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Posted on 31 May 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
The Orioles five-game winning streak came to a screeching halt as the Birds were swept this past weekend by the Oakland Athletics. Oakland always present problems for Baltimore, no matter how well the A's are playing but this one stung a bit. Orioles look to continue recent success against 24-27 Oakland A's. This season can be characterized as streaky for the Birds who began the season�...
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Oakland A's 2011 Season Preview
Posted on 6 Mar 2011 by Patrick Ryan.
The 2010 A's finished 81-81, becoming the first Athletics team since 2006 to not post a losing record. Unfortunately, unlike the 2006 team, they also failed to post a winning record. Though it may not deviate from any other preseason plan, the 2011 A's face winning expectations they've not seen in years. The 2010 season was plagued by injuries and an anemic offense, using the DL more th...
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Pirates: R.I.P Chuck Tanner
Posted on 12 Feb 2011 by Michael Waterloo.
It was a somber day in Pittsburgh on Friday when the news broke that former Pirates manager Chuck Tanner had passed away at the age of 82 in his home in his hometown of New Castle, Pennsylvania, after a long illness. Tanner is historically known around these parts as being the last Pirates manager to win a World Series in 1979, in what was the "We Are Family" year. Tanner also m...
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A's Add Matsui, McCarthy
Posted on 14 Dec 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
After a combination of disappointing results and a lack of development regarding the offers made to free-agents on their behalf (some of which were reported to include Adrian Beltre, Adam Dunn, Lance Berkman, as well as the now-infamous Hisashi Iwakuma), the Oakland Athletics finally found success on back-to-back days in the middle of December. On Monday, the 13th, the Athletics inked RHP Br...
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The Giants Won It All…For YOU
Posted on 3 Nov 2010 by Joseph Davis.
As affirmed by Bob Fitzgerald and Rod Brooks on KNBR (the Giants' flagship radio station) repeatedly yesterday, saying "The Giants won the World Series" out loud feels really good. As Cody Ross told reporters in the middle of the night, it still hasn't completely sunk in. You wait so long for something, and then when you get it, often times you don't know how to feel. Trust me, I feel...
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The Offseason
Posted on 3 Nov 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
**UPDATE** The current time is 10:36am PST Just to follow up on what I wrote earlier this morning. Like I had predicted, the A's did in fact exercise the options on Mark Ellis and Coco Crisp, while the option on Chavez was subsequently declined. The options picked up cost $11.5 million, while the buyout for Chavez' contract was $3 million. Despite picking up $14.5 million in the past ...


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HSBC Hires Lloyds Compliance Executive for European Role
Richard PartingtonHSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's biggest bank, hired Alison Hewitt from Lloyds Banking Group Plc as European head of regulatory compliance.
Hewitt reports to the global head of regulatory compliance, Ruth Horgan, a spokesman for HSBC in London said by telephone today.
Hewitt joins as HSBC bolsters its regulatory oversight after it paid $1.9 billion to close a money-laundering probe by the U.S. Department of Justice and other banking regulators in 2012. The bank hired Horgan from KPMG LLP in 2013 after David Bagley quit amid claims the bank gave terrorists, drug cartels and criminals access to the U.S. financial system by failing to guard against money laundering.
Globally, banks are under intense scrutiny over regulatory compliance. BNP Paribas SA, France's largest bank, is close to paying as much as $9 billion to settle allegations it violated U.S. sanctions, while Credit Suisse Group AG paid $2.6 billion and pleaded guilty to helping Americans cheat on their taxes.
Hewitt was previously retail business risk director at Lloyds, responsible for compliance at the 25 percent taxpayer-owned bank's consumer division. Before joining Lloyds in 2006, Hewitt worked for the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority managing teams in enforcement, policy and supervision.
Lloyds hired Greg Gould, previously U.K. chief risk officer for RSA Insurance Group Plc, to replace Hewitt, a spokesman for the bank said.

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Welcome to thebackalleygallery.com
My name is Joshua Evans, I was a former Navy Seal who recently retired from the military. Served 30 years with the Navy and amazingly only missed six days of work throughout my service with the military.
During that time, I stayed in many different places. Some of these buildings I stayed in had paintings in which I grew an attraction to. I then began to do some research to locate some unique properties with some unique artists.
I was never an artist. Just a big fan…
My mother spent a lot of her time painting and she liked the way she expressed herself because it came from the heart. A few years ago she passed away. He wanted to honor her by having someone paint one of her original masterpieces in a back alley. With consent, of course.
I'm very excited to create and write in this article because writing about art is pure enjoyment for me. Throughout the world, we have some amazing artists and they express themselves in the most awkward places.
The best ones in my opinion is in the back alleys of older buildings. I have been to many places and these back alleys have the most unique designs for everyone to see. You can tell they put a lot of effort into what they do and the results show.
Some of these artists did not have any consent but the owners have decided to leave it there because they themselves admired it to a certain extent. They would also get a lot of compliments from their tenants and surrounding neighbors.
These "taggers" would come to the buildings at any time of the day. Majority of them would come at night because they did not want to get caught. Some of them were identified as career criminals. They were definitely people you did not want to mess with. So they they were usually left alone to do whatever they wanted.
The ones that did have consent were sometimes paid. Some just did it as a hobby while others did it to bring these back alleys a more positive feeling to the area.
There were so many different paintings that I have seen on the back side of these buildings. One of them had a beautiful island scenery that reminded me of a trip that I took to Hawaii one year. I was paid by a limo company (honolululimos.org) for the week because I exchanged services for them and was driving for them the whole week while their customer rented their limousines.
I saw the most amazing beach on the south shore of Maui. This beach reminded me of this painting that I saw at this six story abandoned building. It definitely gave the building some "flavor" even though nobody was staying there.
Beauty comes in the weirdest places and the "back alley gallery" is no exception.
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23 Dave Phillips
Height: | 6-1 |
Year: | Fy. |
Hometown: | Reisterstown, Md. |
High School: | Loyola Blakefield |
Position: | F |
2009: Solid first-year performer … will
vie for playing time at forward during his rookie campaign.
High School: Lettered in soccer and also played
baseball at Loyola Blakefield … was a soccer team captain as
a senior, earning first team all-conference honors.
Personal: Father, Scott, was a swimmer at Oakland
University while mother, Joann, played basketball at Immaculata
College … undeclared major.


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They've got muck; we've got rakes. TPM Muckraker
Sheriff's Office Cites Islamic Terror 'Cells' In Bossier Parish
"So this is not something that's far, far away," Baswell added. "This is something that is a possibility here in Bossier Parish."
Baswell made clear that the terrorist threat was part of the motivation for the parish's controversial "Operation Exodus." As we reported yesterday, Sheriff Larry Deen has announced a plan to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon," and has begun training them in "hand-to-hand combat" and other techniques, as part of a program to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest.
Bossier Parish is the home of Barksdale Air Force Base, from where President Bush addressed the nation in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Baswell said that his office believed that the suspected terrorists had been operating in Bossier Parish at one time but have since left. "We have had indications that there have been some that have come and gone from the parish," he said.
"Islamic terrorists have been in and out," he said. "And we've had intelligence information that confirmed that for us."
Baswell added that the sheriff's office had worked with the Feds on the threat. "A lot of our intelligence information has come in conjunction with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies," he said. The FBI's Louisiana field office told TPMmuckraker they would look into the claim.
Baswell said it wasn't entirely clear what the suspected terrorists were up to. "We didn't get the impression they were plotting an attack," he said. "We got the impression they were in training or headed for training overseas." He stressed: "We don't believe in any way shape or form that there is any sort of imminent threat."
Baswell described the intelligence as "just tidbits of information we've gotten over time."
Baswell said that the 9/11 attacks had orginally given Sheriff Deen the idea to come up with an emergency security plan. "This plan really came into being because of 9/11, and the sheriff's belief that if there were a natural or man-made disaster, that the federal government would be so tied up ... that they might not be able to send help to Bossier Parish," he said. "So the sheriff wanted to Bossier Parish to be self sufficient."
But Baswell was eager to make a larger point. "It tells us that these are the kinds of thing we can't assume are happening far, far away," he said. "Terrorists can tend to strike anywhere and everywhere."
"There's not a state of paranoia, or anything like that," he added.


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PG-13 for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images.
December 14, 2005
Action/Adventure, Romance, Thriller and Remake
Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Thomas Kretschmann
Peter Jackson
Universal Pictures
In providing movie reviews on our site, CBN.com is not endorsing or recommending films we review. Our goal is to provide Christians with information about the latest movies, both the good and the bad, so that our readers may make an informed decision as to whether or not films are appropriate for them and their families.
CBN.com In King Kong, director Peter Jackson follows the Lord of the Rings trilogy with this overblown, monster of a remake set in the 1930s, starring Jack Black and Naomi Watts. Brimming with pagan elements, this adventure movie about the famed excitable primate is a bloated, but sometimes impressive, overstatement, both exceptionally violent and uncomfortably long.
Carl Denham, played by Jack Black, is an opportunistic filmmaker with a P.T. Barnum-like appetite for showmanship. On the run from the law due to shady business practices, Denham deceptively recruits blonde actress Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts), along with playwright Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody), Ship-captain Englehorn (Thomas Kretschmann), and a host of others to shoot a movie on the secluded Skull Island. Following a rough arrival they are rudely greeted by the island's savage natives, who kidnap Ann to make her a sacrificial offering to their god-in-residence, King Kong. Kong takes Ann captive, and subsequently battles a myriad of dangerous oversized creatures, including Tyrannosaurs, giant insects, and swarming bats. Such enormous adversaries likewise stand in the way of the crew as they quest to rescue the young beauty from the island's most formidable beast.
Although the crewmembers collectively decide to rescue Ann from Kong, their motivations for doing so vary. Jack, the wide-eyed, sensitive writer is motivated by his love for Ann, while the young, sophomoric Jimmy (Jamie Bell) longs for the heroic stoicism usually glorified in novels. The ever starstruck Carl, however, has less noble aspirations. He sees Ann's liberation as an opportunity for great film footage. A textbook ethical egoist, Carl never loses sight of his self-interest, perpetually driven by his greedy pursuits. He'll do whatever it takes to gain money and fame, regardless of who gets deceived, hurt, or even killed in the process. Interestingly, the script bestows Carl with a bulk of the funny lines, and Black's delivery is adequate. His charm, however, perhaps obscures the fact that, in a movie about monsters, Carl's debauched behavior makes him the vilest of them all. Not hidden is the fact that one individual's sins often cause many to suffer, and the consequences of Carl's ruthlessness is allocated in colossal proportions.
The most important relationship in the story is that of Ann and Kong. Although initially terrified of the beast, a bond quickly develops between the two as Kong protects her from blood-thirsty monsters that lurk in every corner. Like other spins on the beauty-and-the-beast narrative, Ann is able to see past Kong's gruff, misunderstood exterior; and, the monster reciprocates with a fierce and jealous protectiveness that subsequently leads to tragedy.
In one of the more endearing scenes of the movie, Ann playfully dances for the gorilla, and he bellows an approving, thunderous laugh. Naomi Watts does a wonderful job capturing Ann's melancholy-tinged affinity for Kong, and the movie could have benefited from additional scenes showing their mutual affection transpire.
Although the original King Kong movie was released over 70 years ago, the character's popularity has endured. Since its debut, an array of remakes, sequels, and medium-spanning spin-offs (including cartoons and video games) have sustained King Kong's status as a pop culture icon. This means that even those who haven't seen the original motion picture are likely to have at least some vague acquaintance with its storyline. Such familiarity poses all sorts of challenges in remakes. For example, the story must be told in a fresh way while retaining its timeless nature.
Jackson attempts to answer this challenge with magnitude. With breathtaking special effects and frenetic action scenes, the large computer-designed creatures are both scary and amusing, delivering an abundance of thrills and seat-squirming moments. Unfortunately, Jackson doesn't know when to let up. Apparently too undisciplined (or self-indulgent) to contain himself, he behaves like a child determined to use every color in his 64-count crayon box on a single page. Instead of condensing the pandemonium in favor of character development, Jackson tries to beat the audience into submission with visual tableaux and violence.
Compared to the original King Kong, this one softens Kong's image a little bit and makes the two male leads less heroic. Thus, the emotional heart of the movie is Ann Darrow's growing affection for the huge ape and her attempt to protect him from the brutality of human civilization. This helps to give the movie a pro-environmentalist tone that attacks the capitalist forces in human civilization that want to exploit and, eventually, kill Kong. By making Carl Denham such a bad guy, the movie seems to dilute Denham's famous last line – "It was Beauty that killed the Beast."
Before transporting Kong to New York to be the centerpiece of his latest money-making scheme, Carl gleefully exclaims "The whole world will pay to see this!" Costing $207 million to create, it appears Universal and Peter Jackson had similar expectations, but, while the latest stab at Merian C. Cooper's classic is a consistently impressive spectacle, it never manages to scratch very far beyond its glossy finish. The movie's flaws mirror those of its 25-foot gorilla headliner. At moments exciting, humorous and enchanting, it ultimately fails because of its relentless and brutish larger-than-life excessiveness.
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This is the seventh of my Feel Good Friday series that I started. In honour of my 100 day mark, I will share a photo from each day with a quote. Thank you to those who sent quotes & photo op ideas.
- Have a favourite place in London? I'll go take a picture in honour of YOU!
- Have a favourite inspirational quote? I'll feature your quote on my photo.
Use the comments below, send me a message on Facebook, send an email to lifesletter(at)gmail(dot)com or use the form in the About Me page.
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breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence
Betrayal (or treachery) is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. Often betrayal is the act of supporting a rival group, or it is a complete break from previously decided upon or presumed norms by one party from the others. Someone who betrays others is commonly called a traitor or betrayer. Betrayal is also a commonly used literary element and is often associated with or used as a plot twist.
- Any form of real betrayal can be final. Dishonesty can be final. Selling out is final. But you are just talking now. Death is what is really final.
- Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream (1970), Pt. 3: At Sea, Section 19.
- Betrayals during war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace.
- Anthony Minghella, The English Patient (1996); based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje.
- Every great work of art … is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.
- Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003).
- Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal.
- Chuck Palahniuk, Diary (2003).
- On this tenth day of June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, noting Italy's declaration of war against France on that day, during the commencement address at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville (June 10, 1940); reported in The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 (1941), p. 263.
- I am in blood
Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er.- William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, Scene IV (Macbeth).
- The act of treachery is an art, but the traitor himself is a piece of shit.


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No Child Left Behind - QuestionsMay 8, 2006
Hi all,I am running for Kansas House of Representatives, 24th
district (Northeast Johnson County). As part of my
campaign, I will be pushing for Kansas to opt out of the
Federal No Child Left Behind program.I personally feel this is a violation of our rights under
the 10th amendment, and constitutes and unfunded and
unrealistic mandate by our Federal Government that is
unnecessarily stressing our teachers.I need any thoughts, complaints, observations, ideas, etc.
that any of you may have regarding this. Based on what I've
heard from teachers so far, I gather this is an unpopular
program, but I need as much feedback as I can get pro or
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I bought my second HiFiMan tube USB DAC amp it being the EF2A unit. I sold my first to purchase some headphones I had my eye on. These amps come standard with the Chinese 6J1 tubes. I'm after the best audiophile experience so on the first amp I bought NOS Sylvania compatible tubes. It sounded awesome. For the second EF2A amp I bought some valve electronic CV4010 KQDD/K tubes based on compatibility threads here. At first everthing was cool. I.m plugging the amps USB into my Dell Inspiron with iTunes.
Now I'm getting a strong hiss when the song ends and crackling interference which can and will turn to pure white noise. It's hard on the ears when that happens, I changed back to the 6J1's thinking maybe a bad tube. Music was good then bang it came again. It seems as though when I turn everthing off and then power back up it does ok for a few minutes, but then back to bad.
I called Head Direct for advice. The woman told me the president says not to use any other tubes than what's shipped with it. I can't accept that and told her as such. She still wouldn't help. So is tube rolling a no no wit HiFiMan amps? My successful experience withe first amp tells me no. As of right now I would not buy from Head Direct due to such inadequate customer service. I wasn't being a jerk. I was just trying to get some help.
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While I was growing up, my family spent time in Haiti, where we enjoyed eating many authentic dishes such as this. It's now a meal my husband requests often.
99 of Our Favorite Chicken Dinner Ideas
- 1 cup sliced celery
- 1 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 5 cups chicken broth
- 6 cups cubed cooked chicken
- 2 cans (6 ounces each) tomato paste
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon each pepper, sugar and dried thyme
- 12 to 16 drops hot pepper sauce
- Hot cooked rice
- In a large skillet over medium heat, saute the celery, green pepper and onion in oil until tender; Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add flour; cook and stir for 5 minutes or until browned.
- Stir in broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add remaining ingredients except rice. Return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until heated through. Serve with rice. Yield: 8-10 servings.
Originally published as Easy Chicken Creole in Country Chicken Cookbook
1995, p48
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Isolation of high-quality RNA from plant seeds is very critical for seed-specific gene analysis. However, seed endosperm contains very high levels of starch, which cause the solidification of samples in the guanidine isothiocyanate (GITC)-based RNA extraction buffers, such as GITC-phenol-chloroform buffer (1), TRIzol® reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and the RNeasy® kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA). These current RNA small- and large-scale extraction protocols typically either fail to yield RNA or result in reduced yields with poor quality. Tissue with a high level of starch can also hinder resuspension of precipitated RNA or contaminate the RNA pellet by co-precipitation (2). Although several protocols were developed to remove polysaccharide and phenolics contamination from plant RNA (3,4,5), most of the existing protocols are time-consuming and labor-intensive. Additionally, there are no satisfactory protocols for isolating RNA from starch rich seeds, such as wheat, rice, and maize, using <1 g of seed material. In this report, we developed a rapid method for extracting high-quality RNA from wheat, rice, and maize seed endosperms. It can be used to isolate seed-derived RNA in both small- and large-scale extraction protocols, and it directly overcomes the problems of solidification of samples in extraction buffer, starch contamination, and starch co-precipitation.
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seeds "Bobwhite" were collected around 20 days post-anthesis. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) seeds were collected 23 days post-anthesis. For the new RNA extraction procedure, 50-100 mg seeds were ground to a fine powder in liquid nitrogen with prechilled mortar and pestle. The flour sample was then transferred into a prechilled 1.5-mL RNase-free microcentrifuge tube. A 400-µL extraction buffer I [100 mM Tris, pH 8.0, 150 mM LiCl, 50 mM EDTA, 1.5% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), 1.5% 2-mercaptoethanol] aliquot was immediately added to the seed powder. After mixing the content with vigorous vortex mixing, 250 µL phenol-chloroform mixture (1:1, pH 4.7) were added, and the samples were mixed well by inversion. Samples were then centrifuged immediately at 13,000× g for 15 min at 4°C. The upper aqueous phase (around 250 µL) was carefully transferred to a new 1.5-mL tube containing 250 µL extraction buffer II [70% guanidinium sulfate (w/v), 0.75 M sodium citrate, 10% lauryl-sarcosine, 2 M sodium acetate, pH 4.0]. Samples were mixed by gentle inversion and incubated at room temperature for 10 min. After the incubation, 200 µL chloroform-isoamyl alcohol (24:1) were added, and the samples were then centrifuged at 13,000× g for 15 min at 4°C. To the recovered supernatant (around 450 µL), 300 µL isopropanol, and 250 µL 1.2 M sodium chloride were added. The samples were then mixed by inversion and put on ice for 15 min. The sample was centrifuged at 13,000× g for 15 min at 4°C, then the supernatants were discarded, and the RNA pellets were washed carefully with 400µL 70% ethanol. The RNA pellets were then dried for 15-20 min at room temperature in a laminar flow hood and were resuspended in the appropriate volume of RNase free water (e.g., 50 µL) and stored at -70°C. This protocol can also be used for seed tissue above 1 g by adjusting the volumes of buffers accordingly. All the solutions were prepared from 0.1% diethylpyrocaborate (DEPC)-treated water and powder stocks. Glassware used in this protocol was cleaned with detergent, filled with 0.1% DEPC, incubated at 37°C overnight, and then autoclaved for 30 min.
Standard RNA extraction methods using GITC-phenol-chloroform (1), RNeasy kit, or TRIzol reagent failed to produce satisfactory RNA when attempting to extract RNA from starch-rich seed species such as wheat, rice, and maize (data not shown). A large starch percentage causes sample solidification when RNA extraction is attempted with buffers from the above mentioned protocols. In addition, starch tended to co-precipitate with the RNA pellet, making it very difficult to redissolve the RNA in water. Although a seed flour sample could be easily disrupted in phenol-SDS RNA extraction buffer when a standard phenol-SDS protocol was used (2), this protocol failed to produce high-quality RNA due to the serious degradation of the RNA as indicated by the degradation of 28S and 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) as well as a smear of smaller sized RNAs ((Figure 1)). The quality of RNA produced by the phenol-SDS method was not sufficient for reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) analysis (data not shown).
Figure 1.The new protocol reported here resulted in the rapid isolation of high-quality RNA from starchy seed samples of 50-100 mg. The quality of the RNA prepared by this method was demonstrated by intact sharp 28S and 18S rRNA bands and the lack of RNA degradation on agarose gels ((Figure 1)). We have successfully used this RNA for both RT-PCR and Northern blot analyses (data not shown). In this protocol, the following steps and rationale were used: (i) Extraction buffer I, which contains SDS, effectively dissolved seed sample containing high concentrations of starch. Thus, the problem of sample solidification due to excess starch in the seed was resolved. Solidification could not be avoided when using other TRIzol- or GITC-containing buffers. The addition of 2-mercaptoethanol aided in RNase and oxidation protection. (ii) Acid phenol-chloroform (1:1, pH 4.7) was used to promote cell lysis and for DNA and protein separation. After phenol-chloroform extraction, the bulk of the starch was removed. (iii) A GITC-based extraction buffer II ensured RNase inhibition. Extraction buffer II, which was added immediately after the phenol-chloroform extraction, prevented the degradation of RNA. Guanidinium sulfate, a strong protein denaturant, may be replaced by other guanidine salts such as in TRIzol. (iv) High concentration of salt (1.2 M sodium chloride) and low isopropanol concentration (30%) were added into the RNA precipitation step to provide maximum starch solubility. This modification effectively maintained carbohydrates in a soluble form, while helping to precipitate the RNA in high purity. With little carbohydrate impurities, the RNA pellet was easily redissolved in water.
Wheat seed RNA prepared by our protocol was of high purity with low polysaccharide and protein contamination, which was indicated by the A260/A280 and A260/A230 ratios (6), which ranged from 1.96 to 2.00 and 1.80 to 1.90, respectively. In addition, high purity RNA was also prepared by this protocol from rice and maize seeds. A260/A280 and A260/A230 ratios of rice seed RNA prepared by our protocol ranged from 1.93 to 1.97 and 1.99 to 2.03, respectively, and A260/A280 and A260/A230 ratios of maize seed RNA prepared by our protocol ranged from 1.95 to 2.01 and 1.86 to 1.92, respectively ((Table 1)). The average RNA yields from 100-mg seed samples of wheat, rice, and maize were 48.5, 50.3, and 51.5 µ g respectively ((Table 1)), which were approximately double the corresponding RNA yields from the phenol-SDS protocol. The RNA purity from a 100-mg seed sample was acceptable for RT-PCR, cDNA library construction, or Northern blot analysis. On the other hand, the average A260/A280 of wheat, maize, and rice seed RNA prepared by the standard phenol-SDS protocol ranged from 1.54 to 1.69, which indicated that the samples contained protein contamination. Furthermore, additional impurities in these samples were noted as the average ratio at A260/A230 of wheat, rice, and maize seed RNA prepared by the standard phenol-SDS protocol ranged from 0.34 to 0.90, far less than the accepted A260/A280 value of 1.80. These results indicated that RNA prepared by phenol-SDS was low in purity and that the purity was highly variable as implied by the high standard errors of A260/A280 or A260/A230 ((Table 1)).
Table 1. Yield and Purity of Total RNA Prepared by the New Protocol and Standard Phenol-SDS Method Evaluated by UV Light Absorption Spectra and Ratios of A260/A280 and A260/A230SDS, sodium dodecyl sulfate; FW, fresh weight.
aTen independent RNA extraction replicas of each species that were measured for analysis values of A260/A280or A260/A230are mean ± SD.
bRNA yields using the phenol-SDS protocol were significantly different from yields with the new protocol at the 95% confidence level.
In conclusion, we report a new, efficient, and reliable RNA extraction method for wheat seed endosperm. This method can also be used for RNA extraction from other plant seeds with high starch content, such as rice and maize. By this method, the isolated RNA from 50-100 mg seed tissue was of high quality and quantity, and it could be used for RT-PCR analysis and Northern blot analysis. Therefore, this method would be especially useful for rapid production of RNA for gene expression analysis of plant tissue with high starch content.
This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative and Competitive Grants Program (USDA/NRICGP) grant no. 2002-35503-12360. This article is contribution no. 05-258-J from the Kansas Agricultural Experimental Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
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Manchester United Increases English Premier League Lead
Bob BenschManchester United beat Southampton 2-1 to increase its lead in English soccer's Premier League, while Reading moved out of the relegation zone with a late 2-2 draw against Chelsea.
Arsenal rallied for a 2-2 draw at home with Liverpool, Everton defeated West Brom 2-1, Fulham beat West Ham 3-1 and Tottenham tied 1-1 with Norwich in last night's other matches.
Wayne Rooney scored both goals at Old Trafford as Manchester United extended its unbeaten run to 12 league games and moved seven points ahead of defending champion Manchester City.
"In my experience at the club, when we're going for championships there's always a game where you say to yourself 'we were a bit lucky,' and I think this was one of those nights," United manager Alex Ferguson told his club's TV channel. "Southampton in the second half gave the best performance anyone's given here this season."
Jay Rodriguez put Southampton, which sits 16th in the 20-team league, in front after three minutes as he picked up an errant back pass from Michael Carrick and put a shot past David De Gea.
The lead lasted five minutes as Rooney scored off a pass from Shinji Kagawa. United then took the lead in the 27th minute as Patrice Evra headed Robin van Persie's free kick toward Rooney, who tapped it into the net.
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Third-place Chelsea seemed ready to move within four points of Manchester City thanks to goals from Juan Mata and Frank Lampard.
Adam Le Fondre then scored for Reading in the 87th minute and struck again in the fifth minute of injury time when he fired in a close-range shot after a free kick.
"If you've got Adam Le Fondre at your club, you always have a chance," Reading manager Brian McDermott told reporters.
The comeback lifted the Royals out of the three relegation places at the bottom of the standings over Wigan and Aston Villa on goal difference.
"We have to be more clinical and be more aware of defending set pieces," Chelsea coach Rafael Benitez said in comments on the team's website. "Everybody has the same feeling -- we were in control until the last minute."
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Two goals in three minutes pulled Arsenal even. Olivier Giroud headed in Jack Wilshere's free kick in the 64th minute, then laid off a pass for Theo Walcott, who fired a shot past Pepe Reina.
"We were nervous from the start at the back but, overall, we've shown great quality and tremendous spirit," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said in comments on his team's website.
Arsenal defender Kieran Gibbs will miss three weeks after leaving the game in the first half with a thigh strain, Wenger said.
Leighton Baines scored twice in the first half as Everton pulled within a point of Tottenham for fourth place and the final Champions League spot. Shane Long had the goal for West Brom, which has one win in its past 14 visits to Goodison Park.
"We've drawn a lot of games, so in the second half of the season we've got to try to win more," Everton manager David Moyes said in comments on his team's website.
Gareth Bale's goal in the 80th minute earned Tottenham a point at Norwich, while Dimitar Berbatov and Hugo Rodallega scored in Fulham's home win over West Ham.


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I know I'm late to the party, but the most cringe worthy moment at any wedding I've ever been to was when the bride and groom read Scripture passages to each other. Nothing wrong with that at face value. The part that made me cringe (and I was a grooms man, so I had to keep it inside) was when the bride read 1 Corinthians 13 to the groom. Apart from being an overly used and misapplied chapters in weddings, the cringe-worthy part was when she changed ALL of the "love is" parts to the groom's name. So instead of "Love is patient, Love is kind," it was "Mike is patient, Mike is kind" (changed his name). Yea, that speaks for itself.
In a last minute attempt to make my wife and I's first dance more memorable, my Father-In-Law grabbed a fire extinguisher and shot a plume of white smoke at us as we began to dance (I can only assume he was going for the dry ice effect).
People laughed and clapped, expecting him to now stop... he didn't. He proceeded to empty the contents of the fire extinguisher at us throughout the entirety of the song (completely muffling the sound). My wife and I just kept dancing and laughing (and maybe crying inside).
It was definitely memorable, I'll give him that.
Awkward Wedding Moment: So two years ago, at MY wedding, this awkward moment happened. We had just been married and our officiant was announcing us when a friend of my mother in law (and by "friend" I mean former employer from before my wife was born) gets up with his iPhone and blocks us from exiting to take a picture. The photographers we hired hired to capture this special moment had to stand aside and wait awkwardly with the rest of us.
Awkward Wedding Request: So some really good friends of mine are getting married this October and they have a bit of a predicament. They don't have an officiant. His pastors are in California, hers are in Texas, and the wedding is in Arkansas. I loved the idea of having the Relevant team hijack the wedding because these friends actually introduced me to your print magazine in 2009. As the DJ I have the power to surrender the dance floor to you guys, but let me know if anyone is actually serious enough about this to come out to Arkansas and help my friends get married. Tweet me please!
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Ten years since the flood and nothing
Original post made by Kev Henderson, Old Palo Alto, on Feb 4, 2008
The flood occured but the biggest travesty is what has continued what we have allowed to happen. The associate director of the JPA brought in (and hired) a few people she knew well. The debate about what to do about the creek has nobody to lead it and no sound thinking about any solutions. It's a lot like the present operator in the White House.
It's all voices inside an echo chamber at the JPA. A lot of failure and waste and all this at the taxpayers expense.
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 4, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Has anyone asked the city officials why this bridge hasn't been removed and the creek widened at this city owned property? Also a "berm" could be built here to prevent the city from being liable for any flooding from the city property.
About $3 million in taxpayers money was doled out to a few homeowners after the 98 flood. The attorney(s) probably collected about $1 million of this money for bringing the lawsuit. This could be a "cash-cow" for the attorneys. Maybe that's why no action has been taken (Comspircy theory).
The city needs to take action so they can't be held liable for allowing flooding from their property.
I gather that all of the private property owners along the creek can be held liable if flooding occurrs on or across their property. Think of the size of the class action suit that could occurr if hundreds or a thousand houses were flooded in the flood zone and the people,owners of creek side property were held liable. I would imagine they would be egar to give away their back yard, creek side property. Many of them own to the middle of the creek.
This property along the creek should be rezoned "Creek-side Open Space" or "Urban Open Space" and then made into a creek side park. It could be 100 to 200'wide park on each side of the creek with a trail from the bay to the skyline.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 4, 2008 at 6:49 pm
City has been too busy with global warming and other pc issues to do anything basic over the past few years.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 4, 2008 at 7:07 pm
I just remembered: The storm drain project will protect Palo Alto from flooding! This is a $20 to $30 million parcel tax program that will repair storm drains and also put a gigantic pump in the creek juse East of 101 that will lower the water level in the creek and thus prevent flooding. Everyone in the city is paying for this project. It was sold as a solution to the flooding problem.
Nothing to worry about now.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 5, 2008 at 5:24 am
We elect incompetent poseurs, we get incompetent postures. I eagerly await the Palo Alto Polar Bear initiative.
a resident of Community Center
on Feb 5, 2008 at 7:57 am
Don't feel bad; the Army Corp of Engineers first came up with a plan to control flooding on the Napa River in the 1960's. To this day less than half the project has been completed. The Napa River still floods many of the same areas today more than 40 years later.
Let's face it, it is cheaper for the City to pay off flooded property owners at $3 Million a time, than it would be to fix the flooding of the creek.
Also, the flooding problems are a political nightmare involving Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. You can't fix Palo Alto and send all that water downstream to East Palo Alto.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 5, 2008 at 11:26 am
We are under no obligation to hold back the water that God sends. I suspect a company of California National Guard Engineers could remove the offending bridge and replace it with a long laasting Baily Bridge in one Weekend Warrior drill.
When idiots stop standing in the way of the recommended dams and other flood control structures we can get on with it, assure cotinued water and energy and go back to worrying about problems that lack solutions.
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50 Attachment(s) It wouldn't be different if the proportion between purchase and shank is the same. Personally I like the second one better anyhow :) However there is a chance of the second bit pinching. |
Thank you! I check to see where it might pinch! I think they have the same ratio as the one I got has a longer purchase. I think it's 1:2, but I didn't actually measure it. |
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