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This is the first in a series of articles designed to help clinical neurologists and their staffs achieve success in today's - and tomorrow's - medical environment.
By William S. Henderson, FACMPE
Administrator, Upstate Neurology Consultants
Member, AAN.com Practice and Technology Editorial Board
Member, Practice Management and Technology Subcommittee
Member, BRAINS
Author Disclosure
After the release earlier this year of its physician premium designation program, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has made some beneficial changes to the way physicians are educated about the program in the second data analysis of physicians in 2007. (Note that this program may not be available in your market.) The purpose of the program is to help "health care consumers make more informed choices in selecting physician and hospitals" and to "support physicians in providing higher quality and more cost efficient medical care to their patients." All of us in health care endorse efforts to help physicians provide higher quality care in a cost-efficient manner. The UHC program aims to educate physicians about best practices while not imposing financial penalties on them; at the same time UHC believes the program will eventually direct more patients to a designated physician.
UHC has done a good job in explaining what the program entails; I want to highlight some key items that each neurologist should review:
The medical conditions for which neurologists can be measured are: MS, low back pain, migraine headache, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, depression, epilepsy, cerebral vascular accident and transient cerebral ischemia.
When a physician is evaluated for the premium designation, UHC uses a product called Symmetry EBM to review claims data. It is crucial to understand what this means – the decision is based on claims data and not clinical data. It is also based on Symmetry's Episode Treatment Grouper (ETG) in which the ETG applies its rules to associate all the physician, ambulatory, ancillary, inpatient and pharmaceutical claims associated with a patient and then assigned "appropriately" to a physician. To determine the efficiency of care score a neurologist's actual episode costs are compared to the risk-adjusted market average episode costs for the same spectrum of episodes. If a physician's risk-adjusted efficiency score is less than or equal to the market threshold, she will then earn a designation for efficiency of care.
In reviewing your data please note that UHC has used patient data from 2005 through February 2007 according to the cover letter. However, on the Reconsideration brochure, in the answer to question 6, it states that the actual range for neurologists' data is 2/18/06 to 2/18/07.
As an administrator of a neurology practice my concern is with the overall methodology of ranking and data sourcing for each physician. In the past I have dealt with several insurers who have used similar "rules-based" analysis products. In reviewing the data those insurers provided to us, I discovered that the data was incomplete, had assigned drugs and procedures in error to our physicians as the "responsible ordering party" and had failed to understand the risk basis of diagnoses.
In the first release of the UHC Premium Designation Program earlier in 2007, we compared the data UHC had for our physicians against the clinical data we had on our patients. Because we use an integrated EHR we could drill down by diagnosis group to determine what drugs or ancillary services had been ordered by our physicians. In a number of cases the Episode Treatment Grouper made incorrect assumptions as to which physicians were responsible for ordering what tests. Such assumptions potentially drive up the resulting cost of episodic care for certain patients. We also found that not all patients were included in the analysis even though they were UHC patients with the identified diagnoses. At a roundtable discussion earlier this year at a conference I attended, we discovered that in some markets where the UHC program had been rolled out, problems developed with practice responses. In one case a group informed UHC that the patient data was flawed. A UHC manager demanded that the physicians provide proof of their analysis. When the administrator argued that the data was clinically based and proprietary, UHC changed the ranking of the physicians in the group from "Insufficient data" to "Not displayed upon physician request" on the webpage.
The problems we have faced in analyzing reports of this type are due to the fact that while we often possess the full clinical data on our patients, the analysis done by insurers is based on claims data or data provided from other clearinghouses (such as a PBM). To give an example of the confusion this causes, consider this type of incident. We treated a patient for migraine headaches for another insurer. Medications for migraine treatment were prescribed by our physician. Two days later the patient returned to their primary care physician, and that doctor prescribed an antidepressant for the patient. In the claims analysis on this patient, our physician was "charged" as prescribing the antidepressant. While such data errors can be corrected, it places the burden of proof on the physician and requires the time of the staff to submit the documentation. Furthermore, it only ensures the correction of the data analysis for that time period; the same methodology and insurer data will be used at the next analysis, requiring additional response by the practice to the insurer.
We have not as yet completed our in-house analysis of the latest round of UHC data. We are hopeful that the accuracy and delineation of the data from the Symmetry EBM product will be better than the first time we reviewed UHC data. I strongly urge each neurologist to examine the UHC data and compare it to the clinical data you have. While this may involve you reviewing a patient's paper chart, it will be insightful in showing how insurers evaluate what medical care you provide and how they determine your costs of care. In the months ahead you can expect more insurers to provide such quality and efficiency "scorecards" for physicians. Maybe now would be a good time to consider purchasing an EHR that will help you quickly analyze your clinical data and help you keep insurers accurate in their analyses of how you practice medicine.
Mr. Henderson has nothing to disclose.
ETG™ is patented by Symmetry and is a methodology for an episode building system that uses routinely collected in-patient and outpatient claims data. From this data clinically related homogeneous groups are created by diagnoses [currently about 575 groups] that are adjusted for severity by a patient's complications/co-morbidities that affect resource allocation.
ETGs have similarities to DRGs, but they differ in this important respect – ETGs measure the entire episode of care for a patient, both in-patient and out-patient. Based on insurer, there can be a set period of care, which allows ongoing tests and treatments [including prescriptions] to be included in the care cost totals which occurs in that time period. The groups can be adjusted for patient severity, intensity and complexity.
The ETG groups are initially defined by primary diagnosis codes, while each CPT code, HCPCS and NDC code have been mapped to one [or more] of the groups. It is possible, based on additional diagnoses, that an episode of care may then be 'shifted' to a neighboring ETG group. This shifting also occurs if the patient has contributing health conditions. Each ETG group has an assigned 'time frame' in which treatments done within that time are 'counted' toward that episode of care. For instance, a 5 year child diagnosed with bronchitis may have a 60 day window before the ETG is said to be clean, or finished.
Because this process gathers all medical care costs, including supporting costs such as radiology, pharmaceuticals and laboratory tests it can show the cost of care of each patient by episode. This data gathering can then identify cost by physician. The average cost of an ETG can be compared across all providers in a specialty to demonstrate the average cost of care and to identify outliers. Since patient acuity has been factored into the ETG, the comparison is deemed to be statistically accurate.
Symmetry's methodology has been marketed by Ingenix, a company which describes the product in its promotional material as follows:
"Designed to provide a consistent and reliable measurement tool for gauging the provision and financing of health care services, ETGs can serve:


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Hi girls - I ordered monograms from creative montage and I love them ... but I'm having a little trouble ... I ordered them in .pdf format because the website said something to the effect of this format for Mac programs. I wanted to use one with Mac Pages for my welcome letter ...
My problem is this - I'm having problems cutting and pasting them into documents - either in word or in pages. When I do, they are really blurry!
Should I just bite the bullet and spend the $15 bucks and re-order the .jpg images?
Any suggestions?
Creative Montage Help!
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Posted 14 January 2008 - 07:58 PM
Yeah, you should. That's the only way you're going to be able to manipulate the files. Good luck!
Posted 14 January 2008 - 10:29 PM
if you right click on the website you should be able to save them as small jpg's. I think that is waht I did.
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Posted 14 January 2008 - 10:32 PM
If you email CM and ask them to convert the images for you, maybe they'll do it for less?
They did monograms and I had the same issue as you, but the company that did our screenprinting converted them from .pdf for us for free.
They did monograms and I had the same issue as you, but the company that did our screenprinting converted them from .pdf for us for free.
Posted 24 January 2008 - 04:27 PM
When I got my logos from CM, they told me how to extract them. Did your email mention it?
Posted 24 January 2008 - 04:32 PM
i had a similar issue - i think they charged me $2 per logo to re-send as a jpg
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Yep, I've had this problem too. PITA.
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Building Homes; Breaking Barriers
An elderly man enters Dingwo village at lunchtime and stops just beyond the large red banner that reads "Habitat for Humanity House Build 2006." Even though he has lived five minutes away his whole life, this is the first time he is visiting the leprosy village. He walks awkwardly over to the tables of villagers and volunteers having lunch and stares down at us. The villagers glance back at him, shifting uncomfortably in their chairs.
I met this man an hour earlier on a dirt road outside this small village of 10 people. At first he was excited to meet an American visiting his rural county of Fusui, but the excitement on his face turned to dismay as I explained the leprosy village reconstruction project that had brought me there. He warned me not to go near the villagers. "You don't want to get sick, do you?" he asked, contorting his hands and pointing at his legs and face for emphasis. I told him they were not contagious, but he did not believe me. I invited him to have lunch with us, but he didn't want to talk to the villagers. He asked the volunteers a few questions about America and then he left.
In 1956 the Chinese government set up the Dingwo Leprosy Rehabilitation Village to separate people with leprosy from the general population. People did not understand how the disease was spread and they were afraid of catching it. More than 200 people lived in the village when the leprosy outbreak was at its worst in the 1950s and 60s.
In 1982 a cure for leprosy was found. The government allowed people to return to their families, but some of the residents found that their families were too afraid of the disease's physical scars to take them back. Others no longer had family to return to. The 71-year-old village leader, Lu Xianwen, was one of the first to live in the village, arriving as a teenager after being treated for leprosy in the hospital. He recalls, "I felt so hopeless, and all I could think about was when I would see my mother again."
Fifty years later ten people are left in the village. They are all between the ages of 67 and 88. The government gives them a small amount of money each month for rice and vegetables and new shoes once a year, but they do not have any means of employment and their houses are in poor condition with broken windows, cracks, and leaks.
The Habitat for Humanity project I was with works with the local government to bring volunteer international high school students to build new houses for residents. The most engaged volunteers learn about leprosy ahead of time. Unlike the man I invited to lunch, they talk with the villagers during lunchtime even though it is easier to just talk with the people they are most comfortable with, like their classmates. This helps them try to understand what life is like for the villagers, and in turn the villagers appreciate the attention and kindness they receive.
As volunteers, we soon learned that more than their run-down housing, the villagers' lives are impoverished because of the discrimination they suffer. Years of forced separation and not enough education by the local government about leprosy keep the villagers from integrating back into life and work in Fusui. We thought that building new houses could not solve these problems.
By the end of the project though, attitudes in Fusui were starting to change. When I returned to visit the leprosy village nine months later, I found that some of the villagers had problems with their new houses. But I also found that our work had a more lasting social impact. "People are not as scared of us anymore. The farmers come into the village; they'll sit and talk with us. That never happened before the volunteers came," said one of the villagers. A local government official agreed, "Everybody knows that a foreign organization is coming to help. They feel like they should also help the disabled people among them."
Today, leprosy outbreaks are uncommon. Another disease is being called the "new leprosy" though, because people are afraid to catch the disease but do not understand how it is spread. It is HIV/AIDS. More and more people are contracting the disease but they are afraid to receive treatment and tell anyone because they do not want to be treated as outsiders like the leprosy-affected villagers have been. A doctor treating HIV/AIDS patients in Guangxi Province says, "Stigma and discrimination are the hardest parts of the HIV/AIDS work."
Some government officials think that isolating people living with HIV/AIDS could be a solution to the problem -- even though that policy was devastating for leprosy-affected people. Instead, they must address discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS before it becomes entrenched in society. I think organizations like Habitat should not only address material and physical needs, but also deliberately choose to promote non-discriminatory projects such as ours that can raise awareness. This could have a much deeper impact on the communities where volunteers work, leaving a lasting contribution that will remain longer than any physical structures we build.
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At the end of 2014 we identified two trends which we believed would shake up the storage industry in 2015 and eventually phase out IT SAN and NAS storage as we know it. On the one hand, we expected an increasing number of small- and medium-sized organisations to turn to SaaS providers such as Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce and Box.com for their storage needs. As a result, resellers needed to be prepared for the fact that these organisations would not be buying much traditional storage in the future. Instead of propagating the SAN/NAS storage model, we encouraged them to adapt their offerings to the hyperscale, software-defined, hardware independent, shared nothing architecture model of Facebook, Amazon, and Google. And we were proven right. Traditional storage industry players saw total revenues decrease…
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As outlined by a user here: https://jira.springframework.org/browse/MOBILE-8, it would be useful if it was possible to map requests to @Controller methods by criteria other than path, parameter value, or header value. MOBILE-8 shrewdly suggests support for mapping by SitePreference, to allow different @Controller methods to handle requests for different versions of the application's "site", such as the "mobile" site vs. the "normal" site.
Rather than baking in additional hard-coded mapping options, I recommend we consider adding support for mapping by boolean SpEL Expression, which can be used in conjunction with the other @RequestMapping attributes. For example:
@RequestMapping(value="/", method=RequestMethod.GET, expression="currentSitePreference.mobile")
public String homeMobile(Model model) {
// prepare model needed by the mobile view
return "home-mobile";
@RequestMapping(value="/", method=RequestMethod.GET)
public String home(Model model) {
// prepare normal model
return "home";
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Modified title from "Allow @RequestMapping by boolean SpEL expression" to "Allow custom request mapping conditions" to describe better the actual way the resolution has evolved. Below is a high-level description of how it works.
Note that in Spring Mobile the StandardSitePreferenceHandler (invoked from a HandlerInterceptor) saves the current SitePreference in a request attribute. This attribute is not available at request mapping time, which takes place before a handler is selected and hence before HandlerInterceptors are invoked.
Instead a custom SitePreferenceRequestCondition would need to invoke the SitePreferenceRepository directly or check the "site_preference" request parameter.
Ouch, that's unfortunate. More and more it seems to me we need a general filter capability in Spring MVC...
Type and method-level, custom request conditions can now be provided by overriding protected methods in RequestMappingHandlerMapping.
Marking this as resolved since the ability to add a custom request mapping condition is now available. I've also added a comment under
SPR-8468 as it relates to the need for interception independent of the mapped handler.
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By Erico
Well, congrats! You had enough courage to risk clicking the hyperlink to another heapin' helpin' ever lovin' spoonful of Erico's mythos. And what does that mean?
Hopefully you had the gumption to check out my first two 'Fics before taking on this one. Chronologically, it goes AUF, then EOAD, and lastly this one. If you didn't bother to at least read EOAD, then some of the stuff in here will be really fuzzy. If you did, then you're set!
I could ramble on and on, but I won't do that. I figure I do it enough in my posts, you're here to read the 'Fic.
So I'll set it up for you.
A year after EOAD occurs, concerns are based more on the Hunters than the mavericks. Which can be expected! With no sign of Sigma, or the Maverick Virus itself, things keep pretty quiet. Quiet enough for the biased humans to think, 'How many well armed reploid Maverick Hunters do we need to keep the peace?'
I quote George Carlin here. "After every tragedy, we're told, 'Now the healing can begin.' NO. There is no healing. Just a short pause until the next tragedy." Does this apply? In life and in video games, my friends. And definitely in this 'Fic.
Assumptions have been made over the years. 'Just who is the enemy?' 'Who is to blame for the Maverick Wars?' 'Who keeps getting hot dog to bun ratios all wrong?'
It's time for a change. And as the heroes of the Fifth Maverick Uprising muddle through what seems to be a total mess of things, they will find the single thread of sanity that will give them the answer to this puzzle.
All assumptions and beliefs will change for X and friends. Who is the enemy? What is a maverick? How can you tell a maverick? It's actions? It's looks? Or it's sound?
Well, that's how you get the title for this next leap into the deep end of the pool, my friends. All things will change, for change is the only constant.
And in 'The Sound of Mavericks' this constant change is no different.
So, what are you still doing here? Read on, Macduff! Erico will be waiting for you at the end.


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El Nuevo Dia, a Puerto Rican newspaper, has reported:
Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, and Jenrry Mejia to Arizona
Juston Upton and Stephen Drew to Mets
EDITOR'S NOTE: Of course, after the Spanish translation becomes clearer, we learn what we already knew to be true- this was simply a rumor. It was sent to us as a partially translated article, and as we suspected, it was only a rumor- albeit one that got our hearts pumping. But we KNOW there's no way Sandy trades Mejia without getting a pitcher in return!
Now back to our "regularly scheduled programming..."
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
Reds unveil alternate jerseys for 2013
On Saturday, the team announced during Redsfest that it plans to unveil an alternate jersey with the words "Los Rojos" emblazoned on the front. Reds chief operating officer Phil Castellini stated that the festive tops will be worn throughout the season during select home games. The club may also wear them at times when they are on the road.
Dominican Republic native Johnny Cueto was seen donning a Los Rojos jersey this weekend during Redsfest. The jerseys were even available for fans to purchase during the two-day annual event.
Given the vast amount of Hispanic players who have played for the Reds over the years, I for one kind of like these.
What do you think?
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- December 9, 2012 at 3:07 AM
Great tribute to the Havana Sugar Kings, Reds Triple-A team of the late 50's.
- December 9, 2012 at 4:33 AM
They are going to lose some fans
- December 9, 2012 at 1:49 PM
I for one am sick and tired of having Spanish shoved down my throat every where I look. This is America. If you want to come here and live SPEAK ENGLISH. Sad to see my Reds falling into line with being politically correct.
- December 9, 2012 at 4:30 PM
yeah republican fans - evolve retard.
- December 9, 2012 at 5:30 PM
if we lose fans because of this, we didn't need those kind of fans to begin with.
- December 9, 2012 at 5:32 PM
Hate it. Still my team, but I sure won't be coughing up cash for anything with "Los Rojos" on it.
- December 9, 2012 at 7:28 PM
- Parker Perry said...
Here's my take.
I did not support The Phoenix Suns when they put changed their uniforms in a protest against legislation. I thought it was done on the wrong stage and had a poor taste.
This however is different. This is not a political statement, however a 'salute' of sorts to the Hispanic players (from Hispanic countries) who helped shape the franchise.
The Reds have a rich heritage of Spanish speaking players. Think back to the Big Red Machine, to the 1990 team, to today's team.
Like I said, if it was supporting illegal immigration I would be 100% against this. If it was supporting anything political I would be against this. But it is not.
Next year I hope to see a "The Reds, Eh" to support Joey Votto.
- December 10, 2012 at 12:40 AM
- December 10, 2012 at 12:49 AM
I think we should also salute our German heritage and produce a German shirt. "die Reds" (German for "The Reds")Wait, that may not be the best message...what about Haitian Creole (in support of all of the great Haitian players "Reds yo". I love google translate!
- December 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM
this is the united states of america....we speak ENGLISH.....
- December 10, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Yes, this is America. Most citizens speak English. But c'mon! We are and always have been a melting pot. Some people need to stop being so closed minded.
- January 6, 2013 at 11:22 PM
we need to start paying them with spanish currency instead of US money see if they will go for that also.
- December 10, 2013 at 3:55 PM
Perhaps after you learn to speak Navajo, or Apache, or one of the indigenous people's languages? Go ahead. We'll wait.
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\015 I dropped my Fuji film finepix camera. It still works and can still take photos. But the lens got tilted to the side. I could push the lens back in but the lens is loose. Its the lens cover fell off. As well as the lens zoom metal plastic peace from the lens. Its still under warranty. So my question is would i have to pay for it to get repaired or does the warranty cover it? Because ive heard getting something repaired can be pretty pricey and cost more than the item is worth itself.\015
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Backstage: Obsessed with Beck's Guero
I've steadfastly refused to use iLounge/Backstage as a music soapbox in the past, but I'm making an exception for Beck's Guero. This isn't the cover of the Deluxe Edition version I have here, but I daresay that the album in the photo represents the best way any music lover could spend $9.99 (the standard CD's price at Best Buy) right now. Yes, that's $9.99, the price of an iTunes album download, for a real CD with real CD-quality tracks.
While I admire his musical talent to the nth degree, Beck has been on-and-off for me for years. Midnite Vultures? On. Mutations and Sea Change? Off. Odelay? On. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack? On in a huge way. From my perspective, the guy's best work has been in collaboration with the Dust Brothers (they, of Fight Club soundtrack fame, amongst many other more impressive feats), and now Guero repeats/enhances that track record. Que Ondo Guero is my favorite, but virtually every track on the disc is excellent, and worthy of the high-bitrate encoding I gave it for iPod listening.
The Deluxe Edition ($19.99 at Best Buy) includes a DVD with surround sound 5.1 mixes and videos. Worth getting? For me, yes. For you? Depends on the hi-fi equipment you have. I'd discuss it more, but I have an album that I need to listen to a few more times. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
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Don't forget "Girl". That song struck me big time, and I can't stop listening to it!
Posted by seven5 in richmond on March 30, 2005 at 12:30 AM (CST)
Mutations and Sea Change are both excellent albums, just not for the reasons that most people think of Beck's albums as being excellent.
I haven't made up my mind about the new album yet. I'd been listening to the leaked version and found it a bit flat, but midway through my listen to the release version, I'm liking it better.
We'll see.
Posted by mattwardfh in Texas on March 30, 2005 at 12:34 AM (CST)
I listened to the studio leak a few weeks ago, and quite liked it. I was even more impressed with the retail version, and it's been on heavy rotation both at home and on my iPod since it's been out.
Mutations is probably my favorite Beck album, though, because it not only showcases the odd lyrics and definition-defying music, but gives an idea of the many different styles he's capable of playing, and pulling off well. Sea Change was good, but it was lacking a bit of the upbeat quirkiness that in my mind makes Beck…well, Beck.
Posted by Evil Timmy in Hong Kong on March 30, 2005 at 12:56 AM (CST)
I'd been waiting for this release ever since the "Hell Yes EP" was released on iTunes.
The Guero album rocks!
I'm a little surprised people are commenting on the LEAKED studio version. If you're going to STEAL it early - don't knock it when it's not supposed to be ready for listening anyway.
Posted by mbstuart.com in western NY on March 30, 2005 at 12:22 PM (CST)
I especially like the more western feel. Now I want to get more beck. which cd's do you suggest?
Posted by tumblingwall in u.s. on March 30, 2005 at 5:08 PM (CST)
I love beck- i wish he would stray myway-seriously, he is fun and intense yet if you listen carefully a sense of frailty shows itself- actually the most impressed I have been is with sea change, his writing and composition is rarely surpassed in the music industry.I think i have listened to that album probably 100 times, needless to say i am thrilled a new one is out!
Posted by markflorida in florida on April 2, 2005 at 10:06 AM (CST)
I love beck- i wish he would stray myway-seriously, he is fun and intense yet if you listen carefully a sense of frailty shows itself- actually the most impressed I have been is with sea change, his writing and composition is rarely surpassed in the music industry.I think i have listened to that album probably 100 times, needless to say i am thrilled a new one is out!
Posted by markflorida in florida on April 2, 2005 at 10:06 AM (CST)
I like that he's getting back to the Odelay type sound. Sea Change and Midnight Vultures are great in their own way, but Odelay defined what Beck is all about.
Posted by mattydread in NY on April 2, 2005 at 12:38 PM (CST)
Beck rules. I absolutely love the new album (I, too, bought the deluxe version). The songs Girl, Guero, Hell Yes, Broken Drum, and Farewell Ride are my favorites, but the whole album rocks. In fact, all of his albums are excellent. I really love that there is variety in his sound, instead of the same sound over and over again.
Posted by Joshdude in Long Beach, CA on April 9, 2005 at 6:34 PM (CDT)
Only with this album have I ever heard of Beck *blush* I love Hell Yes, and Black Tamberine ever so much!
I find now I'm interested to check his older stuff as well (any suggestions on older songs, PM me!).
I've already purchased 4 songs from ITMS from Guero. Even so, if I can find the actual CD for 9.99 I will buy it and have my first experience 'ripping' songs at MP3 256bit (which I assume is better sound quality than iTunes files?). Hmm aren't iTunes files cd-quality? :):)
Posted by Jing in USA/Singapore on April 11, 2005 at 2:24 PM (CDT)
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The 10th Gunner Supercross, which was held at the Minneriya Artillery Complex, concluded on the 5th of July with a resounding success. Over 20,000 viewers from across the country arrived to witness this much sought-after motor racing event.
This was the 6th consecutive year that Fully Loaded Exide partnered the Gunner Supercross. It sponsors renowned racing car drivers and riders in the calibre of Aravinda Premadasa and the likes, who have put up exceptional performances right throughout, adding value to the brand. This year too they bagged an impressive list of awards.
Racing stalwart, Aravinda Premadasa, once again emerged winner in the SL-GT category while new-comer Tyron Hendawitharana, who competed in the new Subaru Legacy category, also emerged winner. Both Premadasa and Hendawitharana won the Team Champions car segment at the Gunner Supercross as well.
Riders Lahiru Jeewantha and Shehan C. Adhikari also showed much promise, securing 1st place wins, while tying for 2nd place in the overall Team Rider Championship.
Drivers Chamida Weerasooriya and K. Parameshwaran both came in 3rd and 4th positions, in their respective categories.
Ajith De Silva, Deputy General Manager of the Browns Battery Division stated, "We wish to congratulate the Exide Team for their superlative performances this year and believe that they have fully earned all the accolades they received. Speaking further, he stated, "We have achieved great exposure for the Exide brand through this sponsorship and the continuance of the same is a better fit for where we are right now – the market leaders in automotive batteries in Sri Lanka. We truly appreciate our partnership with the Gunner Supercross and look forward to continuing our association next year as well."


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Effect of increasing anode surface area on the performance of a single chamber microbial fuel cell
Di Lorenzo, M., Scott, K., Curtis, T. P. and Head, I. M., 2010. Effect of increasing anode surface area on the performance of a single chamber microbial fuel cell. Chemical Engineering Journal, 156 (1), pp. 40-48.
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The anode material and its configuration represent an important parameter in a microbial fuel cell (MFC), as it influences the development of the microbial community involved in the electrochemical bio-reactions. The aim of this work was to evaluate single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) with high anode surface area, achieved by using packed beds of irregular graphite granules. The performance of the SCMFC with the packed bed anode configuration was studied using a mixed microorganism culture from real wastewaters in batch and continuous mode operation. The current output was found to increase with the increase in thickness of the anode bed and with the approximate anode area. The best performance was obtained with the 3 cm anode bed depth SCMFC. When the latter was operated in batch mode, Coulombic efficiencies varied from 30% to 74%, depending upon feed COD. In continuous mode operation, the COD removal was 89% and Coulombic efficiency 68% with a feed COD of 50 ppm, and at a flow rate of 0.0028 cm3 min−1. Power performance was also reasonable with a volumetric power density of 1.3 W m−3, with respect to the net anodic volume (12.5 cm3). Comparable performance was achieved with real wastewater. Over the duration of tests current output was stable. The investigation performed in this study represent a step forward for implementing real applications of MFC technology. A model of the current distribution in the packed bed electrode was applied, which correlates the effective utilization of the electrode to its specific area, solution conductivity and slope of the polarization curve. This model could function as a starting point in designing appropriate electrode geometries.
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Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters.
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Hoffman has been nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning two (for his performances in Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man), thirteen Golden Globes, winning six (including an honorary one) and has won four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, a Genie Award, and an Emmy Award. Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012.
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RALEIGH — Most people my age can probably remember those "Schoolhouse Rock!" educational cartoons that once accompanied the rest of the Saturday morning cartoon fare.
"I'm Just a Bill" described, at least in theory, how a Congress member's idea can become a bill and then ultimately a law. The crumpled, rolled up bill sings about how he "hopes and prays" that he will become a law some day.
Real life isn't like cute cartoons. What this one left out is something called legislative caucuses.
It would be nice to believe that legislators, after working through the tough details of legislation in legislative committees, then gather on legislative chamber floors to listen to soaring oratory that helps sway their opinions on the great issues of the day.
It doesn't work like that. Not in Congress. Not in most state legislatures. Not in North Carolina.
Legislative committees often do slog through the intricacies of a policy issue as they refine and shape a bill (at least when lobbyists don't fashion bills that they then convince legislative leaders to spring on their colleagues in the final hours of a legislative session).
But once that process is complete, the floor debate and vote often becomes perfunctory.
That's because the members of the majority and minority parties of each legislative chamber have already gathered in private, closed-door meetings to count noses and trade notes about the upcoming votes.
Occasionally, you will still hear some eloquent debate as legislators prepare to vote on this bill or that.
Those legislators are really talking at each other, not to each other, or they are talking to constituencies and special interests not actually there on the chamber floor.
House Republicans recently revealed some of the more meaningful debate that goes on in the North Carolina General Assembly when they accidentally left on the microphones during a closed-door caucus meeting.
Their words came rolling into the legislative press room through the audio jacks that allow the press to listen in on floor sessions and into two committee meeting rooms.
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Some people may have been surprised by the words. Why? Politics is rough and tumble, especially behind closed doors.
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It's hard to overlook the negatives, though.
Creating party unanimity inevitably means less independence for individual legislators and hinders their ability to truly represent the diverse interests of the voters who elected them.
It also contributes to a trait politicians are already famous for: lots of speaking, not much listening.
Scott Mooneyham writes about North Carolina politics for the Capitol Press Association.


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This evening's horse race meeting at Pontefract has been abandoned following torrential rain that left the track unfit for racing.
A six-race card was due to start at 6.40pm, but it has been abandoned after a deluge amounting to half an inch of rain hit the track in just 15 minutes at 12.15pm.
The ground was changed from soft to heavy, but the decision was made to call off the meeting after an inspection took place at 2pm.
A tweet from Pontefract races said: "Unfortunately racing has been abandoned tonight. Further rain has left parts of the course waterlogged. Gutted."


text: Hi, On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 06:37:10PM +0000, Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho wrote: > > The stuff you need to play with it fits in 100 MB, but you need more for a > > "full" installation (wow :). "full" means what we have, not what we will > > have when we are ready (when we are ready, you will need 2 GB for a full > > installation, but that's far away...) > > Well, 1GB it's enough ... for now :) Absolutely. that's also the current upper limit for GNU Mach to grok partitions. > > But I don't recommend vm ware for two reasons: It is very slow, and it's > > non-free. > > Slow, I can take it. non-free ... maybe someday it change. ;) I doubt that this would be soon. VM Ware is a big succes for the company, and they would be stupid to free it as they can make a lot of money out of this innovation. That's okay, it's their code. For us, we should focus on Free Software, right? Instead struggeling with VM Ware, it would be nice if someone could investigate if the booting-the-hurd-from-a-diskimage-inside-any-ext2fs does work, as it was implemented by Roland some time back. This would have two advantages: * No repartitioning is required. * We could ship a compressed disk image that is completely preconfiure. No need to do any configuration with native-install or whatsoever. Here is what Roland wrote about it back in Dec 1998: I hacked together a new hurd feature that makes it possible to boot without having a disk partition dedicated to the hurd. It's kind of a kludge, but I threw it together quickly and it ought to do. I barely tested this at all, but enough that other hackers should be able to muddle through. You need the most-current hurd from cvs to get this code (there is a snapshot on the way soon). Actually, I checked it in late enough last night/this morning that I'm not sure if the anoncvs mirrors have it yet. To compile the current hurd without errors, you'll need the current glibc from cvs as of the wee hours this morning (for unrelated reasons--I was just a'hacking last night); there will hopefully be a glibc-2.0.109 fairly soon. [Of course, our recent packages is all what is required -- MB] My point here is to explain the code changes and roughly how you use the new feature, so that other folks can hack on it and put together a coherent set of instructions for general consumption. Incoherence commences. There is a new option for bootstrap filesystems in diskfs (i.e. ufs and ext2fs), --boot-command', which specifies a command to run instead of init. This command can be another bootstrap filesystem, which runs with the original bootstrap filesystem as its root directory. The idea is that the bootstrap filesystem and the exec server are started up as usual, but rather than accessing /hurd/init and all the hurd servers through that filesystem, it can run another bootstrap filesystem program and give it as its storage, access to a regular file in the original bootstrap filesystem that contains a filesystem image for the inner bootstrap filesystem. An example, using ext2fs. You'll recall the lines in /boot/servers.boot that usually start up the bootstrap filesystem and the exec server: /hurd/ext2fs.static --bootflags=${boot-args} --host-priv-port=${host-port} --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-server-task=${exec-task} -Tdevice ${root-device} $(task-create) $(task-resume) /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec $(exec-task=task-create) For this to work, serverboot must be able to read /hurd/ext2fs.static and /lib/ld.so.1, and that ext2fs.static must be able to read /hurd/exec and the shared libraries it needs. For using --boot-command, let's modify that boot script: /hurd-install/hurd/ext2fs.static --bootflags=${boot-args} --host-priv-port=${host-port} --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-server-task=${exec-task} -Tdevice ${root-device} $(task-create) $(task-resume) --chroot=/hurd-install --boot-command /hurd/ext2fs.static --bootflags=${boot-args} hurd-root.img /hurd-install/lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec $(exec-task=task-create) Here I assume you have a directory called /hurd-install on the partition you're booting from; this can be, e.g. your cross-compilation install directory on your linux system (i.e. where you did "make prefix=/hurd-install install" after cross-building libc and hurd). But you only really need a few files for this to work. serverboot reads /hurd-install/hurd/ext2fs.static and /hurd-install/lib/ld.so.1, and then the bootstrap filesystem is running on the real root partition. Notice we give it a --chroot option, which makes it pretend the directory /hurd-install is the root of the filesystem. Now it starts the dynamic linker that serverboot loaded into memory, and its root filesystem is the tree under /hurd-install provided by the bootstrap ext2fs. There it needs to find /hurd/exec and all the shared libraries it uses (use ldd or objdump --private-headers to figure it out); then we have an exec server. At this point the bootstrap fs would ordinarily run /hurd/init. Now --boot-command comes in. Note that the --boot-command switch must be the last thing on the command line (after the bootstrap root device), and all arguments following it (with or without dashes) become the command line for the boot command. This command runs, as init would, with a root and current directory provided by the bootstrap filesystem (that /hurd-install directory). Here we have /hurd/ext2fs.static again, though it could as well be /hurd/ufs.static (in theory you could use a dynamically-linked fs program here, but I wouldn't recommend it). This ext2fs process gets the same --bootflags argument, which tells it to be a bootstrap filesystem. But rather than having a device as its storage, it can use a regular file found in the root filesystem provided by its parent (we don't give a -Tfile option because it's the default). Now this second ext2fs reads its filesystem image from the file hurd-root.img (aka /hurd-install/hurd-root.img). Noticing that it didn't get the magical --host-priv-port and --device-master-port options from serverboot, it decides it must be a boot command and so does the fsys_getpriv RPC on its bootstrap port (as init would) to get the privileged ports from its parent. Then it notices it didn't get the magical --exec-server-task option, and does a normal lookup of /servers/exec in the root filesystem provided by its parent, just as any non-bootstrap filesystem would do. For this reason, your /hurd-install directory must contain a /servers/exec file; an empty file will do, and it doesn't need any special setup. Now we have a filesystem and it has a port to the exec server, and it proceeds just like a vanilla bootstrap filesystem would: it loads /hurd/init from the filesystem it provides itself, and init takes over and completes the server bootstrapping procedure as normal. In the penultimate step of the normal bootstrap dance, init sends the fsys_init RPC to the filesystem that loaded it. This is our second-stage bootstrap filesystem. Knowing it's a boot command, it registers its parent task with proc server and then turns around and sends another fsys_init to its parent, the original bootstrap filesystem. On receiving this fsys_init, just as it would from init, the bootstrap filesystem registers the exec server task with the proc server, and then sends it the exec_init RPC with its proc and auth ports. This allows the exec server to get the privileged ports from the proc server, and complete the bootstrap handshake by registering itself with init. Et voila, off to the races. A final wrinkle concerns the exec server. Recall that we reach the exec server through its active translator setting on /servers/exec--but that was the /servers/exec in the original root filesystem, which noone but the secondary bootstrap filesystem ever had access to (and it abandoned those directory ports in the final phase of bootstrapping the servers with init). Since the filesystem caches its port to the exec server, the root filesystem will continue to be able to execute programs. However, any other filesystem will start with the new root directory, and look up /servers/exec there to reach the exec server. So, it is now necessary to have set a passive translator of /hurd/exec on /servers/exec in the inner root filesystem, which was never necessary before. This passive translator setting is harmless in the normal booting case because the boot-time active translation of /servers/exec causes it to be ignored, so it will become a normal part of hurd installation. (It would be possible to pass on the active translator setting to the inner root's /servers/exec, but doing it this way lets you use a newer or different exec server binary and it can share the library text pages with the rest of the system.) The savvy hacker already knows how to create a filesystem image in a file, but here are some tips anyway. Always the first step is to decide how big a filesystem you want (i.e. how big a partition you would use if you were using a partition), and make a file that big: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/hurd-install/hurd.img bs=1024k count=300 That's a 300MB filesystem, which is big enough for a full gnu-0.2 installation and some hacking space. Next, create the filesystem. On the Hurd and Linux this is easy; for ext2fs: # mke2fs -o hurd /hurd-install/hurd.img For ufs on the Hurd, and maybe this works on BSD: # mkfs.ufs /hurd-install/hurd.img On the Hurd, "mounting" the filesystem from the image is easy: # settrans -a /mnt /hurd/ext2fs /hurd-install/hurd.img to set just an active translator (mount it once), or replace -a with -p for a passive translator (mounted on demand whenever you use /mnt). On Linux, you have to use the "loop" device: # losetup /dev/loop0 /hurd-install/hurd.img On BSD, it's the "vnd" device: # vnconfig -c /dev/vnd0c /hurd-install/hurd.img If it turns you on, you can do the equivalent on the Hurd too: # settrans -a /dev/whatever /hurd/storeio -Tfile /hurd-install/hurd.img Then you can use /dev/whatever as a block device: Linux # mount /dev/loop0 /mnt BSD # mount /dev/vnd0c /mnt Hurd # settrans -a /mnt /hurd/{ext2fs,ufs} /dev/whatever Populate /mnt to your heart's content, and then unmount it: # umount /mnt and detach the device: Linux # losetup -d /dev/loop0 BSD # vnconfig -u /dev/vnd0c And you should be ready to go. (If you're trying this from a running Hurd, you can just use `fsysopts /mnt -r; sync' to sync the data and then boot the the sub-Hurd with `boot'.) This is all in theory of course. When I tried to do heavy filesystem writing through /dev/loop0, it crashed linux-2.0.36. Since I have a lot more and faster spare disk than I have patience for linux bugs, I just used a spare partition to populate a filesystem and then dumped the image from the partition into a file. I'll leave it to the rest of you to work out the kinks in this procedure. Someone could also use this to set up and distribute a "miniroot" filesystem image that could be loaded from your linux or bsd partition with ext2fs/ufs and uncompressed into memory with -Tgunzip, to provide a minimal hurd environment for installation before we get something pared down to floppy size. Note that you should in theory be able to stack multiple boot commands, for a filesystem within a filesystem within a filesystem as many levels as you want, so you can think up the possibilities. It's also probably possible with a little more work to set up a slightly more populated trampoline boot filesystem with passive translators like pfinet and nfs set so as to approximate an "almost-diskless" network boot of the hurd, or other shenanigans. (There are several more hacks necessary to make that work though.) I hope someone finds this useful. Enjoy, Roland D'oh! I forgot the last part of my message. Those of you who are *really* paying attention must be wondering about the active translator setting on the outer root's /servers/exec. Previously the exec server set itself as active translator on /servers/exec after receiving exec_init. But exec_init doesn't come until the outer bootfs gets fsys_init from the inner bootfs, after the servers are all running. So now the exec server acts more like a normal passive translator: the bootstrap filesystem sets the active translator on /servers/exec after receiving the fsys_startup RPC from exec. A wart in the code is that for --boot-command to be parsed properly by the diskfs argp code, every bootstrap filesystem must use the ARGP_IN_ORDER flag in its argp_parse call. -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org email@example.com for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09


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Interviews are important in how we select our students – but they are only one component in the selection process. We review the gathered field and consider each applicant's individual circumstances; if you have a good exam record and a strong reference, you are likely to be invited for interview.
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If you are invited for interview, you'll receive a letter in mid-November. Interviews are in early to mid-December. You will also be written to in November if your application has been unsuccessful. Except in exceptional circumstances, no offer of a place will be made without interview. The number and scope of your interviews depend on the subject you have chosen. Some subjects require applicants to take a test when they come for interview. These are designed to test your aptitude for your subject. Sometimes they form the basis of the interview later the same day. Further details can be found on the appropriate subject page.
A Discussion, not an Exam
The interview is your chance to show the interviewers that you are more than just information on an application form. It is also your opportunity to ask questions and discover if the course and style of learning at Cambridge is really right for you.
There are no trick questions. Our interviewers want to help you to show your full potential, and are aware that you may be nervous. However, they are going to challenge you to think. They are not necessarily looking for a vast body of knowledge on a particular topic, but are interested to know how you apply the skills and techniques you have learnt to interpret new material and form a logical argument.
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Top 10 Best and Fastest Browser for Android 2018
Best and Fastest Browser for android – if we talk about the best and fastest web browser for computer, laptops OR Best Browser for Mac then many of our friends say Google chrome is the best web browser for computer. Infect Google chrome is leading web browser on PC and laptops some of us also loves Mozilla Firefox, Opera, internet explorer as web browser. But when we talk about best and fastest android web browser then the scenario is bit different, because computer have powerful processor that can manage multiple processes whereas android mobile certain different from computer So, in android mobile required light and fastest web browsers. A number of web browser for android mobile available android market like Google chrome, UC browser, Opera mini, dolphin browser, and all are creaming, he is the best and fastest web browser for android mobile.
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Google Chrome
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Google chrome is probably default and most used android web browser. It is the fastest web browser on android device as well as laptop or PC. It supports incognito mode browsing, bookmark syncing, tab syncing, voice search, translate and much more interesting features like this android browser has a built in flash player, there is no need to download any extra flash plugins for watching videos or any other flash data on android device.
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Well, maybe three. I'm still putting one together "from scratch" – but more about that further down the page.
In The Beginning… Roland's sub-brand "Boss" pretty much had the market sewn up. As a consultant to Roland at the time, I was one of the first to enjoy it. Heck, I even remember doing an assignment for Roland where I recorded a bunch of their FX pedals, and you could dial an 800 number to hear them. Over the phone!! But I digress. As far as the actual carry case which was the "pedal board", the biggest problem was that the it was a bit clumsy, elongated, and not much fun to carry around.
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Fast forward a few years. Now I'm endorsing and consulting for Korg. (It should be noted that I have the utmost respect for both of these companies. They've always been at the forefront of innovating top-quality products.)
So Korg comes out with a new twist on the pedal board, called the PME40X. (PME stands for "Professional Modular Effects".) It was very cool, and quite the practical piece of stage and studio gear. It would only fit 4 modules into its casing at any one time, but hey – do you really need more?
In all there were about 16 interchangeable modules, with the option of using the the unit's stereo output for certain modules (the stereo ones, of course). My personal set-up: 1st in my chain is the Compressor – generating less noise than if it were placed later, and also a great occasional extra "kick" for what's next in line – the Overdrive (and a very good one at that); slightly noisy, but aren't they all? 3rd is the Analog Delay. As it's the old "bucket brigade" design, I can turn the feedback all the way up, and then use the speed knob to control for the oscillation pitch. (Whoopie, a synth!) 4th is the Chorus, which I use mostly on a very fast speed, to simulate a Leslie Speaker. And this piece of kit has never let me down. We're talking THIRTY years of non-stop service here!
And now with all the kudos, it's time for me to retire this beloved box from the road. I'll be keeping it in its great condition, using it in my studio as and when…
Now for the fly in the ointment…
"Geez, I've got more delicious-sounding pedals here than I can shake a stick at. (Pictured below is a very small sampling.) Why don't I just build my own pedal board?" Really?
Easier said than done. Mixed voltages, some devices not wishing to reside next to one another (noise is how they tell you), odd sizes, and at the end of the signal chain, when all FX are turned off, I still have to question the term "true bypass". But hey, that's me, and I'm slowly working on the build. Call it a hobby – I certainly do.
Enter the t.c. electronic NOVA SYSTEM.
I'd seen it advertised and reviewed in several guitar publications and websites, and reading the various critiques of the unit got my curiosity going. Thanks to my friends at t.c., the newcomer was at my doorstep in a matter of a few days.
Chock full of flashing lights, an illuminated screen display, and more sound choices that most of the '60s and '70s records put together! It comes with 30 factory pre-sets, and has capacity for 60 more user-defined ones.
But "first things first". How does it sound? I gave it its initial trial last June at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. I was a guest of The Ben Waters' Boogie Woogie band – and in this instance, subtleties can be most important – and were! Bottom line, it sounded great. I had programmed up a couple of pre-set banks a few days earlier – one pretty much emulating what my old Korg board did, and a few other more …adventurous ones. So far, we are most impressed.
Recently I've been using it in the studio. I thought I'd try plugging it in D.I. with the unit's "Redbook" speaker emulation. Winner.
Those flashing buttons and illuminated do-dads all serve practical purposes. There are memory locations within memory locations! The device is totally midi-compatible, so if you utilise midi in your show, whether at small venues, or in huge arenas, total control of your NOVA can be run via a master midi controller. Yeah, geeky.
I'm still discovering a lot about the NOVA, and will of course keep you updated, but I can tell you "it's a keeper". There's much more in-depth info about The Nova System on t.c.'s website here.
Just a few observations. In days of yore, (refer top picture) all we needed to do was twiddle a bunch of knobs and "dial up" the desired sound. No pre-sets. Now we have these space-age devices, ready to deliver your pre-determined sound palette at the touch of a footswitch, or midi sysex command.
Of course, in order to full advantage of The Nova, I recommend spending some serious RTFM time.
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And the other observation: "Pure" is beautiful. >guitar—>cable —>amplifier. Of course the magic word, as stated earlier is always "appropriateness".


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Building a Rare Resource: Brain Tissue DNA
The Autism Tissue Program (ATP), a science program of Autism Speaks, has made precious brain tissue available for research since 1998. Now the ATP offers genetic data derived from brain tissue as well as providing the tissue itself for further study. A newly published paper1 describes this joint project of Autism Speaks and The Centre for Applied Genomics in Toronto.
DNA extracts from 52 brain samples of donors (26 subjects with confirmed or suspected autism, five subjects known to have duplications of a portion of chromosome 15q, one donor with Angleman Syndrome, two with epilepsy, and 18 age-matched normal controls) were analyzed for genetic "markers"– unique alterations in the DNA. Using common gene microarray 'chips' to capture small variations within the genome, the investigators found many instances of repeating blocks of genetic code termed genomic copy number variation (CNV).
A CNV is a submicroscopic duplication or deletion of a stretch of DNA in the genome. The preliminary observations show over 150 CNVs found in the autism cases that are not observed in individuals with no known neurodevelopmental disorders. Some of these CNV overlap with known autism susceptibility genes: For example, the NRXN1 gene encodes a protein that helps synapses between neurons connect and has repeatedly been associated with autism.
The genotype data and DNA samples are available to the autism research community through a peer-reviewed approval process by the Autism Tissue Program's Tissue Advisory Board. One of the board members, Stephen D. Ginsberg, Ph.D., a Professor at Nathan Kline Institute in New York, participated in the dissection and analysis of the brain samples and is an author on the paper. Dr. Ginsberg kindly agreed to a Q&A on the implications of this research and this new biological resource.
What is your research background and role on the Tissue Advisory Board (TAB)?
I have been a member of the TAB since 2007. I am formally trained in neuroanatomy (studying the structure of the human brain), neuropathology (assessing dysfunction of the brain in specific disease states), and molecular biology. My interest lies in understanding why specific neurons are vulnerable to neurodegeneration. I use precise methods to identify differential changes in gene and protein expression in specific neuronal populations in several neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and recently in autism spectrum disorders through collaborations fostered through the TAB community. My original impetus for joining the TAB was to give back to the research community, as I have particular expertise in assessing brain tissue quality in postmortem samples for high throughput genomic-based studies. I am grateful for the health of my own children and feel obligated to help those families who are struggling with loved ones affected by autism spectrum disorders.
Why is this research important to understanding autism?
The collaborative group has proven that a library of DNA information (obtained using microarray technology) can be created from postmortem brains of individuals with autism as well as samples from age-matched typically-developed individuals. This 'proof of concept' demonstration is critical for the success of this type of exploratory research. Importantly, the microarray assays were run on brain regions that are abundant, saving rarer and critical areas for future autism research. The DNA assays are available to researchers via a web-based system, meaning that many investigators around the world will benefit from the new repository.
How is this new library different from information from DNA from blood or cell lines?
The answer to this question has not been determined to my satisfaction at this point. Future work comparing DNA fingerprints extracted from blood, cell lines, and postmortem brain tissue are required. The fact that highly useful information was obtained from the most difficult tissue to work with (postmortem human brain) likely means that some overlap will be identified with more readily available blood and cell lines. Of course, this will demand more research to lay the groundwork for important discovery science.
How important is brain donation for autism research?
Simply stated, this work cannot be done without the selfless (and often uncredited) support from the donors and their families. There is no perfect animal or cellular model for autism to date, and we are dependent upon studying human tissues to give clues as to the underlying causes and potential treatments for autism spectrum disorders. As someone who also works in the Alzheimer's disease field, I am tremendously aware of the difficulty of obtaining brain tissues from individuals with autism (as well as cognitively-matched typical controls). Many of the brains are collected from children who were lost to accidents. In comparison, the acquisition of brains of older individuals afflicted with neurodegenerative disorders is more common, as awareness of the importance of studying the aged brain is widely accepted, and there are both federal granting agencies and private foundations that support the high cost of maintaining brain banks and distributing tissues. The families involved in the donation in the latter case may often have more time to consider the option of donation prior to the precious few hours in which a brain may be donated after death. By contrast, the field of autism research is relatively new and greater awareness and community outreach will be required for the brain repository aspect of research to reach its full potential. We have begun to make real progress, and I am honored to be part of this exciting endeavor.
This genetic information and the rare DNA resource is made possible by the support of the ATP donor families. To register you or your family to make a lasting gift to science, please visit www.autismtissueprogram.org for information and online registration, or call 877-333-0999 for information or to initiate a brain donation. Please direct questions about the genotype data and application process for DNA samples to Dr. Jane Pickett (email@example.com).
1. Wintle RF, Lionel AC, Hu P, Ginsberg SD, Pinto D, Thiruvahindrapduram B, Wei J, Marshall CR, Pickett J, Cook EH, Scherer SW. A genotype resource for postmortem brain samples from the autism tissue program. Autism Res. 2011 Jan 19. doi: 10.1002/aur.173. [Epub ahead of print]
February 1, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Keep up the good research guys!
February 1, 2011 at 6:32 pm
I understand the need to use post mortal brain tissues to study the mechanisms of autism but… I took the challenge to order genetic testings on autism suspect genes. : CDKL5-SHANK 3-CNTNAP2 genes and a microarray analysis with a private Lab in United States ( Athena Diagnostics Lab). The results came out that my 7 years old son has 2 variants on Shank3 gene and 1 on CNTNAP2 ( both inhirited from the parents ). I know numbers of parents who are looking to use genetic testings on their children but they don't know where to turn, sadly geneticists doesn't help them either. If there will be a way to help parents with children with autism to get their children tested for genetic variants without entering IAN project or the autism genome project where they feel they don't have control of what is going on with the testings, IT WOULD HELP. I think it would help reserchers to have access to datas who are living people whith behaviors and features that could help more in understanding autism. I am struggling to find other families with children with small mutations and I know they are thousands of them in the world, but they don't have a easy practical way to test their children. Thank You Autism Speaks for this very interesting article.
February 1, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Our family would like to thank everyone involved in the Autism Tissue Program and expanding the possibilities with this type of research. Our family has been supportive of the program since meeting Dr. Pickett in 1998 during the launching of the awareness efforts to increase the importance of the program. As a family who, since having a son diagnosed with autism in 1993, has been looking for answers within causation, we have participated in and supported many research studies.
However the ATP has always been on that is close to our hearts for many reasons. When Mark Coriaty, our son's uncle and Carolyn's brother passed away in 1999 it seemed for us the natural thing to ask our family for a consideration for him to be a donor. Having lived his life with the challenges of epilepsy and undiagnosed Asperger Syndrome, his death at age forty four was unexpected and traumatic for us all, especially his parents who were both chronically ill.
However it was the first time in many years our family came together and agreed to have our loved one be a donor for the Autism Tissue Program. Since then we've continuted to encouraged others to register and have shared information about the vast need for brain research, tissue donation, and what is being done within this ever evolving field. We have hopes one day we will find an answer, but we also know our son's autism is something that will affect him, but does not define him.
Like his uncle our son is determined, community oriented, resilent beyond words, and an inspiration to us and many. He also has benefitted greatly from being able to understand his disability, to be able to live with it daily, and to be able to celebrate his triumphs. He has come a long way from those initial weeks of the unknown of a diagnosis, to today attending college and starting his own micro-enterprise.
Thank you Autism Speaks for continuing this increasingly important research, and to the ATP staff, especially Dr. Jane Pickett, we thank you as a family for making us feel as part of a community looking for answers. We would urge others to please consider registering and learning more about the ATP.
With much appreciation,
The Gammicchia and Coriaty Families
Andrew, Carolyn, Alexander, and Nicholas
February 2, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Carolyn, I am so sorry for your lost and you have an amazing family.
My son and my family are part of a study at Stanford University. They did a skin punch to change the skin cells into neurons so they can study the brain structures on different syndromes associated with autism. So far we are the only ones with autism suspect genes variants. The research team also did psychological evaluations on us parents. I think it's still more interesting to work on living brain tissues than dead ones, hoping that the neurons in a dish are as perfect than the real ones. The study on my son's neurons may be a challenge for the research team, they will also grow my husband and I neurons. Who knows, maybe these variants will not transcribe into the neurons in a dish, maybe they will…If they do and they find that the neurons are altered because of the genetic variants, it will be important for Autism research. At this point, research study on post mortem brains would not be as accurate than with living tissues and the data on the living subjects would also be more completed. I hope this new technology ( disease in a dish) will be the future for all type of research, autism included.
February 3, 2011 at 1:04 am
I just want to ask, why does it seem like everyone want to change autism? Is this why u are looking for answers? I have a beautiful son and he has autism and I would never change him never ever. My son is smart and beautiful, my son is in his own world but it's ok with me. I just think people need to be more open to autism and accept it for what it is beauty not sadness. God put children with autism on earth for a reason, I tell u they are the bright future that we all need. We will never know why only god will know why autism is here. I love my son always he is a blessing in my life.
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