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Is anybody getting cross validation errors way different from the leaderboard scores?
I got a cv error of 0.50899 but only achieved 0.61975 on the leaderboard. Have I done something wrong or are others finding the same?
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Peter Prettenhofer wrote: I do 5 repetitions of 10-fold CV and my CV error is fairly accurate (within 0.01). Interesting - I do 12 repititions of 8 fold cv and my cv error is inaccurate (not even within 0.1). I wonder if this means the final results will look completely different to the leaderboard standings? |
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I too have a CV error within +/- 0.01 of my leaderboard error. When you're evaluating your expected error on the leaderboard, keep in mind that, depending on how you're modeling the outcome variables, with 12 dependent variables, each with varying frequency (due to missing values), your CV error can be off due to the representation of the dependent variables within the test dataset. For example, if you have a really low error rate on the 11th and 12th dependent variables, but a higher error rate on the 1st and 2nd, your average CV error across all 12 variables may be artifically low be there are fewer values in the 11th and 12th variables that are not missing. If you assume that the representation of missing data in the test set follows the same pattern as that in the training set, you can always weight your average CV error based upon the values represented in the training set, giving you an expected error that should be more representative of what you see on the leaderboard. Of course, I'm also ranked much lower on the leaderboard than you guys, it's quite possible that if my models were to improve, the difference between my CV error and my leaderboard score could increase. |
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One way you can get misleading CV scores in this competition is if you model multiple months together and information "leaks" from one month to another. For example, if you have months 1-11 in the training set (just as a response variable, not as a feature) and month 12 of the same product in the test set, you'll get an overly optimistic CV score. I don't know if this is the case with your model, but it's something I noticed in one of my entries. Aside from running into this issue, I've had fairly good cv results, within about .02 of the leaderboard. |
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I have the same problem with Gaussian Processes regression. The OOB estimates for bagged Trees are much closer to the leaderboard score than the CV errors I get with Gaussian Processes. At first I did not average properly over the twelve months (as Adam pointed out), but correcting this only helped slightly. CV results often differ by up to 0.1 from the leaderboard scores. I find this quite confusing :-S. I noticed that after converting the categorical variables into dummy variables there are some variables for which the variance from the training and testing set differs by a factor of up to 5. I figured this may have something to do with it but as some of you guys are seeing excellent agreements it's probably something else. |
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In general, if your internal score is orders of magnitude better than the leaders... you've done something wrong. In this competition, the most common error of CV was to make one large model but then include portions of a given product in different folds. I believe wikipedia called this a "twinning" error. |


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I'm thinking about the cooler days that lie ahead this Fall, and on weekends an odd jacket isn't always the best choice for running errands. But some form of coat is necessary if only for the pockets.
That's the kind of occasion when a shirt jacket comes in handy. The one in the photo is of unlined 14 ounce Minnis flannel so it's warm enough and will even take a little rain. The four pockets take care of the eyeglasses, sunglasses, cell phone and cigar paraphenalia that don't fit in my trousers. And my budget appreciates that shirt jackets can be made to measure for a fraction of the cost of a canvassed jacket.
Of course, made to measure jackets are also supposed to fit. I was trying it on in the photo, which is why I'm wearing a spot effect flannel over houndstooth trousers in the first place. This one is going back to the tailor for adjustment as it arrived with the sleeves an inch and a half too long, but it will be ready for service by the time the weather turns.
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The Useful Shirt Jacket
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- Tim said...
That's a handsome shirt jacket, Will! Thanks for offering a view of it. Shirt jackets are among my favorite articles of clothing, in addition to odd jackets, as my circumstances are both quasi-rural and casual. Since RTW is my destiny, and someone thought it would be funny to add short arms to a largish body, your sleeve treatment is my norm. I've always had the bad habit of rolling my cuffs back anyway, so I've made a virtue of necessity. But in a lovely MTM like yours, certainly not
- July 15, 2008 at 9:40:00 AM PDT
- Easy and Elegant Life said...
Nice jacket, Will. Did you do a bi-swing shoulder at the back?
- July 15, 2008 at 11:12:00 AM PDT
- Will said...
No bi-swing. It's a shirt.
- July 15, 2008 at 2:46:00 PM PDT
- Jeff said...
The question is, did you commission this from your shirtmaker or from your tailor? And how did you decide between the two?
- July 17, 2008 at 5:51:00 AM PDT
- Will said...
It has none of the infrastructure of tailored clothing, so I went with my shirtmaker.
- July 17, 2008 at 5:59:00 AM PDT

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FUCK. I just threw some out last month. It would probably have been way too big though.
FUCK. I just threw some out last month. It would probably have been way too big though.
i guess you could always shave it down a lot. if i was going to do it i'd get a bigger one then cut to the size i want.
Link me.
post it. everyone knows that the toe area of carbons is one of their biggest flaws. hating on a solution is dumb.
Alright, I'm really considering putting VII souls on my Carbon 3's. I love the Carbon souls, but I am growing weary of the tiny groove.
My blades are size 43 (US10), so I'm right on the cusp of the small and medium VII souls. I know I would need to mod the smalls to fit my boot, but will I also need to mod if I use medium souls? Will the mediums hang over too much?
It should also be noted that I am currently using size large Creates, but will be riding size small CRS whenever they get mailed to me in October.
Go with mediums. You will still need to shave them because the souls are too narrow in the heel area.
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They fit like shit on mY carbon 2 boot.....theough the groove is fucking nice.
Too much space at the front and back where you can actually see the rough side of the plate.
Also the BS groove part that is raised fits to snaug and needs shaving.
There is something wrong when you can make USD VII souls fit on ten year old Salomons better than a two year old USD boot.
It's called evolution.
^ No, I didn't forget the letter "r" in any of that...
Hmm, the remz toe cap idea has me thinking
I rock a size 11 carbon. Is the large 7 she'll my only option? I can ride a 10.5 if that makes any difference at all. Also, how are you shaving the soles down? I have an electric sander, will that work?


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enderandrew wrote:maxztt wrote:Now I'd like to know which features the FIFE is lacking in your opinion.
1. It is a 2D engine. It is better to do emulate 2D in a 3D engine (like New Super Mario Bros) than try to fake a 3D feel in a 2D engine.
2. It doesn't support audio other than Ogg Vorbis
3. No physics engine
4. Exceedingly basic pathfinding. I want clever enemy AI.
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6. Only supports a handful of resolutions
7. Isn't ported to many platforms (no Mac, no iOS, no Android, no consoles)
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The UI tools are fine. Shaders aren't a problem. FIFE is FREE , no consoles is not a loss of kickstarter money. More money means more game. What game? This game , W2, not W3 the FPS.
Pathfinding isn't complicated to implement in any 2D engine. LOL BASIC LIGHTING. I think you are trolling , but I am not sure. Your physics engine complaint is legitimate however. But why would you want an entire engine for physics? The effects the user would take notice of are all small bodies of code.


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Raj Rajaratnam, head of the Galleon Group hedge fund, who has recently been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for insider trading, feels that he has been seduced and betrayed by people from India.
In an interview with the Newsweek magazine's Suketu Mehta, he said, "Every bloody Indian (whom he trusted) cooperated," with the FBI to nail him.
The Sri Lankan-born self-made billionaire founded his own hedge fund in 1997, which had an exponential growth over the years to be the biggest technology-based hedge fund on the planet by 2008 and he established himself as the richest Sri Lankan in the world.
However, Suketu Mehta writes, "Part of Rajaratnam's narrative is that of a man from a smaller South Asian country seduced and betrayed by people from the Big Brother country."
Today as he faces an 11 year long stay in prison, his immediate answer to the question "Did you regret anything?, was, "I'd probably not be so trusting of people" referring to his Wharton classmates Anil Kumar and Rajiv Goel, both pleaded guilty under prosecutorial pressure.
The betrayal by the Indian associates hurts the most and he barely mentions the white government witnesses. He regrets doing a joint venture with the Indians, writes the interviewer.
Talking about their plan to start an Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, Rajaratnam said, "I gave them [the school] a million dollars. I later found out they never contributed any of their money, and are listed as the school's founders. And I'm not even a fucking Indian."
Talking on his fellow accused and the Indian friends' decision to plead guilty, he said, "There are two types of plea bargains. One is you cooperate with the government. You finger 10 other people. The other is a plea bargain without cooperation. The white defendants all pleaded without cooperating; they did not wear a wire. The South Asians all did the plea bargain with fingering. The Americans stood their ground. Every bloody Indian cooperated – Goel, Khan, Kumar."
He also claimed that he was heavily pressured to wear a wire to trap Rajat Gupta, Former Goldman Sachs director but said he couldn't do that. "They wanted me to plea-bargain. They want to get Rajat. I am not going to do what people did to me. Rajat has four daughters," he told the Mehta.
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Suketu Mehta sensed the anger in Rajaratnam caused by the ethnic disparities in the U.S. and the Wester world and wrote. "When it came to the biggest bet of his life, this master of information was guided as he saw it by the political history of his people, his personal journey as a dark-skinned immigrant through the rich countries. Rajaratnam is an immigrant, not American-born. He had grown up, as he tells it, in fear: of the Sinhalese majority in his homeland; of the skinheads in Britain where he'd studied; and of the established elites of Wall Street where he did business. At just about every stage of his life, there were people out to get him. And he says, "I saw myself as an underdog."
While it's a questionable issue if his ethnicity is a factor in the process of investigation and ensuing trial, the strong man recollects the words of FBI agent B. J. Kang who upon taking him away from his home in October 26, 2009 told him, 'Take a good look at your son. You're not going to see him for a long time. Your wife doesn't seem so upset. Because she's going to spend all your money."
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In going from Castries to Hewanorra Airport at Vieux Fort, travelers have the choice of two branches of a road which circles the southern half of St Lucia. The western branch goes through Soufrière and is the prime route that cruise-ship passengers take out of Castries to visit the Pitons.However, the pavement between Soufrière and Vieux Fort is rough so the driving will be slow until its scheduled resurfacing.
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Marigot Bay
Marigot Bay, the most beautiful on St Lucia, is best viewed from a vista point on the road that cuts between the main Caribbean coastal road and the bay itself. The beaches are lined with palms and yacht traffic adds extra interest.At the end of the road there is a shuttle craft which goes to the hotels and restaurants on the opposite shore.The harbor is so deep and sheltered that the British fleet supposedly hid here from the French by covering their masts with palm fronds.In April 1794, Queen Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent, landed here with grenadiers to wrest the island from French hands.The film musical Doctor Doolittle was filmed here in 1967 and has left a permanent mark on the names of some of the local establishments.Marigot is a French Antilles word for river which runs into wetlands by the sea.
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The colorful fishing village of Soufrière is wrapped around a beautiful bay and is best seen from an overlook on the main road to Vieux Fort which ascends the hill which forms the southern arm of the bay.The town was founded in about 1745 with its most prominent features being the town square, the church on the square and the many buildings with filigreed balconies and tin roofs.The town square was the site of the guillotine erected during the French Revolution in 1780. Many plantation owners and their families were executed here.The wharf, a block away from the town square, is the stopping point of several sightseeing cruises.The town's main claim to fame is that Josephine, who became the wife of Emperor Napoleon Boneparte in 1796, was born in Soufrière in 1763.
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Soufrière - Anse Chastanet Marine National Park
Anse Chastanet coral reef offers several depth changes. On a plateau of 5 to 25 ft (2 to 8 m) divers experience colored sponges, soft corals plus boulder and brain corals. Parrot fish, goat fish, wrasse, chromis and sometimes barracuda swim over the corals. There is also a large cavern inhabited by frogfish.The edge of the plateau is a wall that drops down 150 ft to a lace coral ecosystem. The coral is inhabited by lobsters, crabs and eels under schools of fish. Plate coral starts below 100 ft (30 m).North of Anse Chastanet is a reef called Turtle Reef where the wall down to 150 ft (45 m) presents pillar coral and barrel sponges.On the surface, there are good views of the Pitons.Professional dive operators can guide visitors through this environment.
Anse La Raye, St Lucia
The small fishing village of Anse La Raye has become a stop for the many tourist vans which ply the west coast road between the cruise ships landing in Castries and the sites of Soufrière.The harbor is home to colorful fishing boats and a small crafts market.Opposite the main pier is the town square surrounded by several ornate colonial buildings. A block north of the square on a street running off the harbor is the local bread bakery which uses a wood fueled oven. A block south of the main square is the church and a fairly ornate rectory. The wall in front of the rectory boasts a mural depicting local values.
Lasikwi Sugar Mill
The Sugar Mill, known in St.Lucian 'patois' as La Sikwi is situated on the Invergoil Estate in Anse-La-Raye, St.Lucia.Tours include a tour of the sugar mill itself, with a briefhistory of the production of sugar on the island, as well as a tour of the beautiful gardens where tropical flowers and fruit trees are cultivated. Lasikwi also has available a beautiful stage set amidst the tropical landscape which is perfect for dinner shows and theatre.
Canaries, St Lucia
The fishing village of Canaries is nestled against an inlet in the coastline. It looks attractive from viewpoints both north and south of town where the main road rises up through the hills.
Choiseul, St Lucia
South of Soufrière, the road dips into a river valley where the fishing village of Choiseul sits. As the road comes off the hill from the north, it runs above the church which is silhouetted against the sea, providing an impressive view.
Balenbouche Estate
Between Choiseul and Laborie is a 75 acre estate featuring a 200-year-old wooden plantation house in its original state with verandah and wooden shutters. Created as a cotton plantation in the early 1700s, the Balenbouche Estate switched to sugar in 1780 when machinery was imported from England to create a water-powered sugar factory now in ruins.Balenbouche is French for 'bullet in the mouth' and alludes to a legend of a duel fought here between two sailors over the hand of a woman. Of course, the other story is that the name derives from 'whale' plus 'mouth' and may refer to the days when these mammals gathered at the mouth of a local river.The estate now functions as a guest house.
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Sitting on the main road between Hewanorra and Soufrière just south of Choiseul, the Choiseul Crafts Centre is a local effort which provides an outlet for local artisans. The shop sells basketry, wood carvings, pottery, dolls and cane furniture.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The SU men's basketball team has announced two exhibition games for the upcoming season. The Orange will take on Pace University and Bloomsburg College, both are Division Two teams.
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The research group of the Department of Neurology and Epileptology is interested to link the molecular mechanisms of defined, mainly genetic, neurological diseases with their clinical symptoms. The main goals are (i) to find out specific disease-causing genetic defects, (ii) understand their molecular and cellular pathomechanisms to ultimately (iii) improve existing or develop new therapies. The research is concentrated on diseases with disturbed neuronal excitability caused by mutations in ion channels, receptors or transporters. These have the advantage that we can examine their gating mechanisms in molecular detail using electrophysiological techniques such as patch clamping.
The current main research focus comprises the genetics, pathophysiology and therapeutic perspectives of idiopathic epilepsies. Epilepsy affects approximately 3% of people during their lifetime. An estimated 40% of all epilepsy patients suffer from so-called "idiopathic epilepsies", which are genetic in origin and not caused by structural or metabolic brain abnormalities. We are interested to identify genetic defects in monogenic and complex genetic forms of epilepsies and related disorders by using classical approaches (linkage studies and sequencing of candidate genes) and next generation genetic techniques in collaboration with other groups in Germany and Europe (whole genome association studies, large scale sequencing of candidate regions, high-throughput sequencing of candidate genes and the whole exome).
Contact for genetics: Yvonne Weber, Holger Lerche
Almost all of the mutations identified so far in idiopathic epilepsy syndromes affect genes encoding ion channels. Numerous ion channels tune the neuronal transmembrane voltage, by opening and closing ("gating") in response to either synaptic neuromediators (ligand-gated channels) or changes in the voltage itself (voltage-gated channels). In this way, genetic mutations affecting these channels can alter neuronal excitability and potentially drive a network of neurons into synchrony to promote a seizure. This conclusion is further supported by the fact that most of the antiepileptic drugs in clinical use today modulate different types of ion channels.
Our group has a long-standing experience with structure-function analysis, the gating properties and pharmacology of ion channels using molecular biological and electrophysiological techniques. We have been functionally characterizing disease-causing mutations of different ion channels including voltage-gated sodium, potassium, calcium and chloride channels as well as ligand-gated channels (GABA receptors, see picture). Most of our previous and a lot of ongoing studies have been carried out in heterologous expression systems, i.e. channels are expressed in a cell line that usually does not contain this molecule but provides the possibility to study its molecular function. We are now exploring the functional implications of disease-related mutations in neurons and determining the specific roles of affected channels in the brain. We use neuronal cultures and genetically altered animal models to assess (i) the cellular and subcellular localization of ion channels, (ii) targeting mechanisms, and (iii) functional analyses of wild type and mutant channels in single neurons and brain slices, by employing established techniques including immunohistochemistry, imaging of fluorescent fusion proteins and electrophysiology.
Contact for functional studies: Snezana Maljevic, Holger Lerche
An additional research interest of the department is structural and functional brain imaging. In focal epilepsies, it is important to identify epileptogenic lesions which cannot always be detected with standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), so that advanced methods of MRI are explored, for example voxel-based morphometry, a statistical structural evaluation method based on comparison of brains from normal controls and patients. Since memory functions are often affected in epilepsy patients, we use functional MRI to characterize and better understand in particular episodic memory processes generated in the hippocampus.
Contact for imaging studies: Holger Lerche
BMBF: Netzwerk seltener Erkrankungen IGN NeurONet
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EuroEpinomics: 2011-2014 COGIE (Project Leader: Holger Lerche)
2011-2014 EpiPGX
2008-2013 BMBF: Nationales Genomforschungsnetz (NGFNplus): Epilepsy and Migraine integrated network (EMINet)
2007-2011 DFG: Differential role of the voltage-gated sodium channels Nav1.1 and Nav1.2
2007-2011 EU: 'Epicure', Integrated project on functional genomics and neurobiology of epilepsy ( www.epicureproject.eu/home.aspx)
2008-2011 BMBF: E-rare program: Benign Familial Neonatal Seizures (BFNS) as disease model for human idiopathic epilepsies (EuroBFNS)
Original papers:
Genetics, pathophysiology and therapy of idiopathic epilepsies and other paroxysmal diseases of the nervous system
Liao Y, Deprez L, Maljevic S, Claes L, Hristova D, Jordanova A, Ala-Mello S, Bellan-Koch A, Blazevic D, Schubert S, Thomas EA, Petrou S, De Jonghe P, Lerche H. Molecular correlates of age-dependent seizures in an inherited epilepsy of neonates and infants. Brain, in revision.
de Kovel CG, Trucks H, Helbig I, Mefford HC, Baker C, Leu C, Kluck C, Muhle H, von Spiczak S, Ostertag P, Obermeier T, Kleefuß-Lie AA, Hallmann K, Steffens M, Gaus V, Klein KM, Hamer HM, Rosenow F, Brilstra EH, Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité D, Swinkels ME, Weber YG, Unterberger I, Zimprich F, Urak L, Feucht M, Fuchs K, Møller RS, Hjalgrim H, De Jonghe P, Suls A, Rückert IM, Wichmann HE, Franke A, Schreiber S, Nürnberg P, Elger CE, Lerche H, Stephani U, Koeleman BP, Lindhout D, Eichler EE, Sander T. Recurrent microdeletions at 15q11.2 and 16p13.11 predispose to idiopathic generalized epilepsies. Brain 2009. [Epub ahead of print]
Suls A*, Mullen SA*, Weber YG*, Verhaert K, Ceulemans B, Guerrini R, Wuttke TV, Salvo-Vargas A, Deprez L, Claes LR, Jordanova A, Berkovic SF, Lerche H, De Jonghe P, Scheffer IE. Early-onset absence epilepsy caused by mutations in the glucose transporter GLUT1. Ann Neurol 2009;66:415-9, *contributed equally.
Helbig I, Mefford HC, Sharp AJ, Guipponi M, Fichera M, Franke A, Muhle H, de Kovel C, Baker C, von Spiczak S, Kron KL, Steinich I, Kleefuss-Lie AA, Leu C, Gaus V, Schmitz B, Klein KM, Reif PS, Rosenow F, Weber Y, Lerche H, Zimprich F, Urak L, Fuchs K, Feucht M, Genton P, Thomas P, Visscher F, de Haan GJ, Møller RS, Hjalgrim H, Luciano D, Wittig M, Nothnagel M, Elger CE, Nürnberg P, Romano C, Malafosse A, Koeleman BP, Lindhout D, Stephani U, Schreiber S, Eichler EE, Sander T. 15q13.3 microdeletions increase risk of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Nat Genet 2009;41:160-2.
Weber YG, Storch A, Wuttke TV, Brockmann K, Kempfle J, Maljevic S, Margari L, Kamm C, Schneider SA, Huber SM, Pekrun A, Roebling R, Seebohm G, Koka S, Lang C, Kraft E, Blazevic D, Salvo-Vargas A, Fauler M, Mottaghy FM, Münchau A, Edwards MJ, Presicci A, Margari F, Gasser T, Lang F, Bhatia KP, Lehmann-Horn F, Lerche H. GLUT1 mutations are a cause of paroxysmal exertion-induced dyskinesias and induce hemolytic anemia by a cation leak. J Clin Invest. 2008;118:2157-68.
Suls A, Dedeken P, Goffin K, Van Esch H, Dupont P, Cassiman D, Kempfle J, Wuttke TV, Weber Y, Lerche H, Afawi Z, Vandenberghe W, Korczyn AD, Berkovic SF, Ekstein D, Kivity S, Ryvlin P, Claes LR, Deprez L, Maljevic S, Vargas A, Van Dyck T, Goossens D, Del-Favero J, Van Laere K, De Jonghe P, Van Paesschen W. Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy is due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter GLUT1. Brain 2008;131:1831-44.
Wuttke TV, Jurkat-Rott K, Paulus W, Garncarek M, Lehmann-Horn F, Lerche H. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability due to dominant-negative KCNQ2 mutations. Neurology 2007;69:2045-53.
Hunter*, Maljevic M*, Shankar A, Siegel A, Olson L, Weissman B, Holt P, Lerche H§, Escayg A§. Subthreshold changes of voltage-dependent activation of the KV7.2 channel in neonatal epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 2006;24:194-201. *contributed equally, §corresponding authors.
Maljevic S, Krampfl K, Cobilanschi J, Tilgen N, Beyer S, Weber YG, Schlesinger F, Ursu D, Melzer W, Cossette P, Bufler J, Lerche H*, Heils A*. A mutation in the GABAA receptor alpha1-subunit is associated with absence epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2006;59:983-7. *corresponding authors.
Wuttke TV, Seebohm G, Bail S, Maljevic S, Lerche H. The new anticonvulsant Retigabine favors voltage-dependent opening of the Kv7.2 (KCNQ2) channel by binding to its activation gate. Mol Pharm 2005;67:1009-17.
Lerche H, Biervert C, Alekov AK, Schleithoff L, Lindner M, Klingler W, Bretschneider F, Mitrovic N, Jurkat-Rott K, Bode H, Lehmann-Horn F, Steinlein OK. A reduced K+ current due to a novel mutation in KCNQ2 causes neonatal convulsions. Ann Neurol 1999;46:305-12.
Sodium channelopathies of skeletal muscle
Jurkat-Rott K, Mitrovic N, Hang C, Kouzmenkine A, Iaizzo P, Herzog J, Lerche H, Nicole S, Vale-Santos J, Chauveau D, Fontaine B, Lehmann-Horn F. Voltage sensor sodium channel mutations cause hypokalemic periodic paralysis type 2 by enhanced inactivation and reduced current. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2000;97:9549-54.
Mitrovic N, George AL, Rüdel R, Lehmann-Horn F, Lerche H. Mutant channels contribute < 50% to Na+ current in paramyotonia congenita muscle. Brain 1999;122:1085-92.
Lerche H, Mitrovic N, Dubowitz V, Lehmann-Horn F. Paramyotonia congenita: The R1448P sodium channel mutation in adult human skeletal muscle. Ann Neurol 1996;39:599-608.
Lerche H, Heine R, Pika U, George AL Jr, Mitrovic N, Browatzki M, Weiss T, Rivet-Bastide M, Franke C, Lomonaco M, Ricker K, Lehmann-Horn F. Human sodium channel myotonia: Slowed channel inactivation due to substitutions for a glycine within the III-IV linker. J Physiol 1993;470,13-22.
Brain Imaging
Roebling R, Przybylski C, Maier C, Lerche H, Grön G. Retrieval mode-dependent evaluation of the subsequent memory effect of hippocampal encoding, submitted.
Weber YG, Roebling R, Kassubek J, Hoffmann S, Rosenbohm A, Wolf M, Steinbach P, Jurkat-Rott K, Walter H, Reske SN, Lehmann-Horn F, Mottaghy FM, Lerche H. Comparative analysis of brain structure, metabolism and cognition in myotonic dystrophy 1 and 2. Neurology, in revision.
Roebling R, Scheerer N, Uttner I, Gruber O, Kraft E, Lerche H. Evaluation of cognition, structural, and functional MRI in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Epilepsia 2009 [Epub ahead of print]
Roebling R, Lerche H. Painful seizures associated with a lesion in the midcingulate cortex. J Neurol 2009;256:1012-4.
Invited reviews:
Weber YG, Lerche H. Genetics of paroxysmal dyskinesias. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2009;9:206-11.
Maljevic S, Wuttke T, Lerche H. Nervous system KV7 disorders: break down of a subthreshold brake. J Physiol 2008;586:1791-801.
Wuttke T, Lerche H. Novel anticonvulsant drugs targeting voltage-dependent ion channels. Exp Opin Invest Drugs 2006;15:1167-77.
Lerche H, Weber YG, Jurkat-Rott K, Lehmann-Horn F. Ion channel defects in idiopathic epilepsies. Curr Pharm Des 2005;11:2737-52.
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A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920 ® ^\\ t ( Sfammgdale - post An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale VOL. 44 NO. 41 Second Class Postage Paid in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, August 22, 1974 Copyright 1974 by Island- Wide Publication, Inc. price 15$ - $ 5 per year 3rd School Budget Vote Today! COMRADES: Everyone's a friend at the annual Farmingdale Republican Club picnic, held Sunday at the Chateau Restaurant. Here Assemblyman Stuart Levine, GOP Leader Frank Hynes and District Court Judge Thomas Ryan link arms as they chat on the bandstand. More pictures of the day's festivities are on page 8. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett] Police Focus On Bicycles To Cut Accidents, Thefts With bicycling becoming an increasingly popular pastime and means of transportation, the Nassau County Police Department reports a sharp upsurge in police activity related to cycling. Although there are no accurate figures on the number of bikes in Nassau, since unlike automobiles, they do not have to be registered, the Department estimates there are about one million of them in use. This compares to approximately 850,000 cars. Accompanying this huge volume of bicycle traffic are sizeable increases in the number of accidents involving bicycles, stolen bikes, arrests for bicycle thefts and official notice of violations by bike riders. The most alarming increases are those involving accidents between bicycles and automobiles and the number of cyclists injured. During the first six months of 1974 there were 373 such accidents in the Police District ( that portion of the county physically patrolled by the Department's eight precincts), as compared to 301 during the same period in 1973 - an increase of 23 per cent. The number of injured cyclists during the same period also rose by 23 per cent - 343 for 1974 as compared to 279 for 1973. Fatalities for this six month period increased from two to six. Significant increases have been reported in the number of I Continued on page IB 1 Homeowners Can Connect To Sewer Interceptors Homeowners along the routes of interceptor lines can now connect to the County sewer system, Public Works Commissioner H. John Flock, Jr. told the Post. Since interceptors, the large diameter trunk lines, are constructed in advance of the smaller lateral lines, only those properties actually abutting the roads involved are eligible. Interceptors H, 4C and 4D in Farmingdale runs along Crestwood Blvd. from Southern State Parkway north to 10th Avenue, west along 10th Avenue Last Saturday's registration day produced 2,156 new voters for today's third school budget referendum, bringing the total eligible number of voters to a record high 10,489. The polls will be open at Howitt Junior High School until 10 o'clock tonight. / The " Committee To Pass The Budget - No Austerity" has been working to get out a strong pro-budget vote to avoid the rigors of austerity. Members feel that the austerity provisions have more negative aspects than they wish to tolerate. They feel that the elimination of the sports and extra- curricular activities, in addition to spoiling chances for talented students to gain Textbooks Ready Textbooks will be distributed to Farmingdale students attending all non- public schools on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, August 28- 30. Hours for distribution will be from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. at the Main Street School. Students attending St. Kilian's and Our Lady of Lourdes Schools scholarships, will produce more wffl- i^ i^ fie^^^ own schools when they return in fear that the transportation September. provisions will either cause Realizing that several families will be on vacation during this time, a late pick- up date has been established for Monday, September 9, from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. at Main Street School. Textbooks are distributed free to all the students attending both private ' and parochial schools under provisions of the New York State Law. The school district provides textbooks to its own students free of charge under the same law. Any student who did not return all books borrowed last year from the district must be prepared to do so before receiving books for the coming school year. higher accident statistics among the student population or result in massive traffic jams around the schools as parents drive their younger children to school and the high school aged students drive their own cars. The new budget total is $ 27,265,758, showing a decrease of $ 128,300 in expenditures. The tax rate will be 34 cents lower that originally proposed in Oyster Bay and 46 cents lower for Babylon. An arrangement has been made with the school lunch contractor to offer regular service at an increased price. Hot i Continued on page Hi I to Woodward Parkway, north on Woodward Parkway to Spielman Avenue, west on Spielman to Kent Street, north on Kent to Motor Avenue, west on Motor to Heisser Lane, north on Heisser to Fulton Street; along Willard Avenue from Kent to Merritts Road; and along Crestwood Blvd. from 10th Avenue north to Matthew, east on Matthew to Oakwood Avenue, north on Oak-wood to Orchard Street, east on Orchard Street to Junard Drive, north on Junard to South Main Street. MODERN WEATHER FORECASTS were explained by Harry Wappler, TV Weatherman and lecturer of New York Telephone. Wappler was the featured speaker at a meeting of Farmingdale Rotary last Wednesday at Capt Andy's Restaurant. He holds a radiosonde transmitter - a device carried aloft by weather balloons to radio temperature, humidity, pressure, etc. from weather ground stations. This data is sent by telephone to the National Weather Service in the Washington, D. C. area for computer processing.
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APTA members Anne Mucha, PT, DPT, MS, NCS, and John DeWitt PT, DPT, SCS, ATC, have been appointed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) newly created Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain (TBI) Injury Guideline Workgroup. Mucha and Dewitt will represent the role of physical therapists in concussion management.
The workgroup, housed in CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, was established as a component of the Concussion Treatment and Care Tools (ConTACT) Act, legislation that was not passed into law but was supported by APTA in past congressional sessions. Comprising leading experts in the field of TBI, the workgroup will create a clinical guideline for use in physician's offices and emergency departments. A general overview of the 18- 24-month timeline for completion and a list of workgroup members are available on CDC's website.
Mucha and DeWitt served on APTA's Concussion Workgroup established in 2010 to develop model language for APTA chapters to use in advocating for the involvement of physical therapists as part of the health care team responsible for management of concussion in student athletes. The workgroup also developed language for a House of Delegates position that was adopted in 2011 and updated in 2012.
Last month, Mucha took part in APTA's "Head in the Game" podcast series on concussion in sports. The multiday series featured interviews with experts in the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of sports concussions. Mucha discussed some of the ways athletes are tested for concussions and rehabilitated, both to return to the playing field and for the benefit of long-term health.
Find out more about the association's policy efforts in concussion management on APTA's Concussion Management Legislation webpage and in this Heard on the Hill podcast.
APTA member Charles R. Scoville PT, DPT, has received a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal—an award that pays tribute to America's dedicated federal workforce. Honorees are chosen based on their commitment and innovation, in addition to the effect of their work on addressing the needs of the nation.
Scoville is the 2012 National Security and International Affairs Medal recipient. This medal recognizes a federal employee for a significant contribution to the nation in activities related to national security and international affairs (including defense, military affairs, diplomacy, foreign assistance, and trade). Scoville, who served in the US Army for 29 years, is chief at Amputee Patient Care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Established in 2003, the program has helped service members with amputation lead active lives, with some returning to duty, through a novel approach that combines traditional medical and counseling services with a physically active regime. The program strives to give soldiers with amputation "back their lives, restore their sense of self-worth, and keep them physically active."
"It's an interdisciplinary approach to patient care that looks at our patients as tactical athletes," says Scoville. "They do things they never did before and reach more high-level activities than in the past."
Read more about Scoville on the "Sammies" website, which includes a video of him describing his unique rehabilitation program.
See APTA's Management of Wounded Warriors and Joining Forces Initiative webpages for information on the association's efforts aimed at military members and their families.
The Home Health Section alerted APTA this week that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began issuing its therapy cap letter to Medicare beneficiaries who are receiving home health under Part A, resulting in patients cancelling appointments. To address these beneficiaries' concerns, APTA has updated its patient FAQs to explicitly state that the cap does not apply to patients who receive skilled therapy at home under the Medicare home health benefit Part A, those who receive services under Part A in skilled nursing facilities, or those under a Part A inpatient hospital stay.
APTA's Innovation Summit 2013: Collaborative Care Models will bring together innovators and thought leaders from physical therapy, health policy, payment, and other health professions to explore the role of physical therapists in new models of health care delivery and payment. Participation in the summit will be available to all members through live web streaming. Attendance onsite will be limited to speakers, panelists, and invited attendees, including the member innovators selected through this nomination process. APTA sections, chapters, and the Student Assembly are each invited to nominate a member who is involved in an innovative model of care to attend and participate in the Summit, to be held March 7-8, 2013, in the Washington, DC area. A panel of member experts will select 20 member innovators to share their innovative practice models as a part of the Summit. Chapters and sections whose nominees are selected will receive special recognition during the Summit. Nomination forms must be submitted by October 22. Visit the Innovation Summit webpage for additional information, including Summit objectives, agenda, and collaborative care resources. Question can be sent to Innovation Summit.
APTA's Volunteer Interest Pool (VIP) now is open. VIP provides a mechanism to match the right person with the right task at the right time. Click here to set up a profile (you must be an APTA member and log on to the APTA website first before accessing this link). The VIP profile asks you to indicate your preferred levels of involvement (ranging from 1 day tasks to multiyear commitment), willingness to travel, current availability, level of interest/experience in a variety of areas; and to submit a CV. Once you complete your profile, click on the "Current Volunteer Opportunities" button to browse the list of current opportunities. VIP is open for members to create profiles throughout the year. However, the deadline for the current call for volunteer groups is September 28. Contact Angela Boyd with questions.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently revamped its Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) website to promote transparency and incorporate feedback from states and industry stakeholders. The enhanced RACs At A Glance website includes state-reported information on each state's RAC program, the name of each RAC vendor and medical director, contact information for the state program integrity director, and user-friendly charts and data.
CMS's role in the Medicaid RAC program focuses on providing guidance to states as they implement their Medicaid RAC programs, monitoring the progress of those programs, and encouraging states to make their Medicaid RAC programs as transparent as possible.
Eight randomized placebo-controlled trials provide further evidence that anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) may benefit motor function of the paretic upper limb in patients with chronic stroke, say authors of a meta-analysis published online in Journal of Hand Therapy.
Prior reviews on the effects of a-tDCS have shown the effectiveness of a-tDCS on corticomotor excitability and motor function in healthy individuals but nonsignificant effect in participants with stroke. To summarize and evaluate the evidence for the efficacy of a-tDCS in the treatment of upper limb motor impairment after stroke, the authors conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that compared a-tDCS with placebo and change from baseline.
A pooled analysis showed a significant increase in scores in favor of a-tDCS (standard mean difference [SMD]=0.40, compared with baseline). A similar effect was observed between a-tDCS and sham (SMD=0.49).
APTA members Margaret Shuster, PT, Kevin Hurley, PT, and Karen E. Guilkey, PT, DPT, coauthored the article.
Does your facility have the foundation of a health-literate organization? Check out this infographic based on the discussion paper Ten Attributes of Health Literate Health Care Organizations available on the Institute of Medicine's website. The interactive infographic includes a short description for each attribute; implementation strategies can be found in the discussion paper.
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George is associate professor and assistant chair in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Florida. He has written more than 115 peer-reviewed articles and numerous guest editorials; letters to the editor, responses, and commentaries; and book chapters and monographs. He serves on the International Editorial Review Board for Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. In 2009 he received the University of Florida's Jack Wessel Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. He is a recipient of APTA's Eugene Michels New Investigator Award (2007) and the American Pain Society's John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award (2009).
George's research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the University of Florida, APTA's Orthopaedic Section, and the Foundation for Physical Therapy. His current research projects include: developing and testing behavioral interventions for patients with low back pain; investigating the interaction between pain-related genetic and psychological factors in the development of postoperative chronic shoulder pain; and investigating the mechanisms and efficacy of manual therapy techniques.
George accepted the award earlier this month in Milan at IASP's 14th World Congress on Pain.
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He told "Mad Money" viewers Wednesday it will be time soon to enjoy the fact that politics no longer matter to the markets.
The markets have overcome two of three big hurdles: the presidential election and the fiscal cliff. That leaves only the looming debt ceiling debate, and this last obstacle is actually the least worrisome, Cramer said.
The thing the markets feared most the last time the debt ceiling reared its ugly head was a U.S. debt downgrade, said Cramer, and that's exactly what it it got a little over a year ago.
Except that when the downgrade happened, the world didn't end as predicted. Cramer said this time around won't be any different. The media has a tendency to over-hype these events, which is why new regulations haven't crippled the banks and why another debt downgrade won't cripple the economy.
When push comes to shove, there has to be a debt ceiling deal because no politician gets re-elected if the government shuts down and Social Security checks don't go out on time, Cramer explained. In the meantime, even if we have to call ourselves the United States of Three-Ring Circuses, once the deal is done and certainty returns to the markets there will be a flood of new money rushing in.
That's why investors need to ignore the doom and gloom reporting and the wave of analyst downgrades, said Cramer, because the time to invest is before that money flows in, not afterwards.
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In the "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer spoke with Michael Sutherlin, president and CEO of Joy Global (JOY) , the mining equipment maker that forecast a turn in the Chinese economy back on Sept. 13 when Cramer last spoke with Sutherlin.
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I think this was posted already, JJ. But I might have seen it elsewhere. Doesn't matter; good vid - worth another look.
Thanks for the link Jim. Good vid.
Your right I first seen it on another site then forgot where so I looked it up.
no issue JJ, it's a good vid and breakdown. The guy makes me wish the season was starting tomorrow.
That was the first time I'd seen the vid. Great breakdown of our team and why we should be optimistic.
Go Bears!
Ya a lot of thread get pushed down the list real quick, so no harm in getting the occassional repost; it also allows for new conversations about that same vid.
The guy breaks down this team really well; I'm guessing he does the same for all teams, centering on the highlights and giving people a reason for hope. But w/the Bears you don't have to embelish to much.
Here's his focus on the draft...
Good find Henry. He's kinda down on the draft compared to a lot of people, but that was more how I saw it, nailed the 1st couple rounds, last few were kinda iffy, really solid UFDA. But when you compare that to JA, who wiffed the first 2 got a few gems late I'll take it 100% of the time.


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VIDEO: Boozefighters Motorcycle Club comes to aid of Troy food pantry
TROY — Three years ago, a member of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club Mountain Chapter 60 saw a note on the door of the food pantry at St. Joseph's Church alerting people they had run out of food. So, he rang the doorbell.
"I spoke to the people there and they said, 'What can I do for you?'" said the member who wished to be referred to by "Z". "And I said, 'No, what can I do for you?'"
Z has been organizing this canned food drive for the past four years. On the day he approached people at St. Joseph's, he explained to them the fund-raising efforts in which his motorcycle club was involved.
Every year, the club puts together a party at Nature's Bar in South Troy, where a $20 donation is collected at the door and those attending are asked to bring non-perishable food items. Leading up the party, though, Z said there are several businesses throughout the city where they put a box in front to collect more canned goods.
Charter Holder and Chapter President Joe "Gas Cap" Hartigan, said it could be any business as hair salons, other taverns and auto body shops that participate in the effort.
"Some even give us cash donations which we give directly to St. Joseph's," Hartigan said.
This is something the motorcycle club is used to doing as Z said they have helped other food pantries such as the one at the Faith and Love Fellowship in Rensselaer and Calvary Methodist in Latham.
"It's just our thing to help the community," Z said.
"It's Thanksgiving time and good can be tough to come by," Hartigan said. Continued...
The need for food hits somewhat close to home for Z as he said there was a six-week period in his life where he was living off rice. Z recognizes these are hard times for a lot of people and there are some people who could find themselves in a precarious position in the blink of an eye.
"The economy is so unstable that anybody at any time could be working for a company and could be told they're not working there anymore," Z said. "Some people feel funny about asking for public assistance and the food pantry can be a bridge for them until things get better."
Z also added with the country constantly going over to help people in foreign countries, there still needs to be some focus on helping people in the United States.
"It's nice to help out a fellow American," Z said. "This is our time to do that."
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Reprogramming Financial Services Marketing
As described by leading financial marketing site The Financial Brand (TFB)—which hailed Dexia's dual-pronged strategy as "two of the most innovative things you may ever see in financial services marketing"—clicking on one of the banner ads took visitors to a microsite where they could vote for their favorite band. The winner then got to perform live at one of Belgium's biggest concert halls, with live streaming on an Axion Web-TV channel; additional media support included e-mails, advertising on MTV and posters in music stores, CD shops, bars and restaurants.7
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