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Without proceeding any further, I am about to make a guess: you have already decided whether or not you're buying a ThinkPad. The iconic brand, the unending combination of professional respect, solid features, and unabashed blandness, combine to make a product that has surprising appeal across the board, yet remains, literally, a black box. The newest update to the line, the ThinkPad SL510, is part of Lenovo's Windows 7 product launch. Like many companies, Lenovo is taking the 7 launch as an opportunity to tweak and improve some of the features in its existing line, and so it is with the SL510.
The SL510 starts at $529, but that configuration only has a 1.8 GHz Intel Celeron T3000 and no Webcam, Bluetooth, or other bells and whistles. For $1,024 in our build, you get a matte 15.6-inch screen in 16×9, a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and a thick, solid chassis that's lighter than you'd expect. Customizable to the gills for 3G, antiglare, and the always popular fingerprint reader, the SL510 is exactly what it looks like: a large-screened business laptop that runs Windows 7. The good news is that the tweaks are likely to make you happier if you're a ThinkPad person.
Price as reviewed / Starting price $1,024/$529
Processor 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8700
Memory 3GB, 1066MHz DDR3
Hard drive 320GB 7,200rpm
Chipset Intel GM965
Graphics Mobile Intel GM45 Express
Operating system Windows 7 Professional
Dimensions (WD) 14.9 x 9.75 inches
Height 1.48 inches
Screen size (diagonal) 15.6 inches
System weight / Weight with AC adapter 5.72/6.44 pounds
Category Mainstream
We're not going to mince words here: this ThinkPad is a wide black box that's stunningly generic. It could have come from five years ago at first glance, but to Lenovo's credit, the basic black design is at least timeless, and the back of the laptop's black lid is devoid of large logos, leaving the ThinkPad imprint to one tiny corner. The smooth matte surfaces and angular lines lend to an all-around solid feel, though not as iron-clad reinforced as higher-end models such as the T400 line. The laptop base is thick, but the whole machine is actually lighter than it looks.
A full-size tapered keyboard fits the usual bill for Lenovo-typing comfort, but it was an odd decision to leave off a number pad: one could easily have been fit in, and instead there's a lot of empty space on either side of the keyboard. Dedicated buttons control volume and mute for both the speakers and microphone, as well as a blue hot key for Lenovo's ThinkVantage suite of help tools. The matte multitouch touch pad is made of the same excellent material as on the T400s, and has great traction. As always, the trackpoint rubber nubbin remains lodged between the G, H, and B keys, which is either your dream come true or your aesthetic nightmare (some people still love those trackpoints). Buttons are arrayed both above and below the touch pad, depending on which control scheme you prefer; that's still a selling point on the ThinkPad line.
New to the SL510 is a 16×9 screen, making the viewing of DVDs and other HD movies more enjoyable with less letterboxing. It's an unexpected addition in a business laptop that otherwise seems like it couldn't care less about multimedia, but most modern laptops have already made the switch, and it's appreciated. Also notable: our 15.6-inch screen was matte instead of glossy, which is uncommon, but still found more in business systems than consumer ones. While it certainly helped reduce glare, colors and brightness seemed a bit washed out as a result. Otherwise, the 1,366×768 native resolution screen looked good, although we've also seen screens this size with higher resolutions. The ThinkPad SL510's stereo speakers are set below the screen, facing outward in the upper lid. Their volume was average and their quality was passably fine–being exposed, they at least didn't suffer from any sound-muffling.
Lenovo ThinkPad SL510 Average for category [mainstream]
Video VGA-out, HDMI VGA-out, HDMI
Audio Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone jacks Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone jacks
Data 3 USB 2.0, 1 eSATA/USB, SD card reader 4 USB 2.0, SD card reader
Expansion None ExpressCard/54
Networking Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional WWAN
Optical drive DVD burner DVD burner
Travelers looking for a complete complement of ports on their laptop won't be disappointed here; with the exception of ExpressCard, there are a full assortment of USB ports spread across the sides and even the rear of the ThinkPad SL510, one of which is eSATA as well. VGA and HDMI are both included. Those touches, combined with the 16×9 screen, help nudge the SL510 into media-friendly notebook territory. We certainly wouldn't call it a media laptop, but the higher-end SL510 configurations represent an extremely solid package for ThinkPad lovers who want a Windows 7 preinstalled package.
The SL510 starts at $529, but comes in a variety of processor configurations and other options that can push the price out as far as you'd like. Our config had 3GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive running at a better-than-average 7200rpm speed.
Our ThinkPad SL510 came with a P8700 Core 2 Duo processor running at 2.53GHz, which is a very good processor that we've seen before in models such as the IdeaPad Y650. While there are no discrete graphics on the SL510, it was able to handle Unreal Tournament 3 in passable-but-choppy fashion. For playing high-def movies or streaming media, the SL510 will suffice more than adequately. It also handled Windows 7 Professional very well, doing everything we needed.
The ThinkPad SL510 ran for 3 hours and 37 minutes on our video playback battery drain test, using the included six-cell battery. That's comparable with the ThinkPad T400s, and is better than average for a laptop this size, but there are certainly laptops out there that can do far better. Our battery drain test is especially grueling, so you can expect longer life from casual Web surfing and office use.
Lenovo includes a one-year, parts-and-labor, mail-in warranty with the system, although for a high-end business laptop, we'd expect a three-year plan as standard. Upgrading to a three-year plan will cost an extra $119, or $219 for three years of next-business day, on-site service. Support is accessible through a 24-7, toll-free phone line, and an easy-to-navigate online support site with a knowledge base and driver downloads.


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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are on the same team now -- at least when it comes to sponsorship.
McIlroy officially made the switch to the swoosh on Monday as Nike confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in golf, announcing it had signed a multi-year deal with the top-ranked Northern Irishman.
Rory-Tiger commercial
On Monday, January 14, Nike Golf announced what had long been rumored -- Rory McIlroy in the newest member of the Nike family. With the announcement came Nike's newest commercial, featuring McIlroy and Tiger Woods. Watch the new commercial here.
The deal means Nike now has golf's two biggest names representing its brand, as Woods has been with the sportswear company since turning pro in 1996. Nike did not disclose any financial details of the deal, but industry observers have estimated that McIlroy will be paid up to $20 million a year to use the company's equipment and apparel.
The partnership with McIlroy was announced in a lavish ceremony in the United Arab Emirates ahead of this week's Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, where he will use the company's equipment for the first time. The event opened with a hologram of McIlroy swinging a club and included a video showing Woods, Roger Federer and Wayne Rooney welcoming him to Nike.
"Rory is an extraordinary athlete who creates enormous excitement with his on-course performance while, at the same time connecting with fans everywhere," said Cindy Davis, president of Nike Golf. "He is the epitome of a Nike Athlete, and he is joining our team during the most exciting time in Nike Golf's history. We are looking forward to partnering with him to take his remarkable career to the next level."
McIlroy said he was "really excited" to start the season and insisted he has made a "seamless" adjustment to his new equipment, especially his driver.
"As soon as I hit it, I knew it was going in the bag straight away," McIlroy said. "It blew me away. My ball speed was up. My numbers were good. I'm hitting it further. I thought I hit it far before but this is taking to new level. That's great."
McIlroy's switch to Nike had been widely expected. In October, McIlroy cut ties with Acushnet Co., which had supplied him with Titleist and FootJoy gear since he turned pro five years ago. And this month, Jumeirah Group announced it was not renewing its five-year sponsorship deal with the Northern Irishman.
McIlroy insisted he's not making the switch because of the money.
"I don't play golf for the money, I am well past that," McIlroy said. "I'm a major champion and world No. 1, which I have always dreamed of being, and feel this is a company that can help me sustain that and win even more major titles. At the end of 2013, if I have not won another major I will be disappointed."
The deal comes in the wake of a career year for McIlroy, in which he became No. 1 and won his second major. He insisted in an interview with The Associated Press that all the attention hasn't rattled him and that he has struck the "right balance," although he acknowledged it took some time getting used to the top ranking.
"I guess when I first got to No. 1 after Honda, I might have struggled with it for a few weeks," said McIlroy, who temporarily relinquished the title to Luke Donald before finishing the year at the top.
"It was a big goal of mine going into last year trying to get that. I probably achieved it a bit faster than I thought I would," he said. "(Then) I sort of didn't have a goal. I was like, `what's next?' I had to reassess. It was a good lesson for me. Now that I've got back to No. 1, I felt I handled it a lot better."
McIlroy and Woods have already developed a friendly rivalry lately, and they will likely be seen together even more often from now on.
Nike already unveiled a new commercial entitled "No Cup is Safe" that begins running Wednesday featuring McIlroy and Woods on the driving range -- with each trying to outdo the other. The players first take turn aiming at the driving range hole and then start hitting more spectacular targets, with balls going into wine glasses at a wedding and a soup bowl in a restaurant. It ends with McIlroy picking up his water glass to find Woods' golf ball.
"How did you do that?" McIlroy asks. Woods retorts: "You'll learn."
McIlroy said the two have a mutual respect for each other, but that it's too soon to say they have a real rivalry on the course.
"I don't know if you can call it a rivalry yet because we haven't battled each other down the stretch of a major," McIlroy told the AP. "It's not like we have been playing in the final group of a tournament and we are battling each other. Hopefully at some point that can happen this year and it would be great to be part of that."
Nike's official press release:
BEAVERTON, Ore. (January 14, 2013) – On the heels of Nike Golf's major announcement today that Rory McIlroy has joined its athlete roster, Nike Golf is also unveiling a new TV spot that features global sports icon Tiger Woods and McIlroy.
The 60-second spot (30-second also available), produced by Wieden and Kennedy, is set to air from Wednesday, January 16th to Monday, January 21st on ESPN and The Golf Channel in the United States, on TSN in Canada, and on Sky Sports in Europe. The "No Cup is Safe" piece showcases the athletic competitiveness, remarkable talents, and playful attitudes of the two best golfers in the world.
"I really like the ad," said Woods. "It shows the fun side of us and I had a good time shooting it."
"I'm genuinely excited about the first Nike TV ad I will be appearing in as a Nike athlete," said McIlroy. "The theme of the ad is really cool and it's a great way to kick off my career at Nike."
McIlroy and Woods are captured on the driving range lightheartedly taking turns to one-up each other by making amazing shots into a variety of different cups. The viewer is reminded that these two Nike Golf athletes can excite, engage and perform like no others in the sport today. While the ad displays their playful manner, it also conveys the competitiveness between two of the best golfers in the world.
Here is Rory McIlroy's Nike Golf arsenal:
Driver: Nike VR_S Covert Tour (9.5 degrees, neutral position)
3-Wood: Nike VR Pro Limited Edition (15 degrees)
5-Wood: Nike VR Pro Limited Edition (19 degrees)
3-9 Irons: Nike VR Pro Blades (3-PW)
48-Degree Wedge: Nike VR Pro Blade
54-Degree Wedge: Nike VR Pro
60-Degree Wedge: Nike VR Pro
Putter: Nike Method 006 Prototype
Ball: Nike 20XI X
Apparel: Nike Golf Tour Performance Collection
Footwear: Nike Lunar Control


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Last year the Rockefeller Foundation launched a $70 million initiative to help poor communities prepare for and recover from the global climate crisis' impacts. Maria Blair, Associate Vice President of the Foundation talks to IUCN web TV about the links between development and climate change and the real urgencies ahead of us. The rule of law and the technical innovations are sometimes just not enough.
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Ah .. the forgotten straight dough
Yesterday, I had two unpleasant surprises.
First, when I opened up what I thought was a second full canister of hard red spring wheat, I saw just a few scattered grains on white plastic. Argh! Out of wheat.
Second, by the time I realized that my extended family had devoured the loaf I'd planned to use for sandwiches in the morning, I had no time to do a soaker, a pre-ferment or build up enough sourdough for even a relatively quick (i.e. 7-8 hours start to finish) loaf.
So, I headed down to the store, ordered another 50 lb bag and picked up a couple of pounds of hard red winter wheat to tide me over. It's lower in protein than I'm used to, so I figured I'd just live with less lofty loaves.
As for the bread, I thought, what the heck, picked up The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book and turned to her Oatmeal Bread recipe. These days, I've taken to doing an overnight retarding when I make oatmeal bread, but I had no time for that. So I just followed her recipe.
Wow. Not only did the bread rise like a champ, it tasted fantastic. In fact, I daresay it's the best tasting oatmeal bread I've ever made -- warm, sweet, nutty, mmmm. So, as much as I like the effect of pre-ferments and overnight retarding, I think I may have gone too far in rejecting straight doughs. Anyway, here's how I made it:
- Whole wheat flour: 375 grams or 2.5 cups
- Dry milk: 2 Tbs
- Salt: 9 grams or 1.5 tsp
- Instant yeast: 1 tsp or 3 grams
- Cooked oatmeal porridge, from steel cut oats, at room temp (no sweetener, no salt): 1 cup
- Water: 1/4 cup
- Vegetable oil: 2 Tbs
- Honey: 1.5 Tbs
It'll take a while for the water from oatmeal to migrate to the flour, but if you knead it well for about 10 minutes, the dough will eventually come together. If you think it needs extra water, don't add any until about halfway through the kneading, otherwise you risk making the dough too wet.
Form the dough into a ball, and let it rise in a warm place (if you've got one) for 1.5 to 2.5 hours. When it's ready, a good poke won't readily spring back. Give it a good stretch and fold and shape once again into a ball. Let it rise a second time for about an hour. Finally, shape the dough into a loaf, roll it in rolled oats soaked in milk, put it a greased bread pan and let it rise until the loaf has crested about an inch above the pan in the center.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-55 minutes. Let it cool for one hour before serving.


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Product Description
1598. Yspahan the Fair becomes the capital of the Persian Empire. Thus, being placed at the center of the world, the city enjoys a period of cultural and economic blossoming. The cities and villages of the region intend to take advantage of this expansion. Caravans loaded with goods and jewels set out for the desert, bearing the promises of a radiant future.
The players embody merchants trading with Yspahan. Meaning to take advantage of the coming of the Shah's Supervisor, they score points by placing their goods in the right shops, by sending them to the Caravan, and by constructing buildings. At the end of the game, the player with the highest score is the winner.
Product Awards
Nominee, 2007
Best Strategy Game Nominee, 2007
4th place, 2007
Product Information
Sebastien Pauchon
Rio Grande Games, Ystari Games, Asmodee North America
Arnaud Demaegd
Year: 2006
Players: 3 - 4
Time: 45 - 60 minutes
Ages: 8 and up
Weight: 855 grams
- 1 city board
- 1 tower board
- 1 caravan board
- 4 individual boards
- 25 wooden camels
- 25 wooden discs
- 2 wooden pawns
- 102 wooden cubes
- 12 wooden dice
- 18 cards
- 1 player aid sheet
- 1 rulebook
Product Reviews
Average Rating: 3.5 in 2 reviews
Design by: Sebastien Pauchon
Published by: Ystari Games / Rio Grande Games
3 – 4 Players, 45 minutes
Review by: Greg J. Schloesser
NOTE: This review was first published in Knucklebones magazine
Ystari Games is batting "1,000" with me. I have thoroughly enjoyed every game in their line, and so had high hopes for their latest release, Yspahan, which is designed by newcomer Sebastien Pauchon. I was not disappointed.
The Persian city of Yspahan has become the empire's capital, and is enjoying a cultural and economic boom. Players are merchants attempting to monopolize bazaars in the various neighborhoods, and send their goods to the far reaches of the empire via the camel caravans.
The main board depicts the center of Yspahan, which is divided into four neighborhoods. Each neighborhood is further subdivided into various souks, delineated by the color of their shops. Souks will contain from 1 – 6 shops, and merchants will attempt to gain control of all of the shops in a particular souk.
There are to additional boards: one for the caravan, which depicts twelve camels in a serpentine pattern, and the other upon which dice will be placed and actions determined (the "tower" board). Players also each have a building mat, which depicts the five buildings each player can construct. Buildings grant players special powers and possibly victory points. Players begin with a handful of cubes and two gold coins.
Each turn, the active player rolls the nine dice and arranges them on the tower board, from lowest to highest. He may increase his chances of getting desired numbers by paying up to three additional gold to roll three additional dice. Like numbers are grouped together, so all "1s" will be placed on the bottom rung of the tower board, followed by all "2s", and so on. All dice depicting the highest number rolled – no matter the value – are placed on the tower's top rung. Beginning with the active player, each player selects one group of dice, removes them from the board, and executes one of the three actions associated with that rung.
Two of the three possible actions are the same for all rungs: move the supervisor or take a card. Each rung does have one unique action. One of the rungs allows the player to take camels, and another one gold. The other four rungs allow the player to place cubes in the neighborhood depicted. The number of camels or gold taken, or cubes placed is equal to the NUMBER of dice on that rung, not the value.
When placing cubes, a player must place them in the neighborhood depicted, but he may split them amongst the souks in that neighborhood as he sees fit. However, once a player has placed a cube in a particular souk, no other player may claim shops in that souk. A player will only earn points at the end of a week for a particular souk if he occupies ALL shops in a souk, with more points being earned for the larger souks. Since a week (turn) consists of seven days (rounds), a player will have seven possible opportunities to finish occupying shops in a souk. Of course, depending upon the dice taken by opponents each day, the player may not have many opportunities to occupy those shops, so tough choices must be made when placing cubes.
Choosing the option of moving the supervisor allows the player to move the supervisor token a number of spaces equal to the VALUE of the dice selected, not the number of dice. A player may move the supervisor more or less spaces, but must spend one gold for each space added or subtracted. If the supervisor ends his movement beside a shop containing a cube, that cube is sent to the camel caravan. A player can prevent his cube being removed, however, by discarding a camel and placing one of the cubes from their supply onto the caravan. A wise player will try to retain a camel or two in his supply for just this occasion.
When a cube is placed on the caravan, it immediately earns its owner 0 - 2 victory points, depending upon its location on the caravan. However, significantly more points can be earned on the caravan at the end of the week. Players score a number of points equal to the number of cubes they have on the caravan multiplied by the highest level occupied by at least one of their cubes – either 1, 2 or 3. So, if a player has four cubes on the caravan and their highest cube is on level two, the player will earn 8 points (4 x 2 = 8). Cubes remain on the caravan until all twelve caravan slots are filled, at which point all cubes are returned to their owners. As a result, a player may often earn these end-of-week points two or perhaps even three times. Pursuing a caravan strategy can be potentially lucrative!
The final option a player may choose is selecting a card. Cards provide a variety of benefits, including swapping camels for cash (and vice versa), placing extra cubes, earning extra gold, building without expending either camels or coins, etc. Cards can also be used to give the player an extra die when selecting dice from the tower. So, no card is useless.
After executing their action, a player concludes his turn by having the option to construct a special building. There are six possible buildings, each of which grants a special power. For example, the paddock gives the player an extra camel whenever he chooses to acquire camels, while the bazaar grants two extra victory points for each souk that the player completes by the end of a week. Buildings cost camels and/or gold to construct, ranging from 2 – 4 of each. Players also earn five victory points each time they construct a building beyond their second one, with ten points being earned for the construction of their sixth building. The powers that are granted by the buildings can be quite significant, and their construction cannot be overlooked.
At the completion of a week (7 rounds), a scoring is conducted. Players earn points for each souk they have completely occupied, as well as points for the caravan as described above. The main board is then emptied, with cubes being returned to their owners. A total of three weeks are played, with victory going to the player with the most cumulative points.
I find Yspahan refreshingly different. There are a variety of mechanisms present, but they blend together nicely. The sight of the abundance of dice may be off- putting to some, but in reality the luck aspect here isn't dominant. Players have numerous choices to make each turn, and there are a variety of strategic paths to pursue. There doesn't appear to be one dominant strategy, and there is enough to investigate to keep me coming back for more.
Yspahan is an ingeniously well-designed game that takes a bit of time to grow on you. In the current board game market, it can easily be passed over because it doesn't grab you at first.
In fact, the packaging is a bit confusing with its bedouin merchant riding an out-of-proportion camel out of what I can only assume is the village of Yspahan, although the minarets in the background seem to indicate an abundance of mosques in the town rather than souks and trading markets. The back of the box reveals even less about the actual game and doesn't really entice gamers to buy the product. The almost unpronounceable name is a bit of a downer as well. And this is a shame because the game has some nice mechanics and well-thought-out game play.
Since I am more of a casual gamer, more often playing with family and friends who need a bit of coaxing to play most European board games, this game had a bad start for us. After a brief introduction of the rules (which the instructions condense and explain quite well), our four-person game was reduced to a three- person game when my 12-year-old son announced that he did not wish to play because it already sounded confusing. Even when we were done, all of us felt that the game plays better the further you get into it, but doesn't seem to initially grab your attention. I find the same thing is true of Australia. Games like these replay much better than the instruction-learning first game.
With that said, I must say that the use of dice to control the different tasks players must accomplish to become the most profitable Persian trader is quite unique. The dice are placed on a "tower" board in ascending order and the players choose the category they wish to control (acquisition of camels, gold, or a variety of markets for goods) and try to balance their caravans and souks to gain the most points in the span of three, seven- day (turns) weeks. The game is a carefully crafted mixture of timing (should I hold my cards and use them later or collect points now?), strategy (am I better off building souks or caravans or should I keep my opponent from scoring?) and random luck of the dice (why do the really good numbers come up when I am NOT the one with the first-player advantage?).
I especially appreciate that the highest-valued souk is also in the most statistically challenging district of Yspahan to gain access to, making it quite hard to gain the 12 points it offers. It is also insightful to add the supervisor token which players can move around to send themselves or others to the caravans. The different cards additionally add another elements of strategy that can make or break a win. At first it can all seem a bit overwhleming, but the more you play, the more it makes sense.
The three, seven-day weeks of play also give the game three distinctive divisions.
In week one, players are amassing their fortunes and just beginning to show their greed/strategy.
Week two has intensity and can be a real turning point for players if they play their cards right.
And, finally, week three is when you can finally afford to really expand. This week is the highest grossing and even the most nerve-wracking if the scores are close together.
All in all, it has all the elements that should make it work, but first impressions can kill the uniqueness of the game. It also doesn't help that the playing pieces as well as the board itself are so tiny. The pieces are just the right size to get knocked off the table and come up missing and as the game progresses, you will find you need every piece.
In the final analysis, I like the game a lot (as did the novice gamers I played with), but the first impressions the game leaves are not as enticing as most games I play. I know it will replay much smoother, but I also wonder how forgiving players will be. How sad if Yspahan ends up gathering dust on the shelf because no one can quite recall the rich details.


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'I'm Allergic to Your Sperm' Is the New 'I've Got a Headache'
Watch out, guys. The ladies have a new – and very valid – excuse for avoiding the bedroom time you've spent an entire evening working toward. This time it's not a faux headache or "monthly visitor" story, it's a real, and potentially serious, allergy.
Did you have any idea that a woman could be allergic to your sperm?
We give mad respect to any couple who decides to - and then manages to actually follow through with it – wait until they are married to have sex. It's a big choice for a couple, but it can have many benefits ... unless you wait all that time, get married and then find out that having sex literally makes you sick.
Then you might wish you had some kind of 30-day return policy on the whole "'til death do us part" bit.
This very thing happened to a couple who had waited until their wedding only to find out that when they did finally have sex, the bride had a strange and painful reaction after intimacy.
"I had this bizarre reaction," said new bride Clara – don't worry, that's not her real name. "I had burning and swelling and redness, which was very unusual. I thought I had contracted an STD."
After several visits to various doctors as well as her own online research, Clara was told by one of her doctors that she was allergic to her husband, Jeff's – again, so not his name – sperm. A condition known in very unsexy terms as seminal plasma hypersensitivity. Technically, an allergic reaction to the protein in a man's sperm.
It seems like a made up excuse to avoid sex, but it's really no joke. The condition affects between 20,000 and 40,000 women in the U.S. and can make sex very painful and unpleasant, both during and after. Some women will get hives and blisters, while others can experience severe abdominal pain and even have difficulty breathing.
The good news for Jeff and Clara, as well as other couples who might suffer from this, is that it's very treatable. A doctor can help desensitize a woman to the particular proteins in the sperm after some testing and treatment.
The potentially bad news is that this seems like a really good way to put off the sex having if someone isn't quite in the mood.


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Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing.
Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of August 2010, these donations had exceeded $300 million.
Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland), the son of Theresa (née Fetzer or Fetsko; Slovak: Terézia Fecková) and Arthur Samuel Newman, who ran a profitable sporting goods store. Newman's father was Jewish, the son of immigrants from Poland and Hungary; Newman's mother, who practiced Christian Science, was born to a Slovak Roman Catholic family at Ptičie (formerly Pticsie) in the former Austria–Hungary (now in Slovakia). Newman had no religion as an adult, but described himself as "a Jew", stating that "it's more of a challenge". Newman's mother worked in his father's store, while raising Paul and his brother, Arthur, who later became a producer and production manager.


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The GOP's digital deficit
Republicans are running a 1.0 digital ground game operation in a 3.0 world — and they know it.
At their recent leadership retreat, Chairman Reince Priebus and others sounded the bell for closing the vast technological divide that made all the difference for Democrats in getting out the votelast fall in numbers that stunned the pundit class.
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"Let's host Skype-based training sessions and Google hangouts on campaign strategy, fundraising, door-to-door advocacy, and digital tools," Priebus urged at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting in Charlotte, N.C. "We need to give the next generation of organizers access to the brightest experts."
He went on: "And in the digital space, we don't want just to keep up. We want to seize the lead."
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That's easier said than done, and insiders aren't heartened that the most specific he got was references to well-worn online video conferencing tools.
Simply put, the Democratic National Committee has nearly a decade's jump — and counting — thanks to innovative software for gathering detailed voter information that includes input from Democratic campaigns at every level of the ballot. While Priebus and others repeatedly cite the technological superiority of the president's campaign in particular, it's unclear whether they realize the DNC itself has been building that information backbone prior to Obama's first run.
The stakes are high. That information allowed Democrats in 2012 to identify likely voters and customize campaign messages for targeted groups — such as sending mailings about protecting reproductive rights to women under 40. In addition, they used the data to find new voters and ensure they get to the polls.
The DNC's system, known as the Voter Activation Network is a mammoth, ongoing database that has been tracking the interests, voting histories, family circumstances and much more on more than 150 million voters since 2006. That's when then-DNC Chairman Howard Dean mandated that every state-level Democratic unit contribute to and have access to the same system, developing a powerful weapon that the GOP simply won't match in the near term.
"Republicans have historically been a lot more selfish about their sharing of data and sharing of information," said Vincent Harris, the 24-year-old GOP digital strategist who leveraged social media to put little-known Ted Cruz on his path to the Senate. "There's no central hub. That integration is priceless, and that's what [Priebus] needs to lead us on."
Meanwhile, Harris warned, "Every day that goes by, we are getting further and further behind."
Indeed, while the president's Chicago-based geek squad earned widespread admiration and GOP nominee Mitt Romney's online team endured some humiliations last fall, those elements alone don't explain the poll-defying voter turnout that led to Democratic victories down the ballot.
For that, the VAN is the unsung hero.
Every contact with voters, from a door-knock that found someone has moved to a phone call that reveals a specific political issue of top concern for a particular household, is fed into the same database. Volunteers and staff for virtually all Democratic candidates from president to dog catcher add whatever they learn as they learn it, building out comprehensive and constantly refined files on millions of voters.


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Dec. 2, 2003
The women's fencing team posted two top-eight finishes at the 2003 Penn State Open, held from November 15-16 in State College, PA. Erica Korb was Yale's top overall finisher, placing fifth in the epee, while Alisa Mendelsohn came in seventh in the final standings in foil.
Following Mendelsohn in the foil event were Bulldogs Justine Aw, who came in 16th, and Isadora Botwinick, who finished 33rd. Aliczya Kryczalo from Notre Dame won the event.
In the epee division, Korb was followed in the standings by Tejas Srinivas, who finished in 32nd place, and Kate Burghardt in 40th. Wayne State's Anna Garina earned the first place victory.
In saber, Penn's Annika Eiremo was the champion. Yale's showing in the division was led by Carly Guss, who came in 16th, and followed by Genny Tauxe and Shannon Murtagh, who were 26th and 32nd respectively. Qing Wang came in 35th overall.
The Bulldogs travel to New York University on Tuesday, Dec. 2 for a dual meet.
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Can you tell me a bit about your spirituality?
My experiences—and if I talk about [them] in certain circles I would probably get locked up—have been very extreme. One experience in particular, I was actually floating above the ambulance on the way to the hospital.
During your accident?
Around the accident. I can't pinpoint exactly when because I think we seldom visit that part of ourselves, but when we do, it's probably the most powerful part of ourselves there is. It's beyond words because you're just in survival mode. All your other senses have just been shut down, because they're useless at that point. I felt as though I went to a place where I was on hold, and I was weighing out the pros and cons of staying or going. It wasn't a painful experience or anything like that. It was actually the most clear thing that I can perceive. It was a group decision made by the universal consciousness.
Why do you think you decided to stay?
Because I hadn't finished doing what [I was meant to do]. I hadn't even scratched the surface. I was 21 years old and on the outside, [had] everything going for me--lots of money, women, and whatever I wanted. But it really wasn't enough. My accident really brought all those flashcards of clarity and truth together that have happened throughout my life. I thought that was the illusion, a hallucination of some sort, but then when I went through the experience of my accident I realized that all those mystical happenings I'd experienced during my lifetime all of a sudden made sense.
So you were spiritually transformed after the accident?
Absolutely. Without a doubt. But there was an integration period that was very difficult.
And what were you going through then?
The integration was really one of trying to grow into my new body and trying to get my head around the very subtle expressions of myself that I visited throughout this ordeal.
[After the accident] I went to live in Amsterdam and threw myself into drugs and alcohol and thought I was doing great. I didn't have to deal with life, I didn't have to deal with my family, I didn't have to deal with anybody. I had enough money, I was fine. I went to some really dark places in myself. I'd walk around the streets smoking heroin--I didn't care at that point. It wasn't until five years ago, when I met my wife, that a lot of things started to make sense.
At the time she was working at the Boulder College of Massage teaching an energy medicine course. I attended some of her classes and they did some hands-on healing work with me. It was really profound. And all of a sudden I started to realize all the things that I had gone through, that I had experienced, there was actually scientific evidence to support.
How did your participation in the Krishna Das album come about? What made you want to do it?
I think it chose me. I didn't choose it. It started a long time ago. As a kid I always had a copy of the Bhagavad Gita next to my bed and [although I] never really read it, I tried to get into it a little bit. We had a really comprehensive array of books at home and this one just happened to end up with me.
When I was in the hospital it was very difficult trying to be a vegetarian—I'd just kind of take the meat off the plate [and had] overcooked vegetables. So when "Mutt" Lange, our producer, [who has] got a strong Hindu belief, visited me in the hospital he said, "Rick, I want to send these people up from London [for you]." So [a Hare Krishna couple] showed up, and they came in every single day and made food for me. That ward smelled like an Indian restaurant. It was brilliant! The hospital said I'd be there for six months. Three and a half weeks later I'm leaving the hospital. I wanted to throw myself back in the band.
I started asking [the Krishna couple] about the preparation of the food, and they [told me] about the intention that they put into the food and the cleanliness, etc.
What do you mean by "intention"? Is it a sort of healing energy?
Exactly. Isn't that cool?
Yeah, that is.
I do that these days. If I'm making a cup of tea for somebody--if it's Joe [Elliott, singer for Def Leppard] and he's got a sore throat, I put my hand around [the cup] and say a little prayer. The worst thing that can happen is it works.
I do that too sometimes. It's sort of putting your love into it.
Yeah. Thich Nhat Hahn always talks about that—mindfulness. It's great. Just with everything you do you [say], "I can make a difference there."
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We know, you already marvel at Adele's beauty as a curvy, thick-haired, gorgeous-faced adult. But did you ever wonder what the 'Someone Like You' singer looked like as a toddler? Turns out she was cute as a freakin' button.
A photo of the English rose as a toddler has surfaced on line and she is so adorbs that we cannot even stand it.
Adele is precious, thanks to her girlish bangs and those shoulder-length curls, but how about that look she is shooting the camera? That's diva-in-training right there. She was a sassy gal even as a tyke.
Notice that she's playing a plastic guitar, too. Is that a hint of what would to come? Sure, she's not a rocker or playing an instrument, but she is the toast of the music world and it is an instrument unto itself.
Those acid-wash jeans scream late '80s, too. While Adele mostly dresses in black attire nowadays, she wasn't afraid of color as a kid, sporting that tangerine top and those green kicks. Well, make that her mother was not afraid to dress her in color. Overall, though, Adele had cute kid style.
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Italy's and perhaps the world's capital of fashion and design, Milano is home to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, which is possibly the world's oldest shopping mall. The city is currently undergoing an architectural renaissance, which will culminate in a new skyline for the Expo 2015, which will be hosted in Milano. Visitors can take advantage of an extensive public transportation system, which includes metro, buses, trolleys and trams.


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Big Read: Outsiders In/Of Science Fiction and the Fantastic
Monday October 24, 2011
07:00 pm
To many people, "scifi" still denotes a world of spaceships piloted by square-jawed white male captains. But while popular culture's back was turned, the actual literature of the fantastic has always gone way beyond Hollywood to spearhead a deeply daring exploration of race and gender, stretching the boundaries of what could be, and making it possible for us to imagine alternative possibliities through the lens of speculative fiction.
From Le Guin's own ground-breaking The Left Hand of Darkness- which swept both the genre's two great awards, the Hugo and the Nebula- to Samuel R. Delany's gritty masterpiece Dahlgren and beyond, readers have found science fiction challenging preconceptions of gender and race.
This panel explored "outsiderness" in the world of science fiction and fantasy. Panelists included Steve Berman, Carlos Hernandez, Andrea Hairston, Alaya Dawn Johnson and Samuel R. Delany with moderator Ellen Kushner.
Samuel R. Delany is a novelist and critic who lives in New York City and a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia. His short stories are available from Vintage Books, Aye and Gomorrah, and other stories and, from Wesleyan University Press, Atlantis: Three Tales. He is the author of the non-fiction study Times Square Red, Times Square Blue. His novels include Nova, Dhalgren, the Stonewall Book Award winner Dark Reflections, and—forthcoming—Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. His critical essays have been collected in several volumes by Wesleyan, including The Jewel-Hinged Jaw, Silent Interviews, Longer Views, and Shorter Views. This past summer he was interviewed in the prestigious "Art of Fiction" series in the Paris Review.
Steve Berman is the author of Vintage, an Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy finalist, as well as multiple finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for his editorial efforts (Charmed Lives: Gay Spirit in Storytelling and the Wilde Stories annual anthology series). He has sold nearly a hundred articles, essays, and short stories, most dealing with the interstitial spaces between queerness and speculative fiction. He regularly travels around the country speaking on such topics but returns to southern New Jersey, which he calls home.
Carlos Hernandez is Associate Professor and Deputy Chair of the Department of English at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY. He earned his Ph.D. in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Binghamton University in 2000, and is the author of numerous works of short fiction and is the coauthor of Abecedarium (Chiasmus Media, 2007). You can find some of his most recent stories in the anthologies Bewere the Night, You Don't Have a Clue, and The Tangled Bank.
Andrea Hairston was a math/physics major in college until she did special effects for a show and then she ran off to the theatre and became an artist. She is the Artistic Director of Chrysalis Theatre and has created original productions with music, dance, and masks for over thirty years. She is also the Louise Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor of Theatre and Afro-American Studies at Smith College. Her plays have been produced at Yale Rep, Rites and Reason, the Kennedy Center, StageWest, and on Public Radio and Television. She has received many playwriting and directing awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Playwrights, a Rockefeller/NEA Grant for New Works, a Ford Foundation Grant to collaborate with Senegalese Master Drummer Massamba Diop, and a Shubert Fellowship for Playwriting. Her first novel, Mindscape, was published by Aqueduct Press in March 2006. Mindscape won the Carl Brandon Parallax Award and was shortlisted for the Phillip K Dick and the Tiptree Awards. "Griots of the Galaxy," a short story, appears in So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Visions of the Future, an anthology ed. by Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan. In March 2011, Ms. Hairston received the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts Distinguished Scholarship Award for distinguished contributions to the scholarship and criticism of the fantastic. Redwood and Wildfire, her second speculative novel, was published by Aqueduct Press February 2011.
Alaya Dawn Johnson is the author of the Spirit Binders series (Racing the Dark, The Burning City) and the historical fantasy novel Moonshine (the sequel, Wicked City, is forthcoming in April 2012). Her short stories have appeared in multiple venues, including Year's Best Fantasy 6 and Year's Best SF 11. She lives in New York City.
Ellen Kushner, novelist, performer and public radio personality, may be best known as the host of the long-running series Sound & Spirit, which Bill Moyers called "the best thing on public radio." Her award-winning novels include the "mannerpunk" cult classic Swordspoint, and Thomas the Rhymer (World Fantasy Award). Kushner's children's story, The Golden Dreydl: a Klezmer 'Nutcracker', has been produced as a CD (with Shirim Klezmer Orchestra), a picture book, and onstage by New York's Vital Theatre. 2011 saw the national broadcast of her musical radio drama "The Witches of Lublin" (co-written by Elizabeth Schwartz and Yale Strom) and the publication of Welcome to Bordertown (co-edited with Holly Black). She is a co-founder of the Interstitial Arts Foundation, and lives in New York City. Visit her website http://www.ellenkushner.com.


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I've been buried in deadlines, but several people pointed me to the current Harlequin controversy. Jackie Kessler sums it up nicely. So does John Scalzi. And Stacey Cochran has a different take on things.
In a nutshell, Harlequin is starting a vanity imprint, where authors can pay to have their books printed.
My feelings are mixed.
On one hand, Harlequin is a smart company, good at making money, and this seems to be a smart way to capitalize on a growing trend.
On the other hand, it could hurt their brand, and their many authors who get paid for (rather than pay for) their books.
The debate doesn't interest me much, though I do give Harlequin props for their forward-thinking, even if their implementation leaves something to be desired. After all, they're the first major publisher to recognize how much the average person yearns to create.
As a species, we're a productive bunch. I take daily walks, and force myself not to take my surroundings for granted. When you look around your world and realize how much is man-made, it's rather humbling. We build. We manufacture. We plant. We bend the landscape to suit our needs. And we create. A lot.
It's probably genetic. Our self-worth is very much wrapped up in things we're able to produce. Art is one of those things. And while it's less practical than a Chevy, or a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, it is more accessible.
YouTube is one of the most significant, and interesting, products of the modern world. Since the beginning of film and video, those with deep pockets decided what the masses would see.
But with the advent of cheap technology, and the inborn desire to create, regular people without deep pockets have been able to share their art (movies, rants, music, commentary, critiques, how-tos, etc) with the world.
At first glance, this could have been a self-indulgent disaster. And there certainly is a lot of crap on YouTube.
But there's also some really cool stuff. Stuff even cooler than the stuff being produced by the people with deep pockets.
The most amazing thing about YouTube isn't the ability to share your videos. The most amazing thing is that people are TUNING IN to watch these videos.
A whole lot of people.
If you go to Alexa.com and look at the top websites on the Internet, you'll notice many of them share a common denominator called user aggregated content.
In other words, regular people contribute to these websites, which makes them big.
If you look at Google, it is actually 100% user aggregated content. Wikipedia, Yahoo, Amazon, file-sharing lockers and sites, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook---the list goes on and on.
People dictate what people want to visit, and want to see.
Which brings us to reading.
The same genetic need that drives human being to write Amazon reviews, join Yahoo groups, share photos, upload videos, Tweet, and otherwise contribute to the overall output of humanity, also drives people to write books.
Amazon, and Smashwords, are catering to these writers by allowing them to upload their ebooks, for free. They understand the importance of user aggregated content.
My advice to Harlequin, and to all publishers, is to follow in the footsteps of Smashwords. But in a way that strengthens, rather than diminishes, their brand.
Here's what I'd do if I was in charge of Harlequin.
1. Create a community forum, where newbie authors can upload ebooks for free. These ebooks can also be downloaded for free.
2. Allow these free ebooks to be printed on demand for those who want to by them. Make a small profit on the printing, but keep the price reasonable, and the authors own the rights. This is a printing service, not a publishing service.
3. Let the community vet itself. Allow for discussions, reviews, ratings, author chats, and comments. Crap will be avoided. Cream will rise.
4. Hire editors to mine the ebooks, looking for gems. Then cherry pick those and traditionally publish the best of them.
To draw extra attention to the website, the publisher should also release their backlist as ebooks. But rather than give these away for free, they should be sold in a variety of ebook formats, for a low cost (say $1.99.)
So picture this:
You go to Harlequin's ebook website, which has thousands of inexpensive ebooks. It also has free ebooks, uploaded by newbie authors.
You can join the forums and discussions and rate and review ebooks. You can also order print-on-demand copies of any ebook there, newbie or backlist.
Editors can monitor the downloads and the comments, to discover new authors they can traditionally publish.
Harlequin exploits their extensive backlist, makes a lot of money (that they don't have to share with Amazon), and discovers talent by letting the users aggregate the content and vote on the best. They don't get into trouble by becoming a vanity press, and they also secure their spot in the upcoming digital revolution. At the same time, they become an ebook version of YouTube, drawing both writers and readers.
It all comes down to this: People want to write. In the past, unscrupulous folks have preyed on this desire, making big promises and charging big fees.
Publishers can capitalize on this basic human desire, make some money, and still be the good guys. You don't have to be a vanity press to nurture dreams.
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Phyton (B. Aires) vol.79 no.1 Vicente López ene./jun. 2010
Plant regeneration of Mullein Nightshade (Solanum donianum Walp.) from leaf explants
Regeneración de plantas de Mullein Nightshade (Solanum donianum Walp.) a partir de explantes de hoja
O'Connor-Sánchez1 A, AV Domínguez-May1, MA Keb-Llanes1, YJ Peña-Ramírez2, VA Herrera-Valencia1
1 Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. Unidad de Biotecnología. Calle 43 No. 130, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo. C.P. 97200, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
2 Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Acayucan. Unidad de Investigación en Biotecnología Vegetal. Carretera Costera del Golfo Km 216.4, Col. Agrícola Michapa. C. P. 96100, Acayucan, Veracruz, México.
Address Correspondence to: Aileen O'Connor-Sánchez. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. Unidad de Biotecnología. Calle 43 No. 130, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo. C.P. 97200, Mérida, Yucatán, México. Phone: +52(999) 942 83 30 ext 205. Fax: +52(999) 981 39 00. e-mail: email@example.com
Recibido - Received 7.IX.2009.
Aceptado - Accepted 18.XI.2009.
Abstract. A reliable protocol for plant regeneration of Mullein Nightshade (Solanum donianum Walp.) was developed from in vitro leaf explants. They were cultured on Murashige and Skoog semisolid medium, supplemented with several combinations of zeatin riboside and 1-naphthaleneacetic acid for shoot regeneration. The formulation that originated most shoots per explant was 8.5 μM zeatin riboside in absence of 1-naphthalene acetic acid. Explants with shoots were transferred to Murashige and Skoog medium, with half the normal salt concentration and without plant growth regulators for elongation. Elongated shoots were individualized, and they rooted readily in half-strength Murashige and Skoog medium without plant growth regulators. The regenerated plants, which were transferred to soil in a greenhouse, followed a similar phenological pattern to plants grown from seed.
Abbreviations: BAP: 6-benzyl amino purine; MS: Murashige and Skoog medium; NAA: 1-naphthalene acetic acid; ZR: zeatin riboside.
Keywords: Morphogenesis; Organogenesis; Drought-tolerant species; Zeatin riboside.
Resumen. Se desarrolló un protocolo confiable para la regeneración in vitro de plantas de Mullein Nightshade (Solanum donianum Walp.) a partir de explantes de hojas. Para la regeneración de brotes, los explantes fueron cultivados en medio semisólido Murashige y Skoog complementado con varias combinaciones de ribósido de zeatina y ácido 1-naftalén acético. La formulación que originó más brotes fue 8,5 μM ribósido de zeatina en ausencia de ácido 1-naftalenacético. Para la elongación, los explantes con brotes fueron transferidos a medio Murashige y Skoog sin reguladores de crecimiento vegetal. Los brotes elongados fueron individualizados y enraizados eficientemente en medio Murashige y Skoog con la mitad de la concentración normal de sales y sin reguladores de crecimiento vegetal. Las plantas regeneradas transferidas a suelo en el invernadero siguieron un patrón fenológico similar al de las plantas derivadas de semillas.
Abreviaturas: BAP: 6-bencil amino purina, MS: medio Murashige y Skoog; NAA: ácido 1-naftalén acético; ZR: ribósido de zeatina.
Palabras clave: Morfogénesis; Organogénesis; Especie tolerante a sequía; Ribósido de zeatina.
In worldwide economic terms, Solanaceae is the third most important plant family, and the most valuable among the vegetable crops. It contains not only several major food plants, but also fruits, spices, and stimulants, as well as plants with chemical compounds which are important in medicine, pharmacology, and drug therapy (Hawkes, 1999). Evolution, and the exceptionally high level of conservation of genome organization at the macro and micro levels in the Solanaceae family, makes it a unique subject for exploring the basis of phenotypic diversity and adaptation to natural and agricultural environments (The International Solanaceae Project, http://sgn.cornell.edu/solanaceae-project/).
With about 1400 species, Solanum is the largest genus in the Solanaceae, and one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Solanum species are adapted to some of the most diverse and extreme habitats on earth, from some of the wettest forests in the world to the driest deserts, and are found throughout a huge altitudinal range, from sea level to over 4500 m. The genus Solanum is of worldwide economic importance, including some major crop species such as potato (S. tuberosum), tomato (S. lycopersicum), and eggplant (S. melongena). There are also a number of species cultivated on a smaller scale (1) for their edible fruits, tubers, or leaves, and (2) as sources of medicinally valuable alkaloids. Some examples of less well known fruit crops include the tree tomato (S. betaceum), naranjilla (S. quitoense), and pepino (S. muricatum) from the "New world", and the scarlet and gboma eggplants (S. aethiopicum and S. macrocarpon, respectively) from the "Old world" (Natural History Museum, http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/ projects/solanaceaesource/solanum/).
The potential use of wild species of Solanum for the genetic improvement of domesticated species through modern gene technology is a promising field of research. Nevertheless, to have the possibility to do this, it is first necessary to find out and study the genes involved in the interesting wild plant properties. Solanum donianum Walp., also called Solanum blodgettii (Gentry et al., 1974), is a very poorly studied perennial shrub species growing wild on the dunes of the northern coast of Yucatán, Mexico. Its presence has also been reported in Honduras, in the south of Florida and in the Bahamas. It grows on the sand of the beach, near to the mangrove zone, and is able to tolerate drought, high insolation, temperatures above 40 °C, and flooding by sea water. To perform studies on genes involved in its capability to tolerate these conditions, it would be useful to generate transgenic plants; to achieve this, an efficient plant regeneration system is a prerequisite. There are no reports for regeneration of S. donianum. However, given their (1) worldwide economic importance, (2) value in medicine, and (3) tolerance to various biotic and abiotic stresses, several closely related Solanum species have been regenerated in vitro. Some recent examples are S. trilobatum L. (Chakravarthi-Dhavala, et al., 2009), S. sessiliflorum (Schuelter, 2009), S. dulcamara L. (Mutlu & Turker, 2008), S. phureja (Diazgranados & Chaparro, 2007), S. virginianum L. (Borgato et al., 2007), S. aethiopicum, and S. macrocarpon (Gisbert et al., 2006). In the present work, we report a reliable method for direct shoot regeneration of Solanum donianum Walp. from in vitro leaf explants.
Plant material. Seeds of S. donianum were handpicked from fruits collected from morphologically identified wild plants growing on the north coast of Yucatán, Mexico (21° 18' 48.58" N; 89° 21' 14.37" W), in a location named Xcambo. These seeds were transferred to the laboratory, washed in sterile water, and surface-sterilized during 15 min by dipping them in 10% (v/v) commercial bleach [Clorox (6% free chlorine)] solution containing 1 mL/L of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate (Tween 20®). This was followed by rinsing seeds five times with sterile water. The sterilized seeds were blotdried with sterile paper towels, and germinated in Magenta vessels containing 40 mL of semisolid basal Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium (Murashige & Skoog, 1962). It was (1) supplemented with 58.5 mM sucrose, and (2) solidified with 2 g/L Gel-Rite®, pH 5.7. All cultures were incubated in a growth chamber at 25 ± 2 °C with a 16 h light / 8 h dark photoperiod (cool-white fluorescent lights, 60 mmol/m2/s) during 3 weeks.
Micropropagation from nodal axillary buds. Starting from a population of seedlings of S. donianum (coming from in vitro germination), the most vigorous and fastest growing plant was selected. It was dissected in 9-mm-long nodal stem segments, each of them containing at least one axillary bud. These segments were placed vertically in Magenta vessels containing 40 mL of basal MS medium to induce bud proliferation. This medium was supplemented with 87.6 mM sucrose, and solidified with 2 g/L Gel-Rite®, pH 5.7. Subsequently, shoots derived from buds were employed as a source of new nodal stem segments for further micropropagation rounds.
Shoot regeneration. Fully expanded leaves from 6-weekold micropropagated plants (Fig 1a) were excised, and 2-3 mm length was cut off and discarded from both the distal and proximal ends (Fig 1b). Leaf explants were placed with the adaxial side upwards in plastic 1 × 9 cm (height × diameter) Petri dishes containing basal MS medium solidified with 2 g/L Gel-Rite®, pH 5.7. Basal medium was supplemented with 87.6 mM sucrose, and 30 different combinations of the plant growth regulators (PGR): (1) zeatin riboside (ZR) (0.0, 1.4, 2.8, 5.7, 8.5, and 14.2 mM) and (2) naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) (0.0, 0.11, 0.27, 0.54, and 1.08 mM); or (3) 8.5 mM benzyl amino purine (BAP) in absence of NAA. During the first week, cultures were kept in the dark, and afterwards under a 16 h light / 8 h dark photoperiod (cool-white fluorescent lights, 60 mmol/m2/s). The results represent the average of 6 replicates repeated twice.
Fig 1. Steps in plant regeneration from leaf explants of Solanum donianum. (a) Plants propagated via germination of nodal stem segments after 6 weeks in propagation medium; (b) leaf explants prepared for regeneration; (c and d) regenerated shoots after 4 weeks in regeneration medium; (e) elongated shoots after 2 weeks in elongation medium, (f) rooted shoots after 4 weeks in rooting medium; (g) regenerated plants growing in a glasshouse. Scale bar: 1 cm.
Fig 1. Etapas en la regeneración de plantas a partir de explantes de hoja de Solanum donianum. (a) Plantas propagadas mediante la germinación de segmentos nodales después de 6 semanas en medio de propagación; (b) explantes de hoja preparados para la regeneración; (c y d) brotes regenerados después de 4 semanas en medio de regeneración; (e) brotes elongados después de 2 semanas en medio de elongación, (f) brotes enraizados después de 4 semanas en medio de enraizamiento; (g) plantas regeneradas que crecieron en un invernadero. Barra de escala: 1 cm.
Shoot elongation. After 28 days in shoot-induction medium, explants with shoots were transferred to Magenta vessels containing 40 mL of MS medium solidified with 2 g/L Gel- Rite®, pH 5.7, supplemented with 87.6 mM sucrose, without PGR. Only shoots longer than 10 mm were considered for evaluation, which were transferred to rooting medium.
Rooting. After 1-2 weeks in the elongation medium, regenerated shoots were excised and transferred for rooting to Magenta vessels containing 60 mL of half-strength MS basal medium supplemented with 58.5 mM sucrose, solidified with 2 g/L Gel-Rite®, pH 5.7.
Glasshouse cultivation. After 4 weeks, well rooted plants were washed with tap water and transferred to plastic cups containing soil (obtained from a regional supplier), agrolite (Dicamex, supplied by Dicalite de México S.A. de C.V.), and peat-moss (Premier Horticulture Inc.) in a proportion of 1:1:1. These plants were irrigated with water under glasshouse conditions. Each cup was covered with a plastic bag, and plants were hardened for 10 days by gradually reducing the humidity by making holes in the bag. Plants of S. donianum derived from seeds germinated in vitro were treated with the same procedure and cultured under similar conditions to be used as controls.
Experimental design and statistical analysis. All experiments were repeated a minimum of three times (except the soil establishment experiment) following a completely randomized block design. Data were analyzed using standard ANOVA procedures. Differences between means were calculated using the Fisher´s least significant different test (LSD) with assistance of the Statistica® Software (StatSoft, Tulsa OK).
Shoots propagation from nodal stem segments. A micropropagation system from nodal axillary buds of a S. donianum clonal line was established to generate enough plant material for regeneration experiments. After four micropropagation rounds, 165 nodal stem segments were generated. One hundred and fifty three of them (92.7%) developed into rooted plants with leaves after 6 weeks of culture (Fig 1a). This micropropagation system was very efficient; however, it would be unsuitable for further transformation experiments because of the multicellular origin of the axillary buds, which has been correlated to the production of chimeric plants. In contrast, organogenic shoot regeneration has been reported to be mainly a single-cell originated event, and therefore useful to generate solid transgenic plants.
Organogenic shoot induction and elongation using ZR and NAA. A matrix experiment was designed to evaluate the effect of different combinations of ZR and NAA to induce shoot organogenic regeneration from leaf explants. After 4 weeks, explants on shoot induction media with concentrations above 2.8 mM ZR and below 0.27 mM NAA formed several primordial shoots (Fig 1c-d and Fig 2). Shoots were formed mainly at the cut edges in contact with the medium, without callus formation (data not shown). In the media containing ZR at less than 2.8 mM, there was very slight shoot formation, and at concentrations above 0.11 mM NAA there was only formation of roots or compact, necrotic, dark calli. Table 1 shows the number of well developed elongated shoots derived from each induction media after the elongation step (Fig 1e). The medium that produced the highest frequency of shoot induction contained 8.5 mM ZR without NAA, followed by the media that contained 5.7 mM ZR without NAA.
Fig. 2. Effect of different combinations of ZR and NAA on shoot induction of S. donianum. Leaf explants after 4 weeks in the different tested regeneration media.
Fig. 2. Efecto de diferentes combinaciones de ZR y NAA en la inducción de brotes de S. donianum. Explantes foliares después de 4 semanas en los distintos medios de regeneración probados.
Table 1. Mean number of shoots per leaf explant of Solanum donianum regenerated on the different combinations of NAA and ZR. Each value is the average of 6 replicates repeated 3 times. Different letters indicate significant differences at p ≤ 0.05.
Tabla 1. Número promedio de brotes por explante de hoja de Solanum donianum regenerados en las distintas combinaciones de NAA y ZR. Cada valor es el promedio de 6 réplicas repetidas 3 veces. Letras diferentes indican diferencias significativas a p ≤ 0,05.
When leaves of plants derived from seeds (n=5) were treated with the same procedure, using medium containing 8.5 mM ZR and no NAA for shoot induction, the means showed no significant differences (p≤0.05) from those already described (data not shown). This implies that our methodology is reliable and does not depend on a specific cloned line.
Organogenic shoot regeneration using BAP. As ZR is an expensive PGR, BAP was tried as a substitute. When induction media containing equimolar concentrations of ZR and BAP were compared, those with BAP formed significantly fewer and smaller shoots (Fig. 3), with more callus formation. A mean of 6.0 (±1.7) shoots per explant were obtained with 8.5 mM ZR in absence of NAA. At the same time, only 1.0 (±0.6) shoots per explant were regenerated with 8.5 mM BAP in absence of NAA.
Fig. 3. Effect of BAP (a) or ZR (b), at the same molar concentration (5.7 μM), on shoot induction of S. donianum leaf explants. Scale bar: 1 cm.
Fig. 3. Efecto de la BAP (a) o del ZR (b), a la misma concentración molar (5,7 μM), sobre la inducción de brotes en explantes de hoja de S. donianum. Barra de escala: 1 cm.
Rooting of elongated shoots. Twenty elongated shoots derived from medium with 8.5 mM ZR and no NAA were excised and transferred to rooting medium. After 3 weeks, 85% (± 2.3%) of them formed roots (Fig 1f). This was repeated twice with similar results.
Glasshouse cultivation. Three groups of 17 rooted plants each were transferred to glasshouse conditions. One hundred per cent of them were successfully acclimatized (Fig 1g). They developed a similar phenological pattern (growth rate, rate of leaf appearance, flowering, and final plant size) to plants grown from seeds.
In agreement with studies reported on other Solanum species, our results showed that leaf explants usually had a good response for in vitro shoot formation, and that the number of shoots per explant was quite similar for most of them, even when using different methodologies. Zeatin riboside is not commonly used; however, it could increase the efficiency of regeneration and the quality of the regenerated shoots. It is advisable to include it when trying to establish a protocol for regeneration of a Solanum species that has not been previously reported.
We were able to develop a reliable method for organogenic shoot regeneration from in vitro leaf explants of S. donianum. This is very important because it opens the way to either perform further experiments for obtaining transgenic plants of this species or making developments on some other biotechnological approaches.
This work was funded by CICY institutional resources. The authors are grateful to Filogonio May-Pat, Francisco Chi-May and Ivón M Ramírez-Morillo for plant collection and taxonomic identification, to Ileana C Borges Argaez for giving ideas and technical assistance, and to Reynaldo C Pless for reviewing the manuscript.
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