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PICCHIO DAL POZZO: Picchio dal Pozzo
Reissue on CD of their impressive first LP (1976) with an extra live track (1979). Picchio was, in my opinion, one of the most interesting bands to appear in Italy during this period. Their originality was most apparent on the second LP, but the first showed more of their roots � there are strong echoes of Henry Cow, Hatfied and the North, Robert Wyatt, &c. � although their take on the vocabulary is already very individual and extremely accomplished. A pleasure to listen to - and deserves to be better known than it is.
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Price: £14.50


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Clint and Scott Eastwood? Or Kyle?ReplyCancel
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Nic Cage and spawn…ReplyCancel
I don't think those are "female friends".
I hope this isn't H.I. McDunnough.ReplyCancel
Nicholson and son partying in the Hamptons.Logan's there as well.ReplyCancel
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On the Nicholson train. Ewww, I just typed that…
Jack Nicholson's Identical Son, Ray, Revealed (Party in the Hamptons)ReplyCancel
and of course, the DM:
The pair were photographed together at the star-studded Apollo in the Hamptons event, where other guests included Sir Paul McCartney, 72, Sting, 62, and Jon Bon Jovi, 52.ReplyCancel
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so,@Crash Diego=great guess mate!!!ReplyCancel
I thought of Cage and son first but Nicholson fits too. That said, Nicholson is old and, reportedly, ailing so not sure if he's up to it if you know what I mean.ReplyCancel
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Agree with the Jack guess. The pictures of he and his son just out this week confirm. Where has the son been hiding?ReplyCancel
Redmond and Ryan….ReplyCancel
Eeeeww! Sweaty Old man balls Gu-Ross!ReplyCancel
He and his 20 yrs old son are in the dm yesterday.ReplyCancel
Jack has like 4 baby mama's never married though. . Leo idol. Ugh.ReplyCancel
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I like the Sean Penn guess but Nicholson makes more sense since he's been in the Hamptons.ReplyCancel
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Jack. This is the 60/70s counter-culture film posterboy. So this kind of sexual practice is no big deal to celebrity guys of that era. That whole mindset like Papa John Phillips, "sure get the kids involved in your sex-life, whatever".ReplyCancel

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Heroes Week. Military Appreciation Week.
Seeing all the fires going on here in Southern California, I have to give a shout to these heroes who expose their lives for our safety. Here are some pictures from the L.A. Times:
Can you imagine the intesity of the heat and having to carry all that gear?
Long night on the fire line
the fires have claimed two firefighters this week. This from the L.A.Times:
Two firefighters were killed when they drove off the side of a treacherous road in the Mt. Gleason area, south of Acton, around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, said Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief Mike Bryant. They were later identified as Arnaldo Quinones, 35, of Palmdale and Ted Hall, 47, of San Bernardino County.
"This accident is tragic," Bryant said, choking up as he spoke Sunday evening. "This is a very difficult time for L.A. County Fire Department and the men and women that serve day in, day out."
So far the fires have covered 85,000 acres. Our thoughts and prayers to all the firefighters.
Back in June, The Dodgers had Heroes week honoring Police and Firefighters. This week is Military Appreciation Week.
August 31…Navy Night
Sept 1……. Air Force Night
Sept 2….. .Army Night
Sept 3……. Marine Night
Sept 4……..Military Appreciation Night-Friday Night Fireworks. Not sure this will happen with all the fires around.
NOTE: There will be a Blood Drive at Dodger Stadium September 11. The Dodgers will be in San Francisco. The booster club will be at the stadium recruiting volunteers. I will be at the Top Deck Tuesday September 2nd recruiting! Stop by and sign up anytime this week!
Randy Wolf goes for career win #100 tonight! Good Luck Randy!
Photo taken Saturday afternoon by Dodger fan Kelly McFadden
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Emma — I feel so bad for the fire fighters. God bless their families, and god bless their children. Good luck to Randy tonight, as I hope he doesn't lose! =) I will try not to jinx you Emma
Me too. That is a job I could not do. God bless them all. Yeah, I hope Randy gets his career #100. I will keep my fingers crossed!
The firefighters here in CA do such an amazing job. I never forget their heroism for a second. I just hope there's more containment today. And good for you to volunteer at the blood drive!
They sure do an amazing job. I have not been outside today but I hope there were no Santa Ana winds or it coudl get worst if that is possible.
I am already at the ballpark so why not volunteer. I can't watch the game but I can glance every once in a while and see how the team is doing.
Emma – my prayers go out to the families of the firefighters and all the men and women of the military – they truly are our heroes! And yes, I know who Hilda Chester is; I hear she like cow bells! lol!
I can't imagine fighting fires in shorts. Unimaginable to wear all that protective gear for hours at a time. Those guys are big time heroes. Simply Amazing.
Emma: Firefighters don't get enough credit. They put their lives on the line everyday. That takes a special kind of person. And the members of the military, God bless them. I don't think they are getting enough support.
Also, that pic of the Stadium is gorgeous!
We have y'all in our thoughts and prayers. Suddenly baseball doesn't seem so important.
–Jeff & Al
The guys are amazing. The Dodgers had a moment of silence for the fallen firefighters as you could see the fires in the background.
Yes the firefighers, police and military do not get enough credit. Sometimes on the Metrolink train I see young guys and women heading to San Diego all packed to report there. And yes, the picture of the stadium looks very nice. I often like going there on a non-game and sit there, have lunch and look at the gorgeous view.
Jeff & Al,
Thanks. That is what Vin Scully was saying that suddendly baeball did not seem so important looking in the background how the fires were spreading and some joining of those fires joining into a big one. Rafael Furcal was not in the starting lineup because his family and he had evacuate his home.
It seems like every year the wild fires inch closer and closer to the main city. It's a shame the firefighters go so unappreciated most of the time. I can speak from experience it is absolutely no fun facing a raging fire. You feel overwhelmed and overmatched. Kudos to you Emma for the recognition. – http://buzblog.mlblogs.com/
Yes, I was commenting that with someone else how every year the wild fires just inch closer and closer to the city. Is it the population increasing or building further into the mountains. Thanks buz! Can you imagine up there in the mountains having to watch for snakes, bees, wild animals that are also trying to get away from the fires and the firefighters having to fight that in addition to fires. They have my most respect and admiration.
Not to mention the unpredictability of Mother Nature.. howling winds through the canyons that flip the fires around without any notice. It's a tough, tough job. God Bless those boys.
I commend the Dodgers for what they do for the military and emergency service people. You should be proud. I hope the fires are not close to you. Stay safe.
Thanks Ginny. I like what the Dodgers are doing honoring one day a week each like the Navy yesterday, the Air force today, the Army tomorrow night and the Marine on Tuesday. And concluding with Friday night being Military Night for all. Today I very nice young man all dressed in his Air Force gear was asking me how to get to where there was an Ice Cream truck. I was there extra early because of the blood drive and he just got there extra early because he was excited about being at the game. I escorted him where he wanted to go.
It's been a while since I have blogged and figured I would see how your Dodgers blog is going. I was hoping the next time I would comment on your blog. That my team would be close to stealing 1st place from you guys.
~King of Cali
Wow! I was just about to signoff to head to the stadium and lookie what the winds blew in! Good to read you again Cali! Even a Dodger fan that reads my blog was asking what happened to you!
Our teams meet up starting 9/11. Should be fun and with Penny with your team now. Looking forward to reading you again


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Ohio Northern University student receives Presser Scholar Award
Ohio Northern University student Elizabeth Druesedow, a senior music performance major from Sharon Center, Ohio, has been named a 2014 Presser Scholar Award recipient. As a Presser Scholar, Druesedow will receive a $4,400 grant.
The award is given to a student who shows excellence in academics and a passion for music. In order to present the scholarship each year, the University must have at least 40 undergraduate music majors enrolled in the program. The recipient must have at least one-third of their credit hours in an area other than music.
In addition to the terms above, students must be at or near the end of their junior year. They are chosen by the music faculty with the choice of the recipient guided solely on excellence and merit.
Druesedow plays clarinet in the ONU Wind Orchestra and ONU Symphony Orchestra and serves as student conductor for both ensembles. Druesedow is one of the ONU Department of Music's music ambassadors, recruiting music students who are interested in majoring in music or interested in participating in ONU's music ensembles. She also is an active member in the Tau Beta Sigma national honorary band sorority.
The award is made possible through the generosity of Theodore Presser's will. Presser founded and published the Etude music magazine and was an influential teacher at ONU and other institutions of higher learning.
In 1916, Presser created the Presser Foundation through several deeds of trust and through his will. The Foundation officially incorporated in 1939 following his death in 1925.


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The rollover of an LP truck closed Lake Kegonsa Road in southeastern Dane County Thursday morning.
The crash was reported at 7:35 a.m. at Lake Kegonsa Road at Rutland-Dunn Townline Road near Stoughton.
Dane County Sheriff's deputies said the truck was traveling north on Lake Kegonsa Road near Rutland-Dunn Town Line Road when it encountered an icy curve causing it to slide and turn onto its side.
The truck was carrying 2,600 pounds of LP, and the crash created a small leak in the tanker. The road is expected to remain closed until 11 a.m.
The driver, Kevin W. Kahl, 56, of Black Earth, was not injured.


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Jazz and pop music from the Hawaii Convention Center to the Halekulani -- that's part of the Hawaii Pops -- Hawaii's first independent pops orchestra.
It's filling the music scene and jobs for island musicians.
Amy Hanaiali'i sings the blues, literally, as Hawaii gets ready for blues, jazz and big band sounds to return to Waikiki.
"Today, we're here to just tell you we got gas in the tank -- now we're ready to roll," said Matt Catingub, the Hawaii Pops Artistic Director.
The season will include a number of concerts including full orchestra performances at the Hawaii Convention Center.
"Mainly, it's going to be seating in tables of 10 with full food, full beverage -- very important -- and two dance floors on either side of the stage," said Catingub. "We aren't going to be presenting concerts -- we will be presenting events!"
Hawaii Pops will also offer jazz and big band performances at the Halekulani -- events called "Live At Lewers" bringing in top jazz and pop musicians backed by a 12-piece group.
With the demise of a full-time Hawaii symphony, the Pops enters as an independent, non-profit orchestra providing a new opportunity for Hawaii musicians to get paid doing what they do best -- entertaining.
"We're in a fortunate position with the union that we can hire musicians on a per-service basis," said Hawaii Pops Executive Director Donna Bebber. "This means we can hire who and what we need for each concert and we're not required to pay for musicians that we don't want or can't use."
Bebber says the Hawaii Convention Center will provide the ideal home to Hawaii Pops -- it's more economical than other venues and its location is convenient for residents and visitors.
Hawaii Pops' inaugural season launches in September.
Also on the local music front, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra hopes to hold its second season, a six-week run, starting in October.


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ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs a huge party, and we never expected it to be that way,ŌĆØ said brewery co-owner Joe Rowland.
Started last year as a way to incorporate the ideals of the brewery with the ambition and diverse character of people hiking the entire A.T., the releases (three a year) have garnered quite a following of beer connoisseurs and nature wanderers. The first release is timed to coincide with the waves of thru-hikers ŌĆö a hundred or more a day at their peak ŌĆö passing through the region in late March en route from Georgia to Maine on the footpath.
The events focus on the idea of ŌĆ£trail magicŌĆØ ŌĆö a random act of kindness that occurs on the trail, whether itŌĆÖs providing food to a hungry thru-hiker or inviting them into your home for a shower and real bed.
ŌĆ£That whole concept of doing something totally random, an act of kindness we can tie to the A.T., just fit us,ŌĆØ Rowland said. ŌĆ£So, we came up with the series, which coincides with the launch time, midway point and end of hike.ŌĆØ
The vision for the releases came from Rowland and others at the brewery occasionally setting up shop on the trail. They would grill out for the day and provide anyone passing by with a hamburger or drink. It became something that really inspired Rowland and opened his eyes to the vastness and wide array of humanity moving along the sacred route.
ŌĆ£People who go out and hike this trail, itŌĆÖs just amazing to see the variety out there and why theyŌĆÖre doing it,ŌĆØ he said.
With the trek averaging around six months to complete, the brewery kicks off the first release in late March, which is typically when hikers start to trickle through the area. The other two are scheduled to take place on June 7-8 and Oct. 11-12.
Rowland said there are a handful of requirements for the beer, including that it has to be high gravity (stronger alcohol content by volume) and must contain some sort of local ingredients. The benefits of a high gravity concoction is that is ages better, meaning a year from now it will taste as fresh as it did the day it was tapped.
This first release of 2013 will be a Russian Imperial Stout. It was made with local sorghum (the ingredient used in molasses) and wildflower honey, and has been aging in used MakerŌĆÖs Mark bourbon barrels.
ŌĆ£We donŌĆÖt replicate any styles that we make [for the releases]ŌĆØ he said. ŌĆ£The possibilities are endless when youŌĆÖre making a product like that.ŌĆØ
Of the revenue brought in, Nantahala has partnered up with the Friends of the Smokies and the A.T. Conservancy, two groups that work to protect and maintain the trail ŌĆö whether itŌĆÖs the trail bed itself, the landscape it passes through or the intangible trail experience.
One of the programs they support are the ŌĆ£ridge runners,ŌĆØ a vital team that spends days at a time traversing legs of the trail aiding thru-hikers. While ridge runners are found the length of the trail, they are all the more critical in the rugged and secluded section running through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where the distance between trailheads or nearby towns make hopping off to get help impossible. Ridge runners not only help educate thru-hikers but also provide them with any weather reports, supplies, medical attention or miscellaneous needs they may have while in our backyard.
ŌĆ£This is one of the most popular sections of the trail,ŌĆØ Rowland said. ŌĆ£And these ridge runners make sure hikers are good to go. It can be extremely remote out there, and you probably wonŌĆÖt have contact with anybody else except other hikers.ŌĆØ
Trail magic: the real stuff
But, the cherry on top is the biggest surprise of the weekend. As soon as the event begins, the brewery sends a vehicle down to the Nantahala Outdoor Center where the A.T. passes through. With the help of friends who work at the NOC, a few people are randomly selected off the trail and invited to partake in the festivities up in Bryson City.
ŌĆ£Right now, there are people on the trail that have no idea they will be selected,ŌĆØ Rowland chuckled. ŌĆ£TheyŌĆÖre going to be picked off the trail, have a cabin setup, the whole nine yards. ItŌĆÖs pretty cool.ŌĆØ
These folks are chosen based on their humility and intent for doing the trail. Once at the brewery, they are crowned the kings and queens of the release party. From there, they are whisked away to the nearby Watershed Cabins, where they can rest and relax in some of the finest accommodations around ŌĆö free of charge.
ŌĆ£we aim for more of an older crowd, so that they wonŌĆÖt damage such a nice place,ŌĆØ Rowland said. ŌĆ£And we want to choose people that are serious about doing the trail.ŌĆØ
In 2012, the brewery selected three hikers with stories as unique and astounding as the quest itself. Two were a couple that had met on the trail the previous year. She was a Type-1 diabetic (one of the first with the syndrome to complete the trail). He was a veteran and Purple Heart recipient who had lost his wife and daughter in a plane crash. They fell in love on their initial trek and decided to celebrate their engagement by doing the journey again.
The third person picked up was a renowned female hiker named Yogi, who rose to wilderness fame with her cherished trail guides she wrote about the Pacific Coast Trail.
And yet, for Rowland all of these people, places and things are part of the rich philosophy of why he and his comrades decided to set deep roots in Western North Carolina and create fine craft beer.
ŌĆ£If you make a good product, people will come and find it,ŌĆØ he said. ŌĆ£Bryson City is one of the last little outposts where you can be this close to a giant wilderness area and still be able to go out there and explore it. You canŌĆÖt get that anywhere else.ŌĆØ
Want to go?
The ŌĆ£Trail Magic Ale No. 4 ReleaseŌĆØ will take place at 6 p.m. on March 22 and noon on March 23 at the Nantahala Brewing Company in Bryson City. The festivities include music and the breweryŌĆÖs newest creation, a Russian Imperial Stout. Music acts include Liz & AJ Nance and The Freight Hoppers, with other groups to be announced. Attendees are allowed to bring their own food (grills are provided outside). As well, if you have a limited or rare homebrew/beer to offer for sampling at the brewery, feel free to bring it. There is no cover charge for the event. All patrons must be 21 years or older.
828.488.2337 or www.nantahalabrewing.com.


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What do you get a mum like the Duchess of Cambridge? We've rounded up the latest must-have, A-list baby gifts. From a high-tech stroller to a stylish, celeb-approved carrier, these ten finds are fit for a prince.
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Whats up gang? Rick here. Used to drive Dirt Late Models. Do me a favor Smoke. NEVER let Jackie Boggs win at Eldora... If You ever want to know why I ask this of You,I would be glad to tell You,but I am not gonna air it out for all to hear without him being able to lie in his defense. You are the best race driver out there.


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Vermont steps up mosquito trackingBy Lucia Suarez
STAFF WRITER | July 11,2013BRANDON State health and agriculture officials are increasing their monitoring of the population and movement of mosquitoes in the Brandon area.
They hope to be more proactive against the spread of the mosquito-borne diseases Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, and the West Nile virus.
State Health Commissioner Harry Chen said the states approach this mosquito season includes more robust monitoring in targeted areas which epidemiologists feel are higher-risk areas for the breeding of disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Chen was addressing a crowd Wednesday night at the Brandon Town Hall, where state officials unveiled an updated plan on how they will monitor mosquito movement and determine risk of exposure to humans and other mammals.
The only way to prevent equine encephalitis is to prevent mosquito bites, he said. We cant kill all mosquitoes as much as we would like. I can tell you that we want to lower the risk of equine encephalitis.
Prior to the meeting, Erica Berl, a state infectious disease epidemiologist, said the Health Department and the state Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets started testing mosquitoes earlier this season and plan to collect mosquitoes on a weekly basis to test them for viruses.
Agriculture hopes to do more trapping across the state, she said. Right now we only have enough manpower to do trapping in specific areas.
Berl said they began testing mosquitoes in the regions swampy areas a couple of weeks ago. The results received earlier this week came back negative for any virus.
Berl said the states surveillance plan, written in 2001 and updated periodically since, now includes information on the increased testing and a risk matrix that explains how the state determines which areas are at higher or lower risk for mosquito-borne diseases.
The Brandon-Whiting swamp areas are moderate risk based on the evidence from last year, Berl said.
The no-risk level, or baseline, includes areas across the state that have had no human or veterinary cases of mosquito-borne viruses and no mosquito surveillance is available.
Berl said most of the state currently falls under this category, but not the area including Brandon and its surrounding towns.
Low-risk areas include those where EEE in mosquitoes was detected within the last two years and have detected it in only a single trapping site in the current year. The region also cannot have had human or veterinary cases.
Moderate risk means there have been confirmed human or veterinary cases, or sustained viral activity in mosquitoes within the last two years. Regions also fall under this category if, in the current year, they have no human or animal cases but have sustained activity of mosquitoes carrying the disease.
At that point, the state would begin discussions about spraying the region against mosquitoes.
In 2012, two people one in Brandon and one in Sudbury died after being infected with EEE. Evidence of the exposure to the virus was recorded in deer as early as 2010 and in a flock of emu a year later.
Alan Graham, an epidemiologist with the state Agency of Agriculture, said at Wednesdays meeting that the Brandon area is home to mosquitoes production because of the swamp areas. He said the hardwood swamps found here the most across Vermont is the perfect breeding area for mosquitoes that could be infected with EEE.
We have more money this year and we are focusing our efforts in this area, Graham told residents at the meeting.
High-risk areas are regions where, in the current year, there has been a confirmed case of EEE in humans or animals or there is a sustained or increasing activity of viral mosquitoes.
Berl said in Brandon, Pittsford and the southern parts of Addison County, the risk level can only go up because of the evidence of EEE in humans last year.
After last year, there is a likelihood that (EEE) might be there, but we cant confirm that, she said.
Berl said the risk matrix and a subsequent risk map that illustrates the regions that fall under the matrix, are the states starting points for tackling the issue and learning more about the virus.
She said it would help the state determine if or when to spray areas to kill infected mosquitoes. She said there must be evidence of a public health risk before the state takes that next step.
There is not a lot of information (about EEE in Vermont), Berl said at the meeting. We cant spray until we have a good educated guess that it will do something.
More information regarding EEE and the West Nile virus and the work being done to monitor mosquitoes can be found at www.healthvermont.gov.
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I'm going to write a post of a different nature this morning. This is something that's weighed on my mind for a few weeks and I feel like I have to say something. I emailed a pr firm a few weeks ago to introduce myself and ask if I could be on their list of contacts for future promotions. This firm happens to represent many brands that offer products for children that I thought my family and my readers would love, and I thought it would be a great partnership.
Much to my surprise, to make a long story short, I was told that this firm has no interest in working with me nor my site. The reason? I have the word "bargains" in my name. Therefore, I am one of the deal bloggers.
Apparently, this firm has the belief that their clients don't want to be affiliated with bargain sites. So because I am smart with my money and try to help my readers also be smart with their money, I'm not going to ever be included on their lists. I did try to explain that while I do share bargains, I am not a deal blogger, and that my readers like to spend their money where it matters, just like me. It didn't make a difference. That pesky little "bargains" is still in my name, and it's in my url.
So basically, bargains/deals/frugal/freebies/coupons = not good enough to work with certain brands.
Interestingly, I have worked some of these brands previously. They've reached out to me. According to their PR firm, though, they won't be interested in working with me again, no matter what kind of content is on my site. I'm baffled. I was upset. When did smart spending become a negative thing? Why would being a savvy consumer be a bad thing? Why would sharing ways to spend smart and save be looked upon in a negative light?
If "deal" bloggers arent good enough to write about a company's products, then I have to assume we arent good enough to buy their products. That makes sense, right? I mean, if a brand doesn't want to be in any way affiliated with someone who values spending wisely, and saving when they can, then should those of us who value spending wisely and saving when we can give our hard earned money to those brands?
What do you think? If you are a brand, or represent a brand, do you think "deal" bloggers are worth taking a "risk" on? Do you agree with this mentality?


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Please include any relevant information such as skill level and style of play.
Comments: Awesome string. Very slippery as a cross. I used it on the cross with natural gut mains. The mains
remain straight no matter how hard I hit. After 6 hours, there's no signs of fraying at all. I prefer this string over other synthetic
guts I tried like Gosen OG Sheep Micro, Head PPS, etc.
From: Anon, 5/15
Comments: Why does this string have to be so durable? The strings move within three hits and then wear a notch
into the crosses. After that it takes forever to get them back into place. The drop in tension fast and then they play terrible. The
only plus is the price, but overall I'd say that I would not buy this again even with the enticing price.
From: Jonathan, 8/12
Comments: The string Ashaway Liberty 16 gets the job done. They're good quality nylon string, crosses and mains
at full tension.
From: Randy, Sacramento, CA , USA. 6/10
Comments: I used to play on the team at college level several years back. At first I was playing mainly with a Yonex
Super RD Tour 90 (Wilson 6.0 85 Classic for fun) and would break strings every 2 weeks on average. I've tried several different
syn guts from 15g-18g. Of the ones I remember using, I've tried Wilson Sensation, Sensation Ice, Gamma TNT, Gamma Ruff,
Gosen OG Sheep Micro along with the JC version, Prince Syn Gut, Duraflex, one of the better strings from Alpha, Head Comp Pro,
and Ashaway Liberty 16. There were a few more but the rest I don't remember the names of. Quite honestly I didn't think there
was too much of a difference in the way the strings played. Some played a little livelier or softer but would still break way too fast
to pay so much $$ for, others would feel dead, stiff, or harsh, and some just in between. They were all pretty similar to me, not
enough to justify the price difference, and only when stepping up to something like a good Multifilament such as NRG2 did I find
any real improvement. Among the Mono Syn Guts the one I liked the best was surprisingly Liberty 16. It has a soft, dampened,
comfortable feel, but not at all dead or stiff like some syn guts can be. If you like your strings harder feeling and very
bouncy/pingy try something else like Gosen OG Sheep JC. Liberty 16 was mainly used in a pair of Fischer Pro Number 1 rackets
which is what I played most of College with. I originally bought packs of this string for stringing practice but ended up liking it
more than the other syn guts! lol. Forten Sweet 16 is also another syn guy that I like very much. It plays more lively than Liberty
From: Ray, SoCal, CA 03/10
Comments:This is an excellent string for crosses when I use Ashaway Kevlar in the mains. It
softens the kevlar and makes the entire string bed comfortable. I use this string with Forten
Nylon 16 interchangeably based on the color I want in the crosses. I have used this string
in the crosses for over 10 years and I never had problem with it.
From: Lee, Knoxville, TN, USA 02/10
Comments: The only thing this string is good for, is to learning how to string a racket. I swear to you from day one
this is the worst string I have ever played. I have the luxury of being able to put fresh strings in my racket every day, and I would
still yet not play these dirt cheap strings. It is not as simple a matter as changing the tension to your liking. As a racket technician
I have tried Prince Synthetic Gut Duraflex, Prince Premier, Lightning, Tournament Poly, Head Pps, Sonic Pro, Gamma Esp, Luxilon
Alu Power, and Gosen Og Sheep Micro..etc. Ashaway Liberty felt like I was playing with a fishing scoop net. I took swings at a ball
expecting it to bite, spin, and jump over the net as usual. OR AT LEAST RESPOND, I got no response out of these strings
whatsoever. Instead, the ball would hit my strings and fall to the net as if I barely had hit the ball at all. If you like to hit with any
precision whatsoever, I recommend absolutely anything over plain nylon, which is what this is.
From: clayton, honolulu, hi, usa. 2/09
Comments: Strung my Babolat Aeropro drive cortex w/these at 58/56 and it broke on me that night within 3 hours
of having it strung. I'm a heavy top-spinning 4.5 player and these strings looked really cool (in the lime green color) but the
durability was awful.
From: Julian, Houston, TX, USA, 09/08
Comments: This string is least durable string I've ever played with. I hit with it for about 2 and a half hours using
my Head Microgel Extreme Pro at 58lbs tension, and the strings snapped by the end of my 3rd set. Too much movement of the
strings. Not recommended to higher level players.
From: Gabriel, Minneapolis, MN. 7/08
Comments: I'm a heavy topspinning 4.0 player and until recently these were my strings of choice. The price can't be
beat. For me the feel and power were excellent, giving me much better topspin control than many uber-expensive strings.
However, longevity was a big problem for me. I could play almost exactly 6 sets and expect the strings to break on me. At least I
could count on the regularity! But, re-stringing these proved expensive even though the strings are cheap.
I just moved over to Ashaway's Crossfire II and am completely sold on those. More expensive, but it makes up for it in durability
big time, as well as improving on spin, power, and feel (for me). I bid these farewell, but I enjoyed them while I played with them.
From: Sid, Mountain View, CA, USA. 7/08
Comments: Not for me, but I hate synthetic gut in general. It gave me no control and power that I need and didn't
match what I had with my last strings. It felt too bouncy and moved around too much.
From: Anon. 6/08
Comments: I've bought this string from T-W for many years; needless to say, I'm very satisfied with it. I'm a USTA
4.0 NTRP player who plays 2-3 times a week throughout the year. I hit hard with very little natural spin. This string gives me the
strength, resilience, and longevity I need, and the price can't be beat; I also get a little more feel from this string than I used to get
with other 16 gauge strings I tried (granted, it has been a long time since I've used any other brand string!). I usually buy ten at a
time, and keep them in a cool, dry place to make them last longer (I change my strings 2-3 times a year). IMHO, this string is a
"best bet" for the average club player.
From: Steve, Frankfort, KY, USA, 02/08
Comments: I tried this string on the recommendation of others on here. Strung it in my Head Flexpoint Radical MP
at 56lb. and absolutely hated it. Hit with it for about 15 min. and it moves all over the place. I have the exact same stick strung
with PSG 17 at 56lb. and the PSG is a far superior string. This string moves too much and the spin in not nearly as good as with
other Syn. gut. Even for the low price I would not by this string again.
From: Brian, Littleton, CO, USA. 4/07
Comments: Man after reading this comments, I got to give this string a try. This string is so far the best synthetic
gut string I ever used. It is quite durable, and it barely moves around so I don't have to fix it every so often. I've been using this
strings for 1 month now and still going.
From: Paul Nguyen, Westminster, CA, USA, 01/07
Comments: I tried it today in an old-school frame and it is simply amazing. Ultra-low price, great control, great
spin, above-average power, and has outstanding feel. What really got me was the touch on drop-volleys and slice backhands that
I was able to achieve. Oh, and it hasn't dropped a single pound of tension in several hours of play. Very good tension
maintenance. I just don't get it; this string should cost at least 2 or 3 times its current price. This has to be one of the best
bargains out there. Is it the absolute best string on the planet? Probably not. But if you want a good, solid, all-around string that
does just about EVERYTHING well, then you really don't need to look anywhere else. Strung at 52 lb. in a Yonex R-22.
From: Tony, USA. 10/06
Comments: For less than $2 a pack I had to give this string a try. I string up three frames at a time
and have different strings in all three for comparison purposes. I had low expectations for this string and have
been amazed in every catagory. These strings play as well as any synthetic. They are plendy durable. I have
played them for two months and have been playing mostly with this frame the last month thinking they would
break. I'm cutting them out tomorrow to string with gut. Who knows how long they would last. They come in
multiple colors, so, if you can play well enough with synthetic, these strings are as good as any, very durable
and look good in black and $1.89.
From: John, Sudden Valley , WA 1/21/06
Dunlop 200g xl at 61lbs.
Comments: This string feels just as good as Prince or Head synthetic gut. It
does not last that long though. If you string your own rackets it would be worth it but if you
pay people to string your rackets then try something else.
From: Fred, Little Washington, Pennsylvania, USA 07/05
Comments: Great string at an even better price. I have had problems with my
elbow the last couple of months when I was using Prince Synthetic Gut with Duraflex and
Babolat Super Fine Play. This string is more durable than superfine play and about the
same as prince synthetic gut, but at a quarter of the price. I have used Ashaway Synthetic
Gut also and this string plays almost the exact same maybe even a little better.
From: Matt, Eden Prairie, MN, USA. 06/04


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Bioinformatics, the use of computers in biological research, is the newest wrinkle on one of the oldest pursuits--trying to uncover the secret of life. While we may not know all of life's secrets, at the very least computers are helping us understand many of the biological processes that take place inside of living things. In fact, the use of computers in biological research has risen to such a degree that computer programming has now become an important and almost essential skill for today's biologists.
The purpose of this article is to introduce Python as a useful and viable development language for the computer programming needs of the bioinformatics community. In this introduction, we'll identify some of the advantages of using Python for bioinformatics. Then we'll create and demonstrate examples of working code to get you started. In subsequent articles we'll explore some significant bioinformatics projects that make use of Python.
Because scientists have long relied on the open availability of each other's research results, it was only natural that they would turn to Open Source software when it came time to apply computer processes to the study of biological processes. One of the first Open Source languages to gain popularity among biologists was Perl. Perl gained a foothold in bioinformatics based on its strong text processing facilities, which were ideally suited to analyzing early sequence data. To its credit, Perl has a history of successful use in bioinformatics and is still a very useful tool for biological research.
In comparison to Perl, Python is a relative newcomer to bioinformatics, but is steadily gaining in popularity. A few of the reasons for this popularity are the:
The Python language was designed to be as simple and accessible as possible, without giving up any of the power needed to develop sophisticated applications. Python's clean, consistent syntax leaves it free from the subtleties and nuances that can make other languages difficult to learn and programs written in those languages difficult to comprehend.
Python's dynamic nature adds to its accessibility. For example, Python doesn't require you to declare variables before you use them, and the same variable can refer to objects of different types over the course of its existence. Python can be also be used interactively, allowing you to familiarize yourself with the language of any Python modules in an interactive session where each command produces immediate results.
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Python also has excellent support for the object-oriented style of programming. We'll show an example of this capability at the end of this article, but the basic idea is that object-orientation often provides a better way to organize the data and functionality within your programs. As the data and analytical techniques used in bioinformatics have become more complex, the value of object-oriented language features has risen.
In addition, Python integrates well with systems written in other languages, such as C, C++, Java and Fortran. One of the main benefits of C is speed. When a programmer needs an algorithm to run as fast as possible, they can code it in C or C++ and make it available to Python as an extension module. To the programmer, these are indistinguishable from pure Python modules. Similar utilities exist that make the large body of scientific algorithms coded in Fortran accessible to Python programs.
Java has become popular as a cross-platform and Web development language. The Python interpreter is now available in two variations: one version written in C, and the other version, known as Jython, written in Java. Jython allows Java programmers to write programs using the Python syntax and dynamic language features, and it allows Python programmers to use existing code developed in Java. These are just a few examples of the many ways Python is able to leverage and extend existing code written in other languages.
So while Perl is more well established in the bioinformatics community, many biologists and bioinformaticians are also turning to Python as it gains in popularity. To get a better sense of what Python has to offer, we'll look at examples of Python code that highlight some of its features. But first, we need to cover some of the basic biology that we'll touch on in the examples.
One of the goals of molecular biology is to understand the processes that take place within the cells of living organisms. One such process is the creation of proteins, some of the most basic raw materials of all living things. Almost every process within a living creature makes use of, or is influenced by, these large, complex molecular structures. There are thousands of different proteins and we have barely begun to understand them in any detail. One thing we do know is that the creation of proteins is determined by the information encoded within the genetic material in each cell, called DNA.
DNA is a linear structure made up of a sequence of molecules called
nucleotides or bases. Four nucleotides appear in DNA: adenine, cytosine,
guanine, and thymine. These nucleotides are usually represented by their
G and
T. DNA is actually composed of two strands of these
nucleotides wound around each other in the famous double helix shape.
The sequence of a single strand of DNA can be represented as a sequence of
alphabetical characters identifying each base in the sequence, such as
ACCTTGGCACCT. Due to their chemical attractions, the nucleotides always appear
in pairs, also called base pairs, such that adenine (
A) always pairs up with
thymine (
T), and cytosine (
C) always pairs up with guanine (
G). Because of this
base-pairing characteristic, we can easily determine the complementary, or
opposite, strand of any single-stranded DNA sequence.
A simplified view of how DNA determines the creation of a protein goes
something like this. A section of DNA called a gene contains the encoded
information about the protein to create. Through the process of transcription,
the two DNA strands along a gene separate, and the gene is copied. This
single-stranded copy is called RNA, or, more precisely, messenger RNA. It is
identical to the original gene sequence, except that the nucleotide uracil (
appears in place of thymine (
Once formed, the messenger RNA moves to a structure in the cell known as a ribosome. The ribosome moves along the messenger RNA, reading its sequence three nucleotides at a time. Each group of three nucleotides, called a codon, determines which of 20 amino acids gets assembled by the ribosome into a protein. Like DNA and RNA, proteins are linear structures that can be represented by a text string. Where DNA and RNA use a four-character alphabet, proteins require a 20-character alphabet to represent each amino acid in a protein sequence.
Now that we've covered some of the basics of molecular biology, let's take a look at Python to see how its language features can be used to deal with biological research data. We mentioned that DNA, RNA, and proteins are all linear sequences that can be easily represented in a computer-friendly fashion. Python has several built-in structures for handling sequences. Three that we will look at are strings, lists, and dictionaries. To do that, we first need to introduce the Python shell.
There are a couple of different ways to run Python code. One way, which
should be familiar to anyone with experience in another language, is to enter
lines of Python code into a text file and save it with a
.py extension. That
program file can then be run from an operating system prompt, or by
double-clicking on the file, depending on your setup. The other way is to
interact with the Python interpreter in a Python shell, where you can enter
lines of code, hit return, and get a immediate response back from Python.
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Building GUI Applications with PythonCard and PyCrust -- Developing the GUI for a Python application is often a tedious and time-consuming process. This is the exact opposite of how Python programmers would describe other aspects of software development using Python. In this article, Patrick O'Brien explains how PythonCard and PyCrust, the graphical Python shell, ease the GUI development process.
The Python shell is a great environment in which to learn the Python language and to explore new programming concepts. There are even graphical Python shells that will colorize your code, pop up a list of autocompletion options as you type, display all the variables currently available to your program, and help out in any number of other ways. The Python shell that we will use here is called PyCrust, and it comes with the wxPython GUI toolkit.
When you start a Python shell, you will be prompted to enter a line of Python
code. The main prompt is "
>>>Ā" (without the quotes). If
the Python code you are entering requires more than one line, subsequent lines
will display the secondary prompt of "
...Ā" Let's see what this
looks like in PyCrust.
The initial view of the PyCrust shell.
After we've entered some examples of Python code in the PyCrust shell, it may look like this:
A popup listing available methods for the 'dna' object.
Let's take a look at the example code in more detail. The first thing we did
was to create a string and assign it to a variable. Strings in Python are
sequences of characters. You create a string literal by enclosing the
characters in single (
'), double (
") or triple
''' or
""") quotes. In the example we assigned the
string literal
CTGACCACTTTACGAGGTTAGC to the variable named
>>> dna = 'CTGACCACTTTACGAGGTTAGC'
Then we simply typed the name of the variable, and Python responded by displaying the value of that variable, surrounding the value with quotes to remind us that the value is a string.
>>> dna
A Python string has several built-in capabilities. One of them is the
ability to return a copy of itself with all lowercase letters. These
capabilities are known as methods. To invoke a method of an object, use the
dot syntax. That is, you type the name of the variable (which in this case is
a reference to a string object) followed by the dot (
.) operator, then the name
of the method followed by opening and closing parentheses.
>>> dna.lower()
You can access part of a string using the indexing operator
s[i]. Indexing
begins at zero, so
s[0] returns the first character in the string,
s[1] returns
the second, and so on.
>>> dna[0]
>>> dna[1]
>>> dna[2]
>>> dna[3]
The final line in our screen shot shows PyCrust's autocompletion feature, whereby a list of valid methods (and properties) of an object are displayed when a dot is typed following an object variable. As you can see, Python lists have many built-in capabilities that you can experiment with in the Python shell. Now let's look at one of the other Python sequence types, the list.
Where Python strings are limited to characters, Python lists have no limitations. Python lists are ordered sequences of arbitrary Python objects, including other lists. In addition, you can insert, delete and replace elements in a list. Lists are written as a series of objects, separated by commas, inside of square brackets. Let's look at some lists, and some operations you can perform on lists.
>>> bases = ['A', 'C', 'G', 'T']
>>> bases
>>> bases.append('U')
>>> bases
>>> bases.reverse()
>>> bases
>>> bases[0]
>>> bases[1]
>>> bases.remove('U')
>>> bases
>>> bases.sort()
>>> bases
In this example we created a list of single characters that we called bases.
Then we added an element to the end, reversed the order of all the elements,
retrieved elements by their index position, removed an element with the value
'U', and sorted the elements. Removing an element from a list
illustrates a situation where we need to supply the
method with an additional piece of information, namely the value that we want
to remove from the list. As you can see in the picture below, PyCrust takes
advantage of Python's ability to let us know what is required for most
operations by displaying that information in a call tip pop-up window.
A tooltip showing usage of the 'remove' method.
We've talked about objects having methods, such as the
remove() method of a
list object, and how a method performs a task and, perhaps, returns a result.
Python has another very similar feature, called a function. About the only
difference between a function and a method is that a function isn't associated
with a particular object.
Note: Whether something should be defined as a function or a method is, in part, a design choice. In fact, we're going to create several functions below and then re-define them as methods as a way of demonstrating Python's support for object-oriented programming.
Functions perform an operation on one or more values and return a result.
Python comes with many pre-defined functions, as well as the ability to define
your own functions. Let's look at a couple of the built-in functions:
returns the number of items in a sequence;
dir() returns a list of strings
representing the attributes of an object;
list() returns a new list initialized
from some other sequence.
>>> dna = 'CTGACCACTTTACGAGGTTAGC'
>>> bases = ['A', 'C', 'G', 'T']
>>> len(dna)
>>> len(bases)
>>> dir(dna)
['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__',
'__doc__', '__eq__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__',
'__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__le__',
'__len__', '__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__',
'__repr__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__str__', 'capitalize',
'center', 'count', 'decode', 'encode', 'endswith', 'expandtabs',
'find', 'index', 'isalnum', 'isalpha', 'isdigit', 'islower',
'isspace', 'istitle', 'isupper', 'join', 'ljust', 'lower',
'lstrip', 'replace', 'rfind', 'rindex', 'rjust', 'rstrip', 'split',
'splitlines', 'startswith', 'strip', 'swapcase', 'title',
'translate', 'upper']
>>> dir(bases)
['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__',
'__delitem__', '__delslice__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__ge__',
'__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getslice__', '__gt__',
'__hash__', '__iadd__', '__imul__', '__init__', '__le__', '__len__',
'__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__repr__',
'__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', '__setslice__', '__str__',
'append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove',
'reverse', 'sort']
>>> list(dna)
Next, we're going to define some functions of our own that will perform useful operations on biological sequence data.
Here is the process for creating your own function in Python. The first line
begins with the keyword
def, is followed by the name of the function and any
arguments (expected input values) surrounded by parentheses, and ends with a
colon. Subsequent lines make up the body of the function and must be indented.
If a string comment appears in the first line of the body, it becomes part of
the documentation for the function. The last line of a function returns a
Let's define some functions in the PyCrust shell. Then we can try each function with some sample data and see the result returned by the function.
>>> def transcribe(dna):
... """Return dna string as rna string."""
... return dna.replace('T', 'U')
>>> transcribe('CCGGAAGAGCTTACTTAG')
In this example we created a function, called
transcribe that expects a
string representing a DNA sequence. Strings have a
replace() method that will
return a copy of the original string with each occurence of one character
replaced by another. In three lines of code we've given ourselves a consistent
way to transcribe a string of DNA into RNA. Let's create another function. How
>>> def reverse(s):
... """Return the sequence string in reverse order."""
... letters = list(s)
... letters.reverse()
... return ''.join(letters)
>>> reverse('CCGGAAGAGCTTACTTAG')
There are a few new things in this function that need explanation. First,
we've used an argument name of "
s" instead of "
dna". You can name your
arguments whatever you like in Python. It is something of a convention to use
short names based on their expected value or meaning. So "
s" for string is
fairly common in Python code. The other reason to use "
s" instead of "
dna" in
this example is that this function works correctly on any string, not just
strings representing dna sequences. So "
s" is a better reflection of the
generic utility of this function than "
You can see that the
reverse function takes in a string, creates a list
based on the string, and reverses the order of the list. Now we need to put the
list back together as a string so we can return a string. Python string objects
have a
join() method that joins together a list into a string, separating each
list element by a string value. Since we do not want any character as a
separator, we use the
join() method on an empty string, represented by two
quotes (
'' or
In order to calculate the complement of a DNA sequence, we need a way to map each of the four bases to its complement. For that, we'll use another Python sequence structure called a dictionary.
A Python dictionary has the same benefit as a regular paper dictionary. It allows you to quickly locate the value (definition) associated with a key (word). Dictionaries are denoted by curly braces and contain a comma-separated sequence of key:value pairs. Dictionaries are not ordered. Instead, dictionary values are accessed by their key value, rather than their position in the sequence. Let's look at some of the methods supported by dictionaries.
>>> basecomplement = {'A': 'T', 'C': 'G', 'T': 'A', 'G': 'C'}
>>> basecomplement.keys()
>>> basecomplement.values()
>>> basecomplement['A']
>>> basecomplement['C']
>>> for base in basecomplement.keys():
... print "The complement of", base, "is", basecomplement[base]
The complement of A is T
The complement of C is G
The complement of T is A
The complement of G is C
>>> for base in basecomplement:
... print "The complement of", base, "is", basecomplement[base]
The complement of A is T
The complement of C is G
The complement of T is A
The complement of G is C
In this example we also introduced the concept of a
for loop, which cycles
over the keys of the
basecomplement dictionary. Python's
for loop can iterate
over any sequence. In this example it assigns the first value from the list
returned by
keys() to the variable named base, executes the
for loop example, you can see that when we simply specify "
for base in
basecomplement" Python defaults to looping over the
basecomplement dictionary's
The next example will demonstrate one other technique we will need in our complement function. It's a relatively new feature of Python, called list comprehensions.
>>> letters = list('CCGGAAGAGCTTACTTAG')
>>> [basecomplement[base] for base in letters]
A list comprehension returns a list and works similarly to a
for loop,
but in a much more compact and efficient format. In this case it allows us
to return a new list where each base in the original list of letters has
been replaced with its complement, which we retrieved from the
dictionary. Let's see how we put this all together.
>>> def complement(s):
... """Return the complementary sequence string."""
... basecomplement = {'A': 'T', 'C': 'G', 'G': 'C', 'T': 'A'}
... letters = list(s)
... letters = [basecomplement[base] for base in letters]
... return ''.join(letters)
>>> complement('CCGGAAGAGCTTACTTAG')
Now that we've got a
reverse function and a
complement function, we have the
building blocks for a
reversecomplement function.
>>> def reversecomplement(s):
... """Return the reverse complement of the dna string."""
... s = reverse(s)
... s = complement(s)
... return s
>>> reversecomplement('CCGGAAGAGCTTACTTAG')
It can also be useful to know the percentage of DNA composed of
G and
bases. String objects have a
count() method that returns the number of
character occurences. With that information, calculating the percentage is a
simple matter of applying some mathematical calculations.
>>> def gc(s):
... """Return the percentage of dna composed of G+C."""
... gc = s.count('G') + s.count('C')
... return gc * 100.0 / len(s)
>>> gc('CCGGAAGAGCTTACTTAG')
>>> gc('CCGGAAGAGCTTACTTAGTTA')
Since DNA can be divided into three character segments (codons), a function
that returned a list of codons would also be useful. Another simple
mathematical calculation determines the ending point for our codons in case
the DNA string is not evenly divisible by three. The
range() function returns a
list of numbers from a beginning point to an ending point, incrementing by some
value, in this case 3. This arithmetic progression is used inside a list
comprehension combined with string slicing to produce a list of three character
>>> def codons(s):
... """Return list of codons for the dna string."""
... end = len(s) - (len(s) % 3) - 1
... codons = [s[i:i+3] for i in range(0, end, 3)]
... return codons
>>> codons('CCGGAAGAGCTTACTTAG')
String slicing is similar to string indexing. Instead of retrieving a single
character, string slicing allows us to retrieve sections of characters from a
starting position up to, but not including, an ending position. The syntax is
s[i:j], where
i is the starting position and
j is the ending position. So
s[0:3] returns a string containing the characters in index positions
1, and
>>> s = 'CCGGAAGAGCTTACTTAG'
>>> s[0:3]
>>> s[3:6]
>>> s[6:9]
>>> s[9:12]
Here is one final, interesting, note about functions. Functions themselves
are objects. That means we can examine their attributes using
dir(), just
like we did for strings and lists. One of the more useful attributes of a
function object is its documentation string, which gets stored in its
>>> dir(transcribe)
['__call__', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__',
'__get__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__name__',
'__new__', '__reduce__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__',
'func_closure', 'func_code', 'func_defaults', 'func_dict',
'func_doc', 'func_globals', 'func_name']
>>> transcribe.__doc__
'Return dna string as rna string.'
Don't worry if this last example is a bit esoteric. The main point of showing it was to emphasize that Python is very powerful and consistent, that everything in Python is an object, and that objects can be inspected on the fly. The result is that as you learn Python you will find that unfamiliar objects often behave exactly as you would expect them to behave the very first time you use them. This is a powerful feeling that's not experienced often enough when using other programming languages.
We've seen how to create simple objects, like strings, lists, dictionaries, and functions. Next we're going to look at how we can create our own custom objects with properties and methods that we define.
To create your own custom objects, you must define a sort of template, or
cookie cutter, called a class. You do so in Python using the
class statement,
followed by the name of the class and a colon. Following this, the body of the
class definition contains the properties and methods that will be available for
all object instances that are based on this class.
Let's take all the functions that we've created so far and recast them as methods of a DNA class. Then we'll see how to create DNA objects based on our DNA class. While we could do all this from the Python shell, instead we will place this code into a bio.py file and show how we can use this file from the Python shell. The contents of our bio.py file, which Python calls a module, look like this.
class DNA:
"""Class representing DNA as a string sequence."""
basecomplement = {'A': 'T', 'C': 'G', 'T': 'A', 'G': 'C'}
def __init__(self, s):
"""Create DNA instance initialized to string s."""
self.seq = s
def transcribe(self):
"""Return as rna string."""
return self.seq.replace('T', 'U')
def reverse(self):
"""Return dna string in reverse order."""
letters = list(self.seq)
return ''.join(letters)
def complement(self):
"""Return the complementary dna string."""
letters = list(self.seq)
letters = [self.basecomplement[base] for base in letters]
return ''.join(letters)
def reversecomplement(self):
"""Return the reverse complement of the dna string."""
letters = list(self.seq)
letters = [self.basecomplement[base] for base in letters]
return ''.join(letters)
def gc(self):
"""Return the percentage of dna composed of G+C."""
s = self.seq
gc = s.count('G') + s.count('C')
return gc * 100.0 / len(s)
def codons(self):
"""Return list of codons for the dna string."""
s = self.seq
end = len(s) - (len(s) % 3) - 1
codons = [s[i:i+3] for i in range(0, end, 3)]
return codons
Much of this should look familiar based on our existing functions. Class definitions do add a few new elements that we need to cover. Let's look at how to use this new class before exploring the extra details.
We create object instances by calling the class, much like we would call a function. The first thing we need to do is make the Python shell aware of this class definition. We do that by importing the DNA class definition from our bio.py module. Then we create an instance of the DNA class, passing in the initial string value. From that point on the object keeps track of its own sequence value, and we simply call the methods that are defined for that object.
>>> from bio import DNA
>>> dna1 = DNA('CGACAAGGATTAGTAGTTTAC')
>>> dna1.transcribe()
>>> dna1.reverse()
>>> dna1.complement()
>>> dna1.reversecomplement()
>>> dna1.gc()
>>> dna1.codons()
Since a class acts as a kind of template that's used to create multiple
object instances, we need the ability, inside a class method, to refer to the
specific object instance on which the method is called. To accommodate this
need, Python automatically passes the object instance as the first argument to
each method. The convention in the Python community is to name that first
argument "
self." That's why you see "
self" as the first argument in all the
method definitions of our DNA class.
The other thing to note is that the
__init__() method. Python calls this
specially named method when creating instances of the class. In our example,
DNA.__init__ expects to receive a string argument, which we then store as a
property of the object instance,
We made one other change when we moved our functions into class methods. We
moved the
basecomplement dictionary definition out of the
complement() method
and into the class definition. As part of the class definition, the dictionary
is only created once, rather than each time the method is called. The
dictionary is shared by all instances of the class, and it can be used by more
than one method. This is in contrast to the
seq property, for which each object
instance will have its own unique value.
As you can see, classes provide a effective way to group related data and functionality. Let's finish our shell session by creating a few more DNA instances.
>>> dna2 = DNA('ACGGGAGGACGGGAAAATTACTAGCACCCGCATAGACTT')
>>> dna2.codons()
>>> dna3 = DNA(dna1.seq + dna2.seq)
>>> dna3.reversecomplement()
>>> dna4 = DNA(dna3.reversecomplement())
>>> dna4.codons()
Even with this rudimentary class definition, manipulated from the Python shell, we can start to see Python's potential for analyzing biological data in a clear, coherent fashion, with a minimum of syntactic overhead.
Python is a popular, open source programming language with much to offer the bioinformatics community. At the same time, Python came late to the bioinformatics party and may never rise to level of popularity of Perl. Choice is always a good thing, though, and Python offers a viable, reliable option for biologists and professional programmers alike. We hope this article gives you a reason to take a closer look at Python.
If you like what you've seen of Python, here are some additional resources to explore.
Patrick O'Brien is an independent software developer and trainer, specializing in the Python programming language. He is the creator of PyCrust, a developer on the PythonCard project, and leader of the PyPerSyst project. He may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Op-Ed, Reuters
August 8, 2011
Author: Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
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After the rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded America's long-term debt, China said that Washington needed to "cure its addiction to debts" and "live within its means." It must have been a delicious moment in Beijing, accustomed over the years to lectures from Washington about its management of the yuan.
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Sanchez? Who is Sanchez?
If you are one of my good buddies reading this you will know where I am coming from with that title. If you are not, I will briefly explain.
The year was 2006 and my family and I were on a trip to Washington, D.C. On this one specific day we visited the U.S. Mint. Now I can't say I remember too much about our tour of the mint but one moment will surely stick out for many years, and it has.
I was wearing my Freddy Sanchez All-Star T-Shirt. No big deal right?
But to Julio Martinez, the Mint security guard, it was.
"Sanchez!?! Who is Sanchez?" he excalims to me.
After I explain who the Pittsburgh second baseman was he showed a slight grin and hinted that he hopes to hear more about the solid player. Some four years later I hope he has had his fill of Freddy.
Now that wasn;t the best story in world but shoot it is in my circle of family and friends, we always get a laugh out of it.
While Sanchez's career in Pittsburgh is over, he has began to make his mark in San Francisco. After battling through injuries at the end of last season after being traded to beginning this season on the disabled list Sanchez has started to turn things around.
After going 3-for-4 against the Pirates Friday night he continued to have a big series and drove in the winning run on Sunday, a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning.
Sanchez is now batting .371 although he has appeared in just 17 games. He was said to have started to wind down in his carrer but still has that knack at the plate. I feel he will be swinging strongly for quite sometime.
There may not be a classier ballplayer than Freddy Sanchez. In interviews after the trade that send him to San Francisco in exchange for minor league pitcher Tim Alderson, Sanchez has been nothing but respectful of his former city and club.
. The way the fans treated me was just awesome," Sanchez told Post Gazette reporter Dejan Kovacevic, "I can't wait to be back there and play in that stadium again."
He recieved loud ovation this weekend and rightfully so, he earned it. While it may have been dissapointing, yet fitting, that he drove in the winning run to break open a 5-5 tie on Sunday what he did the day before is entirely admirable.
After donating much more $50,000 dollars to Western Pennsylvania Charities and other outlets to build baseball fields for special needs children, Sanchez and his family showed up at one of those fields to play ball with those kids. The Post-Gazette and USA Today have picked up on this story and I am sure we will be hearing more of it. Sanchez the humanitarian is a fitting nickname that will stick because of his strong willed attributes.
How many players, scratch that, how many visiting team players would do that the afternoon before a game, let alone the day after playing a game that did not start until ten o'clock and probably did not finsih until almost 1 a.m.
Sanchez enjoyed his time in Pittsburgh. He was a loser only because of his team's win-loss
record but still through all of it remianed a good sport and wanted to be in the Steel City. He has taken the high road by only talking about the good of Pittsburgh and wanting to come back. Players such as Nate McLouth, Adam LaRoche, Eric Hinske, Sean Burnett and other who have recently been traded have come right out and said they were happy to move on. To quote Frank Sinatra, Sanchez's vagabond shoes were longing to stray, just not in New York City, but in Pittsburgh, Pa. He now reps the number 21. A shoutout to Clemente and Pittsburgh? Maybe.
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I think that is the reason he wears #21, because of Roberto Clemente. At least I hope so. He seems like he has taken after him in the humanitarian dept.
I had to smile at your inside joke about 'Sanchez?, who is Sanchez?" Every once in a while a friend of mine and I tell each other "I am just waiting for Monday" It is in reference to being in an Arizona restaurant while the Dodgers were there on a weekend. When the waitress said that to us we automatically thought about Rick Monday. Then afterwards we realized that she was refering that the Cubs were coming Monday. It was funny we both thought about Rick Monday.
What a guy!
Hey, anyone can rescue a career that seems like it's ending and stick around. After a few years in Toronto, Scott Rolen has been big for Cincinatti, and maybe Sanchez wasn't as much of a star as Rolen, but it's the same basic thing. Hopefully Sanchez can stick around for a while longer.
Good post. I have always been a huge fan of Freddie's and continue to be today. Maybe Sean Burnett and Nate McLouth can look at him as an example as to how to take the high road when dealing with a former team.
Gotta admit my shock when they penciled Sanchez in the number 3 hole in his first game off the DL… 3 hole? Really? I mean, he's solid and all…but not the prototypical 3 hole hitter.
All eyes were on the Pirates-Nationals game yesterday. Fantastic that Delwyn hit that homerun though!
Great-Great-Great story about Sanchez. You get so many stories about players that are complete jack-a**es and you start to feel like all of them are like that. I've always believed that most players are good guys to some degree, and more of them do good things through charities or donating their time than most people realize. Always liked Freddy, and will follow the rest of his career just a bit more closely now that I know a bit more about him. Thanks for the good read.
Hey, how you liking your new 2B Walker? Read a bit about him — hope he turns out to be another good one.