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They make millions every year. But Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko and Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub have agreed to spend a winter’s night on the cold streets of Johannesburg – and will even stump up a large amount

The Internet Service Providers’ Association, an industry body that represents most of South Africa’s ISPs, has lashed out at MTN’s decision to hike international inbound calls unilaterally, arguing that it is “misleading” for the operator to claim the decision will

MTN South Africa has defended its unilateral implementation from November 2014 of a US$0,25/minute interconnection fee on international inbound calls and has warned the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa that it will take the

Average mobile data prices in South Africa are too low and need to rise for operators to be able to afford to invest in next-generation broadband infrastructure, says MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad

WhatsApp, the world’s most popular smartphone instant messaging platform, has started rolling out voice dialling in its application (Android users only for now), striking fear into the hearts of mobile

MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh has echoed remarks made by Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub earlier this week that there’s a need for mobile operators to cooperate to reduce costs and improve

For some time now, the ongoing debate between over-the-top providers on one side and network operators on the other returns like a comet in an elliptical orbit. Each time it returns, the stakes appear to be higher as this “comet” gets closer and threatens to crash into planet ICT. MTN South Africa

In a significant development, MTN has lodged objections at both communications regulator Icasa and the Competition Commission against Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel, putting a potentially big hurdle in the way of the conclusion of the deal. TechCentral has established that

Facebook and other so-called over-the-top service providers cannot put propositions on the table that are not profitable for mobile operators and doing so would be “contrary to our goal”. That’s the view of Chris Daniels, who heads, the Facebook-led initiative to bring affordable Internet

As the debate over so-called over-the-top (OTT) service providers such as WhatsApp and Facebook continues to rage in the mobile telecommunications industry, MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh has called for “balanced cooperation” between operators and OTT players. Farroukh says in a statement


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Skyscanner adds train travel booking, starting in UK

UK-based travel search engine Skyscanner has expanding its offering with a train ticket booking feature that lets users of its iOS app book UK train journeys. The feature is slated as coming to UK Android users shortly.

The company’s travel booking platform already offers booking for flights, hotels and car hire. The ability to search and book rail tickets (without booking fees) is intended to capture more of UK travelers’ spending — given how many destinations aren’t served by a nearby airport.

Train travel can also of course be a preferential option for some trips and travelers.

Skyscanner says the data behind its new rail feature is powered by, Ctrip’s new international travel booking service, which will also provide 24-hour customer service.

The Chinese online travel giant acquired Skyscanner back in 2016 for $1.74BN, though Skyscanner remains operationally independent.

While Skyscanner’s new rail feature is currently UK domestic only, a spokeswoman told us it expects to roll out to further international markets “in due course”. Doing so looks aimed at beefing up its competitive edge against the likes of multimodal travel planners, such as GoEuro

In a statement, Bryan Dove, Skyscanner’s CTO, said: “Being part of the Ctrip group allows us to take advantage of elements of Ctrip’s technology and experience and bring that value to Skyscanner’s travellers.

“The launch of our train booking product is one such example. Our focus has always been on making travel as easy as possible and our new train feature will do just that, with the benefit of no booking fees.”


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Massive data leak: 235 million users exposed

A recent massive data leak has been making the headlines. Reportedly data of 235 million Instagram, TikTok and Youtube users have been leaked due to improper storage methods of data by companies.

Nowadays, such data leaks are getting more prevalent than ever. If anyone is on Social Media, they should be concerned about their privacy.

How did the leak happen?

The company Social Data that sells user data legally to marketing companies is apparently the culprit of the situation here. They didn’t integrate any form of security in the social media data they had on users. And, unfortunately, some hackers found out about the mess and dumped the data on the dark web.

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The leaked data had all kinds of information about the users: personal information, username, statistics of the account and a lot of other data. The data has over 195 million Instagram users, and around 35 million Tiktok users and the remaining data was from Youtube.

The API platform “Deep Social” which was banned in 2018 by Facebook and Instagram was also linked back to the data leak. The social media giants claimed that the platform is fraudulently scrapping user profiles.

Is the situation handled?

Data or privacy of an individual is a crucial thing. Companies are ready to pay huge sums of money for getting the personalised data of users. So, they can show them ads and thus make money in return. If the massive data leak that happened had any data of any big celeb or influencer, then that data in the wrong hands could be disastrous.

At present, the chief technology officer of social data addressed the issue of the leak has been. Any backdoor to the data has been closed off. The company, however, declined to give any explanation regarding the links to Deep Social.

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DreamHost may not be as popular as Siteground and Bluehost amongst typical web users, however believe me, it’s an incredibly popular brand name among designers, designers and digital marketers.
Since they were founded in 1996 ( in Los Angeles), they’ve grown to host over 1.5 million sites and have numerous workers. Outstanding. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate

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DreamHost is one of those service providers that you can find suggested everywhere. WordPress themselves endorses them — but I’m not sure how seriously I ‘d take this endorsement, as while they show SiteGround as an alternative (which we authorize), they likewise recommend Bluehost, which is a much more questionable choice. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

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For their small price tag, they seem to use a lot: limitless storage and bandwidth, backups, 24-hour support and even totally free SSL certificates. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

However do they do not have crucial functions? And how does DreamHost perform?

I am going to respond to all of these questions and more in this DreamHost review so you can discover all about their pros, cons, rates and when (and when not) to use them.

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What Products Does DreamHost Deal?
As their offering is not restricted to shared hosting plans, let’s examine what other services you can get with DreamHost.

Alongside hosting bundles, you can get domain at DreamHost. Choose from over 400 TLDs (like.com,. org,. net) or more unique extensions (like.club or.guru). Nation specific TLDs such as.es,. fr,. co.uk or.de are likewise offered. A.com domain is $ 15.99 at renewal.

DreamHost’s shared hosting will provide you a lot for your money, they cost $ 3.95 a month for the 1-site plan or $ 9.95 for the Limitless tier– simple prices. This kind of hosting is terrific to begin, but if your project grows a lot (e.g. more than 200,000 visitors a month), you’ll need to upgrade.

You can think of a Virtual Private Server (VPS) as a shared hosting server that has actually been divided into smaller sized servers. This indicates that you can configure it to your requirements. Your site will be hosted separately from other clients’– the resources aren’t shared either. VPS hosting plans at DreamHost begin at $ 13.75 a month and can go all the way as much as $110 a month. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate

If your website gets so big that you require your own server, that’s when you need to consider getting a devoted account– beware, these are a bit more expensive. Dedicated hosting at DreamHost begins at $169 monthly.

That’s not all, DreamHost likewise offers cloud hosting. Picture this as a series of interconnected servers that host your website. This solution is ideal for those expecting peaks of traffic as more resources (e.g. RAM and CPU) can be added as you need them. Determining just how much will you pay it’s tricky as the price depends on the resources (e.g. RAM or storage) that you require.

On top of all that, they also offer WordPress hosting plans– they have special WordPress packages for their shared and VPS hosting. If you ‘d like automated updates, staging areas and devoted WordPress support, you can opt-in for a Managed WordPress account. Shared WordPress hosting starts at $3.95 a month, VPS at $10 and Handled WordPress at $19.95.

Nevertheless, if you do not want any technical trouble and just want to easily release an easy site, they use a site contractor too. It appears extremely low-cost (starts at $4.95), however in all sincerity, I haven’t tested it so I would not know if it’s any good.

The focus of this DreamHost review is their shared hosting plans, so from now on, I’ll be referencing those.

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DreamHost has an ‘Unrestricted Policy’ and they do not accept certain tasks like file circulation websites.

I truly value that DreamHost’s pricing and plan structure are both transparent and basic. They only have 2 shared strategies which include the majority of the basics you’ll require– no aggressive and expensive upsells.

Let’s check out what plan will you need:

The Shared Starter plan is restricted to 1 website, so if you are just wanting to host 1 website, this is your finest choice. Be aware that if you need e-mail accounts, those are paid separately in this strategy ($ 1.67 a month additional)– a fair cost if you ask me. The only other limitation is databases, as you will not be able to produce more than 6– however don’t worry, for 1-site tasks 6 is a lot.

To host more than 1 site you’ll need the (still cost effective) Shared plan. This one consists of email accounts and unrestricted databases too. There aren’t any other features added as the standard strategy is already pretty generous with storage, FTP accounts, bandwidth and so on.

There are also enhanced prices plans for WooCommerce users, that you can discover here.

DreamHost Review: Pros & Cons
Sure, DreamHost is quite economical and offers rather a lot, however how they carry out and what features are they missing? * Spoiler Alert *: they’re missing out on a number of innovative functions.
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When to Utilize DreamHost’s Hosting?
Well, a lot of website owners must think about using DreamHost. It combines both low prices and high quality, something that’s extremely challenging to find these days in the hosting world.

I would state that little tasks (e.g. a dental practitioner’s website) searching for the best value for their money need to consider DreamHost.

Bigger sites could discover a great partner in DreamHost’s shared hosting too. It has enough speed, excellent assistance and trustworthy uptime for devoted blog writers and hardcore site designers.

Even if it’s not PCI certified out-of-the-box, DreamHost supports this technology– you might make it happen geeking around. This is clearly a huge pro for ecommerce tasks.

When Not to Utilize DreamHost’s hosting?

There are a couple of cases where I would not recommend DreamHost.

As they do not have servers outside the US, if your audience does not originate from North America, it’s most likely not the very best option. Bluehost, SiteGroundor A2 Hosting could be a better fit.

tech-savvy users like developers or firms may miss some sophisticated functions like staging areas, integrated caching system or pre-installed Git repositories. If you fancy having these, SiteGround is the method to go. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

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Is DreamHost slow and/or have consistent service interruptions?

Prior to you devote and leave your website’s ‘well-being’ to a new hosting company, you ought to check out their performance.

Naturally, I do not expect you to have time to go and test 5 or 6 hosting service providers over a number of weeks. To make your life simpler, I’ve just recently checked DreamHost’s efficiency and benchmarked it against their competitors.

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No one desires their site to take ages to load. This can hurt your user engagement metrics (e.g. conversion rate) and ruin your organic (online search engine) rankings. And naturally, a quick hosting supplier is a fundamental player for your website to load fast.

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I was a bit unwilling about DreamHost’s speed as they do not seem to have a built-in caching system and are likewise missing out on a couple of other features. As you can see in the table above, their speed efficiency was top of the class during our tests.

So take a look at DreamHost if speed is a crucial factor for you. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

Is DreamHost’s Uptime Good?
Some hosting service providers have consistent disturbances and their availability (uptime) suffers. As you can picture, this can be a big issue for hosting-dependant tasks like online shops or digital marketing firms. Google and other search engines won’t treat you too positively.

Because of this, I continuously keep an eye on hosting companies’ uptime. Let me share DreamHost’s with you.

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DreamHost 100%
SiteGround 99.98%
Bluehost 99.98%
GoDaddy 99.97%
InMotion 99.97%
Hostgator 99.94%
A2 Hosting 99.93%
IPage 99.66%

DreamHost uptime results are astonishing, for the last 4 months they have had 100% uptime. Practically no other provider, at this level, can supply these results. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

DreamHost Review: Do I Recommend It?

Yes, I do recommend DreamHost.

This hosting provider can be an excellent option for lots of. Fair rates, strong assistance and a very generous limitless policy (for storage and bandwidth) will be incredibly appealing benefits for numerous.

In addition, their efficiency is among the best I have actually tried, implying that your task (even big websites) will be securely hosted at DreamHost.

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Be aware nevertheless, that if you are searching for expert features like staging areas, incorporated caching and pre-installed Git repositories, DreamHost might fail. It’s not ideal if your traffic comes primarily from outside North America.

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Alright, I need to say that I do think DreamHost can be a great match to host most sites. Nevertheless, let me recommend a couple of options for some scenarios:.

In addition to DreamHost, SiteGround and Bluehost provide the very best assistance. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

In my experience, SiteGround is a top-performing host. On top of that, they provide a fully-featured hosting service and are an excellent match for WordPress users. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate

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Following are a few of the commonly asked questions (Frequently asked questions) regarding DreamHost that we have actually been asked by our customers. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

Is DreamHost a good host?
Yes, DreamHost is a good host for any sort of starter WordPress internet site. They provide terrific functions, a well-founded platform, and quick web servers at an inexpensive cost. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

Their quality of service and also prices is on the same level with HostGator, GoDaddy, and also Bluehost.

The only web hosting business that supplies less expensive host costs than DreamHost is Hostinger.

Does DreamHost use cPanel?

No, DreamHost does not make use of cPanel. Instead, they have actually built their own customized control board that has all the management includes you’ll find in cPanel.

You can quickly do MySQL data source monitoring, adjustment PHP versions, access 1-click installers for WordPress, handle SSH & FTP access, as well as more. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

Which is much better Bluehost or DreamHost?

Bluehost as well as DreamHost offer similar attributes as well as they are both good hosting service providers. Bluehost has a side as they offer 24/7 Real-time Chat support which is fantastic for beginners.

Which is much better DreamHost vs SiteGround?

DreamHost as well as SiteGround utilized to be comparable, yet lately SiteGround has actually significantly improved their webhosting system. They have likewise boosted their rates by 2x. Dreamhost Iphone Mail Certificate.

The contrast isn’t fair any longer.

If you were contrasting DreamHost vs SiteGround based on common hosting costs, after that DreamHost is better.

If you were contrasting DreamPress handled hosting vs SiteGround, after that SiteGround offers a lot even more value for better prices.

Where are DreamHost web servers located?

DreamHost web servers lie in the United States. They have information facilities in Ashburn Virginia and Hillsboro Oregon. DreamHost headquarter is situated in Brea, The golden state.

Can I Install WooCommerce on DreamHost?

Yes, you can easily install WooCommerce on DreamHost shared hosting as well as VPS strategies.

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    Mark / bookmark / remember a post?

    I'm looking for some functionality that will help me with this use case: I'm reading threads with unread messages, and I see something I want to comment on, just not right now. Maybe I want to be sure I read to the end of the thread before writing a reply (wow imagine that) or it's too hard to...

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    BMW's Connected+ access to onboard cameras

    Here's an article with a few interesting features that I hope Tesla will integrate into their cars. BMW Connected+ Brings Remote 3D Security Cam, Microsoft Email Integration, and More I certainly like the idea of being able to access the cameras, perhaps a step up would be to tie it into the...

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Model 3 Dashboard Cap?

I would caution strongly against that glossy finish across the dash piece. That sounds like you're gonna get sun reflections in your eyes all the time.

Also, it's ABS plastic.. seems like it's pretty overpriced for what you get. Just do a vinyl wrap if you want that look and it should be cheaper.

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This page describes a BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal).
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Please do not modify this page. This is a mirror of the BIP from the source Git repository here.

  BIP: 384
  Layer: Applications
  Title: combo() Output Script Descriptors
  Author: Pieter Wuille <>
          Andrew Chow <>
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  Status: Draft
  Type: Informational
  Created: 2021-06-27
  License: BSD-2-Clause

This document specifies combo() output script descriptors. These take a key and produce P2PK, P2PKH, P2WPKH, and P2SH-P2WPKH output scripts if applicable to the key.

This BIP is licensed under the BSD 2-clause license.

In order to make the transition from traditional key based wallets to descriptor based wallets easier, it is useful to be able to take a key and produce the scripts which have traditionally been produced by wallet software.

A new top level script expression is defined: combo(KEY). This expression can only be used as a top level expression. It takes a single key expression as an argument and produces either 2 or 4 output scripts, depending on the key. A combo() expression always produces a P2PK and P2PKH script, the same as putting the key in both a pk() and a pkh() expression. If the key is/has a compressed public key, then P2WPKH and P2SH-P2WPKH scripts are also produced, the same as putting the key in both a wpkh() and sh(wpkh()) expression.

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Backwards Compatibility

combo() descriptors use the format and general operation specified in 380. As this is a wholly new descriptor, it is not compatible with any implementation. However the scripts produced are standard scripts so existing software are likely to be familiar with them.

Reference Implementation

combo() descriptors have been implemented in Bitcoin Core since version 0.17.


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Wildlife in the underground tree stump den: “Who goes there?”

The underground tree stump den is visited by just about every critter that lives anywhere near here. Watch and you’ll see foxes, a poisonous coral snake, checkered garter snakes eating a frog, raccoons, possums, skunks, ringtails, rock squirrels, geckos, and even a curious little wren.

Taunting the great horned owl

What does a great horned owl have to do to get some peace and quiet?  Amazingly, we sometimes see him (we think this is a male) being taunted by animals who could easily become an afternoon snack. In this video you can see the owl being heckled by a squirrel, a titmouse, and even a […]


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Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Alcaligenaceae
Genus: Bordetella
Species: B. pertussis

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Toxins Produced by B. pertussis

B. pertussis produces a variety of substances with toxic activity in the class of exotoxins and endotoxins.

It secretes its own invasive adenylate cyclase which enters mammalian cells (Bacillus anthracis produces a similar enzyme, EF). This toxin acts locally to reduce phagocytic activity and probably helps the organism initiate infection. This toxin is a 45 kDa protein that may be cell-associated or released into the environment. Mutants of B. pertussis in the adenylate cyclase gene have reduced virulence in mouse models. The organisms can still colonize but cannot produce the lethal disease. The adenylate cyclase toxin is a single polypeptide with an enzymatic domain (i.e., adenylate cyclase activity) and a binding domain that will attach to host cell surfaces. The adenylate cyclase was originally identified as a hemolysin because it will lyse red blood cells. In fact, it is responsible for hemolytic zones around colonies of Bordetella pertussis growing on blood agar. Probably it inserts into the erythrocyte membrane which causes hemolysis. An interesting feature of the adenylate cyclase toxin is that it is active only in the presence of a eukaryotic regulatory molecule called calmodulin, which up-regulates the activity of the eukaryotic adenylate cyclase. The adenylate cyclase toxin is only active in the eukaryotic cell since no similar regulatory molecule exists in procaryotes. Thus, the molecule seems to have evolved specifically to parasitize eukaryotic cells. Anthrax EF (edema factor) is also a calmodulin-dependent adenylate cyclase.

It produces a highly lethal toxin (formerly called dermonecrotic toxin) which causes inflammation and local necrosis adjacent to sites where B. pertussis is located. The lethal toxin is a 102 kDa protein composed of four subunits, two with a mw of 24kDa and two with mw of 30 kDa. It causes necrotic skin lesions when low doses are injected subcutaneosly in mice and is lethal in high doses. The role of the toxin in whooping cough is not known.

It produces a substance called the tracheal cytotoxin which is toxic for ciliated respiratory epithelium and which will stop the ciliated cells from beating. This substance is not a classic bacterial exotoxin since it is not composed of protein. The tracheal cytotoxin is a peptidoglycan fragment, which appears in the extracellular fluid where the bacteria are actively growing. The toxin kills ciliated cells and causes their extrusion from the mucosa. It also stimulates release of cytokine IL-1, and so causes fever.

It produces the pertussis toxin, PTx, a protein that mediates both the colonization and toxemic stages of the disease. PTx is a two component, A+B bacterial exotoxin. The A subunit (S1) is an ADP ribosyl transferase. The B component, composed of five polypeptide subunits (S2 through S5), binds to specific carbohydrates on cell surfaces. The role of PTx in invasion has already been discussed. PTx is transported from the site of growth of the Bordetella to various susceptible cells and tissues of the host. Following binding of the B component to host cells, the A subunit is inserted through the membrane and released into the cytoplasm in a mechanism of direct entry. The A subunit gains enzymatic activity and transfers the ADP ribosyl moiety of NAD to the membrane-bound regulatory protein Gi that normally inhibits the eukaryotic adenylate cyclase. The Gi protein is inactivated and cannot perform its normal function to inhibit adenylate cyclase. The conversion of ATP to cyclic AMP cannot be stopped and intracellular levels of cAMP increase. This has the effect to disrupt cellular function, and in the case of phagocytes, to decrease their phagocytic activities such as chemotaxis, engulfment, the oxidative burst, and bacteridcidal killing. Systemic effects of the toxin include lymphocytosis and alteration of hormonal activities that are regulated by cAMP, such as increased insulin production (resulting in hypoglycemia) and increased sensitivity to histamine (resulting in increased capillary permeability, hypotension and shock). PTx also affects the immune system in experimental animals. B cells and T cells that leave the lymphatics show an inability to return. This alters both AMI and CMI responses and may explain the high freqency of secondary infections that accompany pertussis (the most frequent secondary infections during whooping cough are pneumomia and otitis media).

Although the effects of the pertussis toxin are dependent on ADP ribosylation, it has been shown that mere binding of the B oligomer can elicit a response on the cell surface such as lymphocyte mitogenicity, platelet activation, and production of insulin effects.

The pertussis toxin gene has been cloned and sequenced and the subunits expressed in E. coli. The toxin can be inactivated and converted to toxoid for use in component vaccines.

Comparison between cholera toxin and pertussis toxin (ptx) in their ability to interfere with the regulation of the eucaryotic adenylate cyclase complex.

Normal regulation of adenylate cyclase activity in mammalian cells. Adenylate cyclase (AC) is activated normally by a stimulatory regulatory protein (Gs) and guanosine triphosphate (GTP); however the activation is normally brief because an inhibitory regulatory protein (Gi) hydrolyzes the GTP.

Adenylate cyclase activated by cholera toxin The cholera toxin A1 fragment catalyzes the attachment of ADP-Ribose (ADPR to the regulatory protein Gs, forming Gs-ADPR from which GTP cannot be hydrolyzed. Since GTP hydrolysis is the event that inactivates adenylate cyclase (AC), the enzyme remains continually activated.

Adenylate cyclase activated by pertussis toxin (The pertussis A subunit transfers the ADP ribosyl moiety of NAD to the membrane-bound regulatory protein Gi that normally inhibits the eukaryotic adenylate cyclase. The Gi protein is inactivated and cannot perform its normal function to inhibit adenylate cyclase. The conversion of ATP to cyclic AMP cannot be stopped.

Lipopolysaccharide. As a Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis possesses lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin) in its outer membrane, but its LPS is unusual. It is heterogeneous, with two major forms differing in the phosphate content of the lipid moiety. The alternative form of Lipid A is designated Lipid X. The unfractionated material elicits the usual effects of LPS (i.e., induction of IL-1, activation of complement, fever, hypotension, etc.), but the distribution of those activities is different in the two forms of LPS. For example, Lipid X, but not Lipid A, is pyrogenic, and its O-side chain is a very powerful immune adjuvant. Furthermore, Bordetella LPS is more potent in the limulus assay than LPS from other Gram-negative bacteria, so it is not reliable to apply knowledge of the biological activity of LPS in the Enterobacteriaceae to the LPS of Bordetella. The role of this unusual LPS in the pathogenesis of whooping cough has not been investigated.

Regulation of Virulence Factors in B. pertussis

The production of virulence factors in B. pertussis is regulated in several different ways. Expression of virulence factors is regulated by the bvg operon.

First, the organisms undergo an event called phase variation resulting in the loss of most virulence factors and some undefined outer membrane proteins. Phase variation has been shown to occur at a genetic frequency of 10-4 - 10-6 generations and results from a specific DNA frame shift that comes about after the insertion of a single nucleotide into the bvg (also known as vir) operon.

A similar process called phenotypic modulation, occurs in response to environmental signals such as temperature or chemical content, and is reversible. This is an adaptive process mediated by the products of the bvg operon, and is an example of a two-component environmental-sensing (regulatory) system used by other bacteria. The expression of these regulatory proteins is itself regulated by environmental signals, such that entry into a host might induce components required for survival and production of disease.

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Name: Acid Storm
Alligeance: Decepticon
Subgroup: Seekers, Rainmakers
Function: Rain Man

Starscream. Skywarp. Thundercracker. Dirge. Ramjet. Thrust. Sunstorm. Teh Seeker jets! Well, since the Season 1 Decepticons in the TV series only consisted of Megatron, Soundwave, the three Seekers, Rumble, Laserbeak, Ravage and three Reflectors--Shockwave is on Cybertron, Buzzsaw and Frenzy wouldn't appear until later--it is not surprising that the animators created many generic Seeker jets and Reflector lookalikes. While mainly purple, blue and shades of green, a trio of Cybertron-bound Seekers, seen in the episode Divide and Conquer, were notable. The main generics were lavender-purple, with others somewhere around that shade, but the trio were outrageous. One is lemon green, one is bright purple, one is bright blue. It burns out your pupils!

Anyway, they did create an acid rain cloud, halting our Autobot friends--Bluestreak, BB, Ironhide and Trailbreaker--from delivering a life-saving device to Optimus Prime. Chip Chase, a wheelchair bound human, somehow managed to talk and give an inspiring speech that lets Trailbreaker defeat the Seekers. How an acid rain is able to corrode metal and not affect a human boy is beyond my understanding.

Now I have a weakness for obscure characters. Be it Reflector or Scrounge or Kick Off or "Starfall" (my pet name to the lavender seekers--I also adapted it into our RPG) or Grindcore or Full Tilt or Gizmo or Blackjack or the completely evil and ignored emperor of destruction--Banzai-tron, these guys are Transformers too! I like those who don't have toys, like Devcon or Scrounge or piano-guy from Target 2006, and Acid Storm, when I learnt of his nature, was near the top of my must-have list.

Firstly, he's a redeco of the excellent Classics Starscream mold. Well, having encore Skywarp and TC around, they leave something to be desired. Second, Acid Storm is an interesting character. From the little we know, he can summon acid rain, and is stationed on Cybertron. He is partnered with Yellow-guy and Blue-guy. Both have many other names in TF fiction, including Lemon Drop, Hydro Storm, Lightning Storm, Crayon, Thundercracker-wannabe, Monsoon and others. Our RPG's official names are Downpour and Thunderhead, if you must know.

Anyway. I bought this toy, and I don't regret it... much.

Preliminary names for Acid Storm include Acid Rain and Rainmaker. All three are spoken at one point or another on the Seekers, but they probably refer to the rain cloud they're making. Rainmaker is the group name, by the way.

Acid Storm turns into a F15 Eagle. A much more accurate version than the G1's, nevertheless it still feels not as sleek as G1 seekers. Thankfully not painted in neon lime green, it instead features a kind of a camo paint job. So for once I'm glad it's not show accurate. Geewuns everywhere will cry. Green is still the main colour, with streaks of yellow and brown.

Most shockingly, the nosecone is baby blue. This detracts from the overall feel of the paint job. And no, it isn't rubber. So whatever you do don't chew on it. You might break your toy.

Acid Storm can attach his Hyperion3 cannons under the wings. Hyperion3 is a reference to Monzo, a Transfan and frequent net user. When will one of us get this treatment, I wonder?

Acid Storm's robot mode is definitely one of the best. But then, I say that about all Seekers. If you must know, I think this mold has been painted for Starscream twice, Ramjet (with a retool), Skywarp and Acid Storm. And we've got TC, Thrust and Dirge as club exclusives.

Acid Storm's robot mode handles the colour spread more professionally. The baby blueish colour is a nice match to the green, unlike the nosecone. It might just be me, but Acid Storm's paint job is very fascinating. Probably a result of the majority of TFs having whites and blacks and reds and yellows and blues... Like, only a few like Hound and the Constructicons had green in early G1.

As with Starscream, the null rays, I mean Hyperion3 cannons, can be hand held, shoulder held and stored in wings. Poseability is excellent in robot mode, and is a great leap from those iffy G1 Seeker toys. Oh, and this mold has real shoulders and elbows and wrists and knees and thigh joints! Definitely a marked improvement from the G1 mold.

Acid Storm has the standard G1-Seeker face mold, meaning the same with Starscream and the other two. What I wish they've done is let the nosecone be stored. The way it hangs from the head's behind, while not entirely noticeable from the front, hinders the head poseability somewhat. No big loss though.

All in all, a detailed robot mode, a Seeker at that. If you missed the former releases, now is a good time to get it. Yes, I know they're releasing Starscream. Will it hurt to get both?

DURABILITY 7/10 not the strongest toy out there but quite durable.
FUN 9/10 he's a Seeker dammit
4/10 simple an' quick, effective too. Unlike some recent toys... Prowl, Sunstreaker, Octankor and Ironhide all come to mind...
PRICE 7/10 a Deluxe ain't bad...
OVERALL 9/10 as a toy. But this is a mold that saw repaintings a lot of times, and if you have an earlier reproduction it's no sense unless you don't have the mold or a mad completist.
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According to a current Bloomberg report, a 42-year-old male called Thomas Spieker was prosecuted for apparently running a “cash-to-Bitcoin” cash laundering operation in New York.

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While it’s an indisputable reality that Bitcoin, among other cryptocurrencies, can be utilized for illegal activities, the above declaration of DA Bragg appears to be a bit improbable. First of all, the whole operation was apparently worth $2.3 million, which, albeit a lot for a common individual, does not bode as an enormous amount in the criminal world.

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A couple of years back, cryptocurrency trading was a specific niche field booked just for code fanatics and cypherpunks. This is no longer the case.

Bitcoin has actually ended up being a family name, and with it, a number of the leading altcoins took spotlight throughout the last parabolic market advance. Cryptocurrencies struck traditional media like never ever in the past, particularly with the rise of meme-coins like Dogecoin and Shiba Inu.

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Peachfolio is among the extremely couple of easily offered mobile applications that permit users to rapidly track every BSC and Ethereum token right in the portfolio from the very minute they introduce. The group behind Peachfolio likewise plans to incorporate a number of other blockchains such as Cardano, Polygon, and Solana.

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As discussed above, the mobile app can be utilized on both Android and iOS phones. It can be downloaded free of charge from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store, respectively.

After you’ve set up the app, you will be triggered through a fast tutorial. After rapidly acquainting yourself with a few of the functions, you can include your own BSC or Ethereum- based wallet address and begin browsing it, or additionally, utilize a presentation wallet that’s supplied. We picked the previous and utilized among our wallets.

This is what the general app control panel appears like utilized on a Samsung Galaxy S21 gadget:

As seen above, we have actually included 2 wallets– a BSC one and an ETH one– and this is the present combined portfolio. Everything is plainly noticeable and quickly differentiated.

Users can filter the tokens by name and by worth– in this case, we’ve picked the latter. If you wish to discover particular details on a specific token, all you require to do is tap on it, and this will take you to the following screen:

Here, we take a closer take a look at AAVE. We can see details on its address, rate, chart, overall supply, market capitalization, present holdings, and their worth. Users are likewise able to check out a thorough description and track their P&L and trade history from the menu right listed below the chart.

Additionally, it’s likewise possible to show your present portfolio through a pie chart. This is an extremely cool graph of your present allowance:

From the wallet icon, users can include or eliminate tokens.

Now, something that we kept in mind is that the app shows all tokens in your wallet, despite whether there’s real liquidity for it. We got in touch with the group, and they reacted right away, describing that it’s essential to track all tokens to properly show newly-minted and developed ones.

However, if there’s a token that you wish to leave out from the monitored list, all you require to do is swipe left and choose the Hide choice. This will eliminate it from the list, and it will likewise eliminate it from the portfolio’s worth. It’s hassle-free and simple.

In regards to any possible security obstacles that the above may trigger, the group exposed the following:

These [read: illiquid tokens or tokens that were rugpulled] can be reported and concealed by swiping left on the token, correcting the worth of your wallet. If we get a variety of reports, we examine and prohibit tokens considered not to be legitimate. We’re constantly taking a look at methods to enhance on this even more.

You can’t trade on the app, so you can never ever expose your wallet to the risks of a rip-off token by connecting with its agreement.

All in all, after utilizing the app for a couple of days to track the efficiency and keep an eye on of our portfolio, we’re of the conclusion that it’s an extremely hassle-free tool, particularly for those who are getting involved actively in the DeFi community.

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Beyond the mobile app, Peachfolio is constructing a fully-fledged analytics ecosystem that’s tailored to supply whatever you may require in regards to DeFi information under one roofing.

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Peach Hub permits you to get real-time information, breaking news, an effective analytics control panel, and charting tools– all in one location that’s quickly integrated with the mobile application. On top of the standard tools, those who gain access to Peach Hub will likewise get advanced informs, extra technical analysis tools, a news feed, along with presale market analysis. This is something that we have not encounter other comparable applications.

Users have the ability to get:

  • Liquidity analysis showing where the present liquidity rests
  • Social media circulation analytics to keep an eye on neighborhood engagement and participation
  • All readily available markets for a particular token
  • Analysis of existing token holders with visual circulation and visualization

Another thing that makes an impression is that users with access to Peach Hub can likewise take pleasure in capital gains tax estimations. They can get in-depth reports and estimations based upon their particular jurisdiction.

To sync the mobile app with Peach Hub, users require to hold a particular variety of the platform’s native PCHF tokens.

Peach Learn

Those who want to refine their trading and financial investment abilities can make the most of the extra resources supplied through Peach Learn. The material consists of videos, explainers, and posts put together and crafted by the group, along with by market professionals from worldwide.

Peach Learn to Earn, on the other hand, is an effort that offers PCHF holders with access to airdropped tokens, along with possessions from partnering jobs.

This is designated to end up being an advanced analytics plan that intends to spare you of hours or perhaps days of research study required to make a notified choice.

The platform aggregates information from a vast array of sources to supply a central hotspot devoted to providing actionable details. Users can get market security and analytics tools to discover the current advancements in the market, future patterns, whale motions, and social networks tracking. Some of the functions in this item suite consist of:

  • Aggregated Influencer Analysis
  • Whale Monitoring
  • Upcoming Social Trends

Peach Finance

This is another function of Peachfolio that offers users with access to much more tools. These consist of, however are not restricted to:

  • Peach Wallet– a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet utilized to carry out sell the DeFi community or merely keep your holdings.
  • Automatic Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) order option.
  • DeFi Farming suite allows users to access a service to farm and track yields straight from their mobile phones.

In addition, users are likewise able to gain access to stop loss and limitation orders, real-time trading charts, and even insurance coverage choices.

Peach NFT and Gaming

This area is particularly created for the NFT and video gaming fanatics. They can keep their non-fungible tokens while likewise looking into others and examine their market price to make a notified choice.

Additionally, users can likewise track their play-to-earn yields and handle in-game possessions.

The Peachfolio PCHF Token

PCHF is the token that underpins the whole platform and Peachfolio’s community. It has an optimum supply of 1 billion tokens, which was dispersed based upon the chart listed below:

The primary energy of the token is to supply access to the numerous analytics tools that the group has actually developed. In other words– to gain access to particular functions, you require to hold PCHF. These are the present requirements, based on the main site:

It’s likewise worth keeping in mind that there’s an 8% tax on buys, offers, and transfers of PCHF, which is dispersed as follows:

  • 2% for liquidity
  • 2% for advancement
  • 4% reflections to holders

All in all, after utilizing the app for a couple of days and taking a look at the majority of its readily available functions, it’s relatively simple to conclude that the group has actually done a fantastic task.

The app is complimentary to utilize, and you can track as much as 3 wallets without needing to utilize any PCHF to unlock extra abilities. This offers users with sufficient freedom to appropriately evaluate the waters. There’s actually whatever one may require to appropriately track portfolio efficiency and a great deal of extra tools that numerous competitive applications stop working to provide.

Furthermore, utilizing PCHF to unlock extra functions provides users an entire brand-new horizon of analytics chances.

In short, we can sum up a few of the benefits and drawbacks as follows:

  • A total set of tools for all your DeFi requirements
  • Seamless mobile app user interface that’s simple and extremely instinctive to utilize
  • An broadened providing set that covers all educational requirements

  • Having to hold a fiat-denominated quantity of PCHF tokens may need extra financial investment, need to rates decrease

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The CultCast
This week: you’d never know it from Steve Job’s effortless keynote introduction, but the original iPhone was plagued with huge design and production issues that almost made Apple call it quits, right up until the day it was released!  To commemorate the iPhone’s 10th anniversary, we’ll recount some of the incredible stories behind iPhone’s beleaguered early days, and celebrate how Apple pulled off one of the greatest device launches in history.
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Trying to build a better iPod
  • iPod was ruling the world, it was 50% of Apple’s revenue.
  • Apple had the wherewithal to realize it was only a matter of time before phones would do it all, and they realized they needed to build one.
  • Well the iPod used a click wheel, so why not build a phone function into that?  It worked great, until they realized it wouldn’t work for dialing numbers.
  • Steve Jobs realized their multitouch technology, which existed as rough demo, could be the key to controlling the iPhone.  But they’d had to shrink it.  The technology at the time consisted of  a ping-pong table-sized display with a projector shooting down onto it.  They had found their solution.
The pressure
  • Around 2005, Steve Jobs conveyed to Forstall and team that he hated the replacement iPhone proposals he was seeing, and that’s when he threatened to take the project away from them.  He gave the team two weeks to come up with a good design.
  • The team went into overdrive. Working tirelessly.  Non stop.  They had to come up with an entire multitouch design language, touch interactions, like pinch to zoom and the rubber banding scroll.
  • When the two weeks was up, they convened with Steve to show him their new work.
  • He watched silently, stoic.
  • And when the demo was over, Steve said, "let me see it again.”
  • So once more they dived into their vision of the iPhone.
  • And after they were through, Steve simply said: Good job guys.  He was blown away.
The keyboard
  • One of the biggest challenges was the software keyboard.  They knew it’d be compared to what Blackberry had, so it had to be good.
  • Unfortunately, in it’s current version, it was total crap.  Worse, the launch date was looming.
  • Scott Forstall knew they were in the danger zone.  He pulled out all the stops.  He froze development on other apps and brought in all their UI developers, and told everyone: make a keyboard.
  • Well three weeks later they all convened, and one by one they showed off their work.  Some of the examples were decent, some really complicated or strange.
  • But one guy came up, and presented what looked like normal keyboard, but as he typed, they realized it was extremely accurate.  They were shocked.
  • How could this be.  How was this working.
  • The UI developer had built AI techniques into the keyboard to learn how you type, and as you did so, it could predict which letter you’d type next.
  • And even though the key sizes on the keyboard didn’t change, but the hit region of your next likely key choice would grow, so even if you didn’t hit it on the head, the right key would still be input.
Software designers didn’t know what the phone looked like. The hardware designers didn’t know what the software looked like.  They all saw it for the first time at the Macworld keynote in January, 2007
What we’re in to
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25 September, 2011

Psycho cows and other things

I painted some cows....my monochromatic friends were black and white. I was not excited about them. Then I introduced a good idea(colour) but went a little crazy and hence,psycho cows are on the canvas. I like the idea but I will rework it from beginning with the colour in mind and be more carefull with the placement of paint. But, here they are in anycase....

And then, I painted this for my friend Helene. Well, I painted this with her in mind.

It is not massive, 25cmx50cm, but I really like it's warmth, much like Helene herself!

This is a detail of the painting.

I am on a mission to paint small for a while, not miniatures, but small enough that I have to THINK about my brushstrokes and the paint application as a one stroke exercise, not a three stroke mess!

  1. I just found you by a random painting on Pinterest. LOVE your work. Love the feel. Love the cows. Love it all. Thanks!

  2. Thank you for your kind comments,citygirlfarming! pinterest is my non so secret addiction!!!

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