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Chemical synthesis of the mouse mitochondrial genome « too New to yoU
However, this study used the basic synthesis unit is a nucleotide containing thousands of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) fragments. Because the basic synthesis unit larger, the final synthesis in the verification is correct the genome will bring some trouble. Thus, the research team invented a new method of synthesis of the genome, using the basic synthesis unit is only 60 nucleotides of DNA containing fragments, placing them well-designed environment, you can connect into the whole genome. The group believes that this is by far the easiest way to synthetic genome. In order to verify the [more...]
Date: 2010-10-13 07:19:52
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Break Out the Brazil Nuts -- You Need More Selenium - thatsfit.ca
Along with other antioxidant nutrients, selenium helps to block reactions that lead to free radical formation; free radicals which can cause DNA mutation leading to cancer. Glutathione peroxidase is one of the body's most powerful antioxidant enzymes, used by the liver to detoxify a wide range of potentially toxic molecules. Selenium also protects against cancer by inducing DNA repair and synthesis in damaged cells, repairing free radical damage that has already occurred. It inhibits the spread of cancer cells and induces tumor cells' natural self-destruct sequence. Plus, selenium is [more...]
Date: 2010-09-27 18:00:00
Purdue Newsroom - Purdue professor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Examples of applications include drug manufacturing, fluorescent marking that has been essential for DNA sequencing and creating materials for thin LED displays. He discovered catalytic reactions using a number of transition metals that allow various organic compounds to be synthesized widely, efficiently and selectively for use in fields ranging from medicine to materials development. His work has resulted in dramatically reducing the cost of using such metals, like palladium, in the synthesis. "Catalysts are not lost as they spur a chemical reaction, they are recycled and can be used over [more...]
Date: 2010-10-06 20:05:13
DNA strides into organic synthesis
The walker and three 'stations', made from specific DNA sequences, organise themselves along the track using the normal pairing of DNA bases. 'The walker will move unidirectionally along the track,' Liu says. 'We attached chemical reactants to the walker and each station on the track. As the DNA walker moves from station to station, a programmed series of chemical reactions takes place.' The walking strand of DNA moves to each station (blue, red and green) in turn and reacts with the attached reagent © Nature Nanotechnol. In this way, the Harvard team was able to perform three acylation [more...]
Date: 2010-10-10 22:46:00
The Aspergillus Website blog: New Research to Help Identify ...
those that target DNA/RNA synthesis e.g. flucytosine. Mammalian cells make extensive use of DNA & RNA so this drug lacks specificity. Difficult to use. Clearly the best existing target in terms of specificity is the cell wall. In this news report it states that this research group have just announced the $1.5 million funding of new research into drugs that will act on a component of the construction of cell walls (UDP-galactopyranose mutase) in fungi with the aim of disrupting the process and thus making it very difficult for the fungus to make its own cell wall and grow normally. This [more...]
Date: 2010-09-29 10:13:00
DNA art imitates life: Construction of a nanoscale Mobius strip
The circulations of earth's warmer and cooler ocean currents for example, describe a Möbius shape. Other topological structures are common to biological systems, particularly in the case of DNA, the 3 billion chemical bases of which are packed by the chromosome inside the cell, using topological structures. "In bacteria, plasmid DNA is wound into a supercoil," Yan explains. "Then the enzymes can come in and cut and reconfigure the topology to relieve the torsion in the supercoil so that all the other cellular machinery can have access to the gene for replication, transcription and so [more...]
Date: 2010-10-08 21:50:00
Medicine: New factor required for hepatitis C infection
Rad51 protects nascent DNA from Mre11-dependent degradation and promotes continuous DNA synthesis DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1927 Rmi1 stimulates decatenation of double Holliday junctions during dissolution by Sgs1–Top3 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1919 Structural polymorphism in F-actin DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1930 ******************************************************************************** GEOGRAPHICAL LISTING OF AUTHORS The following list of places refers to the whereabouts of authors on the papers numbered in this release. The listing may be for an author's main affiliation, or [more...]
Date: 2010-10-11 19:28:59
Welcome to Sage
Synthetic genomics is the chemical synthesis of DNA sequences. The synthesized sequences can already exist – as in the chemical synthesis of genes naturally found in an organism – or it can involve the synthesis of novel, unnatural DNA sequences. Synthetic biology is both the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems and the redesign of existing natural biological systems for useful purposes. Because the synthetic life sciences may enable the synthesis of biomolecules, whole genomes, and even simple life forms, these sciences have enormous potential, as they [more...]
Date: 2010-09-16 13:18:45
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Date: 2010-10-12 07:29:47
Microsoft Research Makes Microsoft Biology Foundation and ...
MBF implements a range of parsers for common bioinformatics file formats; a range of algorithms for manipulating DNA, RNA and protein sequences; and a set of connectors to biological Web services such as National Center for Biotechnology Information BLAST."Biologists face a number of issues today, such as detecting correlations between human genome sequencing or identifying the likelihood for a patient to develop a certain disease," said Tony Hey, corporate vice president of Microsoft External Research. "The MBF aims to provide healthcare research facilities with the tools needed to [more...]
Date: 2010-10-13 12:28:03
Nobel season '10: Chemistry
I've also seen that different large-scale DNA-sequencing approaches, primarily shotgun sequencing, are on the map in Swedish media which I think is really strange. Firstly because Fred Sanger, who developed shotgun sequencing, is 92 years old and a double Nobel laureate in chemistry already (1958 and 1980), and secondly because the field of large-scale sequencing still hasn't peaked by any means. Perhaps Leroy Hood (again) could be considered for the development of the first automated DNA sequencer? Anyway, the technologies that are advancing the field have been developed by private companies [more...]
Date: 2010-10-06 07:00:00
Active Site Mutations in Mammalian DNA Polymerase {delta} [Enzymology]
Active Site Mutations in Mammalian DNA Polymerase δ Alter Accuracy and Replication Fork Progression* Michael W. Schmitt‡, Ranga N. Venkatesan§, Marie-Jeanne Pillaire¶, Jean-Sébastien Hoffmann¶, Julia M. Sidorova§ and Lawrence A. Loeb‡§,1 From the Departments of ‡Biochemistry and §Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195 and the ¶Genetic Instability and Cancer Group, Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, CNRS and University of Toulouse, 31077 Toulouse, France 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed: University of [more...]
Date: 2010-10-08 13:45:11
Whatever Is in Aloe Vera Juice : Minuteman Fire Protection
It has an effect on the synthesis and regulation of DNA, as well as energy production and synthesis of fatty acids. If the body lacks this nutrient, it can cause Pernicious Anemia and Megaloblastosis. This is one of the reasons why aloe juice is sometimes recommended as a natural remedy for the aforementioned ailments. The distribution of iodine in the body can be found with seventy percent in various tissues such as the eyes, cervix, gastric mucosa, mammary glands, as well as the salivary glands. In order for the thyroid to synthesize the required daily amounts of Thyroxine and [more...]
Date: 2010-10-13 14:27:29
Life Technologies Licenses DNA Technology
According to Life, the technology it is licensing increases the accuracy and pace of research in the field of synthetic biology. Novici's technology is used to detect and correct errors in DNA synthesis or during PCR [more...]
Date: 2010-10-11 12:21:00
Alnylam Scientists Present New Data on RNAi Therapeutics at ...
Further, several of the presentations describe the design, synthesis, and analytical characterization of siRNAs with optimized properties, including: "Solid-phase synthesis of 5'-di- and tri-phosphates and their modified analogs of DNA, RNA and chemically modified oligonucleotides," by Ivan Zlatev, Ph.D., Scientist; "Parallel high throughput synthesis of chemically modified 21-27mer siRNA sequences," by Satya Kuchimanchi, Ph.D., Associate Director, Small Scale Synthesis; "Novel method for the confirmation of siRNA sequence by LC-MS/MS," by Gary Lavine, Ph.D., Senior [more...]
Date: 2010-08-24 12:13:50
Ch. 14 Vocabulary: DNA: The Genetic Material
DNA Polymerase Epsilon: (pol ε) Part of the complex of the main replication polymerase used in eukaryotic organisms. DNA Polymerase Delta: (pol δ) The other part of the complex of the main replication polymerase used in eukaryotic organisms. Telomere: A specialized nontranscriptional structure that caps each end of a chromosome. Telomerase: An enzyme that synthesizes telomeres on eukaryotic chromosomes using an internal RNA template. Mutagen: An agent that induces changes in DNA (mutations); incluyes physical agents that damage DNA and chemicals that alter DNA bases. Thymine Dimer: Formed [more...]
Date: 2010-03-10 06:05:00
Reconstructing human appearance from DNA -- Signs of the Times News
This is a relatively robust, but not foolproof, gender test, according to Kayser. Hair colour prediction underway Beyond gender, the human traits with highest predictive accuracy are those affected by pigmentation, simply because they are the least complex. Red hair colour, which is determined by a single gene, can be predicted with a certainty of around 93%. For other hair types, accuracy is slightly lower, but still promising. Kayser reported confidence levels as high as 85, 81 and 80% for predicting black, brown and blond hair respectively. Perhaps the most progress has been made in [more...]
Date: 2010-09-28 13:51:40
Clean Genes: Michigan Tech Chemist Culls the Good Synthetic DNA ...
Synthetic DNA purification process developed by Shiyue Fang, Michigan Tech Chemistry Department image July 22, 2010— Birds do it, bees do it. Even scientists in labs do it. But the scientists can't hold a candle to the birds and the bees, who can make gobs of primo DNA without even thinking about it.DNA is a critical element of gene therapy, and scientists working to develop cures for diseases make it with synthesizers. Unfortunately, synthesizers don't do nearly as good a job as cells in stringing nucleic acids together to make DNA, and many of the resulting sequences—called [more...]
Date: 2010-07-22 19:46:37
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by Tammy Taylor
Recently I attended my mother's birthday celebration – a gathering of family & friends. We all met at a local bistro and many tables were pushed together to make room for all the guests in attendance. Of course there were family members there, but helping to celebrate were many super-fun friends as well. Most older than me but beloved like family.
As RancherMan & I arrived we greeted these wonderful people, sharing hugs all the way around the table. As we all settled into in our seats talking, sharing and laughter were the sounds that filled the cool spring air. Just then one of the older ladies who uses a walker was passing slowly & gingerly behind me when she stroked the back of my hair and said "Tammy, Dahlin', I do believe you're getting a little whiter back here…" To which I replied without skipping a beat "Hey, I'm PROUD of those new platinum-blonde streaks – I earned EVERY ONE of them!"
My genetics say that I get that stray bright silvery strand of hair early, I found my first one when I was only 16. But they typically come in very slowly and I gray probably slower than most women. But as I approached my 50's I found there were a few more strands evident in my hair. As I studied them in the mirror I wondered what my reaction should be. Should I follow along with social convention and eliminate the evidence of the number of years I've enjoyed? As a woman, shouldn't I be repulsed by the very sight of them and run to the drug store right then & there to rectify the problem? Don't I want to look YOUNGER than my years???
But I saw something different in those pretty silvery strands. To me they were representative of a life well lived, of holding babies, raising children and loving grandchildren. Those silver strands proved that I had done the time and walked the walk to gain the wisdom that often comes only with traveling down the path of life's lessons. I saw the gentle smile of my wise grandmother, silver very young in years as well. No, those shiny silver strands didn't bother me a bit.
Then two years ago I endured a very stressful time in my life with a breast cancer diagnosis. Now those pretty silver grays didn't just slowly highlight my auburn hair anymore – they were coming in like gangbusters! They say stress will turn your hair gray and let me tell you I think there's something to that! Large swaths of grays now covered my natural auburn color in many places.
Having gone through my diagnosis, treatments and recovery (two years and COUNTING!!) I now take a glance in the mirror and see maybe a little something more. Oh I still see those years of life well lived, but now I also see the recent struggle and ultimate victory. I see tears and faith and hope and love and smiles. Time will tell if I'll make that run to the drug store to pick up hair color. Like anyone else, if I get to disliking what I see in the mirror I'll fix it – life's just too short! But for now, I think I'll keep my shiny 'Platinum Blondes' – I've earned every one & I've come a long way, baby!
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Position: Cultural Affairs Officer
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Location: Danish Embassy in Brasília, SES Av. Das Nações, Qd. 807, Lt. 26
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You will be working in a team of three persons. The main task of the team is to promote Danish culture and values in Brazil. As Cultural Affairs Officer you will be responsible for ensuring Danish participation in cultural events and coordinating cultural activities with other European embassies in Brasília. In addition, you will be in charge of developing and implementing the embassy's communication and social media strategy. You are expected to show the flexibility required for an optimal handling of the entire portfolio of the embassy and thus be ready to contribute to handling tasks outside your own portfolio.
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Re: Nathaniel Abney & Isabella Madison
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I am researching our Abney Connection -- where could i find the documentation of the relationship of Isabella Todd Madison to President Madison? Thanks.
p.s. my connection to the Abney family as researched by the SAR and DAR is:
Capt. Nathaniel Abney & Isabella Todd Madison
-daughter Sarah Abney m. James Carson, Sr.
--son James Carson, Jr. m. Margaret Bladou
---dau Sarah(Sallie)Carson m.JacobSchumpert
----dau Sarah(Sallie)Schumpert m. JacobWesley Crouch
-----dau Minnie Mae Crouch m. Joseph Clark Coleman
------son Joseph Crouch Coleman m. Frances LaVoy Roddy (my parents)
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New hotels, new direct flights, a major new tourist attraction and an increase in UK visitor figuresThe number of UK visitors travelling to Philadelphia rose to 88,000 in 2013 with the UK representing the largest international visitor market for the city. The momentum of growth is set to continue across Philadelphia and by 2017; four brand new hotels and over 1,200 hotel rooms will be introduced to the city.
In addition to the expansion of hotel products, both Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have announced new direct flights from London Heathrow from spring 2015. In summer 2015, Philadelphia will also welcome the arrival of a major new tourist attraction when the city's only high-level viewing platform opens to the public on the 57th floor of One Liberty Place.
The latest news from Philadelphia includes:
Philadelphia t welcome four new hotels
In 2016, Philadelphia will welcome the opening of the SLS International Hotel, with 2017 also bringing the addition of three new properties to the city. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, which has recently been acquired by InterContinental Hotels Group, is opening its third property in Philadelphia and Four Seasons Hotel will occupy the top floors of the new 59 storey Comcast Tower. W/Element Hotel will also open its doors and is expected to include 41,000 square foot of meeting space. With almost 62% of UK visitors choosing hotels as their preferred overnight accommodation choice in Philadelphia, the opening of the new properties with further the brand choice available for both the business and leisure traveller.
Two new properties, Home2Suites by Hilton in Philadelphia's business district and Courtyard by Marriott at Philadelphia Navy Yard have recently opened in 2014 bringing 418 additional rooms to the city. Courtyard by Marriott at Philadelphia Navy Yard occupies a prime position close to the city's stadiums and nightlife hotspot, Xfinity Live! making it the ideal choice for leisure visitors.
New direct flights announced with Delra Airlines and American Airlines
Delta Air Lines has confirmed that from 8 April 2015, the airline will operate a new daily direct service to Philadelphia, in partnership with Virgin Atlantic. The flights will depart from London Heathrow on a 164-seat Boeing 757-200. In the same week, rival airline American Airlines also announced that it will add a second daily round-trip flight on its route between Philadelphia and London Heathrow from 29 March 2015. Delta Air Lines will become the fifth airline to fly directly to Philadelphia from London when it joins British Airways, Iberia, US Airways and American Airlines in spring 2015.
Major tourist attraction viewing platform opening on 57th floor
In summer 2015, Philadelphia's only high-rise viewing platform will open on the 57th floor of One Liberty Place. The unveiling of the attraction in the iconic Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper will allow visitors to view the city from a whole new perspective for the very first time. The project is the brainchild of major tourism attraction company, Montparnasse 56, who have chosen Philadelphia to be home to their next major project.
UK visitor figures revealed
In 2013, an additional 1,000 UK visitors travelled to Philadelphia compared to 2012 bringing the total number of annual visitors to the city from the UK to 88,000. Figures released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) in their spring 2014 forecast also suggest that the number of visitors from the UK to the US is expected to grow at an annual average rate of 3% between now and 2018.


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Our Resource Pages contain information about and links to such topics as health, training, behavior, and activities that we think you may find helpful to you and your GSD. We have also picked the brains of our volunteers with a lot of GSD experience for information that we feel is particularly useful to GSD owners.
We will continually update these pages with information relative to GSDs and their owners, so be sure to check back often.
Every person who is "owned" by a GSD will say that living with a one is, at the very least, an adventure. Here's to more great adventures!


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High Trails San Francisco the SPECIALIZED retail authorized bike dealer in your neighborhood. Our mission is to provide Bay Area riders the best value, customer experience and professional services at the best price. We are proud to be distinguished as one of the most positively reviewed and best bike shops in San Francisco and the Bay Area. We strive to be the best bike shop in San Francisco. Located at 1825 Polk Street (between Jackson and Washington). Open Monday-Friday 11am–7pm, Saturday 10am–6pm, Sunday: 11am–6pm. Our brands include Specialized, Santa Cruz, Linus, Brompton, and more!
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From the factory floor to the corporate boardroom, ShadowSense adapts to fit any application. Join us at InfoComm 2017 to see real-life implementations of our ShadowSense technology and see why it's being adopted by industry leaders. The event takes place on June 14-16 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
Our Modular Touch System continues to impress integrators and end users alike with the ease in which it can add touch capabilities to video walls. After picking up a rAVe award at DSE for Best New Touch Technology, we'll be showcasing an even larger wall running a visual collaborative workspace from Bluescape.
We'll also be highlighting our enhanced shape detection capabilities through an application developed by our partners at Vizetto. Using ShadowSense's precise algorithms the model of a user's cell phone can be determined as it is placed on a touch table.
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Check out our photo galleries to view Keystoners connecting and serving at church, in the community and around the world! To view photo galleries of our ECHO students – middle and high schoolers – in action, see our ECHO Photo Gallery page. To look at our Children's Ministry photo galleries, see our Waumba Land Photo Gallery, featuring children from birth to age 5, and our UpStreet Photo Gallery, featuring children in first through fifth grades. To take a closer look at our Special Needs Ministry, view the photo gallery on our Special Needs page.
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York County school superintendent facing multiple charges
York County school superintendent facing multiple charges
YORK COUNTY, Pa. —
A York County school superintendent is facing burglary and assault charges, according to court documents.
Shawn Minnich of the Northeastern School District was arrested last week in connection with a domestic dispute.
He's accused of breaking through a sliding glass door into his estranged wife's home in East Manchester Township as well as shoving and punching her boyfriend, according to the court documents.
Minnich has been superintendent for Northeastern since 2013. He was released from prison after posting $15,000 bail.


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Deletes the password policy for the AWS account. There are no parameters.
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The recent op/ed piece by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, "How news operations can improve level of trust," demonstrates why I believe they never will. Ignatius claims that 72 percent of the public "think news organizations favor one side in covering political or social issues." Actually, we know they do, and they favor the political left. Fox News is always "right wing" news, yet CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC are rarely described as "left wing."
The Wall Street Journal is sometimes described as a right wing newspaper. when it actually is the establishment newspaper, with corporate profit more important than ideology. The Washington Post, New York Times and Los Angeles Times are left wing news outlets, yet are rarely described as such.
That slant repeats in smaller media outlets as they seek to gain favor with their larger brethren. Why is that slant ignored? Because they are the "mainstream media." They consider their point of view mainstream and therefore correct. Their political views are obvious on their opinion pages, but that is not the problem. The mistrust arises because that editorial slant bleeds over into the day-to-day news reporting.
Ignatius wants to re-institute the ombudsman position. That's like asking a school crossing guard to stop criminal gangs. Acknowledging the need of an ombudsman demonstrates that editors and owners know their reporting is slanted. The idea is to paper over the failed journalism with a wink and a nod to some phony idea of balance -- as if some petty self-flagellation is the cure for failed journalism.
The solution is not an ombudsman. That is the symptom of journalistic failure. The only solution is to return to journalism without the politics. Will that happen? Not in my lifetime. Careers are made on the basis of slanted reporting to please editors who are striving to appease owners.
And all of them are striving to please an ever-shrinking base of public support and subscription. One must wonder if the decline in subscribers and viewers is the cause of the slanted reporting or the consequence.
-- Jeff Miller, Wilmington
Editor's note: There is a misconception about newspaper readership that should be clarified. Although subscriptions to print editions have declined over the entire newspaper industry, because of digital content readership has never been higher. In the past month, for example, StarNewsOnline.com was visited by over half a million users.


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SITA has awarded The Touched by Olivia Foundation a $5,000 grant to build a new inclusive playspace in the City of Casey, for children and parents of all abilities and ages to play side-by side each other.
SITA is proud to support an initiative, which will encourage active play for more than 13,000 Casey residents who have disabilities that cause a profound or severe restriction of communication and mobility.
SITA Victoria, General Manager, Kelvin Sargent presented the $5,000 grant to local resident and Touched by Olivia project champion, Teresa Howell, at a cheque handover ceremony to celebrate unveiling of the dream vision for the new inclusive playspace for the City of Casey.
With a mission to help improve the health and happiness of Australian kids, Ms Howell, said the foundation was delighted to receive the SITA Community Grant, as it will help to provide a new inclusive playground for the City of Casey.
"The grant will contribute to an inclusive playspace for South East Victorian residents whom currently have to travel for more than one hour to access other inclusive playspaces," Mr Sargent said.
"SITA is proud to support The Touched by Olivia Foundation with a $5,000 grant to assist in creating a new playspace where all abilities and differences are accepted and children feel active and a part of their community."
"The Foundation is a fantastic example of a community organisation that is making a real difference to children and their families, through active community involvement by building permanent legacies in the local community," he said.
In 2006 following the tragic loss of their daughter Olivia through a rare illness, the founders of Touched by Olivia created the foundation to continue her legacy through enhancing the lives of children and their families. The Foundations' Inclusive Playspaces often attract higher than usual attendance, with an estimate of 3000 visitors per week to each playspace.
SITA launched the first national community grant program for the waste and resource recovery industry in Australia in October 2013.
"Through our grants program, SITA is looking to support projects that grow community involvement in social and environmental programs and will be looking for round two applicants in the near future," Mr Sargent added.
More information about SITA's grant program can be found at www.sitacommunitygrants.com.au and to learn more about or find an inclusive Touched By Olivia playspace visit http://touchedbyolivia.com.au/


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By Azernews
By Laman Ismayilova
Azerbaijani Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mammadyarov has ranked the 8th with 2,785 points in the latest edition of the Universal Rating System (URS).
GMs Teymur Rajabov, Rauf Mammadov, Gadir Huseynov, Arkadij Naiditsch and Eltaj Safarli have been ranked the 21st, 39th, 65th, 68th and 80th respectively.
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen tops the URS Ratings.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has earlier achieved a historic success, as he entered the Top 5 in the FIDE ranking for the first time in 2017.
The 32-year old chess player is a two-time World Junior Champion and gold-medalist at European Team Championships.
After winning Essent Tournament in 2006, Mammadyarov achieved the world fame. He was the best player at the World Team Chess Championships 2009.
The national GM won the team gold medal for Azerbaijan at the European Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2013. Shakhriyar represented Azerbaijan at the Chess Olympiads in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2016.
The Universal Rating System is a new sport's rating system designed to assess the relative strength of participants across a wide variety of competitor vs competitor sports or games.
The rating system was developed as the result of a collaborative research project funded by the Grand Chess Tour, the Kasparov Chess Foundation and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.


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TTT readers who know me -- and at this point, let's face it, that's most of you -- are probably aware that I'm an obsessive collector of bootleg recordings. Over the years, I have amassed a tremendous collection. As in hundreds upon hundreds. Basically, I have so many boots, I don't know how many I have. So when thinking about regular features that we might run on this blog, it's occurred to me lately that the most natural thing for me to do is share some of my musical wealth. (And if you don't already know, sharing and trading, free of charge, is how most of this material gets passed around in the Internet age -- gone are the days when I had to steal off to Greenwich Village on business trips to NYC and drop $100 on a handful of records.) Because while a lot of stuff that never gets officially released certainly deserves that fate, there are other unreleased recordings that are among the finest and/or most historically significant performances ever caught on tape. So this is the first installment in what I intend to make a regular feature here at TTT. Check back often and hopefully I can introduce you to some of the most amazing music you've (n)ever heard.
And where better to start than with one of the more legendary boots of all time. Thin Wild Mercury Music is arguably the best collection of early run-throughs, alternate takes and unreleased tracks from Bob Dylan's sessions for Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde On Blonde in 1965 and 1966. In other words, some of the best music ever made. Artwork for a CD case is included. Enjoy, and again, there is much more to come.
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01 If You Gotta Go, Go Now
02 She Belongs To Me
03 Visions Of Johanna (Seems Like A Freezeout)
04 From A Buick 6
05 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
06 Medicine Sunday (Temporary Like Achilles)
07 I Wanna Be Your Lover
08 I'll Keep It With Mine (instrumental)
09 Love Minus Zero/No Limit
10 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
11 Number One (instrumental)
12 She's Your Lover Now (Glass Of Water)
13 Jet Pilot
14 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
15 Visions Of Johanna (Seems Like A Freezeout)
16 She's Your Lover Now (Glass Of Water)
17 Miami sales convention message
18 If You Gotta Go, Go Now
Monday, February 19, 2007
Classic Bootleg Series Vol. 1: Bob Dylan - Thin Wild Mercury Music
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text: So sadly I am a caregiver without a little, but although I find myself in the parental role, I often wonder what its like on the other side of the fence. Maybe its just the natural switch in me, but I'm just curious is all. Do any other caregivers get these feelings? I absolutely love taking care of littles, but I'm always up for a lil exploring.


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1010
wmconfig 0.6-1 breaks for Window Maker 0.51
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wmconfig apparently no longer works with Window Maker 0.51.
It worked with Window Maker 0.50.2. Tried to add wmconfig to
the root window using WPrefs.app and it will not work.
WindowMaker-0.51 that is available from contrib.redhat.com and others
that I am aware of is compiled with RootWindow Menu support disabled
to be Gnome compliant. You will need to obtain the 0.51 source rpm and
re-enable root menu support, recompile and install the new rpm package
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Google serves you best ads based on your interest and contextual through AdSense program. But most of time you see irrelevant ads, that you don't like. It is because by defaults, Google serves AdSense ads from all categories. So you see random ads based on various categories.
For making ads serving more useful and relevant to you, Google has changed User interest based ads to Personalized ads. And you can now control all Google AdSense ads according to your interest.
How to see only relevant AdSense ads based to interest?
To make Google ads serving more relevant, you need to settings up "Personalized ads" options for your interest and also if you don't like "Personalized ads" then you can easily disable interest based advertising. So how to settings up personalized ads?
Follow these steps below:
- First login to your Google account.
- Now click here to go on personalized ads settings page.
- And you will see Ads Personalization settings page.
- If you like to see more relevant ads according to your interest then tick the check box:
"Also use Google activity and information to personalize ads on these websites and apps and store that data in your Google account."
a) If you enabled above check box, it means that you are allowing and sharing your Google account activity and interest data with Google advertising service.
b) If don't want to see personalized ads or want to turn off interest based AdSense ads then you can disable these ads by turning of blue toggle button.
- Scroll-down the page and you will see "Your topics" heading. As I said before by defaults, all topics categories are enabled on your account. That is why you see advertising on different topics and most don't relevant.
- Now untick all the check boxes that you don't like and only enable those on which you want to see AdSense ads. To see more topics you can click on "View 26 more topic link".
Alternatively you can access these settings: login to your Google account>>Click on "Privacy Checkup">>Make ads more relevant to you.
Now you have successfully setup interest based advertising (personalized ads) and you will see relevant ads which are based on your Interest.
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DayQuil-Looking Jell-O Shots
Posted on December 26, 2009 by Ching under Food and Drink, Health.
Do you see what I mean about Jenni's Jell-O shots looking like DayQuil? She makes her Jell-O shots with champagne instead of vodka so they are super yummy. Mom says she eats the left over Jell-O shots for dessert. LOL.
The entire time I was sick and had to take DayQuil, I'd just close my eyes and imagine the medicine cup was filled with Jenni's delicious Jell-O shots. That's what got me through the week of being sick.
Speaking of, I wonder if I can talk Jenni into posting her Jell-O shot recipe on FOODIES? Hmmm…
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The Witness first came to my attention while I was perusing a popular gaming magazine, the name of which I cannot recall, my sister had subscribed to years ago. It caught me quite by surprise because most gaming publications focus on anything but puzzle-adventure games and has ever been so since the decline of the genre in the late 1990's and early 2000's. Apart from the Portal series, Antichamber, and Fract OSC, there have been very few (good) puzzles game in the last 10 years (or more) for me to look forward. I was excited just to see one featured in a major gaming magazine and am glad to say that it was worth the several-year wait. With genuinely challenging puzzles and a beautiful environment, The Witness succeeds, but often tries too hard to sound smart.
The graphic design of The Witness has been widely praised and is, indeed, deserves it but I feel the architecture on the island serves special praise. Thekla, Inc. hired consulting architects to design the architectural elements of the island. Many game developers give little thought to architectural details and how crucial it is in creating a believable world. In games architecture is often only a superficial set-dressing, providing a semblance of time and space, but rarely achieving anything near historical accuracy or spatial sense. The Witness is one of the few games I have played that does justice to one of humanities oldest arts.
The game-play on the whole is very well organized. Unlike most other puzzle games that preference environmental or inventory puzzles, The Witness uses abstract logic puzzles. These consist of mazes that gradually increases in complexity and difficulty as the player progresses. The rules of these mazes are indicated through a variety of video and audio cues. Symbols, shadows, sounds, reflections, and, yes, even the fruit growing on the trees can provide vital clues to a puzzle's solution. Some puzzles are quite easy, while others require more time, and some are downright difficult. Indeed, The Witness is easily the most difficult puzzle-based game I have played since Trilobyte's The 11th Hour. However, as difficult as the puzzles can be, most of them do not feel unfair. In the cases of The Witness, a little patience can go a long way. I often found myself solving a previous frustrating puzzles after a several hour break and always felt gratified by doing so. It can be hard to find puzzle-based games that are genuinely difficult and The Witness does this very well, if at times too well.
In fact, the difficulty can be so great that I can't help wondering if the game could have benefited from difficulty settings, thus allowing players to tailor the game-play to suit what they feel it appropriate to their skill. If they complete the game on a lower difficulty, they could always return and replay it on a higher setting. Given how many puzzles there are in the game (more than 400? or is it 600?) they could easily have sorted them into several levels of difficulty.
Despite this, however, The Witness does provide some relief by organizing the island, and its puzzles, into separate distinct areas. Completing each section activates a laser but the 11 lasers available, only 7 have to be activated to proceed to the end of the game. This allowed me to bypass an areas of puzzles that stumped me for a long time and to focus on others. Unfortunately, once you get to the find stretch of the game, this rule no longer applies and you have to solve every puzzle.
The puzzles I enjoyed the most were those that directly altered the environment. In some areas, such as the swamp, laboratory, and tree house, the puzzles moved platforms, bridges, or rooms. Most other puzzles simply unlock doors, which is a fine mechanic in and of itself, but integrating the puzzles into larger functions made solving these puzzles especially rewarding. Unfortunately, it a rare experience in The Witness.
There was one problem that occasionally got in my way, quite literally, when solving certain puzzles. The solution to some puzzle are suggested by tree branch but unless you have the camera position just right, you won't be able to solve the puzzle. If a piece of branch extends into your path it will obstruct your line. Curiously, another puzzles use a similar element with shadows but they never obstruct the line. In another instance, a maze panel is obstructed by debris, unrelated to the solution itself, and can't be solve unless the player is standing in just the right position. These problems form unnecessary barriers to solving puzzles and increase frustration in an undesirable way. Fortunately, these problems are minimal and don't render the game unplayable.
The one characteristic of The Witness that makes it stand out from the rest of adventure games is its story, or lack thereof. I expected, from what little information was given during its development and prior to release, that the game would have a minimal story and would center on the experience of solving puzzles. Granted, the ah-ha! moment is there but there really is no story to speak of. I had expected, even hoped, that there would at least be something to give context to the islands existence or purpose but this is one area where The Witness is odd—not disappointing, mind you, but odd.
Throughout the game the player may encounter audio recordings on small electronic recorders, scattered throughout the island's variation locations. Each of the recordings are direct questions from a variety of real sources and not fictional. These quotes are interesting in and of themselves, and compliment the game's awe-inspiring scenery but they are very difficult to find within the game. I knew for some time there would be recordings in the game, because it was explicitly stated in interviews, but I never noticed them until I got to the secret ending. Afterwards, I went back to find some of them, though I confess I did not feel motivated enough to do a thorough search after completing the game. The recording devices are just too small to easily notice and there is nothing to draw your attention to them. One is even hidden between a post. Even in a beautifully minimalistic world it's easy to neglect a small detail such as this and I feel that this is a problem they could have easily avoided.
In addition to these audio recordings, there is an underground theater when the player can video a small collection of videos and, much like the audio recordings, these clips are not original material but taken from other sources. It's a curious choice and one I think does not work. Some of the videos are quite long and are just indirectly related to the gameplay as they audio recording but unlike the audio recordings, which you can listen to as you continue to play, you must sit (or stand, really) and watch them. Compared to the audio recordings, they are at least easier to find, but the sitting and watching is somewhat unpleasant because the content of these videos are not crucial to the game. Even the audio reducing seems unnecessary. After all, I got through the game without even noticing them! If indeed the game is about discovery and the ah-ha! moment of puzzle solving, then these audio and video clips create a sort of intrusion into the player's subjective experience of the game. Instead of forming our own impressions, we are exposed to a series of thematic primers. This would not have been bad, and might even have worked, if there were a more conventional story to provide context to the island and purpose to these recordings but without this the recordings just seem unnecessary.
The two endings are just as problematic. One will send you back to the very beginning, resetting every puzzle, and the other (secret) ending shows a long, drawn-out video of the creator waking up from a virtual reality headset and stumbling around. These endings make the completion of the game feel final but I found them very unsatisfying. Again, they might have worked if the game had a more conventional story but because it doesn't these sequences feel rather superfluous. Personally, I would prefer the game to have no ending. That way the focus would be entirely placed on the puzzles and the environment.
Despite its flaws, I still enjoyed the game immensely. It is one of the most challenging and visually stunning puzzle games I have ever played but it's lack of story remains a strong weakness of The Witness, which is only emphasized by the unnecessary audio and video quotations. The Witness certainly isn't for everyone and I can easily understand why some people absolutely hate it but it made this puzzle-gamer very happy and I think it will please other puzzle-loving gamers as well, provided of course that they don't expect a story to go with their puzzles.


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This is lovely with its scalloped design & unusual sprung candle holder. Measures 6 3/4" in diameter and has ...RO 21254 impressed into the base. Condition is very good for age...just a couple of cuts / dings in the mid bowl.
A nice display item and certainly somewhat different to the usual ones.
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Vantelin makes it easy, combining therapeutic taping with proprietary technology in a support that is so unobtrusive that it can be worn invisibly under clothing
St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) December 30, 2015
National Sales Solutions, (NSS), a leading provider of sales, marketing and supply chain management for consumer packaged goods companies announces the addition of Kowa Health Care America, Inc. to their client portfolio. Kowa Health Care is headquartered in Torrance, California and is part of the Kowa Group out of Nagoya, Japan. Kowa's Vantelin brand is Japan's #1 joint & muscle bracing brand. NSS will help expand the Vantelin brand in the United States.
Kowa Health Care America is committed to delivering the highest-quality innovative, natural health care products. Its Vantelin Supports introduce a new concept in bracing and elastic muscle supports to U.S. consumers. A proprietary, moisture-wicking fabric and production technology is combined with kinesiology taping theory to produce a lightweight support to help relieve joint and muscle soreness and aid in muscle recovery. Experts estimate approximately 140 million Americans suffer from a joint or connective tissue disorder.
Vantelin Supports are great for exercise and everyday use and available for the ankle, calf, back, elbow, knee and wrist.
Angie Echele, Partner at National Sales Solutions, says, "NSS is delighted to work with Kowa Health Care to introduce this revolutionary new product lineup to American retail stores. Therapeutic taping requires experience, patience and trial and error to apply correctly. Vantelin makes it easy, combining therapeutic taping with proprietary technology in a support that is so unobtrusive that it can be worn invisibly under clothing."
About National Sales Solutions
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, National Sales Solutions is a leading provider of outsourced sales, marketing and supply chain services to consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. We serve a diverse group of global clients and provide each with personal attention to their specific goals. We help clients launch new products, expand into new retailers, grow current sales or enter the U.S. market from abroad. National Sales Solutions offers a complete solution, serving most retail channels, including Food, Drug, Mass, Convenience, Beauty, Specialty and major Online retailers. For more information please visit http://www.NationalSalesSolutions.com.
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National Sales Solutions


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I found a fabulous patchwork shop that I would recommend and definitely visit again as I picked up a few bargains especially for my next baby quilt. I had got a few bargains also in John Lewis but this shop was much more specialised and the owner lovely.
This is the only type of shopping I enjoy and J was patient as I browsed but then again I had spent a day with him on Princes street and those parallel shopping streets.
A quick visit to Portadown before Christmas in return from Edinburgh. We enjoyed browsing the markets but the two young ladies dancing with fire were excellent entertainment.Smudge got to meet Santa again.
It was such a lovely atmosphere but not nearly cold enough for this time of year as the ice sculptures were melting as we watched them.


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Is College About To Get More Affordable?
For many families, their view of college has morphed over the years. College, it seems, is no longer simply very expensive, but often prohibitively so.
That may be changing.
Due to bleaker job prospects, fears tied up with the recession that started in 2008, and prices possibly reaching an inflection point, the spiraling cost of college may just be slowing down.
In fact, some colleges have even started lowering prices.
Today we take a look at this nascent trend – and what it might mean for you.
– Scott
Is College About To Get More Affordable?
For starters schools can't keep raising prices well above the rate of inflation forever. At some point, the cost would shut out enough potential students that the ones left paying higher tuition wouldn't make up for those who never enrolled.
With The Great Recession putting a scare into everyone, that time may be approaching.
Some colleges have reported dropping application rates. Still others are seeing some applicants opt out, and take jobs straight out of high school rather than take on debt.
So, is there an inflection point happening in college prices?
Let's look at three things happening:
Colleges are freezing tuition.
At least 24 private colleges and universities officially froze tuition in 2012, as reported by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Schools as diverse as the University of Arizona or the entire California school system are promising no tuition hikes. Some schools have promised the same for more than a single year – though long term commitments of this sort are still rare.
Colleges are guaranteeing level tuition.
This simply means that, whatever price you're quoted upon acceptance, the school won't raise costs over the next four years. Some schools have guaranteed grant money will remain level as well, while a few schools have taken the unique approach of guaranteeing graduation within four years – or additional years are free.
Some colleges are cutting the cost of tuition.
While still considered a drastic step, a growing number of schools are actually reducing tuition rates in an effort to increase admissions.
On the other hand, these approaches can affect the school's net revenue – making it harder to afford the guaranteed perks of tenured professors, for example.
Cutting tuition can cause families to wonder if the quality of education will fall as well. And reducing tuition can also affect the amount of money available for scholarships.
The way everything balances out is yet to be seen. Look for more on these trends in future College Made Simple posts.
To your college admissions success,
Scott Weingold
Co-Founder, College Planning Network LLC
Publisher, CollegeMadeSimple.com – The free educational resource of College Planning Network


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) who purchased shares between October 15, 2015 and April 3, 2017. The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.
In particular, the complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that (1) known trends were negatively impacting sales of Acuity's products; (2) Acuity's ability to achieve profitable sales growth was overstated; and (3) as a result, defendants' positive statements about Acuity's current and future business and financial prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
Shareholders have until March 5, 2018 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery does not require that you serve as lead plaintiff. You may choose to be an absent class member.
If you suffered a loss during the class period and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Joseph Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or visit http://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-sb/acuity-brands-inc?wire=2.
Joseph Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.


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Jared Leto Sues TMZ Over Leaked Taylor Swift Critique Video
He claims TMZ stole the video and has invaded his privacy.
Jared Leto really did not want the world to know he "doesn't give a fuck about" Taylor Swift, and now he's taking legal action: A day after publicly apologizing to Swift for an uncomfortable video that TMZ shared on Monday that showed the actor/singer shading Swift's music, The Hollywood Reporter now reports that Leto is suing TMZ for copyright infringement. He alleges that TMZ knowingly "stole" the video by promising to pay $2,000 for it despite the videographer warning TMZ that he or she did not have legal permission to sell the video to the Warner Bros.–owned site. Just after the video went live, Leto says the videographer requested that TMZ not publish the footage, but as of Wednesday afternoon, the video has not been taken down. Leto is calling TMZ's actions an "invasion of privacy" that's "both legally and morally wrong." Here's Leto's statement on the lawsuit:
"Last Sunday, I was alerted that TMZ had acquired personal and private video footage of me in my home and that they were planning to leak it on their site. My team notified TMZ immediately that I fully owned the footage and that their source had absolutely no rights to sell it. They chose to post it anyway. Let's be clear. This was stolen footage. This was an invasion of privacy. And it was both legally and morally wrong. Regardless of who we are, we should all be able to talk freely in the privacy of our own homes without the fear that our unfiltered thoughts or actions will get broadcast to the world. We have the right to privacy and security and when we don't have protections in place to safeguard those things, we lose the freedom to speak loudly and clearly - right or wrong - about anything and everything we choose to. I have chosen to file this lawsuit not because I want to, but in hopes it will encourage more people to stop trafficking in stolen goods, to follow proper legal procedure and so that it may motivate additional consideration for the harm these acts can create, especially when the only intention is to simply further the bottom line for the companies and corporations that commit these acts."


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The awe-inspiring Stanford House was built for Nottingham's
wealthiest silk merchant, William Stanford, in 1775 with no expense spared. The
building changed hands a number of times but fortunately, having had one owner
for most of the last 100 years, it has been preserved and retains all of its
original charm and character. Following a careful programme of sensitive
restoration, we are making these dramatic spaces, in this outstanding building,
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The space is flooded with natural light and has been
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Wildlife officials racing to protect endangered Key deer from a grisly outbreak of screwworm flies have added a new weapon to their arsenal: a medication pit stop.
The stations are being deployed in the National Key Deer Refuge's backcountry to treat more reclusive deer and, like the deer, are a miniature version of a method used to successfully treat domestic livestock. The stations — feeding troughs baited with sweet corn, oats and other grains and rimmed with rollers coated with an anti-parasitic — should add another layer of protection to the endangered herd which now numbers about a thousand.
Since August, 130 deer have died after being infected with the screwworm larva, which burrow into wounds to feed on flesh.
While deer continue to die, officials believe the numbers might be leveling off. Last week, the number held steady at 127 for several says before creeping up after two infected male deer were discovered in a more remote part of the refuge.
"What we expect epidemiologically is to have a curve that almost looks like a bell curve," said Joanna Davis, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "So it's kind of following the path that's expected."
The USDA in mid-October also began releasing hoards of sterile male screwworms — about 6 million larvae weekly — to wipe out the wild flies. The flies are being released at 25 different sites on 10 islands where screwworms or infected deer have been confirmed, with entomologists continuously monitoring traps to calibrate releases. Female screwworm flies only mate once, so entomologists predict populations should begin to drop nine to 12 weeks after releases, Davis said.
The medication stations were added to reach wilder deer that won't eat medicated bread being fed to tame deer that hang out in neighborhoods near the refuge. So far, nearly 1,700 doses have been distributed.
Combined with fly releases, Gentry said officials hope treatment methods have helped ease the worst of the outbreak. In the past few days, she said, a resident also reported seeing wounds on a treated deer start to improve.
"So that's very promising, at least for that one individual," she said. "And when you're looking at endangered species, every individual counts."
Follow Jenny Staletovich on Twitter @jenstaletovich.


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All subjects were prospectively enrolled in protocols that collected serial paired blood and CSF samples from chronically HIV-infected subjects undergoing ART interruption ( Monteiro de Almeida et al. 2006 ). A group of five participants was prospectively enrolled in a structured ART interruption study (Group 1, suppressed >2 years) ( Monteiro de Almeida et al. 2006 ). A second group of five participants was retrospectively determined to have undergone treatment interruption (self-reported) for clinical or personal reasons other than viral failure (Group 2, suppressed >6 months). A third group of four participants was retrospectively determined to have undergone treatment interruption (self-reported) for clinical or personal reasons (Group 3, uncertain or no documented suppression). Detailed inclusion criteria (for each group) and clinical information for each participant are provided as Supplementary material S1 . Blood and CSF cellular pellets and supernatant were collected and processed as previously described ( Smith et al. 2009 ; Oliveira et al. 2015 ). Blood CD4 + T-lymphocyte absolute counts were measured by flow cytometry, and HIV RNA levels in blood plasma and CSF supernatant were quantified by the Amplicor HIV Monitor Test (Roche Molecular Systems Inc.). The study was conducted with appropriate written subject informed consent and was approved by the Human Research Protections Program at the University of California San Diego.
HIV RNA was isolated from blood plasma (QIAamp viral RNA minikit; Qiagen, Hilden, Germany), and cDNA was produced (RETROscript kit; Applied Biosystems/Ambion, Austin, TX) according to the instructions of the manufacturer ( Gianella et al. 2011 ). For blood plasma, if HIV-1 RNA levels (i.e. viral load) exceeded 20,000 HIV-1 RNA copies/ml, 500 μl of blood plasma was used; otherwise, 1 ml of blood plasma was used. For CSF, viral population was concentrated from 1 or 2ml of supernatant in order to maximize template input in each 454 reaction (depending on viral load and sample availability). Three coding regions— gag p24 (HXB2 coordinates 1366–1619), pol RT (2708-3242) and env C2-V3 (6928-7344)—were amplified by PCR with region-specific primers, as previously described ( Gianella et al. 2011 ). Rubber gaskets were used to physically separate 16 samples on a single 454 GS FLX titanium picoliter plate (454 Life Sciences/Roche, Branford, CT) during sequencing.
DNA was extracted from 5 million PBMC for each participant (QIAamp DNA Mini Kit, Qiagen, CA). For CSF cellular pellets, DNA was extracted from all available cells (median: 10,000 cells/pellet, range: 514–80,800 cells) using lysis buffer, as previously described ( Christopherson et al. 2000 ; Oliveira et al. 2015 ). For PBMC, total HIV DNA (pol) was quantified by droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) from extracted DNA ( Strain et al. 2013 ). Briefly, approximately 1,000 ng of DNA per replicate was digested with BSAJ1 enzyme (New England Biolabs) prior to ddPCR. Total HIV DNA (Pol) was measured with VIC probe using the following cycling conditions: 10 min at 95 °C, 40 cycles consisting of a 30 s denaturation at 94 °C followed by a 60 °C extension for 60 s and a final 10 min at 98 °C. A 1:10 dilution of the digested DNA was used for host cell RPP30 (Ribonuclease P/MRP 30kDa Subunit) PCR (probe VIC) and cycled with the same parameters as Pol. Copy numbers were calculated as the mean of replicate PCR measurements and normalized to one million cells as determined by RPP30 (total cell count). Sequencing was performed as described above.
A panel of 14 multidisciplinary experts in the epidemiology, diagnosis, infection control, and clinical management of adult and pediatric patients with CDI was convened to develop these practice guidelines. A systematic evidence-based approach was adopted for the guideline questions and population, intervention, comparator, outcome (PICO) formulations, the selection of patient-important outcomes, as well as the literature searches and screening of the uncovered citations and articles. The rating of the quality of evidence and strength of recommendation was supported by a Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodologist. In addition to members of both IDSA and SHEA, representatives from the American Society for Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP), the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) were included.
For this 2017 guideline update, search strategies, in collaboration with the guideline panel members, were developed and built by independent health sciences librarians from National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado). Each strategy incorporated medical subject headings and text words for " Clostridium difficile ," limited to human studies or nonindexed citations. In addition, the strategies focused on articles published in English or in any language with available English abstracts. The Ovid platform was used to search 5 electronic evidence databases: Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials, Health Technology Assessment, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects.
To supplement the electronic search, reviewers also hand-searched relevant journals, conference proceedings, reference lists from manuscripts retained from electronic searches, and regulatory agency web sites for relevant articles. Literature searches were originally implemented on 4 December 2012, updated on 3 March 2014, and further extended to 31 December 2016. The 2010 guideline used a search cutoff of 2009 and thus for this guideline, the literature review included a defined search period of 2009–2016. Separate, nondiscrete evidence libraries were created for adults and pediatrics. The result of the searching was 14479 citations being eligible at title and abstract phase of screening for the adult literature. As the 2010 guideline did not address pediatrics as part of any searching, a decision was made to reexamine the evidence landscape for pediatric-related studies that could inform the guideline. For this, the period of 1977–2016 was searched, yielding 3572 citations eligible at title and abstract phase. Those retained at the title and abstract phase of screening were then examined at the full-text phase.
To evaluate the initial search evidence for eligibility, the panel followed a process consistent with other IDSA guidelines. The process for evaluating the evidence was based on the IDSA Handbook on Clinical Practice Guideline Development and involved a systematic weighting of the quality of the evidence and the grade of recommendation using the GRADE system ( Figure 1 ) [ 1–4 ].
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The Stereo 3D Toolkit is more than a 3D camera. It is a set of tools that enable you to create complex stereoscopic compositions inside of After Effects.
Camera Rigs - In Version 1 only single cameras could be used to create the Stereo 3D Workflow. In Version 2 , cameras can be parented to null objects to create animation rigs in stereo 3D. Existing camera rigs can be converted to stereo 3D, or new ones can be built and modified as you work.Camera Rigs - Version 2
2D 3D Video - Version 1's workflow was primarily built for working with CGI. Version 2 's improved workflow and tools make aligning your stereo 3D content to 2D or 3D video easier than ever.2D 3D Video -
Cinema 4D - Version 1 used a special camera rig, and required you to manually render the left and right channels from Cinema 4D. Version 2 piggybacks on the built-in camera and rendering options for a more seamless workflow. Left and right channels can be exportedsimultaneously using the built in stereoscopic renderer. You can work in stereo 3D using the viewport stereoscopic preview. Download includes an object preset library with render settings and Stereo 3D Camera.Cinema 4D -
Maya - Version 1 did not have Maya support. Version 2 includes a Stereo 3D Camera project for Maya. Projects using the Stereo 3D Camera can be imported into After Effects as Maya Ascii files. As in Cinema 4D, the Stereo 3D Camera piggybacks on Maya's built-in stereo camera.Maya -
Improved Performance - With 2 of everything, working in stereo 3D can become system intensive. In Version 1, camera animation could only be adjusted with the stereo 3D preview active. In Version 2 all of the camera and animation work to be performed on the left channel hierarchy. This reduces system strain while you work, calculating both channels only when it's necessary to preview the stereo 3D effect.
Beyond risk assessment tools, our environmental scan identified a variety of educational resources to support clinicians and patients in reducing patients' risk for hypoglycemia. These tools addressed key themes such as hypoglycemia risk, appropriate prescribing practices, and shared decision-making models. Other patient-specific tools have been developed to improve self-management skills, as have surveys to assess both the fear of hypoglycemia and to track the actual number of hypoglycemic episodes. Our initiative will develop a toolkit of resources for both clinicians and patients that have the potential to improve care for patients at risk for hypoglycemia.
The environmental scan also identified national initiatives that are generating best practices in support of guideline-based care. These range from regional and local research partnerships with industry to larger scale efforts by federal agencies. The HHS national action plan highlighted hypoglycemia associated with insulin and sulfonylureas as a primary concern. Translating the national action plan into action, the US Food and Drug Administration's ongoing Safe Use Initiative seeks to reduce preventable harm by identifying specific, preventable medication risks and then developing, implementing, and evaluating cross-sector interventions with partners who are committed to safe medication use. The Endocrine Society is an engaged stakeholder in the Safe Use Initiative and is working with other partners to support these goals. The Center for Medicare Medicaid Innovation's Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative provides primary care and specialty practices with tools and support needed to improve quality of care through practice transformation. These initiatives will help us identify and learn from primary care practices that have been implemented as strategies to address hypoglycemia in at-risk patients.
A national initiative conducted by the VA implemented a primary care intervention that sent electronic health record alerts to assist PCPs in identifying "potentially overtreated" patients ( i.e., patients treated to A1c levels that might confer greater risk than benefit) who might benefit from adjustments to their antidiabetic medications. In addition to improving diabetes management, a key goal of the project was to have PCPs engage patients in conversations about their A1c goals and discuss potential changes to their treatment plans. The initiative succeeded in reducing hypoglycemic episodes in the target population by 18% ( P < 0.005) at 6 months and by 22% at 18 months ( P < 0.005) ( 9 ). A large part of the initiative's success was its focus on the highest risk group of patients with T2D along with efforts to integrate the risk assessment algorithm into clinicians' normal workflow.
One of the challenges of synthesizing and generalizing published data about the effect of hypoglycemia and ways to reduce risk is that definitions of hypoglycemia are varied and inconsistent. Recently, JDRF, in collaboration with other stakeholders (including the Endocrine Society), developed and published consensus-based definitions of hypoglycemia ( 10 ). The definitions consist of three levels of hypoglycemia. Level 1 begins at blood glucose levels <70 mg/dL; at that level, patients may be unaware of their hypoglycemia. Level 2 is defined as blood glucose level <54 mg/dL. Level 3 is independent of blood glucose levels and is defined as a severe event characterized by altered mental and/or physical status requiring assistance. Having consensus-based definitions provides tremendous advantages. These can allow us to improve individual patient management, enable the assessment of interventions to prevent or reduce hypoglycemia, advance knowledge in areas such as the long-term impact of nonsevere hypoglycemia on patient outcomes, and support the evaluation of new treatments and technologies to monitor or treat hypoglycemia. Given that the goal of our initiative is to reduce the frequency and severity of hypoglycemia, we intend to use these new definitions.
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My name's Peter Bloomfield and this is my CV/resume and portfolio website.
I'm currently a Senior Software Engineer at ADI (Advanced Digital Innovation) in the UK, working mainly on server-side programming for the health team. On a day-to-day basis, most of my work involves PHP and JavaScript, running in Docker containers.
Previously, I was the Senior Software Engineer at Vertual Ltd. I was helping develop virtual reality training and visualisation software for radiotherapy cancer treatment. Most of my work involved C++ programming which I thoroughly enjoyed. It also involved 3d graphics and maths, as well as some embedded programming, large quantities of patient data, and much more.
Key skills
- PHP + Laravel, Composer
- JavaScript + Node, npm, Express, React
- Docker
- SQL (MySQL / MariaDB)
- MongoDB
- Version control (Git / Subversion)
- Agile software development (Scrum)
My websites
- Avid Insight – my technical blog
- Lycius Moment – my music (and other creative stuff) blog
Find me online
- My GitHub profile
- My Stack Overflow profile (related: Arduino.SE profile)
- My YouTube channel
- My LinkedIn profile
- My Goodreads profile
- My Twitter profile (I don't tweet very much though)
- My LibriVox recordings


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New York wins 'Best Large American City,' while Honolulu takes the title of 'Best Small American City.' Find out how all your favorite cities performed by downloading our free 2017 America's Best Cities Report.
By Chris Fair
Resonance Consultancy, the leading advisors in real estate, tourism, and economic development for countries, cities and communities, is pleased to announce the 50 Best Large American Cities, as well as the 50 Best Small American Cities for 2017.
The winning cities were unveiled at a June 14 awards celebration at New York University sponsored by National Geographic Travel, who will use the Resonance ranking and insights for future editorial and content projects.
This is one of the most comprehensive American city rankings ever attempted—developed to quantify and benchmark the relative quality of place, reputation and competitive identity for U.S. principal cities with metropolitan populations of 200,000 or more by analyzing and comparing 27 factors in six key categories using a combination of core statistics and online ratings and reviews.
This helps cities understand their strengths and weaknesses through the lens of the people who matter most: their residents and visitors.
For more than a decade, Resonance has created place-branding strategies, tourism and economic development plans and trend reports for city, tourism and economic development organizations.
We do this to empower place managers and marketers with new tools and perspectives on the key factors that shape a city's competitive identity, community well-being and future prosperity.
Our firm has come to understand that traditional performance indicators alone—economic output, investment and visitor numbers, for example—don't reveal the whole story for cities and their tourism and economic development agencies. Visitors and citizens themselves are increasingly influencing the identity and perception of cities through the millions of evaluations of experiences they share online with family, friends and people around the world.
Much more than traditional marketing, these opinions and attitudes influence the way people perceive places and where talent, tourism and investment flow. This social media data also provides a rich new source of information to benchmark the experiential quality of one city to the next.
So without further ado, here are America's Best Cities in 2017…
1. New York
2. Chicago
3. Los Angeles
4. San Francisco
5. Las Vegas
6. San Diego
7. Houston
8. Miami
9. Seattle
10. Washington
1. Honolulu
2. Tucson
3. Charleston
4. Omaha
5. Albuquerque
6. Tulsa
7. Myrtle Beach
8. Madison
9. Asheville
10. El Paso
Get your full, free 2017 America's Best Cities Report at BestCities.org.
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The sirens are usually used to warn of extreme weather events such as tornadoes. "All 156 sirens in the city were activated last night – it does appear at this time that it was a hack," a spokeswoman for the city told reporters. The noise "woke up a lot of people", she added. The sirens were activated at 23:42 local time (04:42 GMT) on Friday and lasted for about 90 minutes. Some posted footage online in which the sirens can clearly be heard. Technicians for the Office of Emergency Management…Read More
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Hacker who stole film scripts jailed for five years
A hacker who stole sexually explicit videos and unpublished film and TV scripts from celebrities has been sentenced to five years in jail. Alonzo Knowles hacked email accounts, from the Bahamas, to steal the images and scripts, which he tried to sell. Knowles used viruses and fake security notifications to obtain passwords. He was caught when he travelled to the US to sell stolen scripts not knowing that he was meeting undercover police officers. Dark ends The US Department of Justice said Knowles had had a list of the email…Read More
Mr. Robot brings hacker cred to the small screen, Ferris wheel to SXSW
The Ferris wheel by night – the ride was quite popular during a party thrown at SXSW by the USA Network on March 12 (Credit: Michael Franco/Gizmag). View gallery (7 images) Last year an unknown TV show from the USA Network called Mr. Robot took the Austin film, music and interactive festival known as South By Southwest (SXSW) by storm, winning the extravaganza's coveted Audience Award for an episodic show. This year, "Mr. Robot" is back at SXSW which a much bigger presence – quite literally. First a little spoiler-free…Read More


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The desire to travel to far-off destinations, explore national parks, visit world-renowned land marks, and walk the streets of the world's greatest cities lives within all of us. The team at Google has developed an application that allows us to do just that from the comfort of our homes. Introducing Google Earth VR:
Available for FREE on Steam VR, Google Earth allows Vive owners to explore the world around them with incredible graphics and breathtaking attention to detail. Find it on Steam here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/348250/


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About the NewHolly Branch
The current NewHolly Branch was relocated and opened Nov. 20, 1999, in the NewHolly Neighborhood Campus. The branch was designed using new urbanism concepts to enliven the neighborhood. It is housed within a "Campus of Learners" that includes a K-12 tutoring program, a jobs center, a branch of South Seattle Community College, child care centers and more.


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Raynold Wonder Alorse Receives SSHRC CGS Nelson Mandela Award
The Department would like to extend congratulations to PhD student Raynold Wonder Alorse, who is the recipient of a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela. The Award celebrates Nelson Mandela's legacy and his tireless pursuit of peace, democracy, justice, and freedom through learning, understanding, and education.
This is the first time that a Political Studies student has won this prestigious award.
I am humbled and honoured to receive SSHRC's Nelson Mandela distinction. As a champion of human rights, Mandela stood tall in the midst of difficulties that seemed impossible to overcome. His legacy continues to inspire me in many ways, and I hope that my doctoral work on the extractive sector and human rights will help to bridge the gap between theory and practice. I am also extremely grateful for the support I have received from family, friends and the Department of Political Studies. Thank you and thank you to SSHRC!
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This is a picture from the December 2 pick up day for this Hempstead Helping Heroes event mentioned below. God bless More Than Signs, Waller County Paint & Body, and all of you who made this drive possible!
The More Than Cool Team (MTCT) at Igloo held a drive during the month of November, 2016, to gather items for donation to OME. Igloo was able to supply 2 coolers full of supplies which were taken to the December 4-5, 2016, free PX in San Antonio by employee, Leslie Lefler. This is the second year Igloo's MCTC has collected items for OME, and will continue to do so in the future!
On November 26, 2016, the Hempstead Helping Heroes group held a drive for us outside of the Hempstead, Texas, Wal Mart in which they asked Wal Mart customers to donate an item from our list that would be given to wounded service members and their families December 4-5, 2016, at our annual free PX at San Antonio Military Medical Center! Thank you so much to all of our volunteers with Hempstead Helping Heroes, and the Wal Mart customers who participated in this drive:
On November 15, 2016, The Conservatory Senior Living location in the Woodlands (awesome supporters of OME!) kicked off a collection drive for us that ran through December 2. They asked that residents, their families, and members of the community select an "ornament" from their tree that listed an item that we needed for either our Care Package Program or our Free PX Program (for the San Antonio Military Medical Center for wounded service members). Thank you, Conservatory, for your continued support of our wounded and deployed military!:
Beatrice Hodgson has been the OME point of contact for the second year in a row for the LifeGift collection and packing of wonderful boxes being shipped to our men & women deployed in harm's way. They engaged their Lubbock & Ft. Worth offices in this event as well as Houston on September 1-23, 2016, to gather enough items in-kind to prepare 43 care packages ready to ship! These folks are passionate about supporting the OME Care Package mission. Lots of smiles coming soon from those deployed. LifeGift is in the health care industry, and provides an organ transplant service.
We presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Jay Gonzalez, Public Affairs with Kroger & our Point of Contact for coordinating these events. We also presented Jay with a flag and certificate from our deployed troops!
These are pictures of our presenting Certificates of Appreciation to all the managers from all 20 Kroger stores where we held these 2 drives (on August 27 and September 17). Thank you again, Kroger and Kroger customers, for your tremendous support!
On September 17, 2016, we held a second Kroger collection drive at the Kroger stores in Willis and Huntsville, Texas. Drives at those 2 stores yielded an additional $6,000 in in-kind and monetary donations! Way to go, Kroger customers!!! Here are pictures from the Willis store:
And here are pictures from the Huntsville store:
On August 27, 2016, 18 Kroger stores in our area hosted a large collection drive for us in which we collected over $61,000 in donations (in-kind as well as monetary). The donated items will be used at the December 4-5 free PX for our wounded or ill military service members at San Antonio Military Medical Center, as well as for care packages for our troops deployed in harm's way. This successful event was made possible by all of our wonderful volunteers (individuals and groups such as NCL, JROTC, VFW, Girl Scouts, Exxon Mobil Retirees Club, American Payroll Assoc, and Piney Woods Model A Club!). A big Texas THANK YOU to all of you!!!
August 3-5 The Woodlands Township sponsored a collection drive for us as part of the National Night Out! It resulted in a tremendous amount of donated items for our Care Package Program! Thank you so much, Woodland Township, and all those who participated in this drive!
The first week in July Strike Construction in the Woodlands, Texas, held a drive for us for care package items to send to troops deployed overseas in harm's way. As you can see, that drive was very successful! Thank you employees of Strike Construction!!!
During the month of May, 2016, the students from Cunae International School held a collection drive for OME! Thank you so much, Cunae School!
During the month of May, 2016, Wright's Printing & Marketeing held a collection drive for OME. The drop-off location was their office at 2407 Timberlock Place, Suite B; Woodlands, TX 77380. Thank you, Wright's Printing & Marketing!!:
CHJ Wealth Mgmt. in the Woodlands, Texas, will host a collection drive for OME throughout the month of May in honor of Military Appreciation month. The drive will be held May 2-31, but closed on Monday, May 30 for Memorial Day. Their address is 10200 Grogan's Mill, Suite 340, The Woodlands, Texas 77380, and all donated items can be dropped off at the reception area during these hours: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 - 5:00; Friday 8:00 - 3:30. Point of Contact is Lelia Lee at 281-298-2700. Thank you CHJ Wealthy Mgmt.!!!e at 281-298-2700.