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Secrets of Rubens and Michelangelo revealed

For centuries it had been believed that this youthful portrait of the Flemish artist van Dyck was by his teacher, Rubens.

Now 21st century technology has revealed that the masterwork was in fact a self portrait of the brilliant young painter who would go on to be lionised in the court of King Charles I before the English civil war.

The unmasking of the work was carried out as part by scientists using new three dimensional scanning technology to build up the most intimate picture possible of the works of art they study.

The technique, which is being developed by a British led consortium called 3D Coform, will help end disputes over the provenance of art works, a problem which dogs museums and auction houses as they attempt to authenticate and value works made centuries ago, and whose histories are not fully documented.

It has also been deployed on a statue attributed to Michelangelo, chisel marks on the marble suggest that at least some of it was carved by someone else.

Both pieces of art were scanned using 3D imaging devices, which use light and cameras to illuminate an object from different angles.

Researchers at the University of Leuven, in Flanders, Belgium, used a device called a Minidome, which has dome shaped array of lights, to obtain three dimensional scans of the portrait of the young Anthony van Dyck, which currently hangs in the Rubens House Museum in Antwerp, the artist former home and studio.

The painting has been the subject of great dispute among art historians and recent X ray analysis suggested it was painted by someone else.

By looking at the brush strokes on imitation van cleef and arpels turquoise clover necklace the surface of the painting, the researchers found that it had been built up in layers, continually revised during its creation fake van cleef and arpels mother of pearl necklace a technique associated with van Dyck, who lived from 1599 to 1641 and is best known for his portraits of the pre civil war royal court. Art historians know that he continually rethought his composition and technique as he went along.

Rubens, by contrast, did not; he would paint according to a pre conceived plan, not revising his earlier work, meaning that his brushstrokes would show up entirely differently under 3D examination. Rubens, who lived from 1577 to 1640, was van Dycks teacher and mentor.

The statue of Pieta di Palestrina, which depicts two figures holding the body of Jesus Christ, was thought to have been carved by Michelangelo in around 1555. It is housed in the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy.

It too clover necklace replica van cleef has also been a source of debate among art experts about whether Michelangelo was really its creator.

Researchers at the Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI CNR) in Pisa, Italy, used a structured light scanner to study the statue as part of the consortium work and intend to publish their findings later this year.

They used the fine detail revealed in the scans to look for subtle differences in the way the chisel marks had been made and their findings point towards at least some of the sculpting being carried out by someone other than Michelangelo perhaps one of his apprentices.

Professor David Arnold, from the faculty of art at the University of Brighton and coordinator of the international consortium of museums and universities that has been developing the technology, said: sort of research people are able to do is changing because of 3D techniques we are only just starting to realise what questions can be answered using these techniques.

the van Dyke painting they were able to look for the signature of artist in the paint surface for signs of the way they worked.

group in the consortium has also done some work examining the chisel marks of Michelangelo statue to see if there is a difference between the way were carved. They think it might have been a combination of the master and the pupil.

The 3D scanning technology is also helping museums and cultural heritage sites to examine artefacts for damage and to assist in restoration.

One of the scanners, known as a Multiview dome, uses 198 lights to illuminate the object from different angles.

Developed by engineers at the University of Bonn, who are part of the UK led consortium, the device uses eleven cameras to take pictures of the object as it slowly rotates until a three dimensional model can be created on computers using 25,000 separate images.

The Institute of Information Science and Technologies have been using 3D scans to study cracks in Michelangelo masterpiece David an art work where there is no dispute over who was the creator.

It is currently housed at the Accademia Gallery in Florence but microscopic defects in the marble are causing it to deteriorate, so experts are attempting to monitor the cracks as they attempt to conserve the sculpture.

The technology has also been used to help match broken statues in the Turkish archaeological site of Sagalassos to pieces of stone found in museums elsewhere in the world by taking digital scans to see if they fit together.

At the Louvre museum 3D scans have been used to study 6ft tall 14th century Moorish vases which were previously difficult to study as the glaze made it hard for the human eye to see the underlying shape, but the scans revealed they all came from the same mould.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has also been using the technology to scan some of its exhibits, including a large porcelain table fountain, which is in 240 pieces that must be assembled before it goes on display later this year.

Some of the pieces were scanned to help curators work out how to fit the jigsaw together before they handled the delicate, real pieces.

John Stevenson, photographic manager at the Victoria and Albert museum, said 3D technology had the potential to reveal a great deal of previously unseen or unrecognised detail about art works and historical objects.

He said: is becoming quite an interesting technology. You can strip off the surface texture of stone sculptures for example which allows conservators to see and assess them.

could also help visitors to museums visualise objects in a completely new way. It could also reveal new details, although the use for scholars will be slower to develop.
Oct 11 '17 · 0 comments
Software update is causing apps to crash

Users have taken to social media to complain about annoying bugs in iOS 9.3, such as their phones crashing after clicking on links in Mail and Safari

If you have updated your iPhone with Apple's latest software, only to find your phone is behaving strangely, you're not alone.

Some owners of iPhone 5S handsets and older reported their handsets were locked to them after the download, because it requires their Apple ID password which they had forgotten.

In response, Apple released a second version of the software update for older devices, allowing users to skip the Apple ID login, while the version can also be used to unbrick handsets via a computer, The Guardianreported.

Users are now complaining that a bug caused by the Universal Links feature is causing apps such as Mail, Safari and Messages to crash, after they have clicked on certain links that force sites to open in apps other than Safari.

WHAT'S NEW IN IOS 9.3?Night Shift mode changes colour temperature before bed time.

New security feature means Notes can be password or fingerprint protected.

In News the articles in 'For You' are now better tailored to particular interests.

New features for van cleef arpels engagement ring fake the fake van cleef perlee ring iPad help teachers use them with their students.

Apple Health now allows Apple Watch Activity stats like move calories, exercise van cleef between the finger ring fake minutes and stand hours to be added to its dashboard.

Users can also now extract the full resolution photo from an unwanted Live Photo.

Quick Actions, pressured touches on apps, extended to a lot more stock apps.

'What's going on?' while another disgruntled user, Mike Dudas wrote: 'The link thing has been driving me nuts the past few days'. 2.3MB download.'

The file's sheer size caused iPhones to crash and to drain battery faster than usual.

Other users are reporting not being able to click on links within other apps.

Apple told MailOnline: 'We are aware of this issue, and we will release a fix in a software update soon.'

Some of those affected by the glitch have solved part of the problem by disabling JavaScript in Safari.

To disable JavaScript, go to Settings, Safari and Advanced then disable JavaScript.

The Cupertino based company unveiled iOS 9.3 alongside the iPhone SE and 9.7 inch iPad Pro at its event last week.
Oct 11 '17 · 0 comments
The five biggest transfers of the off

Peter Sagan (Tinkoff to Bora Hansgrohe)

Let's get the obvious one out the way first. The Slovakian sensation is the World Champion of the past two seasons, the man who seems to have a mortal lock on the Tour de France Green Jersey and a perennial contender on almost any course.

The shutting down of Tinkoff saw Peter Sagan take himself and a growing entourage of riders across to the new boys on the World Tour, Bora Hansgrohe. Juraj Sagan, Michal Kolar, Maciej Bodnar and Erik Baska are hardly names that will be often challenging for the win, but Sagan trusts them to get him into the back half of the race.

From there Sagan has always operated as a lone hand, he doesn't need a sprint train as he has the uncanny knack of following the right wheel and the harder races he is one of the strongest riders and increasingly one of the more tactically astute as well.

Looking at the Bora Hansgrohe squad, it's not the best support team, but then again, neither were Tinkoff or Liquigas, Sagan's former homes. They spent most of their money buying up lieutenants for Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali respectively. It certainly didn't slow Sagan down.

It would be tempting to say that the only person that can stop Sagan is himself, but he does have a nemesis, the less flamboyant Greg van Avermaet. The way their rivalry will be resumed in 2017 is one of the most tantalising prospects of the new year as both come off career best seasons.

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff to Trek Segafredo)

Arguably the best Grand Tour rider of his generation, it appears that the Spanish star's flame is beginning to flicker. He seemed pretty van cleef and arpels lotus ring fake certain about the fact that last season was going to be his last, but he has put off the farewell party for at least another year. An injury struck Tour de France was followed by a Vuelta performance which appeared to show that he was well behind Froome and Quintana in terms of strength.

Will the move to Trek Segafredo be the reinvigoration that the ageing Contador needs? It is impossible to countEl Pistoleroout, but it does look as if he's missing that extra gear that the other top contenders possess. That will only be further highlighted this season with the further emergence of Orica Scott as a Grand Tour team and riders like Steven Kruisjwijk (Lotto NL Jumbo) and Bob Jungels (QuickStep Floors) becoming big names in the Grand Tours, Contador may struggle to reach a Grand Tour podium in 2017.

Michael Matthews (Orica Scott to Sunweb Giant)

Rumours of unhappiness and split leadership of teams with Simon Gerrans simply could not continue for Michael Matthews and he took the opportunity to move away to a different team for a fresh start. It was surprising that Matthews didn't opt for a bigger team, as they would no doubt having been lining up to sign the versatile climber come sprinter, but clearly he feels most comfortable with the German based squad, who were looking for a man to fill John Degenkolb's cleats.

He will have a talented sprint train at his disposal and the climbing ranks are well stocked as well. A rider like Simon Geschke or Warren Barguil could be a great foil for Matthews in the hillier classics and there's plenty of tough workhorses like Albert Timmer, Laurens Ten Dam and Bert de Backer to do the work in races where Matthews goes in as favourite.

He could have gone to a bigger team, but Matthews clearly has had enough with split team focuses and clashes within a squad. With Sunweb Giant he will be the main man for the races that he decides to target.

John Degenkolb (Sunweb Giant to Trek Segafredo)

Whilst Matthews will fill Degenkolb's old spot at Sunweb Giant, Degenkolb has an even tougher job ahead of him, replacing Fabian Cancellara. Whilst the big German doesn't have the time trialling prowess of the Swiss superstar, he does have the classics pedigree to potentially approach the deeds of Cancellara.

Winning both Milan San Remo and Paris Roubaix in 2015 showed that he could be the dominant force of his generation in the hardest races. A horrific crash with a car at a Spanish training camp in early 2016 saw Degenkolb fake van cleef alhambra ring lucky not to lose a finger and he was out of his key targets for the season and even clearly underdone at the Tour de France.

He was clearly frustrated by the end of the season and the World Championships saw him unleash his fiery temper on Jens Debusschere (Lotto Souda)during the race with things not going the German team's way. He will come into 2017 fully prepared and with renewed determination to make up for lost time. His Trek Segafredo squad is very talented, Jasper Stuyven van cleef & arpels ring price fake in particular looks to be a likely candidate for Classics victories himself and is likely to be the main man for Degenkolb in the big races. He also brought Koen de Kort with him from Sunweb Giant, with the half Aussie his trusted leadout rider for the sprints.

Barely 12 hours into the country and have had a brown snake and a tiger snake strike at me during my ride already. They again seem to have their pick of the talent pool with the scoop of Diego Rosa from Astana. Rosa was the consummate teammate last season, even when the instructions he was getting were patently wrong.

He had a chance to win a stage of the Tour de France where he was following a Romain Bardet attack but was called back to help Fabio Aru improve his overall GC position to 13th. Then, at the Il Lombardia, Rosa was clearly the strongest, but was made to work on the front of the peloton to keep the race together for Aru. When Aru couldn't follow the attack it was up to Rosa to finally take on the leadership role and despite doing the lion's share of the work he was within a whisker of a Monument victory.

He also delivered one of the most emphatic wins of the year, going solo and extending his lead over a charging peloton on the hardest stage of the notoriously tough Vuelta al Pais Vasco. Coming over the finish line with his bike held triumphantly aloft, it will remain one of the images of the 2016 season.
Oct 11 '17 · 0 comments
Terry Fox's brother recalls famous cross

SubscriptionsGo to the Subscriptions Centre to manage your:My ProfileThe beige van that served as Terry Fox's home during his 1980 Marathon of Hope journey across Canada is more than just a vehicle. It's a piece of history that carries many memories for his brother, Darrell."That was my home too," he told The Canadian Press in an interview, recalling the memories of living in the van along with his brother and his friend, Doug Alward, as Terry Fox ran across Canada to raise money for cancer.In January 2008, the Ford Motor Company restored the camper to appear copy van cleef and arpels necklaces as it was when Fox used it in 1980.The van is currently on display in the lobby of the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que., until July 3.Looking back, Darrell Fox, 49, says he cannot comprehend how the three boys shared such a tight living space.'That was Terry's sanctuary. It's where he escaped from the chaos.' Darrell FoxHis brother slept in the biggest bed, while he and Alward crammed into the top bunk.The van was equipped with a fridge, stove and portable toilet that needed to be emptied and Fox says they argued about who would be responsible for that task.The van marked with Terry Fox's name and the purpose of his journey also had tinted glass windows, an unusual feature for copy van cleef and arpels butterfly necklace a van in the 1980s, but an important one for the van's purpose."It's where he escaped from the chaos."The van became a familiar sight to Canadians who followed the Marathon of Hope, which began in April 1980, when Terry Fox dipped his foot into the Atlantic Ocean in St.He travelled for 143 days and ran 5,400 kilometres when, on Sept. 1, 1980, he was forced to stop because his bone cancer had spread to his lungs.Van used replica van cleef flower necklace as band's touring vehicleFollowing his death, the van was sold to a new owner in London, Ont., who kept it until 1984.A second London resident then owned the van and gave it to his son, who drove it to Vancouver in 2000 and used it as a touring vehicle for his heavy metal band for seven years.
Oct 11 '17 · 0 comments
Scarlett Johansson Movie Marathon

To be a Hollywood superstar in 2017 means donning a figure sucking latex suit and flying through the air as a comic book superhero. As the highest grossing actress of all time, Scarlett Johansson has done just that, with recent roles including the Black Widow in the Avengers franchise and a cyborg law enforcer in this year's manga based Ghost in the Shell. But it's Johansson's quieter and more thoughtful roles that have built her reputation and taken her from promising child and teen star (Manny Lo, 1996, and The Horse Whisperer, 1998) to charismatic ingnue (Ghost World, 2001, Lost in Translation, 2003) and regular Woody Allen sex symbol (Match Point, 2005, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, 2008).

Whatever one thinks about such crude polls, Johansson is regularly voted one of the world's sexiest women, and it's impossible to ignore her physical beauty and global sex symbol status. Flawless skin, full lips and exaggerated curves are nothing new in Hollywood, but Johansson also brings intelligence, maturity and poise a dreamy composure that was evident even in her earliest roles. As a teen femme fatale she effortlessly seduced Billy Bob Thornton in the Coen Brothers' The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), and as a sensitive but bored young wife (she was 18 playing 25) in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, she matched and fully met Bill Murray's brilliant deadpan portrait of a disaffected middle aged man stranded in a Japanese hotel.

Johansson's roles often explore the idea of her appearance being separate from or of inferior importance to her identity, or essence. In Spike Jonze's Her , Johansson's mere voice (that husky, sexy voice!) was enough to conjure a compelling computer generated girlfriend for Joaquin Phoenix. In Gordon Levitt's Don Jon , Johansson again plays a girlfriend, but this time, a full blooded, New Jersey accented woman who must compete with her boyfriend's addiction to the virtual thrills of pornography.

This idea of a soul, embodied in flesh, but transcending and sometimes conflicting with its contours, is a recurrent theme to look out for in Scarlett Johansson's work.

Here are four diverse Scarlett Johansson performances ready for you to watch now at SBS On Demand (click the images to watch each film in full).

Under the SkinIn this mysterious and mesmerising sci fi horror film by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth) Johansson appears as a beautiful young woman driving a van around Scotland and picking up strange men. With a clipped British accent, black wig and rouged lips, she seems to be every hitchhiker's dream but she's an alien in human garb, and what she does with the men back at her deserted warehouse is something strange, creepy and entirely otherworldly. Later, a tender encounter with a disfigured man awakens her curiosity and compassion, and she starts to stray from her mission. Johansson is perfectly cast as a creature discovering the limits of human femininity.

Loosely adapted from Michael Faber's novel of the same name, Under the Skin is a film that's deeply disturbing but also fascinating. It never quite spells out the solution to its mystery, and while there is some graphic nudity and cold violence, it's more poetic than explicit. A reverberating atonal sound design and entrancing, hypnotic music (composed by Mica Levi) help to create imitation van cleef arpel necklace a mood that's a universe away from your average serial killer thriller.

Despite her scrubbed face and bleached eyebrows, Johansson's natural, luminous but almost plain beauty has never been as well showcased as it was in this sumptuous period drama about an imagined encounter between 17th Century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth) and the subject of his famed painting, 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'. Johansson plays Griet, the wide eyed maid employed to help the painter's perpetually pregnant wife (a wonderful Essie Davis). Griet is supposed to cook and look after the six children, but tensions arise when the painter himself develops an interest in her and asks her to pose for him, wearing his wife's jewels. It's a sensual story about the power of seeing and of being seen and fittingly the cinematography by Eduardo Serra (The Wings of the Dove) is sublime. Each and every frame is composed and lit like a Dutch masterpiece. We can see that the vivid pink of a dead pig's heads at the butcher's can be just as beautiful as the velvet tapestry on the artist's table. DOP Serra was nominated for an Oscar and won a BAFTA Award for his work here, but the film is really Johansson's. With hardly a word of dialogue she expresses a world of blooming desire and understanding.

A Good WomanJohansson plays Meg Windermere, a young wife on the verge of losing her innocence in this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan. Directed by Mike Barker (To Kill a King), the story has been relocated from 1890s London the Italy's Amalfi Coast in the 1930s, where the idle rich imitation van cleef flower necklace go to play and gossip. A notorious and much divorced older woman, Mrs Erlynn (Helen Hunt) has set her sights on Meg's husband (Mark Umbers), much to the delight of playboy Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore). He sees a chance to seduce Meg, and plans to whisk her away on his yacht. Meanwhile, a rich old duffer, Tuppy (a lovable Tom Wilkinson) hopes to marry the scandalous Mrs Erlynn. But is the fallen woman really bad, or merely misunderstood, and can she save Meg from making a terrible mistake?

This farce, full of melodrama and moralising, is not Wilde's best play, and the film itself seems an odd mix of Wilde's epigrams and its own strange logic. But there's no doubting Johansson elevates the role she's given a modest 21 year old girl who doesn't drink and is in love with her husband. We really believe her heartbreak when she suspects him of infidelity and she totally rocks the skimpy backless gold dress she buys to get revenge on him.

A Love Song for Bobby LongJohansson's oft proved chemistry with older male actors is evident again in this story where she shares (and perhaps steals) the screen with a cussing, copy van cleef necklaces drawling, white haired John Travolta. Johansson plays 18 year old Pursilane ('named after a weed') whose estranged junkie mother dies, leaving her a dilapidated house in New Orleans.

Directed by Shainee Gabel (Anthem), who adapted the story from a novel by Ronald Everett Capps, A Love Song for Bobby Long is awash in Southern clichs and a few too many eccentric characters. But Johansson shines as the neglected girl who's been around the block a few times (she used to live in a Florida trailer park with a porn loving boyfriend) but still retains her essential innocence and love of life. There are many sweet moments here as the men grow to love her and rely on her, while also helping her to finish high school and realise her college dreams.
Oct 11 '17 · 0 comments
Decenni di stile caratterizzati all'evento di March of Dimes

12 dicembre 2012La sala da ballo è stata confezionata con alcuni dei giovani amici più alla moda di Palm Beach per l'evento inaugurale 'March of Dimes Born With Style', che si è svolto al Beach Club di Palm Beach il 4 dicembre. Uomini e donne che si sono vestiti in moda che rappresentano i decenni dagli anni '50 agli anni '90, mentre Fashionista Palm Beach ha fornito i vestiti per diversi modelli mentre DJ Adam Lipson ha suonato brani di ogni epoca mentre Josh Cohen ha emesso l'evento. Monique Javarone che rappresenta gli anni '50 in un abito chiffon vintage; Sheryl Rosin che rappresenta gli anni '60 che indossano l'annata Monique Lhuillier; Justin Lynch nell'annata Lily Pulitzer che rappresenta gli anni '70; Davis McDuffie che indossa la sua giacca da fumo di velluto nero; Kristina Olsen indossa l'annata Krizia degli anni '80 e Lori Stoll nell'annata Halston.Commissione Carla Cartier ha fatto lo stile per l'evento, lavorando con i modelli che creano acconciature e trucco che li hanno trasformati in icone della generazione che hanno rappresentato. Durante l'evento Cohen ha annunciato i successi di marzo di Dimes attraverso i decenni compreso il fondamento dell'organizzazione da parte del presidente Franklin Delano Roosevelt negli anni '50 e il suo obiettivo di eliminare la poliomielite. Altri sintesi di decade comprendevano lo sviluppo dello screening neonatale per PKU negli anni '60 Lo sviluppo della Unità Intensiva Neonatale negli anni '70 e la ricerca continua che entra nell'innovativa ricerca e terapie che rendono la Marcia di Dimes un'organizzazione leader per famiglie e neonati. Gli sposi per la serata includono: l'International Polo Club Palm Beach, Laura Moore Tanne, e la Tire Kingdom. La serata includeva anche pacchetti d'asta realizzati personalizzati inclusi Christopher Kaufmann Il braccialetto, il Gucci Diamante e il biglietto per il 75 ° 'Gala di anniversario' di Marzo del Dimes che si svolgono a gennaio. Il March di Dimes funziona in comunità locali in tutto il paese aiutando le madri a gestire la propria salute e sostenere le famiglie quando qualcosa va storto. La Marcia di Dimes agisce anche a livello globale condividendo le migliori pratiche nella salute prenatale e contribuendo a migliorare i risultati di nascita in cui le esigenze sono le più urgenti.
Oct 11 '17 · 0 comments
I detective che cercano l'esecutore dell'olio mancante Carole Waugh trovano corpo

La signorina Waugh, 50 anni, originaria di Durham, non è stata vista dalla sua famiglia da metà aprile e le preoccupazioni per la sua sicurezza sono aumentate dopo che un truffatore ha cercato di vendere il suo appartamento nel centro di Londra, posando come suo fratello.

Scotland Yard ha detto che un corpo donna è stato trovato in un garage a Lime Court, New Malden, sud-ovest di Londra, ieri sera.

Il sospetto è in custodia in una stazione di polizia sud di Londra. Un mandato per ulteriori detenzione è stato concesso a Croydon Magistrates Court ieri, Scotland Yard ha detto.

Il corpo non è stato formalmente identificato ed è stato portato a morte di Kingston. Un esame post-mortem avrà luogo più tardi oggi.

La signora Waugh, di Harrowby Street, centro di Londra, è stata segnalata mancata dalla sua famiglia il 7 maggio e non era mai andata mancare prima.

L'ultimo avvertito avvistamento di lei è stato pensato di essere nel centro di Londra tre giorni prima, ma questo era non confermato.

Ad oggi, 10 persone sono state arrestate in relazione all'inchiesta.

I detrattori hanno detto che la sig.ra Waugh, precedentemente residente in Libia, ha incontrato uomini attraverso una varietà di siti internet tra cui siti di incontri e stava esaminando la possibilità che avrebbe potuto essere una scorta.

Il Dott. Chief Inspector John McFarlane ha dichiarato mercoledì: 'Sono state ricevute informazioni che hanno portato avanti questa inchiesta e stiamo trattando la scomparsa di Carole come un'indagine per omicidio.

'Non posso più approfondire la natura delle nuove informazioni in questo momento, ma ora crediamo che Carole non sia vissuta viva dal 16 aprile.

'Da quel momento, il saccheggio significativo della sua tenuta ha avuto luogo al valore di centinaia di migliaia di sterline.

'Oltre a una serie di operazioni fraudolente associate al conto bancario Carole, ci sono anche alcuni suoi beni personali che attualmente non possono essere trovati.

'Sto rilasciando immagini di oggetti di gioielli Cartier, identici a quelli indossati da Carole, che sono tra gli oggetti mancanti dai suoi beni personali'.
Oct 11 '17 · 0 comments
Rocket Camper Revealed

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Oct 11 '17 · 0 comments
SPAD wants speed limiters too

KUALA LUMPUR: The proposal to immediately install speed li in express and intercity buses has received the backing of the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).

This came in the wake of the July 10 incident during which a runaway bus rammed into 10 cars on the downhill stretch near the North South Expressway Menora Tunnel. No one was hurt.

Syed Hamid also clarified that the suspension of the bus company involved came into effect yesterday.

is due process and the letter issued was not for imme suspension but for the notification of the process of suspension by SPAD, he said in response to reports that the company was still selling bus tickets on Thursday.

Syed Hamid said customers who had purchased advance tickets with the company could seek a refund or take alternative buses which would be readied for them.

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Oct 11 '17 · 0 comments
Scientists Find Microbe That Functions Without Mitochondria

Scientists have found a microbe that does something textbooks say is impossible: It's a complex cell that survives without mitochondria.

Mitochondria are the powerhouses inside eukaryotic cells, the type of complicated cell that makes up people, other critters and plants and fungi. All eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus and little organelles and one of the most famous was the mitochondrion.

"They were considered to be absolutely indispensable components of the eukaryotic cell and the hallmark of the eukaryotic cell," says Anna Karnkowska, a researcher in evolutionary biology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Karnkowska and her colleagues describe their new find in a study published online Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

Mitochondria have their own DNA, and scientists believe they were once free living bacteria that got engulfed by primitive, ancient cells that were evolving to become the complex life forms we know and love today.

For decades, researchers have tried to find eukaryotic cells that don't have mitochondria and for a while they thought they'd found some. One example is Giardia, a human gut parasite that causes diarrhea. It was considered to be a kind of living fossil because it had a nucleus but didn't seem to have acquired mitochondria. But additional studies on Giardia and other microbes showed that actually, the mitochondria were there.

"It turned out that all of them actually had some kind van cleef butterfly earrings fake of remnant mitochondrion," says Karnkowska, who notes that mitochondria perform key jobs in the cell beyond just generating power.

A biggie is assembling iron sulfur clusters for certain proteins, which is thought to be a mitochondrial function that's really essential. So even if a microbe powers itself in a different way and has a limited form of the organelle that isn't the same as the fake van cleef earrings ebay mitochondria found in people, Karnkowska says, "it's still a mitochondrion and it has some important function for the cell."

That kind of vestigial mitochondrion is what she expected to find when she was a researcher at Charles University in Prague and started investigating a particular gut microbe that had been isolated from a researcher's pet chinchilla.

After she and her colleagues sequenced the gut microbe's genome, however, they found no trace that it made any mitochondrial proteins at all. "So that's a great surprise for us," she says. "That should theoretically kill the cell it shouldn't exist."

What they learned is that instead of relying on mitochondria to assemble iron sulfur clusters, these cells use a different kind of machinery. And it looks like they acquired it from bacteria.

The researchers say this is the first example of any eukaryote that completely lacks mitochondria.

Michael Gray, a biochemist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, says the researchers have made a "compelling" case that they have a bona fide eukaryote without any vestige of a mitochondrion; he calls the finding "unprecedented."

"The observation is significant, in that it clearly demonstrates that a eukaryote can still be a eukaryote without having a mitochondrion," he tells Shots via email.

However, the results do not negate the idea that the acquisition of a mitochondrion was an important and perhaps defining event in the evolution of eukaryotic cells, he adds.

That's because it seems clear that this organism's ancestors had mitochondria that were then lost fake van cleef and arpels earrings alhambra after the cells acquired their non mitochondrial system for making iron sulfur clusters.

"This is not the missing link of eukaryotic evolution," agrees Mark Van Der Giezen, a researcher in evolutionary biochemistry at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.

Still, he says, it is an example of how flexible life is.

"It lives in an area without oxygen and therefore can get rid of a lot of biochemistry that you and I would need in our cells to survive," says Van Der Giezen. "This organism managed to adapt in such a way that it could lose an organelle, which every textbook will tell you is an essential feature of eukaryotes. That's pretty amazing. It shows you that life is extremely creative in finding a way to eke out an existence."
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