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I wrote earlier about how Disney's Captain America 2 Super Bowl commercial was basically a giant tease for the new theatrical trailer. This is basically the opposite, whereby Sony Pictures released a 30-second online advertisement that teased a cliffhanger that would be "answered" in tonight's Super Bowl commercial. And indeed tonight's big game debuted another 30-second advertisement that was basically the second half of an otherwise seamless one-minute preview. But wait, said combined one-minute commercial ended with a brief website (www.enemiesunite.com) which allowed you to take in what amounts to a 3:50 sizzle reel, similar to the one revealed at last year's San Diego Comic Book Convention and full of character spoilers.
So as you can see, Sony offered a teaser for their Super Bowl ad, which in turn operated as a teaser for not just a new trailer, but a double-sized trailer to boot. Fortunately the sizzle reel did not lead to a full-length rough cut of the film itself, but that wouldn't have surprised me. Aside from the copious material being offered this early in the game, it is amusing that the hundreds-of-millions of Super Bowl watchers tuned in and saw what amounted to a "part 2″ to a "part 1″ that they likely hadn't seen.
And said "part 1″ still contained a fleeting image of Shailene Woodley, previously cast as Mary Jane Watson but whose character was cut from the film last summer and held for a later installment. Because, as this and X-Men: Days of Future Past (which cut Rogue, who was among the lead characters in the first X-Men) proved, superhero films have a strict ceiling on major female characters. They've already got Emma Stone, so there was little room for another female among the 6,000 male villains being teased this time around.
Fortunately for M.J. fans, there has been constant speculation for the last few years that Emma Stone would eventually bite the dust, since Gwen Stacey is sadly most famous for being tossed off a bridge by the Green Goblin back in 1973. The cliffhanger in the Super Bowl ads was a clever play on fan expectations, cleverer still if they actually plan to let Stacey exit the series alive. Everyone expects Emma Stone's Stacey to replay her fate as the most famous "woman in refrigerator" in all of comic books. I'd argue it would be more courageous and far more shocking to buck tradition and merely have her exit the series for reasons that normal people drift apart (a break up, one party leaving for school, etc.). When death is the expectation, life is the biggest plot twist of all.
Anyway, we'll know soon enough, but I sincerely hope that if Stone does croak in the second film, that I'm not treated to thunderous applause from gleeful comic book fans as the token female love interest gets murdered by one of the 8,000 villains set to appear in this franchise in one film or another. Now that we have a trailer, two Super Bowl ads, and a nearly-4 minute sizzle reel, I can only hope that Sony will keep a lid on any additional footage being used in promotional materials before the film's summer release (it opens May 2nd in America, but slightly earlier in overseas territories). They certainly have enough footage to cut a second full trailer and a host of TV spots, so better to go with what they have rather than risk basically giving the movie away for free as they somewhat did with The Amazing Spider-Man.
As you may recall, someone actually cut together a frighteningly accurate 25-minute version of the first film prior to release using only footage that had been released online. That's not something you want to repeat. Come what may, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 certainly looks more polished and more confident than the last film, with colors that truly pop and a genuine excitement at not having to retell the origin story yet again. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens in America on May 2nd, 2014. As always, we'll see.


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What's in a name: Budny-Hughes Pool
Where is it?
The pool, at Rodger Young Park, is located at Buffalo Road (Route 20) and Downing Avenue on Erie's east side.
What's the story?
The last thing kids eager to swim and splash all summer long will be thinking about is the public pool's name.
But just for fun, here's the history:
Part of the name comes from Pat Budny -- also honored with Budny Beach (Beach 10) at Presque Isle State Park -- who, in August 1975, was the first person to swim across Lake Erie. His swim partner, Tim Hughes, also set out with Budny, but he was unable to complete the full 31-mile journey and was pulled from the water about three miles from the American shore.
The pool was officially named after the two athletes in 1976. Today, though, the pool is more commonly known as the Rodger Young pool, given its location at the park.
However it's referred to, the pool opens for the season today, according to city officials.
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What was it like writing your first book?
Randy Alcorn talks about writing his first book.
Randy Alcorn talks about writing his first book.
Randy Alcorn speaking at the 2010 International Christian Retailers' Show.
Randy Alcorn answers the question, "How is music a part of your writing process?"
In this 8-minute video, Randy talks about how he first read books by C.S. Lewis as a young Christian, and how Lewis baptized his imagination and shaped him as a writer.
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Does Randy work on more than one book project at a time? What is his writing process like?
Don't buy the myth that writing is easy.
It's not. I heard one author say, "Writing is like giving birth to barbed wire." Others say writing is 5 percent inspiration and 95 percent perspiration. Books that were easy to write are invariably hard to read. Some writers seem so natural, so effortless. Don't be fooled. It takes a lot of effort to appear effortless. With everything else competing for your reader's attention, you must work to earn it. Many people say they want to write a book, but what they really want is to have written a book. Big difference!
Randy Alcorn answers the question, "How did your study of Heaven influence the scenes in your novel?"
The cliché answer is probably the best one—if you want to write, write.
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Usually Monday is for the Season in Review, but over the weekend my hard drive began to fail in my main computer. That leaves me stuck with an old laptop that doesn't have access to any of my programs or data for the time being, so that is going to be pushed back a day until I get my old computer back up and running. Tony Cingrani's 2012 Season in Review should be up tomorrow though. First thing that I want to mention is that I want to again do a "Fan Top 10 Prospects" article. So if you want to participate, send me an email with your Top 10 Reds prospects and I will assign points for each spot and post the list later in the week (likely Friday). Lots of actual news to talk about, though it could almost be a post about Billy Hamilton with all of the news on him over the past few days. The Bakersfield Blaze are getting a new stadium. While the Reds may not be there forever, they are there for the time being. Bakersfield's current stadium is known to be among the worst in the minor le...
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SDS-PAGE Protocol
SDS PAGE (Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis)
* Molecular Weight Marker
* 4-20% acrylamide gradient gels
* Tris-glycine-SDS buffer
* Practice gel loading solution
* Marker protein
* Sample proteins
* Sealant
* 50 ml Coomassie Blue Staining Solution
* De-staining solution (7.5% acetic acid)
* Pipette and tips
* Gel machine
* Staining box
* Hot water bath for boiling samples
* Microfuge
* Saran wrap
Gel electrophoresis is a technique in which an electric current is used to move charged molecules through a gel-like matrix. The direction, distance, and speed of migration are dependent on the size, shape and electrical charge of the molecules and the pore-size of the gel matrix. Gel electrophoresis is routinely used to separate proteins or nucleic acids; specific protocols have been developed for each type of molecule. Common gel materials are agarose (a polysaccharide) and acrylamide (a 3-carbon amide which is polymerized to form long chains with cross-links between the chains). The pore size of the gel is influenced by the percentage of gel material used and, in the case of acrylamide, the amount of cross-linking.
PAGE (polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) is used to analyze protein samples.
You will be using gradient acrylamide gels with a continuum of acrylamide concentrations along the length of the gel. Gradient gels are useful because a greater size range of proteins can be effectively separated on a gradient gel compared to a single-percentage acrylamide gel. The gels you will use have a gradient range from 4-20% acrylamide.
Removing Seal:
The gels you will use have a gradient range from 4-20% acrylamide and are contained in a disposable cassette. The solution used to store the gel contains sodium azide. The gel cassettes have a seal over the bottom to prevent leakage when the liquid acrylamide was poured. In order for a current to pass through the gel to move the protein samples, both the top and bottom of the gel need to contact the electrophoresis buffer. Before running the gel, it is necessary to remove the plastic piece sealing the bottom of the cassette:
1. Place the cassette on the bench top with the bottom piece extending beyond the bench.
2. Hold the cassette steady by pressing down on the two plastic pieces that run along the sides of the gel (it is important to anchor both edges);
3. Wiggle the bottom piece until it snaps off.
Marking Well Locations:
In order to facilitate loading of the samples, it is very helpful to mark the locations of the wells. When the comb is removed and buffer fills the wells, it is very difficult to see the wells.
1. Position the cassette so that the taller plate is face up.
2. If the plate is wet, dry it with a Kimwipe, then use a Sharpie marking pen to trace the outline of the wells (it is most important to mark the lower part of the wells.
3. Gently remove the comb.
Buffer is a solution used to maintain proper pH for a procedure.
Preparation Instructions:
Check the concentration of the electrophoresis buffer in the lab. The concentration used to run the gels is "1X". If only the 10X concentrate is available, you will need to prepare a 1/10th dilution (the 10X solution is 10 times more concentrated than the solution required to run the gel). The designations 1X and 10X don't refer to specific buffer contents, but only to the relative concentrations. The buffer we will use contains Tris (= Tris[hydroxymethyl]-aminomethane) as the buffering agent, glycine, and SDS (alternate names: sodium dodecyl sulfate, dodecyl sodium sulfate, and sodium lauryl sulfate). If no 1X solution is available, make up 500 ml of a 1X Tris-glycine-SDS buffer.
With your finger, apply a thin coating of sealant to the gasket on the gel electrophoresis apparatus (informally known as a "gel rig"). The sealant helps to form a better seal between the rig and the gel cassette, minimizing leakage. Clamp the gel cassette into the gel rig with the notched plate facing the upper buffer chamber.
Note: Orient the clamps so that the broad side is facing out. Pour 1X electrode (electrophoresis) buffer into the upper buffer chamber of the gel rig. The sample wells of the gel should be submerged, but the level of buffer should not be higher than the taller plate of the gel cassette (to avoid a "waterfall" of buffer running down the gel plate). Before proceeding further, look very carefully for leaks (buffer running down the plate or a drop in the buffer level of the upper chamber). If no leaks are apparent, fill the lower chamber half to three-quarters full with 1X electrode buffer.
Practice Loading Samples on Gel
1. Place a fresh gel-loading tip on the micropipettor.
2. Take up 5 microliters of practice gel loading solution.
3. Carefully insert the thin tip into a sample well.
4. Eject the sample by slowly and steadily pressing down on the plunger of the pipettor without stopping--this should be one smooth, steady motion. The sample buffer is denser than the electrode buffer that fills the reservoir--this allows the sample to settle into the bottom of the well.
* Do not release the plunger before the whole sample is ejected (this will cause mixing of the electrode buffer and the sample buffer and will cause the remaining sample to have less density).
* Do not press the plunger past the first stop position (this will push an air bubble into the well, which may stir up the neatly laid sample). Pull the pipettor completely away from the well before releasing the plunger to avoid sucking up the sample or buffer.
Loading Samples on Gel
1. Place a fresh gel-loading tip on the micropipettor.
2. Take up 5 microliters of sample.
3. Carefully insert the thin tip into a sample well.
4. Eject the sample by slowly and steadily pressing down on the plunger of the pipettor without stopping--this should be one smooth, steady motion. The sample buffer is denser than the electrode buffer that fills the reservoir--this allows the sample to settle into the bottom of the well.
* Do not release the plunger before the whole sample is ejected (this will cause mixing of the electrode buffer and the sample buffer and will cause the remaining sample to have less density).
* Do not press the plunger past the first stop position (this will push an air bubble into the well, which may stir up the neatly laid sample). Pull the pipettor completely away from the well before releasing the plunger to avoid sucking up the sample or buffer.
Whenever possible, lanes 1 and 10 should be left empty (samples loaded in end lanes sometimes run differently than samples in interior lanes, a phenomenon known as an "edge effect"). It is also helpful to load the samples in an asymmetric pattern, which makes it easier to distinguish the right and left sides of the gel.
Electrophorese Samples
1. Once the samples are loaded, slide the lid onto the apparatus so that the electrical leads are connected to the electrodes (be sure to match the color-coding of the leads and electrodes).
2. Connect the leads to the power supply--black indicates the negative electrode, red the positive electrode.
3. Adjust the power supply as directed by your instructor (you want to run the gel at 100 volts).
Gel is now ready to run!
Caution: Monitor the gel's progress frequently!
* Monitor the progress of the samples as they move into the gel--if the dye begins to move up and out of the wells rather than down and into the gel, turn off the power supply and reverse the electrical leads.
* Sometimes leaking buffer will cause the gel to stop running.
Finished Gel: Remove from Apparatus
After the electrophoresis is finished:
1. Turn off the power.
2. Disconnect the leads.
3. Remove the cover of the gel apparatus.
4. Pour the buffer into the sink (if you don't, you could have a flood when you remove the gel cassette).
5. Remove the gel cassette from the gel rig and blot off excess buffer with a paper towel.
6. Carefully open the gel cassette (you'll need to crack the cassette open using a butter knife-spatulas bend too easily).
7. Coax the gel to lie on one of the plates (the gel may tear if it is handled too roughly-the low percentage gels are especially fragile).
8. Notch one of the upper corners of the gel so that you can keep track of the gel orientation through the staining process--be sure you know which corner is notched relative to the order of loaded wells.
Stain or Develop Gels
You can either transfer the proteins to a membrane from your gel for western blot analysis, or stain the gel directly with coomasie blue stain or other stain.
Here we will be staining with coomasie.
Coomassie Blue
The staining solution contains a dye to visualize the protein bands and alcohol to "fix" the proteins and keep them from diffusing in the gel. (Coomassie Blue [alternate name anazolene], methanol and acetic acid).
Store the Gel(s)
To store the gel after destaining, wrap in plastic wrap, label, and place in the refrigerator. During the next lab, you will use the Gel Documentation system to photograph the gel (to be included in your write-up).
Record your results with the gel documentation system.
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Thanks for the protocol.
What is the benifit of staining the gel using commasie blue? I am assuming unless you use aan antibody for a specific protein you cannot differentiate your band from other bands.
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If you need (even) more information, there is a freely available Nature Protocol for SDS-PAGE that you can access from the 'Sample Protocols' of the Nature Protocols website.
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Thats a decent protocol however if you are looking for more detailed protocol see the protocol [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Thanks :) ^ it was almost a replica of what we did in the lab! Really useful protocol.
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hello :) I was wondering if I should load empty wells with sample buffer, my bands become wider when there are empty wells.
thank you
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Yes, that is a good point Satanay.
Always make sure to fill all empty lanes with sample buffer. You can get weird migrations if even a few lanes are not the same salt/buffer.
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Hello...i'm from Norway and new to this forum, which i now hope to visit frequntly in the future.
I'm in my last year of bachelor in biotechnology, and last week we had an experiment in biochemistry with SDS-PAGE where the sample showed no migration at all. Just some drifting off to the sides, and the teacher did not bother to photograph.
As this was a school experiment we did not run the samples over, and the teacher said it could only be that no power had run through the gel. But a second group shared the gel machine and theire gel migrated very nicly, as did all other groups on different machines.
In the prosess of setting up the machine and gel with buffers we checked for leakage and it all looked fine. Unfortunately as we had a different experiment going on as the gel electroforeses was running, it was stressful and we forgot to check up on the migration, and probable left it running too long, although as said the other group got nice results.
So please if anyone have any suggestions as to what went wrong or why this might have happend please share it with me so i get a better understanding, than a just no power explanation. I'm thinking the machine was broken or something on one side of the gel connections.
Anyways, thanks alot! Stewdew
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This is a perfect example of (probably) filling the apparatus too high with buffer.
A lab technician explained to me (he knew the process through quite in detail) that any small holes in the apparatus/gel can be quite detrimental to the flow of buffer ions that move your proteins through the gel.
If there is no buffer where there are holes, the ions have no choice but to go through the gel first and then out the bottom.
however, by filling the buffer higher, you are allowing any buffer ions/electrical current to go through the minute holes/defects in the system, minimizing the electrical current where you need it most (through the gel)
and thus slowing migration down a lot... you must have been unlucky and got a bad system, however next time filling the buffer to just above the bottom electrode will prevent this.
cheers :)
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I WANT TO SEE BANDS OF P24 (HIV PROTEIN) USING 15% acrylamide gel using sds-glycine buffer. i am getting the bands of BSA but not able to see bands of p24.
is there anyother method? or i am am doing something wrong??
i am using beta mercaptoethnol with lamelliees buffer.
hoping for your quick response,
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Bitterroot Community Band will Begin Summer Series June 25
Another wonderful season of Thursday evening band concerts is planned by the Bitterroot Community Band.
Another wonderful season of Thursday evening band concerts is planned by the Bitterroot Community Band.
Everything from showtunes to march music will be on the song list at this week's Tuesday at 12 free concert series.
Thursday evening, July 24, the Bitterroot Community Band filled the Daly Mansion grounds with music.
The Daly Mansion is always the backdrop for the Bitterroot Community Band's only fundraising concert of the year.
Thursday evening, July 10, the Bitterroot Community Band played a variety of tunes at the bandshell in Hamilton's Claudia Driscoll Park.
The Bitterroot Community Band will make four appearances on Thursday evenings during the summer at the bandshell in Claudia Driscoll Park in Hamilton.
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Thursday, August 8, the Daly Mansion grounds became a musical stage for the Bitterroot Community Band and the Missoula City Band.
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The next seven days will be full of music for the Bitterroot Community Band.
The group of volunteer musicians perform every other week throughout the summer at the bandshell at Claudia Driscoll Park in Hamilton, and at the Creamery Picnic and the Ravalli County Fair
The Bitterroot Community Band is performing every other week at the bandshell at Hamilton's Claudia Driscoll Park starting Thursday, June 27.
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Greenline hybrid 33 is the world's first production hybrid and solar powered boat. The superdisplacement low-drag hull that reduces the fuel consumption and the hybrid (diesel-electric) and solar powered drive systems make this beauty one of the most efficient boats in the world. Greenline is one of three brands (alongside with Shipman, carbon sailing yachts, and Skagen, world-girdling raised pilothouse motor yachts) owned and produced by Seaway Group. Seaway is the world's leading boat development company founded and driven by two brothers, Jernej and Japec Jakopin.
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WEST POINT — Funeral services for Beverly Karen Fairley, of West Point, will be held Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Jeff Shannon officiating.
Burial will follow in Palo Alto Cemetery in Clay County with Robinson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. Monday at Robinson Funeral Home in West Point.
Ms. Fairley, 58, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, at her residence. She worked for the Department of Human Services and loved visiting with friends and family.
She is survived by her son, Mark Turner, Jr., of Helena, Mont.; daughters, Lesley Scott, of West Point, Emily Turnage, of Starkville, Jennifer Watts, of Louisville, Chelsea Squires, of West Point; sisters, Dawn Holly, of Iuka, Nan Fairley, of Auburn, Ala., Erin Fairley, of Seattle, Wash.; and grandchildren, Abby Scott, Sarah Scott, Lauren Scott and Wyatt Henderson.
Pallbearers will be Stephen Scott, Eric Watts, Mark Turner, Sr., Jerry Holly and Adam Henderson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS.


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The Green Party is urging for a change to how MPs' salaries are set, in a bid to curb their annual pay rises.
That would make a difference of thousands of dollars in the amount MPs received extra each year.
In a policy announced today, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman said MPs' salaries should only rise to match the rise in median incomes in dollar terms.
MPs usually receive an annual increase that largely rises in line with pay rises in the general population – though because it is in percentage terms, not dollar terms, it can be worth significantly more.
During the global financial crisis MPs asked for a zero pay increase.
Norman said under the Green Party's policy MPs' salaries would rise or fall by the same dollar amount that median incomes increased or fell.
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After court in Fort Portal dismissed a two-year case against the six radio panelists earlier accused of inciting violence and libel, the panelists have decided to sue the state for wrongful arrest.
Police in Fort Portal in January 2008 arrested Mr Joram Bitamanya, Mr Prosper Busingye, Mr Gerald Kankya, Mr William Gonza, Mr Dan Rubombora and Mr Steven Rwagweri for allegedly inciting violence and engaging in defamation.
This was after the state accused the panelists that they appeared on Fort Portal based 98.3 Life FM and incited the people against the government by accusing it of not prosecuting the suspects who destroyed the station's transmitter.
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Cobi Jones to Call LA Galaxy Games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet
Time Warner Cable SportsNet has announced that Galaxy legend Cobi Jones and veteran soccer commentator John Shrader will call LA Galaxy games on the network, with Kelli Tennant serving as the Galaxy sideline reporter. Jones, a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, returns to provide color commentary and Shrader joins the network to call play-by-play.
"There is a tremendous excitement to continue to be part of the LA Galaxy's rich and storied tradition of excellence," said Jones, an 18-year veteran of the team. "Being in the booth for Time Warner Cable SportsNet allows me to share my passion for the Galaxy and soccer in general. I am looking forward to calling games for the 2013 MLS season and being part of what I hope is another championship run."
Jones, the "original" Cobi in Los Angeles, enters his second season in the broadcast booth for LA Galaxy games as the lead analyst. Jones has also worked behind the desk for ABC/ESPN, NBC, FOX and the Pac-12 Network. As one of the most decorated American soccer players, Jones won five championships during 12 seasons with the Galaxy, including two MLS Cups, two US Open Cup Championships and one CONCACAF Champions Cup. He is the Galaxy's all-time leader in games played and assists, as well as the US Men's National Team leader in caps. A three-time FIFA World Cup Player and former US Olympian, Jones retired from playing soccer in 2007 after an accomplished MLS and international soccer career and went on to be an assistant coach for the Galaxy, and later a consultant to the New York Cosmos. A native Angeleno, Jones is a UCLA Hall of Fame soccer player. He, his wife Kim and son Cayden call LA home.
"I'm excited to call LA Galaxy games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet and looking forward to working with Galaxy legend Cobi Jones," said Shrader. "I've been broadcasting MLS games for many years, and it's great to work with a team that is coming off of back-to-back MLS Cup championships."
Shrader has called high school and college football games for Time Warner Cable SportsNet and SoCal 101 previously and most recently spent 12 seasons calling play-by-play for San Jose Earthquakes games on FSN Bay Area and CSN California. He also spent 15 years as a sports anchor and host at KNBR Radio in San Francisco, where his assignments included covering the 49ers and the Giants. While in Northern California, he also called play-by-play for Oakland Athletics telecasts and San Jose State University football radio broadcasts. Shrader graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln before getting his Master's in Mass Communications from San Jose State University and is currently a professor of Journalism and Media at Cal State Long Beach.
Tennant is originally from Temecula, CA and attended the University of Southern California (USC). While there, she played varsity volleyball for two seasons before transitioning to an on-camera role, working as a reporter for TrojanTV All-Access and providing color analysis for USC men's volleyball match webcasts. Tennant has also worked on high school football telecasts for Time Warner Cable SportsNet and SoCal 101 and previously worked for FOX Sports, ESPN, the Pac-12 Network, Longhorn Network, the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) and E! News. She resides in Los Angeles.
Former soccer star Clint Mathis will serve as a studio analyst for LA Galaxy games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet. Mathis played for the LA Galaxy and several other teams during his 13-season professional soccer career and currently hosts youth clinics for the LA Galaxy.
Time Warner Cable SportsNet can be found on AT&T U-verse, Bright House Networks, Catalina Broadband, Champion Broadband, Charter, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, Hawaiian Telcom, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS systems. To find out on what channel you can watch Time Warner Cable SportsNet, visit www.twcsportsnet.com and enter your information at the top of the page or call 855-4-MY-LAKERS or 1-800-700-2827 (in Spanish).
About Time Warner Cable Sports
Time Warner Cable Sports operates Southern California's two newest regional sports networks - Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes - which launched on October 1, 2012. Through their exclusive partnerships with the Los Angeles Lakers, LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Sparks and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), the 24/7, high-definition networks each deliver more than 180 live events per year plus extensive team coverage and behind-the-scenes access unlike anything fans have seen before. Time Warner Cable Deportes is the nation's first ever Spanish-language regional sports network, with commentary, programs and a perspective created uniquely for Spanish-speaking sports fans of all nationalities. For more information, visit www.twcsportsnet.com and www.twcdeportes.com. Follow the networks on Twitter @TWCSportsNet and @TWCDeportes and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TWCSportsNet and www.facebook.com/TWCDeportes.
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Despite a largely inexperienced group at tight end, the Seattle Seahawks elected to release one of the few players with NFL experience at the position on their roster on Tuesday.
Seattle released Michael Palmer following the conclusion of Tuesday's practice.
Palmer played the last three years with the Atlanta Falcons and appeared in 43 games with the team with five starts.
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The high court has dismissed a case challenging the award of a tender to print millions of ballot papers. Judge George Dunga says he cannot revoke the multi-billion shilling deal between the IEBC and a supplier in the UK three weeks to the elections.
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One shot I just found was this one from Musgrave Roadhouse on the way north. There was a bunch of guys there on posties... and they were doing major surgery on one of them - which eventually proved successful
So. Leg 1 done... that was Sydney-Cairns with the bike on the trailer, then Cairns - Cairns via the tip, with the various tracks that I've outlined. I had a quiet day at Bern's while the others headed off. Then it was into Cairns on the Monday morning to pick up the fuel pump and some other bits... new air filter, etc. I'd brought a half worn Mefo Super Explorer with me and I threw that on to replace the pretty stuffed Dunlop 606 I'd used on the Cape.
The bike shop in Cairns was short-staffed, so I set up on the footpath... using a "sidestand" thoughtfully provided by the Council and replaced the fuel pump and air filter, while the shop did the tyre. Yeah... I can change them, but hey!
Check out the old filter next to the new. Ughh. I'd decided not to use a pre-filter because it lowers the level that water can get in on these bikes. Given the depths we went through, I'd do the same again.
I finished up a bit late to get away and ended up checking in to the backpackers. Next morning, I was out front and the sidestand I'd had welded up on Monday morning let go again. I grabbed the first guy walking past and got him to hold the bike while I loaded it. He was an American NBA pro basketballer... and we had a good chat.
Leg 2 was a transit run from Cairns to Darwin. I headed inland just south of Cairns and then down the Kennedy Development Road, to get some dirt in, and then onto the Barkly Highway, across to the Three Ways in the Northern Territory and turned right. In my rush to get away, I'd forgotten that its cold in the middle of Oz in mid August. Yeah... I froze a tad in the mornings. I'd packed for the Cape and Asia... but the KLIM gear was pretty good.
No trip in Oz is complete without some bloody great big animal or fruit beside the road. This thing used to swim around here (Richmond) when it was an inland sea a few (or more) million years ago. The skeleton this is based on is at Harvard Uni in the US.
I kipped at Porcupine Gorge the first night. I was starting to get a bit weary and when the 6' rats started jumping across the road.
Hmmm - must get this stand fixed
I was ready to camp beside the track, but this damn good camp area popped up.
The rufous betong came around for a look too.
I'd planned on stopping at Mt Isa, but a Chinese guy suggested Cloncurry as a better option and after a cold night the previous night, I grabbed a cabin.
I ended up having a damned nice dinner with a grey nomad lady who was doing the trip she'd always wanted to do when her hubby was still alive. Had a look at the original QANTAS hangar too... at Longreach - they are now the world's oldest continually operating airline
There were a couple of nippers at the border, so I threw the Nikon to one and asked him if he knew how to take a photo. Sure... we've got one just like this... He ended up coming up to me at a service station somewhere in the Northern Territory a few days later and reminding me he'd taken the photo.
I passed a few of these on the Barkly. They were heading back to Darwin after the bi-annual exercises with the Americans at Shoalwater Bay.
Not sure that I know how to link videos here.... its a bit shaky.. done hand-held.
Some interesting mailboxes out there too.
I did about 855km on the third day and stayed about an hour north of the three ways junction. Nice fireplace and chockers with grey nomads.
I took a detour into a billabong... turn left just after the cattlegrid just north of Elliot. About 12 km in.
Nice sandy road in
Not forgetting the old corrugations again...
I took it easy, well sort of....
because the strong winds were starting to wear me down a bit. I went as far as Katherine and did a croc cruise that night. Saw plenty, of course, and fed this bloke a few bits of sausage. Only a tiddler... about 8' long.
Did the baa baa tourist thing the next day too and went sightseeing
... and tootled up the highway to Darwin. Dunno if I should tell the Darwin story....
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The Andrew Jackson Lady Volunteers swept county rival Indian Land in the Lady Warriors' gym to remain unbeaten in Region IV-AA volleyball.
When Lancaster battles host Blythewood tonight in its final non-region football game of the regular season, Bruins' senior center Jordan Hamrick will have reached somewhat of a milestone.
The Lancaster High swim team capped regular-season action with a 236-90 win over Ridge View.
Hannah Jacobs, Bree Morgan and Jory Pettit each had two wins to lead the Bruins.
A trio of Lancaster Bruins basketball standouts will participate in the S.C. Basketball Coaches Association top 100 event to be held Saturday at Keenan High School in Columbia.
It's just passed midseason and it's time for the "second season."
Region play opens for three of the four county schools Friday night.
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BUFORD – Buford High School head football coach Mike Wells couldn't recall the Jackets' last win over Great Falls, but what he did know was that BHS produced a banner effort in taking its latest win over GFHS, a 27-7 home victory over the Red Devils on Friday night.
Buford's last win over the Red Devils came in 2005 when GFHS posted a 17-14 home win.
BLYTHEWOOD – In a game which came down to the wire, Ridge View held on to edge Lancaster, 9-6 on Friday night at Blythewood High School.
The host Blazers' three-point win wasn't decided until the final play when Lancaster senior quarterback Shaq Williams hurled a 34-yard pass to the end zone, but the ball glanced off receiver Keanthony Foster's hands for an incompletion and a RVHS win.
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INDIAN LAND – The war dance started early for the Indian Land Warriors on Friday night as they lanced the North Central Knights, 48-0 on IL homecoming 2011.
Looking to make an early statement, the Warriors won the coin toss and elected to receive.
It didn't take long for the Warriors to impose their will on the Knights.
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CAMDEN – Andrew Jackson fell to Camden, 34-10 in its final non-conference game of the 2011 AJ season.
Camden, 2-3, improved its series record to 17-5 against the pesky Vols.
Camden converted two AJ second-half turnovers into 10 points en route to the 24-point win.
The Bulldogs opened the scoring with a 13-play, 86-yard drive, capped by a 25-yard Josh Council to Cedrick Cook TD pass at the 5:35 mark of the first period.
An ace quintet of Lancaster County football players was recognized by the Founders Federal Tri-County Football Coaches Association for stellar play in games from Sept. 16.
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Speed into Reading!
Growing Independence and Fluency
By: Molly Newton
Rationale: Decoding strategies help while reading; however, reading by decoding only is a slow and painful process. In order to comprehend what they're reading, students need to become fluent readers Fluency instruction builds sight word vocabulary through repeated readings. This lesson directs children to use various strategies including crosschecking, repeated reading and charting progress in paired partner readings to build sight word vocabulary and maintain motivation to reread the text.
· 1 stopwatch for each pair of students
· Fluency graphs and a marker for each child
· Class set of Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants
· Fluency checklist
· Reader response form
1. Today you are going to learn how to read quickly and smoothly. When you read like this it sounds as naturally as talking. You will be able to understand what you are reading and will be more interested in the story line if you can read it without having to stop and figure out the words.
Model and Say: I'm going to
show you how to become a better reader. First, I'm going to read a sentence or
two and show you how I become a fluent reader of that sentence as I read it a
few times. (1) Dear first-grade /j-ow-r-nal/,
/jowr-nal/, Oh! Journal! Yest-erd-ay, Yester-day, Yesterday was the /wee-ken-d/,
/week-end/, weekend. The weekend is the /nick-nam-E/, nickname of /Sat-u-r-day/,
/Sat-Urday/ (I don't know this word. I'm going to keep reading and see if I can
figure it out after I finish the sentence.) and /Sun-day/, Sunday. Oh! That word
I didn't know must have been Saturday. Saturday and Sunday.
Only I don't
/k-now/, /k-nOw/ why. I think that was know! Only I don't know why.(2)
I'm going to
read again to see if I know all of the words now. Dear first-grade journal
yesterday was the weekend. The weekend is the nickname of Saturday and Sunday.
Only I don't know why.
Raise your hand if you noticed how much faster I read the second time. Good! I was able to read faster the second time because I remembered all of the words that I had missed when I read it the first time.
3. Review a Strategy: Did you notice that when I didn't know the word Saturday I read the rest of the sentence to see what word would make sense? This is called crosschecking. It simply means checking what you know with what you have read. I knew that Sunday was a day in the weekend so the word that I struggled with must have been Saturday. This was a tough new word for me, but I was able to figure it out by reading the rest of the sentence and checking to see if the word I read made sense.
4. Practice together: Let's read the next line of this journal entry together as a class. (Choral read): "Those two days zoomed by speedy quick." I heard some of you having a little trouble with the word quick. That's a hard word, but you used the rest of the sentence to help you figure it out. Very good crosschecking!
5. Motivate to read: You will all get your chance to read in just a second, but I want to tell you a little bit about Junie B. Jones before you read more. Junie B. Jones feels that weekends are much too short! They're so short that she didn't have time to do her homework. When Mr. Scary tells all of the students to get out their homework, Junie B. gets a sinking feeling in her stomach. She doesn't know what to do, but her eyes start wandering. I wonder what she's going to do to make her stomach feel better. Why are her eyes wandering?
Explain the new procedure
for paired practice:
I will write directions on the board so students can refer to it when released to partner read.
Say: You're going to follow the following steps to help you become faster, smoother readers.
1. Find your reading buddy; one of you will come and get two Partner Reading Progress checklists, one for you and one for your partner. You will also get two reader response forms. After you have these four pieces of paper in your hand, please find your assigned reading place. The partner who is not gathering papers from the front of the room needs to count all of the words in the first chapter of Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants. Put the number of words at the top of you and your partner's checklist form.
2. Take 3 turns reading the chapter to each other. While one partner reads, the other partner will use the stopwatch to time your partner's readings. When you get the time, write it on your checklist.
3. Make sure you listen as your partner reads because you need to write checkmarks for each word that your partner misses.
4. After your partner finishes reading, subtract the number of words that he or she missed from the total number of words in the chapter. For example, if there are 200 words in the chapter and my partner misses 20 words. I will say 200-20= 180. Total number of words in the chapter minus total number of missed words. That number (180 in my example) goes on the line that says: ____ words in ___ seconds. Your stopwatch will tell you how many seconds to write on the seconds blank.
5. After all of this is written down, and your partner has read 3 times, answer the two questions on the progress form that talk about reading quickly and smoothly.
6. At this time, answer the reader response questions on the other form with your partner. Write your answers on the back of the reader response form.
7. Turn in your progress form and reader response questions. I will calculate your reading rate and each of you will get a fluency graph and marker so you can see how much better you got each time that you read. You'll make an "X" next to your reading rate for each time you read the chapter.
8. Turn in your fluency graph and I will display them in the classroom so everyone can see your progress.
7. Assessment: The students will be graded based upon their completion of all of the necessary forms. One point will be given for completing the progress form, one point for completing the reader response questions, one point for completing the fluency graph, one point for improvement in speed, and one point in improvement in accuracy. The total worth is five points.
· Park, Barbara. (2003). Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants. New York: Random House, Inc.
· Geri Murray, Reading is a Breeze http://www.auburn.edu/~murrag1/murraygf.htm
Name: _________________________
Reader Response Questions:
Directions: Answer the following questions on the back of this paper. Make sure you answer in complete sentences.
What do you think about "A+
Why do you think Mr. Scary
asked May to take the attendance chart to the office?
What was making Junie B.'s
stomach feel sick?
Do you think Junie B. will
feel bad about copying May's homework?
5. Write a couple sentences about a time when you did something, but later felt bad for it.
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Didnt want to work on any existing projects , so I grabbed a real easy one, and it was really a fun build , out of the box , no gimmicks , just 1 tiny round piece of bare metal foil...decal it and polish it later, paint was duplicolor driftwood with a medium garnet red met. mist , also duplicolor...
only engine mod was I drilled out the headers....no putty on the body seams , just used liquid glue , squeezed tight, let dry and sand....
1 Day build...."SlingShot" dragster
Started by BIGTRUCK, Oct 04 2006 07:12 PM
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Posted 05 October 2006 - 12:54 AM
That's cool!
It usually takes me longer than that to glue the engine halves
It usually takes me longer than that to glue the engine halves
Posted 05 October 2006 - 05:29 AM
Thanks Izzy.. its a monogram "Slingshot" only about 25 parts , a "SSP" re-issue of a back in the day kit.....just left the driver out...
Posted 05 October 2006 - 06:13 AM
Posted 05 October 2006 - 01:15 PM
Its nice to throw one of those quickie builds together. Turned out great.


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Priyanka Chopra Height and Weight
Priyanka Chopra Height and Weight
Priyanka Chopra Weight?
53 kg
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5′ 8″ or 173 cm
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36-24-36 (80-60-80)
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TV Fashion: Simon Cowell of 'American Idol' (FOX)
Let's all close our eyes for a minute and imagine Mr. Cowell standing in his "American Idol" dressing room wearing little more than boxer shorts and black socks - hey, I warned you about the dry heaves. Now imagine he is debating what to wear while gazing into his vast wardrobe - yep, row after row of tight black T-shirts and jeans. It seems those are his only choices, poor fellow. The one variation we've seen over the years is whether he goes with a V-neck or crew neck. But rest assured, that shirt will always be one size too small.
Use any cliche you want - "five pounds of bologna in a three-pound sack," "a sausage casing one sizzle from bursting," "dude, that ain't right," etc. - drapey fabrics should, in fact, drape. At no time should we - meaning people with sight - be forced into debating a man's mammilla. Especially a man with a penchant for pasta.
We'd love to be able to place blame on someone other than Cowell, since he is the only judge we ever agree with, but "AI" fashion stylist Miles Siggins, who has worked magic on everyone from
He probably can't help it. He's workmanlike. It's as if he was pulled out of his cluttered office at 10:45 a.m. to sign for a package rather than going on-air for the nation's hottest prime-time television show. Einstein, it seems, was the same way: He had a wardrobe full of identical sets of clothes to free his brain from the inane task of deciding what to wear. Not that we're saying Cowell is a genius, but when you sit next to
Ultimately, the Cowell manner of dress comes from the same line of thinking subscribed to by every girl we've ever dated: "If you can't do something good, do it quick." He's there for one purpose and one purpose only - to tell semi-talented singers that they're too chunky to be celebrities. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what you might call fashion irony.


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Nigerian carrier Arik Air is to launch services between Lagos and London Heathrow on 1 December after securing enough slots to begin the route.
Lagos-based Arik will serve London - its first intercontinental route - using an Airbus A340-500 slated for delivery form Airbus in mid-November.
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If you're looking for more of the green stuff (and aren't we all?), feng shui offers practical advice on improving your wealth. For instance, consider consulting the
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This chart will help you determine the wealth section of your house. Once you know that, you can use that knowledge to enhance both it and the
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All of these easy to find objects can help enhance and stimulate the wealth-building properties of your space.
Beyond this, here are some feng shui wealth tips:
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2. Having a water feature in your wealth area (fountain, swimming pool) is good luck. Make sure the water stays clear, and include plants or fish, especially gold fish, in this area. Take good care of these fish and plants! Replace them if they die.
3. Don't have a fountain outside your house with the water flowing away from your house. It should flow toward your house, bringing you wealth and good luck.
4. And perhaps most important: make sure the wealth section of your house is free from needed repairs, and free of clutter. It should be bright, with good energy flow.


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Apple patents come and go, and more often than not, they amount to nothing. But, that doesn't make hearing about them any less interesting. And, Apple's latest patent definitely has a lot of potential.
As Engadget reports, Apple has recently been granted a patent for a pretty clever concept. It's a "handheld device" which can recognize different users just from the way they hold it. Once the device knows its user's identity, it can then personalize button areas that match whichever fanboy is currently gripping it.
We all know and love the iPad, and those of us who use the device regularly will be aware of its various shortcomings. Despite the generous area of non-touchable screen running around the device's perimeter, it's still dangerously easy to interact with the iPad's touchscreen accidentally. Sometimes this involves accidentally opening an app. Other times, it's deleting an email you've spent half an hour writing.
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Apple iPad has recorded disappointing sales, probably due to the eagerly-awaited iPad Mini, which is expected to launch in stores next month. Apple recorded low numbers despite having launched the iPhone 5, two new Apple iPads and three new Macbooks, ahead of the biggest selling season of the year – Christmas.
Shares in Apple dropped from a high in August after it delivered a 27% rise to $36 billion (£22.3 billion) in fourth-quarter revenue and a 24% to $8.2 billion (£5 billion) increase in earnings, giving profits of $8.67 (£5.38) a share.
Over a decade, Apple has exceeded investors' expectations and its undershot revenue targets in the previous quarter, came a surprise blow to its investors.
But chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer dismissed Apple's drop in earnings by saying that the issues that Apple is faced with now "are a normal consequence of having so many new products." He added, "When a production line is new, it costs more to run and the components are more expensive. The difference this time is the sheer number of products we're introducing at a short time."
Oppenheimer singled out Apple iPad Mini among all products and said that the new, smaller version of the iPad, that was launched earlier this week, starts at $329 (£204), well above the $199 (£123) competitors charge for similar products. "Apple's price is "aggressive," with a margin well below its other products", he said.
Apple reported that it shipped 26.9 million iPhones in the last quarter, just ahead of analysts' predictions, but iPad sales of 14 million were well below lowered forecasts for the tablet as the economy remained weak.
Apple had expected a gross profit margin of 36% in the current quarter, which was the lowest figure in at least four years. Apple's gross margin was 44.7% the same time last year. The gross margin represents what Apple derives from selling its products, excluding the cost of making them. Apple ignores the cost of research and development, marketing and corporate overhead.
Samsung reports whooping 85% surge in Q3 operating profits
Samsung stretches lead over Apple, Galaxy S3 sales bring record profits