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Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Minutemen Calling for Reinforcements
Minuteman Founder Gilchrist Asks for Help
Open-border wacko
Alfaro Maldonado
mob toward the VFW Post in Campo, Calif.
Jim Gilchrist Writes: Reinforcements are needed in Campo, Ca. immediately to support Jim Chase's California Minutemen, who have deployed for border observation and reporting activities from July 16 through at least August 7 (and beyond).
I visited Jim Chase's group, accompanied with a California state senator and his aides, last Saturday. We witnessed the literal siege of VFW Post #2080 by about 60 belligerent, death- threatening anti-Americans twice during that day. The hate- spewing members of the racist, American-hating organization known as the Mexican Brown Berets, stormed the VFW Lodge, damaging signs and other property. They were eventually repelled by the late-arriving San Diego County Sheriff's Dept......
Also see this partial transcript from CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight
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Past Features
American Border Patrol Updates
Stein Report - New York Times
Illegal Immigration Problems Move From Cities to Suburbs
"While the nature of illegal immigration makes exact numbers hard to come by, the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization, estimates that the [illegal alien] population jumped by 25 percent from 2000 to 2004, to at least 10.3 million. About 20 to 25 percent of the entire construction work force in this country..."
Imperial Valley Press -- El Centro
Troublesome Rep. Filner whines about border watchers
With militia Minutemen patrolling the border less than an hour from Imperial Co. this past weekend, Rep. Bob Filner, D- Chula Vista, criticized the effort, saying the citizen groups take the "wrong approach" to border security. -- "We have a history of leaving law enforcement to law enforcement officials," said Filner... [and they've proven to be useless, just like Filner and his ilk.]
American Border Patrol
Employment Opportunity
American Border Patrol is seeking to fill its Office Manager/Administrator position. Duties include light bookkeeping, light donor data base management (FileMaker Pro), client relations, reception and correspondence. This is a very interesting job with real growth potential...
WGKA - Citizen Georgia - Norcross
July 22 - Town Hall Meeting
Coming Up
The American Resistance -- Atlanta
July 23 - Rally
Associated Press
Deportation looms for illegals allegedly raised in U.S.
Phoenix -- For Luis Nava, [an
illegal alien
] facing deportation after spending all but two years of his life in the United States, his native Mexico is really a foreign place. -- He said he wasn't sure of his immigration status when he and three other Phoenix high school students were apprehended by authorities during a school trip...
Associated Press
Border chief says citizen volunteers could form patrol auxiliary
The top U.S. border enforcement official said in an interview Wednesday that his agency is exploring ways to involve citizen volunteers in creating "something akin to a Border Patrol auxiliary" - a significant shift in rhetoric that comes after a high- profile civilian campaign this spring along the Arizona- Mexico border.
D. A. King -- VDare.com
Child Labor, And Tragedy, In Georgiafornia
Another from the "why do you think I call it Georgiafornia" file. -- From this morning's Atlanta Journal-Constitution : "A highway worker was killed and another injured Tuesday afternoon when they were struck by a rental truck while picking up trash on I-20 at the Newton- Walton County line"...
Greensboro News-Record
Invaders from Jersey getting N. C. driver licenses
Courts in northern New Jersey are having trouble with fraudulent driver's licenses turning up in the hands of illegal immigrants, but they aren't licenses issued by the Garden State. -- They are licenses given by North Carolina to illegal immigrants who live in New Jersey but who come to the Tar Heel State by the busload or vanload to get the document that allows them to drive, work, bank and rent housing
KUSA-TV -- Denver
Feds to announce counterfeit document ring indictment
Federal prosecutors in Denver are expected to announce Wednesday the dismantling of one of the nation's largest ever counterfeit document rings, which catered mostly to illegal immigrants. -- Authorities have indicted a man who they think is the ringleader of the organization. He has been identified as Pedro Castorena- Ibarra. He is a Mexican citizen and may still be living in Mexico.
San Diego Union-Tribune
Border-watch fans, foes raise a ruckus
Campo, Calif. -- Verbal sticks and stones have been flying as a loosely organized civilian border watch that began Saturday continues. -- People who have been protesting the presence of the armed border watchers scouting for
undocumented immigrants [criminals]
released a video yesterday...
Connecticut Post
State to widen searches for illegal aliens
Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Tuesday announced that Connecticut has received a $449,000 federal grant to combat "human trafficking" in illegal immigrants. -- Commissioner of Public Safety Leonard Boyle said in an interview that the money would be used to train local and State Police to spot illegal immigration operations...
San Bernardino County Sun
Group wants Lewis ousted
Holding posters and waving large and small American flags, a small group lined the sidewalk Tuesday near Rep. Jerry Lewis' district office, exhorting the public to vote him out. -- What prompted the [protest] is legislation to cut off financial aid to countries refusing to extradite suspected U.S. cop killers who fled to their shores...
Tucson Sector PIO Press Release
Border Patrol Arrests Pair Convicted of Heinous Crimes
Monday, CBP Border Patrol Agents in the Tucson Sector apprehended yet two more illegal aliens with previous criminal convictions in the United States. -- At about 1:30 pm, agents from the Tucson Station apprehended a group of illegal aliens west of Sasabe, Arizona, who had illegally crossed through the mountains...
KNSD-TV -- San Diego
Poll Shows Bush's Credibility Slipping
Washington (AP) -- A growing number of Americans are apparently questioning President George W. Bush's honesty and effectiveness. -- A poll by the Pew Research Center says 46% of Americans who were surveyed don't think Bush is trustworthy. That's compared to a Pew poll in 2003 in which 62% found him trustworthy.
KNBC-TV -- Los Angeles
Apparent illegal alien escapes from So. Cal. jail
Castaic, Calif. -- A manhunt was under way Wednesday morning for a prison-bound inmate who apparently escaped from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department custody at the Pitchess Detention Center, authorities said.
Bairon Perez walked away from his work assignment at 8:55 p.m.
WSB-TV -- Atlanta
Deportation Possible After Man Assaults Diplomat
A Vietnamese immigrant who lives in Gwinnett County is facing possible deportation after being arrested for punching a Vietnamese official during protests of a historic visit last month. -- Federal authorities arrested Tuan Phuoc Le and accused him of assaulting Nguyen Quoc Huy, vice chairman of the Vietnamese prime minister's office...
Greeley Tribune
Gang member arrested in raid
The war against Greeley gangs stepped up another notch Tuesday when federal agents launched a raid on gang members who are in the United States illegally. -- Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement along with Greeley and Evans police departments took part in a series of raids Tuesday morning...
The Argus - Fremont
Ballot push starts for border police
Proponents of a plan to create the nation's first state border police have received approval to start collecting signatures to put it on the ballot. -- They have until Dec. 12 to collect the 598,105 signatures they need to place the measure before voters in June. -- The proposed initiative would establish a statewide police force that would enforce federal immigration laws...
Hispanic Intermarriage Swamped By Hispanic Immigration
Last week, I noted that immigration enthusiast Joel Kotkin has claimed that roughly 30 percent of second-generation Hispanics wed people from other ethnic groups, so assimilation is working and we are headed for a multiracial nirvana. I said I would investigate Kotkin's claim...
Joseph Farah -- WorldNetDaily.com
Merger with Mexico
One of the most frequently asked questions I hear is this: Why does the federal government refuse to accept its responsibility to enforce immigration laws and border security? -- Now the answer is becoming clear. -- And it's not pretty. -- The shadow government the elitists do indeed have a plan.
Poll Info
Diane M. Grassi
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Inactions by Government Is Biggest National Security Threat
When the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 was signed into law last December by
President Bush
, Republican Congressmen in the House of Representatives were concerned that the president's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006 would not provide enough funding for the additional Border Patrol agents... [See:
What Homeland Security?
The Daily News -- Longview, Washington
Columbia County GOP blames illegals for meth epidemic
There are too many
illegal immigrants
in this country, and it's time for elected officials to do something about it, Columbia County Republicans are saying. -- A resolution passed by the party's central committee last month blamed immigrants for placing a burden on the social welfare system, smuggling methamphetamine into the country...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Dean spouts off at ethnic hustlers' dog and pony show
Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean told the
National Council of La Raza [aka 'The Tan Klan']
yesterday that he expected the Republican Party to "scapegoat immigrants" during the 2006 election campaign. -- In a speech on the last day of the Hispanic advocacy organization's annual gathering...
Jeff Crouere -- Bayou Buzz
Immigration Bill Would Stem The Flood Of Illegals
The United States is facing a crisis of unprecedented proportions on our U.S./Mexican border. Due to lax border enforcement, approximately 15 million illegal aliens are now in the country, leading to a security and financial catastrophe in the making for the United States. To deal with the problems, a bill was introduced yesterday...
KPHO-TV -- Phoenix
Mesa police issues citations for day laborers, employers
Mesa, Ariz. -- Police have started charging laborers and the drivers who pick them up at a particular intersection in Mesa with criminal trespassing. -- The southeast corner of Gilbert and Broadway roads is one of the most popular spots for day labor pickups along the Broadway corridor.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia DOT exposed as illegal alien employer after accident
A highway worker was killed and another injured Tuesday afternoon when they were struck by a rental truck while picking up trash... -- Authorities said both workers, who were working as contractors for the Department of Transportation, were illegal immigrants. The one who was injured was a boy about 14 years old.
American Border Patrol
Photo of the Day
Following up on yesterday's photo, the first photo below clearly shows someone lying on the ground in an unusual manner. The second photo shows someone sitting nearby. Photo evidence suggests still others nearby...
Yeh Ling-Ling
Nashua Telegraph
Telegraph editorial sensible approach to immigration problem
The Telegraph's editorial, "
A partnership to help control immigration
," that was published July 15 is one of the most sensible and responsible editorials I have ever read in newspapers throughout the United States. -- In addition to your recommendations, the president should send a strong and unequivocal message that no amnesty will be granted...
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ESPN gets racially insensitive against Lin, Farm Rich ad jokes about eating baby
I confess, the world that we live in is a very strange and disturbing place.
Left is right and right is down just as often as left is left and right is right, it seems.
For anybody who is remotely into sports, the term "Linsanity" is somewhat familiar to them, but for those who aren't that into sports or the NBA, I'll briefly explain what is going on.
Several weeks ago, due to several injuries to their teams, the New York Knicks were forced to play reserve point guard Jeremy Lin.
Lin is a guy who has been kick around the NBA from team to team during his brief career and wasn't even considered to be a major Division 1 prospect coming out of high school, which led him to Harvard.
Oh yeah, Lin is an American of Taiwanese descent.
To put it plainly, Lin has been lighting it up for the Knicks since he got his chance and has captivated the sports nation in way similar to Tim Tebow – though Lin hasn't habitually posed to create a photo phenomenon the way Tebow did.
In a sport dominated by LeBron, Wade, Kobe, Rose, Durrant and Griffin, Lin is a welcomed breath of fresh air.
However, there are a lot of people that don't exactly know how to deal with that fresh air thanks to him being an Asian-American.
During a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden the MSG Network showed a picture of a fan sign that had an opened fortune cookie and Lin's head above the cookie's slip of paper that read "The Knicks Good Fortune."
While the person who created the sign probably thought they were being clever and supportive of the player that has sparked the Knicks back into early playoff contention, the image and message is clearly a little off when presented in this fashion.
Recently ESPN has come under fire for its usage of the word "chink," which is a derogatory term towards Chinese and other Eastern Asian peoples.
The network has recently fired a writer because of their headline "Chink In The Armor" that ran in reference to Lin's issue with turning the ball over, a common problem for players that are getting used to the speed of the game and the patterns their teammates run during the plays throughout the game.
While "chink in the armor" is a common phrase that people use in regards to a sports team's weak link or a specific player's weakness, this phrase as a headline is absolutely damaging and LOOKS like unquestionable racism.
On the flip side of the coin, ESPN News reporter Max Bretos has been suspended for 30 days because he used the phrase when seriously asking an analyst about Lin's weaknesses and how "Linsanity" could affect the team.
Bretos, who has identified that his wife is of Asian descent, was very apologetic for using the reference in regards to Lin.
Bretos clearly didn't use the phrase as some sort of double entendre and his punishment shows that ESPN didn't believe he was being malicious either, but to cover their bases, action had to be taken.
Bretos is a casualty of the war against racial insensitivity, even if he was truly just covering the player and his game.
While re-tooling one's vocabulary and thoughts regarding Asian-Americans in the sport of basketball is crucial now that there is such a budding star in Lin, who will be talked about on a daily basis for hours at a time, is ESPN overreacting to a phrase that has been uttered without issue for generations now just because of the hyper-sensitivity of people?
The headline the way it appeared is absolutely inexcusable, but was Bretos deserving of his suspension?
View the clip and decide.
Personally I believe the general public's outrage should be focused toward a national commercial that frozen snack food maker Farm Rich is running currently.
In the 31-second spot, a mother talks about how sweet her children were when they were babies over the sounds of Jimmy Durante playing in the background.
The mother says "When my kids were babies they were so sweet, I just wanted to eat them up."
How common, right?
Babies and toddlers are very cute and the phase "I just want to eat them up" is really silly and macabre when you think about it, but it's socially acceptable so people roll with it and it is OK.
Then the commercial takes a hard left turn after you hear the sound of glass breaking and the mother continues her speech by revealing, "Some days, I wish I had."
Stop. The. Presses.
Did this commercial that is selling deep fried cheese sticks, a food product that is aimed at children, really just have their actor read a script that included the idea of feeling regret on certain days that she didn't kill and eat her children?
Are trying to have us believe that this is so implausible that it can only be a joke?
Did they forget about the Texas mother that in 2009 thought the devil was talking to her so killed her 3-week-old baby and ate parts of his body?
If we are going to fight against racial insensitivity then we as a culture better also find ourselves fighting against the insensitivity of advertisers that are so aloof that their spot for a food item conjures up choking puke down rather than enjoying their product.
You can view the Farm Rich ad here.
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Most people don't know that there is a second arena football team in the Chicago area. While the Chicago Rush has been here for a decade now, there is another team playing at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates and has been since 2007. They are the Chicago Slaughter and they play in the Indoor Football League. Previously the Chicago Slaughter played in the CIFL and they won that leagues championship with an undefeated season back in 2009. While most of the rules between the Slaughter and the Rush are similar, there are some differences. For starters the Slaughter by way of a legal patent are not allowed to use the nets that the Rush use.
Instead they have goalposts hanging from the rafters at the Sears Centre. Also, offenses in the IFL are allowed to send two men in forward motion where as the AFL is only allowed to send one. Another difference is that the shotgun formation is allowed in the IFL where as it is not allowed in the AFL. Both leagues play 8-on-8. And both offenses start a quarterback, three wide receivers, and 3 offensive linemen. But the difference between the two leagues is that the AFL starts a Fullback while the IFL starts a regular Running Back.
And the defenses are different as well. The Rush start three defensive linemen, two linebackers, and three defensive backs. Where as the Slaughter start three down linemen, one linebacker, three cornerbacks, and a safety. Both leagues have a 50 yard field with 8 yard endzones. And both leagues use the "dasher boards" which are the padded boards used as sidelines. The Chicago Slaughter host the Bloomington Edge from downstate Bloomington.
A team which they beat in their season opener back in February. Since then the Slaughter have gone on a 3 game losing streak. The Slaughter are currently 7th place in the IFL's United Conference while Bloomington is at the top of the conference. There are no divisions in the IFL. The Slaughter are coached by former Chicago Bear and pro wrestler Steve "Mongo" McMichael. Former Bears Quarterback Jim McMahon is an executive with the team.
And Former Fighting Illini standout Juice Williams is the teams starting Quarterback. He was also a member of the Chicago Bears briefly in the spring of 2010. As for the Edge, they don't have anybody that has previous NFL experience. But they have guys who have played in the AFL and other indoor/arena leagues. But the big thing with the Bloomington Edge is that 9 of their players played their college ball here in the state of Illinois. 1 from the University of Illinois, 3 from my wife's alma-mater Illinois State, 1 from Northern Illinois, and 3 from Eastern Illinois University.
It should be a very interesting game. The Slaughter are looking to break their losing streak and go up 2-0 on the season against Bloomington. While the Edge are looking for payback from the season opener. The Slaughter are also looking to improve their offense as they only average 35 points a game for the 2012 season. So I'll be here at the Sears Centre keeping an eye on the action.
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A private graveside service for Nelson Ellis, 80, of Cumby was conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, at City Cemetery.
There was no formal visitation.
Nelson Ellis died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at his residence.
He was born in Dallas Oct. 11, 1933, the son of Milton Earl Ellis and Emma Catherine Crow.
He married Carole Ann Price Dec. 22, 1956, in Dallas. She survives.
He was in retail sales and he was a Congregationalist.
He served in the United States Army.
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Saturday March 9th at 8:00pm Gary Lucas takes the stage at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Maine in Machias to perform "The Golem".
As the 1920 film "The Golem" plays large behind him, Lucas treats the audience to his original guitar composition.
Having toured the world, performing with the likes of Captain Beefheart,Jeff Buckley (Lucas co-wrote Grace), and his band Gods and Monsters, Lucas will bring his talents to Down East Maine for the first time Saturday night.
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Cider-Vinegar-Pickled Beets
These simple beets are wonderful in salads or by themselves, as a healthy snack.
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- Time(Other): Plus 4 hr pickling
- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 4 garlic cloves, quartered
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons black peppercorns
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 pounds medium red beets, peeled and cut into 2-by-1/2-inch sticks
How to make this recipe
In a saucepan, bring the vinegar mixture, sugar, onion, garlic, mustard seeds, bay leaves, cloves, peppercorns, thyme and oregano to a boil. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the beets until crisp-tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and transfer to a heatproof bowl. Pour the hot liquid over the beets and let stand at room temperature for 4 hours or refrigerate overnight. Drain the beets, transfer to a bowl and serve.
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Cube World
Tremendously entertaining. When you're at work in your cubicle and you're bored out of your mind, just stare at the cool little cubes stacked on your desk.
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Dear Everyone,
I wanted to test the equality of a coefficient across two different
groups namely developed and developing.
I read the proposed solutions provided in the archives plus the FAQs
which is mainly introducing an interaction term.
However my question is that when I introduce an interaction term in a
regression, a significant slope on the interaction term will indicate
that the difference between the two groups is significantly different
from zero.
But does it indicate the actual coefficient on the interacted group
and also indicate whether the same is significantly different from
So for example when I estimate
xtreg lnrval lnk lnw lnvfdi lnvfdi*D y14-y18, fe vce(robust)
where D=1 if developed and zero otherwise.
a significant coefficient on lnvfdi*D will tell me the difference in
the impact of FDI when the country is developed.
But can one conclude that coeffcient on lnvfdi minus coefficient on
lnvfdi*D is the actual impact of FDI when country is developed?
Can anyone please help me with this?
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recombinant DNA
DNA that has been engineered by splicing together fragments of DNA from multiple species and introduced into the cells of a host.
DNA that has been engineered by splicing together fragments of DNA from multiple species and introduced into the cells of a host.
Examples of recombinant DNA in the following topics:
Biochemical Products of Recombinant DNA Technology
- Many practical applications of recombinant DNA are found in human and veterinary medicine, in agriculture, and in bioengineering.
- Recombinant DNA technology is the latest biochemical analysis that came about to satisfy the need for specific DNA segments.
- Recombinant DNA technology engineers microbial cells for producing foreign proteins, and its success solely depends on the precise reading of equivalent genes made with the help of bacterial cell machinery.
- Recombinant DNA technology, apart from being an important tool of scientific research, has also played a vital role in the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, especially those belonging to genetic disorders.
- Some of the recent advances made possible by recombinant DNA technology are:
- DNA recombination has been used to create gene replacements, deletions, insertions, inversions.
- Subsequently, these fragments are then combined with vector DNA to generate recombinant DNA molecules.
- This will generate a population of organisms in which recombinant DNA molecules are replicated along with the host DNA.
- Thus, both the resulting bacterial population, and the recombinant DNA molecule, are commonly referred to as "clones".
- Strictly speaking, recombinant DNA refers to DNA molecules, while molecular cloning refers to the experimental methods used to assemble them.
Recombinant DNA Technology
- Recombinant DNA technology also referred to as molecular cloning is similar to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in that it permits the replication of a specific DNA sequence.
- To improve the ratio of recombinant to non-recombinant organisms, the cleaved vector may be treated with an enzyme (alkaline phosphatase) that dephosphorylates the vector ends.
- The creation of recombinant DNA is in many ways the simplest step of the molecular cloning process.
- Insertion of the foreign DNA into the beta-galactosidase coding sequence disables the function of the enzyme, so that colonies containing recombinant plasmids remain colorless (white).
- Therefore, recombinant clones are easily identified .
Obtaining DNA
- Molecular cloning is a set of experimental methods in molecular biology that are used to assemble recombinant DNA molecules and to direct their replication within host organisms.
- Molecular cloning generally uses DNA sequences from two different organisms: the species that is the source of the DNA to be cloned, and the species that will serve as the living host for replication of the recombinant DNA.
- The creation of recombinant DNA is in many ways the simplest step of the molecular cloning process.
- Whichever method is used, the introduction of recombinant DNA into the chosen host organism is usually a low efficiency process; that is, only a small fraction of the cells will actually take up DNA.
- Explain the methods of obtaining DNA for molecular cloning experiments and the process of creating a recombinant DNA molecule
Molecular Products from Microbes
- The isolation of approximately 3000 restriction enzymes has allowed molecular biologists to utilize them in processes such as cloning and the production of recombinant DNA .
- DNA ligase plays a key role in molecular biology processes due to its ability to insert DNA fragments into plasmids.
- The process of DNA ligation is defined as the ability of DNA ligase to covalently link, or ligate, fragments of DNA together.
- In molecular biology -- specifically, during the process of developing recombinant DNA -- DNA ligase can be used to ligate a fragment of DNA into a plasmid vector .
- The most commonly used DNA ligase is derived from the T4 bacteriophage and is referred to as T4 DNA ligase.
Generalized Recombination and RecA
- In homologous recombination, a type of genetic recombination, nucleotide sequences are exchanged between two similar molecules of DNA.
- Homologous recombination is a type of genetic recombination in which nucleotide sequences are exchanged between two similar or identical molecules of DNA.
- Homologous recombination is a major DNA repair process in bacteria.
- Double-strand DNA breaks in bacteria are repaired by the RecBCD pathway of homologous recombination .
- The RecBCD pathway is the main recombination pathway used in bacteria to repair double-strand breaks in DNA.
Bacterial Transduction
- There are generally three types of recombination events that can lead to this incorporation of bacterial DNA into the viral DNA, leading to two modes of recombination.
- This may occur in two main ways, recombination and headful packaging.
- This bacterial material may become recombined into another bacterium upon infection.
- When the new DNA is inserted into this recipient cell it can fall to one of three fates: the DNA will be absorbed by the cell and be recycled for spare parts; if the DNA was originally a plasmid, it will recirculate inside the new cell and become a plasmid again; if the new DNA matches with a homologous region of the recipient cell's chromosome, it will exchange DNA material similar to the actions in conjugation.
- This type of recombination is random and the amount recombined depends on the size of the virus being used.
Hosts for Cloning Vectors
- E. coli and plasmid vectors are in common use because they are technically sophisticated, versatile, widely available, and offer rapid growth of recombinant organisms with minimal equipment.
- If the DNA to be cloned is exceptionally large (hundreds of thousands to millions of base pairs), then a bacterial artificial chromosome or yeast artificial chromosome vector is often chosen.
- For example, if the experimentalists wish to harvest a particular protein from the recombinant organism, then an expression vector is chosen that contains appropriate signals for transcription and translation in the desired host organism.
- Alternatively, if replication of the DNA in different species is desired (for example transfer of DNA from bacteria to plants), then a multiple host range vector (also termed shuttle vector) may be selected.
- Whatever combination of host and vector are used, the vector almost always contains four DNA segments that are critically important to its function and experimental utility--(1) an origin of DNA replication is necessary for the vector (and recombinant sequences linked to it) to replicate inside the host organism, (2) one or more unique restriction endonuclease recognition sites that serves as sites where foreign DNA may be introduced, (3) a selectable genetic marker gene that can be used to enable the survival of cells that have taken up vector sequences, and (4) an additional gene that can be used for screening which cells contain foreign DNA.
Mu: A Double-Stranded Transposable DNA Bacteriophage
- Bacteriophage Mu is a temperate bacteriophage that uses DNA-based transposition in its lysogenic cycle.
- Mu bacteriophage uses DNA-based transposition to integrate its genome into the genome of the host cell that it is infecting.
- It can then use transposition to initiate its viral DNA replication.
- Once the viral DNA is inserted into the bacteria, the Mu's transposase protein/enzyme in the cell recognizes the recombination sites at the ends of the viral DNA (gix-L and gix-R sites) and binds to them, allowing the process of replicating the viral DNA or embedding it into the host genome.
- Its transposition mechanism is somewhat similar to a homologous recombination.
Bacterial Transformation
- Bacterial transformation may be referred to as a stable genetic change, brought about by the uptake of naked DNA (DNA without associated cells or proteins).
- Some species, upon cell death, release their DNA to be taken up by other cells; however, transformation works best with DNA from closely-related species.
- The DNA first binds to the surface of the competent cells on a DNA receptor, and passes through the cytoplasmic membrane via DNA translocase.
- The uptake of DNA is generally non-sequence specific, although in some species the presence of specific DNA uptake sequences may facilitate efficient DNA uptake.
- The exogenous DNA is incorporated into the host cell's chromosome via recombination.


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Kentucky Women's Soccer Releases 2014 Fall Schedule
May 13, 2014
LEXINGTON, Ky. - After advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season, and accumulating 14 wins in 2013, the University of Kentucky women's soccer team has released its 2014 fall schedule, featuring 10 games at the newly-renovated UK Soccer Complex in Lexington, Ky.
"Obviously, we are very excited to announce our fall schedule for the fall season," UK head coach Jon Lipsitz said. "I have always believed that you schedule a tough group of teams in addition to our conference schedule in order to best prepare us for the NCAA Tournament. We have set ourselves up for the best success with this schedule and feel good about this group of games."
For the first time in program history, the Wildcats will open the season on Pacific time, as Kentucky will start the season with a 10-day road trip to the Pacific Northwest to play an exhibition match against the Portland Pilots, and then open up the regular season against women's soccer powerhouses Washington, on Aug. 22 and at Seattle University Sunday, Aug. 24.
"Since I was hired at Kentucky, I have always wanted to start off the season on the west coast, and do this road trip to start the season," Lipsitz said. "More than just playing three amazing opponents, this will be a good time for the team to grow and mature as a group while attending some professional games and getting to sightsee."
The home slate of games will open on Friday, Aug. 29 against Francis Marion in Lexington in the inaugural game of the newly renovated UK Soccer Complex. Following the Friday match against FMU home opener, the Wildcats will welcome in the Ohio Bobcats to the UK Soccer Complex on Aug. 31. The Bobcats are coached by former UK assistant coach Aaron Rodgers, who served four years under Lipsitz at Kentucky.
The annual UK-Louisville rivalry game will be played on Friday, Sept. 5 in Louisville. The Wildcats will be looking to win their fourth-straight match over UL, and second-straight win in the Derby City over the Cardinals.
The The 2013 Ohio Valley Conference champions,ns, Morehead State, will come to Lexington to play the Wildcats on Sunday Sept. 7, as former UK head coach Warren Lipka returns to the UK Soccer Complex for the first time.
The completion of a home-and-home with Toledo will be capped off this season on Sept. 12 at the UK Soccer Complex before wrapping up the weekend against Pepperdine on Sept. 14.
After the eight-match non-conference slate ends, the Wildcats travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to open the 2014 Southeastern Conference season, which will once again feature an 11-match schedule, with two teams left off of each teams' schedules. The Wildcats will not match up against Tennessee or Vanderbilt in the regular season.
The home SEC slate will open up on Sept. 26 and 28, as the Wildcats will welcome the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers to Lexington.
UK will then return to the road on Oct. 2 for a Thursday night match with the Missouri Tigers before making the trek to College Station, Texas, for a Sunday night affair with the Texas A&M Aggies.
Kentucky will return home for a three-match home stand from Oct. 10-19 beginning with the South Carolina Gamecocks on Oct. 10. After a week off, the Ole Miss Rebels and Florida Gators come to Lexington on Friday Oct. 17 and Sunday Oct. 19.
On Oct. 24, Kentucky will travel to the Bayou to face the LSU Tigers, where UK took three points on a scorching Sunday afternoon back in 2012 with an overtime winner from Courtney Raetzman. UK will close out its final full weekend of the regular season at Georgia on Oct. 26
The regular season will conclude on Thursday, Oct. 30 as Kentucky will host Alabama.
The top-10 teams in the SEC standings will qualify for the 2014 SEC Soccer Tournament, which will be held in Orange Beach for the 12th-straight season. After two play-in games on Monday November 3 the quarterfinals will be on Wednesday November 5. The four semifinalists will play on Nov. 7, before the SEC Tournament Championship on Nov. 9.
2014 UK Women's Soccer Schedule
|Aug. 22 (Fri)
|at Washington
|Seattle, Wash.
|4:00 p.m.
|Aug. 24 (Sun)
|at Seattle U
|Seattle, Wash.
|9:00 a.m.
|Aug. 29 (Fri)
|Lexington, Ky.
|7:30 p.m.
|Aug. 31 (Sun)
|Lexington, Ky.
|2:00 p.m.
|Sept. 5 (Fri)
|at Louisvile
|Louisville, Ky.
|6:00 p.m.
|Sept. 7 (Sun)
|Lexington, Ky.
|6:00 p.m.
|Sept. 12 (Fri)
|Lexington, Ky.
|7:30 p.m.
|Sept. 14 (Sun)
|Lexington, Ky.
|Sept. 19 (Fri)
|at Arkansas
|Fayetteville, Ark.
|Sept. 26 (Fri)
|Lexington, Ky.
|7:30 p.m.
|Sept. 28 (Sun)
|Lexington, Ky.
|6:00 p.m.
|Oct. 2 (Thur)
|at Missouri
|Columbia, Mo.
|Oct. 5 (Sun)
|at Texas A&M
|College Station, Texas
|7:00 p.m.
|Oct. 10 (Fri)
|Lexington, Ky.
|7:30 p.m.
|Oct. 17 (Fri)
|Lexington, Ky.
|7:30 p.m.
|Oct. 19 (Sun)
|Lexington, Ky.
|1:00 p.m.
|Oct. 24 (Fri)
|at LSU
|Baton Rouge, La.
|Oct. 26 (Sun)
|at Georgia
|Athens, Ga.
|6:00 p.m.
|Oct. 30 (Thur)
|Lexington, Ky.
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The 2014 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament Selection Show will be held on Nov. 10.
For continuing coverage of UK women's soccer, log on to UKathletics.com.


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He was an old man who lived in a modest gonfab, and over the last eighty hours his Eyes™ and Ears™ had begun to fail. In the first forty hours, he had ignored the increasingly strident sounds of the city of Vanille and focused on teaching the boy who lived with him. But after another forty hours the old man could no longer stand the Doppler-affected murmur of travelers on the slidewalks outside, and the sight of the boy's familiar deformities became overwhelming. It made the boy sad to see the old man's stifled revulsion, so he busied himself by sliding the hanging plastic sheets of the inflatable dwelling into layers that dampened the street noise. The semitransparent veils were stiff with grime and they hung still and useless like furled, ruined sails.The Nostalgist (Thanks, Liz!)
The old man was gnarled and bent, and his tendons were like taut cords beneath the skin of his arms. He wore a soiled white undershirt and his sagging chest bristled with gray hairs. A smooth patch of pink skin occupied a hollow under his left collar bone, marking the place where a rifle slug had passed cleanly through many decades before. He had been a father, an engineer, and a war-fighter, but for many years now he had lived peacefully with the boy.
Everything about the old man was natural and wrinkled except for his Eyes™ and Ears™, thick glasses resting on the creased bridge of his nose and two flesh-colored buds nestled in his ears. They were battered technological artifacts that captured sights and sounds and sanitized every visual and auditory experience. The old man sometimes wondered whether he could bear to live without these artifacts. He did not think so.
"Grandpa," the boy said as he arranged the yellowed plastic curtains. "Today I will visit Vanille City and buy you new Eyes™ and Ears™."


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Irving Is Having a Lot of Trouble Passing a Smoking Ban
For the most part, Americans have come to accept restaurant- and workplace-smoking bans. Even in freedom-loving Texas, most residents view them less as an encroachment on individual liberty than a reasonable measure to protect the health of nonsmokers, even if their politicians don't. The alarmed cries of nanny-statism are now reserved for Michael Bloomberg and his war on soda.
Irving, however, is still warming up to the idea. Earlier this year, the city's health board introduced a proposal to ban smoking from the few dozen bars, restaurants, and workplaces that still allow patrons to light up.
"To do our job as a health board we have to recommend what is healthiest for the people of Irving," chairman John Drake tells Unfair Park.
Specifically, he points to an study published by the American Heart Association in late 2012 showing that comprehensive anti-smoking laws were associated with significant drops in hospitalizations for heart attacks, strokes and respiratory diseases.
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Drake's concerns were not shared by a solid chunk of people -- elected representatives and ordinary citizens alike -- who showed up at Irving's City Council meeting last night to protest the proposed ban.
The Twitter feed of The Dallas Morning News' Avi Selk gives a good play-by-play of the ensuing debate:
City hall has a district aroma tonight as bingo ladies, other presumed opponent of new smoking ban pack council chambers
— Avi Selk (@aviselk) September 20, 2013
Best line so far was by Joel Romo with American Heart Assocation. Smoking areas are "almost like having a city pool with a peeing section"
— Avi Selk (@aviselk) September 20, 2013
' @IrvingMayor says she made the peeing in a pool metaphor back in 2006
— Avi Selk (@aviselk) September 20, 2013
Cool River VP Bill Watson says they closed Austin location after smoke ban."A smoking ban by this CC will mark the end of our business"
— Avi Selk (@aviselk) September 20, 2013
Dennis Webb says he's skeptical of all the research. He lit his dad's cigarettes as a kid and he's fine
— Avi Selk (@aviselk) September 20, 2013
Webb, for context, is an Irving City Council member. He joined with two of his colleagues in voting to kill the proposal ban. Instead, it's being kicked back to committee.
Drake is exceedingly diplomatic about the whole thing. Asked if he expects the ban to ultimately pass, he would only say that he remains confident that the health board brought forward a "great option to consider."
He sidestepped a question about the opposition in similar fashion..
"Irving is full of great people, and they're not all going to be on the same side of every issue."
And some day, they may step into the 21st century.
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Backward compatible APIs
As we begin a new year, it seems appropriate that the discussion of backward compatibility has come up yet again in Drupal. It's a perennial question, and you can tell when a new Drupal core version is ready for prime time when people start complaining about lack of backward compatibility. It's like clockwork.
However, most of these discussions don't actually get at the root issue: Drupal is architecturally incapable of backward compatibility. Backward incompatibility is baked into the way Drupal is designed. That's not a deliberate decision, but rather an implication of other design decisions that have been made.
Drupal developers could not, even if they wanted to, decide to support backward compatibility or "cleanup only" type changes in Drupal 8. It is possible to do so in Drupal 9. If we want to do that, however, then we need to decide, now, in Drupal 8, to rearchitect in ways that support backward compatibility. Backward compatibility is a feature you have to design for.


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"The sovereign debt funding crisis ravaging Europe is a window into America's future, should Congress fail to find a way to rein in the $14.3 trillion national debt this decade. The only difference is there will not be anybody to bail us out.
In Europe, troubled sovereigns like Greece (€110 billion), Ireland (€85 billion), and Portugal (€78 billion) have all received massive loans from the European Union, International Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank. Already the first bailout to Greece has failed, and the banks are pushing for another one."
Read more at NetRightDaily.com: http://netrightdaily.com/2011/06/europe-debt-crisis-a-window-into-america%e2%80%99s-future/#ixzz1PeNINDTm


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Welcome to my Gallery! This is my personal Napco collection!
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For more information on all Napco collectibles, an excellent source is "Napco" by Kathleen Deel ISBN: 0-7643-0844-0
Thank you to my son, Kevin, for taking all the photos, and my husband, Roger, for doing everything else!
_Just added 12/31/08: You can search by marking number, description, or key words, by using the "Search the Gallery" feature in the box on the top of this page!
_Napco, also known as National Potteries corporation started in 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio. Napco started as a manufacturer of floral containers but later concentrated on importing glassware, pottery, and ceramic items from Japan. Japanese ceramic imports peaked from 1956 to the early 1960s. I estimate that this is the time period that my figurines were produced. Napco also produced Napcoware figurines which are different than mine. They appear lesser in quality and always have a green base. My collection consists of specific Napco pieces that may be called Hummel-type, Hummel copy-cats or Hummel-esque. Many of my figurines are very similiar to Hummels but they were not produced by M.I. Hummel. Instead they were produced in Japan (and imported by Napco) at a time when companies freely copied each others work. Some of these figurines where originally sold with a hang-tag stating "Genuine Hummel Reproduction". My figurines are all approximately 5" in height and 4" or less inches wide. All have a tan base except for Apple Tree Romance which is brown. There are various different labels seen on the bottom of the figurines. I have photographed them for you. The numbering and name on the bottom lead me to believe that they were sold in sets. For example, I have found 4 figurines stamped AH1B and various others stamped AH1D-AH1M, SH1A-SH1G, and SH3C-SH5G. Figurines that have more than one figure are labeled A2626B-A3266C. I think the numbering system will be more apparent when I complete the sets. I obtained all of these figurines either on ebay or at estate sales. I paid anywhere from $2-$25 each, with the average being only $10.00. Thanks for viewing my collection. These figurines are NOT for sale. However, I am interested in adding to my collection and will consider buying figurines that I am missing. Please feel free to send me an email to the address below to chat or share information but I cannot give appraisals. E-bay is the best source to check the current value of your figurine.
For more information on all Napco collectibles, an excellent source is "Napco" by Kathleen Deel ISBN: 0-7643-0844-0 Thank you to my son, Kevin, for taking all the photos, and my husband, Roger, for doing everything else!


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from The Daily Bell:
Wealthy Have Nearly Healed From Recession; the Poor Haven't … The Great Recession and the subsequent recovery from it have deepened the wedge between the very wealthy and everyone else in America, plunging the poor deeper into debt and wiping out two-fifths of the wealth held by families in the heart of the middle class. The wealthiest Americans, meanwhile, appear close to regaining all their losses over the same period, according to an analysis released last week by the Congressional Budget Office. – Washington Post
This analysis helps prove a point we've been making for years: Fed stimulation provided by too-low interest rates does NOT stimulate industry only finance and speculation.
The Congressional Report doesn't seem to mention central banking, so in this article we will rectify the omission. The entire justification for central banking is that it helps policymakers produce prosperity. But it doesn't.
We don't need a government analysis to confirm this but it's useful to have because it illustrates once more the truth of what's occurring in terms of economic manipulation. The entire apparatus of monetary leadership, and its influence on the marketplace itself, does not deliver what it is supposed to.
The idea is that the Fed provides additional liquidity as necessary. But this is a form of price-fixing. In a normal economy where the government itself was not involved in "adjusting¨ the value and volume of currency, the value would be provided by the market itself.
This is the way it has traditionally worked throughout history. The last century has been one enormous experiment. But the consequences are obvious.
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Gas prices continue to hold the line
Published: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 4:36 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 4:36 p.m.
Gas prices continued to remain stable this week, barely budging nationally from where they were a week ago. Florida and the Gainesville area followed the same trend, according to industry observers.
The retail price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States averaged $3.26 on Monday, virtually unchanged from last week's $3.25, according to the website GasBuddy.com The price nationally a year ago was $3.35.
In Gainesville, prices ranged from $3.40 to $3.69, with an average of $3.52, according to GasBuddy. The price last year on this date was $3.48.
Elsewhere in Florida, prices on Monday averaged $3.40, a dip from the mark of $3.42 a week ago. Last year, the average price in the state was $3.46, according to GasBuddy.
Oil prices dropped from the highest level in four months in New York as European finance ministers were set to discuss the region's debt crisis and as U.S. lawmakers vote this week on budget measures, Bloomberg news reported on Monday.
WTI crude for February delivery fell as much as 51 cents to $95.05 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, according to Bloomberg.
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A clear area against a confluent "lawn" of bacteria is a called a what?
How do continuous cell lines differ from primary cell lines?
What would be the first step in biosynthesis of a virus with a strand of RNA?
What is necessary for replication of a prion?
To which group does a small, nonenveloped single-stranded RNA virus most likely belong?
What is the most conclusive evidence that viruses cause cancers?
What is a persistent infection?
Know examples of latent viral infections.
How does generalized transduction differ from specialized transduction?
Which type of infection can be caused by septicemia?
How does transient microbiota differ from normal microbiota?
Symptoms of a disease differ from signs of disease how?
Influenza transmitted by an unprotected sneeze is an example of what type of transmission?
Gastroenterisitis acquired from roast beef is an example of what type of transmission?
Know examples of vectors.
Pseudomonas bacteria colonized the bile duct of a patient following his liver transplant surgery. This is an example of what type of infection?
What is the most frequently used portal of entry for pathogens?
Most pathogens that gain access through the skin enter how?
Endotoxins are what? (aka Lipid A)
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What is ID50?
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What does margination refer to?
What are the results of complement activation?
What are the effects of histamines?
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The classical pathway for complement activation is initiated by what?
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John Hollinger (2:10 PM)
What's up everyone ... lots of trade drama going on after the Nets pulled out (we think) of the Melo sweepstakes ... let's discuss....
Blazers say Camby could return from surgery for the final 20 games or so of the season. Will they still be in the playoff hunt by that time?
John Hollinger (2:11 PM)
I'd say so. Portland's schedule is going to be somewhat in its favor the rest of the way, plus they've built up a couple games of advantage. And remember, if the Nuggets blow it up they may slide right past the Blazers, Griz and Rockets and out of the top nine, leaving two spots to fight for instead of one.
John Hollinger (2:11 PM)
That said, I found the three-week estimate kinda optimistic for a big man in his late 30s. Let's see when he really comes back.
Pat (Toronto)
Why buyout Peja now? Why not wait until after the trade deadline?
John Hollinger (2:15 PM)
It's possible they were able to get better terms now than they could have later; that's all I can think of. And they don't need his expiring in deals since they still have $12.2M in trade exception and Barbosa's 7.1M expiring
Paul (Chicago)
the Bulls really struggle to score without Boozer. I know he should be back soon but any chance they will add another scorer before the deadline?
John Hollinger (2:16 PM)
If they do, it's going to be at shooting guard where they're getting very little from Bogans and running Deng into the ground to compensate. If you're thinking Melo, forget it. Nuggets aren't taking back Deng and Bulls aren't giving up Noah, plus I'm not sure the Rose-Melo chemistry is gonna work.
Justin (Portland, OR)
Which point guard(s) do you leave off the all-star team? Westbrook, Nash, Paul, Williams, Parker?
John Hollinger (2:18 PM)
Great question because it's going to be tough to put more than three on the team. I'd say Parker is the easiest one to eliminate, despite the Spurs' gaudy record, because the other four have unquestionably produced more and San Antonio is likely to get two other All-Stars. I'd like to see them take the other four, but I fear Nash will get hosed because of his team's record.
Nick (OB)
Do you think Jim Carrey will make a movie about his time coaching the Mavs?
John Hollinger (2:19 PM)
No, but John Lithgow is seriously considering a documentary about his time at the helm of the Nuggets.
Huter (Potomac, MD)
If the Wizards find a way to finally win a road game, is there any chance they make a run at that 8th seed in the east? It seems like it only takes a few wins in a row to get right back in that race.
John Hollinger (2:21 PM)
Sorry, too far gone. They're not only 4.5 games back but also have to pass five teams. It ain't happening. But Nick Young is making a real case for MIP votes. And I find it weirdly entertaining to watch Kirk Hinrich constantly fiddle with his glasses.
Sean (Brooklyn, NY)
Are the Nuggets regretting playing hardball with the Nets? After all, they're not going to get a better offer from anyone else.
John Hollinger (2:22 PM)
There wasn't a deal to be made if Melo didn't agree, and it appears he never agreed. The team with the real regrets is Detroit, who just held Rip out for several games for no reason while they still have a puncher's chance at a playoff spot.
Pete (San Antonio)
If Manu doesn't make the all-star game then the game is a sham.
John Hollinger (2:23 PM)
I wouldn't lose sleep over that one. Duncan and Parker are more on the bubble, but I can't imagine Manu not getting in.
Casey (Lake Tahoe, CA)
is it possible for the clippers to land carmelo. Im aware of the trades that could take place, but has he ever commented on his willingness to be next to baron blake and gordon? And if they did land him do you think they could win a championship in the next 5 years?
John Hollinger (2:25 PM)
Melo has shown no inclination whatsoever to go to L.A. And he's probably been advised by everyone around him that Donald Sterling is the last person on earth he wants to work for. So as appetizing as a Gordon-Melo-Griffin nucleus sounds, I can't see this one happening.
Chris (USA)
Any update on the Nets trying to move Troy Murphy? Potential Suitors?
John Hollinger (2:26 PM)
I doubt they've done much legwork on this yet since he was originally a centerpiece of the Melo deal. They've done an amazing job of destroying his trade value, however. I'm curious to see if they get anything more than a No. 2 out of this.
Craig G. (Fairfield, California)
Hey John, can you list 3 or 4 cities in the order you would like to see a franchise land in?
John Hollinger (2:26 PM)
1. Maui 2. Bora Bora 3. Bangkok
John Hollinger (2:29 PM)
OK, as far as realistic lists go ... I'd love to see San Jose get a team, I think the market can support it and the arena is there. I'd be thrilled to see the league return to Vancouver, a fantastic city that was bailed on far too quickly. The arena is still there and still pretty functional too. I'll go with Seattle as the third one since it's a great basketball town, although it needs to get the arena thing figured out. West Coast Bias? Actually I think it's that all the solid candidates East of the Mississippi already have winter sports teams.
Tom (Austin)
Some ESPN sports writers like Boston over the Spurs. But shouldn't the Spurs get credit for playing in the West?
John Hollinger (2:30 PM)
Not sure who you're talking about specifically since we often get lumped in with things that were said on TV or radio or whatever ... but if they played right now I think San Antonio would win. Plus, as I wrote today, they're gonna have home court.
Aaron (Queensland (just barely above water))
John, are the Mavs going to make any big moves or will Pavlovic remain the starting 3 for the team?
John Hollinger (2:32 PM)
Hope for your sake he isn't. (And hope things are starting to dry out down there). The TNT guys were talking up Pavlovic last night, but they really need a strict "no dribbling" rule with him and he's average at best as a spot-up shooter. Between all the lost dribbles and the Heisman Trophy offensive fouls when he goes to the rim, few players are less effective off the bounce.
Randy (Portland)
John, will you be in Portland tonight?
John Hollinger (2:33 PM)
It appears not, since I'm in Atlanta right now and there's no Lear waiting in the yard. But I will be at Billy Knight Appreciation Night in Atlanta tomorrow, when Chris Paul's Hornets make their only visit of the season and remind everybody what coulda been.
Eric (Minneapolis)
Is Anthony Randolph worth a protected 1st round pick? Or is it a possible steal like Beasley. Right place right time.
John Hollinger (2:35 PM)
I'd say so, as long as the protections are very strict. I still think he has the potential to be a Camby-esque defender and rebounder, and he can really handle the ball for his size, but the doubts about his offensive role are what has him riding the pine in New York. It has to be a team that will run and has enough other guys who can shoot that his lack of a J won't be a liability.
kevin (lancaster, CA)
Here's something I'd like to add on the Melo situation. I think Melo is disheartened in Denver, he kinda feels like he's letting the town of Denver down, I really think he's going to apologize to the city by staying in Denver. Do you feel this way John?
John Hollinger (2:37 PM)
Actually, no. I think the only chance of his staying is if the Nuggets decide to call his bluff and hope that either A) he'll sign the extension on June 30 or B) the new CBA will have a "franchise tag" that lets the Nuggets block his departure.
JRich (MD)
Prof. Hollinger,What do you make of the Heat's recent slide?
John Hollinger (2:38 PM)
Pretty elementary -- they have three very good players and nine very mediocre ones. So when one or two of those three are out of the lineup, Miami becomes very beatable. Although I should mention the Clips already had them beat by the time LeBron rolled his ankle. I should also mention that if you're Mike Miller, and the team signed you to shoot the ball, it would help to, you know, shoot it.
Damon ((Mpls, MN))
With the word that O'brien has been letting Collison run more pick and roll and it paying dividends. Do you see them beating out PHI for the 8th seed? i don't...never been an O'brien fan. Should they consider a coaching change after the season with THAT MUCH TALENT?
John Hollinger (2:40 PM)
Indy is 50-50 to get the 8 seed, and if you look a their defensive stats I think Obie is having a much more positive impact than you think. As far as all that "talent" you allege, I'm missing it. Indy has a lot of solid young players who can be important parts of a winning team two or three years down the road .... but they're missing the biggest part, the A-list All-Star for all the other guys to play off of. Rush, Hibbert, Collison, George, Hansbrough ... those are all great pieces. But they've gotta score a centerpiece star either in free agency or trade. And no, Danny Granger doesn't qualify.
Clayton (Brownwood, TX)
Why does Sports Center not give the attention to the Spurs that they deserve?
John Hollinger (2:42 PM)
I'd guess it's related to the fact that any time I write about the Spurs, nobody reads it. It's really quite fascinating, because most other great teams attract a ton of attention. San Antonio, for some reason, has been deemed uniquely uninteresting by the public. I don't get it because they're a rather entertaining team to watch, but that's the deal.
Todd (Lexington, Tn)
Any chance the Spurs make a move before the deadline?
John Hollinger (2:43 PM)
The Spurs virtually never make in-season deals, with the 2005 Nazr Mohammed trade the lone exception I can think of. Given how good they've looked, I'm not counting on this year bucking the trend.
Gregory (Austin, TX)
John, does the Hornet's recent run validate their hot early start? Also, who might they target before the deadline? Could West and say Thornton be packaged for a bigger name?
John Hollinger (2:45 PM)
Validates in the sense that they look like a legit playoff team again and could even get a top four seed (shameless plug -- more on that today's Per Diem) although I still think they're one-and-done in the postseason. I'm glad you mentioned West, though, since he's the free agent nobody is talking about. Unlike Melo there's really no hope of an extension, since the only legal extension he can sign is at a price well below his market value. So the Hornets either have to get him to re-sign over the summer, or they have to trade him now to get something of more lasting value. It's a rather interesting dilemma and for some reason nobody's discussing it.
Clayton (Brownwood, TX)
What are your thoughts on the Spurs making the NBA Finals?
John Hollinger (2:47 PM)
Rosario's! Cool! I'm in favor as long as they get a different airport some time between now and June. In all seriousness, the West looks very much like a two horse race at the top, with Dallas and OKC scheming to join them but looking more like second-round speed bumps at the moment. Spurs have to like their chances against LAL as long as everyone stays healthy.
karl (houston)
I know this sounds crazy, but I think part of the Spurs "boring" stigma comes from their colors. I mean, black, white and grey? Really?Almost all teams can easily be identified by their colors and for me personally, when I hear "Lakers" or "Celtics," images in my head are laced with Purple/Gold or Green/White. Point is, you don't see many companies advertising products with flagship colors of black and grey... Your thoughts?
John Hollinger (2:49 PM)
Could be, although it seems to me the Raiders aren't exactly starved for attention. Or perhaps it's the "Go Spurs Go" battle cry. Seriously, that's the best they could come up with? That may be the most unoriginal arena chant in sports right there.
goyo. keizer, oregon [via mobile]
Is tonight's Blazers vs clippers matchup determine whether lamarcus or Blake make it to the all-star game? Lamarcus is on a winning team tho?
John Hollinger (2:50 PM)
No. Blake is getting in regardless. LaMarcus has an uphill battle regardless. But the national TV exposure this week and next, when he goes against KG, will help him if he plays well.
Jim (Bay Area)
Will Monta Ellis be an all-star?
John Hollinger (2:53 PM)
Remember above when we talked about those five great point guards in the West? A maximum of six guards can get in from the West, and Kobe and Manu are guaranteed to be two of them. Which means, in the absolute best case scenario in which only four forwards and two centers are on the roster, Ellis would have to beat out two of Nash, Westbrook, Williams, Paul and Parker. He's having a nice year, but that ain't happening.
steve (INDY)
Do you see D West signing with the pacers this offseason?? the pacers need a known scorer at the PF don't they? or do they need a SG worse?
John Hollinger (2:54 PM)
I think West would be a great fit in Indiana and the Pacers will have the cap room. Be interesting to see if he chooses that situation over his current one, or if a larger market team gets involved in a sign-and-trade scenario.
Matt (Toronto, ON)
Getting James Anderson back will be like making a trade for the Spurs...
John Hollinger (2:55 PM)
Good point, but you have to assume that at some point another player is gonna check out...Spurs have been freakishly healthy for an older team thus far.
Nick (NOLA)
If the Hornets pick up Peja and Thornton gets more PT, what chances do you give NOH at the third or fourth seed in the West?
John Hollinger (2:57 PM)
Picking up Peja will have no impact whatsoever, and I suspect he may go to Dallas anyway given the gaping hole the Mavs offer at small forward. As far as Thornton, we're on the same page -- he saved their bacon in the Orlando game and I think their second unit needs that kind of single-minded scorer, even if he occasionally forces it.
Ted (Seattle)
If the NBA has a lockout next season, what will that mean for the D-League?
John Hollinger (2:58 PM)
I'm hearing the D League will be business as usual, although it may be stripped bare talent-wise since everybody and his brother will be taking the sure money in Europe, given that there's no prospect of an NBA call-up.
Peoples (Richmond, CA)
So you?re saying the 3rd best scorer in the league doesn?t make the All-Star team but the 4th or 5th best PG in the West does?
John Hollinger (3:01 PM)
Nice try. He's not the third "best" scorer once you adjust for minutes and pace, let alone for accuracy, and if the Warriors could trade Ellis for any of those five players they'd agree in a nanosecond. What he is, actually, is a distant third in the West shooting guard hierarchy. I'm comfortable with the #4 PG in a tight race making it over the #3 SG.
John Hollinger (3:01 PM)
Here's the thing though: Monta Ellis is having a great year. I don't like knocking him down like that, because I think he has a great argument for MIP. But if you're asking me to compare him to those types of players, well ....
Bryan (Xenia OH)
John, why the heck aren't the Suns trying to move Childress, Pietrus, and/or Warrick for someone marginally competent as a PF?
John Hollinger (3:03 PM)
Not sure if you've noticed, but other teams aren't exactly salivating to give the Suns their best players for those three guys. Phoenix painted itself into a corner with a horrid offseason, although there's at least some hope now that Gentry has sorted the wheat from the chaff in the playing rotation. The nine-man set-up they're using now is the first coherent lineup they've used since the trade.
Nick (Wisconsin (Beat the Pack))
John, If Monta has an argument for MIP does Derrick Rose? I know it's far-fetched because he is a MVP candidate, but I think if you look at what he has done this season its pretty easy to see why its possible.
John Hollinger (3:03 PM)
Actually I completely agree with your premise. I would vote Rose for MIP much more readily than for MVP.
Selman (Montenegro, Europe)
Speaking of that, Mr Hollinger. How does a potential lockout reflect on possible moves to Europe? Is there any way it could affect the NBA, even in the short run? I mean, what if some of the richer Euro teams offer huge contracts, but under condition that the players at least spend that one full year abroad?
John Hollinger (3:05 PM)
Yes, there's going to be some of that, especially with players on expiring deals. If there's a lockout we could see the strongest Euroleague ever in 2011-12. A lot of Euros in particular would flock back to the continent.
Greg (Elon)
John, why do player's team records have to play such a large role in All-Star selection. I just want to see the best players play, I am going to be upset if Blake is left off of the All-Star team for a player like Tyson Chandler.
John Hollinger (3:07 PM)
Because the coaches have made it a self-indulgent show about it being a "reward for a winning record", even though I've yet to find anything in the league's voting instructions that says anything about that. I love what Tyson Chandler's doing for Dallas, but anyone who doesn't think Griffin is ten times better is on crack. Hopefully they won't screw this one up....
Sharad (New York, NY)
Regarding Mike Miller...I always thought he could be a 20,6,5 guy...WHY DOESNT HE SHOOT?
John Hollinger (3:08 PM)
Heat fans, this isn't a new trend -- he did the same thing Minnesota and Washington, and it's why his PER #s from the past two years are so low even though the 3-point %s and high rebound numbers make it like a good year. The guy passes up more open shots than any good shooter I can remember, and it really hurt Miami in his stint in the Atlanta game.
Tony (San Francisco)
Hey John, what's your take on Chris Paul's seemingly non-aggressive playstyle this year? Do you think the knee is bothering him, or is something else going on?
John Hollinger (3:11 PM)
I think it's bothering him, yes, and more particularly I think he gets tired and it bothers him more late in games, which is why he's been so deferential in fourth quarters. I was in Nawlins for the Orlando game last week, and what stuck out to me was that for three quarters he could get by Jameer Nelson any time he wanted to... but in the fourth when he went for that extra gear it wasn't there. He's still having a fantastic year even with the knee, but it does make you wonder about the future.
John Hollinger (3:12 PM)
Folks, that's all the time I've got, but thanks again for the great questions and we'll do this again next Thursday ... be sure to check out my missives from the Hawks-Hornets game tomorrow on Twitter at @johnhollinger


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Describing it as yet another example of how GSA continues to cut costs while providing quality service, David J. Barram, Acting Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration, today released a report to Congress stating that monthly charges to the Government for long-distance services used by federal agencies are $9.1 million less than the lowest commercial equivalent offerings.
The report to Congress is on the cost-effectiveness of the agency's Federal Telecommunications Service (FTS) 2000 program, which provides long-distance telecommunications services to Federal agencies. The report compares FTS2000 prices with available public commercial prices negotiated by large corporations and finds that FTS2000 prices are highly competitive and, in the aggregate, the least expensive in the industry.
"GSA contracts FTS2000 services with private sector suppliers at prices that in the current fiscal year are 17.8 percent or $9.1 million per month less than the lowest commercial equivalent offerings," Barram said. "These lower prices mean lower costs to Federal agency users and savings to the American taxpayers. It is an excellent example of how government is operating smarter by taking advantage of its buying power and saving tax dollars."
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CLEARWATER — Freedom's Terese Romeo didn't need to hit shots that rocketed off her club face and disappeared toward the horizon like missiles.
Like a carpenter using everytool at her disposal, Romeo crafted an impressive round at the Class 3A, Region 4 tournament, shooting 72 to win individual honors.
The length of Romeo's shots didn't matter. Instead, it was her creative short game that served as her all-around tool, allowing her to save par several times on the Countryside Country Club course.
"I can hit far, but I kind of put the driver away and played more to my strengths with my mid-to-short game to make a couple of bogeys and birdies to play even par," she said.
Romeo laid out her strategy during a practice round at the course, where she also won last year.
Only this time her teammates were hitting the ball just as well.
Megan Pollenz finished with 76, the first time she has shot below 80. Maria Horvath had 82. That helped the Patriots win the team title with 334, four strokes ahead of Steinbrenner.
"I was extremely proud of the way our team played," Romeo said. "We knew that a team title was possible, and it was so exciting coming off the 18th green with everyone having a score that would help us win."
The Warriors were the only team to have their top four girls shoot in the 80s. Alyssa Serino (80) and Claire Becker (82) had the top two scores for Steinbrenner.
Palm Harbor University finished third (386), followed by King (395), Plant (425) and Wiregrass Ranch (439).
King's Steffi Yo advanced to state as the top individual with 75. Countryside's Madison Glennie and St. Petersburg's Mariana Ocano each shot 79 and played a one-hole playoff to determine the final individual spot.
Glennie prevailed, draining a 6-foot put to make par (four) one the course's first hole.
"We waited so long for the playoff to start and that only amped up the pressure," Glennie said. "I just went out and played my game and was able to do what I needed to move on.
"It's nice to go back to state for the second year in a row. I felt like I accomplished something by doing it in a playoff. That made it that much more rewarding."
2A-6 girls: Osceola's Gibson places sixth
Academy of the Holy Names easily advanced to the state tournament with 320 at the Highlands Ridge North Course in Sebring. Host Sebring was second with 346. AHN's Emmy Martin was the individual winner with 67.
Osceola's Haydyn Gibson shot 76 to finish sixth overall. Boca Ciega's Sadie Chlapowski shot 83.
The girls 2A state tournament will be played Oct. 29 and 30 at the Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills.
2A-6 boys: Warriors take third
Host Sebring shot 326 to advance at Sun and Lake Golf Course. Lake Wales was second with 339. Osceola (342) finished third, followed by Largo (359) and Dixie Hollins (406).
Robinson's Andrew Skora advanced as an individual after shooting 79.
The boys state tournament is at the Mission Inn Resort and Club on Oct. 29 and 30.
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