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The archives of the articles, reviews, interviews and other ramblings written by Sarah E. Jahier (aka Fatally Yours).
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
President's Day (2010)
You know what I think? That you can never have enough holiday-themed horror movies! So I eagerly looked forward to watching President's Day! An added bonus is that it's helmed by filmmaker Chris LaMartina, whose previous films, Book of Lore and Grave Mistakes, we raved about. LaMartina continues his winning streak with President's Day, a fun indie film that's a throwback to classic '80s slashers!
The plot is pretty simple: A killer dressed like Abraham Lincoln is murdering high schoolers who are running for student council. Barry (Bennie Mack McCay IV) joins the race to get closer to new student and fellow candidate Joanna (Lizzy Denning), but finds himself embroiled in a mystery where everyone is a suspect, including snotty popular girl Chelsea (Nicolette Faye), the sleazy janitor (Lee Armstrong) and Officer Kennedy (Ryan Thomas). Can Barry figure out who the killer is before its his turn to get axed?
Chris LaMartina (who directed and co-wrote) again proves that he is a major talent to watch with President's Day! First off, the film looks fantastic – it has excellent lighting, interesting shots and overall looks extremely professional. It definitely takes skill and talent to make an independent feature, and it's safe to say LaMartina has both in spades! This is one filmmaker that you actually want to see more from!
Secondly, the story, written by LaMartina and Jimmy George, is simple but throws enough red herrings throughout (that are actually believable) to keep you on your toes. When the final reveal comes as to the killer's identity, I was actually surprised! And it wasn't some random character, either, but actually made logical sense! I also enjoyed how each of the characters was developed just enough, and while some of them were stereotypes of high school students, this actually worked with the comedic aspects of the film. I especially liked one particular scene that shows all the stereotypes when Barry is trying to get some information from the students…it definitely made me giggle!
The comedy in the film is never overpowering, though, and there are plenty of horrific kills throughout the film! I was impressed with the films high body count – A LOT of people, kids, and even pets get killed! I especially liked the death of a jock involving a trophy and another one involving a goth girl getting an eye gouged out! The film doesn't discriminate against the crippled either…the first kill features a wheelchair-bound candidate getting axed! My only complaint is that the kills were a bit anti-climactic and were pretty quick.
Still, that is a tiny complaint in comparison to how I felt about the high quality of the film. Even the acting, usually one of the weakest points for an indie production, blew me away! Every single actor was phenomenal and I couldn't pick a bad performance out of the bunch! This wasn't a simple production with just a few lead characters, either, but required the talents of numerous actors, both lead, supporting and extras. I was impressed by the talent of the large cast and the ability of LaMartina to really direct all the actors so that they gave the best possible performances.
President's Day is a fun throwback film that is well-made, well-acted and just a joy to watch! This again proves that indie filmmaker Chris LaMartina is one talent to watch!
President's Day will premiere at the Charles Theater in Baltimore on (what else) President's Day, February 15th, 2010.
For more info, visit President's Day on Facebook and Twitter!
Posted by Sarah E. Jahier at 9:47 PM
Labels: comedy, fun, holidays, indie, low-budget, offensive, over-the-top, quirky, recommended, slasher, teen screams
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Some recent testimonials
I booked Nicky after researching photographers in Cyprus, from my home in the UK. I was unsure about finding a photographer to suit all our needs and the package we wanted. On seeing Nicky's work and website we were very impressed with her style of photography and we were stunned by the beautiful locations that she took her brides and grooms. It was really easy to contact Nicky via email prior to the wedding, and with her quick response I was assured that we would get all the photographs we wanted and I was confident that Nicky would be the right photographer to choose. We arranged to meet Nicky once we had arrived in Cyprus. She was very easy to talk to, friendly and understood our views and wishes for the day. The wedding was magnificent and on the day Nicky was fabulous! She arrived early, taking 'getting ready' pictures of myself and the groom, families and friends. She photographed through the ceremony and afterwards took group pictures, and some requests of friends and family. We then went on 'location' shoot to the 'Kissing Tree' and Cape Greko. Here we were stunned by the views, and Nicky ensured we were happy to continue throughout the day. She then took us back to our reception where we enjoyed drinks and relaxed. Nicky took us back to Cape Greco for sunset shoot which captured such amazing photographs, then headed back and ended with the first dance. Overall myself, my husband and all our family are very happy and overwhelmed by the images captured on our special day. All of which are the reminders of our wedding. Nicky was lovely to work with and I would definatly recommend her to anyone wishing to get married abroad. She will reassure you and give you the best photos you could imagine! Sarah and Marc Birkinshaw
I cannot recommend Nicky enough to take your photo's. She takes amazing pictures and makes you feel so at ease. We had such a laugh with her and she was great with our guests and the photo quality was amazing. We got beautiful pictures against the blue sea and Aphorodites rock in the back ground. Had so many comments how beautiful our Photos were. It really was a privilege to have her with us on our Special Day. Don't delay book with Nicky :-)
Nicky was a brilliant photographer, family and friends have all commented on how lovely the photos where. We would recommend the storybook photo album a brilliant way of showing all the photos from beginning to the end of the day with gorgeous sunset photos! She made us feel at ease from the moment we meet her, and would really recommend Nicky to anyone looking for a photographer. Thanks Nicky,FromCarla and Jamie Pugh x
I would highly recommend Nicky to anyone looking for a wedding photographer - the photos were beautiful and we couldn't have been happier with them! So much so we struggled to choose which ones to get printed onto a canvas! Donna Kenyon
Choosing a photographer was the one thing I was finding hard with getting married abroad but then we found Nicky! Her whole approach and style was just what we had been looking for and we knew she was the right choice for us. She kept me calm on the day and our all guests commented on how professional she was. To anyone getting married in Cyprus I would highly recommend using Nicky her work is outstanding! - Samantha Hedley, 06/03/2015
Hi Nicky, We have received our beautiful wedding albums! Thank you so much, we love them! We are very glad we chose you for our day and will definitely recommend you if we know of anyone getting married in cyprus in the future! Thank you again Bonnie and David Walker x
Was awesome would highly recommend to anybody. Nicky is very kind calm and a very honest person we had a fab laugh. We have also stayed friends with Nicky since being back in the uk. So guys if u need a great kind photograph its team Nicky all the way.Dan and Shelley Williams
Nicky, you were absolutely fabulous on our wedding day! You made both of us feel at ease and you had an approach which was not too demanding! Your very friendly attitude showed that you clearly enjoy what you do, you enjoy a laugh and a joke too which really helps with any nerves on the day! We loved the pictures that you took of us and our party! Thank you very much Emma Hamilton x -
Nicky is an amazing photographer who is very professional in her work, my wedding photos are just the best,and we couldn't of wished for a nicer person to have shared our day with, Would highly recommend. Katie Jacques
Hi nicky just a quick message to say I fall in love with your work every day I bought myself a digital photo frame so I see all my pictures every day I have such beautiful memories of the day and love looking at my pictures still finding it hard as to which one to get on canvas haha xx Zara


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Waiting list now for Westside Center garden
If you were hoping to lease a plot in any of the Westside's community gardens, your only option now is to sign up for a waiting list.
The last of the 74 spaces at the new, raised-bed Westside Community Center garden was just assigned, according to Larry Stebbins, whose Pikes Peak Urban Gardens (PPUG) manages the site through an agreement with the city.
Also full for the coming season, he said, are other Westside community gardens that PPUG initiated over the past two years. These are the 18-plot site in the 2800 block of Pikes Peak Avenue and the one at Vermijo Park, which has 17 plots.
Stebbins expressed surprise at the amount of gardening interest, calling it "crazy good." Laughing, he said, "We can't build these fast enough."
A month ago, the Westside Pioneer reported 40 spaces (including 10 wheelchair-accessible) still available in Westside's raised beds, But as of March 2, all those plots were taken and there are nine people already on a waiting list, said Janice Rosebush, Westside Community Center receptionist.
People wanting to get on the waiting list can do so by calling the center at 385-7920.
The raised beds were built and placed by volunteers last fall in the former playground of what used to be Buena Vista school.
Stebbins will hold a free gardening workshop at the center Saturday, March 19 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. The event is geared specifically for the Community Center gardeners, explaining the best ways to use their 4-by-8-foot spaces, but interested members of the public can also attend, he said.
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I haven't blogged in a while, but don't worry, I've been hard at work doing FullCalendar-related things! I want to let everyone know about some developments with the project, both major and minor. Continue reading
XDate 0.8 and Future Development
XDate version 0.8 is released! It is mainly comprised of bugfixes submitted via Github. For more info, see the changelog.
Due to other commitments, mainly my work on FullCalendar, I will no longer be able to play as active a role in XDate's development. I will still maintain the project for bugfixes, but I will no longer be developing new functionality. Continue reading
Reflecting on Scrapemark
When I first wrote Scrapemark, I wanted to take a completely different approach to parsing HTML documents. To me, the most painful aspect of using the existing methods of the day was extracting the data you wanted. Scrapemark's innovation was that you could write the data extraction in an easy to understand "template language". Actually, you might consider it a "reverse template language" because instead of inserting values, it extracted them. Continue reading
Reflecting on PHPTI
PHPTI (PHP Template Inheritance) was a fun project to work on, but it's easy to see, by looking at the commit log, that I stopped maintaining it a while ago. In this blog post, I want to officially announce PHPTI as "no longer maintained" and also reflect on its successes and failures. Continue reading
FullCalendar 1.6 Released
Version 1.6 is the most feature-packed release in a while. The feature list was mainly driven by pull requests I received through Github. I want to make FullCalendar a more community-based project, so this is a good place to start. Thank you to all the contributors! Continue reading
FullCalendar 1.5.4 Released
This is a maintenance release for making FullCalendar compatible with jQuery 1.8 (issue 1499). Continue reading
FullCalendar 1.5.3 Released
This is bugfix release to fix issue 1168, making FullCalendar compatible jQuery 1.7 / jQuery UI 1.8.16 and onward.
This release has also been bundled with the newest versions of jQuery (1.7.1) and jQuery UI (1.8.17). Continue reading
FullCalendar 1.5.2 Released
This release contains just one bugfix (issue 750), which involves parsing ISO8601 dates.I know FullCalendar updates have been few and far between recently, but I promise there are some cool stuff in the works.
FullCalendar 1.5.1 Released
FullCalendar 1.5.1 has been released. This is a minor bugfix release and has been tested and bundled with jQuery 1.5.2. Continue reading
FullCalendar 1.5 Released
Today marks the release of FullCalendar 1.5, which contains improvements in theming and visual customization, as well as increased flexibility with the JavaScript API. It also marks the first time a release has been announced on this shiny new blog, an upgrade from the boring changelog format. Continue reading


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Reading Comprehension Cubes
Liven up your reading discussion with these foam cubes that have comprehension questions on each side of the cube. Students answer the questions before reading (red cubes), during reading (blue cubes) and after reading (green cubes). For individual or group use. Each cube measures 1.625" x 1.625".


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The Official website of Lions Head Tourism
Test your limits on both the High Ropes and Low Ropes Course. Climb from tree to tree, swing from tire to tire, or zip from rope to rope! Your guide will provide you with all the necessary safety equipment and show you through the course. No experience needed.
Located on the tip of the beautiful Bruce Peninsula in Tobermory Ontario, Little Cove Adventures offers challenging Ropes Courses and Camping Cabin accommodation for families and friends.
Add adventure to your stay! Whether you are staying with us or staying somewhere else, your visit to the Bruce Peninsula and Tobermory will not be complete without visiting our Adventure Park and enjoy the excitement on our Ropes Courses. Join us with your family or friends for an unforgettable experience.


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http://www.googleartproject.com/ [from NPR] Internet giant Google unveiled a new website that allows virtual tours of some of the world's most famous art galleries... the tours are made possible using Google's Street View Technology... over 1,000 artworks from these 17 museums, over 400 rooms that have been captured on Street View and over 385 artists... Video cameras mounted … Continue reading Explore the World's Art Galleries – online
Get Ready for Winter Weather
As we approach winter 2011 with warnings of storms a'comin', it's time to get ready, technology-wise. There's the chance you may be hunkered down at home and still need to get school work done. Here are some things to do, to get ready: Is your home computer ready for winter? Have you updated your software … Continue reading Get Ready for Winter Weather
Top Word and Phrase of 2010
I really like lists... and here are the top words and phrases from 2010. (How can this be when there's still a month left in the year?) For the complete list: The Global Language Monitor. Words Spillcam Vuvuzela The Narrative Refudiate Phrases Anger and Rate Climate Change The Great Recession Teachable Moment
Words Need Your Help!
I heard about the Save The Words website on NPR. Here you'll find words that have gone out of usage and need saving! You can even adopt a word of your very own. Be sure to have sound working on your computer so you can hear the words' pleas!


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As a celebrity chef, cookbook author, and TV personality, Emeril Lagasse is one of the most well known chefs in the country, and with a net worth of about $50 million and a food empire that brings in an estimated $150 million, he's one of the wealthiest, too. So it was surprising to hear him say at a recent event that he has "nowhere to go, really—other than broke."
The reason? Predictably, Big Government.
"It's becoming a very challenging industry to become a very successful average restaurateur," continued Lagasse. "I can't charge $300 a person in my restaurant or I would not be in business. Am I using any different ingredients? Not really. Am I using any caliber of service staff? I don't think so. I think our service is as good or better than most places."
"And then you add all the Obama nonsense to what it's become in the last several years. I don't have anything against Mr. Obama. I'm just saying the way that, you know… the government should stay out of things. […] Pretty soon, they're going to wipe a lot of the middle restaurateurs and restaurant cooks. […] If it continues, then watch: you're going to have high-end, and you're going to have fast food, and you're going to have chain restaurants."


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Today has been Resurrection Sunday, when people around the world gathered to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. The power of that event, though, is not wrapped up in a single Sunday when we wear special clothes and enjoy dinner with our families; it's evident only when it changes our life the rest of the year. Check out these signs to see if Easter is only a one-day event for you:
- You fear death. If the idea of dying overwhelms you, it's possible that Easter doesn't mean enough to you.
- You see only the negative in general. Easter is about seeing a man die, but believing that He wouldn't remain dead. It's recognizing that life can be negative, but refusing to camp out in that thinking.
- You think faith is for the weak. "It's okay to go to church on Easter," you say, "but only ignorant people really believe that a dead man came to life again."
- You live in bondage to sin. The death and resurrection of Jesus ended sin's reign. If sin is still winning in your life, you're not living in the power of the resurrection today.
- You've given up on your church. When you see no prospects of change, no hope for correction, and no possibilities of revival, you're neglecting the truth that God brings life out of death.
- You're secluding yourself among believers. The arrest and crucifixion of Jesus frightened His followers into seclusion, but the resurrection and the coming of the Spirit compelled them to go to the lost – even if it cost them their lives. Isolation that avoids evangelism is not a statement of resurrection faith.
- You believe that God won't accept you. The resurrected Jesus reached out to His followers, including the disciples who had all fled when He was arrested. You're missing the hope of Easter if you think God's given up on you.
- You spend little time in Bible study and prayer. Both spiritual disciplines assume a living Savior who loves us and communicates with us. If you ignore these disciplines, you say something about whether you really believe He's alive.
- You let worry consume you. The resurrection is a reminder that nothing is too big for God to overcome. Worry denies that truth.
- You just know that yesterday didn't change anything. Sure, you went to church, but nothing's changed. In fact, you knew yesterday that you were going through the "Easter church motions" like you do every year. Sadly, you've allowed the resurrection of Jesus to mean nothing to you.
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This high traffic area is in disrepair due to plastics, packaging, and assorted community trash. Around businesses such as the A&P, garbage as well as stray plastic bags have collected to a noticeable amount. This event will be aimed to clean-up the land surrounding Franklin Turnpike on both sides of the road from the A&P to the Mahwah Police Station. The event will begin at 12:00 P.M. in the parking lot in front of the Mahwah A&P.
If you would like to attend any of these events please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with the name of the event, your name, age, and phone number.


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Monday, August 26, 2013
Lihis premieres September 11
Posted by Dave Montero on 8/26/2013 08:35:00 AM
"Lihis" starring Joem Bascon & Jake Cuenca, premieres September 11 in all SM Cinemas nationwide.
Either the R-18 ban in SM Cinemas has been lifted or this is not an R-18 film given there are butt and gay sex scenes. Please note that I'm not an avid SM movie-goer, the nearest SM mall (that has a cinema) to me is Megamall and it will me a monumental effort to go there since I am from the Eastwood/Pasig area.
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Information About
Topsham St. James Womens Cricket Club
History of Our Womens Section
Topsham St James Women and Girls CC recorded their first win of the DWCA Division 1 trophy in 2008 (with their new identity) 5 points ahead of second placed Sandford CC.
Training and Matches
We are a friendly cricket club situated in the heart of the Topsham community where a warm welcome is awaiting members of all ages.
The Women hold their Training Nights every Wednesday starting from 6 -8 pm. Starting outdoors on the 29th April. At our ground Topsham RFC & CC, Exeter.
All new and current players welcome. Level 2 coaching provided.
Playing kit will be provided if required.
White shirt is provided when subs are paid.
Registration night 1st May 5.30 pm onwards. All welcome to register on this evening and BBQ.
Who Can Play?
All ages welcome whatever the standard, coaching provided.
What Will I Need?
an interesting question....
When and Who Do We Play ?
We are affiliated to the Devon Women Cricket Association and paly in the 1st Division of the Devon League.
First league game is the 10th May.
The Cricket Season and the `Off-Season`
When we are playing and what else we do in the winter...
How to Join Us
Anyone of any age wishing to join the Womens section, should contact the Captain, Jackie Summers on 0787 5018592 or email firstname.lastname@example.com


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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Going Really Wide
Ultrawide angle photography is very challenging. Its challenging because its hard to compose an image where including so much of what you see actually creates an interesting composition.
Perspective distortion also makes it very challenging to photograph people with an ultra wide angle lens. You definitely want to keep the face out of edges or corners of the image.
I chose to compose the image above that way because I wanted to place Maya's milk cup in the lower left of the frame with Maya approaching in the upper right-hand portion of the frame. Seemed like a way to get interesting composition at the time.
Technical Specs: Nikon D3s, 14-24 @ 14mm.
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T E S L AMaster of Lightning
Stacy Keach is the voice of Nikola Tesla
PBS documentary airs Tuesdsay, December 12, 2000
Washington, D.C.- Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest inventors of the 20th century, with over 700 worldwide patents to his name. He was a visionary genius whose radical ideas created the technology that connects the world with power and information. One of history's most controversial and misunderstood people, his incredible story is finally being brought to the screen.
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), a Serbian immigrant to America, has become a cult hero. He is known and respected in scientific and engineering circles, but he also appeals to a youthful and general audience with no formal background in science. In addition to his work, his life is filled with intense personal drama, triumph and tragedy.
Tesla's most famous invention is his system of AC power generation and transmission that is used universally today. He also invented the tesla coil to create high-frequency electricity. This led to the creation of neon and fluorescent lighting, radio transmission, remote control, and hundreds of other devices that are now an essential part of our everyday lives. The documentary finally sets the record straight on Tesla's inventions and accomplishments. Edison and Marconi are frequently credited for the invention of AC power transmission and radio. The program demonstrates that this is not the case.
TESLA, Master of Lightning, is a multi-media project that tells the comprehensive story of the life and work of Nikola Tesla for the very fist time. The program combines dramatizations with rare footage and photographs to weave a story filled with science, drama, and mystery. Included are many new and unknown details of of Tesla's life, including the influence he had on the Strategic Defense Initiative missile defense program. A great deal of the story is told in Tesla's own words, drawn from his autobiographical and scientific writings, and performed by Stacy Keach.
Mr. Keach has long had a personal interest in Tesla's work. Says Keach, "Without Nikola Tesla, the world, as we know it today, would not exist. Unlike Thomas Edison, who invented Direct Current (DC), Tesla was the man responsible for giving us Alternating Current (AC), which gives us electric power over long distances. Radio, television, and the world of wireless electronic transmission, are all direct results of Tesla's vision. Yes, he was also an eccentric, a germophobic, and something of a megalomaniac---human qualities which make a profile of his life all the more fascinating....for many years I entertained the notion of trying to mount a one-man show about his life. I am truly honored and thrilled to be a part of this exciting documentary. "
Eight years in the making, the project includes the PBS documentary special; the companion book written by Margaret Cheney and Robert Uth, published by Barnes & Noble; and an extensive educational website at www.pbs.org. The documentary and the book contain an extremely rare collection of photographs documenting Tesla's life and inventions. These photos are like lost pages of electrical history and an important resource for scholars. The website will contain other rare Tesla information, including correspondence, scientific papers and articles.
Today there is considerable and growing interest in Tesla, but most of the available information has been highly speculative, not based on the historical documentary evidence. Dr. David Goodstein, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, calls the program "gripping, informative and technically accurate".
This is not a dry story about circuits and capacitors. Tesla's life is an inspiring example of the power of one man to battle against the odds and change the world with his revolutionary ideas. TESLA, Master of Lightning will give long overdue recognition to a great and misunderstood man of science.
TESLA, Master of Lightning, premieres nationally on PBS on Tuesday, December 12, 2000, at 10:00 pm (check local listings). It is a production of New Voyage Communications, Inc., Washington, D.C. Producer/Director : Robert Uth. Written by: Robert Uth and Phylis Geller. Executive Producer : Phylis Geller. Senior Science Adviser: Leland I. Anderson. Funding is provided by PBS.


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Beautiful villa in good location - Sa Torre
Generous house with garage and roof terrace
This well maintained villa is located in a good area of Sa Torre and was built in 2001 on a 1090 sqm plot. With a total construction area of 393 sqm on four levels this villa offers 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms (one en suite).
On the ground floor next to a bedroom and guest bathroom is a spacious living / dining area with fireplace and a modern and fully equipped kitchen located.
About the wide staircase in the heart of the house you can reach the bedrooms on the upper floor and also the roof terrace with a magnificent view over the sea and to the mountains.
The large garage in the basement has space for several vehicles and storage facilities.
In back of the garden is a barbecue house with an additional built stone oven.
The residential developments Sa Torre and Puig de Ros are located in the south of the island near the sea on the Bay of Palma in the municipality of Llucmajor between the localities of El Arenal and Cala Pi, about 15 minutes by car away from the capital Palma. These residential areas near the sea are characterized by an excellent infrastructure and a peaceful location. Shops and restaurants are nearby and can be reached on foot. The marina of El Arenal and the large sandy beach of Playa de Palma are just 10 minutes away by car. The south coast at Sa Torre is a cliff with jagged rock formations. Here you will find peace and idyll and you live still near Palma and the airport.


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Northumberland College is expanding its travel and tourism course offer for this September with two new programmes.
The Kirkley Hall campus, just outside of Ponteland, became home to the college's Travel and Tourism Academy last year in a move that meant learners now have access to commercial operations at the campus that includes work experience within Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens, weddings, conferences and its outdoor activity centre.
From September, the Travel and Tourism Academy will offer the City and Guilds Level 3 Extended Diploma along with a Level 2 Diploma in aviation and a certificate in airline cabin crew.
The new Level 3 Extended Diploma is equivalent to three A-Levels and will run over two years, offering students greater experience through modules that incorporate developing people in travel and tourism, principles of marketing for travel and tourism, special-interest holiday and independent travel, tourist destinations, planning and delivering guided tours, foreign exchange and overseas representatives.
On successful completion of the course, students will have improved progression opportunities to university or employment in roles such as tourist information centre assistant, travel agents and tour guide or holiday representative.
Simon Chalk, head of the Travel and Tourism Academy, said: "Our move to the Kirkley Hall campus has been great for learners. A key module is visitor attractions, so having access to the facilities here provides crucial work experience and the introduction of these new qualifications will mean students can broaden their career paths within the industry."
Those who study travel and tourism with Northumberland College in September will continue to visit many other leading tourist attractions to develop hands-on skills and work experience, benefit from training in the college's cabin room, which replicates the inside of a passenger aircraft and provides a realistic learning environment for cabin crew trainees.
Danielle Miller, lecturer in travel and tourism, said: "All of the team bring industry experience and we aim to prepare our students for the workplace."
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Follow Me
I Hate My Developer is now live on ChicagoNow.
Come on over and continue reading about my little patch of Woodlawn.
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Job Information
Anthem Benefits Analyst II or III - #PS21529 in Dayton, Ohio
Benefits Analyst II or III - #PS21529
Location: United States
Requisition #: PS21529
Post Date: 6 days ago
Your Talent. Our Vision. At Anthem, Inc. ,it's a powerful combination, and the foundation upon which we're creating greater access to care for our members, greater value for our customers, and greater health for our communities. Join us and together we will drive the future of healthcare .
This is an exceptional opportunity to do innovative work that means more to you and those we serve atone of America's leading health benefits companies and a Fortune Top 50 Company.
Benefits Analyst II or III
Open to most Anthem locations - for remote arrangement, must be within 50 miles of an Anthem office
The Benefits Analyst II or III will be responsible for identifying complex business needs and translates the needs into application software requirements insupport of operations, productions and projects. Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:
Designs and builds new complex non-standard benefit plans, reviews and analyze benefit summaries; and identifies bestapproach to code/develop benefits to achieve optimum adjudication levels.
Maintains avoidance to negative financial, regulatory, and operational impact.
Performs testing and quality assurance of new product developed.
Research and analysis of RFP proposals, and product projects.
Create and maintain issue log on appropriate tool, resolve defects based on knowledge and analysis of systemfunctionality.
Researches and responds to complex inquiries from various departments.
May consult with and mentoring of less experienced team members.
Serves as trainer for standard and highly customized benefit configuration.
Represents department in production related meetings including product development, design and implementation.
Must be able to perform all duties of lower level positions as directed by management.
Benefits Analyst II:
Requires a High School diploma or GED; up to 3 years experience in claims processing, previous medical health care oranalytical experience; 3-5 years benefit coding experience; or any combination of education and experience that wouldprovide an equivalent background. BA/BS degree preferred.
Benefits Analyst III:
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Indeed, a great way of keeping anything hidden in the public is always to hide it inside a geographically remote place. Inside a naturally hostile area, getting adverse climate conditions, the geographically remote key maximum security place could be virtually inaccessible. There are the person made inaccessible maximum security hiding places for example individuals in subterranean bases or surface built shelters…
-So, considering this listed here are 5 from the world's most key maximum security places.
The Vatican Secret Library
The apostolic Vatican secret library consists of a few of the world's most treasured books, scrolls and papers. More than millions of they're not only paid by conventional maximum security (pads, cameras, infra-red, heat and motion sensor sensors…) but additionally astral cameras. Escorted by an entourage of pads, only students and authorised people for example men from the cloth are permitted to see these works and take notes.
Some state that several of these books, scrolls and papers were obtained from the magnificent Alexander library in Egypt prior to being actively burnt lower, that contains an abundance of enlightening understanding that's been hidden and covered up in the public even today.
What secrets do these works hold by which we the folks in particular aren't aware of?
Mount Yamantau
Situated in Russia in the Ural Mountain tops Bashkortostan, the mysterious Mount Yamantau place is stated to become busy with construction work. While it's been stated it will likely be a facility for objects associated with the Spain others declare that the region has been built to create an subterranean city for 100s of 1000's of occupants.
-Are individuals managing this project getting it built-in anticipation of World War 3..?
Dulce Subterranean Base
Dulce is stated to be among more than 100 deep subterranean military bases in the usa. It's situated 2 miles underground in North Boise State Broncos. It's been considered to be roughly 30 miles lengthy and 10 miles wide!
Further reviews declare that this ultra-maximum security base (including 3,000 real-time video security cameras) harbours many deep and dark secrets concerning for good examples laser weaponry, automatic trans-human soldiers, behavioural research associated with mind control programming, reprogramming, telepathy, remote viewing, astral travel… and probably the most disturbing genetic experimentation stated to happen on floor 'level 6, ' appropriately nicknamed 'Nightmare Hall.'
Since these subterranean bases happen to be resistant to the general public there's been much related debate. Many have ignored the concept that these subterranean bases exist as wild conspiracy theory. But could they be ignored when there has been numerous eye witness accounts and whistle blowers declaring their existence in certain considerable detail?
The Mormon Church's Storage
Situated some 200 metres underneath the Granite Mountain near Salt Lake City the Mormons possess a storage and church. In a position to survive a nuclear blast it safeguards papers and objects regarded as precious stored in safes and areas similar to bank security level, getting heat and motion sensor sensors…
Pictures inside this area aren't permitted and therefore are hard to locate. All available are images of the outdoors entrances/exits during its construction within the 1960's.
-Why the secrecy?
The Greenbrier Resort
Situated within the woods at West Virginia, USA, the exclusive Greenbrier Resort is really a place where many of the most senior political figures happen to be recognized to place their holidays. Once shrouded in secrecy there's an subterranean area able to be sealed off by an entrance/exit door weighing some 25 tons.
No more considered functional the subterranean area was created to house numerous proper goods which may make the area able to serving as a pet shelter from the catastrophe like a nuclear disaster. If your nuclear disaster ended up being to happen plans have been designed to send the whole US congress there…


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K-Salaam & Beatnick are a production duo and this song is the single off their upcoming album, Whose World Is This. It seems like they're going for a kinda hip-hop/reggae fusion album.
The new album features all original and exclusive songs over Beatnick & K-Salaam's production, from hip-hop stars such as: Trey Songz, Young Buck, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Papoose, Outlawz, Saigon, Kardinal Offishall, & Rakaa from Dilated Peoples. As well as Reggae Legends: Buju Banton, Sizzla, Luciano, Capleton, Anthony B, and up and comers Busy Signal & Jamelody. The album also features HBO Def Poets Suheir Hammad and Black Ice, & much more.
Download: K-Salaam & Beatnick: – "StreetLife" ft.Buju Banton & Trey Songz.
Here's a video for the track:
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Through a customer survey program, Contoso learns that a significant number of their customers prefer to use the Optimized MIME Serialization (as defined in the MTOM specification) for sending and receiving messages. Contoso adds optional support for the Optimized MIME Serialization and expresses this optional behavior in a machine-readable form.
To indicate the use of optimization using the Optimized MIME
Serialization, Contoso uses the
mtom:OptimizedMimeSerialization policy assertion (see the
example below).
Example 2-9. Optimized MIME Serialization Policy Assertion
<mtom:OptimizedMimeSerialization />
mtom:OptimizedMimeSerialization element is a policy
assertion. (The prefix
is used here to denote the Optimized MIME Serialization Policy
namespace.) This assertion identifies the use of MIME
Multipart/Related serialization for
as required for request and
response messages. Policy-aware clients
can recognize this policy assertion and engage Optimized MIME
Serialization for messages. The semantics of this assertion are
reflected in messages: they use an optimized wire format (MIME
Multipart/Related serialization).
Like Contoso's optional support for Optimized MIME Serialization,
there are behaviors that may be engaged (in contrast to must be
engaged) for a Web service interaction. A service provider will not
fault if these behaviors are not engaged. Policy assertions can be
marked optional to represent behaviors that may be engaged for an
interaction. A policy assertion is marked as optional using the
wsp:Optional attribute.
Optional assertions represent the capabilities of the service
provider as opposed to the requirements of the service provider.
In the example below, the Optimized MIME Serialization policy
assertion is marked optional. This policy expression allows the use
of optimization and requires the use of addressing and one of
transport- or message-level security.
If a client sends an
optimized (MTOM) message, this will be indicated by characteristics
associated by using such an optimized message, including a wire
format that is a Multipart/Related message and a content-type header
of "
for the outer package. In this case, the response message will also
be optimized, also having a Multipart/Related message and
content-type header of "
Note that when optimized messages are used, the Multipart/Related
message can have a single part containing the primary SOAP envelope.
Example 2-10. Optional MIME Serialization, Addressing and Transport- OR Message-Level Security Policy Expression
<All> <mtom:OptimizedMimeSerialization wsp:Optional="true"/> <wsap:UsingAddressing /> <ExactlyOne> <sp:TransportBinding>…</sp:TransportBinding> <sp:AsymmetricBinding>…</sp:AsymmetricBinding> </ExactlyOne> </All>
Contoso is able to meet their customer needs by adding optional support for the Optimized MIME Serialization. An optional policy assertion represents a behavior that may be engaged.


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|In this magical photo are my niece and nephew. A poorly edited photo, but the magic is still there.
|Click here for 1977 version. Own a piece of historical Christmas magic and educate your children about Ballet, freedom, the cold war...or you can just stay on lighter subjects and stick with Christmasy topics. LOL


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January 7, 2013
Enterprise Magazine January 2013 article: Face Time
Maintaining the top spot for customer service requires credit unions to think one step ahead of the competition.
"If you have tellers in the branch taking calls, that's a direct interruption to their primary job, which is helping members in person." – W. Michael Scott, President/CEO, FMSI
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Newman, who accused himself of "emotional Republicanism" in his early films, put that starchy reticence to grand use as Walter Bridge. A Kansas City burgher of the 1950s, long wed to the livelier India (Woodward), Walter deals with life's disappointments and compromises with a stiff upper ventricle; but Newman manages to reveal, without placarding them, the nuances of a character so different from his own. Or was it? "Joanne says, 'That's the real you,'" Newman told a 1998 interviewer. In their 50 years of marriage, Newman starred with Woodward in 11 movies, directed her in five, including the Oscar-nominated Rachel, Rachel and the finest version of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie to make it to film. Mr. & Mrs. Bridge might be the most delicate and mature work either of them did.
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Bursae are fluid-filled sacs that act as shock absorbers and cushions for our bones and tendons. There are two such sacs located on the back of your heel. The subtendinous calcaneal, also called retrocalcaneal bursa, is situated between the Achilles tendon and the heel bone (calcaneus). The subcutaneous calcaneal bursa, which is also referred to as the Achilles bursa, is found on the backside of the heel and Achilles. If either or both of these bursae become inflamed, the result is pain and tenderness.
Overuse of the ankle joint may cause irritation of the bursa such as excessive walking, running or jumping. Poor biomechanics and foot function may ultimately lead to heel bursitis due to pulling on the back of the heel by the Achilles tendon.
A sudden increase in physical activity without adequate rest may result in heel bursitis. Excessive standing and walking bare foot on hard surfaces.
What are the symptoms of heel bursitis? pain, swelling, tenderness, redness, and/or warmth at either the bottom of the heel or top of the heel, depending on the degree of swelling, pain may be a dull ache or substantial enough to cause limping, running, jumping, and walking activities may exacerbate pain, wearing poorly fitting, tight, or high-heeled shoes may exacerbate pain.
Gram stain. A lab test called a Gram stain is used to determine if certain troublesome bacteria are present. Not all bacteria can be identified with a Gram stain, however, so even if the test comes back negative, septic bursitis cannot be completely ruled out. White blood cell count. An elevated number of white blood cells in the bursa's synovial fluid indicates an infection. Glucose levels test. Glucose levels that are significantly lower than normal may indicate infection.
Non Surgical Treatment
Despite appropriate physiotherapy management, some patients with retrocalcaneal bursitis do not improve adequately. When this occurs the treating physiotherapist or doctor can advise on the best course of management. This may include further investigations such as an ultrasound, X-Ray, MRI or CT scan, pharmaceutical intervention, corticosteroid and anaesthetic injection into the retrocalcaneal bursa, draining of the bursa, or review by a specialist or podiatrist who can advise on any treatment that may be appropriate to improve the condition.
Surgical Treatment
Surgery. Though rare, particularly challenging cases of retrocalcaneal bursitis might warrant a bursectomy, in which the troublesome bursa is removed from the back of the ankle. Surgery can be effective, but operating on this boney area can cause complications, such as trouble with skin healing at the incision site. In addition to removing the bursa, a doctor may use the surgery to treat another condition associated with the retrocalcaneal bursitis. For example, a surgeon may remove a sliver of bone from the back of the heel to alter foot mechanics and reduce future friction. Any bone spurs located where the Achilles attaches to the heel may also be removed. Regardless of the conservative treatment that is provided, it is important to wait until all pain and swelling around the back of the heel is gone before resuming activities. This may take several weeks. Once symptoms are gone, a patient may make a gradual return to his or her activity level before their bursitis symptoms began. Returning to activities that cause friction or stress on the bursa before it is healed will likely cause bursitis symptoms to flare up again.
Continue to wear your orthotics for work and exercise to provide stability and restore foot function. Select suitable shoes for work and physical activity that provide stability for the heel. Regular stretching of the calf muscle can prevent heel bursitis. Do not suddenly increase activity amount without appropriate conditioning.


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Paddy Power will give you 8/1 on a Conservative minority but only 2/9 on Conservative majority..The last projection that I saw had the Conservatives with the largest number of seats, but 16 short of a majority. They could, possibly, run a minority government but it would be unstable and fractious. A Labour / SNP coalition would still be 19 short of a majority. This could be an interesting time for the Northern Irish and Welsh parties…
My general predictions are:
Scotland - gains for Conservatives but more for Labour, possible gains for LibDems but not certain, dreadful night for SNP
Wales - good night for Conservatives, Labour targets fail, poor night for Plaid
South west - LibDem targets fail
North west - good night for Conservatives
North east - Conservative targets mostly fail, but possible surprise upset at Sedgefield (Blair's old seat)
East Anglia - very close result at Cambridge, otherwise few changes
London - bad night for Conservatives, good night for Labour, LibDems lose Richmond, Vince Cable fails to regain Twickenham
Northern Ireland - few changes
Brighton Pavilion stays green
Tim Farron's seat (Westmorland)- a recount and very close result, possible loss
Nick Clegg's seat (Sheffield) - held - possibly only English LibDem seat to remain


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FedEx Talks Back to 'Net-Surfing Time-Wasters
We were skulking around the Internet when we came across this hourglass-shaped FedEx banner. It turned on its own a few times, then invited us to flip it ourselves. So we did and it said something really snarky like, "You must have a lot of time on your hands."
Oh how we seethed. Then we realized it's been a long time since we've felt anything at all about a banner (have we just been burned too many times before?) so we thought we'd post it.
Nice how it flipped without bringing us anywhere or generating pop-ups.
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One young man was lauded for heroism, credited for stopping a shooting rampage before it went from horrible to worse. Another, cut down by bullets at a Christian university here, was mourned. And a third made his first appearance Friday in court, handcuffed and wearing a green suicide-prevention smock.
A King County judge ordered Aaron R. Ybarra, 26, held without bail on suspicion of premeditated first-degree murder and first-degree assault in a shooting rampage at Seattle Pacific University on Thursday afternoon that left one dead, several injured and a campus reeling.
Prosecutors on Friday described Ybarra as having a propensity for violence and said he intended to kill many more people. His public defender argued that her client had no history of violent behavior. If Ybarra is charged and convicted, he faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
"Ybarra admitted to SPD Homicide detectives that he was the one that had shot the victims at the school," according to court documents. "He further told detectives that he had been planning a mass shooting and wanted to kill as many people as possible before killing himself."
Before heading into court, public defender Ramona Brandes said in an email that Ybarra's actions may have been sparked by "long-standing mental illness for which he has been treated in the past."
Ybarra was not a student at the 40-acre campus, and this city struggled to figure out why the young man, who lived in a suburb north of Seattle, armed himself with a shotgun, a knife and extra rounds of ammunition and went on a shooting rampage. He had purchased the shotgun legally a few years ago.
His neighbors in Mountlake Terrace said they were shocked that Ybarra could be implicated as an armed assailant and never expected police to swoop down on their street Thursday night, serving a search warrant as news helicopters hovered overhead.
Teri Rhan, who lives a few doors down from the Ybarras, described the suspect as "quiet, sweet, kind, generous," and said the family are "wonderful people. ... I cannot even comprehend the pain those people are going through."
But the quiet facade hid a deeply troubled family, according to police records.
Ybarra called 911 in October 2010 and told authorities that he wanted to "hurt himself and others" because he "had a rage inside him," according to a Mountlake Terrace Police Department incident report. Ybarra, who said he worked at a gun range at the time, was involuntarily committed at a mental health hospital by police.
Two years later, neighbors called police because Ybarra was lying in the middle of the street, "very intoxicated," about 1 a.m. A police report says Ybarra told officers that he wanted to die, specifically that "he wanted [a] SWAT team to get him and make him famous" because "no one cares about him." Again, he was taken temporarily to a mental health facility.
In August, Aaron Ybarra found his brother, Ambrose, lying in bed with slits in his neck and near his ear. An open pocket knife was next to Ambrose, who had spoken to his brother about wanting to kill himself, according to a police report. Aaron Ybarra called Ambrose's daughter, who in turn called police. Ambrose later explained to investigators that his wife had recently left him.
At a noon prayer service, the assistant director of the university's worship center spoke to the community of 4,000 or so students: "We now walk on a difficult path ahead," Bob Zurinsky told those assembled at First Free Methodist Church. "For this time, we carry our pain. We carry our anger and confusion. We require one another. Stand with each other in the days to come."
A university official told the prayer service that the two students who remained hospitalized after the assault on Otto Miller Hall were improving. Sarah Williams, 19, was upgraded from critical to serious condition and was breathing on her own and conscious at Harborview Medical Center. She had undergone five hours of surgery.
Thomas Fowler, 24, was in satisfactory condition Friday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Fowler's Facebook page described him as a physics and applied mathematics student.
Mayor Ed Murray identified the slain 19-year-old as Paul Lee of Portland, Ore. During a news conference held to decry what he calls the "epidemic of gun violence" that had hit his city once again, Murray said Lee's parents had just arrived from South Korea.
On Thursday, shortly before 3:30 p.m., a lone gunman who was later identified as Ybarra entered the lobby of Otto Miller Hall and began shooting. As the gunman stopped to reload, a student security monitor at the science building's reception desk sprang into action, police said.
Jon Meis, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, pepper-sprayed the gunman and pinned him to the floor. Authorities say that others joined Meis in subduing the man, but they described Meis' actions as key to stopping the rampage.
On Thursday night, Seattle Police Capt. Chris Fowler called those who stepped up to stop the gunman "heroes."
That's a description with which Roman Kukhotskiy, Meis' friend and a fellow member of the campus chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, would heartily agree.
"I am amazed that Jon did what he did," Kukhotskiy said Friday in an email. "I too have worked at the security desk last year, but I don't know if I would have been able to make a split-second decision that fast.
"Jon had everything lined up perfectly for him after graduation," Kukhotskiy continued. "He has a loving family, a position at Boeing and is getting married soon. That fact that he was willing to risk all of that for the rest of the students in that building, including myself, is beyond words."
La Ganga reported from Seattle, Dave from Los Angeles.


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The International Dostoevsky Society was created in 1971 to further the study of this remarkable writer and his work. With regional organizations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the Society facilitates communication and collaboration among Dostoevsky scholars worldwide. In addition, the Society has published Dostoevsky Studies, a leading journal, almost continuously since 1971.
Man is a mystery: if you spend your entire life trying to puzzle it out, then do not say that you have wasted your time. I occupy myself with this mystery, because I want to be a man.
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Established in 1974. Universal Uniform provides the best in quality and value in uniforms and equipment to the police, fire, security, and transit markets. We own and operate two conveniently located retail stores in Northern New Jersey - one located in Newark and the other in Morristown. Our variety of experience and machinery allows us to manufacture from scratch any uniform piece the customer desires. We use that manufacturing capability to accommodate every shape and size of customer. We will make your uniform fit the way you want. We carry Elbeco, Blauer, 5.11, Bates, Spiewak, and many others well known and recognized brand products. We sell everything from boots to jackets, gun holsters to flashlights, custom uniforms to standard gear.
Newark store: Our main location and headquarters is in Newark's business district at 1015 Broad Street. We are located a short distance from Newark Penn Station and have many customers and employees walk to our store from the train station. Since 1946, this location was operated as Lee Clothiers, a well-known custom manufacturer and distributor of police and industrial uniforms. Universal Uniform acquired Lee Clothiers in 1986 and absorbed its employees, machinery and manufacturing expertise.
Morristown store: Our second location is in the business district of Morristown at 146 Speedwell Ave. We have been located there since 1981 at which time we also acquired a previous uniform company (Shranks). This location has convenient access to NJ's major highways of 287, 80, and 78. Our Morristown store is also within walking distance of the Morristown train station and is located on a major bus route (202).


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- Research article
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Prediction of novel long non-coding RNAs based on RNA-Seq data of mouse Klf1 knockout study
© Sun et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
- Received: 10 July 2012
- Accepted: 4 December 2012
- Published: 13 December 2012
Study on long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) has been promoted by high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq). However, it is still not trivial to identify lncRNAs from the RNA-Seq data and it remains a challenge to uncover their functions.
We present a computational pipeline for detecting novel lncRNAs from the RNA-Seq data. First, the genome-guided transcriptome reconstruction is used to generate initially assembled transcripts. The possible partial transcripts and artefacts are filtered according to the quantified expression level. After that, novel lncRNAs are detected by further filtering known transcripts and those with high protein coding potential, using a newly developed program called lncRScan. We applied our pipeline to a mouse Klf1 knockout dataset, and discussed the plausible functions of the novel lncRNAs we detected by differential expression analysis. We identified 308 novel lncRNA candidates, which have shorter transcript length, fewer exons, shorter putative open reading frame, compared with known protein-coding transcripts. Of the lncRNAs, 52 large intergenic ncRNAs (lincRNAs) show lower expression level than the protein-coding ones and 13 lncRNAs represent significant differential expression between the wild-type and Klf1 knockout conditions.
Our method can predict a set of novel lncRNAs from the RNA-Seq data. Some of the lncRNAs are showed differentially expressed between the wild-type and Klf1 knockout strains, suggested that those novel lncRNAs can be given high priority in further functional studies.
- Differential Expression Analysis
- Initial Assembly
- Computational Pipeline
- Partial Transcript
- ncRNA Candidate
The category of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) is composed of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) with long transcript length (> 200 nucleotides)[1]. The lncRNAs may carry out a variety of functions, e.g. scaffolding multiple proteins to form a complex, and regulating gene expression[2–11], however, most lncRNAs' functions remain to be specified. During the past decade, a growing number of newly detected lncRNAs have been reported thanks to the development of relevant biotechnology and computational methods[4, 12–16]. Early tiling microarrays were used to detect the lncRNAs in the mammalian transcriptome[4, 5], however, they could not detect precise gene structures and exon linkages of the lncRNAs[14]. Subsequently, this problem was tackled by high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq), which presented its advantage of revealing the whole transcriptome[17], including detailed gene structures and expression levels. So far, the RNA-Seq has been the major biotechnology for lncRNA study[13]. For example, by using RNA-Seq, Guttman et al.[14] obtained detailed information of over a thousand large intergenic ncRNAs (lincRNAs) in three mouse cell types[14].
However, studying lncRNAs based on RNA-Seq encounters several technical problems. First, the assembled transcriptome may include partial transcripts and artefacts caused by RNA-Seq problems, such as low sequencing depth, sequencing biases[18] and short read alignment errors[19]. For lowly expressed transcripts, the sequencing biases may introduce undesired gaps in the assembly, resulting in partially assembled transcripts[20], which may be mistakenly identified as lncRNAs. The similar mistakes could also be introduced by low sequencing depth for lowly expressed transcripts. Moreover, the incomplete and erroneous assemblies can affect downstream analysis[21, 22]. Second, transcriptome reconstruction[23] based on RNA-Seq reads may produce a variety of transcripts, e.g. completely assembled transcripts, intronic RNAs[24] and antisense transcripts[16], which are classified by comparing to the known gene annotations. Thus it is not trivial to identify lncRNAs from such complex assemblies. Third, it is still difficult to distinguish the lncRNAs from the protein-coding mRNAs[1] or short peptides. A protein-coding mRNA can be defined by open reading frame (ORF) greater than 100 amino acids (aa) or 300 nucleotides (nt)[25], but this is arbitrary and incorrect[26]. Here we present a computational pipeline to address these problems.
Although thousands of lncRNAs have been identified[13, 14, 16], only a handful of them were functionally characterized. Given the difficulty to experimentally characterize the biological functions of the lncRNAs[7], and given the growing body of genomics and epigenomics data becoming available relevant to lncRNAs' biological functions, it is interesting to predict lncRNAs' functions computationally. We applied our computational method to an RNA-Seq dataset derived from a Klf1 gene knockout study on mouse fetal liver tissue[27]. Previous studies based on the Klf1 knockout study manifested that Klf1 is the founding member of a family of 17 transcription factors in mammals[28]. Klf1 knockout mice die from anemia by embryonic day 15 (E15), with severe defects in differentiation, hemoglobinization, enucleation, and membranecytoskeleton organization of red blood cells[29]. However, very little is known of the lncRNAs regulated by Klf1 or that participate in the development of erythroid cells. Here, we recruit the differential expression analysis to explore the lncRNAs that may function in the erythropoiesis.
The RNA-Seq dataset for the Klf1 knockout experiment on mouse embryonic day 14.5 (E14.5) fetal liver tissue can be obtained from NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)[30] database with accession number GSE33979[27], and it includes 6 replicates (3 for wild-type and 3 for Klf1 knockout) totalling 160 million 76-base single-end reads generated by Illumina GAIIx sequencing on polyadenylated selected (Poly-A+) RNAs. Bowtie[31] index of Mus musculus genome (mm9), Ensembl[32] and NCBI reference sequences (RefSeq) mouse gene annotations[33] are all available on Cufflinks' website[34]. University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) mouse known gene annotations[35] can be downloaded from the UCSC genome browser[36].
Pipeline for predicting novel lncRNAs
Initial assembly
Initial assembly (Figure1-a) represents a genome-guided strategy for transcriptome reconstruction[23]. The raw RNA-Seq reads were first mapped onto the mm9 genome by Tophat 2.0.3[19]. After that, the un-mapped reads were trimmed to 50 nt before re-mapping. The final mapped reads of each replicate include two parts, namely 'Mapped reads 1' and 'Mapped reads 2'. Moreover, the '-G' option of Tophat together with the G ene T ransfer F ormat (GTF) file of the Ensembl gene annotation was used for read mapping. With the read alignments, we calculated the overlap ratio (OR) between the replicates of each condition (Additional file1). To increase the read coverage, we merged the read alignments of all six replicates into one B inary version of Sequence A lingment/M ap (BAM) using Samtools 0.1.18[37]. Then the mapped reads were assembled by Cufflinks 2.0.2[21]. In the transcriptome assembly, we performed R eference A nnotation B ased T ranscript (RABT) assembly[38] with the RefSeq gene annotation to compensate incompletely assembled transcripts caused by read coverage gaps in the regions of RefSeq genes.
Novel lncRNAs detection
Novel lncRNAs detection (Figure1-b) is aimed at detecting novel lncRNAs from the initial assemblies. Specifically, the initial assemblies were first compared to a set of combined gene annotations (See below) using cuffcompare[22]. As a result, not only the assemblies that completely match the annotations will be detected, but also the novel transcripts can be categorized into different categories according to their locations compared with the reference genes. Notably, only multi-exon transcripts were retained for the comparison and downstream processing. Then low-quality assemblies were filtered according to the optimum F ragments P er K ilobases of exon per M illion fragments mapped (FPKM)[21] threshold (2.12, see below). After that, we used a newly-developed program called lncRScan (See below) to detect novel lncRNAs.
Combined gene annotations of RefSeq, Ensembl and UCSC mouse known genes
The cuffcompare program[22] was used to merge the RefSeq, Ensembl and UCSC mouse known genes into one set of gene annotation for comparing with the assembled transcripts.
FPKM threshold for classifying complete and partial transcripts
Based on the merged read alignments, we conducted an experiment to evaluate the performance of FPKM in classifying complete and partial transcripts. Specifically, we first ran cufflinks on the merged read alignments with default options. Then the output assemblies with FPKM values estimated were categorized using cuffcompare, compared with the combined gene annotations. With the results, we evaluated the performance of different FPKM thresholds in classifying the complete and partial transcripts by R eceiver O perating C haracteristic (ROC)[39].
Calculating optimum FPKM threshold
where t∗ denotes the optimum FPKM threshold. The FPKM threshold set T were generated by pROC[39], given the FPKM values of the complete and partial transcripts.
Numbers of retained and filtered transcripts through steps 3-5 of lncRScan
Test data
extract_ORF(Step 3)
extract_PhyloCSF(Step 4)
extract_Pfam(Step 5)
D-1 (1615 lncRNAs)
D-2 (1615 mRNAs)
D-3 (3230 mRNAs)
D-4 (4845 mRNAs)
In addition, lncRScan is available to the scientific community and it can be obtained by svn checkouthttp://lncrscan.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/lncrscan-read-only. Other details about lncRScan can be found onhttp://code.google.com/p/lncrscan/.
Differential expression analysis
Comparisons of transcript length, exon number, ORF length and expression level
The novel lncRNAs we detected were compared to 26368 RefSeq protein-coding transcripts ('NM' prefix) and 2843 RefSeq non-coding transcripts ('NR' prefix) in terms of transcript length, exon number and ORF length. Since a real ncRNA does not have an ORF, a putative ORF of the ncRNA candidate is defined by the longest consecutive codon chain of the ncRNA candidate for comparing with the protein-coding genes. Moreover, for both of the WT and Klf1 KO conditions, we compared the quantified expression levels (FPKM) of the novel lncRNAs to that of the known protein-coding transcripts, which were extracted from the RefSeq and Ensembl gene annotations. The novel lncRNAs and protein-coding transcripts used for FPKM comparison all have enough expression levels (FPKM ≥ 2. 12).
Initially assembled transcripts
Read mapping summary
Raw reads
5713351 (22.7%)
19440644 (77.3%)
3294901 (12.5%)
22974927 (87.5%)
6032342 (23.2%)
19956446 (76.8%)
2006957 (10.0%)
18027369 (90.0%)
4486281 (20.2%)
17735425 (79.8%)
4678496 (10.4%)
40356407 (89.6%)
26212328 (15.9%)
138491218 (84.1%)
Categories of initial assemblies
Class code
Transcript number
Complete match of intron chain
Contained by a reference transcript
At least one splice junction is shared with a reference transcript
A transfrag falling entirely within a reference intron
Generic exonic overlap with a reference transcript
Unknown, intergenic transcript
Exonic overlap with reference on the opposite strand
An intron of the transfrag overlaps a reference intron on the opposite strand
Filtering low-quality assemblies with optimum FPKM threshold
Identification of high-quality assemblies
We pooled a set of high-quality assemblies (Additional file2) for downstream analysis. The high-quality assemblies consist of two categories. One category contains the 26212 initial assemblies that completely match the combined gene annotations ('=' classcode). The other category refers to the 3288 transcripts extracted from the 7140 novel assemblies (!{'=','c'}), which satisfy the expression criterion (FPKM ≥ 2.12).
Novel mouse embryonic lncRNAs
Categories of novel lncRNAs
Class code
Transcript number
At least one splice junction is shared with a reference transcript
A transfrag falling entirely within a reference intron
Generic exonic overlap with a reference transcript
Unknown, intergenic transcript
Exonic overlap with reference on the opposite strand
Novel lncRNAs have shorter transcript length, fewer exons and shorter putative ORF than protein-coding transcripts
Novel lincRNAs have lower expression level than protein-coding transcripts
Differentially expressed lncRNAs
Categories of novel lncRNAs of differential expression significant
Class code
Transcript number
At least one splice junction is shared with a reference transcript
A transfrag falling entirely within a reference intron
Generic exonic overlap with a reference transcript
Unknown, intergenic transcript
Exonic overlap with reference on the opposite strand
However, cuffdiff does a length correction that has a tendency to inflate the FPKM counts for small transcripts, which can interfere the differential expression analysis. To alleviate this problem, we re-ran the DE tests with the "–no-effective-length-correction"parameter. As a result, we obtained the same results as that without the parameter, which represent the robustness of our predictions.
RNA-Seq has been revolutionizing the transcriptome study as it can effectively capture the whole transcriptome of various cell types under different conditions. Here we predicted 308 novel mouse embryonic lncRNAs from the RNA-Seq data of WT and Klf1 KO samples using a computational pipeline. The novel lncRNAs we detected represent shorter transcript length, fewer exons and shorter putative ORF length, and the 52 lincRNAs of the lncRNAs show lower expression level, compared with known protein-coding transcripts. Moreover, we identified 13 differentially expressed novel lncRNAs, which may be regulated by Klf1 and play functional roles in the development of erythroid cells potentially. Notably, two lncRNAs (IDs: 2_00016377 and 2_00016378) we predicted represent almost the same structures as another two lncRNAs predicted by Tallack et al.[27] based on the same dataset. Specifically, most exons of 2_00016377 and 2_00016378 match that of their 'lincred1-giant' and 'lincred1-dwarf' lncRNAs respectively. The slight difference may be caused by both of the strategies of transcriptome reconstruction and program versions used. Despite of that, the differential expression of the two lncRNAs we detected can be explained by Tallack et al.'s validation using R eal-t ime Q uantitative PCR (qRT-PCR)[49] on their 'lincred1' lncRNAs.
On the other hand, our pipeline followed a similar strategy for predicting human lincRNAs[13], but we differ in three aspects. First, we used FPKM as a feature for filtering low quality assemblies instead of the read coverage[13] due to the fact that FPKM can unbiasedly represent the expression level of a transcript and the read coverage does not show better performance than FPKM in classifying the complete and partial transcripts assembled from our data (AUCs are equal). Second, we excluded the transcripts having long putative ORF length (≥300 nt), which was previously used by the FANTOM consortium[50]. This arbitrary cutoff makes our predictions more stringent, but it must omit the lncRNAs having long putative ORF (≥300 nt). Last, we detected several DE significant lncRNAs, which composed a subset of the total lncRNAs we detected and they are more worth being investigated by loss and gain of function studies than the other novel lncRNAs in our scenario. Consequently, our computational methods can effectively alleviate further experimental work for studying the lncRNAs that may participate in the development of erythroid cells.
Although our method presented its ability in detecting novel lncRNA candidates, its prediction accuracy can be improved from several aspects, such as using more reliable reads generated by high-quality deep sequencing, paired-end sequencing and strand-specific sequencing. And recent single-molecule sequencing technologies can provide more unbiased ways to capture the transcriptome[51]. The sensitivity of transcriptome reconstruction can also be improved by using various strategies, such as integrating assembly results from Scripture[14]. In addition, the novel lncRNAs predicted from our computational pipeline should be validated by biological experiments, such as cloning and PCR-based techniques[22] as several ones have been tested in the original study by Tallack et al.[27]. Furthermore, additional genetic and/or epigenetic data sources, e.g. C hromatin I mmunoprecipitation-Seq uencing (ChIP-Seq) on chromatin signatures, can be valuable sources providing useful information for characterizing functions of the novel lncRNAs. And the loss and gain of function studies can be conducted for exploring regulatory mechanisms of the lncRNAs.
We predicted a set of novel lncRNAs using our computational pipeline from the RNA-Seq data of Klf1 knockout study, and the DE significant lncRNAs are worth being further studied with regard to their biological functions.
The authors would like to acknowledge Fabian A. Buske and other members of the Bailey's group at IMB of the University of Queensland for helpful discussions. The authors would like to thank the reviewers giving helpful suggestions on the paper. This work was supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2012M511335 and 2012M511336, The Central Special Fund for Operating Expenses of College Basic Research 2010QNA47 and 2010QNA50 and Fok Ying-Tung Education Foundation for Young Teachers (121066). LS was partially supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC) scholarship.
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Happy 2015, Loetz Collectors!
Last month Loetz.com celebrated its 1st Year Anniversary and reported that in 2014 over 50 newly discovered decors were introduced to the Loetz collecting community! In the spirit of ringing in the New Year, we are pleased to present eight newly discovered decors for your viewing pleasure:
#1 – Orchis. The Orchis décor was first produced in 1900 and originally classified as "cobalt Ciselé". Since the previous décor assignment conflicted with the photo of a "cobalt Ciselé" tile shown in Neuwirth, the Loetz Advisory Group endeavored to uncover new evidence to allow us to correctly assign a décor name to these examples. Being able to match photographic examples of vases in this decor with documented shapes, specifically PN's II-168 & II-355 which list "Orchis" in the production notes, allowed us to document and finally assign a proper décor name to these examples. This research has also uncovered a variant known as "Orchis ganz blau getupft" which translates to "blue spots all over".
#2 – PG 7954. This beautiful dark blue spreading to light blue PG was produced in 1898. The décor drawn on the glass looks exactly like one drawn on the paper pattern for PN I-7954!
#3 – PG 7462. Another beautiful and rare PG. Luckily, a photo example in PN II-40 was discovered which allowed us to officially document this decor.
#4 – Crete mit Festons. I never really noticed examples in this decor until one of our LA Advisory Group members, Warren Gallé, discovered a shape matching a piece that he had recently acquired that listed the décor name, "Crete mit Festoons" in the production notes. Now I seem to see this décor often. We have also learned (although I have not seen an example) that this décor might have been produced in both Candia and Olympia grounds but the Festoons are always "Crete".
#5 – Ausf 48 A paper pattern for this décor is shown and described in Cantz. Until now we have not been able to see what an Ausf 48 actually looks like. Thanks to Warren Gallé, a member of our Loetz Advisory Group, we now have a photo of a documented Ausf 48 to show you. This décor was produced on either a yellow-green or crystal ground and is adorned with green leaves and Mistletoe berries.
#6 – Ausf 132 In Series II there is a notation in PN II-6215 indicating that "Ausf 132 = opal geshrenkt mit gelbgruen Asteln (crete)/Perlen kaiserrot/fuss crete Silberiris/metallisiret". It's not often that you get lucky enough to find an "equal" sign and a full decor description in the production notes but once we were able to find other shapes that listed Ausf 132 and find photographic examples that matched, a new décor was discovered! Welcome to Ausf 132!
#7 – Ausf 224 The prize for the most newly discovered decors in 2015 goes to Warren Gallé. This Glass Hound has a nose for finding new discoveries. He is an avid researcher and his efforts have brought us some wonderful new decors to feast our eyes on. Here we present an interesting and colorful Series III décor, Ausf 224. This décor comes in various brightly colored grounds and is adorned with berry feet and contrasting colored rims.
#8 – Ausf 240 While a photo example of this décor is shown in Cantz on pg. 325, we did not have a photo in our library to share with our viewers until one of our Loetz Advisory Group members, Andy Jelcic who resides in Croatia and Vienna, acquired an example and sent us this picture! Great vase, Andy! Thanks.


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