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ACC Carpets Original Style Carpet Molded Mustang 1971-1973
- Heat-Molded 2-Piece Design
- Various Factory Color Options
- With or w/o Mass Backing
- Proudly Made in the USA!
ACC Carpets Molded Original Style Carpet for all 1971, 1972 and 1973 Mustangs.
This ACC Carpets Original Style Carpet for 1971-1973 Mustangs comes in a variety of factory colors to match your Coupe, Fastback, or Convertible model! It also comes with or without mass backing for added rigidity.
Features and Benefits:
- Excellent replacement for worn-out floor carpet
- Made for Coupe/Fastback or Convertible models
- Available with or without mass backing
- Heat-molded 2-piece design with easy installation
- Original-style, color-matching front heel pad on driver side
- Made using original-style 100% nylon material
- Constructed from DuPont 1850 filament yarn
- Tufted on 5/32 Loop Machine
- Colored using the finest dyes available
- Tested for ozone, humidity, fading, and light fastness
- Heavy 36-oz. jute padding attached to underside for insulation
- Available in several factory-correct colors
- Made in the USA!
This ACC Carpets Molded Original Style Carpet is an excellent replacement for your old, dirty, and worn-out factory floor carpeting! It's made using original-style 100% nylon material constructed from quality DuPont 1850 filament yarn and tufted on a 5/32 loop machine. It's then colored using the finest dyes available and tested for ozone humidity fading and light fastness. A heavy 36-oz. jute padding is attached to the underside for insulation, too. You can order this carpet in a variety of factory-correct colors, all of which are proudly made in the USA!
For added rigidity, this Original Style Carpet is available with or without mass backing. This tough rubber layer between the carpet and jute insulation measures 40 mils thick, allowing it to keep its shape while decreasing road noise and eliminating the need for a sound deadener.
Please Note: ACC's carpets do not come with pre-cut holes, allowing you to make the necessary cuts only where needed for various interior components.
Tech Tip: When you first take your new carpet out of the box, you may notice quite a few wrinkles. This is normal. We recommend lying the carpet out in the sun for a few hours to help soften the jute backing and to help reduce the number of wrinkles that are visible prior to installation.
Vehicle Fitment:
- 1971-1973 Mustang
California Residents: Proposition 65 Warning
Installation Difficulty
Intermediate skill is required for this installation.
Installation Videos
Video Transcript
All of ACC's carpets are going to come with this built-in rubber mat which is going to cover the common wear spots in your vehicle. Your '64-'73 carpet's going to be available in the original loop or in a modern cut pile while your '79s and up will come in the cut pile which will be original for those vehicles.
For this installation, you'll need a jack and jack stands, razor blades, lots of razor blades, Phillips head screwdriver, flathead screwdriver, 3/32" Allen key, 3/8" drive ratchet, 1/2" socket, 3/8" socket, a punch or awl, a small flashlight, a scraper, a brush, some sort of vacuum, and your choice of energy drink because you're going to be here for a while.
We put our '67 up on the lift to begin to the installation. You might be wondering why we're underneath the car when we're installing carpet. The first step is to remove the seats which requires you to access the nuts which are underneath the car. Step one, is to remove the grommets to get to the nuts themselves. The grommet can be removed by simply pushing down on the end with a screwdriver and then pulling the grommet away. Once you remove the grommets, now you're going to remove the nuts themselves from the seat. The original nuts they're going to be half-inch size. They're fairly far up there, so you may want to grab a flashlight so you can line up your socket.
Once you get your car back on the ground you can now remove the seats. Simply pull up and put them aside for later. Now you can remove the bottom cushion of your backseat, putting your hand underneath the seat and simply pulling up and out. Now you want to remove the nine, or in our case six, screws that hold in the original door sill plate to access the edge of the carpet. Now you want to remove the two screws that hold in your kick panels. Remove the screws and the kick panel will slide out. Now you need to remove your shifter bezel. In the case of our three-speed car, you simply pull up on the chrome bezel to release it. Once you remove the bezel, you can leave the rubber boot in the car. It does not have to be removed to remove your front carpet. The last part you need to remove to remove your carpet is going to be the seat belt bolts. Usually, the tightest bolts on the car, these can be very difficult to remove. I suggest using a breaker bar and a 13/16" socket. Once you remove the seat belts, we can now remove our old grungy carpet to make way for our new mass back carpet.
Once you remove the carpet, you'll want to grab a vacuum of some sort and clean the surface before you decide whether you're going to use the original auto laminate or upgrade to Dynamat. Before you throw your old carpet out, you want to keep it because you can use it as a template for your new carpet. You can see we have our new mass back carpet laid out on the floor here. You can see how rigid it is. It's already formed to fit your floor. To use the original carpet, simply lay it over it, it'll give you a ballpark idea where things such as your shifter are going to go. If you have an after market shifter, this is very important because a lot of times it's not in the same spot. You can use your razor to make a small X approximately where your shifter's going to go. You'll cut this out fully later. You'll want to use the original carpet as a template to tuck cut both the front and the back piece for proper fitment. Remember the old adage, measure twice, cut once. Make sure you don't take too much off. You may have to remove the carpet multiple times to make sure that it's trimmed properly before final installation. Now we're finished trimming we are ready to install our carpet.
Now that we've used the original carpet as a template to cut our new carpet, we were able to rough fit it into the vehicle. We cut the firewall first in the front to make sure the carpet slides forward enough that it fits down in the wells. The mass back carpet is molded so it will fit into the front and rear seat wells properly. At this point, we can drill holes for our seat platform as well as our seat belt holes. The seat belt bolts on the tunnel are a good place to start because it'll anchor the carpet for you when you're doing the installation. To find the hole, you need to go underneath the vehicle or you can just press down until you feel the indentation where the bolt would go. Once you find that, use some sort of an awl, press in, and now you have a spot to cut around. Once you have the location, use your razor blade to cut a small incision where the hole's going to be. You're not going to be able to cut a round hole, so just cut a small square around where the hole is. Once you cleaned out the hole, you'll have to deal with jute backing behind the carpet. Using your finger after you cut it, you're going to move your finger back and forth to move the backing out of the way and also to locate the hole for your bolt. At this point, you can mount the seat belt. Make sure you put the seat belt in the proper way, now you reinstall your seat belt with the supplied washer.
Now you want to repeat the process with the rocker side of the seat belts. These are a little bit easier because you can see it. You want to make sure you keep the corners of the carpet pressed down sharp in the corner. You can actually fold back the carpet and locate where the bolt hole goes, then put your awl through to mark the spot before you cut it. Once you've cut out the hole to remove the backing, now you can install the outside seat belt.
Now we're going to cut our holes to mount our seats. The front seat holes are going to be in the front piece of carpet where the rears are going to be in the rear, it actually helps to hold the carpet together. You want to make sure when you cut these holes that the carpet is tight on the trans tunnel as well as tight in the corner. If not, you'll get a fold here when you go to put the seat in. You want to hold it down. You can actually pick the seat up and get an idea where the hole is. Hold your thumb over it and insert your tool. At this point, I suggest grabbing some sort of a screwdriver, use that to hold your place for the inside that way you know the carpet's set on the inside when you go to cut your hole. The outside hole gets cut in the same way. You can flip it up, see where the hole is, and then you're going to use your awl to mark the spot before you cut it. You want to trim away any excess, make sure the nylon doesn't get stuck in the threads, and your seat holes are finished.
ACC provides this grommet for your dimmer switch to make it easier to mount the dimmer switch. We precut a hole using our original carpet as a template for approximately where the dimmer switch goes, but we'll trim it out to fit the supplied grommet. Now we're going to pull the carpet back to install the grommet.
The next step will be to fit your carpet underneath your quarter trim panels. The original nylon carpet it can slide underneath the panel and doesn't require removal. Due to the thickness of our mass back, we're going to have to remove the quarter trim panels to get the carpet in place and trim it around them. First step in removing the quarter trim panels is to remove the back seat by accessing the two bolts on the bottom. Once you remove the bolts, you lift the seat up and it'll pop out. Next step is to remove your window crank by accessing your retaining screw underneath. Loosen the screw and you can slide the handle off. Next step is to remove the wind lace by prying up the bottom and pulling it upward towards the top. The wind lace is just press fit, so it'll just slide off. The last step to removing the quarter trim panel is to remove the three screws located here, here, and while a little bit harder to see behind the convertible top here. These two are easy to access. The top one can be accessed by simply lifting up the convertible top and putting your screwdriver through. You can now lift the panel out and up to remove it. The panels in your coupe will remove in a similar fashion. They're a little bit larger but they're held on by the same style screws. After you've repeated the process to remove the quarter trim panel on the opposite side, you want to cut the carpet to fit underneath the panel.
You want to make sure the carpet is pressed tightly into the corner against the brace against the door post. You then want to trim it so the carpet can lay back further. Basically, you're going to follow the line straight down on the post so the carpet can go next to it. Do the same thing on the outside here so the carpet will lay flat. The flap will be covered by the quarter trim panel. That's all you have to do to make fit on this side.
Once you've completed the cut out on the other side, you're ready for your final trim out which is going to be the door sill area. You fold the carpet back you can see the holes where your door sill plate mounts. You want to make sure the carpet goes over them and goes right up to the seam so you get proper coverage and the carpet doesn't pull back when you put the door sill plates in. Again, you want to make sure the carpet is tight against it, and you can begin the trim. See, nice and tight and flush against your seam. This section of carpet will have three holes for the door sill plate screws. You want to line up approximately where the hole is, just put a little hole in the carpet to make it easier for the screw to go through on reassembly. You want to install the front carpet the same way you did the rear. You want to make sure that everything is tight down below, push up against the rocker and cut off the excess at the seam. You don't have to worry about much excess in the corner here because it will be covered by your kick panel.
Last step is to trim out for your shifter bezel. Once you're finished trimming the door sill plate section, you're ready to put the interior back together. You want to do it in the opposite direction of how you took it apart starting with the quarter trim panels, back seat, kick panels, door sill plates, and finally reattaching the seats. Once you bolt your seats back in place your installation is now finished. The installation time will vary. You want to make sure you take your time because you want to get the cuts right the first time. Give yourself the better part of an afternoon to install your carpet before you're back on the road.


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Firstly, and I am sorry to say it, for most people 'the cuts' plural are not as big an issue as you, I, and everyone on the left would like them to be. People are worried about the changes to the NHS. Cuts to social security, and particularly to disabled people, are building up a reservoir of disgust. And councils up and down the land have faced localised save our services-style campaigns. But the missing ingredient is a diffuse consciousness that links all these up, despite the best efforts of the lefter-leaning trade unions and the far left. The cuts are necessary and there is no alternative - to borrow a tired old mantra that got a repeat airing this week.
Unlike UKIP, whose rise as the de facto 'none-of-the-above' party owes a great deal to the rabidly right wing press, an anti-cuts left populism will not monopolise the acres of media coverage our band of "loonies, fruitcakes and closet racists" commands. Straight away, they're at a disadvantage. Secondly, the workplace and community-rootedness of the labour movement is not what it used to be. With the deliberate smashing up of whole sectors of industry, and the deliberate policy of allowing the winds of globalisation to howl virtually unfettered through the British economy has ripped away the sort of class-based organising capacity that facilitated the emergence of new left/workers' parties across the continent, for instance.
A poll tax or 10p tax moment could change things very, very quickly - but not even this incompetent shower are dumb enough to go down those roads. Organisation can very occasionally be short-circuited and jumpstarted by consciousness if an issue is significantly weighty. And, as you might expect, the political dynamics that condition the viability and potentiality of social movements alternate with the switching of governments. Which, as Anthony notes, makes the government's refusal to take advantage of low interest rates to borrow money now to invest all the more unforgivable - low rates aren't likely to avail themselves in two years time.
I'm not forecasting a 'crisis of expectations' in the next Labour government. After all, the two Eds are going out their way not to get anyone's hopes up, about anything. Nevertheless there are significant revenue-neutral measures Labour can enact to get the economy going and forestall populism, whether it's of the left anti-cuts variety or the right's EU/immigrant-bashing. The mansion tax/10p tax trade off is a welcome first step in the direction Labour needs to be heading. The reversal of this government's corporate tax subsidies and restoring the 50p tax to pay for VAT cuts would put money in people's pockets. Scrapping the public sector pay freeze (and implementing strict salary ratios within it) would do the same too. Most important Labour needs to start thinking now about root and branch reform of workplace law to counter and roll back the seemingly unending trend toward casualisation and part-time working. If you want to rip out the appeal of populism, if you want to get people spending again, and, crucially, you want people to get more involved in community-type things, like joining the labour movement and supporting the Labour Party, then you need many millions more to enjoy security and stability in their everyday lives.
Populism is, in many ways, the politics of despair. Labour has it within its gift to counter that, and it need not empty the exchequer.

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I can't remember the last time I put a disc in my laptop. Maybe an old mix CD. The world's moving on from physical media! Great! But how about replacing that slot with something useful, and not a pico projector?
Fujitsu's new LifeBook S761/C and P771/C notebooks are bizarre beasts, with fold-out pico projectors where your optical drive used to be. Not only are the machines crazily expensive ($2,675 and $3,110, for middling specs), but the addition of the pico projector is confounding and bizarre. How about adding an extra large battery in that space? Or hey, just removing the optical drive and making a lighter, slimmer notebook?
The entire point of a pico projector was to be tiny and mobile—so if they're so conveniently small, why would you ever want or need one integrated? The thing is clearly pegged for conference room presentations and nothing else, as the pico projector is aimed sideways, with no other angle available. If this appeals to you, then please just get a reasonably priced laptop and a (separate) reasonably priced pico projector.
Hey guys, wanna watch this PowerPoint on my new $3,000 laptop? Guys? Guys? [PC Watch via Engadget]


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Golden Apples are the second-most beneficial Food item in Minecraft (second only to Enchanted Golden Apples ).
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Golden Apple
|Hunger Replenished
|Obtained by
|Crafting Treasure chests in Dungeons , Mineshafts , or Stronghold
|First Appearance
|Infdev (February 27, 2010)
|Data Values
|Hex: 142 Dec: 322
Golden Apples are moderately difficult to obtain. They are found extremely rarely in Dungeons , Strongholds , and Abandoned Mine Shaft chests, though they can also be obtained by crafting a Red Apple and eight Gold Ingots. Eating one heals , grants Absorption for 2 minutes and Regeneration for 5 seconds, regardless of hunger level. They are considered to be very valuable to players and are often kept as a kind of trophy, although they are now easier to obtain after 1.1.0. Golden Apples can also cure a Zombie Villager if splashed by a Splash Potions of Weakness as well and revert it to a normal Villager .
Crafting a Golden Apple requires 8 Gold Ingots and one Apple
- They are the only food item other than Golden Carrots and Enchanted Golden Apples that cause temporary constant health regeneration that is not dependent on the player 's hunger . This is indicated by the line of hearts bobbing up and down in a wave pattern, with each full wave restoring half a heart.
- Compared with potion of regeneration , golden apples are available for fighting monsters before you are able to brew or even go to the Nether in single player mode. This is especially true for Blazes , who are the sole source of Blaze Rods needed for brewing .
- Golden apples also are stackable up to 64 like other food, unlike restoration potions which take up an inventory space with just one.
- The new Golden apples are preferred over Fire Resistance potions by some players, for the same reason as stated above.
- The second Golden Apple can be found in dungeons as well as the original.
- Apples can come from Dungeons and now can be cut from trees, but they are still hard to find due to the fact that not all Dungeons have apples in the chest and that when you cut down a tree not every tree has an apple.
- Golden apples have an extremely slim chance of appearing in chests: 1/125 (0.8%).
- As of the 1.0.0 release health generation is no longer unique to golden apples as the player can brew health regeneration potions. Not only do potions last longer (0:45) than a golden apple (0:04), they can also be upgraded with redstone and glowstone dust to either heal the player more rapidly or to have an even longer duration (2:00). Since golden apples are a food, they cannot be upgraded, unlike potions.
- The second Golden Apple recipe takes a lot of resources to build, if one desired to create it (8 Blocks of Gold and 1 Apple).
- As of 1.6 golden apples regeneration is nerfed a very slight amount, also golden apples (the stronger version) have a new effect called absorption which lasts for 2 minutes, supposedly it works like feather falling but with your whole player body so if you fall you take 2 hearts less of damage but it takes away from your 2 golden hearts as well.
Golden Apples were added at some point between late Indev and mid Indev, (needs clarification) some time after the addition of Red Apples themselves. At that time, they could only be picked up from a dead Notch . They healed a full ten hearts of health when eaten prior to the Beta 1.8 update, making them the single best food in the entire game—at the expense of being near unobtainable.
Since Beta 1.8, due to the addition of hunger, Golden Apples were changed so that they only healed five hunger points, but also gave the status effect of regeneration for 30 seconds.
Since Beta 1.9 pre-release 2, Golden Apples gained a purple glow when viewed from the player's inventory, and its name tag was changed from the standard white to a magenta color.
In the second weekly build, 11w48a, Golden Apples became easier to craft. Red apples became able to very rarely drop from Oak Leaves, meaning that players no longer have to venture into Strongholds / Dungeons / Abandoned Mine Shafts to find one.
Before 1.0.0, golden apples were the only food item that could completely refill the player's health, without a full hunger bar.
In Minecraft 1.1, Golden Apples were nerfed so that they only healed two hunger and only gave 4 seconds of regeneration. To balance this, their crafting recipe was changed to requiring Gold Nuggets instead of Gold Blocks. For although its natural spawn is rare, it is easier to obtain through crafting. With now common availability of apples and being reduced to 1.25% their former cost in gold, they are for the first time a practical source of healing in Survival. All of these factors make the Golden Apple's value decrease greatly.
As of the Minecraft 1.3.1 Update, a second Golden Apple recipe was implemented into the game. The recipe is exactly the same as the pre-1.1 recipe (which required Gold Blocks instead of Gold Nuggets) and gives the player Regeneration for 30 seconds and Resistance and Fire Resistance for 5 minutes. The second Golden Apple now has a purple name and a purple glow, whilst the first one has just a blue name without the glow.
Golden Apples and their enchanted counterparts were added to the Pocket Edition in 0.12.0.
- The Golden Apple is known in Norse and Greek Lore, often said to grant the one who eats it immortality, others say it holds unique healing properties, it varies from story to story of what the Golden Apples do to the consumer.
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Reprint
Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic!A brand new edition of this essential companion to the Harry Potter stories, with a new foreword from J.K. Rowling, an irresistible new jacket by Jonny Duddle, illustrations by Tomislav Tomic and six new beasts!An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the Wizarding World. In this comprehensively updated edition, eagle-eyed readers will spot a number of new beasts and an intriguing new author's note. Scamander's years of travel and research have created a tome of unparalleled importance. Some of the beasts will be familiar to readers of the Harry Potter books – the Hippogriff, the Basilisk, the Hungarian Horntail … Others will surprise even the most ardent amateur Magizoologist. Dip in to discover the curious habits of magical beasts across five continents .'No wizarding household is complete without a copy' – Albus Dumbledore


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The Essays of Montaigne/Book I/Chapter LVII
Chapter LVII. Of age. Edit
I cannot allow of the way in which we settle for ourselves the duration
of our life. I see that the sages contract it very much in comparison of
the common opinion: "what," said the younger Cato to those who would stay
his hand from killing himself, "am I now of an age to be reproached that
I go out of the world too soon?" And yet he was but eight-and-forty
years old. He thought that to be a mature and advanced age, considering
how few arrive unto it. And such as, soothing their thoughts with I know
not what course of nature, promise to themselves some years beyond it,
could they be privileged from the infinite number of accidents to which
we are by a natural subjection exposed, they might have some reason so to
do. What am idle conceit is it to expect to die of a decay of strength,
which is the effect of extremest age, and to propose to ourselves no
shorter lease of life than that, considering it is a kind of death of all
others the most rare and very seldom seen? We call that only a natural
death; as if it were contrary to nature to see a man break his neck with
a fall, be drowned in shipwreck, be snatched away with a pleurisy or the
plague, and as if our ordinary condition did not expose us to these
inconveniences. Let us no longer flatter ourselves with these fine
words; we ought rather, peradventure, to call that natural which is
general, common, and universal.
To die of old age is a death rare, extraordinary, and singular, and,
therefore, so much less natural than the others; 'tis the last and
extremest sort of dying: and the more remote, the less to be hoped for.
It is, indeed, the bourn beyond which we are not to pass, and which the
law of nature has set as a limit, not to be exceeded; but it is, withal,
a privilege she is rarely seen to give us to last till then. 'Tis a
lease she only signs by particular favour, and it may be to one only in
the space of two or three ages, and then with a pass to boot, to carry
him through all the traverses and difficulties she has strewed in the way
of this long career. And therefore my opinion is, that when once forty
years we should consider it as an age to which very few arrive. For
seeing that men do not usually proceed so far, it is a sign that we are
pretty well advanced; and since we have exceeded the ordinary bounds,
which is the just measure of life, we ought not to expect to go much
further; having escaped so many precipices of death, whereinto we have
seen so many other men fall, we should acknowledge that so extraordinary
a fortune as that which has hitherto rescued us from those eminent
perils, and kept us alive beyond the ordinary term of living, is not like
to continue long.
'Tis a fault in our very laws to maintain this error: these say that a
man is not capable of managing his own estate till he be five-and-twenty
years old, whereas he will have much ado to manage his life so long.
Augustus cut off five years from the ancient Roman standard, and declared
that thirty years old was sufficient for a judge. Servius Tullius
superseded the knights of above seven-and-forty years of age from the
fatigues of war; Augustus dismissed them at forty-five; though methinks
it seems a little unreasonable that men should be sent to the fireside
till five-and-fifty or sixty years of age. I should be of opinion that
our vocation and employment should be as far as possible extended for the
public good: I find the fault on the other side, that they do not employ
us early enough. This emperor was arbiter of the whole world at
nineteen, and yet would have a man to be thirty before he could be fit to
determine a dispute about a gutter.
For my part, I believe our souls are adult at twenty as much as they are
ever like to be, and as capable then as ever. A soul that has not by
that time given evident earnest of its force and virtue will never after
come to proof. The natural qualities and virtues produce what they have
of vigorous and fine, within that term or never,
"Si l'espine rion picque quand nai,
A pene que picque jamai,"
["If the thorn does not prick at its birth,
'twill hardly ever prick at all."]
as they say in Dauphin.
Of all the great human actions I ever heard or read of, of what sort
soever, I have observed, both in former ages and our own, more were
performed before the age of thirty than after; and this ofttimes in the
very lives of the same men. May I not confidently instance in those of
Hannibal and his great rival Scipio? The better half of their lives they
lived upon the glory they had acquired in their youth; great men after,
'tis true, in comparison of others; but by no means in comparison of
themselves. As to my own particular, I do certainly believe that since
that age, both my understanding and my constitution have rather decayed
than improved, and retired rather than advanced. 'Tis possible, that
with those who make the best use of their time, knowledge and experience
may increase with their years; but vivacity, promptitude, steadiness, and
other pieces of us, of much greater importance, and much more essentially
our own, languish and decay:
"Ubi jam validis quassatum est viribus aevi
Corpus, et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artus,
Claudicat ingenium, delirat linguaque, mensque."
["When once the body is shaken by the violence of time,
blood and vigour ebbing away, the judgment halts,
the tongue and the mind dote."—Lucretius, iii. 452.]
Sometimes the body first submits to age, sometimes the mind; and I have
seen enough who have got a weakness in their brains before either in
their legs or stomach; and by how much the more it is a disease of no
great pain to the sufferer, and of obscure symptoms, so much greater is
the danger. For this reason it is that I complain of our laws, not that
they keep us too long to our work, but that they set us to work too late.
For the frailty of life considered, and to how many ordinary and natural
rocks it is exposed, one ought not to give up so large a portion of it to
childhood, idleness, and apprenticeship.
[Which Cotton thus renders: "Birth though noble, ought not to share
so large a vacancy, and so tedious a course of education." Florio
(1613) makes the passage read as-follows: "Methinks that,
considering the weakness of our life, and seeing the infinite number
of ordinary rocks and natural dangers it is subject unto, we should
not, so soon as we come into the world, allot so large a share
thereof unto unprofitable wantonness in youth, ill-breeding
idleness, and slow-learning prentisage."]


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Rüdesheim & Assmannshausen Germany
The Rheingau region around Rüdesheim is famous for its river landscapes and sloping vineyards that produce the world famous Riesling wine. No visit to Rüdesheim is complete without a walk down the famous Drosselgasse, where good food, good wine, and local entertainment create a convivial ambiance. Visitors will also enjoy meandering through the picturesque streets, visiting historic sites and museums, and of course shopping for souvenirs. For a magnificent view of the city, take a ride with a cable car up to the Germania Monument. For more adventure, hike through the forest past majestic views onto the Rhine and take the chair lift down to Assmannshausen, a charming town adjacent to Rüdesheim. A short river boat ride from Assmanhausen will take you back to town, and you will pass magnificent castles along the way.Read More
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Britain could be kept "indefinitely" in a customs union with the European Union if UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal is backed, according to details of the government's full legal advice on the deal published on Wednesday.
The advice said that Britain risks becoming stuck in "protracted and repeating rounds" of negotiations to leave the European Union if it enters a so-called backstop arrangement.
"Despite statements in the Protocol that it is not intended to be permanent and the clear intention of the parties that it should be replaced by alternative, permanent arrangements, in international law the Protocol would endure indefinitely until a superseding agreement took its place," the advice said.
The Protocol refers to the so-called Irish backstop agreement in May's withdrawal deal she has agreed with the EU to prevent the return of border controls between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
The government was forced to publish its legal advice on its Brexit deal by parliament on Tuesday after being found in contempt for refusing to do so.
Many opposition parties members say they want to see the advice to better inform themselves before voting on Prime Minister Theresa May's deal with the EU on December 11.
Following the report being published, Theresa May said she has not concealed the facts on the Brexit deal from parliament.
May was tackled by the leader of the Scottish National Party at Westminster, Ian Blackford, to explain why Northern Ireland would have a deal to remain in the EU's single market under the so-called backstop and Scotland would not.
"We have not concealed the facts on the Brexit deal from members of this house," she told parliament.
Read more: Explainer: What happened on day one of the Brexit debate – and what happens next?
The advice on how to exit the backstop agreement to prevent the return of a hard border between Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland is under scrutiny, particularly by May's nominal allies in Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
"I believe that the deal we have negotiated is a good deal. I recognise that concerns have been raised, particularly around the backstop and that is an issue, … I am continuing to listen to colleagues on that and considering the way forward," Mrs May told parliament.
British interior minister Sajid Javid said the government was listening and continuing to explore ways to make the so-called backstop arrangement in the Brexit deal more acceptable to the DUP.
The DUP has shown its deep anger over the backstop arrangement to prevent the return of a hard border between the British province and EU member Ireland, arguing that it would essentially split the province from the rest of the mainland.
"I think again .. it's right that we look and continue to explore whether there are other arrangements as well that can lead to more permanent and more easily acceptable outcome," he told parliament.
Meanwhile, the European Union is continuing with contingency planning in order to manage Britain's withdrawal from the bloc in the event the British parliament next week rejects a Brexit deal, a senior EU official said on Wednesday.
"We need to see what's the outcome of discussion in UK parliament," European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis told reporters. "We are preparing for the deal. We have agreed on the deal with the government. We are making sure that it can be implemented — and in parallel we have done some contingency planning also."
The deputy leader of the DUP described the government's full legal advice on Brexit as devastating.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are unhappy with the EU divorce deal's so-called backstop provision which will align Northern Ireland more closely with the European Union than the rest of the United Kingdom if no other way can be found to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland.
"Devastating," Nigel Dodds said on Twitter after the advice was published. "The legal advice just published proves NI (Northern Ireland) would be in full EU Customs Union while GB (Great Britain) is not."
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What Does It Look Like to Celebrate Grace?
What does it look like to celebrate grace? I think the answer is found in the beginning of Psalm 122:1-2: "I rejoiced with those who said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord.' Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem."
Envision the scene here as David speaks for the average Israelite. A farmer and his family are planning their pilgrimage to Jerusalem. They are brimming with excitement as they make their plans and preparations. They are actually going to the tabernacle where God dwells, and they can't believe it! They are enjoying the same kind of excited anticipation that a family would experience as they prepare to go on a particularly wonderful vacation. They are imagining the sights and sounds. Their hearts are not just excited about worship. No, their hearts are filled with worship already. They are recounting and remembering all that God has done for them to make this pilgrimage possible. The very thought of being in the presence of God absolutely thrills them, even as it fills them with holy fear. They have not even begun the trip and already their hearts are overflowing with joy.
The second sentence, "Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem," advances the scene. Now the pilgrims are actually inside the walls of the holy city. They simply cannot believe they are there, and are repeating to themselves, "I'm inside the gates. I'm inside the gates. I'm really inside the gates!" It is almost impossible for them to take it in. They are having trouble grasping that it is really true. What are these Israelites doing? They are celebrating the amazing grace of a sovereign Redeemer.
Pastor, it's like us waking up in the morning and saying, "I'm redeemed. I'm redeemed. I'm redeemed. I can't believe that I am one of God's children! I can't believe that God has placed his love on me. I can't belive he has called me to his work! No, my life and ministry isn't always easy, but I'm redeemed. No, the relationships with people around me don't always work the way they should, but I'm redeemed. Yes, I live in a world that is broken and does not operate as intended, but I'm redeemed. Yes, I face personal and ministry disappointment, but I'm redeemed. I can't believe it, I am one of God's children and one his spokesmen!"
Never Commonplace
Like David and all those he speaks for in Psalm 122, we cannot – we must not – let the grace we minister to others become commonplace to us. We cannot let ourselves forget the awesome privilege of being God's children – a privilege we could never have earned, deserved, or achieved on our own. We must keep in view that we are not just instruments but also recipients of daily grace and will never outgrow our need of what grace alone is able to provide. We must remind ourselves that because of that grace, obedience is a privilege, worship is a privilege, sacrifice is a privilege, and ministry is a privilege. The fact that we would ever choose to do any of these things is a sure sign of the transforming grace of God operating in our hearts. Apart from God's gift of grace I would make up my own laws, worship the creation, sacrifice only for what would bring me personal comfort and pleasure, and seek to be served rather than looking for ways to serve others.
We cannot let the busyness and pressures of ministry cause us to grow complacent. We cannot be comfortable with being forgetful. We cannot let our worship and leading others in worship decay into a weekly participation in a service. At that point, ministry becomes mere religious routine rather than an expression of heartfelt worship of God. But when we celebrate grace in our hearts and allow ourselves to be gripped by the amazing privilege of being God's children, we go to lead a service of worship as those who have already been worshiping. It is the difference between passive and active, between absorbing and participating, between a focus on self and a focus on the One who came to save us from ourselves.
Only He Is Worthy
Apart from Christ, there simply is nothing else in life that is remotely worthy of this kind of celebration and adoration. Accomplishing the ultimate in ministry success, completing the most amazing physical achievement, gaining fantastic riches, attaining ministry influence and respect, receiving the highest honor in the eyes of others, seeing the most beautiful thing human eyes could ever see, consuming the most exotically delicious food ever prepared, becoming the wisest person on earth, or being loved by another human being in the most beautiful way ever – none of these things is half as worthy of the celebration that should fill our hearts at the stunning recognition that by his grace, the love of God has actually been placed on us forever. As the book of Ecclesiastes so vividly portrays, and as Philippians 3:8-11 powerfully affirms, all these other things seem vain and empty, fleeting and temporary when placed next to the surpassing greatness of knowing God.
So, pastor, how does this celebration of grace ignite your ministry? Permit me to explain in a step-by-step way.
• When you face how deep your need of God's love is, you will celebrate grace.
• When you celebrate grace, you will come to love the King of grace more deeply.
• When you love the King of grace more deeply, you will get excited about the work of his kingdom of grace.
• When you get excited about the work of the kingdom of grace, zeal for this kingdom will color the way you respond to the situations and relationships you face as you live in and lead the broken community that is the church.
• And as you live with eyes that see the work of God's kingdom of grace and a heart that loves it, you will give grace to those around you. In so doing, you will minister more faithfully, enthusiastically, and productively than you ever have before in the place where God has put you.
So, pastor, are you a celebrant? Has your life taken on a joy and focus that would not be possible any other way? Or in the course of your ministry, has the truly awesome become merely commonplace? Has the search for ministry comfort and satisfaction consumed you more than the celebration of the spiritual realities that should now define you and your work? Has remembrance decayed into forgetfulness? Have you lost your first love? If so, confess your forgetfulness. Seek God's help for your distraction. Commit yourself to a life and ministry of celebration, knowing that this includes being a soldier in the ongoing war for your own heart. And remember that you are not alone; there is daily grace for every one of those battles.
Now, isn't that worth celebrating?


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Raised by his grandparents, a working-class Pentecostal couple from Tennessee who believed the Internet "turned [him] gay", Chris Crocker was just 19-years-old when went a series of videos he'd posted to Youtube ("Leave Britney Alone!") went viral, turning him into an instant Internet sensation.
"The first thing I did in 5th grade, when I got the internet, was look up pictures of Britney Spears—or what was supposed to be Britney Spears," says Chris, "but it wasn't really Britney."
At age 14, faced with threats of violence and harassment, Chris left his public middle school in favor of home schooling, a safer option. Around this time, he began recording and posting his videos to the web.
"It was my way of defending myself against the people in my home town, without having to fight back physically," explains Chris. "It just erupted onto the camera screen."
With his video "This & That", Chris got his first taste of viral fame. Parody videos were recorded and posted on Myspace and Youtube. He started receiving thousands upon thousands of friend requests, on a daily basis. And the video's view count was steadily growing at an exponential rate.
"I didn't get it first. I thought 'Is someone spamming my Myspace? What's happening," he explains of the initial shock. "Then I realized that everyone was talking about the video, and I looked at the Myspace video chart, and it was the No. 1 played video."
In 6 months, that video got 8 million hits. And so it began.
Me @ the Zoo (which borrows its name from the first video ever uploaded to Youtube) is first documentary about the emergence of one of the Internet's most celebrated viral video bloggers. But it is also a story about a queer kid from a hillbilly town who, rejected by his peers, sought solace online—paving the way for the innumerable similarly disenfranchised, who today turn to Youtube as both diary and friend.
Bonus: archival footage of Katie Couric and the rest of the Today Show cast wondering aloud, on air, what the "@" symbol stands for. ("See, I thought it was for about," says Couric. Then: "Alison, can you explain what the Internet is?") [HBOGo]


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No matter what scandals or weirdness have been attached to his name over the years, Disneyland fans will always remember Michael Jackson as bad-driving, cool-dancing, lightning-flinging Captain EO. Although Disney has been reluctant to release the Captain's film on video (citing fears that its dancing evil aliens might be confused with disco zombies), Disneyland will be honoring Michael Jackson by bringing Captain EO back for one week, temporarily replacing Honey, I Shrunk the Audience.
The announcement, made through an anonymous e-mail to this blog, was not clear on when the showing would begin, so we encourage DisneyLies readers to contact Disney directly and pester them until they make a more formal announcement.
In the meantime, we invite you to fondly remember the good Captain by singing along with Disney band Edison Square's song EO.


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Tuesday, 31st January 2006 by Alex Turnbull
Crazy, but there appears to be a biplane, complete with runway, on the roof of 77 Water Street, NY.
So what's it doing there? NYC Architecture says that it's a a full-size model of a WWI Sopwith Camel, designed by Rudolph de Harak and built in 1969 – primarily to amuse the inhabitants of surrounding scyscrapers, notably the World Trade Center.
You can rotate around the plane on Windows Live Local, but bear in mind that sometimes the other buildings will obstruct your view. For the ultimate in close-ups, here's a fantastic photo from a neighbouring building.
Thanks to Chris and Maté Tamasko.


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DETROIT — President Barack Obama used a boisterous Labor Day rally to put congressional Republicans on the spot, challenging them to place the country's interests above all else and vote to create jobs and put the economy back on a path toward growth. "Show us what you've got," he said.
In a partial preview of the jobs speech he's delivering to Congress Thursday night, Obama said roads and bridges nationwide need rebuilding and more than 1 million unemployed construction workers are itching to "get dirty" making the repairs. He portrayed Congress as an obstacle to getting that work done.
I'm going to propose ways to put America back to work that both parties can agree to, because I still believe both parties can work together to solve our problems," Obama said at an annual Labor Day rally sponsored by the Detroit-area AFL-CIO. "Given the urgency of this moment, given the hardship that many people are facing, folks have got to get together. But we're not going to wait for them."
"We're going to see if we've got some straight shooters in Congress. We're going to see if congressional Republicans will put country before party," he said.
Congress returns from its summer recess this week and the faltering economy and jobs shortage are expected to be a dominant theme.
Besides spending on public works, Obama said he wants pending trade deals passed to open new markets for U.S. goods. He also said he wants Republicans to prove they'll fight as hard to cut taxes for the middle class as they do for profitable oil companies and the wealthiest Americans.
The president is expected to call for continuing a payroll tax cut for workers and jobless benefits for the unemployed. Some Republicans oppose extending the payroll tax cut, calling it an unproven job creator that will only add to the nation's massive debt. The tax cut extension is set to expire Jan. 1.
Republicans also cite huge federal budget deficits in expressing opposition to vast new spending on jobs programs.
But Obama said lawmakers need to act – and act quickly. "The time for Washington games is over. The time for action is now," he told a supportive union crowd that Detroit police said was in the thousands. The event at a General Motors Corp. parking lot in the shadow of the automaker's headquarters building had the sound and feel of a campaign event, with the union audience breaking into chants of "Four More Years" throughout the president's 25-minute speech.
Obama could be including himself in that call for action. His remarks came as he's facing biting criticism from the GOP for presiding over a persistently weak economy and high unemployment. Republicans dubbed him "President Zero" after a dismal jobs report last Friday showed that employers added no jobs in August – which hasn't happened since 1945. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, remained unchanged at 9.1 percent.
The report sparked new fears of a second recession and injected fresh urgency into Obama's efforts to help get the unemployed back into the labor market – and improve his re-election chances. No incumbent in recent times has been re-elected with a jobless rate that high, and polls show the public is losing confidence in Obama's handling of the economy. His approval rating on that issue dropped to a new low of 26 percent in a recent Gallup survey.
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said the report was disappointing, unacceptable and "further proof that President Obama has failed." Romney is scheduled to get ahead of Obama by outlining his job-creation plan in a speech Tuesday in Nevada, two days before the president addresses Congress.
Tax credits for businesses that hire and spending on school construction and renovation also are expected to be part of Obama's proposal.
Underscoring the political dueling under way over the economy, Obama plans to visit Richmond, Va., on Friday, the day after his speech, on the first of many trips he'll make to rally the public behind his plan. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., one of Obama's fiercest critics, represents part of Richmond.
Obama's broader goal with the speech is to make a sweeping appeal for bipartisan action on the economy by speaking not just to the lawmakers in front of him but also to the public at large. In that sense, the speech will mark a pivot from dealing with long-term deficit reduction to spurring an economic recovery.
Aides say Obama will mount a fall campaign centered on the economy, unveiling different elements of his agenda heading into 2012. If Republicans reject his ideas, the White House wants to use the megaphone of his presidency to enlist the public as an ally, pressure Congress and make the case for his re-election.
"People will see a president who will be laying very significant proposals throughout the fall leading up this next State of the Union" address, Gene Sperling, director of Obama's National Economic Council, told The Associated Press in an interview.
While Obama has said any short-term spending proposals will be paid for over the long term, aides say the speech will not offer details on what deficit reduction measures would be used to offset such spending. The speech also is not expected to include a detailed plan to resolve the housing crisis, a central cause behind the weak economy that has vexed the White House since the beginning of Obama's administration.
Sperling suggested that Obama would address the housing issue separately during the fall.
Meanwhile, the Chamber of Commerce unveiled its own jobs plan on Monday. In an open letter to the White House and Congress, the business lobby called for measures to immediately boost employment, including stepped-up road and bridge construction, more domestic oil drilling and temporary tax breaks for corporations.
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Owing to the great difficulty that we had choosing a Top Three this month, we actually have a Top Four as chosen by the Design Team. There were some fabulous entries, and you made the decision really tough for us! The Top Four in no particular order are:
We have some more Design Team inspiration to share with you this week.
I have made a card using some of the Design a Tree stamps to create a woodland scene, combined with a stencil and lots of different inkpads:
Julie has created a very pretty floral card using some of our Sunflower stamps. Her swirly background and pretty embellishment complete the card perfectly:
We will be back next week with another post and more projects from the Design Team, but until then, we look forward to seeing your entries. If you have any questions, and cannot find the answers on the blog pages, please send us a private message using the contact form located at the very end of this post; you will see it after the comments section.


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I've been diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis, and a doctor I consulted told me that my arthritis is already advanced, specially in my hands. He told me my only solution was to start a treatment with Enbrel, but I've read of many side effects and for that I'm skeptical about taking it. Is this the only "solution" to arthritis, or are there any other or new medications or treatments for this disease?
Psoriatic Arthritis Q & A
How does psoriatic arthritis manifest?
Developed a rash mostly on legs which my dermatologist is stumped. hasnt responded to treatments. Have spinal arthritis. My chiropractor suggested Psoriatic arthritis. I have had the rash since May of this year. Have been treated with Clobetazole, high dose prednisone three times, nothing has worked. The other odd hting is my toe nails are breaking off, which is new for me. Any help would be appreciated.
RA, PsA and AS at the same time?
I was diagnosed 3+ years ago with Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Osteoarthritis, and Fibromyalgia. I exhibit a number of stereotypical signs of PA, such as severe pain and inflammation in my hand and foot joints; particularly in the end joints of my fingers and toes. I frequently experience Achilles tendonitis in both feet/heels, as well as tendonitis in both my wrists. I also have tightness in my chest accompanied with tenderness in the joints around my breastbone. In addition, I have severe pain and inflammation in my lower back that causes pain and limited range of motion in my right hip, as well as a feeling of having pinched nerves and numbness in my groin area. Similar pain, stiffness, and inflammation in my neck that affects my right shoulder and arm also occurs. However, I lack one key symptom of PA; psoriasis. To date, I have not had any skin changes or symptoms.
Though my blood work continues to be negative for RA, I still question whether some of my symptoms do, in fact, point to RA rather than PA, such as the absence of skin symptoms and the occurrence of nodules on various joints.
I currently take Methotrexate and Enbral to treat my PA and AS. While this has helped to a slight degree, nothing I have tried to date has helped to manage the symptoms completely. Even one day without pain would be a blessing.
First, is it possible to have RA even when blood work indicates no? Second, are the medications used to treat PA the same as those used to treat RA? Third, is it possible to have both PA and RA? Lastly, are there any new treatment options to reverse the damage and stop the pain?
Symptoms and X-rays for Psoriatic Arthritis
Is there plaque present at the site of the arthritis ? Can X-rays be used to confirm diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis?
Can psoriatic arthritis cause trigger finger?
Can having psoriatic arthritis cause you to acquire trigger fingers?
Tight Feeling in Chest a Symptom of Psoriatic Arthritis?
I am experiencing a tight feeling in my chest that is very uncomfortable. I had a chest x-ray today and it is clear. I have asthma, but the neb treatments have not given me any relief. I have psoriasis and have recently had my index finger swell to the point where I coundn't bend it. My brother is on remicade for psoriatic arthritis.. do you think this chest discomfort could be a symptom of psoriatic arthritis?


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OK, Sadists, You Can Now Watch David Blaine Getting Electrocuted Live
"Endurance artist" David Blaine's latest stupid human trick is standing on a platform and getting electrocuted for 72 hours.
The event is now streaming live on Intel's Ultrabook Experience channel, which seems strange until you realize people are using laptops to hit Blaine with volts of electricity. Also, duh, what would magic be without corporate sponsorship?
As Gawker's Caity Weaver points out, Blaine's latest stunt is hardly dangerous: "Basically, David Blaine is going to wear a suit and be awake for a long time and afterwards he's going to smell like before a thunderstorm."
Physicist John Belcher confirms that Blaine is going to be just fine.
There is no danger in this that I see. I would do it, and I am 69 years old and risk-averse. I just would have to take a nap.
So if you're tuning in to see a man get fried to death — or at least to watch his hair go full Einstein — you're going to be disappointed.
Actually, you're going to be disappointed regardless, unless you really want to see Blaine repeatedly wave at the crowd of people gathered below him. Seriously, that's about all it is at this point: waves, smiles, really dramatic music to distract from the banality of it all.
Every once in a while, you'll see some bolts hit Blaine, but the fact that he doesn't even flinch only serves as a reminder of how shrug-worthy this stunt is.
Wait, no, he's — he's giving the thumbs-up. You should also watch live if you want to see David Blaine give the thumbs-up.


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Reporter and Curator: Dr. Sudipta Saha, Ph.D.
Obesity is a global concern that is associated with many chronic complications such as type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance (IR), cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. Growing evidence has implicated the digestive system, including its microbiota, gut-derived incretin hormones, and gut-associated lymphoid tissue in obesity and IR. During high fat diet (HFD) feeding and obesity, a significant shift occurs in the microbial populations within the gut, known as dysbiosis, which interacts with the intestinal immune system. Similar to other metabolic organs, including visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and liver, altered immune homeostasis has also been observed in the small and large intestines during obesity.
A link between the gut microbiota and the intestinal immune system is the immune-derived molecule immunoglobulin A (IgA). IgA is a B cell antibody primarily produced in dimeric form by plasma cells residing in the gut lamina propria (LP). Given the importance of IgA on intestinal–gut microbe immunoregulation, which is directly influenced by dietary changes, scientists hypothesized that IgA may be a key player in the pathogenesis of obesity and IR. Here, in this study it was demonstrate that IgA levels are reduced during obesity and the loss of IgA in mice worsens IR and increases intestinal permeability, microbiota encroachment, and downstream inflammation in metabolic tissues, including inside the VAT.
IgA deficiency alters the obese gut microbiota and its metabolic phenotype can be recapitulated into microbiota-depleted mice upon fecal matter transplantation. In addition, the researchers also demonstrated that commonly used therapies for diabetes such as metformin and bariatric surgery can alter cellular and stool IgA levels, respectively. These findings suggested a critical function for IgA in regulating metabolic disease and support the emerging role for intestinal immunity as an important modulator of systemic glucose metabolism.
Overall, the researchers demonstrated a critical role for IgA in regulating intestinal homeostasis, metabolic inflammation, and obesity-related IR. These findings identify intestinal IgA+ immune cells as mucosal mediators of whole-body glucose regulation in diet-induced metabolic disease. This research further emphasized the importance of the intestinal adaptive immune system and its interactions with the gut microbiota and innate immune system within the larger network of organs involved in the manifestation of metabolic disease.
Future investigation is required to determine the impact of IgA deficiency during obesity in humans and the role of metabolic disease in human populations with selective IgA deficiency, especially since human IgA deficiency is associated with an altered gut microbiota that cannot be fully compensated with IgM. However, the research identified IgA as a critical immunological molecule in the intestine that impacts systemic glucose homeostasis, and treatments targeting IgA-producing immune populations and SIgA may have therapeutic potential for metabolic disease.


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It's time ... to send your baby off to college. Can you believe it? Does it feel like you just brought them home? Well, now your teenagers are ready to spread their wings, and while they may be ready to go, it's mom and dad who are having a hard time saying goodbye. Parenting expert Michele Borba has some advice to help you two deal with your teenager's big transition.
What to do before you leave home:
Be prepared. Leaving your child at college can be a very emotional thing. But, let's be honest, you've had 18 years to prepare for this moment. He or she might be miles away. But this is why you parent — to let your child spread his wings.
- Michele's advice: Letting go is going to be different than you expected and far more emotionally charged. After all, we've been so involved in our kids' lives and have been determined to give them the best. And frankly, this is a huge economic investment. So recognize your feelings and sort out your emotions before the big departure. This is the time to use restraint. It's probably best not to say "What am I going to do without you?"
Have the talk before you leave. You're hoping your child will have the morals and values you've instilled in them since youth. Before you pack the car and bunk the beds, make sure you have had the talk with your child. Tell him or her what you expect before you even leave the driveway.
- Michele's advice: Don't count on having a momentous goodbye once you get to campus. The day is guaranteed to be hectic and stressful, and not the best time to air your list of parental concerns. Instead, have the meaningful talk or one last big lecture to discuss those things that could become areas of contention a few days before you leave home. You might want to make a list of things you want to discuss: financial matters (like spending money and that credit card); your expectations; how you'll stay in touch; when you'll see each other next; and those safety issues like binge drinking and date rape (most parents say safety is their biggest concern). A prior talk (if you think it is needed) will let you and your kid focus on move-in day and have a more positive departure.
Simplify the move. Be organized. Get the boxes packed early. Make sure you have the toiletries. And explain to your child he should keep his possessions to a minimum … explain to them that between exams and adjusting, they won't be fishing through first semester of college, so they probably don't need the fishing pole.
- Michele's advice: Most kids are embarrassed pulling up in a big moving van. So think of boxes that are easy to pack (and throw away). Or a wardrobe already on hangers that can quickly be put into the closet. Bring a few things in one box you know your kid will not have packed: a first-aid care package (plastic container with bandages, gauze, adhesive tape, antibiotic ointment, an ice pack, thermometer, medicines for upset stomach, headache, cold or flu, sore throat lozenges or spray), a just-in-case phone card, a surprise batch of homemade cookies or nibbles for the dorm.
How to act when you drop your child off:
Follow your child's lead. Your job is to be the supporter now. Don't be PTA mom in the parking lot. Let your child go into the dorm on their own, find the RA and locate their room. He is an adult now; in the next day or so, he'll be living on his own.
- Michele's advice: Don't come with set expectations. Your role is to support your child. You never know how they'll respond. The same kid who was so excited may be suddenly scared to death to move. If they appear overwhelmed, give them one thing to do right at that moment to get them started ("Go find your dorm room; take that box and put it at door.") Don't be shocked if they want you to leave ASAP (why it's great you had that talk).
Locate the essential places. At orientation your child became acquainted with the campus buildings; now is the time to locate the places for personal business, e.g., the health center, a local pharmacy for prescriptions, the bank with an ATM. You don't need a sick child wandering the campus looking for the health center and the nearest pharmacy.
- Michele's advice: If you haven't already done so in orientation, help your child find, for his sanity and safety: the pharmacy for prescription refills (if your child is on medication, drop off the first prescription); the bank (there probably is an ATM machine on campus, but it may not be the same bank as your child's, so set up a new bank account with a checkbook); the dorm R.A. (Resident Assistant), who is your kid's safety net. If you have any special medical concerns about your child, that's the person to discuss those needs with privately; and the infirmary. Point it out and tell him to go there in case he's sick.
Don't get into the roommate scene. Let your child make their own friends. Don't interfere. If you don't like the roommate, don't let your kid know. Remember the roommate is not your child.
- Michele's advice: Introduce yourself, and then lay low. Your kid doesn't want you explaining your family history. If you don't like the roommate, keep a poker face. Let your kid be the one to voice his concerns — not you. This is not like a play date where you arrange everything, but a relationship your child needs to work through on his own.
Your parting words
Think about you want to say. No kid wants to see their mother balling her eyes out in the Quad. And no kid wants to hear that "life won't be the same at home without you." Your child is going through enough; don't add to the anxiety or emotions with your own. You don't have to say much. A simple "I love you!" or "We're just a phone call away" will give your child the encouragement he or she needs.
- Michele's advice: Stay as composed as possible. (Do bring Kleenex and aspirin just in case.) Your child needs to know you'll be OK without him. The final words between you and your child are key. Say whatever wisdom you have to offer, whether it is "I love you," "I'm behind you" or "I'm proud of you." Your child really will remember those words. If you can't express yourself, write your thoughts down and mail the letter to your child immediately after you arrive home. Just don't drag out the goodbye. Your child doesn't need you hugging and crying and having the long goodbye in front of their new roommate and the rest of the world.
Take a second look… (after they've turned away). You should be proud; this is one of your crowning moments as a parent. You're allowed a tear or two.
- Michele's advice: Recognize who he has become — they are in a whole new world now, and you've helped them become the person they are today. This is what parenting is all about. Drive off. Cry a bit. But also remember to celebrate the moment. You deserve it.
Once you get home
The empty room. You'll inevitably walk by your child's empty room. Now that the room isn't inhabited on a daily basis, you can go to two extremes. You could either make it a shrine to the child, or go in the other direction and make it your new home office. Don't do either. The kid isn't moving out for good. He'll probably be back for a few holidays, breaks or summers during the next four years.
- Michele's advice: You never know if they are coming back — and that room is a source of security.
Keeping in touch. At the end of the day, every parent wants to know their child is safe. This doesn't mean you need a daily check-in from your child. Keep conversations relaxed and comfortable.
- Michele's advice: Watch those phone calls. Best to remind your child you're available —and love to talk at any time, but let him initiate those calls. You just may be hampering his social life — calling in the middle of class (hmmm). You could be weighing down those wings to independence, and the phone will become the extended umbilical cord into adulthood.


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NFL referees will take on more responsibility this season to protect players from helmet-first hits to their heads and necks.
The league has expanded its rules to prevent "defenseless" players from taking shots above their shoulders. Groups of officials are meeting with teams during training camp to go over the changes.
Referee Walt Anderson, also the head of officiating for the Big 12 Conference, led a meeting with the Houston Texans on Friday. He said commissioner Roger Goodell has been "very involved" in discussions with the league's rules committee and referees to find ways to limit the number of head injuries, while also maintaining the game's integrity.
"What the NFL has done is take a very proactive stance," Anderson said. "Goodell is very serious about this. We're going to be a very proactive in doing what we can to strike an appropriate balance. We do have a contact sport. At the same time, what can we do to protect the players' safety?"
The reworded rules prohibit a player from launching himself off the ground and using his helmet to strike a player in a defenseless posture in the head or neck. The old rule only applied to receivers getting hit, but now it will apply to everyone.
Anderson, one of 17 officiating crew chiefs, said referees will still closely watch receivers this season, and err toward caution when the players are caught in vulnerable positions.
In years past, Anderson said, defensive players were allowed to hit receivers in the head once the receiver touched both feet on the ground. Now, officials will give a receiver an extra split-second to "basically get into a position where he can defend himself," Anderson said.
Also new this season, when a player loses his helmet, the play is immediately whistled dead. And now, during field-goal and extra-point attempts, the defense cannot position any player on the line directly across from the snapper, who's considered to be in a defenseless position.
The league has implemented more stringent return-to-play guidelines for players who suffer concussions, and each team must consult with an independent neurologist whenever there is a head injury.
Anderson said medical experts laid out the effects of concussions to referees at a rules meeting earlier this year.
"It is such a big point of emphasis, and it's not a point of emphasis just to make it one," Anderson said. "There is some really serious concern about the damage that's done on impact and what happens to the brain."
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Anderson said the league will monitor the effect of the new rules at season's end, then evaluate if they were effective enough in limiting injuries.
"I think it's being appropriately addressed," Anderson said. "We're always looking to get the formula just right. The game changes over time, and we have to be prepared for the rules to change to keep pace, not only from a competitive standpoint, but also from a safety standpoint."
Anderson expects more rule changes related to concussions will come in future years. Some day, he envisions referees wearing protective helmets.
During his training camp tour, Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed another possible change that would reduce concussions -- the end of the three-point stance. Goodell addressed the issue at a Thursday news conference at Browns camp, reports *The Akron Beacon Journal.*
"There's a lot less three-point stance because of the offensive formations and systems that teams are employing," he said. "I think we'll continue to evaluate that, but I think it is a trend that's changing already in our game."
"I think that would change everybody's job,'' defensive lineman Robaire Smith told the newspaper. "For one, it would take leverage and explosion out of the game. It would almost be like really saying don't go out there, don't be physical, don't hit. I think it would be taking away like 70 percent of what really goes on in football."
Added offensive lineman Eric Steinbach, "It wouldn't change nothing because you're still gonna hit. Linebackers are in a two-point stance, and they got to come up [and hit]."
"This is a game of forward motion," he continued. You can't be passive and kind of sit back. Whether you're in a two-point or a three-point [stance], when the ball is snapped, you have to come off.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A favorite refrain of Common Core advocates is that their opponents are peddling "misinformation." Well Core fans are quite adept at doing the same thing, and as a new Washington Post article reinforces, no case of this is more egregious than pretending that Core adoption was supposed to be "state-led" and "voluntary," and federal coercion was just unwanted Obama administration interference.
That is simply not true: Core crusaders wanted federal involvement from before the Common Core was even given its name.
On numerous occasions I have cited the 2008 report Benchmarking for Success, from the Core-creating National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers, as indisputable evidence that Core supporters wanted federal pressure to push state adoption of common, internationally benchmarked standards. That report – written before there was an Obama administration – says explicitly that Washington should "offer funds" and provide "tiered incentives" to push states onto common standards. It was a call reiterated on the website of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, though it was eventually removed.
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Despite this crystal clear evidence, Core defenders have continued to imply that federal intervention has all been the unwanted, unappreciated pushiness of President Obama. Indeed, just last Friday, Michael Petrilli of the Core-supporting Thomas B. Fordham Foundation said it again in a discussion with AEI's Mike McShane. Go to the 28:50 mark to hear Petrilli say, "I think many of us could make the argument that this whole thing would have played out very differently if the Obama administration had just stayed out of it." And Petrilli is not alone in suggesting that the Core initiative was always supposed to be fed-free. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R), signing a bill removing her state from the Core last week, implied the same thing, saying:
Unfortunately, federal overreach has tainted Common Core. President Obama and Washington bureaucrats have usurped Common Core in an attempt to influence state education standards. The results are predictable. What should have been a bipartisan policy is now widely regarded as the president's plan to establish federal control of curricula, testing and teaching strategies.
Obviously, based on Benchmarking for Success alone, this is utterly misleading. But what the Washington Post has now reported, in a piece largely about the role of Bill Gates in pushing the Core, is that Core supporters not only suggested that there be federal incentives, they worked with the Obama administration to get them:
Duncan and his team leveraged stimulus money to reward states that adopted common standards.
They created Race to the Top, a $4.3 billion contest for education grants. Under the contest rules, states that adopted high standards stood the best chance of winning. It was a clever way around federal laws that prohibit Washington from interfering in what takes place in classrooms. It was also a tantalizing incentive for cash-strapped states.
Heading the effort for Duncan was Joanne Weiss, previously the chief operating officer of the Gates-backed NewSchools Venture Fund.
As Race to the Top was being drafted, the administration and the Gates-led effort were in close coordination.
Note that the article goes on to say that an early draft of RTTT mentioned the Core by name, but supporters objected that that would be too much for some states to handle. Instead, in contrast to what the article suggests, to be fully competitive for grants the regulations required adoption of standards common to a "majority" of states – not just "high" standards – a parameter that only included Common Core.
Now, I don't think this will happen, but at this point it would at least clear the air for Core supporters to openly admit that they always wanted to employ federal pressure, and gladly worked with President Obama to get it. At the very least, it would make their own accusations of "misinformation" a little more tolerable.
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The Black Angels
Passover Exclusive 2 LP
A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing.
These are fighting times, people. We are surrounded by grit, spit, and bloody war, but in the distance moving forward is The Black Angels. Passover, The Black Angels debut album, speaks of real-life horrors, death, and destruction with doses of love, sex, and healing. Don't lose track, these are caring times as well.
Formed in 2004 and hailing from the mescaline-infused outskirts of Austin, Texas, this gang of musical misfits has been on the road non-stop since their birth, performing at such renowned venues as Sin-e, Middle East, and Spaceland. In early 2006, the band's self-titled debut EP was dubbed highly recommended in Spin Magazine while receiving heavy radio airplay on such influential stations as KEXP and BBC Radio 1 by Zane Lowe.
Growing in spades since their EP, Passover showcases a band on the make. Spiraling upwards to the skies with the enemy straight on their trail, "The Sniper At The Gates Of Heaven" sees The Black Angels reaching high and stretching out with trance-inducing guitar lines from Christian Bland, Nate Ryan's filthy medical dumpster bass, and the grizzly preacher vox of lead shaman Alex Maas. "Black Grease" is a bluesy monster full of swagger propelled by the primitive beat of drummer Stephanie Bailey and the mourning drone of organist Jennifer Raines.
10-songs deep, Passover has come again. Reflecting and questioning the intergenerational psychosis of American social life that surrounds us, The Black Angels put forth their answers in song. It's a "Call To Arms" for those ready to join the good fight, a rock 'n' roll salvation during the times we need it the most. As Maas bellows on "Young Man Dead," "Fire for the hills, pick up speed, and let's go..."
- Number of discs: 2
- Limited edition of: 600
- Label: Light In The Attic
- Mono/Stereo: Stereo
- Catalog Number: LITA0018LP


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The Deathwing Raid: Interview with Scott Mercer
In World of Warcraft content patch 4.3, players will make their ultimate stand against Deathwing the Destroyer. Almost a year has passed since the corrupted Dragon Aspect burst forth from the Maelstorm to bring the Cataclysm down upon the mortal races. Now the determined survivors from the Horde and Alliance have rallied to unleash vengeance of their own.
To prepare for this earth-shattering battle, the Blizzard Insider recently discussed the upcoming Dragon Soul raid with Scott Mercer, lead encounter designer from the World of Warcraft team. Read on for all the epic details.
Blizzard Insider: Before we dive into the details, can you tell us about Deathwing's character arc to date?
Scott Mercer: Deathwing has changed the face of Azeroth probably more than any other villain in Warcraft's history. He tore the Barrens in half. He caused tidal waves that transformed both continents. He even burned his claw marks into Stormwind Keep, leaving his personal signature on the Alliance capital. In many ways Deathwing embodies the Cataclysm itself, not just as the direct cause of it, but also as the thematic center of the expansion. His violent transformation from Earth-Warder to Destroyer ultimately led to all these changes across Azeroth, so in a very direct way, his character arc represents the force that set the entire expansion into motion.
That said, we've been building towards a showdown with Deathwing for some time. Players have been wrestling with his Twilight's Hammer minions since before Cataclysm, and we've already seen Deathwing defeat Alexstrasza in single combat. The powers that be in Azeroth know Deathwing presents a mortal threat, so in the wake of all the chaos and destruction, forces are finally rallying to oppose him. That's how patch 4.3 begins, with the major players of Azeroth gathering to decide how they are going to tackle this seemingly unstoppable monster.
Insider: Can you tell us about the new 5-player dungeons that lead into the Deathwing raid?
Scott Mercer: The short version is that the players are sent on a series of quests to recover the Dragon Soul artifact so Thrall and the other dragonflights will have the firepower they need to confront Deathwing. The new 5-player dungeons involve the Caverns of Time and require the players to go forward in time to witness a future where Deathwing has destroyed the world. Then, from that bleak future, they must go back in time to the War of the Ancients to recover the Dragon Soul and bring it back to the present. We've discussed a lot more details on the new 5-player dungeons in other interviews. They're going to lead in directly to the patch 4.3 raid instance, which is called Dragon Soul. When the raid begins, the players have recovered the Dragon Soul artifact and arrive at Wyrmrest Temple to find it under siege by Deathwing's forces.
Insider: Aside from a battle with Deathwing, what other encounters do you have planned for the Dragon Soul raid?
Scott Mercer: When players first arrive at Wyrmrest, they have to fight off a variety of Deathwing's minions who are laying siege to the temple. There's Morchok, a stone giant who is pounding the base of Wyrmrest, and Warlord Zon'ozz and Yor'sajh the Unsleeping, two servants of the Old Gods in league with Deathwing who are summoning more minions to sack the gates.
In addition to lifting the siege around Wyrmrest, the players also have to return to the Eye of Eternity to get the Focusing Iris so the Dragon Aspects can refocus their power into the Dragon Soul. We have some new gameplay elements in mind for these raids, including a mechanic where players are granted the ability to dodge a deadly attack from a twilight dragon by phasing away.
Insider: What details can you tell us about the Deathwing raid? How does it differ from other raids?
Scott Mercer: Dragon Soul is the most story-driven raid we've ever created. We're even building several cut scenes to transition between the last three stages of the final encounter with Deathwing.
The first stage occurs as players are flying on an airship, chasing down Deathwing while his Twilight's Hammer drake riders are swooping in to harry the pursuit. In the second stage, players paratroop commando-style onto Deathwing's back and start ripping up his armor, trying to pry a hole big enough to give Thrall a clean shot with the Dragon Soul. During this phase, players are actually riding on Deathwing as he's swooping around and trying to knock the players off with barrel rolls and such. Players will have to hang on at key points in the fight to avoid falling while also tangling with all kinds of monstrosities that are rising out of Deathwing's corrupted magma blood. Once the players get enough of Deathwing's armor off, Thrall blasts Deathwing with the Dragon Soul and sends him crash-landing into the Maelstrom.
Insider: Very cool! And the final stage?
Scott Mercer: Well, the interesting thing about Deathwing's armor is that it wasn't really built to keep things out--he doesn't have to worry about weapons like swords and arrows. Instead it was built to keep things in. His body is this incredibly volatile mixture of corruptive energy and burning magma, so without his armor to hold it all together, he starts to lose it and come apart in all kinds of crazy ways. The final stage of the raid begins when Deathwing's deformed body rises out of the Maelstrom to face off against the players in the final showdown. I won't go into too much detail about this final stage, but I will say that it's going to be unbelievably epic. Even in his weakened state, Deathwing still presents a major threat, and bringing him down will require the combined efforts of the players, Thrall, and even the other Dragon Aspects.
Insider: What difficulties did you encounter while designing the Deathwing battle?
Scott Mercer: It took a lot of new technologies to set up the fight on Deathwing's back. The artists in particular focused on selling the fantasy that you're grappling with a giant dragon midflight. We've never done anything quite like that before. Overall, setting the right scope for an encounter like Deathwing required a lot of development disciplines working together--artists, coders, encounter designers, level designers, and animators. We built corrupted Deathwing as a giant set piece with a lot of moving parts--probably our most complicated character model to date--but we felt it was necessary to convey the epic scale and do justice to the final boss of Cataclysm.
Insider: Let's talk loot. What rewards await players who are strong enough to tackle Deathwing the Destroyer?
Scott Mercer: There will be a new tier of armor sets, of course. We're also adding a new legendary weapon--a pair of daggers for rogues--with a new quest chain involved in obtaining them. The artists and animators are working on a new mount, a drake from the red dragonflight that borrows many visual elements from the Alexstrasza character model. Players can get one version of the new mount as the reward for the meta achievement for completing all other Dragon Soul achievements. There will also be a second, rarer version of the mount, that's obtainable as a single, guaranteed drop off Heroic corrupted Deathwing.
Insider: Thanks for your time. Is there anything else you'd like to share before you go?
Scott Mercer: Sure, there's a lot going into the next content update besides just the Dragon Soul raid--Transmogrification, Void Storage, the new Darkmoon Faire, and more. The patch should have something for everyone.
Be sure to check these links for all the latest details on the other features coming with patch 4.3:
Patch 4.3 Dungeons Preview, Part One: End Time
Patch 4.3 Dungeons Preview, Part Two: Well of Eternity
Patch 4.3 Dungeons Preview, Part Three: Hour of Twilight
Patch 4.3 Raid Preview: Dragon Soul
Patch 4.3 Preview: Transmogrification
Patch 4.3 Preview: Void Storage
Patch 4.3 Preview: New Darkmoon Faire


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As if Boston Dynamics's robotic pack mule wasn't terrifying enough, its designers have, in their infinite wisdom, equipped it with a throwing arm. But not just any kind of throwing arm. This thing's a total cannon — one that would make Peyton Manning jealous. Check out the video and watch BigDog toss a cinder block across the room like it was a Nerf football.
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We're not entirely sure why a mechanical pack mule needs to be able to throw stuff. But hey, Boston Dynamics is doing its damnest to ensure the most nightmarish robopocalypse possible.
Update: An earlier version of this article noted that DARPA was involved with this add-on, which isn't the case. Rather, it's U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
H/t Engadget.


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Best Places to Stay in Williamsburg, VA2018-01-31 15:26:29
As we all know, Virginia is chock full of history. From Jamestown to Monticello to Chincoteague, the Commonwealth is rich with the past, offering museums, re-enactments, guided tours, preservations, and restorations. One such place that delights the history buff in us all is Williamsburg with its colonial historic and its inclusion in the Historic Triangle along with Jamestown and Yorktown. Tour the Mariners' Museum, the Sherwood Forest Plantation, or the Virginia Living Museum. Step through time at Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown Battlefield, or the Yorktown Victory Center. Williamsburg isn't all history, however, and you'll find plenty of other activities as well. Spend a day at the ever-popular theme park Busch Gardens or Water Country USA. Take a boat out with Yorktown Sailing Charters or sip your way through Williamsburg Winery. Once you're worn out from a day of discovery, you'll need a place to rest and recharge for another day, and that's where Inn Virginia comes in. We have some of the best places to stay in Williamsurg, and they're just waiting for your arrival: Newport House B&B- Newport House is "Williamsburg's most historically authentic B&B." Innkeepers You are invited to relax in their 18th century-themed inn, complete with Tuesday evening colonial dancing in the ballroom. Rest well in either the New England Chamber or the Philadelphia Chamber, both of which provide historic aesthetics and modern accoutrements. Jasmine Plantation- This plantation home is a restored 18th century farmhouse with modern day elegance. Take advantage of one of their seven guest rooms and explore the reflecting pool, the Magnolia Terrace, the footbridge and the miniature waterfall. You won't want to miss out on these picturesque accommodations. (They're also especially known for their weddings, so if you're looking for a wedding venue, here's our recommendation!) Bentley Manor Inn- Bentley Manor is an establishment that dates back to the 1700s and also happens to be within walking distance of Colonial Williamsburg. Immerse yourself in hearty, country breakfasts, quiet scenery, nearby history, and overall relaxation. Whether you're walking the local streets or enjoying a show on the flatscreen TV in your room, you'll find what one reviewer calls "the 3 Cs—comfort, convenience, and charm." For a full list of our Williamsburg B&Bs, click here.