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Q: Why am I receiving a undefined-control-sequence error when compiling this custom letter class? I've read through the Kopka & Daly book, "A Guide to LATEX", 3ed., and I'm attempting to re-crate the example custom letter that begins on page 305.
The custom-letter class "mpletter"
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{mpletter}

\RequirePackage{ifthen}
\newboolean{@german}
\setboolean{@german}{false}
\DeclareOption{german}{\setboolean{@german}{true}}

%pass-in of letter.cls
\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{letter}}
\ProcessOptions
\LoadClass[letter]{letter} %%changed for letter sized paper

%German names
\newcommand{\englishnames}{%
    \newcommand{\yrefname}{\textsl{Your Ref.}}
    \newcommand{\ymailname}{\textsl{Your letter from}}
    \newcommand{\myrefname}{\textsl{Our Ref.}}
    \newcommand{\subjectname}{\textsl{Subject}}
    \newcommand{\telephonename}{Telephone}
    \newcommand{\stationname}{Train Station}
    \newcommand{\germanname}{GERMANY}
    \newcommand{\telcode}{[49]-555-401}
    \newcommand{\postcode}{D--37191}
}
    \newcommand{\germannames}{%
    \newcommand{\telefax}{Telefax}
    \newcommand{\telex}{Telex}
    \newcommand{\telcode}{(05556) 401}
    \newcommand{\postcode}{37191}
}

\ifthenelse{\boolean{@german}}
    {\RequirePackage{german}\germannames}{\englishnames}

%Extra info. in the header
\newcommand{\@yref}{}
\newcommand{\@myref}{}
\newcommand{\@internet}{}
\newcommand{\@ymail}{}
\newcommand{\@subject}{}

%
\newcommand{\yref}[1]{\renewcommand{\@yref}{\yrefname: #1}}
\newcommand{\ymail}[1]{\renewcommand{\@ymail}{\ymailname: #1}}
\newcommand{\myref}[1]{\renewcommand{\@myref}{\myrefname: #1}}
\newcommand{\subject}[1]{\renewcommand{\@subject}{\subjectname: #1}}
\newcommand{\internet}[1]{\renewcommand{\@internet}{#1}}
\newcommand{\INTERNET}{@linmpi.mpg.de}

%set margins/text
\setlength{\textheight}{215mm}
\setlength{\textwidth}{160mm}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0pt}
\setlength{\topmargin}{-20pt}
\setlength{\headsep}{35pt}
\setlength{\textwidth}{160mm}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0pt}
\setlength{\headheight}{12pt}

%Defining some fonts for the letter head...
\DeclareFixedFont{\xviisf}{OT1}{cmss}{m}{n}{17}
\DeclareFixedFont{\xsf}{OT1}{cmss}{m}{n}{10}
\DeclareFixedFont{\viiisf}{OT1}{cmss}{m}{n}{8}

%letterhead is two fields, total = 160 = textwidth
\newlength{\leftfield} \setlength{\leftfield}{117mm}
\newlength{\rightfield} \setlength{\rightfield}{43mm}

%put institute name in several "saved boxes"
\newsavebox{\FIRM}
\newsavebox{\firm}
\newsavebox{\firmaddress}
\newsavebox{\firmreturn}

\sbox{\FIRM}
    {\parbox[t]{\leftfield}
        {\xviisf MAX--PLANCK--INSTITUT FUR AERONOMIE}}

\sbox{\firm}
    {\xsf MAX--PLANK--INSTITUT FUR AERONOMIE}

\sbox{\firmreturn}
    {\viiisf\underline{MPI fur Aeronomie, \postcode{} Katenburg--Lindau}}

\sbox{\firmaddress}
    {\parbox[t]{\rightfield}{\viiisf\baselineskip10pt
    Max--Plank--Strasse 2\\
    \postcode{} Katlenburg--Lindau\\\germanname}}

%put together
\newsavebox{\firmhead}  \newsavebox{\firmfoot}

\sbox{\firmhead}
    {\parbox{\textwidth}{\usebox{\FIRM}\raisebox{6pt}
        {\usebox{\firmaddress}}\\[3pt]  \rule{\textwidth}{1pt}}}

\sbox{\firmfoot}
            {\parbox{\textwidth}{\rule{\textwidth}{0.6pt}\\[5pt]
                \viiisf\setlength{\baselineskip}{12pt}%
            \begin{tabular}[t]{@{}ll}
                \underline{\telephonename} & \telcode-1\\
                \underline{Telefax} & \telcode-240\\
                \underline{Telex}       & 9\,65\,527 aerli
            \end{tabular}\hfill
            \begin{tabular}[t]{l}
                \underline{Bank}\\
                Kreis--Sparkasse Northeim\\
                41\,104\,449 (BLZ 262\,500\,01)
            \end{tabular}\hfill
            \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}
                \underline{\stationname}\\
                Northeim\\
                (Han.)
            \end{tabular} }}

%put head/foot boxes on first page
\renewcommand{\ps@firstpage}
    {\setlength{\headheight}{41pt}\setlength{\headsep}{25pt}%
        \renewcommand{\@oddhead}{\usebox{\firmhead}}%
        \renewcommand{\@oddfoot}{\raisebox{-20pt}[0pt]
                                        {\usebox{\firmfoot}}}%
        \renewcommand{\@evenhead}{}\renewcommand{\@evenfoot}{}}

%don't know
\renewcommand{\ps@headings}
    {\setlength{\headheight}{41pt}%
        \renewcommand{\@oddhead}
            {\parbox{\textwidth}{\usebox{\firm}\\[5pt]
                \slshape \headtoname{} \toname\hfill\@date\hfill
                                                            \pagename{} \thepage\\
                \rule[3pt]{\textwidth}{1pt}}}
        \renewcommand{\@oddfoot}{}
        \renewcommand{\@evenhead}{\oddhead}
        \renewcommand{\@evenfoot}{\@oddfoot}
}
%
\providecommand{\@evenhead}{}\providecommand{\@oddhead}{}
\providecommand{\@evenfoot}{}\providecommand{\@oddfoot}{}

%make headings the active page style
\pagestyle{headings}

%lastly, redefine opening cmd that prints address/salutation
\renewcommand{\opening}[1]{\thispagestyle{firstpage}%
    \parbox[t]{\leftfield}
        {\usebox{\firmreturn}\\
            \parbox[b][3.5cm][c]{\leftfield}{\toname\\\toaddress}}%
        \parbox[t]{\rightfield}
            {\fromname
                \ifthenelse{\equal{\telephonenum}{}}
                    {}{\\ Tel.: \telcode-\telephonenum}
                \ifthenelse{\equal{\@internet}{}}
                    {}{\\{\viiisf Email: \@internet\INTERNET}}
                \\[5mm] \@date}
            \par
            \rule{\textwidth}{0.6pt}
            \makebox[\leftfield][1]
                {\ifthenelse{\equal{\@yref}{}}
                    {\@ymail}{\@yref\hfill\@ymail\hfill}}
            \@myref\par
            \ifthenelse{\equal{\@subject}{}}
                {}{\@subject\par}
            \vspace{2\parskip} #1 \par\nobreak}

And my letter for that class
\documentclass[12pt]{mpletter}
\name{Dr P. W. Daly}
\signature{Patrick W. Daly}
\myref{PWD/sib}
\date{May 10, 1998}
\subject{\LaTeX{} information}
\telephone{279} \internet{daily}
\ymail{April 28, 1998} \yref{FGM/sdf}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{%
Mr George Murphy\\35 Watervile Rd.\\
Centertown, New England\\USA}
\opening{Dear George,}
Thank you!
\closing{Regards,}
\encl{x}
\cc{H. Kopka}
\end{letter}
\end{document}


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Q: Using find in OS X to identify then correct permissions I'm trying to use find (or a better method, as this will then go into a shell script) to do the following:

*

*look at /Users directory

*identify any files or folders whose permissions are not 700, and if so, change them to 700, while ignoring the Sites and Public folders

*files and folders may have spaces in their names, too

This only needs to look one level deep, I.e. one level with a user's directory in /Users
This is what I've come up with so far but it doesn't quite do the trick:
find /Users ! -perm 0700 -type d -depth 2 | grep -v Public | grep -v Sites | /usr/bin/xargs -0 chmod 700

thanks for your suggestions!
Dan

A: This should do:
find /Users -maxdepth 2 \! -perm 0700 \! -name Public \! -name Sites -type d -exec chmod 700 {} +

No pipes, just one command :)
Note: I've changed your -depth 2 to -maxdepth 2 and moved it in front... just because GNU find's -depth doesn't work like this and I believe this is how it would be written with GNU find. Now, I don't know about the find you have installed on your system, so YYMV, like they say...
I would also use chmod's -v option, if available, just to know what's happening... something like:
`chmod -v 700 {}`

Experiment with the command I gave you like so:
find /Users -maxdepth 2 \! -perm 0700 \! -name Public \! -name Sites -type d -exec echo chmod 700 {} +

with the echo there, so that it's harmless. It will only print on your screen the commands that will be executed when the echo removed. Remove the echo only when you're happy with the way it behaves.
Edit. It seems that OS X and GNU versions of find differ in the use of -depth/-maxdepth. So here's a similar command for OS X (see Dan's comment below):
find /Users -depth 2 \! -perm 0700 \! -name Public \! -name Sites -type d -exec echo chmod 700 {} +

Cheers!

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Peiris JM, Tang W, Chan K, et al. Children with Respiratory Disease Associated with Metapneumovirus in Hong Kong. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2003;9(6):628-633. doi:10.3201/eid0906.030009.
Peiris, J. M., Tang, W., Chan, K., Khong, P., Guan, Y., Lau, Y....Chiu, S. S. (2003). Children with Respiratory Disease Associated with Metapneumovirus in Hong Kong. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9(6), 628-633. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.030009.
Globally, respiratory infections in childhood are a leading cause of disease, contributing to absenteeism and economic strain through use of healthcare resources (1). In the developing world, respiratory infections are also a major cause of childhood death, although the contribution of viruses to such deaths is unclear (2). Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza are recognized as important contributors to hospitalization (3–5). Despite sensitive diagnostic methods, an etiologic agent still cannot be identified in a portion of children with acute respiratory infection (6). Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a recently discovered respiratory virus belonging to the family Paramyxovidiridae (7,8), and its clinical significance is still being defined. After its initial discovery in the Netherlands, HMPV has been detected in respiratory specimens from patients of all ages in a number of countries, e.g., Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, and Finland (9–14). In children, HMPV has been reported to cause disease similar to that of RSV; signs and symptoms range from severe cough to bronchiolitis and pneumonia. However, a detailed analysis of clinical signs in children is lacking. Furthermore, HMPV has not been reported in tropical or subtropical regions. Routine immunization of children against influenza is now under active consideration by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and vaccines for RSV are being developed. Therefore, defining the role of the newly emerging HMPV is important in childhood respiratory disease.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is located within the tropics but has a subtropical climate. Within this region of Hong Kong Island are 288,371 persons <18 years of age and 84,018 <6 years of age (based on 2001 Census data). Two publicly funded hospitals of the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital and Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, provide 90% of all acute pediatric hospital care (admission ratio 1:1.65). At Queen Mary Hospital, a nasopharyngeal aspirate is routinely collected for viral investigation from all children hospitalized with acute respiratory disease.
We investigated a systematic sample of children (<18 years of age) admitted with acute respiratory infection to Queen Mary Hospital during a 13-month period. From August 2001 to March 2002, all children admitted to Queen Mary Hospital with symptoms of respiratory infection on one fixed day each week were included in this study of HMPV infection. From April through August 2002, study enrollment was increased to twice weekly. The results of virologic diagnosis of HMPV were not available to the attending pediatricians. The clinical features of children identified to have HMPV infection were compared with age-matched controls with influenza A or RSV infection.
Nasopharyngeal aspirates from patients were tested for RSV, influenza A and B, adenovirus, and parainfluenza types 1, 2, and 3 by culture and immunofluorescent antigen detection as previously described (15,16). An aliquot of these aspirates was snap-frozen for testing for HMPV. Viral RNA were extracted by using the RNAeasy kit (QIAGEN GmbH, Hilden, Germany) and tested by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with primers to the viral L gene as previously described (7). All positive results were confirmed by retesting with a nested RT-PCR with primers to regions of the M gene conserved between HMPV and avian pneumovirus (8).
Twelve microliters of viral RNA was amplified in 20 μL volumes containing the following components: 2 mM Tris-HCL (pH7.5), 10 mM NaCL, 0.01 mM EDTA, 0.11 mM DTT, 0.001% NP-40, 0.5 mM each of the four deoxynucleotide triphosphates, 7.5 ng random primers (Invitrogen, Life Technology, Carlsbad, CA), and 20 U of Superscript II Rnase H- Reverse Transcriptase (Invitrogen, Life Technology). The reactions were allowed to proceed in a thermocycler programmed to incubate for 50 min at 42°C and 3 min at 94°C cycler (Perkin-Elmer Cetus, Gouda, the Netherlands). Five microliters of cDNA was used for PCR amplification reaction with 0.5 μM of two primers (sense 5′-CATGCCCACTATAAAAGGTCAG-3′ and anti-sense 5′-CACCCCAGTCTTTCTTGAAA-3′), corresponding to the sequence of the L gene of metapneumovirus. Samples were amplified by heating at 95°C for 12 min, 30 cycles of 94°C for 1 min, 60°C for 1 min, 72°C for 1 min, and a final of extension period of 7 min at 72°C. Similarly, 5 μL of cDNA was used for a first PCR amplification reaction with 0.5 μM of two degenerated primers (sense 5′-AARGTSAATGCATCAGC-3′ and anti-sense 5′-CAKATTYTGCTTATGCTTTC-3), corresponding to the sequence of the matrix gene of metapneumovirus, which can detect both avian and human metapneumovirus. Samples were amplified in similar reaction mixture previously described by heating at 95°C for 12 min, 30 cycles of 94°C for 30 s, 60°C for 30 s, 72°C for 1 min, and a final of extension period of 7 min at 72°C. A 5-μL aliquot of the first PCR product was transferred into a second PCR tube for nested PCR by using two inner specific M gene primers for HMPV (5′-ACACCTGTTACAATACCAGC-3′ and 5′-GACTTGAGTCCCAGCTCCA-3′). The reaction mixture was subjected to a further 95°C, 12 min, 30 cycles of 94°C, 55°C, and 72°C for 1 min each, and a final of extension period of 7 min at 72°C. PCR products were analyzed by electrophoresis in a 2% (w/v) agarose gel and stained with 0.5 μg/mL of ethidium bromide. The sizes of L gene and M gene nested PCR products were 171 bp and 201 bp, respectively. Only specimens with a positive result for both tests were regarded as confirmed positive.
The 171-bp fragment of the RT-PCR–amplified product of the viral L gene was sequenced for phylogenetic analysis. The PCR-amplified DNA was sequenced by using the Big Dye Terminator Cycle Sequencing Ready Reaction kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). Briefly, PCR products were purified by using the QIA quick PCR Purification Kit (QIAGEN GmbH) according to manufacturer's instruction. A total of 35 to 50 ng of purified PCR products were mixed with two tubes containing 1.6 pmol (forward and reverse), 4 μL Terminator reaction mix (containing deoxy- and dideoxy-nucleotides, and modified Taq polymerase), and made up to a final volume of 10 μL with MilliQ water. Cycle sequencing was performed in the thermocyler with profile consisted of a 96°C denaturation step for 30 s, followed by an annealing temperature of 50°C for 15 s and extension temperature of 60°C for 4 min, for a total of 25 cycles. Unincorporated dye terminators and nucleotides were removed by using the DyeEx kit (QIAGEN GmbH). The procedure was performed according to the user manual of the package. The DNA template was denatured at 94°C for 4 min and stored in ice, ready for sequencing on a Perkin-Elmer 377 XL DNA sequencer (Applied Biosystems). DNA sequences were aligned by using the Clustal X software, and phylogenetic analysis was conducted by using MEGA (v. 2.1, Arizona State University, Temple, AZ). The distances for the multiple aligned DNA sequences were estimated by using the Jukes-Cantor method and a phylogenetic tree constructed by using neighbor-joining method. The tree was subjected to bootstrap test (100 replicates) and bootstrap values >40 are shown.
All medical records were reviewed by a pediatrician (S.S.C.). At the end of the study, the chest radiographs were reviewed by a pediatric radiologist (P.L.K.), who knew that these children had a cough and febrile illness but did not know the clinical or microbiologic diagnoses.
Since obtaining an nasopharyngeal aspirates to test for common respiratory viruses is a routine diagnostic procedure, all children with acute respiratory symptoms admitted on the study days were enrolled. A total of 587 patients were studied; 302 were enrolled in the first 7 months of the study with patients being admitted on one fixed day of each week. Another 285 patients were enrolled during the last 6 months, with patients admitted on two fixed days of the week recruited to the study. The study sample represented 15.5% of all 3,787 acute pediatric admissions to Queen Mary Hospital and 22.9% of all 2,563 admissions for acute respiratory disease. Thirty-two (5.5%) children had HMPV virus RNA detected in the nasopharyngeal aspirate specimen when tested by RT-PCR. In comparison, routine immunofluorescent antigen detection and viral culture documented that 8% of children had RSV (mean age 19.50 ± 17.24 months), 8% had influenza A or B (mean age 30.23 ± 22.61 months), 5% had parainfluenza (mean age 37.75 ± 36.87 months), and 3.1% had adenovirus infections (mean age 44.11 ± 53.22 months). Children with HMPV ranged from 3 months to 72 months of age (mean 31.7 ± 18.7 months) and were older than those with RSV infection (p=0.004). The preponderance of males (M:F 3:1) with HMPV was greater than that of the study group overall (M:F 1.2:1) (p=0.03). The peak of HMPV activity occurred in spring and the early summer months in 2001–02 in Hong Kong (Figure 1). The seasonality of other common respiratory viruses during the study period based on viral diagnoses of all children admitted with respiratory infections to Queen Mary Hospital showed that RSV had a similar seasonality as HMPV (Figure 2). Two children with HMPV disease had co-infection: one with adenovirus and another with influenza A. No other children had a viral co-infection.
During the first 12 months of the study, 2,563 persons were admitted for acute respiratory infections to Queen Mary Hospital. From the monthly HMPV isolation rate in our representative sample, we calculated the total of HMPV infections admitted to Queen Mary Hospital during each of the first 12 study months. We estimated that 126 children were hospitalized with HMPV during this period. On average, the ratio of acute pediatric admissions between Queen Mary Hospital and Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital is 1:1.65. Since these two hospitals provide 90% of all hospital admissions for Hong Kong Island, we estimated that 371 persons were admitted to the hospital with HMPV of 84,018 children <6 years of age living in Hong Kong Island, resulting in a hospitalization rate of 441.6 per 100,000 population <6 years of age. As the mean duration of hospitalization per episode was 3.17 days (Table 1), we estimated HMPV accounted for 1,176 days of hospitalization per year in children <6 years of age on Hong Kong Island.
All children (100%) with HMPV had a fever, and 28 (90%) had cough with sputum (Table 1 and 2). Two children with HMPV had hoarseness without stridor. Five (16.1%) children had febrile seizures; two had three seizures each. Four (12.9%) children with HMPV had a truncal rash (on the chest only in three) that was blanchable, nonpruritic, maculopapular, and transient, lasting for a few hours to a day. Two children had diarrhea not related to antibiotics. Nine (29%) children had lymphopenia (mean 0.96 ± 0.26 x 109/L), and two children had elevated transaminases (ALT, AST, and GGT for the two children were 80 MU/L, 40 MU/L, 77 MU/L, and 339 MU/L, 432 MU/L, 634 MU/L, respectively). Of children with HMPV infection, 26.3% had one or more adult family contacts who also had an acute respiratory illness (Table 1).
A 72-month-old child with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia had documented HMPV infection. She had very mild coryzal symptoms for 4 days with a temperature of 38.3°C for a day; and she recovered uneventfully. Fever, coryza, and diarrhea associated with HMPV developed in one other child hospitalized for failure to thrive 6 days after sharing a room for 24 hours with a child with fever and diarrhea, who was subsequently diagnosed to have HMPV infection. This incident suggested a nosocomial transmission with an incubation period for HMPV disease of 5 to 6 days.
The clinical characteristics of patients with HMPV were compared with those of age-matched children with RSV or influenza A (Table 2). Children infected with HMPV tended to have a longer duration of fever than those with RSV, although this finding did not attain statistical significance. In comparison to RSV and influenza, patients with HMPV tended to have a longer hospital stay. However, rapid diagnostic test results for patients with influenza and RSV might influence their quicker discharge from hospital (15). Both HMPV and RSV infections were more likely to be associated with wheezing than were influenza infections. However, in contrast to RSV infection, the cause of wheezing in HPMV infection was often asthma exacerbation rather than acute bronchiolitis. Asthma exacerbation accounted for 66.7% of the wheezing of HMPV-infected children but only 16.7% in RSV-infected children. HMPV was at least as important as influenza as a cause of febrile seizures.
Children with HMPV were more likely to have requests for a chest x-ray (Table 2). Independent of specialist radiologic assessment, the attending pediatricians diagnosed bacterial pneumonia in four, atypical pneumonia in five, and viral pneumonia in three children, respectively. All chest x-rays were subsequently reviewed by the pediatric radiologist. Perihilar peribronchial thickening, perihilar patchy consolidation, or both were found in 14 patients, suggesting a viral infection. Viral or atypical pneumonia was diagnosed in one child, and viral or bacterial pneumonia was diagnosed in two. Hyperinflation was seen in five children. No child had lobar consolidation.
Previous studies have shown two distinct phylogenetic lineages of HMPV (8). The viruses detected in Hong Kong during 2002 belonged to one of these lineages (Figure 2). The viruses from the patients with presumed nosocomial transmission were genetically identical.
In a representative sample of children hospitalized with acute respiratory symptoms during a 13-month period, we found HMPV virus activity in the spring and summer months. Previous studies, all from temperate regions, have reported HMPV to be a virus with a winter-spring seasonality. In contrast to temperate regions, RSV (and sometimes influenza) in Hong Kong also has a spring-summer seasonality. Surveillance over more years is needed to establish whether the seasonality of HMPV is a recurrent pattern. Our estimate of 441.6 HMPV-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 children <6 years of age annually can be compared with recent estimates of influenza-related hospitalization in Hong Kong, which ranged from 2,882 per 100,000 in children <1 year of age to 773 per 100,000 children 2–5 years of age (5).
From this preliminary report, HMPV appears to be an important respiratory pathogen in children, causing a wider spectrum of disease than previously appreciated. Nine of the 32 patients with HMPV had wheezing, asthma exacerbation, or bronchiolitis as a symptom. Approximately one third of patients with HMPV infection were clinically diagnosed to have pneumonia. Not all patients had chest x-rays. However, 17 of the 25 patients who did had abnormalities in their chest x-rays. Thus, a minimum estimate for radiologic abnormalities in children hospitalized with HMPV infection was 53%. Influenza has been previously reported to be a major cause of febrile seizures (17). We found that HMPV may also be an important cause of febrile seizures. In fact, some of the children had multiple seizures during the same episode of HMPV infection. Association of HMPV with febrile seizures, rash, diarrhea, and transaminases has not been previously reported. HMPV was previously reported to cause severe lower respiratory disease and death in children with hematologic malignancies (12,14). We documented HMPV in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but the illness was mild and self-limited, possibly because infection occurred at the time of diagnosis, before any immunosuppressive therapy was initiated.
Over half of the patients with HMPV had an influenzalike illness reported in one or more of their family contacts (all ages), while 26% reported an adult family member with an influenzalike illness. Seroepidemiologic data in the Netherlands showed that all children are seropositive for HMPV antibody by 10 years of age (7). Further virologic studies of family contacts may elucidate the role of household transmission of HMPV. Recurrent infection has been documented in a few children, and the virus has also been detected in adults (7,9,11,12,14).
When compared to age-matched children infected with RSV or influenza, a greater proportion of children with HMPV infection had lower respiratory tract involvement leading to more chest x-rays being performed. HMPV appeared to be a stronger trigger for asthma exacerbation than RSV or influenza (Table 2). In a recent study of children hospitalized with wheezing in Finland, HMPV was detected in 10 (32%) of 31 children recruited during the period of peak HMPV activity (January–April) or in 7.5% of the 132 children overall (13). The chemokine profile (interleukin 8 and RANTES) in nasal secretions of children infected with HMPV was different from that reported in infections with RSV.
The role of viral respiratory tract infections in acute and chronic asthma has been a subject of much research interest. Globally, the prevalence of asthma has increased, and recent data show that the prevalence of asthma in Hong Kong children 6–7 years of age is 8% (18). Viruses have been demonstrated to be epidemiologically associated with asthma in at least two ways. They may initiate the development of the atopic state in infants and children. Further, they cause acute exacerbations in children with established asthma. RSV and parainfluenza, with their tendency to cause bronchiolitis in infants, have been most intensively studied (19). Recently rhinoviruses have also been recognized as a principal trigger of asthma exacerbation in older children and adults (20). Our data indicate that HMPV may also be important in this regard, and its role in the pathogenesis of wheezing in the younger child, as well as the mechanism by which it produces asthma symptoms, warrants further study. Elucidation of the roles of cytokines and chemokines in asthma attacks associated with viral infections, such as HMPV, will have implications for the rational use of anti-inflammatory agents such as corticosteroids and leukotriene receptor antagonists.
Dr. Peiris is a clinical virologist with a special interest in the epidemiology and pathogenesis of respiratory viral diseases and of influenza in particular. He is a professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong.
We thank Wilfred H.S. Wong for statistical analysis and C.Y. Cheung for technical support.
The study was funded by research grants from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (RGC 728/01) and The University of Kong Kong Committee on Research Conference Grants (CRCG10203526).


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That move is not as altruistic as it sounds because there has been a well-organized effort to boycott Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) over it. Most of the probable buyers of Tesla cars are probably Trump opponents and Tesla sells a lot of cars in European countries like Norway where the Donald is widely reviled.
Andrea Rossi had a very interesting take on the issue at his blog. He savagely condemned solar and wind power.
"All the jobs created by the alternative energies are funded by the taxpayer, otherwise could not be paid for," Rossi wrote on June 1. Rossi makes a very good point here so-called "green energy;" like almost all energy, is heavily subsidized by taxpayers.
A major dilemma facing energy infrastructure these days is that almost all of it requires government support. Oil for example is protected by military forces; mostly American, in the fields in the Middle East and in ships on the sea. Both oil and coal companies receive tax breaks and exemptions from regulations that enable them to operate. Almost all hydroelectric dams are owned or were developed by the government. Nuclear power was developed through government research; and solar and wind power are only profitable in the U.S.; because of tax breaks and government mandates.
One advantage to both e-cat and possibly Elon Musk's Solar Roof is that they might be practical power sources not under government control. That might be a real game changer which can undermine a lot of political careers.
Solar Roof is supposed to be available this summer and Rossi hopes to unveil his ecat Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR) sometime this fall. On his blog Rossi told frequent correspondent Steven G. Karels that he hopes to reach his goal in October or November.
If Rossi and Musk succeed the debate over the Paris Agreement; and Trump's opposition to it, will become purely academic because we will be able to generate all the energy we need without greenhouse gases.
Here's patiently waiting for Rossi. All the best .
There's one thing for sure. It is high time for LENR to step up to the commercial plate, but what happens then? Boom and Bust? There is much fresh ground to break.


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Tigers finish 1-5 in Class D final four in Glens Falls
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A sluggish start and an inability to finish out tight sets cost the Tioga girls volleyball team a chance to play on the final day of the season.
The Tigers were swept in their first two matches by Portville and Haldane before gaining a split against Mayfield that gave them a 1-5 record in the Class D pool-play semifinals of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships Saturday at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
"They didn't communicate the way they did. They didn't settle in," Tioga head coach Desiree Ford said. "The confidence I don't think was there. I don't know if it was nerves. … They weren't that high energy that they have. They sat back today."
Tioga came into the day with a 20-0 record in dual matches, including a five-set victory over Lafayette in the state quarterfinals. Ford said her team didn't live up to its previous high level of play Saturday and said there was a level of disappointment because of that.
"I am (disappointed)," she said. "The girls are too, looking at their faces. And they should be. They worked so hard last week at Lafayette. … To work that hard to get here and then not play the way they played last week...
"I told them at one point, I think they were so concerned with getting to the finals that they lost sight of how to play the game together. You've got to be able to play the game together. I tell them that a lot, so that's something they know."
Defending state champion Portville finished first in pool play with a 5-1 record, followed by Haldane at 4-2. They will meet for the title at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Glens Falls Civic Center, a rematch of last year's final that Portville took in five sets. Portville swept Haldane in the final match of pool play Saturday. Section 2 champion Mayfield finished third at 2-4, including a set win against Portville.
The Tigers were matched up against Portville right away and lost 17-25, 20-25.
"We were right with Portville," Ford said. "Then in the first game our defense shut down for about four or five points, but then we picked it back up. The second game we were with them. Then when we played Haldane, I'm not sure what happened."
Tioga kept pace with Haldane throughout the first set but came up short, 22-25. The Tigers led the second set by scores of 17-12 and 23-20, but the Blue Devils took six of the final seven points to pull out a victory that eliminated Tioga from title contention.
That set embodied the entire day for Tioga, which played well in stretches but couldn't come up with the big points when they were needed.
"We just couldn't finish it. It was inconsistency," Ford said. "We would work for one point, but we wouldn't work for that second point. "
Tioga broke into the win column with a 25-21 win over Mayfield, with that loss eliminating the Panthers. Mayfield took the second set, 25-22, to secure third place.
The Tigers lose five seniors, including co-captains Malley Bowen and Brittany Vergason. Those two were part of the 2013 team that finished third in the state tournament, along with senior Marissa Taylor and junior Olivia Howland.
Bowen had 32 assists, 16 kills and seven digs on the day for Tioga. Vergason added 22 digs, Howland had 17 kills and 16 digs; Kellie Wainright contributed 22 assists, Megan Godfrey had 19 digs, Anna Schumacher added eight points, eight kills, six digs and three blocks; and Martha Schumacher had 10 kills, nine points and three blocks.
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Our mission is to protect and restore biodiversity on private land across Victoria
Landholders urged to keep fallen trees for wildlife
Trust for Nature is urging landholders impacted by bushfires to keep as much fallen wood on the ground as possible
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Trust for Nature is urging landholders impacted by bushfires to keep as much fallen wood on the ground as possible.
Unfortunately thousands of trees have been killed by the fires and are now lying on the ground, prompting some property owners to feel the need to 'clean up'.
However Trust for Nature's Conservation Science Advisor Dr Doug Robinson said it's important that they leave as much fallen wood as possible to help with the natural recovery of ecosystems and survival of wildlife.
He said, "As a landholder it can be disheartening to see lots of burnt timber on the ground and it can look messy, but wildlife, fungi and plants need this woody habitat now more than ever.
"Animals need hollow logs to live in and fallen tree trunks to hide under—particularly when landscapes can be bare and leave animals exposed to predators," Doug said.
The logs also help provide shade, moisture and shelter for plants and protection from increased grazing pressures from animals such as deer.
Decaying timber also provides food sources for insects and is vital in kick-starting the food chain again because it increases soil activity for insects and arachnids and in-turn provides food for larger native mammals.
Any timber, dead or alive, is also important for fungi—a food source for many animals, particularly bandicoots and potoroos which have been so heavily impacted by the fires.
Doug said, "Ecosystems are incredibly resilient but their recovery will take years.
"Every action that landholders can take to help with this recovery is important, and is a vital part of our ongoing stewardship of natural areas."
About 46 properties with conservation covenants (which protect a property forever, even after it changes hands) have been impacted by fires in East Gippsland and north east Victoria.
Trust for Nature will work with the landholders as they restore habitat over the following months and years.
It is a not-for-profit organisation that relies on the generosity of supporters to help protect Victoria's biodiversity. Trust for Nature has set up a Bushfire Habitat Recovery Fund to help landholders who have conservation covenants impacted by fires.
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I grew up in Tomball, a suburb north of Houston. It's a pretty small town so I still keep up with a lot of people from there pretty regularly. I'll be graduating with a B.S. in Advertising from UT Austin in August.
What is your favorite thing to do in Austin?
Oh man, that's a hard one! I recently got into skateboarding so I'll say that. The community in Austin is really active but also very welcoming to newbies like me.
What generally makes you feel accomplished at the end of the day?
Making good use of time, whether that means being productive throughout the week or feeling rested after being lazy on the weekend.
What would your dream project be?
I'm a huge fan of screen printing. I'd love to design and print something physical like a poster or shirt for bands at some point in my career.
What is your favorite Austin hangout / best place to get a drink?
I don't think I get out enough to have a definite answer, haha. I do like a dingy dive bar with a pool table though.
If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Definitely curry.
Craziest celebrity encounter you've ever experienced?
I am related to Mike Dean, a pretty prominent music producer who got his start with Selena but has also worked with artists like Kanye West and Beyoncé more recently. He came to a family reunion last summer and was super humble about everything. At some point we were all singing karaoke together, and it occurred to me how weird that situation might be without context.
Would you rather never have coffee again or live without TV forever?
I could probably do without all the Netflix and Hulu binging. Coffee is a must though!
What television character do you most identify with?
I always liked Arnold from Hey Arnold! Running around on adventures with your friends and helping people is something I hope to do more of one day. What's up
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Nothing in particular, unfortunately. Every time I move, a copy of comics like The Far Side Gallery or Garfield always seem to stick around.
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Map of average rent by NYC neighborhood is as depressing as you'd expect
By Will Gleason Posted: Friday August 21 2015, 12:16pm
In their annual report, real estate site Zumper has once again mapped out trends in rents across cities and the country. Not surprisingly, New York is once again towards the top of the list with an average one-bedroom costing $3,100. The only city with higher prices? San Francisco, where the average one-bedroom will set a poor soul back $3,500.
When it comes to New York neighborhoods, the areas that saw the highest rent increases this year were buzzy nabes Greenpoint and Gowanus, both with an average price of $2,600 and on-the-rise Roosevelt Island, where one-bedrooms now cost an average of $3,000 a month. Apparently, "Freedom From Rehabilitating Rent" is not one of the ones included in Four Freedoms Park.
See the a map with the full list of average prices by neighborhood in Manhattan and Brooklyn below.
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Will Gleason covers all aspects of going out in the city from bars and restaurants to festivals, concerts, events and local news. He has years of experience covering culture, entertainment and travel for the New York Post, Next Magazine, LOGO TV and more. He also runs Time Out New York's dating column, Undateables. (Email undateable@timeout.com to be sent out on a blind date!)
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There's always a sense of anticipation for me but also one of coming home. Of having been elsewhere and existing, but this is the real world: a Pow-wow, wherever it happens to be. I feel a sense of purpose and relief seeing so many of the People together. I see the faces of my relatives and ancestors now gone in the faces all around me whether I know them personally or not.
There's Uncle George, and Bunch and Locket, Uncle Kenny and Randy and the most beloved and dearly missed, the great grandmother we all called Big Mama, which we now call my own mother. (The story of her passing can be found here, Big Mama's Pears: A Memory.)Though long passed I see their faces around me. I feel their spirits. Just beyond the corner of my eye I see all the spirits of the people who've ever lived and died breathing and moving, just like our own: glances turned inward towards the circle we all surround.
The drummers gather around their sacred drums, clear and massage their throats, test a few beats here and there. We all hold ourselves motionless yet quiver with excitement. Then it begins, and with a wordless cry we release our energy as our hearts pound fiercely with the rhythm of the drum.
We've come with friends today. Hell, we always come with friends and be among others even if we don't personally know them. My people are Chiricahua Apache and Cherokee, my companions are Lakota from Rosebud rez, living in Hot Springs, South Dakota, another is also Chiricahua but mixed too with Blackfeet and Eastern Cherokee. Most of us are older, or as in my case struggling with our health, but we walk the long dry walk from the car park resting a few times along the way, but it's a short walk really. Infinitely less than the deadly march some of ancestors were forced to walk.
This is a larger well-known pow-wow for this area in Tennessee, the 29th annual one held at Long Hunter State Park. Perhaps it's officially part of Nashville this state park but it must be out in the wilderness section near the many laked portions. My point is it gets a lot of visitors who are non-Native. As we're walking up there's a new American grandmother with her small grandsons.
One points at my mother as exclaims, "Look Granny, there's an Indian!" "Yes", she replies, "that's a real Indian!" My mother laughs. My son is somewhat indignant and says one of his favorite phrases, "That's racist." I reply in the negative.
"Well, it's stupid, anyway!" Next favorite statement. I reply in the negative again. We make a few more steps.
"They should know better!" my son finally concludes.
"Then teach them," I finish.
Usually we rather randomly find a spot to set up our chairs, or if we have a canopy, but since my friend's father is visiting, a Lakota elder, we follow him. He looks aimless and we wonder why he keeps moving on, but he settles in an excellent spot after all and still the doubting questions on our tongues.
At that time of the day, around one p.m., the sun is glaring in a cloudless skies. To my eyes edges are too hard and defined. It makes my throat feel overly dry. I'm tired already but I don't want to sit down. My son doesn't want to for another reason. Along with Mizz Suzy, my friend's seventeen year old niece whom my son thinks is prettiest most petite thing he's ever seen, they want to go shopping at the many booths offering goods of all kinds related to or made by natives. "As long as you bring me back something to drink, run off," I allow.
Grand entry begins and it's respectful to stand the whole time although it takes often several minutes. Doesn't matter if my heart burst, I'd keep standing until I fell. You just have to be tolerant, you have to be what you are, which is not easy to be offended, or quick to anger when people take photos when they've been asked not to, or talk loudly on cellphones about their class schedule for next week during a very special healing song, or their children say how bored they are over and over again, LOUDLY.
None of that matters, and in the end it's ok anyway. At half past two and onto three most of the non-Native crowds have already drifted off or the ones left behind have been to pow-wows before. They are respectful, cheerful and quiet for the most part. They are enjoying what we are though perhaps for a different reason.
Grass Dance is my favorite. I love the story behind it, the movements of the dancer, and I wrote about it before in my entry: "Writing is a Grass Dance, Welcome to my Pow-wow", if you'd like to read it follow the link beneath.
But it's the Jingle Dress Dance that chokes me up. For those who don't know, it is a special day as close to holy (in the modern sense of the word) that I can feel. Each woman's regalia has 365 bells on them, depending on their level and ability, one for each day of the year. A prayer for each day. A prayer for each of us. They dance for us and they offer up the prayers. It is sacred. In times of healing, times of birth, or struggle or death, this is the dance that comes back to me. I am a Two Spirit. I am in between. When my cousin went into labour three months too early my mother sent me onto the hospital for then I could move faster than she. I danced this dance in her room while the nurses looked at me askance but my cousin relaxed. Her feisty little girl child calmed down a bit and waited to be born a few days more. She lived.
The Jingle Dress is our prayer. This year there was a special one danced and drummed as an elder had cancer. As many as possible stood around the drum and the dancers….there's no way to explain it really. You have to feel it. We of us all know the steps, the movements. We'd seen them dance earlier in the day a few times, but this time it was more fierce, frenetic yet infinitely focused and controlled. The light jumping of the bells as they moved sparkled and winked, made brighter by the force of emotion and strength of the sun. There were few dry eyes among the People when it was finished.
My eyes are filled with tears even now. All the ones who've gone before, who are passing over….But you don't stop dancing or like me, you can only dance in your mind but it is an intense feeling, a driving need. Your chest just expands and expands, and in my case, you have to give a cry. It's instinct. It's nature. It simply is. That's the way of it.
It's rounding toward four p.m., and the light has softened. The reddening and golden leaves glow with the gentling sun's rays. The stands are quieter, less movement all around. The sense of the gathering grows more intimate for it's primarily natives now. The dance contests continue and there's a "drum off" in the works to break the tie to see who's the best drum, and I've totally forgotten I am suppose to be at work in about an hour. An hour. It's a two hour drive minimum from where we are in Tennessee back to our home and my client's location, yet I'm still reluctant to leave. Torn between the fact I forgot my cell and could have called and cancelled and that would have had to eat take-away food, (I am a full time private chef), and the reality there is no choice but to start the journey homeward…I begin my good-byes to my friends. My mother begins to question me. I hold up a hand. When I move away simply move with me, I listening now. She quiets.
The birds are wheeling in the heavens above us as a new song begins, a Fancy Shawl dance. I keep my gaze upward to the deepening blue sky but still flashing below are their bright colours. I close my eyes then and everything still blazes behind my eyelids. I can feel the vibration of the earth beneath my feet, the heat of those standing close by, hear even beneath the sound of the music and voices the steady breathing of the People. It's all of a piece, of a necessary piece and part of my life. When I open my eyes the world seems to tilt and things are brighter and sharp-edged again. Back to the outside world. My steps move away. Wordless my mother follows, then my son.
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Black GOP senator gets personal about race
July 13, 2016 / 11:18 PM / CBS/AP
WASHINGTON D.C. -- South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, one of just two black members of the U.S. Senate and the only black Republican, said Wednesday he has been repeatedly pulled over by law enforcement and was once even stopped by a Capitol Police officer who apparently did not believe he was a senator.
"I have felt the anger, the frustration, the sadness and the humiliation that comes with feeling like you're being targeted for nothing more than just being yourself," Scott said in a powerful floor speech reflecting upon the killings of police and by police that have shaken the nation.
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He implored colleagues to "recognize that just because you do not feel the pain, the anguish of another... does not mean it does not exist."
Scott's remarks Wednesday came in one of three floor speeches he is delivering about policing and race in America. On Thursday he planned to address policies and solutions.
On Wednesday, he spoke in deeply personal terms about his own experiences as a black man, and elected official, in America.
Scott talked about getting pulled over seven times in one year, and described an occasion when a police officer trailed him for blocks seemingly looking for a reason to stop him.
He talked about trying to enter the Capitol, as a senator wearing the official pin issued only to senators, and a Capitol Police officer stopped him and said: "The pin I know. You, I don't. Show me your ID.'
Negative views of race relations reach all-time high - CBS/NYT poll
Scott, who took office in 2013, said that he received an apologetic phone call from the officer's supervisor that evening.
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"That is at least the third phone call that I've received from a supervisor or the chief of police since I've been in the Senate," Scott said. "So while I thank God I have not endured bodily harm, I have, however, felt the pressure applied by the scales of justice when they are slanted."
But Scott, a conservative Republican, made clear he does not view any of that as justification for attacks on law enforcement.
"There's never, ever an acceptable reason to harm a member of our law enforcement community, ever," Scott said.
Referencing acts of bravery in Dallas even as five officers were shot and killed by a sniper last week, Scott said, "We have a real opportunity to be grateful and thankful for men and women in uniform."
Following the shooting of two black men by white police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota and the subsequent shooting of the five police officers by a black gunman in Dallas, negative views of race relations in the U.S. have risen to a level not seen since the 1992 Los Angeles riots that followed the Rodney King verdict, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll.
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Now just 26 percent of Americans think race relations in the U.S. are mostly good -- an 11 point drop from a year ago -- while 69 percent say they are mostly bad. Back in May 1992, 68 percent said race relations were bad.
And there is growing pessimism about whether race relations are improving. Now just 9 percent of Americans think race relations are getting better, while 59 percent think they are getting worse.
A year ago, 21 percent thought race relations were improving, and 38 percent thought they were getting worse.
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Say It Loud, Say It Clear: New Mike + The Mechanics Compilation Stacks Hits and Rarities (UPDATED 10/24)
October 24, 2013 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments
UPDATE (10/24/2013): This set has been pushed back to January 20, 2014 (and duly retitled) to better coincide with some more Mike + The Mechanics events in the coming year, including a U.K. tour in the winter of 2014, a forthcoming memoir from Rutherford and a planned reissue of The Living Years for its 25th anniversary.
Original post (9/12/2013):Although Phil Collins was the one member of Genesis it was impossible to escape during the '80s, thanks to an increasingly popular solo career and some phenomenal production credits, he was far from the only one of the trio with a solo hot streak in that decade. This year, Universal U.K. will honor the other major Genesis spinoff - guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford's Mike + The Mechanics project - with an impressive double-disc compilation.
Singles 1986-2014 traces, in two discs, the complete history of the band, from their mid-'80s hits "All I Need is a Miracle," "Silent Running" and "The Living Years" to their most recent album, the U.K.-only The Road in 2011. Of course, Rutherford was hardly on his own in the band; the band's output through 1995 also featured a lineup that included Adrian Lee (of Cliff Richard's touring band) on keyboards, drummer Peter Van Hooke (chief rhythmatist on Van Morrison's late '70s/early '80s output) and the knockout punch of vocalists Paul Young (the late Sad Café frontman, not the blue-eyed soul singer of the '80s) and Ace/Roxy Music/Squeeze soul survivor Paul Carrack. (Rutherford, Carrack and Young were the de facto lineup for 1999's Mike & The Mechanics; after Young's death, the duo carried on the name for 2004's Rewired, which Van Hooke co-produced. The Road did reunite Rutherford with producer Christopher Neil, who produced or co-produced all of the band's classic albums.)
The new set features hits and selections from every one of the band's studio albums on Disc 1, while Disc 2 features 17 rare B-sides and non-LP tracks - including two unreleased tracks, the new "When My Feet Don't Touch the Ground," and "One by One," an outtake with the vocal talents of both Carrack and Young prominently featured. If you're a fan, this looks like quite a set.
Look for Singles 1986-2014 on October 21; Amazon U.K. currently lists single and double-disc versions, though it erroneously states the 2CD version to have a DVD. The full specs and pre-order links are after the jump!
Singles 1986-2014 (Universal U.K., 2014)
Amazon U.K.: Standard 1CD / Deluxe 2CD
Silent Running (on Dangerous Ground)
All I Need is a Miracle
The Living Years
Over My Shoulder
A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
Now That You've Gone
Taken In
Nobody's Perfect
Everybody Gets a Second Chance
A Time and Place
Whenever I Stop
Perfect Child
Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
Try to Save Me
When My Feet Don't Touch the Ground
One by One (featuring Paul Young & Paul Carrack) *
Nobody Told Me
I Think I've Got the Message
Too Many Friends
You Never Change
Boy At the Front
My Crime of Passion (Acoustic)
I Get the Feeling (Live)
Taken In (Live)
Word of Mouth (East West Mix)
Too Far Gone
Disc 1, Tracks 1-2 and 9 from Mike + The Mechanics (Atlantic/WEA, 1985)
DIsc 1, Tracks 3, 10 and 12-13 from Living Years (Atlantic/WEA, 1988)
Disc 1, Tracks 4, 11 and 14 from Word of Mouth (Atlantic/Virgin, 1991)
Disc 1, Tracks 5-7 from Beggar on a Beach of Gold (Atlantic/Virgin, 1995)
Disc 1, Tracks 8 and 15 from Mike & The Mechanics (Virgin, 1999)
Disc 1, Track 16 from Rewired (Rhino/Virgin, 2004)
Disc 1, Tracks 17-18 from The Road (Arista/Sony Music (U.K.), 2011)
Disc 2, Tracks 3 and 12 from "A Beggar on a Beach of Gold" CD single #1 (Virgin, 1995)
Disc 2, Tracks 4 and 10 from "Stop Baby" CD single (Virgin, 1991)
Disc 2, Tracks 5 and 14 from "The Living Years" 12" single (Atlantic/Virgin, 1988)
Disc 2, Tracks 6 and 8 from "Another Cup of Coffee" CD single (Virgin, 1995)
Disc 2, Track 7 from "Over My Shoulder" CD single (Virgin, 1995)
Disc 2, Track 13 from Rude Awakening: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Elektra, 1989)
Disc 2, Track 15 from "Word of Mouth" CD single (Virgin, 1991)
Disc 2, Track 16 from "A Time and Place" 12" single (Virgin, 1991)
Disc 2, Track 17 from "Silent Running" 12" single (WEA, 1985)
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Glad there will finally be a compilation with the original version of "All I Need is a Miracle" instead of that dreadful remix. Also, I notice there are b-sides on Disc 2 that come from "Stop Baby," which is not on Disc 1.
Rob C says
This looks fantastic! It isn't a complete singles collection - Stop Baby isn't here - but it's very nicely compiled.
Rich Dudas says
Can't wait to get these !! I always loved Mike & The Mechanics -- and Paul Carrack !!!


Do you take your juice to work with you? What do you store it in?
I have always read 'fresh' juice is best used right away since it has a possibility to loose nutrients with time and being 'fresh' it has a potential to grow bacteria. Temperature would most likely be important. It might be best to research proper storage/handling or best to use when fresh??
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I think you are right, I have always read that fresh is best. I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas of keeping it fresh later in the day.
Bacteria would be a risk since it would not be pasteurized and 'raw'. I would be too concerned of the possibility. Be careful.
I am sorry if I did not help, when i have juiced we never saved or stored it ~ just drank it then.
Hope someone has a useful (safe) tip.
Can you keep to cold at work? As long as you juice it in the morning and it's not going to get overly warm, it shouldn't be an issue. And a glass bottle/jar is the best way to store it.
You can keep it for up to 12 hours as long as it's kept cold and in a glass screw-top jar filled right to the top.Once opened I would drink it at once and not keep going back to it.
Another interesting point is that you should "chew" the juice, as saliva and body temperature helps the enzymes to get to work.
I do not normally take juice to work with me. It is preferably to drink it immediately because otherwise it will oxidize, taste funny and lose nutrients.
To get around this, I brought another juicer and I keep it permanently at work.
Then I either take veggies with me to work (or sometimes get them delivered) and keep them in the fridge until I want to make a juice.
Otherwise if this does not suit, I suggest using a glass Mason jar with an air tight seal-able lid. You can also buy esky / freezer / cooler / bags to keep the jar of juice cold, if taking with you in summer.
I forgot to mention: Make sure the lids on the glass mason jars are BPA free.
Can you keep a juicer at work in your office, locker or in the staff kitchen? If so, it really is the best way of having a juice at work.
Getting one for work is definitely an option.


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The USS Pueblo
Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.
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The crew of the USS Pueblo in January 1969. U.S. Navy/Public Domain
The USS Pueblo (AGER-2) off San Diego, California in 1967. U.S. Navy/Public Domain
The U.S.S. Pueblo is an American intelligence-gathering ship captured by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on January 23, 1968. The "Pueblo Crisis" was a major incident in the Cold War but remained little-known, as it was overshadowed a week later by the Tet Offensive attacks of the Vietnam War.
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At the time of the capture, North Korea stated that the ship had strayed into their territorial waters, but the United States maintained that the vessel was in international waters.
The Pueblo was initially approached by a submarine chaser and its nationality challenged. The Pueblo responded by raising the U.S. flag. The DPRK vessel then ordered the crew to stand down or be fired upon. The Pueblo attempted to move away but was attacked by the sub chaser, three torpedo boats, and two MiG-21 fighter aircraft.
The Pueblo was taken into port at Wonsan and the crew moved to POW camps; upon their release, some of the crew stated that they had been starved and regularly tortured while in North Korean custody. This treatment had worsened when the North Koreans realized that their prisoners were secretly giving them the finger in staged propaganda photos.
Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, Commanding Officer of the Pueblo, was tortured and put through a mock firing squad ordeal in an effort to make him confess. Eventually the North Koreans threatened to execute his men in front of him, and Bucher relented. On December 23, 1968—exactly 11 months after being taken prisoner—the crew was taken by buses to the DMZ border with South Korea and ordered to walk south across the "Bridge of No Return."
The Pueblo officially remains a commissioned vessel of the United States Navy and is currently moored along the Taedong River in Pyongyang. It is the only ship of the U.S. Navy currently being held "captive" and is now used as a war museum. Tours are officially conducted by military guides who refer to Americans as "U.S. Imperialist Aggressors," and a propaganda video is shown prior to commencement of the tour in case any doubt remains.
As with most sites of interest in North Korea this has to be organised officially. Photos are allowed from on board the vessel (including of the guides and .50 cal guns) but not of the exterior from the dock.
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