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Re-engaging our Peace, llvl

We don’t know if the people who stole our friends’ car were kids on a dangerous joy ride or souls with more nefarious purpose in mind. It was fairly interesting to talk to some people at my husband’s gig last night, apparently, more than one guy we now know as fine, upstanding citizen, at least once drove on the wild side.

I was such a good girl, and in fact, some appearances to the contrary, still am. Never strayed toward that line. And I’ve never been one to throw myself down a hill on skis or hop off a high dive, or, or, or. I hope I take mental and emotional risks now and again… but I don’t get how it’s fun to jack a car.

And we hope that’s all it was. stupid kids who some how missed the respecting property memo.

And whatever the intent, I’m familiar enough with the sense of violation you might feel…I’ve had a person rummage through my chest of drawers, looking for drug money. Bastid stole my ukelele. I haven’t played since. One wonders what the street value of a ukelele is… oops digression.

When I lived in Oakland, where no one dreamed cars were safe, Gramma May channeled her insomnia to the good. she and her television sat and kept watch. So when a local gang thought Aileen Street would be a good place to set up Car Boost School, one car was broken into, and then she made two calls: one to her sons and then 911. The guys were on the street before the cops. May’s sons and the cops gave our block an out-of-bounds status.

While the neighborhood thrived under her careful and tender regard (she not only went after the ‘bad guys,’ she made sure no one made the mistake of leaving anything lying around to tempt, either.), there was no illusion of safety. There was instead an ethic of caring.

Living in this little town has felt, and mostly is different. Some of it’s proximity to the law enforcement. I’m likely to think that if someone stole that car it was a kid. The fact that the car was a block and a half away from the local jail would mean that savvy burglars would avoid the area. (Just keep moving.) Too many cops.

Still, feeling safe is something to aim for. Now there are always going to be reasons some people steal. Drug habits are expensive… Life for some is just too challenging. But some of the reasons people steal need to be eliminated. Kids need to be fed and clothed and housed… we need to make sure there’s money for that. Don’t talk to me about entitlement, talk to me about what kids need. People need work. We all need community built by trusting friends and Gramma Mays. And, as Mr. Marley taught us a long time ago. No Justice, No Peace.

We can’t allow ourselves to be frightened off by life. We need to acknowledge its difficulties and keep moving toward Peace. To do less is set our goals to low. There’s a lot of hard work to be done, so let’s step up. And in the meantime, let’s be realistic. However, I’m not bringing my shovel in. Peace. and keep my friends in your thoughts as they adjust to a new normal.

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iKommunicate unboxing and install

Back in January 2015, I stumbled across a fantastic open source project called SignalKthat promised to help boating nerds like myself gain access to the data from all of the instruments on the boat.

In October 2015, Digital Yacht announced a Kickstarter campaign for a product called iKommunicate Gateway, a hardware product with NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 connectivity, a web interface, and leveraging SignalK.  Mine just arrived, and having spent so much time using SignalK on my Raspberry Pi, I was very excited to get it unboxed and running and see the differences.

iKommunicate box

The box was pretty straightforward with a sticker to indicate it was an iKommunicate unit on the front.

Included materials

Inside are a registration card, welcome letter, and a product manual.

Product manual

The included product manual is extremely well written, and focuses on all of the key steps to get your system up and running.  Clear pictures, simple steps, and lots of real estate (oversized 11×17 paper) is something other manufacturers should use as well.  No one needs a 500 page manual of all of the functions – that’s best for online – but a very clear startup manual is a great way to get going. An electronic version is available on Digital Yacht site.

Unit and parts in box

The rest of the box contains the unit itself, an Ethernet cable, and an SD card adapter.

Unit from the front quarter

The unit is made of plastic with a blue rubber edge around the front and back. It seems sealed well for the elements, although time will tell.

Front of unit

The front of the unit has details on the unit itself, power requirements, phone numbers (another good idea that other manufacturers should copy) and all of the wire color codes for the power and NMEA 0183 connections.

Unit from top

The unit has mounting brackets integrated into the front and back with pre-drilled holes.

Rear of unit

The rear of the unit is where the real fun begins. From left to right you have the power and NMEA 0183 cable, status lights, Ethernet port, and finally NMEA 2000 cable.

I was surprised that there was not a wifi chip on the product, even back in the initial days on Kickstarter. Most products nowadays come with wifi in some form. Without this, I had to run an Ethernet cable from an undesirable location, which I thought was a thing of the past. I’d like to see future versions with a wifi option. It may not seem as reliable in some folks’ eyes, but I have had no issues with the rest of my wifi devices if setup correctly.

Power and NMEA 0183

The unit requires power via a black and red lead in the combo power/NMEA 0183 cable.  I was surprised that it did not use the NMEA 2000 bus for power, but I suppose some installs will not have NMEA 2000 and only utilize NMEA 0183.  The specs say that it draws only 80mA so would powering it from the NMEA 2000 be an option in a future revision?

The remainder of this cable includes NMEA 0183 leads – two full input/output at 4800 baud, and one input at 38400 for high speed talkers like AIS devices and the like. This is a lot of flexibility for those who have older networks (or no network at all) and want to connect everything together. I will only be using the NMEA 2000 connector.

NMEA 2000 cable

The NMEA 2000 cable is what you would expect – a device cable with integrated end. No splicing or otherwise required – simply connect to your existing network with a tee.

Blinky lights are blinking!Blinky lights are blinking!

Connecting the system is super easy and consisted of three steps for me:

  1. Power – red and black leads from power cable went to a 1A fused connection
  2. Ethernet – long cable to my Peplink router
  3. NMEA 2000 – cable plugged into tee on my network

After power was applied, I could see the status and error lights initially blink, and then status went green, while the NMEA 2000 light blinked with what I assumed was activity on the network. Time to login!

Web interface start pageWeb interface start page

The iKommunicate uses DHCP to get an IP address. Digital Yacht has a great set of instructions in the manual to help you figure out what the IP address of your unit is. I have a fancy Peplink router, and a networking background, and found it pretty quickly.

The start page gives you a few jumping off points. I recommend trying the iKompass App first, and then exploring some of the admin areas.

iKompass App in action

The iKompass App is a great way to make sure your system is working. Above you can see wind, depth, speed, GPS, compass, and AIS data all flowing into the app. Updates are rapid and appear to be using web sockets. I really like the colors and minimal layout approach to the data being displayed.

SignalK instrument panel battery and tank data
The best part of the iKommunicate Gateway and SignalK are the apps that people will be developing. Included in the iKommunicate is Instrument Panel which is one of the apps I’ve been using with SignalK for a long while. It allows you to choose data panels and gauges and lay them out in different pages and sizes as you see fit.

One big difference I noticed to using the iKommunicate vs. my Raspberry Pi with an Actisense gateway is that the iKommunicate sees more PGNs and data than my other system – hooray!  I’ve been trying to get battery voltages and tank levels forever on a web page somewhere.  Now I can stand on the dock and fill my water tank, and use my phone to watch the level!

This is the sort of innovation I’m really hoping will take off – new web-based apps that can visualize the tons of data on your boat in whatever format you want, on whatever device you want.

I suspect the iKommunicates’ ability to see more PGNs is due to the chipset they are using on the NMEA 2000 side, and that it’s relatively unfiltered. I’ve had some challenges with the Actisense device I’ve used for the last 4+ years connected to my Linux systems filtering things without messing with it via Windows tools, and suspect some PGNs are simply not being read at all.

In the above example, you can see my battery voltage (top), current amperage flowing out of the battery bank (middle left), temperature – which is clearly not correct (middle right), and the tank level.

There is still a lot of work to be done to tune these pages – the names of the devices and objects are a bit confusing. I had to go to the devices page in the admin panel to figure out which device was what. This is an issue for the instrument panel folks, not Digital Yacht / iKommunicate.

Instrument Panel in action
Here’s another example showing heading, depth, wind, and other data. Its fantastic that I can customize these pages, and that they show up on different browsers and auto-resize. As I mentioned above, there is still a lot of work to do on cosmetic features and data manipulation, but the guys at SignalK are working fast and furious on all of this.

The hope is that others will also start building apps and contributing those to be used with SignalK and iKommunicate. You can find out more about this specifically for iKommunicate here, and more generically for SignalK here.

Configuring instrument panel
In the above example, I’m adding a new object to the dashboard (battery voltage) and resizing it to match the other items. Keep in mind these are looping GIFs and limited to about 14 seconds of data, so it replays over and over in a loop.

Device list page in admin interface
One of my favorite pages is the device list. This allows you to see all of the different devices the iKommunicate sees on your network, and is very handy for troubleshooting. Here is where you can also find those device names that you see in instrument panel. It doesn’t appear to recognize the manufacturer for much of my devices, even though they are mostly mainstream devices.

Configuration page

Also in the admin pages is a spot to configure your vessel name, MMSI, network settings, NMEA 0183 ports, and transmit ports for data out of the system.

I always choose to setup static IP addresses when possible to prevent problems in the future, as you can see above.

I also enabled transmitting NMEA 0183 data over TCP port 2000 so that I could use apps like iNavX to subscribe to the data stream coming from the iKommunicate box. I know that other app makers are also adding native SignalK support to their products which should be even better in the future, as many will be using auto-discovery, saving steps during setup.

I’m also using this data stream for Coastal Explorer, SeaNavUS, and a few iOS and Android apps. Its very similar to the Vesper XB-8000 AIS system I have onboard which offers a similar stream, albeit with different NMEA 0183 sentences.

The translation from NMEA 2000 to NMEA 0183 only supports a handful of sentences which are outlined in the users manual. I wish more folks would allow things like tank levels, battery voltages, and the like in their conversions, but from what I understand it is pretty difficult to get these all right depending on manufacturer. Hopefully all apps will start adopting SignalK so that those values are easier to consume.

Downloading an update
I knew there would likely be a software update soon, and went into the Administration tab in the interface and clicked Download Firmware Update. I was surprised that there was an update already available, and also pleased that the system downloaded it straightaway and applied it. The unit rebooted quickly and was back up in a few seconds.

Unit open to retrieve SD card - image courtesy of Digital Yachts

One of the selling points of the iKommunicate is the ability to add additional web apps to the SD card in the unit. I think longer term it would be better to have this SD card exposed so that its easier to access.

I’m not 100% sure of the intent for these new apps – is the plan to integrate them with the main firmware? This would seem difficult to manage. I think it would be great to allow users to upload packages of new apps, or have an app library somewhere you can browse. Since these apps are most likely standalone web packages, they don’t require dependencies and other crazy operating system stuff. They should be easy to update and upgrade faster than the unit firmware.

I’m also curious how the embedded SignalK server itself will be updated – if Digital Yachts will take a more conservative approach and wait for bug-tested releases or versions, or allow developers and others to choose different tracks depending on their needs.

I am not complaining – in fact, I’m glad we’re having these sorts of discussions as before SignalK and iKommunicate we had very little access to any of this data at all!

iKommunicate unit front wood table

I can already tell you within the first day of using the iKommunicate that it will be a major part of my boat network for the foreseeable future. It is much faster than my Raspberry Pi 3 running SignalK, sees more PGN’s and NMEA 2000 data than it does, and has a great web management UI that makes things easier to use.

I’d like to see a wifi chip and the SD card more exposed, but otherwise the unit itself is a great bit of hardware and software engineering. Hats off to the Digital Yachts folks for their design and manufacturing work – from October 2015 to now (8 months!) is an amazingly short time to pull off a great product.

I can’t wait to get deeper in learning to build apps and see the community around that area grow. I’m very excited to have the first SignalK-powered commercial product on Grace, and see the beginning of a new era for marine electronics, putting more control of boat data in the consumers hands.

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A series of mini epiphanies (and other unintended resolutions)

I’m having a conscious overload today.

I’ve tried to convey my feelings aloud about it, but the feeling was not always mutual. You can see that you’ve lost your listener’s attention in two glazed donut holes for eyes.

I think in stories. Sometimes this bogs down or blurs human interaction for me. So when I talk about things, experiences, and especially people, I want the moment to be felt, the people to be heard and understood.

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I can’t fight the New Year mentality no matter how hard I try. I realize my body is following through on resolutions I did not openly make. I refused a cigarette today. I didn’t even want to smell it. I left the room. I didn’t know where that came from.

This damn unconscious pull of the culturized new year never truly leaves you. It’s just as fake, but-too-late it’s-internalized as that clock that’s always ticking on some wall behind your head.
You say things like
“Meet me at 3:00 sharp,”
“In bed by 8,” and
“Shh, there’s someone coming. 12:00. No don’t look just yet.”
You use time to indicate direction.

Denying myself resolutions has left me in a smorgasbord of perceptions. They are covered in mud. The tracks are on my carpet.

So I’m calling my conscious overload a series of mini epiphanies. “Mini” because how pertinent can several realizations at once each be on their own?

I barrel through realizations like a bear swatting a fish.

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Vow of silence

I don’t think I can ever take a vow of silence. My best friend says I would die after 6 hours. She asked, “what would you do with yourself, if you had to just stand at the cash register and nod politely at the cashier?”

It’s true. She knows me. I don’t mix well with silence.
But sometimes I wish I said more on paper than I do in person.

Dig a hole. Bury the old versus young mentality.

Speaking of cashiers, there was this woman the other day who was pressing herself against a counter. Not the cashier; it was a customer who was cutting her sharp hip into the half wall behind the register, the part where customers shouldn’t go.

She was a customer ignoring the unwritten rules of grocery store lines. We know these people. They’re everywhere. Sometimes we’re these customers.

She had already paid and left but turned around once she realized something was wrong. She pivoted and cut off the cashier in mid-sentence who was asking me if Old-Fashioned Donut was a good flavor of coffee. I never got to tell her that, yes, it’s scrumptious, and it can compete with actual, live donuts.

The customer insisted her transaction was flawed. The grave(yard) error was on the store’s end. Their fault. Always. Right. Of course.

It’s the customer who asks me my age as the cashier scans my ID for the wine on the belt in front of me. The cashier is an Indian woman with a delicate name that I feel like an ignorant asshole for not remembering. The customer waves her receipt in front of the cashier’s face impatiently, so the cashier stops the belt.

“How old are you?” The customer asks me, her eyes narrowing. She has a pale, sunken in face.

I can’t remember what she was wearing, but I’m picturing her in a bathrobe. I remember she looked tired like we all do, but her bags dug deeper.

I tell her I’m 24 because I already forget I turned 25 two days ago.

“Are you sure you’re 24? You look 20 to me.”

And I want to ask who the fuck cares. But I tell her uhh thank you instead.

“You look young. You’re good.”

And I want to tell her that I’ve been smoking cigarettes since I was in the womb. I want to tell her I love and am afraid of grown men who encourage me. I want to tell her I need other people to hear my stories because they’re about me. I need to fill their ears and eyes with me. And then maybe they’ll break me off a little piece of them.

I get so close to core of people. Sometimes I get too close and wear my body down. I catch colds. I sneeze my brains out.

But I have a feeling this woman means well. If not for me, for herself. Some older people think that all young people are okay. They need them to be okay. They need to believe that there was once a time when they themselves were okay. This is the mutiny of some parenthood. But the folk don’t realize that it robs young people of real doubts, fears, and insecurities that they need to admit are there before transitioning effectively into various stages of adulthood.

I’m writing. Who’s listening?

What if I just write for me? Is the answer that I could be lost on deaf ears?

What the hell is an audience? Some people say it’s one ideal person, and I guess I can see what they mean because I have one. A real one. She exists.

But then there’s the other question: do people even read?

I once had a manager who told me to write everything in 50 words or less. I panicked. I gave him more than he ever asked for. He looked bored when I handed him my articles and popped in a wad of gum, chewing anxiously.

Everything I write is like a long sigh or a game of poorly played ping-pong where the players have to keep fetching the ball that flies over the table.

Home is where the heart of the mess is.

I had a friend help me clean my kitchen about a month ago. God bless her soul. She insisted when she saw the mold on my sink. She crawled on top of the counters and helped me rearrange the content clawing its way out of my cabinets. She told me where everything was now and encouraged me to keep it that way. We lamented the inconvenient way my cramped kitchen was built. Some drawers don’t open. Some give the illusion that they’re bigger and more functional than they actually are.

Everything in my apartment belongs to a designated pile. It’s all there in a pile somewhere near you.

My co-worker made me feel a little better when he quoted Erma Bombeck. I’m claiming the quote like peed-on territory. “House work when done right will kill you.”

I like kids, but not because I want my own.

I like kids for the same reason everyone likes kids. Kids make us feel like kids. It’s just that simple. And I’m fascinated by childhood. Even the beautiful-but-broken-in-two-places ones.

I started tutoring in the city. Once a week I help one kid muddle through Hop on Pop. Every week he reads faster. I can tell his teacher is taking her time on him. It makes me appreciate elementary school teachers more than I ever have before. His first language is Spanish. He tells me that Spanish makes him feel stupid, and he’s been trying to forget it.

He also tells me he wishes he was rich so he can buy all the legos in the world. And also all the food in the world.

I can’t tell if I like to watch him read more or play with legos more. It’s a tough call.

He’s the kind of kid who is big for his age. He has a haircut like Sonic the Hedgehog. It just grows that way. His ferrety friend Frankie put it best, “You look like one of those big, dumb bullies that are in movies. But you’re actually not a bully or dumb, you’re really nice, and you’re my friend.”

Kids are masters of disjointed compliments.

Despite my best intentions, I like kids for more selfish reasons than unselfish reasons right now. I’m looking for holes, which makes me feel less genuine and a little fucked up.

My childhood is a hot topic right now. It burns when I touch it. I find my mother on beaches. I find my father in storage lockers. I listen to the words in my brother’s scream. I find a way back to the bunk bed I slept on with my sister underneath me for years. I remember I was afraid the top bunk would crush her, but I never offered to switch beds. I worry that 25 is too old to be coming to grips with my past. But I have a feeling reconciliation is the only way to go.

On losing my mind

I’m learning that the older I get the more I see the distinction between feeling crazy and being crazy. But then the harder I think about the concept, the more the two blur into one. I have a fear that I will be crazy.

We all are crazy to some degree and especially at certain points of our lives, but most people isolate themselves in their own crazy, enhancing it. Sometimes I sit at my desk at work and feel like I’m going to collapse, like I’m going to forget my name.

I do understand distinguishing the madness and hypocrisy of the day-to-day versus deeply rooted insanity that we drag with us from our past versus clinical disorders.

I worry about transitioning, crossing over and getting stuck in the most convoluted version of myself.

Will I float away?

I’m realizing I don’t have answers for most things. I feel as wayward as a kite in the sky, but when I look closer, it turns out I never made it off the ground.

“Even the experts don’t have all the answers,” assures my best friend.

I wish she was in my pocket most days, except for the days I have no pockets. And I wonder if I should try putting things in my bra. At one point, when my boobs were larger I lost quarters down my shirts and found engravings of past presidents on my nipples. Maybe I should stop talking about the prospect of shoving my best friend into my bra and potentially be stamped against my nipple.

Psh, a vow of silence. Me? Not I? What about all-about-myself-and-how-much-of-the-world-I-need-to-fill-up-with-me?

More unintended New Year pursuits…

The rest of these are screws and buttons I found on the ground and shoved into my purse for safe keeping. I want to come back to them. I just don’t know what they’re for, or what they fit into just yet.

I want to treat myself better, believe that I’m a good person who makes human mistakes. It sounds so simple like blowing out the candles on a cake after it’s just been iced and lit on fire.

But deep down I know I try. I know my attachments to other people, my ability to trust people after being given so many reasons not to, may just as well be my saving grace in the end.

I can’t help but love people. They give me so much reason to live. Their stories dull the tediousness of it all.

Somewhere inside me there’s a drain that has teeth to destroy everything that gets dropped down the sink. Even money. Even though money, the idea of it really, is hard to destroy. How can you not think about it? Now I’m really asking.

If you have the answer to anything please provide me with one. It doesn’t have to be a perfect answer, but one that takes into account a few shades of gray. Hell, I’ll accept shades of orange.

I’m realizing that I’m going to have to go ovaries deep into my writing if I want to become the woman I want to become.

You see, this is a bowl of soup filled to the brim with frothy questions. I’m getting sweaty. At what point do I stop? At what point do I start making solid judgment calls?

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Update after a long break !!

Thanks to all of you who have shown great interest in this website. Unfortunately I was away till mid-Febraury in India, and there is limited access to the internet. I had a Visa VS Vedanta experience in India (I had an unexpected one-month long delay in visa issuance) !!

I am going to be active and resume the update of this website as I have ealier intended. The download links for the Downloads section – Books,  are not working. Many of you have reported the problem to me. I am extremely sorry for this delay. I have to find an active server which does not suspend my account after a period of inactivity. I am sorry that the pictures are also not showing up. I will fix all these problems very soon.

This year, I intend to finish compiling BhagavdGita from Chapters 2 to 18, and many small stotras and Ashtaks. Please stand by and let me know what you feel I should do. Thank you very much.

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With enchanting attractions offering plenty of sightseeing opportunities, Mexico has consistently proven to be one of the most popular holiday destinations in the world and for good reason. With its exotic sandy beaches, blue waters and warm climate, extraordinary history and diverse landscapes, it would take a few months, if not years, to explore and discover all that this magical country has to offer. Spend a few days wandering round the ancient Mayan and Aztec pyramids and ruins, explore the deserts and swamps, marvel at the rainforests and discover a few of the 176 species of orchid along the way, or navigate an eco-tour by mountain bike, jeep, kayak or horseback.

There are 58 National Parks conserving indigenous fauna and flora, and the country is a bird-watcher’s paradise, with the most species of birds in the whole of North America. Marine life is abundant off these tropical shores and the Parque Natural de la Ballena Gris (Gray Whale National Park) is a must for whale watchers. Beach resort cities such as Acapulco, Cancun and those of the Baja California region are considered to be a slice of heaven. The wonderfully unique architecture and evidence of European colonial rule still exist in the cities, while El Zócalo in Mexico City, the second largest city square in the world, is where it all happens and is the best place to experience some real Mexican flavour.

The Tropic of Cancer divides Mexico into a tropical south and temperate north, which means that the northern region experiences cooler winter temperatures, whereas the south is hot all year with little seasonal variation. Having said that, Mexico has a wide variety of terrain and things like altitude also affect the weather. The coastal plains and Yucatan Peninsula of the south experience average annual temperatures ranging between 75°F and 82°F (24°C and 28°C). The annual average temperatures in the northern lowlands are somewhat lower, ranging between 68°F and 75°F (20°C and 24°C).

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HOUSTON – (May 23, 2017) – Millions of genetic mutations have been identified in cancer. But, not all mutations cause cancer and treatments are available for only a few of those causing cancer. At The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), scientists have created a new way to sort out cancer-causing mutations that respond to treatment.

“We’ve developed a powerful approach for identifying actionable cancer-causing mutations,” said Zhongming Zhao, Ph.D., the corresponding and senior author of the paper in the journal Cancer Research. Zhao is the director of the Center for Precision Health in the School of Biomedical Informatics and School of Public Health at UTHealth.

According to the American Cancer Society, in 2017 there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S.

Using their novel computational method, Zhao and his colleagues were able to winnow about 740,000 mutations identified in approximately 5,000 tumor samples in 16 cancer types down to 47 significantly mutated proteins. Research on these mutations indicated that they may respond to drug treatment.

“Our goal is to categorize the cellular mutations that alter the signaling pathways leading to cancer,” Zhao said. “These are the mutations that impact the function of genes and proteins in cancer.”

Zhao’s team studies a category of enzymes called kinase that functions on signaling transduction. More than 20 drugs targeting kinases have been approved for clinical use.

“We need to learn more about this category of enzymes because patients can respond to such kinase inhibitors, but also later develop a resistance to them,” Zhao said. “Kinases are involved in complex signaling pathways that can adapt over time.”

Zhao’s team specifically investigated the biochemical reactions called phosphorylation that occur when a kinase interferes with the normal function of a gene or protein. Using this new approach, the researchers identified thousands of tumor mutations that may contribute to abnormal tumor growth or anticancer agent resistance by altering phosphorylation.

“This study, although based on computational and statistical approaches, could help inform many promising mutant proteins for drug development in rapidly evolving precision oncology,” Zhao said.

The research team named the approach KNMPx: kinome-wide network module for cancer pharmacogenomics.

Junfei Zhao, Ph.D., and Feixiong Cheng, Ph.D., are the first co-authors. Cheng is currently with Harvard Medical School and Northeastern University. Zhao is a faculty member of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

The study, titled “Tissue-specific signaling networks rewired by major somatic mutations in human cancer revealed by proteome-wide discovery,” was supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant (R01LM011177) and Dr. Doris L. Ross Professorship fund.


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A Stella Advent Release Day Review: The Mature Man’s Guide to Surviving Change by Chris Scully

RATING 5 out of 5 stars

In the sunny playground of Palm Springs, growing up was something confirmed bachelor and bad-boy chef Joel avoided at all costs—until a close friend’s death made him reevaluate his priorities. Ever since, he’s been dedicated to helping his widowed friend Perry get back on his feet by teaching him to cook and providing a shoulder to cry on. But when Perry announces that he’s ready to start dating again and then begins receiving gifts from an anonymous secret Santa, Joel is forced to confront the feelings he’s suppressed for so long.

As Joel struggles with jealousy and guilt amid the holiday season, he must decide if he’s ready to grow up and reach for what he’s always wanted but never thought he could have.

This is exactly what I’m looking for in a holiday short, to be engaged and conquered by the characters and the plot since the first words. That’s exactly what the author gave me with this story. I fell in love with Joel and Perry from the start and I couldn’t wait for them to finally act on their feelings. It took some time but that time was needed to better see and understand both men and their  minds, I felt their thoughts in my mind and the deep love they shared for each other and for the beloved Dale.

I want to recommend this short story in the Dreamspinner Press Advent Calendar and actually, all the books Chris Scully writes.

The cover art by Alexandria Corza is simple and clean but I don’t like it. In my opinion it misses a connection with the story.

Sales Links:  Dreamspinner Press | Amazon

Kindle Edition, 1st edition, 66 pages

Published December 1st 2017 by Dreamspinner Press

Edition Language English

Series 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers

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A Fuzz test is an approach used to discover vulnerabilities by intentionally sending invalid inputs to a system for the purpose of triggering some type of fault or unintended effect that renders the system vulnerable to an exploit. Fuzz testing is an important cyber-testing technique used to find and fix vulnerabilities before they are exploited. The fuzzing of military data links presents a particular challenge because existing fuzzing tools cannot be easily applied to these systems. As a result, the tools and techniques used to fuzz these links vary widely in sophistication and effectiveness. Because of the infinite, or nearly infinite, number of possible fuzzed messages that can be sent on a military data link, measuring the coverage of a fuzz test is not straightforward. This thesis proposes an understandable and meaningful metric for protocol fuzz testing called ExCov. This metric computes the coverage of a fuzz test set from a probabilistic model of vulnerability occurrence and defines coverage as the expected percent of existing vulnerabilities discovered by a set of test cases. This metric enables the acquisitions community to more succinctly write weapons system requirements for cyber security. Furthermore, it quantifies the number of faults and vulnerabilities that are expected to be found by a set of test cases, which provides decision makers with valuable information to make more informed choices on whether or not to perform additional testing. As a result, industry will be better equipped to determine cost and effort when performing cyber vulnerability testing. In addition, industry will also be able to more concretely represent the results of the cyber testing they perform. ExCov was implemented in a suite of tools called ExFuzz, and these tools were used to compare and contrast military data link fuzz testing techniques that are in use today. By assessing these current methods using the ExCov metric, optimal bit flip probabilities for the mutative fuzzing of three custom protocols was found. A generative fuzzer was also built based on the metric and was shown to outperform mutative and manual generation strategies in nearly every case.

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When you are in the market for a small business insurance policy, it's important to find an agent that will provide you with one that not only meets your needs but does so affordably as well. That’s what you'll get when you use Schomburg Insurance. We've provided Denver businesses, small and large, with the business insurance policies that they need to focus on the success of their companies rather than worrying about what to do if something were to go wrong.

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SHS Colonials Football Bar Bingo and Raffle Fundraiser

November 7

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

 Please join us for an evening of bingo for fun with friends on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Tavern in the Square, Shrewsbury.

10 different bingo games with 2 chances to win per game.

Premade bingo packets will be sold at $20 each and will include 10 unique, 2-face bingo cards and a bingo dauber.

Extra game cards will also be available for purchase on the night of the event. Cash prizes for winners! There will also be a raffle for gift cards and an Apple Watch.

Please see flyer and information in signup link for further details.

This is a limited capacity event.

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IJBCMB publishes original research, latest developments, review papers, scientific data, editorials from leading scientists and scholars around the world including but, not limited to the following fields:

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Archive for July, 2012

August E-News: Mother Nature’s Olympians Crowned!

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games have officially begun and five days in, the athletes are well on their way to captivating the world with their super-human abilities. Watching these athletes in action, vying for gold can be mesmerizing to those of us sitting at home. The Olympics are a time to celebrate the world’s fastest […]

August E-News: The Science of Sports

The 2012 Olympic Games  are in full swing and for the next week, millions will be watching & cheering on athletes from around the world. This year’s Games include thirty-six large categories of sporting competition, ranging from gymnastics, cycling, swimming, and track and field to beach volleyball, archery, table tennis, Judo and more. And in every […]

Science Goes for Gold with New NBC Series: The Science of the Olympics!

Tomorrow the quest for Olympic Gold begins as the best athletes in the world gather in London to battle it out for their chance of athletic glory. If all goes well, the organization and technology that runs the event will be seamlessly invisible, allowing fans both at the event and at home to follow every step, […]

Happy Birthday Amelia Earhart!

Amelia Earhart is honored by Google with a birthday Doodle. One of the world’s most famous pilots, Amelia Earhart was one of the first female pilots who sought to break endurance records and prove women pilots were just as tough and capable as the men. In 1937 she took off from Papua New Guinea in an […]

Pluto Gets A Fifth Moon!

  Once upon a time, there were nine planets in the solar system.  Then astronomers decided to remove Pluto from the equation, describing the smallest and most distant planet in the solar system as something more like a moon and less like an actual planet.  Well, scientists are taking a second look at the lone planet, […]

‘Keep32’ Molecule Leads to Cavity-Proof Teeth!

Scientists have discovered a new molecule that will make your teeth cavityproof and may change dental care forever. They have appropriately named it Keep 32—for your 32 teeth—and it can kill the bacteria that produces cavities in 60 seconds flat. José Córdoba—a researcher at Yale University—and Erich Astudillo—from the Universidad de Santiago, Chile—claim that this molecule can be […]


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The original Brown Betty teapot dates back to the 1700s. The teapots started off as small, unglazed, and made with special red terracotta clay. In 1695, the Elder Brothers discovered the special red clay in the area of Bradell Woods, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

The British believe that the Brown Betty teapot makes the best pot of tea in the world. For one, the red clay used has better heat retention. Secondly, the shape of the teapot allows the tea leaves to swirl around inside the teapot whenever hot water is gently added.

  • 6 Cup capacity, approx. 48 fl oz
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Rep. Peters Votes Against Partisan, Political Gimmick

March 12, 2014

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Rep. Peters Votes Against Partisan, Political Gimmick

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 4138, legislation which would upend the American legal system by allowing either Chamber of Congress to file a lawsuit, and see it expedited, against any federal official they deem non-compliant in implementing federal law, including the President.

“Not only is this bill unconstitutional but it is a total waste of Congressional time and taxpayer dollars,” Rep. Peters said. “In San Diego we saw last decade how quickly the process of bipartisan governance can grind to a halt when government turns from legislating to litigating. Today’s legislation is an idiotic and overtly partisan gimmick. No wonder so many Americans are disillusioned with Congress and our legislative process. With so much important work to do be done – immigration, tax reform, national defense, and economic growth – Speaker Boehner lets the Tea Party push this nonsense to the floor?”

Peters called “one of the more statesmanlike of our elected representatives”

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Being the Church

The following quote from “Worldly patterns in the church” by Glenn Tungay: “Unfortunately the more institutionalized and business like a church is in its form and function (having a clear leadership hierarchy, salaried staff, buildings, programs, shops and so on), the more prescriptive in doctrine and authoritarian the leadership will tend to be. This is … More Being the Church

The Simple Gospel

Jesus didn’t loan me out of debt to the law so that I now owe Him. He paid it all. The following analogy is going to be very uncomfortable, even outright offensive, to the religious spirit we were brought up in: We often relate to God like a parent who paid $300,000 raising us and … More The Simple Gospel

Finding the Source

We have been living through a horribly effective destruction of Christian Civilization. In the midst of this ideological war we must remember that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. There have been many calls … More Finding the Source


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Sunday, 4 December 2016

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Hello STB friends,

It's time for winner announcements!!!

The Winner of the Designers Pick of the Dlish Scraps Prize

The winner of the Random Prize determined by donated by Rainbow Splendour goes to

Renee and Gilly

The winner of the Designer Pick Switch Board Collection goes to

Novita Ferris

The winner of the Random Prize determined by goes to
Ros Coutts

The winner of the Guest Designer Spot that goes to International Entrant is

Congratulations friends please email your address to aj(dot)little(dot) with the subject line 'Winner (your month or International Winner)' and I will organise your prize to ship off to you hopefully before Christmas.

Make sure to scrap a Christmassy layout of your men and post to the link on the right of this blog.

Good Luck

Amy xox

Thursday, 1 December 2016

December Challenge

Hello STB family,

Its December 1st!!!!! The holiday season and we have a jolly mood board for you.

Here is our lovely designers layouts to inspire you!
Rachel L
Rachel D,

Hi! I’m Mariko. I live in Japan with my husband and my precious children (two sons and daughter).
When my older son became 1 year old, I began scrapbooking.
And now, this wonderful hobby is a part of my life for me.
Everyday I enjoy it with a cup of coffee after children slept.
It heals me so much.
I’m very exciting to be a guest designer for scrap the boys.

OK! What do you do to enter???

Snap a photo and post to your blog than post the link to that post to the linkzin logo on the right!
OR Snap a photo and PM it to Scrap the Boys Facebook Page.

What are you playing for?

TWO PRIZES donated to SCRAP THE BOYS by generous designers and companies.
Which I will take a photo of this evening.

I have TWO winning posts also coming this evening for the last 2 months! SO tune in!

Stay Scrappy and Happy Holidays

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

November Challenge

Hello my STB friends,

Its November ALREADY!!! AHHH the happy holidays will be here in a blink. In the meantime lets have another challenge. Here is a good one.

Get those sporty photos of your favourite boys and get creating.
Here is what our Design Team has made this month.
Now if you like their layouts click their name for their

Instagram Account
and feel free to follow our fabulous team.

 Amanda H
Out for publishing
 Rachel L
 Rachel D
 Weren't they handsome layouts? Did you follow everyone?

You didn't?! Well we can wait for you.

Ok SPONSOR TIME. What are we playing for this month?

STB is lucky enough to have a Pink Paislee Switchboard Collection to give away.
You get almost everything you see below. OH EM GEE right? This prize will be chosen by our Design Team

 Our Random Winner will win this collection pack below from Simple Stories.
I love these colours!

So are you EXCITED? I know I am!
Do you know how to enter?

Well just in case you are a newbie. Welcome and look to the right of this blog! (website version)
You will see a link that is titled November Gallery!

So Step 1 - Create a beautiful layout of your sporty boy any size layout is ok even Project Life.

Step 2 - Take a photo of that layout.

Step 3 - Post it onto your blog and copy that link to the gallery you see here.

IF YOU DONT HAVE A BLOG! ITS OK. Just PM me your photo of your layout and I can link it for you. You don't have to miss out.

Oh and I must say its time for a DT call. So if you are a seasoned designer or a newbie please enter.

Now get creating I can't wait to see what you make.
Stay Scrappy
Amy xox

Sunday, 9 October 2016

Thank you for your patience STB friends. Lets show you some winners

Lizzy has won the Shop and Crop Scrapbooking prize this month
chosen by our Design Team

 Leah has won the Faber Castell has donated a gorgeous gelato set
using generator
Congratulations ladies now onto the next month

Melinda has won the 2 Crafty Chipboard

Melinda is the Design Team Pick!

Deanna has won the Snap Prize Pack

A Snap Brand Prize Pack
using generator

And Finally we have an International Winner for a guest Design Spot for next month
going to Mariko

Congratulations ladies. Please email Amy on aj(.)little(.) to get the next steps to claim your prize.

Stay Scrappy
Amy x

Sunday, 2 October 2016

October Challenge

Hello Fellow Scrappers,

Its time for another challenge.
I haven't forgotten winners for last month. I will post two winner posts on monday.

So first let's get excited about the new challenge first.

Sketch By Rainbow Splendour
Lets see what our Design Team created
 Rachel D
 Rachel L
 Amanda H

Now you are inspired what are you playing for?
A Prize Pack From
Dlish Scraps

And A Prize Pack From

Rainbow Splendour

I wish I could win  those prizes
So get creating and I will have the link up by Monday.

Stay Scrappy
Amy xo


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Clint Eastwood's 15:17 To Paris R Rating Overturned

Clint Eastwood's latest movie 15:17 to Paris has won an appeal over its original R rating, which the director and producers thought was inappropriate and could possibly limit the audience. Now the true-life drama will be released in theaters with a PG-13 rating instead.

Eastwood was first announced as the director of the project in April. The movie is based on a real incident where three Americans subdued an ISIS terrorist on a train from Amsterdam to Paris in 2015, and is sourced from the novel that was written by the men in the aftermath, titled The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes.

Related: Clint Eastwood’s 15:17 to Paris Trailer Features Real-World Heroes

Eastwood was reportedly unhappy with the rating that CARA (Classification and Rating Administration) had given to his finished film. It was rated R - supposedly for the actual attack sequence on the train, which marks the center of the plot. The description of the scene qualified it as 'a sequence of violence and bloody images', which earned it the mature certification. However, according to THR Eastwood has successfully appealed against that rating, and 15:17 to Paris will now be distributed as a PG-13 with a milder description of the content. Eastwood represented the film and Warner Bros. in the appeals hearing on Wednesday, with the goal to secure that new rating and get the broadest audience possible.

It's not the first time that appeals like this have taken place. In 2010 The King's Speech was given an R rating for profanity, due to the sheer amount of f-bombs that Colin Firth utters in a key moment. That was appealed but the rating stood, meaning that an alternative edited PG-13 version was released. In this case it doesn't seem that Eastwood had to make any concessions, and the appeal stood on its own merit. For their part, the Classification and Rating Appeals Board said they review over 800 movies every year, and it usually sees fewer than 12 ratings appealed.

It's worth noting that 15:17 to Paris is unusual for the fact that the heroes involved in the story are being played by themselves rather than actors, so will have accurate knowledge of the events. Now that this story of real-life heroes will be available to a wider audience, it will be interesting to see how it fares at the box office next year. We'll bring you any further updates on 15:17 to Paris as we get them.

More: Clint Eastwood’s 15:17 to Paris Sets Early 2018 Release Date

Source: THR

Key Release Dates
  • 15: 17 to Paris (2018) release date: Feb 09, 2018
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  • Need

    Youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, often at 4x that of the unemployment figure for those over 25. The Prince's Trust is keen to ensure that disadvantaged young people are not left behind and are given the opportunity to succeed and thrive. This often includes broadening their horizons and raising their aspirations to include self-employment as an option which they may not have previously dreamt possible.

    The Enterprise programme has a proven track record with over 80,000 business start ups launched since 1983.

    Our ‘Trust in Business’ report confirms that sustainability rates amongst Prince’s Trust start-up businesses are extremely high. More than 76% of Trust supported businesses are still trading after two years and 73% after three years.

    The social return on investment ratio for the programme is estimated to be for every £1 spent, £4.31 in social value is generated.

  • Aims

    Aim 1

    To put through 100 young people through The Enterprise Programme

    » Set up an eligibility criteria so that we reach young people aged 18-30 who are unemployed or working low hours and have a business idea.
    » Engage with external organisations such as youth groups and job centre to identify eligible young people.
    » Promote via our website
    » Hold information sessions - short group session to tell young people about the programme, its purpose and the support on offer.

    What success will look like

    We will closely with Outreach and Enterprise teams to monitor this additional number. We are happy to provide a list of those supported as a result of your donation.

    Aim 2

    To reach 25 business start ups.

    » The Explore Enterprise Course. 4 days for young people to learn about topics relevant to planning and running a business.
    » Individual support to decide whether or not self-employment is right for them. Support writing business plans and financial support to test ideas.
    » Mentoring and financial support. Business start up support in the form of business mentoring and financial support to get businesses started.

    What success will look like

    We will closely with The Enterprise team to monitor this number. Again we are happy to provide a list of those who set up as a result of your donation.

  • Impact

    Our project will completely transform the lives of at least 25 disadvantaged young people, setting them up in and supporting them with their business. A further 61 of the young people we work with will be supported into further education, training or employment, whichever is most appropriate for them and we will continue to work with the remaining 14 to try and support them into a positive outcome. All this creates a ripple effect, benefitting families,communities and UK society as a whole.

    The Enterprise programme is one of our longest running programmes and has been monitored and evaluated thoroughly. The goals we set are realistic. However we always mindful that setting up in business is not for everyone and as such we strive to ensure that we are realistic with young people at the recruitment stage and throughout.

    We are happy to tailor reporting according to donor need, this could include regular reports, case studies, photos, visits.

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    Budget - Project Cost: £100,000

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    We work across the UK.

    100 disadvantaged young people aged between 18-30, who have been long term unemployed, or are working under 16 hours a week who have a business ideas that they want to explore.

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    Why Us?

    We have been operating for over 40 years and are the UK's leading youth charity. Our Enterprise programme has a proven track record and has supported over 80,000 businesses since it started in 1983. We continue to support businesses once they are set up, in the form of specialist business mentoring and our business start up success rate is higher than the national average, which we largely attribute to the continued mentor support.

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    The Prince's Trust Staff

    Leaders in understanding the needs of young people and the skills needed to start a business.

    The Prince's Trust Volunteers

    Our volunteer Business Mentors are often leaders in their fields with extensive business experience and contacts.

£1000 will support one young person to explore whether or not self employment is right form them.