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Candidate biomarkers for discrimination between infection and disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Marc Jacobsen,
- Dirk Repsilber,
- Andrea Gutschmidt,
- Albert Neher,
- Knut Feldmann,
- Hans J. Mollenkopf,
- Andreas Ziegler,
- Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
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Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is controlled by an efficacious immune response in about 90% of infected individuals who do not develop disease. Although essential mediators of protection, e.g., interferon-γ, have been identified, these factors are insufficient to predict the outcome of M. tuberculosis infection. As a first step to determine additional biomarkers, we compared gene expression profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from tuberculosis patients and M. tuberculosis-infected healthy donors by microarray analysis. Differentially expressed candidate genes were predominantly derived from monocytes and comprised molecules involved in the antimicrobial defense, inflammation, chemotaxis, and intracellular trafficking. We verified differential expression for alpha-defensin 1, alpha-defensin 4, lactoferrin, Fcγ receptor 1A (cluster of differentiation 64 [CD64]), bactericidal permeability-increasing protein, and formyl peptide receptor 1 by quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. Moreover, we identified increased protein expression of CD64 on monocytes from tuberculosis patients. Candidate biomarkers were then assessed for optimal study group discrimination. Using a linear discriminant analysis, a minimal group of genes comprising lactoferrin, CD64, and the Ras-associated GTPase 33A was sufficient for classification of (1) tuberculosis patients, (2) M. tuberculosis-infected healthy donors, and (3) noninfected healthy donors.
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- Title
- Candidate biomarkers for discrimination between infection and disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Journal
Journal of Molecular Medicine
Volume 85, Issue 6 , pp 613-621
- Cover Date
- 2007-06-01
- 10.1007/s00109-007-0157-6
- Print ISSN
- 0946-2716
- Online ISSN
- 1432-1440
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Biomarkers
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Marc Jacobsen (1)
- Dirk Repsilber (2) (5)
- Andrea Gutschmidt (1)
- Albert Neher (3)
- Knut Feldmann (3)
- Hans J. Mollenkopf (4)
- Andreas Ziegler (2)
- Stefan H. E. Kaufmann (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Immunology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Chariteplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
- 2. Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, University at Lübeck, 23538, Lübeck, Germany
- 5. Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University Potsdam, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- 3. Asklepios Center for Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, 82131, Munich-Gauting, Germany
- 4. Microarray Core Facilities, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, 10117, Berlin, Germany


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For the fourth consecutive year, Marty Nixon and his wife Angela, along with congregation of the Arlington First Baptist Church in Jonesville, will perform their outdoor Christmas drama.
The excitement of Christmas is spreading through Historic Downtown Elkin as the local restaurants and merchants prepare for Light Up Night on Dec. 5 from 5 to 9 p.m.
The holiday season will soon be in full swing and there are a number of parades and events that will take place in the area to celebrate this special time of year.
Nothing sets off the holiday season like a Christmas carol. Two area groups are rehearsing for what promises to be very special seasonal experiences.
For the sixth consecutive year, the Fairfield Inn & Suites Elkin Jonesville will host its winter wine and craft event. The event will host an assortment of activities for guests of all ages, including a special guest of honor: Santa Claus.
On Saturday, shoppers were getting a jump start on their holiday gift buying and all for a great cause.
The Yadkin County Sheriff's Office and Yadkinville Police Department have made an arrest after a sixth-month investigation into the sale and distribution of methamphetamines. William Leland Brockington, 42, of Hamptonville, was arrested on Nov.
EAST BEND — Last Tuesday, volunteers at the East Bend location of Yadkin Christian Ministries were busy packing the freezer full of Thanksgiving turkeys. The ministry was able to purchase the turkeys by way of a generous donation from the Red...
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Having served as Yadkin County Clerk of Court for the past 12 years and many years with the state's Juvenile Services prior to that, Wayne Dixon will be retiring at the end of the month. A retirement party was held for him last Friday that came...
As the busyness in the kitchen winds down and guests settle in with their stomachs full, Thanksgiving quickly transitions from turkey day to shopping day.
HAMPTONVILLE — The much anticipated Yadkin Memorial Park and Lake Hampton officially opened on Saturday with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by community leaders and a host of eager park visitors.
Promoting a healthy and active lifestyle for people of all ages is part of the primary mission of the YMCA. The Silver Sneakers program at the YMCA specifically targets the senior citizen population. The program is free for seniors as a benefit of...
The holiday season is upon us and our thoughts turn toward the great feast ahead. Very often the star of the feast is the humble turkey, sitting pretty with its perfectly roasted golden brown skin. All is well as the family starts to partake of the...
Eight competitive soloist students from Rhythm On Main Dance & Gymnastics in Elkin recently competed in the the Ultimate Starz Dance Productions Fall Convention & Competition held in King on Nov. 1 and 2. The students were up against 20 studios from...
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" and folks around the county are gearing up for this special season.
The Yadkin County commissioners made quick work of three budget items on the action agenda at their meeting on Monday evening.
They were the same, the ground and the sky, they seemed interchangeable. It was a bit confusing to the senses — as in which way is up? The feeling of awe barely describes the scene, a scene so long in coming. How was it possible to have missed...
YADKINVILLE — Last month, it was discovered by Emergency Service supervisors that a part-time EMS employee had some discrepancies on her time sheets. This was reported to Yadkin County Interim Manager Lisa Hughes by Emergency Service...
YADKINVILLE — Yadkinville Police Department has arrested a Yadkinville woman for her involvement in a larceny investigation at her employer.
Changes could be coming to how drivers education courses are provided to area teens due to a change in the state budget, and the change has area educators greatly concerned. Previously, money from the state highway fund went to school systems to...
In the south there are probably a great number of people who claim their homemade biscuits are the very best, but one local woman now has a trophy to prove it.
Local author, Diane Trott, will be at BookFest in Sparta on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. selling her recently published book, "Cherokee Inc. The Case of the Incinerated Indian," and signing them.
In August of this year, drug activity on a school bus was reported to Yadkin County Sheriff's Office. A student at Yadkin Success Academy allegedly was delivering his brother's medication to two juveniles while riding the...
YADKINIVILLE — Michael Eugene Jackson, 17, of Yadkinville, was arrested by Yadkin County deputies and charged with felony larceny of a firearm on Nov. 14. He was given a secured $5,000 bond with a trial date of Nov. 19.
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Password flaw leaves MySQL, MariaDB open to brute force attack
<quote> But the code is reviewed by many eyes due to it being open source so it must be bug free?</quote>
Presumably that's how someone found it.
Ten... IPTV set-top boxes
You didn't mention...
You didn't mention that the Apple TV has Netflix. We signed up a couple of weeks ago after getting fed up with LoveFilm's unplayable disks and their insistence on moving to Silverlight for streaming. There is a lot of good content and it works well.
(No, I don't work for them!)
Mars, Moon, solar system could be littered with alien artifacts
I, for one, welcome our purely speculative alien overlords.
iXtreamer dock with IPTV
Can anyone confirm ...
Can anyone confirm whether this will output composite video from an iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch which will work on a CRT TV?
Amazon buys Lovefilm
Happy LoveFilm customer
Am I the only happy LoveFilm customer?
We started with Amazon rentals and then went with LoveFilm when they took over. Amazon's was better than LoveFilm as you you could rank movies in the order that you wanted rather than in the crude high/medium/low priorities.
Renting is better than purchase for a lot of movies and TV series that you're only likely to watch once or twice ever. It's cheaper and you don't have the storage problems. It's not perfect but I don't think it's as bad as the other posters suggest.
BTW, 'Captain Underpants', you don't need Silverlight to stream from LoveFilm.
Microsoft loses Windows consumer boss to Juniper Networks
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It's really hard to think of anything other than rats fleeing a sinking ship - not that I'm equating these (I'm sure) lovely people with rats.
Acer: tablets will replace netbooks
Personal iPad has replaced personal laptop and personal netbook
I bought an iPad when it came out. I use it every day for email, internet, news, twitter and as an ebook reader and it goes on holiday with us in the UK.
My netbook running Windows 7 gets turned on about once every three months and by the time it updates itself (Windows, Adobe, Firefox, AVG, etc.) then we have forgotten why we wanted it in the first place and turn it off again.
Four year old MacBook gets turned on five or six times a year when I want to do some browsing that needs a keyboard and mouse (e.g. holiday booking) and the main computer is busy or want a portable DVD player for the kids.
We must be an anomaly.
Microsoft server and tools chief heads for exit
How come all these people have such weird names?
Mum arrested for seducing teen on Xbox Live
Turn it around
"I'm pretty sure he isn't the one complaining about having popped his cherry at 13 to an experienced older woman, so why would he be a victim?"
Turn it around and replace 'he' with 'she' and 'woman' with 'man' and you'll see what's wrong here.
You seem to assume that most males are always eager for sex while few females are - that may reflect your experiences but don't assume that it's universal.
Windows 7 'I'm a PC' man quits Microsoft
"I really feel proud that I was able to be a visible part of the company's fight against Apple" - why is Microsoft so afraid of Apple?
Reg Hardware Tabulates Tablets
Actually, the iPad is still on iOS 3 - 4.2 is coming "soon".
Online badness: The kids are not alright
This report implies
This report implies that seven out of eight children see nothing wrong with the stuff that they are exposed to on the internet. That worries me more.
Genuine white iPhone 4 spied in wild
Stephen Fry has one apparently
I saw Stephen Fry recently at an event to help launch his new book. When he was getting toward the end of his talk he got a buzz in his pocket to let him know that time was almost up, and he whipped out a white iPhone, and claimed it was the only one in Europe.
London tenders for speed cameras
Sounds like a good idea
It is self evident that most speed limits are set to balance the requirements of speed and safety of road users and those who live near roads. Anyone who exceeds speed limits in urban areas doesn't deserve the privilege of being allowed to drive a motorised vehicle.
One problem that is often overlooked is the deterrent effect that speeding vehicles have on others who would otherwise choose to walk or cycle.
Flash finally finagled onto iPhone
Unloved and mostly unmissed
The only thing I miss on the iPad is the BBC weather animated map.
Nine nations to get Apple iPad on Friday
Camera connection kit
I got my camera connection kit two and a half weeks ago - I ordered it about a week after I got the iPad. I plug it into my Sony Alpha A200 camera and it imports the RAW files happily and they look great on-screen.
Apple sells 2m iPads to hungry fanbois
in denial
Well, you care enough to comment.
Apple's 'latest creation' debuts January 27
Mmm iPod Hi-Fi
I have an iPod Hi-Fi and I quite like it. It sounds good and can easily fill a large room. I bought it second-hand on eBay so didn't pay full price. :-)
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Colin Cooper resigns as Hartlepool manager
Hartlepool manager Colin Cooper has resigned after the club went bottom of the Football League.
They lost 3-0 to Carlisle United, who achieved their biggest away win in three years.
The defeat put Hartlepool bottom of the table, and the former Middlesbrough player and coach left his first managerial post.
"We would like to thank Colin for his efforts during the last eighteen months.
"We are glad that we gave him his break in management and would like to wish him every success in the future."
2013/14 finalists Sunderland knocked out of League Cup
Sunderland's dream of another trip to Wembley has been quashed after Stoke beat them at home 2-1 in the third round.
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Alan Pardew: The story so far
A newspaper poll revealed 85% of Newcastle fans would like to see Alan Pardew sacked. We take a look at his career so far.Read the full story ›
Pardew: What the papers say
The Chronicle - Lee Ryder - Alan Pardew's only quick exit from Newcastle United would be to resign from and wave goodbye to a compensation package.
The Mirror - Simon Bird - The Toon Army are furious and the form since last December is that of a side on its way to relegation, but Ashley's axe probably won't fall any time soon.
The Telegraph - Luke Edwards - Ashley to defy supporters and give Pardew until Christmas to turn club around despite dismal defeat at Southampton.
The Guardian - Louise Taylor- Alan Pardew is expected to still be in charge of Newcastle United when Hull City visit St James' Park on Saturday. Although defeat against Steve Bruce's side would effectively make Pardew's position untenable, Ashley, is famously impervious to supporter opinion.
Steve Bruce: 'Disrespectful to link me to Pardew's job'
Hull and former Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has said it is 'disrespectful' to link him to Alan Pardew's job as Newcastle manager.
Pardew faces increasing pressure after another 4-0 defeat left Newcastle United at the very bottom of the Premier League table without a win this season.
Bruce is one of several people rumoured to be possible candidates for the job, but he told a BBC radio station he did not think the speculation was fair on Pardew.
"It isn't nice - it's a horrible Sunday morning for him and I find it very, very disrespectful that I'm linked with somebody else's job when he's still in a job.
"It's a hard enough job we've all got. We all know what it's like now in football management.
"That part of the game will never change, but for me at the moment I'm just concentrating on the game against West Ham (on Monday night) and leaving all that aside."
"After what happened to me at Sunderland, it's similar to what Alan Pardew is going through now. I know how difficult the north-east is. I've been here for a couple of years. Hull gave me that chance to get back up and running again and for that I'll always be grateful.
"I've only been here a couple of years, and we've had a really good couple of years."
Pressure on Pardew as Newcastle sink to rock bottom
Newcastle United have sunk to the very bottom of the Premier League table after suffering a 4-0 defeat at Southampton.
The result piled even more pressure onto the manager, Alan Pardew, who signed an eight-year contract just under two years ago. He skipped the post-match press conference after the game at St Mary's.
Fans held up a banner reading 'Pardew Out' in the away section of the ground.
Families of MH17 victims to attend Sunderland game
Members of the families of Liam Sweeney and John Alder, the two Newcastle United fans tragically killed in the MH17 disaster, will attend Sunderland AFC's game against Tottenham Hotspur at the Stadium of Light on Saturday as guests of the club.
Sunderland supporter Gary Ferguson set up a fund after hearing of the tragedy in order to raise £100 for a wreath in memory of Liam and his fellow supporter John and Sunderland fans took the cause to their hearts, with the fund currently standing at over £33,000.
The money raised is to be split between two North East charities, the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and Marie Curie Hospice in Newcastle, in accordance with the wishes of the Sweeney and Alder families.
David Sweeney, grandfather of Liam, wanted to thank Sunderland fans for the support they have given him and his family and Mr Sweeney, accompanied by Liam's parents and other family members will attend the Black Cats game against Spurs. Two members of John Alder's family will also be present, along with Gary Ferguson.
Members of both families, along with Gary Ferguson, will take part in a pitchside photograph with SAFC Ambassador Jimmy Montgomery, who took part in recent commemorations for the two fans at St James' Park.
Speaking about his forthcoming visit to the Stadium of Light, David Sweeney said: "The support from the Sunderland people and the money raised for the two charities has been simply magnificent. It is my wish that out of this tragic event that has happened in my life and that of my family, some good can come and if it helps to bring the two sets of fans closer together then that gives us some comfort."
Sunderland AFC's chief executive Margaret Byrne said: "This tragedy has touched the North East as a whole and we welcome the Sweeney and Alder families to the Stadium of Light and offer our support to them at this most difficult time."
Ashley has no plans to sell Newcastle United
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has insisted he has no plans to sell the club until the end of next season at the earliest.
The sportswear magnate moved on Friday to dismiss speculation that he is ready to sell up in order to buy Scottish club Rangers, in which he already has a nine per cent stake.
A club statement said: "The truth is Mike Ashley remains committed to Newcastle United. For the avoidance of doubt, this means that for the remainder of this season and AT LEAST until the end of next season, Mike Ashley will not, under any circumstances, sell Newcastle United at any price."
Toon fans top banning order list
Newcastle United fans got the highest number of banning orders last season in England and Wales, figures have revealed.
There were 95 imposed on supporters of the Premier League team in the 2013/14 season according to Home Office data.
Fans of League One side Chesterfield received the second-highest number of banning orders at 22, while League Two side Shrewsbury Town saw 21 bans issued to its supporters.
The total number of football banning orders decreased by 7% to 2,273 as on September 3 2014, from 2,451 on September 20 2013.
This represents 678 new banning orders imposed during the period, on top of those already in place.
Football banning orders aim to block potential troublemakers from travelling to football matches - both at home and abroad - and are issued by the courts following a conviction for a football-related offence. They can also be issued after a complaint by the Crown Prosecution Service or a local police force.
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Installing a Stage Tarball
Setting the Date/Time Right
Before you continue you need to check your date/time and update it. A
misconfigured clock may lead to strange results in the future!
To verify the current date/time, run date:
Code Listing 1.1: Verifying the date/time
# date
Fri Mar 29 16:21:18 UTC 2005
If the date/time displayed is wrong, update it using the date
MMDDhhmmYYYY syntax (Month, Day, hour, minute
and Year). At this stage, you should use UTC time. You will be able to
define your timezone later on. For instance, to set the date to March 29th,
16:21 in the year 2005:
Code Listing 1.1: Setting the UTC date/time
# date 032916212005
Locating the Stage3 File
If you have configured networking because you need to download a stage3 file for
your architecture, continue with Alternative: Using a
Stage3 from the Internet. Otherwise read Default:
Using a Stage3 from the Installation CD.
Default: Using a Stage from the Installation CD
Extracting the Stage Tarball
The stages on the CD reside in the /mnt/cdrom/stages directory. To
see a listing of available stages, use ls:
Code Listing 1.1: List all available stages
# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages
If the system replies with an error, you may need to mount the CD-ROM first:
Code Listing 1.1: Mounting the CD-ROM
# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages
ls: /mnt/cdrom/stages: No such file or directory
# mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom
# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages
Now go into your Gentoo mountpoint (usually /mnt/gentoo):
Code Listing 1.1: Changing directory to /mnt/gentoo
# cd /mnt/gentoo
We will now extract the stage tarball of your choice. We will do this with the
tar tool. Make sure you use the same options (xvjpf)! The
x stands for Extract, the v for Verbose to see what
happens during the extraction process (this one is optional), the j for
Decompress with bzip2, the p for Preserve permissions and
the f to denote that we want to extract a file, not standard input. In
the next example, we extract the stage tarball
stage3-<subarch>-2006.1.tar.bz2. Be sure to substitute
the tarball filename with your stage.
Code Listing 1.1: Extracting the stage tarball
# tar xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-<subarch>-2006.1.tar.bz2
Now that the stage is installed, continue with Installing Portage.
Alternative: Using a Stage from the Internet
Downloading the Stage Tarball
Go to the Gentoo mountpoint at which you mounted your filesystems
(most likely /mnt/gentoo):
Code Listing 1.1: Going to the Gentoo mountpoint
Depending on your installation medium, you have a couple of tools available to
download a stage. If you have links available, then you can immediately
surf to the Gentoo mirrorlist and
choose a mirror close to you.
If you don't have links available you should have lynx at your
disposal. If you need to go through a proxy, export the http_proxy and
ftp_proxy variables:
Code Listing 1.1: Setting proxy information for lynx
# export http_proxy="http://proxy.server.com:port"
# export ftp_proxy="http://proxy.server.com:port"
We will now assume that you have links at your disposal.
Pick the releases/ directory, followed by your architecture (for
instance x86/) and the Gentoo version (2006.1/) to
finish up with the stages/ directory. There you should see all
available stage files for your architecture (they might be stored within
subdirectories named to the individual subarchitectures). Select one and press
D to download. When you're finished, press Q to quit the browser.
Code Listing 1.1: Surfing to the mirror listing with links
# links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
(If you need proxy support with links:)
# links -http-proxy proxy.server.com:8080 http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
Make sure you download a stage3 tarball - installations using a stage1 or stage2
tarball are not supported anymore.
If you want to check the integrity of the downloaded stage tarball, use
md5sum and compare the output with the MD5 checksum provided on the
mirror. For instance, to check the validity of the x86 stage tarball:
Code Listing 1.1: Example checking integrity of a stage tarball
# md5sum -c stage3-x86-2006.1.tar.bz2.DIGESTS
stage3-x86-2006.1.tar.bz2: OK
Unpacking the Stage Tarball
Now unpack your downloaded stage onto your system. We use tar to proceed
as it is the easiest method:
Code Listing 1.1: Unpacking the stage
# tar xvjpf stage3-*.tar.bz2
Make sure that you use the same options (xvjpf). The x stands
for Extract, the v for Verbose to see what happens during
the extraction process (this one is optional), the j for Decompress
with bzip2, the p for Preserve permissions and the f
to denote that we want to extract a file, not standard input.
Installing Portage
Unpacking a Portage Snapshot
You now have to install a Portage snapshot, a collection of files that inform
Portage what software titles you can install, which profiles are available, etc.
Unpack the Snapshot from the Installation CD
To install the snapshot, take a look inside /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/
to see what snapshot is available:
Code Listing 1.1: Checking the /mnt/cdrom/snapshots content
# ls /mnt/cdrom/snapshots
Now extract the snapshot using the following construct. Again, make sure you
use the correct options with tar. Also, the -C is with a capital
C, not c. In the next example we use
portage-<date>.tar.bz2 as the snapshot filename. Be sure to
substitute with the name of the snapshot that is on your Installation CD.
Code Listing 1.1: Extracting a Portage snapshot
# tar xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-<date>.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr
Copy Source Code Archives
You also need to copy over all source code from the Universal Installation CD.
Code Listing 1.1: Copy over source code
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles
# cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/
Configuring the Compile Options
To optimize Gentoo, you can set a couple of variables which impact Portage
behaviour. All those variables can be set as environment variables (using
export) but that isn't permanent. To keep your settings, Portage provides
you with /etc/make.conf, a configuration file for Portage. It is
this file we will edit now.
A commented listing of all possible variables can be found in
/mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf.example. For a successful Gentoo
installation you'll only need to set the variables which are mentioned beneath.
Fire up your favorite editor (in this guide we use nano) so we can alter
the optimization variables we will discuss hereafter.
Code Listing 1.1: Opening /etc/make.conf
# nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
As you probably noticed, the make.conf.example file is
structured in a generic way: commented lines start with "#", other lines define
variables using the VARIABLE="content" syntax. The make.conf
file uses the same syntax. Several of those variables are discussed next.
Do not make any modifications to the USE variable if you are performing a stage3
with GRP installation. You can alter the USE variable after having installed the
packages you want. Gremlins are known to attack your system if you ignore this
The CHOST variable declares the target build host for your system. This
variable should already be set to the correct value. Do not edit
it as that might break your system. If the CHOST variable does
not look correct to you, you might be using the wrong stage3 tarball.
CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS
The CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS variables define the optimization flags
for the gcc C and C++ compiler respectively. Although we define those
generally here, you will only have maximum performance if you optimize these
flags for each program separately. The reason for this is because every program
is different.
In make.conf you should define the optimization flags you think
will make your system the most responsive generally. Don't place
experimental settings in this variable; too much optimization can make
programs behave bad (crash, or even worse, malfunction).
We cannot explain all possible optimization options here, but if you want to
investigate them all, read the GNU
Online Manual(s) or the gcc info page (info gcc -- only
works on a working Linux system). For common optimizations and architecture
specific settings, please read /etc/make.conf.example. This
file also contains lots of examples and information; don't forget to read it
As an example, on the x86 architecture, you will want to set the -march= flag
as shown below (for an Athlon XP machine):
Code Listing 1.1: The GCC march setting
A second one is the -O flag (that is a capital O, not a zero),
which specifies the gcc optimization
class flag. Possible classes are s (for size-optimized),
0 (zero - for no optimizations), 1, 2 or 3 for more
speed-optimization flags (every class has the same flags as the one before, plus
some extras). For instance, for a class-2 optimization:
Code Listing 1.1: The GCC O setting
Another popular optimization flag is -pipe (use pipes rather than
temporary files for communication between the various stages of compilation).
Using -fomit-frame-pointer (which doesn't keep the frame pointer in a
register for functions that don't need one) might have serious repercussions on
the debugging of applications.
When you define the CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, you should combine
several optimization flags, like in the following example:
Code Listing 1.1: Defining the CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS variable
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -pipe -O2"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" # Use the same settings for both variables
With MAKEOPTS you define how many parallel compilations should occur when
you install a package. A good choice is the number of CPUs in your system plus
one, but this guideline isn't always perfect.
Code Listing 1.1: MAKEOPTS for a regular, 1-CPU system
Ready, Set, Go!
Update your /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf to your own preference and
save (nano users would hit Ctrl-X). You are now ready to continue
with (Chrooting into the Gentoo Base System).
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The Marketing & Online Communities Conference is an invitation-based event held at the exclusive Tribeca Grand in New York City on November 5th, 2008. The conference will bring together thought leaders from the marketing and online community sectors to discuss marketing challenges – and unprecedented opportunities – in online communities. Online communities offer many unexplored relationship-building opportunities for marketers.
Notebook 2.0: 12 Tools for Researchers
It's ironic that there are so many new sites and tools for research and scholarly types online these days because the whole Internet started with them forty-six years ago. The concept was born in a series of memos by J.C.R. Licklider of Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) in August 1962 where he discussed his "Intergalactic Computer Network" concept.
Mashable's Guide to Upcoming Conferences and Events
Here's Mashable's latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. Not on this list? Contact us and let's establish a media partnership. :) September 6-7, 2008: SearchCamp is designed to be an affordable and fun way for small businesses and marketers to learn about how to market their businesses online. Topics range from Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC), Search Engine Optimization (SEO Basics) to Public Relations & the Internet and Web 2.0 Technologies.
Mashable Showdown Finalists Announced
Congratulations to the nine finalists of the Mashable Showdown on VenCorps: * Avenda * Bizak * Buybak * Change Round-Up * Commuto * molv * SocialVoter * Stream To Me * StyleHop Over the next 30 days each startup will answer common questions VCs ask, share detailed biographies of their teams, make slide presentations, perform due diligence calls and get rated by expert judges.
Google Chrome: The "GBrowser" Comes to Life
So the tech blogosphere is all abuzz about Google's now outed Web browser that goes by the name of Chrome. The thing that I find absolutely hilarious about the whole thing is the fact that they used a comic book to announce it. C'mon, a comic book? How can you take seriously a product when it comes by way of a comic book announcement.
AntStorm Bookmarks and Searches: Better Than Mahalo?
AntStorm is a new bookmarking tool that hopes to change the way in which we aggregate information and search for data on the Web. Think of it as a Mahalo with more involved user interaction, based on self-selecting organized groups within the AntStorm community. At the core of AntStorm is its bookmarklet and its group formations, which can act to provide relevant and cultivated information. After realizing that most people are more willing to donate their time and information for a greater good (i.e.
When Bloggers Aren't Bloggers (smcb)
Over the weekend, various bloggers and the New York Times rose to defend what they termed as a number of bloggers and podcasters who were arrested in Minneapolis. Podcasting News called it "a pre-emptive attempt to stifle protest and independent media coverage." The truth is a little bit different from the story presented there and at BoingBoing, Salon and a dozen other blogs.


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Rated 4 out of 5 by Kamu Great location Lovely hotel, close to Pike Place, shopping and public transport. August 14, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Jimmy20 First Seattle Stay…Fairly good experience I was with the writer's conference and my daughter who also attended and grandson…Hotel in excellent location but issues with reservation ( claimed there were not 2 rooms which there were…)Had to change first room- very unsatisfactory and we came a day ahead to avoid crowds,…and get the best accommodation...Most staff knowledgeable and concierge most helpful with activities for toddler…Room very clean and housekeeping great…breakfast staff in dining room very accommodating…food good not great but staff helpful and accommodating ( waitress Jennifer esp. good to us ) Hotel seemed somewhat unprepared for the influx of guests but trying….Room service used one night for dinner and they were very nice also. Overall a good experience but a shaky start…. March 4, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by princessJJ surprised!!! I was pleasantly surprised at this fabulous hotel. I haven't stayed at a Sheraton for a very long time and the last time i was in Seattle the area was not this nice. This hotel was clean, modern, comfortable, great staff and the location was superb!! Kudos the Sheraton- August 5, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Chris1984 Great except for a few structural things It was a noisy conference weekend but we could never hear the other rooms. Finally a hotel that recognized the need for thick walls. The only downsides were that the quality of the conditioner provided was terrible. My hair felt lifeless. Also, the mini-fridge does not have a freezer portion. Next time they are replacing those, it would be great to have a small freezer portion. Also, there needs to be stairs going from the third to the fourth floors. The elevators got backed up terribly when panels were released. May 27, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Yorkville Well located, great service The hotel is well located with a great staff. August 14, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by ynohtna83 Very nice hotel in heart of Seattle This hotel was fabulous and met all of our needs. We stayed on the club level and enjoyed it very much. The staff is really pleasant and helpful. I wish they were a little more enthusiastic about my being an SPG member who booked directly, I feel like that should be something that is acknowledged in this day of third party booking. The restaurant was okay, but the location to other places to eat is fantastic. Just a few blocks to waterfront. Also, the panhandlers aren't anywhere near the entrance, which is a relief, especially at night. February 7, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by sassadaisy Comfortable and Clean, but Needs Improvement Our room was very nice and clean, we stayed in the Pike Tower, which is why we always choose the Sheraton if we can. The downfalls are: the wi-fi is overpriced and absolutely useless. You can have four devices, but it is soooo incredibly slow to and attempting to stream any video on your device is not worth the attempt. Next time we'll make our phone a hot spot and receive wi-fi from that. The bar was over crowded and you couldn't get service, and the cocktails are overpriced even for Seattle. June 15, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Agnes13 Accounting This hotel is right in the middle of shopping and restaurants. The only fault that we had was in checking in, they asked if we used valet parking and told them we had taken the city bus into town. In checking out, a charge for this was on bill and received email bill, the charge was removed for the Friday, but then added for Saturday. Had to call from home to get that removed. Next time will ask for bill at the desk instead of an email so can check right then. A lesson: Check the billing very carefully. Other than that, stay was great. December 18, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by VovoSchon This Sheraton has a great location Hotels such as SHERATON will never disapoint you, you can always expect what you are going to get. And, if you are lucky, you may get even more than you expected. This Sheraton had every single employee with a true smile on their faces, willing to help and commited to my family welbeing. What has disapointed me? Sheraton will not credit your Starwood points, if you have purchased your stay through Expedia . I did not know that, but sincerely though they should honor their part of the deal. After all, I paid for the hotel, didn't I? January 23, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ling01 Convenient Location, Excellent Service As a Platinum SPG member, the staff made me feel very welcome and valued. The Club Lounge is an excellent way to start the day with a healthy breakfast. The room was very comfortable and the check-in/check-out process was very quick and efficient. Overall, a wonderful stay. I will certainly return to this hotel next time I am in Seattle. July 27, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Vortex2014 Good hotel in Seattle Very good hotel in the middle of town. August 12, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by captrags80 ALWAYS a great stay Even though this trip was personal, I have been staying here for over 20 years as an airline pilot. This is one of the consistently finest hotels I have ever experienced. August 7, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by JC1212 Beware of the green program. My disappointment during my recent business trip to Seattle may be my own fault. I may not have understood the courteous desk personal who spoke in a heavy accent with respect to the $5 coupon "green" program. I do not have a problem with the sheets not being changed daily during a 5 day stay. However, I did not think that there would be zero service--no making up of the bed, no fresh towel, no new coffee packets, no emptying of the trash, etc. I think Sheraton needs to review this program. Afterall, the room was $241 per night. December 9, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by 27Rose Company Christmas My husband and I were invited to a night's stay for a company Christmas gathering. When we checked in we were told that our room wasn't ready yet, yet the reservation was made in advance. They tried to accommodate us with another room very far from the rest of our party, we decided to wait until the room was ready and was told they would call us when it was ready. We waited in the bar area for an hour, and no one called. Someone else had to ask if it was ready, turns out it was. I recommend the staff be a little more attentive. December 18, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by ricky6 Great first stay at this hotel. Comfortable and nice size room. Great location. Very nice bar off the main lobby. Bathroom could use some updating: shelf space for toiletries would be nice. Would stay here again. August 5, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Moocoro Guest Hotel is not special, charged me $5 for a take away box, did not let me use spg room even though I own 2 properties and am a gold member. disappointing. August 6, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Keiki18 Very Accomodating! Lovely hotel that is centrally located. August 10, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by ahricahri Hotel is pretty good, but rooms could do better I liked staying at the Sheraton. It is a great location, and overall it's a nice hotel with friendly staff. However, there are a few things that could use improvement. First off, the rooms were really, really hot, no matter how low we turned the thermostat. Second, housekeeping pretty much refused to stop by our room. We had to call for towels and soap a few times we were there. However, it was a great place for the conference, the staff was friendly, and overall, I think I would stay again. May 26, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Parker expected more from a seemingly nice and expensive hotel The door broke, although they did send someone to fix it that night. Despite several conversations with various staff over the phone and at the front desk our bill was wrong. And the day we left, when we checked around the beds to make sure we hadn't forgotten anything we found a stiletto heeled shoe that definitely didn't belong to us - which implies that they didn't do a very thorough job cleaning and inspecting the room after the last group checked out. The hotel's in a great location, but overall I was disappointed. January 7, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Reallyirish First Timer Excellent all round hotel. Wonderful location and easy access all round to shops etc. Room was wonderful and much larger than expected. On 5th floor with awesome view and my favourite was the granite window seat my daughter and I sat at and watched people go by! Also a great place to place our purchases.........beds were wonderful and comfortable and loved the comfortable pillows and always love the use of whites on the bed. Quiet, comfortable, and cozy. Will definitely be back. Oh, and great location to Pike's Market. September 28, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by heidi1330 PERFECT Hotel for Convention Stay I have only positive remarks for our recent 4-night stay to exhibit at the Emerald City Comicon. The location is a 10+ if going to the convention center; everyone - front desk, restaurant, housekeeping, bellmen - were helpful and cordial. I'd especially like to thank Sylvi for a speedy check out and Ridwan in assisting me with FedEx shipping. Much appreciated! The upgrade to the Sheraton Lounge is the perfect place to start the day or relax in the evening. Dinner in the Daily Grill was delicous; the service was superb. March 5, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Forest22 Hotel with good service I like the cleanliness of the lobby. It was very inviting even though the lobby was full of people when I arrived. I was able to check in quickly through SPG line. August 4, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by charlie56 Club Sandwich Unfortunately Continental breakfasts are served at Club levels with too much crowd with very limited selection ,with scarce seating and understaffed conditions.... August 4, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Art68 Great Property This property is well appointed and well maintained. Good workout facility. August 7, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by LDN2014 Everything excellent The location is great, the gym us open 24hours, the deli has just what you need and the staff are very friendly and knowledgeable. August 5, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by LindaM Small things add up This short stay was with two teens, so we needed to have our room upgraded to a higher floor. Our request was met with a larger room. Small things, however here are some items we encountered during our short stay. 1) a heavy cot that was left right at the front door, making moving it (by two women) difficult. 2) An extremely loud generator-type noise that started at 7:50 am above our room. Not a usual mechanical noise. A loud noise that made the water in the glass shake at the side of the bed. This was investigated by engineering, however nothing was discovered. The noise continued for one hour, off and on. 3) A 9:45 am visit by someone who wanted to check the mini-bar???? 4) Coffee cups requested at 8:30am never arrived, until two more phone calls later, at 9:15 am. March 26, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by BIGFEET Good location and Great Club lounge staff and Lounge The club Lounge manager and her staff provide great service and experience to me. The hotel location is great for seattle downtown sites. August 4, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by SonOfAlex Great location This hotel is in a great location right across the street from the Washington State Convention Center. I have stayed here a couple times, and have enjoyed great service. I was given a room that smelled like smoke, even though it was a non-smoking room. The front desk staff was very helpful and found that the room next door was available and moved me right away. July 15, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by SJTraveler Good Location Very nice hotel. Easy walk to many local attractions. Night time area a couple of blocks away was not real comfortable. Would stay again. August 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Decs2014 Simply Wonderful The room was so clean and comfortable. The staff members were all so polite and helpful. The location of the hotel was central to everything. We were able to shop, eat, and explore the sites and quickly go back to the hotel. Everything was within walking distance. July 26, 2014


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Antivirus pioneer and one-time fugitive John McAfee has backed Chadder, a new instant-messaging app for smartphones that promises "the highest degree of security and privacy." The app is being marketed by Future Tense Central, a J.McAfee-owned company that claims to be headquartered in Silicon Valley, although McAfee himself was …
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anyone, anywhere, who actually trusts this demonstrably mad as a hatter nutbag?
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I am kind of on the fence. At least he doesn't HIDE being mad as a hatter and a nutbag. And he WAS right about the antivirus product bearing his name
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The really crazy people, the ones to fear, are the ones who know their crazy, but carry on regardless.
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"The really crazy people, the ones to fear, are the ones who know their crazy, but carry on regardless."
Nah, when the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro.
Re: is there someone
OK, then let me help you by just checking how careful they are with client privacy.(stripped down answer for clarity):
$ dig futuretensecentral.com mx
;futuretensecentral.com. IN MX
futuretensecentral.com. 600 IN MX 0 mx1.balanced.homie.mail.dreamhost.com.
futuretensecentral.com. 600 IN MX 0 mx2.balanced.homie.mail.dreamhost.com.
The company as well as their email path is entirely US based, which means they have as much chance to withstand a legal request for data as Lavabit and Silent Circle had, i.e. none whatsoever.
Ergo, do not trust. Next!
Intel is still using the McAfee name
Please note that as of today Intel is still using the McAfee brand name.
'He's baaaaack'
Oh, ffs...
Paranoid geezer in security app hype
Why am I not surprised it's a privacy app? Sounds like the kind of thing a person prone to paranoia might want to use.
It may or may not be cocaine related, just that a lot of major coke-heads get quite paranoid, and a lot of megalomaniacs (who name products after themselves) who come into money might get a taste for the gak. Pure speculation, mind.
Avoid like the plague
He is reported to have been associated with that con-artist Gibson Research, Zone Alarm, and others, all worthless, including McAfee antivirus!
His servers better not be in the US
Encrypting end-point to endpoint is technically a violation of the USA PATRIOT Act, which requires service providers to have at least one location where the Feds can get an unencrypted data stream. So one of two things will happen: Either he will need to expatriate in order to get out of the reach of the US (Because he can't comply with warrants for customer data) or he is colluding with the Feds and the messages exist unencrypted or unencrypted somewhere (Which begs the question, so why exactly is he storing the messages in the first place?).
Simply re-designing the app so that the messages are purely p2p rather than going through servers would fix everything though.
Re: His servers better not be in the US
There is nothing 'simple' about 'purely p2p' ....
The servers *have to* store the (encrypted) messages, because they have to receive them and then forward them. So for a few milliseconds the messages are 'stored' on the server. Wether or not the messages then get deleted is not mentioned, but it wouldn't make much sense to keep them.
Re: His servers better not be in the US
a - the servers ARE in the US
b - p2p is not a guarantee for privacy or security. It may make it harder, but it's actually by design impossible to control where traffic goes, which means you're only one BGP update away from a data grab.
I'd avoid this as much as I have everything else that has come from Silicon Valley.
Security by obscurity
Secure encryption is only possible when the key is longer than the message.
During WW II "Die Rote Kapelle" used for its daily radio transmissions from Brussels to the Kremlin an antiquarian unpublished roman as its codebook.
It is unclear how Chadder shares its key(s), how they are generated and what they are.
Alternatly for security
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LOUISVILLE, KY – The Forecastle Festival is excited to announce the initial lineup for its 11th annual three-day music celebration, featuring Grammy Award winners The Black Keys, alongside The String Cheese Incident and the Avett Brothers leading the festival's rich, eclectic offerings. The event will again take place July 12 – 14, 2013 at Louisville's scenic, award-winning Waterfront Park.
The Black Keys, The String Cheese Incident
The Avett Brothers The Flaming Lips
Alabama Shakes, Jim James
Animal Collective, Old Crow Medicine Show
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, The Forecastle Incident (with special guests), Young the Giant, Big Boi, Matt & Kim, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Purity Ring, The Joy Formidable, Datsik, Dawes, Griz,Kurt Vile & The Violators, Toro y Moi, Bob Mould Band, El-P & Killer Mike, Baauer, Bombino, Moon Taxi, Freakwater, Foxygen, Greensky Bluegrass, Wild Belle, Tift Merritt, TOKiMONSTA, Shovels & Rope, Salva, Night Beds, MNDR, Churchill, Ryan Hemsworth, Rubblebucket, Alasdair Roberts & Friends, Mona, The 23 String Band, Wheeler Brothers, A Lion Named Roar, and The Pass.
Tickets for this year's festival go on sale this Wednesday, March 6th at Noon EST on Forecastle.com. Purchase tickets in full, or opt for one of our special payment plans, available for both General Admission or VIP tickets.
Highlighted in Rolling Stone as a top event in 2012, and acclaimed by Outside as one of the "Top 15 Outdoor Festivals in the USA," the Forecastle Festival has evolved into one of the country's premier festival destinations. The event offers an immersive experience that's distinctly Louisville- beyond the first-class musical lineup—highlighting the region's burgeoning culinary and arts scene, Kentucky's unique bourbon heritage and more. The festival continues to emphasize sustainability practices and conservation initiatives, highlighted through the festival's non-profit organization, the Forecastle Foundation.
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Indie Underground Hour Playlist for 6-30-12
Indie Underground Hour 6-30-12
The Flaming Lips w/ Tame Impala – Children Of The Moon (And Heady Fwends, WB)
The Young – Livin' Free (Dub Egg, Matador)
Japandroids – The House That Heaven Built (Celebration Rock, Polyvinyl)
A Place To Bury Strangers – And I'm Up (Worship, Dead Oceans)
Hacienda – Savage (Shakedown, Collective Sounds)
Hot Chip – These Chains (In Our Heads, Domino)
Fiona Apple – Every Single Night (The Idler Wheel…, Epic)
Kelly Hogan – Whenever You're Out Of My Sight (I Like To Keep Myself In Pain, Anti-)
Beachwood Sparks – Sparks Fly Again (Tarnished Gold, Sub Pop)
Allo Darlin' – Capricornia (Europe, Slumberland Records)
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons – I've Been Accused (Old Believers, Readymade)
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Hot tub session with Cherub at Hangout Fest
We had several different ideas for a backstage performance with Cherub at Hangout Music Fest. After debating the logistics of a jet ski performance and finding out that they've already done a bathroom session in Mexico, we went with the hot tub idea. It was the end of the festival and everyone just wanted to do a little relaxing. After carrying around 30 pounds of gear up and down the beach all weekend, I was all for this idea. Cherub perform an acoustic performance of "Hold Me" right before The Flaming Lips were about to take the stage to perform Dark Side of the Moon.
"Hey bros, you want to get into the hot tub and play some music?"
Filmed by Brian Waters and Victor Huckabee
Edited by Brian Waters
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Hangout Music Festival Lineup 2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers | Dave Matthews Band
Jack White | String Cheese Incident | Wilco
M. Ward | The Flaming Lips perform Dark Side of the Moon | Dispatch |Steve Winwood | Chris Cornell
STS9 | Gogol Bordello | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Mac Miller | Coheed & Cambria |Dawes
G. Love and Special Sauce | Randy Newman | Dr. Dog | Young The Giant | Cage the Elephant
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Tribal Seeds | Paul Oakenfold | Rich Aucoin | Jamie Bergeron & the Kickin' Cajuns
Lightning 100 is pretty pumped about Hangout Music Festival this year! Being one of the fastest growing festivals in 2011, make sure to get your tickets soon. Tickets go on sale on February 10th at 10am(CST). We are guessing this one will sell out. Want to know why it's going to sell out? Check out our backstage video coverage from 2010-11! We also had a photographer down there to cover the festival, check out his photos.
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Moogfest Announces 2011 Lineup
Music Allies and AC Entertainment announce the 2011 Moogfest lineup! Who else are you hoping will be added to the lineup?
Moogfest 2011, the annual festival of electronic and visionary music, celebrating the innovative spirit of Bob Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer. Taking place Oct. 28 – 30, in beautiful Asheville, NC, Moogfest's Halloween harvest of musical delights builds on the tremendous success of last year's reinvention of the Moogfest concept in the city that Bob Moog called home.
This year's Moogfest lineup highlights a remarkable synergy of classic electronic music pioneers, contemporary groundbreaking artists, and young upstarts who are further pushing musical boundaries. '70s innovators including Tangerine Dream, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Suicide will present rare US performances as they join a lineup that includes the Flaming Lips, Passion Pit, STS9, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles,Chromeo, Battles, Umphrey's McGee, M83, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Adrian Belew Power Trio, Holy F**k, Matthew Dear, Toro Y Moi, Twin Shadow, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Naked And Famous, Tim Hecker,Brandt Bauer Frick, Cant, Gold Panda, Austra, Little Dragon, Anika, Causing A Tiger, and Ford & Lopatin, with many others still to be announced.
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"Last year's reinvented Moogfest – the first to take place in Asheville – was an amazing experience – and the response from artists and fans alike was extraordinary," says AC Entertainment founder, Ashley Capps. "We're very excited and inspired to build upon that success for the 2011 festival."
Weekend passes for Moogfest 2011 will go on sale on Saturday, June 4 at 12 Noon Eastern exclusively atmoogfest.com.
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text: ADP Survey: Private employers add just 119K in April Print article Send a Tip from AP 1 May 2013 post a comment (AP) Survey: Private employers add just 119K in April By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON A survey shows U.S. companies added the fewest jobs in seven months, indicating that government spending cuts and higher taxes may be weighing on the economy. Payroll processor ADP says private employers added just 119,000 jobs last month. And March's hiring was slower than first thought: the survey shows just 131,000 added, down from an initial estimate of 158,000. Manufacturers cut 10,000 jobs, while construction firms added 15,000. The ADP report is derived from payroll data and tracks private employment each month. It has diverged at times from the government's more comprehensive monthly jobs report, which will be released Friday. In March, the government said employers added 88,000 jobs, much lower than ADP's figure. Economists forecast that the government report will show 160,000 jobs added in April.


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A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the state of Michigan of failing to improve the reading skills of students in a poor urban district.
The American Civil Liberties Union says the state and the emergency manager running Highland Park schools are violating a law that requires additional assistance for students who are not reading at the appropriate level in certain grades.
The state says it's immune to a lawsuit, but Wayne County Judge Marvin Stempien disagreed Thursday and set a trial date for July 22.
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While it is true that the issues related to hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" are not simple we should not be influenced by much of the misinformation that has been disseminated and we should base our decisions on the facts and develop a regulatory regime which can assure safety and environmental sensitivity.
It is ironic that natural gas development, which can reduce carbon emissions by a third compared to oil and a half compared to coal, is caught in an emotional debate over environmental impacts. As businessman and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman pointed out in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, using data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency, this abundant new gas source has reduced our oil imports from 60 percent in 2005 to 47 percent today. Recent events in the Middle East should reinforce the need for a U.S. energy policy based on domestic natural gas.
A reminder to residents who have a natural Christmas tree or wreath to dispose of, please leave them at the curb on your regularly scheduled recycling collection day. They will be collected by the Department of Public Works and offered to other agencies for beach erosion control or rendered at the village yard for use around trees and shrubs as mulch.
Please assist the village by removing tree stands, strands of electric lights and plastic bags from the discarded trees and cooperate with your neighbors by disposing of them only on the scheduled recycling collection days.
As representatives of many voices in the breast cancer community on Long Island, our coalition urges Governor Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in New York State since 25 percent of chemicals used in the fracking process have been demonstrated to cause cancer or mutations. Hydrofracking companies use products containing 13 different known and suspected carcinogens. Two of those carcinogens, benzene and ethylene oxide are linked with breast cancer as cited recently by a report released by the Institute of Medicine.
Moreover, 37 percent of chemicals in fracking fluids are endocrine disruptors which alter hormonal signaling and in doing so can place cells on the pathway to tumor formation. Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals has been implicated in cancers of the breast, prostate, pituitary, testicle, and ovary.
The second half of village taxes, which were due and payable on December 1, 2011 are subject to penalty if payment is not made within a 30-day grace period. This year payments received after January 3, 2012, will be subject to penalty. Please return the "second half" bill stub with your payment made payable to the Incorporated Village of Garden City. Please note that Village Hall will be closed on Jan. 2 in observance of the New Year's holiday. As stated above, tax payments may be placed in the letter slot at the east entrance to Village Hall.
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At this time of year many of us enjoy Christmas songs that convey beautiful thoughts. Joy is the transcending theme, as it should be, celebrating for all regardless of faith or private beliefs a theme of renewal. It is especially appropriate at this time of year that our enduring hope be one of peace, certainly for ourselves here in Garden City, and also for all the people of the earth; that our common goal this special season will be "Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men."
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As previously advised, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) will be working in the vicinity of Washington Avenue and Transverse Road to repair a major underground electrical cable that was determined to be in need of emergency replacement. We have been further informed that this work will not be completed until sometime in January. We have just received word from LIPA that a major portion of the work will be completed during the week of Dec. 19.
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Don't let the unseasonably warm weather fool you. Winter is coming soon, and things are going to get frosty before you know it! Cold weather can cause serious problems for household water pipes and sprinkler systems. Each winter, your pipes can freeze and possibly burst, potentially costing you thousands of dollars in repairs. While these issues affect many homeowners each year, there are a variety of quick, easy steps that you can take to protect your home from water-related damage and unnecessary expenses during the winter months.
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While we enjoy the holidays it's easy to understand that many holiday traditions have the potential to put us at an increased risk for fire, and during the holidays it can be especially challenging to keep fire safety in mind with many other things competing for our attention. By understanding where holiday fire hazards exist, and taking some simple preventative steps to avoid them, people can greatly reduce their risk of fire and keep everyone in good cheer. Fire Chief Charles Cavarra has asked that I share the following tips from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA):
Thank you to everyone who contributed in some way to our project of delivering meals to homebound senior citizens and those in need on Thanksgiving afternoon. Through the generosity of so many, 270 hot dinners were delivered throughout Nassau County and 22 families were provided with the fixings to make their own Thanksgiving meal.
We are grateful to everyone who contributed in some way — by donating food, beverages, or money; cooking a turkey, making a dessert or bread. We are grateful to all the children who made cards or baked in their CCD class, Girl Scout Troop, Youth Group, or classroom. We are grateful to Mrs. White and her Art Classes at Stewart School in Garden City for the beautiful artwork on the bags in which the meals were delivered. We are grateful to those who gave of their time on Thanksgiving Day to help us pack the meals and to those who helped us deliver them.
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Fortune 500 company, AECOM has thrown its support behind a project looking at the long term and strategic role desalinated water could and should play across an expanding Australia particularly the west, east and northern regions.
The project, led by Deakin University, has been funded from the Australian Government's Water for the Future initiative through the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia.
Project leader and Deakin University's Research Professor in Public Policy, Professor Michael Porter, said the in-kind support from AECOM would bring global expertise to the $1.1m project.
"AECOM, a global leader in infrastructure support and management, has been named as one of the world's most ethical companies," he said.
"It is recognised as an outstanding player in the areas of water, desalination and infrastructure and the many planning, financing and governance issues that are connected with it.
"It is great to have them involved."
AECOM's Andrew Macleod, Managing Director – Water and Infrastructure Services, Australia New Zealand said the joint research project is a great example of industry and academia working together for the benefit of the community.
"A sustainable, secure water supply that meets the needs of our future population is a vital element in Australia's long-term economic growth – and desalination is an important element of a modern, risk-based, urban supply portfolio," he said.
Professor Porter said growing State governmental investment in desalination in Australia was helping to remove a 'lack of water' as a constraint to the development, decentralisation and population of Australia, notably in WA, Queensland and SA.
"This project will show how the desalination option in Australia fits within the broader bulk water supply networks – such as catchments, aquifers and recycled water – under varying assumptions and projections about rainfall, population and new developments.
"It will have a number of results but a key part will be modelling which will show what Australia's economic development will look like both with and without a comprehensive desalination plant system. "
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The tradeshows continued yesterday in Las Vegas, and the show floor at MAGIC seemed much busier on Tuesday.
There was a diverse crowd over the last two days. I saw buyers from Japan, Canada, Latin America and the Midwest including major buyers from stores like Macy's and the Forzani Group in Canada.
"We have had a lot of new retailers come by, but our biggest concentration seems to have come from buyers in the Midwest," said Ryan Mangan of Hurley.
Brands approached MAGIC in different ways. Most brands had one booth, but booths varied in shapes and sizes from Paul Frank's bus that served as a showroom to Tapout's multi-room structure.
Brands like O'Neill, Quiksilver and Fyasko had more basic booths with tables and the line behind them.
Besides varied booth sizes, certain brands showed in multiple places in Vegas this week.
Hurley showcased mostly its boardshorts line upstairs at S.L.A.T.E., but also had a room at another hotel in Vegas adjacent to where Nike was showcasing various lines.
Quiksilver had a big presence at MAGIC with different parts of the brand and categories at different parts of the show.
Quiksilver EVP Tom Holbrook said the brand was showing swimwear at the swim show, Quiksilver's main young men's and skateboarding collections upstairs at S.L.A.T.E. and Quiksilver's Women's line and Roxy in an entirely different area of the show as well.
"I really like this show because we sell to Vegas accounts anyway, and when you walk in the door, you can feel the buzz from each show," Tom said.
Quiksilver owned DC Shoes also had multiple booths scattered throughout Mandalay Bay.
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