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proNGF/NGF mixtures induce gene expression changes in PC12 cells that neither singly produces
Cellular and molecular mechanisms
Growing evidence shows that,
To test any influence of proNGF on pure NGF expression fingerprinting, the expression level of a set of candidate genes was analysed by qReal-Time PCR in rat adrenal pheochromocytoma cell line PC12, treated with a mixture of NGF and proNGF recombinant proteins, in different stoichiometric ratios. These candidates were selected amongst a set of genes well-known as being rapidly induced by NGF treatment. We found that, when PC12 cells are treated with proNGF/NGF mixtures, a unique pattern of gene expression, which does not overlap with that deriving from treatment with either proNGF or NGF alone, is induced. The specific effect is also dependent on the stoichiometric composition of the mixture. The proNGF/NGF equimolar mixture seems to partially neutralize the specific effects of the proNGF or NGF individual treatments, showing a weaker overall response, compared to the individual contributions of NGF and proNGF alone.
Using gene expression as a functional read-out, our data demonstrate that the relative availability of NGF and proNGF
NGF, the prototype member of the neurotrophin protein family, is translated as a pre-pro-protein, processed by furin protease in the trans-Golgi network or by extracellular proteases, to give rise to mature NGF
First, proNGF and NGF coexist
Experimental design and analysis overview
The expression of sixty-five genes was analysed, by qReal-Time PCR, in PC12 cells treated with only NGF, only proNGF or a mixture with both for different times (5, 15, 30 and 60 minutes), as schematized in Additional file
Figure 1
Functional networks of analysed genes
Functional networks of analysed genes. Functional connections among the analysed genes, according to the String protein-protein interaction database (
Additional file 1
Log2 Fold Change ratios for the analysed selected genes. Table of Log2 Fold Change ratio for the analysed 65 selected genes, at 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes, with the three treatments, where proNGF/NGF = P/N in ng/ml: NGF-only with P/N = 0/10, proNGF-only with P/N = 20/0 or P/N = 200/0. The 36 genes with a stronger proNGF-mediated effect at 30 minutes are highlighted in light blue. Colour scale corresponds to Fold Change values.
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Early effects of proNGF and NGF on gene expression
We recently showed that proNGF and NGF activate largely distinct transcriptional programs after 60 minutes of incubation
Figure 2
Plots of Log2 Fold Change for analysed genes, following single neurotrophin treatments
Plots of Log2 Fold Change for analysed genes, following single neurotrophin treatments. (A) Plots of Log2 Fold Change (FC) for the analysed genes, at 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes, with the two treatments: proNGF/NGF = 0/10 ng/ml and proNGF/NGF = 20/0 ng/ml. At 5 and 15 minutes, a third treatment with high proNGF is shown, proNGF/NGF = 200/0 ng/ml. The Group I genes show a stronger proNGF-mediated effect at 15 minutes with proNGF/NGF =200/0 and at 30 minutes with proNGF/NGF =20/0. (B) Average Log2 Fold Change ratio in the two groups of genes shown in (A). The proNGF/NGF =200/0 and proNGF/NGF =20/0 treatments originate a similar response, with a significant increase in gene transcription at 15 and 30 minutes, respectively: this effect is even more significant for the genes of group I highlighted in Figure
We identified two groups of genes mainly responding to proNGF (group I) or NGF only (group II), as reported in Figure
The equimolar proNGF/NGF mixture induces changes in PC12 cells that neither singly produces
Regarding the question whether and how the coexistence of NGF and proNGF would influence the response of either ligand, we demonstrate that the proNGF/NGF equimolar mixture (20/10 ng/ml) shows coherent gene expression profiles at 5, 15, 30 and 60 minutes, without major differences at the different time-points analysed (Figure
Figure 3
Plots of Log2 Fold Change for analysed genes, following single neurotrophin and equimolar mixture treatments
Plots of Log2 Fold Change for analysed genes, following single neurotrophin and equimolar mixture treatments. Plots of Log2 Fold Change for the 65 selected genes, with the treatments with NGF (proNGF/NGF 0/10 ng/ml), proNGF (proNGF/NGF 20/0 ng/ml) and the equimolar mixture of proNGF/NGF 20/10 ng/ml, each at 5,15,30 and 60 minutes.
Figure 4
Histograms of Log2 Fold Change for analysed genes, following single neurotrophin and equimolar mixture treatments
Histograms of Log2 Fold Change for analysed genes, following single neurotrophin and equimolar mixture treatments. (Upper panel) Average |Log2 Fold Change| (absolute value across time points) in the two groups of genes, with the treatments with NGF (proNGF/NGF 0/10 ng/ml), proNGF (proNGF/NGF 20/0 ng/ml) and the equimolar mixture of proNGF/NGF 20/10 ng/ml. (Lower panel) Average standard deviation (across time points) of |Log2 Fold Change| in the two groups of genes, with the treatments with NGF (proNGF/NGF 0/10 ng/ml), proNGF (proNGF/NGF 20/0 ng/ml) and the equimolar mixture of proNGF/NGF 20/10 ng/ml. The mixture shows a weaker response in Group I genes, as underlined also by a much smaller variability across time. (****) 1-tail T-test with unequal variance, p < 0.0001. (*) 1-tail T-test with unequal variance, p < 0.05. Error bars are s.e.m.
Figure 5
Hierarchical clustering of samples
Hierarchical clustering of samples. Hierarchical clustering tree of samples, corresponding to the different experimental points (treatments and times). The proNGF/NGF concentrations are expressed in ng/ml. The tree shows the gene expression similarity between samples, by using the "non-centered Pearson" correlation, as a metric to compare the expression profiles. The y-axis indicates the distance between samples. The colours of highlighted treatments correspond to those displayed in Figure
Time courses of responses
To evaluate how the responses to proNGF alone or to an equimolar mixture of NGF and proNGF differ from the NGF response, the similarity between the responses at different times were computed with a correlation coefficient ("centered Pearson"). The time-course of the gene expression profiles at 4 time points (5, 15, 30, 60 minutes) in 3 experimental conditions (10 ng/ml NGF, or 20 ng/ml proNGF or a mixture of both) was analysed and compared, as shown in Figure
Figure 6
Time course of gene expression profiles
Time course of gene expression profiles. The figure shows the summary plots of expression profiles of selected genes, in three different experimental conditions, at 5, 15, 30 and 60 minutes after treatment. The expression level is the Log2 Fold Change ratio relative to the untreated condition. Each subplot is composed by three lines: the average expression value for the genes written on the left (red), average – standard deviation (dotted green), average + standard deviation (dotted blue). Every frame corresponds to a different cluster of genes and is composed by three plots: the response to 10 ng/ml NGF (left), the response to 20 ng/ml proNGF (center), the response to a mixture of 10 ng/ml NGF + 20 ng/ml proNGF (right). To evaluate the similarity between the responses to the three treatments the "centered Pearson" correlation coefficients (NGF, proNGF), (NGF, mixture), (proNGF, mixture) have been computed for each gene expression profile. The colours of the small rectangles below each plot indicate the similarity between the responses within each cluster, based on the correlation coefficients (where coefficients > 60% the profiles are considered similar): orange = NGF-like profile, blue = proNGF-like profile, green = mixture-like profile, grey = almost no response. The notes on the right summarize the response to the mixture of 10 ng/ml NGF + 20 ng/ml proNGF.
Effects of increasing the proNGF concentration in the proNGF/NGF mixture
We analysed the behaviour of individual genes, in response to treatments with NGF or proNGF alone (as a reference for comparison to pure NGF or pure proNGF responses) or with mixtures of NGF and proNGF, either at equal stoichiometry or with increasing amount of proNGF (20 ng/ml proNGF, 40 ng/ml proNGF, and 200 ng/ml proNGF plus 10 ng/ml NGF, corresponding respectively to stoichiometric ratios of 1:1, 2:1, and 10:1). The interest in evaluating the expression responses to increasing doses of proNGF derives from
Figure 7
Expression profiles of different proNGF/NGF mixtures at 5 minutes
Expression profiles of different proNGF/NGF mixtures at 5 minutes. The figure shows the behaviour of genes in five different experimental conditions, 5 minutes after the treatments. Each single line plot is composed by 5 experimental points, respectively: 20 ng/ml proNGF, 10 ng/ml NGF, proNGF/NGF = 20/10 ng/ml, proNGF/NGF = 40/10 ng/ml, proNGF/NGF = 200/10 ng/ml. Expression profiles have been clustered based on two criteria: i) the responses to single NGF and proNGF ligands are similar or different ii) the shape of the response to mixtures and their similarity to the response to ligands alone. A) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: similar. Response to mixtures: variable depending on the proNGF/NGF ratio; left: first cluster of response profiles, right: second cluster of response profiles. B) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: different. Response to mixtures: closer to proNGF; left: response to NGF alone > proNGF, right: response to NGF alone < proNGF. C) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: different. Response to mixtures: closer to NGF; left: response to NGF alone > proNGF, right: response to NGF alone < proNGF. D) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: different. Response to mixtures: variable depending on the proNGF/NGF ratio; left: response to NGF alone > proNGF, right: response to NGF alone < proNGF. The notes and the prototype behaviours on the right summarize the prototypical responses to the single neurotrophins and to the mixtures. Colours of treatments (blue, orange, green) are the same as Figure
Figure 8
Expression profiles of different proNGF/NGF mixtures at 15 minutes
Expression profiles of different proNGF/NGF mixtures at 15 minutes. The figure shows the behaviour of genes in five different experimental conditions, 15 minutes after the treatments. Each single line plot is composed by 5 experimental points, respectively: 20 ng/ml proNGF, 10 ng/ml NGF, proNGF/NGF = 20/10 ng/ml, proNGF/NGF = 40/10 ng/ml, proNGF/NGF = 200/10 ng/ml. Expression profiles have been grouped based on two criteria: i) the responses to single NGF and proNGF ligands are similar or different ii) the shape of the response to mixtures and their similarity to the response to ligands alone. A) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: similar. Response to mixtures: variable depending on the proNGF/NGF ratio; left: first cluster of response profiles; right: second cluster of response profiles, with a saturation effect with proNGF/NGF increasing ratio. B) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: different. Response to mixtures: similar to proNGF. C) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: different. Response to mixtures: similar to NGF. D) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: different. Response to mixtures: variable depending on the proNGF/NGF ratio; left: response to NGF alone > proNGF; right: response to NGF alone < proNGF. The notes on the right summarize the prototypical responses to the single neurotrophins and to the mixtures. Colours of treatments (blue, orange, green) are the same as Figure
At the 5 minutes time point, the following categories of expression patterns were identified (Figure
A) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: similar. Response to mixtures: mixture-specific, depending on the proNGF/NGF ratio; two representative groups of response profiles were identified (A, left and right).
B) In the first group (B left), the response to NGF is higher than the response to proNGF alone, in the second (B right) it reverses. The response to the proNGF/NGF mixture is more similar to the response to proNGF alone (proNGF-like). C) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: different. Response to NGF alone: lower (C, left) or greater (C, right) than to proNGF. Response to mixtures: closer to NGF (NGF-like); this appears to be the least represented category. D) Response to NGF or proNGF alone: different. Response to NGF alone: lower (D, left) or greater (D, right) than to proNGF. Response to mixtures: mixture specific, depending on the proNGF/NGF ratio. A similar analysis was performed at 15 minutes, and groups of expression patterns were classified, according to the same criteria (Figure
At 5 minutes (Figure
To support the concept that NGF and proNGF mixture behaves differently from either NGF or proNGF alone, we analysed the morphological changes triggered by the addition of 10 ng/ml NGF, 20 ng/ml proNGF or an equimolar mixture of both molecules (proNGF/NGF 20/10 ng/ml). Differentiated PC12 were analysed on the basis of the neurite mean length for each type of treatment. Under our experimental conditions, neurite length assessment showed that, after 5 days of treatment, the proNGF/NGF 20/10 ng/ml group of genes exhibit a significant increase in the neurite mean length accounting for a 41% and 52% change (Figure
Figure 9
Differentiation PC12 assay after 10 ng/ml NGF, 20/10 ng/ml proNGF/NGF, 20 ng/ml proNGF treatments
Differentiation PC12 assay after 10 ng/ml NGF, 20/10 ng/ml proNGF/NGF, 20 ng/ml proNGF treatments. DIC (Differential Interference Contrast) images show differentiated PC12 cells after 5 days of treatment. The graph displays the mean neurite length for each group. Values are mean + Standard Deviation (SD) of three independent experiments and statistically significant differences were calculated by unpaired-two tailed t-Student's test (*p < 0.05 versus proNGF/NGF group). Note the increase in neurite length in the proNGF/NGF group compared to the NGF or proNGF alone treatments. Scale bar 40 μm.
The role of proNGF is controversial, and both neurotrophic and apoptotic activities have been reported for recombinant proNGF. It has been shown that proNGF can also be neurotrophic, regardless of mutations or tags, and no matter how it is purified or in which system it is expressed. However, although proNGF is neurotrophic for primary sympathetic neurons and for PC12 cells, it is reported to be apoptotic for unprimed PC12 cells
Our data refer to the PC12 cells system and to mRNAs expression read-out as a response signature. This experimental system was chosen, together with the gene expression read-out, as a well defined system, for investigating the complex question of the functional consequences of signalling by mixtures of NGF/proNGF, in comparison to signalling by pure proNGF or pure NGF. We expect that proNGF/NGF mixtures might modulate the downstream responses, depending on their ratio, in ways distinct from those affected by NGF or proNGF alone, also in different systems than PC12 cells. It remains however to be ascertained whether and how the distinct signalling behaviours of the NGF/proNGF mixture, here demonstrated, also apply to neuronal cells. Thus, we have analysed by qReal-Time PCR the expression of a set of genes, in PC12 cells treated for short times with proNGF, NGF or with a mixture of the two proteins. The emphasis on short times was to minimize the chance of processing of proNGF by cellular proteases in the culture medium, which is known to occur at times longer than a few hours
From our results, we conclude that there are a significant number of cases where proNGF has a prevalent effect over NGF. This effect is time dependent, as well as dependent on the relative concentration of the two proteins. Distinct proNGF-specific effects on NGF-induced gene expressions were identified. It should be pointed out that we do not imply to put forward a functional interpretation of the gene expression changes observed. Rather, we take the gene expression patterns as a fingerprinting read-out of possible actions of proNGF/NGF mixtures, as compared to those regulated by NGF or proNGF alone. Most of the selected genes are essentially functionally unrelated (Figure
Taking into account single additions, among the selected panel of genes, about 50% of Group I shows an opposite trend in the single NGF or proNGF treatments at 30 minutes. Higher doses of proNGF anticipate at 15 minutes the proNGF up-regulated response, observed at 30 minutes for that group of genes. This suggests there may be a proNGF-induced dose-dependent effect on early signalling. Hierarchical clustering of samples highlights this low degree of similarity between the NGF and proNGF responses at 30 minutes. When NGF and proNGF were added simultaneously, the effect of the mixture on gene expression was often different from the effect of the single ligands added separately. Although some NGF-like responses were observed for the mixture (indicating proNGF being neutral), in many cases the mixture behaved differently. In particular, in the case of an equimolar mixture of proNGF and NGF, synergic, additive or mutually antagonizing effects were observed for different mRNAs. We can therefore identify a non-linear "proNGF effect" interfering with the NGF-induced gene expression.
Increased proNGF levels are observed during human ageing and pathological conditions
The regulation of proNGF and NGF relative concentrations might be a highly relevant parameter governing the final fate of a target cell, between differentiation, maintenance of a differentiated phenotype, survival or death. Different proNGF/NGF mixtures exert a fine tuning of distinct receptors binding and thus their differential signalling. In this complex scenario, we have discovered, under well defined experimental conditions, that the proNGF/NGF ratio induces a specific response, up-regulating or down-regulating some genes, differently than the individual proNGF or NGF ligands alone. Thus, we show that the proNGF/NGF mixture induces gene expression changes in PC12 cells that neither singly produces. This opens the possibility that
The main conclusion is that proNGF is clearly modulating NGF gene expression and novel effects, peculiar to the mixture, are detected. The data support the idea that the relative proNGF/NGF concentration might specifically contribute to different biological activities, both in physiological and pathological conditions. Further studies will include blocking NGF receptors with specific antibodies to dissect the pathways involved and the receptor and signalling specificity, downstream of the proNGF/NGF mixture.
PC12 cell culture and treatment
Rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells
Imaging and cellular analysis
For imaging procedures plated cells were monitored every day and images documentation were taken on an inverted microscope (TiE; Nikon, Japan) equipped with phase contrast objectives, with a cooled CCD camera (Clara; Andor) and Niss Elements imaging software (Nikon). Image processing and analysis were performed by using Imaris Suite 7.4® (Bitplane A.G., Zurich, Switzerland) or Image J 1.4 (
For assessment of neurite length, five fields (640 × 480 micron) randomly distributed, and derived from three replicates of each experimental group, were taken with a 20× objective after 5 days of incubation. Due to the high propensity of differentiated cells to form bidimensional and tridimensional contact clusters, a manual strategy for neurite length was adopted. For assessment of neurite length, images were opened with Imaris and neurite were traced with the line structure measurement tool. Only neurites, which were clearly identifiable, were considered for analysis. On the basis of pilot analyses on untreated cells, we decided to consider only neurite which protruded at least for 5 μm from the cell body.
For production of figures, bright field images of cells were taken with an objective 10× under a confocal laser scanning microscope (Leica SP5, Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany) equipped with a transmitted light detector for Differential Interference Contrast (DIC; Nomarski) acquisitions. Images were adjusted for brightness and contrast, inhomogeneities of the brightness across the image were corrected with Adobe Photoshop high-pass filter and contrast of cellular edges was enhanced with ImageJ CLAHE (Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization;
RNA extraction
RNA was isolated from PC12 cells treated with NGF, proNGF or different neurotrophin composition, following different incubation times, as described above. PC12 cell cultures were scraped and lysed with Trizol (Invitrogen) and DNAse treated by Qiagen columns. RNA quantity was determined on a NanoDrop UV–VIS. Only samples with an absorbance ratio of 1.8 < OD260/OD280 < 2.0 were processed further. Each sample was then quality checked for integrity using the Agilent BioAnalyzer 2100 (Agilent G2938C, RNA 6000 nano kit).
Real-time qRT-PCR
The expression data of a set of mRNA candidates was evaluated by qRT-PCR, using the two-step Applied Biosystem 7900HT Micro Fluidic Card protocol. To analyse the variation in gene expression levels of various commonly used endogenous controls, a TaqMan® LowDensity Endogenous Control Panel was used (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). Sixty-five genes and 3 housekeeping genes were analysed (68 genes). For quantification of gene expression changes, the Ct method was used, to calculate relative fold changes normalized against the housekeeping genes: ribosomal
Data analysis
The Group I genes (Figures
a) MAX(DeltaFC(gene_i, 5), DeltaFC(gene_i, 15),DeltaFC(gene_i, 30), DeltaFC(gene_i, 60) = DeltaFC(gene_i, 30)
b) DeltaFC(gene_i, 30) > 0.5
c) DeltaFC(gene_i, 60) < 0.0 OR DeltaFC(gene_i, 60) < DeltaFC(gene_i, 30)
d) |DeltaFC(gene_i, 5)| < |DeltaFC(gene_i, 30)|
e) |DeltaFC(gene_i, 15)| < |DeltaFC(gene_i, 30)|
Significant differences highlighted in Figures
NGF: Nerve growth factor; proNGF: proNerve growth factor; CNS: Central nervous system; SCG: Superior cervical ganglion; CLAHE: Contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization; DIC: Differential interference contrast; Tbp: TATA binding protein; Gapd: Glyceraldehyde 3- phosphate dehydrogenase; FC: Fold change; SD: Standard deviation.
Competing interests
The authors have no commercial association that might create a competing interest in connection with the submitted manuscript.
Authors' contributions
MD, IA, RB, AC: conception and design; MD, FP, AES, IA, RB, FF, FM, LF, acquisition of data; MD, FP, IA, RB, FM, FF, AES, LF, AC: analysis and interpretation of data; MD, IA, RB, FP, FM, LF, AC: drafting and revising the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We would like to acknowledge Simona Capsoni (SNS, Pisa, Italy) for her advice during the early phases of the project, Flavia Ricevuti, Sabrina Turturro and Daniele Pietrucci (Genomics Facility, EBRI, Roma, Italy) for technical contributions and data analysis. All members of the Neurodegenerative Diseases and Neurotrophic Factors Laboratory (EBRI, Roma, Italy) are gratefully acknowledged for helpful discussions.
This research was supported by the following grants: FIRB RBAP10L8TY from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR); Fondazione Roma; PRIN 2010N8PBAA_006 from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR); PAINCAGE FP7 Collaborative Project number 603191.
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Onua Uniter of Earth features a BIONICLE head with mask pop-off trigger, Unity Mask of Earth, armour chest plate with rune decorations, unity piece to attach creatures and posable joints.
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This year we are doing the Best Submitted Video a bit differently. Originally the BSV was just one contest, we thought it be a good idea to change it up a bit. Now we've split it into two categories.
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I did just that but my problem is I have another form on the top bar of my site which passes the checkin and checkout dates to this booking form. Now the data won't pass because it's embedded in iframe. Any other workaround?
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In his memoir, "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege . . . and How We Can Be Safe Again," Ridge asserts that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Attorney General John Ashcroft pressured him to raise the terror alert threat level just prior to the 2004 elections. If true, this would confirm the worst fears of those Bush administration critics, who are still (rightfully) upset about the media's failure to aggressively challenge the former President's rationale for going to war in Iraq in 2003.
So what does it say about lessons learned when CNN assembles a roundtable to discuss the charges featuring former Bush-era officials, David Frum and Frances Townsend. Nobody from the left. Nobody from the center. Just a couple of neocons dropping by to tell Wolf Blitzer why Ridge is out to lunch.
Before you accuse Ridge of trying to hype his book, let's recall that he previously questioned the Bush administration's justifications for ordering high alerts for terrorist attacks in a very public way back in 2005. "More often than not we were the least inclined to raise it .. Sometimes we disagreed with the intelligence assessment. Sometimes we thought even if the intelligence was good, you don't necessarily put the country on (alert). ... There were times when some people were really aggressive about raising it, and we said, `For that?' " he told reporters at the time.
Writing about Ridge's revelations, Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic - he's also a CBS News' chief political consultant - issued a retroactive mea culpa in a post about the sometimes tempestuous relationship between professional reporters and their critics on the left.
"Journalists, including myself, were very skeptical when anti-Bush liberals insisted that what Ridge now says is true, was true. We were wrong. Our skepticism about the activists' conclusions was warranted because these folks based their assumption on gut hatred for President Bush, and not on any evaluation of the raw intelligence. [Addition: That's a hasty generalization. Many of the loudest voices were reflexively anti-Bush, but I can't accurately describe the motivations of everyone, much less a majority, of those who were skeptical. There were plenty of non-liberals who believed that the terror threats were exaggerated.] But journalists should have been even more skeptical about the administration's pronouncements. And yet -- we, too, weren't privy to the intelligence. Information asymmetry is always going to exist, and, living as we do in a Democratic system, most journalists are going to give the government the benefit of some doubt, even having learned lessons about giving the government that benefit."
He touched a nerve. It didn't take long for the blowback. Marcy Wheeler's headline was Ambinder: Sorry I Was So Stupid But I Was Right To Be Stupid while Glen Greenwald in Salon offered a more nuanced but equally hard-hitting look at the shortcomings of the mainstream media.
"Evidence of manipulation) existed in abundance; you had to suffer from some form of moral, intellectual or emotional blindness not to see it. It's because they didn't want to see it, because -- as Ambinder said -- they trusted the Bush administration as good and decent people who might err but would never do anything truly dishonest. It's because only loser Leftist ideologues distrusted Bush officials and the overriding goal of establishment journalists is to prove that they are not like them, that they're much more Serious and responsible and thus would never attribute bad motives to government leaders such as those who ran the Bush administration."
"That's the same reason most establishment journalists instinctively oppose investigations of Bush officials: the people who rule over their Washington court may make mistakes, but they never do anything dishonest or criminal. They certainly don't blatantly lie. These journalists are the anti-I.F. Stones. And that's why political leaders know they can get away with blatant lying and lawbreaking."
But we deserve to get worked over. There's no argument that the run-up to the Iraq war will go down as a low point in the history of the 4th Estate. What with embarrassments like the New York Times' wildly inaccurate pieces about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, does it matter that the voices who urged a second look at the WMD claims often were loud or - according to some dainty folks - obnoxious? They turned out to be right. We're reminded of that each time another name gets added to the casualty list from Iraq.


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Holland Jachtbouw superyacht Cassiopeia for sale at Camper & Nicholsons
by Malcolm MacLean
Sold in October 2013, the 32 metre motor yacht Cassiopeia is now back on the market, listed for sale by Rytis Babravicius atCamper & Nicholsons.
Built in aluminium by Dutch yard Holland Jachtbouw to a design by Bill Langan and delivered in 2004, Cassiopeia combines impressive performance and fast cruising speeds with tradition and elegance.
A popular charter yacht, Cassiopeia is MCA compliant and her traditional teak interior is complemented by sophisticated entertainment and communications systems, not to mention a vast array of watersports equipment: the perfect combination of what is best in old and new.
Her exquisitely decorated full beam main saloon is flooded with light to create a sense of space and a large separate dining area provides guests with a choice of entertaining areas.
Immaculately maintained, this charming gentleman's motor yacht is in excellent condition. Accommodation is for seven guests in a master suite, VIP stateroom and a twin cabin with Pullman berth, all with en suite bathrooms Twin 1,800hp engines give her a cruising speed of 17 knots.
Fully refitted in 2014, Cassiopeia is asking €5.25 million.


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Celtic's Biram Kayal has admitted that he is likely to be out of action until the new year.
Last Updated: 07/10/10 4:25pm
Celtic midfielder Biram Kayal has admitted that he is likely to be out of action until the new year.
The 22-year-old is awaiting results of a scan on his hernia operation after seeing a specialist in England.
The Israeli international joined the SPL giants from Maccabi Haifa during the summer in a deal reportedly to be worth £1.2million.
However, after making just three appearances for Neil Lennon's side, Kayal was told by the Parkhead giants that he needed surgery.
Celtic insist that the player's injury is not as serious as first feared and have stressed that he may not miss three months.
But the player reportedly told journalists in Isreal that Lennon does not expect to see him in action until after Christmas.
Kayal told the Daily Record: "The manager would rather I rest and then come back in January.
"I did not know about the injury when I signed. Since I learned about it I haven't slept.
"I was told to either take an injection and be out a month or have an op and be out for three months.
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Ahmedabad, June 23 (PTI): Gunmen belonging to the Chhota Shakeel gang who planned to disrupt the annual Jagannath rath yatra and kill two BJP leaders, including a state minister, were shot dead here today, police said.
Mumbai-based gangsters Ganesh Khunte and Mahendra Yadav were planning to disrupt the yatra and kill law minister Ashok Bhatt and former minister Bharat Barot, they said.
The incident has blown the lid off yet another attempt by Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence to carry out subversive activities in the state in connivance with Indias underworld, the police added.
The gunmen were confronted by sleuths in Panchkuva in the walled city during a pre-dawn operation and died in the resultant cross-fire.
Joint commissioner of police (crime branch), P.P. Pande said: The incident is a clear sign of the ISIs nefarious design to destabilise the nation as they planned to assassinate Hindu leaders and instigate communal passion in the city.
He added that the underworld was now using Hindu gangsters to target politicians from the majority community.
Pande said intelligence reports hinted that Shakeel was using a new strategy to target Hindu leaders to inflame communal feelings.
The joint commissioner said the police had no information about the gangsters local contact. Asked if a gangster identified as Nasir could be their contact, Pande said: We dont even know if his real name is Nasir or what he looks like. It could be an alias. It is still being investigated.
Pande said that on the basis of intelligence reports, officials had been posted near the railway station. The policemen saw Khunte and Yadav arriving around 2.30 am and followed them for a while before asking them to surrender.
However, they (the gangsters) fired at officials and, in response, the police fired almost 17 rounds, injuring them. They were rushed to the civil hospital where they died while undergoing treatment, Pande said.
The joint commissioner said the police had received reports that another person was to join the duo a day before the rath yatra, when they were to survey the yatra route in detail.
Pande said two country-made revolvers, cartridges and a bag were recovered from the gangsters. The contents of the bag are being investigated.
Asked if Bhatt and Barot had been informed of the intelligence reports and given additional security, Pande said Bhatt, a Cabinet minister, had been given the necessary cover.


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Zucchini Bread
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I found this recipe on line years ago, and have slightly adapted it. I get rave reviews whenever I make it. I like to put the zucchini in the food processor rather than chopping it up. I think it makes the bread even more moist. I have found this bread to be so moist that I like to line the pans with parchment paper after I grease them. I make a little "hammock", so I can just pull out the loaf when it has cooled. You can also make them in lined muffin tins. Bake time will go down to about 20-25 minutes. Hope you enjoy it!
Top Review by cleeo2
Yum! I also liked the fact that this recipe had a little brown sugar and also that it just had cinnamon and not nutmeg (too many spices can bother my stomach and give me hearburn). Gave some to my son's 13 yr old friends, but did not tell them the name of it, just said I was giving them a snack. Later on, they told my son how much they liked it and asked what it was.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
- 1⁄3 cup light brown sugar
- 3⁄4 cup canola oil or 3⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 1⁄2 cups finely chopped zucchini
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- Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine sugars, oil, eggs and vanilla and mix well.
- In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
- Add to sugar/oil/egg mixture to moisten.
- Fold in zucchini.
- Divide mixture into 2 greased(and/or lined) loaf pans.
- Bake for 55 minutes or until knife comes clean from center.
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By NB Staff | November 25, 2007 10:09 AM EST
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Syria has decided to attend this week's Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland. "Arab attendance at the Annapolis summit is seen as a victory for the U.S., which is hoping that broad Arab participation will help bring about an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal."
What does this mean in the long run? Is peace possible in this region? Will the Bush administration be given any credit? Might this have an impact on the 2008 elections?


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Former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent has been banned for life after admitting he is a "cheat" who "shamed the sport" by match fixing.
The 35-year-old will never be able to play, coach or participate in any form of cricket after admitting 18 counts related to fixing and deliberately underperforming while playing county cricket for Lancashire and Sussex.
Anticipating the England and Wales Cricket Board's life ban, Vincent released a statement early on Tuesday morning accepting responsibility for his actions, which he says he will "regret for the rest of my life".
"My name is Lou Vincent and I am a cheat," he said in a detailed public admission.
"I have abused my position as a professional sportsman on a number of occasions by choosing to accept money in fixing.
"I have lived with this dark secret for so many years, but months ago I reached the point where I decided I had to come forward and tell the truth.
"It's a truth that has rightly caused uproar and controversy in New Zealand and around the world. I have shamed my country, I have shamed my sport, I have shamed those close to me. And for that, I am not proud.
"I lost faith in myself, in the game, I abused the game I loved. I had to put things right.
"Speaking out, exposing the truth, laying bare the things I have done wrong, is the only way I could find to begin to put things right.
"The time has come for me now to face them like a man and accept the consequences - whatever they may be.
"I could not live with my wrongdoings any longer and after meeting my future wife Susie, after learning what unconditional love really is, I felt strong enough to tell her what I'd done and she has helped me take the painful steps in telling my parents, my wider family and then the authorities.
"I am proud of the ones I love, especially my immediate family and friends. Their strength, support and forgiveness has enabled me to address some of the deepest, most uncomfortable issues one can face.
"I can finally look my children in the eyes and tell them that honesty is the best policy - even if it feels like the hardest thing to do at times.
"I now believe in myself as a person again and I don't wake up every morning hating myself.
"Today is the day I offer my deepest, deepest apologies to the public and the cricketing world, to the loyal fans, to the dedicated coaches, staff, players past and present.
"I apologise to and thank the ACSU for the help and support that is out there for all players, that has helped me a great deal, Chris Morris and his legal team and all the associations that have handled the sensitive situation with professionalism and respect.
"The people who know me know I'm vulnerable, but they also know that I am not stupid. And I know what is right and what is wrong.
"I do suffer from depression - that is absolutely no excuse for all I've done wrong.
"I used to think mistakes were made by bad people, but now I even know that good people can make the worst of mistakes.
"My actions I will regret for the rest of my life.
"For sport to prosper, it is up to players to police the game, because they are the ones that will ultimately lose out and allow themselves to be used as pawns to make money.
"No one should ever be put in a position and no one should ever allow themselves to forget what sport is about and let money rule their decisions.
"The decisions I made were wrong. Players must be better than that; above reproach, for the fans, for the sport.
"For the first time in a very long time I feel positive about my future, I am finally becoming the man I want to be. I have to face up to my wrongs and make them right.
"I have kept my head down for too long now and it's time to man up to my mistakes and today, I can stand with a better conscience because I know I am doing the right thing.
"It is entirely my fault and I'll never be able to stand in front of a game again, it's entirely my fault that I will not be able to apply my skills in a positive way to help future cricketers, but it is entirely possible that I can use this moment to convince others not to be tempted by wrongdoing.
"To do the right thing for themselves, for family and friends and for the sport they love.
"I accept my punishment."
Vincent's life ban comes after pleading guilty to four breaches related to a Twenty20 match between Lancashire and Durham in June 2008 and 14 charges related to two Sussex fixtures in August 2011 - a T20 match against Lancashire and a CB40 match against Kent.
Announcing the ECB verdict, chief executive David Collier said: "This has been a complex case which has crossed different cricketing jurisdictions and required close collaboration and intelligence-sharing between both our own anti-corruption unit, other domestic boards and the ICC's ACSU.
"We are extremely pleased that the matter has now been brought to a satisfactory conclusion and that an individual who repeatedly sought to involve others in corrupt activity for his own personal gain has accepted that his conduct warrants a lifetime ban from cricket.
"It once again highlights our resolve to keep cricket clean and rid the game of the tiny minority who seek to undermine the sport's integrity."
Vincent's former Sussex team-mate Naved Arif was also banned for life last month after he pleaded guilty to six charges of match-fixing.
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Russia has allegedly deployed troops along its western border as part of an on-going standoff with the alliance and NATO is reportedly in the process of boosting its forces, however estimates state they won't be ready until the end of 2017.
According to Dr Carpenter, Britain and the U.S are simply not ready for war with Russia and won't be until at least next year.
Dr Carpenter also warned NATO would be unable to defend Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – which border Russia – although they are planning to reinforce the area with seven new brigades.
The stark warning has come as NATO carries out its largest 'war games' in Eastern Europe since the Cold War ended.
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On Tuesday 23 May 2006 20:05, Chris Hostetter wrote: > > : I'll repeat the DocIterator from that thread: > : > : public interface DocIterator { > : public int doc(); > : public boolean next(); > : public boolean skipTo(int target); > : } > : > : to come to my question: should that interface should also have an > : explain(int docNr) method? > : When so, it does more than iterating, so it might even be called Matcher. > : Or would both DocIterator and Matcher be useful? > > that's a damn fine question, and the most opinionated answer i can give, > is "i don't know". > > Setting aside for the moment discussion about refactoring a common > interface used for both scoring and filtering, Let me raise some seemingly > unrelated questions: > 1) Does it make sense from an API perspective for both Weight and Scorer > to have explain methods (ignore migration issues that might be > involved in making the change naow, imagine if we were starting from > scratch) ? > 2) Should Weight.explain(IndexReader,doc) allways call scorer(reader).explain(doc)? > 3) Should Weight.explain be deprecated in favor of usage in #2 > 4) should Scorer.explain be removed, and Weights that want to delegate > to their Scorer can do so if-and-only-if the Scorer class they use > specificaly declares the method (as oppose to now where many Scorer > implimentations throw UnsupportedOperationException when they expect > their corrisponding Weight to take care of it > > ...in my optinion, the answers to those questions should drive any > question of wether a "Matcher" API which is intended to be > implimented/superclass of Scorer should contain an explain method. And > assuming the idea of being able to "explain" Filter's appeal to people, > then should the Filter API have an explain method ala Weight, or should > the Matcher returned by Filter.getMatcher(IndexReader) have an explain > method. > > > I honestly don't know. > > : I don't know whether interfaces or abstract classes would be better for this. > > At this point ... i think many interface/abstract-class decissiosn in > Lucene have to be based more on the migration path of least change > then by any sense of correct design principles. As far as I can see the smallest change would be the SkipFilter1.patch here: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-328 This makes Filter implement SkipFilter and it lets IndexSearcher use the SkipFilter implementation when it is available. The SkipFilter interface is here: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-330 The next step would then be a global replacement of Filter by SkipFilter in all API's, together with the addition of a test for filter instanceof Filter in IndexSearcher for backwards compatibility in case no DocNrSkipper is provided as SkipFilter. To allow adding things in DocNrSkipper (for example a method nextDocNr() without argument), DocNrSkipper could be implemented as an abstract class instead of as an interface. Explaining a filter might be done by FilteredQuery only. Regards, Paul Elschot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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This reminds me of Shrek, the part where the babies are finally asleep, Shrek and Fiona Look Significantly at each other-and the next frame shows them snoring their heads off.
Yup, both you and them got it right!
| Guest chapter 1 . 12/14/2014
That is sooooon true. It gets better as the kids get older. Very funny.
| Martionmanswife chapter 1 . 5/24/2014
been here, done this. Babies are a wonder, but they are hard on the sleeping schedule.
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| Dimac99 chapter 1 . 2/9/2014
Ha ha ha! I knew it would end like that!
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| Isabella.W chapter 1 . 8/26/2013
This is so precious! Haha I love the ending
| Bari Sax Player chapter 1 . 8/21/2013
I'm with Ginny. Wipe the milk off his face and finish for Merlin's sake! I sure hope that managed to get it on when they woke up from their little nap. It would be a shame to waste a perfectly good hotel room! LOL. Loved this and even got a little of my favorite action, Snape handling himself in the shower. YUM.
| bournespeed chapter 1 . 8/20/2013
Loved it, poor frustrated Snapes.
| articcat621 chapter 1 . 8/20/2013
This was so funny and cute! I loved this :) The scene where Hermione squirted breast milk was hilarious! Not going to lie... almost peed my pants! And the whole story was very realistic, and the ending was just so cute :) They both needed a good night's sleep, and they finally got it! :) Well done!
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| angel897 chapter 1 . 8/20/2013
lovely and fun to read :)
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Sweet story! Yup, that's how babies go :) can we have a follow up chapter? When Silas gets a brother or sister? Pleeeese? :)
| JeniDRalph chapter 1 . 8/20/2013
This was just as funny the second time around! James asking about the baby's nose still makes me laugh. .. as does the dose of milk Severus was given... ;)
This is well-written and oodles of fun!