog & "(#" & i & " Sh1) (#" & j & " Sh2): |" & vaMn(i, 1) & "| - |" & vaNam(j, 1) & "| = "
                sLog = sLog & lMatches & "/" & lTotal & " matches." & vbNewLine
            End If
        Next j
    Next i

    'post total log all at once
    Open ThisWorkbook.Path & Application.PathSeparator & "CompareLog2.txt" For Output As #1
    Print #1, sLog
    Close #1

    Debug.Print Timer - sgStart

End Sub

A: This site has good tips for performance improvement. In your case, avoid looping over the cells; instead, store the content in an array and loop over the array. That should improve performance significantly.
The beginning of your code would look like this (I have commented out your original code):
Dim sheet1 As Variant
Dim sheet2 As Variant

With Sheets("Sh1")
  sheet1 = .Range(.Cells(1, 2), .Cells(maxMn, 2))
End With
With Sheets("Sh2")
  sheet2 = .Range(.Cells(1, 6), .Cells(maxNm, 6))
End With

For i = 2 To maxMn 'loop 1
    'Sheets("Sh1").Select
    'Cells(i, 2).Select
    'mnStr = Cells(i, 2).Value
    mnStr = sheet1(i, 1)
    mnArr = Split(mnStr, " ")

    x = 2
    For x = 2 To maxNm 'loop 2
        numTotal = 0
        numMatches = 0
        'Sheets("Sh2").Select
        'Cells(x, 6).Select
        'nameStr = Cells(x, 6).Value
        nameStr = sheet2(x, 1)
        nameArr = Split(nameStr, " ")
        For Each mn In mnArr 'loop 3

You could probably improve the file output too:
Dim i As Long
Dim fileName As String
Dim fileContent As String

i = FreeFile
fileName = "xxxxxx"
fileContent = "yyyyyyy" 'you can call your main function here and return a string
If Dir(fileName) <> "" Then Kill (fileName) 'If you want to override existing file
Open fileName For Binary Lock Read Write As #i
Put #i, , fileContent

A: Here is a list of pointers to make this more efficient

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*Do not access the cells within the loop. Assign the cells into an array variable using the vals = Range("A2").Resize(N,1).Value property and access the values with vals(i,j). In the end you can write the values back into the spread sheet with Range("A2").Resize(N,1).Value = vals

*Do not write to a file line by line within the loop. Write to a string and then write the entire string into a file in one operation

*Minimize the use changing the screen by writing to status bars and progress bars. Either turn off updates with Application.ScreenUpdating = False or just omit the code. If needed maybe only every 100'th iteration for example update the UI.

Look at this answer for an example on how to use .Value to read and write into multiple cells at the same time efficiently.

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On today's podcast, Deb Block met me outside the new "Exile Building" for an audible tour as Theatre Exile prepares to open "An Oak Tree" by Tim Crouch featuring Pearce Bunting and a slew of notable Phialdelphia Artists and special guests like Evan Jonigkeit, Zosia Mamet and Paul Giamatti. Stay Tuned!


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A brief history of nicotine pouches
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Before the existence of the tobacco-free nicotine pouches, the Swedish people had tobacco pouches as part of their culture. When the consumption for these pouches skyrocketed, Swedish farmers reinvented the tobacco pouches and they discovered a way of mixing tobacco leaves with salt and water in their coffee grinders. It resulted in a moist tobacco mixture with a unique taste that could be used while working in the fields.
Factories increased their production as the demand for tobacco pouches increased. Different brands had also surfaced which also introduced different new flavors of the product.
In the 20th century, the side-effects of tobacco use, in general, were a talking point.
Doctors were coming out against cigarettes, with the U.S. Surgeon General's report that smoking causes lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, and chronic bronchitis. It was also the time when the first medical reports linking smoking to lung cancer began to appear and a series of major medical reports confirmed that tobacco caused a range of serious diseases. In the latter part of the 20th century, the first successful lawsuits against tobacco companies over smoking-related illness happened.
With all the issues surrounding tobacco use and smoking, Swedish Match saw a demand for nicotine consumption without side-effects. The risk of tobacco juice staining one's teeth had been a breaking point which leads to a breakthrough when they found out that nicotine could be separated from the tobacco leaves in an advanced heating process. This innovation lead to the discovery of a new all-white segment - the white nicotine pouches which could be enjoyed without side-effects.
Since then, nicotine pouches received an enormous rise in popularity and are expected to be accepted globally as many smokers experience them to be a great substitute for cigarettes and vaporizers.
Nicotine pouches nowadays are very popular among smokers who wish to quit smoking. It is used even in Nicotine Replacement Therapy which is a medically-approved way to take nicotine by means other than tobacco. NRT has been proven to increase the chance of quitting smoking or stopping chewing tobacco by about 55%.
Currently, there are around 14 popular brands of nicotine pouches in the American and European markets. They are mostly old factories based in Sweden, whose history dates back to as early as 1432. Each brand features different flavors and strengths. Some have the classic flavors of mint, spearmint, peppermint, or menthol; others have sophisticated fruit flavors such as melon, cranberries, berries, or cherries.
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Megan Markle says she "it's a dream" after announcing he is to marry US actress girlfriend Meghan Markle.
Ms. Markle is marrying the fifth in line to the throne in spring 2018.
The couple, who have been dating for just over 1 year, smiled as they posed for photographs outside Kensington Palace in London, where they will live.
Prince Harry said he was 'thrilled' with the proposal, while Ms. Markle said she was "so very happy, thank you".
Ms. Markle held Harry's hand as they appeared briefly for the press at the palace's Sunken Garden, showing off her diamond engagement ring.
Prince Charles also said he was "thrilled", adding that Ms Markle's parents had given their blessing.
The ring's center stone is flanked by two diamonds from the personal collection of Prince Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana. The stones sit on a gold band that was made by the queen's jeweler, Cleave and Company.


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In a girl's quest for his love and acceptance, The Weeknd describes the dark, drug-induced lifestyle that she has to comply with. Getting down with him means getting down with the whole XO crew.
"Boys" may refer to the XO crew, meaning Abel's girl needs to gain their approval or treat them right, including possibly having a train ran on her. This is reinforced by the official audio's theme on Abel's Youtube channel having a picture of him with two anonymous persons.
The other possibility is "my boys" refers to Abel's massive drug collection; she needs to engage in his drugs before she can be accepted.
Throughout the song, The Weeknd's voice is chopped-and-screwed so as to make it sound like he's leaning, or sped up to make it sound like he's on coke.
Abel is saying that if the girl he's with can't handle the type of calibre of drugs him and his crew are consuming, and gets too high, she can always ride him to take her mind off of it until she comes down from the high.


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Cranial Sacral: Has to do with the bones of the skull. This can be extremely beneficial in some, but not all cases.
Chiropractic Neurology: I describe this as physical and occupational therapy on steroids. This works to target the development of deficient portions of the brain through specific physical stimulation and exercises.
DAN! Doctors: DAN (Defeat Autism Now). These are medical doctors who have gotten some extra training in treating Autism from a medical basis. Some of these doctors have more training specific to Autism than others. There are many many protocols and treatment options within this field from which to choose. For more on this, the Generation Rescue Website is a good option.
Natural Alternatives: This encompasses a huge amount of options with different philosophies and lines of thought behind them. It includes everything from chiropractic to homeopathy, essential oils, sound therapy, acupressure/acupunture, nutrition and herbals. Again, some practitioners in these fields are more qualified than others and more than any other area, choices and options abound. The allergy elimination techniques of NAET and BioSET would fall into this area.


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

import os
import shutil
from optparse import make_option

from django.apps import apps
from django.conf import settings
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, NoArgsCommand
from importlib import import_module

class Command(BaseCommand):

    help = "Iterate over all application and copy migrations into site"
    option_list = NoArgsCommand.option_list + (
        make_option('--apps',
                    action='store_false', dest='interactive', default=[],
                    help="Apps for updating as array delimeted with comma."),
    )

    def handle(self, *args, **options):

        skipped_paths = []
        pull_apps = []

        if len(args) > 0:
            app_names = args[0]
            if not isinstance(app_names, list):
                app_names = app_names.split(',')

                _apps = []
                for app_name in app_names:
                    try:
                        app = apps.get_app_config(app_name)
                    except:
                        skipped_paths(app_name)
                    else:
                        _apps.append(app.path)
        else:
            for app in apps.get_app_configs():
                for migration_name in settings.MIGRATION_MODULES.keys():
                    if app.name == migration_name:
                        if app not in pull_apps:
                            pull_apps.append(app)

        def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None):
            for item in os.listdir(src):
                s = os.path.join(src, item)
                d = os.path.join(dst, item)
                if os.path.isdir(s):
                    shutil.copytree(s, d, symlinks, ignore)
                else:
                    shutil.copy2(s, d)

        for app in pull_apps:
            module_name = settings.MIGRATION_MODULES[app.name]
            migration_path = import_module(module_name).__path__[0]

            self.stdout.write("Copy %s to %s" % (app.path, migration_path))

            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(app.path, 'migrations')):
                copytree(os.path.join(app.path, 'migrations'), migration_path)

        self.stdout.write('Successfully pulled %s' % [app.name
                                                      for app in pull_apps])

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Dalglish: Phillips, Williams ready to step up for Liverpool
Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish believes Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams are ready to step up for the Reds during their injury crisis.
Jurgen Klopp's side have had some wretched luck with injuries of late. Virgil Van Dijk and Joe Gomez have both suffered season-ending knee injuries.
Each player have suffered ligament injuries as they have undergone surgery to start their recovery. This leaves them with Joel Matip as their only fit senior centre-back.
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Phillips and Williams have both played a part this season in the Premier League and Champions League. They are set to be key for Liverpool in the coming months given their injury woes.
Dalglish told the Liverpool Echo that he trusts Phillips and Williams to fill in and perform well under Klopp.
"It's difficult for anybody to step in, but at 19 years of age, Williams didn't do too badly against Atalanta.
"He was there and stood up, the first header he cleared everybody out and made sure it was his and Nat Phillips did well in the game at Anfield as well.
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"Whether they're ready long-term it remains to be seen, but Nat was over in Germany on loan last season and did really well so maybe he is a little bit more experienced.
"As I say though, you've got a couple of choices there – they'll want to play. It might not be perfect timing for them because the next game is difficult against Leicester but Jurgen gets most of his decisions right and I have no doubt he'll get this one right too."
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These are as as delectable as they are adorable. I saw Ina Garten make 'em recently on Barefoot Contessa and have had them in the back of my mind ever since. Oh man, are these coconut macaroons delicious. But my favorite part about them (okay, one of my many favorite parts) is how totally easy they are. Just look at the ingredient list – so simple! As I was whipping them up, I thought about adding a new section on my Recipe List page where I could collect my simplest, easiest recipes in one place. So if you check out the Recipe List now, you'll see a new section called "Easiest, Simplest Recipes," where I've called out all my recipes that are amazingly basic and basically amazing. And these chewy, gooey coconut macaroons are going right there.
Stir together the coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla in a large bowl.
In a separate bowl, use a whisk to beat the egg whites and salt until they form medium-stiff peaks. Fold the whites gently into the coconut mixture.
Use an ice cream scoop (or your fingers) to drop little scoops of batter on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat. Don't put the cookies too close, as they spread out a little bit.
Bake for about 25 minutes, until golden brown and set. Devour.
Sticky Glazed Vanilla-Chocolate Shortbread Cookies.
I haven't been baking much recently. I miss it! Cutting way down on sugar and processed grains, as I have been, means a lot of my favorite baking activities are on hold. This weekend, however, I was up at my family's lakehouse in Wisconsin, celebrating my sister's seventeenth birthday with a handful of her girlfriends. And I saw my chance. My chance to make these cookies, inspired by 101 Cookbooks. Ever the pragmatist, I recognized in this group of high schools girls a captive audience; I knew, if I placed a platter of gleaming sweets in the midst of their Beyonce-listening sunbathe-fest of Saturday, they'd happily help me out by disposing of the evidence. And they did not let me down—when we left the lakehouse on Sunday, only one cookie remained. Nicely done, girls. And happy birthday, Kathleen!
Using an electric mixer (or your best elbow grease), cream the butter until it's fluffy. Then add half the brown sugar, stir it in, and scrape the sides of the bowl, and repeat with the other half. Beat in the egg yolks and the vanilla until combined.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, and chopped chocolate. You want the chocolate very finely chopped – if the pieces are too big, your dough won't hold together as well when you're rolling it out.
Stirring by hand, gently mix part of the flour into the butter and sugar, just until it combines. Add the rest of the flour, careful not to over-mix. If the dough looks too dry, add a tbsp of milk or two – we're looking for the dough to just hold together when pressed into a ball. Which, conveniently, is the next step.
Turn out the dough into a cutting board or countertop and form it into a ball using your hands.
Then divide the ball into 4 equal sections.
Form the sections into balls and then flatten them into discs. Wrap each disc in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least half an hour.
When the dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 F.
Take one of the discs out of the fridge. Lightly flour a flat workspace and use a rolling pin to roll out the dough very very thin, like wafer thin.
With a cookie cutter (or a small glass, because I couldn't find any cookie cutters) cut out the cookies and place them on a baking sheet. They don't spread out much, so crowding the cookies is okay. Sprinkle each one with a bit of brown sugar. Repeat with the other 3 sections of dough.
Now, to the oven. Depending on how big the cookie cutter you use is, these bake pretty quickly because of how flat they are, so watch them. Mine baked about 8 minutes, just until the edges started to turn golden brown.
Put the cookies on a cooling rack and cool completely before glazing.
To make the glaze, pour the milk into a small bowl and add the vanilla. Then add 4 tbsp of powdered sugar and whisk or use a fork to combine. From there, add the rest of the powdered sugar as needed until you reach the right consistency – thin, but not watery.
When the cookies have cooled, glaze them. The quick way is to spoon the glaze over the cookies, drizzling a bit on each one. If you want to put a bit more TLC into the glazing process, dip the top of each cookie into the glaze. Either way, set them back on the cooking rack to set before plating.
But be careful – my tasters found these pretty addicting.
I've been looking for the perfect homemade madeleine. I think this is it. I would say that this recipe is "adapted from David Lebovitz," but I realized that I really didn't change much of anything! His recipe is perfect just the way it is (if you've never been to his website, please check it out – he usually inspires me either to cook something beautiful or to speed along my plan-making for another trip to Paris).
I love these lemon madeleines anytime. My roommate can attest that for some inexplicable reason I even made them during the Super Bowl this year–not BEFORE the Super Bowl, but actually DURING THE GAME. I have no excuse or explanation for that. And while they're fine with football, they're especially well-paired with tea. Lemon madeleines are actually one of the only things in this world for which I will actually delay drinking my daily pot of tea in order to whip up a quick batch.
To give these adorable little cookie-cakes their distinctive shell shape, you need a special pan, called a madeleine pan (go figure). The pan gives them their scalloped bottom and humped and fluffy top. I'm quite happy with my madeleine pan, so if you ask me, it's worth the investment for this little lemony French treat. However, if you want to try these but don't have a madeleine pan of your own, just follow the directions exactly as written but use a mini muffin pan instead.
First, grease your madeleine pan and put it in the freezer. This will make sure the madeleines hump up when they're in the oven.
Add eggs, sugar, and salt to a bowl. Whisk like crazy until frothy and thickened.
Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold into the egg mixture.
Gently stir the lemon zest into the butter and pour into the flour and egg batter, stirring until just combined. Pop the batter into the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
As the batter chills, preheat the oven to 425 F.
Once the batter is slightly chilled, use a spoon to scoop into the cold madeleine pan. Don't fill the scalloped cups up all the way to the rim, as the cakes will rise quite a bit.
The same goes if you're using a mini muffin pan – give them a little room to grow.
Pop them in the oven for 8-9 minutes, until the tops are set and the bottoms are lightly browned. While they're baking, mix the powdered sugar and lemon juice together for the lemon glaze, thinning with water until you reach the consistency you like – it should be pretty thin (think of a glazed doughnut).
Set the baked cakes to cool on a cooling rack. As soon as they're cool enough to handle, dip each one in the glaze, both sides (!), and set back on the cooling rack, scalloped-side up, letting the glaze set as the cakes cool all the way.
Here they are as little mini muffins. Not as dainty as the madeleine-shaped madeleines, but just as tasty!
Serve immediately with a beautiful cup of tea or coffee. Make sure to use one of your prettiest cup-and-saucer pairs.


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Hi Everyone! So I went to D.I. to look for a man shirt to transform into a little dress and I was very sadly reminded how overpriced D.I. is! $5-8 for an old shirt? Not happening. I'll have to wait and hit up some garage sales this summer so I can get shirts for $1 or less.
But in the meantime, I thought I would post about my FAVORITE pattern ever….Simplicity #5695. I got it for 99 cents on sale at Joann's and have used it more than any other pattern I've ever owned. It is so versatile. So far I've made three dresses and four summer shirts from it. The best part is that it actually has sleeves and doesn't require a zipper. I only have pictures of three of the things I've made and they are all very similar looking. But I promise the pattern can be changed up quite a bit!
The first two pictures are little baby doll shirts. I just adapted the pattern to shirt length and added ties in the back. I'm going to buy/make blue leggings with stars on them to go with the red shirt so she can wear it on the Fourth of July. The third picture is a tiered dress that I lengthened so she can wear it for a very long time. It has fit for an entire year, and it's not too small yet! Hurray!
Next articleDon't Send It To The Thrift Store!!!
Ahh, the famous dress pattern! Now that I know the number, I will be on the lookout. Thanks!
Jennifer, this is so fun! What a nice blog you have got going. I am glad so that I can keep updated with all the great and crafty things you do. You always have such great ideas. Have a good one!


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Queenslanders in conversation November 2016
A diverse panel of speakers discuss what impact policy and legislation have on our ingrained cultures and attitudes; some of the limiting factors of the current legislation, who are not protected and what happens when there is a conflict between the right to equality and other human rights. The talk coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) and the significant impact the Act has had on creating a greater sense of inclusiveness for individuals and communities across Queensland.
Join us for the fourth and final session of the Queenslanders in Conversation talk series for 2016 as our panellists discuss Has Queensland become' too PC'?
Meet the panel
Kevin Cocks AM
A highly respected human rights and disabilities advocate, commenced his appointment as Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Commissioner in February 2011. Kevin holds a Masters of Social Welfare, Administration & Planning from the University of Queensland and has received the following Community Recognition awards: Awarded an AM in 2010 for promotion of Human Rights for people with disability in Australia; Awarded Australian Human Rights Medal 2005; Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (HREOC); Awarded Centenary Medal 'for distinguished service to disability services in Queensland' in 2003. And the QUT award 'the Humanities and Human Services Outstanding Alumni Award' for 2003. This award recognises the contribution of for exceptional professional achievement and contribution to the community at Local, State, National and International level.
Anita Goon Wymarra
Anita Is a Gudang, Yadhaykenu, Takalaka woman from the Northern Peninsula Area and Gulf Country of Queensland. Her background is in Law and Criminology. She is a very proactive member in the Brisbane Aboriginal Community as well as her own community. As an editor of the only Aboriginal magazine of its kind in Australia, The Black Rising provides a platform for grass roots voices to be and heard and acknowledged. She joins our panel to provide perspective and engage dialogue as an Aboriginal Woman with the current anti-discrimination conversations.
Garrick Professor of Law at the University of Queensland. He is a native born Canadian who practised law at a large firm in Toronto and then at the Bar in London before moving to teach law in Hong Kong, New Zealand and then Australia. He has had sabbaticals at the Cornell Law School and the University of San Diego School of Law in the US and at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Dalhousie Law School in Canada (where he was the Bertha Wilson Visiting Professor of Human Rights).
Allan has published widely in the areas of constitutional law, legal philosophy and bill of rights scepticism. Allan also writes regularly for weeklies and monthlies including being a regular contributor to The Australian, The Spectator Australia, and Quadrant. He was elected to the Mont Pelerin Society in 2011.
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Harriet is currently completing a Masters of Economics at QUT, focusing on the application of economics in areas with asymmetric information. She is interested in the intersection of human nature, decision-making and the creation of systems and endeavours to educate people on what influences them to make decisions. Her work as part of the Queensland committee of the Economic Society of Australia involves facilitating the spread of economic ideas and training. Her interests include occasional researcher for the Menzies Research Centre, US Studies Centre and private clients working on public policy. She has been known to write for blogs and has been successful in receiving a number of scholarships to further her interests in economics, political philosophy, history and culture.
Queenslanders in conversation continues exploring our individual and collective identities and our sense of belonging to family, communities and state.
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