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The Tissue Typing Laboratory tests for compatibility between patients who require an organ or bone marrow transplant and potential donors. In the case of bone marrow transplantation it is important that the tissue type of patient and donor are matched to minimize graft versus host disease. In organ transplantation matching patient and donor tissue types reduces the risk of chronic rejection caused by the development of donor-specific antibodies in the patient against tissue-type mismatches.
A person's tissue type comprises a set of highly polymorphic proteins called human leukocyte antigens (HLA), which are found on the surface of most cells. HLA plays a central role in adaptive immunity, generating an immune response to pathogens but simultaneously presenting a barrier to marrow and organ transplantation. PCR-based DNA methods have largely replaced serology in tissue typing and, like most laboratories testing large numbers of clinical samples, automation is becoming the norm. In 2006 the New Zealand Tissue Typing Laboratory started using Roche's MagNA Pure Compact robot to automate DNA extraction.
DNA sequencing has revealed potentially important polymorphisms spread over several exons which, in genomic DNA, can be separated by several kilobases. Tissue typing is becoming an increasingly time-consuming and expensive process using genomic DNA.
We decided to investigate the use of the MagNA Pure robot to isolate total RNA from blood, synthesize cDNA using a Transcriptor cDNA Synthesis kit, and for use as a template for HLA sequencing. RNA is a simpler template than genomic DNA because there are no introns. A random selection of blood samples from transplant patients and donors was selected; these had already been HLA typed using genomic DNA to allow a comparison.
Materials and Methods
Samples and extractions
RNA was extracted from 64 random uncoagulated citrate phosphate dextrose (CPD) blood samples using the MagNA Pure Compact RNA Isolation Kit. The samples were from transplant patients and healthy donors and the blood had been collected from 8 hours prior to extraction, and up to 14 days prior to extraction. Blood samples not extracted immediately were stored at 4°C. Prior to extraction blood samples were thoroughly mixed by several inversions. RNA was quantified using a Nanodrop spectrophotometer.
cDNA Synthesis
In all cases cDNA was synthesized from 0.1 µg (10 µL) RNA using the Transcriptor cDNA Synthesis Kit with random hexamers and oligodT primer.
HLA Amplification and HLA typing
HLA genes, HLA-A, -B, -DQB1, and DRB1, were PCR amplified with AmpliTaq Gold using locus-specific exon primers in exons 1 and 5 (HLA-A and -B) or exons 1 and 4 (HLA-DQB1 and -DRB1).
Nucleotide sequences of amplified exons were determined by cycle sequencing (BigDye Terminator chemistry). Sequenced products were separated by capillary electrophoresis using a 3130XL Genetic Analyzer. Nucleotide sequences were compiled and HLA types assigned using SBTengine, dedicated software that compares heterozygous nucleotide sequences with a library of HLA alleles.
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I missed that, and was responding to a post 89 where he said he would check the cap. Oh well.
I see he said he also replaced the plugs as well as most all of the ignition system. Thought I'd mention that when I got my plugs recently(Advance Auto) he strongly recommended the expensive($6+) Delco Platinum plugs gapped @ 0.060". I asked to get a cheaper Bosch plug when the guy asked another person behind the counter "what plug do you need for a late model Chevy". The other person didn't hesitate and replied the Platimum plugs. The guy I was talking to then asked the other "why", and the other's reply was that the other plugs were
cold and would cause misfiring, the same the guy I was talking to had told me just before. I bought the platinums. Just thought I'd mention that.
I noticed the OP's pics of the plugs, and with the one exception they seem to be extremely light in color as if almost too lean a mixture. I know that a lean mixture is harder to light than a rich one(especially under a load) and since he has already replaced most of the ignition(I hope he got the right plugs), I'm with those that suspect the fuel system.
I don't think he has the same injection system I had. I had the "Central" injection system with the "poppets" at the ports instead of individual injectors at the ports(MPI). If he has the poppets I'd replace them without hesitation for the retrofit conversion kit with MPI as I did.
If he has the individual injectors at the ports I'd remove them, and take them to a shop, and have them professionally cleaned. At approximately $40 a piece new its worth a try to save them by cleaning IMO.
PS Before you do anything, try what I suggested on post 74 about listening for a leak with a piece of hose. Only cost $1. A leak can make it lean. Might think that a leak would make the MAP sensor read low(under load) and richen the mix, but not necessarily.
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Re: Whos staying with PS3 for atleast one more year
I gotta stick with PS3 for a long time to come. When I first got my PS3, I could totally abandon PS2 because my 60gb PS3 was backwards compatible and could play PS2 and PS1 disc games. But as we all know PS4 IS NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE, so I gotta stick with PS3.
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Considering the PS4 is not backwards compatible, I plan on keeping my PS3. There are still games I want to play on there.
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will you stay with ps3 if so why.
Actually until a few months back I was back to playing the ps2 until they shut the servers down. The quality of games for that console seems to out-perform anything for the ps3 by comparison. Sucks because I had high hopes for the ps3. Yet all I can say that happened is gaming taking a downward spiral while the masses oblivious to what has happened.
Fact is the consoles have ripped off the people by offering substandard games that couldn't outdo its ps2 predicessor. Oh before you quake and cry I will say the graphics did improve but thats it. Ironic though I will be flamed for having this thought but I still press forward because I can see the truth. Sony is gutting the industry and I won't say its only them. They tricked the gamer by giving you smaller versions of games just so that they can split off DLC and charge you later. Thats why I say a ps2 games were more , for nowdays you get 7 maps and a dlc and in the old days you got 22 out of the box. Not to mention features galore. Hows that for comparison?
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Well My rant is almost over, the ps4 is coming out and already those chosen few on here have created an illusion of granduer. I tried to warn others that sony is being deceptive again and just like those who doubted me are finding out that sony was doing the same as microsoft with the DRm. Yet how many flamed me for saying this? *G* Guess the shoe is on the other foot now. As I've stated sony isn't for the gamer. Sony is tricking you into buying their madness and your going to be charged and they day you accept this its over. maybe gaming is over for me?
To early to tell, but I can say be warned those who bought the ps4. For a console thats suppose to be next GEN, its not backwards compatible. Even though its more powerful than the ps3 its graphics will barely be different than the ps3. So all thats next gen is that your now part of a media connected world. Hmm isn't that what your puter is for? Just like microsoft top box xbox1, seems to me that the corporations have lost site.. Just want a great console to play great games. How hard of a concept is that? My guess is Sony will never comprehend that thought and flame on fanboys....lol
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Two women were attacked in two days. Last Saturday morning, as a rapist walked around Arverne, most residents chose to remain in their homes as Councilman James Sanders Jr. led a march from Beach 54 Street, the site of the second attack, to where the first one took place in the parking lot of the Macedonia Baptist Church on Beach 67 Street. He stood on the corner of Ocean Bay Apartments and spoke about the violence that had occurred and implored tenants to come out and join him and those already assembled. A few did, but most did not.
Waiting at the church to head up a community meeting with up-to-date information on the crimes were Congressman Gregory Meeks and representatives from the New York City Police Department, including the Patrol Borough Queens South Commander, Chief Thomas Dale. By the time the march got to Beach 67 Street the group grew from approximately 20 to 45 people, making the church less than half full for the meeting.
What does it take to bring people out on the east end of Rockaway? When does apathy turn to rage? Or is it that, as the Macedonia Baptist Church's the Rev. Gray was heard to say during the march, "Nobody sees the importance until it happens to them."
Ed Williams, the president of the Far Rockaway NAACP, called the turnout for the march, "sad." The turnout for the meeting was also sad. Were residents relying on others to relay the information? Had they just decided to wait until The Wave published on Friday and then read about it? Or was it just plain apathy?
While we can all be relieved that the police caught their suspect earlier this week, what does last weekend's turnout say about the east end as a community?
The interesting thing is that the east end, up to Beach 90 Street, makes up the majority of the peninsula. Yet, people here ask why the west end gets more. The answer is simple - most people here want the other person to speak up for them. It doesn't work that way. It takes a whole community lifting their voice as one. Not just once or twice, but continuously.
Our community leaders also must take responsibility. Once the crisis is over, the dialogue and the action shouldn't stop. All too often that is what happens. For example, after several shootings and homicides at the end of 2006, politicians and residents came together, determined to find ways to stop the violence. Yet, after a while the furor died down and people moved on to other business until the next crisis. At that time even the president and founder of Mothers Against Guns, Liz Bishop-Goldsmith, let Far Rockaway down. She pledged to keep returning to Rockaway until the problem was solved. Sadly, that was not the case. It is time for the community to not only start working together, but with the local precinct. Come to the 101 Precinct Community Council meeting. Learn what is going on and ask your questions.
To our elected leaders - don't just send a representative. Come yourself. This is our community and the time for standing pat is over. The time to take a stand is now. Like the country song says, "You've Got to Stand for Something (Or You'll Fall for Any - thing)." Consider this call to action my contribution to the cause. What will be yours?
And to the women in the area, continue following the advice given at last week's meeting: when you are traveling alone talk on your cell phone or just keep it in your hand and call the police if you feel threatened; take the earphones out of your ears because they drown out surrounding noises; walk with a buddy or have someone meet you at the bus or train stop.
As Chief Dale said last week, "Don't let your guard down day or night."
Food for thought: How would you feel if the ocean and beach, what we hold so dear and what define Rockaway, suddenly disappeared? By man's own hand, yet. That is what is happening right now in Appalachian country. The mountains, which are to Appalachians what our beach and ocean are to us, are disappearing - never to return again. What do the Appalachians have to do with Rock - away? Everything, if you use electricity. The Appalachian Mountains are rich in coal, which is the main source of energy for this nation. I recently saw a screening of a film called "Coal Country." Through a process called Mountain Top Removal, the mountain tops are blown away to make it easier for the removal of the coal. While the process is supposed to be safer and less expensive than conventional mining, the black soot invades homes and ruins the health of the people who live in them. Residents live with the constant fear that explosions will shake their homes. I had intended to go into this much more, but the news of the week changed that. I'll address this further in another column. In the meantime, I urge you to go to www. - coalcountrythe movie.com and view the trailer. You can be witness as a mountain ex plodes, the top rolls and then sinks so miners can remove the coal. Then watch "Coal Country" when it airs on the Discovery's Planet Green channel on November 14 at 8 p.m. See if you are not moved by the destruction of what nature has blessed us with and what the people who live there are going through.
Then ask yourself, how would you feel if it were you? Is clean coal really possible? Would you support the idea of renewable energy and the proposal of a wind farm off the coast of Rockaway? How about solar energy? Or will the answer to lessen our dependence on fossil fuels be a combination of all three? There has to be a better way, and the time to start the discussion is way overdue.


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Clay Buchholz to get an MRI, no timetable for return
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Wednesday was supposed to represent a step forward for Clay Buchholz, the first of two scheduled bullpen sessions — this one of lower intensity, with another one to follow on Friday of pre-game intensity — that would put him in line for a rehab start. Instead, the session represented an exercise in further frustration for the pitcher as he tries to return from what has been diagnosed as a trapezius strain.
Buchholz continues to feel incremental improvement in the muscle in his lower neck. Still, discomfort persists — albeit in one specific activity. Buchholz feels fine when throwing aggressively on flat ground. But when he throws off a mound, he continues to feel the effect of the injury on his follow through, as his arm crosses his body after releasing the ball. And so, after about 15-18 pitches off of the bullpen mound on Wednesday, Buchholz stopped the session.
"His own words were, 'It's not ready,' " recounted manager John Farrell.
"It's frustrating," said Buchholz. "It's not something that's a terrible feeling, it's just I want it to be gone. I don't feel like pitching, going out some starts and then having it flare up again. '¦ That's where we're at right now, I've been told and reinforced multiple times that it's not the cuff or anything, the cuff's as strong as it has been since spring. It's just something lingering right now that I want to get completely over before I get off the mound."
Buchholz will undergo an MRI — the first one he's been sent for since the injury — to verify that he is indeed dealing with an injury to the trapezius muscle, at the base of the neck. The 28-year-old is holding out hope that he might still return before the All-Star break.
"I want to pitch before the break," he said. "I don't want it to be all this time off, then come back after the break with four more days added onto that. So I want to try to figure it out, get off a mound and do whatever I need to do to get well."
Still, realistically, that likelihood is slim, given that even prior to Wednesday's interrupted bullpen session, a best-case scenario for his return had him back in the big leagues by the end of next week. Even if the MRI confirms the original diagnosis and the fact that he's in the late stages of recovery from it, given the fact that Buchholz will not progress in his recovery until he is symptom-free, the team does not yet have a roadmap for the schedule he might follow to return to games.
"To give you any kind of timeframe going forward, it's too early for that," said Farrell.
There are some silver linings for the pitcher, albeit faint ones. He said that he feels better than he did when throwing off a bullpen mound last week at Fenway Park, and he said that his pitches came out of his hand well while he worked off the mound.
Still, given that he suffered this latest issue in a second start back from experiencing soreness in his AC joint, and that he believes that he suffered this apparent trapezius injury when throwing awkwardly on a comebacker to first base in that game — believed by both the pitcher and team to be related to the first injury, Buchholz feels strongly that he needs to feel no lingering soreness in order to maximize the likelihood that he can not only return but stay healthy for the duration of the season.
"It's not anything that I couldn't go out and pitch with I don't think, but it's sort of the same thing I felt the first time I missed a start," said Buchholz. "I started the game against the Yankees and I felt fine, and then it had to be that throw that I made in an awkward position. That's sort of where I'm at right now. Like I said, feel fine playing long-toss, feel fine throwing hard playing long-toss. It's just getting the arm slot, I guess, off a mound is a little bit different as far as the way the mound is.
"I probably wouldn't have thrown [the ball on the comebacker if this injury could have been anticipated]," he added. "But being a competitor, everybody is out there wanting to compete. It's hard to tell yourself to go 80 percent when you're competing at this level. I've never been one to do that. That's sort of the reason why I don't feel like it's right for me to go out and pitch when I'm 80 percent, because then I'm doing the team an injustice by risking further injury. … I don't know if I'd go out there and compensate for it, but I sort of feel that's how all this happened in the first place, was me compensating for the AC joint, maybe throwing it a little higher arm slot than I usually do. I'm not going to say it couldn't happen, but I'm not really sure."
And so, the Sox must continue on without the pitcher who has been the most dominant in the American League. They've been able to make due — the performance of Alfredo Aceves on a couple of call-up starts has been immense, and the fact that John Lackey, Ryan Dempster and Felix Doubront have all been pitching relatively well since Buchholz went down has made his absence somewhat less glaring.
Still, it's impossible to deny the impact of the loss of a pitcher who routinely offered seven or eight dominant innings.
"Top-of-the-rotation starting pitchers, when they're absent, are hard to replace," said Farrell. "We're still playing pretty darn well as a team, but we have to do what's right for Clay to get him back not only active but to the level of performance he was operating at before he went down."
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A lodger who raped a 12-year-old girl in her London home was today jailed for 14 years.
Ahmed Shirinzoy, 22, was found guilty last month of two counts of raping a child after a trial at Isleworth Crown Court.
The court heard that Shirinzoy, an Afghan national, was lodging at an address in Hayes when his 12-year-old victim arrived home from school.
He approached the girl pretending he wanted to ask to borrow the family's vacuum cleaner but began making advances before punching her several times and then assaulting her.
The girl managed to escape and raise the alarm after the incident at around 4pm on Tuesday 29 May.
Police were called and Shirinzoy was arrested a short time later at the address.
He was interviewed by detectives but denied the girl's claims.
Shirinzoy insisted that he had visited a friend who had given him a drink spiked with something which caused him to lose his memory.
Toxicology tests later disproved Shirinzoy's lies - as did DNA evidence taken from his victim.
A judge today jailed him for 14 years and ordered him to be deported at the end of his sentence.
Detective Constable Lucy Mawdsley, of the Sapphire sex crimes squad, said: "Shirinzoy is quite obviously a predatory sex offender who subjected his victim - a child - to the most horrendous of ordeals.
"I would like to pay tribute to this young girl who was incredibly brave and courageous in reporting the rape to the police and having the strength to give evidence against him.
"I hope that his sentence today gives other victims confidence that Sapphire are here for them, will believe them and will conduct our investigations professionally.
"We want rapists and those committing other sex offences to know that our dedicated teams are committed to ensuring we arrest them - I hope that Shirinzoy's conviction today helps to reinforce that message."Reuse content


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A box-fitting algorithm in the search for periodic transitsG. Kovács1, S. Zucker2 and T. Mazeh2
1 Konkoly Observatory, PO Box 67, 1525, Budapest, Hungary
2 Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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(Received 28 February 2002 / Accepted 4 April 2002 )
We study the statistical characteristics of a box-fitting algorithm to analyze stellar photometric time series in the search for periodic transits by extrasolar planets. The algorithm searches for signals characterized by a periodic alternation between two discrete levels, with much less time spent at the lower level. We present numerical as well as analytical results to predict the possible detection significance at various signal parameters. It is shown that the crucial parameter is the effective signal-to-noise ratio - the expected depth of the transit divided by the standard deviation of the measured photometric average within the transit. When this parameter exceeds the value of 6 we can expect a significant detection of the transit. We show that the box-fitting algorithm performs better than other methods available in the astronomical literature, especially for low signal-to-noise ratios.
Key words: methods: data analysis -- stars: variables: general -- stars: planetary systems -- occultations
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Ready Rockaway Hosts 2nd Emergency Summit
In its continuous efforts to prepare Rockaway for any impending disasters, Ready Rockaway hosted its Emergency Preparedness Summit, Part II at the Knights of Columbus last week. The April 22 event was a follow up to last year's summit.
Ready Rockaway is made up of emergency preparedness professionals and community members whose mission it is to teach those living on the peninsula about emergency preparedness. They were recently awarded a three-year grant with New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's (DOHMH) Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Program.
"Ready Rockaway has shown through its determination and accomplishments, so far, that they are deeply invested in the Rockaway community's emergency readiness needs," said Darrin Pruitt, PhD and Senior Educator at DOHMH.
The organization's director of preparedness, Dr. Ed Williams, said that Far Rockaway stakeholders and the community working together would enhance the chances of survival for area residents during a disaster such as the one "that befell the New Orleans community as a result of Hurricane Katrina."


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Fears over a Chinese credit crunch have been gaining traction in recent weeks. In a note this weekend Nomura analysts elaborated on a worrisome trend:
- "In order to understand better how serious the problem is, we monitor the bill discount rate, which is the financing cost for firms when they sell commercial acceptance bills to banks for cash. A higher bill discount rate is a signal that the imbalance between supply and demand for credit has worsened. The 6-month bill discount rate has worsened at alarming pace since 2011, rising to above 10%.
- The gap between the bill discount rate and the interbank rate has widened to 5.7 percentage points, the highest level since the data was made available. China's credit market is becoming more fragmented. Financing costs for firms without access to bank loans have risen much more than those for large stateowned enterprises. The sharp rise in the bill discount rate may be partly driven by property developers who are facing worsening financing conditions given the lackluster sales."
Data on Chinese credit trends is spotty at best. As I often say, their economy is a black box and the data out of the government is close to impossible to believe/decipher. Regardless, we continue to see red flags. Not a good sign….
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New York City is home to some of the world's greatest authors, and an inspiration for the work of even more. The NYC Literary Honors celebrates great living authors and scholars who have demonstrated a lifetime of achievement, and for whom New York has been a central inspiration. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg created the Literary Honors to underline the important role great words and great works play in New York City's cultural fabric, as well as the publishing industry's important role in our economy.
On April 23th, 2013, at Gracie Mansion, the Mayor presented the Literary Honors to seven men and women who have enriched the lives of New Yorkers and readers around the world:
In addition, the Mayor, joined by award-winning actress Christine Barankski, named the 2013 class of NYC Literary Legends, 7 pillars of our city's literary history, and recognized a NYC public school student for achievement in creative writing.
We invite you to browse these pages and learn more about New York City's literary heritage, our honorees and Literary Legends, and the elegant ceremony that honored them.


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nice, it would be cool if you could add something for druids, death knights and warriors to switch into bear form and frost presence and stuff like that.
You bought Purified Lunar Dust instead of T10 shoulders?:S
It looks like Profiler still does not push character's options to hide cloak/helm from armory.
What I'd like to see is way to filter complete/incomplete quests, for example by reputation gained.
I was wondering why the add-on collected 'Title data' but the profiler never showed any title information. Very well done with these updates
I agree that this would be great in attempting to grind the rep. the other filter that would be nice is the ability to filter mobs that when killed give rep for a faction.
First, thank you thank you thank you for /wl nospam :DSecond, it would be lovely if our default model for the 3D viewer around the site could be our own character, since you're pulling hair/face data now.
Some suggestions/fixes to titles:The Conqueror title isn't flagged as Horde only, and shows up on my list even though I'm Alliance.The Conqueror and Justicar titles are flaged as Burning Crusade, when they can be completed without the expansion, and only require old-world reputations.Both the Matron and Patron titles are listed from For the Children. Ideally the profiler would check the character's gender (perhaps by checking the character model) and display only oneMaybe one day wowhead could pull the the character pose from the wow armory as well.
=( i'm still waiting for my completed quests to show up and if im the only one with this problem can someone help me please
Silly question: How does one find the level of one's fishing?The best that I was able to tell was the latest fishing achievement and so I knew what my fishing was at a minimum. All the other professions, I could find out by going to recipes. It was just fishing that I couldn't tell.I was wrong. You also can't find out your gathering skill levels.Any way to get that in the profiler?
Those of you who have some quests not showing up, please let me know which quests are giving you trouble?
One quick question, when could Wowhead profiler support Taiwanese and Korean realms?
wow-heroes.com is able to track both sets of armor for both specs, what are the odds of wowhead getting this ability?
I've noticed that the repeatable quests keep showing up as incomplete. There's no real way for these to ever be complete cause you can always re-do them. Maybe some kind of other option to separate these out
I've noticed nothing showing up :s.. been uploading since the release of this new feature, yet not one of my characters is showing any changes.
nice and all but custom profiles are'nt vewieable anymore at least the one's that already where created xD
I'm pretty sure I've just lost a few profiles. A sad day.
Custom profiles appear to be... gone/empty/mysteriously kidnapped. Not only the ones we've made before, I made a new one just to test it out. It disappeared as soon as it was saved. :(Edit: and now they're back. <3
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The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has invited the IUP Dance Theater Company to perform scenes from Out of the Deep, a work originated by choreographer Holly Boda-Sutton in collaboration with poet Rosaly Roffman and composer David Berlin.
According to Christine Mills, program officer at the museum, the performance will highlight its "Whale of a Day" on February 6, 2010. This special event is tied into an exhibition from the Te Papa Museum of New Zealand titled Whales/Tohora. Out of the Deep was chosen for its ability to help visitors look at whales from a different perspective, and to make an emotional connection to whales.
Out of the Deep is an artistic call for deep understanding of whales and conservation of their habitat. The performance is based upon poems written by Roffman after her experience with a pod of whales off the coast of Mexico.
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Taking the name from the Screamin' Jay Hawkins song "Big Yellow Coat," Darnielle first donned the Mountain Goats moniker in 1991 while working as a nurse in a California state hospital, and began releasing cassette-only albums for the Shrimper label. Despite attracting a devoted underground following (or, possibly, because of it), the Mountain Goats continued to release songs in cassette form-only for many years, virtually using tape hiss as an additional instrument. Besides innumerable compilation tracks, the Mountain Goats have also released many 7" singles for over a dozen labels. Their full-length albums include Nine Black Poppies and Zopilote Machine (both released in 1995), Sweden (1996), Full Force Galesburg (1997), and Nothing for Juice (1997). Protein Source of the Future...NOW! and Bitter Melon Farm (both 1999 releases) collected many early tape tracks and singles.
Darnielle began the new millennium with The Coroner's Gambit for Absolutely Kosher before signing to 4AD for the release of the surprisingly polished Tallahassee in 2002. We Shall All Be Healed followed in 2004, and one year later, Darnielle was back with The Sunset Tree. Remaining as prolific as ever, Darnielle turned away from the intensity of The Sunset Tree for a calmer, more reflective set of songs on 2006's Get Lonely. The accessible and assured Heretic Pride appeared in 2008. Next up was the Bible verse-inspired The Life of the World to Come, the group's sixth album for 4AD, in 2010. Switching to Merge Records in 2011, Darnielle released All Eternals Deck, which was recorded in four different studios in Brooklyn, Boston, North Carolina, and Florida with four different producers -- John Congleton, Scott Solter, Brandon Eggleston, and Morbid Angel guitarist and Hate Eternal frontman Erik Rutan -- helming various tracks. That year the band was also hand-picked by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that he was curating in Minehead, England, but they were ultimately unable to appear due to scheduling issues. In 2012 a reissue collecting long out of print Mountain Goats cassettes surfaced on Shrimper. The collection gathered 1992's The Hound Chronicles and 1993's Hot Garden Stomp. Following the release of 2012's dark Transcendental Youth, Darnielle shifted his focus to raising his young family and publishing his debut novel Wolf in White Van. His subsequent return to recording came in the form of 2015's Beat the Champ, a collection of songs about professional wrestling. ~ Jason Nickey & Steve Leggett
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A Melbourne man says he forgot he won more than $700,000 in a lottery.
The man said he knew he had won but simply put his Tattslotto ticket away and forgot about it.
"When I checked my ticket in February and realised I'd won Tattslotto, I thought I'd be excited, but it turns out I was just overwhelmed by it all," the division one winner said.
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A beautiful home in the sky overlooking a sun drenched magical South, East and West facing private terrace with plantings, unobstructed city views and partial river views awaits the discriminating Sutton Place buyer. The finest pre-war style of this gracious traditional layout is demonstrated by the grand formal entrance gallery which opens onto the oversized living room. The originally planned library was never constructed and thus open to the living room, creating a 34 foot corner "grand salon". One may easily create a separate library or guest room. The formal dining room has its own additional planted balcony which captures unobstructed city views. Both bedrooms have elegant designer baths en suite and there is an additional half bathroom, which was originally a full bath and can be restored as such. A wood burning fireplace and crown moldings complete the ambience of the civilized residences of a by-gone era. Numerous post-war modern conveniences, however, include: central air conditioning, a washer/dryer, an eat-in top of the line kitchen, a fully equipped home office, numerous fitted closets, and a central watering system to service the terrace plantings. This triple mint renovation of approximately 2,300 SF of interior space is complemented by more than 755 SF of outdoor living to create the perfect transitional home for the buyer who coming from a country home. It is "bring your toothbrush" ready for its new occupant. Wait list for storage. No dogs allowed.
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Nice review - looks a good piece of kit! Encouraging to see that (a) its not on offer by Pixmania & (b) its on the Samsung UK website - so not a great import like the HT-C6200 reviewed previously!
Ooops! for "great import" read "grey import" :(
That's the price I'd expect to pay for a system like this without 3D. With 3D capability, this is a relative bargain in my eyes!
Greatt review Danny, and it seems this all-in-one system fits all my bills.
One question though: did you try it with music files and how does it sounds? Is it harsh with trebble or slow/pedestrian with bass?
And most important to me: Since it doesn't support flac files, can I connect multimedia player (like WDTV Live, for example) through HDMI in of this system and play my flac music collection?
You mention in the review that the reciever has 1 hdmi v4 port and 2 hdmi v3 ports, but the picture of the reciever only shows 2 hdmi outs.
@fireisdangerous: Looking at the photos, there's one hdmi out and two hdmi in.
It's still quite a lot of money for an all-in-one system. Even though I'm due to audition the Denon 2310 at my local AV store. I can't help but wonder if others can find a separates setup outputting a better picture and sound for a similar outlay.
hve to say to me, it looks like a waste of time. Seriously are you gonna sit there like a monkey hae to ware heavy uncomfortable glasses all the time.
Take an average family they will need 5 pairs of glasses to watch one of these :s And if the have visitors? just seems like technology for the sake of it, rather than a sensible home application to me. I will definately be ignoring the 3d band wagon.
Do you know if the tallboy speakers are wall mountable? I have 2 young children and the best thing to do is keep things off the floor where possible !
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I wasn't going to post about this (as I think it's rather trivial), but seeing this blog post on Edmunds made me think about it again:
"[The Sienna] interior is the Camaro steering wheel of the minivan world."
My father-in-law and I went to the Charlotte Motor Speedway this past Saturday for the classic car show. We took my Sonata and he remarked about how nice it was and was especially impressed with the interior.
Fast forward to Sunday, and we're coming home from church in his wife's 2011 Camry LE and he starts "scanning the interior", looking at all the flaws. Granted, I've been in the car before, but never really paid that much attention, but he sure was.
He noticed the horribly misaligned dash (where the upper dashboard meets the lower console), the glovebox was misaligned, the cup holder door was misaligned, and the sunglasses holder in the roof was badly misaligned.
Moving to the rear seat area, the part of the door where the mouse fur covered portion of the door meets the arm rest was not properly attached, leaving an uneven gap between the two pieces. And finally, the upper portion of the door (soft material) has visible circular "push outs" as I call them -- it's as if the upper part of the door trim is either popped or screwed into place, and you can see this connection point in the form of a circular push through the soft material. There were about 4 to 5 of these marks visible on either door.
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On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Shenfeng Liu <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Hi, all, > After 3.4.1, we are focusing on preparation of the community graduation. > But I still want to remind us to take some time to think about our future > releases. > > We have the discussion early about what 3.5 and 4.0 should look like. If > I remember correctly: > (1) 3.5 should be more about fidelity, reliability, performance and > translation, new platform support... > (2) While 4.0, in addition to the same focuses as 3.5, should also add > significant UX enhancements (e.g. sidebar, modern UI) and new values (e.g. > Accessibility, social integration capability, enhanced installer, new > features...). If we make good progress on those items at the same time, we > may consider to skip 3.5. > (3) There are also more requirements (e.g. fixpack mechanism, simplifying > the build structure, OOMXL export, smartArt...) we need to put into our > backlog and consider their priority. > > Even we don't need to discuss the solid plan now, but there are already a > lot of development activities on the trunk. So I think we need to keep > certain track on it. Though it may be too early to set a target date for > the next release, but it is important for us to tell more about what we > think the next release should contain. > > So I'm suggesting the following: > > 1. Keep updating the current release planning wiki: > - > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+3.5+Release+Planning > - > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Planning > I know it is a little confusing for 2 places to input. But think about > the scope we agreed above. You can input to the wiki that you think your > work belong to. I personally will monitor both wiki pages. > > 2. Figure out a better way to manage our release backlog. e.g. set Target > Milestone to 3.5 or 4.0 in Bugzilla for what we recommended. > > 3. Deliver milestone builds to harvest our development fruits. A milestone > build is: > (a) a development snapshot that contains the features/enhancements > that implemented till now; > (b) passed regression test to ensure no severe defects; > (c) announced on a development wiki; > (d) with documents on the wiki for the list of features and bug fixes > in this milestone build (like a release notes). > Since whatever 3.5 or 4.0 sounds to me like some thing in next year or > at least close to the end of this year, milestone builds can be light weigh > on process to show our development progress, and give people a more clear > view on how far are we to the next release. > > Looking forward every one's comments! > Maybe also start a "release notes" page on the wiki. Whenever a new feature or important bug fix is added to the trunk also add something to the release notes. If something can be show with a "before and after" screen shot, include that. This might be easier than waiting until the end to prepare the release notes. -Rob > > - Simon
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Angry scenes erupted in court today after a murderer who slashed a young mother's throat was told he could be out of jail in just 10 years.
Mental health outpatient Paul Gottermeyer had already been sentenced to life imprisonment for what a judge described as a "horrible attack of the utmost gravity".
On July 11 last year he knifed the woman to death in her Christchurch home before her 3-year-old daughter found her lying in a pool of blood.
"Mummy did bleed everywhere .... and mummy scream," she told police.
The girl now suffers night terrors as she relives the ordeal.
It wasn't until today at the High Court in Christchurch that the 30-year old market gardener from Kaiapoi was told that his minimum non-parole period will be 10 years.
In reaching his decision, Justice John Fogarty said: "I know it's not going to be popular with the family."
The public gallery, with about 30 family members and friends of the murdered 24-year-old, were disgusted by the decision.
"It's an injustice," shouted one woman.
"If that was your daughter..." said another.
The disbelief soon turned to anger directed at Gottermeyer standing in the dock.
"You're a murderer!" shouted one woman.
"You dirty, filthy rotten bastard, I hope you die," screamed another.
Security cleared the court while further outbursts were directed at defence counsel Tony Greig.
Women wailed and the family hugged outside court.
Justice Fogarty reached his conclusion based on the expert opinion of three consultant forensic psychiatrists.
Gottermeyer was an outpatient at Hillmorton psychiatric hospital and all of the experts concluded that he had been suffering from severe depression.
But they said it was difficult to say how severe his depression was at the time of the killing, or how much blame for what happened could be apportioned to his depression.
Canterbury DHB consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Helen Austin said it was impossible to say whether Gottermeyer would have killed if he wasn't depressed.
"Depression is one of many factors that played a part. Human behaviour is very complex and driven by many different factors," she said.
"Depression is an incredibly common mental illness ... and on the other hand, homicide is a very rare event."
Dr David Chaplow agreed.
However, defence witness Philip Brinded, associate professor of psychiatry, concluded "but for the depression the homicide may not have occurred".
"I believe the symptoms of depression and the way depression changes a person's thinking was an important contributing factor to this particularly tragic event."
The Crown suggested a starting point for a minimum non-parole period was 17 years.
But Justice Fogarty said that sentence "simply cannot be imposed justly" in this case.
Given that Gottermeyer had a previously unblemished record, he believed it was unlikely that he would offend again if his depression was addressed.
"This is conduct out of character. I'm assuming you will recover from your depression over the minimum term of imprisonment," the judge said.
Gottermeyer left home at 7am on July 11 last year with a large kitchen knife and drove to the woman's house.
He was let inside where he knocked her to the ground, and stabbed her 12 times in the head, hands, chest, and back, before slashing her throat.
When he was arrested, he said the girl had not seen the attack. He said he closed the kitchen door and left water, biscuits, and a mandarin for the girl before driving home.
The woman's body was found when her partner came home later that morning to check why she had not arrived at work. He found the daughter crying and upset.
Gottermeyer's victim and her daughter have been granted permanent name suppression.


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This is week 58 in my series of Shape Up! The weekly post on what I did over the last week in my quest to getting healthier.
This edition of Shape Up! is going to be about dancing! The dancing craze has gone crazy in the past few weeks with the viral video titled the Harlem Shake. Basically this video involves getting a lot of people to dance for around 30 seconds. Any type of dancing can also be good for your health! Just doing general aerobic dancing can burn around 450 calories in an hour! I guess more people needs to get out to do the Harlem Shake!
Many people have seen the Harlem Shake. But did you know that these people have done it wrong! The original Harlem Shake dance was developed back in the 1980's. And seeing these newer Harlem Shake videos are making some people in New York City not happy! Here is how you do the actual Harlem Shake.
I even found a great video showing you the steps to the Harlem Shake. (real dance)
So why not get up and do some dancing. Just like this video from Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama. It is not hard!
As for what I did last week; just the basic walking and eating one meal a day. If someone would hire me I could do much more! Here's what I ate in the last week.
Saturday: Hotpockets, Sweet Tea.
Sunday: Pork Chops and Brown Rice, Sweet Tea.
Monday: Burger and Fries, Sweet Tea.
Tuesday: Pizza, Sweet Tea.
Wednesday: Pork Chops and Brown Rice, Sweet Tea.
Thursday: Burgers and Fries, Sweet Tea.
Friday: Hotpockets, Sweet Tea.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
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I'm really looking forward to all figure skating, I feel like I'm in FS withdrawl.
The ones I'm looking forward the most to are...
Alexandr Abt: especially to see his step squences.
P&T: I read a review online and it sounds as if they have a new energetic LP with a lot of creative choreography/moves. This sounds great. I know they have great skill and are great skaters, but IMO-they just seem to be "missing" something. I really hope this program is successful for them.


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Lies, statistics and meth labs
RALEIGH -- When it comes to statistics, Mark Twain's famous quote equating them to lies is a lot like statistics themselves.
The problem with using statistics -- at least when they are accurate -- is not that they are lies. Rather, it is that those who cite them can pick and choose the ones that bolster their argument.
So statistics, like Twain's quote, can tell only half the story.
Some state legislators and state officials recently did a little selective choosing of statistics themselves.
The subject was methamphetamine labs and the cold medicine, pseudoephedrine, that is used to cook up the illegal drug.
Information presented to a legislative study committee showed that Oregon and Mississippi, two states that adopted laws requiring that pseudophedrine be sold by prescription, have seen dramatic drops in "meth lab incidents."
Those "incidents" are recorded by law enforcement anytime that they find a meth lab or remnants of a meth lab, including plastic soda bottles used to cook the stuff and tossed onto roadsides.
According to the numbers, the incidents in Oregon dropped from 50 in 2006, when its prescription-only law took effect, to only a handful today. In Mississippi, the incidents dropped from about 700 in 2010 to around 250 in 2011.
Other than law enforcement reviews, there doesn't appear to have been a hard look at the numbers in Mississippi.
That is not the case in Oregon.
Cascade Policy Institute, a free-market advocacy think tank similar to this state's John Locke Foundation, commissioned its own study this year looking at the Oregon law.
The study pointed out that Oregon's dramatic drop in meth lab incidents had actually begun two years before the prescription-only law was passed. In 2004, there had been more than 400 meth lab incidents, compared to 50 in year that the law went into effect.
The study also found that Oregon's neighbors, Washington and California, experienced similar drops. And it reported that meth lab incidents fell nationwide during that two-year period by 55 percent.
The authors speculate that the decrease in western states is associated with increased law enforcement and methamphetamine production moving outside of the United States (think Mexican drug cartels).
They do acknowledge that, outside of western states, these meth lab incidents began rising again after 2006.
Still, the study concludes that "little distinguishes Oregon from neighboring states which did not adopt Rx-only laws for pseudophedrine."
I suppose it is possible that the Cascade study authors selectively chose some of their statistics too.
So perhaps the discussion ought to focus on something other than statistics.
Here is a non-statistical, undeniable fact: If North Carolina, like Oregon and Mississippi, requires a prescription to get an effective cold medicine, more North Carolinians will spend more money going to doctors and paying pharmacists to fill prescriptions.
Republican legislators, now in charge at the General Assembly, have said that they favor cost-benefit analyses when new regulations are put into effect.
OK. We law-abiding cold sufferers are awaiting your cost-benefit analysis.