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AVONDALE, La., July 30, 2009 -- The Northrop Grumman Corporation-built (NYSE:NOC) amphibious transport dock ship New York (LPD 21) returned to the company's Avondale shipyard in New Orleans July 23 flying three brooms signifying a successful U.S. Navy Acceptance Trials. The ship is the fifth in the San Antonio-class series that the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding sector is building across the Gulf Coast.
"This was an exceptional sea trial. We followed our planned schedule of events and executed very well," said Richard Schenk, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding vice president, Tests and Trials. "The ship's fit and finish is excellent, a true tribute to our shipbuilders' hard work, and LPD 21 most definitely proved her worth. The teamwork between Northrop Grumman and the customer created this opportunity for success."
New York (LPD 21) demonstrated a variety of systems including main propulsion, engineering and ship control systems, combat systems, damage control, food service and crew support. Among additional acceptance trial highlights, the ship completed a full power run, self defense detect-to-engage exercises, steering, and anchor handling demonstrations. The ballasting and deballasting tests, during which the ship's well-deck is flooded for future launching of landing craft air-cushion vessels and expeditionary fighting vehicles, were performed in an outstanding manner, with the ballast system test setting a new LPD ship record for time to ballast down.
"The completion of acceptance trials is a major step towards bringing New York into the fleet," said Capt. Bill Galinis, the LPD 17-class program manager for the Navy's Program Executive Office for Ships (PEO Ships). "This week, four out of five San Antonio-class ships were underway at the same time. There's really no better indication that we're delivering urgently needed assets to our warfighters."
The bow stem of New York contains 7.5 tons of steel recovered from the World Trade Center and the ship is named in honor of the victims and heroes of the 9/11 terrorist attack. The future USS New York is scheduled for commissioning in New York City on Nov. 7, 2009.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
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I don't see the files in the CloudStation when accessing from the web browser.
At first, check the power LED in front of the product.
If the power LED is blacked out
- Make sure that the power switch is set "ON" position.
If the power switch is "OFF", switch it to "ON" position.
- If the power switch is "ON" or "AUTO" position, make sure if the disk error is occur.
Disk error Solution Not occur
The unit may be in the Sleep mode.
Awake it from the Sleep mode.
Occur Check the error information and fix the error.
|If the power LED is lit
- Check if I53 does not show up.
Method of confirmation:
Make sure that INFO/ERROR LED is flashing AMBER.
It will alternate between flashing for 1 second (tens digit) and 0.5 second (ones digit). Combine the number of longer flashes with the number of shorter flashes to produce a two digit information code
The example of "I53" information ten digit : 1 second flashing x 5times ones digit : 0.5second flashing x 3times
Please check following the setting on the CloudStation:
* IP address
* Subnet mask
* Default Gateway
* DNS Server Setting
- Make sure your device is listed in "Your Pogoplug enable device".
Method of confirmation:
- Log in to the remote Web interface.
- Click [Setting] at the top of the screen.
- Navigate to [Account setting]-[General Setting].
* In case your device name is not listed
Reason 1: The e-mail address is not conncted with the CloudStation. Try logging in to the CloudStation again with your registered e-mail address and password.
Reason 2: The device which is activated is not in the network. Please try activation for your new device.

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Network: Starz
Episodes: 18 (hour)
Seasons: Two
TV show dates: October 11, 2011 — October 19, 2012
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Kelsey Grammer, Karen Aldridge, Connie Nielsen, Kathleen Robertson, Martin Donovan, Jeff Hephner, and Hannah Ware.
TV show description:
This political drama TV series revolves around Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer), the powerful mayor of Chicago. He's known for getting things done, regardless of the moral cost. Quite simply, he's the most effective mayor in recent history.
Unfortunately, Kane's recently been diagnosed with DLB, a degenerative neurological disorder. He can't trust his memory, his closest allies, or even himself. Determined to remain in charge, Kane conceals the disease from everyone around him — except his neurologist, Doctor Ella Harris (Karen Aldridge).
Those around Kane are too busy with their own lives to notice anything unusual. Kane's marriage to his wife Meredith (Connie Nielsen) is one of convenience.
Kane's personal aide, Kitty O'Neill (Kathleen Robertson), has her suspicions but stays silent. Kane's senior political advisor is Ezra Stone (Martin Donovan), a Yale graduate with a rough edge who remains questionless. State Treasurer Ben Zajac (Jeff Hephner) is too busy cultivating his political ambitions to become the next Governor of Illinois to notice anything out of the ordinary.
Only Emma (Hannah Ware), Kane's estranged daughter, has a chance of learning his secret.
Episode #18 — True Enough
'True Enough' Miller publishes a story that could destroy Kane, but Kane's biggest threat is Kitty's alliance with Doyle. As Meredith forms a new relationship, Kane goes to the greatest lengths yet to stay on top.
First aired: October 19, 2012
What do you think? Are you sorry that Boss has been cancelled? How do you think the show should have ended?


text: Back Phenobarbital Does this test have other names? Phenobarbital drug monitoring, phenobarbital drug level What is this test? This test measures the amount of the drug phenobarbital in your blood. Phenobarbital is used to treat epilepsy in children and adults. Epilepsy is a disease that causes brain seizures or convulsions. Phenobarbital may be used to treat different types of seizures, including tonic-clonic, complex, partial, or myoclonic seizures. Other names for medicines containing phenobarbital include Luminal and Mysoline. If you take phenobarbital to keep seizures under control, the amount of phenobarbital in your blood needs to be at the right level. This level is called the therapeutic range. The therapeutic range has a low number, or concentration, and a high number. If your blood level is less than the low number you may be more likely to have a seizure. If it is above the high number, you may be more likely to have side effects. This test tells your doctor if your dose of phenobarbital is within the therapeutic range generally accepted for the drug. This range is an average, though, and the therapeutic range for you is the amount of phenobarbital that controls your seizures with the fewest side effects. Your doctor may prescribe a dose of phenobarbital that goes over the generally recommended range, depending on your particular condition. If you're an older adult, you may be more sensitive to this drug and may need a lower dose. Why do I need this test? You may have this blood test to make sure that the dose of phenobarbital you are taking is within the right range for you. You may have this test: A few days and a few weeks after starting the drug After any change in the dose of the drug After adding any other seizure drug If your doctor prescribes another medicine that can interact with phenobarbital If you continue to have seizures even though you are taking phenobarbital If you become pregnant You may also need this blood test if your therapeutic range changes over time: When you first start taking phenobarbital, you may need to take a higher dose. If you have been taking phenobarbital for a long time, you may need a higher dose to get the same effect. Your dose of phenobarbital may need to be decreased if you are older than 70. You may need this blood test if you have side effects from phenobarbital or if your doctor suspects your level is too high. Drowsiness is the most common side effect. Other side effects may include: Headache Depression Dizziness Nausea Hyperactivity in children This is rare, but some people may have an increased risk for suicide when taking phenobarbital. Tell your doctor right away if you have any thoughts of suicide or if you feel depressed. Children who are taking phenobarbital may have difficulty learning. If your child is taking phenobarbital, tell your doctor about any learning problems. Other serious side effects that you need to let your doctor know about right away include: Seizures Mouth or throat soreness Bleeding or bruising Trouble breathing or swallowing Severe rash Unexplained fever What other tests might I have along with this test? You may also have other blood tests to check your liver, heart, and digestive system. What do my test results mean? Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider. Phenobarbital is measured in micrograms per milliliter (mcg/mL). The normal therapeutic range for adults is 15 to 40 mcg/mL. If your blood level is too high, you may need to have your dose lowered. If your blood level is too low, you may need to have your dose increased. The therapeutic range is only a guide. Your doctor will use your blood test, along with other factors, to determine whether you need any changes to your medication. How is this test done? The test requires a blood sample, which is drawn through a needle from a vein in your arm. Does this test pose any risks? Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore. What might affect my test results? Many commonly used drugs can interfere or interact with phenobarbital, including birth control pills. How do I get ready for this test? You don't need to prepare for this test, But be sure your doctor knows about all medicines, herbs, vitamins, and supplements you are taking. This includes medicines that don't need a prescription and any illicit drugs you may use.


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Researchers have linked a structural protein called nestin to a particularly deadly form of breast cancer, identifying a new biomarker that could lead to earlier detection and better treatment.
In the January 15 issue of Cancer Research, researchers from Dartmouth Medical School demonstrate that nestin could represent a selective biological marker for basal epithelial breast tumors, a highly aggressive cancer with similarities to mammary stem cells, the regenerative cells believed to be the site of breast cancer initiation.
"Patients with this type of breast cancer are at high risk for recurrence," said James DiRenzo, Ph.D., assistant professor at Dartmouth Medical School. "Ideally, a marker like nestin would enable clinicians to monitor these patients through frequent tests of a biomarker and, in doing so, detect the cancer before it has a chance to come back."
Basal epithelial tumors lack important molecular targets such as the estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and Her2. This not only makes positive diagnosis difficult, say researchers, but also eliminates several important lines of therapy, such as tamoxifen or Herceptin, that work well for other breast cancer subtypes.
"Currently, there is no direct means of determining if a breast cancer is a basal epithelial tumor – doctors only know for certain once the other forms of breast cancer are ruled out," DiRenzo said. "This type of breast cancer is generally difficult to manage, but several important studies have shown that it is more likely than other breast cancer subtypes to respond to certain types of therapy, which highlights the need for a definitive diagnostic marker."
The basal epithelial breast cancer subtype represents 17 to 37 percent of all breast cancers and is more common in premenopausal African American women than in other demographic groups. Among breast cancers, this subtype is known to have an early age of onset and a very short time between treatment and relapse. It is more commonly detected during normal screening mammogram intervals than other screening subtypes, which likely reflects its aggressive nature. These important clinical correlations likely explain why this subtype disproportionately accounts for breast cancer mortality, according to DiRenzo.
In a retrospective study of breast cancer tumors lacking estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors and Her2, DiRenzo and his colleagues found extremely high amounts of nestin in 14 of 16 tumor samples examined. While the researchers plan to strengthen their findings with a larger prospective study, their results offer a crucial first step in diagnosis and management of a disease that is notoriously difficult to control. Consistent with other studies showing that breast cancers associated with inherited mutations in BRCA1 display the basal phenotype, DiRenzo and colleagues found high levels of nestin in these tumors as well.
Nestin is a long filamentous protein found in adult stem cells in the central nervous system. While scientists do not know its exact function, the protein is thought to have a role in stabilizing the structure of adult stem cells as they regenerate and divide into daughter cells.
"Normal basal epithelial tissue produces nestin, but basal epithelial tumors produce a tremendous amount of nestin, which likely represents an abnormal expansion of the basal epithelia." DiRenzo said. "If it is indeed specific to regenerative cells, then it will make for an excellent diagnostic tool for a cancer of regenerative mammary cells."
According to the DiRenzo, another important next step will be finding an efficient means of detecting nestin in a clinical screening setting. While it seems unlikely that a blood test would be sufficient, DiRenzo believes that a non-invasive test that collects samples from mammary ducts may enable the development of a screening tool for at-risk patients. Source : American Association for Cancer Research


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Riddle me this: When is a drop in the U.S. unemployment rate not good news?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week reported the unemployment rate for March edged down to 7.6 percent, its lowest level since December 2008 -- good news, right?
Riddle me this: When is a drop in the U.S. unemployment rate not good news? The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week reported the unemployment rate for March edged down to 7.6 percent, its lowest level since December 2008 -- good news, right?
Riddle me this: When is a drop in the U.S. unemployment rate not good news?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week reported the unemployment rate for March edged down to 7.6 percent, its lowest level since December 2008 -- good news, right?
Not so fast.
The size of the labor force is now pegged at 155 million, 496,000 fewer than in February, so the drop had more to do with people giving up on finding work than it did with companies hiring more employees.
In fact, a mere 88,000 new jobs were created, little more than a quarter of what economists say is necessary to bring down the unemployment rate to 6 percent, and though that brings us to 6.5 million in the last three years, the total pales against the number of unemployed Americans, 11.7 million with 4.6 million of them classified as long-term unemployed (more than 27 weeks) and 7.6 million underemployed. An additional 2.3 million people without jobs are not counted because they had not looked for work in the last four weeks.
University of Maryland economist Peter Morici said when discouraged workers are included in the statistics, the unemployment rate jumps to 13.8 percent.
And though the administration touted the BLS report as a sign of continuing progress, President Barack Obama acknowledged there's more work to do to get the economy rolling.
Obama's focus in his weekly radio address was on the fiscal 2014 budget he finally plans to deliver to Congress this week -- about two months late.
"To make America a magnet for good jobs, we'll invest in high-tech manufacturing and homegrown American energy, put people to work building new roads, bridges, and schools, and cut red tape to help businesses grow," he said, pounding the familiar themes about a balanced approach to deficit reduction (nobody talks about debt -- or even deficit -- elimination).
A better approach, Morici said, would be to create more and better jobs through "pro-growth trade, energy and regulatory policies, and more realistic expectations among parents, students and the high schools and universities that train workers."
Even as the administration was busy spinning the unemployment report as good news and evidence of continuing economic recovery, Alan Krueger, head of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, warned the full impact of the sequestration has yet to be felt.
"While the recovery was gaining traction before sequestration took effect, these arbitrary and unnecessary cuts to government services will be a headwind in the months to come, and will cut key investments in the nation's future competitiveness," Krueger said in a statement. "The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the sequester will reduce employment by 750,000 full-time equivalent jobs by the end of the year."
White House spokesman Jay Carney noted the damage yet-to-come from the sequester still can be averted.
"I think that outside economists have predicted that the sequester, if it is not undone, will cost I think roughly a half a percentage point in economic growth, in GDP, and something like 750,000 jobs. That would be bad," Carney said. "That is unnecessary. That would be the result of an unnecessary choice made by Republicans in the House who thought that that was a better outcome -- or Republicans in both Houses -- that that was a better outcome for the American people -- reduced economic growth, reduced job creation -- than asking folks to give up special tax breaks -- corporate jet owners, wealthy individuals who get special deductions.
"These are proposals, again, that the speaker of the House said he supported in December, and now he claims are off the table in March and April."
A bright spot in the unemployment report was the increase in jobs in the professional and business services sectors, education and health services, construction, and leisure and hospitality. But the retail trade lost 24,100 jobs.
"March's discouraging job growth underscores the continuing volatility and fragility of the economy," Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project, said in a statement. "We remain very far away from being able to address the deep and enduring crisis of long-term unemployment and underemployment that is holding millions of workers and our whole economy back.
"Our economy has been hollowed out and millions of people are unable to find the work they need to support their families. Long-term unemployed workers may be struggling in silence, but their place in this economy impacts everybody," Owens said. "The only way to achieve a sustainable recovery and rebuild a robust economy benefiting all is to address the ongoing crisis of long-term unemployment. To do that, our leaders need to invest in meaningful job creation programs instead of wasting time with partisan infighting or worse yet, doing damage with misguided austerity policies and huge budget cuts. Putting people back to work remains Americans' No. 1 priority. It should be our leaders' top priority too."
Morici notes college grads in technical fields have much brighter prospects than others.
"All this gives rise to widening income inequality between those who have specialized skills and those who don't, and it imposes particular burdens on the two bookends of the labor force -- recent grads and workers above 50," Morici said in a release.
"Recent liberal arts graduates face particular difficulty getting that first decent job -- such as in finance or the media -- where employer training and entry-level experience combine to impart job-specific skills that permit them to climb the ladder.
"Displaced older workers face much longer periods of unemployment, and many never secure positions that pay as well as the jobs lost. Many are digging into retirement savings well before they are 65, creating an army of near-indigent elderly a decade or two from now."
Morici notes getting parents to steer their children to more vocational tasks and to get college students to abandon the party school lifestyle for demanding technical fields will be a hard slog.
It also will require a turnaround in the way professors approach their fields.
"Universities are too much run by professors who prefer to contemplate the shortcomings of their civilization than train young people to build it," he said.


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Prescription required. Can not be split. Product of Canada. Shipped from Canada.
To comply with Canadian International Pharmacy Association regulations you are permitted to order a 3-month supply or the closest package size available based on your personal prescription. read more
(tran il sip' roe meen)A small number of children, teenagers, and young adults (up to 24 years of age) who took antidepressants ('mood elevators') such as tranylcypromine during clinical studies became suicidal (thinking about harming or killing oneself or planning or trying to do so). Children, teenagers, and young adults who take antidepressants to treat depression or other mental illnesses may be more likely to become suicidal than children, teenagers, and young adults who do not take antidepressants to treat these conditions. However, experts are not sure about how great this risk is and how much it should be considered in deciding whether a child or teenager should take an antidepressant. Children younger than 18 years of age should not normally take tranylcypromine, but in some cases, a doctor may decide that tranylcypromine is the best medication to treat a child's condition. You should know that your mental health may change in unexpected ways when you take tranylcypromine or other antidepressants even if you are an adult over age 24. You may become suicidal, especially at the beginning of your treatment and any time that your dose is increased or decreased. You, your family, or your caregiver should call your doctor right away if you experience any of the following symptoms: new or worsening depression; thinking about harming or killing yourself, or planning or trying to do so; extreme worry; agitation; panic attacks; difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep; aggressive behavior; irritability; acting without thinking; severe restlessness; and frenzied abnormal excitement. Be sure that your family or caregiver knows which symptoms may be serious so they can call the doctor when you are unable to seek treatment on your own. Your healthcare provider will want to see you often while you are taking tranylcypromine, especially at the beginning of your treatment. Be sure to keep all appointments for office visits with your doctor. No matter what your age, before you take an antidepressant, you, your parent, or your caregiver should talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of treating your condition with an antidepressant or with other treatments. You should also talk about the risks and benefits of not treating your condition. You should know that having depression or another mental illness greatly increases the risk that you will become suicidal. This risk is higher if you or anyone in your family has or has ever had bipolar disorder (mood that changes from depressed to abnormally excited) or mania (frenzied, abnormally excited mood) or has thought about or attempted suicide. Talk to your doctor about your condition, symptoms, and personal and family medical history. You and your doctor will decide what type of treatment is right for you.
The content on this page is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute professional medical advice. Patients should not use the information presented on this page for diagnosing a health-related issue or disease. Before taking any medication or supplements, patients should always consult a physician or qualified healthcare professional for medical advice or information about whether a drug is safe, appropriate or effective.


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50% OFF FreeStyle Paint Session For Two in New Braunfels
- Value
- $20
- Discount
- 50%
- You Save
- $10
Fine print
Expires Jan 31st 2015. Not valid with any other offer. Valid for Two people. No appointment necessary. Includes canvas, paints, brushes, and instructions if needed. Hours are Mon-Sat 11-5 pm and Sunday 12-4 pm. Closed Wednesday.
Only 10 Vouchers Available
FreeStyle Paint Session for Two
Choose From Two Options:
11X14 Canvas Size $10 ($20 Value)
16X20 Canvas Size $20 ($40 Value)
The paint bar is where you can come in and paint on your own, without a structured class environment.
You can choose instructions for a step-by-step guide that walks you through your painting of choice. Or you can let the art bug take you and go with the flow!
If you get stuck, the Traveling ARTists are here to help. Come into the paint bar, BYOB and find your inner artist. We'll provide you with all necessary art supplies.
These make great gifts! The price & discount will not show up on the voucher.
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Ashley and Shannon at Traveling Art are certified art instructors with over 10 years of teaching experience. They will walk you through the steps it takes to make a fine work of art. They are available for private lessons, art parties, and workshops.


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Update copyright headers
Qt copyrights are now in The Qt Company, so we could update the source code headers accordingly. In the same go we should also fix the links to point to qt.io. Outdated header.LGPL removed (use header.LGPL21 instead) Old header.LGPL3 renamed to header.LGPL3-COMM to match actual licensing combination. New header.LGPL-COMM taken in the use file which were using old header.LGPL3 (src/plugins/platforms/android/extract.cpp) Added new header.LGPL3 containing Commercial + LGPLv3 + GPLv2 license combination Change-Id: I6f49b819a8a20cc4f88b794a8f6726d975e8ffbe Reviewed-by: Matti Paaso <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see http://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
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** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
-** rights. These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** As a special exception, The Qt Company gives you certain additional
+** rights. These rights are described in The Qt Company LGPL Exception
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adjective species
From WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia.
(Redirected from Adjective Species)
- The title of this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is [adjective][species].
The furry world from the inside out
|Klisoura, Makyo, JM Horse, Zik, Kyell Gold, Phil Geusz, Quentin Julien
|Launch date
|2 November 2011
[adjective][species] is an organization and website comprising a blog with writings about the furry fandom, surveys related to the fandom, and visualizations of previous survey results. Contributing writers are Klisoura, Makyo, JM Horse, Zik, Kyell Gold, Phil Geusz, and Quentin Julien[1]. Associated projects include the more adult-oriented blog Love ◦ Sex ◦ Fur,[2] and the Furry Survey,[3] the latter of which was previously run by Klisoura.
Love ◦ Sex ◦ Fur[edit]
|Love ◦ Sex ◦ Fur
Love and Sex in the Furry Fandom
|Launch date
|22 June 2013
|End date
Love ◦ Sex ◦ Fur, or LSF, was a blog devoted to "frank exploration of relationships, sexuality, and some of the finer points of personal interaction within the furry fandom."[2] Sometime before April 4, 2018, the website went down.
- ↑ About | [adjective][species]. Retrieved 12 June, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 About | Love ◦ Sex ◦ Fur. Retrieved 22 June 2013
- ↑ The Furry Survey
External links[edit]
- http://adjectivespecies.com - Main website and blog
- [adjective][species] and Love ◦ Sex ◦ Fur on Twitter
- [adjective][species] on Google+
- [adjective][species] and Love ◦ Sex ◦ Fur on Fur Affinity
- [adjective][species] on Github
|This entry about a website is a stub - can you improve it?


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Offering free shipping on most items.
Product Info:
Put Nature firmly in its place. The rugged and sporty WeatherBeater Floor Liners perfectly conform to the contours of your ride and offer un-beatable carpet protection for whatever nature hurls at you.
Additional Attributes:
Color: Black
Color Availability: Available in Black, Grey, or Tan.
Driver Position: Left Hand Drive Only
Features and Benefits: No hassle lifetime guarantee. For details: HuskyLiners.com/ForLife
Features and Benefits: Made in the USA.
Location: Front And Second Rows
Material: TPO – Thermoplastic Olefin
Number of Pieces: 3
Requires Drilling: No
CA Prop 65: Y
CA Prop 65 Type: Cancer and Reproductive
Best Value: Yes
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5 Facts about Hornstra Farm
Best Patios on the South Shore
Stars on Hingham Harbor
Burtons Welcomes EVERYONE!
Nix's Opens on Plymouth Harbor
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- Come Hungry to the Duxbury Student Union!!
- Meet The Team From The Duxbury Food and Wine Festival!
- Festival Grand Tasting at The Ellison Center for The Arts
- Introducing The Duxbury Food and Wine Festival!
- 5 Facts about Hornstra Farm
- Farm To Table Dinner at Holly Hill Farm Featuring The Corner Stop
- Make Crow's Landing YOUR Neighborhood Destination
About Hingham Foodie
There are hundreds of restaurants on the South Shore, and there are thousands of restaurant review sites online.
At Hingham Foodie, we let your favorite restaurants tell their stories. We go behind the scenes on the South Shore to hear what is new, what is great, and what is happening at all of the fantastic restaurants in our neighborhood. We talk to the restaurants and share our findings with you.
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Women's Sprint, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 finals
Men's Team Pursuit, qualifying and final
Day Three of the Track World Championships saw the start of the Sprint events, with the women doing their Flying 200 metre qualification and the first rounds of competition. The women's Scratch Race also took place, as well as the Kilo and Team Pursuit for the men. Canada had two competitors - Monique Sullivan in the Sprint and Tara Whitten in the Scratch Race.
Women's Sprint
There were no surprises in qualifying, with defending champion and Olympic gold medalist Victoria Pendleton (GBr) taking the top spot, followed by 500m TT winner Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) second. Sullivan qualified 19th in 11.702 seconds, which put her up against veteran Willy Kanis (Ned) in the first round. Sullivan tried leading from the front to force Kanis up and around, but the Dutch rider was too strong and came around her in the last two corners to eliminate Sullivan.
Top seeds Pendleton and Krupeckaite made it through the next two rounds without much problem to move onto tonight's semifinals, but Olympic bronze medalist Guo Shuang (Chn) was defeated by a very fast Olga Panarina (Ltu), while Kanis knocked out World Cup champion Lyubov Shulika (Ukr).
"It's my first Worlds, so there is a lot still to learn," said Sullivan. "I wanted to go out and try something, to treat Willy as an equal when I raced against her. I made a mistake at the end, when I came out of the pole lane, which let her in. Without that, i think the race might have been a little closer."
"I didn't want to go into the race already defeated; my goal was to be bold in the race. I think I did the best I could; my preparation was right and I have to be happy with the experience. I give it an E for Effort."
Sullivan took a semester off school to go down to Los Angeles and train with former world champion Tanya Dubnicoff, her coach.
"It was a big change to my lifestyle, I did all the World Cups, got use to all the travel and what is required. Now I am coming onto the track feeling comfortable, which is a big improvement for my confidence, but there are still so many little skills to learn."
Men's Kilo
In this race everyone was watching to see if young American star Taylor Phinney would take his second title of the championships. However, it was the German veteran sprinter Stefan Nimke who blew away the competition with a time of 1:00.666 (fastest ever recorded at sea level). Phinney took silver with a ride that was the opposite of most, who get slower on the final lap, by getting faster and faster as his four lap ride progressed. "This is how a pursuiter rides a Kilo," he joked. Mohamed Rizal Tisin came close to beating Phinney with 1:01.658 (to Phinney's 1:01.611), and gave Malaysia their first medal of the championships.
Men's Team Pursuit
This was Denmark all the way. After qualifying first with the only sub-4 minute ride (3:59.892), they went even faster in the final, at 3:58.246 . However, a young Australian squad gave them a bit of a scare in the gold medal round. When the Danish lost their first man barely halfway into the race they were a second up, but then the Australians began to fight back, closing to within six-hundredths of a second by the finish. New Zealand beat a young British squad for the bronze, shutting the Olympic champions out of the medals.
Women's Scratch Race
This was a very aggressive race, mainly due to the efforts of Canada's Tara Whitten. Whitten worked hard through the race to get a break established, only to either see it chased down, or die because of lack of horsepower. In the final laps the bunch was still together, and it was going to come down to a sprint, with Cuban Yumari Gonzalez easily outkicking World Cup champion Elizabeth Armistead (GBr) and Belinda Goss (Aus).
"My plan was to go out aggressive, because I had nothing to lose and I wanted to make it a real race," explained Whitten. "It didn't work out because none of the breaks stayed away and no one was working. I don't have the tactics yet for pack racing, so it is better if I can get away. It took a little bit out of my legs for the final sprint, but I'm still learning about bunch races."
However, Whitten is optimistic for the Omnium (Saturday): "This gives me confidence. It didn't work today, but it feels like I have a lot of power in my legs."
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For many months now I have been watching the future. Inevitably this is a key concern of the astrologer, the Uranian, the Aquarian, the 11th house individual, but actually, this coming month there is an astrological event of staggering magnitude in the making.
So far as I can work out, 27th of May will be a day of great importance in the destiny of this world.
Of course, better astrologers than I have come unstuck through making such bold proclamations and I do not wish to characterise this "happening" as having any profoundly calamitous or dramatic overtones, indeed, the nature of it all suggests that it may be much more subtle than we at first understand and of course, to pinpoint a day is also a little presumptuous, since this is only the point of greatest intensity, but I am getting ahead of myself.
The event: in astrological terms at least, is a super-conjunction of Jupiter with Neptune and Chiron within a 15 minute orb of 26° Aquarius.
Below is the chart for the evening of 27th May, at five past nine in the evening here in the UK. I have looked at this in numerous ways most especially regarding house systems. I have experimented with putting the stellium on the 1st to judge its expression, using an arbitrary point in space, and placing the Sun on the 1st too in the tradition of daily horoscope writers, but in the end I have decided upon a simple 0° Aries configuration: it is the birth point into consciousness and form and this I believe will give the easiest route to interpretation.
Before I begin to explore the scenarios it might be as well to talk about generalisations. Jupiter – Neptune contacts speak to spiritual philosophy, non-materialism, matters of faith and religion, disappointed hopes, idealism, speculation and financial wipeout. Neptunian affairs are expanded and Jupiterian concerns are dissolved or transcended. Chiron enters the fray and themes of wounding and healing are highlighted, but these are humanity's wounds and the effects are undoubtedly global.
One way of getting a flavour of the contacts is to look at what was going on the last time these contacts were made. Jupiter was conjunct Chiron in 1990, just days before Iraq invaded Kuwait and today, mere days before the next contact the UK is pulling its troops out of Iraq. Is this the end of the Iraq problem? Consider that the last time that Neptune was conjunct both Jupiter and Chiron was in September 1945, within a day of the end of the second world war and at the end of that set of contacts, the United Nations was formed…
Before that, the last time the same superconjunction occurred was in the summer of 1881 when Britain signed the Pretoria treaty which ended the Boer war, within 3 days of the closest contact between Ju/Ne/Ch. The cessation of wars therefore appears to be a theme of the great conjunction of these planetary superpowers with the rogue comet Chiron.
There are an enormous number of potentials here and it would be best to start with the most obvious, and possibly the most unattractive.
Scenario One: Global Pandemic
Jupiter conjunct Neptune conjunct Chiron. Here Jupiter expands Neptunian energy and attaches a measure of pain to the result, pain which is itself magnified. Poseidon (Neptune) was called "worldshaker" by the Greeks and with the Aquarius and 11th house influence this could certainly be an issue which affects the whole of humanity. With Pandora configured too it could also be of case of something having "got out", and in the absence of any concrete measures being mooted, hope appears to be the last commodity available.
Sun and Saturn are peregrine. Authority and societal structures are out of the picture and with Saturn overexpressed in Virgo (and note: the exact midpoint of Virgo) and Sun in Gemini there are themes of communication breakdowns and health problems. Pluto is on the midheaven and in Capricorn, so change is afoot, and the usual structures do not hold. Sun is also in partile square to Ceres (not a minute out) which again suggests a real vitality problem, sickness even.
Moon and Mars are strong, Moon is in her sign, in hayz and at the midpoint of the Sun – Ceres square with the Sun too at the midpoint of the Moon – Venus square, a need to protect loved ones and family then. Chiron is exactly square Algol whose ancient imagery is of piled up corpses. Proserpina squares the stellium too, so loved ones may be taken down to the underworld and Neptune is stationary at this exact moment too.
The imagery of Neptune is interesting in this context. Neptune has of course long been associated with sickness and far more than Pluto is an impersonal force of devastation. Pluto actually represents an intensely personal confrontation with the Underworld, Neptune is the maker of sickness and has a much broader and less individual reach. It should be noted too that regardless of the broad trends indicated by this point in time that the event-mapping of the moment is somewhat uncomfortable to contemplate. Pl=Ve/Sa suggests transient states of chaos, the halfsum involves Venus in Aries (thus representing the physical body via the 1st) and Saturn in Virgo and the 6th: health. Thus, chaotic and confusing conditions relating to physical health. Then consider the darkly foreboding implications of Ne = Ma/Ur = Ve/Pl! Fainting fits, raving madness and incredible fear combined with immoral and desperate behaviour.
Scenario Two: Global Financial Collapse
This was my original opinion and I have held this particular view for more than a year now. It appears to hold true as well, at least thus far. Global conflict is, in these latter days, increasingly economic, sanctions have replaced gunboats, but more widely I do believe that this theme bears out, even mundanely. In all cases of the previous conjunctions of this type it would appear that idealism wins out after a sustained period of pain and wounding. At this time Uranus transits the midpoint of Mars – Jupiter and Mars – Neptune from the 12th house. This suggests sudden plans being formed to combat sudden crisis conditions in business institutions, and as Uranus rules the stellium in Aquarius it is a decision taken by a hidden group; the ruler is well aspected however, so I am not especially pessimistic. A world currency? This possibility has been on my thoughts for longer than I care to mention. I do have grave misgivings about this as a concept and it could only probably be put into place if a profound financial crisis were in evidence (whether it had been manufactured or not). This last factor is echoed by the square to Mercury in Taurus: an enormous financial lie (Me sq. Ju/Ne from Taurus and the 2nd).
Scenario Three: A Spiritual Forward Step
Events of this type are invariably precursors to major shifts in thinking. In 1534, when Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron were all conjunct Martin Luther translated the bible into German for the first time and the Church of England became a functioning entity through Henry VIII's first Supremacy Act. In 1945 the United Nations was formed. These are cohesive events which create a sense of higher purpose that can be shared by all people and crucially, which offer a sense of unity and a glimpse of a more enlightened future.
Most intriguingly in my view however, The stellium occurs on the astrologers' degree of Aquarius. This is a profoundly sensitised point in the internal dialogue of astrology and it creates quite a buzz across the polarity to the 27th degree of Leo. Unquestionably this will up the ante for the world of astrology, even if not overtly.
The Sabian is delightful too:
An Ancient Pottery Bowl Filled with Violets.
This is a symbol of the permanence or changelessness of the real as an ultimate assurance to the human heart. No matter how many shifting forms the face of life may present to man, there are always the surviving tokens of an enduring stability on which the ephemeral and the superficial are unable to make any impact. Where there is replacement of substance and variety of structure there is also an over-all continuance of meaning and identity in which self may anchor itself. The keyword is TRADITION. When positive, the degree is a high realisation of values and a real gift of using them, and when negative, a loss of self in conventionality and its meaningless trappings.
In my heart of hearts I believe that we are all faced with a choice in this life and at no time has the urgency of the withering dichotomy that is the collision of material and spiritual values been so apparent. This degree tells us that it is time to get real about our values. We as individuals do not have to hide our lights under the bushel of shame that has been handed down to us by those with no universal – only selfish – conviction. I for one refuse to be ashamed of those tenets I hold dear. I am here to help people and I do not want to be enslaved into the empty material trappings that are the garb of those who have not dared to believe in anything more. What of it if I go to my demise destitute? The rationalised avarice of our times is built upon a pyramid of parasitism that I simply cannot tolerate as a life philosophy. I want none of it, it sickens me, although not with an angry disgust, but just through proximity to the unclean and the poisonous. If life can be better, lived to a higher ideal then I want to aspire to that possibility, and if it cannot, then at the very least I do not have to be dragged down by it daily, again and again.
It's actually very simple, but it takes a peculiar and rather detached view of your own place in this world to realise it.


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ALFRED, Maine (AP) — The defense and the judge aren't happy with delays in the trial of the business partner in a prostitution scandal at a Zumba studio. Prosecutors aren't happy, either, after the judge dismissed nearly four dozen charges.
But the unhappiest group of all may be the remaining members of the jury pool, who were hidden away in the courthouse basement over four days of proceedings.
"They hate waiting," said jury expert Valerie Hans of Cornell University Law School. "I'm thinking jurors would rather be in a courtroom listening to really challenging and difficult testimony rather than just waiting around."
Jury selection in the trial of Mark Strong Sr. came to an abrupt halt Friday after the judge dismissed 46 of 59 counts and prosecutors appealed. On Monday, remaining members of the jury pool were told to stay home.
Strong's lawyers expressed fear that the jurors could make the defendant a target of their frustration.
"There's no doubt they could take it out on him," defense lawyer Tina Nadeau told the judge.
Strong, 57, of Thomaston, was originally charged with 59 misdemeanor counts including conspiring with dance instructor Alexis Wright, who's accused of using her Kennebunk dance studio as a prostitution front.
Prosecutors say prostitution clients were videotaped without their knowledge, and the dismissed charges related to invasion of privacy. The remaining 13 counts focus on prostitution.
Potential jurors encountered their first delay Thursday when the Portland Press Herald sued over the judge's closed-door questioning of more than 140 potential jurors. The state supreme court ordered the judge to conduct the process in open court.
Remaining members of the jury pool reported back to duty Friday, only to be sent home again because of prosecutors' appeal.
On Monday, selection remained on hold as the chief justice of the state supreme asked the trial judge to decide whether to proceed on the remaining 13 counts. Once the judge's ruling is issued, the supreme court will determine how to proceed on the appeal of the dismissal of the other 46 counts.
Hans, a Cornell law school professor who has surveyed jurors on their experiences, said the judge in such cases can appease prospective jurors by keeping them updated on the proceedings, and explaining the importance of their job.
Even then, prospective jurors and jurors have limits to their patience, though she said there's no research to suggest that they'd punish a defendant for wasting their time.
As for the prospective jurors, they're off-limits to reporters, so no one really knows what they're thinking.
Strong, a married insurance agent, has acknowledged having a physical relationship with Wright after helping her launch her Pura Vida fitness studio by co-signing her lease and loaning her money that she repaid with interest. He said he never paid her for sex and was unaware of any prostitution.
Police said Wright videotaped many of the encounters without clients' knowledge and kept records suggesting the sex acts generated $150,000 over 18 months.
Wright faces 106 counts including prostitution and invasion of privacy for acts performed in her dance studio and in a rented office. She'll be tried later.


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Two new breakthroughs demonstrate how tomorrow's life-saving medications may currently be living at the bottom of the sea
01/24/13 Portland, Ore.
OHSU researchers, in partnership with scientists from several other institutions, have published two new research papers that signal how the next class of powerful medications may currently reside at the bottom of the ocean. In both cases, the researchers were focused on ocean-based mollusks – a category of animal that includes snails, clams and squid and their bacterial companions.
Sea life studies aid researchers in several ways, including the development of new medications and biofuels. Because many of these ocean animal species have existed in harmony with their bacteria for millions of years, these benign bacteria have devised molecules that can affect body function without side effects and therefore better fight disease.
To generate these discoveries, a research partnership called the Philippine Mollusk Symbiont International Cooperative Biodiversity Group was formed. As the name suggests, the group specifically focuses on mollusks, a large phylum of invertebrate animals, many of which live under the sea. Margo Haygood, Ph.D., an OHSU marine microbiologist, leads the group, with partners at the University of the Philippines, the University of Utah, The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and Ocean Genome Legacy. Both of these newly published papers are the result of the efforts of this research group.
Here are brief summaries of the two studies:
Shipworms: The source of a new antibiotic
Published in the current edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The paper focuses on a unique animal called a shipworm, which despite its name is not a worm. Shipworms are mollusks and are clam-like creatures that use their shells as drills and feed on wood by burrowing into the wood fibers. They are best known for affixing themselves to the sides of wooden ships. Over time, their wood feeding causes serious damage to the hull of those ships.
The research team initially focused on shipworms because the animals' creative use of bacteria to convert wood — a poor food source lacking proteins or nitrogen — into a suitable food source where the animal can both live and feed.
This research revealed that one form of bacteria utilized by shipworms secretes a powerful antibiotic, which may hold promise for combatting human diseases.
"The reason why this line of research is so critical is because antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to human health," said Margo Haygood, Ph.D., a member of the OHSU Institute of Environmental Health and a professor of science and engineering in the OHSU School of Medicine.
"Antibiotics have helped humans battle infectious diseases for over 70 years. However, the dangerous organisms these medications were designed to protect us against have adapted due to widespread use. Without a new class of improved antibiotics, older medications are becoming less and less effective and we need to locate new antibiotics to keep these diseases at bay. Bacteria that live in harmony with animals are a promising source. "
Cone snails: Another possible yet surprising source for new medicines
Published in the current edition of the journal Chemistry and Biology
A team led by researchers from the University of Utah, and including OHSU and the University of the Philippines researchers, took part in a separate study of cone snails collected in the Philippines. Cone snails are also mollusks. There have been few previous studies to determine if bacteria associated with these snails might assist in drug development. This is because the snails have thick shells and they can also defend themselves through the use of toxic venoms. Because of the existence of these significant defensive measures, it was assumed that the bacteria they carry do not have to produce additional chemical defenses that might also translate into human medications. The latest research shows that this previous assumption is incorrect.
The research demonstrated how bacteria carried by cone snails produce a chemical that is neuroactive, meaning that it impacts the function of nerve cells, called neurons, in the brain. Such chemicals have promise for treatment of pain.
"Mollusks with external shells, like the cone snail, were previously overlooked in the search for new antibiotics and other medications," said, Eric Schmidt, Ph.D., a biochemist at the university of Utah and lead author of the article.
"This discovery tells us that these animals also produce compounds worth studying. It's hoped that these studies may also provide us with valuable knowledge that will help us combat disease."
About the Philippine Mollusk Symbiont International Cooperative Biodiversity Group
The Philippine Mollusk Symbiont International Cooperative Biodiversity Group links a biodiversity survey of marine mollusks with enzyme and drug discovery aimed at bacterial symbionts of mollusks. Mollusks constitute the most diverse marine life groups, occupying virtually every possible ecological niche. The diversity of microbes associated with mollusks is equally vast.
The group focuses on training, conservation, and the development of drug discovery and biofuels programs within the Philippines. The project is led by Margo Haygood, marine microbiologist, Oregon Heath & Science University, in association with Gisela Concepcion, marine natural products chemist, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines; Baldomero Olivera, biochemist, and Eric Schmidt, natural products chemist and biochemist, both at the University of Utah; Gary Rosenberg, evolutionary biologist, Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia; and Daniel Distel, marine microbiologist, Ocean Genome Legacy.
About OHSU
Oregon Health & Science University is a nationally prominent research university and Oregon's only public academic health center. It serves patients throughout the region with a Level 1 trauma center and nationally recognized Doernbecher Children's Hospital. OHSU operates dental, medical, nursing and pharmacy schools that rank high both in research funding and in meeting the university's social mission. OHSU's Knight Cancer Institute helped pioneer personalized medicine through a discovery that identified how to shut down cells that enable cancer to grow without harming healthy ones. OHSU Brain Institute scientists are nationally recognized for discoveries that have led to a better understanding of Alzheimer's disease and new treatments for Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and stroke. OHSU's Casey Eye Institute is a global leader in ophthalmic imaging, and in clinical trials related to eye disease.


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State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge and Gov. Nathan Deal announced last week that Georgia is withdrawing from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test development consortium.
Instead, the Georgia Department of Education will work with educators across the state to create standardized tests aligned to Georgia's current academic standards in mathematics and English language arts for elementary, middle and high-school students. Additionally, Georgia will seek opportunities to collaborate with other states.
Creating the tests in Georgia will ensure that the state maintains control over its academic standards and student testing, whereas a common assessment would have prevented GaDOE from being able to adjust and rewrite Georgia's standards when educators indicate revisions are needed to best serve students.
"After talking with district superintendents, administrators, teachers, parents, lawmakers and members of many communities, I believe this is the best decision for Georgia's students," Barge said. "We must ensure that our assessments provide educators with critical information about student learning and contribute to the work of improving educational opportunities for every student."
Georgia was one of 22 states to join PARCC several years ago with the aim of developing next generation student assessments in mathematics and English language arts by 2014-15.
Barge was one of the state school chiefs serving on the governing board for the consortium, but he frequently voiced concerns about the cost of the PARCC assessments. The PARCC assessments in English language arts and math are estimated to cost significantly more money than Georgia currently spends on its entire testing program.
Barge also expressed concerns about the technology requirements for PARCC's online tests. Many Georgia school districts do not have the needed equipment or bandwidth to handle administering the PARCC assessments.
As GaDOE begins to build new assessments, Georgia assessments:
• will be aligned to the math and English language arts state standards
• will be high-quality and rigorous
• will be developed for students in third through eighth grades and high school
• will be reviewed by Georgia teachers
• will require less time to administer than the PARCC assessments
• will be offered in both computer- and paper-based formats
• will include a variety of item types, such as performance-based and multiple-choice items
"We are grateful to Georgia educators who have worked hard to help develop our standards and assessments," Barge said. "We look forward to continuing to work with them to develop a new assessment system for our state."
State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge and Gov. Nathan Deal announced last week that Georgia is withdrawing from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test development consortium.


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Lost amid all the gleeful insanity of last week's "Exit 9B" was Regular Show's decision to add a new major character for the first time (counting Eileen as more of a recurring player). Thomas the intern has the potential to shake up the park's dynamics and offer new spins on the existing relationships, but that isn't exactly what happens in "Starter Pack." Mordecai and Rigby's objections to Muscle Man's incessant pranks are more or less in line with how they have responded to his obnoxiousness in episodes past, except this time, they prank him back on behalf of Thomas. Exactly why they care so much is pointedly never made clear—as both Skips and Benson point out, Thomas doesn't seem to mind Muscle Man's pranks, so what exactly is the harm? They don't have an answer to that beyond some rather nascent appeals to trying to do the right thing. But then, one of the great lessons of young adulthood is recognizing that it's not your job to solve other people's problems, even if it becomes crystal clear at episode's end that Mordecai and Rigby are totally right to be worried about what Muscle Man might do to Thomas, albeit not exactly in the way that they thought.
"Starter Pack" opens with Thomas' initiation day, as the entire staff pulls some good-natured pranks on the new hire to show that he's now part of the family. The next day, however, Muscle Man does his best Walter White when he grimly declares the prank initiations are over when he says they're over. Thomas is officially known as "Starter Pack" as far as he's concerned, and his pranks become increasingly sadistic and mean-spirited. Mordecai and Rigby attempt to intervene, but none of their superiors see any problem that particularly needs addressing, as Thomas takes all of Muscle Man's pranks with laid-back good humor. In a highly questionable attempt to resolve the situation, Mordecai and Rigby prank Muscle Man and pretend Thomas was really behind it, sending Muscle Man into a terrifying rage. But as is so often the case when dealing with Muscle Man, the pranker can quickly become the prankee—you know, if those were actually words. The point is, Muscle Man has a trick or two up his sleeve to deal with his busybody coworkers.
Even though the episode briefly seems to end with Thomas' fiery death, "Starter Pack" is a relatively low-key entry for Regular Show. Everything that happens before Muscle Man's rage explosion could more or less happen in real life, and it would only take fairly minimal rewriting to turn his outburst into a normal meltdown. There's no time travel or gateways into hellish alternate dimension or giant destructive monsters this time around. Regular Show doesn't require those more emphatically outlandish elements to succeed, but their absence does make "Starter Pack" feel somewhat minor.
Part of the issue is that the episode leaves its characters opaque, when even a little extra insight into what's motivating Mordecai, Rigby, and Thomas could have elevated the episode. Make no mistake: I'm not even remotely arguing Regular Show should morph into a deep character study, and certainly this is an instance where keeping Muscle Man a blank slate solely committed to pranking in all its forms is the strongest, funniest choice. But Mordecai and Rigby have little reason to be so concerned about Thomas, and their single-minded devotion to helping him out leaves little room for their usual banter. For instance, it's definitely in keeping with Mordecai's past characterization for him to care about doing right by a coworker, but Rigby tends to be more self-absorbed. By making their goals identical, "Starter Pack" neuters some of the comedic potential of its two protagonists, and it creates the odd sense that Mordecai and Rigby are side characters in an episode that spends most of its time with them.
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Thomas also remains a cipher throughout the episode, although to be fair, that's a more successful creative decision. So far, the idea for his character seems to be that he's just resolutely normal. He's possibly from a reasonably affluent, upper middle class background, at least if the niceness of his car is any indication. He's also closer to his mother than any of the other characters are to their relatives, which might simply be a reflection of the fact that he's a little younger than Mordecai and Rigby and hence hasn't yet struck out on his own. There's some logic to keeping him so bland, insofar as Regular Show wants to capture aspects of an authentic workplace experience.
After all, Thomas isn't Mordecai and Rigby's new friend—he's just their new coworker. As such, Thomas wouldn't be expected to open up to them about his feelings, whether they're about his mistreatment at the hands of Muscle Man or anything else. But that reading doesn't make Thomas any more interesting, and "Starter Pack" doesn't end up making the most compelling case for what he can add to the show on a regular basis. Mordecai can already function as the normal straight man when the show needs him to, and Skips, Benson, or a random guest character can do the job when Mordecai is freaking out. Thomas definitely seems like a realistic portrait of an actual intern, and he functions fine on the periphery of the story. Indeed, there's an argument to be made that the ending wouldn't work as well if we really got inside Thomas' head, as it might blunt the impact of the final twist in which he joins Muscle Man on the big reverse fake-out prank. But the middle of "Starter Pack" drags when we're kept at arm's length from all the players.
Still, the episode isn't without its charms, and Benson's video on the dangers of pranking is a particular highlight. It's a somewhat unexpected gag insofar as Regular Show doesn't parody these instructional videos nearly as often as do, say, The Simpsons or Futurama. Honestly, it's not hard to see why the show usually shies away from this type of joke, as its low-key slacker energy isn't really a good fit for the fake corporate peppiness that characterizes these videos. While the video's tone seems off at first, the gradual escalation of pranks proves a lot of fun, especially when the beleaguered worker is suddenly hit by a bus. In quick succession, he awakens in a coffin to protest his own funeral, then has his coffin blasted into mid-air when it explodes.
In a sense, it's a microcosm of the craziness crescendo that's found in other Regular Show episodes, and Muscle Man's oblivious declaration that he can't wait to try out the video's prank suggestions is the perfect punchline for the sequence. Indeed, Sam Marin's very funny performance as Muscle Man—not to mention the animation of his accompanying facial expressions—proves key to giving "Starter Pack" comedic momentum it otherwise lacks, whether it's his excitement to try out these deadly pranks, his apparent anger at Thomas daring to prank his superior, or his wonderfully dismissive "Later losers!" once the truth is revealed, complete with gratuitous shirt rip. Muscle Man isn't quite up to the task of making the episode work all by himself, but he certainly can't be faulted for lack of effort.


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*MADE TO ORDER* Individually heat pressed on a large ceramic mug with a charming enamel rustic look. A plain white mug is also available.
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It's no secret that I'm among those makeup brush obsessed freaks who can't resist any new makeup brush experience. No exception with this beautiful set of vegan makeup brushes from a British brand of hand-made organic cosmetics called Bathing Beauty. This Korean brushes inspired set came out from the collaboration between Bathing beauty brand and makeup artist Caroline James.
I noticed this set first at Naturisimo, one of my fav natural beauty shops and I've been using them for about 2 months now, so I can give you a thorough review.
The set contains 10 vegan makeup brushes made from soft synthetic fibers and wood handles, a lovely organic handmade lavender soap for brush cleansing and a carton container where the brushes are stored. On the container you can find also a short description of every brush. However, I will share with you other multiple uses of each brush. This is why in my opinion this brush contains all the tools you need for creating a complete makeup.
I was especially amazed and curious about the shape of some brushes. The foundation brush (n.01) for instance is duo-fiber and it's smaller than usual duo-fiber foundation brushes. This is why I like it; you can reach every corner of the face! Moreover, you can use it also for any other cream product application, like cream blush or cream highlighter. You can see this brush below (on the right with the pink blush).
From the left on the picture you can see the Small domed eyeshadow brush (n.06) which is great for smudging the darker eyeshadow in outer corners of the eyes to create a smokey eye effect.
Next brush is Large eyeshadow brush (n.05) which is really large, so you can sweep light toned/base eyeshadows over the entire eyelid. I'd also use it for nose contouring or for blending the highlighter.
On the right you can see the retractable Lip brush (n.10), which is precise for applying any lipstick. It is very light to handle and it has an aluminium cap to cover it when you don't use it. I find it great to cover small spots on the face with concealer too.
On this picture you can see on the left the Concealer brush (n.02) that I've put together with an eyeshadow, because I find it great for blending the eyeshadow in the crease of the eye (similar to Mac 217). It's great of course also for blending your cream concealer to cover any dark circles under the eyes or to blend any other imperfections with concealer.
In the middle there is the Eyeliner brush (n.08) which is great for applying gel eyeliner (when you want a larger line) or for any detailed eyeshadow work. For applying the perfect thin line with the eyeliner you also have in the set the Fine angled eyeliner brush (n.07) which is easy to use because of its angled shape that reaches right in the middle of the lashes.
Here you have the "biggest" brushes from the set. On the left there is the Fan brush (n.03) that is designed to use with powder products, like sweeping a dust of powder over the entire face to set the foundation. It is made from 2 different synthetic fibers and it's very soft. A real pleasure on the face!
The densest brush is Blusher brush (n.09). Great for applying bronzer or blush, but it can also be used as a powder brush for those who prefer a bigger brush.
And the last one is Mascara wand (n.04) which is great for shaping your brows.
Here you can see and compare the sizes of all the eye brushes and the lip brush.
As I mentioned, inside the set you will find a nice organic lavender soap to clean your brushes.
I am really surprised about the great quality of these brushes, beautiful design, ecofriendly and vegan too! You can make any makeup with them, so it's great as a gift or a basic makeup brush set.
You can find these brushes online at Naturisimo and in store at John Bell and Croyden – the Queens Pharmacy.


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After getting stuck with the previous positivity (it probably sounds too complex), I would like to give a version of the problem which is of most interest to me.
Consider a sequence of real numbers $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n,\dots$ with absolute values bounded above by the first term $a_1=a>0$, which satisfies, for all $n=1,2,\dots$, $$ |A_n|\le A \qquad\text{where}\quad A_n=a_1+a_2+\dots+a_n. $$ In addition, assume that infinitely many terms of the sequence are nonzero. These settings and Dirichlet's convergence test guarantee that the series $$ \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{a_n}n $$ converges.
Assume, in addition, that $$ \max_{1\le k\le n}A_k+\min_{1\le k\le n}A_k\ge0 \qquad\text{for all}\quad n=1,2,\dots. $$
The problem is to show that $$ \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{a_n}n>0 $$ and to provide, in terms of $a$ and $A$, a lower (strictly positive) bound for the series. (The latter is optional, as I am not sure that such a bound exists.)


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PRIME's Mission
PRIME is a non-governmental, nonprofit organization established by Palestinian and Israeli researchers with the help of the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany. PRIME's purpose is to pursue mutual coexistence and peace- building through joint research and outreach activities.
About PRIME
Dual-Narrative History Project
Project Proposal: "Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative" in Israeli and Palestinian Schools
Project description: Peace-Building Project Under Fire
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Earlier Test Booklets downloadable for free:
News Coverage
Newsweek story on Sami Adwan and PRIME
USA Today article on "Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative" project.
National Public Radio's Speaking of Faith Program on "Two Narratives"
Toronto Globe and Mail article on "Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative" project.
Sami Adwan and Dan Bar-On awarded inaugural Goldberg IIE prize for the "Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative" project.
Other Projects
Establishing a "Localized" Process for A Truth and Reconciliation Commission In Israel and Palestine To Address Refugee Issues at the Heart of the Conflict
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Earlier Study & Conference Summaries
PRIME Study of Non-Governmental Organizations
An International Conference: Oslo - A Reassessment of the Process and New Directions
The Impact of the Palestinian-Israeli
Conflict on the Environment and the Role of the Palestinian Environmental NGOs
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How to Get Started as Web Hosting Reseller
What Is Reseller Hosting?
Reseller hosting, which also goes by the name of "white label hosting," refers to the business of creating your own web hosting operation from the tools you resell from hosting companies, such as A2 and Hostwinds. You focus on sales and at least basic support, leaving the grind of maintaining servers and software to those companies. Typically, people who get into the reselling business ("resellers") rent servers from web hosting services at wholesale prices, and then offer their own hosting packages to the public for profit.
There is a lot of demand for web hosting, whether it is shared hosting, WordPress hosting, dedicated hosting, or virtual private server (VPS) hosting. Web hosting is the backbone for personal blogs, corporate websites, podcasts, vlogs, and nearly anything else you can imagine that exists on the web. Resellers are aspiring entrepreneurs who look to make a few bucks in the web hosting arena, as well as web designers and developers who want to expand their client offerings (and also make a few bucks).
Resellers set the pricing structure for their offerings, not the web host that provides the servers and software. In many cases, resellers can brand their packages by using a customized control panel. This establishes a level of trust with people who may already be familiar with the reseller's brand. Who wouldn't want to set up shop with your company if you've done well by them in the past? And branding is important if you're looking to get into the reseller hosting game. More on that in a bit.
How Does Reselling Work?
One of the main reasons that people get into reselling web hosting, as opposed to building their own web hosting service from scratch, is the ease of entry. Reseller hosting does not require the extensive technical understanding of infrastructure that hosting from the ground up requires.
Resellers are responsible for interacting with their customers, but are not responsible for hardware, software, or connectivity problems. Web hosts' data center operators are responsible for that type of troubleshooting. However, resellers may be placed in the tricky position of liaising between the hosting provider and the customer for technical support issues. In other words, you'll need to demonstrate patience and understanding when dealing with irate customers.
Ideally, you should be able to provide some basic support yourself. For those problems that you can't solve, you'll need to contact the web host yourself to find a solution. So, the level and quality of support provided by the service from whom you're renting your servers to resell can be quite important, even if it isn't directly exposed to the consumer.
In addition, you have to market your services to the public in order to attract clients. For example, if you already have an established web development company, then you have an established client base to which you can pitch your new hosting packages. Otherwise, you must hustle to spread awareness about your brand. After all, Person X may be familiar with GoDaddy's web hosting packages, but she may not be familiar with your brand. If you're part of a big company with big marketing dollars to spend, you may not have much to worry about. On the other hand, a small one-person operation may have difficulty spreading the word about its new web hosting packages. Still, there many would-be customers out there who prefer to deal with a smaller, more intimate company. That might be your sweet spot, as a reseller of web hosting.
Reseller Web Hosting Checklist
In planning to become a reseller, consider all the steps below.
- Estimate how many customers you think you can bring on to start the business. This will determine the reseller package you'll need.
- Determine the types and size of packages you will offer your customers.
- Determine the price you will set for your packages.
- Compare reseller hosting plans to see which company meets your needs and your budget.
- Contract for the best reseller hosting plan.
- Configure templates for each of the packages you decide to offer.
- Market these packages and sell them to customers.
- Support your customers.
Key Reseller Hosting Features
With a reseller account you get a selection of Linux- or Windows-based servers, email, custom cPanel account management apps, File Transfer Protocol, MYSQL database management software, standard and solid-state storage, money-back guarantees, and a wide variety of hosting types (shared, WordPress, dedicated, VPS).
You can also expect WebHost Manager (WHM) apps, reseller-specific software that lets you control your customers' dedicated or VPS server accoounts. You are also likely to encounter WebHost Manager Complete Solution (WHMCS) software that lets you manage many customer-related features, including sign ups, automated billing, and account termination.
Web hosts typically let you charge as much as you'd like to your clients, but they expect their monthly cut. The monthly or yearly fees that web hosts charge you for their resources vary depending on the server specs. We've seen prices as low as $7 per month, but the sky's the limit in terms of pricing out high-powered hardware.
How Does Reseller Hosting Differ From Affiliate Programs?
Reseller hosting lets you sell hosting packages, while affiliate programs drop a few dollars in your pocket whenever someone signs up for a web host via one of your affiliate links. The former is an active role, as you must build your client base, pitch them, and deal with customers' tech support issues. The latter is passive in that you can simply paste affiliate link code into your personal or professional website, YouTube description box, or social media account.
Should You Get Into Web Hosting Reselling?
Yes, if you want to get into the web hosting business without starting an entire operation from scratch, or if you're a web designer who wants to host your clients' separate control panels without ponying up money for potentially expensive dedicated hosting or VPS hosting. That said, you should know something about how web hosting works. You need to be ready for the inevitable problems that will arise, and you'll need to act as the messenger between your clients and your web hosting provider.
If you're just getting started in web hosting, make sure to check out our primer, How to Create a Website.
This article originally appeared on PCMag.com.