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August 25th, 2014

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Have a wonderful day!

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Promising cancer research

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Study: Natural killer cells can be used against acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Autologous natural killer cells from children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia can be replicated and used to eliminate cancer cells, according to researchers at the Saban Research Institute at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The study showed that by adding monoclonal antibodies, natural killer cells can specifically select and kill cancer cells. "These results are very promising -- with potential as a part of first-line therapy and also as a treatment for eliminating any remaining cancer cells following standard chemotherapy," said study co-author Hisham Abdel-Azim. Business Standard (India)/Indo-Asian News Service (8/19)
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Shakespearean Sonnet

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Shakespearean Sonnet
(With a first line taken from the tv listings)

A man is haunted by his father's ghost.
A boy and girl love while their families fight.
A Scottish king is murdered by his host.
Two couples get lost on a summer night.
A hunchback murders all who block his way.
A ruler's rivals plot against his life.
A fat man and a prince make rebels pay.
A noble Moor has doubts about his wife.
An English king decides to conquer France.
A duke learns that his best friend is a she.
A forest sets the scene for this romance.
An old man and his daughters disagree.
A Roman leader makes a big mistake.
A sexy queen is bitten by a snake.

By R.S. Gwynn

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] duathir at R.S. Gwynn, 'Shakespearean Sonnet'
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"When you're lying awake..."

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Love, unrequited... When you're lying awake
(The Lord Chancellor's Song, from 'Iolanthe')

Enter Lord Chancellor, very miserable.

Lord Chancellor:

Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest:
Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers:
Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest,
And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers!

When you're lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is taboo'd by anxiety,
I conceive you may use any language you choose to indulge in, without impropriety;
For your brain is on fire – the bedclothes conspire of usual slumber to plunder you:
First your counterpane goes, and uncovers your toes, and your sheet slips demurely from under you;

Then the blanketing tickles... )

Another version, with the nightmare part modernized:



Lyrics to this version, transcribed by me: )
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An optical illusion

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(These two circles are perfectly round)
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