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Who the fuck dumps there horse in MY field(395 Posts)
So ive gone down to let my horses in tonight, and there is an extra fucking horse in my field. I know its not mine. I know it wasnt there at 7:30 this morning. I know its been put in because the lock is cut off. CUT off. Theve cut my padlock off to put an additional horse IN!! IN!!
It went crazy when I took mine in to the stables, so I had no choice. Hes now in a stable with a haynet.
Ive rang round locally and noone appears willing to claim him. Ive rang the police, and theve advised me to put un an abandonement notice telling whoever owns him they have 14 days to shift him, before he becomes mine, and apparently hes my legal responsibility in the meantime because hes on my land.
WTF do I do now?
Well said octane girl, I have ridden ex- race horses and they were very polite to handle, excellant in traffic a pleasure to do.
Funnily enough a friend had a ex police horse wasn't 100% so never got posted but it's temperament was awful, very rude in the stable and was the most horrible bitting horse, I always thought that was why it didn't go into full police service but apparently not. Saying that though would re- home a police home in need when dd is old enough to hack out with mummy and daddy it would be lovely to have a nice horse rather than our darling duo!!
Good luck with lost boy he sounds like it was meant to be!!!
Any news OP?
Delurking to ask whether there's an update? Is Lost Boy less lost?
Another lurker wondering what the up to date scoop is?
Looking at the picture of him he looks like a race horse straight out of training. Has he got a tendon or any obvious injury? It looks like a really well horse maybe he was stolen? I would get as many pictures on forums etc as possible and let the police know. Can you tweet picture also?
Nice problem to have in some ways but really sad for the poor horse. Good luck
Is it wrong that I read your very first post and my thought was "well is it a nice horse?!"
I have a big big soft spot for bay Tbs, and my previous horse was an ex racer. He was fantastic in traffic and with the vet/farrier
With good rugs and food he would be able to live out the majority of the year (although they are soft gits so he may not agree with me)
also wondering on any updates OP.....how are you and he faring?
Sorry have been internetless.
Update time.
Hes still here ..
this probably surprises none of you
Long version ... The owners that he was passed to 3 months ago have been contacted. They apparently loaned him out due to him not beng suitable for their 10 year old
no shit sherlock His loaner appears to have returned him to their field, the loaner says he said he was returning, they say he didnt, but upshot is that he has got out of the field, and they no longer pay rental on it anyway so cant have him back, they dont know what to do with him, they are scared of him. Blah blah blah blah.
Short version ... his owners dont want him back.
My vet has said that The Horse as he has now become known (his name is actually Mac) appears sound, and certainly it appears there is no reason he couldnt become retrained as something useful, so its just whether I do it or not.
A friend of a friend works retraining racehorses, and she has said that she will come out and do an initial assessent for me, and give her opinion. However that isnt going to be until after Xmas, so until then at least he is here. Depending on what she says, and what the vet discovers when he gets the full previous vet records, Ill then decide whether he remains and I look at turning him into a hack, whether he remains and is only useful as a companion, or whether hell just be too much for me, and I sign him over to a racehorse rehabilition centre if there is one that will take him. There is also a place that retrains them for you, but its £125 per week, and they reckon (depending on the horse) that it can take anything from 2 - 6 months ... but to be honest thats alot of money to fork out.
I would like to keep him because i have fallen in love with him, and hes already been passed around loads, and I know i would keep him as long as possible, but also I have to be realistic and if hes going to be too much time wise then ill have to source a decent home for him.
who buys an ex racehorse for a 10 year old?
thanks for update though, have been wondering how you were getting on, it's great to have a name for him - good luck with whatever comes next, either way he is in safe hands now
poor Mac up until now though
by the way, have you got everything you need for him at the moment?
Wow! you really must keep a horse with such talents as this. Not only has he 'got out' of their field but he had the presence of mind to take some bolt croppers with him so he could break into your field .
Didn't mean to copy your 'wow' btw. I'd already typed that bit then got distracted by the realisation that the cat has brought in a mouse and it is loose in my
shithole mildly cluttered living room!
yeah yeah a likely story
although I believe you really, I read magicllama's latest post like this just WTF. Poor Mac.
hope the cat eats the whole mouse, mine never do
What kind of fucking twat gives someone an untrained ex racer for a 10yo?! What is wrong with people! <<incredibly angry>>
This poor horse has been put through God knows what because the people who didn't want him didn't care about him enough to give a shit about where he went!
I'd rather shoot a horse than see it passed from pillar to post like an unwanted toy! It's not fair!
My first horse was an ex race mare , FWIW she was the safest hack I ever had , nothing fazed her at all . Bloody nuisance in the stable and completely neurotic but bombproof in traffic. Good luck with him . Have you got his owners to sign something to the effect that they are gifting him to you as you don't want to spend time and money on him only to find that they then try to claim him back when you have made him more saleable or suitable for their daughter.
Poor Mac - passed around like that by fools. Thank goodness he found you :-)
We used to have an ex racer at the riding school I worked in.
Utterly safe ride for beginners, would work nicely for more able riders and bomb proof out hacking. You could stick a novice on him and trust him to canter sedately at the back. Probably why he was an EX racer; he just didn't mind being last.
However in the stable he was the most evil horse I've ever met.
At least he's got a nice name .
Aren't you supposed to do some thing where they sell him to you for £1 to make it all legal?
Alameda, don't know he's never brought one in before. I usually manage to slam the door in his face if he has a mouse (no catflaps here).
If his owners don't want him anymore, you need to get them to sell him to you. The amount is nominal, £1, £10 etc, but it is then legally binding. Get a receipt, and something signed by them.
X posted with Pixel!
This is definitely a horse with special skills: able to get loose, find your field, acquire, use and then hide some bolt cutters
Just found this thread - Mac is v.lucky he 'found' you. Ex-racers aren't always easy but of the ones I've been around / involved with:
One has just retired from the hunting field at the age of 24 - took on anything, and was pretty bombproof, but came back when requested
One is up at my current stables and I ride him in a lesson once a week - he's
bloody fast forward going into jumps, but heart of gold and wants to get over them clean and with the rider still on his back
Ex-National hunt jumper (retired as too 'slow') - good when showjumping, not to be let loose in 'company'
Flat racer that was too slow as a 3 year old - turning out to be a rather magnificent polocrosser though
Anyway, the above is a long winded way of saying Mac sounds as though he'll be fun. Will be interesting to see what your trainer friend thinks. Wishing you both a long and happy time together.
im glad you updated and i wish you well with him, i do hope you keep him - he sounds like he has been through quite a few idiot owners.....
My dad learnt to ride on an ex-racer, he was a lovely horse. I rode a half blind pony called Nutmeg who'd bolt at his own shadow. I loved him anyway.
I have to admit I am a bit by the whole thing too.
There is no way he let himself into my field, and the whole fact its padlocked means it unlikely a passer by happened to put him in because he was roaming around! The place where they
apparently kept him is about 15 miles away accross farmland & woodland. It just all seems a bit suss, but then whilst Ive seen horses escaped and roaming, and even dumped in a random field before, theyve either been in bad shape or reunited with their owners.
Its just depressing really. Preloved and stuff is full of horses "free to good home" but very rarely do people even check its a good home. I mean its like saying I can have him because I sound nice. Well im going to sound nice on the phone if im trying to persuade someone to give me their horse aren't I.
I didnt think about the whole have to legally sign him over, so ill have to get that sorted, and they are apparently sending his passport over.
Yes ive got most of the stuff I need for him. The only thing I didnt have was rugs and ive got a couple off ebay & preloved so hes all sorted, and a friend with a similar sized horse has given me a couple of her old ones
as her horse is the most spoilt horse ever and has about 20 of everything
Well the retrained ex racers from peoples stories, appear to be either really nice or really insane. The closest Ive ever been to insane was a saddlebred I resuced when I was 18 who kept trying to kill me. We eventually sorted it out, but I know that with the kids there is no way I have the time to spend with a massively project horse. Something that requires some schooling & some work fair enough, but I need something I trust because the kids are around,and I dont want them not to be able to do their own ponies, because ive got a "challenging" one IYSWIM?
Ill have to see whats said about him when the vets got all the info from the previous vet, and when hes been assessed, and then take it from there.
I might well be back asking which of you wants to take a racehorse off my hands
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Amtrak is canceling all service to and from Florida through Monday. All Amtrak facilities on Florida routes south of Columbia, S.C., and Fayetteville, N.C., will be closed and secured, including Savannah, Ga., and all stations in Florida. Amtrak is also canceling most rail service east of New Orleans through Monday. Some Tuesday trains have also been suspended.
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ATA Airlines
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Affected cities: Florida.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-435-9282. In Indianapolis, call 317-248-8308. In Chicago, call 847-825-1500.
Continental Airlines
Continental will allow customers traveling to/from affected cities to reschedule or reroute their flights once, without a penalty. The policy applies to passengers with travel plans from Sept. 1-10. Rescheduled travel must be completed by Nov. 15.
Affected cities: Cities in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and the Caribbean. They are: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Antigua; Cat Island, Bahamas; Charleston, S.C.; Daytona Beach, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale; Fort Myers, Fla.; Freeport, Bahamas; Governor's Harbour, Bahamas; Great Exuma Island, Bahamas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Key West, Fla.; Marsh Harbour, Bahamas; Miami; Mobile, Ala.; Nassau, Bahamas; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; North Eleuthera, Bahamas; Orlando; Pensacola, Fla.; Ponce, Puerto Rico; Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Santiago, Dominican Republic; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Sarasota, Fla.; St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Savannah, Ga.; Tallahassee, Fla.; Tampa; Treasure Cay, Bahamas; and West Palm Beach.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-523-3273 for domestic and Mexican flights, 800-231-0856 for international flights.
Delta Air Lines
For passengers traveling to Florida or the Georgia cities of Valdosta and Brunswick, Delta is allowing one ticketing change free of charge. The change must be made by Sept. 30, and the rescheduled travel must be completed by March 1. Any difference in fare between your original ticket and the new ticket will be collected at the time of booking for all travel between Sept. 22 and March 1. For travel that begins on or before Sept. 21, no difference in fare will be collected.
Affected cities: The Florida cities of Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Key West, Melbourne, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa and West Palm Beach. In the Bahamas, affected cities are Nassau and Freeport. In Georgia, Valdosta and Brunswick are affected. In the other Caribbean islands, affected cities are San Juan, Puerto Rico; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; St. Lucia, British West Indies; and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-221-1212 for domestic and Mexican flights, 800-231-0856 for international flights.
Frontier Airlines
Frontier has canceled most of its Florida flights through Monday morning.
Passengers may use tickets from canceled flights with a one-time waiver of penalties and fees. Passengers flying to/from Frontier's Florida cities from Sept. 1-6 also have the option to rebook free of charge. Tickets must be rebooked by Sept. 6, and rebooked travel must be completed by Sept. 30. The airline will not waive change fees after Sept. 30.
Affected cities: The Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-432-1359.
Independence Air
Independence Air plans to operate as normal Saturday, but will waive the change fee in addition to any fare differences for passengers flying to/from Savannah and Jacksonville from Sept. 1-6.
Affected cities: Jacksonville, Fla. and Savannah, Ga.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-FLY-FLYI.
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue is waiving change fees and penalties for flights into and out of its Florida cities. The policy applies to customers scheduled to travel from Sept. 5-9. Rebooked travel must be completed by Sept. 30.
Affected cities: JetBlue's Florida destinations.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-JETBLUE.
Northwest Airlines
Passengers with confirmed tickets for travel on Northwest Airlines between Sept. 1 and Sept. 8 for travel to, from or through any airport in Florida may reschedule their trips without penalty or fees if the rebooked flights are completed by Nov. 15.
Affected cities: Northwest's Florida destinations.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-225-2525.
Southwest Airlines
All of Southwest's to Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach have been canceled through Sunday.
Southwest is also allowing customers to Florida cities with reservations through Sept. 5 to rebook their travel in the original class of service without paying any additional charges. Customers also can request a refund. The airline warned that its Florida flight operations could be affected as the storm nears.
Affected cities: Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-435-9792.
Spirit Airlines
Spirit has canceled all of its Florida service through Monday night.
Customers holding reservations to/from Florida through Sept. 7, may rebook or place their reservation on hold. Customers who rebook and begin travel prior to Sept. 30 will not be assessed fees or fare differences. For travel after Sept. 30, only any applicable fare difference will apply. The airline is encouraging customers to make changes online since Spirit's 800-reservations number is experiencing high call volume.
Affected cites: Spirit's Florida destinations.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-772-7117.
United Airlines
All Florida customers ticketed on or before Sept. 1 for travel through Sept. 8 on any United, United Express, Ted or United code-share flight can make changes to most itineraries without penalties. To make these changes, passengers must call United's reservations line at 800-241-6522 by 11:59 p.m. on their original travel date. For customers currently en route who would like to return to their point of origin, all rules and restrictions regarding standard change fees, day or time applications and/or minimum stay or Saturday night-stay requirements have been waived. Customers may make a change to their flight reservation for any available flight on or before Sept. 5. Customers with unused tickets for travel within this time period also may reschedule their travel between the same origin and destination without a change fee. Rescheduled travel for the same itinerary must meet the same rule and booking-code restrictions in order to guarantee the original fare.
Affected cities: United's Florida destinations.
For more information: Visit the airline's Web site or call 800-241-6522.
US Airways
US Airways' flights to Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach are canceled until Monday, when service gradually resumed throughout the day.
US Airways will allow passengers traveling to/from affected locations to change their flights without fees or penalties. All changes must be made on or before the originally ticketed travel dates. Dates vary depending on destination, but generally apply to travel from Sept. 1-7. Passengers can delay or move their entire itinerary forward, up to Sept. 30. Certain restrictions may apply. Or, customers can receive the full value of wholly unused ticket(s) toward the purchase of a new ticket(s) to an alternate destination, with travel through Sept. 30.
Affected cities: Every Florida city served by US Airways. In the Caribbean, affected cities are Freeport, Bahamas; Governors Harbour, Bahamas; Marsh Harbour, Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas; North Eleuthera, Bahamas; Treasure Cay, Bahamas; Providenciales, Turks and Caicos; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Audra McDonald's amazing performance as Billie Holliday in 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill' must win her a Tony.
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He is an associate professor of writing, literature, and publishing at Emerson College.
James learned from Emerson that we must "give all to love," must hold nothing back.
I cannot imagine any other author doing for me just what the essays of Emerson did.
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Hoax author Norma Khouri and her husband fled America in 1999 because they were facing questioning regarding fraudulent property transactions in Chicago.
Of greatest interest to authorities, including the FBI, was a "quit claim" filed by the couple against a property at 5522 West 64th Place Chicago, owned by an elderly woman named Mary Baravikas on October 25, 1995.
According to documents obtained by the Herald, the author and her husband, John Toliopoulos, bilked Mrs Baravikas of tens of thousands of dollars.
This was part of a series of transactions that attracted the attention of law-enforcement officials by the time the couple suddenly left the United States with their children in 1999.
Khouri was also fingerprinted at the 8th District police station in Cook County after attacking her mother-in-law, Zoi Toliopoulos, and smashing windows at Mrs Toliopoulos's home.
"Norma got into fist-fights with me, with John, with Zoi, with a lot of people," said Khouri's former flatmate and friend, Brandy Murphy.
The couple was also wanted for questioning over a quit claim filed against the home of Norma's own mother, Asma, at 6425 South Long Street.
Publicly available documents filed in Cook County reveal the couple took a second mortgage on this and a series of homes, effectively to take control of both the properties and the money lent by the banks. These latest revelations throw more light on the couple's lifestyle on Bribie Island, north of Brisbane, where they live in a canal-front home.
Khouri has told friends on the island that their comfortable circumstances are due to her husband's property dealings.
In interviews, Khouri has repeatedly stated that she has not received royalties from the sale of her book, Forbidden Love, but that they have gone to the campaign against "honour killings". The Herald revealed on Saturday that the book was fake memoir - and so were its claims of her life in Jordan and of a friend whose father killed her because she fell in love with a Christian. The Herald can confirm that several hundred thousand dollars worth of royalties for the book were forwarded to Khouri.
After four days of silence and broken appointments, the best-selling author has declared she will emerge from hiding to disprove the Herald's story.
Khouri yesterday told her Brisbane lawyer, Tom Drakopoulos, she would call a media conference for either tomorrow or Saturday.
"She has been gathering evidence to support her case," a spokeswoman for the law firm said. "She will present her proof to the world."
Khouri's Australian publisher, Random House, withdrew Forbidden Love from sale after the Herald's report.
The telephone call was the first time since Sunday that Mr Drakopoulos or his partner, Peter Black, had spoken to Khouri. They had expected her at their office on Monday, but she did not turn up.
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Manuel Kasper wrote:
>Chris Olive said:
>>In the house, we block outgoing port 80 and run all web requests through
>>a proxy server (to spare ourselves of the evils out there in the web).
>>But occasionally, we poke holes through for certain machines (in cases
>>where the proxy server doesn't work out for what we need), do what we
>>need to do, then reapply our "safety net" again. It would be nice to be
>>able to apply a "No Proxy" ruleset, then apply a "Use Proxy" rule set
>>that both twiddle the respective rules.
>Ehm, are you sure you're talking about the same thing as Bart? I think you
>mean individual sets of rules (like in ipfw2) that can be loaded and
>unloaded as desired, while Bart is talking about the ability to define
>alias names for IP addresses/subnets so when e.g. an IP address that is
>used in 20 filter rules changes, you'll only have to change it in one
>place and not 20. Of course to some extent aliases could be used in your
>case as well, but it's not entirely the same. Let me know if I missed
>something. ;)
No, it was me that missed it. Actually, just before I hit send I had
this funny feeling we weren't talking about exactly the same thing, but
some similarities existed. His idea is great. But I was talking about
something different. Rule sets that could be applied or unapplied. If
I had to guess, his idea would be more universally useful to everyone
else. I doubt seriously that differing rule sets to apply or unapply
would necessarily be as useful to most, although it would be nice for me
to reconfigure the fw on the fly (for the purpose I mentioned). Once
the proxy server I use is directly controlled by me, then I won't even
need to do what I'm doing now.
Chris Olive
chris at technologEase dot com


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A FARMER-led field lab is combining experience in the field with the application of science in a war against liver fluke.
Organic sheep farmer, Kevin Thomas, who farms near Brecon, is hosting a lab examining the micro issues of controlling common liver fluke, a flat worm that sucks the blood of its hosts, causing ill-thrift.
Kevin was a speaker at Hay Festival's Hay-on-Earth forum and was introduced by Soil Association director, Helen Browning, at a presentation Field Lab: A Grassroots Research Revolution.
She said the Soil Association's Duchy Originals Future Farming Programme is putting farmers "in the driving seat."
This is being achieved with the help of the association's royal patron, the Prince of Wales.
"We have got a grant to look at how we can pioneer farmer-led research because farmers are always experimenting, doing lots of work on farms but often not setting trials up in a way that gives meaningful results and which are not being shared beyond the farm gate," said Helen.
Kevin and a band of neighbouring farmers is one group to have received Soil Association funding. So far £110,000 has been assigned to seven research projects.
He has combined his studies with that of Bristol University Cabot Institute researcher Eric Morgan who says that nematodes are now found on 85 per cent of farms but drugs are now only 75 per cent effective.
In a test study on six lambs he said three were given wormer and three were not. The three untreated lambs were found to be half the size of the treated animals.
The forum heard that the parasite is becoming increasingly resistant to treatment, especially when the same drug is used repeatedly.
"The field labs are about helping with technical knowledge and pragmatic solutions. They also help science by giving creative approaches," said Eric.
Kevin said he hosted the field lab with 12 neighbours and colleagues in September last year and they were due to meet to discuss implementing changes on their farms.
In the meantime he has been mapping out his farm and marking the risk areas, so that grazing animals in different fields at different times of the year, could help control liver fluke, which is carried by wetland loving snails.
Movement of livestock was said to be another factor in the spread of the parasites with only 60 per cent of farmers quarantining animals coming on to their farm, and of these only three per cent testing to see if there is resilience to the wormer they use.
"The lab has allowed us as farmers to set the agenda.
"We need to make sure we apply science in terms of animal welfare and husbandry, because if you get that right and the grassland, you get productivity and healthy stock.
"I have had a very positive experience in being involved at a practical level," said Kevin, who splits his working days between the farm and working in agricultural knowledge transfer and training.


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Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is commonly found in cereals and animal feeds and causes a significant threat to the food industry and animal production. Several microbial isolates with high AFB1 transformation ability have been identified in our previous studies. The aim of this research was to characterize one of those isolates,
Aflatoxins are a group of structurally related secondary metabolites produced mainly by
Interest in biological detoxification of AFB1 has greatly increased during the past decade. Several fungal species have been found to be able to biotransform AFB1 into less toxic metabolites; such fungi include
Recently, several studies reported biological transformation of AFB1 by microbial culture or their secondary metabolites. These microbes include
Myxobacteria are a kind of higher prokaryotic organism and are reported to be a rich source of secondary metabolites [
The objective of this study was to further characterize
The bacterial culture of
Myxobacteria became well-known as prolific producers of secondary metabolites during the past few decades [
Reduction of AFB1 by culture supernatant produced without pre-exposure to AFB1 suggested that it was achieved during the normal growth of the bacterium, indicating that the reduction was a constitutive activity of
Nitrogen sources have a dramatic effect on AFB1 biotransformation by
The initial pH value in culture medium showed a significant effect on AFB1 biotransformation (
The effect of temperature on AFB1 biotransformation by
In the analysis by LCMS, AFB1 standard was identified at m/z = 313 for the protonated cation [M + H]+, m/z = 335 for the sodium adduct of AFB1 [M + Na]+, and at m/z = 351 for the potassium adduct [M + K]+ (
Additionally, the HPLC chromatograph (
Since the culture supernatant of
To date, there are only a few reports on extraction or purification of mycotoxin biotransformation active components from microbial metabolites. Liu
AFB1 was obtained from Sigma Chemical Co. (Bellefonte, USA). The medium used for liquid culture, VY/2 medium, contains 5 g yeast extract, 1 g CaCl2, 0.5 g MgSO4, 0.5 mg VB12 in 1 L distilled water at room temperature.
For AFB1 analysis, the HPLC procedure by AOAC [
Biotransformation of AFB1 by
Biotransformation of AFB1 by cells, culture supernatant and intracellular cell extracts was conducted according to the procedure of Shu
Unless specifically indicated, all biotransformation experiments were conducted by using culture supernatant at 30 °C for 72 h with aeration. Culture supernatant was obtained by centrifuging 50 h culture with 9,300 g at 4 °C for 20 min.
To detect the appropriate nitrogen source for the bacterial growth with optimum AFB1 biotransformation, 0.5% of tryptone, peptone, beef extract, yeast extract, fish peptone and ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) were chosen as the nitrogen source in the culture medium.
Initial pH value in VY/2 medium was adjusted to 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 by using citrate acid buffer, and to 6.5, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 by sodium phosphate buffer.
Cultivation was performed at 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 °C respectively for 50 h before the culture supernatants were harvested.
The biotransformation products of AFB1 after 72 h incubation with culture supernatants were determined by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LCMS) and infrared analysis (IR). For LCMS, the following samples were analyzed: (a) AFB1 standard, (b) VY/2 medium supplemented with AFB1, (c) AFB1 treated with culture supernatants for 72 h. The samples were extracted with chloroform, dried under nitrogen, suspended in methanol: water (1:1, v/v) and analyzed by LCMS using a Phenomenex 2.0 × 150 mm C18 column and methanol: acetonitrile: water (1:1:2, v/v/v) as solvent, at a flow rate of 100 μL/min. The HPLC system was equipped with a Finnigan Spectra System UV6000LP ultraviolet (UV) detector. Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) positive ion mode was used for MS detection (ThermoFinnigan, San Jose, CA, USA).
For IR analysis, 2 mL chloroform was added to the incubation mixture and vortexed for 30 seconds. The phases were separated by low-speed centrifugation and the organic phase was evaporated to dryness at 20 °C under N2. The samples were purified by HPLC before IR analysis. IR analysis was carried out with a KBr pellet using an IR spectrophotometer (NEXUS-470F TIR, Nicolet, Japan). Sterile VY/2 medium was used to substitute culture supernatant in the control.
Methanol, acetone, ethanol and solid ammonium sulphate were used to precipitate the active components. For the organic solvents, 500 mL of each of the chilled solvent was added to 150 mL of the culture supernatant. For ammonium sulphate, 150 mL of the culture supernatant was supplemented to 20, 40, 60 and 80% saturation respectively under constant stirring. The above solutions were stored at 4 °C for 4 h followed by centrifugation at 9,300 g for 20 min. The precipitates were dissolved in 2 mL of 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.5). The ammonium sulphate treatments were dialysed over night against distilled water before being applied to chromatography.
The dialyzed samples were applied to a DEAE A-50 Ion exchange column (Pharmacia Biotech, Sweden) pre-equilibrated with 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer pH 7.5. Elution was performed with the same buffer and by a gradient of 0.5 M NaCl in the buffer. Fractions of 2 mL were collected in separate tubes at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. The protein concentration in each eluted fraction was detected at 280 nm using a UV-visible spectrophotometer. The fractions with AFB1 biotransformation activity were combined and applied to a Sephadex G-100 Molecular sieve column (Pharmacia) pre-equilibrated with 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer containing 0.2 M NaCl. Proteins were eluted with the same buffer and fractions of 2 mL were collected in separate tubes at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min. After dialysis against buffer, the AFB1 biotransformation activity of each fraction was tested.
SDS-PAGE was performed in 12.5% polyacrylamide gels according to the method of Motomura
The results were average of triplicates and were expressed as mean ± standard error. Data were analyzed as a completely randomized single factor design by ANOVA using the general linear models procedure in SAS. Significant F tests at the 0.05 levels of probability are reported. When a significant F-value was detected, Duncan's Multiple Range Test was used to determine significant differences among means.
The present study demonstrated the ability of
The authors would like to thank J Christopher Young from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for English correction and Yuezhong Li from Shandong University for technical guidance in myxobacteria isolation. Financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Contract number: 30571353) and team research funds of National Key Lab for Animal Nutrition are gratefully acknowledged.
AFB1 biotransformation by
Colony (left) and cell (right) morphology of
AFB1 biotransformation by
Effect of initial pH of the medium on AFB1 biotransformation by
Effect of temperature on AFB1 biotransformation by
Detection of AFB1 by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. (
Detection of AFB1 biotransformation product by HPLC. (
Infrared spectrometry spectrum of AFB1. (
Determination of active components from culture supernatant by chromatography and SDS-PAGE. (


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Today, in Churches around the world, the hymns of St. Thomas Aquinas will be sung. The traditional chanting of Pange Lingua, with its famous last two verses collectively known as the Tantum Ergo, accompany the Transfer of the Eucharist. And while most of us have at least cursory knowledge of the 5 ways and some of his prayers and chants, it is vital that the Catholic Gentleman increases his understanding of the Angelic Doctor.
When Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Aeterni Patris, he intended it to be a launching pad to a revitalized Catholic Philosophy and Theology, founded upon the thought and works of St. Thomas Aquinas. In naming St. Thomas the theologian par excellence, the study of his teachings became mandated in Catholic seminaries and schools throughout the world.
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I want to emphasize that we should know something not just about St. Thomas himself, but about Thomism in general. The continuation and development of the work of St. Thomas form the philosophia perennis, the perennial philosophy which forms the backbone of much of our Church's moral and doctrinal teachings. Familiarizing yourself with this school of thought will help you speak Truth better to those around you, and to understand it better yourself.
One fantastic resource for learning more about St. Thomas and Thomism is A Short History of Thomism, by Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP. The book is written as both an introduction to the basic tenets of Thomism and an overview of the figures who continued to develop his thought through the centuries. Well-written and concise, A Short History of Thomism is a great introduction to the school of thought that, more than any other, speaks the truths taught by the Catholic Church. The Church speaks best when she speaks St. Thomas, and this short work is the perfect way to familiarize yourself with the thought that grounds much of Catholic teaching.
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As a young student of chemistry in the late 1970s, I became intrigued with the notion that chemistry could be explored on a planet instead of in a test tube. UCAR and NCAR played a key role in realizing that dream. In 1977 I received a UCAR student fellowship, which led me to work at NCAR that summer (before I began graduate school in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley). I was firmly hooked on atmospheric science as a career after a few months studying under the inspired tutelage of Paul Crutzen (then director of NCAR's Atmospheric Chemistry Division), Jack Fishman (then a postdoc with Crutzen), and Ray Roble (an NCAR senior scientist). I returned to NCAR to do my dissertation under the NCAR graduate assistant program in 19791981. I am one of many former students whose opportunities to interact with UCAR and NCAR provided excitement, stimulation, and unique educational opportunities.
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My friend and I were eating sushi, I forgot my wallet in my car, I went to go get the money when my friend decided to dine and dash, he was running to my car and got grabbed. I saw police turn up, and i ran up to the place, money in hand, saying, 'i went to get the money, here!'
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I spontaneously responded, 'I do not consent to a search.' didn't matter.
'You seem well spoken for a junkie,' said one officer.. That made me almost laugh. I considered fighting it, but the facts were falsely recalled at court; they said i responded 'I need that for heroin,' instead, among other lies. i took the dej bargain, but could i have fought it and possibly won? I wanted to..
You could have fought the search by alleging that it was an illegal search. A judge may have concluded after hearing from the police officer at a suppression hearing that he had no legal right to put his hand in your pocket to retrieve the money. It is very hard to justify a warrantless search of an individual unless the officer can articulate that he say contraband or his safety was compromised.Ask a similar question
You could have "fought it". One can always do that. As you may have guessed, you could have also lost that "fight". I cannot give you an analysis on the probable out come without seeing the reports and interviewing witnesses. That said, it also appears that you made a decision to minimize your potential exposure. If you are dej, comply with the terms, stay clean for at least 18 mos and then you can apply to have the program terminated and your case dismissed.
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In any search question, the analysis is: Was the search reasonable? You're asking about a Terry search (a.k.a. a frisk or "pat down" search). For a valid pat down search, first there needs to be a lawful detention. From there, the officer must have specific facts they can articulate that make them reasonably believe you're armed with a weapon or something that can be used as a weapon against them. It authorizes a patting or "grasping" search for weapons only. The entire case facts will matter in that analysis.
What they instead may try to rely on would be "plain view" - or in your case "plain feel". For a search to be valid, an officer must observe something with their senses from a place they have a lawful right to be. What justification would they try to claim for being in your pocket? I assume they would have said that they were just trying to safeguard your money during the investigation or something like that, leading them to put the money in your pocket and thus find the syringe.
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A neutral substance generated from citric acid must have one or more atoms of hydrogen replaced by silver.
Lemon juice and the juice of sorrel will also remove ink stains, but not so easily as the concrete acid of lemons, or citric acid.
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The acid taste was weaker which meant that the citric acid was the diluting liquid.
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First lady Michelle Obama highlighted efforts by her husband's administration -- and ordinary Americans -- to support the nation's military on Sunday as she visited the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in Aouthern California.
Obama also lavished praise on Sen. Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat who made the trip with her and who is facing a well-funded challenge this fall from Republican Senate nominee Carly Fiorina.
The first lady called Boxer and Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., who also accompanied her, "tireless champions of our men and women in uniform, and also their families and our veterans." Fiorina's deputy campaign manager, Julie Soderlund, countered in an e-mail to the Associated Press that Boxer's record on national security issues is "dismal."
The theme of the first lady's Camp Pendleton speech: Meeting the needs of the nation's strained military families. She called it "one of my defining missions as first lady."
Obama highlighted some of President Obama's efforts to assist military families, but also showcased communities that have created support programs for the nation's warriors.
Among those getting a shout-out from the first lady: the Chamber of Commerce in Fallbrook, Calif., which has a plan to provide all-expenses-paid weddings for Marines.
Everyone can and should come up with similarly creative ways to support the men and women on the front lines and their families, Obama urged.
"This is a challenge to every American," she said. "Everyone can do something to support and engage our military and your families."
Note: Thanks to the Marines who wrote in to make sure we got the right verbiage on their motivational chant. We fixed the headline because of you. Semper fi.
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The X Factor: We created these 12 glittering headdresses with a chess theme. Here they are in action on TV!
Flesh Dress and Bone Crown: Professional Halloween headdress and costume.
Wolf Headdress : commissioned for Hertz Sevens Rugby Championship event, in Wellington, New Zealand.
Chelsea Flower Show: Echinacea flower headdress.
Praying Mantis: Insect Mask, made for London Zoo.
Oryx (a type of African antelope) Headdress: We heard the client loved what we created! This photo was taken at the event rehearsal in Qatar, and we like the fact that you see men in traditional Arab dress in the background.
KESHA: at the Billboard Music Awards. We created these red warrior unicorn masks for Kesha's hot performance, which critics agree was the highlight of the night!
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New York Buildings Hats: This set of hats were made for the Burning Man Festival. Photos © Russell Gilbert.
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MILES Storey is set to spend a short period on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.
The forward picked up the slight strain during a training match on Saturday, and will undergo a scan this afternoon to determine the extent of the damage.
"On Saturday we had a practice match at the County Ground because I didn't want them to switch off completely and during the match he felt a little pull in his hamstring," said Swindon Town manager Paolo Di Canio.
"He came out jogging so it wasn't very bad damage but we have to see if it is seven days, 10 days but no more than this."


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Last night's tornado in downtown Atlanta came within blocks of the city's major Internet connectivity hub, but no major data center service outages have been reported. The tornado, which struck at 9:45 pm, caused damage at the Georgia Dome, CNN Center and Centennial Olympic Park. Those facilites are about three blocks from 56 Marietta Street, the carrier hotel property owned by Telx/GI Partners. There are also data center operations at 55 Marietta Street. Photos from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution document the damage in the area, including parts of Marietta Street.
About 15,000 residents in downtown were without electricity, but 56 Marietta reported no interruptions in grid power due to the storm. "We've been running on full power," said Ilissa Miller of Telx. "Everything is up and running and our facilities were not affected. There's a tremendous amount of glass on some parts of Marietta Street, but we've been operating as usual."
In a mid-day update, Telx advised customers of "a significant amount of debris" along Marietta Street, including glass, sheet metal, concrete, and other objects.
"Atlanta City Officials are requesting that unless an Emergency event occurs to stay away from the downtown area at this time so crews can get the streets cleaned and the debris removed," wrote Bill McNutt, the operations manager for Telx at 56 Marietta, who said "there appears to be no damage to the facility neither inside or outside at this time."
"Because of our location between two Georgia Power sub-stations, the Telx building has been running on Commercial power continuously and has not experienced any loss of power during or after the storms," said McNutt.


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Mayhem Murrie Dominates At The First Barnsley Fight Night Event
Veteran promoter Paul Murphy launched his brand new Barnsley Fight Night last Friday night at the impressive Metrodome Leisure Complex in South Yorkshire. Featuring a strong 13 bout card which contain a mix of Semi Pro and professional MMA action, the former Ultimate Force Co-Promoter was able to pack the fan into the venue which saw only standing room only left by the time the show kicked off at around 7pm.
Highlights of the show saw the powerful "Ultimate Force" veteran Wayne "Mayhem" Murrie increase his record to 8-3-1 which a quick submission win over the tough North East fighter Bryan Moore . Whilst the young up-and-coming Lightweight James Saville racked up his second straight win after catching Pete Hill in a Triangle Choke late on in the first round of an intriguing tactical battle.
Other pro action saw the heavy hitting Lanus Jones improve to 4-0 due to a dominant TKO win over Dan Sliwowski. Whilst TUF 9 contestant James Bateman got back to winning ways with a stunning stoppage win over Lee Barnes,
However fight of the night was reserved for the Semi Pro Title bout between Scott Askhem and Sam Boult, which was a classic striker vs. grappler clash. As Askham dominated the stand-up throughout the contest however Boult showed he had tremendous heart and a granite chin by withstanding some huge strikes during all 3 rounds of the bout.
However Boult was able to counter attack and escaped from some dire situations and was able to take his opponent down regulary during the fight and almost submitted the local favourite on several occasions. However Askham was awarded the win via Judges decision in a bout that could of gone of really gone either way.
Full results are below.
Barnsley Fight Night 1
Friday 16th October 2009
The Metrodome Leisure Complex
Queens Ground
Queens Road
South Yorkshire, UK
Semi Pro 3x5 minute rounds
1. Danny Dywer defeated Joe Patrick via TKO (Punches - Repeated Uppercuts) after 4:41 of round 1
2. Tom Breeze defeated Zi Shah via Submission (Triangle Choke) after 2:25 of round 2
3. Tom Howells defeated Matthew Stocks via Spilt Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) after 3 rounds
4. Ross Price defeated Martin Stocks via TKO (Punches) after 0:47 of round 1
5. Luis Chapman and James Green fought to a Spilt Draw (29-28, 28-29, 29-29) after 3 roundsÂ
6. Daryl Westcott defeated Mark Stockton via Submission (Kimura) after 2:17 of round 2
7. Tom Whitacker defeated Nick Slack via Submission (Kimura) after 1:18 of round 2.
8. Semi Pro Title
Scott Askham defeated Sam Boult via Majority Decision (29-29, 29-28, 30-28)) after 3 rounds
PRO FIGHTS 3x5
9. Jules Willis defeated Billy Glossop via TKO (Ground and Pound - Punches/ Hammerfists)Â after 2:39 of round 2
10. James Bateman defeated Lee "Leeroy" Barnes via TKO (Punch then GnP) after 2:01 of round 1
11. Lanus Jones defeated Dan Sliwowski via TKO (Ground and Pound - Punches) after 4:06 of round 1.
12. James Saville defeated Pete Hill via Submission (Triangle Choke) after 3:57 of round 1
Main Event
Wayne "Mayhem" Murrie defeated Bryan Moore via Submission (Rear naked choke) after 2:25 of round 1
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It's been a busy, fun week here at The News-Gazette.
So unless you really want to hear more about me scraping linoleum [2] off my kitchen floor [3], I thought I'd tell you a little about what I've been doing at work.
One of my most time-consuming projects this week has been rounding up information about musical groups in the area that adult residents can join. I figured I'd get enough to fill an e3 centerpiece. I sure did - and then some. I'm not sure how we're going to fit in all the different groups who responded to my request, but we'll find some way to manage it. It's scheduled to run next Thursday.
It's been a fun story to work on because it showcases the diversity of music in the area. I can't imagine a better way to get to know your neighbors than to make music with them. The story will give you more information about groups like the Urbana Pops Orchestra [4], several Parkland college groups that have been around for decades [5]and even more specialized groups, like the Fountain Trust Pipe Band [6], which has members willing to teach bagpipe newbies.
I don't know about you, but Fountain Trust's Web site makes me want to learn how to play, and hearing about various choirs makes me want to sing. So I tried to structure the story in such a way that you can easily see how often groups practice, perform and who to contact to get involved.
Along with music, I've been doing some serious thinking about social media. The News-Gazette's Twitter account [7]announced this week its fourth Tweetup [8], and I'm teaching a seminar [9] next week for Twitter beginners at the Champaign Public Library [10].
I also had the pleasure of hearing Tim Miles of The Daily Blur [11]speak about how businesses can use social media well.
He showed t [12]his video [12] about how social media is changing the world, and talked about how many loyal customers are willing to pay a little more for an enjoyable experience and interaction with your business. However, until you've got your message right, there's no social medium in the world that can help you attract customers. Developing solid relationships is something that requires a little work every day.
He and I chatted after his talk about how social media can benefit a newspaper. (It's obviously one of my passions.) We agreed that one of the keys is being open, reliable and transparent. That's one of the things we strive to do with our Twitter account at The N-G, and I've long believed it's an important way for us to serve those who live in our area. We've always provided you with the facts through our print product. Twitter gives us the opportunity to do that, to ask for our followers' opinions and to listen to what you have to say.
Many in our newsroom are strong believers in community, and that's what we try to do with our Twitter account, whether it's done by reporting a street closure, giving away an iPod or hosting a tweetup [13]. [13] In that regard, it's a lot like those musical groups who come together over a common love.
There's always room for improvement, though, and I appreciated Miles' advice that strong social media presence is a work in progress. It's not a cure-all, especially if your business doesn't have its basic principles down in the first place. I think it's important for us to keep in mind as we interact with the people we serve.
Now that we have two years of history to look back upon since this article, it is obvious that Facebook and the social networking movement (I cannot call it a "revolution") have gained momentum, despite the IPO flop.
As I have explored social media and discovered for myself what I like and don't like, I have also realized that each individual is doing the same thing on their own terms. There is no one thing that everyone will agree is the "best" method of communication, let alone a tool for networking. But I firmly believe that "networking" is the linch-pin, and Tim Miles seems to recognize that in his professional life (from what I have read so far).
A google search on "why do people use facebook" brings up several interesting articles. I would thoroughly agree that humans have basic social needs and tools like Facebook appear to meet those needs for a lot of people. I think it is fair to extend these findings out to social media in general. Maybe even such that the archaic "newspaper" is in itself a form of social media - we simply have new terms for old things.
The discussion about whether to use Twitter, pintrest, digg or any other new thang recalls to mind the old saying "One man's garbage is another man's treasure." Arguing about which implementation is "best" is probably not as significant is exploring how we do social interaction in the first place. In the end, it is my hope that we never cease to communicate basic human worth and the value one's life, no matter what format we choose to express it.


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