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Stocks barely budged on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq trimming early gains as disappointing U.S. factory numbers dented optimism spurred by positive data on China's economy.
Output by China's factories grew in November for the first time in more than a year, data showed. But that encouraging signal about the health of the world's second-largest economy was offset by a surprising contraction in U.S. manufacturing, which fell in November to its lowest level in more than three years, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
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The market's reaction to the ISM data was somewhat muted, however, as concerns about budget dealings in Washington on the "fiscal cliff" remain the primary focus of investors. Political haggling continues over how to deal with large automatic spending cuts and tax hikes scheduled to kick in next year that could tip the U.S. economy back into recession.
"At this point, all you can say about the data is they are discounting it," said Paul Mendelsohn, chief investment strategist at Windham Financial Services in Charlotte, Vermont.
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The Dow Jones industrial average shed 10.45 points, or 0.08 percent, to 13,015.13. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index inched up just 0.62 of a point, or 0.04 pct to 1,417.80. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 3.68 points, or 0.12 percent, to 3,013.92.
The S&P 500 briefly moved above its 50-day moving average at about 1,420, a level that the index has been below since October 22, and now serving as a key resistance point for equities.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pushed Republicans on Sunday to offer specific ideas to cut the deficit and predicted that they would agree to raise tax rates on the rich to obtain a year-end deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Dell shares rose 5.8 percent to $10.19 as one of the biggest percentage gainers in both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 after Goldman Sachs upgraded its view on the stock to "buy" from "sell."
Singapore Airlines said it was in talks with interested parties to sell its 49 percent stake in British carrier Virgin Atlantic, with sources saying that Delta Air Lines was among the potential suitors. Delta shares fell 1.8 percent to $9.82.
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Suspected match-fixer Suljic arrested in Milan
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MILAN (AP) — Suspected football match-fixer Admir Suljic was taken into custody early Thursday after landing at Milan's Malpensa airport on a flight from Singapore, Italian police said.
Suljic is wanted by judicial authorities in the city of Cremona investigating a massive match-fixing case that has already brought the arrests of more than 50 people, with more than 150 under investigation.
Police said Suljic had been on the run since Dec. 2011 and was considered a "key element" in the Last Bet operation. Police added that he spent significant time in Singapore in close contact with the alleged fixing organization's chiefs.
Earlier Thursday, Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble said that Singaporean police had notified authorities in Italy that a suspected match-fixer was flying to Milan.
Speaking at a match-fixing conference in Malaysia, Noble said the man was wanted in Italy because he is allegedly working for Singaporean businessman Tan Seet Eng — known as Dan Tan — for whom Italian authorities have issued an arrest warrant.
Italian police said Suljic wanted to turn himself in to Italian authorities and that he faces charges of criminal association and sports fraud.
Noble earlier said that the arrest arrest would be "important because the world believes that law enforcement can't do anything to take down this criminal organization, the world believes that (Tan) and his associates can't be touched, that they are above the law."
In November, Serbian footballer Almir Gegic, who had also been wanted by Italian authorities, turned himself in at Malpensa.
Tan is accused of heading a crime syndicate that made millions of dollars betting on rigged Italian football matches. Italian officials have been unable to take Tan into custody as the arrest warrant cannot be served while he's in Asia.
"We will follow the rule of law," Noble said. "The hope is that (the suspect) will cooperate with law enforcement and tell us all he knows."
Acknowledging that Singapore has come under criticism for not detaining Tan, Noble said authorities there were restrained because they had to follow their own laws and could only take action when there was enough evidence.
However, Noble added that investigators worldwide have been slow to catch up with match-fixers because they were so far "not properly prepared to work together" and share enough information with their international counterparts.
FIFA head of security Ralf Mutschke said earlier at the Malaysian conference that he hopes Tan will be brought to face the courts with the help of Singaporean authorities.
Singapore's police have said they are reviewing information submitted by the Italian authorities in Tan's case before deciding what action to take.
The Singapore Police Force announced Thursday that four senior officers from the SPF and Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) will be heading to the INTERPOL Headquarters in Lyon, France, to join the Global Anti-Match-fixing Taskforce.
Tan's former associate, Wilson Raj Perumal, has alleged to Italian investigators that Tan placed syndicate wagers on fixed games using Asia-based online betting sites via intermediaries in China.
A report by the European Union's police agency earlier this month said organized crime gangs, including ones in Asia, have fixed or tried to fix hundreds of football matches around the world.
Europol said its 18-month review found 380 suspicious matches in Europe and another 300 questionable games outside the continent, mainly in Africa, Asia and South and Central America.
Associated Press writer Eileen Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and AP Sports Writer Andrew Dampf in Rome contributed to this report.


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"Last year we toured the western half of Canada, so it was an easy decision this year to complete our Canadian travel experience," said Melanie Dishman, station manager for advancement and the tour's coordinator. "These are beautiful French-speaking cities, including Canada's capital city, and we are looking forward to hosting this tour."
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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) – Maryland State Police said a trooper who broke his leg during a foot chase still managed to make the arrest. Trooper First Class Jeremy Tindal stopped a car Sunday evening for allegedly speeding on Interstate 270. Police said that when a 22-year-old passenger acted suspiciously, Tindal ordered him out for a pat-down.
Police say a plastic bag of drug paraphernalia fell from the man's pant leg and he took off running.
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Springsteen to debut short film on website July 9
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen will debut a short film on his website July 9.
A poster of the film "Hunter of Invisible Game" appeared on the singer's website Monday. The film is a collaboration with Thom Zimny, who has worked with the Boss in the past.
No more details were provided. A representative for Springsteen didn't immediately respond to an email seeking more information.
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I do realize there's a ton of different outfits they can do, but I think it makes sense to sprinkle in some other characters too, or of Tony Stark in a business suit or whatever. Looks to me like too many armored figures or the same guy right off the bat, but that's just my opinion.
the boy was looking for a "bad guy" to fight Iron Man, and seemed confused by all the different Iron Man outfits.
I'm happy you saw a kid in the action figure aisle that didn't buy Bakugan (or similar) but went for the action figures.
What I don't understand is the need for so many different Iron Man figures in the early waves. Yes to Mark I thru Mark VI and the War Machine, but that should have been it. Then they could have put in Whiplish and Iron Monger as bad guys and called it a day until the later movie waves hit. Crimson Dynamo was unexpected surprise and I like him in here as well as an alternate baddie. Instead, we have Hydro Armor, Fireman Armor, Hypervelocity Armor, Basic Red & Gold Armor, and on and on and on - it's just too much of the same guy and pretty pointless versions of the armor. Heck, I think I even saw a Mark VI Armor and a different MArk VI Light Armor...was that really necessary?
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Do I Even Need to Say It?Posted by nvr1983 on February 6th, 2009
During the "Massacre at Littlejohn", Clemson couldn't miss and Duke couldn't hit anything (or even break a simple press). It was a night of rejoicing for Duke haters as just about everything went right for Oliver Purnell and the Tigers. Well almost everything. . .
The one exception was the attempted aerial acrobatics of one Terrence Oglesby. I have been searching for video of the attempt since it happened, but couldn't find it until tonight when I stumbled upon two videos. The first is a Zapuder-like film from what appears to be the last row of Littlejohn.
On the surface, it appears to be just another routine blown break-away dunk. It happens to the best of us. (Ok, maybe not me unless we're playing on a 9-foot rim.) The part where this becomes an instant classic is when you watch ESPN's coverage. I wasn't able to find a condensed clip of it, but if you go to the 2:20 mark you will get the pay-off.
I can't definitively say what was going through Purnell's mind after that attempt, but I believe it was something along the lines of what the great Sidney Deane once said, "Billy, listen to me. White men can't jump."


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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:25 pm
Post subject: Why Saute?
Does anyone know why most recipes recommend sauteing vegetables for making soup, rather than just throwing them in the pot raw?
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:06 pm
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Flavor? Funny things happen to foods when sauteed or grilled. With meat it's the Maillard reaction that changes the amino acids to form new molecules. This changes it's flavor. With vegetables you have carmelizing and other stuff going on.
My guess is it just makes it taste better.
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:14 am
Post subject: Don't forget texture
Some soups like, oh, Chicken Noodle are such that you want to have vegetable chunks. Other soups such as black bean soup call for a mire pois (onions, carrots and celery) chopped small, sauteed, and the end result will be a very soft, barely detectable texture in the mouth (for the vegetables, at least).
For the most part in stews and soups, texture is handled by the size the veggies are cut, and when they are added, e.g. never add green peas up front if you want them to be green and whole at the end of a simmer. But cooking the veggies up front softens them and may or may not flavor them, depending on how much browning you've got. This is especially important for garlic, because browned garlic can be a bad thing. But soften the veggies by sauteing with plenty of heated oil (toss to coat) and a bit of salt. This is called sweating, but not all sweating is identified as such in recipies.
And there are probably soups that just don't simmer long enough to cook whole or large-chunk vegetables that're hard, such as carrots and potatoes/tubers
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:48 am
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good question.
i will probably be cut from this forum, for answering your question.
your answer... if we really want to "get into it"... have to do with food-snobs and anal-retentive food-followers.
you see.... the whole idea of "caramelizing" your veggies, or using the so-called "maillard reaction" to sear your meat and seal in the juices and add "sugar" to your meat, has been proven a myth (in a way). Searing your meat only adds some "carbonized" taste to your tongue, and you are "taught" that this is a good thing. why? because "carbon" taste better then raw flesh!
it is also a "myth" that searing meat helps to "seal" in the juices. this is just plain wrong... but people love to color their "fire" and cooking with myths.
It is true, that burning your veggies helps "bring out their natural sugar"..... oooohhhhh good for you!
so the "great" culinary artisans have taught you to burn your veggies and meat for flavor.... to "caramelize" them... (so to speak).
its all simple chemistry folks. in reality, when you burn your flesh, the so-called "maillard" reaction simply describes the flavor of carbonized, burnt, flesh.... with little nutritional value. (there is some protein/sugar chemistry involved, but it is not worth the spit in your mouth).
you like your veggies burnt? cuz they taste better? more "carmelized" or so they say...... fine!
but don't use words like "caramelize" or "maillard reaction" to describe the simple idiocy of modern day "follow the idiot" truthiness of food chemistry and the pitfalls thereof.
hint: "thruthiness" has become a new word, that has not showed up in your stupid dictionary as of late.
big fat ugly hint: "raw" foods have more nutritional value than "carmelized", "maillard-reaction"protein/carbohydrate sources.... but don't let this simple fact get in the way of big-fat-food-snobs and their control of what you eat.
"engineers".... not with standing!
p.s. anybody want some cheese with that?
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:39 pm
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I'm sorry. A lot of cooking traditions can be dismissed as myths, but the Maillard reaction and carmelization cannot. Both are very real, and both have a significant impact on flavor.
Take some raw sugar and turn it into caramel. It would be very difficult to argue that 1) it hasn't changed flavor significantly, or 2) that the flavor isn't better. Sear a steak. The resulting flavors are more complex and generally considered to be better tasting.
The Maillard reaction is also not the same as burning the meat. The Maillard reaction describes a browning process. Once you've burned the meat, it's neither brown nor tasty. The Maillard reaction is a reaction between a sugar and an amino acid. It's not just burning, and strictly speaking, heat's not always required (though for general cooking it is).
The Maillard reaction is also resonsible for much of the flavor (and color) of coffee, chocolate, cola, and toast.
A lot of cooking traditions can be summed up as snobbery, but the Maillard reaction isn't one of them. It's been used since before cooking snobbery even existed. Products of the Maillard reaction are also one of the foundations of the flavoring industry; picking and choosing Maillard products to achieve the desired taste.
The argument that we've simply been taught to enjoy the flavors resulting from the Maillard reaction is no more valid than the argument that we've been simply been taught to enjoy the flavor of spices. It's not just snobbery or training. It actually tastes better.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:17 pm
Post subject: Experiment
I can saute a veggie and sear a steak without char. In fact, the point is to get as much caramelization as possible without 'making charcoal' (as my chef instructors used to say).
Try an experiment:
Take a chicken thigh, a carrot, a piece of celery and half an onion. Cut up the veggies. Put it all in cold water , add a tablespoon of oil, and simmer until the chicken is cooked through.
Now take the same ingredients, but saute the chicken in the oil, pull it when it's brown, saute the veggies in the chicken dripping, then add water (same amount as before) and simmer.
Taste both. Same ingredients, different method. Different taste.
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:31 am
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to answer the original question about sauteing and soups. I think saute is a very overwrought term in common recipes, especially for soups. Sauteing will carmelize and change the color of your product which is often not the desired result. Most recipes would be better off to say 'sweat the veggies' but the average home-cook may not understand, so they say saute...
The thread of this discussion got off onto searing meat. I agree that it is a myth about locking in juices, but it seams that folks so far have only focused on the resulting taste. Well it does change the flavor of that outer layer of meat, but to me, more importantly, it changes the appearance and the texture into something much more desirable. It is true that we eat with our eyes. Texture and mouth feel vary from person to person, to me it is mightily important. Its why I love fresh mushrooms but cannot tolerate the canned variety...
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You're trying to get a Malliard reaction with the veggies, but the problem is that the Malliard reaction usually needs a large amount of energy. If you try to cook in hot water or with steam, water will never exceed a certain temperature and so you won't be able to get Malliard reaction. However, when you saute something, you use oil, which allows the temperature to get high enough to reach the Malliard reaction.
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You're trying to get a Malliard reaction with the veggies, but the problem is that the Malliard reaction usually needs a large amount of energy. If you try to cook in hot water or with steam, water will never exceed a certain temperature and so you won't be able to get Malliard reaction. However, when you saute something, you use oil, which allows the temperature to get high enough to reach the Malliard reaction.
Generally, the Maillard reaction requires 120°C. However, you can obtain the Maillard reaction through aging as well. For example, in vintage champagne, the Maillard reaction is present, even though it was not heated to 120°C; storing the champagne for several years compensates for the lack of heat. So, the Maillard reaction
take place without high temperatures, but you have to cook it for a *much* longer time.
This is the reason caramelized onions are sweeter than the regular; the proteins and amino acids to react with the sugar, aka the Maillard reaction. But to do so, it takes either a large amount of heat or a long time, and caramelized onions can only be cooked at low temperatures, or else they'll burn. That's why you need to cook it for about half an hour. (It's a pain in the ass, I know.)
And, since caramelized onions are quite sweet, they work well with all kinds of fruit. Sometimes, gourmet restaurants serve strawberry bisque with caramellized onions, or crepes with strawberries and caramelized onions. I've made crepes this way myself, and have to say that they're ambrosial.
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Generally, the Maillard reaction requires 120°C. However, you can obtain the Maillard reaction through aging as well. For example, in vintage champagne, the Maillard reaction is present, even though it was not heated to 120°C; storing the champagne for several years compensates for the lack of heat. So, the Maillard reaction
take place without high temperatures, but you have to cook it for a *much* longer time.
This is the reason caramelized onions are sweeter than the regular; the proteins and amino acids to react with the sugar, aka the Maillard reaction. But to do so, it takes either a large amount of heat or a long time, and caramelized onions can only be cooked at low temperatures, or else they'll burn. That's why you need to cook it for about half an hour. (It's a pain in the ass, I know.)
The 'Maillard reaction' (relating to food) is far too complex for generalizations. To give an average temperature for these reactions (maybe as many as 800 reactions in some instances) may give a false impression. Certainly, as Arrhenius has proved, reaction rate is affected by temperature, and as cooks, we know that the higher the temperature of the fat, the quicker the food is cooked (or burnt!).
The reason we fry food is to carry out this group of reactions, the results depending on temperature, water content and pH, to mention only three. But to say that generally the Maillard reaction needs 120°C (or whatever you may read, as there are as many temperatures quoted as commentators) is misleading, and doesn't fit with the browning involved with braising, for example (usually at 100°C because of the amount of water present).
As mentioned by others, browning of meat is a different matter (or can be). High temperatures tend to involve pyrolysis (makin' charcoal', as one person put it) while controlled cooking uses the Maillard reaction to good effect. Same with vegetables. Browning veg will provide the cook with 'roasted' flavours which will be completely lacking from a pure stewing process. As with meat, most (but not all) flavours are produced from the Maillard reactions, between amino groups and carbonyl groups, but not exclusively. Frying will produce the most flavour, stewing will produce far less, so browning the veg before stewing it will provide the best of both worlds. But it will depend on the result required, some soups will not want roasted flavours. Horses for courses, but unfortunately, ubiquitous sauteing is usually the norm!
just thoughts
BTW, onions become sweet because the complex carbohydrates stored in the corm are being broken down to smaller sugar molecules.
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:50 am
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I think that people generally like the taste of food that they grew up eating.
I myself make food the way my Mother taught me, and I love it, so do my kids.
I have seen people that eat totally burnt BBQ'd sausages, which to me is crazy, but they love them.
Never mind this Maillard stuff, it is a learned thing from childhood experience that gives us our preferences.
So, as children we have each been "programmed", in respect of how our food is prepared and cooked, and we pass that on.
Sounds crazy, but true.
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You saute to sweeten and cook your veggies so that they will taste better. Raw veggies in a soup, for example, are the same as not ever cooking the veggies and eating them outside the soup. When you saute the malliard effect, ( eltonyo's myth) goes to work to sweeten your veggies and meats( which of course when you put meat in soups you will cook the meat unless you eat raw meat and want to be a case of salmonella poisoning and parasite infections which will eat your face off.)
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It was a discussion based on Nikon claiming MF quality and this was the sample image that we were all seeing at the time.Sorry if I made the mistake of discussing the issue based on Nikon's Official sample images.....
This is very true in the beginning , sounds like a epic movie or something but CMOS was really crap and you would have never wanted in a camera ever. Of course I shot digital well over 20 years ago and CCD was junk as well. But its market was for cameras and obviously they both have evolved to be much better and we are pretty damn lucky they did, it was really ugly back than. CMOS has completely turned it around to high end sensors and costs maybe only being huge quantities and small chips they still are probably cheaper but i would bet the same size as the MF CCD's than maybe the same costs. Something we really dont know since nothing is in the market at that size and on the sales racks. The issue I still have with CMOS as good as it has gotten and lets be honest the D800 E is pretty good but its not the same look as a CCD sensor. I keep going looking back in a circle and keep coming back to the same conclusion. I shot a ton of CCD sensors from Phase, Leaf,Leica's M8, M9, DMR to old Kodak 460's and even on occasion Hassy H backs and all of them seem to have better color, better tone and maybe the biggest thing a smoother looking film like palette . Now maybe scientifically that makes little sense and i wont argue the science of it all, you guys know that better than me. I go by what I see but even today the D800E does not look like my IQ 140 or IQ 160 backs I had. Its actually a pretty big gap in the area's I mentioned and I'll put my nose in here and say i am one hell of a great raw processing guru with C1 so it is not that, I can lets say for clarity work any file to look great. I want to make that clear its not the operator at fault here and all I'm saying about that end. The differences are there between CMOS and CCD and i cant seem to even convince myself they look the same. There is a term I use use and even lets say between my old P25 Plus compared to the 160 the P25 was ( My words) crunchier looking. But the CMOS is even behind that comparison in my view . It just is not as smoooooooooth looking. Not sure what it is but its there and it takes some work in processing to get it looking better. My final conclusions on that as good as the Nikons Vs the Phase and CCD company of backs the difference comes down to CMOS vs CCD . There are some other factors like size and such for sure. But I think there is a technical gap that CMOS cant cross over. Just my thoughts on it and end of day some scientific guy may say I'm dead wrong. Maybe so but there is something I am seeing that has no real answer for it except the different sensors. want to make it clear i am only talking about the look of the file. You folks can argue till the cows come home about functionality and ergos. That is not what I care about its the output. BTW i still love the MF backs so even though I am short of not having one right now, I still miss the crap out of it because i believe it still is the better file.
35mm does a lot of things medium format can't do (and may never). But medium format does not need to match all of those technologies. All medium format must do is continue to offer enough of a reason to buy it for those who want to. Regarding profits and improvement, in relative terms, the Credo and IQ products were a quantum leap forward for medium format compared to the prior generation. In fact, if you evaluate Phase One as a company over the recent years, on the contrary, they seem to be a thriving company. During the peak of the worldwide recession, they made acquisitions, acquiring a hardware company (Leaf Imaging), a software company (Expressions Media), and invested a controlling stake into a 3rd company (Mamiya), while posting profits throughout the period (indeed, record profits in 2011). They do not seem to reflect a company struggling with R&D funding. I think both platforms have advanced quite significantly for their intended base. Medium format will always have the disadvantage (and advantages) of size, when it is compared to 35mm technology.I spoke to a long time client today who shoots Canon and recently acquired a D800. Though an owner, he is not a fan of the D800, and continues to have interest in medium format. The D800 is an excellent product. It is not perfect, and it is not for everyone, but it is a no brainer for the general photographic market, in the same way the Canon 5D-MK II was when it launched. There are enough photographers in the world who value something different, and does not necessarily have to do seemingly everything with ease the way a Nikon D800 can. If someone is a fan and can indeed provide useful information about the Nikon D800, by all means share it. I don't understand any need to deter anyone's interest in medium format at the same time.Steve HendrixCapture Integration
while posting profits throughout the period (indeed, record profits in 2011).
Bought a software company (expression media)? They bought the software... the company they bought it from was Microsoft. Microsoft dropped Expression from it's Suite in 2009.Phase pretty much bought a moth-balled software....I know a little bit about it because I had it at the time. As far as the other investments go they are purchases of MF companies somewhat in difficulty. Leaf brand and technology was acquired from the ailing Kodak creating Leaf Imaging.
Where are these number posted?
But things are not going well at all. profits are not high enough for development costs
It would be great to see this section of the forum return to positive discussions regarding medium format rather constant mine is better than yours posts hijackings that are full of negativity and a showcase for constant reposting of the same images over and over. Earlier this year, FredBGG (using his real name) gushed over medium format and belittled DSLRs and Nikons D800 claims on another forum:http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=823993I cannot help but wonder how many people who read his comments on Model Mayhem opted for MFD because of the rantings of a self proclaimed star and mentor?Cmon, Fred, give forum members a little credit for being intelligent enough to read, research and make our own decisions on the equipment we choose to employ. I really dont believe we need a savior here.A big thank you to guys like Doug, Yair, BC, Erik, Keith, Eric, Guy and so many others who put the information out that truly informs and helps.
Wow! Good Googling there Ed! It's amazing reading that thread... its like a tale of two Fred's... one that loves MFDB and one that hates it...Reading a bit down... Fred states...."While Nikon (with Sony's help) have crammed 36 MP into a fantastic mini supercomputer with outstanding build quality and the formidable reliability of Nikon and Canon the sensors don't have the true dynamic range and quantization of a MF CCD sensor. "Then he writes, "Look at how the shadows in the nikon file don't have deep solid details that still hold jet black like the p25 file does. Look at how the skin tones become creepy right ways in the Nikon file. That is what dynamic range is really about. "and"Both the 5d mark III and the D800 are fine cameras, but we are not at MF CCD levels yet."It's like Jeckl and Hyde but all we get here on LuLa from Fred is the Hyde. Fred, You are so busted!
After trying a D800 once I sold all my Phase One gear.
Busted?As I said before the camera was not shipping yet and that was based on the sample files that Nikon had made available.As more information came out and I got my hands first on better files and then on the camera I stated what saw.After trying a D800 once I sold all my Phase One gear.
*As opposed to e.g. the Canon 85/1.2 with fly-by-wire focusing and a dinky focus barrel
No better reason to stop posting in the medium format forum.
Go ahead a post an D800 image you shot yourself where you think the skin tone in your d800 is better than one you shot with your own MFDB.Eric
Thanks for sharing Fred this is really useful stuff.Nick-T
Hi Guy,Just keep apart things please. Are you comparing CCD and CMOS or are you comparing MF and 135 or are you comparing Dalsa sensors with Nikon sensors.What BJL and I am saying that there is little difference between CCD and CMOS as both are just converting photons to electrons and storing the electrons in small capacitors on the chip. The only difference between the two is really how the capacitor is read. In CCD you pop the charge from pixel to pixel while on CMOS you can read it directly. CMOS readout is non destructive which allows for correlated double sampling, a technique reducing noise. Were you using the same raw converter on CMOS and CCD cameras, or were you using vendor's software? Regarding the future of MF, it is very simple at least in the long term. The companies making MF equipment need to sell enough stuff at profitable prices. They need enough earnings to keep manufacture, development and their value added retailer chain going. As long as the companies earn money MF will be hanging around. If the companies would not earn enough money they may hang on anyway.I would not be surprised if Phase or Leaf designed their own MF sensor. I noted with some interest that Phase is going into industrial stuff, like repro equipment and aerial photography, thus expanding the market. Seems to me to be a very wise move.Best regardsErik
Comparing Dalsa CCD vs Nikon CMOS. Phase 140 and 160 to be exact. Now even Kodak P25 vs Dalsa IQ 160 CCD there is still a crunchier difference but not nearly like the Nikon CMOS vs CCD Dalsa. Yes same raw converters C1 but even ACR and Nikon NX2 it just is not the same kind of file smoothness and look.
Dalsa sensors are specifically designed with smaller gaps between pixels compared to other sensors. This improves sharpness and smoothness and it also reduces luminance falloff.
I do believe this. From my eyes IQ160 and P65+ has better color accuracy, smoother gradient with sharp noise and sparkling details.DSLR seems use a lot of chip processing to increase sharpness but gradient is more harsh and lack of sparkling.I remember the day D3 launch a guy asked Nikon head japanese engineer about the lens and sensor resolution limit and got the reply.It is infinity limit because of the EXPEED chips.MFB is slow and difficult to handle but the result always pays for the effort. IMHO


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So begins Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's latest production, which features puppets, songs and decidedly adult situations. It's a show so crude, rude and politically incorrect the only thing you can do is laugh.
The show follows Princeton (Colin Hood), a recent college graduate who realizes the real world isn't as great as he imagined it. Jobless, holding a BA in English and faced with mounting bills, he moves into a low-end apartment on Avenue Q, inhabited with people who never quite fulfilled their dreams.
The tenants: Kate Monster (Malinda Markland), an assistant kindergarten teacher, longs to open a school for monsters almost as much as she longs to find a man who can look past her fur. Downstairs lives Brian (Ruben Vellekoop), a failed standup comedian, and his fiancé, Christmas Eve (Kyra Koh), a therapist with no clients. Roommates Rod (Hood again) and Nicky (Harrison Smith) are an odd couple consisting of a neatnik closeted homosexual and his understanding slob crush. Upstairs, Trekie Monster (Tim German) spends his days surfing Internet porn sites. This motley crew is helped by superintendent Gary Coleman (Nia Simone Smith). Yes, that Gary Coleman.
This jumble of crass neighbors consoles each other through life's disappointments and celebrates small victories with cheap booze. All is going well until the Bad Decision Bears (Anastasia Sophia Herne and Henry Pazaryna) lead Princeton astray. Some explicit puppet sex and a few misunderstandings later, Princeton is no closer to figuring out what to do with his life.
Though plagued with sound troubles and uneven microphone levels that are common in outdoor productions, Avenue Q is a great way to beat the heat on a sultry night in Annapolis. Its score is filled with outrageous songs — such as "The Internet Is for Porn" and "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" — that feature simple tunes and cutting lyrics that are both true and side-splitting. The production's focus on college graduates realizing they might not be special and not finding their dream jobs is especially timely in this tough job market.
Director Darnell Morris and puppeteering consultant German lead the cast in drawing emotion from felt creations with googly eyes. The puppets themselves are impressive creations imported from Winston-Salem's Theatre Alliance, and the cast does their best to let them shine in their Annapolis debut. Led by expressive Hood and golden-voiced Markland, the cast is excellent at playing second banana to puppets.
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By IAN CLARK
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Fisher Cats starter Casey Lawrence pitches in Wednesday's game against the New Britain Rock Cats in Manchester. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
-- The New Hampshire Fisher Cats have turned their season around, making a second-half run at the playoffs possible when even a month ago that would have sounded far-fetched.
More efforts like Wednesday's 7-1 day game win over New Britain in front of 5,986 fans at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium will help keep the Fisher Cats on track. New Hampshire (43-47) hosts New Britain Thursday night at 7:05 and will head to Portland for five games in four days before the all-star break.
New Hampshire recovered from a doubleheader sweep at the hands of New Britain (44-45) Tuesday to put together a strong effort Wednesday with the bats and from pitcher
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"That's what these guys do. It's how we've been all year," said New Hampshire manager
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Those rough first two months of the season have become a distant memory. The Fisher Cats have gone 25-12 over the past 37 games. According to Meacham, somewhere in the midst of an 11-game losing streak in the middle of May the team began to come together.
"In the middle of it, we could tell. (Guys were saying) it was the pitcher's fault, no it was the hitters, no it was the defense. Pretty soon it was coaches and infielders and outfielders and pitchers," Meacham said. "We had no one to blame anymore so they started pulling together and playing together. That's the way it's been the last month and a half. You hear it in the dugout, you hear it in the clubhouse. They just don't care as much about themselves anymore as they do about the whole team winning."
The top two teams in the Eastern Division make the playoffs. New Hampshire trails first-place Portland by 16½ games, but is only 9½ behind second-place Binghamton. Considering the turnaround and that the remaining 52 games represent a lot of baseball still to be played, a run at second place is not out of the question.
"There's a lot of positivity here and guys really believe," said center fielder
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Getting to .500, which is now four wins away, is the goal right now and an example of how the team is seeking short-term goals that will bear long-term fruit.
"We just want to build on the small things and winning the small battles and the more you can do that the more chance you have to win the war," said second baseman
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According to Meacham, climbing back to .500 from the slow start to the season is something to be proud of and should only lead to more wins as momentum builds.
"From where we were to .500, you've got to be rolling pretty good," he said. "If we can do that-which is a big if-then we can feel good about the last 40 games or so. Once you get rolling that good, it's hard to stop the momentum."
New Hampshire has some key series coming up after the break, including Portland and Binghamton as well as teams behind them in the standings such as Trenton and Reading .
"Baseball is an everyday thing so you never know what is going to happen," Pompey said. "Teams that are really good or teams doing poorly, you never know who is going to show up that day so you have to keep the same mindset every game and give it our best and hope for the best."
In Wednesday's game, New Britain took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when
Eddie Rosario
's two-out hit to deep center appeared to confuse Pompey. After drifting toward the ball and then trying to hurry up and find its new trajectory, Pompey couldn't get to it and the ball bounced off the wall. Rosario headed for third base and scored when shortstop
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' relay throw went wild for an error.
That was all New Britain would manage against Lawrence, however. Lawrence has gone 32.1 innings without allowing an earned run and has won four of his last five starts with a no decision in the mix.
New Hampshire took a 2-1 lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third.
Michael Crouse
Jack Murphy
walked to open the inning and Flores bunted them over. Pompey then drove a single into right field to score both runners.
The Fisher Cats extended to a 4-1 lead in the fourth when
K.C. Hobson
walked and Crouse crushed a pitch over the left field wall for his sixth home run of the season. Pompey added a solo home run to center in the fifth to push the lead to 5-1.
Mike McDade
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Tories appoint former tabloid editor as chief spin doctor
Untainted by Royal phone-tap resignation
The Conservatives have appointed former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, who resigned after his paper was embroiled in a royal phone-tapping scandal, as its new director of communications.
Coulson, 39, quit from the UK's biggest selling paper in January after its royal affairs editor confessed to intercepting voice mail messages sent to senior royal aides, Reuters reports.
Clive Goodman was jailed for four months after he was convicted of intercepting messages meant for Prince Charles press secretary and officials in the staff of Princes Harry and William.
An investigation by the Press Complaints Commission cleared Coulson or News of the World of wrongdoing. It blamed the maverick (and illegal) news gathering tactics employed by Goodman. Coulson is due to start work with the Tories on 9 July. ®


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Watch These Cats and Dogs Who Really Hate Taking Baths — Daily Distraction
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If you've ever tried to give a cat a bath—or even just bring the cat anywhere near a bathtub—then you know how these people feel.
And it's not only our feline friends who loathe the idea of getting dunked into soapy water. Rather than willingly submit to the utter torture of bath time, quite a few dogs choose to lie down on the floor and refuse to move, forcing their owners to drag them by the paws to the bathroom. Come on, just tell the dog there are treats in the tub, he'll jump right in.
The Daily Distraction is your Internet break from reality. Whether you're eating lunch at your desk or avoiding high school exes on Facebook, you might just laugh, say "aaahhh" or not believe what you just watched.


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Medical Staff Bylaws Standard Takes Effect March 31, 2011
By Elizabeth A. Snelson, Esq., Legal Counsel to the Medical Staff PLLC, St Paul, Minnesota
The most comprehensive standard for medical staff bylaws will be implemented by the largest hospital accreditation agency in America in a matter of weeks, yet many medical staffs and hospitals have yet to complete the amendments necessary. Joint Commission standard MS. 01.01.01 (known earlier in the lengthy saga of its development as MS 1.20). 1 was the focus of intensive criticism by hospitals, resulting in a Joint Commission Task Force comprised of a hospital attorney and a medical staff attorney, and representatives of hospital industry trade groups, medical and other health professional associations, appointed in 2007 to discuss implementation and revision. After months of meetings and debate on medical staff self-governance and the appropriate content for medical staff bylaws, the revised standard won the acceptance of all Task Force members and adoption by the Joint Commission board in 2010, to be implemented as of March 31, 2011.
Few if any medical staff bylaws will comply with all of the new Standard's 36 elements of performance, as the requirement to address histories and physicals has commonly been addressed instead in rules and regulations [Plus, medical staff bylaws that were divided into "manuals" and "plans" will require revision, as the primary focus of the new standard is to set what must be included in the medical staff bylaws. At a minimum, the following must be in the medical staff bylaws-not in rules and regulations, not in a hearing plan or credentialing manual, but in the medical staff bylaws:
While all these items must be contained in the medical staff bylaws, "associated details," as identified in the medical staff bylaws, can be placed in rules and regulations and policies, except for the "basic steps…required for implementation" of any process. 2
There is more to MS 01.01.01 than a checklist of must-have ingredients for medical staff bylaws compliance. For the first time, the Joint Commission looks for safeguards in internal medical staff relations. Medical staffs may allow, as many now do, the MEC to adopt medical staff rules and regulations and policies, subject to governing body approval. But Element of Performance 9 now calls for the MEC to communicate the proposal first to the medical staff. Interestingly, if the medical staff exercises its authority to recommend changes directly to the governing body (which authority is required by Element of Performance 8), the medical staff must also first communicate the proposals to the MEC. However, as medical staffs do not meet separately from the MEC, this communication requirement can be met within the same meeting.
Anticipating that there may be differences of opinion within the medical staff, Element of Performance 10 requires the medical staff to have a process for conflict resolution.
"Urgent" compliance-based amendments by the medical staff executive committee can be authorized in the medical staff bylaws, but is completely optional. If added, it must be limited:
Medical staffs that do not allow the MEC to make rules and regulations changes would not be allowed to have the MEC make such changes on an urgent basis. Medical staffs that do permit the MEC to make rules and regulations changes are not required to permit the MEC to do so on an urgent basis.
There are resources available for attorneys tasked to bring medical staff bylaws into compliance with MS 01.01.01. The American Medical Association's Physicians' Guide to Organized Medical Staff Bylaws fifth edition includes analysis and sample language that will meet this and other Joint Commission medical staff standards (see http://www.ama-assn.org ). Certain state medical societies also make model materials available on this and other medical staff related issues.
Medical staffs and their attorneys will need to prepare the necessary amendments for adoption by medical staffs following the timelines imposed by their current bylaws, for recommendation to and adoption by the hospitals' governing bodies. Get to work!
Additional information and my BYLAWG can be accessed at http://www.snelsonlaw.com
For more information, see "MS.01.01.01 (formerly known as MS 1.20: The Joint Commission's Standards for Medical Staff Bylaws" The Health Lawyer, Volume 23, Number 2, December 2010, p 10" by clicking here (Requires Section Membership).
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The best ice climbers in the world gather in Valle di Daone for the Ice World Cup. This is the only stage in Italy and the only ice bouldering competition in the World Cup circuit.
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136 icefalls to be climbed during the international meeting in Valle di Daone. A unique chance to learn about the art of ice climbing, together with the Mountain Guides.


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BISC219/F12: RNAi Lab 7
- 1 Lab 7: Series 3- Investigating Gene Regulation Using RNAi
- 2 Calibration of Micropipettes
- 3 Picking a Bacterial Colony
- 4 Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
- 5 Capturing Digital Images of Nucleic Acid Gels Stained with SYBR Safe Using the BioRad Imaging System in L308
- 6 To do on the day before the next lab:
- 7 Links to Labs& Project Info
Lab 7: Series 3- Investigating Gene Regulation Using RNAi
In the age of genome sequencing we now know, or can make educated guesses about, the location of every gene in an organism's genome; however, this does not give us any information about the function of the gene product (protein) in the organism. We can use reverse genetic analysis to help us solve this puzzle. There are several tools in the reverse genetics toolbox: directed mutation (point mutations or deletions), overexpression using transgenes, and gene silencing using knockout organisms or double stranded RNA (RNAi). Only RNAi and overexpression have been perfected in C. elegans. Scientists still have not found a way to do in vivo homologous recombination in worms.
We are going to use RNAi as our tool to investigate gene function via reverse genetics. C. elegans is the first animal in which the process of RNAi was discovered. A similar system was identified in plants years earlier but, sadly, was largely ignored by the scientific community. We now know that RNA regulation in cells is a fundamental method of regulating gene expression in organisms from microscopic C. elegans to humans. Many labs are now working non-stop to develop treatments for many "incurable" diseases using RNAi.
You will have available to you DNA from the lsy-2 gene. Each pair will obtain bacteria containing a plasmid that will allow us to produce double stranded RNA inside bacteria. These bacteria will then serve as food for our C. elegans and induce the RNAi pathway in the worms, knocking down the amount of mRNA specific to the lsy-2 gene inside the cell and thus the amount of protein in the cells and possibly inducing a phenotype.
Calibration of Micropipettes
Before we begin our molecular genetic experiments, we will practice (AGAIN) properly handling and using the micropipettes.
- To calibrate your P1000, P200, and P20 micropipets, label 6 microfuge tubes (1-6) and weigh them. Record the weights in the table below.
- Following the table below, pipet the specified volumes into the pre-weighed microfuge tubes prepared above and then re-weigh them. Record all weights.
- Calculate the weight of the water in grams. 1000 microliters of water should weigh 1 gram at room temperature.
- If the water in any tube weighs more or less than 1 gram, ask your instructor for help. If your calibration is significantly off after several repeated attempts, your pipet (or your technique!) may need adjustment.
|Tube #
|Tube Pre-Weight
|Vol. in μL using P20
|Vol. in μL using P200
|Vol. in μL using P1000
|Weight of Tube + Water in grams
|Weight of Water in grams
For a Word™ format protocol: Media:Protocol for Micropipet Calibration.doc
Picking a Bacterial Colony
Your instructor will give each pair an LB+amp plate on which bacteria containing our pPD129.36 lsy-2 plasmid are selectively growing. Please pick two well isolated colonies, circle them, label one A and the other B and write your initials and group color on the agar side of the plate.
How can you be sure that your colonies contain the plasmid carrying the gene you are interested in studying? In theory, any colony of bacteria growing on your LB+amp plate should contain a plasmid because the gene for antibiotic resistance is not chromosomal, but instead expressed from your plasmid. Because only transformed bacteria are resistant to ampicillin, if we grow the bacteria on or in a medium containing ampicillin, those bacteria that did not take up plasmid DNA should not be able to reproduce to form colonies while those that express plasmid gene products and transfer the plasmid to their progeny will form colonies. However, the amp resistance gene on the plasmid encodes an enzyme called beta-lactamase. This enzyme is a secreted, soluble protein, which means that there may be smaller, non-transformed, "satellite" colonies around a true transformant. This happens because the ampicillin in the media is destroyed in the area immediately around the colony secreting the enzyme; therefore, there is no ampicillin in the area around the transformant and non-transformed cells can grow and divide enough to form smaller, satellite colonies. You must be careful to pick ONLY the bigger, central colony and not the satellites.
This process of using a marker (usually antibiotic resistance) to differentiate transformed cells from those not transformed is called selection. Because bacteria reproduce asexually and are immobile on solid media, if you have an isolated colony on selective media, it is likely that the hundreds of thousands of bacteria making up that colony are genetically identical daughters of a single cell. This allows us to take bacteria from a colony and sub-culture them in liquid media to make millions of identical copies. However, knowing that the bacteria growing in your broth or on your agar with ampicillin all have the plasmid responsible for amp resistance, that does not mean that these bacteria also have our gene of interest insert. There are a small proportion of bacteria on your selection plates that may have a plasmid without the gene of interest. That can happen when, during ligation, the plasmid DNA annealed back on itself. We need a way to find the colonies that are expressing our gene of interest off the plasmid.
To achieve this goal we are going to do a colony PCR. Instead of adding purified lsy-2 gene fragments as template DNA in a PCR reaction with primers specific for your gene, you will add a TINY little part of a colony as the template for your PCR reaction. During the first heat cycle the cells will burst open and release their DNA into the reaction. We will test both well-isolated, non-satellite colonies per group to be sure we continue with bacteria that have the gene of interest inserted in our plasmid.
- Obtain three PCR tubes and lids from your instructor in your team color.
- Label the side of each tube A, B and C - the marker WILL rub off the top. Tube C will serve as your negative control with no colony added.
- Add 30 ul of master mix to each tube. Your master mix will include: 23 μL H2O; 3 μL of PCR buffer (10 mM Tris, 50 mM KCl, 1.5 mM MgCl2 pH 8.3); 0.67 μL of 10 mM dNTPs; 0.67 μL of forward primer (20 μM stock); 0.67 μL of reverse primer (20 μM stock); 2 units/μL Taq Polymerase
- After each tube has master mix, use the sterile end of an autoclaved toothpick (not the end you are touching) or the end of a sterile micropipet tip and gently touch the center of your colony of interest and pick up a tiny, barely visible amount of the bacteria. DO NOT TAKE THE ENTIRE COLONY!!!
- Gently twirl the toothpick in the tube or mix the bacteria from the pipet tip with the master mix making SURE that you have gotten it off the tip or toothpick and into the reaction. Discard the toothpick or the tip into your orange autoclave bag.
- Repeat for colony B
- Snap the lid on the tubes, pulse them in the microcentrifuge with the appropriate rotor and adapters and bring them to the thermal cycler for PCR initiation.
- Finally wrap the plate in Parafilm. Store the plate in the refrigerator until the day before the next lab when you will set up an overnight culture.
PCR Conditions:
|2 minutes
|1 time
|30 seconds
|30 seconds
|1 minutes
|Steps 2-4 30 times total
|10 minutes
|1 time
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Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
After the PCR reactions are completed you will run a gel to analyze the results of the amplification (the search for your gene).
Add 5 μL of loading dye to each PCR reaction.
You will find a precast 1% agarose gel with Sybr-Safe in 1x TAE buffer that is just for your group's use. Make sure that the wells of the gel are closest to the black (negative) electrode and that the gel apparatus has plenty of buffer. Draw a template in your lab notebook so you know which colony is to be put in each lane (1-7 left to right) and which lane contains your DNA ladder. Make sure you get a copy of the DNA ladder key.
Load 15μL of each PCR product into separate wells in the gel. Make sure they are loaded in alphabetical order left to right.
Load 5 μL of the 100 base pair DNA ladder in the well on the far right.
Run the gel for ~ 20min. at ~120 volts.
Capturing Digital Images of Nucleic Acid Gels Stained with SYBR Safe Using the BioRad Imaging System in L308
Instructions for Taking a DNA gel image stained with Sybr Safe using the BioRad ChemiDoc MP System with Image Lab Software
IMPORTANT: Ethidium Bromide stained gels may NOT be imaged in this equipment. Remove gloves and wash hands BEFORE using the computer. DO NOT contaminate the computer. The XcitaBLue Conversion Screen should be kept covering the UV transilluminator and only removed TEMPORARILY when using fluorphores other than Sybr Safe or SybrGreen. Please return the Xcita Blue Screen to the UV transillumintor if you remove it.
Quick and Easy Protocol for photographing Sybr Safe DNA gels:
1) Make sure the Power Button on the right front of the imager shows a green light. If not press it until the green light comes on and wait 5-10 min for warm up.
2) Open the UV transilluminator drawer on the lower front of the imager and make sure that the XcitaBlue Conversion Screen is in place. If not find it and position it covering the glass. Clean it with water and a paper towel if necessary.
3) Position your gel in the center of the glass.
4) Close the drawer, remove gloves, and wash your hands before using the computer to the left of the imager.
5) Open the ImageLab 4.0.1 software by double clicking on the icon on the computer desktop
6) Find and open the Protocol called SybrSafe under Recent Protocols or from the Open Menu. Double click to open it.
7) Click Position Gel (yellow button) to check the position of your gel.
8) Click Run Protocol (green button) to take the photo.
9) To Save your image (if you are not going to analyze it quantitatively), find or make a folder for your work in Documents (NOT on the Desktop). go to File---Export---Export for Publication (use the defaults, e.g. 300dpi). You will see a pop up message reminding you that this option is not optimized for analysis---it doesn't matter—Click OK. Check the Location where your image will be saved, the FILE Name, and use the drop down menu to SAVE AS TYPE tiff or jpg. Click Save.
10) Close the Image Lab Software 11) Don gloves, remove your gel, clean the glass with water and a papertowel. 12) The computer AND the ChemiDoc Imager should remain ON. DO NOT Turn OFF the power or shut down or log off the computer.
To do on the day before the next lab:
You and your partner will return to the lab to make an overnight broth culture of one of the colonies that you are sure contains the gene of interest (determined from your visualization of successfully amplified, appropriately sized DNA seen on your gel photo). The sub-culture you will set up tonight will create many identical copies of bacteria that carry the plasmid containing your gene of interest.
- Find your LB+amp plate in the glass front refrigerator in a rack labeled with your lab day. Make sure there is some bacteria remaining on the plate of a colony that you saw successful gene amplification in the pcr product.
- Begin by pouring (DO NOT PUT A PIPET INTO THE STOCK LB!!) 10 ml of sterile LB broth from one of the stock containers in the refrigerator into a sterile orange-capped 15ml conical tube. You will use the volumetric marks on the tube for measuring the media rather than using a pipet. Make sure the LB stock does not look cloudy (indicating contamination by a previous user) and take care not to contaminate it yourself.
- Add 10 microliters of the 50mg/ml ampicillin stock (also found in the refrigerator). Calculate the effective concentration of ampicillin that you will have in your LB tube (remember V1 x C1= V2 x C2) and record that information in your lab notebook.
- Replace the cap of your LB +amp broth and invert the tube several times to mix the contents.
- Label two sterile glass culture tubes (found in a rack in the lab) with tape in your team color. Label one with "pL4440 and the gene name" and your initials. Label the other with your initials only.
- Using a 5 or 10 ml sterile disposable pipet, pipet 4 ml of your working solution of LB+ampicillin broth into each of the 2 tubes. Be careful not to touch the tip to anything non-sterile.
- Inoculate the broth with your bacteria by using a sterile toothpick to scrape your candidate colony off the plate. Be sure not to touch the plate with the toothpick except on the desired colony and don't pick up any satellite colonies! Make sure the toothpick falls into the sterile broth. (The second tube of broth labeled with just your initials is a control and should not be inoculated with bacteria as it is your control for contamination.)
- Balance the 2 tubes across from each other on the rotating wheel in the incubator at the front of the room when you come in the door.
- Incubate these broth cultures at 37°C overnight. Do not forget to make sure the wheel is rotating when you leave!


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Pac-12 Team Previews: Washington State CougarsPosted by Connor Pelton on October 30th, 2012
Throughout the preseason, the Pac-12 microsite will be rolling out these featured breakdowns of each of the 12 league schools. Today's release is the Washington State Cougars.
Strengths: This category starts and ends with senior forward Brock Motum. The Australian lefty led the Pac-12 in scoring in 2011-12 and took home the title of most improved player in the conference, but it will be interesting to see how he performs without the team's best guard to draw some attention on the perimeter. Motum was able to handle just about any big man in league play last year, taking opponents both inside and out. He became famous for some incredible, off-balance jumpers, reminiscent of Dirk Nowitzki with some of his shots. With the dismissal of Reggie Moore, Kansas transfer Royce Woolridge will start the year at combo guard. Big things are expected of the former Jayhawk, who may just be the best shooter Washington State can put on the roster.
Weaknesses: Behind Motum and Woolridge, it's tough to look at the Cougars and point out a guy that oozes confidence. Sure, guys like DaVonté Lacy and D.J. Shelton are solid athletes, but it's going to be a long year when you're counting on them for big-time production. Ken Bone does have some interesting newcomers to play around with, but what roles they fit into and how much they can immediately contribute will be tough to figure out. Gillette Junior College transfer James Hunter looks to be a banger that will start the year at power forward, but the Cougs are awfully thin after that for someone who can bang on the glass. Shelton and Hunter better not be on the bench at the same time, because things could get ugly down there for Wazzu.
Non-Conference Tests: The Cougars will face four stiff non-conference tests this season, three of which will all come in a row away from home in late November. Washington State will travel to Malibu to face Pepperdine on November 16, and while the Waves might struggle this season, not many teams venture into Firestone Fieldhouse and come out with an easy win. Just three days later the Cougars will go into the Sprint Center and play a top 5 Kansas squad in front of what will be a 99% Jayhawk-friendly crowd. Less than 24 hours later they'll play on the same court against either Saint Louis or Texas A&M, two teams that are at least NIT locks this season. Finally, the Cougs get a three game reprieve before having to take on in-state rival Gonzaga on December 5 in Pullman.