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The Ultimate™ ORF (Open Reading Frame) Clones are human and mouse clones designed to provide the maximum flexibility in all of your research applications. The Ultimate™ ORF Clones are provided in a Gateway® entry vector, pENTR™221, allowing you to rapidly and efficiently transfer the ORF of interest to any expression (Gateway® destination) vector and perform gene analysis in your system of choice.
The amino acid sequence (coding sequence) of each Ultimate™ ORF Clone is guaranteed to match the corresponding GenBank amino acid sequence. The Ultimate™ ORF Clones are not guaranteed to exactly match the GenBank base pair sequences.
Features of Ultimate™ ORF Clones
The Ultimate™ ORF Clones are:
- Full insert sequenced.
Each is sequenced for full-insert coverage and contains a Gap4 sequence quality of 40 or greater at each consensus base (representing < 1 error per 10,000 bases).
- Supplied as a Gateway®-compatible entry clone Enables rapid and efficient transfer of the ORF into any expression (Gateway® destination) vector for performing gene analysis in bacterial, mammalian, yeast, or insect system of choice (see Note below).
- Compatible for use with the Tag-On-Demand™ System
Each clone contains a TAG stop codon, allowing expression of native or C-terminally-tagged recombinant protein in mammalian cells from the same expression construct using the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant
Note: The pENTR™221 vector contains a Kozak consensus sequence upstream of the ATG to provide optimal expression of the ORF after recombination with any eukaryotic Gateway® destination vector of choice (e.g., mammalian, insect, yeast). The pENTR™221 vector does not contain a Shine-Dalgarno sequence (RBS) for optimal expression in a prokaryotic system (Shine & Dalgarno, 1975). To express the ORF in a prokaryotic system, you need to recombine the entry clone with an appropriate destination vector containing an N-terminal fusion tag. The N-terminal fusion tag in some destination vectors for prokaryotic expression includes a Shine-Dalgarno sequence (RBS) optimally spaced from an ATG initiation codon for proper translation initiation in E. coli.
You may use the following destination vectors available from Invitrogen that contain an N-terminal fusion tag for prokaryotic expression.
|Fusion Tag
|Catalog no.
|pBAD-DEST49 His-Patch Thioredoxin
Note the expression of your protein with the N-terminal tag will increase the size of your recombinant protein. Be sure to account for any additional amino acids between the fusion tag and the start of your protein.
The Ultimate™ ORF Clones are provided in a Gateway® entry vector, pENTR™221. The pENTR™221 vector contains the following elements:
- rrnB transcription termination sequences to prevent basal expression of the gene of interest in E. coli
- attL1 and attL2 sites for site-specific recombination of the entry clone with a Gateway® destination vector (for more information, refer to the Gateway® Technology manual)
- Kozak consensus sequence for efficient translation nitiation in eukaryotic systems (Kozak, 1987; Kozak, 1990; Kozak, 1991)
- Kanamycin resistance gene for selection in E. coli
- pUC origin for high-copy replication and maintenance of the plasmid in E. coli
- 1. Generate an expression clone by performing a LR recombination reaction between the Ultimate™ ORF entry clone and a Gateway® destination vector of choice.
Introduce your expression clone into the appropriate host (e.g. bacterial, mammalian, yeast, insect) and express your recombinant protein.
The Tag-On-Demand™ System uses adenoviral-based stop suppression technology to allow expression of an untagged (i.e. native) or C-terminally-tagged recombinant protein of interest in mammalian cells from a single expression vector. You may use one of the Tag-On-Demand™ Gateway® vectors (see page vi) to quickly and easily generate an expression construct or you may use one of the compatible expression vectors available from Invitrogen (see page 8). The System is based on stop suppression technology originally developed by RajBhandary and colleagues (Capone et al., 1985), and consists of two major components:
- A mammalian expression vector into which the gene of interest will be cloned. This vector is in a configuration that is compatible with expression of a C-terminal recombinant fusion protein using the Tag-On-Demand™ System.
- The Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant, a replication-incompetent adenovirus containing the human tRNAser suppressor. This tRNA suppressor is mutated to recognize the TAG (amber stop) codon and decode it as a serine. When added to mammalian cells, the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant is transduced and provides a transient source of the tRNAser suppressor. When the expression construct encoding a gene of interest with a TAG stop codon is present in mammalian cells, the stop codon will be translated as serine, allowing translation to continue through the downstream reading frame (i.e. C-terminal tag). This results in transient production of a C-terminally-tagged fusion protein
For more information on the Tag-On-Demand™ System, see the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant manual. This manual is available for downloading from our website at www.invitrogen.com or by contacting Technical Support .
General guidelines for using the Ultimate™ ORF Clones are described in this section.
To perform the LR recombination reaction with a Gateway® destination vector. To use the Tag-On-Demand™ System for expressing the Ultimate™ ORF Clone in a mammalian cell line of choice see below.
Preparing Glycerol Stocks
We recommend that you prepare a set of master stocks prior to using your Ultimate™ ORF clone. To prepare 5–10 glycerol master stocks for long-term storage:
- Streak a small portion of the glycerol stock you received on an LB plate containing 50 μg/ml kanamycin.
- Incubate the plate at 37° C overnight.
- Isolate a single colony and inoculate into 5-10 ml of LB containing 50 µg/ml kanamycin.
- Grow the culture to stationary phase (OD600 = 1–2).
- Mix 0.8 ml of culture with 0.2 ml of sterile glycerol and transfer to a cryovial.
- Store at –80° C. Use one master stock to create working stocks for regular use.
Plasmid Preparation
To isolate plasmid DNA, you need to grow a culture of T1-Phage Resistant E. coli containing your Ultimate™ ORF clone. Use LB medium containing 50 μg/ml kanamycin to select single colonies and to grow a culture. Use a culture volume appropriate for the amount of plasmid needed for your plasmid isolation method of choice. You will need ~150 ng of DNA for the LR recombination reaction.
We recommend isolating plasmid DNA using a resin based method such as the PureLink™ HiPure Plasmid Miniprep Kit or the PureLink™ HiPure Plasmid Midiprep Kit.
Recombination Site of pENTR™221
Below is the recombination site for pENTR™221. Features are indicated as follows:
- The attL sites are properly spaced to indicate the correct reading frame for fusion of your gene of interest to an
N-terminal tag following recombination with a destination vector
- Shaded regions correspond to those DNA sequences transferred from the entry clone into the destination vector following recombination.
- Underlined sequence corresponds to the Kozak consensus sequence (CACC).
Figure 1
The last nucleotide T in the attL1 sequence is changed to an A in Ultimate™ ORF Clones to generate the Kozak consensus sequence. This change in the nucleotide sequence does not affect the efficiency of the subsequent LR recombination reaction.
Each Ultimate™ ORF Clone is supplied as a Gateway®- compatible entry clone. To perform the LR recombination reaction, you will transfer the gene of interest into an attRcontaining destination vector to create an attB-containing expression clone. Genes in the Ultimate™ ORF entry clone are transferred to the destination vector backbone by mixing the DNAs with the Gateway® LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix. The resulting recombination reaction is then transformed into E. coli and the expression clone is selected. Recombination between the attR (destination vector) and attL (Ultimate™ ORF entry clone) sites replace the ccdB gene in the destination vector with the gene of interest and results in the formation of attB sites in the expression clone. A brief protocol to perform the LR recombination reaction is provided below. For more details on the LR recombination reaction, refer to the Gateway® Technology with Clonase™ II manual. This manual is available for downloading from our website at www.invitrogen.com or by contacting Technical Support .
For most applications, we recommend performing the LR recombination reaction using a:
- Supercoiled attL-containing entry clone
- Supercoiled attR-containing destination vector
Note: If your destination vector or entry clone is large (>10 kb), you may linearize either vector to increase recombinational efficiency. You may also relax the destination vector using topoisomerase I to increase efficiency. For details, refer to the Gateway® Technology with Clonase™ II manual.
Destination Vectors
A large selection of Gateway® destination vectors is available from Invitrogen to facilitate expression of your gene of interest in virtually any protein expression system. For more information about the vectors available, refer to our website ( www.invitrogen.com) or contact Technical Support.
Destination Vectors Compatible with the Tag-On-Demand™ System
The following destination vectors available from Invitrogen are compatible for use with the Tag-On-Demand™ System:
|Catalog no
*Includes the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant
E. coli Host
You may use any recA, endA E. coli strain including TOP10, DH5α™, DH10B™or equivalent for transformation. Do not transform the LR reaction mixture into E. coli strains that contain the F' episome (e.g. TOP10F'). These strains contain the ccdA gene and will prevent negative selection with the ccdB gene.
Materials Needed
You will need the following materials:
- Purified plasmid DNA of your Ultimate™ ORF entry clone (50–150 ng/µl in TE, pH 8.0)
- Destination vector of choice (150 ng/µl in TE, pH 8.0)
- LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix (see Note below; keep at –20°C until immediately before use)
- TE Buffer, pH 8.0 (10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8, 1 mM EDTA)
- 2 µg/µl proteinase K solution (supplied with the LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix; thaw and keep on ice until use)
- Appropriate competent E. coli host and growth media
- S.O.C. Medium
- LB agar plates with the appropriate antibiotic to select for expression clones
LR Clonase™ II Enzyme Mix
Use LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix (Catalog no. 11791-020) to catalyze the LR recombination reaction. The LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix combines the proprietary enzyme formulation and 5X LR Clonase™ Reaction Buffer previously supplied as separate components in LR Clonase™ enzyme mix into an optimized single-tube format for easier set-up of the LR recombination reaction. Use the protocol below to perform the LR recombination reaction using LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix.
Note: You may perform the LR recombination reaction using LR Clonase™ enzyme mix, if desired. To use LR Clonase™ enzyme mix, follow the protocol provided with the product. Do not use the protocol for LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix as reaction conditions differ.
LR Recombination Reaction
- Add the following components to 1.5 ml microcentrifuge tubes at room temperature and mix.
Component Sample Negative Ctrl
Entry clone (50–150 ng/rxn) 1–7 µl 1–7 µl
Destination Vector (150 ng/µl) 1 µl 1 µl
TE Buffer, pH 8.0 to 8 µl to 10 µl
- Remove the LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix from –20°C and thaw on ice for 2 minutes.
- Vortex the LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix briefly twice (2 seconds each time).
- To each sample (except the negative control), add 2 µl of LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix. Mix by vortexing briefly twice (2 seconds each time). Return the LR Clonase™ II enzyme mix to –20°C immediately after use.
- Incubate reactions at 25°C for 1 hour.
Note: One hour incubation generally yields a sufficient number of colonies for analysis; however, the length of the LR reaction can be extended up to 18 hours. For large plasmids (>10 kb), overnight incubation yields more colonies and is recommended.
- Add 1 µl of the Proteinase K solution to each reaction. Incubate for 10 minutes at 37°C.
- Transform 1–2 µl of the reaction into a suitable E. coli host and select for expression clones (refer to the Gateway® Technology with Clonase™ II manual on our website).
Note: You may store the LR reaction at –20°C for up to 1 week before transformation, if desired.
Expected Results
If you use E. coli cells with a transformation efficiency of ≥ 1 x 10 8 cfu/µg, the LR reaction should yield > 5000 colonies if the entire reaction is transformed and plated.
Once you have obtained an expression clone, you are ready to express your recombinant protein. Refer to the manual for the destination vector you are using for guidelines and instructions to express your recombinant protein in the appropriate system. Manuals for all Gateway® destination vectors are available for downloading from our website ( www.invitrogen.com) or by contacting Technical Support
The Ultimate™ ORF Clones are compatible for use in the Tag-On-Demand™ System to express native or C-terminally tagged recombinant protein in mammalian cells from the same expression construct using the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant. This section provides brief guidelines to use the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant. For detailed protocols, refer to the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant manual available from www.invitrogen.com or Technical Support.
Materials Needed
- Your mammalian cell line of choice (Reminder: Do not use 293 cells or any cell line that expresses E1)
- Complete growth media for your cell line
- Appropriately-sized tissue culture plates
- Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant
- Purified plasmid DNA of the expression construct containing your gene of interest
- Transfection reagent (see Method of Transfection, below)
Plasmid Preparation
Once you have generated your expression clone, you must isolate plasmid DNA for transfection. Plasmid DNA for transfection into eukaryotic cells must be clean and free from contamination with phenol and sodium chloride. Contaminants will kill the cells, and salt will interfere with lipid complexing, decreasing transfection efficiency. We recommend isolating plasmid DNA using a resin based method, such PureLink™ HiPure Plasmid Miniprep Kit or PureLink™ HiPure Plasmid Midiprep Kit or CsCl gradient centrifugation to isolate plasmid DNA.
Method of Transfection
Methods for transfection include calcium phosphate (Chen& Okayama, 1987; Wigler et al., 1977), lipid-mediated (Felgner et al., 1989; Felgner & Ringold, 1989) and electroporation (Chu et al., 1987; Shigekawa & Dower, 1988). Consult published literature or the supplier of your cell line for the recommended method of transfection and transfection reagent to use. For high-efficiency transfection in a broad range of mammalian cell lines, we recommend using Lipofectamine™ 2000 Reagent available from Invitrogen
Using the Tag-On-Demand™ System
For general guidelines and a detailed protocol, refer to the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant manual available from www.invitrogen.com or Technical Support.
Two options exist to facilitate expression of C-terminally-tagged recombinant protein using the Tag-On-Demand™ System:
Option 1: Add the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant to cells, followed immediately by transfection with the expression construct containing your gene of interest. We recommend using this option to quickly screen for expression (or localization, if possible) of your recombinant protein or to screen for expression of a large number of genes. Refer to the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant manual for guidelines and protocols to perform simultaneous transduction and transfection.
Option 2: Generate a stable cell line expressing your gene of interest, then transduce cells with the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant when you want to assay for C-terminally-tagged recombinant protein. After you have created your stable cell line, refer to the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant manual to transduce cells with the Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant.
The Tag-On-Demand™ Suppressor Supernatant contains recombinant adenovirus that is deleted in the E1 region. The adenovirus is replication-incompetent in any mammalian cells that do not express the E1 proteins. When using the Tag-On-Demand™ System, do not perform expression studies in 293 cells or in any cell line that expresses the adenovirus E1 gene (Graham et al., 1977; Kozarsky & Wilson, 1993; Krougliak & Graham, 1995). Viral replication will occur in these cells, leading to rapid death of the target cell within 1–2 days after infection.
- Capone, J. P., Sharp, P. A., and RajBhandary, U. L. (1985) Amber, Ochre and Opal Suppressor tRNA Genes Derived from a Human Serine tRNA Gene. EMBO J. 4, 213-221
- Chen, C., and Okayama, H. (1987) High-Efficiency Transformation of Mammalian Cells by Plasmid DNA. Mol. Cell. Biol. 7, 2745-2752
- Chu, G., Hayakawa, H., and Berg, P. (1987) Electroporation for the Efficient Transfection of Mammalian Cells with DNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 1311-1326
- Felgner, P. L., Holm, M., and Chan, H. (1989) Cationic Liposome Mediated Transfection. Proc. West. Pharmacol. Soc. 32, 115-121
- Felgner, P. L. a., and Ringold, G. M. (1989) Cationic Liposome-Mediated Transfection. Nature 337, 387-388
- Graham, F. L., Smiley, J., Russell, W. C., and Nairn, R. (1977) Characteristics of a Human Cell Line Transformed by DNA from Human Adenovirus Type 5. J. Gen. Virol. 36, 59-74
- Kozak, M. (1987) An Analysis of 5´-Noncoding Sequences from 699 Vertebrate Messenger RNAs. Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 8125-8148
- Kozak, M. (1990) Downstream Secondary Structure Facilitates Recognition of Initiator Codons by Eukaryotic Ribosomes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 8301-8305
- Kozak, M. (1991) An Analysis of Vertebrate mRNA Sequences: Intimations of Translational Control. J. Cell Biology 115, 887-903
- Kozarsky, K. F., and Wilson, J. M. (1993) Gene Therapy: Adenovirus Vectors. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 3, 499-503
- Krougliak, V., and Graham, F. L. (1995) Development of Cell Lines Capable of Complementing E1, E4, and Protein IX Defective Adenovirus Type 5 Mutants. Hum. Gene Ther. 6, 1575-1586
- Landy, A. (1989) Dynamic, Structural, and Regulatory Aspects of Lambda Sitespecific Recombination. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 58, 913-949
- Orosz, A., Boros, I., and Venetianer, P. (1991) Analysis of the Complex Transcription Termination Region of the Escherichia coli rrnB Gene. Eur. J. Biochem. 201, 653-659
- Shigekawa, K., and Dower, W. J. (1988) Electroporation of Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes: A General Approach to the Introduction of Macromolecules into Cells. BioTechniques 6, 742-751
- Shine, J., and Dalgarno, L. (1975) Terminal-Sequence Analysis of Bacterial Ribosomal RNA. Correlation Between the 3'-Terminal-Polypyrimidine Sequence of 16-S RNA and Translational Specificity of the Ribosome. Eur. J. Biochem. 57, 221-230
- Wigler, M., Silverstein, S., Lee, L.-S., Pellicer, A., Cheng, Y.-C., and Axel, R. (1977) Transfer of Purified Herpes Virus Thymidine Kinase Gene to Cultured Mouse Cells. Cell 11, 223-232


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Denver Performing Arts Complex tour, 8 a.m. Tuesday. The 90-minute guided tour takes you backstage, through dressing rooms, into costume and design studios and on stage. Lunch cost is on your own before returning to Greeley. Registration fees are $15 for members, $20 for nonmembers.
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Pickleball, canceled Wednesday through Saturday.
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50-plus basketball, 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 2-June 27 at the Greeley Recreation Center. Session fee is $7 for members, $12 for nonmembers.
50-plus softball league practice, 9 a.m. Monday and Wednesday at Twin Rivers Softball Complex. League games begin the week of April 22 and will be held at 9 a.m. Mondays for our 70s Team and at 9 a.m. Wednesdays for Divisions B-E. Beginning April 22, Divisions B-E will practice Monday mornings. Time will be determined by your manager.
Circuit training, 9:35-10:35 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, April 22-May 22 at the Family FunPlex. Start your year off on the right foot. The five-week class is designed with low-impact exercises that use various fitness equipment. Member fee is $28; nonmember fee is $33. Register by Wednesday.
Chair Tai Chi, would you like to try Tai Chi, but you are not able to stand without assistance or are chair-bound? The Senior Center would like to start a Chair Tai Chi class that will meet for six weeks on Tuesday or Thursday beginning in May. Call the Senior Center if you are interested. A minimum of eight students is need to being the new class.
Porcelain art, 9 a.m. May 6. Purchase supplies on your own then join us. No registration fee. Stop in to see if you would enjoy this hobby.
GRASP (Greeley Retiree Academic Study Program), 1:30 p.m. Mondays, April 15, 22 and 29. You can join GRASP for $20 per year, with a Senior Center membership. Monthly topic is "Potpourri-a wide range of health subjects and our community."
Ceramics, 1-3 p.m. each Wednesday of the month. The monthly fee is $7 for members, $12 for nonmembers.
Legal assistance, 10 a.m.-noon April 23. Deb from Weld County Area Agency on Aging will provide legal assistance. Appointments required. No fee.
UNC Jazz Festival cancellations, be aware of the following cancellations due to the UNC Jazz Festival. Wednesday: Bridge at 1 p.m., Bible Study at 12:30 p.m., Table Tennis at 1 and 6 p.m.; Computer users 6:30 p.m.; Thursday: Tai Chi at 9 a.m., Writing your Life at 1:30 p.m., Scrabble at 1 p.m., Shape Up at 8 and 9 a.m.; Friday: Keenage Singers at 10:30 a.m., SilverSneakers at 9 and 10 a.m., Table Tennis at 1 and 6 p.m.
Greeley Senior Activity Center Hours of Operation, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-3 p.m. Saturday (unless evening activities are scheduled). Check our monthly calendar for special events and evening activities. You only need to be 50 years young to join the Greeley Senior Activity Center. Annual memberships cost $22 for Greeley residents and $24 for nonresidents. For more information, call (970) 350-9440. If you need special accommodations for one of the trips, call the Senior Center at least 30 days before the start of the event.


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Unique Egg Accents for Scrapbooking
Here's a sneak peek at just one of the egg-cellent projects you'll find in the March/April 2010 issue of Creating Keepsakes.
Egg Hunt by Kim Watson. Supplies: Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned paper: Adornit-Carolee's Creations, Anna Griffin, and Jillibean Soup; Letter stickers: American Crafts; Ribbon: American Crafts, Autumn Leaves, Piggy Tales, and Making Memories; Buttons: Autumn Leaves and Fancy Pants Designs; Cardstock stickers: Adornit-Carolee's Creations; Ink: Close To My Heart; Stamp: Autumn Leaves; Pen: Sakura; Punches: EK Success and Fiskars Americas; Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L, Glue Arts and Tombow; Other: Thread.
Want to create these adorable egg accents? Follow these easy instructions!
Egg Tutorial by Kim Watson. Supplies: Egg template, cardstock, ribbon and thread.
For even more egg-citing egg ideas, be sure to check out our "The Good, The Fab, and The Spectacular" online article for a fantastic egg flip book you can create for yourself or with your kids.
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Like taking pictures, do you?
Then Apple could use your service and rumormongers everywhere can use your hiring as further proof of whats to come in the next generation iPad.
On the day the world got a possible glimpse at what the next generation Apple tablet's screen might look like comes word that the iPad-maker is looking to hire a digital photo software expert to work on the device.
While the job description on Apple's site simply states the company needs a photo wiz "to deliver great photography applications for the Mac and iPad platforms" some are citing the opening as proof that a camera -- or two -- is slated to be part of the next iPad.
The assumption is not too much of a leap. There has been plenty of evidence suggesting that two cameras and FaceTime will be on the iPad 2, scheduled to launch later this year.


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Innovative program advances dental residents' training
Until now, dental residents in Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry's prosthodontic graduate program concentrated primarily on treatment planning and restorative care, leaving most of the surgical aspects of dental implants to the oral surgery and periodontic specialties.
That is changing thanks to a new education standard of the Commission on Dental Accreditation set to become effective in 2014. Beginning next year, prosthodontic graduates must place implants.
A new postgraduate surgical implant training program at the Dallas dental school, funded by a $100,000 five-year grant from dental-device manufacturer Biomet 3i, is preparing graduate residents in prosthodontics and advanced general dentistry for this scope of care. It is the only program of its type in the nation structured and funded in this way.
"There is a big emphasis on prosthodontists placing implants as part of a turnkey effort involving both surgery and restorative care," says Dr. William Nagy, professor in restorative sciences and director of the prosthodontic graduate program. "Previously, prosthodontic residents placed five to 10 implants in the three-year program; these were placed in the oral surgery clinic with the assistance of oral surgery faculty and residents."
Dr. Josh Chapa, a periodontist hired as a clinical assistant professor, supervises the residents. He designed the course curriculum, which includes a 14-session summer course on basic surgical techniques presented to prosthodontic and advanced education in general dentistry (AEGD) residents by oral and maxillofacial surgery faculty members. It also includes fall lectures on treatment planning for implants.
"Previous implant instruction was not geared to single-unit cases like these residents would see in everyday practice," Dr. Chapa says. "The information they receive now can be applied in the future whether or not they do the actual surgeries."
Dr. Chapa provides clinical oversight for residents during their surgical experiences at TAMBCD, which take place in a new dedicated surgical operatory in the dental school's sixth-floor clinic. "I stand right next to the student and talk them through the procedure," Dr. Chapa says. "In addition, I have started doing case discussions on Fridays with the AEGD residents.
"Likewise, I go to the prosthodontic residents and discuss cases with the patient in the dental chair," Dr. Chapa continues. "We talk about things like whether the patient has adequate tissue, if they require bone grafting, and other things a surgeon would look for. We review treatment options with patients, because there is more than one way to approach a case."
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A man is in critical condition after crashing into at least one horse with his car.
A man is in critical condition after crashing into at least one horse with his car.
The N.C. Highway Patrol got the call just after 2 a.m. Friday.
A man in his mid-20s had been driving a Toyota Corolla west on King Wilkinson Road in eastern Lincoln County when he drove up on three horses that had gotten loose, according to N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper S.J. Boyles.
Boyles believes that the Corolla struck one the horses and carried it 50 or 60 feet before the animal fell off. The car then hit a utility pole wire and came to rest in a wooded area.
Neighbors heard the commotion and called 911.
The man was pulled from the car and flown to Carolinas Medical Center-Charlotte.
People nearby had been watching the animals for the owners who live in Sherrills Ford, Boyles said.
The two remaining horses were secured in a fenced off areas, but owners found one of them dead about 30 minutes after the accident, according to Boyles who said he thought the animal was probably also struck.
The crash happened in the 5300 block of King Wilkinson Road which is a dark stretch of highway that runs between N.C. 150 and N.C. 16. The two-lane road was closed for more than an hour while emergency crews cleared the scene.
Boyles is not yet releasing the man�s name who was driving the car.
The young man was alone in the vehicle and had been driving home from a friend�s house, Boyles said.
Boyles did not believe alcohol was a factor, and doesn�t plan to file charges.
�It was an unlit country road, and a horse happened to be in the middle of the road,� he said.
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Watching the news on television and seeing a house go up in flames tugs a little at your heartstrings. this year, fires have ravaged homes in three-fourths of the 50 states, reports the Los Angeles Times. as I'm writing this article, a wildfire is burning out of control near yosemite national Park. Worse yet, the flames could be rapidly closing in on homes and threatening nearby communities.
Because of people's love of nature and their desire to live outside of the urban jungle, many homes are built in what's called the wildland-urban interface, or WUI.
"It's extremely risky. These areas are prone to wildfires due to the higher level of surrounding fire fuel," says Joanne Drummond, executive director of the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County in Grass Valley, California. Without proper firewise landscapes surrounding them, homes built in the WUI can quickly meet with disaster.
For most of us, our homes are our most valuable investment. Losing property is catastrophic. However, many people don't realize that living in mountainous or wild areas always brings with it an inherent danger.
How does a small, creeping brush or ground fire quickly become a raging, home-consuming inferno? Two words: "red snow." That's what fire experts call the flying, lightweight embers that float in the breeze. When they land on a fuel source, there's trouble. Never underestimate the ability of flammable objects to become explosive projectiles in the midst of a firestorm.
But none of this needs to happen. You can drastically minimize the danger from fiery embers and save your clients from catastrophic damage to their property, and possibly loss of life to people and pets. You can do that by incorporating firewise practices into a residential landscape design. The landscape design alone can keep the home from burning.
Cut the fuel
So what is firewise landscaping? It's all about fuel—decreasing, rearranging and, whenever possible, eliminating it. Fire can't burn without fuel.
The first step is clearing and pruning the property of any obvious fuel source. Scan the property for dry leaves, fallen branches, and dead shrubbery.
Prune any dead tree limbs or branches, especially those that are hanging over structures. Raise the canopies of trees by removing lower limbs six to 15 feet from the ground. This helps keep fires from climbing trees, turning them into giant torches.
The next step is to create a plan.
Defensible space
Defensible space is the area that includes the home and its immediate surroundings. A minimum treatment area of 100 feet is recommended for homes and outbuildings on flat ground, and up to 200 feet or more on sloped sites. This is because fire behaves differently on slopes than it does on flat areas.
The rule of thumb is to increase fire resistance as you get closer to the home and structures. Trees should be kept furthest from the house, shrubs can be closer, and bedding plants and lawns may be the closest. There are three areas of defensible space, referred to as zones.
Zone 1 is the home or structure. In this zone, you'll need to take steps to decrease and/or eliminate the ignition potential by creating a fuel-free area within three to five feet of the home's exterior walls. "The first ten feet around the structure is considered the 'home ignition zone,'" says Drummond. Nothing should be right next to the house that could possibly set it on fire.
Zone 2 is the landscape area, within 100 feet of the house. This is where perennials, ground covers and annuals should be planted in groups, along with individual trees and shrubs.
It's best to surround these islands of vegetation with hardscapes, such as rock or brick retaining wall protection zones. Ground fires will not be able to advance when they encounter a hardscape element such as a rock wall, a sidewalk or a paver deck.
Don't forget the mulch. It, too, can be a fuel source. Rubber mulch, for instance, is extremely flammable. Instead, choose pea gravel or other rock-based material.
Zone 3 is the area beyond the first 100 feet. This is where the property meets the forest. Here you'll need to thin out native vegetation. Some landscape contractors will dig a trench to create a fire break between the forest and the start of the WUI area.
Now that you understand the rules of defensible space in a fireprone area, you can begin to design a successful firewise landscape plan. Keep in mind that you'll have to approach the landscape differently in a WUI than in a normal residential area.
All plants are not created equal when it comes to fire resistance. Some burn much faster than others; generally, these are any species that contain an abundance of natural resins, oils and waxes. All of these fast burners will need to be removed.
Fire-resistant plants have the added benefit of being droughttolerant. They have high moisture content in their leaves, little or no seasonal accumulation of dead vegetation and are slow growing. Succulents are perhaps the ideal fire-resistant plants, due to their very high moisture content.
Familiarize yourself with the types of plants that are best, and worst, for a WUI landscape. Most states offer guidelines for help.
As you plant, keep growth potential in mind. Before you know it, a small bush can become a tall hedge that has grown right up under the eaves of a property, creating a direct fuel path to your client's roof.
Placement of each plant is equally as important as plant type. "We look at it in terms of overall fuel loading. The arrangement of fuels is vitally important in terms of the way fire will behave in that vegetation," says Drummond.
Every plant is its own vertical or horizontal 'fire ladder.' Drummond explains this concept. "Take a tree, for instance. A fire climbs up a tree and burns it like it's going up a ladder." A fire ladder also means anything that helps a fire jump to the next flammable object.
"You have two types of fire; ground fires, which burn along the ground, and crown fires, which burn across the tops of the trees," says Dana Seelig, senior principal of Valley Crest Design Group in Santa Ana, California. A ground fire is easier to fight because it stays on the ground. "But what firefighters don't want to happen is for shrubs with long fuel lengths or ladders to burn, and cause the tree canopies to ignite. Once this happens, fire can jump from tree to tree," continues Seelig.
Fire also spreads along the ground from plant to plant, creating horizontal fire ladders. In the WUI, you need to increase the amount of space between plantings, thus increasing the amount of wind velocity needed to spread fire.
Tree or shrub height also needs to be kept in mind. A fire's height can limit what fire fighters can do to protect a property, or keep them away altogether. For example, in Nevada, firefighters can't be put on the ground when flame lengths are more than five feet. If you have a laddering effect on the property and the flame gets past those lengths, not only does it do more damage to the environment, but it restricts the tactics the firefighters can use.
You should have both horizontal and vertical separation. But this need not keep you from aesthetically framing your client's home. You can use a 'clumping' technique, essentially creating islands of vegetation.
You can have some laddering in a clump, but if you do so, put it back 30 feet from the home. "Keep clumped vegetation far apart, at least 30 feet apart from each other, so that you're creating 'speed bumps' which will slow the rate of fire spread and hopefully, allow firefighters to suppress it," suggests Seelig.
Creating defensible space and correctly maintaining it will reduce the fuel. Should a fire happen anyway, these practices will reduce the flame length and the fire itself. "There have been many cases where defensible space has actually put a fire out," added Seelig. "The fire just burns to an edge and goes out."
Plant materials
Certain favorite species may not be suitable in a WUI; you can find substitutes that are just as aesthetically pleasing. Consider using native plants. "Native plants have evolved in the fire ecosystem," says Drummond. "They thrive in the climate and soil indigenous to the area, so they're going to be more successful and fire retardant in your landscape."
Irrigation plays a vital role as well. The first 30 to 50 feet of defensible space should be well-irrigated at all times.
"Having a green zone immediately adjacent to the home will cause the fire to behave differently," says Drummond. "It might smoke a little; it might singe the plants, but most of the time an area with a high moisture content won't ignite."
States and municipalities have plans, policies and regulations pertaining to WUI zones. You should familiarize yourself with these before you start putting in any landscape. These may include enforcement through landscaping ordinances, building codes, or covenants.
Some plants and trees may be restricted or even forbidden by law.
For example, the fire district in Southern California's Big Bear Lake has what it calls "the 15-foot rule." Because of the volatility of juniper, the rule says it cannot be planted within 15 feet of any structure.
Designing a firewise landscape with managed defensible space, vegetated with high-moisture, fire-resistant plants, strategically placed, dramatically reduces the threat that your client will lose his treasured wilderness home to wildfire.


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UPDATED: February 5, 2013, at 6:08 a.m.
Roughly 70 students, or approximately one percent of Harvard's undergraduate body, were forced to temporarily withdraw from the College last fall in connection with the massive Government 1310 cheating scandal, Harvard indicated in an announcement Friday morning.
In an email sent to the Harvard community, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith wrote that "somewhat more than half" of the cases heard by the College's Administrative Board last fall resulted in forced withdrawals. He did not specify exactly how many students were required to leave.
Smith also wrote that about half of the fall's remaining cases resulted in disciplinary probation, while the rest resulted in no disciplinary action.
About 125 of the cases heard by the Ad Board last fall were those of students implicated in the scandal, which was unearthed after assistant professor Matthew B. Platt reported suspicious similarities on a handful of take-home exams in his spring course Government 1310: "Introduction to Congress."
After this initial tip-off, the College launched an investigation that eventually expanded to involve almost half of the 279 students enrolled in the course.
Smith also revealed details about how tuition payments will be calculated for students who were required to withdraw mid-fall semester due to their involvement in the scandal.
Due to a prolonged time frame for the resolution of the cases stretching from late September to December that "had an undesirable interaction with our established schedule for tuition refunds," the College will adjust tuition charges for all students who eventually withdrew as though they were issued their verdicts on Sept. 30, he wrote.
According to the student handbook, a student who involuntarily or voluntarily withdraws from the College on Sept. 30 must pay $4,697 in tuition, as well as per diem room charges, pro-rated board costs, and a student services fee.
Smith's email, which represents Harvard's first substantive announcement about the investigation's status since it was first announced last August, comes in the midst of harsh criticism of Harvard's handling of the case from several longtime Harvard insiders.
Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 voiced his disapproval in several blog posts, and prominent men's basketball supporter and Staples founder Thomas G. Stemberg '71 excoriated his alma mater for its response to the scandal in a letter of complaint sent to University President Drew G. Faust last month.
Smith's email repeatedly alluded to these and other criticisms, at times striking a defensive tone in addressing the amount of time the University took to resolve the cases, concerns about faculty teaching, and the public outing of some accused students.
After both Lewis and Stemberg criticized Harvard for failing to hand out verdicts in a timely manner, Smith attributed the slow turnover of the investigation—which began in the summer but did not wrap up until early December—to "the unprecedented number and complexity of cases."
Critics of the investigation have also drawn attention to the way Platt organized Government 1310, a factor which both Stemberg and Lewis blamed for the unprecedented scope of the scandal.
"We had a professor who, like many the Faculty of Arts and Sciences assigns to teach undergraduates, was clearly not qualified to do so," Stemberg wrote in his letter to Faust, which was dated Jan. 6.
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NEW YORK – The 2010 season is the first in which homegrown players have left their mark in MLS.
D.C. United's Andy Najar became the youngest Rookie of the Year in US pro sports history, New York's Juan Agudelo earned a US national team call-up at 17, and 19-year-old Tristan Bowen made an important contribution to the LA Galaxy's Supporters' Shield run.
Now the league's player development movement is poised for an even more aggressive push with the launch of the Reserve Division and the unveiling of new roster rules by MLS.
Teams can now sign an unlimited number of homegrown players per season while rosters sizes will expand to 30 players beginning in 2011.
Six spots of those roster spots will be reserved for players 24 and under, and they will not count against a team's salary budget, which for 2011 will be $2.67 million per team.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber also announced the relaunch of the Reserve Division, where young players will be able to cut their teeth in competitive matches while continuing to train with the first team squad.
MLS Golden Boot winner Chris Wondolowski and Colorado Rapids forward Omar Cummings both enjoyed breakout seasons in 2010, two years after honing their game in four years of Reserve Division action from 2005 through 2008.
Several MLS clubs have already made a significant investment in youth academies and the moves unveiled on Tuesday are designed to incentivize an even greater emphasis on youth development.
DP, short for Designated Player, has been the most talked about acronym in recent years. But it's PD, as in Player Development, which continues to build momentum.
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Hailing a Cab? There's an App for That
New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission will vote Thursday on a plan to permit customers to hail yellow cabs with smartphones during a one-year trial period. Ted Mann reports on digits. Photo: Getty Images.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Nik Richie says he held in his arms and named his baby son, who died when his pregnant wife Shayne Lamas had emergency surgery in Los Angeles last week.
Lamas was 20 weeks pregnant when she collapsed at home Feb. 9, and was rushed to the hospital where she underwent an operation to stop massive internal bleeding.
Lamas' second child with Richie died during the surgery. Lamas, who was briefly placed in a medically induced coma and suffered cardiac arrest, remains in the undisclosed hospital's intensive care unit.
Richie told TMZ he held his son a few days after he died and said a prayer for the child with hospital staff.
He also named the boy Rex Jagger Lamas-Richie, so the staff could fill out a birth certificate.
Richie told the celebrity news web site he was glad to see his son, but it was the hardest thing he has ever done.
Lamas married Richie in 2010. Their daughter Press was born in November 2011.
Lamas is the daughter of actor Lorenzo Lamas. She is known for her work on the soap opera "General Hospital" and in the reality TV shows "The Bachelor" and "Leave it to Lamas."


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Utah's second-largest city, West Valley City is located on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, just south of the Great Salt Lake and Salt Lake International Airport.
The Maverik Center, the Cultural Celebration Center, USANA Amphitheatre, and Hale Centre Theatre make this part of the valley a true entertainment hub. The Great Salt Lake is only a few minutes away from the hotel. The nearby Great Salt Lake State Marina offers beautiful views of the lake, Antelope Island State Park, and Black Rock. Partnering with Maverik - Adventure Stores, check out our summer promotion. Click for details.
Just outside of West Valley City lies the world's largest open pit mine. Standing at the overlook within Kennecott Utah Copper Mine, you can see, hear, and feel the breathtaking and awesome magnitude of the largest man-made excavation on earth. Inside the visitors' center are historic photographs, interactive exhibits, and three-dimensional model, providing an educational and entertaining experience for people of all ages.
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By Tessa Raebeck
At the flick of a switch, Mike Scanlon can make fire come out of water. Under his direction, an ordinary pond or fountain erupts in flames in a matter of seconds, creating an equally majestic and effective outdoor fire pit.
At Sag Harbor Fireplace, which Scanlon co-owns with his wife, Allison, fireplaces and stoves are available in all shapes and styles, from a fountain fire pit to a traditional mantled hearth.
"We do pretty much everything with fireplaces and wood stoves," Mike said Monday, "We provide maintenance, we do repairs, pretty much soup to nuts – whatever needs to be done with a fireplace, we can do it."
In its showroom on the Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike, Sag Harbor Fireplace has wood fireplaces and stoves, gas fireplaces and stoves, gas and wood burning inserts, gas logs, fireplace doors, outdoor products, wood fired ovens, cleaning products and more.
In business for over 11 years, Allison and Mike pride themselves on being "a small company servicing a small marketplace." Mike runs the store and manages the service crews and Allison is behind the scenes, taking care of the bookkeeping and paperwork.
By limiting their clientele to homes located between Montauk and Westhampton, the Scanlons aim to ensure all employees are experts and all fireplaces are built from the ground up, with ample input from clients.
The entire business consists of the couple and four servicemen who have been working for the company for anywhere from five to 12 years.
"So," said Mike, "I have guys who know what they're doing…there are so many different fireplaces and things out there, so it takes a long time to learn. So I don't want to expand in a way that I have to continue to hire more people, because then the people I hire won't have the expertise that's required to go out and do the work."
That expertise is extensive. Sometimes Sag Harbor Fireplace collaborates with designers and architects to create a fireplace, but sometimes the design, installation and maintenance is an entirely in-house effort.
A part of the business that's grown immensely in recent years is providing efficient, "green" fireplaces.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed by the federal government in 2009, includes a 30 percent consumer tax credit of up to $1500 for the purchase of 75 percent-efficient wood burning stoves. Because it is a tax credit, rather than a deduction, it either increases a consumer's tax refund or decreases the amount of taxes they have to pay, dollar-for-dollar.
The credit has furthered an already growing interest in efficient energy sources.
"I have a number of fireplaces now that are built as fireplaces," said Mike. "They burn looking like a fireplace, but they heat more like a wood stove. So, you're getting the efficiencies of the wood stove, but the look of a fireplace."
The efficiency and ease of use of these new fireplaces, Mike says, allow homeowners to be less dependent on oil. The Sag Harbor Fireplace showroom is heated with a wood or gas stove and the Scanlons' home is heated with a wood burning fireplace and a wood stove.
"So," said Mike, "the technology is definitely out there if they want to not be so reliant on fossil fuels."
Outdoor fire pits are another growing trend in the hearth industry, especially gas fire pits.
"The gas fire pits," Mike said, "give ease of use and a very large flame with no smoke."
"And the best part about them," he added, "is if you're going outside and you're going to be outside for an hour, you turn it on, it burns, you turn it off and you're done."
Sag Harbor Fireplace can design the burners in any shape or form, including those with flames that seemingly come out of water.
"It's a matter of finding something that they like," Mike says of his customers, "and there's pretty much something for everybody who wants to burn wood and heat their house."
The Sag Harbor Fireplace Showroom is located at 1434 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike in Sag Harbor. For more information, call (631) 725-0636 or visit sagharborfireplace.net.


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Silver Ice Metallic 2019 Chevrolet Blazer FWD 9-Speed Automatic 3.6L V6 SIDI DOHC VVT
20/26 City/Highway MPG
New 2019 ChevroletBlazer Base w/2LT SUV
- Stock: 1570TX
- Fuel Economy
- 20.0/26.0 mpg City/Hwy
- Exterior Color
- Silver Ice Metallic
- Interior Color
- Jet Black
- Body/Seating
- SUV/5 seats
- Transmission
- 9 speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- front-wheel
- Engine
- 3.6L V-6 cyl
Chevrolet Blazer
Highlighted Features
- Automatic temperature control
- Emergency communication system
- Wireless phone connectivity
- Exterior parking camera rear
- Front dual zone A/C
- High intensity discharge headlights
- Split folding rear seat
- Perimeter/approach lights
Detailed Specifications
Dealer Notes
KBB.com Consumer Reviews
- 5.0
My Best Car Ever
By Batwomanfl on Tuesday, April 16, 2019The SUV is very stylish with an Aggressive Grill like the Camaro. I chose to buy the "Cajun Red" RS 2019 Blazer, because that color red is so rich looking, and the black accent just blends so well, and makes the car so sporty looking! I opted for 6 cylinder and it is very fast! I get a lot people giving me "Thumbs Up" signs when they see the SUV! The people also come up to talk to me about my car! I've owned 3 Caddy's, 3 Camaros , 1 Infinity, 3 BMWs, 1 Saab and out of those other cars, this SUV is by far the most exciting car to drive!!
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for the price, style is here
By Marcus on Thursday, August 22, 2019After having an Equinox for six months I was interested in the new 2019 Blazer. One test drive was all it took to trade up. The interior is laid out so well that you feel it was made for you. The six way adjustable driver seat can adapt to whatever size you are. Handling is smooth and the power from the 3.6 engine gives it awesome acceleration. The infotainment center is easy to operate and the interface cable to connect your phone to the system makes it very easy to make phone calls, check out maps . The steering wheel has all the controls for adjusting volume on the radio, changing channels and cruise control. So much room in the rear with the back seats folded down allows to really pack for a trip. Mileage is great. I have gotten an average of 26 with a best mileage at 35mpg. The climate controls could be a little bigger but that is a small thing.
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Her car and She loves It - lets me drive on longer
By Scout II on Thursday, June 20, 2019Have driven 4x4s since the 70s - owned Scout Rallye II, various pre-chrysler jeeps, Yukons and Tahoes, and even a Sierra. This vehicle drives more like her 2009 Acura TL than an SUV. Replaced a one year old Acura RDX Advance that we never liked the way it rode, drove, handled, and had uncomfortable seating (unless you are skinny, 5'4, and under 120 pounds, which I am not. Have had the Blazer about a month, no mechanical issues, fun to drive, good vision, and acceptable fuel economy - not broken in yet, but slightly exceeding the 25 MPG highway. Wife loves the vehicle, it is hers (I drive a Yukon) - first time in years she wants to drive rather than ride. Looks like a great choice and a winner for Chevrolet.
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The Graham Group, York, Pa., last month announced it had bought controlling interest in American Kuhne (AK), the Ashaway, R.I.-based manufacturer of extruders, screws, and integrated extrusion systems. The controlling interest was acquired from The Kuhne Group of Sankt Augustin, Germany, which is owned by Peter Kuhne.
The current management team of AK will retain a minority interest in the company. No German assets of the Kuhne Group are included in the transaction. "American Kuhne has always operated independently of the Kuhne Group anyway, so the change in control will have no disruptive effect on our business," stated Bill Kramer, president of AK, which was founded in 1997.
Graham Engineering is a leading supplier of extrusion blow molding systems for packaging. Remarks president Wolfgang Liebertz, "The addition of American Kuhne to the Graham Group's machinery portfolio is very exciting to us. The ability to deliver a quality melt stream is the first step in any successful plastic processing technology. The experience and expertise of the team at American Kuhne is first-class, evidence of which is American Kuhne's industry-leading position in the medical extrusion market, which is about as technically demanding as a process can get."
Donald C. Graham, founder and owner of the Graham Group, told Plastics Technology that this acquisition furthers the company's interest in broadening its machinery and process offerings. He said American Kuhne's expertise in certain specialty areas of extrusion, like medical tubing, make it particularly attractive.
How to Get Peak Performance & Efficiency Out of Your Extrusion Line, Part I
A lot of things must be in place to achieve what I like to call efficient extrusion.
What's Causing Your Gels?
Gels are a common quality problem in extrusion of clear film and tubing less than 0.005 in. thick.
Slip Agents: Extended Performance Range for Polyolefin Films
Newer specialty slip masterbatches go beyond traditional capabilities to provide greater thermal stability, reliability, and ability to hold COF steady during laminating.


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Andy Lawrence necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 209 diseños de 48 diseñadores freelance.
Slick Foods (Currently Origami Foods - http://www.orgamifoods.com)
Slick Foods has developed a propriety technology that turns all-natural fruits and vegetables into delicious wraps. The wraps are used as alternatives to seaweed for sushi and tortillas for burritos, and can also be used in desserts as packaging, and eaten on their own. See photos for example uses. In the coming year, additional use cases will be developed. We want to portray ourselves as a great, natural product for people who are health conscious. We don't want to be perceived as gimmicky. We want the logo and the company to appeal to a broad spectrum of customers (see below), and be versatile enough to work for a number of different use cases we currently have and will develop in the future. We want to feel like a well-packaged, tightly-branded company - classy, but practical. The logo will be used to inform the redesign of our website, which will undergo a total design alteration.
We have a few target customer segments. The first are individual consumers, who will use the products for their own purposes when creating burritos without tortillas, seaweed-free sushi, desserts, or just eating the product as a snack (like a fruit rollup). The second is chefs, using the wraps to make dishes in restaurants. The third is wholesale customers (Sysco, US Foods, grocery stores, etc), who will sell the products in their stores.
Feel free to be creative. We need a sleek logo which will serve as the foundation for all of our branded material - packaging, marketing materials, website, etc. The colors are absolutely key, and should feel light, healthy, and sleek. I would envision the color scheme working with a site with a white background. Don't worry about matching our existing color scheme at all. We also need a versatile logo that can be used to target customers in a variety of different segments. Our website aesthetic will change so don't worry about incorporating with the existing color scheme, and as mentioned above our name has changed from that on our current website.
We need print file and web file formats.
See below for images of example uses.
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My kid does this thing with his hands whenever there is an uncomfortable moment in our day. He calls it Awkward Turtle and I'm pretty sure it's something he's picked up off of thems there internets, but I don't care because it's AWESOME and I'm going to use it right now.
*puts one hand on top of other*
*sticks thumbs out and spins them around in circles*
*inches turtle forward*
Oh, nevermind; ask me to show it to you next time you see me.
So there's no real seque from that post into this one, except that
A) everything is fine for now, and
2) I can't believe I didn't do that years ago, I feel *that* much better and
lastly) I have bigger fish to fry.
Fish like blogging conferences. Blogging conferences like BlogHer, which is where I work now.
Um. Yeah. I cannot believe it, either.
After, like, 87 Internet Years, Jes Ferris moved on from BlogHer and I somehow duped them into letting me take her place as Conference Programming Manager, which is so very awesome and so very time consuming that I think I will henceforth just be a Saturday night blogger, if I'm lucky. I made it all of nine days into my Highly Lofty Plan to Post a Picture Every Day and posted two whole times at my Babble blog this year so they're probably going to fire me, but that's okaysih because I really, really, really truly, madly, deeply love my new job.
Really. I'd stand with it on a mountain. I'd bathe with it in the sea.
While we're on blogging conferences, I'm going to Blissdom for the first time ever, so if you're going too, I'll be the person continuously standing under something taller than she herself is, wearing rubber shoes and eating all the imitation Jesus-meat crackers I can get my hands on, just in case. Say hi, if you dare.
I'm also going to the Houston Meet-Up for Dad 2.0 summit this Thursday night at The Stag's Head Pub downtown because, ironically enough, I really need a fucking drink. That, and I think that Doug French and John Pacini are stand-up guys and fantastic leaders in the dad blogging community who are going to throw one hell of a boy's weekend out conference, and I fully support their efforts that I won't be able to attend, see: new job.
And I think that's pretty much the total summation of every minute of spare time I have from now until August 6th, which means Daphne Brogdon is going to have to keep flaring her nostrils at me for pretty much abandoning everything I was up to at my kids' schools, but that's okay because, well, frankly? She's stinking adorable when she roars her terrible roars, she says from several thousand miles away.Volunteering At School: Do You Buck Up Or Bow Out? w/ Daphne, Janice and yours truly on Momversation.


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How many times have you face palmed while watching a show like CSI because of technicians magically "enhancing" an image, somehow finding digital information where there clearly isn't any? Well it turns out that if software designed by one Vladimir Yuzhikov works as advertised, we might have been wrong to laugh. It's called SmartDeblur and it uses some pretty advanced mathematical algorithms to try and minimize blur that comes from three sources: shots that are out of focus, shots that were taken while moving and something called gaussian blur, which Wikipedia assures us is different than the other two. But as they say, the proof is in the pudding and the image you see above was restored using this very application. Color us impressed.
Matter of fact, it gets better. Not only are there quite a few more such shots for you to look at after the break, there's also a link to download Vladimir's software! Yes, it's free and as long as you have a PC, you can go ahead and try and save all those shots that you thought were ruined forever. It won't produce images that are as sharp as a proper picture, but hey, this is some cool tech right here. Also after the jump, a link to a detailed explanation of what's actually going on here. Math-phobes might want to abstain.
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The British Harpsichord Society promotes awareness, enjoyment, study, playing and ownership of harpsichords and related plucked keyboard instruments (such as the spinet and virginals) in Britain. Our aim is to create more public awareness and encourage more people to enjoy and play the harpsichord.
We regularly send out to our worldwide membership our E-magazine, Sounding Board;
this is your magazine and a chance to share your knowledge and experience of the fascinating world of the harpsichord, whatever and wherever that may be.
We compile a diary each month for our UK members; you can plan your concert-going with details of recitals and events featuring the Harpsichord that will take place throughout the British Isles during the forthcoming months.
We encourage members to promote and support events locally. We can, and with permission of all parties, help you share your enthusiasm and make contact with others in your area, to teach, share, listen and/or to learn from each other.
We arrange monthly recitals, and other events on occasional Saturdays, in Handel's house, now Handel & Hendrix in London at Brook Street, London W1.
Our membership has grown to more than 1600 and is entirely FREE and open to anyone with an interest in the instrument, amateur and professional alike, be it as a listener, a player, a teacher, a builder or as a collector. All are welcome.
You will find more about these activities, and related matters by exploring the headings on the left. We are always grateful for your feedback, suggestions, your literary contributions and your offers of help. To get in touch, please go to the Contact Us page where you will find the appropriate links.


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ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Morse and Angel Pagan homered, Tim Lincecum allowed one run over six innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 2-1 on Friday night.
San Francisco spoiled the season debut of Braves starter Mike Minor with its seventh victory in eight games.
Atlanta has a season-high four-game losing streak.
After missing the first month of the season with left shoulder tendinitis, Minor (0-1) allowed seven hits, two runs, no walks and struck out four.
He trailed 1-0 when Pagan led off the game with his third homer and was down 2-1 in the sixth after Morse added his seventh homer.
Lincecum (2-1) gave up six hits and three walks with four strikeouts and kept Braves hitters off balance by keeping his pitches low in the strike zone and added a sharp curveball and slider.
Though Lincecum's ERA still stands at 5.12 this season, San Francisco has won his past four starts, and the right-hander is 3-0 with a 2.91 ERA over that span.
Lincecum had problems in the fifth by walking leadoff hitter Gerald Laird, who advanced on Jason Heyward's single and scored from second on Freddie Freeman's RBI single.
But that was all the damage Atlanta's offense could muster.
San Francisco's bullpen, which leads the majors with a 1.98 ERA, continued its stingy work.
Santiago Casilla, the third Giants pitcher, struck out Chris Johnson with runners on first and second to end the seventh. He faced the minimum in the eighth, lowering his opponents' batting average against right-handers to .162 in 37 at-bats.
Closer Sergio Romo earned his eighth save in eight chances in an adventurous ninth. After retiring pinch-hitter Evan Gattis and Heyward on groundouts, Romo gave up B.J. Upton's single and walked Freeman.
But Romo ended the game when cleanup hitter Justin Upton took a called third strike.
Minor continued his troubles with the long ball. He gave up four homers in his last rehab start for Double-A Mississippi on April 25 and has allowed nine homers in his past seven big-league starts dating to last Aug. 31.
Even so, his return could boost a Braves rotation that lost Kris Medlen and Brandon Beachy to season-ending elbow surgeries during spring training.
Minor, Atlanta's leader in innings pitched the past two years, began the night 19-13 in 46 starts since the 2012 All-Star break and had a 2.90 ERA that ranked fourth in the majors over that span.
Notes: Giants RHP Tim Hudson, who won his 200th career game in Atlanta last year, is glad his next turn in the rotation is Tuesday at Pittsburgh. "I had nine wonderful years here," Hudson said. "It was a dream come true to player. I'm kind of glad I'm not pitching here. It would be a little weird." Hudson is 4-1 with a 2.17 ERA in six starts this year. ... In a deal announced earlier in the day, Johnson and the Braves agreed to a $23.5 million, three-year contract covering 2015-17. ... RHP Gus Schlosser was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett to make room for Minor on the 25-man roster. ... Minor's return has moved RHP David Hale to the bullpen.
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Simple Soft Steamed Chocolate Cake Recipe
A simple dessert for a simple person
- 200 gram butter, melt
- 100 gram cake flour
- 100 granulated sugar
- 50 gram cocoa powder
- 10 gram ovalette
- 5 eggs
- 190 ml chocolate condensed milk
- strawberry jam
Cooking equipment:
- Square baking pan,grease with butter.
- Mix eggs, granulated sugar, ovalette in high speed. add cake flour, chocolate condensed milk, and cocoa powder. Mix until the batter rises.
- Add the melted butter into the batter, stir until well combined. After that, pour the butter into the prepared baking pan.
- Steam the batter for 30 minutes to cook. When it is cooked, put aside and leave to cool. Remove the cake from the baking pan. Cut the cake horizontally into 2 layers. Smear the strawberry jam onto the first layer. Then, put the other layer on to the first layer. Your cake is now ready to be served.
The Steamed Chocolate Cake is best enjoyed with family in your precious moments :-)


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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Gaza Under Ceasefire (*and the Siege Remains)
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Sandy and Relief
Yesterday in Rockaway
i was reminded of the aftermath of Katrina, the Rodney King riots and Iraq,
Afghanistan, and particularly i was reminded of Gaza and the West Bank, where
the 'aftermath' never comes, where just a continuous, unending calamity unfolds
at the hands of America's 'democracy'.
Yesterday we drove past lines of hundreds of people waiting to vote. All that was missing was the blue ink to dip their fingers in and to hold up to the cameras with a smile.
Yesterday we baked food to bring to hungry people who have been ignored and forgotten by our government. Mostly they are poor people, many elderly people, many children. We did not see a presence of the Red Cross, where millions of dollars have been deposited in the past week. And while we saw large numbers of cops and military convoys on the streets, we did not see them going door to door to help people who have been stranded without power for a week, many of whom can't escape the confines of their dark, cold homes. (This is not to say they are not doing great work somewhere, just in our little corner of destruction they were not to be found.) One visiting nurse told us she has been trying for a week to get help bringing 100 elderly wheel chair bound people down dark stairwells in a 20 story complex. Finally, when it was just too obvious that no help would arrive, the visiting nurse organized other nurses and residents and they carried the people down themselves. Meanwhile hundreds of ambulances and medic crews are sitting in a staging area waiting for orders. They have traveled from many places to help, because that is what they do. People have traveled from around the country to help. Can i hear a "good job Brownie" please?
Yesterday i saw hundreds of ordinary citizens taking care of themselves and their neighbors as best they can. i have seen this in all the mayhem over all the years and disasters in the paragraph above. It is what keeps me alive in this world filled with so much ugliness and neglect.
i hear Obama was reelected. 4 more years of the same old thing. Over the last year of campaigning i have come to understand that Obama is proud of what he has done and what he has done in my name as an American and for this i feel ashamed. And i am scared of what will come.
Today snow, rain, and wind is coming. Many people in the Rockaways are in desperate need of blankets. The same is so in Afghanistan where babies froze to death in their mothers arms last winter.
There are natural weather events and there are disasters. We are living in a time of great disaster worldwide which our government seems unable to heal and plays a great part in perpetuating.
The most common negative comment i hear about my writing is, "What happened to you? Why do you hate your country so much?" i can only say my government continues to fail those who depend on it the most here and around the world and this has always been so.
And i am wondering where i can find a couple of blankets.


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Tim Berkel will have to hold off a strong field to secure a hometown win at IRONMAN 70.3 Port Macquarie tomorrow.
Berkel is the top seed in the eighth edition of the race despite missing the event last year when his training partner, Clayton Fettell, claimed the honours.
The IRONMAN 70.3 national champion has had his hopes dashed by race penalties in recent times and wants to focus on his own race plan and performance.
"Racing at home is always special and the crowd support really does give you an extra gear," says Berkel.
He is just home after supporting Fettell in Hawaii and to scope his assault on the race for the future. He is full of inspiration and motivation after witnessing the IRONMAN World Championship first-hand.
The biggest threat could come from 2012 IRONMAN Australia champion, Paul Ambrose, who knows what it takes to win on this course. He is home after a disrupted time in USA that did not match his 2012 season, where he scored several high profile wins and podiums.
The other strong Australian contenders will be Joseph Lampe, who finished fourth last year, South Australia's Matty White, routinely a consistent performer and veteran IRONMAN Jason Shortis.
Former pro cyclist Casey Munro will be of interest after his podium at IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast, while Sam Appleton is a young star in the making.
Lisa Marangon will spearhead the women's field after a solid third place on the Sunshine Coast. She's expected to be pushed by Kiwi Michelle Bremer and running star Michelle Wu.
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ckirsch necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
3 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 87 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
Metasploit / Rapid7
The Metasploit Framework is a free, open source tool that enables you to test the security of your IT infrastructure. It simulates the same types of attacks that hackers use to get access to your systems. The software is downloaded by more than a million people who could be described as "the good guys" in the hacker scene, otherwise known as white hat hackers or penetration testers.
Go to http://www.metasploit.com, http://www.rapid7.com or the Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasploit to find out more about Metasploit. Take the Metasploit.com website as a starting point for the design.
The T-Shirts will be offered for sale in the store on the Metasploit.com store. Proceeds for the shirts will go to charity. The T-Shirt design should:
* Be cool and street wearable so that visitors the site actually want to buy and wear it.
* Feel free to add text to work with the design (e.g. a fun sentence / tag line / joke) to make your T-shirt work
* Be appealing to the hacker crowd without invoking negative connotations of hackers
* T-Shirt color and print color can be chosen by the designer. To keep screen printing costs in check, we'd prefer no more than 2 spot colors
* Tonality of the T-Shirt should be fresh, crisp, clean, "Internet spirit", and fun.
* Design must be delivered in a high-res, print-ready and open format, e.g. PhotoShop, Illustrator, EPS or similar formats. High-res versions of the logos in different formats attached.
Brand name
* Metasploit
Target audience
* White hat hackers, penetration testers (aka pentesters), IT security professionals, geeks