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Ahh, the Darker and Edgier side of the arts (especially music and writing). Maybe you find the works of writers such as Hunter S. Thompson, William S. Burroughs, and Ken Kesey interesting, or maybe you want to tell the true story of your time as a groupie or write bandslash that actually resonates with people other than just the Yaoi Fangirl alone. There's many stories that fall under this generalized umbrella - the Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll story can be anything from its own self-contained story to a smaller part of a larger piece of any kind of drama possible.
Necessary Tropes
A Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll story must at least use the following tropes in some way, or generally tends to do so.
- The Sex Tropes. Obviously, there will be sex. Meaning at least some of these and a higher Content Rating.
- Hard-Drinking Tropes: Alcohol will be consumed. Much alcohol.
- Nightlife Index: Where the fun happens/begins.
- The Smoking Section: If the story is set where people would believably use a smoked drug, specifically tobacco and marijuana, this section will help.
- This Is Your Index on Drugs: Some of the tropes here may come into play as well.
- Medical Drama / Death Tropes / Rape And Sexual Harassment Tropes: For negative or balanced portrayals, these will possibly make an appearance.
- Awesome Music: Either your characters are musicians (usually of the rock / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal / Hip-Hop varieties, though this can be subverted/averted/inverted - imagine a classical or opera troupe doing all of this stuff) or while they aren't they are either artists or outsiders/delinquents/similar and there's a kickass soundtrack for the fun...
Choices, Choices
When writing a Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll story, you have three options for your story in general.
Played Straight / positive portrayal: You're wanting to make the reader part of the party, and/or give the story a generally fun, approving, wild atmosphere, or at least do so to set them up for the Drama Bomb when you deconstruct it. Your sex descriptions/scenes will be explicit or riding the very line between explicit and not, and can feature almost any combination of the sex tropes imaginable, though kink and A Party, Also Known as an Orgy are almost givens, and Everyone Is Bi / Everyone Is Gay is definitely workable in some contexts (everyone actually in the story is bi or gay e.g. it's about a bisexual couple, it's set in an accepting setting). Everyone will have Std Immunity or it's not mentioned. For alcohol and drugs, tropes such as Alcohol-Induced Idiocy (or drug induced), the Bar Brawl for fun, the Drinking Contest / Drinking Game (or a variant involving drugs), Drunken Montage, the Drunken Song / Ode to Intoxication, Wine Is Classy, Everybody Smokes, Random Smoking Scene, Smoking Is Cool, Addiction-Powered, Artistic Stimulation, Better Than Sex, Contemplating Your Hands, the Dr. Feelgood as a source of drugs, the Drunken Master (a character is better at something drunk/high), the Functional Addict (any addicts portrayed will tend to be this if you're going for a completely positive story, or there will be no addicts at all), Higher Understanding Through Drugs, Hookers and Blow (obviously for this story), Immune to Drugs, Intoxication Ensues (a MAJOR one), Junkie Prophet, The Stoner, Erudite Stoner, Stoners Are Funny, Wacky Fratboy Hijinks, What Did I Do Last Night?, and many more.
Deconstructed / negative portrayal: The story is itself the Drama Bomb, or is in a work leading up to it, and/or is being retold in a regretful way, or there's other reasons you want the story to show the less pleasant sides of Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll. You can still do explicit sex here, or you can cut away and use a lot of Fade to Black and discretion shots. If you want to do explicit sex, you can play with the sex tropes to make the sex awkward/unpleasant/strange (but still good, or alternately awful for at least one person involved), possibly due to the alcohol/drugs. (For example, some drugs, in the absence of adding ED pills, will almost always invoke The Loins Sleep Tonight for a male-bodied character - ecstasy/MDMA is absolutely notorious for this due to its effect on serotonin.) You can also, in a negative portrayal story, invoke characters being victims of the Rape And Sexual Harassment Tropes or contracting an STD, though you need to be very careful to avoid Unfortunate Implications. For your booze and drugs tropes, you will be using stuff like The Alcoholic, Alcohol-Induced Idiocy, the Bar Brawl as a less fun/funny event, Can't Hold His Liquor, Drinking on Duty, Drowning My Sorrows, Drunk Driver, the sad version of the Drunken Montage or Binge Montage, In Vino Veritas, Off the Wagon, Sorry Occifer, Unsuspectingly Soused, Cigarette of Anxiety, Good Smoking, Evil Smoking (and a non-tobacco variant on this is possible if the story is not anti-all drugs, e.g. the weed smokers are "good" and Erudite Stoner or Stoners Are Funny, the people smoking crack cocaine or methamphetamine are the "evil" smokers), Compressed Abstinence, Compressed Vice, Drugs Are Bad (the point of this story is pretty much that drugs or some drugs or irresponsible use is bad), Going Cold Turkey, and many, many others, usually subverted or inverted. You may also want to take a look around the tropes under Medical Drama since this story could well end up in the hospital... or in the morgue, so Death Tropes might be a place to look too.
Balanced portrayal (some of both): Your story can pick and choose from any of the above, combining them in a way to tell a story that has good sex, not so good sex, and everything in between, that has some characters who drink, smoke, and do drugs and some that don't, that has everyone from the Functional Addict and non-addicts to the most stereotypical of addict, that can be anything from a realistic take on drugs as opposed to drugs being one big party or Drugs Are Bad. It can be a Slice of Life or a "Shaggy Dog" Story or a true story very deftly disguised.
Anatomically Impossible Sex: Make absolutely sure you know how sex works before taking on a story like this, and/or fade the sex to black.
Ikea Erotica (when unintended): Also, unless your goal IS for the sex to be mechanistic and emotionless and boring and weird (which can be done well in a negative or balanced story), you want to make your character and the readers/viewers get into it, find it enjoyable.
Artistic License Pharmacology and Marijuana Is LSD: RESEARCH ANY DRUG YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT. No that doesn't mean use it, it means pop on over to the vaults of Erowid and, if you're running anonymizing software or can justify it for writing, bluelight.ru and drugsforum and other places with users discussing their experiences. Official government/medical information may be useful to a degree, but you have to keep in mind all of it is written from a perspective of Drugs Are Bad and can only help a little for positive or balanced portrayals.
Everyone Is Bi / Everyone Is Gay without justifying it, even if your story is slash or yaoi,: It's very easy to slip into this, especially if you really are writing in an accepting setting (e.g. your story is to be posted online instead of being an attempt at mainstream genre fiction or lit fic) and you like the idea. Unfortunately, it carries some major Unfortunate Implications, throws reality out the window entirely and breaks all suspension of disbelief, and pigeonholes your story if done wrong. To do it right, you need to justify it in some way (e.g. it's at a gay club/resort/etcetera, the character in the story is gay or same sex preferring bisexual so of course the character is not seeking out tons of heterosexual sex or the het is offscreen, everyone in the band is an out bisexual, etcetera...)
- This doubly important in historical settings, such as the 1970's Glam Rock scene for example, as attitudes to LGBTQIA+ people at certain times could vary heavily depending on context, and could be patchy in terms of overall acceptance, which type of behaviour is accepted or which kind of people were accepted.
No Bisexuals (or no gay people): Alternately, if Everyone Is Having Lots Of Sex there's going to be some people having sex with people of the same sex, and no, not all of them are going to be lesbians. Statistics are roughly that anywhere from 1 in 10 to 3 in 10 people in real life will be bisexual or homosexual so, unless you're writing solely heterosexual porn, don't ignore that at least some people might not be heterosexual.
The Critical Research Failure in general: if you are writing about musicians, for example, at least know a little bit about what they are, what their culture/subculture is, how they play their instruments, just general stuff other than the sex, drugs, and the music. One should know how any drugs depicted are used and how different methods of use can cause different results.
The Rape And Sexual Harassment Tropes, if depicted positively or neutrally: There are a select few exceptions for this (such as your character being very very very evil and an Unreliable Narrator, the story happening in an culture/era when it could be argued that the culture/era itself permitted such behavior, such as your victim character not understanding that what happened really was an assault, for example) but generally, if you depict one of these tropes as a good thing or just a way for the boys to have fun... it's going to make your story at the very least a lot less enjoyable for a lot of people, and full of Unfortunate Implications. And if you're writing Real Person Slash or even worse, a roman a clef based on true persons, if you throw in these tropes without proof, you can be sued. These tropes should be handled with the care afforded dynamite - and usually have no place being depicted as "fun" or "partying" behavior.
Unfortunate Implications in general: They are very, very, very easy to stumble into. You might want to check out Avoid Unfortunate Implications.
Potential Subversions
- Having your musicians be something other than rock, metal, or hip-hop/rap is one mentioned at the beginning of the article, and one that would bring a fresh take on the idea. Especially because this can be Truth in Television - for example, EDM and outlaw country can easily rival rock and metal for amounts of drug users and sexually promiscuous people.
- Setting the story in a setting different than the usual. For example, the Visual Kei band is touring America for the first time, or alternately, the protagonist is an American in the underground in Japan. This carries some major pitfalls of doing the research on the locale, but if done well can help the story.
- Having the characters with the worst problems (or at least some of them) survive in a negative or balanced but mostly negative story. This is a sometimes Truth in Television subversion that also handily gives balance to the story and makes it more deep than An Aesop about "don't do drugs"/"don't live the party lifestyle" - it can instead become something about the fragility of life and the luck of the draw, that a character who does all the "right" things (e.g. tries to quit, gets rehab and therapy, gets religion instead) dies or gets seriously messed up, while the character who has used and is using every drug under the sun in every way possible is alive and (somewhat) well as long as he has his fix.
- Having a character be the Ethical Slut, interested in having sex for their pleasure and that of their partners, rather than just the often sexist/misogynistic "pump and dump"/"use 'em and lose 'em" attitude many of these type of stories have toward the sex involved. Or deconstructing someone who takes the selfish approach toward sex.
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Suggested Themes and Aesops
- The Family-Unfriendly Aesop is your friend, unless you're writing an entirely negative story, you'll be using many of these. Although, you can include straight Family Friendly Aesop aesops about friendship, about looking out for other people, about finding joy in the moment in any kind of these stories.
- Everybody Must Get Stoned or the Stoner Flick: A story centered around cannabis culture, with in-jokes and other stuff that is most truly funny/mindblowing/interesting to those watching under the influence or who have once been.
- Wacky Fratboy Hijinks and Sex Comedy: Anything by, say, Judd Apatow might be an example.
- The Road Trip Plot / The Quest: The band is on tour. A writer needing inspiration packs up and hits the road to find it. Many, many similar ideas, but the common theme is there's a road trip, a tour, some form of travel, and it becomes this story.
- Drugs Are Bad (or a certain drug/irresponsible use of drugs is bad), Casual, promiscuous sex is dangerous and meaningless, and/or celebrity/art/music/fame is empty and shallow: If you're writing a negative or balanced but heavily negative leaning story, this is possibly the territory you will enter. Keep in mind the pitfalls of Unfortunate Implications, which are just as common here as in positive stories, but it is possible to tell such a story and have it be believable and real.
- What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?: You're bringing the reader/viewer as close as you can into the world of being on the drugs involved, with a psychedelic, trippy ambience for the story, a Kudzu Plot at best, and possibly everything degenerating into either enjoyable or horrific batshit insanity. This can tie in with the next...
- The "Shaggy Dog" Story and Shoot the Shaggy Dog: Many of these type of stories will become like this.
Potential Motifs
- Lots of explicitly depicted (or at least lime and Fade to Black) sex, of The Beautiful Elite and the Hookers and Blow variety, or alternately of the desperate Lower-Class Lout or Naughty by Night variety.
- Lots of luridly depicted, explicit use of alcohol and drugs, with your characters possibly either being very learned snobs about the substances (as in Wine Is Classy and the Opium Den) or alternately being so ignorant of them they don't even know what they're experiencing (as in Unsuspectingly Soused, Intoxication Ensues).
- Vivid or visceral description of music or clothing that draws a parallel between that and the description of drug trips or drunken hallucinations. Alternatively, deliberately Beige Prose that suggests disconnect between the person and their actions.
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- Generally, in Real Life drug user settings, there's somewhat of a "junkie hierarchy" akin to the famous "geek hierarchy," except it has several different "sliding scales." Those are drugs used, method of use, how much of a life outside getting wasted someone has, and/or their financial status. This enables for much internecine conflict/refusal to accept one has a problem/disinterest in legalisation/other issues. A rough version is as follows. Note this has no basis in law, or sometimes even fact - no more than the "geek hierarchy's" reasoning as to why erotic furries are somehow "worse" or "more worthy of mockery" than Star Wars fanboys.
- Drugs used:
- Nutmeg, morning glory seeds, datura, DXM cough syrup (-0, often mocked for being too "chickenshit" or underage to get alcohol or marijuana, or in the case of datura, for being Too Dumb to Live)
- Alcohol to anything but being a raging alcoholic, caffeine, tobacco, legitimately prescribed psych meds or painkillers (0, often assumed to be a "normal" or "square" or "novice" if not an undercover cop or similar)
- Marijuana/cannabis (1 to 2, depending on the "life outside being The Stoner" scale)
- MDMA/LSD/shrooms/the other "hallucinogens" or "entheogens" (2 to 3, generally considered a "psychonaut" or "raver" or "party" type or alternately a "hippie")
- Painkillers/stimulants/other legal pills used for recreational purposes (3, possibly 4 depending on how "addicted" the user seems and method of use - if they are simply popping pills, it's likely to be seen as more of a 3, a mid-range "fun" user, than a 4 verging on being a junkie)
- Powder cocaine (usually 3 to 4, again depending on how addicted the user seems)
- Alcohol to the degree of being a homeless, blackout gutter drunk (5, a stereotypical "alcoholic bum")
- Crack cocaine (generally considered a 5, a "crackhead" simply due to the behaviour of some users and the unfortunate messaging that crack was somehow "worse" than powder because poorer and darker-skinned people preferred it)
- Crystal methamphetamine (5, usually considered a "junkie" or "tweaker" unless the use is VERY limited or temporary)
- Heroin/morphine/fentanyl (5, generally considered a junkie with any use beyond a one-time experiment)
- Bath salts (either a -0 with "stupid teenagers" or a 5 with someone who is truly messed up from them)
- PCP/propofol/other general anesthetics... (Readings Are Off the Scale, if someone's known for drugs like these, they are considered Too Dumb to Live even by other addicts and junkies.)
- Method of use:
- Eating/drinking/taking as pill or consumable tablet or the like (0 usually, and often considered either the "safest" or the "wimpiest" way to take drugs, depending on to whom you are speaking)
- Smoking/inhaling (1 to 3 depending on the drug in question)
- Snorting (automatically a 3 to 4 as most drugs that are snorted are pretty high on the above scale - one doesn't snort cannabis for example)
- Injecting (5, to the point that it's actually considered, among most drug users, that the "line" between "having fun" and being a junkie is sticking a needle in your arm - injection drug users are often heavily looked down upon by other drug users as well as society at large)
- Other (rectal, intraocular, via the genitals (Readings Are Off the Scale, again, generally someone using drugs in this way is considered to be so far addicted nothing else works, to be near-insane, or alternately, to be trying to be seen as a badass at the possible cost of their life or organs.)
- Lifestyle/financial status
- The rich (0, generally considered to just be having a good time with Hookers and Blow unless they go to jail or rehab, and sometimes even then)
- Middle class with hidden/secret use of anything except meth or heroin and/or the middle to upper class version of The Stoner (0 to 1)
- The Slacker broke version of The Stoner (1 to 2, mocked possibly but generally seen as harmless if annoying by other users and sometimes even by society)
- The Alcoholic or prescription abuser/user of powder cocaine/ whose use is known but who remains a Functional Addict (3, considered to be going into the danger zone, but often still socially tolerable enough by others to the point of being enabled)
- Anyone poor or abjectly broke using the stimulants or opiates (4, generally considered to be on the edge of the next category)
- "Crackheads" for crack cocaine or "cokeheads" or "fiends" for powder, "meth heads" or "tweakers" or "speed freaks" for methamphetamine, "junkies" for heroin/opiates, gutter drunk alcoholics (5, with the trope Addled Addict in full force, and with their behavior alienating even most more "casual" users of even the substance they prefer.)
- Drugs used:
This is actually important when depicting characters who are drug users, as it allows you some idea of what you are depicting and what viewers with experience (or even with none, but who are being introduced to the world) will think. There's obviously a ton of flexibility and ways to invert or subvert the "hierarchy," but it's important that to keep in mind if you're showing, say, someone injecting drugs he or she will almost automatically be assumed to be someone with serious drug issues, while if you're depicting someone smoking even the same substance, you'll likely need to do a little more to establish the seriousness of their problem, especially if the character is rich or has a full life aside from the substance, for example.
One very clever way of subverting the "junkie hierarchy" is to juxtapose steps that absolutely don't align in it - for example, depicting a rich, Wine Is Classy alcohol user (e.g. an square on both the "substance hardness" and "lifestyle" sliding scales agreeing to consume alcohol rectally (off the scale on off-the-wall consumption methods) for the sheer "Holy Shit!" Quotient (pun not intended), or alternately a person who is acting like and whom you've set up to be read as a crackhead/tweaker (a 5 on the lifestyle scale) be revealed to somehow simply be having a very unusual reaction to/overdose of nicotine or caffeine (the 0/"square" legal stimulants).
The Greats
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson is a Trope Maker.
- "Naked," by Kevin Brooks. It looks at the 1970's punk scene in London in a negative light.
- "The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star" by Nikki Sixx and Ian Gittins, is a biography of a member of one of the most famous bands of 1980's Hair Metal.
- Withnail & I is known for depicting a fairly realistic, grungy look at late '60's alcoholism and drug use in the U.K, although it may have limited application, as neither of the main characters are "on the scene" and are basically isolated except for their drug dealer.
The Epic Fails
- Go Ask Alice (the book, not the Columbia University website) is known best for failing horribly at everything from drug pharmacology to sex education, and to be, despite its occasionally lurid for the time descriptions, a thinly veiled anti-sex, anti-drug, and general abstinence tract written by a very clumsy writer. It's also notorious for making the false claim of being the Real Life journal of a real teenager, which was a complete lie.
- Reefer Madness: Oh, where to START. This film failed so much at its over the top, absolutely wrong depiction of cannabis that it became a joke and a Stoner Flick for the sheer stupidity and inaccuracy that made it something that could never be taken seriously, and where Watch It Stoned is the best advice related to it that there is.


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3 Belizean Minors Repatriated After They Were Found Working in Guatemala
We can report tonight that three Belizean siblings are being transported back to Belize from Guatemala via the western border. The siblings were found to be working in Livingston, Guatemala where Guatemalan authorities acting on an anonymous tip picked up the children. From what we have been able to ascertain, the three minors were put to work by a woman who claimed she had been given the children. Now, the woman has Belizean nationality, but is originally from Guatemala. When she was questioned, she could not provide any documents to show that she had any legal rights to the siblings. The case was dealt with in Zacapa, which is about three hours from Guatemala City. The three minors were handed over to the Belizean Embassy in Guatemala and Ambassador Said Guerra was deployed to bring them back to Belize. They will be handed over to the Department of Human Services. Investigations continue as to how they ended up in Guatemala. The children were located last year and placed in custody until their repatriation today through the efforts of the office of the Attorney General in Guatemala.

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BMW X6 based Hamann Tycoon EVO
Back in January the tuning house Hamann released an appearance package for the BMW X6 sports activity vehicle, the modified car was then called the Tycoon for its over the top styling featuring bold arches and a redesigned front end filled with all sorts of scoops and air vents. Well it is now September and the aftermarket specialists are preparing to debut the next step in their tuning program at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show.
The BMW Tycoon EVO comes complete with a new set of widened front fenders and rear quarter panel extensions made of a lightweight composite that adds about two inches to the X6's width. The front bumper is similar to before except that this time there are two rows of powerful LED running lights inside the large air vents on either side of the car as well as the traditional projector fog lamps as well. The side skirts bring the body closer to the ground and at the same time bring it out to meet the new wide fenders. Out back is a pair of wings, more vents than you can shake a stick at and a mild diffuser at the bottom that frames two large fat pipes stick out from behind the middle of the Tycoon EVO letting onlookers know that this is no SUV to be messing with.
Hamann has a plan to increase the output of any BMW that could wear the Tycoon EVO kit. The 3.0 Liter twin turbocharged inline six cylinder engine found in the BMW X6 xDrive35i has been tuned to produce a maximum output of 360 hp and almost 400 lb-ft of torque, while the diesel powered xDrive30d now delivers a peak of 265 HP and 443 lb-ft of torque and the xDrive35d now makes 320 HP and 487 lb-ft of torque. The most powerful of all the X6 models, the xDrive50i with its 5.0 Liter twin turbo direct injected V8 gets 501 HP and 516 lb-ft of twist while the Tycoon EVO's top speed goes up to 186 MPH.
Press release after the jump.
Press release
Already for the eights time, HAMANN-Motorsport presents its exclusive refining programme at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
In hall 5.0, exhibition stand B.32, the renowned BMW specialist and tuner of the most excellent luxury sports cars presents it latest developments. One of the displayed highlights of the 450 square metre large HAMANN stand is the world premiere of the TYCOON EVO which is based on the BMW X6. The revolutionary difference to its predecessor is the newly designed fender extensions and the striking rear. The visual and sonorous highlights of the rear part are the earthy sports exhaust system with the remarkable centre double end pipes.
The TYCOON EVO– an auto-body pack which sets benchmarks
Already the design department at HAMANN-Motorsport ensures that the TYCOON EVO meets the expectations in his name. They designed and developed an impressive broad makeover for this BMW crossover model and ensured that all accessories reflect and perfect the shape of the car. The masculine appearance of the TYCOON EVO is mainly emphasised by its new front wings and back wing extensions made of light composite material. They broaden the body by striking 60 millimetres. The perfectly designed side skirts render the optical connection while the front apron is an outstanding eye-catcher with its large air inlets and the LED daytime running lights under the serial headlights. At the rear of the X6, HAMANN engineers replaced the original skirt with an own development. This makes place for the sporty and earthy exhaust system with the centre double end pipes. The back appearance of the TYCOON EVO is enhanced by a rear- and roof spoiler. It goes without saying that all used HAMANN-components do not only convince with their design but also with their aerodynamics. They ensure an optimised air flow over the car silhouette and render an additional downthrust.
Perfectly styled from head to toe – the suitable rim in XXL format
The suitable rim for the broad makeover of the BMW X6 is the DESIGN EDITION RACE ANODIZED. The ultra-light forged wheel combines both agility and also elegance. The black rim star and the titanium bolting underline the dynamics of the wheel. The highly polished rim flange on the contrary gives the car a noble impression. HAMANN offers the 23-inch wheel with tyres sized 315/25 R 23. Special chassis springs fantastically enhance the light alloy wheels. Thereby, progressively coiled springs lower the barycentre of this Sports Utility Vehicle by maximally 40 millimetres at the front- and back axle.
HAMANN performance kits – from tycoon to typhoon
The choice of different HAMANN performance kits is as manifold as the selection of BMW engines. The tuning expert bestows the X6 xDrive35i with an engine output of 360 hp / 265 kW at 5230 rpm. Parallelly, the maximum torque rises by 140 Nm to 540 Nm in the rpm-range between 1300 and 5000. At the same time, HAMANN also suspends the speed limit of 250 km/h and allows impressive 275 km/h.
The Diesel series also profits from extra power. After the serial motronic is re-programmed, the xDrive30d has 265 PS / 195 kW and transfers a maximum torque of 600 Nm to the crankshaft. The engine variation xDrive35d also turns into a racy sprinter: HAMANN is able to tease 320 PS / 235 KW and a sensational torque of 660 Nm at 2000 rpm out of the Diesel car
The maximum performance enhancement HAMANN offers is for the eight-cylinder model xDrive50i. By using a new motor electronics map and by applying metal catalysts and the matching sport exhaust system, the engine output increase to 501 hp / 368 kW at 5,600 r.p.m. (serial version: 407 hp / 300 kW at 5,500 r.p.m.). The maximum torque rises to enormous 700 Nm at 3,700 r.p.m (serial version: 600 Nm at 1,750 r.p.m.). Also the maximum speed rises significantly and only misses the 300 km/h notch by a whisker.
The inner values of HAMANN – noble accessories for the TYCOON EVO interior
In addition to the present, serial inner design, HAMANN offers accessories made of high-quality aluminium. Pedals and foot rests render motorsports sensations and perfectly match the 12-part HAMANN decoration set made of carbon fibre. An instrument dial with a scaling up to 300 km/h and a 3-spoke sport steering wheel further underline the sportive overall appearance of the TYCOON EVO. For the boot of the X6, HAMANN offers an elegant and also practical boot mat with chequered decorative stitching and an embroidered logo.
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Looked very rich and modernized concept, definitely like the style and very bold gesture. Also this one looked very refreshing even in is black and white color scheme.


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We caught up with Will Irving, head brewer over at Feral to ask him a few questions about one of our favourite beers – Hop Hog Pale Ale and how the recent Coca Cola Amatil buyout would affect the brewery, for the better or for worse…
Feral's Hop Hog is one of the brewery's core range beers - an American style pale ale that's big and bold when it comes to flavour. "We brew big beers that we love to drink. It's not that we don't love a good English IPA, we just prefer the flavour profile of the piney, citrus and tropical fruit driven hops of the US," Will told LBHQ.
The inspiration for Hop Hog was back in 2008 out at the Swan Valley brewpub. Will said the Feral crew landed on the recipe for Hop Hog without too much fussing about, and were "pretty stoked" with the results from the first batch! "Brendan came back with a technique that was new to us called 'dry hopping' where hops are added to the tank post fermentation. We added this process to our pale ale that we had at the time with a few tweaks to the process, and the Hop Hog recipe was born."
Just how much Hop Hog does Feral actually produce every year?
"Let's just say A LOT. We produce more Hop Hog than every other beer we make put together," said Will. This amount of brewed beer is in stark contrast to Feral's Brewpub releases where only 10,000L are produced for each beer. "These releases are awesome and always generate a lot of hype, but Hop Hog is really the pillar on which Feral was built."
He explained 50% of All Hop Hog is exported to the east and even the odd pallet gets shipped to places such as Singapore. "It's actually Hop Hog's 10th Birthday this year so we are planning on having a Big Birthday Bash…Keep your eyes peeled for this one."
What about the recent buy-out by Coca Cola Amatil...
Will's take on the recent brewery buy out by Coca-Cola Amatil was a refreshing perspective to the complaints witnessed on Perth Beer Snobs and other local craft channels last year. He said he thought it was a 'major positive for Feral' despite most people assuming the worst when the news came out. "We've increased our sales team, we now have a marketing budget which was something we needed to work on previously, so hopefully you will see our beers around Australia more often. Increased sales equals increased production which will allow us to hire more brewers and purchase a few new toys to further increase our quality and experimentation."
And as for the brewery's reputation surviving into the future? Will is happy to let his beers continue doing the talking. "We are still the same crew, making the beer that we want to drink. It's just now Brendan doesn't have 30 people's salaries weighing on his conscience every night. We still operate as a small business, just without all the additional stress."
Where did you come from?
Will's been with Feral for 11 years now and he's always wanted to be a brewer, even back at school. "I actually started out at Feral as a sales rep. It turns out I'm not the greatest salesman and was fired after 3 months. Luckily the assistant brewer left the role at the same time and I was given the job that week," he said.
The now, Head Brewer of Feral explained to us he'd been around beer his entire life.
"I was stacking shelves at a local liquor store from the age of 14. My dad owned a pub up in the hills which we cleaned for pocket money and I moved around a few other liquor stores as the 'Beer Guy' until I came to Feral."
So what do we have to look forward to on the cards at Feral?
A whispering of a winter Brewpub release planned for July but that will stay under wraps. But, he could let us know about the many small batch barrel projects in the works currently at the brewery.
"In the Swan Valley barrel room we have a Port barrel aged flanders red, ex-chardonnay barrel kriek, a cognac barrel aged oud bruin and a bourbon barrel aged red ale. All will be out by late 2018/early 2019. As for the brew house there will always be something new ticking along, the newest being a Yuzu Pilsner due in a few weeks."
Coming up...?
"Up next is a collaboration brew with local community radio station RTRFM set to release at the In The Pines music festival which is really cool!"
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Despite a drop in the mill rate, residents could be paying an additional $400 in taxes this year. The proposed $24.4 million 2008-09 budget is a $2.5 million increase from this year or 11.5 percent higher than this year, but a 6 mill decrease, thanks to a recent townwide property revaluation.
Despite a drop in the mill rate, residents could be paying an additional $400 in taxes this year.
Residents and Town Council members this morning will get their first look at the proposed $24.4 million 2008-09 budget, a $2.5 million increase from this year. That is 11.5 percent higher than this year, but a 6 mill decrease, thanks to a recent townwide property revaluation.
"How are people going to survive?" resident Mervin Whipple, 79, asked. "They need to do some more cutting before we vote on this."
Whipple, the owner of Everlasting Memorials, a cemetery monument business in town, said his business has dropped off 50 percent in the last year, making any increase to his tax bill a burden.
In a budget message, Town Manager Bruce Benway urged voters to recognize that the revaluation has a "dramatic impact on tax rate calculations." If approved, the proposed budget would require a property tax rate of $19.55 for every $1,000 of taxable income, or an additional $399 for the average homeowner.
A revaluation determines the fair market value of every property in town. The reassessment is equal to 70 percent of a property's market value. The recent revaluation increased the value of many properties in town, which then raised the grand list. Individual taxes change based on the updated grand list total.
Last year, residents approved a budget that carried no increase to the 25.8 mill property tax rate.
"I wouldn't vote for it as it is," resident Roger Ashmore, 32, said of the budget proposal. "The town needs to tighten its belt just like us."
The Board of Education March 12 approved its $16 million school budget. The proposed education budget is 7.8 percent or $1.1 million higher than this year.
At $8.3 million, the proposed general government budget is $1.3 million higher than the 2007-08 budget. The budget proposes to add a fifth resident state trooper at $91,250 per year. Benway said the trooper is needed because the town is growing and soon it will have Killingly Commons, a new shopping center in Dayville.
The town budget also includes $598,682 for school buses and vehicles and $221,000 to purchase heavy equipment for the highway department. The budget includes $37,000 for park improvements and $50,000 to renovate Town Hall offices.
Approximately 60 percent of the proposed general government budget consists of personal and contractual service costs, 23 percent is debt service and 15 percent is insurance and benefits costs.
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The proposed $24.4 million 2008-09 budget is a $2.5 million, or 11.5 percent, increase from this year.
If approved, the 25.8 mill tax rate would drop to 19.5 mills because of a recent property revaluation, though the average taxpayer can expect to pay approximately $400 more in taxes if the budget passes.
The budget includes $16 million for education and $8.3 million for general government. WHAT'S NEXT
The town budget will be presented to the Town Council at 8 a.m. today at Town Hall.
The Town Council and the Board of Education will meet to discuss the proposed 2008-09 $24.4 million budget at 7 p.m. Monday at Town Hall.


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Expose Noir creeps up this Saturday at Darling Foundry
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Expose Noir, a mix of dark magic and techno will have you wanting more!
A mysterious mixture of dark beauty, booming bass, and beautiful people will take over Montreal this Saturday. Fonderie Darling's boasts authentic warehouse vibes, with raw interior, spacious dance floor, and super ceilings will have Expose Noir goers in a techno-filled trance. The perfect venue for this art driven event.
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The Darling Foundry will be stacked with a lineup of International artists from Berlin, Brooklyn, & Beruit. Perfect to play alongside some of Montreal's greatest talents!
First off, Ellen Allien, a techno lover from the start, it is her musical core, the running theme through her varied sets. Founder of Bpitch, she comfortably blends and weaves a hypnotic pattern of her style of techno, acid house, minimal jams, abstract electro and freaky house slammers. Volvox, a prodigy, is a dominant force on the Brooklyn underground scene. Ariana is known for tough, stripped-back techno and groovy, acid-flavored sets. Here is Ellen Alien's boiler room set, getting you in the mood.
To add to this dark and underground techno theme, we have Atroxx! A Montreal favourite who is known for delivering his sets and riling up the crowd wherever he plays. In the words of Atroxx "I make bass music. "Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence" below is a set by none other. With Montreal's genuine crowd the local love for Atroxx will definitely be a highlight.
Born 1962 in East Berlin, Sven Marquardt was a defining part of the emerging Punk, New Wave and arts scene in the mid-1980s. His photography seems classic, the underlying contents of his images merge past, present, and future. There are echoes of transformation and reformation in his work, as in one of mankind's oldest symbols of the snake shedding its skin.
Brace yourself for a twelve-hour unique music and art experience at Fonderie Darling. Expose Noir. This event will put art and music at its forefront featuring two rooms. We also have for you some artistic artisan treats for all you techno heads to enjoy such as chocolate covered dates, frozen bananas etc.
While you explore, the dancefloor will be waiting for you, pumping some dark bassy sounds, on none other than VOID and FUNKTION ONE sound system!
To keep Expose Noir as pure and to keep the experience reserved for participant eyes only, there will be a strict no cell phone policy, to keep/create the moment. The DJ booth will be in the middle of the room so everyone can dance freely without the worry of any crowds!
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The ACEU is a grouping of Air India's non-technical staff and comprises nearly 8,000 of the total 21,137 employees will hold its general body meeting in New Delhi this week to "organise its members for a movement" against the government's decision to privatise the debt-ridden national carrier.
The Air Corporations Employees' Union (ACEU) is also planning to meet a group of ministers to be set up by the government to look into the disinvestment of its stake in the airline.
"The meeting will be held to enlighten the rank and file about the privatisation of Air India and how it will affect them. This will also be a forum to organise them as we plan a movement against the privatisation of the national carrier," said a member of the ACEU.
Seven unions of Air India have already joined hands to oppose the privatisation of the financially bleeding airline. Their representatives met last month and wrote to Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapthi Raju, warning him of an "industrial unrest".
The letter was written jointly by the AI Air Corporate Employees Union, AI Employees Union, AI Aircraft Engineers' Association, United Air India Officers' Association, AI Engineer's Association, AI Cabin Crew Association and AI Service Engineers' Association.
These unions will also hold talks with the two pilots' unions — Indian Commercial Pilots' Association and Indian Pilots' Guild — and Indian Aircraft Technicians' Association to bring them on board.
They have called NITI Aayog's report on Air India "arbitrary and unilateral" and said it was prepared without consulting the employees, who are the largest stakeholders.


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American Idol Roundtable and Liveblog – Top Seven Pre-Show Tuesday, April 14, 2009Posted by Jerkwheat in American Idol, Bloggers Gone Wild, DeadOn Round Table, DougOLis, Holy crap, JB*, jerkwheat, matt_T, maybe you should read a book instead, the scottish.
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We are down to SEVEN. Hardly seems believable right? We've suffered so long and yet have so far to go. But you, gentle reader, can rest assured that we will continue to watch on your behalf. Gluttons for punishment is what we are. And, to better serve you, the pre-show Roundtable hath returned at long last. As well as your link for tonight's live blog which can be found below:
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American Idol Top 8 Liveblog Tuesday, April 7, 2009Posted by Jerkwheat in jerkwheat, reality TV.
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It's that time of the week – here comes the AI Top 8 Liveblog at 8pm EST. Join us for our weekly series of pithy one-liners and badjokes, won't you?
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American Idol Roundtable – Top 9 Performance Show Recap Wednesday, April 1, 2009Posted by Jerkwheat in American Idol, DeadOn Round Table, DougOLis, JB*, jerkwheat, matt_T, reality TV, Television, TV shows.
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Thanks to The Colonel for joining us in the liveblog last night. We had some technical difficulties (again) and I missed the chance to approve and let in the rest of the crew. One of these days, we'll figure it out. The Roundtable marches onward and upward though, so hit the jump for thoughts on last night's shit fiesta of an episode
American Idol Top 9 Roundtable Preview and Liveblog Tuesday, March 31, 2009Posted by Jerkwheat in American Idol, Bloggers Gone Wild, Bring On The Rapture, DougOLis, JB*, jerkwheat, matt_T, more indepth than probably need-be, Posts that should have more humor, reality TV, THIS AIN'T REALITY TV.
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American Idol Top 13 – LIVE BLOGGERY Tuesday, March 10, 2009Posted by Jerkwheat in the balls.
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On a conference call earlier this week with Army Maj. Gen. Keith Walker, the service's Future Force Integration Directorate Commander, I asked him about the crappy performance of the Non Line-of-Sight Launch System's (NLOS-LS) Precision Attack Missile. The not very precise missile only went two for six in recent limited user live fire tests out at White Sands; the hits only came when it used its laser designator instead of the infrared seeker, which is kind of cheating (laser designated rounds have been around for a long time).
Walker, who is in charge of getting all of the former bits and pieces of technology that fell out of the FCS cancellation integrated into the future force, was none too pleased about the NLOS-LS tests; he was there to witness the misses first hand. "It's a significant impact, obviously," he said.
I asked Walker how much patience the Army has with Raytheon's missile builders. "It depends on what went wrong, if it's a matter of the switch was set to A instead of B, then that's just turning the switch. It's likely at this point in the evaluation that it's a bit more complicated than that."
The Army lacks an "easily deployable guided missile system," he said, but, there is a cost versus benefit issue with the NLOS-LS; the missiles reportedly cost $466,000 a piece. Once the guidance malfunction is identified, then "we can figure out what it would take to fix it. Then the Army's got the decision: Okay, do we modify the program? Do we cancel the program? Or do we continue?"
The Army is having a tough time even figuring out how the NLOS-LS would fit into its precision fires world because it has yet to perform as advertised, he said.


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Group: Toy Group.
Purpose of Breed: Ratting, Companionship
Country of Origin: Malta.
Average Size: Range from 9 inches to 10 inches and 4 to 6 pounds. Color(s):Typically white, but beige and lemon markings are sometimes seen.
Coat Type: Very long (floor length), silky and dense.
Grooming: The coat of the Maltese takes considerable care and must be brushed daily and kept dry to prevent matting. This breed requires standard care for pads and nails. Ears and eyes need to be cleaned and examined frequently.
Exercise Needs: The Maltese needs moderate amounts of exercise and adapts very well to apartment living.
Temperament: The Maltese is an intelligent little dog with a charming personality. They are outgoing and lively and make wonderful lap dogs. This affectionate breed is a good choice for the elderly, but may not be suitable for young children prone to rough-housing. The Maltese is friendly and alert. It is naturally suspicious of strangers and makes a good watch dog.
Common Ailments: Susceptible to eye problems and patellar luxation.
Life Expectancy: Averages 12-14 years.
Trivia: The ancient Greeks erected tombs to honor their Maltese.
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This photo was taken at a Halloween contest at PetSmart where Olive came in first place. She was Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz.
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Max is 8 month old Maltese. Max was a bit unplanned. We'd (my fiance and I) planned on getting a dog later in the summer once we'd moved and settled. We'd successfully gone to the pet stores and left without a new family member in the past and I had planned to rescue a dog. But this one day in May 2009, we went in to the mall pet store and fell in love. He's made us so happy ever since.
Max loves to give hugs and kisses, run and play with the other doggies at the dog park and chew on daddy's socks. Max has such a huge personality and gigantic heart in such a tiny little body. We love him so much. The picture I'm posting is of Max right after we moved into our new apartment. He was being "Mommy's Little Helper" as I put together our new furniture.
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Sophie is a 5 month old Maltese. She likes to play with chew toys and fetch. She is just adorable! She gives me a lot of company and laughter!
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Oh what an adorable face! I love the haircut , my yorkie's haircut is real short. I had a friend who who a Maltese and he was very good and smart. Have fun! (05/11/2005)
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We love putting our spin on classic stories, not just Shakespeare! Read on to learn about our 2015 co-production with Chicago Children's Theatre, Adventures in Wonderland and see photos and video from our rehearsals and performance!
Semester Overview
A.B.L.E. partnered with Chicago Children's Theatre this semester to stage our version of the stories from Lewis Carroll's classic novels Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Throughout the 10-week semester, our ensemble of 20 young actors with Down syndrome will discover and hone their personal performance skills, while developing the social skills necessary to contribute constructively to a group. Classes incorporate movement, vocal, and improvisation exercises which engage different learning styles. Actors participate side by side with a staff of teaching artists and volunteer facilitators to create a final show staged on the professional set of CCT's production of Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure. The final performance will be a mix of scenes, monologues, songs and dances, highlighting each actor's individual strengths.
After spending the first several weeks of class learning the characters and settings in the play (The Real World, Wonderland Forest, The Tea Party, and The Red Palace), we held auditions in March; each actor performed a few lines from his/her favorite characters and told us what he/she most wanted to do. We built the show around their strengths and preferences. Every played at least 2 roles. We didn't have one Alice, we had 11 (and one Alistair!). We also had 5 Red Queens, 7 White Rabbits, 3 Mad Hatters, and many more!
In class, we placed a lot of emphasis on our relationships and duties as an ensemble. Our ensembles named themselves (The Peace Signs and The Royals), and came up with a contract to help guide our actions during class. We showcased this work with partners in small scenes, a group piece for each ensemble, and also 2 numbers showcasing the entire ensemble as one big team.
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Friday May 22, 2015, at 7pm
The Ruth Page Center for the Performing Arts
The A.B.L.E. Ensemble
The Royals
Colleen Altman
Marissa Bloodgood
Samuel Floersheimer
Natalia Janik*
Andrew Kosnik
Emily Kwidzinski
Emily Lavin
Lucas Miezal
Sam Radinsky
Lucy Walsh
The Peace Signs
Quincy Bane
Alena Brown
Rachel Buchanan
Jack Butler
Ben Collins
Kathleen Daley
Fletcher Jones*
Claire O'Leary*
Sam Petri
Hannah Vilic
Teaching Artists
Lawrence Kern
Kendra Van Kempen
Peter Van Kempen
Katie Yohe
Somer Benson*
Beth Harris*
Eva Laporte*
Zach Lewis*
Emily Pinas*
Molly Mattaini*
Sean Okerberg*
Susan Sjodin
Lindsay Stock
Polly Yukevich*
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Katie Garcia
Andrew Sours & Joseph Disbrow
Master Electrician
John Kelly
Performance Gallery
Special Thanks
- The Cast and Crew of WONDERLAND: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure
- Rachel Rockwell & Michael Mahler for sharing their script and music
- Chicago Shakespeare Theatre at Navy Pier for providing educational resources and arranging our field trip
- Andrew Heckman for filming our performance
- The Menomonee Club for Boys & Girls
- GiGi's Playhouse Chicago
- The Parents and Families of our Actors


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There is a lot of press on Larry Sanders (and subsequent exposure for VCU) as he is right in the middle of workouts for NBA teams. Here's NBA.com's Video Profile on Larry Sanders for the NBA Draft:
Larry has been all over the continent doing workouts for various NBA teams (Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, and New Jersey Nets among others) and most recently worked out for the Jazz yesterday. He made the UtahJazz.com homepage along with Georgia Tech's Gani Lawal and Kentucky's Patrick Patterson.
After the workout the Salt Lake City media conducted a video interview with Larry that was posted on UtahJazz.com:
While Larry has been slated anywhere from 13 to 28 in the first round, his workout in Toronto on June 3rd seems to have boosted his stock. RaptorsHQ called him the standout of the day:
On the other hand,the stand-out player to me yesterday was Larry Sanders. Many don't know about this kid but like Hickson a few years back, I wouldn't be surprised to see him creep up draft boards and have an immediate impact in the league. He's even longer than I remembered, was all over the court in drills, rebounding the ball, dunking put-backs, and is starting to show a solid face-up game as well, something we touch on in my interview with him below. He's raw, but I'd argue more polished than Udoh or Orton, and has more upside actually than Aldrich. He's also one of the funniest and most personable prospects I've ever spoken to over the years, and you can see that in the following interview:
Click on the link to read a pretty lengthy and informative interview that Larry did with RaptorsHQ. He is scheduled to do approximately 13 NBA workouts total leading up to June 24th including one's on the 16th with the Memphis Grizzlies and the 22nd with the Atlanta Hawks.
The Toronto media also did a 4:40 minute video interview with Sanders after the workout in which he carried himself well and seems to have made a good impression on the Raptors staff:
Following the workout the Detroit Free Press wrote up an article on Sanders improving his draft stock and the possibility of the Pistons trading down to get him:
But while the focus is on sure-fire lottery picks Derrick Favors, DeMarcus Cousins, Ed Davis, Ekpe Udoh and Cole Aldrich, Dumars said on the night of the draft lottery that the Pistons would have to be mindful of fast-rising prospects -- for the pick and for the possibility of trading down.
One such prospect could be VCU's Larry Sanders.
In a workout with the Raptors last week while matched against Udoh, Aldrich and Daniel Orton, Sanders did far more than hold his own.
Projected to be a power forward, his length should enable him to guard all three frontcourt positions.
With all the buzz and media, VCU is getting a lot of great exposure to a large market of viewers that may not even follow college basketball all that much. It's nice to see Larry doing well and this is not being lost on the recruiting targets the Rams are pursuing. Hopefully Larry and Eric are the first of several VCU players to go to the NBA in the coming seasons ahead.
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Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that poses a significant risk to AIDS patients and is listed by NIAID as a Category B Priority Pathogen for biodefense. Fundamental to the pathogenic process is the ability of the parasite to develop into a latent tissue cyst that can re-emerge as a rapidly growing form upon impairment of immunity. Increased understanding of this developmental process will provide new opportunities for therapeutic intervention. The work in our first award period focused on GCN5 histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and led to the discovery that histone acetylation correlates with gene expression pertinent to Toxoplasma development. We have taken genetic approaches to define the roles of two distinct GCN5-family HATs we have characterized in Toxoplasma (TgGCN5-A and -B). We have found that the loss of TgGCN5 impairs the ability of Toxoplasma to up-regulate key developmentally expressed genes. We have also determined that some of the proteins interacting with TgGCN5 in a yeast two-hybrid screen have domains typical of transcriptional regulators;this is significant because the lack of DNA-binding transcription factors detectable in the Toxoplasma genome has hampered efforts to understand how gene expression is regulated. How Toxoplasma regulates transcription to grow effectively during the acute stage, and develop into a latent cyst during stress, represent major gaps in our knowledge that hinder our ability to fight the opportunistic infection. The data generated by the first award allow us to focus this renewal on defining mechanisms of GCN5- mediated gene regulation in the context of parasite development, which underlies pathogenesis. We hypothesize that the TgGCN5 HATs play key roles in Toxoplasma pathogenesis by forming distinct complexes with novel proteins that regulate developmental gene expression.
Our specific aims i nclude (1) Determine the roles of TgGCN5 HATs in pathogenesis;(2) Elucidate differences in TgGCN5 complexes during Toxoplasma development;(3) Define the mechanism by which each TgGCN5 is recruited to target gene promoters to coordinate developmental gene expression. The proposed research capitalizes on the novel reagents, techniques, and transgenic parasites that we have developed. The data generated will illuminate the mechanism behind developmental transitions in Toxoplasma that are responsible for disease progression, thus exposing novel points of therapeutic intervention.
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that causes significant disease as an opportunistic infection of AIDS patients. Chronic toxoplasmosis is currently incurable because the parasite is able to develop into cysts that remain latent until immunosuppression. The mechanisms driving the development of these cysts are the focus of our studies, as learning how Toxoplasma develops will identify novel points of therapeutic intervention. We are taking an innovative approach to use transcriptional regulators as a means to elucidate the mechanisms of parasite development. The regulation of gene expression plays a key role in this pathogenic process;therefore, our results stand a high probability of translating into useful new therapies to combat opportunistic infectious diseases like Toxoplasma.
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|Bogado, Silvina S; Dalmasso, María C; Ganuza, Agustina et al. (2014) Canonical histone H2Ba and H2A.X dimerize in an opposite genomic localization to H2A.Z/H2B.Z dimers in Toxoplasma gondii. Mol Biochem Parasitol 197:36-42
|Liu, Min; Miao, Jun; Liu, Tingkai et al. (2014) Characterization of TgPuf1, a member of the Puf family RNA-binding proteins from Toxoplasma gondii. Parasit Vectors 7:141
|Lindner, Scott E; Mikolajczak, Sebastian A; Vaughan, Ashley M et al. (2013) Perturbations of Plasmodium Puf2 expression and RNA-seq of Puf2-deficient sporozoites reveal a critical role in maintaining RNA homeostasis and parasite transmissibility. Cell Microbiol 15:1266-83
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With the murder of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, will Pakistan's liberal voices be frightened into silence? Mehmal Sarfraz dearly hopes not.india Updated: Jun 05, 2011 17:18 IST
'Covered in the righteous cloak of religion and even a puny dwarf imagines himself a monster. Important to face. And call their bluff,' is what the late Punjab governor, Salman Taseer, tweeted last month. He called their 'bluff' but had to pay a very heavy price for doing so. On January 4, Taseer was gunned down by a police guard, Mumtaz Qadri, assigned to 'protect' his life. Qadri fired 27 bullets at the sitting governor and then surrendered himself to the police. Reports indicate that Qadri had shared his plan to murder Taseer with some of his colleagues. He had even requested them not to fire at him while he assassinated Taseer; a request that was honoured. Not a single shot was fired at Qadri by the other security guards on duty that day. Qadri killed Taseer because the governor had said that the blasphemy law was a "black law".
It all began in November 2010 when Taseer visited Aasia Bibi in jail. Aasia, a Christian, was sentenced to death by a lower court for alleged blasphemy. She submitted a mercy petition for pardon through the governor to President Asif Ali Zardari. "She is a helpless Christian woman. She cannot legally defend herself because she does not
have the resources. Implicating helpless minorities in such cases amounts to ridiculing the constitution of Pakistan," said Taseer.
The blasphemy law is indeed a black law and has been misused for decades. Despite a provision for death penalty in the law, no one has ever been hanged in Pakistan for blasphemy. But many people have been killed by religious zealots after they were accused of blasphemy. Most of these allegations are made because of property disputes, personal vendetta or rivalry. Human rights activists have long been asking for this law to be either repealed or at least amended to stop it from being misused. Taseer too asked for the same. For this, the mullah brigade came down hard upon the governor. Fatwas were issued against him; he was declared a heretic, a blasphemer. Protests by the right-wing took place all over the country. Taseer's effigies were burnt and he was adjudged wajib-ul-qatl (worthy of murder).
Such was the madness that even money was offered to anyone who killed him. Despite all this, Taseer did not back down from his principled stance. Taseer lost his life because he wanted to protect the citizens from being persecuted because of a flawed law. He was indeed a brave man, if not the bravest of them all in Pakistan.
The brutal murder of Taseer shocked many but what devastated us was the reaction of those Pakistanis who celebrated and glorified his murderer. The fact that millions of people condoned and justified the murder is not just unacceptable but downright disgusting. To add insult to injury, hundreds of mullahs declared that no 'Muslim' should express grief over Taseer's murder or take part in his funeral prayers. The Imam of Badshahi Mosque in Lahore even refused to lead Taseer's funeral prayers. However, this did not deter thousands of Taseer's friends and supporters from attending his funeral; and, it did make many conclude that religion is indeed "an opiate of the masses". Weep Pakistan, weep… for we have lost a man who was not afraid to voice his opinion and always took the bigots head on. In Taseer's death, we have lost our sanity.
A country that came into being on the premise that the rights of the Muslim 'minority' could not be safeguarded in a united India was unable to protect the life of a governor because he spoke up for the rights of the religious minorities in Pakistan. Taseer's martyrdom has also put fear into the hearts of many liberals. They wonder if they will ever be able to speak their minds freely or advocate the rights of minorities without fear of reprisal from the religious fanatics. Seemingly, the doors to any religious debate have been closed as well.
Taseer's death will be the toughest test for the secular, progressive and liberal voices in Pakistan. If they cow down now, they will never be able to stand up again. Shehryar Taseer, son of the slain governor, vowed to be strong and not let his father's sacrifice go in vain. The Pakistan Peoples Party distanced itself from Taseer when he took a tough stand on the blasphemy law but the liberals must not isolate the Taseer family. Our State has pandered to the tunes of the right-wing for far too long.
It is time to say enough is enough. It would be a great
disservice to Taseer if we are frightened into silence now. We the liberals are a minority but we must not hand over our country to the fanatics on a silver platter. The battle is tough. We have to win it; if not for ourselves, then for our future generations.
(Mehmal Sarfraz is op-ed editor Daily Times)
*The views expressed by the author are personal
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Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning residents of seven primarily Muslim countries from entering the U.S., legal challenges and real-life consequences have already begun to sprout.
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