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This is an episode list for the Nickelodeon television series Big Time Rush, which stars — Kendall Knight (Kendall Schmidt), James Diamond (James Maslow), Carlos Garcia (Carlos Pena Jr.), and Logan Mitchell (Logan Henderson) — who get the chance to become the newest pop sensation in Los Angeles on their craziest adventures.
Series overview
|Originally aired
|DVD release
|Season premiere
|Season finale
|Season 1: 2009-2010
|November 28, 2009
|August 20, 2010
|March 1, 2011
|July 12, 2010
Season 1: 2009-2010
" Season 1 consisted of 20 episodes."
|1st Airdate
|Production code
|1 (Pilot)
|"Big Time Audition"
|November 28, 2009
| Four hockey players from Minnesota — ("James Diamond" (James Maslow), "Kendall Knight" (Kendall Schmidt), "Carlos Garcia" (Carlos Pena Jr.) and "Logan Mitchell" (Logan Henderson) — have just soaked the girls' hockey team and got beat up by them. At Kendall's house, we learn that James is an amazing singer and that he wants to become famous. The boys then find out that a big time record producer "Gustavo Rocque" (Stephen Kramer Glickman) is currently holding auditions and the deadline for tryouts expires within the hour. Desperate to get James to the tryouts, they make a phone call to their respective mothers, looking for a ride. None of their mothers answer. They finally strike a deal with their lady neighbor for a ride to the tryouts with a trade for shoveling snow for her for the rest of the winter. When they arrive, the boys soon discover that the producer Gustavo who is judging for the talent search is cliche, mean, and sends out hopeful after hopeful, often in tears.
When James performs, the producer dismisses him regardless of his singing ability, stating he "has no fire". James's friends become enraged and Kendall decides to vent his frustrations by jumping up on the judging table and singing a mockingly harsh tune about the many ways the producer resembles a "turd" & the security takes hold of him ready to throw him out, which causes a fight between the guys and the security guards, but luckily no one gets hurt. This event eventually leads the producer to decide he wants to sign Kendall as his next big artist because he "sees the fire". Kendall refuses to go unless they are all four taken as a group, so Gustavo finally gives in.
Special Guest Star: Nicole Scherzinger as herself
|2 (Pilot)
|"Big Time Audition Part 2"
|November 28, 2009
| The third act of the episode is driven by the efforts of the production company to mold the four friends into the next big boy band. One of the more amusing sight gags occurs here as the four friends are met by the "Jennifers" in their "slow walk" intro. Their hair blowing cliche style is caused by the large fan that is pointed at them by a child actor, "Tyler" (Tucker Albrizzi) who does juice box commercials but wants to be a normal kid and is mostly seen running away from his mother. He then gets paid for his service. Things aren't going as well as they expected, and at one point the boys anger Gustavo so much that he fires them. James gets enraged at the others for blowing his only chance to become famous.
The episode ends when the four friends finally realize that they only really like to sing when they all sing together. They get serious about their efforts, come together and convince Gustavo to give them one more chance. The boys finally impress the record executives that have given the producer the deadline to find talent. The executives give them a three month extension to record and their demos, truly show themselves as the next big Big Time Rush (band), and give James his chance to become famous.
Special Guest Star: Nicole Scherzinger as herself
|"Big Time School of Rocque"
|January 18, 2010
| In the first regular episode of the series, the four guys of Big Time Rush get a dose of reality when Kelly tells them they have to go to school at least four hours every day while they live in Los Angeles. While the boys want to go to the fun Palm Woods school, they learn that Gustavo has arranged to have their school located at the recording studio, so they are never far from his grip. The boys do whatever is necessary to take down the "School of Rocque" and go to the Palm Woods school, with the big book that Gustavo gave to them. They got rid of all the teachers, & changed the interface & regulations of the School. At the end, Gustavo cracks and lets them go to the Palm Woods School. Meanwhile, an attempt from Mrs. Knight to home school Katie fails, so she tries to get Katie to act in a commercial to gain entrance in the Palm Woods, with the help of a Talent Manager (Mr. Bitters).
Special Guest Star: Chris Masters as himself
|"Big Time Crib"
|January 22, 2010
| The guys are not thrilled with their boring apartment at the Palm Woods and hatch a plan to improve it when Gustavo creates a fun "fake" living area for them on a soundstage for an upcoming EPK shoot. The guys enlist the help of all their friends at Palm Woods to move all the cool games and gadgets from the set to their apartment. In the end, Gustavo takes away the set from the apartment but later puts it back as a "treat" or a "bone". The episode ends with Kelly saying to Gustavo, "You like them, don't you? They're not like other bands you've produced," and Gustavo replying, "They're dogs and I'm training them."
Special Guest Star(s): Koji Kataoka as Fujisaki
|"Big Time Bad Boy"
|January 29, 2010
| The record company CEO thinks adding a fifth band member will broaden Big Time Rush's appeal and sticks the guys with a self-proclaimed "bad boy" named Wayne Wayne, who tries to inject dissension and tension within the group. Ultimately, Gustavo and the guys secretly band together to get him booted out of the band, in a "bad boy-off". Meanwhile, Mrs. Knight gets persuaded that there's an axe maniac on the loose, and forces Katie to play with a girl named Molly, who is later found to be a con actress that's 20 years old and tries to pass herself off as an 11-year-old girl driving in a high speed chase with cops, using Mrs. Knight's rental car, trying to get a job in Hollywood. Kendall becomes the bad boy after beating Wayne Wayne in the "bad boy-off" who really isn't a bad boy. Also, Mrs. Knight finds out that the axe maniac is actually the grounds keeper/maintenance man named Buddha Bob.
Guest starring: Matt Angel as Wayne Wayne, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Erin Sandersas Camille and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters
|"Big Time Love Song"
|February 5, 2010
| The guys chase the same girl named Jo, causing the band to fight. James gets an allergic reaction to a body spray and Kelly attempts to make him get an allergy shot. Gustavo gets a new personal helper named Freight Train. Katie has to write a report on her biggest hero and writes about Gustavo so she doesn't have to read anything. Griffin wants a slow love song for the next song, but Gustavo can't seem to figure out how to make the song work, but after hearing the boys sing it to the same girl quickly, he discovers it should be a fast love song, not a slow one, and Griffin liked it. But Griffin still wants a slow love song with the word "baby" in it. Afterward, the guys agree to never fight over a girl again, but then the guys meet another new girl and tackle each other over her.
|"Big Time Mansion"
|February 12, 2010
| When Gustavo has to go away on a business trip in North Carolina, he needs somebody to house-sit his mansion, but says that the boys can't do it because they're "monkey-dogs". However, since Freight Train can't do it because he broke Gustavo's statue last time he house-sat the mansion, Gustavo is forced to let the boys do it, as long as Kendall was in charge. While the boys do their best to keep the house in pristine condition, they break all his rules and inevitably destroy everything inside that Gustavo values. Meanwhile, Mrs. Knight is upset because she feels as though Kendall doesn't rely on her anymore, so Katie pretends to be sick so that her mother will care about her and Mrs Knight "babys" Katie by calling her princess, wrapping her in blankets, blowing steam in a frog steam holder, and feeding her medicine. Then, when the boys find out Gustavo is coming home early, Kendall asks his mom to help clean up the mansion and fix everything. While in North Carolina, Gustavo and Kelly view another boy band called the Windmills, who idolize Gustavo. At first, Gustavo enjoys it, but then can't stand it. Kelly gets him to admit that he likes the boys and needs them to argue with him and get in his face. When Gustavo is telling the boys that he likes them, the statue that they fixed fell apart again and the boys say that they like him as well and flee. The episode ends with Gustavo getting aspirin and being attacked by the alligator that the boys hid in the bathroom.
|"Big Time Photo Shoot"
|February 26, 2010
| The boys are at the Palm Woods, severely injured. Camille asked them why they look so beat up if they just got their picture in Pop Tiger. The boys show their entire flashback from beginning to end: The boys were having their very first photo shoot as Big Time Rush. However, with Gustavo and Kelly doing community service for vandalizing Matthew McConaughey's mailbox, Griffin took over and makes them "space matadors with stuffy puppies". But when Gustavo and Kelly make it back on time, they are able to take the picture of them as themselves. Meanwhile, Katie and her mom are determined to get an autograph from teen hunk Dak Zevon, and Mrs. Knight starts to go a little nuts when the security guards are mean to Katie, so she (Mrs. Knight) gets all the fans of Dak and tries to barricade the door to Dak's recording room. Katie realizes what is coming for Dak, so she crawls into his recording room via an air vent and invites him to escape with her, and he makes it just in time, and the girls yell "Find Dak!!" when they can't find him. When Katie and Dak come out of the other air vent where the boys are. She is so psyched to be with Dak that she accidentally shouts "It's Dak Zevon!". The fans hear her and tackle Dak, and the boys are caught in the riot, resulting in their severe injuries. They explain to Camille that it was all worth it because now their pictures will be on the walls of millions of girls. But the boys are then disappointed to hear that Dak Zevon is on the other side of the poster, so the girls will order the poster just for the Dak Zevon side.
Guest starring: Curt Hansen as Dak Zevon, Carlos Alazraqui as Photographer Marcos and Erin Sanders as Camille
|"Big Time Break"
|March 5, 2010
| The boys are relieved to finally be able to spend some time apart after finding out that Gustavo is taking the day off to play tennis. Logan is determined to get into a math lecture taught by Phoebe Nachee, but is disappointed when he finds out that the lecture is at an all girls school. Carlos panics when he realizes his helmet is missing, but gets a surprise visit from his father, a policeman, who accompanies him on the mission to retrieve his helmet. James decides to spend his day off trying to set off his acting career with the help of Camille. Kendall is desperate to spend time with his crush, Jo, but is discouraged when she continuously reminds him she has a boyfriend. However, when Katie finds out that Jo doesn't have a boyfriend, she tells Kendall, and he is determined to get the truth out of her. When Kendall asks Jo about her boyfriend, she hesitates and says (in desperation) that her boyfriend is coming over to visit on that day. Kendall waits in the lobby, and Jo brings her "boyfriend", but he forgets his name (his name was supposed to be Travis but he called it Trever, Trenton, Tobhat or Trixie). Kendall and Jo get angry at each other and walk away, but Kendall then asks her out and she says yes, with Katie baffled at the results. Meanwhile, James gets the part of "Witches of Rodeo Drive", but rejects it after Camille cries about not getting the part. Logan dresses up as a girl, with the help of Mrs. Knight, to be able to get into the school, but he tears it off in anger at the school after Pheobe say that girls are smarter than boys, and the girls then beat him up. Also, Carlos and his father find out that Lightning (the TV Wonder Dog) stole the helmet, along with Mr. Bitters's bologna, Tyler's froggy slippers, Buddha Bob's stereo, a lava lamp from room 3B, a disco ball from the game room, and a bearskin rug from Mr. Bitters' office. After all the events that happened, Carlos, James, and Kendall are all psyched to tell their story, and Carlos' father asks how they were going to decide who tells their story first, but just then Logan bursts through the door, costume on and beat up, and everyone says "Logan goes first" since he's all beaten up by the girls.
Guest starring: Maggie Henry as Phoebe Nachee, Erik Estrada as Officer Garcia, Katelyn Tarver as Jo, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Parker Young as Travis Erin Sanders as Camille and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters
|"Big Time Demos"
|March 19, 2010
|The guys, who desperately want to remain in L.A., have to pass the greenlit of their demos for that to happen, after Kelly tells them they'll be forced to head back to Minnesota if they don't get thier CD's greelighted. They ask Gustavo how the winning demo is picked, but Gustavo does not know. Mercedes Griffin, Griffins daughter, comes and pretends to be the "secret someone who picks the demos". Meanwhile, Mrs. Knight tries to be assistant manager to stay at Palm Woods for Katie's sake. Mercedes says that Kendall is her new boyfriend, which freaks Kendall out because he doesn't even know her. Kendall agrees to pretend to be her boyfriend so she will pick Big Time Rush as the winning band. However, she breaks up with him when he hesitates to say that he loves her. She then says Carlos is her new boyfriend and make him bake her cookies. The cookies are horrible and Mercedes throws them at Carlos, who runs to take refuge in the bathroom, where Gustavo, Kelly, Logan, James and Kendall are hiding. Mercedes breaks up with Carlos because he talked with "shower people" behind her back. She says Logan is her new boyfriend, but Kendall says that Logan is dumping her. She replies by saying that there is no way she will pick Big Time Rush and then smashes the Demo with her high heels. She comes back to apologize and admit that she is not the demo chooser. James is mad at her for never picking him to be her boyfriend, but soon feels better when she says that she never dates anyone prettier than her. The boys kidnap the real demo chooser, a chimp named Lolo, and they try to train him to like Big Time Rush with the positive reinforcement of bananas, but Lolo escapes. When Griffin stops by with the chimpanzee, he demands to know what happened. Mercedes tell him that it is her fault. They ask Lolo what he thinks of Big Time Rush, but Lolo says no. Mercedes says that Lolo is wrong and gives Griffin a lot of data to prove her point. Griffin is very impressed and transfers Lolo to missile defense and make Mercedes the new demo picker and she picks Big Time Rush. Griffin asks Mercedes if there was anything he could get her, and she says she never got a chance to date Logan. Griffin makes Logan her new boyfriend. Afterwards Mrs. Knight quits being assistant manager when Kelly renews the lease. Gustavo writes a new song for the boys, "Halfway There", and the episode ends after they finish singing it. The boys get to continue living in L.A. and get to make an album for Big Time Rush.
|"Big Time Party"
|April 2, 2010
|When the boys find out they are not invited to their own party at Rocque Records, they decide to throw their own in the Palmwoods, even though Mr. Bitters does not allow it. They call the party a 'social gathering', since there is no rule forbidding them, and the boys agree on only inviting 3 friends each. Kendall invites Jo, as his 'guest-friend-person-thing', while James invites the 3 hottest girls on his phone. It is unknown who Logan invited. Carlos can't decide and ends up inviting the first 3 contacts on his phone and one of them is 'All Contacts' (Carlos thought it was "Al Contacts", thus inviting his whole phone). During the "social gathering," everybody in Carlos phone is now in the party which causes a big problem. Both Camille and Mercedes arrive at the party trying to spend some time with Logan which causes a problem for him. So now Logan tries to spend time with both of them without either of them knowing. Meanwhile, Kendall and Jo find out that they don't have much in common. Back at Rocque Records, Gustavo, who is hosting his party, says that it's horrible, but hear about "another party" going on. In order to impress and entertain Fujizaki and Griffin, he and Kelly dress up as Russian Acrobats and try to perform, but they only make things worse. Back at the Palm Woods, Bitters "smells" a party and suits up in search for it, in hopes to give the boys their 3rd "strike" and kick them out of the Palmwoods. Kendall tells James and Carlos to get the party out of the apartment, while he and Jo try to distract Bitters. They succeed in moving the party outside to the pool, which was not what Kendall meant. Jo and Kendall fake a party and trap Bitters in Gustavo's "Super Party Fun Box". Back at the party, Camille and Mercedes found out about Logan's plan. Mercedes decides to break up with him and become Guitar Dude's girlfriend. Camille comes to Logan and says that she is so mad that she would not talk to him for the rest of the week. Logan looks shocked when Camille says that "We can still dance." He smiles and tells her she is a "cool person", but is silenced by Camille, who says "no talking". Then, at Rocque Records, Gustavo hears about the boys' party so Kelly decides to tell everyone to come to the Palmwoods. To wrap everything up and make the perfect ending, Kendall and Jo finally find what they have in common; dancing and tricking hotel mangers (but not hockey). Griffin and Fujizaki is actually enjoying the party, and James and Carlos name themselves "The Official Hollywood Super Party Kings of Hollywood."
|"Big Time Jobs"
|April 16, 2010
|The guys have been breaking things while having too much fun and Gustavo has had enough. Rather than covering for them, Gustavo decides to teach the guys a lesson by making them get jobs to pay off $2,000.30 for the damages. Gustavo puts the boys on Freight Train's "No-Swim list" so they can't swim in the Palmwoods pool until they pay all of the money back. Carlos becomes Gustavo's production assistant, while James attempts to become a model with Katie as his manager. At first, Logan and Kendall were going to be sign spinners. However, they get fired and start a babysitting service, which was not as easy as they expected. Eventually, Kendall and Logan make the kids wash cars. When Carlos is getting a coffee for Gustavo using an automated coffee maker (C.A.L.), it makes a coffee with foam, and when it asks Carlos if he wants more foam, C.A.L. keeps on squirting more and more foam until the kitchen is full of it and more and proclaims it wants to cover the Earth in foam. Carlos leaves and goes back in the kitchen with a bat to try and break it. Soon, Kelly finds out and warns Carlos not to break anything. C.A.L. says "Kelly is dumb, Women are weak.", angering both of them. Together, they destroy C.A.L, but before C.A.L meets his end, he tells the coffee blender to tell Kelly C.A.L loves you & then Kelly call in foam cleanup before Gustavo finds out, & Carlos suddenly asks for a Lunch Break, surprising Kelly. Meanwhile, James fails to be "the new face of Cuda" and becomes an elbow model. At the end, they pay off the money, but people come complain with all the money the boys owe, which turns out to be $14,089. Gustavo cracks and starts breaking things himself. Griffin comes and makes Gustavo pay back the same amount that the boys owed Gustavo, $14,089. The episode ends with a shot of Gustavo and Kelly sign spinning, while the boys wash Griffin's car.
|"Big Time Blogger"
|April 23, 2010
|The guys must impress a well-known blogger, Deke whose words can control their career. They are going to be spending a "Day with Deke" very soon, so Gustavo hires people to train the boys to have a good "Day with Deke". While the boys are training, Gustavo gets a "Scuttlebutter" account and sends out a Scutbut that he hate Brussels, the capital of Belgian. (He meant to type that he hates Brussels Sprouts) After the training, the boys have their "Day with Deke". At the Palmwoods, Katie and Mr. Bitters are having friendly bets, Katie wins all of them. During the boys' "Day with Deke", Deke asks a few questions and concludes that Big Time Rush is "a big waste of time", and leaves. The boys chase him and try to convince him to write a better review. Deke refuses and James goes crazy and locks him in the supply closet, calling it "Plan C". Meanwhile, Gustavo sees himself on the news, saying that Belgian protesters are outside of Rocque Records and joining the protest is violent movie star Jean-Luc Varn Darn. Soon the protesters barge in and attack Gustavo. Back at the Palmwoods, Deke tries to escape through the ducts. The boys catch him and trap Deke in a recycling bin, and soon let him go. Katie and Mr. Bitters have one last bet. Katie makes him stand behind a small bucket and bets that she can throw many water balloons and not get a drop of water on him. Katie hits him with all of the balloons and doesn't get any of them into the bucket. Mr. Bitters cheers and mocks Katie for losing the bet. Katie then tells him that she bet a bunch of kids $20 that she could pelt him with balloons and make him cheer. She's going to use the money to finance her advice blog, "bustyourbuildingmanager.com". Later, Kelly, Gustavo and the boys read the review Deke wrote. The review starts out to be bad, but in the end, Deke says that due to their rushing action & approval to be themselves, instead of only caring about looking hot & shining for the cameras, Deke said that Big Time Rush, rather than Big Time Phonies, are four dedicated teenage boys who love singing, dancing, & living life, & then Deke claims that he looks forward to seeing their new album. If the boys just let Deke go to the coffee shop and write a bad review about them, their career would be ruined. In the end, Gustavo wants the boys to make videos for the new Big Time Rush website, and Kelly tells them to try not to break the cameras. They make a video of what it's like to slide down the Palmwoods air duct, breaking the camera.
|"Big Time Terror"
|May 8, 2010
|Gustavo's mansion becomes flooded, so he decides to live with the boys at the Palmwoods until it's unflooded. However, the boys want him to leave as soon as possible and will do whatever it takes to make him leave. Meanwhile, Carlos and Mr. Bitters are trying to prove that there is a ghost in the Palmwoods, while Logan is there to prove him wrong. Logan is eventually convinced that there is a ghost, and he, Carlos and Bitters are all terrified, while Kendall and James are failing miserably to get rid of Gustavo, who has moved in with them with his bed, as well as some of his personal belongings. They eventually team up to catch the ghost, which ends up being the new girl, Stephanie, using the Palm Woods residents as her actors for a no budget horror movie she's shooting. She desperately asks the boys not to snitch on her since she broke a lot of Bitters' stuff, and they agree as long as she helps them get rid of Gustavo. After they get rid of Gustavo, the boys proceed to sing Shot in the Dark. In the end, Stephanie teaches Katie how to move things using fishing line, which makes them think there is actually a ghost this time.
|"Big Time Dance"
|June 4, 2010
|The kids at the Palm Woods are organizing their first school dance and the boys of Big Time Rush have secured the perfect location, Gustavo's recording studio. However there is a catch, the guys have to perform one of their songs during the evening. Now on top of having to get the perfect date, the guys have the added pressure of giving their first performance in front of a live audience. Kendall and Katie attempt to find their mom a perfect date, during which Kendall forgets to ask Jo to the dance, instead asking her to do preparations for the dance. The Jennifers all take Carlos under different personas after rejecting all the guys who asked them including Carlos (Carlos being the coolest, but still out of their league) and a nerdy kid. Logan tries to find the courage to ask Camille but failing miserably each time. James in his attempts to help out Logan accidentally asks out numerous girls including Rachael. In the end however, Mrs. Knight manages to get television hunk Fabio to be her date, due to Kendall and Katie's persuasion. Jo gets mad at Kendall until realizing that Kendall already thought they were together which made him never ask. Carlos forgets all three personas the Jennifers forced him into, then due to their tug-of-war over him dumps them and takes Stephanie as his date instead, leaving the three dancing with the nerdy kid. Logan finally manages to ask out Camille after riding on a fake horse with Kendall and James as the body. Later on, they sing their new song Stuck in front of the whole audience, as Gustavo told them to do, Although, they sang along with footage of people dancing & Mrs. Knight talking to her date, while disturbing the performance. James however is chased out of the dance by a mob of girls after realizing he asked them all out to the dance by accident. The episode ends with everyone dancing & having a good time with the exception of James and possibly the Jennifers.
|"Big Time Sparks"
|June 18, 2010
|The episode begins with the guys of Big Time Rush relaxing at the pool, wondering about why famous celebrities can't be around them. As they are thinking about Jordin Sparks, she suddenly appears, asking them for Mr. Bitters, however they are too shocked to talk to her, & studders. At the lobby, they ask what she is doing here, and Jordin says she is working on a song with Gustavo, who warns the guys to keep their distance from her so they won't bring her bad luck. Gustavo and Kelly are also trying to drag a skunk away from Rocque Records, after Hawk (Gustavo's arch-rival & the owner of Hawk Records) deliver it as a so-called present, when it is actually a plan to drag Jordin away from there due to smell, and come to Hawk Records to record the song there instead. Carlos & Logan realize they can't be near her, but they must protect her, which backfires as she got attacked by a cat, tripped on a banana, and fell into a wishing well. At first, Gustavo was going to punish them, however less for saving the studio from the skunk. Then, Jordin said without them, she wouldn't figure out the song, and decides that the song should be a duet with the boys. They then proceed to sing Count On You. Jordin and the boys also outsmart Hawk by delivering the skunk back, upon Gustavo's request. Also, Bitters is trying to take embarrassing pictures of Jordin so he could be rich. Meanwhile, Jo is seeing Kendall and Jordin doing things and thinks that Kendall has a "thing" for Jordin. Afterwards, they went back to the lobby to say good-bye and she hugs the guys, and Kendall, but as they are doing so, Jo appears, still thinking that Kendall is cheating on her with Jordin, she runs off, then Jordin said he might need flowers to give to her. The episode ends with Kendall trying to convince Jo that it is "not what it looks like" as he chases her.
|"Big Time Fever"
|June 26, 2010
|A heatwave strikes Hollywood and James starts to use tanning spray to the point of his skin looking orange. The boys find out that James has "Hollywood Fever" from Camille and when Gustavo sees this, he tells Kendall, Logan, and Carlos to fix James or he will have to replace him. Kendall, Logan and Carlos go on a mission to get rid of the his tanning spray by chasing him around with water-guns. While on the mission, Carlos finds out that the one of the Jennifers went away so he joins their group and also catches Hollywood fever. Meanwhile, while Logan looks for James in Palm Woods Park, he runs into Guitar Dude who gives him a set of bongos and tells him to chill out, catching the fever and losing his uptight edge in the process. Kendall, Gustavo, and Kelly decide to split up and cure the three of Hollywood Fever: Gustavo gets a psychiatrist for James, Kelly tries to get Carlos to go on a shopping cart sling-shot, and Kendall tries to remind Logan of his love for math, but they all fail in their attempts. When Gustavo and Kelly wonder why Kendall has not caught Hollywood fever when James, Logan, and Carlos have caught it and decide Kendall should go solo, Kendall tells them he will go on the ice to think how to solve the problem because this always brings him back to his roots. Kelly and Kendall realize that Hollywood Fever is just a manifestation of home-sickness so they enlist Katie to help them get shaved ice snowballs to remind the guys who they really are and where they come from. Katie gives up the snow cones store and gives it to Mr Bitters. After she leaves a health inspector comes and asks for a license for operating a food stand. He gets charged $500 and then gets charged another $500 for bribing an officer and gets charged another $500 for saying "Rats", and also gets charged $500 again for running away. After hitting the three with snowballs, the guys are led to Palm Woods Park which Buddha Bob has covered with ice. The three get cured of Hollywood Fever and have a snowball fight with Gustavo, Kelly, Kendall, and their other friends. Meanwhile Katie makes a shaved ice stand which Bitters takes away from her because she cannot open a food court on the hotel premises. With the help of Buddha Bob, she opens another shaved ice stand that is hanging 6 inches over the floor so it isn't on the hotel premises. In the end she sells the stand to Bitters so she can help Kendall and seconds later the stand is closed down by a food inspector.
|"Big Time Video"
|July 31, 2010
|The boys must prepare for their upcoming shoot of their first music video, but after promising roles to all their friends at the Palm Woods, chaos ensues. Meanwhile, Mr. Bitters closed down the Palm Woods park because he is using it to store his brand new car, in hopes that he will attract ladies. Katie will stop at nothing to get the park back, even if it means trapping Mr. Bitters in the back of the car, with the help of Marcos.
|"Big Time Concert Part 1"
|August 20, 2010
|In the series first one hour special movie, Big Time Rush prepares for their first concert and CD release. Gustavo hires pop star Dak Zevon to train the boys for their first dress rehearsal. After their first dress rehearsal, Griffin informs the boys that their album and concert are canceled. While saying goodbye to The Palm Woods, Kendall and Jo have their first (and possibly last) kiss. BTR heads back to Minnesota to restart their "Minnesota" dreams. James refuses to give up on his dream of being a pop star and claims "Big Time Rush is not dead." Gustavo returns to Kendall, Logan, and Carlos with the news that he is putting the band back together and their concert's back on. At first Kendall says, no to Gustavo's offer but, after a heartfelt speech from Gustavo he says, yes. The trio go to get James but, is informed that James headed back to L.A. with Gustavo's arch-rival, Hawk.
|"Big Time Concert Part 2"
|August 20, 2010
|The three return to L.A. to find Rocque Records empty. Gustavo reveals that he had to sell everything to buy Big Time Rush from Griffin and they need to nail this concert or, he will have sold everything for nothing. The three then return to the Palm Woods to find James in their old apartment. They tell him that they're sorry about giving up on the band and they want him back in the band. James says no and claims he has everything he ever wanted, his own butler, Sebastian and his own personal sushi chefs, and that he has moved on. BTR scrambles to find James' replacement and hold open auditions but, although someone almost did, no one made the cut. Gustavo says that BTR is going to have to be a trio and restarts rehearsals. During their first rehersal James changes his mind and rejoins the band. The boys have only two days to sell out their concert. After getting TV ads and sponsors they sell out the concert. While preparing to hit the stage, BTR is caught in a trap set by Hawk while in their dressing room and are taken downtown, and placed in holding chairs. Carlos tries to hop out into a hallway but, falls down a flight of stairs. Carlos comes back up the stairs and Kendall, Logan, and James see that he had broken out out of his chair. The boys with the help of Sebastian make it back to their concert just in time. The boys electrify the crowd and perform, "Famous." Griffin offers to return all of the stuff he had to sell, sign the boys to a three record deal, give them a world-wide tour, and immediate release of their album. Gustavo says yes and makes him promise not to do this to BTR again. BTR is chased out of the arena and chased down the "Walk of Fame". The final scene shows a rack with many copies of BTR's album, ending the first season.
This is a list of specials that are either made apart from the series, or does not count as a regular episode or movie. Feature films and crossover specials count as well. There are currently 2 specials but there are not both the same length. The most recent one is 11-minutes long. By comparison, the first one was 30 minutes long. Specials featuring special guest stars like Jordin Sparks in Big Time Sparks do not count because it is still considered a regular episode, unless it is a feature film.
|Series #
|Premiere date
|"7 Secrets with Big Time Rush"
|July 12, 2010
| Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan present stuff fans never knew about them.
Note: This is a 30-minute "Behind the Scenes" special that aired on Nickelodeon on July 12, 2010. This is also the third episode of the Nickelodeon 7 Secrets franchise.
|"Live From Times Square"
|August 20, 2010
|Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan perform their concert on Times Square.Note: This is an 11-minute "Behind the Scenes" special that premiered on Nickelodeon after the premiere of Big Time Concert on August 20, 2010.
|"The Big Time Rush Boogie"
|October 12, 2012
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Latin America has become one of the most productive regions within the digital arena, showing fantastic potential in technological innovation. In this blog post I want to go further and tell you what is happening right now inside of South America's most innovative Startups. Prepare to be surprised. Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Argentina are the countries that have the biggest startup movements and that are linked to the forefront of technological innovation in Latin America. Colombia and Peru are gaining presence in this area as well, although in a different way as their entrepreneurial community is younger and less experienced.
According to several entrepreneurs surveyed for this blog post, cultural differences are one of the biggest challenges to overcome.
Every startup in this post share the same key characteristics for success: they were born with the global marketplace in mind, they are competitive, they aim to bring value to the digital arena and they were created to make a dream come true.
FOOD EXTRA: Innovative Startup in Argentina
Food Extra is a social network to find out where food comes from, created in Argentina. This social network was built to connect food consumers and food producers. Food Extra allows each part of the food chain to interact with each other building trade relationships. On the other hand, Food Extra gives consumers information on how food is processed, as well as where the food comes from.
The central concept of Food Extra is food traceability. According to an article written by Sebastian Nader, Food Extra co-founder, traceability is one of the current useful tools in the Internet. Sebastian Nader -a graduated in Economics- , Fernando Valdivia -Veterinarian- and Sebastian San Juan – Systems Analyst and graduated in Management- are the founders of this new Argentinean Startup which has already landed in Silicon Valley. (Update 05/23/2011: Sebastian San Juan doesn't work in Food Extra any more. Currently, he is a member of the Celeste Olivieri's team)
"Food Extra allows its users to get information about the products they consume: data about the company which has processed the product as well as the people involved in the production. In addition, users can read, write and share reviews and comments", said Fernando.
Once Food Extra's mobile app launches (which will be in May, 2011), the iPhone's screen will read the bar-code of each product registered in Food Extra's database and the system will send all of the information available about that product to the user. People could also use geo-location to find other users as well as food production spots.
However, to start using Food Extra at all, we have to wait some time as the public version hasn't launched yet.
SOCIAL WEB: Innovative Startup in Chile
Social Web is a young startup that offers digital services such as social media marketing, web and app development.
Social Web won the Startup Weekend -Chile- in 2010 with its innovative product: Social Meter, a new web platform where TV ratings are measured using social networks. Cristian Correa and his team won the Santiago Startup Weekend 2010 competition and received 5 million Chilean pesos in funding.
Social Meter is a web platform where people share what they are watching on TV in real time through social networks, such as Twitter or Facebook. Social Meter's goal is to improve the quantification system of People Meter. The platform measures the audience more effectively. It creates an interactional network with the user who receives discounts as a reward for participation. Users can also comment on the TV show they are watching and see what their friends are watching.
This Startup will offer a new TV rating measurement system to TV companies that is real time, covers a wider range of people and is web based. Social Meter will launch "soon", per its website.
VIVA REAL: Innovative Startup in Brazil
Brazil stands out as one of the countries where innovative ideas are born every day and whose entrepreneurs are constantly searching for new opportunities. VivaReal is a good example of these innovative ideas. It is a real estate portal for buying, selling and renting properties.
This Startup received the award "Best Real Estates Portal in Emerging Markets", given by Property Portal Watch.
VivaReal's founder, Brian Requarth and his partner Thomas Floracks have a lot of experience in the US real estate market and since 2008 they have worked only in Latin America, where they have been living for a long time. Requarth and Floracks wanted to be on top of the real estate search in Brazil and expand to Latin America. Viva Real has been recently launched in Latin America and even in the USA and shows great potential to reproduce the success it has had in Brazil.
According to Alice Allan, editor of Property Portal Watch, "VivaReal has combined the traditional sales and marketing system with a very innovative educational approach. For example, they offer seminars in order to educate people about the value of online marketing".
RING2SKYPE: Innovative Startup in Uruguay
Ring2Skype is an Uruguayan Startup that gives local telephone numbers to Skype users.
MEGUSTA-PE.COM and ROM.PE: Innovative Startups in Peru.
Besides, its design and content isn't entirely neat and user friendly.
Rom.pe is an online magazine that promotes original articles about Fashion, Technology, Businesses, Economy, Art & Design, etc.
Like "megusta-pe.com", Rom.pe covers a large range of topics but in this case they are organized into categories and its content is a 100% original (without any copy-paste or translations from others sites). Although this doesn't mean a lot to many of us, it is just what makes Rom.pe special, because most of the successful Startups from Peru are only copies of successful business models from the USA. There are only a few companies which stand out thanks to their innovative and genuine spirit.
Rom.pe is a personal project of Lynn Mora -launched in December 2009-. Mora admits that his project "has demanded a lot of effort but it has finally reached success". The site -which is currently running its second version- has incorporated advertising and has started to sell articles to other media.
Right now, 30 writers and 3 editors are working for Rom.pe, which so far has produced 157 genuine articles.
The entire content of Rom.pe can also be read by mobile devices.
FACTORY INTERACTIVE MEDIA: Innovative Startup in Colombia
Factory Interactive Media is a young Startup that offers audiovisual technological development. Its "star product" is called HeartView, a technological platform for cardiovascular disease.
Personally, I agree with what Alan Colmenares wrote in his blog: "I've seen a lot of initiatives here in Colombia and many of them have merit, but I haven't seen initiatives which, in my opinion, take Startup space (specifically, Startups which make use of technology to innovate) to a level that's really required to get Colombia more competitive (especially when compared with Chile, Argentina and Brazil)".
A good example of this is the Colombian Startup Factory Interactive Media which won the second prize in the "Startup Competition of Red Innova" which took place in Madrid last year.
While Factory Interactive Media won several contests with HeartView, its way of presenting itself isn't as innovative as this Startup could be. The design of its website lacks readability and its style is quite old fashioned, in contrast to current sites which are filled with "whites" and stand out because of the simplicity of their message.


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A few days ago, an interesting rumor emerged claiming that the iPhone 7 may completely do away with the traditional 3.5 mm headphone jack. Originally relayed by Macotakara, the report explains that Apple's decision to do away with a standard port that has been around for decades centers on its desire to make the next-gen iPhone even slimmer. Of course, if you ask any iPhone user about what new feature they care about most, they're likely to say 'improved battery life'.
In any event, if the rumor does happen to pan out, it's only natural to wonder what will it be replaced with. To that point, the report adds that Apple is working to develop a Lightning compatible version of its EarPod headphones. The Lightning connector does support audio-out so it's certainly technically possible; the looming question, though, is whether or not it's a smart move from a practical perspective.
The standard 3.5 mm headphone jack has been around for what seems like forever. That being the case, completely tossing it to the curb in one fell swoop could potentially alienate a number of potential buyers. And while a small clip-on adapter might provide a work-around, Apple's history suggests that such an adapter won't come on the house. What's more, an adapter only serves to add a clunky work-around to something already works as-is.
Another usability factor to consider is that if Apple assigns the Lightning connector double duty, users won't be able to charge their iPhones while simultaneously listening to audio. While arguably just a slight inconvenience, it certainly results in something of stunted user experience.
So at the end of the day, I guess we're left with the million dollar question: would Apple realistically ditch the 3.5 mm headphone jack and risk angering millions of potential customers? Well, if forced to answer, I'd wager that the answer is a resounding 'yes'. Remember, Apple has historically had no issues discarding technologies that it feels have long outlived their usefulness. We've seen Apple completely kill off both the optical drive and the floppy disk drive in the face of widespread complaints. As a result, perhaps Apple killing off the 3.5 mm headphone jack is simply par for the course.


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Have a contest and give away something popular for free. Like an IPad or some other tablet, or an Amazon gift certificate, or anything that people might want.
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I agree with the giveaway idea. Also, another tactic is to have it so your welcome page has it so you have to 'like' it in order to see details.
See SoftwareMedia's Facebook page for example
You can do some fairly cheap advertising on Facebook as well. Look into 'Sponsored Story' - for example, if you're a fan of iCheap Marketing, then all your friends would see an ad to the right that says [insert your name] likes iCheap Marketing. This has gained us a lot of fans.
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We all want to make our children happy. So, we will buy them the best toys, books and games. You can buy many different items for your children that will help them grow and learn. With the help of eBeanstalk, you can match toys to your child's stage of development.
My grandson will have his first baby at the end of September, so I am looking forward to doing some shopping at eBeanstalk. I found the cutest toy, that I will have to get the baby, it's called the Precious Planet Melodies and Motion Soother.
Let me tell you about the Precious Planet Melodies and Motion Soother. It has adorable animals from around the globe joined together to wish your baby sweet dreams, with the help of peaceful music, soothing light effects and gentle motion. Polar bears play hide and seek, a lion pops up to take a peek, a dolphin and fish ride the waves. Set it to play for up to 18 minutes of classical music, lullabies and nature sounds, or let baby activate the soothing! Attaches easily to cribs and plays up to 18 minutes of music. Includes 4 C batteries.
About eBeanstalkeBeanstalk wants all the children, parents, grandparents, friends and relatives to be happy, so they do this with the best customer service. They are there to answer any questions and offer you the best shopping experience available with their online store. The best thing of all, is that they always answer the phone and have fun giving you the best customer service that they can.
With eBeanstalk you can rest assured that they have your best interest at heart, they are dedicated to providing you with the most Safe Baby Toys and educational toys, to promote a great way to encourage your children to grow and develope in a happy enviroment.
Did you know that eBeanstalk has a Gift Series, every three months a new gift arrives that is perfectly suited for your childs stage of development? They have toys for newborns, Toddler Toys and preschoolers Toys. They also have toys up to age twelve.
eBeanstalk has expert team members that include a Child Psychologist, Speech Pathologist, Child Physical Therapist, Pediatric Occupational Therapist, Special Educator and a group of over 700 moms, that are affectionately called the Mother Board. So, you know that the site is full of Mom's Favorite Baby Toys!
eBeanstalk has combed the world to find the best learning toys, they have looked at over 10,000 developmental toys and narrowed it down to 600 of the best learning toys in the world. The toys are tested and comes with a Seal of Approval from eBeanstalk.
There are seven core skills that are called Head-to-Toe. Their Child Specialists identify them as, Imagination, Education, Language, Dexterity, Locomotion, Emotion and Social, with these stages of a child's development, they are explained in a simple and focused way for each stage.
One great thing that eBeanstalk does is to carefully match each toy to the appropriate stage of development. They go to the extreme to help your child develop, they don't carry toys that say for children 2 and up, they have higher standards. They match toys in 3 month incremental stages! Now, I think that is pretty incredible! I guess I have never heard of a company doing that before.
The Gift Series:When you sign up for "The Gift Series" your child will receive four shipments a year with a specially selected educational toy. eBeanstalk likes to think of it as the "Developmental Toy of the Quarter Club".
Instruction cards:Their team provides a description of the toy, with an explanation as to why they chose that particular toy. They will also list play ideas, so your child will get the most out of each toy.
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Peruvian Amazon
|In complete contrast to the arid coast, the Amazon constitutes almost half of Peru. This is the Amazon at its most exciting, with dense rain forests, the longest river in the world, and the most species of anywhere on the planet. If you're traveling with your kids to the Amazon region of Peru, you're going for the adventure of the rainforest at its most spectacular.
|River Boat Tours, Iquitos The gateway to the Peruvian Amazon, where the Ucayali and Maranon rivers meet. A good way to explore the Amazon is on a river boat expedition. Some companies offer day trips, but if you can swing it the longer over-night expeditions are unforgettable. From the comfort (and safety) of the boat, you'll see sloths, howler and capuchin monkeys, perhaps even an anaconda, a jaguar or a flock of macaws!
|Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research A joint private and public sector research center open to the general public (well, the adventurous general public...) Go and you'll climb higher in a jungle than Tarzan ever did, and explore the magical world of the rainforest canopy. Extensive trails wind through the Center, including one called "The Medicine Trail" which shows off local plants used in modern medicine. Stay the night in the thatched roof lodge: beyond cool.
|Manu National Park One of the most pristine rain forests on Earth, this is one of only 200 "World Heritage Sites." All kinds of trips can be planned in the park, some by bus and some by plane. You can choose to camp by the lakes, in the mountains, or in lodges in the rain forest.
|Tambopata Candamo Reserve Almost four million acres in the south eastern part of the Peruvian Amazon, created by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the government of Peru. This is considered the world's most biodiverse area! Hundreds of bird, mammal, butterfly species and 10,000 species of animals are protected by the reserve. For teenagers, there are even biology workshops (call ahead to sign-up).
|Largest known mineral clay lick A 50 meter high cliff of red clay where you can see the spectacular display of hundreds of parrots and macaws that gather here daily. It's also a favorite spot for tapirs and monkeys and it's a short walk from the lodge.
|Walking trails Hire a guide, this is no place for walk on your own.
|Canoe trips Keep your eyes open is that a giant otter? And in the trees well, keep your mouth closed and your hand on the camera.
Tambopata is just a fabulous nature reserve, but if you're among the majority of us who can't see a camouflaged frog right under our feet, much less spot a macaw in the trees, having a naturalist guide is a real advantage.
Here's our editors' choice for Peruvian Amazon (and Machu Picchu) family tours, with itineraries that offer travel with other families, and a kid-friendly balance of organized activities and the freedom to explore. Whether it's a night hike in the jungle, spotting monkeys, giant otters, turtles and tapirs, or canoe rides on the river, these tour companies will arrange an unforgettable trip to the Amazon:
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Ukrainian troops launched a "mass operation" and have retaken almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine lost to separatists in recent weeks, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said.
The army's offensive at the airport brought the fighting close to the city of Donetsk itself, centre of a pro-Russian separatist rebellion. Residents reported intensified outgoing shelling including from residential areas in central parts of the separatist-held city.
"The decision was taken for a mass operation ... We succeeded in almost completely cleaning the territory of the airport, which belongs to the territory of Ukrainian forces as marked by military separation lines," Lysenko said in a televised briefing.
Lysenko said the operation had returned the battle lines near the airport to the previous status quo and that the Ukrainian army had thus not violated the Minsk 12-point peace plan agreed with Russia and separatist leaders last September.
Four Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and 32 injured in the past 24 hours, he said.
With attempts to restart peace talks stalled, pro-Russian rebels have stepped up attacks in the past week, seizing from government troops parts of the airport, which is of strategic value to both sides.
"It was impossible to sleep – explosions, the walls were shaking. It seemed like they were firing from near the building ... The DNR [rebel] army were firing from our district," 53-year-old advertising executive Alla said.
Public transport shut down and stores closed in parts of the city on Sunday.
"All night, shells flew over our house," said Margarita, 24, a resident of the city's north-west. "This morning windows broke from the trembling – very scary."
Another resident a couple kilometres from the airport said a children's hospital had been damaged.
A ceasefire agreed at the talks in Minsk, Belarus, in early September was regularly violated from the start by both sides.
The World Health Organisation says more than 4800 people have been killed in the conflict pitting Kiev's forces against separatists whom the West say are supported and armed by Russia.
Despite what Kiev and the West says is incontrovertible proof, Russia denies its troops are involved or that it is funnelling military equipment to the separatists.
With its runways pitted and cratered, the airport itself, with a multi-storey control tower and extensive outbuildings, has long since ceased to function.
But its hulk, battered by shelling and gunfire, has taken on symbolic value for both sides with troops and separatists hunting each other often at close range in a deadly cat-and-mouse game among the ruins.
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Top 5 favorite Seinfeld quotes
07/04/14 by Rennie Detore
The show about "nothing" celebrated something special this year: its 25th anniversary.
Despite initially being panned by critics and almost canceled after a few episodes, "Seinfeld" found more than just a home on the NBC network.
It changed the landscape of television sitcoms forever.
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Talking about just how creative, hilarious, memorable and iconic "Seinfeld" is easy and has been done for the last decade and a half. Even though the show hasn't been on television in more than 15 years, the legacy of the writing, acting and framework have been copied and admired from afar by others who have attempted to recreate what Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David created in 1989.
The sign of a good show truly is how referenced or beloved it is even after it's been off the air for quite some time, with the other being how often it is quoted.
"Seinfeld" has both of those bases fully covered.
The quotes, especially, define just how amazing "Seinfeld" still is, especially given the show took the sitcom mold and decided the status quo simply wasn't going to cut it. Trying to whittle down the very best of "Seinfeld" to just a handful of famous lines would be almost as difficult as finding a person who never actually watched the show at least once.
1. "Remember, it's not a life if you believe it": This is the quintessential George Costanza line and truly encompasses the character. George uttered this to Jerry when he was attempting to pass a lie detector test as Jerry wasn't ready to admit to one of his many girlfriends that he was a fan of "Melrose Place." The George Costanza character did everything he could to manipulate, lie and cheat in just about any situation, so him imparting his wisdom on Jerry with such passion is pitch perfect writing and delivery.
2. "No Soup For You": The "Soup Nazi" as he was referred to on "Seinfeld" easily was the most famous non recurring character in the show's history. He didn't last for more than just one episode but his "no soup for you" line became synonymous with "Seinfeld" as a whole.
3. "The Sea was Angry that Day My Friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli": Another classic line from George as he's relaying the story of how he pulled a golf ball, hit by Kramer earlier in the episode into the ocean, out of the blow hole of a whale. Why was George trying to save a whale? Because, he was pretending to be a marine biologist to impress a woman he went to high school with, of course.
4. "Yada, Yada, Yada": This phrase perhaps arose from a writer suffering from writer's block, but it turned into pure gold as a way to leave out very important details from a conversation. George, for example, had his girlfriend use the "Yada, Yada" line instead of disclosing important information: like she cheated on George with her ex and stole a watch and skipped the bill on a facial.
5. "You doubled dipped the chip; it's like putting your whole mouth in the bowl": George was dating a girl who recently had a death in the family, so George became, as Jerry and Kramer put it, the "consolation guy" and helped escort his girlfriend back to her hometown to grieve. Of course, George tried to get a discount on the plane ticket and, while at the wake, double dipped chip much to the dismay of "Timmy," one of the girlfriend's relatives. Timmy turns around with the classic "it's like putting your whole mouth in the bowl" line that started a fight.
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Article Summary: "For a genetic engineer to transform organism, a gene of interest has to be isolated isolated and characterised,then its suitability for the purpose of the manipulation has to be verified. Here we briefly look at how gene of interest can be isolated and characterised.."
Plants are sedentary in that they cannot move around looking for better conditions. However they are able to tolerate stress by producing metabolites, i.e. - Arabidopsis thaliana (a dicotyledon), accumulates the amino acid proline to high levels when exposed to drought stress. The interest therefore is to isolate and characterise the genes of interest that encodes for the production of metabolites that will make the plant to be able to produce whichever metabolites are targeted by the researcher. A. thaliana will be used as a model species in this article.
Gene Isolation
To be able to isolate a gene mRNA of interest, the mRNA has to be isolated and then be reverse transcribed to cDNA from which the gene can be located. The procedure is as follows:
A healthy leaf or any tissue of A. thaliana where the gene has been shown to be expressed is cut off and crushed in liquid nitrogen using a pestle and mortar. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), a detergent, is added to the cell extract. CTAB forms an insoluble complex with nucleic acids which precipitates when centrifuged leaving a supernatant that contains carbohydrates, proteins other contaminants that is discarded. The precipitate is resuspended in 1M NaCl which breaks the nucleic acid-CTAB complex and nucleic acids are concentrated by ethanol precipitation. Deoxyribonuclease (DNAse) is then added to degrade DNA leaving behind pure RNA.
DNA-RNA transcription produces mRNA with a poly-A tail. Thus to extract the mRNA, poly-T oligonucleotides are made, attached to glass beads and added to a column. The RNA extract above is then poured into the column and poly-A tail of mRNA hybridizes to the poly-T oligonucleotides in the column and thus it is left behind when all the other RNAs (tRNA and rRNA) leaves the column in solution. The mRNA is then reverse transcribed to form cDNA by adding reverse transcriptase and the cDNA strand replicates to form dsDNA.DNA Polymerase is added to synthesise the cDNA strand complementary to the mRNA template.
Gene Characterisation
The cDNA is then cloned into an expression vector, a plasmid, which is then used to transform bacteria. Therefore the cloned plasmid has a functional gene and this can be used for direct selection. In this instance an Escherichia coli mutant that has a non-functional gene is transformed using the cloned plasmid. The transformed E.coli which carries a plasmid with a functional gene survives in a minimal medium (medium that lacks supplements, e.g. the protein that is encoded for by the gene of interest) and the untransformed E.coli will not survive. Thus the colonies formed in the minimal medium are all recombinants. The exact position of the gene in the recombinant DNA molecule can then be detected, expression levels be determined and translation be verified. This can be done using blotting techniques and hybridization.
Blotting techniques and Hybridisation
The DNA is digested using restriction endonucleases. Then the DNA molecules are isolated using agarose gel electrophoresis. The DNA bands are then transferred from the gel to a nylon membrane. A labelled probe is then applied to locate the DNA molecule or segment that has the gene of interest. The hybridizing probe is synthesised also by transferring DNA molecules to a nylon membrane and then binding the DNA strands to the membrane using ultraviolet irradiation. The probe is then labelled after, removing unbound molecules, using radioactive nucleotides either by nick translation or end filling.
By looking at the Southern hybridisation results, copy number of the gene can also be determined. The gene can also be quantified to see how much of it is expressed depending on conditions that the plant is exposed to. This can be done by Northern blotting where the above mentioned steps as in Southern blotting are used, but here ,mRNA is used and not DNA. Also Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) can be used looking at the amplification on mRNA over time during the reaction. Western bolt can also be used to ascertain the presence of the protein and here antibodies are used as the probe.
After knowing the exact location of the gene, the gene can now be sequenced. This can be done using the Sanger method or Maxam-Gilbert method. But nowadays there are automated DNA sequencing methods that can be used referred to as next generation sequencing techniques such as 454 pyrosequencing, can be used.
During DNA-RNA transcription, non coding sequences (introns) of the DNA are spliced out and only the coding regions (exons) are retained. Thus when sequencing the gene, only the exon sequences can be determined but the intron sequences will not be sequenced. The intron sequence can be determined by comparing the cDNA sequence to the gene sequence of the species. In this case this is possible as A.thaliana genome has been sequenced and thus by base pairing cDNA strand with a complementary strand from the genomic library, intron locations can be seen (whilst observing under the microscope) as they loop out. By comparing cDNA sequence to DNA in genomic library of A .thaliana, the promoter sequence or promoter region of the gene can also be determined. This is done by looking for the TATA box that is immediately close to the gene sequence.
After the gene has been characterised, it is then used for plant transformation, to give the transformed plant the particular phenotype of interest which can be anything from being drought resistant, salinity resistant, insecticides resistance etc. Different transformation techniques can be used depending on which one is more suitable, for instance Agrobacterium-mediated transformation for dicotyledonous plants like A. thaliana, or particle bombardment for most monocotyledonuos plants like rice.
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Television rights for the Indo-Pak series, to be played in Pakistan in March, is under spotlight once again. Prasar Bharati CEO KS Sarma has met an official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to work out the modalities of beaming the matches, perhaps in deferred telecast, on Doordarshan.
In the backdrop of speculation in cricketing circles that top three players are not keen on going to Pakistan citing security reasons, Prasar Bharati is talking about telecasting the matches on DD in "national interest". The Dubai-based Ten Sports has the exclusive rights to the series, but DD wants to keep the Indo-Pak goodwill going by telecasting the series.
Mr Sarma met the PCB marketing director here on Friday to discuss the subject. Mr Sarma say the upbeat mood in Indo-Pak relations would get a boost if DD shows the series.
Mr Sarma has the government backing on this. A senior government official said even the Communications Convergence Bill has a provision for allowing the public broadcaster to beam "events of national importance", despite the norms of commercial deals. The official, however, added it's not clear whether the series could be termed as national importance. Also, the Convergence Bill is in the backburner right now.
Mr Sarma had earlier spoken to PCB chief executive Rameez Raja to discuss the issue. Ten Sports was allowing DD to just show highlights of the matches, and not a deferred telecast as demanded by DD.
Mr Sarma is hopeful of a solution within a week. Meanwhile, the state-run Pakistan TV is likely to get the signals for the matches, even though the rights are with Ten Sports. So, will the Prime Minister's Office intervene in getting the TV rights to the series for DD? "That's only a speculation," Mr Sarma added.


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Our party consisted of my mother, father, brother and pal Tony, a blond, six-foot-two plumber, who was full of anticipation for the rainforest's rare birds, alligators and waterfalls. Tony was undoubtably going to attract attention from the locals, but he was more enthusiastic than a Labrador puppy on its way to the park.
On arrival at Georgetown airport, our excited relations cracked open bottles of rum and chopped a couple of coconuts with a cutlass. Minutes later, we sped off in a rattling VW Camper through wild roads, past stinking rivers and across the Demerara river via a mile-wide pontoon, the longest, floating bridge in the world.
La Grange, our home for the duration, was on an unlit road with a creek running either side. All the houses were reached by foot-bridge. The buildings were raised on stilts, leaving room for hammocks and gas lamps below.
My mother was soon in the arms of my grandma, both of them crying and kissing. Chinese food and more rum were dished out, and my inquisitive young cousins gathered around. They had never met a white man before, and set about bombarding Tony with questions. "How much pound you can lift?", "How much cane you can cut?", "How much for a Walkman in England?" Tony had a question of his own: "Where are the beaches, man?" I only knew of one, rather dubiously named "63". I changed the subject.
Exhausted by our interrogation, we retired to our room, where the ceiling failed to meet the walls. The sound of crickets in the night air was comforting. Flashes of fire-flies enchanted. Then came the flapping sound. I looked for Tony's face in the darkness and saw fear. "What the fuck is that?!" he said. I flicked on my torch to confirm my fears. Bats. They were flying in and out of our room like it was open day at Bloody Buggery Batschool. It was to be a long night.
Just before dawn, I was woken by the cockerel crowing, which set off the cow next door, not to mention the Kiskidee bird: "Kiss kiss kiss Kiskidee". At 5.30 in the morning, with a hangover, jet lag and 53 raging mosquito bites, there was no point in trying to sleep any longer. I got up and went to brush my teeth. I was directed to our garden creek, but my mother swiftly intervened. We were situated next door to a butcher who slaughtered his animals and threw the scraps into the shared creek. This would have brought a whole new meaning to flossing, so I cut to the breakfast.
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Release Notes: This release marks a standardization point of the 2ping protocol and the first stable release. The code was cleaned up and the documentation was expanded.
Release Notes: The default UDP port has been changed to the newly-allocated IANA port (15998). An opcode has been added to specify host processing latency. Some minor code cleanup has been performed, and the version has been bumped to 0.9.1 to signify imminent protocol stability.
Release Notes: This release adds new features and fixes several bugs (including one major bug). A ping-compatible preload option was added (-l), periodic in-stream stats are available (--stats), and pre-shared key message signing is an option (--auth). A bug in the calculation of packet opcode data area sizes was fixed, making 2ping 0.0.3 incompatible with 0.0.2. The 2ping code has been cleaned up and documented, and the distribution tarball has been fleshed out.
Release Notes: This release adds new functionality to the draft protocol (checksums and cleanup notifications between peers), fixes potential endianness issues, adds multiple destination/bind address support, and includes code cleanup. The checksum field addition makes version 0.0.2 incompatible with version 0.0.1.


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St. Vladimir's is a school for Dhampirs and Moroi Vampires. A group of five Moroi and four Dhampirs discover that an after school trip to the city can be life endangering. For some they watch as their lives flash past their eyes will other will relive the past.
Slytherinwitch13 Apr 19, 2011
Aw thanks for the dedication :) I love love love this story haha and really want to get going on the sequel! 3 chapters are done, we need to continue :)
Delaneythevampyre Mar 31, 2011
@Sarbearr0817 Thanks so much Sarah. I'll try and take a look at your story as soon as possible:) Thanks for reading!
Sarbearr0817 Mar 20, 2011
Ahh(: Let me be the first to comment(; I think it's a good mix with Dinner.. I reaally love that(: Now if u dnt mind, can u please read my story (if u have time) and tell me what u think???(: Thanks, Sarah