Some incredible video from the various monitoring cameras on the shuttle during launch. Jaw-dropping clarity and views you’ve never seen. Worth every second to watch.
Shuttle Ascent Highlights
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Unseen Homeland
This is from Marilyn’s friend Kris via her friend Karen and thence her friend Paula to me. I confess I have been remiss in posting this. Each time I looked at the pictures the pain came back – so I filed the message away ‘for another day.’ That day has come, it’s time to say goodbye to my dear wife.
You never got to see Ireland or Scotland as we’d hoped, so I’m hoping your spririt got to see this lovely place. I’m missing you terribly just now hon – and so are your friends.
Here’s the photos and words from her friend Kris:
This is where I spread Marilyn’s ashes. Will you pass them along for me?
Overlooking Edinburgh was taken from the end of Loch Dunsapie where I spread her ashes. This looks over the city and on to the Firth of Forth. At the other end, the road circles around to Arthur’s Seat. Oh, this Loch is in the Queen’s Park, adjacent to Hollyrood Palace. It’s full of birds and Swans.
The Swan’s nest is again taken from the spot where I spread the ashes but looking across the Loch.
Implantable Cancer Vaccine
Hat tip to Slashdot:
SubComdTaco writes “Harvard has announced their approach towards an implantable cancer vaccine (press release here). To anyone familiar with how the immune system works, this appears to be a synthetic lymph node, an intriguing bit of biomimicry. From the Science Daily article: ‘A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, scientists recently reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The new approach, pioneered by bioengineers and immunologists at Harvard University, uses plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin to reprogram the mammalian immune system to attack tumors. The new paper describes the use of such implants to eradicate melanoma tumors in mice. … The slender implants… are 8.5 millimeters in diameter and made of an FDA-approved biodegradable polymer. Ninety percent air, the disks are highly permeable to immune cells and release cytokines, powerful recruiters of immune-system messengers called dendritic cells. These cells enter an implant’s pores, where they are exposed to antigens specific to the type of tumor being targeted. The dendritic cells then report to nearby lymph nodes, where they direct the immune system’s T cells to hunt down and kill tumor cells.’”
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Deeply, deeply touching
I read dooce.com daily and love it.
This post is just another reason why.
I know how you feel Heather, I know just how you feel.
Where it all started
This is Tammi’s first email to me – submitted through my personal site.
It all started right here.
Just wanted to make a mark in time so we’d remember.
Logo Design
Logo design in today’s world is totally underrated. People don’t understand how important a good logo is and how valuable it is to their business. Let me guide you through the basics of what makes a good logo, while also walking you through the process of creating the identity and logo design for one of my recent clients, Vero, a limited liability company based in Miami, Florida. Hopefully, this will give you an understanding of what actually goes on behind the scenes while creating a professionally designed logo.