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Transcription (genetics)
Transcription is the first step of gene expression, in which a particular segment of DNA is copied into RNA (mRNA) by the enzyme RNA polymerase.
Both RNA and DNA are nucleic acids, which use base pairs of nucleotides as a complementary language. The two can be converted back and forth from DNA to RNA by the action of the correct enzymes. During transcription, a DNA sequence is read by an RNA polymerase, which produces a complementary, antiparallel RNA strand called a primary transcript.
Transcription proceeds in the following general steps:
- One or more sigma factor protein binds to the RNA polymerase holoenzyme, allowing it to bind to promoter DNA.
- RNA polymerase creates a transcription bubble, which separates the two strands of the DNA helix. This is done by breaking the hydrogen bonds between complementary DNA nucleotides.
- RNA polymerase adds matching RNA nucleotides to the complementary nucleotides of one DNA strand.
- RNA sugar-phosphate backbone forms with assistance from RNA polymerase to form an RNA strand.
- Hydrogen bonds of the untwisted RNA-DNA helix break, freeing the newly synthesized RNA strand.
- If the cell has a nucleus, the RNA may be further processed. This may include polyadenylation, capping, and splicing.
- The RNA may remain in the nucleus or exit to the cytoplasm through the nuclear pore complex.
The stretch of DNA transcribed into an RNA molecule is called a transcription unit and encodes at least one gene. If the gene transcribed encodes a protein, messenger RNA (mRNA) will be transcribed; the mRNA will in turn serve as a template for the protein's synthesis through translation. Alternatively, the transcribed gene may encode for either non-coding RNA (such as microRNA), ribosomal RNA (rRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), or other enzymatic RNA molecules called ribozymes.[1] Overall, RNA helps synthesize, regulate, and process proteins; it therefore plays a fundamental role in performing functions within a cell.
In virology, the term may also be used when referring to mRNA synthesis from an RNA molecule (i.e., RNA replication). For instance, the genome of a negative-sense single-stranded RNA (ssRNA -) virus may be template for a positive-sense single-stranded RNA (ssRNA +). This is because the positive-sense strand contains the information needed to translate the viral proteins for viral replication afterwards. This process is catalysed by a viral RNA replicase.[2]
- Background 1
Major steps 2
- Pre-initiation 2.1
- Initiation 2.2
- Promoter clearance 2.3
- Elongation 2.4
- Termination 2.5
- Inhibitors 3
- Transcription factories 4
- History 5
- Measuring and detecting transcription 6
- Reverse transcription 7
- See also 8
- References 9
- External links 10
A DNA transcription unit encoding for a protein may contain both a coding sequence, which will be translated into the protein, and regulatory sequences, which direct and regulate the synthesis of that protein. The regulatory sequence before ("upstream" from) the coding sequence is called the five prime untranslated region (5'UTR); the sequence after ("downstream" from) the coding sequence is called the three prime untranslated region (3'UTR).[1]
As opposed to DNA replication, transcription results in an RNA complement that includes the nucleotide uracil (U) in all instances where thymine (T) would have occurred in a DNA complement.
Only one of the two DNA strands serve as a template for transcription. The antisense strand of DNA is read by RNA polymerase from the 3' end to the 5' end during transcription (3' → 5'). The complementary RNA is created in the opposite direction, in the 5' → 3' direction, matching the sequence of the sense strand with the exception of switching uracil for thymine. This directionality is because RNA polymerase can only add nucleotides to the 3' end of the growing mRNA chain. This use of only the 3' → 5' DNA strand eliminates the need for the Okazaki fragments that are seen in DNA replication.[1] This removes the need for an RNA primer to initiate RNA synthesis, as is the case in DNA replication.
The non-template sense strand of DNA is called the coding strand, because its sequence is the same as the newly created RNA transcript (except for the substitution of uracil for thymine). This is the strand that is used by convention when presenting a DNA sequence.
Transcription has some proofreading mechanisms, but they are fewer and less effective than the controls for copying DNA; therefore, transcription has a lower copying fidelity than DNA replication.[3]
Major steps
Transcription is divided into pre-initiation, initiation, promoter clearance, elongation and termination.[1]
In eukaryotes, a core promoter sequence in the DNA must be present for RNA polymerase to initiate transcription. Promoters are regions of DNA that promote transcription - in eukaryotes, they are found at -30, -75, and -90 base pairs upstream from the transcription start site (abbreviated to TSS). Transcription factors are proteins that bind to these promoter sequences and facilitate the binding of RNA Polymerase.[4]
The most characterized type of core promoter in eukaryotes is a short DNA sequence known as a TATA box, found 25-30 base pairs upstream from the TSS.[4] The TATA box, as a core promoter, is the binding site for a transcription factor known as TATA-binding protein (TBP) (which is itself a subunit of another transcription factor, called Transcription Factor II D (TFIID)). After TFIID binds to the TATA box via the TBP, five more transcription factors and RNA polymerase combine around the TATA box in a series of stages to form a preinitiation complex. One transcription factor, Transcription factor II H, has two components with helicase activity and so is involved in the separating of opposing strands of double-stranded DNA to form the initial transcription bubble. However, the preinitiation complex produces only a low transcription rate on its own. Other proteins known as activators and repressors, along with any associated coactivators or corepressors, are responsible for modulating transcription rate.[4]
Thus, preinitiation complex contains:.
- Core Promoter Sequence
- Transcription Factors
- RNA Polymerase
- Activators and Repressors.
The transcription preinitiation in archaea is, in essence, homologous to that of eukaryotes, but is much less complex.[5] The archaeal preinitiation complex assembles at a TATA-box binding site; however, in archaea, this complex is composed of only RNA polymerase II, TBP, and TFB (the archaeal homologue of eukaryotic transcription factor II B (TFIIB)).[6][7]
In bacteria, transcription begins with the binding of RNA polymerase to the promoter in DNA. RNA polymerase is a core enzyme consisting of five subunits: 2 α subunits, 1 β subunit, 1 β' subunit, and 1 ω subunit. At the start of initiation, the core enzyme is associated with a sigma factor that aids in finding the appropriate -35 and -10 base pairs upstream of promoter sequences.[8] When the sigma factor and RNA polymerase combine, they form a holoenzyme.
Transcription initiation is more complex in eukaryotes. Eukaryotic RNA polymerase does not directly recognize the core promoter sequences. Instead, a collection of proteins called transcription factors mediate the binding of RNA polymerase and the initiation of transcription. Only after certain transcription factors are attached to the promoter does the RNA polymerase bind to it. The completed assembly of transcription factors and RNA polymerase bind to the promoter, forming a transcription initiation complex. Transcription in the archaea domain is similar to transcription in eukaryotes.[9]
Promoter clearance
After the first bond is synthesized, the RNA polymerase must clear the promoter. During this time there is a tendency to release the RNA transcript and produce truncated transcripts. This is called abortive initiation and is common for both eukaryotes and prokaryotes.[10]
In prokaryotes, abortive initiation continues to occur until an RNA product of a threshold length of approximately 10 nucleotides is synthesized, at which point promoter escape occurs and a transcription elongation complex is formed. The σ factor is released according to a stochastic model.[11] Mechanistically, promoter escape occurs through a scrunching mechanism, where the energy built up by DNA scrunching provides the energy needed to break interactions between RNA polymerase holoenzyme and the promoter.[12]
In eukaryotes, after several rounds of 10nt abortive initiation, promoter clearance coincides with the TFIIH's phosphorylation of serine 5 on the carboxy terminal domain of RNAP II, leading to the recruitment of capping enzyme (CE).[13][14] The exact mechanism of how CE induces promoter clearance in eukaryotes is not yet known.
One strand of the DNA, the template strand (or noncoding strand), is used as a template for RNA synthesis. As transcription proceeds, RNA polymerase traverses the template strand and uses base pairing complementarity with the DNA template to create an RNA copy. Although RNA polymerase traverses the template strand from 3' → 5', the coding (non-template) strand and newly formed RNA can also be used as reference points, so transcription can be described as occurring 5' → 3'. This produces an RNA molecule from 5' → 3', an exact copy of the coding strand (except that thymines are replaced with uracils, and the nucleotides are composed of a ribose (5-carbon) sugar where DNA has deoxyribose (one fewer oxygen atom) in its sugar-phosphate backbone).
mRNA transcription can involve multiple RNA polymerases on a single DNA template and multiple rounds of transcription (amplification of particular mRNA), so many mRNA molecules can be rapidly produced from a single copy of a gene.
Elongation also involves a proofreading mechanism that can replace incorrectly incorporated bases. In eukaryotes, this may correspond with short pauses during transcription that allow appropriate RNA editing factors to bind. These pauses may be intrinsic to the RNA polymerase or due to chromatin structure.
Bacteria use two different strategies for transcription termination - Rho-independent termination and Rho-dependent termination. In Rho-independent transcription termination, also called intrinsic termination, RNA transcription stops when the newly synthesized RNA molecule forms a G-C-rich hairpin loop followed by a run of Us. When the hairpin forms, the mechanical stress breaks the weak rU-dA bonds, now filling the DNA-RNA hybrid. This pulls the poly-U transcript out of the active site of the RNA polymerase, in effect, terminating transcription. In the "Rho-dependent" type of termination, a protein factor called "Rho" destabilizes the interaction between the template and the mRNA, thus releasing the newly synthesized mRNA from the elongation complex.[15]
Transcription termination in eukaryotes is less understood but involves cleavage of the new transcript followed by template-independent addition of adenines at its new 3' end, in a process called polyadenylation.[16]
Transcription inhibitors can be used as antibiotics against, for example, pathogenic bacteria (antibacterials) and fungi (antifungals). An example of such an antibacterial is rifampicin, which inhibits prokaryotic DNA transcription into mRNA by inhibiting DNA-dependent RNA polymerase by binding its beta-subunit. 8-Hydroxyquinoline is an antifungal transcription inhibitor.[17] The effects of histone methylation may also work to inhibit the action of transcription.
Transcription factories
Active transcription units are clustered in the nucleus, in discrete sites called transcription factories or euchromatin. Such sites can be visualized by allowing engaged polymerases to extend their transcripts in tagged precursors (Br-UTP or Br-U) and immuno-labeling the tagged nascent RNA. Transcription factories can also be localized using fluorescence in situ hybridization or marked by antibodies directed against polymerases. There are ~10,000 factories in the nucleoplasm of a HeLa cell, among which are ~8,000 polymerase II factories and ~2,000 polymerase III factories. Each polymerase II factory contains ~8 polymerases. As most active transcription units are associated with only one polymerase, each factory usually contains ~8 different transcription units. These units might be associated through promoters and/or enhancers, with loops forming a 'cloud' around the factor.[18]
A molecule that allows the genetic material to be realized as a protein was first hypothesized by François Jacob and Jacques Monod. Severo Ochoa won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for developing a process for synthesizing RNA in vitro with polynucleotide phosphorylase, which was useful for cracking the genetic code. RNA synthesis by RNA polymerase was established in vitro by several laboratories by 1965; however, the RNA synthesized by these enzymes had properties that suggested the existence of an additional factor needed to terminate transcription correctly.
In 1972, Walter Fiers became the first person to actually prove the existence of the terminating enzyme.
Roger D. Kornberg won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription".[19]
Measuring and detecting transcription
Transcription can be measured and detected in a variety of ways:
- Nuclear Run-on assay: measures the relative abundance of newly formed transcripts
- RNase protection assay and ChIP-Chip of RNAP: detect active transcription sites
- RT-PCR: measures the absolute abundance of total or nuclear RNA levels, which may however differ from transcription rates
- DNA microarrays: measures the relative abundance of the global total or nuclear RNA levels; however, these may differ from transcription rates
- In situ hybridization: detects the presence of a transcript
- MS2 tagging: by incorporating RNA stem loops, such as MS2, into a gene, these become incorporated into newly synthesized RNA. The stem loops can then be detected using a fusion of GFP and the MS2 coat protein, which has a high affinity, sequence-specific interaction with the MS2 stem loops. The recruitment of GFP to the site of transcription is visualised as a single fluorescent spot. This new approach has revealed that transcription occurs in discontinuous bursts, or pulses (see Transcriptional bursting). With the notable exception of in situ techniques, most other methods provide cell population averages, and are not capable of detecting this fundamental property of genes.[20]
- Northern blot: the traditional method, and until the advent of RNA-Seq, the most quantitative
- RNA-Seq: applies next-generation sequencing techniques to sequence whole transcriptomes, which allows the measurement of relative abundance of RNA, as well as the detection of additional variations such as fusion genes, post-transcriptional edits and novel splice sites
Reverse transcription
Some viruses (such as HIV, the cause of AIDS), have the ability to transcribe RNA into DNA. HIV has an RNA genome that is reverse transcribed into DNA. The resulting DNA can be merged with the DNA genome of the host cell. The main enzyme responsible for synthesis of DNA from an RNA template is called reverse transcriptase.
In the case of HIV, reverse transcriptase is responsible for synthesizing a complementary DNA strand (cDNA) to the viral RNA genome. The enzyme ribonuclease H then digests the RNA strand, and reverse transcriptase synthesises a complementary strand of DNA to form a double helix DNA structure ("cDNA"). The cDNA is integrated into the host cell's genome by the enzyme integrase, which causes the host cell to generate viral proteins that reassemble into new viral particles. In HIV, subsequent to this, the host cell undergoes programmed cell death, or apoptosis of T cells.[21] However, in other retroviruses, the host cell remains intact as the virus buds out of the cell.
Some eukaryotic cells contain an enzyme with reverse transcription activity called telomerase. Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase that lengthens the ends of linear chromosomes. Telomerase carries an RNA template from which it synthesizes a repeating sequence of DNA, or "junk" DNA. This repeated sequence of DNA is called a telomere and can be thought of as a "cap" for a chromosome. It is important because every time a linear chromosome is duplicated, it is shortened. With this "junk" DNA or "cap" at the ends of chromosomes, the shortening eliminates some of the non-essential, repeated sequence rather than the protein-encoding DNA sequence, that is farther away from the chromosome end.
Telomerase is often activated in cancer cells to enable cancer cells to duplicate their genomes indefinitely without losing important protein-coding DNA sequence. Activation of telomerase could be part of the process that allows cancer cells to become immortal. The immortalizing factor of cancer via telomere lengthening due to telomerase has been proven to occur in 90% of all carcinogenic tumors in vivo with the remaining 10% using an alternative telomere maintenance route called ALT or Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres.[22]
See also
- Crick's central dogma - DNA is transcribed to RNA, which is translated to polypeptides (polypeptides cannot "reverse translate" into RNA or DNA)
- Eukaryotic transcription
- Gene regulation
- Bacterial transcription
- RNA Polymerase
- Reverse transcription - process viruses use to make DNA from RNA
- Splicing - process of removing introns from precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) to make messenger RNA (mRNA)
- Translation - process of decoding RNA to form polypeptides
- Transcription factor
- ^ a b c d Eldra P. Solomon, Linda R. Berg, Diana W. Martin. Biology, 8th Edition, International Student Edition. Thomson Brooks/Cole. ISBN 978-0495317142
- ^ "Tentative identification of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases of dsRNA viruses and their relationship to positive strand RNA viral polymerases". FEBS Letters 252: 42–46.
- ^ Berg J, Tymoczko JL, Stryer L (2006). Biochemistry (6th ed.). San Francisco: W. H. Freeman.
- ^ a b c Basic Medical Biochemistry, 4th edition, Marks. Chapter 14
- ^ Littlefield, O., Korkhin, Y., and Sigler, P.B. (1999). "The structural basis for the oriented assembly of a TBP/TFB/promoter complex". PNAS 96 (24): 13668–13673.
- ^ Hausner, W., Michael Thomm, M. (2001). "Events during Initiation of Archaeal Transcription: Open Complex Formation and DNA-Protein Interactions". Journal of Bacteriology 183 (10): 3025–3031.
- ^ Qureshi, SA; Bell, SD; Jackson, SP (1997). "Factor requirements for transcription in the archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae". EMBO Journal 16 (10): 2927–2936.
- ^ Raven, Peter H. (2011). Biology (9th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 278–301.
- ^ Mohamed Ouhammouch, Robert E. Dewhurst, Winfried Hausner, Michael Thomm, and E. Peter Geiduschek (2003). "Activation of archaeal transcription by recruitment of the TATA-binding protein". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100 (9): 5097–5102.
- ^ Goldman, S.;
- ^ Raffaelle, M.; Kanin, E. I.; Vogt, J.; Burgess, R. R.; Ansari, A. Z. (2005). "Holoenzyme Switching and Stochastic Release of Sigma Factors from RNA Polymerase in Vivo". Molecular Cell 20 (3): 357–366.
- ^ Revyakin, A.; Liu, C.;
- ^ Mandal, S. S.; Chu, C.; Wada, T.; Handa, H.; Shatkin, A. J.; Reinberg, D. (2004). "Functional interactions of RNA-capping enzyme with factors that positively and negatively regulate promoter escape by RNA polymerase II". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (20): 7572–7577.
- ^ Goodrich, J. A.; Tjian, R. (1994). "Transcription factors IIE and IIH and ATP hydrolysis direct promoter clearance by RNA polymerase II". Cell 77 (1): 145–156.
- ^ Richardson, J (2002). "Rho-dependent termination and ATPases in transcript termination". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1577 (2): 251–260.
- ^ Lykke-Andersen, S; Jensen, TH (2007). "Overlapping pathways dictate termination of RNA polymerase II transcription". Biochimie 89 (10): 1177–82.
- ^ 8-Hydroxyquinoline info from SIGMA-ALDRICH. Retrieved Feb 2012
- ^ Papantonis, A (2012-10-26). "TNFα signals through specialized factories where responsive coding and miRNA genes are transcribed". Nature EMBO J.
- ^ "Chemistry 2006". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved March 29, 2007.
- ^ Raj, A.; van Oudenaarden, A. (2008). "Nature, nurture, or chance: stochastic gene expression and its consequences". Cell 135: 216–26.
- ^ Kolesnikova I. N. (2000). "Some patterns of apoptosis mechanism during HIV-infection". Dissertation (in Русский). Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ ALT and Telomerase from Nature. Retrieved May 2010
External links
- Interactive Java simulation of transcription initiation. From Center for Models of Life at the Niels Bohr Institute.
- Interactive Java simulation of transcription interference--a game of promoter dominance in bacterial virus. From Center for Models of Life at the Niels Bohr Institute.
- Biology animations about this topic under Chapter 15 and Chapter 18
- Virtual Cell Animation Collection, Introducing Transcription
- Easy to use DNA transcription site


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New for 2014
The Nissan Titan enters 2014 largely unchanged, but a new model is on the horizon, due to be introduced at the 2015 Detroit auto show.
Vehicle Overview
The Titan is Nissan's full-size pickup truck, which fits above the smaller Frontier in the automaker's lineup. It comes in king and crew cab forms and competes in the lucrative half-ton truck segment, though there's no standard-cab model.
The 2014 Nissan Titan comes as a king or crew cab, each with a unique short and long bed length. All Titans get the 317-hp, 5.6-liter V-8 that makes 385 lb-ft of torque and a five-speed automatic, which can be paired with rear- or four-wheel drive. Fuel economy was competitive when launched at an EPA-estimated 17/25 mpg city/highway, and a one-mpg penalty for 4WD. The king cab features 169-degree opening rear doors that provide nearly unlimited access to the rear seats. Notable optional features include factory-applied spray-on bedliner, Utili-Track bed channel system for cargo tie-down flexibility, and a lockable bedside storage compartment.
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In a First Drive of a 2011 Nissan Titan we said: "Since we last tested it in 2005, the Nissan Titan has gotten a smidge more powerful, been slightly restyled, and seen its list of standard features grow. Other than that, the full-size rig has remained much the same as it was six years ago. As its sales figures show, that may not be the best tactic in challenging its heavy-hitting rivals from the Detroit Three." Like most full-size trucks used to handle, we noted that the Titan handled most comfortably with a load or several passengers. While the response is still good and the V-8 feels powerful, the competition offers similar power but with significantly better fuel economy. We felt that "the Titan is in dire need of a redo if it's going to get back on truck buyers' radar screens."
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Lutomes (profile), 11 May 2011 @ 7:34pm
Pot / Kettle much?Pretty rich for someone who used to have their comic archive locked up behind a subscription paywall himself.
I assume he doesn't now, but I know they used to be. (At work so I can't exactly check)
I do remember though "way back" before google ads & decent cpc/cpa etc, that the paywall made sense on some sites, advertising impressions while good initially were worth close to nothing, and you couldn't make back your bandwidth costs - let alone other operating costs.
frosty840, 11 May 2011 @ 7:58pm
Re: Pot / Kettle much?Wasn't that paywall implemented by the comics syndicate he publishes to?
Comics.com certainly used to only present a 30-day archive to readers, but now allows you to access their entire archives. I'm pretty sure Dilbert is syndicated by the same people.
This was back at the time, though, when selling comics archives was still pretty big business. Look at the Far Side compilations. Those were very nice books, very well presented and frankly a genuine luxury item.
As webcomics have taken off and sales of printed *everything* have dried up, I think the comics syndicates (which have a fairly profitable main business in selling direct-to-newspaper) have been reasonably quick in responding to the change in the market.
They used to be crippled online by the fact that the internet was full of freaks, and freaks all read freakish webcomics, but now that the mainstream has arrived on the internet, I'm sure that the mainstream comics business is going to be starting to bring in some pretty serious mainstream advertising revenue again.
Wild digression aside, yeah, I don't think that that was his paywall.
nasch (profile), 11 May 2011 @ 8:39pm
Re: Pot / Kettle much?Pretty rich for someone who used to have their comic archive locked up behind a subscription paywall himself.
Even if the paywall was his decision, isn't that exactly the sort of person who would criticize paywalls? Someone who had tried it and found it doesn't work?
techflaws.org (profile), 12 May 2011 @ 6:04am
Re: Pot / Kettle much?Pretty rich for someone who used to have their comic archive locked up behind a subscription paywall himself.
Really? When was that? I've been reading his strips for free from his website since 2007 and the only change I noticed was the new annyoing design that made me change my bookmark to http://www.dilbert.com/fast.
Nicedoggy, 12 May 2011 @ 12:01amPulp Fiction - The Golden Age of Sci Fi, Fantasy & Adventure - Full Length Feature
I was watching this "documentary" about how pulp-fiction took off, how it died and the influences that it brought to science and movies productions of today.
Funny that the most creative era of America was when people didn't make huge amounts of money out of things they just did it because they wanted to.
Maybe my grandchildren will see some documentary in 50 years about how great comics strips were in the 90's LoL
Mike42 (profile), 12 May 2011 @ 1:30pm
Re:What?! They did it because they were passionate, and barely got paid? Next you're going to tell me they didn't whine...
Surf New Media, 12 May 2011 @ 3:36am
Newspapers & PaywallsWe develop newspapers websites, and you would be surprised at the amount of time these companies spend on maintaining the paywall instead of concentrating on advertising. Between staff costs and server costs, these newspapers are losing money on idea of charging readers for reading the content, instead of spending the money on creating a better user experience.
hobo, 12 May 2011 @ 5:21amI'm sure he's created an alter-ego and voted his anti-paywall strip 5 stars out of 5 as it is written by a genius.
Mr Big Content, 12 May 2011 @ 7:14am
Seems Unfair ...... to tar all future paywalls with the same brush, just by looking at the ones that have gone before.
Cdaragorn (profile), 12 May 2011 @ 8:18am
Re: Seems Unfair .......to learn from the past so that we don't make the same mistakes again and again and again and again....
If a paywall model is ever found that is actually valuable to the user in any way, I'm sure Mike will praise it. None of the paywalls mentioned here have ever even tried to do that, and many have even been stupid enough to try locking up content that is easily available in many other places.
Andrew Aversa (profile), 12 May 2011 @ 8:52amDoes anybody argue that paywalls are valuable to the user? Isn't the idea just to provide revenue for the business so they can keep producing content? I agree, I don't think there is a paywall model that could be "valuable to the user", but then again, you could say the same thing about any subscription model (the consumer prefers to get all the content for free, as opposed to paying for it.)
Most paywalls seem to have been failures. What about Consumer Reports, though? I think they're in a somewhat unique situation. You can't access most of their content without paying a subscription fee, which I believe would be considered a paywall. On the other hand, the nature of what they do (reviewing consumer products) means if they were to have any advertising, it would be a conflict of interest. They pride themselves on avoiding such conflicts by instead charging a subscription fee for access to their reviews. It works quite well for them. But again, maybe this is because of their unique situation. The same wouldn't apply to, say, a news site.
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The main airport serving the Scottish Highland region is Inverness Airport [1], with scheduled flights to destinations around Scotland and the United Kingdom. There are smaller airports within the Scottish Highland region at Campbeltown and Oban that offer scheduled service to connecting flights in Glasgow.
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Scottish Citylink offers frequent service along major Scottish Highland highways from bases in Glasgow, Perth and Inverness. West Coast Motors offers service throughout the Argyll and Bute region as well as to Glasgow's Buchanan Street Station. Rapsons Coaches offers frequent regional service from their Inverness base. Some communities are served by the Royal Mail's Postbus service.
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Scottish Citylink, West Coast Motors and Rapsons should help to get you moving around the region if you are not in a car. Air service means connections in Glasgow while there are only a few train lines through the region.
Many of the roads, especially in the more remote areas of the North West are single track with passing places. Driving there is a pleasure.
Hitchhiking is a good way to get around in the Highlands, but has two significant downsides. First, the road network is quite sparse in places. Also, many of the country roads that do exist have very low traffic density.
Try hiking one of the long distance footpaths that cross the Highlands:
Try cycling the highlands, especially:
Hike in the Torridon mountains.
The Cairngorms National Park - located within the heart of the Grampian Mountains
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Corpus Man Gets Maximum Sentence For Unlawful Manufacturing and Trafficking of Firearms
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Michael Yarbrough, 22, of Corpus Christi, has landed in federal prison for 10 years for the unlawful manufacture and trafficking of AK-47 type firearms, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
Yarbrough was indicted along with Ashley Yarbrough aka Ashley Phillips, 25, and Stephen Atkinson, 29, in July 25, 2012, and arrested shortly thereafter. Michael and Ashley Yarbrough entered their guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos a few days prior to trial on Jan. 8, 2013, while Atkinson had previously entered a plea of guilty in September 2012.
Today, Judge Ramos handed Michael Yarborough a term of 120 months in federal prison, the statutory maximum allowed by law. The sentence will be followed by a three-year-term of supervised release. Evidence presented at the sentencing hearing included Michael Yarbrough's purchase of more than 900 parts kits and firearm receivers over a seven-month period, totaling more than $200,000. Also, evidence was presented that Yarbrough was selling the firearms to someone on the Mexico-U.S. border for further transport into Mexico. Several of the AK-47s manufactured by Michael Yarbrough have been seized in Mexico, including one seizure where three men were killed. The government's evidence included the fact that this was the largest gun seizure in the history of the Corpus Christi Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Ashley Yarbrough, who had pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of making a false statement to federal agents was also sentenced today to three years probation. Atkinson is set for sentencing on May 1, 2013.
Michael Yarbrough and Atkinson were convicted of one count of unlawful manufacturing of firearms between Jan. 1, 2011, and July 2012. Michael Yarbrough also pleaded guilty to one count of transferring firearms knowing that a felony was to be committed. Ashley Yarbrough entered a plea of guilty to one count of making a materially false statement to federal agents regarding the gun activity going on at her residence.
This investigation began on Aug. 15, 2011, with the discovery of an AK-47 manufacturing business at a residence during the execution of an arrest warrant by United States Marshals in Corpus Christi. At that time, deputies encountered several individuals employed by Michael Yarbrough at a Corpus Christi residence. After agents obtained a search warrant, several fully assembled AK-47 firearms were seized along with multiple handguns, gun parts and firearms in various stages of completion. Agents also discovered duffle bags full of fully assembled AK-47 firearms, ammunition magazines and bandoliers. None of the seized firearms had serial numbers and none of the individuals present has a Federal Firearms License.
Agents have also uncovered a great deal of information regarding Michael Yarbrough and the people he employed to build AK-47 firearms for him. Agents discovered Michael Yarbrough sold fully assembled AK-47 firearms with no serial numbers in McAllen, at least 11 of which have been traced in Mexico by the unique tool markings on the firearms and other unique identifiers.
Michael Yarbrough will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation leading to the criminal charges was conducted in Corpus Christi lead by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Corpus Christi Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Nueces County Sheriff's Office, the Nueces County Probation Department and the United States Marshals Service. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Julie K. Hampton.


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No storm over salary cap
The National Rugby League's salary cap has come under scrutiny over the past week, but it must remain in place for the sake of the competition.
The English Premier League is an exciting product on the pitch, but as a competition it is one of the most boring in the world.
Twenty teams contest the Premier League each season, but since 1995 only three clubs have won the title - Manchester United (nine times), Arsenal (three times) and Chelsea (twice). The Blues look likely to win the league again this season, with United once again the only threat.
Add Liverpool to the equation, and the "Big Four" clubs have dominated the Premier League for more than a decade, filling the top four places with mundane regularity. What must it be like for fans of the other 16 clubs in the league, having little chance of premiership glory year after year?
In contrast, the NRL – a competition started in 1998 after the Super League splinter, has had eight different clubs win the premiership in its 12-season history. In light of the recent stripping of Melbourne's 2007 and 2009 titles, you could argue that there may have been nine different champions in 12 years.
The Premier League has no salary cap. Clubs can buy any available player for any price. Sure, it takes more than just expensive players to win a title, but history shows the "Big Four" keep winning and constantly qualifying for the lucrative UEFA Champions League. The rich get richer, players receive outrageously high wages and there is no regulation in place to stop it.
The NRL imposes a salary cap on its clubs of $4.1 million per season to contract a squad of 25 players. This means clubs can afford to have some star players but must forgo others, thus promoting parity between teams and an even competition. Player salaries can not spiral out of control and all clubs, on their payroll bottom lines at least, should be equal.
A downside of the salary cap is that NRL players can be lured overseas or to other codes to play for more money. The English Super League, which also operates with a salary cap, is rife with ex-NRL players. Ex-Broncos star Karmichael Hunt is the big name player on the roster of AFL's new Gold Coast team. And now the Melbourne Rebels rugby union franchise is set to swoop on disgruntled Storm players.
Frankly, if players want to leave the best rugby league competition in the world in search of more cash, then the game doesn't need them. The NRL, born from working class roots, will always be a tough, competitive league no matter which 26 players run out on to the field. It's the nature of the game.
There are arguments that the Storm "team of the decade" is what all NRL clubs should strive to emulate. It is a fantastic team to watch. Outstanding, in fact. The strength, pace and skills shown in the 40-6 thrashing of the Warriors last night are testament to this.
But it's a dream team that was created under false pretence playing in reality. The "team of the decade" cheated to win three minor premierships and two premierships. The "team of the decade" should never have been assembled to begin with.
Over the past few seasons Manly, St George-Illawarra and Parramatta have all displayed qualities close to the class of the fabricated Storm. The Bulldogs, Broncos, Titans and Cowboys have not been far behind. The Tigers, Panthers, Roosters, Raiders, Rabbitohs and Knights all provide entertaining and competitive footy.
All these teams have, as far as we know, remained under the salary cap.
Exciting footy can happen without superstar teams, and without superstar teams the competition becomes more even, with all teams having a realistic chance of taking the title.
The salary cap will always have its detractors, but you can't argue with the quality of the product on display and the closeness of competitions in recent years. Just ask anyone who is in an NRL tipping comp this season.
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02 May 2010 8:52 AEST
From: bribie island
cheating footballers
Too right, Taylor. They must have been cheating to beat queensland so often.
28 Apr 2010 22:05 AEST
From: Oz
Salary cap
As we get more and more talented plyers-either created by clubs or bought, their salaries should reflect their skill and talent!There are more people coming through playng league and to keep up the "competition" between each other and clubs the salary cap MUST be increased!!!!!Wake up...the money IS there people!!!
28 Apr 2010 20:59 AEST
From: Brisbane
What about the coaches?
Let's face it. Melbourne Storm is a "super team" because it has a "super coach". Likewise, St George will become a "super team" because it has a "super coach". Super coaches will always build super teams. The down side to this is that these great teams are then penalised by the salary cap. I'm not sure what the NRL chiefs can do to change this. But it would be a shame to see these great teams disassembled so that we can have a more even (and mediocre) competition.
27 Apr 2010 11:12 AEST
From: Maclean
Attentioin NRL.......turn the lights out, switch the life support off,shut the door, walk away, and throw away the key. Enough is enough already.
26 Apr 2010 22:02 AEST
From: Melbourne
NRL salary cap in urgent need of review.
The "team of the decade" was hardly "assembled". Billy Slater, Cameron Smith, Greg Inglis and Cooper Cronk have never played for another NRL team and have been in the Storm system since they were juniors. Broke the rules? Yes. But surely the NRL system can't punish teams for developing their own talent.
26 Apr 2010 16:52 AEST
From: brisbane
artical by Chris WANG
. Storm management broke the rules. If you still say "CHEATED", then by your criteria most of the great NSW teams of 1950-80's were cheats also. In that period rich Sydney bought their Premierships with cold cash at the expense of poorer clubs not to mention the raids north of the border. Players went where they got the best deal, which is still peanuts compared to other codes such as RUGBY.Gallup has made a ballsup of this which will be as big as the Super league fiasco.
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DIY Embroidery Floss Organizer using clothespins
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
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I have been working on organizing my craft room and wanted to store my embroidery floss in a pretty way. I was inspired by a couple of pictures on Instagram and loved how some creative people were not only storing their floss so it wouldn't become a tangled mess, but had it out on display. I decided to make a framed organizer so I would have somewhere to have my own embroidery floss rainbow.
I used 1" X 4" boards to make the main body of the frame- not only did I have them on hand, but they are the perfect size for the clothespins I found. I used 1" X 2" boards to frame out the organizer. So, if you were going to purchase wood for this, you would probably spend $5 or less.
In addition to the wood you will also need clothespins, nails and paint. I found my clothespins at Walmart and the nails at Home Depot (you can probably find the nails at Walmart as well). But you can find similar clothespins and nails on Amazon. (affiliate links) I used acrylic paint I had on hand.
6- 18" pieces from the 1"X4"
2- 18" pieces from the 1"X2"
2- 22 3/8" pieces from the 1"X2"- measure the 6 1"X4"+ 2 1"X2" together to get this length
*again, these are just the dimensions I used so it would fit the space I had, there's nothing special about them.
1- paint all your wood pieces (I did not do this, and I wish I had, it's much easier to paint them when they aren't nailed together.
2- line up the 1"X4" pieces. I wanted to have a lip on the back of the frame, so I lined my boards on top of a thin piece of wood so it would be raised up a little bit- paint stir sticks would be perfect for this.
3. Line the top and bottom 1"X2" pieces and nail into place.
4. Line up the sides of the frame and nail into each of the six boards.
Once your boards are all secure, it's time to add the nails for hanging the clothespins. Make sure you have your clothespins on hand to determine exactly how they will fit on the board before you put any nails in. I started 1/2" in from the side of the frame and then added 1 nail every 1". I put the nails in 1/2" down from the top of the 1"X4" board before I checked how my clothespins would fit, only to find out that I should have put them 5/8" down.
To wrap the floss, I first wrote the color number on the bottom of the clothes pin. Then I pinched the end of the floss with the pin and wrapped away. When you get to the end of the skein, you can push the ends of the clothespin and it will open just enough to slip the loose end of the floss in to hold it in place.
If you have any questions- don't hesitate to ask!
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Laura wrote:Well, now it's official....just received this in my email today from Ticketfly:
Mortuary Drape will no longer be performing at Reggies Rock Club on December 13. Inquisition will now be headlining with one band TBA. The cost of the show has been changed to $15.
Bad and good news - was really looking forward to seeing Mortuary Drape since I missed them at HITS - oh well, at least Inquisition is still playing and I'll go to that since I really like their new album...Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm. Mike - just looked at their discography - are there others you are familiar with and would highly recommend? Also - a side note - didn't realize till today that even though they originally hail from Colombia, they've been in Seattle awhile now so it seems.
Hope this is the case with sonar. They are having some hommie fest the same night so not sure. They tend to double book their rooms. As for another album "Nefarious Dismal Orations" is a good bet. Though I still would say Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm is their best. The older album sound quality is rough and their aren't as defined and structured riff-age as Ominous.
Ancient Monumental War Hymn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgv85uBEfVA
Strike of the Morning Star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oVD2TJNpJ0
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DOHA (Reuters) - Thomas Bjorn believes compatriot Thorbjorn Olesen can become one of the best players in the world after watching the youngster card a four-under-par 68 in the Qatar Masters first round on Wednesday.
"Thorbjorn has everything it takes to become one of the best golfers in the world," Bjorn, the world number 47, told Reuters after posting a 72 alongside the 23-year-old Olesen, whose score put him three behind early leader Ricardo Santos.
Olesen finished in a tie for second in his last outing at the Abu Dhabi Championship where world number one Rory McIlroy and 14-times major winner Tiger Woods both missed the cut.
"That means a lot to hear Thomas say that about me. Thomas and Tiger Woods were my idols when I was a child and first took up the game," world number 42 Olesen told Reuters.
"Over the years Thomas has achieved so much for golf in Denmark, without him I would not be playing nor would the many other young Danes who are now starting to come through."
Bjorn, chairman of the European Tour's Tournament Committee which met last week in Abu Dhabi to decide the Ryder Cup captaincy, has notched up 13 European Tour wins dating back to 1996.
Although Olesen has just the one European Tour win to his name at last year's Sicilian Open, in the next three months he has the chance to live up to Bjorn's billing.
Olesen has qualified for the two World Golf Championship events in the United States in February and March and has his invitation to make his U.S. Masters debut at Augusta in April.
Having cut his major teeth in 2012, when he finished tied for ninth place at the British Open and finished 27th in the PGA Championship, Olesen cannot wait to test himself again.
"After playing in those majors I now know what I have to do to compete at the highest level. Finishing second in Abu Dhabi in a field containing the world's best players has given me confidence," said Olesen.
"Now I am so looking forward to playing in America because I love the atmosphere they have at every tournament."
American golf fans will soon warm to Olesen because he has a strict self-imposed policy of trying to smile his way through every round of golf.
"Playing at the highest level is not going to change me. I am still going to go and enjoy every game," said Olesen.
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BOSTON RED SOX – A. Bailey RHP , A. Aceves RHP, D. Bard RHP , A. Wilson RHP
NEW YORK YANKEES – R. Soriano RHP , D. Robertson RHP , J. Chamberlain RHP , Ma. Montgomery RHP
TAMPA BAY RAYS – F. Rodney RHP , K. Farnsworth RHP, J. Peralta RHP, J. McGee LHP
TORONTO BLUE JAYS – C. Janssen RHP , J. Frasor RHP, B. Lyon RHP, M. Stroman RHP
CLEVELAND INDIANS – C. Perez RHP , V. Pastano RHP, T. Sipp LHP, A. Adams RHP
CHICAGO WHITE SOX – A. Reed RHP , M. Thornton LHP , B. Myers RHP, J. Petricka RHP
DETROIT TIGERS – J. Valverde RHP , J. Benoit RHP, B. Villarreal RHP, D. Schlereth LHP
KANSAS CITY ROYALS – G. Holland RHP , A. Crow RHP , K. Herrera RHP, Y. Ventura RHP
MINNESOTA TWINS – M. Capps RHP , G. Perkins LHP , J Burton RHP, H. Boyd RHP
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OAKLAND ATHLETICS – R. Cook RHP , G. Balfour RHP, J. Noberto LHP, R, Alcantara RHP
SEATTLE MARINERS – T. Wilhelmsen RHP , C. Furbush LHP , K. Luetge LHP, C. Capps RHP
TEXAS RANGERS – J. Nathan RHP , M. Adams RHP, A. Ogando RHP , T. Sheppers RHP
ATLANTA BRAVES – C. Kimbrel RHP , J. Venters LHP , C. Martinez RHP, J. Graham RHP
FLORIDA MARLINS – S. Cishek RHP, H. Bell RHP, M. Dunn LHP, G. Dayton LHP
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PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES – J. Papelbon RHP , A. Bastardo RHP, J. Lindblom RHP, J. De Fratus RHP
WASHINGTON NATIONALS – T. Clippard RHP , D. Storen RHP , H. Rodriguez RHP , R. Perry RHP
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS – K. Jansen RHP B. League RHP , J. Guerra RHP, J. Rodriguez RHP
SAN DIEGO PADRES – H. Street RHP , D. Thayer RHP , L. Gregerson LHP, B. Boxberger RHP
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Fukuoka Softbank Hawks - Takahiro Mahara (RHP)
Hashin Tigers - Kyuji Fujikawa (LHP)
Hiroshima Toyo Carp - Katsuhiro Nagakawa (RHP), Kiyoshi Toyoda (RHP)
Orix Buffaloes - Daisuke Katoh (RHP)
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Back in the studio making Rocking Tunes
By Marzipan :Entertainment & Music Reporter, Saturday 28th December 2013
After a successful year shooting their web series TV show on I broadcast TV, Astro Joey and the Cosmic Rays are returning to the Studio. Having launched their hit tune "I am a Star" in May of 2012, through American based Fever Pitch Music the group toured extensively culminating in heading Stella's Stone rock Garden Party.
Astro Joey revealed that the band will be returning to the studio in 2014 after working on a video for the popular song "One Big Family" written by Evan Olsen, Kristy Jackson and Jessica Mashburn. "It was great working with such talented musicians so, we thought that the time was right to hit the studio again in the new year." said Astro Joey
She reported that It had been great hanging out in Film land and they particularly enjoyed their friend Virgil's short film "It's time to return to our roots of making music" she said.
Astro Joey & The Cosmic Rays will be in the studio in the first quarter of the new year. I highly recommend to keep an eye out for further announcements in 2014.


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So excited about finding Marva's. The service is great! They best selection I've seen and the prices are amazing. I just purchased 2 beautiful dressers and a vanity and I will be back for more pieces to furnish my new home. I totally recommend Marva's if you are looking for quality furniture. I really didn't thought that I could get the stuff I bought at this price and it's great that they offer delivery.
Lots of great items in the store! Purchased a beautiful dining room set that's absolutely perfect! Really pleased that I was able to find such a great set at an incredibly reasonable price. And I'd never even heard of folding dining room chairs (made of wood and upholstery!), but I found some of those and bought them too! The extra convenience of delivery was super, and the gentlemen who delivered the set were very polite, efficient, and careful with the furniture they were delivering.
After months of hunting high & low for a simple vintage iron bed at a moderate price, I finally stumbled upon it at Marva's. I wanted genuine, old school, vintage iron - not reproduction, not faux, not metal. I saw my bed posted online, jumped in my car & made a beeline to E Lake St. Quickly bought it & got help loading it in my car. Less than an hour later, my sweet new bed was all made up with a new mattress set & new linens just waiting for me to dive in. ~heaven~
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When she's playing the victim, Golddigger Heather Mills always pulls out her one leg and starts crying. Last week she accused Sir Paul and Stella of calling her a one legged bitch during secret taped phone conversations. But here's the question – and stop reading now if you huff and puff easily as I'm about to offend you:
In this case, in the case of Heather Mills, is the term "one legged" really an insult…or is simply an attribute?
Example – Paris Hilton is a blonde twat. Fact: Paris Hilton is blonde. Fact: Paris Hilton is a twat, therefore Paris Hilton is a blonde twat… Not derogatory.
Heather Mills is a one legged bitch. Fact: Heather Mills is a bitch. Fact: Heather Mills indeed only has one leg. Therefore:
Heather Mills is a one legged bitch.
So isn't one legged in this instance simply an adjective? I'm just saying…
Besides, the above is made more true when Heather picks and chooses her one legged moments – when she's gouging an ex for divorce, the one leg is clearly an instrument for pity. When she's a model for an animal rights campaign, the one leg becomes an asset, as you can see from the text in this ad now erected in Britain pleading for people to stop eating meat.
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April 21, 2013 11:00am-05:00pm
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Help the museum celebrate its 86th birthday! Make a cupcake that will last a lifetime, decorate an edible one and enjoy the sounds of the Honokaʻa Jazz Band.
Note: Activities end at 3pm
Cupcake rings with Maikaʻi Tubbs: Get festive and make wearable cupcake rings out of colored air-dry clay.
3-D Building Collages: AIA Honolulu architects and UH School of Architecture students will lead a design project where kids can decorate small cardboard boxes with cutouts of windows, doors, people and furnishings from recycled magazines. Each child will learn to visualize in three dimensions, be creative with where an opening or roof might be, and begin to understand planning for locations of items they put on the box.
Decorate a Cupcake: Kids can frost their own cupcakes before scarfing down the edible treat.
Storytelling with Reid Tabata, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm
Reid reads birthday-related children's books. For kids in kindergarten to sixth grade.
Grammy Award–winning Honokaʻa High School Jazz Band, Noon-1pm
Balloon Monsoon, Noon-3pm
Grab a specially crafted twisted balloon while you can!
Magical Bubble Show!, 1:30-3pm
Karen Force of Aloha Party Experts blows amazing, unusually shaped bubbles! Don't miss the bubble fountain!
We screen For the Beauty of the Earth, a collection of live action and animated shorts about our ever-changing planet.
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- Asian-style sweet spaghetti (ground beef, Redondo hot dog, garlic, onion) $6
- Vegetarian Asian-style sweet spaghetti (pasta, mushroom, celery, garlic) $6
- Hot dog with chips $4
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich (3 stack) $4
- Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, bottled water bottle, juice, $1
- Gatorade, Arizona Green Tea, iced coffee, $2
Congratulations to last month's contest winner, eleven-year-old Anri Suzuki from Honolulu!
Kids (ages 1-17) can enter the monthly drawing contest. The Honolulu Museum of Art gives contestants a theme and drawing supplies. The winner receives a Family Level membership to the Honolulu Museum of Art (worth $95), and his or her artwork is used to create the following month's event brochure and is posted on the Museum's website.


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Iowa Public Radio's Cedar Falls facilities are the home of Studio-One-the-room (as opposed to Studio-One-the-programming-stream), an excellent venue for live music. As I write this, Studio-One-the-room is undergoing renovation and not available for use, but on April 28, The Folk Tree brings you some music that was recorded live there.
In the 2:00 hour, it's our favorite metaphysical Minnesotan singer-songwriter, Peter Mayer. Then in the 3:00 hour, Sam Knutson, Jordan Sellegren, and John Waite play music from their Iowa Opera House project.


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Historic Dublin will be taken over by five music venues, food trucks, roaming entertainment and other activities Oct. 3.
Historic Dublin will be taken over by five music venues, food trucks, roaming entertainment and other activities Oct. 3.
To celebrate the Presidents Cup that will bring the best golfers from throughout the world to play at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin is throwing the Fore!Fest street festival from 5 to 10 p.m. Oct. 3.
Five music venues will be set up around Bridge and High streets in Historic Dublin, which will be blocked off for the event from 4 to 11 p.m. Oct. 3.
"We have four stages," said Alison LeRoy, Dublin events administrator.
"The fifth (music venue) is the 'Playing Through' street piano from the Dublin Arts Council," she said.
"They're having David Powers, a jazz pianist, on every hour and half hour and then it will be open for other people to play. ... That will be at the corner of Bridge and High (streets)."
The Team USA Stage will be on Bridge Street in front of the bridge that crosses the Scioto River and have bands Mojo Flow, Reaganomics and the Floorwalkers.
"It's more of a mainstream stage," LeRoy said.
An Irish is an Attitude Stage will be on the Blarney Brother's property across from the Brazenhead offering up performances from the Ladies of Longford, Clear Blue Sunday and Homeland, LeRoy said.
The 19th Hole Acoustic stage will be in the parking lot behind Starbucks and have entertainment from Lydia Loveless and the Spikedrivers.
Dublin City Schools will provide entertainment at its own stage on the lawn of Indian Run Elementary School.
"Hopefully parents will come and bring their lawn chairs," said Doug Baker, coordinator of public information for the school district.
"It's a performance in the park-type setting."
The stage will carry entertainment for three hours and the time is split between Coffman, Jerome and Scioto high schools.
A string quintet from Jerome will play from 5 to 6 p.m. followed by jazz music from Coffman High School from 6 to 7 p.m.
Irish Fiddle Fetish from Scioto High School will end the evening on the school stage from 7 to 8 p.m., Baker said.
Entertainment at Fore!Fest is not limited to music, though.
"We'll have strolling entertainment," LeRoy said. "We'll have jugglers and bagpipers.
"Hopefully you can walk around and run into entertainment around the district," she said.
The Presidents Cup float that appeared in the St. Patrick's Day and Independence Day parades bearing a giant version of the Presidents Cup will be on hand, LeRoy said, and the public can take pictures with it.
"It is sort of a last hurrah for it," she said.
Banners of the top 18 Dublin golf moments will be posted on the Bridge Street bridge.
Food will also be offered outside Historic Dublin restaurants.
Food trucks including Pitabilities, the Cheesy Truck and Giant Eagle Market District will be in the Starbucks parking lot.
Beer will also be available for purchase and can be carried in the roped off areas of Historic Dublin, LeRoy said.
People can choose from Michelob Ultra, Bud Light, Stella Artois and Goose Island IPA.
Volunteers from the Dublin Arts Council and Nationwide Children's Hospital will sell beer and proceeds will go to the organizations, LeRoy said.


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This is the Ohio City Bicycle Co-op's wiki - our way of storing and making available the educational information and other important documents. We have chosen to use a wiki because it allows our documents to live and change without any great technological barriers. Hopefully you will find what you need here - if not, feel free to send us a message at .
If you've come here directly and you'd like to know more about the co-op, you can get to our front page at any time by clicking on our logo in the upper left corner of the page.
Education, curriculumOCBC is interested in sharing the education materials that we have developed, for the benefit of similar organizations and bicyclists everywhere.
Shop Manual - Shop procedures and bike repair tasks
ShopClasses - Shop class information for the public — this info is outdated: for current class info see http://ohiocitycycles.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16-repair-classes&Itemid=41
ShopClassOutlines - Shop class outlines for the public
ShopClassCurriculum - List of the shop classes and basic information about teaching them
HowToRide - How to ride a two-wheeler
FixAFlat - For web site display
SortingAndEvaluating - Links to instructions for sorting and evaluating parts
Public Pages — this info is outdated: for current info see http://ohiocitycycles.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=41These pages are linked from the front page, and provide frequently-needed information.
Programs - List of programs and services offered
Friends - Friends of OCBC (public)
UsedBikes - Information about our bikes for sale
BikesForRent - Information about renting bikes from us
Donations - Our policy on donations
SaturdayRide - Information on our weekly Safe Social Ride
BikeArt - Pictures and descriptions of OCBC's bicycle part art
Contact - Contact information for OCBC and staff
Operational documentsThese documents provide more detailed information about how OCBC runs.
Nonprofit Information - Documents relating to our non-profit status
NewCoopAdvice - Advice on starting a similar organization
VolunteerSoftware - About OCBC's database software
BoardMinutes - Minutes from OCBC's Board of Trustees meetings
MissionAndHistory - OCBC's Mission Statement and organizational history
NonDiscriminationPolicy - OCBC's Non-discrimination policy
InternalDocuments - Documents for staff and board use
InProgress - Documents in progress, not publicly available
PlanningBikeToEarthfest2009 - Planning page for Bike to Earthfest 2009, publicly editable.
ParkingDesignContest - Planning page for the Cleveland Colectivo/OCBC contest to design parking racks for our valet bike parking service
DriversEdVideo - Planning page for the Neighborhood Connections/OCBC/SVDC Bike Driver's Ed video


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Two years ago Jon Hamm was another struggling actor finding his way through the treacherous waters of Hollywood. Then along comes a little known TV series aired on a US cable network about a bunch of often philandering, chain-smoking ad executives in the 60s called Mad Men, and life for Jon Hamm changed as he knew it.
Now, as he greets the press prior to the opening of his first major Hollywood movie, the remake of Robert Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still, the actor is circumspect about he got here. " The last couple of years have been bizarre to say the least," Hamm says, offering a slight smile in the process. " It's still kind of a weird thing to wake up and come to this and talk about things like this, so it's new, weird terrifying and all of that stuff, but still very exciting and as an opportunity to do something that I wanted to do since I was a little kid. To get to do something like this and work with not just Jennifer, Keanu and Scott but I think David Tattersall, the director of photography who shot Star Wars. is cool and pretty nice. So it's fun which is I think the overriding feeling of what this career should be at the end of the day, is an opportunity to have fun and do cool stuff and this is pretty cool."
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Hamm attended John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri and the University of Missouri on a scholarship to study acting. During this period he worked as a day care teacher and went on to teach high school at John Burroughs before moving to Hollywood. Hamm made his professional acting debut in 2000 with an appearance on The Hughleys and that same year played a small role in Space Cowboys, followed by Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) and We Were Soldiers.
He had recurring roles on television in Providence, The Division, What About Brian, and The Unit prior to his starring role in Mad Men. Hamm also appeared in the film The Boy in the Box, scheduled for release in 2008. He will also star in the 2009 horror film Heart, but in the meantime will be seen as a scientist in Day the Earth Stood Still, a film on which he signed after wrapping the first season of his critically acclaimed show, Mad Men. " I came on relatively late to the project. It was already going and I came into the scene where I basically explain what's about to happen, sort of a three-page-long monologue about astronomy and trajectories and things that I basically got off a plane, got fitted, and thrown onto the set, which was a little bit nerve-wracking." The modest actor seems genuinely surprised that his career has taken off the way it has. " Just the opportunity to be involved in something like this is amazing for me. I'm still relatively new to all of this."
Yet through it all, it was Mad Men that has become part of American popular culture, which Hamm says is more than just a show about chain smoking ad men. " I think one of the big themes of the show is change and that's been kind of a significant watch word in recent culture as well. I think that when you're looking at a time where there's a huge kind of paradigm shift in the social vibe that was the 1960s, we explored kind of the beginning of that, we're now moving through the rest of that, and there are a lot of parallels for right now. So it's not lost on some of the themes of this film too. It's sort of like look, take a look at where we are and what we're doing. Maybe there's a better way to figure it out so I think those things resonate in the culture. Yeah, it's a small cable show that nobody really watches but yet it resonates larger than what it is and I think that's why the show has struck a chord."
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Solange Attends Milan Fashion Week Spring 2013
From South Africa to Milan, Solange Knowles proves she gets around and in style of course.
The DJ/singer/model recently attended Milan Fashion Week to take in some Spring 2013 collections. She sat front row with fellow songstress Azealia Banks at the Just Cavalli fashion show then changed clothes for the 2012 amFar Milano Gala 2012 in a gorgeous white gown as styled by big sis Beyonce's go-to Ty Hunter.


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My wife has a ready-made quip, echoed by many at this point, for when I'm watching the Cubs and they've got runners at first and third with nobody out but can't score -- or their rookie pitcher has just thrown a beautiful game, and now the bullpen is generously giving back the lead:
"I've seen this movie before."
I still haven't come up with a zippy retort because it's the Cubs. We've all seen this movie before. It's the baseball version of "Groundhog Day," a classic comedy that of course was made by a native Cubs fan, Harold Ramis.
Every year is a little different but essentially the same: It begins with optimism and energy and ends in heartbreak and disappointment. Wait till next year for the remake.
But Bill Murray's character at long last awakens to a new day. Cubs fans have been living out the same futile story line and the same myths for 101 years.
Now we're also trapped inside the same movie being made about the same movie, as filmmakers keep getting sucked into the Cubs/"Groundhog Day" vortex. They go in thinking they're going to document the Cubs' history-making championship season. They leave having depicted the team once again teasing and falling short.
"Chasing October" writer/director/star Matt Liston tried this in 2003, quitting his day job to chronicle a Cubs season that ended, you may recall, with a fan deflecting a foul ball and the team falling apart in the National League Championship Series against the Florida Marlins.
In 2006, Ouisie Shapiro made the HBO documentary "Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs," described by the network as chronicling "the lives of die-hard Cubs fans, and the ultimate devotion they show their beloved team." In April, Jordan W. Lee won a Sports Emmy for the ESPN documentary "No Love Lost," which features 10 decades' of folks "giving their story about the heartache of the Cubs losing."
And if you go to the Chicago Theatre on Friday at 10:30 p.m., you can see the premiere of "We Believe," in which documentarian John Scheinfeld ("The U.S. vs. John Lennon") looks at Cubs fandom ("a relationship that lasts a lifetime") during the Cubs' 2008 quest to break its century-long World Series drought. You know how it ends.
These movies have become kind of a cottage industry for famous Cubs fans. Gary Sinise narrates "We Believe" and appears in "This Old Cub," Jeff Santo's 2004 documentary tribute to his father, former Cubs great and current radio broadcaster Ron Santo. Joe Mantegna narrates "This Old Cub" and appears in "We Believe."
Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan appears in "We Believe," "No Love Lost" and "Chasing October." Jeff Garlin appears in "We Believe," "Chasing October" and "Wait 'Til Next Year." Dennis Franz appears in "We Believe" and "This Old Cub."
Here's basically what they have to say: Cubs fans are long-suffering and crazy-loyal. Like Chicagoans in winter, they're resilient. Despite years of letdowns, they're full of hope.
It's that lovable-loser mystique, and I have a specific problem with that. It's the word "loser."
Presenting sumptuous visions of Wrigley Field and Chicago itself, "We Believe" equates the team and city while tracing their parallel histories. But is that really how Chicago sees itself? I don't generally blow four-run leads. I try not to fall to pieces when the spotlight is brightest.
I'd rather view us as the Michael Jordan-era Bulls: playing smart, working as a team, outhustling the other guys and hitting the clutch shot.
But perhaps I protest too much. Most of us are more like the Cubs. We keep awaiting that long-overdue breakthrough. We find ourselves setting aside big dreams to focus on staying above water (or .500). Do we really need millionaire athletes starring in that movie?
I might even flirt with treason and suggest that we seek our collective reflection in the White Sox, who are scrappy, constantly rebuilding and perpetually overlooked. But most of us like to score on occasion.
"We Believe" barely mentions the Sox, so South Siders can console themselves by watching a different movie: the seven-disc "Chicago White Sox 2005 World Series Collector's Edition."


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But now, people across the country will know that Dutchess County's own Rhinebeck is one of the country's Top 10 Most "Christmassy" towns, according to the Travel Market Report.
What makes Rhinebeck so "Christmassy" is not only the tony people who live there such as singer Natalie Merchant and actor Paul Rudd, but the town itself and all it offers including the oldest inn in American and lots of decorations and celebrations, and "Christmassy" things.
But one of the "real" main reasons Rhinebeck is so "Christmassy" is its centuries-old festival Sinterklaas, that traces back to the 1600s. The annual event features a fourth-century Bishop with a long, white beard who happens to love children (Santa maybe?), along with shopping, music, and a parade.
Unfortunately for newbies, Sinterklass is always held the first Saturday in December. So mark your calendars for next year.
Click here to read the entire list of "Christmassy" towns.
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