Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The e-Ean

EMAN is a complete software package for reconstructing 3d models from a set of randomly oriented particle images. This technique is typically used in conjunction with images of individual molecules collected using electron cryomicroscopy. This technique is capable of determining subnanometer resolution structures of particles in the 10-1000 nm range. The core of EMAN is a Python-enabled scientific image processing library which may be useful for other fields as well. EMAN also incorporates a number of tools for docking x-ray crystal structures into lower resolution density maps.
EMAN2 is currently under development, and pre-alpha versions can be downloaded from the NCMI website. EMAN1 remains the stable platform for performing reconstructions.
EMAN is provided free of charge as a service to the scientific community. One of it's biggest advantages is ease of use. An inexperienced image processor should be able to download the EMAN package, and begin a 3d reconstruction almost immediately. An entire 3d model refinement can be run with a single command. Understanding the details will obviously take a bit of time, but the user can start producing useful results almost immediately.

Bluetooth fever


Bluetooth exists in many products, such as phones, printers, modems and headsets. The technology is useful when transferring information between two or more devices that are near each other in low-bandwidth situations. Bluetooth is commonly used to transfer sound data with phones (i.e. with a Bluetooth headset) or byte data with hand-held computers (transferring files).
Bluetooth simplifies the discovery and setup of services between devices. Bluetooth devices advertise all of the services they provide. This makes using services easier because there is no longer a need to setup network addresses or permissions as in many other networks.

Blessing Vs Curses

The last two days have been a roller coaster ride which doesn't stop...as I sit here waiting for my business partner to contact me, my mind swirls with thoughts I haven't had in quite some time. I am so frustrated, angry, scared, etc., etc..... I haven't been paid yet, which is a soap opera in itself; my landlord is threatening to boot me; I owe bills up the ying yang, which could be paid in full if I can get what's owed me. I question my decision, yet know it was the right thing to do: screwy huh?So I've been sitting here thinking about blessings and curses, because these thoughts scare the shit out of me. I am blessed to be free. I am blessed to be clean today. I am blessed to be healthy. I am blessed to have friends-true friends, who accept me. I am blessed to have a roof over my head, just for today (maybe literally). I am blessed with parents who forgive. I am blessed with the privelege of life on life's terms. I am blessed to FEEL, though these feelings hurt so bad. I am blessed to blog (!), for it allows me an outlet, though I don't write nearly enough. I am blessed to know people who inspire me, and to call them "Friend". I am blessed (blushing now) to have feelings for someone other than friendship ( there is a curse that goes with this one). I am blessed to have seen the Boss in person! Awesome! I am blessed to experience empathy. I am blessed to know right from wrong. I am blessed with the ability to think ( most of the time). I AM BLESSED with a higher power who forgives me, though I can't forgive myself. I am blesed with the memory of who I was, and the reality of who I am. I am blessed to have so many blessings. I am truly blessed.I am cursed with a past of my own making. I am cursed with the inability to express my feelings for others properly. I am cursed with the ever present shame of who I was. I am cursed with the knowledge I can't take back the hurt I caused people in my addiction. I am cursed to want a drink or some dope SOO bad today to deaden everything if just for awhile (though I am blessed with the ability to say no). I am cursed with a history of bad decisions leading to a garbage heap of a life, until recently. I am cursed to realize my inadequecies.

legends

we are the legends of the sports...............................
we are two partners.................
no-one can challenge us.............................
we have the sports man spirit..............