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Martin returns behind plate after four-day hiatus
By Marty Noble / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Catcher Russell Martin was back in the starting lineup Thursday after missing the Pirates' previous two games with stiffness in his neck. Martin last caught on Saturday against the Nationals. Manager Clint Hurdle gave him Sunday off behind the plate -- Martin started at third base for the second time this season -- and the Pirates were off Monday.
Martin did not play either of the Pirates' two games against the Mariners this week.
Hurdle said Martin may play some right field when needed.
Martin entered Thursday's game against the Mets with six home runs, the most of the team. His next home run will be the 100th of his career.
Marty Noble is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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an annual fall event on October 11th and 12th from 10am to 5pm, each day.
All of the village's 30 museum sites and building will be open.
Activities include the operation of hayrides, farmhouse cooking, one-room schoolhouse mini-sessions, and much more.
Admission price for Autumn Days is $11 for adults, $6 for kids, 5 and under are free, and $29 for whole family.
The village will close for the year on October 12th. Until that time, it is open Tuesday through Saturday 10am to 5pm.
For more information call 231-843-4808 or visit historicwhitepinevillage.org

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Wheat production would be reduced by rising temperatures
Any producer will tell you, growing a healthy, high-yielding wheat crop takes skill and hard work. Quality drought-tolerant varieties that are resistant to pests and disease are important. And cooperation from Mother Nature in terms of temperature and precipitation doesn't hurt, either.
To quantify the impact of genetic improvement in wheat, disease and climate change over a 26-year period, a team of researchers at Kansas State University examined wheat variety yield data from Kansas performance tests, along with location-specific weather and disease data.
Their results showed that from 1985 through 2011, wheat breeding programs boosted average wheat yields by 13 bushels per acre, or 0.51 bushel each year, for a total increase of 26 percent.
Simulations also found that a 1 degree Celsius increase (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in projected mean temperature was found to decrease wheat yields by 10.64 bushels per acre or nearly 21 percent.
"Kansas wheat producers are challenged by weather, pests and disease," said Andrew Barkley professor of agricultural economics and lead researcher of a multi-disciplinary team that included agronomists and plant pathologists. "Fortunately, the Kansas wheat breeding program produces new varieties of wheat that increase yields over time.
"Given weather trends in recent years, climate change is expected to increase temperatures, and this is likely to lower wheat yields in Kansas," Barkley said.
Wheat field at sunset photo via Shutterstock.
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I hate to type this but this season is over for us and the Knicks.All the blame does'nt go to one player,players or coach.The blame goes on the whole team.This team is pathitic and got way to much credit from the media and us the fans.This team is a disgrace to NBA basketball b/c you cannot win when your offense runs threw two players mello and smith.They're 13 other players on this team that is on this team also.I don't want to hear nothing about those 13 players sucking b/c they did'nt in the first two months of the season did they?No they did'nt and you know why this team looked like world beaters in those first two months? b/c they played TEAM BALL.
Then all of a sudden they start playing like they are now like crap? They quit playing team ball,quit hustling and quit playing defense.One team just can't play like world beaters then turn around and look like the worst team in the league.I think alot of egos got way to big and they went back to their old ways and played and coached like they did before.The way they played and coached before did'nt win them nothing and thats exactly what they are going to get this year NOTHING.This team is a joke and this team has no heart.


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- Head to London Indian Film Festival
- The summer sales are on now, so bag some bargains at one of London's top department stores
- Last chance to see Brazil! Brazil! at Southbank's Udderbelly
- Old fashioned fun and games at The Water Poet Barn and Garden Party
- See some pre-Edinburgh festival comedy at King's Place
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i know its premature with at least one season left to pitch but these paragraphs really say a lot....and wow...he's the oldest person on the team at 36? I forget how young this team really is.
"Over his career, Arroyo has never been on the disabled list, nor missed a start. In every season since 2005, he's made at least 32 starts. His 233 starts since his 2006 trade from Boston to Cincinnati for Wily Mo Pena leads the National League. In 2010, he won a National League Gold Glove Award.
In seven of the past eight seasons, Arroyo has reached 200 innings. The one year he didn't was 2011 when he threw 199, and that was the year he was plagued by mononucleosis and a sore back"
the man has been a horse for this team.....in good times and bad. I know a lot of people don't because of whatever reasons.....I like Bronson...glad he's been with the team


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Crane 'optimistic' about long-term TV deal
By Chris Abshire / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- Astros owner Jim Crane is "optimistic" that a deal between Time Warner and CSN Houston will get done, making Astros broadcasts available on more televisions in the Houston area by season's end.
Crane addressed the television deal Friday during an interview on Houston's ESPN Radio 97.5.
Currently, approximately 40 percent of the Houston television market can see Astros games.
"We're very focused on [getting a deal done]," Crane said. "We work on it every day and something, I think, will develop here within 30 days."
Crane said he wants to make sure the new deal gives the Astros a legitimate ability to contend with its American League West rivals.
"If we don't work a deal here that's good for the team long term, it won't make us as viable as the Rangers or Seattle with the deals that have been done there on the TV networks," Crane said. "We just want a deal that's fair to the team, that gives us a similar amount of resources to be able to run a payroll that's in that vicinity when we can spend that money effectively."
Crane emphasized the team refrained from spending more money on payroll this year as part of a rebuilding effort, saying increasing payroll in 2013 could have "gotten [the Astros] 10 or 12 more wins" but wouldn't help future goals.
"We were looking at the long term, how to rebuild this club properly from the bottom. Spending that money this year wouldn't have been done in an effective way."
Crane said that payroll will likely increase "significantly" next year, but he didn't specify by approximately how much or whether the additional money will be spent on existing players or in free agency.
Astros president Reid Ryan said working out a new TV deal was his top priority when he was hired last month, and Crane's remarks fit with the negotiating philosophy Ryan touted.
"I think there's a real desire from Jim to get it right," Ryan said last month. "He knows if he doesn't get it right, it can affect the club for a very, very long period of time. There's a perception nationally that Houston is a small market and people want to treat us as a small market, but this is the fourth-largest city in America and it's kind of a slap in the face to call Houston a small market."
Maxwell not a given in center when he returns
HOUSTON -- Despite weeks of talk to the contrary, Justin Maxwell may not be the starting center fielder for the Astros when he finishes his rehab assignment from a fractured left hand suffered in April, manager Bo Porter said Friday.
"I'm going to say that he will start. I'm not going to say it will be at center field," Porter said. "Brandon Barnes has done a great job there. He will warrant some continued playing time in center. That's why we've had Maxwell play some places beside center field [during his rehab assignment]. It gives us the luxury of having the option for both guys."
Maxwell was called up to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday after struggling mightily with Double-A Corpus Christi. The 29-year-old recorded just one hit in 23 at-bats with the Hooks, but he was struggling through some stomach ailments and food-poisoning symptoms.
"[Friday] is probably the first time he's back at full strength, and we'll give him some time to prove himself," Porter said. "We definitely know what kind of player he can be, and we want to get him back here once he's ready."
Maxwell started exclusively in center field in 20 games with the Astros prior to injuring his hand on April 23. Porter said there is no timetable for Maxwell's return.
Porter managing lineup against southpaws
HOUSTON -- With four White Sox southpaws starting against the Astros, manager Bo Porter has some tough lineup decisions to make until Monday.
It began with Friday's opener, as catcher Jason Castro and first baseman Carlos Pena were each held out of the lineup with ace left-hander Chris Sale on the hill.
"You have to pick your spots and figure out, with Castro and Pena being everyday guys even against lefties, what day you're going to give them off," Porter said. "Sale is obviously rough on lefties, so tonight was the day. I wanted to run a right-handed-heavy run at them."
With Thursday's off-day, Castro and Pena both get two days of rest. Chris Carter started at first and batted fifth, while Carlos Corporan caught in Castro's place and hit fourth.
Left-handed hitters entered batting just .075 against Sale this season, with only four hits in 53 at-bats. Castro and Pena are hitting .135 and .256, respectively, against southpaws. Pena is actually hitting 33 points better against lefties than righties this season.
Chris Abshire is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Every year, hundreds of thousands of people probably make the New Year's resolution to be fit, lose weight, and get healthy. With all the different work-out options out here in Los Angeles, it can be hard to figure out what exercise fits your personality and is fun while being effective.
Because if something isn't compatible with you, fun, and effective, you aren't going to do it!
To help you along on your path to tight abs and toned thighs, or maybe just a more healthful outlook on life, we've made a list of the Top 10 Los Angeles Exercise Trends Perfect For Your New Year's Resolution!
10. Piloxing
If you'd like to mesh the muscle-sculpting, body-healing properties of pilates with the fat-burning cardio of boxing, Piloxing might be your ticket to a bangin' bikini bod this year.
Swedish dancer and celebrity trainer, Viveca Jensen, created the popular exercise method and her studio is in Toluca Lake!
4129 Cahuenga Blvd., Toluca Lake, CA 91602 | (818) 762-8855 | http://piloxing.com
9. Hula Hooping
Not only is hula hooping a beautiful, sensual, and fun art form, it tones your body and elevates your heart rate to fat-burning levels.
If you want to relive your school days while working on your womanly figure, check out Hoopnotica classes all over Los Angeles!
8. The Bar Method
If you want to become a "tight little package," as they say in the video, try the Bar Method. The Bar Method incorporates isometric training, dance conditioning, and physical therapy to tone and elongate your body—Ballerina-style.
And there are Bar Method classes all around Los Angeles!
7. Pop Physique
Pop Physique might look easy, but after the class, your muscles will be begging for mercy! Pop Physique is like a combo of ballet barre exercises, pilates, light weight training, and isometrics–all in a poppy little package.
And with enough Pop Physique–that poppy little package will be you!
Want to try out Pop Physique? Don't worry! There are convenient classes all over Southern California!
6. Yoga Booty Ballet
Yoga Booty Ballet is an incredibly fun, female-centric exercise that fuses meditation, cardiovascular dance, ballet, Kundalini and hatha yoga. If you want to have fun with your exercise, while simultaneously losing weight, Yoga Booty Ballet is a great, empowering option.
Try out Yoga Booty Ballet at Swerve Studio!
8250 West 3rd St. #205, Los Angeles, CA 90048 |323.782.0741| http://swervestudio.com
5. Spinning & Yoga or Pilates
Consider yourself a no-holds barred athlete who enjoys the high-octane workout of spinning, but still needs the limb-loosening of yoga?
Try a class at YAS, or Yoga And Spinning. Their signature class integrates the two disciplines for a perfect whole body workout.
YAS has studios all over Los Angeles!
4. Bollywood Aerobics
Whenever we feel down, the free-wheeling, vibrant music of Bollywood and the energetic dancing always cheers us up!
This hot mix of cardio and dance will get you dancing in the aisles at the grocery store! Or maybe that's just us.
Try a Bollywood dance class with Rahul at Heartbeat House in Atwater Village!
3. Kundalini Yoga
Becoming "fit" is not just an exercise of your body, but an exercise of your mind.
A more "spiritual" type of yoga than Vinyasa or Power Yoga types of classes, Kundalini Yoga helps realign your body and your spirit, expand your consciousness, and make you "aware" of what is going on inside and outside your body through physical yoga exercises, chanting, meditation, breathing, and good vibes.
What to try Kundalini Yoga? Try a class at Golden Bridge Yoga in Hollywood!
2. Zumba
Zumba was listed as one of the most popular new exercises of 2012–and for good reason. Zumba Fitness is a high-energy, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party that is sexy, fun, and effective!
There are literally Zumba classes everywhere, including most gyms these days, but if you need help finding a class, check out Zumba Los Angeles.
1. Sweaty Sunday
Ryan Heffington runs the Sweat Spot in Silver Lake and is our dance guru. An amazing dancer, Heffington brought the art of dance to everyone, including beginners, with his popular class called Sweaty Sundays on, you guessed it, Sundays.
Now he has dance classes all throughout the week, but his class on Sundays remains one of our favorites. It's a fabulous extension from a night of partying before. Because who wants to leave the dance club? Plus the classes are super cheap at only $10 a pop.
Try a class at the Sweat Spot in Silver Lake !
- Did we miss your favorite work-out in Los Angeles? Let us know in the comments!
After so many years of sacricing for my dreams, I've been looking at these videos and the sites and dreaming of "working out and sculpting myself" (for guess who?? Rigggght! of course also for myself). I'd love to be doing what some of those hot ladies are doing. After almost 12 years of working on and following dreams, I feel a little burned out, but still BELIEVING in MIRACLES (Fiona being the most beautiful MIRACLE of them all! I miss her so much!)
"Sharing is caring and caring is sharing; living is giving and giving is living
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I just upgraded the firmware on my i777 and the battery life is a bunch worse. I used to get through to at least to lunch with only using twenty to twenty five percent, now I just let it sit for a couple of hours and it just magically drains. If given a choice, don't upgrade.
I read a possible solution on another forum and tried it with my SGS2 today and am amazed at the difference today in my battery life.
Worth a shot as it does not require anything more than charging your phone and pulling the battery.
Charge your phone to 100% with the phone off (hold the power button for 3 seconds or so until the menu comes up and select power off). When you reach 100%, unplug the charger and remove your battery (some said keep the battery removed for 90 seconds while others said 3-5 minutes). I left my battery out for 5 minutes or so. Put the battery back in and power on.
That was it. My Android OS went back to normal and the battery life today has been great if not better then with 2.3.6 than before I updated.
Screen grab of my current battery use after trying this method this morning is attached.
did this continue to work for you? or was it more of a one time thing? i have tryed a lot of diffrent things and i dont see how this simple action would fix the problem for good. im still on 2.3.6, thinking about rooting to JELLYBEAN 4, i have read so many reviews were people coming off gingerbread get DOUBLE battery life with jelly bean!
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It's gameday, but before we look at Saturday's match, I have one powerful video for all Galaxy fans to check out.
MLSsoccer.com's stellar videographer Scott Riddell profiled LA Galaxy midfielder Hector Jimenez in his inspirational "Journey to Excellence" series. Jimenez and his father Mauricio Jimenez discusses his father's role in helping him go from Huntington Park to UC Berkeley to the LA Galaxy.
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelTraditional hotel by Brussels' Grand Place
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2 minutes to Grand Place
Warwick Brussels is a 2-minute walk from Brussels City Hall. Guests can stroll 2 minutes to Central Station, which offers metro lines to all of Brussels and trains to other areas in Belgium.
Belgian beers, live piano
Guests can feast on international cuisine at Chutney's, and sip Belgian beers in the company of a pianist in Waterloo Bar. As well as cardio machines and weights, the fitness center has a sauna. The hotel adapts to its guests' schedule, with room service and the business center running 24 hours. The hotel has completed a full installation of a new latest generation of air conditioning system.
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Richly decorated with polished wood and rich fabrics, guestrooms are equipped with free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with pay movies. Fine linen adds to the sense of comfort, while minibars and coffeemakers keep guests refreshed.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
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Hotel Amenities
Warwick Brussels features a sauna and a fitness center. The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
Business amenities at this 5-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and 13 meeting rooms. This luxury hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Conference space
- Porter/bellhop
- Meeting rooms 13
- Restaurant
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Free wired Internet
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 267
- Number of floors - 6
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Free WiFi
- Free newspaper
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Shower/tub combination
- Room service (24 hours)
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- In-room safe
- Flat-panel TV
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24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 40.00 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for EUR 20 per day.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 12.5 per pet, per night
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 4.24 per accommodation, per night
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- Breakfast fee: EUR 26 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 25 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 12.5 per pet, per night
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 20 per day
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 40.00 per night
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Time for another hopelessly optimistic thread!
We are 6 and 19 and it looks like we may have started to turn a corner (at least that's what my over reacting, boderline bipolar raptorfan brain is telling me). Our next 6 games are:
@ Cleveland
@ San Antonio
@ New Orleans
@ Orlando
Realistically, with the way we are playing, there is no reason we can't go 5 of 6. So that brings us to 11 and 20. To get to .500 on the year we would have to then go on to win 30 of 51 games, which is a tall order but could be doable.
In conclusion, the Raptors are making the playoffs this year. They are going to sweep the Knicks in the first round enroute to the franchises frist ever Eastern Conferance final appearance where we'll go 7 close games with the eventual champion Miami Heat. BOOK IT!


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Consultant talks about transforming declining rural economy
WILMINGTON -- The room was filled with people who didn't have to be there, but were, because of their concerns over the economic decline that their region is facing and what can be done about changing that.
"The Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategies process, over a few years, has been to define what's happening," said Pat Moulton Powden, Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation staff for SeVEDS. "If it's good news, then great. If it's bad news, what are we going to do to move forward?"
The SeVEDS Regional meeting in Wilmington on April 24 centered around the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy document, which SeVEDS and the consulting firm Vital Economy are currently working on.
SeVEDS is an organization that works within the BDCC. It "exists to reverse the economic decline of this region," according to the organization's mission statement.
"Basically, we saw the status quo isn't go to work long term for Windham County," said Moulton Powden, who then introduced Frank Knott, founder of the ViTAL Economy Alliance.
Knott's work involves transforming declining rural communities into sustainable regional economies.
"I can assure you," he said, "you are not alone in your troubles. You can be successful in your communities."
A CEDS document is put in place with the objective of creating a regional business plan. Knott said the document would "provide more clarity for the initial SeVEDS" movement.
He thought CEDS could educate the community to "be more engaged and take ownership" of the strategy that will be created in the following months.
The term CEDS was made up by the Vermont Economic Development Administration.
Since federal agencies are pooling together resources, towns will need to work together as regions because the applicants will be fewer, but the dollar amounts will be larger, Knott said.
He also said that by coming up with a strategy, the region could create and retain wealth to build prosperity.
Knott presented ideas that included building rationale for regional collaboration and bringing the original makers of raw materials closer to consumers, which is meant to increase profit.
He encouraged people to "get over" competing against neighboring towns and suggested business owners figure out how to link their assets to other assets in their neighboring towns.
"You are competing against the world," said Knott. "People have choices to go everywhere."
He used an analogy that compared a swimming pool to a regional economy.
"Money goes out of the pool to buy materials," he said. "That's draining the pool."
Knott told the audience, which most of them knew anyway, that the younger generations are leaving and the population is aging.
"We've interviewed over 50,000 young people in this country in rural counties over the last 10 years," he said. "The number one reason (they said they left was because) 'When we are in school, we are connected to the world. When we walk outside the doors, our parents and their friends act like boundaries make a difference. We love this community but the adults aren't enforcing the rules.'"
The CEDS process would also be about updating the regional profile, which would include information pertaining to Tropical Storm Irene, the Brooks House fire, living in a post Vermont Yankee world and how some community members have expressed a preference for no economic growth.
"Either you move ahead or you fall behind," said Knott. "Doing nothing is a decision."
This meeting had been a discussion that called for feedback from municipalities and business owners. Knott said he'd be back in June for a similar meeting, when the CEDS document is closer to completion.
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Protein extraction and sample cleanup are the most important steps to ensure optimal resolution and reduce variability of your 2-D gels. 2-D PAGE success depends on sample purity.
Interfering substances that can negatively impact SDS-PAGE and 2-DGE include salts, detergents, denaturants, or organic solvents, so it is crucial to eliminate these contaminants prior to analysis. Highly viscous samples indicate high DNA and/or carbohydrate content, which may interfere with separations. In addition, solutions at extreme pH values (for example, fractions from ion exchange chromatography) diminish the separation power of most electrophoresis techniques.
This section provides tips for total protein extraction, removal of contaminants such as salt, lipids, detergents, phenolic compounds, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and plant-specific compounds, and for disulfide bond reduction.
Related Topics: Cell Disruption, Protein Solubilization, and Protein Fractionation and Depletion.
Bio-Rad's protein sample preparation products may be used with virtually all sample types. These products are based on well-understood purification and fractionation principles, and may be applied individually or in combination for effective sample preparation.
Product Selection Guide (extraction and cleanup).
Bio-Rad offers ReadyPrep™ protein extraction kits and the MicroRotofor™ cell lysis kits, which provide cell lysis and protein extraction protocols that are tailored to the specific needs of different sample sources.
ReadyPrep Protein Extraction Kit (Total Protein) — includes a strongly chaotropic extraction solution containing the zwitterionic detergent ASB-14. It generates protein samples that can be applied directly to IEF and 2-D gel electrophoresis.
MicroRotofor Cell Lysis Kits — four kits tailored to different organisms are available. All four kits are based on the same chaotropic protein solubilization buffer (PSB), which contains nondetergent sulfobetaine 201 (NDSB 201) along with urea, thiourea, and CHAPS for effective solubilization of most proteins. The kits generate total protein samples that are ready to be applied to SDS-PAGE, IEF, and 2-D gel electrophoresis. Different sample types have different requirements for effective cell disruption, and all four kits combine PSB with other elements to accommodate these specific needs.
Commercially available kits designed for removal of salts, high-abundance proteins, and other contaminants incorporate procedures such as affinity and size exclusion chromatography to improve resolution of 2-D gels.
Salt Removal of salts reduces streaking and improves reproducibility of 2-D gels (see figure below). Use either buffer exchange (desalting) or protein precipitation (which can also help concentrate the sample if needed).
Methods to remove salts from sample:
Salt removal using the ReadyPrep 2-D cleanup kit. E. coli extracts containing 1 M NaCl were electrophoresed before and after treatment with the 2-D cleanup kit. The samples were focused using 11 cm ReadyStrip™ pH 3–10 IPG strips, then run on Criterion™ 8–16% Tris-HCl precast gels for the second dimension.
Bio-Rad offers specialized products such as ReadyPrep™ 2-D cleanup kit for the removal of ionic contaminants such as detergents, lipids, and phenolic compounds from protein samples, and Bio-Spin® and Micro Bio-Spin™ 6 Columns for the removal of salt and contaminants.
Bio-Spin column.
Lipids, Detergents, and Phenolic Compounds Ionic contaminants such as lipids, detergents, and phenolic compounds interfere with isoelectric focusing of proteins resulting in poor 2-D gel resolution and reproducibility.
Methods to remove lipids, detergents, and phenolic compounds from sample:
Detergent removal using the ReadyPrep 2-D cleanup kit. E. coli extracts containing 1% SDS were electrophoresed before and after treatment with the ReadyPrep 2-D cleanup kit. The samples were focused using 11 cm ReadyStrip pH 3–10 IPG strips, then run on Criterion 8–16% Tris-HCl precast gels for the second dimension.
Nucleic Acids The presence of nucleic acids, especially DNA, interferes with separation of proteins by IEF. Under denaturing conditions, DNA complexes are dissociated and markedly increase the viscosity of the solution, which inhibits protein entry and slows migration in the immobilized gradient gel (IPG). In addition, DNA binds to proteins in the sample and causes artifactual migration and streaking.
Methods to remove nucleic acids from sample:
Polysaccharides The presence of polysaccharides interferes with separation of proteins by IEF. The effects are similar to nucleic acids, but are far more difficult to remove from samples.
Methods to remove polysaccharides from sample:
Plant-Specific Compounds Plant-specific compounds such as tannins, lignins, and chlorophyll can cause severe disruption of electrophoresis, in particular IEF.
Methods to remove plant-specific compounds from sample:
Disulfide bond formation is problematic for basic proteins because of their increased rate of formation in an alkaline environment. Protein solubility is also limited, which can interfere with resolution. Moreover, many reducing agents become negatively charged during IEF and migrate off the IPG strip, thus allowing disulfide bonds to re-form. Reducing disulfide bonds ensures proper protein migration and often yields better resolution of protein spots, fewer streaks, and greater reproducibility in 2-D separations.
Reduction-Alkylation Reducing agents are commonly used during sample preparation to cleave disulfide bond crosslinks within proteins and between subunits. Reduction in disulfide bonds decreases streaking and improves reproducibility of 2-D gels (see figure below).
Disulfide bond removal using the ReadyPrep reduction-alkylation kit. Protein samples were reduced using either 50 mM DTT in rehydration/sample buffer or the reduction-alkylation kit. Both samples were applied by cup loading onto 11 cm ReadyStrip pH 7–10 IPG strips and focused for the first dimension, then run on Criterion 8–16% Tris-HCl precast gels for the second dimension.
Bio-Rad offers the following reducing and alkylating reagents:
TBP and iodoacetamide are provided as components of the ReadyPrep Reduction-Alkylation kit , which also provides a complete protocol for performing irreversible reduction and alkylation reactions.
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The Committee on Graduate and Postdoctoral Education provides leadership and direction in doctoral and postdoctoral education and aims to increase the number of students who enter and succeed in graduate and postdoctoral programs. Its activities include sponsoring and/or supporting the ASM/CDC Program in Infectious Disease and Public Health Microbiology, ASM Kadner Institute for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scientists in Preparation for Careers in Microbiology, and ASM Scientific Writing and Publishing Institute. It also maintains the ASM Graduate and Postdoctoral Opportunities Website. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, Ph.D., of Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) chairs the committee.
The mission of the Committee on Graduate and Postdoctoral Education is to:
- Promote excellence in research and teaching in graduate and postdoctoral microbiology education
- Ensure a broader inclusion of racial and gender diversity in graduate and postdoctoral education
- Enhance access to diverse career opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists
The strategic goals and objectives of the Committee are to:
Goal 1: Develop and disseminate information about graduate and postdoctoral education
Objective 1.1: Identify resources for the ASMGAP website
Objective 1.2: Conduct Kadner Institute in Preparation for Careers in Microbiology
Objective 1.3: Sponsor EB sessions during the General Meeting
Objective 1.4: Recognize and showcase excellence in graduate teaching and research
Objective 1.5: Develop and conduct Institute in Scientific Publishing
Objective 1.6: Disseminate career information to graduate students and postdoctoral scientists
Objective 1.7: Develop and disseminate best practices in graduate and postdoctoral education in career development
Goal 2: Promote professional development and leadership in graduate and postdoctoral microbiology education
Objective 2.1: Identify and disseminate information about teaching postdoctoral programs
Objective 2.2: Develop a pilot for an ASM Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship
Objective 2.3: Increase participation of postdoctoral fellows in ASMCUE
Objective 2.4: Advocate for effective mentoring experiences for graduate and postdoctoral microbiology training
Objective 2.5: Conduct Kadner Institute in Preparation for Careers in Microbiology
Objective 2.6: Develop and conduct Institute in Scientific Publishing
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If Mitt Romney is elected the 45th president of the United States tonight, then he can remember Colorado as the state that provided him his highest high and lowest low on his road to the White House.
The state also provided President Barack Obama with his worst day of the campaign, but if he wins, Colorado Republicans who derailed Romney in the winter will be one of the many unheralded reasons that Obama succeeded.
While the campaign has seemed like a year-long blur of candidate rallies and negative ads, it really comes down to four pivotal days in Colorado some unnoticed, some hyped for months in advance when the state had influence far beyond its nine electoral votes.
It started with a $14 breakfast buffet in suburban Denver.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum arrived at Garcias Mexican restaurant in suburban Denver in a rented Ford pickup. The occasion was breakfast with the Arapahoe County Republican Mens Club, and it looked about as fancy as a campaign event for a county treasurers race.
But Santorums words that day echoed far beyond the banquet room.
He launched into a fierce attack on Romney, who was then the Republican frontrunner and had just beaten Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary.
Santorum recited a long list of ways that Obamas health care law which most Republicans hate is identical to the one pushed by Romney in Massachusetts.
Why would the people of Colorado nominate somebody from our party who would give away the defining issue of the race? Santorum said.
Prophesying the next nine months, Santorum said Romneys background would give Obamas campaign plenty of fodder for a negative campaign.
The issues going to be about Mitt Romneys credibility, not Barack Obamas record, Santorum said.
The pitch worked.
At the Republican caucus a week later, Santorum took 40 percent of the vote to Romneys 35 percent. Santorum also won straw polls in Minnesota and Missouri that night, shattering Romneys momentum from his Florida victory. With three weeks until the next primary, Republicans had to sweat about the identity of their candidate, instead of focusing on Obama.
Meanwhile, Obamas campaign kept its fire focused squarely on Romney.
While Romney was campaigning for the caucus, Obamas team was holding press conferences to paint Romney as a corporate raider who lined his pockets by firing workers. Romneys Colorado loss gave them the rest of the winter to lay the groundwork for their negative campaign.
It was another unlucky day for Romney. But this time, it was Texas Rep. Ron Paul who stood in Romneys way.
By this time, Romney had all but sewn up the nomination. But his Colorado supporters didnt know they were walking into a trap at the congressional district assemblies that decide which Republican activists go to the partys national convention.
National operatives from Pauls campaign had quietly formed an alliance with Santorum supporters to deny Romney a majority of Colorados delegates.
Paul strategists identified supporters like Todd King of Lewis and Luke Kirk of Bayfield and put them on an official Paul-Santorum ticket. The two Southwest Colorado men beat out stalwart Romney supporters.
It was part of Pauls strategy to win majorities of delegates in at least five states so he could force a vote at the national convention in Tampa, Fla., in August. He fell just short.
But his supporters still caused a ruckus at the Republican National Convention. And when Romney began campaigning in Colorado, he spent his first trips shoring up support in reliably Republican areas like Fort Lupton, Craig and Grand Junction, far away from the treasure trove of swing voters in Denvers suburbs.
Obama, as he had all year, got the luxury of fighting just one foe. Two days before the Colorado caucus, Obamas campaign manager sent out an email labelling Romney as the most anti-woman candidate in a generation. TV ads on the same theme continue even today.
But all of Romneys troubles in Colorado disappeared over the course of 90 minutes at the University of Denver.
In their first head-to-head debate, Romney shocked Obama with his appeals to moderate voters, and the president seemed unprepared to answer.
The president spoke in empty platitudes. He had no vision for where he wanted to take the future, Romneys senior adviser Eric Fehrstrom said in spin alley after the debate.
That no vision for the future line became a standard part of Romneys stump speech in the closing month of the campaign.
Obama recovered his footing the next morning at a rally at a Denver park.
Last night I met a very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney, Obama said. But it couldnt have been the real Romney, because the real Mitt Romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts paid to the wealthy.
But for Obama, the damage was done. Romney began drawing larger crowds and even sold out the 10,000-seat Red Rocks amphitheater in Denver.
Polls showed that in one night in Denver, he had at last smoothed over the cracks in his Republican base that were so apparent on those crucial days last spring in Colorado.
Of course, the only day that really matters is today.
Today is when Colorados nine electoral votes get awarded. Based on late polling, it appears that Colorado plays an important role in Obamas backup plan if he doesnt win Ohio or Florida. For Romney, its a must-win if he cant overtake the president in Ohio.
Thats why the candidates and their running mates held a combined total of 46 Colorado events, scrounging for votes in every nook and cranny of the state. Obama even flirted with coming to Durango, Democratic sources say. First Lady Michelle Obama and Romneys running mate, Paul Ryan, both made stops at Fort Lewis College.
Their success or failure will affect their allies up and down the ballot.
Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, is defending his seat in Congress against Pueblo Democrat Sal Pace.
Romney appealed to supporters in an email Sunday using words that just as easily could have come from Obama.
One vote in one battleground state could make the difference this election. Im counting on your intensity to help us win, he said.


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Julianne Hough posed to show off her exposed back on the red carpet of the People's Choice Awards in LA this evening. Julianne is coming off a bikini-filled vacation in St. Barts with boyfriend Ryan Seacrest, though he wasn't by her side for this evening's arrival. While on the tropical getaway, Julianne actually made sure to stay fit by hitting the stationary bike in her tiny two-piece suit. What do you think about her daring number? Weigh in with Fab and Bella's live love it or leave it polls now! Plus, we are still LIVE from backstage at the show all evening long, so tune in at LIVE.PopSugar.com!
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This is my first list for all 4 books. They all seem to fit throughout different parts of each book.
But honestly, there are so many great songs out there that seem to fit including everything already mentioned and Stephanie's own playlists.
U2 - With Or Without You, One, So Cruel, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.
Coldplay - Fix You, The Scientist, In My Place, Trouble.
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody.
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars.
The Fray - How To Save A Life.
Nickelback - Far Away.
Amanda Marshall - Let It Rain.
Billy Idol - White Wedding.
Billy Joel - She's Got A Way.
Cold Chisel - Flame Trees.
Dido - Here With Me.
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong, Breaking The Habit
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
No Doubt - Don't Speak
Sarah McLachlan - Ice Cream, I Love You
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U
Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love, Love Walks In


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Vermont House budget writers enter home stretch
MONTPELIER -- Budget writers in the Vermont House were deep into the homestretch Thursday on crafting a spending plan for the next fiscal year and, as in the past, some of the toughest decisions appeared to center on the last 1 percent.
Vermont will end up with a general fund budget of about $1.4 billion, lawmakers said, but the focus in the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday was on $14 million.
Gov. Peter Shumlin this year asked for $14 million in new spending, to be paid for with a tax on health insurance claims. The tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee decided it didn't want to raise that tax, so the Appropriations Committee was left to try to find $14 million in cuts.
By the end of the day Thursday, $14 million was the total cost of items that remained on a combination of the governor's wish list and the committee's. Rep. Martha Heath, D-Westford, the panel's chairwoman, said it would begin Friday with about $3.4 million left to allocate to cover those needs.
Hanging in the balance would be items ranging from $360,000 for increased child care subsidies for low-income working families, to a 2 percent increase in funding for the nonprofit regional agencies contracted to provide mental health services around Vermont.
The $3.4 million left to allocate on Friday depended on an agreement from the Ways and Means Committee that it would raise about $4.4 million in new taxes. Among the candidates for tax increases: a $1 per pack increase in the tax on cigarettes, or lifting the exemptions from Vermont's 6 percent sales tax on soda or dietary supplements.
Lawmakers said the budget process is unusually tough this year, because the burst of federal funding designed to lift the nation out of the recent recession had dried up, and opportunities for moving money around from under-used state funds was used in recent years.
"It makes you want to cry," Rep. Kathy Keenan, D-St. Albans, said as she perused the list of remaining programs that likely would go unfunded.
Lawmakers expressed concern that a decision to provide most of a 2 percent increase for the regional mental health agencies could soak up most of the $3.4 million. But language in last year's budget bill left the agencies to believe they would see an increase, said Rep. Ann Manwaring, D-Wilmington.
Among other items still on the oversubscribed wish lists of the governor and lawmakers:
-- A 2 percent increase in funding for the University of Vermont and state colleges, to take effect for the second half of the coming fiscal year in January;
--Two-percent increases for Vermont Public Television, the Vermont Council on the Arts, Vermont Symphony, Vermont Historical Society and Vermont Humanities Council.
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


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University of Oregon Athletic Communications
Andy McNamara — Assistant Athletic Director, Communications www.GoDucks.com
David Williford — Executive Assistant Athletic Director, Football Communications twitter.com/GoDucks
Todd Miles, Greg Walker — Associate Directors; Chris Geraghty, Geoff Thurner — Assistant Directors 541-346-5488
Track & Field Contact: Greg Walker, Associate Director (O: 541-346-2252; C: 541-954-8775; email: firstname.lastname@example.com twitter.com/OregonTF
January 29, 2013
Ducks DMR Travels to Big Apple
Hasay invited to compete in the mile at the Millrose Games.
EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon's men's distance medley relay team is headed to New York to compete in the Armory Collegiate Invitational on Friday. The Ducks will be in the featured collegiate section that will go off at 3:05 p.m. Pacific time.
Oregon is tentatively slated to run Virginia transfer Brett Johnson on the opening 1,200 meter leg, Mike Berry on the 400, Elijah Greer on the 800 and Mac Fleet on the 1,600. Junior Boru Guyota is also making the trip and will run in the 1,000 meters at 12:09 p.m. Pacific.
Oregon will be going up against Arkansas, which currently has the nation's No. 3 DMR team (9:44.03), as well as Villanova – No. 9 at 9:52.56, and Stanford – No. 11 at 9:55.81. The Ducks come into the meet ranked eighth nationally in the DMR with a time of 9:50.15. Also in the 10-team field is Brigham Young, which had the nation's top distance medley time a year ago (9:29.00), as well as American International, Columbia, Florida, Kansas and Tennessee.
The top 12 teams at the end of the regular season will automatically advance to the NCAA Indoor Championships March 8-9 in Fayetteville, Ark. Last season, it took at time of 9:31.71 to make the NCAA meet, with the Ducks painfully missing a bid by two-tenths of a second.
Hasay also headed to Manhattan
Senior Jordan Hasay has been invited to take part in the 106th Millrose Games, which will also be held at the Armory, on Feb. 16. Hasay, from Arroyo Grande, Calif., will run in the fabled women's Wanamaker Mile at 5:40 p.m. Pacific time. The race will be streamed live on the web by ESPN3 and will also be rebroadcast the next day on ESPN at 5 p.m. Pacific.
Hasay, now a 15-time All-American, is the former Oregon record-holder in the indoor mile with a personal best of 4:33.01 from her 2011 NCAA championship race. That time broke the 29 year-old school record held by Duck running legend Leann Warren.
Duck Men Move Up to No. 4
Oregon's men's team moved up a spot to No. 4 in this week's USTFCCCA poll. The women remained at No. 3.
The top five men's teams were Arkansas, Florida, Texas A&M, Oregon and Arizona State. For the women, the top five were Clemson, Kansas, Oregon, Arkansas and Louisiana State.
Season Ticket Deadline Approaches
The renewal deadline for 2013 track and field season tickets is Friday. Fans who renew season tickets by Feb. 1 will have the first option to purchase tickets for both the NCAA Championships and the Prefontaine Classic.
New Duck season tickets, as well as all-session four-day passes for the June 5-8 NCAA Championships, will go on sale Feb. 15.
Single meet sales for the Ducks' regular season meets and the Prefontaine Classic begin Feb. 22.
To renew or purchase Oregon track and field tickets, go online to goducks.com/tracktickets, call 1-800-WEBFOOT or visit the ticket offices located in either the Moshofsky Center or Matthew Knight Arena.
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Greg Walker
Associate Director, Athletic Communications
University of Oregon
Track & Field and Cross Country Contact
541-346-2252 (o)
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List marketers play the name game
Gloria Adams, SVP of audience development and book publishing at PennWell Corporation
Finding the right vertical lists can be tough, experts say. Pamela Oldham explores what one marketer is doing to find the best data.
I'd give my right arm for a 20% response rate," laments Gloria Adams, SVP of audience development and book publishing at PennWell Corporation, a b-to-b media company serving niche industries such as energy, engineering and computers. She says that one of the biggest impediments to achieving response rates once considered commonplace for b-to-b marketers is finding the right lists that can provide the best results.
"It's becoming more difficult to find good lists," she explains. "Companies are becoming selective in who they're renting to." Moreover, she adds, getting enough "good" names on those lists is a challenge.
Changes made in campaign planning
Choosing the right vertical industry mailing lists can be tough in the b-to-b world, especially when current data is a constantly moving target. But Adams and other experts are overcoming these challenges by retooling the way they plan and deploy their marketing campaigns.
Headquartered in Tulsa, OK, and with offices around the globe, the privately held PennWell is a diversified provider of print and online publications, conferences and exhibitions, research, databases, online exchanges, and information products to the global market. The company's inaugural publication, Oil & Gas Journal, was the first to cover what was then an emerging oil industry.
Among other duties, Adams holds responsibility for audience development — marketing the company's magazine subscriptions and renewals. After nearly 30 years in marketing — 10 with PennWell — Adams has seen extensive changes in publishing as well as b-to-b marketing.
"Magazines are a tougher sell today," she says. "But the need for information has never gone away — and it won't. Now it's [about finding out] how people want to get that information — whether through print, digital or the Web — and how often. Also, do they want the information pushed to them or do they want to get it themselves? We are information providers now, and we provide the information, however and whenever they want."
To find the right lists, Adams goes to the sources she trusts: vertical industry publications whose records are regularly verified by independent auditing agencies such as BPA. Together with PennWell's list management and brokerage firm, Connecticut-based firm Statlistics, Adams' circulation managers (now known in the business as "audience developers") determine targets, titles, and industry requirements and then choose publications that match Adams' desired audience.


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So if you ever decide to write an autobiography about yourself, what would the title and prologue be?
Note: Don't post unless you're willing to create a title & prologue.
Mine is here:
Pebbles Enduring The Storm
Cal is a young man who grew up in an overzealous religious town in Southern America.
His main goal in life is to have a goal worth living for. Thinking too much of science and logic has always resulted in him having too high of standards for himself, but the immensely low expectations from his family can be considered just as bad.
He went through high school with top-tier grades and performed above average in athletics and clubs too.
There were a few normal blemishes that effect all college students when he got to this point, but he made it through them fairly easy.
The story will now begin on how a normal small town boy who strives to be more than what's expected of him makes a difference in this world. After he graduates with his degrees in Computer Operations and Electrical Engineering is where this story should begin...


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PPV is the last step of testing completed during high volume manufacturing to give quality assurance at the early stages of the product life cycle. The testing continues with a combination of structural and functional testing on automated production testers (ATE). The results of the electrical tests are combined with observations from customers and results from commonality analysis to determine the next steps in the product functional analysis flow.
Platform validation is the last step of testing done during high volume manufacturing to give quality assurance at the early stages of the product life cycle. It consists of standardized tests in a customer-like platform.
Production testing
Production testing is done to determine the functional behavior on a more detailed level. At this stage it is determined whether the analysis proceeds with a parametric or logic level fault isolation flow. The testing is done at various temperature, voltage, and frequency conditions to determine the sensitivity of the observed behavior.


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Highlight video of the ballyhooed 1992 RU/VT game. And there is NO QUESTION it was made in 1992. youtu.be/UIlIsa2zphg
— RussellAthleticBowl (@RussellAthBowl) December 3, 2012
We would like to politely request at this time that all footage of the 2012 Rutgers Athletic Bowl adhere to these same retro production values. For continuity, you see.
• Assorted trophy happenings. Your 2012 Heisman finalists, who are somehow still not called "Heis-men," which will apparently never be satisfactorily explained: Johnny Manziel, Manti Te'o and Collin Klein. Klein has also been bestowed with the Johnny Unitas Award, and Te'o with the Nagurski Trophy. In non-Heis-men news, Notre Dame's Bob Diaco is the 2012 Broyles Award winner, and Matt McGloin takes home the Burlsworth Award.
• Roster blotter. Good news: Joker Phillips has joined Will Muschamp's Florida staff as receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. Not good news, via Andy Bitter: "Two Virginia Tech football players were arrested after a small explosive device was detonated in Blacksburg Sunday night, resulting in their suspension from the team."
• Report card time. Penn State's Athletics Integrity Monitor praises the culture changes underway in Happy Valley.Bowltyme! the best postseason game Twitter feeds


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The Boys of Early Summer…The Photo Version
Been tooling with the idea in my boggled brain cells over the past week as to if I should designate Sundays from today on to doing a small pictorial, or even small selection of unique and some times funny photos taken by photographers all over the cities of Major League Baseball. Upon further rounding approval last night from the bottom of my Shocktop bottle, I am going to do a 1 week experiment and see how it all shakes out. Hopefully I can get a few people to chuckle, think or possibly even comment.
Either way, it is more of the evolution of my little blogging Utopia that change is inevitable, even in a baseball vacuum. And I will not take pride or even credit if I happen to pick on certain teams, or players in the upcoming weeks if this segment becomes a weekly blog post. I think if I could draw, it would have materialized into a "Pushy da Broom" cartoon that I loved so much as a young Sports Correspondent with the "Evening Independent." So without further ado, let's get the 1,000 word photo extravaganza under way….
Seriously here, that little spun ball of twine and cowhide seems to sometimes have a mind of its own. It seems to pounce, dance and even do a twirl or two with the best "Dancing With The Stars" competitor some nights. Who in their right mind would consider a small white sphere could evoke and commit so many heinous acts of physical manipulation of the human body to within stand its impact. But then again, a 95+ fastball can leave a menacing stitch mark bruise on your body for at least a week.
But the baseball is not the only some times seemingly self-possessed entity that surrounds this great game. Sometimes those wooden bats that Major League players depend on seem to just have a mind of their own. They sometimes seem to be self programmed to break, slip or simply self propel themselves towards the most unusual locations, and in the most unexpected moments. Pine tar was supposed to help eliminate some of this, but as Rays catcher Kelly Shoppach can tell you….The bat definitely has a mind of its own in the hitting zone.
No matter if it is made of Pine, Ash or even the dreaded Maple, the MLB bat recently has been on a collision course with catastrophe. Whether it is spinning end over end or tomahawking through the infield, one of these days someone on the field will look like a beef kabob after one of these missiles finally finds a human host.
Even with all the changes and instructions by MLB on the shaving and sanding of certain parts of these bats, still some end up hurling at high speeds towards the stands, dugouts or even just inches above the hairline of the Rays ace David Price seems to bring more action than a few gasps and thanks that it did not find a stationary stopping point that night.
But then there is also that breed of player within the Major Leagues who just seems "Super Human" at times, then fall quickly to their kryptonite. For some it is a 12 foot wall, for others it is that seemingly nice breeze caressing through the ballpark that suddenly makes the ball take a right turn just beyond the outstretched glove for extra bases. Some consider these souls "Sam Fuld" wannabes, but they all have that one knack that separates them from the guy in the stands waiting for that first Home Run ball on live television. They have the confidence to stay perfectly vertical or horizontal in perpetual motion while the guy in the stands must navigate nachos, babies and even other overgrown "kids" wanting a $ 15 keepsake.
Still, the guys on the field seem to be taking more risks this season with dying quail fly balls and screaming white sphere that seem to break the sound barrier as they are hit towards the outfield gaps. More guys seem to be leaving their comfort zone, getting " jiggy" with the ball and providing Web Gems for generation to emulate and remember. Willy Mays made an incredible catch way back then, but would it even make the ESPN Baseball Tonight Top 10 some nights?
Has the game evolved that much at times? That simple acts of human contortions from the past have become a bit commonplace now, or even mundane at times. I mean look at this picture of Mariner's outfielder John Saunders. Ask yourself, is he asking for a bottle of water, the Home Run ball or remarking how high he cascaded on this wall, fishing for an M's fan compliment? Seriously, I think he just wanted the ball back to throw to Ichiro.
Has the MLB players changed so much that muscle is now being replaced by speed and agility when power and bat speed ruled the day for so long. Take this photo of NBA legend Bill Russell as he paid a visit to SEattle and spent some time with M's Third Baseman Chone Figgins. Think of the effect a guy like Russell would of had in a baseball game if he stretched, even into foul territory for a hit ball near the line. Makes you kind of wonder if Figgins might just dream of that same fantasy sequence tonight.
Seriously, the game's budding stars do not have bulging muscles even in their eyebrows. Pitcher's are hitting the triple digit mark with more consistency and clarity these days, even Texas Rangers President Nolan Ryan has impressed with the upward curve of flamethrowers in the MLB in recent years. Then the " artistic" pitchers, those with a few years under their belts have redefined their own usefulness by finding exploding breaking stuff or even inventing their own twists and breaks to pitches that have come out of nowhere to be extremely effective. Some of the best pitchers right now do not even throw in the mid-90's. Evolution, revolution, convolution…This game is in a constant stage of eternal change… in a good way.
But still the mental errors and flaws of the human element that flow constantly throughout this great game can take a team out of a contest in a matter of moments. An unfortunate lean towards second base, an impromptu brain fart or even trying think a bit wiser and smarter than you are capable of can change the outcome with a booming hit, or a ball snaking up the middle. It is this element that makes baseball unpredictable and always a challenge to prognosticate with any accuracy beyond mis-matching pitching set-ups. Funny how the human element, not even within the emotional realm can change a simple play and turn it into a crowd pleasing, inning ending bundle of moves and propel "Uncle Mo" (motivation) back into your team's favor.
But that is why we play 162 games and do not crown a Champion until the final 27th out of the last game of the post season. Physical, mental and emotional ties that bind this game together can make a winner out of any team on a given night. No matter if a guy is on point and throwing darts to the plate, a simple seeing-eye single can change the moment forever, and possibly send the contest into a different direction. That is the magic of this game, the thrilling unexpected moments that linger and get told to Grand kids and people sitting with you on barstool 20 years later. Sports photography doesn't enter into the "picture is worth a thousand words" category because its pixels and colors can change generations, change mind and evoke everything from tears of joy to tears of saddness…. with the simple stroke of the bat, or pitching delivery.
God I love how this game never stops surprising and shocking me. Maybe that is why I can not get enough of it…..Maybe.


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Apple just can't catch a break these
days when it comes to issues surrounding its iPhones. We all know
about the problems involving the iPhone 4, but complaints have also been flooding
in from iPhone 3G owners.
What seemed like a kind gesture by
Apple to provide iOS
4 to owners of the two-year-old iPhone 3G is turning into a bit
of a mess for the boys from Cupertino. Owners who have upgraded to
the latest version of iOS are witnessing massive performance
slowdowns, reduced battery life, and overheating machines.
The complaints started appearing on
Apple-oriented discussion forums soon after the update was released;
here are just a couple of examples from Mac
Rumors and the official Apple Discussions forum (38
pages long, 36
pages long).
According to the Wall
Street Journal, Apple is now looking into the problem, but
declined to state anything more than that. IOS 4 for the iPhone 3G is
already crippled relative to the versions available for the iPhone
3GS and iPhone 4 (no multitasking, no home screen wallpapers), so it
remains to be seen what else could be sacrificed to improve
performance on the two-year-old phone that is using the same
CPU/memory configuration as the original three-year-old iPhone.
TUAW has even made the
recommendation that those who haven't upgraded to iOS 4 should
stay far away.Updated 7/29/2010 @ 9:48 am
Neowin reports of a "fix" for the performance problem that involves disabling Spotlight search on the phone. Many users are reporting that this restores performance:
To remedy the sluggish performance (or at least one cause of it) go to "Settings->General->Home Button->Spotlight Search-> deselect every option" and this will stop background indexing on the phone.


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Hi everyone, my is Melinda. I'm 31 and live in Canada. I'm a huge fan of the Twilight series, so much so that I've decided to do a study about it in my PhD. Who says you can't mix business with pleasure?! I'm going into my 5th year of a PhD program in psychology. It will be nice to finally be done soon!
Being a fan (of Edward especially:)) I often wondered why I loved the books so much, and why so many around the world love this story? Is it that he (Edward) is so gentlemenly, traditional and chivalrous, is it the excitement and danger of their relationship, is it their complete devotion and dependence to one another? Is this what we as women want? Interesting questions, especially in a time when many women are taught and encouraged to be independent and self-reliant. Can we have both?
From what I've seen and read, Twilight Lexicon is an amazing place for all of us fans to share our thoughts and bask in everything that is our beloved Twilight saga:). It's nice to meet you all!
If you are interested in taking part in my study, please visit this link https://www.psychdata.com/s.asp?SID=136761 The study is looking at female fans that are currently in relationships.
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The Seas Rise but the Lands Rise Too
As the Arctic ice melts it will raise the sea level. But as it does it removes the enormous weight of the ice and the land will rise too in places, Sophisticated computer modelling has shown how sea-level rise over the coming century could affect some regions far more than others. The model shows that parts of the Pacific will see the highest rates of rise while some polar regions will actually experience falls in relative sea levels due to the ways sea, land and ice interact globally. Reporting in the journal Geophysical Research Letters researchers have looked ahead to the year 2100 to show how ice loss will continue to add to rising sea levels. Scientists have known for some time that sea level rise around the globe will not be uniform, but in this study the team of Ice2sea researchers show in great detail the global pattern of sea-level rise that would result from two scenarios of ice-loss from glaciers and ice sheets.
The team, from the University of Urbino and the University of Bristol, found that ice melt from glaciers, and the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, is likely to be of critical importance to regional sea-level change in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean where the sea level rise would be greater than the average increase across the globe. This will affect in particular, Western Australia, Oceania and the small atolls and islands in this region, including Hawaii.
The study focused on three effects that lead to global mean sea-level rise being unequally distributed around the world. Firstly, land is subsiding and emerging due to a massive loss of ice at the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago when billions of tons of ice covering parts of North America and Europe melted. This caused a major redistribution of mass on the Earth, but the crust responds to such changes so slowly that it is still deforming.
Post-glacial rebound is the rise of land masses that were depressed by the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, through a process known as isostasy. It affects northern Europe (especially Scotland, Fennoscandia and northern Denmark), Siberia, Canada, the Great Lakes of Canada and the United States, the coastal region of the US state of Maine, parts of Patagonia, and Antarctica.
Studies have shown that the uplift has taken place in two distinct stages. The initial uplift following deglaciation was near-instantaneous due to the elastic response of the crust as the ice load was removed. After this elastic phase, uplift proceeded by slow viscous flow so the rate of uplift decreased exponentially after that. Today, typical uplift rates are of the order of 1 cm/year or less. In northern Europe, this is clearly shown by the GPS data obtained by the BIFROST GPS network. Studies suggest that rebound will continue for about at least another 10,000 years. The total uplift from the end of deglaciation depends on the local ice load and could be several hundred meters near the center of rebound.
Secondly, the warming of the oceans leads to a change in the distribution of water across the globe. Thirdly the sheer mass of water held in ice at the frozen continents like Antarctica and Greenland exerts a gravitational pull on the surrounding liquid water, pulling in enormous amounts of water and raising the sea-level close to those continents. As the ice melts its pull decreases and the water previously attracted rushes away to be redistributed around the globe.
Co-author Professor Giorgio Spada of the University of Urbino said: "In the paper we are successful in defining the patterns, known as sea level fingerprints, which affect sea levels."
"This is paramount for assessing the risk due to inundation in low-lying, densely populated areas. The most vulnerable areas are those where the effects combine to give the sea-level rise that is significantly higher than the global average."
He added that in Europe the sea level would rise but it would be slightly lower than the global average.
"We believe this is due to the effects of the melting polar ice relatively close to Europe – particularly Greenland's ice. This will tend to slow sea-level rise in Europe a little, but at the expense of higher sea-level rise elsewhere."
The team considered two scenarios in its modelling. One was the most likely or mid-range and the other closer to the upper limit of what could happen.
Professor Spada said, "The total rise in some areas of the equatorial oceans worst affected by the terrestrial ice melting could be 60cm if a mid-range sea-level rise is projected, and the warming of the oceans is also taken into account."
David Vaughan, ice2sea program coordinator, said: "In the last couple of years programs like ice2sea have made great strides in predicting global average sea-level rise. The urgent job now is to understand how global the sea-level rise will be shared out around the world's coastlines. Only by doing this can we really help people understand the risks and prepare for the future."
For further information see Sea Rise.
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Phillies 2010 First Half Review
Here is a summary of the Phillies 2010 first half, according to Jenn:
Best Off-Season Move – Acquiring Roy Halladay
Worst Off-Season Move – Trading Cliff Lee (duh!)
Biggest Win – 7/9/10: The Phillies overcame a 7-1 deficit in the 9th inning against the Reds to win the game in the 10th; it was the second walk-off homer win in a row, giving the Phillies a huge confidence boost.
Biggest Loss – When the bullpen blew a 5 run lead; Phillies lose to the Twins by a score of 10-13 on 6/19/10
Best Series Win – The 4-game sweep of the NL Central 1st place team, the Reds, 7/8-7/11
Worst Series Loss – Losing 3 out of 4 to the worst team in the National League, the Pirates, 7/1-7/4
Biggest Surprise – Jamie Moyer: At 47-year old, the combination of Moyer's age and 3 off-season surgeries left many doubting he could be an effective pitcher. But Moyer has performed beyond anyone's expectations. But at the half, Moyer has 9 wins and 2 complete games, one of which was a shut-out.
Biggest Disappointment – Raul Ibanez: Batting only .243 with 7 homers at the half, Ibanez is on pace to hit only 14 homers, which would be his worst power outage since 2001. He has also only driven in 39 runs, and is therefore on pace for 78 RBI, which would be his worst since 2004. Ibanez gave his all in the first half of 2009, but since then, it has been mostly downhill and his age is starting to show. With another entire year left on his contract, this is looking like another bad move by the Phillies.
Biggest Question Mark – Brad Lidge: Sometimes Lidge looks like Mr. Perfect from 2008 and sometimes he looks like a little leaguer. The Jekyll and Hyde routine is getting old. Lidge needs to step up his game if the Phillies are to have success.
Best Moment of the First Half – Roy Halladay's Perfect Game, 5/29/10 (again, duh!)
Worst Moment of the First Half – Chase Utley's thumb injury. Noooooo! Not Utley!! Then there are the rest of the major injuries that have plagued this team: Placido Polanco, Jimmy Rollins, JA Happ, Ryan Madson, Chad Durbin, etc… The combined impact of these star players going down have combined for the Worst Moments of the year so far.
Jenn's Crystal Ball
– Will Jayson Werth be with the Phillies next year? – No. Sorry, ladies. He may even be gone sooner than that…
– Will the Phillies make a trade before the deadline? – Yes.
– Which position will they upgrade? – Pitching
– Will Jenn continue to let her sanity slip slowly away as each day without Chase Utley passes? – Sadly, yes. Please come back soon, Chase!
– And finally, will the Phillies win the NL East again? – My crystal ball broke due to being overworked when I asked this question. But I will step out on a limb here and say, yes. I mean, YES! Let's be positive people ;o)
Jamie Moyer will take the mound tonight in Chicago against the Cubs to kick off the 2rd half. Game time is 8:05pm. Go Phillies!
Photos by Jenn Zambri Photography; except Crystal Ball by http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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Since the early days of the University of Illinois, agronomic research has been conducted on or near its campus. From 1876 through 1931, most field research was conducted on what we know as campus proper. This involved work on the Davenport Plots, which were located directly east of the Morrow Plots. (The Davenport Plots were sacrificed in 1930 to allow the expansion of Goodwin Avenue.) From 1920 through 1936, the Department of Agronomy used the lands west of the stadium to the Illinois Central tracks.
The development of the present research farm can be traced back to the turn of the century; field operations began here in 1903. The original Agronomy Farm consisted of the 80 acres that lie directly south of the Seedhouse. Since then, the area-which came to be known as the South Farms-has expanded slowly but steadily in size to its present 800 acres. But the Seedhouse, completed in 1930, still serves as the headquarters for farm operations.
In 1984, the farm operations of the Department of Agronomy were combined with those of the Department of Plant Pathology. In 1995, the college reorganized, merging those two departments into one unit: the Department of Crop Sciences. When this occurred, the research facility also received a new name, becoming the Crop Sciences Research and Education Center (CSREC).
The CSREC's mission is to provide land, equipment, and facilities for plant/soil research in a field laboratory setting close to the University of Illinois campus. The CSREC assists scientists and extension personnel by providing a central place from which to plan, coordinate, and conduct field research. It supports on-campus teaching by providing field laboratory facilities for graduate students, as well as by educating undergraduates through work and field trip experiences.
Extension and international agricultural efforts are strengthened by organized field days, special tours, and training sessions to meet the needs of the agricultural community. The annual Agronomy Day provides a direct link between the agricultural grower, the consumer, and the research scientist.
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Japan released a number of super-cute gadgets and electronic devices in the last days. Here are the top five. Top 5: Fragrance case for earphones Marubeni Infotech has announced the "Fragrance Case for Earphone" [JP], a small box made of aluminum tailor-made for the "Y" part of any given earphone. The box is filled with scented cotton that emits a nice smell while… Read More


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Neil Peart
Ask just about any rock drummer who their influences are and chances are Rush's Neil Peart will be high on the list. With his technically demanding and precise rhythmic style, few rock drummers have scaled the heights that Peart has over the years on both record and on stage as part of the renowned Canadian prog rock trio. Born in Canada on September 12, 1952, Peart began taking drums lessons at the age of 13 and by the late '60s/early '70s, immersed himself in the challenging sounds of such rock drummers as the Who's Keith Moon, ELP's Carl Palmer, Yes' Bill Bruford, and legendary big-band drummer Buddy Rich. After a brief stint living in England (where he discovered the writings of Ayn Rand), Peart returned to Canada in the early '70s and found out that the up-and-coming band Rush, who had just wrapped up touring behind their debut album, was looking for a new drummer. Peart was granted a tryout and was immediately given the nod to join, as the trio (which also included singer/bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson) sought to expand on their musical direction, which then consisted of extended blues jams à la Led Zeppelin/Cream.
Peart's entrance into the band signaled that Rush would focus on more challenging material, while the drummer also took over the reigns as the group's lyricist. While it would take a few releases for Rush's new musical direction to gel (1974's Fly by Night and 1975's Caress of Steel), the band hit pay dirt with the 1976 concept album 2112. The album told the story of a young man's fight against a future world where rock music is outlawed, with Peart applying Ayn Rand's writing style and philosophies to the plot's story line. Rush's commercial success continued, as the band scored up more heavy metal-tinged prog rock classics: 1977's A Farewell to Kings, 1978's Hemispheres, 1980's Permanent Waves, and Rush's finest hour, 1981's Moving Pictures. The group continued to rack up hit albums and sold-out arena tours (with all three members consistently winning magazine polls for being the best at their respective instrument), as Peart's influence on rock drummers had become immense, as evidenced in the styles of Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy, King's X's Jerry Gaskill, and Primus' Tim "Herb" Alexander.
In addition to his Rush duties, Peart has also found the time to become a writer himself, penning the books Radiance Over the Rockies and The Masked Rider, travel the world/sight-see between tours (Peart is an avid bicyclist), as well as organizing a Buddy Rich tribute concert in the early '90s. The future of Rush was thrust into doubt by the late '90s, however, when Peart was dealt two devastating blows in his personal life -- the tragic deaths of both his teenaged daughter and wife a year apart from each other. But by the dawn of the 21st century, it appeared as Peart was back on his feet -- he remarried and rejoined his longtime Rush mates in preparing their first new studio recording since 1996's Test for Echo. ~ Greg Prato


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Hard Times: Lost on Long Island DVD
Filmed primarily on Long Island the birthplace of the post-WWII suburban American Dream this 54-minute film documents the challenges and frustrations facing several unemployed or under-employed people who are trying to land new jobs and make ends meet in the face of increasingly daunting odds. Starting in the summer of 2010, a time which many hoped would usher in an era of recovery, and continuing through the holiday season six months later, Emmy® Award-winning filmmakers Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson chronicle the growing difficulties and despair as several suburban men and women search in vain for employment, their dignity eroding and their plight largely ignored by politicians and businesses. The subjects in Hard Times put a human face on the shocking national statistics, as the growing number of long-term unemployed Americans impacts consumer spending, home mortgages, and the shrinking middle class.
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Cardinalis cardinalis
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Kevin Bolton
The male Northern Cardinal is perhaps responsible for getting more people to open up a field guide than any other bird. They're a perfect combination of familiarity, conspicuousness, and style: a shade of red you can't take your eyes off. Even the brown females sport a sharp crest and warm red accents. Cardinals don't migrate and they don't molt into a dull plumage, so they're still breathtaking in winter's snowy backyards. In summer, their sweet whistles are one of the first sounds of the morning.
Both male and female Northern Cardinals sing. The song is a loud string of clear down-slurred or two-parted whistles, often speeding up and ending in a slow trill. The songs typically last 2 to 3 seconds. Syllables can sound like the bird is singing cheer, cheer, cheer or birdie, birdie, birdie. Males in particular may sing throughout the year, though the peak of singing is in spring and early summer.
Scientists have described at least 16 different calls for the Northern Cardinal, but the one you'll hear most commonly is a loud, metallic chip. Cardinals make this call when warning off intruders to their territory, when predators are near, as females approach their nests, and by both sexes as they carry food to the nest or when trying to get nestlings to leave the nest. When one member of a pair is about to feed the other, either bird may make a softer took note.
Nearly any bird feeder you put out ought to attract Northern Cardinals (as long as you live within their range), but they particularly seem to use sunflower seeds. Leave undergrowth in your backyard or around the edges, and you may have cardinals nesting on your property. Find out more about what this bird likes to eat and what feeder is best by using the Project FeederWatch Common Feeder Birds bird list.
The brilliant red of a male Northern Cardinal calls attention to itself when males are around. You can also find cardinals by getting a sense of the warm, red-tinged brown of females – a pattern you can learn to identify in flight. Away from backyards, cardinals are still common but inconspicuous owing to their affinity for dense tangles. Listen for their piercing chip notes to find where they are hiding.
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Samsung's Galaxy S3 – freshly reviewed here – is set to outsell even its wildly popular precursor, the Galaxy S II. That's if it can continue to sell as fast as pre-orders suggest it will.
According to Vodafone (speaking to The Inquirer), the Galaxy S3 has smashed previous pre-order records for Android handsets, while Carphone Warehouse says it's the biggest-selling pre-order of 2012.
Coupled with figures suggesting the S3 had already been pre-ordered nine million times by last week, these are strong signals to suggest Samsung's new superphone could outstrip even the phenomenal sales of the ubiquitous S II. Will you be in the queue on May 29th?
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