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Retailers reported disappointing sales in July, a sign that consumers are continuing to watch their spending carefully and hunting for the best bargains.
But investors, betting that the stage is set for future recovery, sent retail stocks higher, encouraged by the ability of retailers to raise earnings forecasts despite the weak sales reports.
Same-store sales fell an average 5.1 percent, a touch below the average analyst estimate of 5 percent estimate from analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Discounters, teen apparel and drug stores were among the weakest in the sector.


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There are a wide range of sources of support in Cambridge. Sometimes this can be confusing, so if in doubt consult your College Tutor, the College Nurse, or the MCR (student) Welfare Officers Rachel Hosking firstname.lastname@example.com, Marco Egle email@example.com, and Jenson Deokiesingh email@example.com.
Each student is allocated a college tutor who is concerned with your welfare and progress. You will get an opportunity to meet your tutor at Induction Day, but if you have already registered then you do not have to wait until Induction Day to contact your tutor. Tutors are experienced academics who are dedicated to student interests. They are available to help you to navigate through the regulations and pressures of university life. You may consult your tutor over any matter concerning your studies, or in any personal, disciplinary or financial matter on which you need advice or help.
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There is a short guide to welfare for Hughes students and contact details here: www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/student-centre/welfare/welfare-contacts/
There are also self-help books in the college library.
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Frog Eye Salad: Italian Pasta Ambrosia Dessert
Frog Eye Salad: This is the salad that Nancy made. I helped it along with the Orange Blossom Water and the Cinnamon. I used True Cinnamon or Ceylon Cinnamon. I forgot to take pictures. I'll do that next week and add the pictures later. This is easy and delish. Funny, I taught her how to make Dan Tat and she taught me how to make this great Italian dessert/salad.
With the Cool Whip, this is fat free, you can substitute whipped cream if you like but it is terrific, I can't believe I'm saying this, it is terrific with Cool Whip. Go for it.
1 cup acini de pepe
8 oz Mandarin oranges (or small can.)
8 oz crushed pineapple (or small can.)
8 oz chunked pineapple (or small can.)
(If you use canned fruit, reserve the juice and use what comes in the can, if you use fresh fruit then buy the needed juice.)
4 oz Mandarin Orange juice
6 oz Pineapple Juice
3 eggs
8 oz sugar
16 oz Cool Whip (1 tub)
1 T Orange Blossom Water
Cinnamon to taste as garnish
Boil water and cook pasta about 10 mins. Rinse. Set aside to cool.
Combine juice, eggs and sugar. Simmer the egg mixture until thickens. Take off the heat.
Combine fruit, egg mixture and pasta, folding gently. Cool for 3 hours in the refrigerator. Before serving fold in Cool Whip with the Orange Blossom Water. Garnish with cinnamon and serve. This is heavenly. Enjoy.
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|Species Origin
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|Splatoon (2015)
Octostrikers are large Octobombers with special helmets that shoot Inkstrikes to unfortunate Inklings they see. Agent 3 only encounters these Octarians in special invasion missions, in which an Octostriker appears with an UFO, so they can see their targets from anywhere unless they hide in the ink. This makes an Octostriker a formidable foe.
Octostrikers generally act as a mini-boss. Their invasion levels are typically the last level before an Octoweapon battle, battling them appears to be at the final checkpoint, take a while to defeat, and their defeat animation is similar to that of an Octoweapon.
Octostrikers have a similar appearance to Octobombers: having a plump body and five tentacles. Unlike Octobombers, however, Octostrikers are colored maroon instead of orange and their lips are significantly darker. They wear a visor and their helmet is somewhat different as well: rather than at the top, the propeller blades are located at the bottom of the helmet, and by extension, the propeller itself is more ring-like, and has six blades rather than two.
The reason why the propeller is relocated is to make room for the shaft on top of the helmet, which is the very object that launches Inkstrikes.
When there's no Inkling in sight, Octostrikers usually sleep in a pool of Octarian ink, located atop the UFO they reside. When an Inkling reaches its overtaken territory, however, they wake up and shoot an Inkstrike every few seconds to any Inkling they see. Like all Octarians, however, they cannot detect Inklings hiding in ink.
When an Inkling reaches its UFO base, Octostrikers tend to sluggishly move away from their ink pool and avoid getting close to the invader, while still shooting Inkstrikes, as well as relying on other Octarians to get the Inkling for him. The Octarians seem to differ per invasion, but is so far seen with Octocopters, Octotroopers and Octobombers. When the Inkling hides in ink, they go undetected again and the Octostriker calmly flies about until the Inkling emerges from the ink.
Names in other languages
Tornado Takopter
|Tornado is the Japanese name for Inkstrike, Takopter is a portmanteau on たこ tako and Helicopter
|Polpottero Tornado
|Polpo (octopus) and Elicottero (Helicopter) plus Tornado


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I would guess that some, more than some, leftish-inclined journalists were a little put out by Peter Hitchens having been awarded the Orwell Prize for journalism.
The iconoclastic Mail on Sunday columnist picked up the award for his foreign reporting.
Evidently, a friend warned Hitchens afterwards to be careful because people would now think he was respectable.
"Never", he replied, "they'll hate me even more for this."


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One of the best things about moving to our forever house in Kent is the fact we are so close to the beach. Even on a cold, winter day like this, where the mist rolled in and made visibility poor, there's a magic and calmness that just makes everything better. There is, however, a challenge though to loving the beach in winter, what to wear. I'm known for loving winter layers and country casuals, but sometimes you just want to wear something fun, yet still warm – so let me present you with my go-to colourful winter beach style.
My Winter Beach Style Guide
Colour Pop
First up, opt for colour, whether that's a bright pink coat, a colour-pop scarf, just something to make you think of summer, I always feel that it is needed when visiting the seaside. For me, a bright coloured coat is the starting point of my winter beach style, and this oversized pink beauty from Missguided has definitely been my go-to coat this winter. The pastel hue also makes it great for clashing with other bright colours, try it with red or purple, or even other pastel shades like blue.
All About Accessories
So, yes a coat is important to stay warm on the beach in winter, even on a calm, sunny day the chill can be real, but you can help yourself out with great accessories. In this look it's all about the oversized scarf, I love feeling cosy and this blue ombre scarf from Primark, which FYI was less than £5, is perfect for that. It is super soft and super thick and trust me will keep you lovely and warm. I also love that when teamed with an oversized coat they kind of balance each other out so they aren't OTT big.
Dependant on the weather, how cold it is, I then normally opt for a bobble hat, my go-to during winter, and it's another great way of adding a pop of colour to my look. However, with this look I just felt with the size of the coat and scarf a hat would have been a step too far, you wouldn't have been able to recognise me!!! You can also add gloves, for me, this is the piece of winter fashion I can't seem to get right as most gloves are kind of boring and I also have a habit of losing just one.
I always say, if in doubt, wear denim. It really is a go with anything kind of piece and come on don't we all have tons of jeans in our wardrobes. For winter beach style, I love opting for a lighter wash, you know the ones you wear during sunnier months, these Donna Ida beauties are the perfect hue with this pink coat and blue scarf, and as they are designer they are slightly thicker so keep me nice and warm.
All winter fashion, whether that is to the beach or not, is all about layering, especially when you are off exploring, I'm always getting too hot and then freezing within minutes, so opt for layers, so you can take off, or add on as needed. For me, this is helped by investing in heat-tech underlayers, I love ski thermals as they are super warm, thin and sit close to the body so they fit under most T-shirts. I also love fleece lined sweatshirts, rollneck knits and cosy cardigans.
Finishing Touches
Add a personal touch to your look. This isn't just for winter beach style, all outfits. There is a pressure I think lately to be very Instagram-uniformed, everyone is wearing the same trainers and carrying the same bag, but remember you can always add your own style to any outfit. My personal touch is with the bag, I love changing up my bags, and I love everything Cambridge Satchel Company bag and this mini Poppy is perfect for the beach, a bag is a chance to add a pop of colour, a neutral tone or even a cool print to a look.
There is also another personal touch to this look, I've given my trainers an update with Iphoria sneaker patches. I love anything that refreshes a piece in my wardrobe and these patches are super cute and easy to use. All you have to do is lace them on. It is as simple as that. I love these smiley ones but there are loads available from rainbows to hearts, lips and even flowers – just a cute idea to change up your look.
What are your go-to winter beach style tips?
My Winter Beach Style: Missguided – Pink Oversized Boucle Coat **Top tip – size down, it is very oversized** // Donna Ida – Jeans // Cambridge Satchel Company – Mini Poppy Bag (c/o) // Primark – Scarf // La Redoute – Trainers (c/o) // Iphoria – Smiley Sneaker Patches (c/o) // Ray-Ban – Glasses (c/o) //


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|Gerhard Richter, Cage I, 2006, 897-1
Having been really excited by the major retrospective at the Tate Modern, I anticipated disappointment when it moved to the Centre Pompidou. Indeed, in its new installation, the organization of Panorama is not only disappointing, but problematic. Though the exhibition begins in chronological order, by room 3 or 4, it becomes simultaneously chronological and thematic, thereby claiming that the Richter oeuvre develops thematically. For example, by the time we get to the large abstract paintings, the hanging of Panorama at the Centre Pompidou would want us to believe that in the late 1990s, Richter is only painting oversized abstract canvases. And as was the most resounding revelation of the hanging of the same exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, albeit with some variance in the paintings on display, this could not be further from the reality. In reality, Richter has always privileged the reinvention of painting. And he has done this via the interrogation of its interface with photography, with architecture, theatre, sculpture and other arts, on the uncertain relationship between representation (painting) and reality. In turn, these concerns have always been explored on multiple canvases at any one time, on canvases that are big or small, through abstraction and figuration, in vibrant color, in the subtlety of grey, with giant squeegee or brush, with all manner of variation. What matters for Richter is not whether the painting is abstract or figurative, large or small, red or grey, what matters is the problem of how to perpetuate painting.
|Gerhard Richter, Cage II, 2006, 897-3
The hanging of one series of paintings in particular bothered me. I know Cage I-VI (2006) well having visited the six paintings numerous times in their home institution of the Tate Modern. In their exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Cage I-VI were placed in line along a single wall isolated from each other, as though they are happy to exist as discrete images. Simultaneouly, the space between them and the temporary viewing spaces opposite was crammed: it was virtually impossible for the viewer to stand back and be in conversation, or to establish a connection with each of the paintings. Like all of Richter's series, Cage I-VI is a community of paintings, and perhaps more so than any series other than the Bach I-IV (1992), the Cage paintings behave something like a family.
|Gerhard Richter, Cage III, 2006, 897-3
Their home institution of the Tate Modern exhibits Cage I-VI on the four walls of one room. When I stand surrounded by the Cage paintings in London, I am immersed in the middle of a community of paintings, and I watch them interact with each other, primarily on the level of their grey surfaces. I engage less with them individually, than I watch them engage with each other. Together, they create the tone and temperature of the room – cool, refreshing, light. As an ensemble, they make me feel light, bright, carefree.
|Gerhard Richter, Cage I-VI, 2006 @ Tate Modern
In their current exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, they are quieter, more somber, somehow more intellectual in their progression from light to darkness. Their placement in line, on one wall underlines their aloofness and their refusal to be understood. When they line a single wall, the invitation to be immersed in the world they create is withdrawn, the symphonic rhythms and vibrations give way to a battle with what distracts our attention in the temporary exhibition spaces behind us. And as Cage I-VI withdraw, they lose their command over the viewer, their stoicism and resolve. In line on a wall, gone are their symphonic and atonal rhythms that I experience when they surround me in London.
|Gerhard Richter, Cage I-VI, 2006 @ Tate Modern
On my visits to Cage I-VI at the Tate Modern, the room has always been, appropriately, empty and silent. The crowds are usually upstairs at the temporary exhibition, drawn in by the publicity of the importance of the occasion, with no need to wander the halls of the permanent collection. At the Tate Modern, I am reminded of the pregnant silences and emptiness of the paintings' namesake, and of the orchestral sounds they produce when they come together. The exhibition of Richter's paintings in Paris has drawn big crowds, and their relationship with each other, as well as mine with them were interrupted, broken off by the movements, pauses and comments of the other visitors.
As we walked to dinner afterwards, I hesitantly asked James what he thought of Richter's paintings — not this exhibition, but the oeuvre itself. I knew James wouldn't respond with a simple "it's great" or "I liked it" which was why I asked him; I need to know that Richter continues to challenge and excite, especially for someone who is a relative newcomer to the oeuvre. And indeed, he asked me "where is the doubt in Richter's paintings?" With a smile of relief I was able to reflect that this is what makes Richter great: as a painter, he has no doubt. He paints in the utmost confidence, without ambivalence and possessed by the knowledge that what he is doing matters. Moreover, Richter's own certainty of his process and of what he is doing allows him and his paintings to embrace the uncertainty of what will be and is realized when he puts paint onto a canvas. There is so much in these paintings that cannot be controlled, but Richter's confidence and mastery of the material enables him to sit comfortably with the unforeseen, the ineffable of a painted canvas, and the unpredictability of what will happen when we stand before that canvas.
|Gerhard Richter, Cage V, 2006, 897-5
So for all my doubts about the hanging of paintings such as the Cage series at the Centre Pompidou, James' question reinforces that clearly, it's still worth going to Panormain its Paris installation. If the paintings still have the capacity to provoke such a question, then we still have much to learn from them, even in spite of how they are exhibited.
|Gerhard Richter, Cage VI, 2006, 897-6


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It's not hard to understand why the new prosecutor in Ocean County, Joseph Coronato, wants to send heroin dealers to prison until they are old and gray.
Young people are dying on his watch, and the number is exploding. He's getting letters from heartbroken parents telling him that he's got to do something.
"It's affordable now, just $5 a hit," Coronato says. "We had 53 people die last year, and it's up to 62 this year already. And we don't have a handle on how many near misses we've had. They saved two people this week, hit them on the chest, and suddenly the person comes back to life. This is a grave, grave situation."
They say that if you give a man a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. And the hammer Coronato has is the power to throw dealers in jail.
So last week, he filed manslaughter charges against two men arrested for selling heroin to addicts who wound up dying of overdoses. It's a rare move, a harsh move, and one that he is determined to repeat.
"We've got other ones we are tracking," he says. "I think it'll have an effect."
There's the rub. Coronato has nothing but good intentions, with the fire of a new recruit at the front lines.
But it's not going to work. Because as long as addicts want to buy, new dealers will pop up to replace these two. The drug war has taught us that beyond doubt.
After a generation of stuffing prisons to the brim, hard drugs are cheaper and more plentiful than ever. Just $5 a hit. And it's more pure, too, Coronato says, which helps explain the overdoses.
The missing piece is treatment. Coronato says addicts can get short-term help to detox, but not the kind of long-term treatment that might actually work.
"There's hardly any of that," he says. "In Ocean County I don't think there's any 90-day programs at all. In the state of New Jersey there is not a lot."
This is a cause that Gov. Chris Christie talks about with genuine passion. Before he became governor, he served on the board at Daytop Village in Morris County, a drug treatment center. He has expanded use of drug courts that divert first offenders into treatment programs. And this year's budget has a modest bump of $4.5 million, enough to buy treatment for 250 drug court offenders.
But the shortage remains acute. A survey by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence found that 1 in 2 adults seeking treatment in New Jersey can't get it, and 2 in 3 teens.
Waiting lists remain a fact of life. In many regions of the state, the only open beds are in 14-day detox programs that are no match for a heroin addiction.
Kass Foster is among the heartbroken parents whose child died of an overdose. Her son Christian looked for treatment, and was on a waiting list for a bed at Integrity House in Newark when he died.
"We don't turn away people with heart disease and diabetes," Foster says. "And we don't give medicine to a diabetic for just 14 days. It's a real disgrace."
Foster helped form a group called Parent-to-Parent that scours the landscape for desperate families seeking treatment beds, and often finds nothing but waiting lists.
"My son told me he hated what he had become," she says. "He was always looking for treatment."
Coronato gets this. He knows demand for drugs is the heart of this problem, and he's building an education program for the schools now.
But making more treatment available is beyond his reach. And given Trenton's budget squeeze and Christie's small-government philosophy, it's not likely that any new push is on the horizon.
Coronato seems to understand that education and punishment will give him just two legs of a stool that needs three.
"I'm not saying I have all the answers, just the opposite," he says. "I'm a blind man trying to find my way. But I have to live with myself. I have to try to do something."
So he will send dealers to prison, at a cost of nearly $50,000 a year each. Two-thirds of released prisoners will wind up returning to prison within a few years.
Drug treatment is cheaper and more effective. But Coronato's hammer can't build new treatment beds. So he'll do what he can and hope for the best. He has to try something.


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This workshop is based around the themes of Rachel's Pocket Guide to CSS3 Layout Modules and will cover the new CSS modules that have been developed for CSS Layout. This is a forward-thinking workshop, geared to ensuring that your CSS skills are right up to date with emerging technology. However there will be plenty of things you can use right now with a progressively enhanced approach. Using practical examples and code to demonstrate all of these modules, and you'll be able to take away those examples to use as starting points and reminders after the workshop.
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Protein expression (biotechnology)
Protein production can occur after gene expression. It consists of the stages after DNA has been transcribed to messenger RNA (mRNA). The mRNA is then translated into polypeptide chains, which are ultimately folded into proteins. Protein expression is commonly used by proteomics researchers to denote the measurement of the presence and abundance of one or more proteins in a particular cell or tissue.
Protein production systems (in lab jargon also referred to as "expression systems") are very widely used in the life sciences, biotechnology and medicine. Molecular biology research uses numerous proteins and enzymes many of which are from expression systems; particularly DNA polymerase for PCR, reverse transcriptase for RNA analysis and restriction endonucleases for cloning. There are also significant medical applications for expression systems, notably the production of human insulin to treat diabetes. Protein expression systems are used to produce certain proteins in biotechnology and industry, and more recently to produce sets (combinatorial series) of protein that are screened for drug discovery purpose.
1 Protein production systems
1.1 Cell-based systems
- 1.1.1 Bacterial systems
- 1.1.2 Eukaryotic systems
- 1.2 Cell-free systems
- 1.1 Cell-based systems
- 2 See also
- 3 References
- 4 Further reading
- 5 External links
Protein production systems
Commonly used protein expression systems include those derived from bacteria,[1] yeast,[2][3]baculovirus/insect,[4] and mammalian cells.[5][6] and more recently filamentous fungi such as the commercially relevant fungus Myceliophthora thermophila[1]
Cell-based systems
The oldest and most widely used expression systems are cell-based and may be defined as the "combination of an expression vector, its cloned DNA, and the host for the vector that provide a context to allow foreign gene function in a host cell, that is, produce proteins at a high level".[7][8] Expression is often done to a very high level and therefore referred to as overexpression.
There are many ways to introduce foreign DNA to a cell for expression, and there are many different host cells which may be used for expression - each expression system has distinct advantages and liabilities. Expression systems are normally referred to by the host and the DNA source or the delivery mechanism for the genetic material. For example, common hosts are bacteria (such as E.coli, B. subtilis), yeast (such as S.cerevisiae[3]) or eukaryotic cell lines. Common DNA sources and delivery mechanisms are viruses (such as baculovirus, retrovirus, adenovirus), plasmids, artificial chromosomes and bacteriophage (such as lambda). The best expression system of choice depends on the gene involved, for example the Saccharomyces cerevisiae is often preferred for proteins that require significant posttranslational modification and Insect or mammal cell lines are used when human-like splicing of the mRNA is required. Nonetheless, bacterial expression has the advantage of easily producing large amounts of protein, which is required for X-ray crystallography or nuclear magnetic resonance experiments for structure determination.
Because bacteria are prokaryotes, they are not equipped with the full enzymatic machinery to accomplish the required post-translational modifications or molecular folding. Hence, multi-domain eukaryotic proteins expressed in bacteria often are non-functional. Also, many proteins become insoluble as inclusion bodies that are very difficult to recover without harsh denaturants and subsequent cumbersome protein-refolding procedures.
To address theses concerns, expressions systems using several eukaryotic cells were developed for applications requiring the proteins be conformed as in, or closer to eukaryotic organisms: cells of plants (i.e. tobacco), of insects () or mammalians (i.e. bovines) are transfected with genes and cultured in suspension and even as tissues or whole organisms, to produce fully folded proteins. Mammalian in vivo expression systems have however low yield and other eventual limitations (time-consuming, toxicity to host cells,..). To combine the high yield/productivity and scalable protein features of bacteria and yeast, and advanced epigenetic features of plants, insects and mammalians systems, other protein expression systems are developed using unicellular eukaryotes (i.e. non-pathogenic 'Leishamania' cells).
Bacterial systems
Escherichia coli
E. coli is one of the most widely used expression hosts, and DNA is normally introduced in a plasmid expression vector. The techniques for overexpression in E. coli are well developed and work by increasing the number of copies of the gene or increasing the binding strength of the promoter region so assisting transcription.
For example a DNA sequence for a protein of interest could be cloned or subcloned into a high copy-number plasmid containing the lac promoter, which is then transformed into the bacterium Escherichia coli. Addition of IPTG (a lactose analog) activates the lac promoter and causes the bacteria to express the protein of interest.
Non-pathogenic species of the gram-positive Corynebacterium are used for the commercial production of various amino acids. The C. glutamicum species is widely used for producing glutamate and lysine,[9] components of human food, animal feed, and pharmaceutical products.
Expression of functionally active human epidermal growth factor has been done in C. glutamicum,[10] thus demonstrating a potential for industrial-scale production of human proteins. Expressed proteins can be targeted for secretion through either the general secretory pathway (Sec) or the twin-arginine translocation pathway (Tat).[11]
Unlike gram-negative bacteria, the gram-positive Corynebacterium lack lipopolysaccharides that function as antigenic endotoxins in humans.
Pseudomonas fluorescens
The non-pathogenic and gram-negative bacteria, Pseudomonas fluorescens, is used for high level production of recombinant proteins; commonly for the development bio-therapeutics and vaccines. P. fluorescens is a metabolically versatile organism, allowing for high throughput screening and rapid development of complex proteins. P. fluorescens is most well known for its ability to rapid and successfully produce high titers of active, soluble protein.[12]
Eukaryotic systems
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia Pastoris
Expression systems in yeast typically use the common and well known S.cerevisiae, but also Bacillus gender. Systems using Pichia pastoris allow stable and lasting production of proteins closer to mammalian cells, at high yield, in chemically defined media of proteins.
Filamentous fungi
Filamentous fungi, especially Aspergillus and Trichoderma, but also more recently Myceliophthora thermophila, C1 [2] have been developed into expression platforms for screening and production of diverse industrial enzymes. C1 shows a low viscosity morphology in submerged culture, enabling the use of complex growth and production media.
Baculovirus-infected cells
Infected insect cells[13] (Sf9, Sf21, High Five strains) or mammalian cells[14] (HeLa, HEK 293) allows expression of glycosylated proteins that cannot be expressed using yeast or prokaryotic cells (like E. coli). It is very useful system for expression of proteins in high quantity. Genes are not expressed continuously because infected host cells will eventually lyse and die during each infection cycle.[15]
Non-lytic insect cell expression
Non-lytic insect cell expression is an alternative to the lytic baculovirus expression system. In non-lytic expression, vectors are transiently or stably transfected into the chromosomal DNA of insect cells for subsequent protein expression.[16][17] This is followed by selection and screening of recombinant clones.[18] The non-lytic system has been used to give higher protein yield and quicker expression of recombinant proteins compared to baculovirus-infected cell expression.[17] Cell lines used for this system include: Sf9, Sf21 from Spodoptera frugiperda cells, Hi-5 from Trichoplusia ni cells, and Schneider 2 cells and Schneider 3 cells from Drosophila melanogaster cells.[16][18] With this system, cells do not lyse and several cultivation modes can be used.[16] Additionally, protein production runs are reproducible.[16][17] This system gives a homogeneous product.[17] A drawback of this system is the requirement of an additional screening step of selecting viable clones.[18]
Protozoan Leishmania tarentolae (non pathogenic strain) expression system, also licensed,[19] allow stable and lasting production of proteins at high yield, in chemically defined media. Produced proteins exhibit fully eukaryotic post-translational modifications, including glycosylation and disulfide bond formation.
Plant systems
Mammalian systems
Bos primigenius (Bovine)
Mus musculus (Mouse)
Chinese Hamster Ovary
Human Embryonic Kidney cells
Baby Hamster Kidney
Cell-free systems
Cell-free expression of proteins is performed in vitro using purified RNA polymerase, ribosomes, tRNA and ribonucleotides. These reagents may be produced by extraction from cells or from a cell-based expression system. Due to the low expression levels and high cost of cell-free systems cell-based systems are more widely used.
See also
- ^ Baneyx F (October 1999). "Recombinant protein expression in Escherichia coli". Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 10 (5): 411–21. PMID 10508629. doi:10.1016/s0958-1669(99)00003-8.
- ^ Cregg JM, Cereghino JL, Shi J, Higgins DR (September 2000). "Recombinant protein expression in Pichia pastoris". Mol. Biotechnol. 16 (1): 23–52. PMID 11098467. doi:10.1385/MB:16:1:23.
- ^ a b Malys N, Wishart JA, Oliver SG, McCarthy JE (2011). "Protein production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for systems biology studies". Methods Enzymol. 500: 197–212. PMID 21943899. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-385118-5.00011-6.
- ^ Kost TA, Condreay JP, Jarvis DL (May 2005). "Baculovirus as versatile vectors for protein expression in insect and mammalian cells". Nat. Biotechnol. 23 (5): 567–75. PMID 15877075. doi:10.1038/nbt1095.
- ^ Rosser MP, Xia W, Hartsell S, McCaman M, Zhu Y, Wang S, Harvey S, Bringmann P, Cobb RR (April 2005). "Transient transfection of CHO-K1-S using serum-free medium in suspension: a rapid mammalian protein expression system". Protein Expr. Purif. 40 (2): 237–43. PMID 15766864. doi:10.1016/j.pep.2004.07.015.
- ^ Lackner A, Genta K, Koppensteiner H, Herbacek I, Holzmann K, Spiegl-Kreinecker S, Berger W, Grusch M (September 2008). "A bicistronic baculovirus vector for transient and stable protein expression in mammalian cells". Anal. Biochem. 380 (1): 146–8. PMID 18541133. doi:10.1016/j.ab.2008.05.020.
- ^ "Definition: expression system". Online Medical Dictionary. Centre for Cancer Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne: Cancerweb. 1997-11-13. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ "Expression system - definition". Biology Online. Biology-Online.org. 2005-10-03. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ Brinkrolf K, Schröder J, Pühler A, Tauch A (September 2010). "The transcriptional regulatory repertoire of Corynebacterium glutamicum: reconstruction of the network controlling pathways involved in lysine and glutamate production." J Biotechnol. 149 (3): 173-82.
- ^ Date M, Yokoyama K, Umezawa Y, Matsui H, Kikuchi Y (January 2006). "Secretion of human epidermal growth factor by Corynebacterium glutamicum." Lett Appl Microbiol. 42 (1): 66-70.
- ^ Meissner D, Vollstedt A, van Dijl JM, Freudl R (September 2007). "Comparative analysis of twin-arginine (Tat)-dependent protein secretion of a heterologous model protein (GFP) in three different Gram-positive bacteria." Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 76 (3): 633-42.
- ^ Retallack, Jin, Chew (2011). "Reliable Protein Production in a Pseudomonas fluorescens Expression System." Protein Expression and Purification 81 (2011): 157-65.)
- ^ Altmann, Friedrich; Staudacher, E; Wilson, IB; März, L (1999). "Insect cells as hosts for the expression of recombinant glycoproteins". Glycoconjugate Journal 16 (2): 109–23. PMID 10612411. doi:10.1023/A:1026488408951.
- ^ Kost, T; Condreay, JP (1999). "Recombinant baculoviruses as expression vectors for insect and mammalian cells". Current Opinion in Biotechnology 10 (5): 428–33. PMID 10508635. doi:10.1016/S0958-1669(99)00005-1.
- ^ Yin, Jiechao, Guangxing Li, Xiaofeng Rena, and Georg Herrler. "Select what you need: A comparative evaluation of the advantages and limitations of frequently used expression systems for foreign genes." Journal of Biotechnology 127 (2007) 335–347.
- ^ a b c d Dyring, Charlotte. "Optimising the drosophila S2 expression system for production of therapeutic vaccines". Bioprocessing Journal 10 (2011) 28-35.
- ^ a b c d Olczak, Mariusz and Teresa Olczak. "Comparison of different signal peptides for protein secretion in nonlytic insect cell system." Analytical Biochemistry 359 (2006) 45-53.
- ^ a b c McCarroll, L. and L.A. King. "Stable insect culture for recombinant protein production." Current Opinions in Biotechnology 8 (1997) 590-594.
- ^ http://www.jenabioscience.com/cms/en/1/browse/1007_eukaryotic_expression_system_lexsy.html Jena Biosciences
Further reading
- Higgins SJ, Hames BD. Protein Expression: A Practical Approach. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 304. ISBN .
- Baneyx F (2004). Protein Expression Technologies: Current Status and Future Trends. Norfolk, UK: Horizon Bioscience. p. 548. ISBN .
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Every generation of mobile access technology ultimately brings mobile carriers to a crossroad. At some point, carriers must make a decision to continue to invest in their legacy networks or make a greater commitment to the next generation of access technology. Several factors play into this decision, including economics and competition. Spectrum, however, may be the most important factor.
Many carriers have now reached this crossroad.
Today, unprecedented growth of mobile services–device usage, mobile broadband traffic & applications – is the norm in consumer as well as enterprise markets. To cope with this growth, and to meet the demand that it puts on their wireless network infrastructure, carriers worldwide are considering various combinations of technology generations—2G, 3G & 4G LTE—to deploy, deliver and scale their services.
With LTE maturing at an unprecedented rate since its introduction in 2010, we make the case that carriers should move ahead with LTE investments. Inherent in this evolution is the re-farming of 3G spectrum. The market has reached a critical junction. The rapid adoption of LTE has driven down both device and infrastructure costs, a critical mass of 3G bands are already accommodating LTE deployments, and new network architectures are making re-farming easier and cost-efficient. Delaying on LTE deployments simply because of spectrum resources is becoming harder and harder to justify.
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The Tommy Edison Experience web series features Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, answering the most most popular questions about living without sight. The channel was launched on October 10, 2011. Watch the series on Amazon and YouTube. There are over 300 videos, but here are few highlights.
The Tommy Edison Experience – Channel Promo
Thirty second promo for the YouTube channel made in 2012.
Describing Colors As A Blind Person
Tommy Edison, who was born blind, tries to describe colors.
Can Blind People Draw?
Tommy Edison responds to the popular request to draw various objects based on how he thinks they look including a cat, a car, and himself.
Can Blind People Open Their Eyes??
Tommy Edison answers the popular question, "Can he open his eyes?"
How Do A Blind Person & A Deaf Person Communicate? (with Rikki Poynter)
Tommy Edison teams up with deaf YouTuber Rikki Poynter to answer to the popular question "how does a blind person and a deaf person communicate with each other?"
Do Blind People Turn On Their Lights At Home?
Tommy Edison answers the common questions "Do Blind People Turn On Their Lights At Home?" – "Why Are There Pictures On The Wall?" – "Why Do You Have a Television? – "Why Do I Have Books?"
What Are The Differences Between Being Blind & Legally Blind?
Tommy Edison, who's been blind since birth, teams up with legally blind YouTuber James Rath to show the differences between being blind like Tommy and legally blind like James. Tommy's blindness is caused by an underdeveloped optic nerve and James' blindness is caused by albinism and nystagmus.
Best Things About Being Blind
Tommy Edison tells us what he likes most about being blind.
What Are The Differences Between Born Blind & Becoming Blind? (feat. Christine Ha)
Tommy Edison teams up with Christine Ha (winner of MasterChef season 3) to show the differences between being blind since birth like himself and becoming blind later in life like Christine by having director/producer Ben Churchill asking each of them the same questions about topics like dreaming, eye surgery, and if they wish they were born blind or lost their sight later in life. Tommy's blindness is caused by an underdeveloped optic nerve and Christine's blindness is caused a rare autoimmune disease called Neuromyelitis Optica.
What A Blind Person Thinks About Racism
Tommy Edison, who's been blind since birth, responds to one of the most popular questions about living without sight – "what are a blind person's thoughts about racism?"
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Instead I was rewarded with 2:35 of consciously working to keep my speed in check (can I just say how much I love my Garmin Forerunner 305...such a fantastic training tool and those little alerts at each mile are such sweet motivation--like my own personal cheerleader) and running at a faster pace than my 25k race from almost a year ago. Barring anything unexpected my previous PR is going DOWN in a month! :D
It was a bit nippy out. I originally planned to wear 3/4 length tights and a long sleeved top, but after dropping DS off at Spring break camp I decided that with the wind that wouldn't be warm enough. So I changed into my midweight thermal tights and a thermal top. Perfect. Windchill was ~freezing, so I definitely would have been a little cold in the lighter-weight stuff.
I think I realized why my last 2 runs were so miserable, too. I had taken one energy gel for each of those runs, usually 4 miles from the end. Today I decided to take one at mile 6 and one at 11. MUCH better. I know that--in theory--a person should be able to run a marathon without any added calories...but I wonder who these people are (I'm guessing fast, slim types with ideal diets--I am none of those things...and trying to lose weight, so I keep my calories lower when I can to try to drop a pound here and there).
I fuel up well in the day or two before my long runs (carbs--both simple and complex/slow-burn), protein, fats...well hydrated, but I still seem to need a gel for anything longer than 11 or 12 miles (on those shorter "long" runs I have Gatorade for hydration and fuel). Add another mile or two and it seems 2 is the magic number. I'm guessing for a marathon I'd be looking at probably 4. I'll definitely be trying some different strategies over the months of training for that. I'd love to be one of those efficient fuelers, but I tend towards hypoglycemia, so maybe that's a factor. It would make sense, I suppose.
Now I am "refueling" with a bottle of Bell's Oberon. :)
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- AnonymousWednesday, April 09, 2008 9:51:00 PM
You make me tired just talking about all of this running.. I am such a slacker..ReplyDelete
Are you kidding? Moms of elementary school boys can never be slackers--it's just not possible!ReplyDelete
Well done, k! It's so satisfying when you think a run is not going to go well due to whatever circumstances and it does anyway! Kudos for you! I pray they keep going that way for you.ReplyDelete
Fueling and hydration... I'm with you, I generally will use a gel every 6 miles or so and will follow with a few ounces of water. My plan this Sunday is to utilize 4 gels. I'd rather be safe than sorry and bonking at mile 20-something. On my 21 miler I used 3 and it worked quite well.
Keep up the great runs! You're doing aweseome girl and, I have no doubt you will be running to a 25K PR next month. WOOT!
Well it's definitely reassuring to know that I'm not the only one who NEEDS gels more often than what the experts claim we should. YMMV, I guess.ReplyDelete
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Source: www.information-age.com
As news of the KRACK Wi-Fi exploit has emerged, the scale of the risk and potential impact of the vulnerability has created understandable levels of concern
A reasonably simple flaw within the WPA2 protocol for Wi-Fi networks came to light yesterday, which under certain circumstances, and with a degree of technical know-how, allows the exploiter to 'unencrypt' and read messages sent over a "secure" Wi-Fi connection.
In order to take advantage of this flaw, the attacker has to be in range of the Wi-Fi network, so being physically close to the signal is required, and they will need to know of a device that is connected or able to connect to the exploitable network.
The attacker uses a technique known as a 'Man in the Middle' to perform the exploit and is then able to decrypt and read any conversation between the exposed device and the Wi-Fi access point passively.
For most of us, we will have to wait until the vendors release updated firmware or software over the coming days and weeks before the risk can be fully removed. Expect the vendors to work hard but do not expect everything to be released in the blink of an eye. That doesn't mean, however, that businesses should feel powerless or just wait until the patches appear before taking action.
In the meantime, there are a number of steps which can take immediately to get ready for this approaching headache. Acting now will help ensure that the security loopholes created by KRACK are fully closed, and help manage the patching and update process in the most efficient way.
Key steps include:
• Know what devices you have in your network: You could do this virtually or physically depending on how large or complex your sites are. This will ensure you capture every device that may need an update from a vendor.
• Carry out an audit of devices: Each device runs firmware or software that is required for it to function correctly. Check each firmware and/or software level and visit the vendor's website to ensure you are running the latest builds.
• Have a robust patching process in place: Most businesses do not want to disrupt their users from their day to day job but you need to keep your business data secure so implementing a patching process that accommodates both points is vital, as leaving your systems vulnerable is never an option.
• Enforce proper Change Control processes: Before updating any firmware or software, capture backups of configurations prior to upgrading. Test the rollout on a small sub-section of your environment first before rolling it out to the rest of your network and infrastructure.
While a process such as this creates additional workload for IT teams, it forms the basis of a best practice approach. For businesses who rely on external services providers to for compliance and security, it's important that these providers have the resources – including support teams and automated services – to keep their environments safe.
This allows users to focus on their day jobs while service providers and partners focus on the challenge of keeping the technology working for their customers.
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It's quite fashionable to moan about The Media just now. Leaving aside what Mr Trump has to say on the subject, of course media companies have an agenda of their own: they need to make money. They need to get you to buy their papers, click on their websites or watch their broadcasts so that they can show you advertising.
In an ideal world, they would do these things by telling compelling stories objectively and truthfully. Sometimes, they actually do this. But it's not an ideal world and sometimes they don't. They pick the stories they tell, choosing the most sensational ones that will best get your attention. Or having committed themselves to a story, they'll concentrate on the attention-grabbing details, leaving aside the more mundane matters, which may be most of the truth, in the process.
So when Big Media does Gender, we tend to get one of a few formulas. Trans people as victims – of abuse, of discrimination, of the NHS. Trans people as the subject of controversy: are there such things as trans people? Should we be allowed treatment? In dramas, we never see a trans character unless their trans-ness is inherent to the plot in some way.
Joe Public could perhaps be forgiven for thinking that trans people are all whining drama queens!
It's not just the non-trans, 'muggle' public that are affected by this: trans people are too. Consider transition. The media story is that it's long-winded, hard, painful, expensive, risky and lonely. And that your partner will leave you – that goes without saying. Why would they want to stay with a freak who's turning into someone of the opposite gender? Not to mention what all their friends and colleagues will think about them.
But now it's ME that's moaning. Let's be constructive. What can we do about all this? Well, we could recognise that we are in the age of democratisation of media. The days when media content could only be made and published by Big Media are gone – anyone can write and publish on the internet: that's where you're reading this, after all. I'm excited about nGendr, and other projects like it, because it's trans people publishing their own stories, and generally doing it a lot better than Big Media usually does.
And here's my point (finally!). Successful major feature films have been shot on digital SLRs and even iPhones. YouTube and Vimeo are packed with content made by non-professional film-makers on equipment that ordinary people can afford. I'm not a professional film-maker, but some of that content is mine.
Up till now my videos have been mainly humour. But now I want to get my teeth into something more helpful. You see, it may be true that some relationships fall apart when one member transitions. But lots of relationships fail for other reasons too: it's sad but it's life. Big Media love to concentrate on the conflict and pathos of the failures: that's where the drama is. But this is not helpful to those contemplating or going through transition while married or in a relationship: all they hear of is failure, and this can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
So, I've got my own camera and sound gear out and I'm working on a film about the success stories of transitioning relationships. I want to show that they can survive a transition, and often do. I want to find out from the survivor couples why they've been able to stick together – what they did that worked, or what it is about them that's enabled their partnership to survive. And I want to celebrate their success with plenty of feel-good moments: the kisses, the dancing, the smiles, the caresses: only film can really do this.
So why this article? Two reasons really: first to inspire YOU to get out your camera or your phone and show the world some good stuff about trans people to counterbalance all the negativity. More conflict, more drama and more victims are not necessary; some more smiles and laughs would be nice. And the second…
Well, I could do with a few more 'survivor' couples to talk to. Want to be involved? Please get in touch!
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The Triptych mount is our latest product line of the Max Dupain works. This is a series of popular themes containing small reproductions of Max Dupain images that were originally printed for a special edition book to celebrate his 80th birthday on April 22nd, 1991. There were eighty hand-bound books produced and these are now a collector's item.
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Lens limitations keep Sony A9 from perfection though its astonishing speed is a selling point
Can a Sony camera be considered as viable alternative business tool to a Canon or a Nikon?
Its latest A9 model (£4,499) makes a decent case. The new professional camera has a supercharged engine and souped-up sensor that combine to create a candidate for the ultimate sports or wedding photographer's camera.
Having tried it out, there is some merit to Sony's claim, with one or two provisos. The biggest thing the A9 has going for it is its astonishing speed. It is capable of shooting 20 frames per second in either jpeg or raw format. It can do this in bursts of up to 241 frames (12 seconds, continuously). It also does this with no blackouts between shots.
To put this in context, nothing else on the market comes close in the arena of professional full-frame cameras.
The appeal here for sports photographers is obvious. More frames per second - at full power and resolution - means less chance that you'll miss the absolute perfect shot. (This can be a question of milliseconds).
There is a different appeal for wedding photographers and other jobbing professionals. As a mirrorless camera, the A9 works completely silently at full power.
That means stealthy, discreet shooting in a church, gallery, press conference or any other sort of occasion. This is a huge benefit: the clattering noise of a regular DSLR as its shutter works is a major drawback when trying to capture a scene without disturbing it. That shutter sound often intimidates or distracts people.
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Silent shooting isn't a new phenomenon in full frame cameras, with Sony's existing A7 line (and especially its flagship A7Rii) having made the point over the last three years. However, the A9 takes the mirrorless genre's professional application up a notch because of its speed and power. Sony says that the engine in the A9 is 20 times faster than in the A7Rii. As a result, it can autofocus 60 times per second and shoot to one thirty two thousandth of a second.
There are other nods to professional users, too. The A9 has two memory card slots (a feature long requested by working photographers) and a new joystick to guide focusing.
Crucially, its battery has twice the capacity of the A7 range's battery, another gripe that professionals had about Sony systems.
Finally, the A9 settles at 24 megapixels instead of the 42 megapixels of the A7Rii. This will make files sizes for professionals more manageable while still giving plenty of detail and resolution.
Will all of this be enough to entice working photographers away from Canon and Nikon?
Maybe, maybe not. Sony's biggest barrier is still the comparative lens ranges.
This is most glaring for sports photographers. Canon and Nikon (and umpteen other companies making lenses for those two systems) both have important lenses that Sony currently doesn't have. This includes anything over 400mm, a critical focal length that some professionals cannot do without.
For those currently shooting with Sony A7S or A7R cameras, is it worth upgrading?
For video, probably not: Sony has deliberately not provisioned the A9 with the S-log capabilities of the A7S. For stills, the A9 beats the A7Rii in the ways listed above. But it's almost twice the price (£2,000 dearer).
So it's likely that only dedicated professionals will consider it.
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What We're Giving: Catherine
Posted by Unknown at Thursday, December 18, 2014
Catherine is our graphic design extraordinaire, the Catbirdette behind everything from the direction of our latest look book (Off Duty Ballerina!) to that killer neon sign in the Catbird Wedding Annex. Kind of an obvious statement for me to say she has a great design sensibility, which is why I've been looking forward to peeking at her gift list!
I'm giving Rodin Lip Balm rings to my gal pals. I love finding gifts that strike that perfect balance between casual and fancy. The most refined lip balm in a pretty kitsch container hits the mark.
The Swan Ring is for my mom. As a Catbirdette who joined the team this year, I'm so excited to be a part of our ten year celebration, which almost everyone here worked on! My mom also collects unique pieces of jewelry from all over the world, but she doesn't own a swan from Brooklyn (yet).
For my fiancé, the Equilateral Nails (and an appointment to the Wedding Annex. Haha). The nails are made by my friends at Winsome Brave, and are perfect for the apartment sprucing we're planning for the new year.
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Today. Tomorrow. Together.
DDM Deutsche Drahtmaschinen GmbH
Our partner, DDM GmbH, is your competent partner for the design and construction of machines for the wire processing industry.
The solutions are tailor-made to the technical requirements and budgetary requirements of the customers, whether for welding, drawing, coating or straightening and cutting.
For more information, see
S&S Maschinen GmbH
S & S Maschinen GmbH is the specialist with a focus on the wire processing industry. It takes over the professional overhaul of second-hand machines, makes the specialists responsible for the commissioning of the machines, trains the staff at the customer and is able to dismantle the plant of the customer in one location, to build it at the new location and to put it into operation.
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If at first you don't succeed
In the past week Microsoft released a resource kit for developing Web 2.0 applications called Kobe. I found out about it because Oren Eini and Karl Seguin were writing about it. This is what the official site says about Kobe:
Project Kobe is a getting started resource kit for planning, architecting, and implementing Web 2.0 applications and services using the Microsoft Platform. This resource kit is targeted toward technology decision makers, hands-on solution architects, development managers, and developers in the aspiring web startups community and in enterprises and businesses looking to invest in new Web 2.0 application/service development projects.
I don't know about you but to me this spells guidance and reference application. I therefore expect to find a high quality sample which will teach me the best way to architect, design and build a Web 2.0 application. It appears that is not the case since there is a lot of writing going on about the quality of Kobe.
This spiked my interest but when i tried to download it myself I found out that it got pulled because of 'community feedback'.
Searching the MSDN site for Kobe also turned up a response from the team:
The sample app is not a "reference application" in the context of code completeness. A "sample app" and a "reference app" are quite different in the context of code completeness, and we do not claim Kobe to be a reference app in this context.
If you are as big as Microsoft is then everything you do is under close scrutiny. Also everything that gets released is looked at for guidance since you're supposed to lead the field. This means the quality of everything that gets released has to be up to par or even exceptional.
Next time ask the community for feedback before it is released and not just throw it out there because whatever is wrong with it, the community will find it and write about it. The former is smart, cool and very Web 2.0 while the latter is just plain silly.


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Have you ever thought about a vehicle that could breathe like a living creature? Da Feng definitely thought about that and designed a car dubbed the Project Flake.
The exterior of the vehicle features flexible scales able to separate in order to control the airflow and cooling.
These scales can also play the role of small air brakes and offer downforce for the car. Today there are a few vehicles that harness a similar technology, one of them being the BMW GINA concept car.
The idea behind the Flake concept car is mainly a puppeteering system that makes use of nano-tube cables in combination with electromagnetic solenoids used to track, adjust, and increase the performance of the car.
One more interesting feature (in fact the one that made this vehicle appear in an eco-friendly cars blog) is that the scales can also track the sun, acting like solar panels, thus the vehicle is able to generate its batteries much faster.
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Plug into outlet for an instant, incredibly-fast network connection. Dead-simple push-button security connection.
Bulky case. Consumes power even when network cables are not connected.
Bottom Line
The Belkin Powerline HD adapter is the fastest powerline device we have ever tested.
How do you turn the electrical wiring in your office into a top notch network? Buy the Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit (model F5D4076-S). Within seconds of plugging the adapters into outlets, you have a high-speed network connection running at almost half a gigabit per second, which is astounding for real-world speed. Plus, it's less expensive than running cables through the walls, more reliable than Wi-Fi at long distances, and easy to secure. The adapter retails for the very reasonable price of $149.99 (direct).
Design and Setup
Each Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD adapter is glossy black and has three blue LED lights. Despite all the attention Belkin placed on this product, it failed to shrink the electronics: each case measures around 4.5 x 3.25 x 1.6 inches. Once connected to a typical dual outlet in a home, you typically can't use the spare plug. You don't want to plug powerline adapters into a powerstrip, it kills the performance.
Like most power line adapters, each Belkin HD has one port, so at both ends you can connect it to one Ethernet device, typically the router at one end and a switch or Ethernet devices at the other. There's nothing to configure through software. By looking at the three lights, you can tell if you are connected to your network and if there's power to the unit.
The third light indicates use of network encryption, which you activate with a push button on top of the adapter. Once pushed for a period of half a second to three seconds, the security button leaves the power line network opened for two minutes. During this time the encryption key is available to other Belkin HD adapters; press the button on second, third, or even fourth adapter to add them to the secure network. (The Netgear Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit (XAVB101) is secured the same way; older powerline adapters were needlessly complicated, with security configured via software after hooking directly to a computer.)
Belkin HD adapters support government-grade 128-bit AES link encryption. You'll want it if you live in an old apartment building or rent office space and the power breakers are shared with tenants. You can turn it off with a press of the recessed reset button.
The Belkin HD is powered by a special chip from Gigle Semiconductor, and the only one, for now. However, they support the HomePlug AV protocol and should work with adapters from others vendors, but not at Gigabit speed. But our tests with Belkin HD and an adapter from Linksys that also supports HomePlug was highly unstable, at best.Next: PERFORMANCE


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The Ogre's Golden Kick
Airdate: October 01, 1993
Url: episodes/1993_dairanger/ep32/index.htm
|A strange man with sunglasses drives a bus full of parakeets and chickens. The man stands on a corner with balloons, his birds and his vulture on his shoulder. He whistles and the vulture flies into the air with a balloon in its mouth.
|Meanwhile at Ryou's house, Ryou is sleeping during the day in his bed. The telepphone rings and he stuffs the phone under his pillow and continue sleeping.
|Shouji is the one calling Ryou, from a pay phone booth.
|The vulture lets go the balloon from its mouth and attacks a woman.
|Shouji leaves the telephone booth and mounts his motorcycle. He tells Ryou there is a Gorma attack through his Changer.
|Ryou jumps out of bed and hits his head. Shouji tells his good morning and that it was trick which angers Ryou.
|Shouji then spots a little girl being chased by the vulture. The vulture plucks the girl into the air. Shouji rescues the girl.
|Shouji and the girl run from the vulture and enter the telephone booth and the booth is carried away by the vulture.
|They are flown to a deserted quarry and the vulture gently lands the booth.
|The man's bus arrives and the man speaks a bit of Spanish.
|He moves the phone booth with telekensis off the cliff and Shouji transforms.
|Shouji and the girl jump out of the booth through light. The booth blows up.
|The man presents himself as the Bird Cage Vagabond and Shouji tells the girl to go to safety.
|Birdcage Vagabond captures the girl into his cage.
|Shouji calls Ryou about the Gorma.
|Ryou, of course, doesn't believe him.
|Kaku has heard the conversation and feels the Gorma prescence. Kaku does believe him and snaps Ryou out of it.
|Ryou comes racing to Shouji and transforms.
|Shouji is captured by Birdcage Vagabond and Ryou tries to hold on to him but fails.
|Shouji enters a foggy dimension where the girl cries.
|The dimension seems to be the Vulture's home. The Vulture is the man's familiar, a demon that obeys its master and assumes the form of an animal.
|The vulture is released and is sicked on Ryou.
|The monster bids him goodbye and disappears on his bus.
|Zaidosu drinks a can and has a bag behind his shoulder.
|Back at the base, Kaku scolds Ryou.
|He then explains that the Bird Vagabond had a powerful golden leg and one of the Dai tribe chopped it off.
|The golden leg was hidden in a canister and away from its owner. Kaku is not about to let him have it back.
|Meanwhile, the bird-filled bus approaches Zaidosu. Birdcage Vagabond laughs at him and Zaidosu is upset.
|The one-leg man blasts at Zaidosu and he runs away. "Adios Amigo." (Goodbye Friend) Birdcage Vagabond wants his leg back, he drinks his alcohol.
|Ryou is exhausted and lays on the grass.
|He then sees the vulture and chases after it on the way to the quarry.
|The bus comes out of nowhere and Ryou avoids it but is still harmed.
|The one-legged man man appears and shoots at Ryou. Ryou ducks for cover and calls for the others.
|Kazu, Daigo, and Lin are already transformed and on their way with their Kiber Machines.
|Birdcage Vagabond shoots Ryou and out of the smoke, he is Ryuuranger and jumps at him.
|Ryou hits the Gorma with a fire attack with his sword and the dimension, where Shouji and the girl are, shakes. Shouji wonders what it is.
|Shouji sees Ryou outside. He yells to Ryou. Ryou finally sees him and the monster tells him of the seriousness of the situation.
|That Kaku was the one who hid his golden leg. Ryou tried to convince Kaku through telepathy to get the leg in exchange for Shouji and the girl.
|The others arrive to the site.
|The Vulture drops bombs on them.
|The base shakes with energy. Kaku goes to where he has hidden the golden leg. He pushes telekensis from his hand to have the jar raise from a pond.
|A jar raises out of the water. Kaku calls the jar to him slowly through telekinesis.
|Zaidosu approaches and apprehends Kaku. Zaidosu blows up the jar.
|The leg drops down to the ground and teleports to its rightful place.
|Birdcage Vagabond recieves the leg back. He attacks Ryou with the leg and knocks him down to another area.
|Lin, Daigo and Kazu arrive to tend to Ryou and fight the monster.
|Birdcage Vagabond kicks Kazu, Lin, and Daigo down. He calls for his vulture and it enters its dimension, not before attacking the Dairangers. Shouji watched his friends suffer.
|Vagabond calls for his vulture to come out. Shouji clutches on the vulture when it is called out and escapes with the girl.
|As they are free, Shouji tells the girl to run to safety.
|Ryou kills the vulture with his DaiBuster.
|Shouji transforms and Ryou and Shouji does an attack together that dizzies the monster.
|They finish him off with a dual fire/blue energy attack and the Gorma snaps out the top from his Enlarging Bomb and drops it down.
|An explosion occurs and then it reverses. Out of the smoke, Birdcage Vagabond is huge. The Dairanger call their Mythical Chi Beasts.
|The Dairanger form Dairen'oh. Birdcage Vagabond kicks Dairen'oh and they throw his foot back.
|They electrocute Birdcage Vagabond with their sword and destroy him.
|Later, Shouji throws a helmet to Ryou and they ride off on his motor bike.


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People with Autism
Children with autism often appear relatively normal in their development until the age of 24-30 months, when parents may notice delays in language, play or social interaction.
The following areas are among those which may be affected by autism:
Language develops slowly or not at all; use of words without attaching the usual meaning to them; communicates with gestures instead of words, short attention span
Social Interaction:
Spends time alone, rather than with others; shows little interest in making friends; less responsive to social cues such as eye contact or smiles
Sensory Impairment:
Unusual reactions to physical sensations such as being overly responsive to touch or under-responsive to pain; sight, hearing, touch, pain, smell and taste may be affected to a lesser or greater degree
Lack of spontaneous or imaginative play; does not imitate others' actions; doesn't initiate pretend games
May be overactive or very passive; may throw frequent tantrums for no apparent reason; may perservate on a single item, idea, or person; apparent lack of common sense; may show aggressive or violent behavior or injure self
There are great differences among people with autism. Some individuals mildly affected may exhibit only slight delays in language but greater challenges with social interactions. They may have average or above average verbal, memory or spatial skills, but may find it difficult to be imaginative or join in a game of softball with their friends. Others more severly affected may need greater assistance handling day-to-day activities like crossing a street or making a purchase.
Contrary to popular belief, many children and adults with autism make eye contact, show affection, smile and laugh, and show a variety of other emotions, but in varying degrees. Like other children, they respond to their environment in both positive and negative ways. The autism may affect their range of responses and make it more difficult to control how their body and mind react. They live normal life spans, and the behaviors associated with may change or disappear over time.
While no one can predict the future, we do know that some adults with autism can live and work independently in the community, while others depend on the support of family and professionals. Adults with autism can benefit from vocational training to provide them with the skills needed for obtaining jobs, in additional to social and recreational programs. Adults with autism may live in a variety of residential settings, ranging from independent homes or apartments to group homes, supervised apartment settings, living with other family members, to more structured residental care.
Individuals with autism may have other disorders which affect the functioning of the brain, such as epilepsy, mental retardation, or genetic disorders such as Fragile X Syndrome. About two-thirds of those diagnosed with autism will test in the range of mental retardation. Approximately 25-30% may develop a seizure pattern at some period during life.
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Some people feel that Prometheus is a glorious return to the science fiction genre for filmmaker Ridley Scott, while others view it as a monumental disappointment following years of buildup to the Alien spinoff (or almost-prequel, if you prefer). No matter where you stand on the issue, though, there's no overlooking how much discussion the film has generated, in regards to the unanswered questions and sheer amount of symbolism inherent to the script (constructed by Damon Lindelof (Lost) and Jon Spaihts (the developing Mummy reboot)).
However, in an ingenious piece of marketing, the trailer for the Prometheus Blu-ray (which releases next month) actually uses that controversy as the main selling point - promising that, indeed, "questions will be answered" through some seven hours of bonus features included.
Some questions look to be answered through hours of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the cast and crew (see: the trailer clip with production designer Arthur Max revealing the original setting), while others are to be provided through some 40 minutes of deleted scenes. That includes alternate cuts of the opening sequence - this time, with the full ceremony involving the 'Sacrificial Engineer' - as well as a different version of the (arguably) infuriating conclusion that leaves the door wide open for a sequel (one which we now know will happen, thanks to the film's $398 million worldwide gross).
Bear in mind, though: it's best to not expect that this bonus material will change your mind about Prometheus (for the better or, rather, for the worse even).
Prometheus is an undeniably beautiful film overflowing with macabre imagery and impressive 3D composition - though, perhaps a bit too subtle at times - that does stand to benefit from the Blu-ray form. It's recommendable for purchase on those traits alone, assuming the narrative proceedings and certain characters (cough, Rafe Spall's biologist, cough) don't inspire you to yell angrily at the screen while the film is playing.
Moreover, the intriguing supplementary material includes alternate creature conceptual designs such as those glimpsed briefly in the trailer, in addition to the aforementioned featurettes and footage that ended up on the cutting room floor. Again, it's probably too little, too late, for those who wanted more insight into the Prometheus mythology from the actual film, but for those who were satisfied by Scott's ambitious attempt to examine the very origins of human existence (and dive deeper into the realm of the Alien-verse), this could be a must-buy.
Prometheus will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on October 9th (you can click on the next page for the full press release).


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Enter for a chance to win a Strider run bike (local pick-up)!
We looooove our local family bike shop, BikeBike, and they are who we purchased our blue Strider run bike from back in 2012. Enter this giveaway for a chance to win for your little ripper, or head on down to their store to support this amazing local business. Did you know, not every city has a family-biking oriented shop?! I can't imagine what our lives would be like if we didn't. I know that they would be very different; it is so incredibly helpful to have a place to go, see, and test ride cargo bikes in the flesh! If you aren't so lucky to have such a shop in your town, never fear, they just launched an online store!!!
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Adventure Park's Haunted Woods Experience Is Now Open in Lubbock
Adventure Park's newest addition is a scary-good time, and we got to check it out before it opened to the public.
Highlight Reel: See Big Plays & Hard Hits From the Texas Tech-UTEP Game
A slow-but-steady offensive attack from Texas Tech kept putting points on the board, while the team's defense consistently shut down UTEP.
Mother of Toddler Injured in Odessa Mass Shooting Posts Emotional Update
The baby girl wounded by gunfire during Saturday's mass shooting in Odessa has been released from Lubbock's University Medical Center after undergoing surgery.
Adventure Park Unveils Creepy 'Haunted Woods' Event This Halloween
Shouts of fun will be replaced by shrieks of fear at Adventure Park this fall.
Texas Tech Football Revamps Concession Prices, Adds Beer & Wine to the Menu
The fan experience at Jones AT&T Stadium is getting an extreme makeover this fall.
Win a Family Trip to Six Flags Over Texas — Bolton's Summer of Fun
We've got a big trip to Six Flags Over Texas for this week's Summer of Fun giveaway with Bolton Oil Co.
The Owner of Joyland Is Turning 100 & She's Spending Her Birthday at the Park
Katie Dean, the original owner of Lubbock's beloved Joyland Amusement Park, is turning 100, and she's spending it in the most fitting way imaginable.
UPDATE: Pride of Texas Carnival Is No Longer Coming to the South Plains Mall
The previously announced carnival set for June 20-23rd in the South Plains Mall parking lot has been postponed.
Everything You Need to Know About the 2019 Super Regional in Lubbock
Texas Tech baseball is preparing to host the program's fourth-ever Super Regional. Here's what fans need to know about getting tickets, finding parking and more.
Texas Tech Player John Scott III Out of ICU After Being Shot at Pool Party in Lubbock
A Texas Tech football player is on the mend and out of the ICU at University Medical Center following a weekend shooting in Lubbock.
80 Hard-Hitting Photos From the 2019 ABC Pro Rodeo in Lubbock
These pictures are so intense that you may bruise just looking at them.
Patrick Mahomes Sends His Love to Texas Tech Men's Basketball After Tough Championship Gam…
Once a Red Raider, always a Red Raider. Former Texas Tech QB Patrick Mahomes encapsulated that ideal Monday night after the men's basketball team fell short of their national title bid.


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Nairobi has more than 500 Airbnb rentals available throughout the year that average a nightly rate of $45. These range from single rooms, starting from as little as $15 per night, and entire homes or apartment starting from $25 per night. This type of accommodation is suitable for persons on a budget as most of these offer special weekly rates.
Hotel La Mada, Eka Hotel, and Hotel Panari are all within 5 miles of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, and all offer a reduced rate roundtrip airport shuttle upon request. With the Nairobi City Stadium close by, soccer fans can enjoy a match or two during their stay.
Luxury hotels like Sankara Nairobi, Sarova Stanley Hotel, The Boma Nairobi, and Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel average $155 per night of stay. These have upgraded amenities that include iPod docking stations, televisions with satellite programming, full-service spas with saunas, health clubs, and outdoor pools. These hotels are centrally located, making it easy for guests to explore the city. The best time of year to visit Nairobi is January to February, or between June and September, as these are the driest periods. Visitors can enjoy various outdoor activities, like sightseeing and safaris. If you wish to experience the famed Wildebeest Migration, time your visit for mid-July when they go to Masai Mara, or late October when they return to the Serengeti.
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2nd June 2017
A UNESCO World Heritage Site. 185 million years of history. 95 miles of stunning coastline. Castles, coves, caves, lagoons, and cider. Delicious cider. So I just don't get it? Why had we not been here before?
The Jurassic Coast is now 'up there' with The Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon as one of the recognised natural wonders of the world. Officially awarded its title in 2001, it is England's first and only World Heritage Site. Quite an accolade and, as we soon discovered, well deserved.
With more dramatic natural features than you can shake a stick at and fossils at every turn, this really is a geologist's paradise. When standing at Durdle Door, hubby tried to explain to us how and why this beautiful rock arch had been formed. Admittedly his memory from GCSE geology was a little rusty, but he did his best. Daughter & I now know it had something to do with soft rocks and hard rocks. But whatever the terminology, it is breath-taking.
During our 4-night trip to the Dorset coast in our Bailey Autograph 79-4T we were spoilt for choice for places to stay. Overlooking the coast, deep in the countryside, by a river, or even next to steam railway line, there are a plethora of superb campsites to visit.
Even better, this stretch of the Dorset coast welcomes motorhomes at every turn. Allocated parking bays at all main attractions, wide areas to park up and drink in the views. Even designated motorhome spaces in local supermarkets. Heaven.
The first few days were hoodie and anorak kind of weather. Those spring days where once you get walking you are constantly removing/adding layers and pointing to postage stamp size areas of blue sky, saying "I think it'll brighten up soon". But it didn't matter.
Hours were lost walking on Lyme Regis beach, discovering incredible finds exposed by the recent landslips. An old mangle and some farm machinery were not quite the fossils we were expecting, but fascinating none the less. Health and safety alert – always be aware of tide times and keep well back from the cliffs. Landslides are common.
Our first campsite had far-reaching views over Chesil Beach. This 18 mile bank of pebbles is separated from the mainland by Fleet Lagoon, a unique habitat for a range of wildlife. Despite being the first week of the school holidays, we didn't see another soul whilst walking alongside the crashing waves at Chesil. Tough going on the calf muscles, but a fabulous and invigorating walk.
By the third day our wonderfully changeable English weather had turned, but for the better. Clear blue skies and temperatures in the low 20s transformed this dramatic and atmospheric coastline into a scene straight out of a travel brochure. Azure blue sea and golden rays bouncing off dramatic rock formations really cranked the beauty up a notch.
Kimmeridge Bay was my favourite place. Initially the £10 parking fee nearly put us off. But the day we had there was worth every penny. This unspoilt crescent bay is a fabulous spot for fossil hunting, beachcombing, rock pooling or just a lazy picnic, and we managed all four. The water is rich in marine life and forms part of the Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve. The smooth rock slopes gently down and makes it possible to wade out quite a way, and we did as my rolled-up jeans got soaked. But when you're travelling in your home on wheels, there's always a change of clothes to hand.
Our final day was spent walking at the famous Lulworth Cove and surrounding area. The trek back from Durdle Door is pretty steep but worth it for the spectacular views. Admittedly it was pretty crowded, fully expected on a hot day at a beauty spot in the school holidays. Once we were down at Man of War Bay it was a haven of peace and tranquillity. We even had a little doze on the warm pebbles.
Our last night in the van was spent preparing a local crab in the evening sunshine while enjoying a cold Purbeck cider. In four days we'd only scratched the surface of this breath-taking area. So many walks we didn't do. So many experiences we didn't try. Kayaking, coasteering (jumping off cliffs!) and abseiling. And most of all, so many ciders we didn't get to taste.
We'll be back.