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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's trade deficit ballooned to a record $83.4 billion in the last fiscal year as a surge in exports to the U.S. failed to offset the impact from territorial tensions with China and weak demand from crisis-stricken Europe.
The customs figures released Thursday showed the U.S. edging ahead of China as Japan's largest export market as America-bound exports jumped 10.4 percent from a year earlier to 11.4 trillion yen ($116.3 billion). Exports to China, a major export destination due to its status as Japan's biggest offshore manufacturing base, plunged 9.1 percent to 11.3 trillion yen ($115.7 billion).
China first supplanted the U.S. as Japan's biggest export market in 2009, when demand sagged in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
As then, exports of vehicles and machinery are playing the largest role in the shift in trade. Japan's exports of transport equipment, including vehicles and parts, to the U.S. jumped 17 percent last fiscal year, while shipments of machinery and electrical equipment rose 24 percent and 15 percent, respectively.
Despite an overall 14 percent decline in exports to the European Union, Japan's exports of machinery and transport equipment to that region also surged by double-digit figures.
But exports of vehicles to China plummeted 26 percent, while machinery exports dropped 22 percent and those of manufactured goods fell 10 percent.
A flare-up in tensions over islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries sparked sometimes violent anti-Japanese protests last year that damaged Japanese businesses and hammered demand for Japan-brand products. Months later, the dispute remains unresolved but the economic impact of the antagonisms has eased.
Whether the renewed U.S. status as Japan's biggest export market will persist remains unclear. In March, exports to China fell 2.5 percent from a year earlier but at 1.11 trillion yen ($11.2 billion) they outpaced exports to the U.S. at 1.1 trillion yen.
Overall, Japan posted its ninth straight monthly trade deficit in March, at 362.4 billion yen ($3.7 billion). But that was down from February's gap of 779.5 billion yen thanks to a slight recovery in exports, which rose 1.1 percent year-on-year to 6.27 trillion yen ($64 billion). Imports climbed 5.5 percent to 6.63 trillion yen ($67.7 billion).
Exports fell 2.1 percent in the April-March fiscal year from the year before, to 63.9 trillion yen ($652.4 billion) while imports rose 3.4 percent to 72.1 trillion yen ($735.8 billion). The deficit of 8.17 trillion yen ($83.4 billion) was up 84 percent from the previous fiscal year's 4.4 trillion yen ($45.1 billion) shortfall.
A sharp depreciation in Japan's currency since late 2012 has failed to fully offset weak demand for Japan's exports.
The weaker yen means higher costs for rising imports of natural gas, which is sold in U.S. dollar terms, to help compensate for the loss of nuclear power generation capacity. Most atomic power plants remain closed due to the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan.
Imports of fuel, which account for over a third of Japan's total imports, rose 6.6 percent. That included a 15 percent jump in the value of imports of liquefied natural gas and 5.3 percent for crude oil. That trend has pushed the trade balance into the red, though the inflows of earnings from the massive overseas investments of Japanese corporations have ensured that Japan's current account remains positive.
Japanese manufacturers have been stepping up investments in Southeast Asia, hoping to hedge risks from Japan's extensive operations in mainland China and to tap the faster growth in emerging Asian markets.
That helped exports to Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam expand at a double-digit pace in the last fiscal year, the customs data show, though exports to the entire Southeast Asian region rose a more modest 4.2 percent.


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This light, gentle comedy from director Todd Graff stars Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah in the tale of a small-town choir determined to win a national choral competition. As the choir leaders, G.G. Sparrow and Vi Rose Hill (Parton and Latifah) band together and set out to win at any cost, supported by their eager young participants (Jeremy Jordan, Keke Palmer and others).
Cast List
Todd Graff - Actor/Screenwriter/Producer
Joani Yarbrough
David Boyd - Director of Photography
Frank Galline
Lonnie Smith
Curt Sobel
Brad Arensman
Tim Bourne - Producer, DRUMLINE (2002)
K.C. Holdenfield
Mervyn Warren
Rick Kline
Merc Arceneaux
Linda Cohen - Music, GIGANTIC: A TALE OF TWO JOHNS (2003)
Van Redin
Michele Lynch
Tim Walkey
Dale Williams
Linda Clark-Thompson
Tim LeBlanc
Susan Ransom
Iasia Merriweather
Shunika Terry
Stephanie Ponder
Daniel H. George
Monifa Mortis
Cheryl Riddle
Scanlan Backus
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Queen Latifah - American rapper/actress
Dana Owens - American rapper/actress
Courtney B. Vance - Supporting Actor/Male
David Dwyer - Actor
Kris Kristofferson - Singer/Composer/Actor
Kris Karson - Singer/Composer/Actor
Dolly Parton - American Singer/Actress
Jesse L. Martin - Star, LAW & ORDER
Karen Peck
Kevin Bulla
Kirk Franklin - Gospel Singer
Stevie Ray Dallimore
Keke Palmer - Actress, THE WOOL CAP
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Bruce Williamson
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Angela Grovey
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Francis Jue
Roy Huang
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- Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
- Release Date: May 2013
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"Ms. Latifah's vibrant presence owes everything to her verve and vocal cords..." - 01/13/2012 Wall Street Journal
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NBC News fires 'Today' host Matt Lauer over inappropriate sexual behaviour
NEW YORK — NBC News said Wednesday it fired longtime "Today" show host Matt Lauer for "inappropriate sexual behaviour" involving a network employee that started when both were stationed at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and continued beyond that assignment.
Lauer becomes the second TV morning host in a week to lose his job over sexual misconduct allegations, and to American audiences is the most familiar figure brought down by the accusations that have swept through Hollywood, the media and the business world in the past two months.
The network's news chairman, Andrew Lack, said in a memo to staff NBC received a complaint about Lauer's behaviour on Monday and determined it was a clear violation of company standards.
While it was the first complaint ever lodged against Lauer, Lack said, "we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident."
Lauer's former "Today" show colleagues, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, announced the firing on the show shortly after being told themselves. Lauer had been told of his dismissal on Tuesday night.
WATCH: Here are TODAY's headlines on this Wednesday morning pic.twitter.com/opzA3IcYmP— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 29, 2017
Last week, CBS News last week fired morning host Charlie Rose after several women who worked for him complained about his behaviour.
Messages to Lauer and his agent were not immediately returned.
Lauer, 59, has essentially been the king of television morning news since first being paired with Katie Couric on "Today" in 1997 and is one of the highest-paid figures in TV news.
For many years, "Today" was the unquestioned ratings leader, until it was eclipsed by ABC's "Good Morning America" following the ugly 2012 firing of then co-host Ann Curry. The show had stabilized in recent years with Lauer's pairing with Guthrie.
He joins a lengthening list of media figures felled by sexual misconduct accusations this year. Besides Rose, they include Lauer's NBC News colleague Mark Halperin, Fox News prime-time host Bill O'Reilly and National Public Radio newsroom chief Michael Oreskes. The New York Times suspended White House correspondent Glenn Thrush last week.
Co-anchors Al Roker, from left, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb sit on the set of the of the "Today" show Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, in New York, after NBC News fired host Matt Lauer. NBC News announced Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, that Lauer was fired for "inappropriate sexual behavior." (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Lack, in his memo, said, "We are deeply saddened by this turn of events. But we will face it together as a news organization — and do it in as transparent a manner as we can."
There were reports that, before the firing, that some media organizations were looking into Lauer's behaviour. The morning host is married with three children.
Guthrie appeared to fight back tears as she called Lauer her friend who is beloved by many at NBC, and said she was "heartbroken for my colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their own stories to tell."
"We are grappling with a dilemma that so many people have faced these past few weeks," she said. "How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly? I don't know the answer to that. But I do know that this reckoning that so many organizations have been going through is important, it's long overdue and it must result in workplaces where all women, all people, feel safe and respected."
Co-anchors Hoda Kotb, left, reaches out to Savannah Guthrie after they embraced on the set of the "Today" show Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, in New York, after NBC News fired host Matt Lauer. NBC News announced Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, that Lauer was fired for "inappropriate sexual behavior." (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Two hours later, NBC's Megyn Kelly noted the anguish on the faces of her colleagues but said, "What we don't see is the pain on the faces of those who found the courage to come forward, and it is still a terrifying thing to do."
Megyn: "I've known Matt for a long time, and he has been a friend, and kind, and supportive to me in my transition to NBC. And I see the anguish on my colleagues' faces. But when this happens, we don't see the pain on the faces of those who found the courage to come forward."— Megyn Kelly TODAY (@MegynTODAY) November 29, 2017
Kelly, who has written about being sexually harassed by former boss Roger Ailes at Fox News Channel, has covered the issue aggressively on "Today."
On Twitter on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said "Wow, Matt Lauer was just fired from NBC for 'inappropriate sexual behaviour in the workplace.' But when will the top executives at NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News."
Wow, Matt Lauer was just fired from NBC for "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace." But when will the top executives at NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News. Check out Andy Lack's past!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2017
List of men in media accused of sexual misconduct
Since The New York Times published allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein in October, multiple men in entertainment, media and politics in the U.S. and beyond have faced allegations ranging from inappropriate behaviour to forced sexual misconduct to rape. A look at the men in media and publishing who have been accused since the Weinstein allegations emerged:
— "Today" show host Matt Lauer — Accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour. He was fired and did not respond to a request for comment.
— Former "A Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keillor — Accused by one woman of inappropriate behaviour. He was fired by Minnesota Public Radio. He told The Associated Press he was fired over a story and told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that he put his hand on a woman's bare back in an attempt to console her.
— Billboard magazine executive Stephen Blackwell — Accused of sexual harassment by one woman. He has resigned from the magazine.
— Penguin Random House art director Giuseppe Castellano — Accused by one woman of sexual harassment. Penguin Random House is investigating. Castellano has not commented.
— New Republic publisher Hamilton Fish — Multiple sexual harassment allegations. He has resigned from the magazine.
— Journalist Mark Halperin — Accused of harassing about 12 women while at ABC News. Book contract terminated. Fired from job at NBC News. He has denied some of the allegations.
— Artforum publisher Knight Landesman — Accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and sued by one woman. He has resigned from the magazine.
— NPR news chief Michael Oreskes — Accused of inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment by at least four women while at The New York Times, NPR and The Associated Press. He has been ousted from NPR.
— Amazon executive Roy Price — Accused by one woman of sexual harassment. He resigned from Amazon.
— PBS and CBS host Charlie Rose — Accused by several women of unwanted sexual advances, groping and grabbing women, walking naked in front of them or making lewd phone calls. He has apologized for his behaviour, but has questioned the accuracy of some of the accounts.
— New York Times White House reporter Glenn Thrush — Accused of making drunken, unwanted advances on women. He disputes some of the accusations but has said he had had a drinking problem and apologized for "any situation where I behaved inappropriately."
— Webster Public Relations CEO Kirt Webster — Accused of sexual assault by one woman. Firm renamed and Webster is "taking time away."
— Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner — Accused by one man of sexual harassment. He says he did not intend to make the accuser uncomfortable.
— New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier — Accused of sexually harassing numerous women. Removed from the masthead of The Atlantic magazine. He has apologized for his behaviour.
— NBC News booker Matt Zimmerman — Accused of inappropriate conduct by multiple women at the network. He was fired from NBC.


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Renowned Post-Impressionist painter, lithographer, and art nouveau illustrator Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is famous for his depictions of French fin de siècle urban life. Working in his characteristic linear style, Lautrec frequently portrayed scenes from brothels and cabaret clubs, including the Moulin Rouge, where he had a seat reserved after producing a series of promotional posters for the club's opening in 1888. Lautrec was influenced by the artists Edgar Degas and Édouard Manet, who shared with them a keen interest in the observation of social culture.
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I don't know what is going on with my little sweetie, Coco. She is such an amazing girl and I love her to death....BUT SHE STARTED NOT TO EAT AGAIN!
It was going well for a while after I starting taking her food away if she didn't eat in 10 minutes. I'd wait until lunch, and she would eat that and again at dinner. I also started feeding her in her pen and she was doing so well in there the past two weeks. Now she is refusing to eat again.
I have cut out treats from her diet, unless it is a tiny little piece as a reward for going potty or something. I pour her breakfast in there, and she just sits and look at it. I tell her "ok" and give her permission, she will sniff it and just walk away. So I try again for lunch, same thing. Come dinner time, yeah she will eat, but not with a lot of gutso. Her stool is normal, and she will ALWAYS go crazy and get very excited when I get out her treat bag for going potty outside. Again though, she is only eating a very small piece so there is no way she is sustaining herself on treats alone.
I am truly wondering if she genuinely does not like her food. Should I continue to be stubborn, or is it time to try a new brand? I worry about switching too often to turn her even more picky. She is eating a grainless food called "NOW!" for small breed adults. Breeder wanted her on adult food rather than puppy.
Also I wanted to add, I don't think her teeth are sore because she has hard plastic toys and a bone she chews on with no problems.


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The NanoTowels®
Give You Significant Household Savings, Benefit
the Health Of You and Your Family, Are Easy and More
Convenient To Use, Will Clean Just As Good As the Toxic Chemicals,
and Offer Big Environmental Benefits.
What Can I Use the NanoTowels® For? The NanoTowels® may be used in many different ways. When cleaning, simply use the NanoTowels by themselves instead of paper towels and chemicals. Use them for dusting, washing countertops, floors, bathrooms, glass, stainless steel, spills...you name it, the "Permanent Paper Towel"® can do it--and as effectively and more safely than any other method. Any time you feel the need to reach for a paper towel or household cleaning chemical, just grab a NanoTowel® instead, and work it into your daily routine. Use it wet or dry, and see the myriad of ways breakthrough nanotechnology and our proprietary Nanolon® fibers can help you clean your house better, preserve your health and help save your money (and the environment).
What Is Nanolon® Fiber? Nanolon® fiber is a unique and revolutionary fabric technology that is hundreds of times finer than one human hair, containing almost 100,000 Nanolon® fibers per square inch. It captures liquid, dust, dirt and grime like a magnet, and without toxic chemicals. You can use it to clean and dry virtually any surface without paper towels and without toxic chemicals. When it becomes dirty, you just wash it and use it again.
No Chemicals At All. The NanoTowels are specially designed to give optimum cleaning with nothing but water, and are so easy to use. Simply spray or wipe the area to be cleaned with water, clean with the NanoTowel and buff dry with the dry side (or use another dry NanoTowel). You will then have a clean surface that is truly clean, because it is free of chemical residue. Even tough to clean surfaces like stainless steel appliances and glass come completely clean and streak-free using nothing but NanoTowels and water. These unique towels are easier and more convenient to use, more effective, safer for your health and extraordinarily less expensive.
Did You Know That You May Be Slowly Harming Yourself and Your Family? Household chemicals are the #1 leading external and preventable cause for sickness and death in American households. Just having them in your home in any quantity may increase the risk that you or someone you love could get seriously ill or even die in your own home. This deadly risk is easily avoidable.
BIG Savings. The cost of cleaning chemicals and paper towels really add up over time. Paper towels cost as much as $3 per roll and each name brand cleaning chemical is $4-$5 per bottle. How big of a dent is this putting in your household budget? If you're like the average American, it runs several hundred dollars a year, and much more if you have a large family. As the cost of the raw materials for these products continually go up, so do your annual costs.A one time purchase of the NanoTowels can eliminate these long term costs from your budget, and allow you to save a significant amount of money over the long term.
Don't Just Take Our Word For It. Here Are Testimonials From Real Life Users Of The NanoTowels. These Are People Just Like You, and Their Feedback Will Give You Honest Insight Into What Some Actual Families Think Of Using the Product In Their Own Home:
"Wonderful! Very happy with the way they clean windows, tables, countertops, etc." Z.J. Etobicoke, ON Canada
"Reeeeealy good product! I was pretty sckeptical regarding how much I could successfully clean with the NanoTowels, but so for it has worked perfectly on everything I have tried. I have used it for cleaning my skin too. They're not cheap, but they're worth every penny. I have saved a lot of money so far on paper towels and cleaners. F.H. Dallas, PA
"Excellent results. Especially on stainless steel, kitchen surfaces and in the bathroom. Sparkling and shining results, with less work than before." K.G. Espoo, Finland
"I was really amazed. The cleaning results were far better than expected, and more impressive considering I used zero chemicals. The NanoTowels plus water were able to completely clean my granite countertops in my kitchen, all of the tile and porcelein in my bathrooms, the mirrors and windows came out crystal clear, and they even worked cleaning wood furniture. Surprising and impressive." S.P. New York, NY
"Really love the
NanoTowels for the car. Use them for dusting
the interior twice a week. Works great in
about 60 seconds to make the glass, dash,
wood and plastic parts look like they were
just detailed. Then I use one on the body
(dry) every few days for dusting to give it
that "just washed" look. I also use a few
after it rains or sprinkles to prevent any dirt
or water spots from sticking to the surface.
After a 6-7 minute wipedown of a wet car
with three NanoTowels, it looks like it just
had a three hour detail job. Perfect
treatment/cure for the obsessive compulsive
car neat freak."
M.O. Isle Of
Palms, SC
Some Very
Important Reasons Why You Need To Make the Switch From Paper Towels and
Toxic Household Cleaning Chemicals To the NanoTowels:
1. Household Savings. At the supermarket, a roll of paper towels currently costs up to three dollars each, and costs are escalating dramatically due to skyrocketing deforestation costs and manufacturing and transportation costs caused by energy prices. Many households go through several rolls a week. One bad cleanup from a liquid spill in the house could use up almost an entire roll. Though paper towels may seem like a minimal expense, they are used and purchased so frequently that it is not unusual for a family to spend hundreds of dollars per year on them. Cleaning chemicals are getting more expensive as well, frequently costing more than $5 per bottle. Many are petrochemical based and derived from crude oil. Since there are no chemicals needed with the NanoTowels, you can save on these as well. This one-time purchase can potentially save you $400+ every year if you spend that much on those products now, and you replace them with the NanoTowels. That's why we call it the "Permanent Paper Towel"®.
2. The Health Of You and Your Family. The EPA has stated that approximately 33% of Americans suffer from chemical sensitivities. Other experts claim that number is much higher. Many people have health concerns about these chemicals being breathed and exposed to the skin, and they should. Since household chemicals are the #1 cause of health problems, emergencies and even death in the home, it makes sense to try to find safer and healthier methods to clean. But if you eliminate the cleaning chemicals, how will you get a clean home? The NanoTowels solves the problem for you. Using the NanoTowels and ordinary water to clean eliminates the potentiality of skin rashes and outbreaks, and respiratory difficulties caused by toxic chemical cleaning agents. It also eliminates the possibility that a child or pet could be poisoned by accidentally ingesting these toxic chemicals, as well as chronic health problems that may occur from stored chemical fumes because you are no longer using or storing them.
3. Much Easier and More Convenient To Use. It takes a lot of energy and effort to lug a bulky pack of paper towels and/or cleaning chemicals from the store on a regular basis. It takes even more effort if you want to lug a bucket of these chemicals around the house, and have to use a different chemical for every cleaning application. The NanoTowels eliminate this inconvenience, because you can easily take the towels anywhere and clean practically anything. The NanoTowels are much easier, safer and less messy for you to use-and they are just as effective.
4. A Better Cleaner. Every household has a vast number of chemicals that are labeled for use for various cleaning purposes and applications. Some are used for glass, another for stainless steel, yet another for dusting, etc. Your cabinet is likely filled with a dozen different chemical cleaners all for different purposes. It is likely most of these cleaners contain unlisted and unnamed highly toxic chemical compounds. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to eliminate all of these toxins from your home, and at the same time still be able to clean with the same effectiveness? You will be amazed what a NanoTowel and a little water can do to cheaply, safely and effectively clean your entire home.
5. Amazingly Versatile. The NanoTowel is probably the most versatile cleaning instrument ever invented. You can use to clean a dizzying array of surfaces and substrates. Use the NanoTowels for cleaning glass, countertops, sinks, tubs, floors, wood, granite, dusting, and even difficult to clean stainless steel. Completely clean all the surfaces in your bathrooms and kitchen. Then you can go clean the interior and exterior of your car, SUV, boat or RV. Use in your bathroom for keeping the mirrors clean and free of toothpaste hairspray and makeup. Easily wipe down the sink and chrome fixtures. And keep a fresh one for your skin. The NanoTowel is so gentle it can even clean skin and completely remove makeup with no harsh chemicals.
6. A Friend Of the Environment. Millions of trees and virgin forests are cut down every year to satisfy our desire for disposable paper towels. Only 2% of this paper is recycled. Furthermore, paper products are bleached to make them whiter and brighter. Elemental chlorine bleach is responsible for the release of chlorinated compounds like dioxins and furans, which are powerful carcinogens and mutagens. These chemicals can adversely affect immune systems and reproductive systems and are extraordinarily toxic for aquatic life and wildlife. The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that if every household in the United States used just one less roll of paper towels a year, we could save a staggering 544,000 trees annually. Other estimates are as high as 1.4 million. That is factoring in just one less roll of paper towels per household a year. Imagine the trees that would be saved if we reduced paper towel usage by just 10 or 20%. The impact would be enormous. Saving forests also helps to mitigate global climate change, because trees are the main absorbers of the greenhouse gases believed to cause it.
7. A REAL Return On Investment (ROI) For Your Household. Most products we buy nowadays are consumable, meaning we use them up and throw them away. Or we buy something, and instantly the money is gone with no real value or return on the money that we spent. The NanoTowels are unique for a consumer product because not only do you get a great performing product that is effective and invaluable to use for years to come, it actually acts as an investment because you receive a return on the money you spend for them. Every month you use the NanoTowels, is a month you reduced or eliminated the purchase of consumables like paper towels and cleaning chemicals. Over the years, this can add up to several hundred dollars of actual financial returns for the small, one-time investment you made in the NanoTowels. In economically challenging times, this can make a real financial difference in preserving the household budget for expenditures that are necessities, and reduce spending money on unnecessary consumables. How many products can you buy that actually put money back into your pocket rather than taking it out?
Have Additional Questions?
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NanoTowels FAQ...
|"Chemicals have replaced bacteria and viruses as the main threat to health. The diseases we are beginning to see as the major causes of death in the latter part of (the 20th century) and into the 21st century are diseases of chemical origin." -- Dr. Dick Irwin, Toxicologist, Texas A&M University
There Is A Much
Better Way…
We believe we do a lot of the harmful things that we do to ourselves and to the environment out of simple force of habit. Big corporations bombard us with advertising and we tell ourselves "everyone else" does it. These harmful lifestyles become routine because "it's the way it has always been done" and frankly most people think that paper towels and toxic chemicals are the only way. But we also believe that once someone is made aware of the harm they are doing to themselves (and the environment), and are given an option to create a new positive change, they jump at the opportunity.
Think about it. You don't have to completely
eliminate your paper towels or cleaning chemicals.
But even if you just try the NanoTowels, you will
find yourself effortlessly incorporating them into
your habitual routine, and you will find yourself
eliminating or cutting back most of the stuff you
used to use. It actually becomes much simpler to
save your family's health, the environment and a lot
of money than it is to "do it the way you've always
done it". All it takes is one minor shift in how you
do things, and it will have an extremely positive
and lasting long term effect on you and your family. What about regular cotton towels? Cotton towels are not cheap,
and have many drawbacks to the NanoTowels. First and
foremost, the NanoTowels absorb significantly more
fluid than their cotton counterparts. One NanoTowel
can absorb and trap over a full cup of fluid from a
spill. A regular towel tends to push the fluid
around and absorbs only a limited amount of it. A
regular towel also is a breeding ground for bacteria
and viruses, where the NanoTowel is pathogen
resistant because of its materials and construction. You can use it many times before needing
to sanitize/wash it because of its resistance to
microorganisms. Finally the cleaning ability of the NanoTowel is far superior to regular towels. Cotton
towels need chemicals to clean.
What about recycled paper towels? Recycled paper towels are a great environmental option over mainstream paper towels, because you are not harvesting virgin forest to make them. However, you are still using fossil fuel driven energy in their production and processing, petrochemical based plastics in their packaging, and paying much more to buy them. And unfortunately, consumers have already decided that you can't beat virgin fiber for softness, because recycled paper products have only achieved a 2% market share. The NanoTowels have an even smaller environmental footprint than recycled paper towels, and are much softer, more absorbant and better performing than traditional paper towels. You are gaining significant advantage from an environmental perspective, you are receiving significantly better product performance and are potentially saving a small fortune in the process--while giving up absolutely nothing. The NanoTowels simply offer you a better solution, and possibly the best of ALL worlds.
A Positive Impact On Global Climate Change? The "Permanent Paper Towel" is a simple idea with a potentially extraordinary impact. Organizations and governments are spending billions trying to figure out the solution to the global climate change problem. Regardless of your philosophical position on this hot-button issue, there are processes in motion right now that will cost the economies of the world potentially hundreds of billions of dollars. Many scientists agree that something must be done immediately, but we believe these experts may be overlooking the obvious.
Our forests are by far the most critical defense from excessive greenhouse gas emissions reaching the atmosphere (whether they are from natural or man-made means), because they absorb much of the CO2 and release oxygen. Paper products companies are clear-cutting millions upon millions of priceless trees to make disposable paper towels. Using the NanoTowels on a large scale as an alternative to paper towels would reinforce our main defense against excessive atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global warming. Paper towels are so ubiquitous and pervasive, a massive transition to this alternative could buy a significant amount of time for emission reductions to be put in place, and keep the global costs down to preserve the larger economy.
Moreover, because of the massive use of paper towels across the nation, fossil fuels play a huge role in their harvesting, production and transportation. Imagine the amount of fossil fuel burning that takes place cutting down all of those trees, transporting them to production facilities, converting the wood and pulp to paper towels, making the plastic packaging, and then transporting the paper towels to their sales point and then final destination. The pollution and greenhouse gases produced from all this activity is staggering, and underscores the impact we could have on the environment by moving to an alternative. Because of the potential seriousness and urgency of global climate change, the positive environmental impact of the product could be truly extraordinary, and could be implemented in a short amount of time. And even if you personally don't believe in global climate change, wouldn't less pollution and fossil fuel usage be a good thing? It is our responsibility to mitigate pollution so future generations have a clean, liveable environment to inherit.
Convenience, Performance, Savings and Health & Environmental Benefits. The NanoTowels® Can Change the Way You Clean Forever.
What about regular cotton towels? Cotton towels are not cheap, and have many drawbacks to the NanoTowels. First and foremost, the NanoTowels absorb significantly more fluid than their cotton counterparts. One NanoTowel can absorb and trap over a full cup of fluid from a spill. A regular towel tends to push the fluid around and absorbs only a limited amount of it. A regular towel also is a breeding ground for bacteria and viruses, where the NanoTowel is pathogen resistant because of its materials and construction. You can use it many times before needing to sanitize/wash it because of its resistance to microorganisms. Finally the cleaning ability of the NanoTowel is far superior to regular towels. Cotton towels need chemicals to clean.The Nanolon® fibers that make up the NanoTowel are infinitely smaller than a human hair. These Nanolon® fibers trap dirt, fluid, dust and anything else dirtying your home. This "trapping" phenomenon also makes using cleaning chemicals and surfactants practically unnecessary to clean, because the fibers are able to pull the dirt from the surface by themselves, or simply using a little water. There is simply no other regular towel that can do what the NanoTowels do.
Have Additional Questions? Read the NanoTowels FAQ...
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Actually nice grease. Pricing is strange, in Germany you can get 100 ml for 6 quid - that is one third of the price!
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Motorex White Grease has been a product that stirs mixed emotions in me. On the one hand its tenacity and buttery smooth effect is perfect for bearing surfaces-headsets, hubs, pedals and bottom brackets being the obvious candidates. Then again, at eighteen quid, it's a good deal more expensive than equally stubborn and moreover, seal friendly synthetics.
Lithium has long been the default option for white greases since the cocktail of lye soap and oils bonds well to metal surfaces. Highly impervious to heat and moisture, my elderly eight-speed LX freehub and SPD lookie-likies were first in line. Having stripped, degreased and dried their individual components, I unscrewed the top cap and found myself spirited back to primary school art classes courtesy of its integral applicator - just like Copydex.
Super convenient, this ensures fuss free basting, minimising wastage and mucky maulers to boot.
Optimistically, I'd like to think the Swiss brand's extensive experience with petrochemical products in motorcycling/automotive contexts means they've harnessed lithium's best properties without the nasty side effects - the link between galvanic corrosion (where the grease conducts, rather than inhibits chemical seizures) has long been recognised - ask anyone who's bought an eighties steel classic with fluted alloy post. That makes this grease potentially a lot less versatile than others.
Steel on steel's fine, I've happily swept square taper bottom brackets aboard 4130 winter workhorses and redressed all the Univega's fasteners ready for winter without a moment's hesitation. Initial impressions are extremely favourable, hub and pedals continue to spin serenely despite regular trips through skewer deep mud and subsequent garden hose-downs. Of course, real proof lies several months' down the line and I'll be keeping a close eye on those seals too...
Luxuriously thick and durable but expensive compared with other synthetics.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Motorex White Grease
Size tested: 100g
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
"Lithiumbased white lubricant grease especially for bicycles. MOTOREX WHITE GREASE has outstanding wear-reducing properties and remains malleable at cold temperatures. Ideal for slide bearings and cranksets". Certainly works well on bearing surfaces e.g. hubs, cassette bodies, headsets etc but very pricey for a lithium based prep.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
White, lithium derived grease but difficult to ascertain exact composition.
Nice to apply, very rich with great adhesive properties.
Seems both effective and longlived on bearing surfaces, specifically hubs, pedals and headsets. However,it's too soon for any seal chomping or galvanic corrosion inducing tendencies to reveal themselves.
Certainly stays put.
Very expensive for a lithium based prep no matter how longlived.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
There's no doubt the formula is exteremely stiff and therefore longlived with hubs, headsets and other bearing surfaces being the obvious recipients. However, I am still concerned that it may turn cannibal on rubberised coponents and encourage, rather than prevent metal to metal siezure.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Durable and easily applied.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Expensive and with unknown consequences for seals/similar components.
Did you enjoy using the product? Pleasantly indifferent.
Would you consider buying the product? No.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Not my first choice.
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
Objectively can't fault it on performance, at least in short term testing contexts but there are better, dare I say more versatile generic greases for considerably less money.
About the tester
Age: 38 Height: 1m 81 Weight: 70 kilos
I usually ride: Rough Stuff Tourer Based around 4130 Univega mtb Frameset My best bike is: 1955 Holdsworth Road Path and several others including cross & traditional road
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo cross, commuting, touring, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,
Shaun Audane is a freelance writer/product tester with over twenty-eight years riding experience, the last twelve (120,000 miles) spent putting bikes and kit through their paces for a variety of publications. Previous generations of his family worked at manufacturing's sharp end, thus Shaun can weld, has a sound understanding of frame building practice and a preference for steel or titanium framesets.
Citing Richard Ballantine and an Au pair as his earliest cycling influences, he is presently writing a cycling book with particular focus upon women, families and disabled audiences (Having been a registered care manager and coached children at Herne Hill Velodrome in earlier careers)


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As Congress returns this week to confront immediate budget issues that have consumed the debate in Washington, lawmakers are preparing to pivot to topics such as immigration, gun control and energy policy.
A barrage of fiscal challenges, including a March 27 deadline for extending funding for the federal government, will yield to matters that could prove just as fractious.
This week, in the final days before a two-week recess, legislators are expected to extend federal spending through Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown. The House and Senate anticipate adopting separate, partisan budget plans for the next fiscal year that they won't attempt to quickly reconcile.
By legislating to the least-common denominator, Congress over the past three months will have avoided an across-the-board income tax increase, prevented a default on the nation's debt and sidestepped a shutdown. While automatic spending cuts will remain in place and government worker furloughs will start, Congress won't be up against a fiscal deadline until a debt ceiling increase is needed in August.
"We have two or three issues that are substantive issues - - immigration, guns as examples -- that are moving forward, and I hope that we bring them to the floor," Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois, the chamber's second-ranking Democrat, said in an interview last week. "Fiscal problems are big problems, but there are other challenges in America."
Pipeline Bill
In the House, Republicans announced plans to pass a bill by the end of May approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada that would run through part of the U.S. Representative Fred Upton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he wants to advance that and other measures before Congress takes up 2014 spending bills in June.
"It's the time that we do our work," said Upton, a Michigan Republican.
The Republican-controlled House has passed a bill to extend government funding through Sept. 30. The Senate is considering its version this week and is expected to send it back to the House well before the March 27 deadline.
When they finish work this week, lawmakers will return to their districts for a recess during the Passover and Easter holidays.
After that, no major fiscal deadline will approach for several months. Technically, the U.S. will hit the federal debt ceiling in mid-May, under a law passed earlier this year to delay default.
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5 Hip-Hop Clothing Brands Drake Should Bring Back
Could Drake's sartorial choices get any more obscure? It's apparently more money, more wardrobe problems for Mr. OVO. While his sweater motif enjoyed a charming 15 minutes, the above throwback (as in, '90s) black-and-yellow Dada Supreme short suit–seen in stills for his "No New Friends" music video–sent Twitter over the edge.
To top it off, the striped monochrome calf socks and Timberland boots only add to the time warp. Meme users are already having a field day with this one, but don't be surprised if you suddenly get the urge to shake those denim cut-offs out of your closet and rock vintage baseball jersey shirts come summer. This guy starts trends. Here, we zero-in on 5 other hip-hop fashion brands Drake could easily resurrect.


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A HGV driver was seriously injured following an accident in the early hours of the morning.
The accident occurred at around 4.55am this morning (Friday, April 18) on the M1 southbound at Blackwell, south of Tibshelf services.
It was a collision involving two HGVs, where by one ran into the rear of the other within the road works controlled area.
The injured driver was taken to Northern General Hospital, in Sheffield, for treatment.
The Central Roads Policing Unit is investigating the incident.
Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to call the unit on 0345 123333 quoting incident 100 of 18/04/14.


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WJAAs fall to Canada in U20 Nations Cup opener
LONG EATON, England -- The USA Rugby AIG Women's Junior All-Americans lost the opening game of the U20 Nations Cup against Canada, going down 15-25 at Trent College. The team from the north of the border outscored the young All-Americans three tries to two, but there were plenty of positives to take from the game for the WJAAs.
In a passionate opening half, both sides hammered against stubborn defenses but it was the WJAAs who registered the first points on the scoreboard after 24 minutes from the boot of Meya Bizer, who cooly converted a penalty just to the left of the posts. The penalty had been caused by the pressure of the WJAAs' scrum, which powered over their opponents to take a ball against the head, forcing the Canadians to infringe.
The lead was short-lived however, as a strong counterattack from a kick caused problems for the WJAAs and the Canadians smartly moved the ball out wide making use of their overlap to winger Paige Farries, who sprinted in from 15 yards. The try was converted by Jess Neilson from out wide. Neilson's boot was in use again shortly after as the WJAAs were penalized for hands in the scrum. The flyhalf kicked Le Rouge into a 10-3 lead.
The WJAAs reacted strongly and, after several good phases of play, prop Hope Rogers forced her way over the line for a well worked try. Anne Peterson's conversion knotted the halftime score at 10-10.
The second half started like the first at a frantic pace, and it was the Canadians who came out of the dressing room firing, turning the score fatally in their favor in a strong 20-minute spell. Throwing forward after forward at the WJAA defense, the Canadians pushed hard, forcing a scrum five meters out from the line. Although the WJAAs were starting to gain the ascendancy in the forward battle, a quick eight-man pick and charge led to Nadia Popov crashing over next to the posts. Neilson again added the conversion to give the Canadians a 17-10 lead after 50 minutes.
The Canadians took advantage of this growing momentum and some mistimed WJAA defensive rushing led to a penalty, easily converted by Neilson for a 20-10 lead. The onslaught continued and after a penalty kick to the corner, the Canadian forwards forced their way over from a lineout driving maul, 10-25.
Far from being intimidated, the WJAAs, and the forwards in particular, came back with a ferocity that epitomized the attitude of the WJAA ladies. Forcing turnovers time after time at the scrum caused the Canadian scrum to concede penalties and territory. Scrums against the head were becoming a regular occurrence and after an impressive series of phases and retention of possession the WJAAs created space out wide for Bizer to run in unopposed to cut the deficit to 15-25. Unfortunately, the cohesion in the WJAAs team had come too late and no further points could be added before the final whistle.
"We gave our all today and we're very proud of the effort of the girls," said Head Coach Danielle Miller. "This is a great learning experience; we dominated up front and had enough possession to score more points than we did. When you make mistakes and don't take your chances, at this level, you'll be punished, and that's exactly what Canada did today, and we congratulate them for that. We'll regroup, recover, and we're all confident there's plenty more to come from this team."
The WJAAs face South Africa in their next game Sunday, July 14, at 9:00 A.M. ET. Follow @aarugby on Twitter for updates from the U20 Nations Cup.
USA Rugby AIG Women's Junior All-Americans | vs. Canada
1. Maxine Fonua (Stanford)
2. Danielle Ciocco (Penn State University)
3. Hope Rogers (Penn State University)
4. Hannah Price (Clemson, University)
5. Megan Pinson (Fallbrook High School)
6. Kelsey Harris (Penn State University)
7. Elizabeth Cairns (Penn State University)
8. Jordan Gray (BYU)
9. Cassidy Meyers (Kent High School)
10. Anne Peterson (Washington State University)
11. Natalie Kosko (Quinnipiac University)
12. Nicole Heavirland (Exeter High School)
13. Brianna Troyer (Penn State University)
14. Margaret Myles (West Carroll High School)
15. Meya Bizer (Penn State University)
16. Markliann Hoyne (Texas A&M)
17. Dorothy Mittow (Princeton)
18. Katana Howard (University of Minnesota)
19. LauraBen Moore (Brandeis University)
20. Chidinma "Chi Chi" Chukwueke (Georgia Tech)
21. Miranda Previte (Rutgers University)
22. Gabriella Cantorna (State College High School)
23. Stacey Wong (University of California Berkley)
Canada Women's U20s
1. Ashley Delaney
2. Charli Mocon
3. Deleaka Menin
4. Jordyn Rowntree
5. Cindy Nelles
6. Daria Keane
7. Katie Svoboda
8. Nadia Popov
9. Lori Josephson
10. Jess Neilson
11. Paige Farries
12. Sara Kaljuvee
13. Breanne Nicholas
14. Frederique Rajotte
15. Emily Belchos
16. Ashley Snider
17. Emily Barber
18. Sara Haring
19. Fedelia Omoghan
20. Lauren McEwen
21. Hannah Darling
22. Nadia Lesco
23. Dani Robb
USA Rugby Women's Junior All-Americans | 15
Tries: Rogers, Bizer
Conversions: Peterson
Penalties: Bizer
Canada | 25
Tries: Ferries, Popov, Barber
Conversions: Neilson (2)
Penalties: Neilson (2)


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Cat pulled from the engine of a car recovering from ordeal
May 23. 2014 10:56PM
MANCHESTER — A cat who was pulled from the engine of a car is on the road to recovery after surgery that included 100 stitches, according to the Manchester Animal Shelter.
The cat, Tommy, was rescued from the engine by Manchester firefighters after enduring a 3-mile trip. It was found wedged between a strut and some hot metal, the shelter said in a release.
Veterinarian Dr. Kevin Pascoe said in a statement that Tommy will be a healthy cat, "not to mention a lucky one."
Tommy is declawed and neutered, suggesting that he was someone's pet, the release said.


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César Pérez, EMEA Chief Investment Strategist at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, looksback at the events of 2012 and examines the case for the European credit market's 'fallen angels'. "As 2012 comes to a close, we look back at the events that have taken place throughout a year in which political power from almost 60% of world GDP changed hands (the last major election of the year was in Japan on the 16th of December). From a European perspective, we have to conclude that 2012 has been "the year of the Draghi.
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Labrada Nutrition, Power Carb Drink Mix, Unflavored, 2.2 lbs (998 g) (Discontinued Item)
반짝 할인은 제한된 시간 동안 정해진 수량의 제품에만 적용됩니다. 계정 당 1개만 구매가 가능합니다.
판매중단 상품?
Labrada Nutrition, Power Carb Drink Mix, Unflavored, 2.2 lbs (998 g) (Discontinued Item)
배송 무게:?1.45 kg파운드 단위로 변경
부피 및 배송 중량:
14.5 x 14.5 x 24.9 cm , 1.22 kg파운드 단위로 변경
주력 상품
- Gametime Performance Fuel with Electrolytes
- New!
- Powered by: Karbo-Lyn
- Sugar-Free
- No Banned Substances
- Certified cGMP
- Steroid-Free
Current Good Manufacturing Practices
Power Carb is made in an FDA-inspected, pharmaceutical-grade manufacturing facility. This product is pure and unadulterated, and will not cause a positive test result for banned substances, making it perfect for high school, collage, Olympic, and professional athletes who want to naturally boost their athletic performance.
Maximize Your Performance...Outlast Your Competition!
What is Power Carb?
Power Carb is a patented carbohydrate "superfood" designed to improve athletic performance. Because Power Carb is derived from natural sources, it can be safely used by athletes of all ages to boost energy and enhance recovery. Power Carb is rapidly absorbed - up to 12 times faster than ordinary carbohydrates such as bread or pasta!
Simply mix Power Carb with water and drink before athletic events to increase energy, and afterwards to speed up recovery. Power Carb rapidly enhances muscular function and replenishes muscle energy (glycogen). Power Carb forces glycogen storage, resulting in a huge increase in energy and the ability to exercise harder and longer.
Power Carb is fortified with electrolytes to replenish mineral loss from sweating.
Power Carb is a nutritional breakthrough that will forever change the way you play the game! You'll never suffer through a bad workout or flat athletic performance again!
How Does Power Carb Work?
Power Carb is a homopolysaccharide (homogenous, relatively-complex carbohydrate) made up of thousands of monosaccharides (sugar molecules) joined together by glycosidic bonds to form branched macromolecules (large molecules). The molecular mass (molecule size and weight) of Power Carb has been engineered to enhance gastric transit through the stomach at a rate much greater than common carbohydrates such as waxy maize, maltodextrins, breads, pasta, or rice.
Power Carb is produced from natural complex carbohydrate sources using a newly-developed, patent pending "Enzymatic Milling Process."
What Can Power Carb Do For Me?
Use Power Carb before, during and right after training or games to boost your energy, prevent the onset of fatigue, and then jumpstart the glycogen recharging process to shorten your post training recovery time. Power Carb is excellent for athletes who have multiple training sessions or games per day - use it to decrease down time and increase energy for an extra 1-2 hours.
Power Carb is Sugar-Free, completely instant, and easily digestible! It is absorbed very quickly without stomach bloating or discomfort. Unlike conventional sports drinks, Power Carb will not "weigh you down" or make you feel bloated.
Does Power Carb Rehydrate Me?
Yes! Because Power Carb passes through the stomach very quickly, it acts like a pump, pulling water and electrolytes along with it, which are then shuttled into your muscle cells. Unlike conventional carbohydrate sports drinks, Power Carb will not pull water from the intestines. In fact, it increases water uptake, resulting in much higher hydration.
Is Power Carb Right for Me?
Power Carb is a safe, powerful performance supplement for athletes of all ages. Power Carb works equally well, whether you are a strength or endurance athlete! Great for fitness enthusiasts, runners, bicyclists, ball players, tri-athletes, bodybuilders, and weightlifters.
제품 사용법
Pre-Game/Training - Mix 1 to 2 scoops of Power Carb in 20 oz of water, and consume 15-20 minutes prior to physical activity. Drink slowly.
Post-Game/Workout - Mix 1 to 2 scoops of Power Carb in 20 oz of water, and consume immediately after activity to jump start muscle energy (glycogen) replenish and recovery.
포함된 다른 성분들
Power Carb (Karbo-Lyn homopolysaccharide derived from potato, rice, corn), Gametime Electrolyte Blend (sodium chloride, potassium phosphate, magnesium succinate, calcium gluconate).
Due to the extremely fast uptake of Power Carb, it is important to drink plenty of water to maximize its effects. Consume at least 20 ounces of cold water with each serving.
If you are a diabetic, consult your physician before using Power Carb.
|성분 함량표
|Serving Size: 22 grams (1 scoop)
|Servings Per Container: 45
|Amount Per Serving
|Calories from Fat
|Total Fat
|0 g
|Saturated Fat
|0 g
|Trans Fat
|0 g
|0 mg
|120 mg
|60 mg
|Total Carbohydrate
|20 g
|Dietary Fiber
|0 g
|0 g
|0 g
|*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
|Total Fat
|65 g
|80 g
|Saturated Fat
|20 g
|25 g
|300 mg
|300 mg
|2,400 mg
|2,400 mg
|3,500 mg
|3,500 mg
|Total Carbohydrates
|300 g
|375 g
|Dietary Fiber
|25 g
|30 g
|Calories per gram:
Fat 9 • Carbohydrate 4 • Protein 4


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Brother and sister face charges after investigation of fatal motorcycle accident
August 17. 2013 10:28AM
DOVER — A brother and sister each face a misdemeanor charge as a result of a police investigation into a fatal motorcycle accident last week, police said.
Kelsey M. Shaughnessy, 21, of 8 Sheerfield Drive, Dover, was arrested on the charge of prohibited sales of alcohol, and Colin P. Shaughnessy, 18, of 44 Bellamy Woods, Dover, was arrested on the charge of hosting an underage alcohol house party.
Police said the charges came after they investigated a fatal crash at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Middle and Back roads in Dover.
Jarrett Hudson, 18, of Hubbard Road, Dover, was pronounced dead at the scene and his passenger, Carter Moore, 18, of Mallard Lane, Dover, was treated at the scene for minor injuries, police said.
Police said Hudson and other underage individuals had consumed alcohol at a party hosted by Colin Shaughnessy at 44 Bellamy Woods and that Kelsey Shaughnessy had purchased and provided the alcohol to the minors. Both were released on $250 personal recognizance bail and were scheduled to be arraigned at Dover Circuit Court on Oct. 7.
Police said the exact cause of the investigation remains under investigation and at this time no additional charges are expected.


text: A deadly evil resident, spooks, zombies and a city that is infested! A very powerful and epic dramatic piece of cinematic music, great for that big budget Hollywood sound that will give your visuals and video projects high impact and grab your viewers attention! Epic, dramatic, dark and cinematic! Great for a feature length film!


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Chunky oven chips
Prep: 15 mins Cook: 20 mins
Gordon Ramsay makes healthy and tasty chunky chips - without deep-frying
Nutrition and extra info
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- kcal-
- fat-
- saturates-
- carbs-
- sugars-
- fibre-
- protein-
- salt-
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Heat oven to its highest setting, ideally 250C/fan 230C/gas 9. Cut each potato into 1cm-wide slices, then into 1cm-thick sticks. Blanch in a large pan of boiling water for 3 mins, then drain well.
Shake the potatoes out onto a roasting pan, drizzle with oil, ensuring each chip is evenly coated, then season well. Bake for about 15-20 mins, turning the potatoes at least twice, until golden brown and crisp.
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Comments, questions and tips
13th Dec, 2016
These chips are truly to die for. I live in the US and they just don't do Brit fish n chip type chips. These taste so similar to your local chippy it's insane. Some tips - after blanching, cooking and draining, in batches I oil and season the tats in a bowl which makes it easier to get full coverage. Make sure your baking tray is Pre heated and don't flip until after 10-15mins. This will avoid the breakage some have mentioned. These usually take a good 30mins to be perfect but of course that depends on how crowded your tray is and how large you cut those beauties. I have made these a lot for my yank friends and they are a hit. For the ultimate version, which is of course quite naughty, we did these in an actual fryer outside and they were amazing. Enjoy!
15th Jun, 2016
I thought I would give this a try as my freezer is on the blink and had some spare King Edward potatoes and wow, they were so unbelievably delicious and incredibly easy to make. I didn't have rapeseed oil so used extra virgin olive oil and then Malden rock salt to season. Popped it in the oven for 20 minutes and wow what a treat. I used one large King Edward potato and it was plenty enough portion for a meal for one. Will definitely be making these again instead of buying frozen!
12th Dec, 2015
Didn't realise how good these were going to be until they came out of the oven. As long as they have a bit of a gap between them, the chips crisp up perfectly. You really can't buy these from the shops and - to be honest - are better than a lot of fries from restaurants. It's a really simple recipe that I will keep using. They go down a treat!


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heat from that fire will be reflected by the insulation board back downwards
Unheeded Fire Hazards in New Energy Efficient Buildings !!
2012-03-29: The relentless pressure, within the European Union (EU), to bring a greater measure of stability to imported energy supplies … to reduce our overall use of energy … to be far more efficient in the ways we consume those lesser amounts of energy … to find cleaner sources of energy to replace oil, gas, and especially coal … to comply with ambitious targets on climate change mitigation … are all pointing in one direction with regard to design and construction. We are forced to super-insulate new buildings !
Without many people realizing it, however, we change how fire behaves in a highly insulated building … especially when insulation materials are part of the interior finishes, not carefully buried within the construction. [Even the old Building Bye-Laws in Dublin City permitted a cavity in a masonry wall up to 150mm wide !] And, as usual, Building and Fire Regulations are slow to catch up with these important architectural developments.
Let me show you an example of a basement car park in a new hospital (which shall remain nameless !) … where a serious 'fire' problem has been festering since it was opened, and occupied, a few years ago.
This hospital could be anywhere in Europe …
The ceiling height in this car park is low … approximately 2 metres above floor level. The ceiling comprises a 6mm off-white calcium silicate board of limited combustibility (for the techies out there – this board is not 'incombustible', and it is not 'non-combustible') … above which is a 40mm rigid phenolic thermal insulation board … all fixed to the underside of a concrete floor slab.
This phenolic insulation board is very efficient … and during the normal course of events, its job is to stop the loss of heat from the hospital wards and other areas above. A cold concrete floor is also very uncomfortable for people, i.e. hospital staff, having to walk around on it for long periods.
Because the insulation board is efficient, and it is fixed to the underside of the floor slab … in a fire situation, let's say that a fire starts in a car … the heat from that fire will be reflected by the insulation board back downwards. The result: the fire will be encouraged to spread much more quickly to neighbouring vehicles. And so, in a very short time, we will have a much larger fire … and a much more intense fire … which will be far more difficult to control and extinguish, when the fire services eventually arrive on the scene.
There are a Number of Twists in This Story …
1. For all sorts of normal reasons, there are service penetration openings in the car park ceiling shown above (some small and some large), especially in a hospital which is highly serviced … the overall approach to fire and smoke sealing in this new building is not the best … and workmanship is poor …
… which, together, all mean that it will be easy for fire and smoke to spread upwards into the hospital wards and other areas … in the event of a fire emergency.
In a hospital, not everybody is alert and mobile. It will be difficult to evacuate some people … and it will be nearly impossible, because of their health condition, to evacuate others. In order for a fire engineering strategy of horizontal evacuation to a 'safer' part of the same building to be successfully put into effect during an emergency … it is imperative … that the level of passive protection from fire and smoke provided is high … much higher, here, than in the case of an average office building, for example. AND … it is critical … that this high level of protection from fire and smoke is reliable.
In this new hospital building … the photographic evidence clearly shows that both of these criteria have not been met.
2. Another twist in the story concerns the rigid phenolic thermal insulation board used in the car park ceiling … which, as the evidence also shows, is exposed to direct view in many places …
In a short, brochure-type document produced by the European Phenolic Foam Association (EPFA): 'Phenolic Foam Insulation – The Ultimate Insulation System for the Construction & Building Services Industry', the following is stated with regard to the fire performance of this material …
' Toxic gas emission from phenolic foam is generally limited to carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide with very low levels of other gases.'
However, in a report produced by the National Research Council of Canada: 'Toxicity and Smoke Aspects of Foamed Plastic Insulation – An Annotated Bibliography' … the following abstracts can be found …
- Toxicity of Off-Gases from Phenolic Rigid Foam
' A reference sample of phenolic rigid foam was evaluated for toxicity of off-gases, using various test conditions in the NASA-USF-PSC toxicity screening test method. Test results show that the response of this material to the various test conditions is similar to that exhibited by the majority of other materials previously evaluated by this method. That is, animal response times generally decreased with increasing fixed temperature, and with increasing airflow rate under rising temperature conditions. The authors suggest that formaldehyde is one of the toxicants present although the amount of CO produced at 600°C or higher was enough to be lethal by itself.'
- Toxicity of Off-Gases from Thermal Insulation
' Toxicity test data on the off-gases from various thermal insulation materials are presented in this paper. Under rising temperature without forced airflow test conditions, phenolic foams exhibited the shortest times to death, while polyisocyanurate, polyurethane and polystyrene foams exhibited the longest times to death. The introduction of airflow significantly reduced time to death, apparently due to a higher degree of oxidation and more rapid delivery of toxicants. The authors conclude that under the particular test conditions, plastic thermal insulations appear to exhibit less toxicity than cellulosic board and cellulose insulation, with polyimide and phenolic foams being the exceptions.'
- Relative Flammability and Toxicity of Thermal Insulation
' Relative flammability and relative toxicity data are presented for 30 samples of thermal insulation materials. There appears to be no inherent, necessary compromise between flammability and toxicity in the selection of materials. Cellulosic and plastics insulations appear to represent significantly different combinations of flammability and toxicity hazards, and require different approaches when planning and designing applications. Polyurethane foam appeared to be significantly less toxic and slightly less flammable than wood and other cellulosic materials. Polyisocyanurate foam seemed to be more toxic than polyurethane foam but still less toxic than the cellulosic materials. Polystyrene foam exhibited the longest time to death while phenolic foam showed the second shortest time to death among the group of rigid foams evaluated.'
- Carbon Monoxide Production from Overheated Thermal Insulation Materials
' Carbon monoxide yields were obtained for selected thermal insulation materials. The data are presented and discussed in this paper. Among the rigid foamed plastics, phenolic gave the highest yield of CO under a rising temperature and no airflow test conditions. Polyurethane foams based on propoxylated aromatic amino polyol appeared to produce less CO than polyurethane foams based on propoxylated trimethylolpropane polyol. Under fixed temperatures of 800°C without airflow test conditions, similar results were obtained for the rigid foamed plastics.'
- Toxicity of Pyrolysis Gases from Phenolic and Isocyanurate Rigid Foams
' Special reference samples of phenolic and isocyanurate rigid foams were evaluated for toxicity of pyrolysis gases, using 6 different test conditions of the USF toxicity screening test methods. Under rising temperature conditions, phenolic foam appeared to be consistently more toxic than the isocyanurate foam. CO level appears to be the factor, which is twice as high from the phenolic foam. The temperatures corresponding to the times to death indicate that the toxicants were evolved below 500°C for phenolic and below 640°C for isocyanurate. These are in agreement with that of the University of Pittsburgh (UP) data. At a fixed temperature of 800°C, there appeared to be no difference in toxicity between the phenolic and isocyanurate foams, although the former tended to produce more carbon monoxide.'
- Toxicity of Pyrolysis Gases from Phenolic, Isocyanurate and Polystyrene Rigid Foam Insulation
' Samples of phenolic, isocyanurate, and polystyrene rigid foam insulation were evaluated for toxicity of pyrolysis gases, using four different test conditions of the toxicity screening test method developed at the University of San Francisco. The test conditions were 200 to 800°C rising temperature and 800°C fixed temperature, each without forced airflow and with 1 L/min airflow. On the average over these four particular test conditions, phenolic foam appeared to exhibit the greatest toxicity and polystyrene foam appeared to exhibit the least toxicity.'
As already discussed in an earlier post , dated 2011-01-13 … we know that Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odourless, colourless and toxic gas … and because it is impossible to see, taste or smell the toxic fumes, CO can kill before you are aware it is there.
So … it will be easy for Fire, Visible Smoke and Carbon Monoxide to spread upwards into the hospital wards and other areas of this building … in the event of a fire emergency.
This Hospital's 'Fire' Problem & Its Solution
The 'fire' problem in this hospital has been allowed to fester for a number of years because the issues shown in the photographs above are either inadequately addressed … or not addressed at all … in Ireland's Technical Guidance Document (TGD) B … a document which is intended merely to present some supporting guidance for operating Part B: 'Fire Safety', in the 2nd Schedule of the Building Regulations.
Unfortunately, all parties directly responsible for this hospital debacle are under the very mistaken impression that the guidance in Technical Guidance Document B is prescriptive regulation. This is a major error ! Furthermore … TGD B is fundamentally flawed … and it is particularly inadequate when the building type is a health facility.
To Correct This 'Fire' Problem … a Fire Suppression System should immediately be installed in the basement car park. At the same time, if not before … ALL Service Penetration Openings in the concrete floor slab should be properly sealed so that, during a fire incident, the passage of fire and smoke and CO into building spaces above the slab will be prevented. And … the quality of workmanship, on site, must be high !
An appropriate number of Carbon Monoxide Detectors should be installed in the hospital wards and other areas above the concrete floor slab.
The 'Institutional' Problem
The procedure of having to submit so-called Compliance Reports with applications for Fire Safety Certificates, in Ireland, only confirms … and reinforces … the very mistaken impression in everybody's minds that the guidance in Technical Guidance Document B is prescriptive regulation.
In the case of a different hospital … let me give you an example of a text contained in one such Compliance Report … submitted to an Irish Local Authority, sometime during 2004 …
Single Steps at Final Exit Doors
It is noted that Clause 18.104.22.168 of TGD-B is ambiguous vis-à-vis steps located on the line of final exit doors, i.e. as opposed to a condition where there is a step beyond the line of a door. Accordingly, it is reasonable and appropriate to make reference to the current England and Wales Approved Document B (2000 Edition) for guidance on this issue in so far as Technical Guidance Document B is based on an early draft of the Approved Document. It is noted that the UK AD-B in Clauses 6.15 and 6.21 specifically allow single steps at final exits provided they are located on the line of the doorway in question. Furthermore, the recently issued Northern Ireland Technical Bulletin E (1994) also allows such steps, subject to the riser not exceeding 180mm. On the basis of the foregoing, single steps are considered acceptable at the final exit doors subject to the riser not exceeding 180mm and the step being located on the line of the door.
This is mindless, incompetent nonsense … and it was accepted by the Local Authority.
How often, anymore, does anybody encounter a step … 180mm high, or of any height … at the front entrance to a new building ? Building designers have finally understood the message that new buildings must be accessible-for-all … and a single step, in any situation, is a trip or a fall accident waiting to happen. Now imagine the situation where people are attempting to evacuate an average office building, for example, during a fire emergency … and they encounter a single step at the final fire exit !?! Now really stretch your imagination … and imagine where people are trying to evacuate a hospital !!??!!
The System is not only entirely dysfunctional … it is corrupt !
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LONDON (AP) — Few designers so consistently mix fashion with politics, or manage to secure her fans' adoration with the same looks almost every season. But Vivienne Westwood is not any designer.
The flame-haired grand dame of British fashion on Sunday sent her models marching down the catwalk in her signature tight-fitting dresses and nipped-in jackets, then in the finale joined them wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a giant image of her own face and a slogan that reads "I'm Julian Assange."
Westwood, 71, has been selling the Assange T-shirts to raise funds and support for the WikiLeaks founder, who is living in Ecuador's embassy in London and trying to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault questions. The designer recently wore the shirt when she visited Assange in October.
As always, Westwood was less interested in talking about her designs than about climate change, a subject she has long campaigned about.
"There's no latest thing, it's all rubbish," she said, brushing off questions about fashion. Instead, she patiently explained to reporters why she feels so passionately about her climate change campaign.
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|Built to Kill, Part 1
|David Rambo
|Kenneth Fink
|Original Airdate
|September 21, 2006
|Previous Episode: Way to Go
|Next Episode: Built to Kill, Part 2
Built to Kill, Part 1 is the first episode in season seven of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Foul play is suspected when an apparent suicide victim still has the gun in his hand, and a flower delivery woman is found crushed to death in the middle of a Cirque du Soleil performance.
When an ambitious dancer is killed, the CSI team must learn the inner workings of the famous show KÀ by Cirque Du Soleil to find out who killed her. Two other team members investigate the apparent suicide of a man at a party hosted by Sam Braun. Brass receives the Medal of Valor for the bullet he took and the hostage he saved in the season 6 episode "Bang-Bang".
After the case is solved and closed, Catherine and Nick go out for a dance, while Grissom and Sara investigate a murder. Catherine, at the bar, returns to her drink while Nick dances with a young blonde. The bartender informs Catherine that a young man wishes to buy her next drink; she refuses, and everything blurs for her and goes black. She then wakes up in a hotel room, naked, and begins to process herself and the room; she takes a shower, and cries. The end of the episode also shows the beginning of the murder scene of rock 'n' roll star, Izzy Delancy. Grissom also discovers that the murder scene has been made into a smaller miniature model, identical to the murder scene itself. The scene also cuts to Brass in a tattoo parlour, having the date of his shooting (May 11, 2006) tattooed just below the scar of the bullet.
At the end of the episode John Mayer plays his single Waiting on the World to Change in a bar. At the very end, he is also heard playing Slow Dancing In A Burning Room, another song from his 2006 album, Continuum. The end of this is heard at the beginning of the next episode.
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- Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
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- Scott Wilson as Sam Braun
- David Berman as David Phillips
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- Danny Bonaduce as Izzy Delancey
- Kevin Rahm as Joe Hirschoff
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Is Anaheim a frightened little "Mickey Mouse" or will it finally stand up to Disney?
Walt Disney once said, "I hope we never lose sight of one thing: it was all started by a mouse."
Imagine doing a kitchen reno and asking your town or city for a thirty-five-year property tax exemption because you've given local artisans work and some sales tax to Home Depot. Today the city of Anaheim California will consider whether to give Disney a thirty-year entertainment tax exemption in exchange for a billion-dollar multi-year reno of Disneyland.
Disney will surely invest a billion dollars anyway. It must compete against a revamped Universal Studios that is Fast and Furious-ly closing the competitive gap and will soon launch the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Harry Potter is far scarier than a few million dollars in entertainment taxes.
In many ways Disney is Anaheim and Anaheim is Disney. The company employs over 25,000 people--the next closest Anaheim employer, 5,000. Read the summary report on the entertainment tax reimbursement plan and you'll wonder if Disney or Anaheim wrote it. On second thought don't read it. Walt wouldn't want you to. He'd have Pinocchio read the report aloud so that everyone on Anaheim's city council could watch his nose.
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait was in favour of the Disney tax exemption that is currently in effect--a twenty-year ban put in place back in 1996 to entice Disney to build California Adventureland--but he is "wiser" now. He is wiser because Anaheim faces a $500 million unfunded pension obligation.
Chaining the hands of future residents on their ability to impose taxes will jeopardize the city's financial health. (Mayor Tom Tait)
A simple back-of-the-envelope calculation performed by an English major using readily available information reveals that Anaheim should just say no to Disney. The entertainment tax does not exist. It's a hypothetical tax from which Disney is receiving real protection. If a tax were to exist, it would probably look something like Las Vegas' two-tiered entertainment tax--10% on venues that host less than 7,500 people and 5% for venues the size of Disney. (5% is also the tax rate Anaheim suggested way back in 1975).
So a 5% tax on a ticket that now costs $99 for anyone over age 10 with (conservatively) 16 million visitors per year to Disneyland and 8 million to California Adventureland would yield...
Back-of-the-envelope calculations indicate that by signing the agreement with Disney, Anaheim would be forgoing $119 million of potential tax revenue per year. In the city's assessment, the incremental tax derived from Disney's capital investments (one billion plus an additional $500 million to get fifteen more years of tax exception to 2061) would be a measly $27 million.
The case for giving Disney a pass on taxes is as flimsy as a boat from It's a Small World and its arrogance as annoying as the song that goes with the ride. However, it is that song that will likely make Anaheim fold and makes every town, city and even country bow to the demands of megacorporations. It's a small world when it comes to investment and if you don't like the arrangement, we can move our billion dollars elsewhere. Or so the empty threat goes...
Disney is a global company and can choose any of their other five locations to make this type of capital enhancement, so we're feeling lucky. (Anaheim's Assistant City Manager, Kristine Ridge)
Lucky? Anaheim is lucky to be on the receiving end of veiled threats? Anaheim may be Mickey Mouse in its approach to Disney, but the corporate script is, like, totally Californication. But Anaheim is a small story, a minor episode in a much larger saga of corporate tax avoidance. According to CBS News, Disney transferred international profits to Luxembourg, enabling the company to pay an effective tax rate of 0.3% on more than a billion euro in profit.
And according to Bloomberg, almost fifty companies have changed addresses to tax havens such as Bermuda, an inversion strategy that a Congressional panel projects will cost the federal treasury $19.5 billion in future revenues over the next decade. A Cayman Islands company owns at least sixteen Disney subsidiaries.
While corporations perfect their Pirates of the Caribbean routine and governments do nothing, Anaheim is in an ideal position to send a strong message, to say no to Disney and vote down the entertainment tax reimbursement scheme. But if council is foolish enough to acquiesce, then it should consider an It's a Small World tax--a $8,000 flat tax every time the song is played.
$8,000 is not a random number--it's based on the settlement awarded to a disabled man who was stranded on the ride while the song played continuously. Around the Disney world in its five theme parks, It's a Small World is played 1,200 times per day--roughly 1/5 of which would be played in Anaheim. Hold on...
When Walt Disney's "It's a Small World" debuted at the 1964 World's Fair, ten million ride tickets were sold at 95 cents for adults and 60 cents for children with all proceeds going to UNICEF. Walt would surely approve of the It's a Small World tax. It would make him chuckle. Walt loved a good laugh. And Walt would know what decision Anaheim city council should make later today.
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In the Republic of Gilead—which once was Cambridge, Massachusetts, until the state was overthrown by a theocratic, totalitarian regime—women are defined solely by their assigned roles and the men who govern them. Wives, Daughters, Aunts, Marthas, Econowives, and Handmaids live to serve their male counterparts; their free will and reproductive rights have been stripped in an attempt to restore life and order to the mostly infertile republic.
Most post-1980s high school students—those whose libraries didn't ban the book, anyway—will recognize Gilead from The Handmaid's Tale , a 1985 work of speculative fiction by famed writer and environmental activist Margaret Atwood . If the dystopian tale was required reading then, its new small-screen adaptation—coming to Hulu April 26th—feels like required viewing now, and not just for teens. Costume designer Ane Crabtree , tasked with bringing Gilead's dystopian dress to life, agrees, admitting that her creative process was particularly emotional and charged because the show's filming schedule aligned with the results of the 2016 presidential election.Margaret Atwood Ane Crabtree
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SRα and the 12-kDa subunit of the signal peptidase complex (SPC12), representing complexes involved in targeting of nascent chains to the ER and cleavage of signal peptides, respectively, were more uniformly distributed among the subfractions from both liver and adrenal (see Figs. 5 and 7 ). However, αTRAP, one of four subunits of the TRAP complex, which colocalizes with native ribosome-channel complexes, was localized primarily in the ribosome-bearing subfractions from both adrenal and liver (see Figs. 5 and 7 ). Little αTRAP was detected in the smooth microsomes obtained from either organ.
Sec62 and Sec63, mammalian homologs of proteins essential for posttranslational translocation in yeast, were present in both the rough and smooth microsomal subfractions from liver and adrenal (data not shown).
We examined several proteins involved in folding of newly synthesized polypeptides and ER quality control, generally considered to be distributed throughout the ER: two lumenal proteins, BiP and GRP94, and one membrane protein, calnexin (see Table 1 ). In liver microsomes, particularly those of the guinea pig, BiP and GRP94 were in higher concentration in the rough microsomes (see Fig. 7 ). In adrenal microsomal subfractions, their concentrations in smooth microsomes were equal to or slightly greater than in rough microsomes ( Fig. 5 ). Calnexin was present in all microsomal subfractions from liver but did not show a consistent differential pattern of distribution (see Fig. 7 ). In adrenal microsomes, the levels of calnexin were higher in the smooth microsomes ( Fig. 5 ).
Having found high levels in adrenal smooth microsomes of all translocon subunits and associated elements examined, except for ribosomal protein and αTRAP, it seemed important to confirm that preferential localization in smooth microsomes of enzymes involved in sterol and steroid synthesis was retained in these subcellular fractions. Therefore, we examined the levels of HMGR and two enzymes involved in steroid synthesis, 3βHSD and 17α-hydroxylase, a cytochrome P450 (CYP17). All of these enzymes were in highest concentration in the adrenal smooth microsomes ( Fig. 5 ). None were detectable in corun rough microsomes from liver or pancreas, although HMGR was present in liver smooth and intermediate microsomes (data not shown).
To determine whether the translocon components and steroidogenic enzymes have a similar distribution in situ , immunocytochemistry was performed on isolated adrenocortical cells. These cells retain their abundant SER in vitro , particularly in the presence of ACTH ( 74 ). Both CYP17 and Sec61were distributed fairly evenly throughout the tubular ER network of the isolated cells ( Fig. 6 , A and B, respectively). Corun controls showed minimal staining ( Fig. 6C ). Little change in the distribution of CYP17 and Sec61 was detected in ACTH-treated cells at this resolution (data not shown). However, in some cells, hotspots of intense labeling occurred for both proteins, which seemed to be more abundant in ACTH-treated cells (data not shown). More detailed analysis will be required to see whether these correspond to the organized arrays of SER observed in these cells with the electron microscope ( 4 – 6 ).
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