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EdeLab & Research Explained!Lettuce talk immunityThis study investigates the evolution of NLR immune receptor networks in plants, particularly the NRC network. The research focuses on lettuce (Lactuca sativa) as a model to understand sensor and helper NLR diversification. It reveals that the NRC network has expanded less in Asterales compared to Solanales, with lettuce showing a functional but minimal NRC network. The study identifies distinct patterns of diversification and positive selection among NRC sensor clades, linked to helper dependency. Computational modeling suggests helper NLRs form resistosome-like structures, while sensor NLRs do not, highlighting functional differences. These findings provide insights into how pathogen pressures shape plant...
2025-03-0412 min
Ruben In The CenterEpisode 80 | "The Road Less Traveled” with guest Raoul Lowery Contreras, columnist & authorHost Ruben Navarrette interviews Mexican-American writer, author and columnist Raoul Lowery Contreras about his life’s journey and 30-year career in newspapers, radio and TV.
2022-01-1733 min
The Reality Dysfunction - Unscripted/UnsilencedEnvironmental Justice - NACCS Rene Nunez Political Action/COMPASThe Reality Dysfunction presents the first in a series of collaborations between TRD and the Rene Nunez Political Action Committee of the National Association of Chicana/Chicano Studies. This first discussion is a presentation moderated by Professor Karleen Pendleton Jimenez (Trent University) the national chair of NACCS. The information on environmental justice is presented by Professor Devon Pena (University of Washington) with Professors Reynaldo Macias (University of California Los Angeles), Manuel Hernandez (Arizona State Univesity) and Raoul Contreras (Indiana University Northwest) responding and discussing. This segment was originally produced by Professor Ernesto Mireles and the Youtube video can be f...
2020-11-291h 05
The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA115. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAU.S. Supreme Court...Amy Coney Barrett...Presidential polls September 23 -26 in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Nevada, Iowa, Florida...Customs Border Protection...Minor Mexican child allowed to be operated on then arrested for illegal entry into the U.S...Enrique Camarena... Donald Trump refuses to promise "peaceful transition" of government...Press Secretary Kaleigh McEnany says Trump will recognize a "fair" election...Ballots...Chris Wallace... the U.S. Senator Mitt Romney...Armstrong Williams.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-09-3033 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA115. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAU.S. Supreme Court...Amy Coney Barrett...Presidential polls September 23 -26 in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Nevada, Iowa, Florida...Customs Border Protection...Minor Mexican child allowed to be operated on then arrested for illegal entry into the U.S...Enrique Camarena... Donald Trump refuses to promise "peaceful transition" of government...Press Secretary Kaleigh McEnany says Trump will recognize a "fair" election...Ballots...Chris Wallace... the U.S. Senator Mitt Romney...Armstrong Williams.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-09-3033 min
The Contreras Report: Business México113. The Contreras Report: Business MexicoMexican Pandemic dead...60,000...Lopez Obrador says he the second most popular leader in the world...Donald Trump...AMLO mimics Trump on press...Yaqui Indias rebel min Sonora...Farmers rebel in Chihuahua...Amlo's approval heading south...political corruption reachers President through his brother...Chinese truck maker opens MX plant...IKEA sells Mexican made sofas and mattresses...Stanley Black & Decker opens MX plant...Mexico City plans to spend billions of pesos to create 300,000 jobs in the next 18 months...more Bartlett family corruption...Remittances from the U.S. set new records...Record-setting anthropological finds at new airport construction sire...AMLO slashes budget...
2020-09-181h 14The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA114. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAWelcome to The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA,
Armenians...ANCA...Russia smuggling weapons...Violence in Los Angeles...Azerbaijan...Syria...Turkey...John Kerry...Assassinations in Los Angeles...Armenian criminal gangs in Los Angeles...Terrorism in Los Angeles
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-09-0228 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA113. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAWelcome to The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA,
Mexico will pay for Wall...President Trump will impose a toll for anyone driving a car or truck entering the U.S. from Mexico...Trump: Boycott American company Goodyear...Private employee 1st Amendment rights...Trump praises conspiracy nuts QAnon...QAnon = Domestic terrorists...Former Trump campaign CEO and Presidential advisor Steve Bannon arrested for defrauding Trump-supporting donors...Kamala Harris joins Biden campaign as VP candidate... support by African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos jumps substantially with Harris on ticket...Mitt Romney haters...What has President Trump done for...
2020-08-2634 minThe Contreras Report: Business México112. The Contreras Report: Business MexicoMexican Riviera opens up for business...Maya Train switches from 100% diesel to 50% electric...Yaqui Indians of Sonora tangle with government...Former Pemex head under arrest and is telling stories about previous Presidents being corrupt...Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan wonders if "corruption" deflects from President's failure on handling Pandemic in Mexico...Experts noting charges of corruption haven't been proven...Constellation Brands, with legal backing from Mexican Bar Association, preparing to fight President Lopez Obrador's campaign to shut down the 1.4 billion dollar Mexicali brewery the Bar says was illegal...AMLO is having a fit over the challenge...AMLO says the fight is...
2020-08-211h 05The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA112. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAWelcome to The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA,
Census ordered to stop counting...162,938 Americans dead of "flu"...Republican Senator Mitch McConnell smeared by U.S. Marine Officer...Illegal border crossers, cross, cross and cross again...Does Joe Biden hurt God like Trump says?...Intelligence manipulated to please Trump...Senator Ben Sasse on Trump's Executive Orders -- "unconstitutional slop"...Trump's unqualified National Intelligence Director...Trump, deal-making genius, flops-doesn't show up...Does anyone care what Trump says anymore?
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-08-1243 minThe Contreras Report: Business México111. The Contreras Report: Business MexicoCorruption at PEMEX...political hacks get diplomatic appointments...cartel leader busted...for 5th time Mexicans protest AMLO in 13 different cities...Mexico becomes third largest covid-19 blackhole of deaths behind USA and brazil...move to b an Airbnb...Mexican Supreme Court pops abortion balloon...Mexico enters 21st century with food labels like USA...PEMEX loses more billions...exports skyrocket in June...economy bottoms out in second quarter...AMLO announces pension reform...Mexico duplicates american social security system.
2020-08-071h 00The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA111. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAWelcome! In this episode:
President Donald J. Trump...Fox's Chris Wallace...Census Bureau ordered to not count illegally present people...Mexican President Lopez Obrador ducks...China builds Marine forces...Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), budding Fascist...Big Time GOP Donors ignore Trump...Fox Polls, Trump underwater...WAPO-ABC Poll, Trump underwater...Revolt of Fox News staffers...National Review magazine reports on Race Relations poll of Wall Street/NBC survey...Trump refuses to answer if he will accept election loss...140,957 dead from COVID-19, Trump says "It is what it is..." 100 people a day dies in Texas from Covid-19.
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2020-07-2243 min
The Contreras Report: Business México110. The Contreras Report: Business MexicoWelcome to The Contreras Report: Business Mexico.
In this episode, Lopez Obrador visits Trump in WH...UNAM studies on "Extreme Poverty"...Coronavirus causes 1,000,000 formal JOB LOSSES...36,327 pandemic deaths...Mexican Supreme Court flexes muscles...AMLO tries to force government electrical generation monopoly...Canadian investments in Mexico...U.S. Ambassador to Mexico warns investors...Baja California Governor Jaime Bonilla takes on the federales & loses...Mexican state and local police get detectives...Trump says relations with Mexico never been better.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras
2020-07-1752 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA110. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAHi this is Raoul Lowery-Contreras, In this episode, you will hear about the following topics:
Tucker Carlson
Trump wants to sell Puerto Rico
Lopez Obrador comes to the USA
Non-essential trips into the US from Mexico continue restricted
China claims the South China Sea
USA Navy disagrees
Huawei banned by BRITS
Trump wants to abolish OPM
Trumps wants complete control of civil service
Fisher Sand and Gravel builds shoddy wall yet gets $1.7 billion in Trump Wall contracts
65,000 mail-in ballots not counted
Dr. Fauci attacked by White House
Roger Stone's prison time commuted
Supreme Court of the United States s...
2020-07-1543 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA109. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAAircraft Carriers USS Reagan and Nimitz run circles around Chinese Communists...Vladimir Putin Russian Jokester-for-life...Russians pay Taliban to kill Americans, Trump calls news a HOAX...Jokester Kaepernick calls the 4th of July a celebration of "White Supremacy"...Senate Leader Mitch McConnell supports renaming Army bases from traitors to heroes...Trump supports treason and race hatred...U.S. Marines morphing from "First to fight" to kill Chinese...Supreme Court kills mobile robocalls...Vanessa Guillen is murdered on Army base...
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-07-0842 minThe Contreras Report: Business México109. The Contreras Report: Business MexicoMexico elected to U.S. Security Council...USMCA Trade agreement starts...Lopez Obrador visits U.S...Lopez Obrador disapproval rates spike upward...President AMLO takes baby steps towards controlling elections...MX City Mayor announces multi-billion dollar spending...Remittances hit $15 billion...Is there child labor in Mexico?... Maya Train derailed...U.S. Trade organizations complain about Lopez Obrador's hamfisted policies...IMF predicts 10.5% GDP shrinkage...Mexico drought forces Mexico to import 100,000 tons of beans...Former Pemex CEO charged with massive crimes is being extradited from Spain...Arrest warrants for suspects in the disappearance of 43 students...Mexico City Police Chief attacked and...
2020-07-0340 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA108. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAAbraham Lincoln, Jamelle Bouie, Mississippi state Confederate flag dumped, State Department contradicts Armenian foreign agents, EU bars Americans from Europe (maybe), CA Governor shuts LA Bars down, Arkansas Governor's wise words, Arkansas' dumb U.S. Senator; Washington, D.C, state of? Covid-19 kills more Americans than the three-year-long Korean War...President Trump re-tweets Tweet featuring "White Power" - says he didn't hear it...More Republican anti-Trump PACS, Woodrow Wilson labeled racist...John Wayne was not a racist...Trump court allows abortions...9th Circuit smashes Donald Trump's theft of money from the military to build an unauthorized wall on the M...
2020-07-0151 minThe Contreras Report: Business México108. The Contreras Report: Business MexicoDACA, Dreamers, U.S. Supreme Court, Maya Train, Pemex, Lopez Obrador, Tourism, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Chicago, Interjet, Mexican poor, Covid-19, energy, tear gas, Mexican judge stops energy power grab, border crossing restrictions.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-06-1947 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA107. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAAtlanta police shooting...Undocumented workers take jobs Americans don't want...Michael Flynn to prison...U.S. Marines followed by Navy and Army in ditching Confederate flags...66% of Americans think racial discrimination is a real problem...President Trump energetically defends Confederate names on U.S. Army bases...Trump-endorsed GOP congressman dumped by his party for reelection because he officiated same-sex wedding...Is President Trump afraid of falling?...Trump Tulsa rally, no masks, no distancing...Waivers demanded of Trump rally attendees promising they won't sue Trump or campaign for illness brought on by rally attendees...Hugh Hewitt...North Korean Foreign Minister...
2020-06-1751 minThe Contreras Report: Business México107. The Contreras Report: Business MexicoMaya Train, Lopez Obrador, and his conspiracy theories, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Industrial parks, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, George Floyd Death protest in Mexico City, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Guadalajara riot, corruption, Financial Intelligence Unit, oil refineries, Bank of Mexico predicts a big-time recession, Quintana Roo, Cancun, Tax evasion and recovery, Cabernet Sauvignon, National Autonomous University (UNAM), Monterey Technical Institute.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-06-1240 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA106. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USARace riots in America (1-10), President Donald J. Trump, Revolt of the Generals, Lt. General Jame Mattis, Lt. Gen. John Kelly, Admiral Mike Mullin, Attorney General Barr, Press Secretary Kaleigh McEnany, Lafayette Square, tear gas, Armenian protests, D-Day, the Sixth of June, Germany, Rep. Liz Cheney, Senators Chuck Grassley, Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Steve King defeated, former Rep. Tom Tancredo, Rep. Darrell Issa, 18,000 police departments in the USA, American troops in South Central L.A., National Guard, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Def. Secretary Esper contradicts President Trump, Pat Buchanan, David Limbaugh, American women dump President Trump by 19 points, Trump s...
2020-06-1055 minThe Contreras Report: Business México106. The Contreras Report: Business MexicoBeer is back, Mexican domestic car sales plunge due to lockdown, April remittances down from Record March, April remittances down over 2019 but purchasing power is up 7.7% due to weakening peso, President Lopez Obrador opens construction of 1500 kilometer MAYA TRAIN, "Follow the Money," by Mexican and American DEA agents freeze 1.1 billion dollars of cartel money...Thousands of protesters hit the streets in over 40 cities of 20 state capitals in Mexico, protesting President Lopez Obrador...Coronavirus victims, 25,000 in Mexico City, 14,000 in Mexico State, 5000 in Baja California.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-06-0521 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA105. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAArmenia, Adolf Hitler, Nazis, Azerbaijan, Washington D.C. riots, protests of the death of George Floyd, Armenian archbishop, riots in La Mesa, CA, President Donald J. Trump, California governor Newsome, assassin Hampig Sassounian denied parole, John Kerry, Armenian National Committee of America, ANCA, ARF, Armenian Revolutionary Federation, The rip-off of American taxpayers, September 11, 2001, U.S. Marines enforce the law in Los Angeles, Usual suspect riotous cities.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-06-0348 minThe Contreras Report: Business México105. The Contreras Report: Business Mexico President Lopez Obrador...Manuel Bartlett...Enrique Camarena...Pemex...1st Quarter GDP contraction...Eight billion-dollar Maya Train...Mexico designs and manufactures ventilators for coronavirus victims for thousands of dollars less...Cancun back online...Seven Mexican governors unite to defeat Lopez Obrador/Bartlett sleazy takeover of all electrical generation in Mexico..."Blood will flow" say Mexican women if the government shuts down their electricity...Pemex oil refineries 4th and 5th worst polluters in the world...Mexican built cars exported to Azerbaijan...Lopez Obrador wants a nation survey to measure "happiness" ...American Department of Defense joins with American Legion Mexico City Post...
2020-05-2942 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA104. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USAAmerican Birth Rates sets record lows...Disaster in the making...The Big Lie that immigrants keep Americans from working...Anti-mail-in ballot fanatics haven't read the Constitution...President Trump has no authority to override Governors on church lockdowns...New Press secretary, smart, eductated Kaileigh McEneny is another Huckabee...Trump's racist history throttled by Nixon/Ford Department of Justice in 1975.
2020-05-2730 minThe Contreras Report: Business México104. The Contreras Report: Business Mexico
President Lopez Obrador sneaking electrical generation into a government monopoly
45,000 Mexico City restaurants start to open
Border non-essential travel restriction extended until June 22
Cancun hotels told they can't open on June 1
Mexican Lock down starts to be loosened
Car industry reopens
2020-05-2225 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA103. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA
Congress Steve King, Kevin McCarthy
HEROES Act, President Donald J. Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Thomas Homan
Republican women running for Congress
Mike Garcia wins Special election
Tom Tancredo
TIN numbers
Congressman Lanie Gooden
China, Huawei sanctions
Little Sisters of the Poor
2020-05-2033 minThe Contreras Report: Business México103. The Contreras Report: Business Mexico
Energy production by private Mexican firms costs 85% less than government electricity generation
Maya Indians supported by court injunctions stop construction on $8.8 billion dollar "Maya Train" project of Mexican President
Presidents of U.S. and Mexico agree on New York Times being "famous" without "ethics." Mexican President demands apology for Mexico being injured by Barack Obama's Department of Justice
Trump blamed Mexican Carlos Slim -- 10 to 20 times richer than trump, for conspiring with Clinton Foundation to keep Trump from winning Presidency
Mexican Carlos Slim owns 14% of New York Times
Trump claimed Slim ordered Trump smeared
American Legion Post in Mexico City...
2020-05-1535 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA102. The Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA, 10 May 2020Key points
US Department of Education re-installs U.S. Constitution on College campuses
Black Man's killing in GA
President Bush issues uplifting message to all about pandemic ravaging the country and is criticized by President Trump
Department of Justice breaks all precedent and lets Trump man Flynn go after he pleads guilty to federal charges
Dual citizenship-For or Against
Mexico does not pay to paint Trump's wall/fence
Jimmy Kimmel insults Americans, twice
Chinese communists building 5G around the world.
2020-05-1337 minThe Contreras Report: Business México102. The Contreras Report: Business Mexico500 Year old street open market closed for first time, where? Beer shortage in Mexico. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declines 1% in 2019, currently dropping 3,6%. March remittances from U.S. to Mexicans hit record of $4 billion. 100 border essential factories open to supply USA defense industry. National murder rate drops. Pemex loses $526 billion pesos in 1st Quarter. Maya Train contracts to let, billions of pesos. MX President joins President Trump in "stolen valor" taking credit for help to people -- only ita illegal in Mexico.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-05-0829 minThe Contreras Report: A Hispanic View of the USA101. The Contreras Report, A Hispanic View of the USA111 MILLION HISPANIC AMERICANS, What? Hispanic high school drop outs practically disappear. TAXPAYER MONEY SUCKED up by BILLIONAIRES? LIFELONG REPUBLICAN Megan McCain voting for? Heavy Hitter Democrats buy $100 million in TV time for Senate Candidates but ignore incumbent Doug Jones.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
2020-05-0629 minThe Contreras Report: Business México101. The Contreras Report: Business MexicoSEGMENT 1
MEXICO SHUTS DOWN FOR CORONAVIRUS- In all, 18% of firms in Mexico are considered essential and are allowed to stay open. Alcalde said that of the remaining nonessential firms, 87% had closed and 13% had refused to do so.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also said he didn’t like businessmen going out to seek loans from international lending agencies, further angering the business sector.
Under U.S. pressure, Mexico pledged Friday to reopen automotive plants in a “gradual and cautious” process. On Monday, Labor Secretary Luisa Maria Alcalde praised some automakers for reducing...
2020-05-0123 minThe Contreras Report: Business MéxicoWelcome to The Contreras Report: Business MexicoCovering topics such as México economy, goods & services crossing the Méxican/US border, trade agreements, the business life, and interviews that will open your mind to new business possibilities.
This program is presented by Raoul Lowery-Contreras. He understands the business.
THE CONTRERAS REPORT-BUSINESS MEXICO, answers these questions and punctures myths…
Most American-thinking about Americans doing business in Mexico is anchored around the myth that Americans are prohibited from owning land in Mexico. Wrong!
Many Americans think Mexico is a poverty sinkhole with women giving birth to ten, 15 children. Wrong!
Many Americans cannot see p...
2020-04-2715 min
EstaciónGng Podcast musicalPrograma 16 Julio - NUEVA LISTA EXITOS MUSICALES GNG - no te pierdas la mejor musica de este Verano 2019. NUEVO Nº1 para EL CHOJINNada es para siempre, todo muta y las personas no son una excepción. Las vivencias son golpes de un cincel que van mostrando poco a poco pero sin pausa a la persona que se oculta tras la idealización y la inocencia del inexperto. El libro que tienes entre tus manos habla de los cambios a los que nos somete la vida y de cómo El Chojin los abraza para aprender de ellos. Reflexiones y anécdotas que describen una filosofía vital basada en la aceptación propia y el respeto a las diferencias. Un honesto ejercicio de int...
2019-07-221h 27
Two Broads Talking PoliticsKwame Raoul, January Contreras & Josh KaulKelly and Sophy speak with three Democratic nominees for State Attorney General: Kwame Raoul in Illinois (00:32-16:26); January Contreras in Arizona (16:38-26:12); and Josh Kaul in Wisconsin (26:24-39:50).
2018-10-2540 min