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- IceHogs drop Wolves 4-3 at home
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To the Editor: Open letter to the people in charge of speed signs
When are you going to update the signs? Going east on State Street, the signs say 30 mph. Everyone is going at least 45. And when it gets to Welty and turns to 35, everyone is going 45 or 50. On Forest Hills, the sign says 45 mph; when it turns to 40, no one slows down. Everyone is going 60. On North Main, the sign says 30 mph. Everyone is going 45. On Alpine, it is a race to see who can go faster than the 40 or 45 mph the sign says. I don't understand why the signs are not updated to the speed limit that everyone is going. I heard the signs are expensive. If you were to get the cops out there and giving tickets, you would have lots of money. No lights in the evening, no lights when it is raining, not stopping for stop signs. Rural is bad for that, not to mention no one is going 30 mph.
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Jennifer Lawrence was in Madrid, Spain yesterday promoting "The Hunger Games," and this morning she landed in London, England! Jennifer was photographed at Heathrown Airport, and from the looks of it all of this promoting has taken its toll on the actress who seems to have shrunk in size! We hope Jennifer is getting enough sleep and eating enough during this busy month!
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Over the past ten years, the PV industry grew in Europe by an average of over 40% per year and the production costs have decreased by around 60%. Underlying this progress is the EU commitment towards PV systems as a means to achieve the goal of using 20% of renewable energy by 2020.
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There was a hard-to-miss special guest – Marc Suhr, remember him?
"It's been 20 years, I figured it was about time," said Suhr, the giant from Germany who played from 1988 to 91. Suhr, who lived in Hamburg, Germany, is in the airline industry and comes to the New York area on business. His son, Leon, is already 7 foot-1 at age 16 and played a little pick-up with the current team.
They looked like twin towers walking down the hallways.
Ryan Boatright is slowed with an ankle injury but is working on a limited basis. No big deal. Tyler Olander has been back on the court for the first time since breaking his foot last March, but is mixing in days off, such as Thursday.
The staff is still considering how to arrange practices with the option of starting two weeks early. The Huskies could do something like four days on, two days off.
It would be fair to say that UConn is still hopeful of landing Abdul-Malik Abu, who will announce his college choice at a press conference in Boston on Saturday. Optimistic would be too strong, but my sense is there is a belief UConn is still in it, along with NC State, Florida and Providence. Abu, 6-8 from Kimball Union Academy, visited NC State on Thursday.
UConn would like to get two more players from the Class of 2014. Bonzie Colson Jr. (6-5), who is visiting Oct. 11, Quentin Snider, 6-1 point guard from Louisville; Paul White (6-8 from Chicago), both coming in later October, Devin Robinson (6-8), who is expected for First Night Oct. 18, and Terry Larrier (6-7), who was on campus Aug. 27, are others in their sights right now.
George Blaney, who retired in June, was on campus for to visit on Wednesday.
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Network location cannot be reached when attempting to join domain
I just made a custom Windows 7 computer image for my company with all the bells and whistles that I've learned from this site and the Microsoft security forums. However, I went to join it to the domain and I get the following message:
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This sometimes requires that you change the lanman server parimeters in order to get Windows 7 working with older servers. Do these adjustments on the Windows 7 machines that need to connect to the server. The default settings can be different depending which version of Windows 7 is being used.
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I set LAN Manager authentication level to "Send LM & NTLM responses" and unchecked the box requiring 128bit encryption. Still no go
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Can you explain how you made the custom image and what you included and excluded from that image?
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I took an earlier image that I made using various different tricks from this site, and I applied the DISA STIGs to it in an attempt to make it more secure. The only reason why I don't just go back to the old one was the my external HDD that I had the image on died after I imaged it. So this is pretty much all I have and it took a month of work to get it here
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It can also help to type in a static DNS into the IPv4 properties window using the same DNS address as the server is using.
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I tried staticly assigning ip, DNS, adding the computer object in AD, adding the DNS suffix in the computer name.
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That day, McKinnon visited the home of a friend he'd previously lived with and stole the family's cat, Pudge, as he left. McKinnon carried Pudge in his backpack to another friend's house, then placed him in a pet carrier. Around 6 p.m., McKinnon and two other young men then went to a Mill Creek Ravine, near Kassa Road and 35th Avenue.
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text: Dept. of Litigation December 16, 2002 Issue Lillian, Mary, and Me By Dick Cavett Table of Contents Who would guess that by uttering a few harmless words you could trigger lawsuits in the millions, a furor in the literary world, and a Broadway show? Nora Ephron's play "Imaginary Friends," about the feud between Mary McCarthy and Lillian Hellman, opens this week at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The play centers on an incident that occurred on my old PBS show, in 1979. I always enjoyed having McCarthy as a guest. She was lively, witty, opinionated, and striking on camera. And there was her smile, hilariously immortalized by Randall Jarrell, in "Pictures from an Institution": "Torn animals were removed at sunset from that smile." My notes for the program that night read, "Miss McCarthy asked if you'd let her say a few words about a young writer she feels is underrated." During the interview, in an attempt to be clever, I asked McCarthy to name some overrated writers, thinking that she would take that as her cue. Instead, she answered the question, mentioning John Steinbeck, Pearl Buck, and, finally, Lillian Hellman, "who I think is tremendously overrated, a bad writer, and a dishonest writer, but she really belongs to the past." "What's dishonest about her?" I asked. "Everything," McCarthy replied, smiling. "I said once in some interview that every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the.' " There was an "ooh" and a laugh from the audience, but otherwise the moment passed innocuously. After the taping, the network's lawyer—paid to anticipate litigation—did not utter even his occasional "Dick, we may have a problem." Instead, he said, "Nice show." During breakfast the next morning, my assistant called. "Have you seen the papers?" she said. "Hellman is suing Mary McCarthy, PBS, and you for two and a quarter million." "And me?" I replied, in a prepubescent squeak. The other phone rang, and the familiar whiskey-and-cigarettes baritone rasped, "Why the hell didn't you defend me?" "I guess I never thought of you as defenseless, Lillian," I managed. "That's bullshit. I'm suing the whole damn bunch of you." In that, at least, she proved a woman of her word. I had been to dinner at Lillian's, and she, too, had been on my show. She was a sharp and entertaining guest—an eager appearer, arriving early, looking as if she'd just stepped out of Elizabeth Arden. No one was neutral about Lillian. She had a famous friendship with Dorothy Parker, yet to Jean Stafford she was "Old Scaly Bird." A professional critic talking about a public figure is rarely the stuff of lawsuits. Incredibly, Hellman denied being a public figure, forgetting, perhaps, that she had recently appeared in a national advertising campaign for Blackglama furs, which used only women who were so identifiable that their names were omitted; the copy read "What becomes a legend most?" Recalling that McCarthy had said she was quoting herself from an earlier print interview, I asked my lawyer why that didn't get her off the hook. "Simple reason," he said. "Who reads?" I gave my lawyer a bad moment during deposition. I was asked by the other side, "Mr. Cavett, do you have any reason to think that anything Miss Hellman wrote is . . . inaccurate?" "Yes." (Minor gasps) "What?" "Well, here's one my wife and her Southern friends enjoy. In one of her stage directions, she has her characters relaxing out on the gallery, enjoying the odor of the azaleas. The garden azalea is one of the South's few odorless flowers." (Mild laughter) "I'm told she makes the same mistake elsewhere with camellias." (Minor admonishment) The advent of Nora Ephron's play has made me reflect upon all this anew. How guilty should I feel? The lawsuit crippled McCarthy financially and wrecked her health. Is there a term in law for something that doesn't directly cause a crime—those few little words of mine on the air—which, omitted, would have prevented it? I'm deeply sorry that I never spoke to McCarthy again. Could we have had dinner and enjoyed a grim laugh? Might she have said, "Don't blame yourself. I was hellbent on doing the Hellman thing"? Ephron, in her play, suggests that McCarthy had the whole thing planned. I don't really think she did, though. Maybe that's why I felt sorrier for her than for Old Scaly Bird. Scariest thought: Is it possible that I was set up? Used, by the two titans, to provide publicity for their fading careers? (I was, at the time, working more than they were.) Hellman's death, in 1984, dissolved the whole murky business. The suit was thrown out. 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Cyclist: Rigoberto Uran Uran
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depression, coffee, and an adrenaline rush
Years ago, a comment on my blog said something about how my writing had become more introspective since moving back to Tokyo. My mental response had been – I still remember it now – that when you're in a shitty situation, you realize the things that matter most to you.
I shouldn't blame Tokyo, per se, for my lack of happiness. It's more the combination of an inclination towards sometimes severe depression and the social ostracization of being different. The bike helped tremendously, until I got chewed out too many times at a bike shop for "being stupid." I remember standing in the middle of a Tokyo street, crying so hard I could barely breathe, sending smoke signals in the form of desperate emails to two best friends. The bullying, the harshness of being different, of being too independent or foreign, the hints that maybe I should change who I am…it all sucked. A lot.
The bike kept me sane for a while, but this past winter, I hit a new kind of low. The kind that keeps you indoors and off the bike and barely above "slightly functional." Save for those two short visits from Adam, I couldn't remember how to smile.
I never believed that clinical depression was something to be proud of, because though the moments are sometimes too rare, I like to be happy. That's the other side of it; when you can get your head above water for a bit, depression helps you realize what really makes you happy. It's makes you a little braver, too, to tell the people you care about that you love them and that they make you happy. It encourages putting a song on repeat all day – no matter how pop-y – and to paint with food, if that's what it takes to keep the monsters at bay. If dancing around my apartment to British boy bands, classic punk rock, and American indie rock between painting portraits of pro cyclists gets me out of bed, then that's exactly what I'm going to do. Bikes still feed my soul, but these past few months, I remembered something else. When too many people are shitty to me and I start to break a little bit inside, I can always use music to patch it up until I'm good to go.
I believe there's very little a good bike ride and a bass line can't fix. When I need a second wind, good coffee and punk rock have always delivered. So let's start there.
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coffee excursions: little nap coffee stand
When Kyle told me he was coming for a visit last month [it's been nearly a month, since!], he remained stubbornly vague about his past year in L.A. A good thing, maybe, because between bike shop visits, sushi, and burgers [yes, we did all three in the same day], we also had our fair share of coffee to sip. And stories – especially with friends – is always better over something slightly less than scorching and abundantly well-caffeinated.
And while I was supposed to [mostly] guide the way, Kyle came prepared with a recommendation via his girlfriend; a casual mention of a tiny café tucked away on the far side of Yoyogi park. We walked there on Kyle's third day here, and found a simple exterior with a door handle wrapped in bar wrap. And much like the girl with an awesome sense of style and quiet charisma that you inexplicably find attractively inviting, I liked it already. I wanted to like it more as I slid open the door. But even I was surprised when, inside the small space complete with worn wooden floors and counters and touches of retro Americana, Little Nap Coffee Stand served up possibly the best Americano I've tasted in Tokyo.
The minute attention to detail at Little Nap Coffee Stand – though not unusual for smaller businesses in Tokyo – is distinctive due to its subtlety. A selection of baked goods neatly lined the counter beside the usual extras [simple syrup, sugar, etc.], primped and waiting patiently for hungrier customers. Straws were displayed in a vintage plastic container, a large world map and retro stickers playing up the comfortably worn vibe. Our beverages were served in cups that were attractive in their simplicity; the slightly mismatched furniture adding further to the café's charm.
We swapped life news [as all friends should over coffee] at the front counter facing the street in the otherwise empty space. A young couple drove up, a small child tucked into the backseat, and upon seeing us at the window, waved hello. The reception was unusual and I glanced for a second in quick panic at Kyle before recalling that this was normal behavior in all great coffee shops. They came through the door with happy smiles as if we all hadn't seen each other in too long and we sipped our coffee, smiled, waved, and said hello to their small daughter.
It was an awesome start to the day.
coffee excursions: café de l'ambre
Outings, rides, and bitch-fests all require good coffee: a big steaming cup of black coffee – hold all the extras – or a great Americano. For the past few years, I'd taken the existence of meticulously obsessed coffee shops within walking and riding distance, completely for granted.
But a move to Tokyo presented not just the question of where in the world I should ride, but also where to find those coffee shops where you'll want to linger, return, and order one more for the road. My coffee experience in Tokyo being a big, fat zero, I turned to Google and stumbled upon Café de l'Ambre. A coffee shop that only offers coffee? It sounded right up my alley.
Nestled in Ginza, it's a small unassuming coffee shop conveniently located near my Dad's office building. But it wasn't the location that drew me; rather, it was the fact that Café de l'Ambre offers pourover coffee from aged beans [some from as far back as the 1970s]. A concept I'd never seen or head of before, and with a father willing to shell out over $8 for a cup of coffee, I sought out my first cup of vintage coffee.
I unfortunately couldn't get a seat at the bar, near the action, but was offered a seat at a table with built in ashtrays. I glanced at the menu I'd obsessed over via the Internet, wished for a second I had a cigarette [in a long cigarette holder...perhaps with a vintage dress], and ordered a medium pourover of straight/single-origin coffee. The coffee? A 1982 Kivu.
Presented in a cup the size of an espresso cup, a "medium" size got me about 50ml of liquid. Initially, there was a sense that I wasn't getting what I/my Dad paid for; that this could be grossly overrated. But this cup packed a lot of flavor; moderately acidic with notes of berries, it's a bright-tasting coffee that I wish I could afford on the regular. But intensely brewed, that small cup left me feeling like a wired squirrel and I almost bounced out of the shop [in heels, so this is saying a lot] without noticing the small roasting set-up out front.
My father grabbed me a card before we left, ready to take on Ginza and the oppressive summer heat. It's no RSC, true, but Café de l'Ambre, I'll be back.
the weekend in pictures: ride.studio.cafe
Since first visiting Ride.Studio.Cafe last fall, I've been meaning to go back. A big, bright space with racks of Rapha, there are enough Cervelos and Sevens to make you reconsider your conviction that there is such a thing as owning too many bikes. A big coffee bar sits on the side of the shop, a wide table perfect for hanging out and resting tired legs while sipping good coffee or espresso. Spacious but cozy, with good company both behind and outside the coffee bar, I promised Rob I would come back as soon as I got my IF together.
But things like "winter," "cold," and "being lazy," kept getting in the way, even with all the events they were having. Finally, with the weather cooperating and all day events scheduled for their first anniversary on Saturday, I grabbed my IF and made my first geared trip to Lexington.
Lucky enough to catch the club riders after their ride, I walked into a packed shop, filled with a number of super domestiques in Ride.Studio.Cafe/Rapha kits. I was a sweaty mess, but that didn't keep a few nice people from pointing at my chest and asking about NYC Velo.
Drawn to the coffee bar [against my better judgment, as afternoon coffee tends to make me bitchy], I wussed out with a San Pellegrino. Then found out that espresso, De La Paz's Perfume V, was free that day. Sal promised it was interesting, and really good, with that intense look that baristas and coffee aficionados use to tell you you're going to miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity if you decline. And because I am a pushover, I said yes.
There was half a cup of Stumptown coffee too. Because, hey, last time I visited I drank an Americano and three shots of espresso so why not keep up the trend of consuming stupid amounts of coffee whenever I'm there?
Amped up like a paranoid squirrel, I left before the party [plus beer] got underway. Still, I've found a new favorite place to hang out. I'll be back soon!


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Huge Dinner Table at Quail Hill Farm
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Check out this dinner table! If these folks can do dinner for 200 in an orchard, think of what you can do at home next weekend. In a great earth friendly summer celebration, this past Saturday night I attended the Peconic Land Trust's annual At The Common Table Dinner at Quail Hill Farm in Amagansett. All of the food and wine came from the farmland we were sitting on, a neighboring vineyard and from the sea nearby. All of the chefs donated their time, and all the tickets purchased went to conserving working farms and natural lands on Long Island.
Due to reading Yvonne Chouinard's autobiography five years ago, I signed Apartment Therapy up to match his commitment to earth preservation. For the past three of those years we've been sending 1% of our annual revenue to the Peconic Land Trust out on Long Island. Over time the gift has grown and provided a meaningful part of their annual budget. You can read all about our initiative right here.
Which means a big thank you to all of you who read Apartment Therapy and The Kitchn. Due to your readership we're able to not only contribute a good deal of money, but we're also able to publicize their work and promote a healthy and long term relationship with the earth.
Food was served, but a great deal of pickles, ramps, beets and condiments were already on the table
Over at The Kitchn, we're running a yearlong series of posts called "A Year on the Farm", written by Cambria Bold, who has been travelling to the farm each season to get her hands dirty, journal a full day and share what life is like on a community supported organic farm throughout the year.
The head farmer, Scott Chaskey gave the keynote speech from the top of this ladder. Later in the meal, at dessert, he spoke again and called me up to share our partnership.
In the middle of the dinner on Saturday night, I was called up to introduce Apartment Therapy to the crowd and talk a little bit about our annual commitment through 1% For The Planet. The crowd was quiet, all ears were open and I was super proud to be able to tell them that our large online community and our staff were right there with them.
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This is one of my most favorite eyecandy sites really happy to know yu're a 1%er in the best sense of the term
I heard about this commitment on the marvelous documentary "180 degrees South," featuring Chouinard and others. Good on ya' for following his inspiring example!!!
The photos are beautiful--the table decor,the background landscape,the lights,everything.So pretty.
gorgeous photo . i want it to be one long table, though... ;0
I love this! I want an orchard! The only bummer which is freaking me out is the woman at the foreground with her skinny spiny spine visible. Yuck.
that's the way every meal should be
Love the site and the spirit - just learned about the 1% for the Plant - we are definitely in ! On top, what a beautiful and marvelous dining setting! You ve just have one life.... :-)
Great site !!!
Stunning, I love everything about this photo! And I agree with Edmunnd every meal should be just like this. Happy A.T. contributes to such an important cause.
Wow, kingtiny you read my mind. It's a bit distracting, isn't it?
What's the table made of under that tablecloth?


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Located next to the Millennium Bridge on the north side of the river with outstanding views Northbank is a stylish restaurant and bar created by owner Christian Butler (ex-Adam Street and Baltic).
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Sweet and sexy, Southwark's restaurant and bar The Refinery provides socialites with something special to savour.
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The magnificent Ritz Restaurant is one of the most beautiful dining rooms in the world and leaves an indelible impression on all who dine there.
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Ideally situated next to the London Stock Exchange building, on the bustling Paternoster Square development, overlooking St Paul's Cathedral, The Saint is a stylish and fashionable bar and restaurant often frequented by city folk.
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Situated in The Leonard Hotel in the heart of London, Seymour's Restaurant & Bar is an elegant dining room offering typical British cuisine.
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Smiths of Smithfield is a Grade II listed four-floor restaurant in the heart of Smithfield Market serving "Best of British" food.
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Up above the bustle of Piccadilly in the beautiful Le Méridien Piccadilly Hotel, the Terrace Grill and Bar is a stunning, light and airy restaurant with a spectacular glass atrium and sleek stone pillars.
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|Feature Articles
From IVD Technology's 2011-2012 Buyers Guide
The molecular diagnostics industry is growing rapidly, thanks to the inherent accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and quick turnaround of molecular techniques. In addition, because of the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity, laboratories can obtain valid results from very small amounts of specimen. This is useful for the forensic area, but also for detecting very low concentrations of target material, enabling clinicians to detect disease at a very early stage.
As a result, a growing number of companies are developing molecular tests for specific gene sequences and hoping to sell them to diagnostic laboratories, but those developers may not all understand the need for additional tools that support the entire workflow required to go from sample to result.
This article presents the types of technologies that are necessary to implement molecular diagnostic testing as well as some of the tools on the horizon that have the potential to revolutionize molecular diagnostics in the same way that PCR has.
For years, the core technologies in most molecular diagnostic laboratories have been focusing on methods that detect a specific, relatively short section of DNA or RNA that can diagnose an infectious disease, identify specific gene variants that affect drug metabolism, or test for genes associated with diseases such as cancer. At the heart of such tests lie amplification technologies such as real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), transcription-mediated amplification (TMA), target amplification, and signal amplification. Sanger sequencing and DNA fragment analysis or sizing applications using capillary electrophoresis are also key technologies for the molecular diagnostics laboratory, and they often also include an amplification step in the procedure. To successfully implement tests that can use DNA and RNA to diagnose disease, molecular diagnostics laboratories must implement well-defined work flows that allow the generation of robust, validated results, and there are specific tools that can help streamline each step of the work flow. The basic workflow is as follows:
1. Sample collection and preparation: extraction of the genetic material to be tested from the specimen.
2. Amplification: once the genetic material has been isolated, it must be amplified to a point where it can be detected in order to make diagnostic calls.
3. Detection: once enough target material has been generated, light-dependant sensors will be able to read signals that correspond to the target materials to be detected. The signals might be single or multiple to allow detection of multiple targets in one reaction (i.e., a multiplex assay).
4. Data analysis: analysis of the readout of the signals generated during the detection phase. Transforms those into ready-to-interpret information for the laboratory personnel to finally provide a diagnostic answer to the clinician.
Sample Preparation. Sample preparation, which includes sample extraction, is the first step in any molecular test. Sample preparation isolates nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) of interest and removes any potential inhibitors in the patient sample that could interfere with the downstream processes. It also concentrates the nucleic acids and increases the ability to detect very low concentrations of a target.
The type of patient sample heavily influences sample preparation methods. Sample types commonly tested in molecular laboratories include whole blood, serum, plasma, urine, stool, sputum, swabs, fresh frozen tissue, and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. Depending on the type of patient sample tested, different sample preparations are required to successfully extract the nucleic acids without damaging the genetic material.
Different extraction kits can be tailored to patient sample type and to the nucleic acid source. For instance, if the nucleic acid comes from bacteria as opposed to viruses, a different extraction method should be used because the chemistry for extracting bacterial versus viral DNA could be different and there may be different steps involved to obtain the optimal sample. Sample extraction kits can even be specific for DNA versus RNA, thereby increasing efficiency for a particular type of nucleic acid.
Although some molecular diagnostic laboratories are still performing manual sample preparation methods, many laboratories are using semiautomated or fully automated sample-preparation instruments. Automation helps achieve more-consistent results in laboratories by eliminating the operator-specific variability associated with manual methods and reducing hands-on time. This allows for more productivity and can increase laboratory throughput.
An important area of focus for molecular diagnostic laboratories is streamlining of procedures and ensuring superior quality control (QC). Proper QC practices are vital in ensuring accurate test results and delivering quality patient care. Quality control on the instrument begins at the sample-extraction step with technologies that verify that extraction is working properly. Commercially available products exist to aid the laboratory in the assurance of reliable results. An example of this is an extraction control that mimics the required steps necessary for patient samples and follows the same work flow to achieve the most accurate results.
In the case of quantitative assays, where an important result is a calculation of the number of copies of a genetic sequence, it is critical that the standards that are used to calibrate the assay also go through extraction for the following reason: extraction always results in some DNA or RNA loss. While it may be minimal, PCR's exponential amplification can make small losses from extraction result in significant shifts in copy-number results. Running standards through the extraction step will ensure that sample losses due to extraction will be accounted for, and the patient sample results will be more accurate.
Amplification and Detection Platforms and Assays. Following sample extraction, target amplification followed by detection are the next steps in the molecular diagnostics work flow. Amplification methods such as TMA are isothermal and do not require temperature cycling. PCR requires multiple cycles of heating and cooling to provide the nucleic acid template for replication. Tools that are required for this step include assay reagents and an instrument that enables the enzyme-based amplification of genetic material.
Assay reagents may consist of a number of materials including nucleotides, primers that are necessary for enzymes to amplify the DNA, probes that detect specific nucleic acid sequences, enzymes that power the reaction, buffers, and more.
Thermal cycling amplification occurs in a thermal cycler, and, depending on the technology, detection may occur after amplification (such as with single-nucleotide extension assays). In the case of real-time PCR, short tandem repeat (STR), or microsatellite assays, detection can occur simultaneously with amplification. For example, on the Applied Biosystems 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR instrument for use with Center for Disease Control's rRT-PCR flu panel, during the amplification step, a detector monitors for the signals that target-specific probes produce as the reaction progresses. With fragment-sizing assays, such as STR analysis, fluorescent dye-labeled primers are used during the amplification step, enabling easy detection and fragment sizing by capillary electrophoresis after amplification.
Most amplification and detection instruments can detect multiple signals at different wavelengths. For example, the aforementioned real-time PCR instrument can detect up to five color excitations at one time. With these capabilities, many molecular diagnostic laboratories are implementing multiplex assays. These multiplex tools can amplify and detect multiple targets for the same sample in a single tube. They can also detect several different targets in different tubes during the same run. The costs per reaction in multiplex assays can be significantly lower than for multiple assays that only detect a single target and are therefore attractive to a molecular diagnostic lab.
For experienced molecular diagnostic laboratories, homebrew (laboratory-developed) tests may seem like a less expensive option to developing diagnostic assays. However, it requires additional time, money, and resources to establish the assay parameters necessary for validation, such as sensitivity, specificity, linearity, precision, and accuracy. This work can take several months, and laboratories often can save money and time by purchasing an FDA-cleared or -approved diagnostic assay from a manufacturer and getting that test online sooner.
Whether a lab chooses a homebrew or an FDA-cleared or approved test, independent quality control materials are extremely important in that process. Previously tested patient samples can be used to perform some of the characterization experiments, but in general, the availability of patient samples is very limited. By utilizing standards and controls from a provider that manufactures consistent and traceable quality materials compliant to ISO 17511, laboratories are not only assisted in setting up their assays but also in ensuring that assay is performing as expected over time and reported results are standardized across different molecular diagnostic laboratories. Some of these standards and controls are 510(k) cleared and provide an extra level of confidence and quality to the laboratory director.
Software Tools. Following amplification and detection and after discarding the amplified products, technicians are left with data only. Amplification and detection instruments have specific software programs that interface with the detectors in the instrument and collect data either during the thermal cycling process in the case of real-time instruments, or following a run in the case of end-point PCR and sequencing or DNA fragment analysis applications using capillary electrophoresis. A technician must review the analyzed data before results can be reported, and the amount of data manipulation that can be done depends on the instrument, analysis software, and application. Some instruments simply report values while others allow adjustments such as base-lining the amplification curves. For laboratory-developed tests, most data can be exported into spreadsheet programs for analysis. The analysis may include checking that the run meets validity criteria, eliminating outliers, and determining statistical values such as means and log values to interpret results.
In the end, the molecular diagnostic lab will have a report with either qualitative or quantitative results for the patient, depending on the assay.
Other software tools, such as EDCnet, allow laboratories to upload data and share molecular results of a known reference material for the same tests, and then compare their results to what other laboratories are observing for the same material (known as peer group comparison). This feature adds another layer of quality control to the laboratory in delivering quality test results to the clinician.
Total Solutions. Amplification-based diagnostics in molecular laboratories will remain a mainstay for disease diagnosis and pharmacogenetic studies, but more laboratories are investing in total solutions that go from sample-in to result-out with a single instrument. Combining sample preparation, assay set-up, amplification and detection, data analysis, and results reporting into fully automated instruments is the constant challenge for diagnostic suppliers. Some manufacturers have successfully accomplished this. For example, Cepheid's GeneXpert and Gen-Probe's Tigris system have integrated extraction, amplification, and detection on a single platform. Others have combined some steps such as sample preparation and assay set-up; however, the amplification and detection steps require separate instruments. The closer manufacturers get to total solutions, the higher the value proposition the system offers to the molecular diagnostics laboratories.
The Future of Molecular Tools
Molecular diagnostics is widely used in blood screening and infectious diseases, and to a lesser extent, genetic screening. Current molecular applications include viral-load monitoring to assess efficacy of anti-viral drug therapies, diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases, and genotyping.
While genetic screening is a smaller area for molecular diagnostics, it is rapidly growing in the areas of oncology, gene expression analysis, companion diagnostics, and pharmacogenomics. These trends are in part of a personalized medicine approach to patient care, where the tools of technology are converging into the realm of diagnostics.
Prognostic evaluations of genetic mutations to determine susceptibility to disease conditions continue to generate interest from diagnosticians. Non-symptomatic patients at risk for certain genetic diseases or recovering from cancer therapy may undergo genetic screening to proactively manage their condition.
With the proof of the clinical utility of genetic biomarkers like human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and V-Ki-ras2 Kirsten ras sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) to predict which patients are likely to respond to drug therapies (Herceptin, Erbitux, and Vectibix, respectively), FDA has required changes in drug labeling, directing clinicians to have their patients undergo molecular testing in order to guide therapy decisions. Technologies emerging from the life sciences sector are now providing clinicians with richer data and information that will soon become part of the mainstream diagnostic algorithm. For example, clinical studies with the Translational Genomics Research Institute and U.S. Oncology aim to discover the most effective way to utilize DNA sequence data to guide cancer therapy decisions in triple-negative breast cancer patients. When fully harnessed, these technologies will have a profound impact on healthcare outcomes and the value that the laboratory provides to the clinician.—Frederick Eibl, Life Technologies (Carlsbad, CA); and Romain Prieur, formerly of Life Technologies


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Grades: K - 12 | 116 students
Furtah Prep School is a private school, in Acworth, GA, that serves students in Cherokee, Cobb, Bartow, Paulding, and Fulton counties, including the cities of Acworth, Woodstock, Kennesaw, Marietta, Cartersville, Canton, Waleska, Ball Ground, Roswell, Alpharetta, and north Atlanta area.
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Furtah Preparatory School strives to inspire hope in every student, with regard to academic, social, physical, and creative achievement.
Furtah Prep's core belief is that hope is vital to a child's success; therefore, by providing that hope, we are able to unlock the potential in every child and to change lives.
FPS admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded and made available to students at the school.
FPS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, athletic and other school administered programs.
School Overview
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|American Montessori Society (AMS)
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|Grades Offered
|Grades Kindergarten - 12
Student Body
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|116 students
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State avg.: 23%
|Students by Grade
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(770)926-0044Montessori School1.9 mi | 178 students | Gr. PK-1
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4321 Wade Green Rd
Kennesaw , GA , 30144
(770)419-8001Early Childhood / Day Cares2.6 mi | 40 students | Gr. K
Acworth Wade Green KinderCare
4503 Wade Green Rd.
Acworth , GA , 30101
(770)421-1630Early Childhood / Day Cares2.6 mi | students | Gr. NS-PK
Woodstock Towne Lake KinderCare
3051 Parkbrooke Circle
Woodstock , GA , 30189
(678)445-3820Early Childhood / Day Cares2.8 mi | students | Gr. NS-PK
Acworth Harvest Baptist School
3460 Kellogg Creek Road
Acworth , GA , 30102
(770)974-9091(Baptist)3.1 mi | 74 students | Gr. PK-12
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- September 21, 2013 - Any parent who loses sleep because their child isn''t fitting in public school needs to consider Furtah Prep, especially if their child has ADD, ADHD, Aspergers, high-functioning Autism, Dyslexia or some other learning difference. Furtah recognizes that these students have a learning difference not a learning disability. If a student is acting out at home or socially, becomes withdrawn, fights too frequently with siblings, has poor self-esteem or low feelings of self-worth, they could have a reading difficulty that can be corrected at Furtah Prep. You should check out this school. - Posted by Parent
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