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Yesterday was the NH 10 Miler. I honestly didn't know what to expect but I was nervous because everyone kept stressing the hills. I thought maybe it's not that bad… but it is!
I woke up at 5:45 and rolled out of bed to have breakfast. I ate an English muffin with peanut butter and then dressed for the race. I could tell already that it was cool but told myself I would be fine once the sun came up. I left the house around 6 and headed towards Manchester.
I got there earlier than expected and snagged a nice parking spot! I headed to get my number and then went back to my car for warmth, but first I took a photo of the lake.
Around seven twenty I headed back to the start to get in a warm up. My head and hart weren't really in it but I wanted to change that. I had been sick all week with a cold so I contemplated skipping this race more than once, but even just at the start I was glad I was here. Better to do a ten mile run with a thousand strangers than solo. I headed down a dirt path for a quick warm up jog and then did some dynamic stretching.
After that I headed to the start. I saw Liv and Krista right before! Then I headed to the seven minute pace area. I didn't really have a plan but was hoping I could manage sub seven pace. Before I knew it the gun went off. I made a decision to be conservative for the first five miles and then start picking it up if I could.
The first two miles weren't bad, but then the hills started. Mile five was the worst, it felt never ending! My legs were on fire and I wasn't sure I could sustain the pace I was currently doing let alone pick it up. I also had spend the first five miles behind a six03 runner hacking up a lung and sniffling so I felt bad for him. I almost wished he would take off ahead of me so I wouldn't bother him anymore!
Anyway after mile five I decided to remain conservative for a couple more Miles and then pick it up. I think that was my problem this race, too conservative. I held off too long and had too much at the end, but that happens in unfamiliar races. I thought I picked it up a bit from 6-8 but then another hill hit that really slowed me down.
With one mile to go I didn't take off because I still thought another hill was going to pop up. I held back until I realized I could see the finish! Then I gave what I had left. I think that's the reason I am not completely happy with my time. I feel like I was smart but I held back too much, I could have given more. I shouldn't have let the hills scare me but they did. I held back because of them and wish I had pushed it sooner.
I wish I could have managed a sub seven minute pace. My watch says I did, but the official time says I didn't. There is always next year. I need to learn to be happy with what I accomplish now. I am always achieving one thing and on to the next without giving myself time to be happy and proud. I am hoping to change that!
Anyway I ended the race and said never again, but I think I will do it again. I honestly like hills they make me feel strong! Hoping next year I can get a course PR and beat 1:11 which was my time this year.


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How We Battled an Allergic Reaction to Mosquito Bites
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I'm so glad she got some relief. My daughter had the same problem and I felt so sorry for her. We lived in Las Vegas when she was little and unfortunately when we'd come home to Utah to visit in the summer, she'd get these huge red welts and then they'd turn into hard scabs. In Las Vegas she didn't have a problem because it's just too hot there for mosquitoes. We eventually moved back to Utah and she somewhat outgrew the problem. Now when she gets them they get big and red, but not huge and red, and they don't go hard and scab. Wish I knew about all these home remedies then. Thank you for posting them on Instagram. Hopefully, your cute Jockey will outgrow them too. ��ReplyDelete
Wow. I too have terrible reactions to mosquito bites. I look forward to trying this.ReplyDelete
I'm a believer in sea salt. When I have a zit that is swollen and hurts, I mix just a tiny bit of sea salt with a couple drops of water and put the paste right on it, and within a half hour, it no longer is puffy and hurting. Doesn't make it look much better, but I sweat that salt pulls something out from under the skin.ReplyDelete
I've never heard of the lemon/salt solution - I'll have to try it! My daughter always asks for baking soda paste (baking soda + a tiny bit of water) after she gets a mosquito bite. She swears it takes the itch away. =) So glad you found a way to help Jocey be more comfortable!ReplyDelete
My 4 yr old son is also very sensitive to mosquito bites. Earlier in the summer he had a few that kept growing in size (I also marked then with a pen) and after five days it turned into cellulitis. We had a very scary trip to the children's urgent care and got some much needed prescriptiona for him. I'm so thankful I called the pediatrician and followed my motherly instincts.ReplyDelete
I had no idea that something like that could turn into a blood infection. We're overly cautious with him now, but I'm glad I'm well informed now that a bug bite can get serious.
I have the same exact problem with mosquito bites, I found wrapping an ace bandage around them while they are swollen (pretty tightly) helps keep the itching down. I don't know if the jiggling of the swelled area makes it itch more, but that helped me tremendously!ReplyDelete
My son suffers from the same thing. It's ridiculous how red hard and swollen each bite gets. I just put some Benadryl cream on it and it does the trick but I will try the lemon and salt thing in the future. Good to know. When my son was 2 he had a reaction for the first time. Half his leg was effected.ReplyDelete
Wow! My daughter has a reaction to bites but nothing that bad. I'm glad something worked for you. I'll have to try some of those suggestions.ReplyDelete
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I have bad reactions from mosquitoes and they seem to love me. They will find me and leave everyone else around me alone! One thing I have learned is that they don't bother me as much when I take a whole food vitamin B. I take Shaklee right now and it really helps especially since we just moved to Houston.ReplyDelete
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While in law school, Gavin was a senior editor and published member of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal, a Director of the Moot Court Board, and was the champion of Tulane's trial competition, earning lasting recognition for trial advocacy by having his name engraved on the marble tablets in Tulane's Weinmann Hall auditorium with the other champions in the school's history. Also while in law school, Gavin represented Tulane across the country in three moot court competitions, ranking nationally as third among over 200 teams in one competition. Such experience provided a strong base to his litigation practice, including obtaining a complete defense verdict in a maintenance and cure trial in Louisiana State Court in Plaquemines Parish, a complete defense verdict in a two-day arbitration, and other favorable results in trials and hearings in both state and federal courts.
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Dark skin discoloration under your eyes or what is called dark circles or eye bags, shadows or rings are due to heredity, dry skin, aging or prolonged crying. For some people, these are from working too long in front of their computer, causing eye fatigue and stress while others acquire them due to lack of sleep or poor food choices. You should know that not a single person is spared to having eye bags, but now, they can rid themselves of these unsightly shadows by doing any of these tips on how to get rid of bags under eyes.
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Almond oil is one of the best means of getting rid these eye bags or dark circles around the eyes. For years, it has been known as one of the best skincare solutions anyone of any age can depend on. You can use and apply it regularly for fading the eye circles. As an alternative, you can also use vitamin E oil under your eyes for the best results.
What to do is to apply almond oil over your eyes' dark circles, and gently massage it into your skin. Then, just let it sit overnight for the best results before you wash the oil off with cold water the following morning. Repeat the same process daily to remove dark circles.
Another remedy on how to get rid of bags under eyes is cucumber that helps in skin lightening, something suitable for your eye shadows. Cucumber also has mild astringent properties that can help in fixing dark eye circles, not mentioning it gives refreshing and soothing effect. You can cut a few slices of cucumber and put them onto affected area for about 10 minutes. You can also wash it off with warm water after. You can repeat the same process twice a day for about a week until the eye bags are gone.
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On the other hand, you can use raw potato that has its natural bleaching properties that works in lightening the dark circles as well as that aids in removing the puffiness around the eyes. Extract the juice from one chilled potato, and then make sure that it covers the dark circles in the eyelids and under the eyes. Let the juice sit there for about fifteen minutes, and then rinse it off with cool water. Repeat the same procedure twice daily for a couple of weeks until the dark circles disappear.
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Ugandans, re-arrange Ebola to spell opportunity
Please bear with the ebolised focus; this disease is like that. It takes over your mind, your every waking thought, and you eventually succumb.
But before it kills us all, you guys need to get up and smell the handwash detergents. Ebola can be spelt O.P.P.O.R.T.U.N.I.T.Y.!
Seriously, guys, stop whining and dying and pay a little bit of attention here because there is serious money to be made doing the following:
1. For Ugandans, start with the fact that we kicked Ebola soundly out of the country many years ago and proved that we are the most bad-ass at kicking Ebola's ass (you need to use Americanisms like that because the main target market for what we are about to start selling will be the Americans). Get the entire world talking about how seriously we handled the disease the first-time round so that the world looks at us with a seriously newfound respect as they try to handle the disease and realise that it is actually harder than HIV/AIDS by FAR! If we can spin that story carefully with the Kony one, we could become the targets of all manner of efforts ranging from being asked to identify someone faster than Usain Bolt, to providing a supply of X-Men and Women.
But this is NOT the real opportunity, it's just a foundation.
2. Ugandans, Start selling soap and hand sanitiser. I mean, World, Start buying Ugandan soap and hand sanitiser. It works best!
We need to get the world to understand that we didn't get rid of Ebola by using dainty hand sanitisers in little teeny weeny bottles ensconced within feminine clasps and handbags, or using silly little bits of hand washing soap a la miserly hotel bathrooms. We used Sabuuni!
We used hardcore, proper, germ and virus decimating Ugandan made Sabuuni. It doesn't smell unnecessarily sweet or fragrant; it doesn't disintegrate for days and days even if you forget it in the basin when you delay to wash clothes for a little while; if it goes into the drain then the entire neighbourhood complains about a certain smell due to the blockage to the soak pit.
Sabuuni! The hardest soap ever made, only available in Uganda. If the rest of the world does not begin importing Ugandan made soap then they should import HazMat suits against Ebola and coffins.
All these so-called 'lapses in protocols' while handling ebola are just a result of an ill-advised reliance on soaps NOT made in Uganda.
Be like us, the people who beat ebola hands down back in the day when it was fresh and unknown and at its deadliest since there was so little research done into the damn disease and so little was known about it.
Use our Sabuuni. Or our JIK hand sanitiser solution, in canisters used from State House right up to my own home. In fact, dispatch it to the Ugandan candidates in the Big Brother House right now (mpozi who are they?)
3. Make videos about how to handle Ebola: Park all those Ugandan music videos I hear Sitya Loss ndi Boss and Panadol…keep the names and replace them with 'Sitya Ebola ndi Boss' done by the same Eddie Kenzo or Chameleone/Bobi Wine/Bebe Cool/Isaiah Katumwa/Maurice Kirya/Juliana Kanyomozi/The Afrigo Band/Rema/etc. In fact, let's do a Ugandan All Stars Ebola song the way those other guys did We Are The World – call it We Beat Ebola! and fill it with the same catchy, dancy, rompy Ugandan beats that the world loves so much.
Do that and we will beat Naija music hands down. We won't have Nollywood renamed Ebolaville because that is just scary, but if we multiply the popularity of Nollywood with the notoriety of Ebola and turn it into prosperity, then China will probably create a virus of their own called Ebolq just to get in on the action!
4. Why are we not all international consultants on Ebola eradication? How are you a Ugandan sitting in your home or office just reading about this on the internet or watching CNN reports instead of being consulted, yet even random characters in the world of science, like Chris Brown, are making headlines talking about Ebola even though the most he has ever had is that disease that makes men slap their spouses black and blue?
Be serious!
Any one of you can release a book titled, 'I Survived Ebola' or a documentary about 'How To Wash Ebola Out Of Your Life' and this week you will be guaranteed more sales than that woman's Anaconda video.
5. There are also hidden opportunities such as one chap posted onto Facebook, when he said he had walked to the end of a long supermarket queue in the United States, then taken a phone call in Luganda only for the entire supermarket to clear out on hearing the language because they realised he "was African" and therefore likely to be carrying the disease.
#Eish! That opportunity means you can open up an entire retail shopping business provided you have a white guy to help you with deliveries; or, on the dark side, you could rob banks by simply standing akimbo in the banking hall and shouting out stuff in your local vernacular while looking African – nobody will shoot, they will just flee till someone finds HazMat suits, by which time you will have emptied the vaults.
What you do, though, is don't say "Gunigugu" – they've worked that one out already thanks to Eddie Murphy being so popular for so long.
I've told you – Ebola can be spelt O.P.P.O.R.T.U.N.I.T.Y.
Jeremy Clarkson, Uganda LOVES You!
There is a man called Jeremy Clarkson. He is a global media celebrity. If you've never heard of him maybe your media consumption is limited to Kampala-based tabloids, FM stations with a small radius of coverage and you have no satellite, if any, TV.
I am one of his fans. He is truly entertaining as British media people go: funny, irreverent, pointed, straight-talking and get-your-hands-dirty (particularly if it's about cars and vehicles and stuff). He also has a weekly column that is good reading.
He is a husband and a father, and comes from good stock complete with the wealthy family.
That's Jeremy Clarkson.
He was in town (Kampala, Uganda) this week reportedly filming for Top Gear, one of my (and millions, nay, billions) of other people's favourite BBC TV show (now you remember him, right?).
Many of us yuppie-elite-city-dwelling-BBC-watching-petrolhead-wannabe types were beside ourselves with excitement at the possibility of bumping into him; and there were many sightings of him at the Serena, Bubbles O'Leary, The Junction…some places just started claiming he was there to get a bit of free publicity because the man is a celeb.
One of the fans, in despair at failing to meet this TV legend, spent a day googling him just to get close to him somehow and came across a column entry from September 2011 titled, "My Daughter And I Stepped Over The Body And Into The Brothel"
I read the article in half-disbelief hoping his irreverent comedic style would come to the fore but it didn't. He seemed to be taking this seriously.
Apparently, his visit to Uganda last year was based on a domestic policy that has him taking his kids somewhere educational once every year.
Hence: "I've seen poverty in my travels…but nothing prepares you for the jaw-dropping horror of a Ugandan slum."
Yeah – Jeremy Clarkson, global media celebrity and possibly graduate of a British educational institution of note, took his daughter to a slum for her annual spot of education about the world. And into a brothel in that slum. A place not many Ugandans have been to, I might point out – myself inclusive.
Of course, he doesn't anywhere in the story tell us about the more posh slums he has visited with his children, but who cares?
The rest of the story is the usual idiocy – including a claim that "…in a two-hour walk I didn't see a single girl under the age of 18…" They don't survive (AIDS)"'
And this got published in the Sunday Times. In 2011. The same year the Sunday Vision over here photographed him with a fan at Quality Cuts, where he probably had a sumptuous meal of a quality you won't find in many Surrey restaurants.
You can understand such drivel being published back in the 1800s when the Speke's and Livingstone's sent dispatches back to England about what they had found here, because they were the first foreigners to pop over and there was no way of verifying it.
But today?
Well I guess it's what is expected of him, so I won't challenge him to a duel lest he pens another piece about being mugged in the jungle or something – however much we'd enjoy that (yeah – go figure which part).
His column on a visit to the Third World just wouldn't be interesting if he said he'd dined at hotels with plush furnishings such as the Serena, Emin Pasha, Speke Resort, Paraa or Chobe Lodges; if he'd told his readers that Ugandans actually drive cars on tarmac roads and wear clothes that are sometimes bought brand new from the same clothing stores as the rest of the world does.
His readers would have been bored to read about the Ugandans who know how to read and write. Who actually put away three square meals a day – or try not to in order to lose some weight (ahem) just like many of those Brits you see on TV do.
Ugandans with internet access. Who can use computers. Who solve problems on a global scale at various private corporations and non-governmental bodies such as the UN and World Food Programme.
Ugandans who work hard at what they do – be it tilling land, grazing cows or making the art & crafts pieces that Clarkson probably bought a piece or two to take back to Surrey with him – the same way I always buy one or two to put at home in Mutungo.
Ugandans who spend money on Clarkson's books. All of them. And who buy Top Gear DVD sets. Or used to, till today.
Clarkson's only report of Kampala is from his visit to the slum. And he probably believed he was doing us a favour in some way by raising charitable emotions amongst people in the UK who have money.
For the record, Clarkson (and make sure your daughter reads this bit for her education): poor people everywhere don't need handouts and charity. The money you spent in that brothel and in the bars you visited is much more important than the comic relief or Live Aid contributions.
But now, let me introduce Jeremy Clarkson to you again, only this time let's meet him in a brothel in a Kampala slum, where he probably spent the visit here with his daughter since he doesn't say where they spent their nights during the educational visit.
And we meet him after he's had too many Nile Specials amongst some other treats and is now squatting over a filthy latrine:
Jeremy Clarkson is a big, white man with grey disheveled hair who squats over a filthy latrine noisily creating a splatter against the floor that I am certain gets onto his shoes. You've got to question the morals of a man who spends so much time in the cheapest and filthiest brothels of Kampala, but more so because he takes his children with him.
Luckily, nobody can accuse him of paedophilia or worse, because he only drinks a number of beers at the low-set coffee table with his daughter, who doesn't complain either, so we must assume that he is a good father.
Unfortunately, considering the number of people who acquire the deadly AIDS scourge from interactions in these cheap brothels, we might not be seeing much more of Clarkson in the near future…
I could go on with this selective reporting but perhaps instead I'll just move on and try not to spend too much money on anything that might end up funding another visit of the Clarkson household to a Ugandan slum, or prison, or mortuary.
And maybe the Top Gear report on Uganda will say a few good things about us. Just maybe – but that doesn't pay back for the rot he's written about us before.
We love you, Jeremy Clarkson, but we love Uganda more!


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Updated on 2017-02-19 -- This 8 Gallon biOrb Aquarium Kit, also called "biOrb Classic 30" looks fantastic no matter where you put it. If I were you, I would keep an eye on it when friends are over or else it might disappear on you without you even noticing. This tank is a great option for anyone, but especially people just starting out in the aquarium world, since it is easy to set up and clean. There is nothing worse than starting your first aquarium and having a hard time setting it all up, so this is a good bet since you shouldn't have any problems with the biOrb. Keep reading for our biOrb Aquarium review.
This particular biOrb aquarium measures around 16.5 inches (height) x 15.7 inches (diameter) and weighs approximately 68 pounds when it's completely full. Not entirely impossible to move it after you have set it up, but enough to make you think twice about it, so make sure you find a good spot for it.
- Constructed Out of Acrylic- 10 times stronger than glass, 50% lighter and 93% clearer
- True 5 Stage Filtration - Biological, Mechanical, Chemical, Water Stabilization and Oxygenation
- Low Voltage – All biOrb aquariums operate from a 12V Transformer
What's In The Box?
The kit is somewhat decent. Meaning it comes with a lot of the stuff you need, however like most kits, there are a few things you will need to get. Here's the basics of what you get with this particular kit:
- 8-gallon acrylic tank
- Air pump and airstone
- Filter media (ceramic)
- 5ml of water conditioner
- 5ml of beneficial bacteria liquid
biOrb Aquarium Review
Aside from its awesome look, it comes with a good filtration unit so you don't have to clean it as much as other tanks around the same size. I've read a few comments on the Web stating that the filter may be a bit too much for bettas to handle. Personally, I can't say that I've had any issues with that, but every betta is different. If your betta starts complaining, you may have to switch the filter for a less powerful one or try to dampen it a bit.
The main feature that have some people loving this tank even more (and others not so much), is the magnifying glass effect. Because of its shape and material, everything looks a bit bigger. Only you can decide whether you like that effect or not. The downside is that it doesn't come with a heater, which is an absolute must for all bettas. At least in my opinion.
8 Gallon biOrb Aquarium Kit Product Demonstration
Here's a great YouTube video that will give you an idea on what the tank looks like in action:
I hope you like my biorb aquarium review. If you have any questions or comments on this tank, feel free to use the comment box below to get in touch with us. Until next time!
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Phospho-PDGF Receptor α (Tyr754) (23B2) Rabbit mAb specifically binds to tyrosine phosphorylated PDGF receptor α, but not other phosphorylated tyrosine kinases. Western blot analysis of of extracts from cells expressing different activated tyrosine kinase proteins, using Phospho-PDGF Receptor α (Tyr754) (23B2) Rabbit mAb (upper) or Phospho-Tyrosine Mouse mAb (P-Tyr-100) #9411 (lower).
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Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
For western blots, incubate membrane with diluted primary antibody in 5% w/v BSA, 1X TBS, 0.1% Tween® 20 at 4°C with gentle shaking, overnight.
NOTE: Please refer to primary antibody datasheet or product webpage for recommended antibody dilution.
From sample preparation to detection, the reagents you need for your Western Blot are now in one convenient kit: #12957 Western Blotting Application Solutions Kit
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
Load 20 µl onto SDS-PAGE gel (10 cm x 10 cm).
NOTE: Loading of prestained molecular weight markers (#13953, 5 µl/lane) to verify electrotransfer and biotinylated protein ladder (#7727, 10 µl/lane) to determine molecular weights are recommended.
NOTE: Volumes are for 10 cm x 10 cm (100 cm2) of membrane; for different sized membranes, adjust volumes accordingly.
* Avoid repeated exposure to skin.
posted June 2005
revised November 2013
Reprobing of an existing membrane is a convenient means to immunoblot for multiple proteins independently when only a limited amount of sample is available. It should be noted that for the best possible results a fresh blot is always recommended. Reprobing can be a valuable method but with each reprobing of a blot there is potential for increased background signal. Additionally, it is recommended that you verify the removal of the first antibody complex prior to reprobing so that signal attributed to binding of the new antibody is not leftover signal from the first immunoblotting experiment. This can be done by re-exposing the blot to ECL reagents and making sure there is no signal prior to adding the next primary antibody.
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalently purified water.
posted June 2005
revised October 2016
Protocol Id: 10
This protocol is intended for immunoprecipitation of native proteins for analysis by western immunoblot or kinase activity utilizing Protein A magnetic separation.
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
10X Cell Lysis Buffer: (#9803) To prepare 10 ml of 1X cell lysis buffer, add 1 ml cell lysis buffer to 9 ml dH2O, mix.
NOTE: Add 1 mM PMSF (#8553) immediately prior to use.
A cell lysate pre-clearing step is highly recommended to reduce non-specific protein binding to the Protein A Magnetic beads. Pre-clear enough lysate for test samples and isotype controls.
IMPORTANT: Pre-wash #73778 magnetic beads just prior to use:
Carefully remove the buffer once the solution is clear. Add 500 μl of 1X cell lysis buffer to the magnetic bead pellet, briefly vortex to wash the beads. Place tube back in magnetic separation rack. Remove buffer once solution is clear. Repeat washing step once more.
IMPORTANT: The optimal lysate concentration will depend on the expression level of the protein of interest. A starting concentration between 250 μg/ml-1.0 mg/ml is recommended.
IMPORTANT: Appropriate isotype controls are highly recommended in order to show specific binding in your primary antibody immunoprecipitation. Use Normal Rabbit IgG #2729 for rabbit polyclonal primary antibodies, Rabbit (DA1E) mAb IgG XP® Isotype Control #3900 for rabbit monoclonal primary antibodies, and Mouse (G3A1) mAb IgG1 Isotype Control #5415 for mouse monoclonal primary antibodies. Isotype controls should be concentration matched and run alongside the primary antibody samples
Proceed to one of the following specific set of steps.
NOTE: To minimize masking caused by denatured IgG heavy chains (~50 kDa), we recommend using Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Light-Chain Specific) (D4W3E) mAb (#45262) or Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Conformation Specific) (L27A9) mAb (#3678) (or HRP conjugate #5127). To minimize masking caused by denatured IgG light chains (~25 kDa), we recommend using Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Conformation Specific) (L27A9) mAb (#3678) (or HRP conjugate #5127).
posted December 2008
revised April 2018
Protocol Id: 410
Phospho-PDGF Receptor α (Tyr754) (23B2) Rabbit mAb detects endogenous levels of PDGFRα only when phosphorylated at tyrosine 754. The antibody does not cross-react with activated PDGFRβ.Species Reactivity:
Human, MouseSpecies predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology:
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues surrounding Tyr754 of human PDGFRα.
Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) family proteins exist as several disulphide-bonded, dimeric isoforms (PDGF AA, PDGF AB, PDGF BB, PDGF CC, and PDGF DD) that bind in a specific pattern to two closely related receptor tyrosine kinases, PDGF receptor α (PDGFRα) and PDGF receptor β (PDGFRβ). PDGFRα and PDGFRβ share 75% to 85% sequence homology between their two intracellular kinase domains, while the kinase insert and carboxy-terminal tail regions display a lower level (27% to 28%) of homology (1). PDGFRα homodimers bind all PDGF isoforms except those containing PDGF D. PDGFRβ homodimers bind PDGF BB and DD isoforms, as well as the PDGF AB heterodimer. The heteromeric PDGF receptor α/β binds PDGF B, C, and D homodimers, as well as the PDGF AB heterodimer (2). PDGFRα and PDGFRβ can each form heterodimers with EGFR, which is also activated by PDGF (3). Various cells differ in the total number of receptors present and in the receptor subunit composition, which may account for responsive differences among cell types to PDGF binding (4). Ligand binding induces receptor dimerization and autophosphorylation, followed by binding and activation of cytoplasmic SH2 domain-containing signal transduction molecules, such as GRB2, Src, GAP, PI3 kinase, PLCγ, and NCK. A number of different signaling pathways are initiated by activated PDGF receptors and lead to control of cell growth, actin reorganization, migration, and differentiation (5). Tyr751 in the kinase-insert region of PDGFRβ is the docking site for PI3 kinase (6). Phosphorylated pentapeptides derived from Tyr751 of PDGFRβ (pTyr751-Val-Pro-Met-Leu) inhibit the association of the carboxy-terminal SH2 domain of the p85 subunit of PI3 kinase with PDGFRβ (7). Tyr740 is also required for PDGFRβ-mediated PI3 kinase activation (8).
Interestingly, PDGFR-alpha was found to be phosphorylated at an additional tyrosine residue, Tyr754, in a heterodimeric complex as compared to the alpha-alpha homodimer. Phosphorylation of this tyrosine residue permits the binding of a specific signal-transducing protein, and thereby initiates signaling pathway(s) from the beta-alpha heterodimer, which are dinstinct from those initiated via homodimeric receptor complexes (8).
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UniProt ID: P16234
Entrez-Gene Id: 5156
Cell Signaling Technology is a trademark of Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.
U.S. Patent No. 7,429,487, foreign equivalents, and child patents deriving therefrom.


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- Hold your diskus (circle-shaped) inhaler in one hand. You need to have the dose counter facing you.
- With your other hand, hold the Propeller sensor. The white plastic part with the button on it should be facing you.
- Slide the inhaler into the sensor until you hear a click. You might have to wiggle it a bit.
Additional Tips: The darker coloured part of the Diskus inhaler should go into the clear part of the sensor. You can match up the wavy lines on the dark coloured part of the Diskus inhaler with the wavy lines on the clear part of the sensor.
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Much is written regarding the banking system in Ukraine. Normally relating to the on-going clean-up of the nefarious Ukrainian banking sector by the NBU, or relating to the alleged nefarious actions of the NBU itself.
It therefore catches the eye when a small provincial bank in Odessa is to be bought by an Austrian investment banker with a curriculum vitae that clearly infers connections within the elite strata of Vienna.
The bank in question is called Investbank which certainly does not have much high street recognition in Odessa despite being a bank of Odessa. Indeed, it is not a "high street bank".
The Austrian purchaser, or at least soon to be majority shareholder, is Uwe Christian Eshner. The current owners being Alexander and Tamara Nezvinsky, Nick and Igor Teplitz, and Sergei Yablonsky.
Unsurprisingly, for a provincial bank with no high street recognition, in the national ranking by size of assets, the bank falls within the smallest 25%.
That it was available for purchase is not exactly a secret. Some years ago it could have been bought for $100 million or so. No doubt the purchase price will be substantially less considering the dramatic change of circumstances Ukraine has found itself subject to.
Clearly Mr Eshner is purchasing the majority share to own a fully licensed banking vehicle in Ukraine – though why Investbank when there are perhaps better deals to be struck with the NBU over insolvent licensed entities is perhaps a question some readers will ponder.
Austrian banks and bankers certainly have a "reputation" within Ukraine and among the Ukrainian elite and organised criminal class for being "helpful" when it comes to moving money out of Ukraine (and laundering it). Who among of the very elite of Yanukovych/"Family" did not have Austrian bank accounts and expensive property in Vienna?
Mr Eshner of course will not be unaware of such things. His Bloomberg profile boasts a history that began to "build up and develop extensive contacts
(Indeed, a reader may ponder whether the infamous Udo Proksch was in any way related to one of the favoured Yanukovych Austrian bankers Reinhard Proksch.)
As a healthy level of cynicism is a requirement for living in Odessa, there are some questions that arise that may be without foundation – or not.
Considering the amount of elite "Ukrainian interest" past and present in Austria, who if anybody is behind Mr Eshner?
By extension, whose money is buying this banking vehicle?
What is this banking vehicle to be used for by Mr Eshner?
Is it to become a front for "interests" behind a respectable face?
Is it a bank where transactions will now be, or should be placed on a "watch list" if not by the NBU, then by the international policemen and spooks?
Did this banking purchase raise the same raised (interested) eyebrow with international policemen and spooks as it did the blog?
Why are the blog flags raised over this when there is nothing prima facie untoward?


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Grano Arso flour 1Kg
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- Brand: Bongiovanni (Farine e bontà naturali)
- Product Code: 1683
Burnt wheat flour is a specialty of Puglia (in dialect gren iars) obtained by milling durum wheat previously toasted; It has a colour and an intense aroma.
In the past it was obtained by milling the grain collected after burning of stubble after harvest. This wheat was recovered and milled by people who could not afford the ordinary flour.
How to use:
Can be used to prepare any sweet and savory baked product, provided in combination of a flour that produces gluten (wheat, spelt or Kamut).
The most popular preparation made with this flour are the strascinati (in dialect strasc-net), very dark wheat flour obtained with orecchiette blazed and white flour in equal parts; the prosciutto bread (in dialect ppen to prusutt), a dark bread with white streaks and finally the focaccia.
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New York City, New York, also known as "The Big Apple," is the most populated city in the world. In 2008, the population of New York City was slightly more than 8.9 million people. Sitting on the Northeast corner of the United States, New York City is also a powerful city, with diversity and influence on just about any and everything imaginable, including international affairs; entertainment, fashion, art, and research. It is estimated that there are at least 800 different languages spoken in the city. New York City is divided into 5 boroughs: The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Manhattan. New York City is the "City that Never Sleeps," with something fun and exciting going on at any time of the day or night. A New York City, New York business directory can put you in touch with the best of the best.
New York City has a very interesting history. In 1930, more than 10 million people resided in the city. For this time period this was an astounding number of populations for a single city. It is the first mega city ever. Possibly the most known event in New York City was in recent history. The 9/11 World Trade Center attacks occurred on September 11, 2001. Two airplanes crashed into the twin towers that housed some of New York City's most prominent offices and people, sending the towers up in smoke, killing more than 3,000 people and tearing America apart as the country found itself under terrorist attack as the Islamic group Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the act.
New York City has many landmarks and historic points of interest. The city is also known for an eclectic collection of terrific dining options, concerts, Broadway plays, hot nightlife, and some of the best in entertainment of anywhere in the world. New York City is known for its world class entertainment of the finest entertainers and who's who of celebrities. Many television studios are located in New York City, along with the finest shopping choices around. Find a list of these great stores in a New York City, New York yellow pages directory. There is always something fun to see and do and to learn and explore in this great city that represents America.


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Climate and weather are very crucial factors in the growth, development and decline of an area. The state of New Hampshire is not immune from this universal phenomenon. The most important atmospheric conditions considered in geography are temperature and rainfall (precipitation). Other factors include solar radiation, humidity and cloud cover. The state of New Hampshire has a humid continental climate although the weather has a very high degree of variability. The four seasons vary greatly in temperature and overall general pattern. This brings to mind an old Yankee saying "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute." Nothing can be more descriptive of the ever-changing weather of New Hampshire.
In terms of seasons and temperature, the state enjoys warm humid summers and cold wet winters. Winter usually starts in late October which can be quite cold and snowy particularly in the northern and mountainous areas. Records have shown that the average snow fall throughout the year ranges from 60 inches (150 cm) to more than 100 inches (250 cm) and continue well into April. In the past, there have been times of extreme snow falls, such as the blizzards of 1978 and 1993. However, during the winters, ice-fishing, downhill and cross-country skiing are very popular sports.
Concerning precipitation, the state has an all-year-round precipitation. The average of this in the state is about 40 inches (100 cm), but it must be noted that there are considerable variations in the White Mountains and its surrounding areas. This is as a result of the differences in the height and the total snowfall. Talking about the other seasons, an interesting pattern is revealed. The spring season commences after the end of winter which is in the middle of March. An important fact is that it is during this season that the weather comes with its most erratic patterns. This season is regarded as the season of the 'maple syrup' with a lot of festivities and activities like dances and pole fishing going on. Apart from its streak of unpredictability, the season is surely an enjoyable one!
The summer is also another interesting season in the state. Summer usually begins during the middle of June and lasts till early September. During this time, there are sunny days and clear nights as the state goes all-out with the excitement of so many activities. With so much playing, canoeing, hiking and other adventurous things in the air, summer may be the best season to enjoy a vacation in New Hampshire.
On a more frightening scale, the Granite State is also prone to natural disasters, although this is on rare occasions. It has been recorded that extreme climatic events like hurricanes and tropical storms have hit the state before. As a matter of fact, the state experiences almost 20 days of thunderstorms every single year. This is apart from the fact that a couple of tornadoes cause considerable mayhem every year. On a larger scale, New Hampshire is a relatively safe and geologically-stable (there is no history of significant earthquakes). After all, it seems New Hampshire is actually as solid as granite!


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Date: May 31, 2010
Aster and Lee are party crashers, sort of. Also, Regina's hair isn't really red.
"Dye Job"
Downtown, NYC - East Village
Off-off-off-off-off Broadway, there's an experimental indepdendent theater called Interurban, which is currently putting on a production of "Nobody Loves An Albatross" - the show is okay, but the real thing is the post-show party, in the lounge upstairs from the theater. No guest list, but the show's been extended just so the parties could keep going. Broadway bigshots are rubbing shoulders with hopeful glee-clubbers, young professionals circling each other like fighting fish in a too-small bowl, and although since there's no guest list, Lee can't be technically party crashing, it's obvious that the free food and drink was too much to pass up. "Look," he's explaining to a hot redhead who just got the brushoff for her eighth audition in a week, "Wordsworth's literary criticism is probably the best insight into how he thought about poetry, even better than his own poetry. Now that's circular, right?" A friend extricates her, Lee gets a refill on his drink. Gotta love New York. The party has just reached the "notorious" level - where people involved in the theater subculture know about it and how to get there. After a few more installments, it'll be "over".
It wouldn't be a party without the quiet wallflowers that hang on the edges of the crowd. They stand there, rocking back and forth on their feet, from toes to heels, while wringing their hands and silently trying to muster up the courage to go talk to that cute lead actor across the way. While Aster is among them, she doesn't seem quite as engrossed in the attractive male as the group of young, out of place, teenage girls beside her are. Rather, her range of awareness is much larger than just a single person as her eyes flicker from body to body, focusing there briefly before moving to the next person. Even so, her eyes, blank and cloudy, give the impression of blindness to most that observe her. Having grown tired of sitting on the edges, Aster moves further inward, seeking a partner to converse with, like she had originally intended. She doesn't know much about theatre, but it's among her few interests; many of her afternoons are spent staring at posters of musicals, wishing she had the money to get a ticket. "Who's Wordsworth?" she asks, overhearing the conversation between Lee and the pretty redhead. She redirects herself towards the man, following him as he goes to refill his drink after observing that he's redhead-less, now. "Was he important…?" she wonders, her face growing ponderous, as though she were trying to recall something.
Lee grins at the young woman, "William Wordsworth. English Romantic poet, one of the founders of the movement. Strange fits of passion I have known, ahh, I wandered lonely as a cloud, and so on." he says cheerily. "Hey, do you want some shrimp, it's pretty good. Are you with one of the cast members? Sister or something?"
"I… I don't remember learning about him," Aster replies, rubbing her palm against the side of her noggin, lips pursed. "And I've studied a lot of poets and playwrights. I should remember…" she says, breathing slowly outwards. Soon, she gives up on the challenge of recalling her studies, then turns her attention back to Lee with a shift of her eyes. The offer of shrimp garners a brief, considerate look to fall upon her face. "No, thank you," she politely responds, "shrimp are just so precious. Just LOOK at them." She reaches a hand out and picks one of the shrimp up, letting it dangle between her index finger and thumb. It looks… well, dead. Not precious. "I'm not, actually. I just kind of walked in. It was surprisingly easy to find my way in. I must look theatrical," she says, pointing to the blue triangle painted onto her cheek. "What about you?"
Lee says, "I pretended to know a guy who knew a producer who just left. It's not exactly a high security shindig. I'm Lee. You studied poetry but not Wordsworth? Where?" he seems incredulous. "Anyway, it's a great party."
"I'm Aster," the young woman says, glancing over her shoulder to check up on the wall flowers she left behind. Their shyness still keeps them from engaging in any conversation except for the few words exchanged to each other. Turning back, Aster slides her hands into her pockets and leans her weight to one side, off her right leg. "Yeah, it doesn't look like they have a guest list. We might be pretty crowded in here after a while," she says, frowning over at the entrance way as more fans begin to flood in. She'd rather the party not be ruined simply by over population. "I studied it. Just me. I don't think I've ever gone to a real school…" she tells Lee, before she extends a hand towards him. "It's nice to meet you. Who was your friend?" the young woman wonders, gesturing towards the redhead that Lee had just been speaking to.
Lee seems to like the big party, the bigger the party, the bigger his smile. "Her name's Regina, she's an actress. Hard times. You didn't go to a real school, what, were you homeschooled or raised by coyotes or something? I'm a schoolteacher so you basically just said 'hey, ah, breathing, eating, sleeping, they're pretty optional for me.'" he teases.
"Aaah, well, she has nice hair," Aster comments on the redhead, her head tilting to the side to watch the woman for a fleeting moment. When Lee speaks again, she gives him a curious look. Her eyes seem to squint, while her brows furrow in confusion. It's not that the question is offensive or difficult — she's just not sure she has the answer Lee wants. "I don't know how I know things. I just do," she explains to him, her shoulders slumping after a quick shrug. "I know about others things, just not myself, that is. I can't remember…" Aster murmurs to him, her voice just audible enough for Lee to hear. "Which grade level do you teach?"
Lee says, "Uh….seventh to ninth grade, for the most part. A private school on the Upper East Side, Brubaker Secondary. Well, what other things do you know, then, Aster?"
"I think I'm supposed to be in… university by now," Aster says, when she hears which grades Lee teaches. "I think," she repeats once more, just to emphasize her own uncertainty. "So it's too late for you to teach me now. Even if I were younger, there'd be no way I'd ever make it into a private school. Not with my income," she tells him, finally cracking a smile for the man as she jests. When asked what else she knows, the young woman draws her mouth off to the side, sighing deeply. "Well… I know something about everyone in this room. Almost everyone—not the people who just walked in. They're the only exception," she says to him, once again pointing to the side just as another group enters the party. Then, she decides to shoot the question right back at him, "And what do you know, Lee?"
Lee says, "I got a Masters in French Literature and I got a certificate to teach civics and government, so pretty much my mind is full of all kinds of great stuff. You know something about everybody in this room? Really? Wow, you get around…ahh…tell me something about Regina over there, then?"
"French… I know French," Aster says, tapping her temple once again while holding her elbow with the other hand. In such a thoughtful state, she looks like a think-think-thinking Winnie The Pooh. With her forearms raised, the irritated skin can be seen as some sort of rash moves from her wrist and upwards. Fortunately, it doesn't seem as though they have been scratched at. "I know enough to get by, I suppose, but I don't speak it fluently. Not like I do Dutch," she says to him, before she averts her eyes back to Regina. Her stare is relentless, even when she gives an answer to Lee. A blue light, though dim, begins to shine behind her eyes. "Oh," Aster murmurs, eyebrows raising. "Her hair isn't red. That's a dye job," she tells him, and then continues. "She even went as far as to dye her eyebrows. She likes that man she's talking to. Well, she doesn't really like him, but he's a director—I can tell. I think she wants to butter him up…" From there, she doesn't go on. The scandalous implications stand by themselves.
Lee doesn't notice the eye thing. "It's a good dye job, she had me fooled. I…hey, are your arms okay? That looks pretty bad, did you burn yourself?"
The worry expressed to her by Lee breaks Aster's concentration. The light dies out, and her eyes return to normal once more just as they shift to look back at him. "I had suspicions before. I could smell her shampoo when she walked by. The kind of shampoo that treats coloured hair," she explains to him, nodding her head slowly in affirmation. "My arms?" the girl says, raising a forearm up to look at the rash. "I've had it for a few days… It's just a rash. From a plant, maybe, but I'm not positive. It gets really itchy sometimes, so I ignore it."
Lee says, "Should put some aloe on that, it'll help. That's a sharp nose you've got. I read somewhere that people who have a sharp sense of smell also have a very sensitive sense of taste? That would be so amazing. Of course, I pretty much ruined everything by smoking for I don't know how many years."
"It will be fine, sooner or later. Just can't scratch," Aster says, partially to be conversational, and partially to remind herself not to put her nails to her skin. As a further precaution, she pushes her rolled up sleeves down over her arms. "Well, all of my senses are sharp. It's part of why I know things," she says, though she suddenly becomes distracted by something near the door. She pivotes so that her body is facing somewhat away from Lee, neck craned to see around a cluster of people. Standing beside the exit is a young man, black-haired, and about the same age as Aster. He bears the same triangle on his cheek, only his is orange. The two of them share a long lasting stare, but no words are given. Then, the boy turns and leaves just as quickly as he came in. To Lee, Aster apologizes, "Uhmm, sorry to cut this short, but I need to go. My, uh, friend is here to pick me up." She begins to step away, parting with a pat to the man's shoulder. "Maybe we'll find each other again, hmmm?"
Lee says, "Oh, uh, sure, sounds good. Was great to meet you, Aster." Her last comment about her senses leaves him curious, though, and he watches her go, green eyes narrowing slightly. At least until a friend comes up and says "This party is terrible. Let's go sneak into a better one." Lee checks his watch, "I have class tomorrow….I guess we could hit one more."


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Make your store much more Google and user-friendly by optimizing your code structure. Automatically compress product images and use advanced JS/CSS minification options.
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Clean CSS and JS files from unneeded lines;
Move certain JS files to the footer;
Clear browser cache automatically once JS/CSS have been updated;
Use advanced debug mode;
Compress images of different formats.
Optimize images in your store
With this extension, you can easily compress images in different formats with no quality loss. Such images will load faster that will have a positive impact on your site speed.
The images optimization can be done via the command line interface provided you have sufficient rights to modify skin files and media. Note that all product images are being backed up during the compression process which will prevent your store from any possible image data loss.
Enable CSS minification
Sometimes CSS files may not be clean from any unnecessary characters, new lines, comments and the like. By enabling a CSS minification option provided by this extension, you can easily get rid of such unneeded things in your CSS files without any negative consequences for your source code.
Use JavaScript minification
Increase your store speed by making your JavaScript code as clean as possible. There are 3 levels of JavaScript minification available in this module:
- Removing white spaces;
- Simple code optimization;
- Advanced code optimization.
Advanced debug mode
If any minification errors occur, they will be thoroughly logged in a debug mode.
Ability to move JavaScript to footer
In order to let important content load much faster, you can move JS files to the footer.
Note: some scripts (like GA) may work incorrectly if placed in the footer. But the extension offers an advanced feature of 'Ignore' list where you can place the scripts that should not be moved.
Clear browser cache when JS/CSS files are updated
There is an ability to add timestamp to all CSS/JS files URLs, so that each time a cached file is updated, browser cache is updated accordingly. This means that customers will always see the right version of your site with all the changes applied by you.
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- Compatible with Open Source (CE) : 1.3 1.4 18.104.22.168 1.4.2 1.5 1.6 1.6.1 184.108.40.206 1.7 1.8 1.8.1 1.9 1.9.1 1.9.2 1.9.3
- Compatible with Commerce using on prem (EE) : 18.104.22.168 18.104.22.168 188.8.131.52 126.96.36.199 220.127.116.11 188.8.131.52 126.96.36.199 1.10 1.11 1.11.1 1.12 1.13 1.13.1 1.14 1.14.1 1.14.2 1.14.3
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jQuery Plugin: From - Filtering A Collection Based On Ancestors
I was playing around with a customized version of jQuery's live() method when it occurred to me that being able to filter a given jQuery collection based on a set of potential ancestors might make a useful plugin. And so, I came up with the from() plugin. From() takes a collection target ancestors and filters the existing stack down to only those elements that are descendants of the given ancestor pool:
- $( "..." ).from( "#some-element" )
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As you can see, once the DOM is ready to be interacted with, we use jQuery to grab all the list item elements and immediately make them italic. Then, will filter that collection down to only those list item elements that are descendants of the list with id, "list-two." Those items are given a gold background. Then, using the end() method, we travel back up the collection stack, and make all list item elements bold. Running the above code, we get the following output:
As you can see, the from() execution filtered the list items collection down to only those that were in the second list. As such, only the latter two items have a gold background.
Now, Let's take a look at the code that powers this plugin:
- // Create a self-executing function closure so that we map the
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- // This plugin will filter the current collection down to the
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- $.fn.from = function( ancestors ){
- // Make sure the ancestors object is a jQuery collection.
- // This will work for a selector or an existing jQuery
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- ancestors = jQuery( ancestors );
- // We want to filter the list of items down to the
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- for (var i = 0 ; i < myAncestors.size() ; i++){
- // If the current ancestor is in the target
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- if (ancestors.index( myAncestors[ i ] ) >= 0){
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The magic behind this plugin is the fact that jQuery's filter() method can take a function for use in the filtering logic. Not only does this allow us to filter one element at a time, but, by using the filter() method, jQuery maintains the collection stack internally, allowing us to use the end() method to move back up the stack when necessary.
Anyway, just a small jQuery plugin, but I think it will make some of the other plugins that I am tinkering with easier to write.
Reader Comments
Ben, looks useful. One suggestion though, I'd love to see your code include a private from method that both $.fn.from and $.expr[':'].from utilize. That way you could use from as both a method and a psuedo-selector!
Ahh, very cool idea! You are the plugin master :) Let me see what I can do.
Hate to be the noob here, but why don't you use .foreach() instead of the for loop in your code? Is it to do with performance or something obvious I'm not seeing?
Yeah, exactly. Since it's being used inside of a plugin, I figured I would opt for the slightly more performant native loop rather than use the each() iterator.
Thanks for the quick answer, and yeah I also meant the .each() iterator :)
Your jQuery tutorial got me hooked on jQuery, even though I'm still learning. Keep up the good work!
No problem my man. Glad you like. Normally, I would just have used each(); but, my concern was that the filter() method might have to turn around and run this against a large number of comparisons - NxM - and I just panicked and wanted it to be as fast as possible.
woot! this plugin of yours (and you) got a mention in the first official jquery podcast!
(in 'this week in jquery' section on the above page and around 1:11 in the podcast)
congrats, Ben!
Oh bad ass! I'll have to listen to that ASAP! Thanks for letting me know.


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Charlie Morton and Jose Veras combined on a six-hitter, Ryan Ludwick hit a pair of RBI singles and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over the slumping San Francisco Giants on Monday night.
Garrett Jones doubled among his four hits and scored twice to help back Morton (9-6), who improved to 6-2 on the road this season.
The Pirates battered Giants All-Star Ryan Vogelsong (9-2), who lost for the first time in 13 starts since May 26. His only other loss came the day after San Francisco lost its catcher and reigning NL rookie of the year Buster Posey to a season-ending broken leg on May 25.
The reigning World Series champion Giants are mired in their own funk of late, losing for the ninth time in 11 games with another night of missed chances on offense.
Still, San Francisco stayed a half-game ahead of Arizona in the NL West after the Diamondbacks lost 9-1 at home to Houston.
Morton pitched eight sharp innings and Veras finished Pittsburgh's ninth shutout and sixth on the road.
The Giants - held to two or fewer runs for the eighth time in 10 games - were blanked for the third time in nine games and 10th overall.
Nate Schierholtz hit a double and two singles for San Francisco playing in place of the injured Carlos Beltran, who had an MRI exam before the game on his injured right hand.
There weren't many other highlights from the home team.
Vogelsong struck out cleanup hitter Derek Lee three times but Ludwick did damage in the No. 5 hole coming off two hitless games. Neil Walker added an RBI double batting third.
It sure was good timing for Pittsburgh, which exactly two weeks earlier won at Atlanta and sat in first place in the NL Central. Before Monday's win, the Pirates had gone 1-12 since to fall into fourth in the division and 10 games behind the first-place Brewers.
The skid was the club's longest since dropping 12 in a row from June 6-18 last year.
Vogelsong, the improbable All-Star and steady starter who replaced $126 million lefty Barry Zito in the rotation, had his career-best winning streak snapped at six straight decisions. He stayed put as the National League ERA leader - just barely. Vogelsong owns a 2.48 mark, while Phillies ace Roy Halladay lowered his ERA to 2.51 in an outing against the Dodgers.
Vogelsong was tagged for five runs on nine hits in five innings. He matched his season high with eight strikeouts, which he also did in his first start of the season - against the Pirates in Pittsburgh on April 28.
He didn't get much help from the hitters. San Francisco squandered chances yet again, going 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position and grounding into inning-ending double plays in the fourth and fifth.
The Giants avoided a four-game sweep by the Phillies with a 3-1 win Sunday, but managed only three runs on 13 hits. They are batting .161 (20 for 124) over their last 18 games with runners in scoring position.
Giants ace Tim Lincecum reported no problems a day after Chase Utley's flying bat hit him in the right knee.
"Just a little bruise," the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner said.
Notes: The Pirates have won the opener in nine of their 10 road trips so far. ... Zito allowed three runs on seven hits, struck out seven and walked two in 7 2-3 innings of a rehab outing for Class-A San Jose. He threw 99 pitches, 70 for strikes. ... San Francisco RHP Ramon Ramirez and C Eli Whiteside received only fines for their part in Friday night's benches-clearing brawl. Phillies CF Shane Victorino was suspended three games. ... LHP Madison Bumgarner (6-11, 3.71 ERA) makes his second career appearance vs. the Pirates on Tuesday night. He allowed one run on five hits over six innings April 27 in Pittsburgh. ... Pirates RHP James McDonald (7-5, 4.23) tries to keep his strong second half going Tuesday. McDonald is 2-1 with a 3.42 ERA in four starts since the All-Star break. He has a team-high 102 strikeouts. ... The Pirates are 49-0 when leading after eight innings.


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Visit the smithy of Kjetil Torvund!
Visit the smithy of Kjetil Torvund and experience the art of forging metal the traditonal way with red-hot coals, hammer and anvil. During your visit Kjetil will demontrate and talk about the differen forging techniques. If you want to it is also possible to try it yourself!
The fascinating art of forging metals has been exercised for hundreds of years. Back in the early days, the art of forging metals was considered to be a magical trait nad the blacksmiths had a high status in the societies, often traveling around between farms that did not have their own blacksmith. A lot has changed over the centuries, but the art of forging metals is still just that; art.
Come join Sogn Tours to the smithy of Kjetil Torvund. Here you can get insight of the historical work as well as the work of a blacksmith today. Kjetil Torvund is a craftman with extensive experience making tools and the fittings for the restorations of listed heritage buildings. He has worked on numerous stave churches and culturally important buildings throughout Norway, some located in Bergen. He has also worked on the fittings for the restorations of several late 1800s yachts and sailing vessels.
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Fantasy Dining Alice in a Labyrinth
Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.
This place is much more than a restaurant. It's a labyrinth of storybook pages, followed by a stack of books that make you feel caterpillar-sized. You enter into the main dining room to see various scenes from the story: the hedges from the queen's garden, a ceiling with enormous cards on it, and chairs in the shape of rose bushes. To top off the interior design, even the food is themed. Have an appetizer in the shape of cut-out cards and roses, or an ice cream dessert that resembles the Cheshire cat.
This restaurant provides an immensely entertaining experience. In addition, since there are so many types of decor within the restaurant (as well as an expansive menu), you can keep going over and over, having a new experience every time.
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Andy Dwyer
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Actor Bio
Chris Pratt can currently be seen portraying Andy Dwyer on NBC's comedy series "Parks and Recreations" opposite Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, and Rashida Jones.
Actor and screenwriter Pratt is quickly establishing himself as one of today's go-to comic actors in film and television. Many remember Pratt from television shows "Everwood" and "The OC." Playing the character of "Harold Brighton 'Bright' Abbott" on "Everwood," Pratt received two Teen Choice Awards nominations during the show's four-year run.
Most recently, Pratt was seen in the Diablo Cody-penned feature "Jennifer's Body" opposite Megan Fox. Other films Pratt has starred in include the 2008 feature film "Wanted" opposite Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy; the film grossed $135 million at the domestic box office. In early 2009, Pratt starred as Anne Hathaway's fiance in the comedy "Bride Wars," also starring Kate Hudson.
2011 is set to be a big year for Chris Pratt. In March, Pratt will be seen in the comedy "Take Me Home Tonight," featuring Anna Faris and Topher Grace, and set for release through Relativity. In September, Pratt will play Oakland A's first baseman Scott Hatteberg in Sony's highly-anticipated screen adaptation of "Moneyball," which is written by Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian, and will also star Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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-Aka Double Knitting or 2 color Brioche Stitch
Shaker knitting is deeply textured, reversible knitting. It is excellent for warm sweaters. (It uses about 50% more yardage of wool than the same size of standard knitting.) It is a bit difficult to gauge, because it is very stretchy.
Shaker Double knitting uses a brioche stitch--the K1B (knit in the stitch below method--or alternately, a YO/slip 1 in row 1, followed by K2tog (the yarn over and slipped stitch) in row 2.
No matter how you describe it, it sounds harder than it is. In The Big Book of Knitting (Katrina Buss) has complete directions for making a shaker-knitting sweater--. With all the details you need to know--including increases, decreases and picking up dropped stitches (a feat of magic if you ask me!)
Shaker knitting can also be done in with two colors of yarn.
When worked with 2 colors, it creates a knitted fabric with a predominately different color on each side of the knitting. But like slip stitch patterns or simple double knitting, you have to knit each color on a row separately. This requires that each stitch be 'slipped or knit'
--each stitch is processed 2 times per row of knitting. First you work in color A (slipping the alternate stitches), and then you work each stitch in row (or round) again, in color B, slipping the stitches knit first time across or round.
This is why this type of knitting is sometimes called double knitting. It creates warm, deeply textured, two toned effect on the front and back to the work, with one color predominating on each side.
In Weekend Knitting, (edited by Pam Allan,) Wendy Easton has a pattern for a 2 color shaker (brioche stitch) knit hat, scarf and neck warmer. Along with information on working in this processing there other fun details, including an I-cord cast on! The collection of patterns feature instructions for knitting in the round or flat.
Personally, I have never much like this style of knitting, and haven't got past knitting swatches!
I have knit a crown for the hat, but it doesn't look the way I envisioned it--it's close, but no cigar.
I was demoralized when I thought the fingerless gloves were lost, but now I am energized and will frog the current crown (30 or so rows--with ever decreasing number of stitches, and try again.) Frogging and re-knitting the crown shouldn't take much more than an hour --two at the most.
I also thought I had lost a sock--one of a new pair, worn just once-- but again the gods have smiled on me. It fell behind the hamper, and now has been washed and returned to its mate.
Link to Part 1--Simple Double Knitting
To Part 3—Casting On for Jacquard Double knitting
To part 4— Getting Started with Jacquard Double knitting
To Part 5— Knits and Purls on each side
To Part 6— More Pattern Ideas for Jacquard Double Knitting
To Part 7—Scandinavian 2 yarn, Single Color Double Knitting.
To Part 8--The Momentary end to an Obsession--tally: 18 Double Knit Potholders


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Jumony tabletop sculpture - tall
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Product detail
Dimensions : 13cm x 11cm x 28.5cm
Material : Jesmonite
Weight : 3.3kg
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Eyrarbakki, pop 526, is a friendly village that, in earlier times, used to be the largest commercial community and the main harbor on the South Coast of Iceland. A large number of preserved houses from the period 1890-1920 are situated in Eyrarbakki and therefore a visit is like reveriting a 100 years back in time. Other popular tourist attractions are The Eyrabakka Martime Museum and the Árnessýsla Folk Museum, located at legendary "The House" in Eyrarbakki, built in 1765. A fine campsite, hostel, guesthouses and restaurant, are also in Eyrarbakki. On the rocky shoreline you can witness an amazing view of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as watching the surf break. It is an ideal spot for hiking and bird watching. The Flói Bird Reserve lies northwest of Eyrabakki. It is an important nesting area, especially for wetland birds and is listed in The Bird Life International Association.
Travel directory for EYRARBAKKI
The official travel index of Iceland
Bakki Hostel & Apartments
Eyrarbakki Maritime Museum
Árnessýsla Heritage Museum in Eyrarbakki
The Women's Book Lounge
Cultural Centres
Bakkastofa Culture Center
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Rauða Húsið Restaurant
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History and Culture
Eyrarbakki Maritime Museum
The museum takes the visitor back to old times in a small Icelandic fishing village. On display is a fine collection of artifacts connected with fisheries, crafts, social and cultural life of the common people durning the last 100 years.
History and Culture
Eyrarbakkakirkja - church
The wooden church in Eyrarbakki was built in 1890 and one of the first churches in Iceland to have two floors. The altarpiece is a famous artifact and was painted by Queen Louise of Denmark, wife of King Christian IX.


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Halloween seems to have crept up on us this year… is it really only one week away? We had better hurry up and enjoy some Halloween crafting!
Today, we made a horrid pumpkin… a really SCARY pumpkin! Look at it… eeek! It's not nice at all!!
It's a pumpkin spiders nest and it creeps me out! Teddy had the best fun making it… he really thinks it's cool and so does A Good Man… must be a boy thing.
We started with a pumpkin, sharpie, sharp knife, a hot glue gun and a bowl full of spiders.
Kitty is in First Grade and she is learning her letters. She was very proud to be able to draw a big 'O' for the 'O'pening!
I carefully cut out her hole with Mr T ever so eager to start placing the spiders.
With our hot glue gun, we stuck the spiders in place to look like they were swarming out of the hole in the pumpkin.
Yuck… I can't stand it. Make it at your own peril…
Happy Halloween week.
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Letters to Father Jacob (2009)*****
This stark, introspective drama from Finland is all about religious belief and those that use it to define their lives. A rough edged, convicted murderer (Kaarina Hazard) finds herself suddenly pardoned and released into the care of an elderly blind priest (Heikki Nousiainen). The unlikely pair spends many hours in the Priest's weedy, wooded yard, where the ill-tempered Hazard reads hundreds of letters from distressed souls seeking prayers. But just when we're convinced of the film's familiar, sentimental path, director Klaus Härö veers onto a surprising course that confounds expectations. As hushed and delicate as morning vespers, Letters to Father Jacob is a superb exercise in restrained storytelling and filmic technique. And Nousiainen's performance is nothing short of extraordinary.
An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)***1/2
Delightfully silly crud, concerning a furtive romance between Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti, if one can imagine such a thing. Shot during the Cannes Film Festival, the movie is chock full of references to cinematic lore and part of the fun is spotting director Michael Ritchie's next homage. The charismatic Vitti shows a real flair for comedy, while Carradine finds dramatically compelling reasons to remove his shirt. The whole goofy mess drags on a bit too long, but otherwise the film is a beguiling little time-waster.
Beware of My Love (1998)***
Fans of the enchanting Natalie Baye will find this somewhat worthwhile, but within the sphere of French romantic thrillers Beware of My Love is wholly unremarkable. It was the 90s, so there is frequent talk of oral sex and allusions to kinkiness, but otherwise the film is a straight run off the Chabrol Imitation Factory assembly line. Theatrically intense leading man Daniel Duval is featured in some impressive full frontal shots. Clearly, he was much more stimulated by the proceedings than we were.
Venus and Fleur (2004)****
Writer/Director Emmanuel Mouret apparently wants to fill the cinematic space left by the passing of Eric Rohmer, and he certainly has the late master's ability to make a pleasant and charming film out of almost nothing. Here, two young women in full flower (Isabelle Pirès and Veroushka Knoge) spend their summer holiday at a beach house near Marseilles – sound familiar? – and fall under the spell of an earnest young man (Julien Imbert), who's much more interested in hiking than romance. The film is so light it virtually dissipates before your eyes, but it may be just the tonic for world-weary viewers seeking a brief vacation.