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ENGLAND took command of the second Test after record- breaking performances from Paul Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen dominated Australia at the Adelaide Oval.
Resuming the second day on a promising 266 for three, the tourists finally declared on an imposing 551 for six after Collingwood and Pietersen both hit big centuries and shared a record 310-run stad.
Having dominated with the bat, England also made a crucial breakthrough with the ball before the close with captain Andrew Flintoff dismissing opener Justin Langer to leave Australia struggling on 28 for one.
But it was Collingwood and Pietersen who stole the spotlight after overhauling England's record fourth-wicket Ashes partnership of 288 recorded by Nasser Hussain and Graham Thorpe at Edgbaston in 1997.
Their efforts also beat the record fourth-wicket partnership at this ground, beating the 214 forged by Dean Jones and Allan Border against West Indies in 1988-9, while Collingwood's 206 was England's 10th highest Ashes innings in history.
The tourists had begun the day mindful of the fate which befell England at this ground four years ago, when they slipped from 295 for four at the end of the first day to 342 all out.
But the pair withstood everything Australia threw at them, including a spell when they tried to frustrate them with negative tactics, to reclaim the momentum following England's resounding 277-runs opening Test defeat at the Gabba.
It was a particularly memorable day for Durham all-rounder Collingwood, who missed out on a maiden Ashes century in the previous Test and may not have featured in the series had Marcus Trescothick not returned home with a recurrence of his stress-related illness.
Resuming overnight on a nervous 98, Collingwood showed great composure to reach the landmark off the second delivery he faced by clipping Brett Lee through mid-wicket for three.
He was almost run out on 109 after he pushed Glenn McGrath to mid-on and set off for a quick single only for Mike Hussey to miss the stumps at the non-striker's end with Collingwood stranded.
But other than that half-chance, Collingwood was impeccable in his shot selection and even out-scored big-hitting Pietersen during the afternoon session.
Pietersen had resumed overnight on 60 and almost fell before he had added to that total, surviving a strong appeal for a catch behind from Lee which umpire Steve Bucknor rejected.
He made Australia pay for that close shave, hitting three boundaries from McGrath's first over of the day and progressed to 99 by hitting Shane Warne down the ground for four and then a three through mid-wicket.
His century, the sixth of his England career and his second against Australia, was brought up with a snatched single off seamer Stuart Clark and threatened to light up the Adelaide Oval with a swashbuckling innings.
He was prevented from playing in his characteristic manner by Australia's negative tactics which included using Warne to bowl around the wicket and landing the ball outside Pietersen's leg-stump.
Collingwood was not given the same respect and happily took advantage, becoming the first England player to score a double hundred against Australia since Hussain at Edgbaston in 1997.
He brought up the incredible landmark by launching left-arm spinner Michael Clarke over the top for one of 16 boundaries and had progressed to 206 when he played a tired-looking shot and was caught behind off Clark.
Collingwood had batted for over eight hours and was followed back to the dressing room six overs after tea by Pietersen, who ran himself out attempting a quick single off Clark by Australian captain Ricky Ponting.
Flintoff finally declared after adding a quickfire 60 off 84 balls with Ashley Giles and then struck with the 12th legitimate delivery of the day, a bouncer which Langer could only fend to Pietersen in the gully.


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I really want to keep up with finishing projects off but, I'm giving myself permission to have a bit of a play with some ideas I have had bubbling around in my head for some time (I need to get them out so I can get a full nights sleep). I made some more geese, these ones are foundation paper pieced, and I also made more of the regular type, I need quite a few more of both types before I can get a good idea of where this is going, (hopefully not a PHD).
These blocks are for another quilt idea which I want to make, so far so good, I might even manage one block a day with this. I'm not sure about the colour I'm using for the little triangle, I might have to try some other colour, maybe a very light gray.
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Getting those ideas down on fabric ...
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These aren't geese... they are Sulphur Crested Cockatoos!ReplyDelete
Squawk squawk.
Very clever idea, Pip.
Ahhh , I am so relieved to see an inkling of a cure to the affliction that has gripped you so long. Great idea to get the ideas down. Loving the wild "Geese" , must admit i needed to look a second time to see the triangle you mentioned.. very subtleReplyDelete
Wonderful blocks Pip!ReplyDelete
They are so unique - very fun.
Oh, they both look interesting Pip!ReplyDelete
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George Osborne has today outlined exciting plans to increase the minimum wage from £6.31 to £7, in a bold move that the treasury believes could affect as many as six – or maybe even seven – people.
The chancellor said "We have worked hard to save Britain from the apocalypse the previous government led us into, and we are now seeing the dividends of our austerity measures, we are seeing the fruits of our labour. That's 'labour', not 'Labour', obviously. They had nothing to do with it. Arseholes.
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Today's blog post is pretty exciting because I can say with all the excitement that I am a #skinfluencer for Dermalogica! This is a pretty big deal, quite possibly one of the biggest companies I've ever worked with and they sent me an amazing package of skincare goodies to try out! I am just obsessed… Read More Becoming a #skinfluencer for Dermalogica


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Victoria Derbyshire announces hair loss is over and it's time to remove her wig
It's particularly cruel that one of the side effects of chemotherapy is hair loss. For many who haven't experienced it, it may seem like very much the secondary consideration when your life is potentially under threat and of course that is the logical, if dispassionate view. It's true to say however that the loss of hair during treatment can be the most psychologically traumatic part of the treatment, particularly for women who are already at a low ebb because of the illness.
Don't judge me for hating hair loss
Victoria Derbyshire recently announced it was time to remove her wig after undergoing chemotherapy last year to treat breast cancer. Throughout the treatment, she kept a video diary and many of viewers will remember her fighting back tears as she dealt with going bald. Looking back on the time when she lost 75% of her hair and took to wearing a wig she said "I have to say losing my hair was the worst bit about cancer treatment for me, more so than having a mastectomy. Don't judge me for that it's just the way I felt".
There's something really optimistic…
The good news for Derbyshire and many other people who endure hair loss due to chemo is that in most cases it's strictly a temporary problem. A year after the treatment her hair is growing back and although the style is still somewhat shorter than previously it looks modern and contemporary and she points out it's shinier and thicker than before.
For anyone undergoing the treatment and suffering with hair loss Derbyshire hopes that her experience will provide some light at the end of the tunnel. In her words "The point is, this is proof … that once chemo is complete your hair does grow back and when you're in some of those dark moments during chemo you do doubt that…. but your body does slowly renew itself once chemo is complete and there's something really optimistic about that."


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Neverwinter Epic Dungeon Guide: Gray Wolf Den. Neverwinter: Elemental Evil will raise the maximum level attainable by players to 70. With this new level cap will come reworked versions of Cragmire Crypts, Grey Wolf Den, and Temple of the Spider that will pose a much bigger threat to adventuring parties. With this in mind, we wanted to clue our community into how best to defeat the horrors that lurk within these dungeons.
Обзор продукта в раннем доступе. Интересный. Darkest Dungeon has a lot going for it, but it also had a lot of things that are holding it back. Gameplay.
Gray Wolf Den presents an interesting obstacle to adventurers wanting to conquer its umbrous passages. Lycanthropes abound and while they may seem weak in human form, they more than make up for it once they've transformed into werewolves. The first boss you'll come across is Redgar Thunderfist. Guarded by two lesser lycanthropes, you'll need to separate them if you are to have any hope of victory. Using your controllers, lure Redgar's minions away from him.
While Redgar is alone, keep your tank focused on him and attack him with your damage dealing party members. Redgar can hit hard, but without his minions to back him up…he's just a one man wolf pack. Next, you'll encounter Packmaster Zayev. Much like the first fight, you'll want to focus on separating the Packmaster from the minions with your controllers and tank.
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In this instance though, have your damage-dealing allies alternate between focusing their efforts on the boss' minions and the boss himself. Finally, you'll encounter the lycanthropes' matriarch herself: Ethraniev Marrowslake. Marrowslake will summon her shadow wolves based on how many players (or companions) she hits with her melee sword swing.
For this fight, you will need to always be moving. Between Marrowslake's melee attacks, her AoE Shadow Hand Spell, and her Shadow Wolves, standing still is a death sentence. Have your damage dealers focus primarily on Marrowslake, but turn and deal with any Shadow Wolves that get summoned. Marrowslake's powerful shadow hand attack is capable of killing players in one hit, so be sure to avoid placing any AoE buffs in or near them. The Neverwinter team couldn't be more excited to release these new, challenging dungeons for our epic-level players.
If you have some more dungeon strategies, be sure to let us know on the Neverwinter forums. Want more game details, screens, and videos? Like Neverwinter on Facebook for more fan-exclusive content and follow us on Twitter – tweet us your questions! And, subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest Neverwinter videos.


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WSSR Newsletter No 205. Vestas Sailrocket 2. 16/12/11
The WSSR Council announces the ratification of a new World Record.
Record: B Division World Record
Venue: Walvis Bay, Namibia.
Name: Paul Larsen. AUS
Equipment: Vestas Sailrocket 2
Dates: 30th November 2011.
Speed: 49.19 knots
Previous record: 2008 Sailrocket 1, Paul Larsen AUS, Walvis Bay, 47.36 Knots
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Lavina Tandon is an Indian television actress. Tandon made her acting debut in 2003, as a child artist in Aruna Irani's television series Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahaan. In 2005, she played the role of Charlotte in Hero – Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai. In 2006, she played the role of Chamki in the TV series, Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan. In May 2013, it was reported that she had been cast to play the role of Anurag Sharma's wife in Ekta Kapoor's yet-to-be released TV series, Mera Tera Rishta Purana. In July 2013, Lavina replaced Smilie Suri in the historical show, Jodha Akbar, due to the latter's health issues and travelling problems. In Jodha Akbar, she plays the role of the Mughal Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, the first wife of Emperor Akbar, opposite her Prithviraj Chauhan co-star, Rajat Tokas.
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Originally from Louisiana, but now I live in South Texas. Like most writers, I come from rich experiences that offer insight and depth into what I write. I'm a clinical pharmacy specialist. That means I know a lot about drugs: their origins, their therapeutic effects, their beneficial uses and even their misuses. After years in direct patient care, I've recently freed myself from those responsibilities and now indulge in one of my other passions: Fiction Writing.
Why write fiction?
We're told that fiction is nothing more than a believable lie. Basically, it's an untruth. Good fiction, however, is taking that untruth and reshaping it into something that resembles reality. I love reading good fiction, so now I write it. I'll have done my job as a writer if after reading the last page of one of my stories you say, "Could that really have happened?"
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When it comes to the performing arts it can be difficult to find the time and see a performing orchestra or a famous play by a famous group. Getting the time off or traveling pretty far can be difficult, and Google understand this, which is why they've put together an immersive online exhibition of famous acts and buildings around the world, many of which have 360-degree video to fully immerse yourself in the acts as they're happening, live on stage. The Cultural Institute was set up by Google in 2011, and since then it's proven a big inspiration for those that can't make it there in person, and with this latest step they take things even further.
As the team notes on their blog, the new Performing Arts exhibition from the Google Cultural Institute allows users to experience dance, drama and music from over 60 different organizations all over the world. Highlights include a 360-degree video of the Berliner Philharmoniker rehearsing Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, letting the music speak for itself as well as the Philadelphia Orchestra's performance of Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" at the Carnegie Hall. All of this is exciting and shows a lot of promise for the performing arts, something that has struggled over the past few decades. For a lot of people, something like the orchestra or interpretive dance feels either out of reach or "uncool". With Google's latest use of mapping technology and virtual reality tech, young people can experience these things for themselves in privacy, and those unable to make it to their favorite performance can relive it at their leisure.
For those interested in this new venture from Google, they can go ahead and take a look at the source link below and see what takes their fancy. With 360-degree cameras, such as Nokia's Ozo solution becoming more commonplace and available, this sort of thing is only going to become more popular and hopefully inspire more to go and support the performing arts wherever they might be.


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In what seems like just a few short years, bike shares—both docked and dockless, pedal and pedelec—have become a massive global phenomenon, with cities large and small covered with the now-familiar sight of colorful, inexpensive bikes from Lime, Spin, Jump, Ofo, and half a dozen other companies. More bike share start-ups seem to pop up by the week. According to Business Insider, the number of shared bikes worldwide rose from 700 thousand in 2013 to 2.3 million in 2016. Those numbers keeps going up, despite predictions of doom in certain U.S. car culture cities.
The difficulty of actually turning a profit amidst intense competition and rapid growth might seem to hamper dockless bike share outfits like Lime and Santa Monica's Bird. But both companies are now valued at $1 billion and have raised millions in venture capital for the next wave in ostensibly car-killing transport shares—electric scooters. The cute, two-wheeled vehicles have already taken off in major cities and on college campuses around the world. The buzz is big, and maybe predictably overblown. (Bird's founder, former Lyft and Uber executive Travis VanderZanden, has compared electric scooters to the advent of the jet engine.)
Nonetheless, "it's not hard to see the appeal," writes Condé Nast Traveler, "Electric scooters are easy to ride, let you breeze up hills without breaking a sweat, and are even cheaper than some bike shares. (You can cover five miles for less than $2 with either company's fleet.) The scooters are also better for the environment than taking a cab, the companies say." The easy-to-ride electric vehicles can reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour, and most rides are less than 2 miles.
Renting a scooter couldn't be easier. Both Lime and Bird (other companies like Spin are also in on the action) have apps that display available vehicles nearby. The apps "unlock" and "lock" the scooters. Rides start at $1, then cost 15 cents per mile. There are no time or mileage limits. Once you're done, just lock the scooter and leave it behind. One drawback, notes Andrew Collins in his test ride report for Jalopnik, is that "you can't count on it being available for your return trip."
Not only are electric scooters great for short trips to the grocery store but they offer a convenient means of solving the so-called "last-mile problem," which for commuters generally means covering the distance to and/or from a transit hub. Thus, scooters could encourage more public transit use generally as drivers might be far less inclined to get in the car (and maybe lose prime parking) when they can scoot to a bus or subway stop.
The rapid spread of scooter shares has caused its share of problems, many akin to the recent clutter of dockless bikes. "People are leaving the scooters everywhere," write Mike Murphy and Alison Griswold at Quartz, "creating a mess and nuisance in the process…. Santa Monica filed a criminal complaint against Bird in December, alleging that the company began operations without city approval." The company ended up agreeing to pay over $300,000 in fines.
San Francisco recently banned scooters outright after Lime and Bird started operating without explicit permission from the city, raising the ire of both officials and some residents. In their rush to flood the market and get ahead of competition, companies may skirt some regulations, and as usual, the pace of start-up innovation outstrips government deliberation. In Seattle, notes GeekWire, permitting for scooter shares has been tied to "the long-term plan for the related bike-sharing initiatives." But the question of whether cities can reasonably accommodate a huge influx of nomadic scooter shares on top of the influx of bike shares may ultimately be decided by commuters themselves.
"Critics say electric scooters are essentially overgrown children's toys," write Murphy and Griswold, "ridden by out-of-touch elites who carelessly dump the vehicles wherever they feel like after riding. They argue that scooters aren't actually improving deficiencies in public transit." However, if enough riders actually do find them useful, not only for jaunts to the beach or coffee shop but for daily rides to work, then electric scooters may well become permanent fixtures in the constellation of post-car transportation options in the future.


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DETAINED Philippine senator Leila De Lima appeared in court on Friday where she demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors show their physical evidence against her, before calling the president a coward as she left the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court.
De Lima, a fierce critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been detained since Feb 24, 2017 for her alleged involvement in the illegal drugs trade at the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice minister in the previous administration.
SEE ALSO: Alleged kingpins spared from Philippines' war on drugs
The senator strongly denies the charges and maintains they are politically motivated. Amnesty International has listed her as a "Human Rights Defenders Under Threat" after, they claim, Duterte made her a "target of his divisive rhetoric."
Sen. Leila M. de Lima greets her supporters as she arrives at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court earlier today. Her arraignment was rescheduled anew for May 18. pic.twitter.com/HJrdWK7HXa
— Leila de Lima (@SenLeiladeLima) March 16, 2018
According to Rappler, De Lima's legal team insisted the DOJ produce their physical evidence against her and allow her lawyers to inspect it.
"They mentioned a bank account where money was deposited, where is that bank account? We want to know," said De Lima's lawyer Filibon Tacardon.
After it was revealed this week that drug charges were dropped against suspected drug lords Kerwin Espinosa and Peter Lim due to lack of evidence to bring them to trial, opposition lawmakers also called for the release of De Lima.
Their request was unsuccessful, however, after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the DOJ resolution that freed the two kingpins "will not affect" De Lima's case as "there are other witnesses who would testify against the lady senator," as quoted by SunStar.
SEE ALSO: Duterte removes Philippines from International Criminal Court
In an open act of defiance as she left the court, De Lima shouted a scathing tirade against the president, calling him a coward for pulling out of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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"I thought he was challenging the ICC?" she shouted as she was rushed to a waiting minibus to be taken back to jail. "#CowardDuterte," she added.
Duterte announced Tuesday that the Southeast Asian nation will remove itself from the jurisdiction of the ICC, a month after prosecutors from the Hague-based court announced they would be launching a preliminary investigation into his controversial drug war.
De Lima's arraignment was reset once again and is now set for May 18, meaning she will have been in custody for one year and three months without seeing trial.


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Dk Nfl Readers: Super Bowl Heroes (level 3: Reading Alone)
Describes how various football teams won the Super Bowl with the help of key players such as Joe Montana, Doug Williams, and John Elway.The author is DK Publishing and it was published around August of 2000 by DK CHILDREN. This version is the 1st American ed. has 48 pages and it provides you with a variety of amazingly colored illustrations. The book focuses on Football players and History.
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NHS England has reminded CCGs of their "legal duties to advance equality and have regard to reduce health inequalities" when implementing new guidance to limit routine prescribing of items described as "low value".
Prescribers are also reminded that they retain clinical discretion to decide what is in accordance with their professional duties.
In an announcement on Friday NHS England announced the treatments that should no longer be routinely prescribed. For the new year it has also announced the widely-anticipated consultation to introduce prescribing restrictions for over the counter medicines.
The list of low value items now subject to routine prescribing restriction includes:
- Homeopathy – no clear or robust evidence to support its use
- Herbal treatments – no clear or robust evidence to support its use
- Omega-3 fatty acid compounds (fish oil) – essential fatty acids which can be obtained through diet, low clinical effectiveness
- Co-proxamol – pain killer which has had its marketing authorisation withdrawn due to safety concerns
- Rubefacients (excluding topical NSAIDS) – warming muscle rub products, limited evidence
- Lutein and antioxidants – used to treat the eye condition age related macular degeneration , low clinical effectiveness
- Glucosamine and chondroitin – used for joint pain, low clinical effectiveness
Modified or clarified guidance has also been issued for five items (liothyronine, travel vaccines, lidocaine plasters and immediate release fentanyl).
The OTC medicines consultation in the new year will propose stopping the routine prescribing of products described as follows:
- Can be purchased over the counter, and sometimes at a lower cost than that which would be incurred by the NHS – eg, paracetamol
- Treat a condition that is considered to be self-limiting
- Treat a condition which could be managed by self-care.
NHS England and NHS Clinical Commissioners are working with GPs, pharmacists and patient groups to develop and refine the proposals which will be consulted on in the new year, in particular where exemptions may apply. Examples given in the relevant NHS England board papers do not include patients served by dispensing GPs.
Further information and the full list of low value products is available online.
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Your guide to Glencoe, California assisted living facilities. With so many senior housing options available, how do you know which one is right for your family?
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Glencoe is also known as: Glencoe.
Glencoe (formerly, Mosquito and Mosquito Gulch) is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2749 feet (838 m) and is located at 38°21'15"N 120°35'06"W. The community is in ZIP code 95232 and area code 209.Glencoe was formerly called Mosquito Gulch. The business portion of the town was on the north side of Mosquito Gulch, but not one of the old buildings remains. The mines were first worked by Mexicans in the early 1850s. Quartz mining predominated but there was some placer mining as well.The town today is registered as California Historical Landmark #280.The first post office was opened at Mosquito in 1858 but closed in 1869; it was re-established as Mosquito Gulch in 1873. The name was changed to Glencoe in 1912; the post office closed again in 1916, but was re-established in 1947.
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Gingerbread: The History
Simmons's recipe is closely based on one in an English cookbook, Hannah Glasse's Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy (see our blog post on her chowder recipe). Indeed gingerbread had a long history in England before it crossed the Atlantic. The earliest gingerbreads were made with grated crumbs from the finest type of wheat bread, the manchet (see our blog post thereon), were sweetened with honey rather than sugar or molasses, and were often dyed red, violet, or yellow. In the course of the seventeenth century, flour began to replace the manchet crumbs and sugar or treacle (molasses to us Yanks) the honey, while the garish coloring gradually faded away. Read More
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Conflict of interest in Campbell and Cochrane reviews: threat or opportunity?
Some people are speaking of a crisis in Cochrane. This so-called 'crisis' arises partly from the treatment of conflict of interest issues. Dealing with conflict of interest is an important issue for the evidence-based policy and practice. Cochrane is currently reviewing its conflict of interest (COI) policy, and Campbell will be following suit. So what is it all about and why do I care?
I care because I believe in evidence. I use James Wong's evidence-based cookbook, adding mustard to my broccoli and black pepper to my turmeric. I wear compression stockings on long-haul flights and didn't bother with the post-operative exercises after my knee operation because I read the Cochrane reviews. And my day job is to advocate for an evidence architecture for child protection, for nutrition, for early child development… for everything, building on what Cochrane and agencies such as WHO and NICE have achieved for health.
So I take the concerns which are being raised seriously. And my conclusion is, hold on a minute. What crisis? The current so-called 'crisis' presents an opportunity to up the game on research transparency, to further expose the attempts by the drug companies to distort the evidence. We won't achieve that by destroying Cochrane, which has been one of the main champions of transparency in the last 25 years.
I would make four main points. First, Cochrane isn't the bad guy here. It is the drug companies and others with vested interests who deliberately game the system to hide and misrepresent evidence not to their liking. Second, we should focus on issues, not personalities. And, third, there are indeed substantive issues which have been raised and should be addressed. But, fourth, the natural sciences remain far ahead of the social sciences with respect to all of this, so have some perspective.
Let me start on the last point. A big difference between natural and social sciences is the attitude to replication. In natural sciences the norm is for different research teams to attempt to independently replicate a result, uncovering error, freak results or outright fraud. In social sciences replication doesn't count as 'original research' and so is not publishable in leading journals. That remains so despite the replication crisis in recent years when it has been found that a large proportion of results are not replicable and very fragile, because of errors, data mining or outright invention (e.g. LaCour and Green's analysis of attitudes to gay marriage). It is only in recent years that some journals request the data and code behind the analysis, so the statistics have to be taken on trust. And publication of pre-analysis plans (protocols) remains the rare exception not the norm.
Lack of transparency and conflicts of interest
This lack of transparency matters since there are conflicts of interest in many areas of research. It is not just that researchers are attached to their results and don't like to be contradicted. Branded programmes are big business in the US. These are education and social welfare interventions which are marketed to schools and social work departments across the US and increasingly overseas. These programmes are 'evidence-based', meaning there is an RCT showing the programme 'works'. But that RCT is often conducted by the designers of the programme, without any pre-analysis plan and without making the data publicly available. This is a much worse state of affairs than in medicine.
Campbell supports the AllTrials campaign which is campaigning to require that all trials – not just those in medicine – are registered. Those complaining about certain Cochrane reviews should look at some of these studies – which are included in the relevant Campbell reviews. And several Campbell reviews confirm that studies by the programme designers find a bigger impact than independent studies.
This brings us back to Cochrane. Cochrane is a founding member of AllTrials. It has invested in building capacity to undertake and use reviews around the world. The problem is that drug companies, and the researchers in their pay, don't play fair. They don't register their trials, they suppress studies showing the 'wrong result', the selectively report outcomes in the studies they do publish, and they support ghost written articles – that is studies written by an industry consultant but published under the name of academics who are paid to allow their name on the paper to give the impression of independence.
These malpractices make it difficult for systematic reviewers to identify, assess and summarize all available relevant evidence on a particular topic. Cochrane reviews do try to make the best of a bad situation which is not of their making. Cochrane already has one of the toughest and most explicit COI policies of any scientific publisher. It does not allow industry support for reviews. Employees of companies with real or potential financial interests cannot be authors on reviews. Individuals who have received financial support from commercial sponsors with real or potential financial interests in the previous three years can only be included authors at the discretion of Cochrane's funding arbiter if the majority of the review authors and lead author have no relevant conflicts of interests.
Both Campbell and Cochrane reviews analyse if there is publication bias by testing for 'missing studies' with no effects (and a work in progress on a methods paper for Campbell finds that non-Cochrane/Campbell reviews don't do this). The risk of bias assessment in Cochrane reviews assesses outcome reporting bias.
What more can be done
So the question is should they do more? The more they might do concerns both the treatment of potentially conflicted studies in Cochrane reviews, and dealing with conflict of interest amongst review authors.
On the first of these issues: Should they not include studies with no published protocol? Should they exclude ghost-written articles? Should they exclude studies for which the data are not in the public domain? Should they exclude studies in which the author had a conflict of interest? The answer to all these questions is no.
No, they shouldn't, as an important principle in the review process is the distinction between the study inclusion criteria and critical appraisal. Studies are screened against the inclusion criteria, and then critical appraisal conducted on included studies. So studies with no protocol or which are ghost-written should get included if they satisfy the PICOs. But it is worth considering whether the risk of bias assessment should be refined to take account of these issues. There has been discussion as to whether funding sources should be part of the risk of bias assessment – with views both for and against.
Other issues for reconsideration are studies for which the data are not in the public domain, or studies with no protocol. Such studies may have a high risk of bias, or at least an unclear risk of bias. Ideally, the assessment should be based on the manifestation of the possible bias, e.g. selective outcome reporting. But that is not possible in the absence of a study protocol. Excluding such studies from the analysis would send a clear signal regarding research transparency and may have important systemic effects.
Then there are possible conflict of interest issues. Cochrane is currently reviewing its policy on these. These conflicts may apply to included studies in reviews or to the reviews themselves. For included studies an assessment of conflict of interest is part of the critical appraisal and could be used more proactively in excluding the studies which are compromised by such conflicts. In the case of reviews, at the extreme there are researchers writing reviews commissioned by drug companies to deliberately distort the evidence.
Clearly Cochrane shouldn't be publishing such reviews and its contract of interest policy rightly identifies and excludes them. But there are a broader range of conflicts – having received drug company sponsorship in the past for another study, or attending an event they sponsored, or being the author of an included study. These factors may all cause bias. Campbell's policy is presently that all conflicts have to be declared. But that it is all. It is far weaker than Cochrane's current policy – we are reviewing our policy at the same time as they are reviewing theirs.
Cochrane has the opportunity to revise the scope of critical appraisal to minimize the risk of distortion by the shenanigans of the drug companies. And Campbell is trying to catch up.


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Everything is yellow, yellow, yellow. My fingers, my toothbrush, the side of the ceramic mug. The strainer used to filter grated orange slivers for tea. All stained yellow from turmeric. Who knows, maybe my insides have gone all saffron bright from the taint of this super spice as it works away the ravages of this winter cold.
Orange nubbin, looking like a sad old baby carrot, skin hanging in shingled scales like a piece of ginger. I had never seen it outside of a spice jar. It came from Hawaii, this one, from Bi-Rite at $14.99/lb, but weighing much less. I picked up two fingers. They made a peace sign in my bag.
It had been on my mind, turmeric. First The 11 Best Foods You Aren't Eating highlighted on the NY Times website as one of its 2009 most-viewed articles. Turmeric was #9: "The 'superstar of spices,' it may have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties." Then the piece in the S.F. Chronicle on the miracle of ghee; it only mentioned turmeric once, but got me thinking about healthful South Asian foods. And it came up again in conversation with Eric of Awesome Pickle, who uses turmeric paste with yogurt or kefir to avoid heartburn. His girlfriend Kruti gave it a solid thumbs up despite being made to drink a turmeric-and-water mixture as a child in the name of general health.
Rhizomatic: indeed of the ginger family, not a root but a rhizome, horizontal stem that sends out feelers from multiple points underground, "forming through continuous negotiation with its context, constantly adapting by experimentation, thus performing a non-symmetrical active resistance against rigid organization and restriction," as told here . (Did Deleuze and Guattari munch on turmeric to bring their thinking to the next plateau?)
Boiled for several hours, dried in hot ovens, then ground into powder to curry your flavor and cucurmin your ailments. It dyes for you.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Tainted by Turmeric
5 comments:
- Leif Hedendal said...
The tree and root inspire a sad image of thought that is forever imitating the multiple on the basis of a centered or segmented higher unity.
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- February 3, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- kale daikon said...
Would it be wrong to delete an earnest plea from a lone eco-frontiersman about his solar panels because it has absolutely nothing to do with weird vegetables? Or am I showing compassion to an Internet robot?
Oh, adrift are we
on the rough seas
of the virtual age.
- February 3, 2010 at 9:48 PM
- Adam Ahmed said...
That comment's not from a lone eco-frontiersman, it's from a comment bot. You need to set up that verification system for the comments to keep the non-humans out!
...though I suppose we are living in the post-human era.
- March 3, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- kale daikon said...
Yes, the comments have been getting positively eerie. Comment moderation switched ON. Thanks, cyber-friend.
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- Published online on: December 13, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2016.1109
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Progress in laparoscopic techniques and expertise, in combination with technological advances, have led to a more widespread performance of laparoscopic hepatic resections for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) over the last 15 years. It is accepted that laparoscopic liver resection (LLRs) is a safe procedure, with acceptable morbidity and mortality for both minor and major liver resections (LRs) (1). Cirrhotic patients constitute a high-risk population, and present a major challenge for the performance of minimally invasive LR due to difficulties in parenchymal transection. Several studies have reported successful application of laparoscopic hepatic resections in selected cirrhotic patients, despite the presence of greater preoperative comorbidities (2,3). In the present study, the case of a morbidly obese, cirrhotic patient who was admitted to the General Hospital Laiko for an HCC, and who successfully underwent a laparoscopic segmental hepatic resection, is reported.
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A 71 year-old morbidly obese male patient with cirrhosis due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and alcoholic hepatitis was referred to our department at the General Hospital Laiko with a hepatic mass identified on performing abdominal ultrasound. The patient, who was routinely evaluated for chronic HBV infection, was asymptomatic. Abdominal computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a mass in segments V–VI of the liver (4.7×4.5×4.3 cm), highly suspicious for HCC (Fig. 1). The patient's past medical history additionally included non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension and myocardial infarction. The patient's body mass index (BMI) was 45 kg/m2, the American Society of Anesthesiologists' classification of preoperative risk was 3, and the liver function was classified as Child-Pugh class A (4,5). The patient's α-fetoprotein level was 5.5 ng/ml. He underwent laparoscopic resection of segments V–VI and cholecystectomy. The operative time was 105 min. During the early postoperative period, the patient developed a moderate renal and hepatic failure that regressed gradually over the course of the following next days, not necessitating any intervention, and was classified as grade II according to the Dindo-Clavien classification (6). The patient was discharged on the eighth postoperative day. Histology and immunohistochemistry [cytokeratin (CK) 7, CK19, epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), α-fetoprotein (AFP), CEApol, glypican-3, CD10] revealed a moderately differentiated HCC, with negative resection margins (R0 resection), without vascular or lymphatic invasion [stage pT1, according to the tumor-lymph nodes-metastasis (TNM) staging system]. Two years postoperatively, the patient remains disease-free and in excellent condition.
Morbid obesity has a continually increasing prevalence worldwide, and has been associated with worse postoperative outcomes due to correlated co-morbidities, as well as technical intraoperative difficulties. In the context of liver disease, obesity is associated with various liver diseases, including fatty liver disease and NASH. From the limited data available, recent studies have shown that hepatic resections in obese patients may be safely performed with no additional risk compared with non-obese patients (7). Laparoscopic liver surgery in this population presents a surgical challenge, and yet, since the BMI has not been reported to negatively affect the postoperative short-term outcomes in patients undergoing LLR, the laparoscopic approach is not considered to be a contraindication for obese patients (BMI, 32±2.0%) (8). A study by Toriguchi et al (9) underlined the benefits of LLR in obese patients, with a median BMI of 26.8% (range 25–38.2%), reporting significantly lower intraoperative blood loss and hospital stays compared with obese patients operated on with open liver resection (9). A more recent study exploring the impact of BMI on surgical outcomes in patients undergoing LLR (median BMI, 24.1±4.1%) compared with open LR (median BMI=23.1±3.9%) demonstrates that LLR in obese patients may be performed as safely as in non-obese patients, with the same risk of postoperative complications and with, additionally, lower operation times and levels of blood loss compared with non-obese patients (10). Furthermore, the study by Uchida et al (10) also reported a marked correlation of the BMI with operation time and blood loss in open LR; however, no such correlation is demonstrated in LLR. It should be noted that the results of these studies coming from Asian patient populations (9,10) are to be interpreted with caution, since patients are considered obese with a BMI of 25 kg/m2, or even 24 kg/m2, contrary to the World Health Organization (WHO) standard of BMI of 30 kg/m2 (11,12). Such a phenomenon constitutes an additional strength of our report, since there are actually only limited published data on LLR for a morbidly obese patient, in our case with a BMI of 45 kg/m2.
In conclusion, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report on laparoscopic liver resection for such a morbidly obese patient in the context of advanced liver cirrhosis.
Nguyen KT, Gamblin TC and Geller DA: World review of laparoscopic liver resection-2,804 patients. Ann Surg. 250:831–841. 2009. View Article : Google Scholar : PubMed/NCBI
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Gregg, 31 Jan 2007 @ 4:52pmHopefully this will get the browsers to treat audio like pop-up ads, and request permission before playing them.
BobHornytoad, 31 Jan 2007 @ 7:54pm
Re:Are you crazy?!?!? Censorship will kill us all!
Greg, 31 Jan 2007 @ 4:59pmThat is the most hilarious vulnerability I've seen in quite a while.
Chronno S. Trigger, 31 Jan 2007 @ 5:00pm
Speech recognitionif it was voice recognition this would not be a problem. you mean the speech recognition. outside of that I have nothing relevant to add
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jan 2007 @ 5:01pmDidn't this test require him to Record his OWN voice for it to work ?
When they had someone else voice, Vista didn't do anything.
Also is this any better then that Dragon software ?
Bumbling old fool, 31 Jan 2007 @ 5:01pm
WooTI think I just invented the next wave of DRM installation. Have the song tell the computer to download it and install it.
Don't like my drm content? How about a track on a CD taht just lists a whole bunch of websites?
Nothing like a song singing about yahoo.com. how many browser windows can one song open? It can be like a contest amongst artists!
randum, 31 Jan 2007 @ 5:06pmthis is the stupidest news article i have ever seen...
Pope Ratzo, 31 Jan 2007 @ 5:20pm
Re:Can I call home and when my answering machine picks up, tell my computer to shut itself off?
That's cool. I hope the format command is not in the list of voice-activated ones.
"Please leave a message after the tone"
Jhecht, 31 Jan 2007 @ 5:06pm
what in hellWho the hell needs voice recognition? I mean ok maybe for people who cannot use their hands and so on i can understand, but that should come as an accessory or something from microsoft if the user requests it to be installed. It shouldn't be automatically installed for everyone. Its just kind of a waste of time, and disk space.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Feb 2007 @ 3:55am
Re: what in hellThat is why it is not installed by default of course.
slimcat (profile), 31 Jan 2007 @ 5:38pm
Vista voice recognition?
Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all
At this point in Vista's ability to recognize voice commands, I don't think I'd be too worried.
A non-slave IT guy, 31 Jan 2007 @ 6:02pm@what in hell, #7
Tell you what. You type and I'll dictate into Dragon Naturally Speaking. Let's see who gets more done.
Speech Recognition is not just for disabled persons, dweeb.
I agree that the feature should not be installed by default. But if it works well and I did not have to pay something over and above my Windows cost, I'll be happy.
Stu, 31 Jan 2007 @ 6:05pmMy guess is that if their computer said, "Bend over and drop your pants", a large number of people would do it - and they'd remain in that position until the damn thing told them to stand up and get dressed. Then, when their significant other found them in that position, they'd blame Microsoft.
Cleverboy, 31 Jan 2007 @ 6:07pm
Oh come now...You don't see how it works? You just send out spam that promises "amazing tips" on how to master your computer's voice recognition. You encourage the user to try each tip as they go. About 5 tips in, its game time! "Minimize all windows! Select Desktop. Select All. Delete. Ok! Open My Computer. C. Select All. Delete. Ok! Parent Directory. C. Properties. Format Drive. Ok!" If the marks is anything like that teacher convictor for not shutting down spyware ads, then Vista users are doomed.
Brad, 31 Jan 2007 @ 6:11pm@A non-slave IT guy:
You really think slower than you speak? You must be boring as hell to listen to. Personally, I can't imagine anyone calling themselves an "IT guy" that cant' type faster than they talk. Especially since revisions and changes to text is incredibly fast and easy with a keyboard, especially once you get beyond standard text and into programming (which you MUST do, IT guy).
Tell you what, YOU dictate into Dragon Naturally Speaking and I'll write a Rails app. We'll see who gets more done.
And voice command isn't installed OR activated by default. So really, this security "exploit" is less of a threat than dumb users ever will be.
You can't issue shell commands through it, you can only open and close windows, do very basic tasks. If exploited...inconvenient? Yeah. A "threat"? Hardly. It's not like someone could use it to issue, let alone CREATE malware on a remote system.
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jan 2007 @ 9:14pm
Re:I normally speak about 3-400 words per minute, if you can type that fast you deserve a medal, but you have no place telling someone else that they aren't an "IT guy" because they can't beat the world record for typing speed.
Wizard Prang, 1 Feb 2007 @ 6:29am
Settle down now...I can't imagine anyone calling themselves an "IT guy" that cant' type faster than they talk
Some of the best programmers I know are NOT touch-typists. Perhaps that is because they think more and type less.
I have been using Voice Recognition on and off since OS2 Warp. The only reason that I don't use it today is that the IT support folks won't let me install it. Since I don't write large amounts of prose, it's not a big deal.
Also programming is not a task that lends itself to VR as well as, say, creative writing.
So you're both right. Just because VR is not suitable for your particular application does not mean that it has no use.
Eric B~, 31 Jan 2007 @ 6:22pm
Voice CommandsI had a Laptop running CoPilot with a GPS antenna sitting on my passenger seat along with the radio turned on. I was standing outside the drivers side of the car stretching during a break from the roadtrip when the radio played some song that cause the CoPilot software to respond, "1,130 miles to Daytona".
No one in the car but a conversation was in process!
Dan Oblak - MacBigot.com, 31 Jan 2007 @ 6:25pm
Some things just can't be improved upon..."There's always the anecdote about a company that was giving a demonstration of speech recognition in MS-DOS..."
give the dog a bone, 31 Jan 2007 @ 7:05pm"sit boo boo sit,good dog" woof!
Richard Bunker, 31 Jan 2007 @ 7:39pm
the recursive clapperI have always wondered if a TV show with an applause soundtrack could cause "the clapper" to turn off the TV. I think this is a corollary to my earlier curiosity.
rahrens (profile), 1 Feb 2007 @ 4:50am
speech commandLook, folks, my wife isn't much of a computer person, even if I am a geek. Her favorite saying is that once she can just speak to her computer to tell it what she wants to do, then she'll use if herself and not bug me to download her email.
I don't think she's alone. I can think of a lot of things I'd like to be able to just speak the commands for without slowing myself down by having to type or use the mouse. Sure, at a certain level of working on the innards of a box you'll need to start typing, but 99% of a user's day could be made much more productive by good speech recognition. (Yeah the guy above is right, there is a world of diff between speech recognition and voice recognition!)
And I think computers will someday be commanded much more by voice than keyboard. Voice is definitely a biometric, and combined with other biometrics, can be a good security system.
Deverill, 1 Feb 2007 @ 10:53am
Other usesSomething to consider is that this system understands windows commands. I saw a demo (YouTube) where a guy was doing stuff in Flash and instead of wasting screen real estate with a toolbar and having to mouse over to it again and again to change tools he was using the voice commands "pen" "select all" "convert to symbol"... AND the workspace was bigger because he didn't need the toolbar. I thought that was a good use for voice instead of just a replacement memo dictation taker.
Judy, 1 Feb 2007 @ 11:06am
CommercialsHow about using the technology to make tv commercials pipe down?
|333173|3|_||3, 1 Feb 2007 @ 4:59pm
downloaderif the technology was integrated with IE well enough, then you could use it to download a file. If this was in the middle of a list of commands, which would have the effect of you trying to mute the computer, then you could get some malware without noticing.
THe Speech recognition should have a feed from the sound card or if it added up the input to the sound card itself, and subtracted that from the audio-in, then they could reduce interference from music as well, which woul dbe a good thing.
THe idea of talking into the command prompt might not be a bad one, but I would personnaly like you to have to have to start it with a parameter (typed) to allow voice recognition the only problem would be pronouncing some of the codes. A good API would be nice, so that you can say any menu item name, and it is selected, as well as activating all the inbuilt keyboard shortcuts (so you just say "Help")
1337fragger, 10 Feb 2007 @ 1:47pmLoL:
"My Computer"
LoL, it's like an IWIN button for computer hackarz.
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Saw this idea on Planet Simon's blog and absolutely loved it so make sure to check his out!. I have in the past written myself letters to open in a number of years but normally they have been notes on what my life is like right now with some odd plans and wishes for the future with a date marked around 5 years in the future. This letter however gives me a chance to be more specific with what I would like to achieve in the coming year and what I want myself to remember in the future.
Dear Future Me
I hope you're well and have learned how to give yourself a break by now and feel less guilty for taking time to yourself.
Right now we are still in the middle of January meaning the new year has barely begun so we haven't really thought much further than the weekend, which believe me you are already desperate for! You don't even have anything planned, as I'm sure you can guess you just want to sleep in late and read your kindle until Monday comes round again.
You have been given your start date for your new job so 12th February is burning in your mind but you have yet to agree a leaving date with your current work since they were expecting you to be starting this month. Never mind I'm sure you can't even remember this where you are now. Either way I hope we settled in fine considering how much we hate change and we're enjoying the place after now being there for close enough to a year.
Please tell me we also managed to have a night out with our old work family from back in our Starbucks days because I know you miss the full team being together!
I hope you have continued with the meditation we started because I genuinely believe it is going to make all the difference to our way of thinking. Speaking of which I hope we have started living life with a more positive outlook and have learned how to live in the moment more.
We have yet to sort out our return trip to Copenhagen to see Kieran so hopefully we managed to sort something out and get everyone else to make it there with us too. Speaking of which he should have came back to Scotland in the summer so I wouldn't be surprised if you were yet to see him again considering how much he likes to travel.
Japan better still be at the top of your travel list and I can only hope we have something booked in the coming months of 2019. I'll see if I can get us there!
Give Amelia a massive auntie hug from me and I hope she is still willing to give them because I'm sure you can remember the attitude she already has now.
Assuming everything goes to plan I will see you in 2019 as a happier, more positive person with great adventures ahead.
Love Jennifer
P.S I'm sure turning 25 wasn't as bad as we are imagining it right now.