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Two USB ports on the Cryo Pico's front wear the blue livery of USB 3.0, but that is in fact all they do; the DFI Lanparty MI-P55-T36 mini-ITX motherboard doesn't support USB 3.0 so these blue ports are actually ordinary USB 2.0. If you prefer to have USB 3.0 support Cryo will swap the Lanparty for the same Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 board found in the DinoPC Mini Carnivore and, since you can't add a USB 3.0 expansion card to a mini-ITX motherboard without sacrificing the dedicated graphics card, it's an option we'd generally recommend. However, this will lower the overclock from 3.8 to 3.6GHz, as Cryo has informed me it can only use the stock cooler with the Gigabyte board for now (a small price to pay – Ed).
Around the PC's back we have six more USB ports (one of which doubles as powered eSATA), two PS2 ports, eight-channel digital and analogue audio jacks and Gigabit Ethernet, while a Radeon HD 5870 graphics card provides twin DVIs, HDMI and DisplayPort.
Opening the Cryo Pico is not as easy as with most PCs thanks to Lian Li's use of half a dozen screws per side panel. However, due to this machine's limited upgrade potential it's not as much of a problem as on most systems. Inside things are slightly messy despite some attempts at cable tidying, due mainly to Cryo's use of a non-modular 650W Corsair power supply.
The Pico is powered by a dual-core Core i5 655K Clarkdale CPU. This runs at 3.2GHz by default but Cryo guarantees an overclock of 3.8GHz on all Core i3/5 CPUs (when using the LanParty motherboard). While not as impressive as the 4GHz + we saw on its Nano, this is one of the sacrifices you make for the Pico's smaller size.
It's backed by 4GB of 1,600MHz DDR3 RAM, which fills both of the motherboard's available memory slots, with a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit taking full advantage.
Storage is more interesting, with a 60GB Corsair Force series SSD as the main system drive. Based on the new SandForce controller that's been stirring up a storm, this lightning-fast drive means everything you install on it boots in a snap. It's not only noticeable when booting Windows, but also when starting applications and loading games. For storage there's a slightly miserly 500GB Samsung hard drive, but you can upgrade to a healthier 1TB model for £25.
As far as cooling goes, the transparent, backlit 140mm fan at the front is a case original, while Cryo has replaced the top 120mm fan with a quieter Noctua model. Likewise a 120mm Noctua is installed on the custom CPU cooler, which is no less than the distinguished Scythe BIG Shuriken, ironically a low-profile cooler. Its performance is impressive considering its small size, keeping the overclocked CPU below 50 degrees on average even under load.
Unfortunately, despite its custom fans and the effort put into its cooling, the Pico is not exactly a quiet system. It's not too intrusive though and certainly not out of line with many tower systems, but we were hoping the extras would have helped to make it stand out in this regard.
The Nano you reviewed had a ATI 5850 and no SSD so if your going to compare them shouldn't you mention this in your article? unknowing buyers may go for the pico as you make it seem a superior system which is a review fail IMO.
Any reason why Cryo didn't hook up a Corsair H50 or Coolit Eco to the top 120mm vent?
Also, unless I am missing something on their website, you can no longer get the Nano for £999 inc VAT you reviewed it at - If I spec it as the system you reviewed and I get £1141, and if you put the same spec into the Pico box, you get the same price.
Maybe I should have mentioned this but it's not really a matter of choosing which gives better performance, but rather which form factor you want. After all, you can spec the Nano to outperform the Pico by a huge margin with options like SLI/QuadFire.
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True, due to the increasing component prices I mentioned in the review, prices of most systems have gone up... though conversely the price of the Pico has just decreased by £100, go figure.
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Fulham are close to making two more signings as they overhaul their squad for the start of the new season. A £4m bid has been lodged for the Australian international midfielder Vincenzo Grella, while the Swedish right-back Fredrik Stoor will complete his £2m move to Craven Cottage at the beginning of next week.
Grella, 28, plays for Italian side Torino and is a holding midfielder. If he joins Fulham he will become Roy Hodgson's 10th signing of a hectic summer as the club aim to avoid the desperate relegation battle they endured last season which saw them only avoid the drop on the final day of the season.
Stoor played for Sweden at the European Championships but the 24-year-old's move has been delayed to allow him to appear for his present club, Rosenborg. He will play his final match for them tomorrow against NAC Breda in the Intertoto Cup. Stoor will join Mark Schwarzer, Andranik Teymourian, Zoltan Gera, David Stockdale, Toni Kallio and the West Ham pair, Bobby Zamora and John Pantsil, at Fulham.
However, the London club are still waiting to see what happens with their main summer transfer target – Everton's Andy Johnson. They believed that a £10.5m bid for the striker had been accepted but the move is on hold as Everton line up a replacement. Johnson is understood to be keen to move to Fulham.
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The reality, however, is somewhat different. Although pupil numbers declined between 1992 and 1995, following a period of severe recession and industrial reorganisation, numbers of pupils have started to increase again.
About 80 per cent of young people being independently educated are at schools that are members of the Independent Schools Information Service. Isis conducts an annual census which records that member schools achieved a net increase of almost 3,000 pupils in the year to January 1996. The way in which parents use independent schools, however, is changing. Concealed within the pattern of decline and recovery are marked variations by age and by the balance between day and boarding pupils.
Official statistics for all independent schools show that in 1994 (following four years of overall decline) the total number of pupils was still 5 per cent higher than in 1985. The number of boarders, however, had fallen by almost a quarter over the same period. The statistics also show that the number of pre-preparatory and preparatory pupils (aged two-10) grew by 17 per cent and the numbers of sixth formers grew by more than 7 per cent. On the other hand, there was a fall of almost 6 per cent in pupils aged 11-15.
This fall in boarding numbers led 42 independent schools to close or merge between 1991 and 1994. Most were in rural and coastal areas where lost boarding numbers could not be made up with day pupils from the local area.
There is a continuing need, however, for boarding places and numbers are likely to stabilise around current levels of around 100,000. Boarding pupils come from three main sources: people working overseas, families in which both parents work in professions with irregular hours, and from overseas families who want their children to have a British education.
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And this reduction in government borrowing has unquestionably translated into real economic pain for the Greek people. Public sector wages were slashed by 15 per cent in 2010, while public sector employment fell by 10 per cent. And this is only the beginning. Greece has been told to reduce its deficit to 1 per cent by 2015, bringing more savage cuts into incomes and pensions.
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But in another sense, the resentment at the direction of the fiscal policy being implemented is justified since that economic medicine is plainly hurting the economy. In 2010, the European Commission forecast that Greece would grow by 1.1 per cent in 2012 because all the cuts would unleash a flood of confidence and investment. That has proved nonsense.
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Nice looking gun there. Do the mags always stick out of the bottom?
This is a discussion on Finally added a PM9 to the defensive toolbox within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I've been pretty inactive with the forum due to some personal issues. However, things are looking up and I've recently added a few more tools ...
I've been pretty inactive with the forum due to some personal issues. However, things are looking up and I've recently added a few more tools to the defensive arsenal. For starters, I recently acquired a Remington 870P (sorry, no photos as of yet). I love the 870P but haven't had an opportunity to really put it through its paces. I am certain it will be a stellar performer. I also finally picked up a Kahr PM9 (PM9093N) which I have been eyeing for quite some time.
The PM9, as mentioned on here many times before, is a tight gun. I cleaned it up and made sure it was properly and thoroughly lubed. I was able to expend some ammo to kickoff the recommended break-in period. The ammo consisted of 200 rounds of Remington UMC 115gr and 100 rounds of Federal HST 147gr. The only problem I encountered was with one round of the UMC that had a flawed casing resulting in a jam. Other than that, no problems! It will take some time for me to become proficient with this pocket rocket but I am already grinning from ear to ear.
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Nice looking gun there. Do the mags always stick out of the bottom?
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I just bought one from a forum member. Looking forward to it....good balance of power and size. Congrats!
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Nice looking pistola...
Hope you two become great travel companions.
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Ahh thanks, makes sense.
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Looks like a good pocket / compact gun.
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I have one and love it! I carry it quite often and have never had a problem with it at all! I would recommend one to anyone who is thinking about getting one.
You will love the 870 and the PM9. I have both too.
Also have one and have been very happy with it. No problems at all.
Trying to save up my pesos to buy one. I had the P9 and should of kept it, if I had the PM9, I never would have traded in the first place!
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Steve Swindal, the New York Yankees executive embroiled in divorce proceedings with the daughter of George Steinbrenner, has dropped out of Excelsior Racing Associates, one of four groups vying to win the New York Thoroughbred franchise.
The withdrawal of Swindal, coming days after Steinbrenner family members also walked away from Excelsior, came to light when his name was not included in documents the group submitted to the state outlining its plan for New York racing.
Katie Burke, an Excelsior spokeswoman, confirmed Swindal has withdrawn for "personal reasons.'' She said more about the Excelsior team would be announced in the coming days. Swindal had been the public face of the franchise hopeful, and just a week ago officials were insisting that, despite his troubles with the Steinbrenner family, he was remaining a part of Excelsior.
The Excelsior package was one of four franchise proposals made public April 5 by the New York State Racing and Wagering board as the fiercely competitive process to take over the potentially lucrative Thoroughbred franchise moved to its next phase.
While each went out of its way to boast of its plans, the New York Racing Association added a different tactic - questioning the process by which the state is trying to award the new franchise.
NYRA, in bankruptcy court with a claim that includes its insistence that it owns the three racetracks no matter who wins the franchise, began its submission to the new Spitzer administration with a declaration that its proposal is not an admission "that the state of New York has any current or prospective ownership right with respect to the racetracks or any other property owned or claimed by NYRA.''
It remains to be seen how the legal argument by NYRA will sit with Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who has battled often in the past with the racing entity during its legal troubles several years ago. Spitzer and the Legislature will pick the next franchise winner, and officials say they expect that to happen before the Legislature ends its session in late June.
The other bids, meanwhile, lavished praise on the process as they pumped up their various ideas to restore racing.
Excelsior, which won the non-binding recommendation of a state screening panel last year, proposed a $1.875 billion package. Of that, $850 million would be paid as a franchise fee to the state over the 20-year life of the proposed franchise.
Besides Swindal and the Steinbrenner family, Excelsior also recently lost Tishman-Speyer, a major New York development company. It is left with two of its original partners, casino developer Richard Fields and the Johnston racing family out of Chicago. A new equity partner is William Mulrow, a Westchester County investment banker who has been friends with Spitzer. He said last year his role with the group was limited to being a financial advisor.
Excelsior also added new "integrity'' components, including a compliance group headed by Howard Safir, the former New York City police commissioner whose firm has been used by NYRA since its legal troubles. Excelsior also added a former head of the Illinois Gaming Board and former top compliance executives from several casinos to its team. It vowed to spend $300 million on track improvements in the first five years, and to spend $450 million on a VLT casino and hotel at Belmont.
Spitzer recently said he would not consider the earlier recommendation that Excelsior be awarded the franchise binding. He began a new public process to consider bids again.
Empire Racing Associates, composed of New York horsemen, Magna Entertainment, Churchill Downs, and others, said it had created an "unprecedented alliance'' of industry leaders as New York faces a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to correct the course of New York racing.''
While it embraced a dramatic expansion of VLT gambling, it also warned the state not to consider VLTs as "a golden goose'' for racing. "Racing itself needs to be reformed to profitability,'' it said in its submission.
Empire put its bid at either $1.325 billion or $1.957 billion – depending on which business model the state embraces for the future franchise holder. Industry officials have long said the business model created in 1955 for NYRA no longer works. Empire also proposed $100 to $200 million in up-front fees for the state, and said the state could get up to $20 million in revenues under one Empire plan over the next 20 years, mostly from VLT revenues.
Empire also sought to highlight its ties with racing groups outside New York. It talked of having the "power to grow'' the Triple Crown through alliances with Magna and Churchill, and creating a "Road to the Derby'' wagering and marketing campaign. It said it would have an exclusive ability to coordinate track starting times around the country.
NYRA, meanwhile, said it has more than $300 million in liabilities that would have to be assumed by the next holder of the franchise to operate Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga racetracks. NYRA also highlighted its integrity component, noting it has been cleared by the Justice Department following a rash of legal problems over the years.
Capital Play, an Australian company, also presented the state with several different options depending on which business model is chosen. It said under one plan it could guarantee the state it would make $1.8 billion investment in the franchise. It said it could pay the state $50 million a year in lease payments over 20 years. It plans $500 million in track improvements and $200 million on VLT plans. Like Excelsior and Empire, it said it would pay off NYRA's pension costs; Capital Play put that at $110 million while Empire and Excelsior listed a $55 million level.
Capital called for 9,000 VLT slot machines at Aqueduct and Belmont. "Capital Play's strategy to bring the world's best racing to the state of New York is the best model to maximize returns to the state and its residents,'' Capital Play said in its submission. Capital Play also said it has already lined up $250 million from an international private equity fund.
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Imphal, May 8: Women activists on Sunday,May 8 tried to storm the offices of the ruling Congress and the BJP here in Manipur demanding to know the two parties' stand on the Inner Line Permit (ILP) row.
Police in riot gear dispersed the members of the women's wing of the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) after preventing them from entering the party offices.
Traffic was disrupted in Imphal for hours because of the protest.The JCILPS had said that all political parties in the state should make their stand vis-a-vis the ILP clear on or before May 8.
Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam Gangmei recently said the Congress was working to protect the indigenous people.
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Ship is in very good shape especially since the recent 2.0 upgrades. Guy's Burgers is a great addition with yummy burgers and fries. Very clean and very friendly staff. No issues or concerns during cruise - all went as expected. Hit or miss with comedians - total of four during cruise, 2 great, 2 mediocre. CD - Kevin- adequate but not very outgoing; rest of entertainment staff very good.
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There are many people who have a vision for what government should do to make spatial information more accessible to others in government and the public.There are few who can articulate that vision and make it work.When the vision is from inside the government agency, you look askance because you wonder if it had even a small chance to succeed.But when you see the vision become reality, you must applaud loudly.
When Vanessa Lawrence left Autodesk in September 2000 to become Director General and Chief Executive of the Ordnance Survey, the United Kingdom's mapping agency, she was walking into a government bureaucracy that was perhaps somewhat resistant to new ideas. Twenty-two months later, the "e-Strategy" initiative that she began, and to a large degree has already fulfilled, has transformed the agency into a responsive, customer-focused organization that is fostering the promotion of spatial information within many government offices and private industry.
The changes she instituted were based on a vision for both institutional change and technological innovation. It started with an understanding that the tiled, non-topologically organized spatial data infrastructure had to be transformed into a seamless, topologically correct, and substantially attributed database if it was to be used efficiently and effectively in order to sustain revenue growth in an agency that does not rely solely on government funding.
In conjunction with this program, the organization had to transform itself to one that could deliver product via the Internet, and yet serve the large customer base that still needed its printed map series.Preparation and delivery of digital data in GML format has also been extremely well received.Ms.Lawrence succeeded by putting it this way: "I have always described it to the staff as being on a train and that I was driving the train.The staff could get on or off the train but it would only go in one direction.And there will be times when they feel that they need a rest; they may get on a carriage that is further back, but they will still keep going, because I can't ask everybody to move at the same rate." She also did it by seeking volunteers within the OS to embrace the challenge.The result has been to meld an organization that is motivated to succeed and that continues to be a model government entity for other British agencies seeking to re-invent itself with its own "e-Strategy."
In my view, however, her most impressive vision is to bring "geographic-awareness" to school-aged children.At the beginning of the coming school year, the OS has offered to provide maps to all 11-year old children (year 7/primary 7) upon signing-up at the website. Plus, the OS has its own "MapZone" where interactive "geography games" are available for fun and entertainment (go to http://www.mapzone.co.uk/). From a U.S.perspective, the OS is a cross between the USGS and National Geographic.As both a transformed and vital organization whose mission is to provide the land information infrastructure to Britain, I salute Ms.Lawrence's vision because she has made it work.
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Sail Date: July 04, 2014
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Solstice is a beautiful, clean ship with attentive, courteous amazing staff. Having traveled on royal Caribbean, princess, Ncl and carnival, celebrity ranks near the top.
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A decade ago, the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database was established at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The original objective of GEO was to serve as a public repository for high-throughput gene expression data generated mostly by microarray technology. However, the research community quickly applied microarrays to non-gene-expression studies, including examination of genome copy number variation and genome-wide profiling of DNA-binding proteins. Because the GEO database was designed with a flexible structure, it was possible to quickly adapt the repository to store these data types. More recently, as the microarray community switches to next-generation sequencing technologies, GEO has again adapted to host these data sets. Today, GEO stores over 20000 microarray- and sequence-based functional genomics studies, and continues to handle the majority of direct high-throughput data submissions from the research community. Multiple mechanisms are provided to help users effectively search, browse, download and visualize the data at the level of individual genes or entire studies. This paper describes recent database enhancements, including new search and data representation tools, as well as a brief review of how the community uses GEO data. GEO is freely accessible at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/.
In 2000, the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database was established by the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the National Library of Medicine (1). GEO was originally built to archive the burgeoning volumes of high-throughput gene expression data beginning to be produced by the research community at that time. While GEO was originally established to host gene expression data, the database has evolved to host other data types, including comparative genomic analyses, chromatin immunoprecipitation profiling that characterizes genome–protein interactions, non-coding RNA profiling, SNP genotyping and genome methylation status analyses. Table 1 provides a breakdown of the study types and technologies hosted by GEO.
As microarrays became used routinely in almost every area of biomedical research, the Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment (MIAME) guidelines were proposed (2). These guidelines outline the minimum information that should be included when describing a microarray experiment to ensure that the data can be interpreted by others. In 2002, the Nature journals announced that they supported this proposal and that authors were henceforth required to deposit microarray data in either the GEO or ArrayExpress (3) public repositories so that anyone could freely access and critically evaluate the data discussed in manuscripts (4). Many other journals similarly adopted this requirement. It is for this reason that GEO and ArrayExpress have experienced remarkable growth. Today, GEO archives approximately 20000 studies comprising 500000 samples, 33 billion individual abundance measurements, for over 1300 organisms, submitted by 8000 laboratories from around the world and supporting data for over 10000 published manuscripts.
Since its inception, many aspects of the GEO database and operating procedures have undergone major revisions and development, including:
A timeline summarizing database growth and major developments over the last 10 years, including recent enhancements, is provided in Figure 1.
The overarching design and organization of GEO remains largely unchanged from previous descriptions (5). Platform, Sample and Series records continue to be the core submitter-supplied objects, while DataSet records represent curated studies that form the basis of GEO's advanced data display and analysis tools. Information describing the objects, their content and relationships is provided at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/info/overview.html.
A Platform record is composed of a summary description of the array or sequencer and, for array-based Platforms, a data table defining the array template. A Sample record is composed of a description of the biological material, the experimental protocols to which it was subjected and a data table containing abundance measurements for each feature on the corresponding Platform table. A Series record defines a set of related Samples considered to be part of a study and describes the overall study aim and design.
We continue to take advantage of the flexible nature of the primary database which facilitates capture of a wide variety of rapidly developing heterogeneous data types. The tabular data from original submissions are not fully normalized in the database but rather are stored as plain text tab-delimited tables. While these tables can in principle contain any number of rows and columns, a suite of validation checks performed at the time of upload ensures that they meet basic format and content requirements, which in turn facilitates extraction of core elements to the secondary database. The validation rules can be easily modified to quickly accommodate novel data types and evolving curation standards. Corresponding raw data files are linked from each record and stored on FTP servers. Series summaries, biological sample descriptions, treatments and protocol metadata are stored in specified fields within database tables and have appropriate relations and restrictions. Unique and stable accession numbers are assigned to each record.
Although the submitter-supplied objects in the primary database are very heterogeneous with regards to content, style and level of metadata detail, the array-based expression data generally share a common set of elements that can be extracted and further processed. These include:
This information is extracted from the submitter-supplied records and organized into an upper-level object called a GEO DataSet. A DataSet represents a summarized collection of consistently processed experimentally related Sample records categorized according to experimental variables. GEO Profiles are derived from GEO DataSets. A GEO Profile consists of the expression measurements for an individual gene across all Samples in a DataSet. Genes in GEO Profiles are periodically re-annotated according to the latest information in Entrez Gene and UniGene, an important consideration given the dynamic nature of gene annotations. DataSets and Profiles are a means for transforming diverse styles of incoming data into a relatively standardized format upon which downstream data analysis and data display tools are built.
Much effort continues to be invested into making the deposit process as simple as possible for submitters, while not compromising the quality of the information supplied. A spreadsheet-based format called GEOarchive has emerged as GEO's most popular deposit method for both array and next-generation sequence submissions. GEOarchive spreadsheets are easy to assemble, and enable rapid batch deposit of both large and small studies. Generic GEOarchive templates are provided, as well as templates tailored for specific data types. Web-based submission forms are also supported, as are plain text and XML formats. All these submission methods can capture all components of the MIAME checklist. The GEO curation team is available to support submitters deposit their data should the need arise.
All submissions are syntactically validated for correct document structure, organization and provision of basic MIAME elements. Curators also review the content of each submission, aiming to ensure that sufficient information has been supplied to allow general interpretation of the study. When any problems are identified, such as corrupt files or missing components, a curator will work with the submitter until the issues are resolved. Despite these checks, it should be noted that submitters have ultimate responsibility for the content and accuracy of their records. If submitters notice errors or want to make adjustments to their records, they are free to do so at any time using online update tools.
Submitters can keep their records in private status until a manuscript describing the data is published. Submitters are invited to create a reviewer URL and include it with their manuscript when they send it to journals for review. This URL allows anonymous, confidential access to the private GEO records cited in the paper, enabling reviewers to download and critically evaluate the data.
GEO accepts next-generation sequence data for studies that examine gene expression, genome–protein interactions, genome methylation and gene regulation. Submissions are organized similarly to array-based submissions and all standard GEO administrative procedures are applied, full details are provided at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/info/seq.html. GEO hosts the processed and analyzed sequence data, together with sample and study metadata; raw data files are brokered to and linked with NCBI's Sequence Read Archive (SRA) database (6), ensuring that these sequence data are integrated with NCBI's collection of sequence-specific resources.
Given the huge volumes and wide scope of experiment types represented in GEO, it is crucial to provide robust tools that allow users to easily locate and access information relevant to their interests.
Queries may be performed at the GEO DataSets and GEO Profiles search interfaces (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gds and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geoprofiles, respectively). A simple keyword search is often sufficient to locate relevant data. However, GEO data are extensively indexed under many separate fields, meaning that users can refine their search by constructing fielded queries. Advanced Search pages have recently been developed for the GEO DataSets and GEO Profiles databases. These pages greatly assist users to construct complex multi-part fielded search statements. Alternatively, users can write and execute their own search statements directly in the search boxes. A full listing of all indexed fields, with examples and tips, is provided at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/info/qqtutorial.html. Examples of indexed fields include DataSet Type, Gene Symbol, Gene Ontology (GO) terms, Chromosome and Base Position. The search fields are not restricted to descriptive metadata, they can also be used to locate genes flagged as having interesting gene expression patterns. For example, to find genes that exhibit differential expression with respect to age or development stage in mouse, users could query GEO Profiles with:
(age[Flag Information] OR development stage[Flag Information]) AND mouse[Organism].
Additional query approaches are provided on GEO DataSet records to help users locate genes of interest. These include a tool that allows the user to perform t-tests with varying levels of significance on selected sets of Samples, as well as pre-computed cluster heatmap images that may be queried for specific genes. Sequence-based queries may be performed using the GEO BLAST interface.
The DataSet Browser is located at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/GDSbrowser.
Complete GEO records and raw data files are freely available for bulk download from the GEO FTP site. High-throughput file transfer through Aspera Connect is also supported. Data are available in multiple formats including tab-delimited tables, plain text and XML. Raw data files are provided in native format where possible. Additional mechanisms are provided to enable download of more focused sets of data. For example, URLs can be constructed to retrieve metadata files for specific records and annotated gene expression values can be downloaded from GEO Profiles results pages. Download options are detailed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/info/download.html.
Programmatic access to metadata is supported through a suite of NCBI programs called the Entrez Programming Utilities. These tools allow users to develop pipelines that locate and download data of interest.
Various graphical renderings are provided to help users identify data of interest. GEO Profile charts portray the expression behavior of one gene across all Samples in a DataSet. The charts present several categories of information including expression measurement values, expression measurement rankings and an outline of the experimental design and variables. A user can look at a chart and quickly assess whether gene activity is shifting according to experimental conditions. Display of entire DataSets is facilitated through several types of precomputed cluster heatmaps. These clusters are interactive in that the user can search for specific genes, or highlight specific areas using a moveable selector box, and then download those regions as a text file or link to corresponding GEO Profiles. Next-generation sequence data presents new challenges for data display. Hundreds of GEO ChIP-seq and RNA-seq Samples have been selected for re-processing by NCBI's new Epigenomics resource (7) at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/epigenomics. Once migrated to the Epigenomics resource, these data undergo advanced curation and are made available for review as precomputed tracks on genome browsers.
Extensive internal and external links are applied to GEO data. Internal links help the user discover related gene expression Profiles. For example, Profile Neighbor links retrieve genes that show a similar gene expression pattern to the chosen Profile within a DataSet, Chromosome Neighbor links connect genes that are physically close to each other on the chromosome to help investigate gene expression neighborhoods, and Sequence Neighbor links gather Profiles from across all DataSets that are related by nucleotide sequence similarity. Inter-database links provide reciprocal connections to corresponding information in other NCBI databases including Gene, PubMed and GenBank (8).
As the number of GEO data sets increases, so does the opportunity to aggregate and use the data in a much broader context than that for which it was originally intended. GEO typically receives over 40000 web hits and 10000 bulk FTP downloads per day. A review of the literature reveals over 1000 publications in which researchers describe how they applied data they found in GEO to their own studies, see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/info/ucitations.html. Many of these publications report how GEO data were used to verify gene expression signatures of individual genes in specific cell types or under specific conditions, providing evidence to support conclusions in the authors' own study (9). Other authors incorporate GEO data into their own analyses, such as using GEO data as controls or training sets within their own study (10). The huge volumes of data present bioinformaticians with a wealth of test material for developing new statistical algorithms (11) or analysis strategies, including modeling gene networks, predicting gene function and regulation (12) and identifying disease and toxicity predictors (13). Others have attempted to define systems-wide relationships and maps between GEO expression data and other data types such as gene pathways (14,15) and ontologies (16). Many subject-specific and/or added-value databases have been created using GEO data, targeting specific audiences, or presenting the data in alternative formats (17–19). Despite the heterogeneity of data types and experimental designs, many users have been able to perform powerful meta-analyses across thousands of independently-submitted GEO Samples (20,21). It can be anticipated that as public high-throughput functional genomic data sets continue to accumulate, third-party users will exploit these data in ever-more innovative ways.
Over the past decade, NCBI's GEO database has served as the major public archive for high-throughput microarray- and sequence-based functional genomic data sets. Aside from archiving, cross-linking and making vast amounts of data freely available for download, GEO also provides several user-friendly web-based tools and strategies to assist users query and analyze these data.
While GEO represents a unifying resource for thousands of valuable public functional genomics studies, significant challenges remain in achieving maximum benefit from these data. Those challenges include enabling better integration and cross-comparison of diverse data sets, data types and data resources and correlating the data with phenotype information. GEO will continue to be developed and refined towards achieving these goals, as well as improving the accessibility and usability of the data for as broad an audience as possible.
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The "Three-Headed Monster" of Marlon Mack, Darius Tice and D'Ernest Johnson will be called upon again this week, as USF squares off with Northern Illinois this Saturday. The Husky defense was slashed for 243 yards on 56 attempts in their season opening, triple overtime loss to Wyoming. The hour and 43 minute weather delay at the beginning of the game could have factored into the Huskies' poor run defense, but NIU head coach Rod Carey dismissed that thought in his weekly press conference.
With the status of junior running back Mack being available for Saturday's game still in the air the Bulls will look to senior back Tice and junior back Johnson to fill whatever void may arise if Mack is ruled out for the matchup. The running backs have the full faith of their teammate and the man who will be clearing the way for them.
"Darius Tice can run you over and shake you off the field. When I see him get up the field, I already know that we're about to hit for about 30 yards," said senior offensive tackle Kofi Amichia at the weekly press conference. "D'Ernest, you can see all his preseason awards, he's a pretty all-around guy. When he's out there you can do anything; you can run, you can throw it to him, he can throw it himself…they're definitely going to shine this week."
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The Huskies have a potent passing threat that consists of redshirt senior quarterback Drew Hare and redshirt senior wide receiver Kenny Golladay. If the Bulls are able to successfully remove these two weapons from the equation, it will greatly increase the chances of a USF victory.
The first factor is Golladay, who exploded for 226 total yards and three touchdowns in their season opener against Wyoming, 144 of those yards coming through the air. At 6-foot-4 and 213 pounds, Golladay outweighs 5-foot-10 junior cornerback Deatrick Nichols by 24 pounds, who will most likely be the primary coverage on Golladay. Defensive Coordinator Raymond Woodie emphasizes the importance of staying with the basic fundamentals and allowing technique to come before worrying about the scheme.
"Every week we're going to play against really good players, we just got to be technique sound," said Woodie about the defensive backs challenging Golladay. "At the end of the day if you don't reroute, if you don't do the scheme with the technique part of it, anybody can catch balls and run balls."
The second weapon that the Bulls need to make a priority is the guy slinging the ball to Golladay. Hare made his first start since his 2015 season with an Achilles tear and appeared to be in fine form, tossing 329 yards for three touchdowns. Between his two seasons as the Huskies' starting quarterback, Hare has averaged a completion percentage of 61.6 percent, totaling 32 touchdowns and only six interceptions.
While the Bulls' defensive line will do all that it can to break down Hare's pocket, the responsibility will fall on the veteran defensive back squad to ensure that Hare doesn't hit his targets.
"With the DBs really, we have to reroute. We got to knock them off their routes," said Woodie about the defensive backs needing to take away Hare's receivers. "If you let guys just run free quarterbacks will pick you apart, especially if they understand coverages."
The Offensive Line Needs to Throw Their Weight Around
Junior quarterback Quinton Flowers' ability to be a threat through the air and elusive on the ground is one of the reasons the "Gulf Coast" offense is as successful as it is. Flowers' mobility is something that the Huskies are not familiar with defending and will look to close up any holes and seams that Flowers can slip through. It's imperative that the offensive line doesn't allow the Huskies to plug any of those holes.
"They've got a pretty quick d-line. They give a lot of effort and they don't give up. It's definitely going to be a tough game, so we're going to have to bring our 'A' game," said Amichia of the Husky defensive line. "They're not that big, but they're fast and they come with a lot of moves. If their first move doesn't work, then they come with a second move."
The offensive line will be switching out to keep bodies fresh, put will also be using that time in between exchanges to inform each other about the different techniques of the opposing linemen.
"We know that if another guy comes in the game, you just have to explain….we just alert him what's good, if he wasn't watching from the sideline," said Amichia.
Take Advantage of Their Wide Receivers' Size
With the shortest of the Bulls' starting receivers being 6-foot-1 senior dynamo Rodney Adams, the Bulls have an opportunity to use their size and speed to out play the Huskies down the field. Junior Marquez Valdes-Scantling made his on the team known, coming out of the season opener with three receptions for 79 yards, including a 51 yard bomb from Flowers that Valdes-Scantling hauled in for a touchdown.
"That was awesome," said Bulls' head coach Willie Taggart about Valdes-Scantling's big play. "I want to see a lot of those throughout the year. We know he's capable of doing that and a couple other guys on the team, but it was good to see that execution. We really feel like we can get a couple of those throughout the year. It just does so much for your team when you can score like that."
The big body combo of Valdes-Scantling and sophomore tight end Elkanah Dillon to go along with Adams, will give Flowers multiple targets to look at down the field. Adams also gives the ability to use his speed going across the field as well as down, as he was used for the jet sweep for a few times for large chunks of yards.
If the Bulls' offense can manage to become a true triple threat this weekend, they will keep the Husky defense guessing.
Let the Linebackers Loose on Another Star Back
Junior captain Auggie Sanchez racked up a team-leading seven tackles (tying with junior safety Tajee Fulwood) from the middle linebacker position. Fellow linebacker, senior Nigel Harris wasn't far behind Sanchez with six total tackles, including a sack. The linebackers helped cap Towson's two time 1000-yard rusher Darius Victor to only 70 yards on 23 attempts. This week they'll be facing another star running back, senior Joel Bouagnon.
Last season Bouagnon totaled 1,285 yards rushing with 18 rushing touchdowns, enough to make him the 2015 First Team All-MAC running back. This past week though, Wyoming held Bouagnon to only 16 yards on 10 attempts.
NIU will most likely attempt to rush Bouagnon as well as redshirt junior running back Jordan Huff, mixing up the backfield to give the Bulls' defense something different to look at. Expect to see both of them attempt to hit the holes and make their way past the Bulls' linebackers, only to be stopped short by Sanchez or Harris.


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I have cruised before on other Norwegian ships and it was very good. This ship was terrible. Most of the crew seemed like they would rather be somewhere else.
The freestyle dining was not set up very well they should have had a section for non meat dining items. I had to stand in a line of 100 people who were all waiting for the carving station. I am trying another cruise line and if I return to Norwegian it definitely will not be on this ship.
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I moved your thread to this area of DC since you'll get better and more serious answers here than in Humor & O.T.
This is a discussion on Re-enlist or LEO? Decisions, decisions... within the Law Enforcement, Military & Homeland Security Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; It's about that time...I'm about to hit my 4 year mark, and I'll have a year to decide if I want to re-enlist or pursue ...
It's about that time...I'm about to hit my 4 year mark, and I'll have a year to decide if I want to re-enlist or pursue a career in law enforcement. I'm torn, and seek input.
Currently, I'm CH-53E aircrew. I like my job. I've been to Iraq twice and will be going again. And again, and again...if I re-up. I'll be getting married soon, and while she is fine with me deploying, I'd rather not be deploying over and over again AND trying to start a family. I've never been in trouble, I could easily turn this into a career and retire, and it's plausible for me to re-up.
I don't like deploying constantly...3 doesn't bother me, but after that I think I'd like to spend some time at home. I don't like not being able to choose where I work. California is the only place I would ever choose to be stationed, but I can't carry, and this bothers me. I also can't have my AR-15 here without spending more cash on registering it, and then the gov't knows I own it too.
So, not everything is a plus for re-enlisting. Ever since I was a little kid, I've wanted to be a Marine, a LEO, a firefighter, or FBI. I've done one...and I still want to be all the rest :p
I really, really want to pursue a career in law enforcement. Everything about the job appeals to me (that I know of). I would get to contribute to society, it's not a typical "desk job", and there is plenty of comradarie. Unfortunately, I don't know the first thing about what I would need to do to get this job, when to apply (do I do it while I'm still in?), what to expect, etc. Does it pay retirement like the military does? What benefits does it provide?
The only thing people say to me when I say I want to join LE is "You'll have to start at the bottom all over again. You'll be a boot!" That doesn't bother me too much.
Anyway, if some LEO's could PM me or just post here about their experiences, or answers to some of my questions, that would be awesome. It's a big decision for me to make, and I don't want to make the choice either way without being informed on both choices.
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I moved your thread to this area of DC since you'll get better and more serious answers here than in Humor & O.T.
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I was in the same situation. Only I was in 10 years. Cost me my first marriage (never being home). I got out and went into LE 29 years ago. I haven't regretted a minute of it. For that matter I don't regret my service time either. Yes you will have to start over but trust me its not that bad. PM me and I'll tell you how to get started and things to consider before deciding.
Starting over after 4, 5, or 6 years isn't a thing to worry about at all. I'm 16 years AD and looking at what to do afterwards, and LE is right up there. the benifits are not the same, but if that is what you really want then DO IT!
There are questions in my career.....should I have gotten out and done______?
....but there are NO regrets. I did what was right for me. You know what to you gotta do, now go get started doing it!
To me, you answered it when you said, "I don't like deploying constantly." I've heard it said (and it's true) that if you do two tours, you start thinking "I'm almost halfway there and one enlistment turns into another."
Definitely look into what you need to do while you're still in. Talk to your education office. I think they will pay for you to get a certification. I don't know if CLEET would apply. (Talk to an LEO about this. There may be a better cert available.) You're doing the right thing by talking to folks--the earlier the better.
You didn't say if you're a flight engineer or a gunner. If you're an FE you might look at getting your A&P ticket. (Although, I'm not sure how much wrenching you do.) I know that's not your first choice, but if you're qualified, get the documentation. That way you have something to fall back on if you need it.
Best of luck, and thanks for your service.
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First, have a plan B. LEO jobs are not like getting a job at McD's... it takes months or even years to get a good LEO job. You need to be able to earn a living while you are going through this stage.
Contrary to popular belief, people coming out of the military dont always have a leg up, and they are not a shoe in. Military will help, but its not a golden ticket.
I would decide where you want to live, and look real hard at the pay in that area vs. cost of living. Some areas of the country they pay LEO's peanuts, and other areas are paid very well. Dont fall into the trap of settling for the largest departments or who offers you a badge first. You need to choose where you need to go.
I'm on our departments hiring panel, I see lots of people mess a lot of things up that cost them a career before they even begin.
Once you do that, I'll PM you a "map" how to get you foot in the door.
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If you got the GI bill first thing I would do is use it. Go back to school and get a degree. Might not look like it now but down the road that little peace of paper can come in very handy.
that's just my .2 cents worth of advice and something I found out the hard way.
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Education first is also my reccommendation. Both L.E. and military have high divorce rates.
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1) Great advice...can be very competitive for LEO jobs and higher education is a plus. And the harder it is getting with a family in tow.
2) I think you answered your own questions with your desires...bottomline...hope you do not think "coulda, woulda, shoulda" later in life.
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Except for the family situation, I'd suggest doing your 20, stay in shape, THEN go the LEO route. Double retirement before you're 60 years old, plus benefits. Wish I would have done it! Ended up divorced anyway...
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Look at it this way: The Corps will take you back virtually any time you get ready. And there is more to life than the Corps [Did I really just say that?]. Do what you feel like you want to do.
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Lat move to MPs? I would stay in and get your degree. The GIBILL is great and all but you cant beat going to school while in the Marines and when you leave the Corps being finished. Take it from me, I'm 44, in school using the GIBILL. The family benefits in the Corps is outstanding.
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I ETS'd from the Army after 8 years for similar reasons, and with the same goal in mind.
It took me over a year and a half to get hired on with my current agency.
....and I had 4 years as an MP, 3 years of college (but no degree), and had been working private security during that 1.5 year gap.
Then again, there were a LOT more applicants for every LE job then than there are now.
I guess what I'm saying is, don't expect it to be easy. ESPECIALLY don't expect to waltz your way in to the DREAM job in the DREAM department in your DREAM location.
My advice for military folks transitioning to the civilian job market is this:
Either pick the place you want to live, and be willing to take whatever satisfactory job you can find there...
...or pick the job you want to do, and be willing to live in whatever satisfactory place it can be found in.


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Recommends Norwegian Dawn? Yes!
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Addressing a press conference here, BJP State President Bandaru Dattatreya alleged that a large number of farmers were left out by the central scheme.
Criticising the Congress Government for acquiring large tracts of land for Special Economic Zones (SEZ), he alleged that corruption was rampant in the allotment of land for industrial units.
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The 2000 incident, however, was triggered along with blasts that occurred across Andhra Pradesh and Goa, when several churches were targetted with similar low intensity explosives.
In July, 2000, bombs went off near churches at Jagajivannagar in the city, Yadagir in Gulbarga district, Goa and Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.
Police had arrested members of Hyderabad-based radical Deendar Group in connection with the incident and the trial is still on. The Centre had banned the organisation following the incident.
The Deendar plot was cracked when the crude bombs that they were carrying in a car accidentally went off, killing two of them. They were on the way to plant bombs in another church in Bangalore.
Two of them, however, managed to escape.
The city witnessed another major terrorist attack, when the Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives opened fire at a group of scientists at the Indian Institute of Sciences in December, 2005, killing a Delhi-based scientist and injuring five others.
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Impact of global crisis on China deepening, official warns job losses could fuel instability
BEIJING (AP) -- China's top economic planner warned Thursday that the impact of the global financial crisis is worsening and said rising job losses could fuel instability.
Beijing announced its biggest interest rate cut in 11 years on Wednesday to boost consumer and company spending, reflecting its growing urgency about reviving growth as it launches a multibillion-dollar stimulus package.
"This crisis is spreading all over the world and its impact on China's economy is deepening," Zhang Ping, chairman of the Cabinet's National Development and Reform Commission, said at a news conference. He said economic indicators for November were showing an "even faster decline," though he gave no details.
China's economic growth is expected to fall to about 9 percent this year, down from last year's 11.9 percent. That would be the fastest of any major economy, but Chinese leaders worry about possible unrest as unemployment rises, especially in export industries where factories are shutting down as global demand plummets.
"Excessive production halts and closing of enterprises will cause massive unemployment, which will lead to instability," Zhang said.
The 1.08 percentage-point cut in China's key one-year lending rate on Wednesday -- China's biggest rate cut since 1997 and the fourth in three months -- is "one of the essential measures to stimulate our economic growth," Zhang said.
Zhang said the 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion), two-year stimulus package announced Nov. 9 should add about 1 percentage point to China's growth rate. That was below the 2 percentage point increase forecast by independent analysts.
Zhang said Beijing will take steps to boost growth and ensure the economy continues to create jobs. But he did not respond to a question about whether Beijing is planning to enact additional stimulus plans.
A state newspaper reported last weekend that Zhang's agency is working on an additional stimulus package that is meant to supplement the Nov. 9 package with more spending on health, education and other social programs.
The main stimulus package calls for insulating China from the global downturn by injecting money into the economy through higher spending on construction of airports, highways and other projects. It is meant to spur domestic consumption.
The cut in the one-year lending rate to 5.58 percent, effective Thursday, is aimed at encouraging consumers and businesses to borrow and spend, which is seen as a more effective way to fuel growth than government spending.
The stimulus package includes 1.8 trillion yuan ($263 billion) in spending on airports, highways and other, 370 billion yuan ($54 billion) to improve infrastructure in the poor countryside and 350 billion ($51 billion) for environmental projects, according to Zhang.
It also includes 280 billion yuan ($41 billion) for construction of low-income housing and 40 billion yuan ($5.8 billion) for health and education programs, Zhang said.
Zhang said the government is working on how local governments will pay for their share of the stimulus spending. The central government is to supply 1.2 trillion yuan ($175 billion) of the total stimulus spending, with the rest coming from lower-level governments and state companies.


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