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Retiring at Nine
This blog is now 9 years old. My first post was on February 26th 2003. Since then the early UK blog network that it was a part of has largely fallen away. Blogs then were used a bit more like Twitter, with multiple postings per day. These days, blogs have become less frenetic, have donned the corporate pajamas of old media, and twitter has become the initial chopping board for most issues. Sometimes for the good, sometimes, when perhaps more calm consideration is required, for the bad.
Some of the things I am interested in are now covered far better (and certainly more quickly) by others. The blog has at least outlived the credibility of Andrew Wakefield's hoax theory about autism and MMR vaccine (if not the consequences of it), which was a pet hobby of mine (although my involvement in tackling anti-vaccinators goes back to internet newsgroups in the 1990s).
In any case, in the past year or two this blog had become moribund, despite a recent spurt of activity. As a procrastination outlet/tool, it allowed me space to think in a way that more formal and structured academic writing didn't. Sometimes, the ability to write a quick blog post paradoxically seemed to get the juices flowing in order to tackle a bigger piece of work elsewhere (i.e. my PhD) and it improved my writing skills. Some of the material on this blog ended up in or inspired academic papers, posters, and letters to journals. However, it is time to move on.
Thanks to all those who have linked to, written comments on, and read the blog. Any future writings on the net will be hosted either at www.anthonycox.org, possible occasional pieces at Left Brain, Right Brain, or at another potential work-based project that is in the conceptual stage (or perhaps more accurately mild flirtation before dating stage).
Pyrimethamine Poisoning in Pakistan
The number of dead in the wake of the substandard medicines disaster in Pakistan continues to rise with approximately 140 patients killed. Another 50 are not expected to survive. The product involved was isosorbide mononitrate tablets, commonly used in heart failure and angina, which was provided free by the Punjab Institute for Cardiology to patients too poor to obtain their own drugs. Drug samples were analysed by the London School of Pharmacy, who discovered heavy contamination with pyrimethamine, an anti-malarial. There was no institution within Pakistan capable of performing the analysis, startling considering they manage to run a nuclear weapons programme.
Pyrimethamine is associated with blood dyscrasias such as leucopaenia, agranulocytosis, and thrombocytopenia even when used correctly due to its interference with folic acid metabolism. Acute overdosage also causes convulsions, tachycardia, respiratory depression, and circulatory collapse. In a cohort of ill cardiac patients it is unsurprising that deaths have occurred. Pyrimethamine's half life of 4 days isn't particularly helpful either, especially considering the patients would have been likely to be dosing themselves with 1 tablet twice a day.
On the regulatory front, there is some good news. The current lack of a regulator in Pakistan is no longer politically acceptable. There have been calls for a centralised regulatory authority, regional monitoring centres, as well as the development of clinical pharmacy services within hospitals. Sadly, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Dow University of Health Sciences couldn't stop himself from saying "the element of conspiracy to damage the reputation and exports of Pakistani medicines could not be ruled out", continuing the proud tradition of blaming foreign interests for Pakistan's self-inflicted wounds.
Any regulator has a major job to do, and it is not clear that the Pakistan state is capable of creating such an institution. The Pakistan government is riddled with corruption, there are massive cost pressures, and the pharmaceutical industry appears to be run by non-expert profiteers willing to employ illiterate staff and child labour. How the pyrimethamine got into the tablets is as yet unknown, but it could even come down to the tablets being manufactured by people unable to read the labels on the containers of drugs.
In perhaps one of the most macabre turns in the whole debacle, the Pakistan Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers Association (PPMA) is compensating the families of the dead by offering each family two jobs within the pharmaceutical industry. They are to be given jobs to match their qualifications, so if they can read they may be considered over-qualified.
As if there wasn't enough problems in the pharmaceutical industry in Pakistan, a factory exploded yesterday. Around 100 people are thought to be trapped in the building, with only a handful of women and children rescued. There is no effective health and safety for the workers, never mind the customers for their products.
DIY Clinical Trials
I've recently finished Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test, which is an absolutely brilliant quirky journalistic journey through Broadmoor, Scientology and DSM IV. He had an interesting Guardian article on DIY science published on Friday. He interviewed the guy who attempted to split the atom in his house, but more interestingly (at least to me) was the section on Yvonne Pambakian's attempts at drug development in her cottage:
Five years ago, on 20 June 2007, she made an emergency call from the cottage. Her 22-year-old sister, Yolanda Cox, had gone into anaphylactic shock. When the paramedics arrived, they asked Pambakian what had happened.
"I gave her a drug for her asthma," she told them.
Yolanda was rushed to the Royal Free hospital where a doctor, Alexander Mackay, asked her and her mother to explain exactly what they'd injected into her.
"They wouldn't say," he later told the coroner. "They said I didn't need to know anything and the drug was extremely safe." It seemed they were trying to protect some secret ingredient they'd been developing. "Some time later," Mackay told the coroner, "they brought in paper information in two files." The family were, in fact, injecting each other in their kitchen with an experimental drug of their invention, which they'd called B71.
Yolanda died a week later, on 27 June 2007.
Pambakian and her mother, she tells the hearing, began their experiments back in the mid-90s, pooling their areas of expertise (she's a GP, her mother an immunologist). One day, they had a kind of eureka moment. To summarise it: some diabetes sufferers have an autoantibody that's responsible for their resistance to insulin, and the Pambakians supposed that, as insulin resistance is so uniquely destructive, if they could derive a peptide from the autoantibody, it would be uniquely curative. So they did, and they called it B71. They began posting patent applications. B71 would treat – and this is just a small sample – asthma, diabetes, psoriasis, eczema, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, depression, Parkinson's, migraines, multiple sclerosis, premature baldness in men, obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis, insomnia, cancer and HIV.
This sort of thing is far more common than you'd think, particularly in the US where quack autism and cancer treatments are peddled in the name of "research". Sometimes defended by the use of litigation.
Electronic Prescribing
Last September the NHS's flagship IT project was finally allowed to sink into the Davy Jones locker of the last government's IT failures, after warnings from Private Eye , the BMA, and even contractors associated with it. It cost over £12 billion. Even now, some companies may be sucked into the depths with it.
NHS Trusts are now allowed to develop and purchase their own IT infrastructure, allowing for some competition from providers. Not all of these systems will be as successful as each other, but it is to be hoped that most are. At the very worst this mechanism will allow the best systems to survive and propagate, and spread the risk of failure. Having a state funded monopoly on IT using contractors always seemed a prescription for failure. What were the incentives to succeed?
Talking of prescriptions, the development of electronic prescribing systems within the NHS hospital sector does continue regardless. Currently a majority of NHS hospitals continue to use paper based prescribing systems, with all the risks of illegibility and slips and lapses such free reign provides to prescribers. NHS Trusts are contracting different suppliers for the provision of prescribing systems, in much the same way primary care was allowed to develop such systems (perhaps something that should have been learnt earlier).
In any case, what are the benefits of electronic prescribing? A new paper examining the introduction of two commercial electronic prescribing systems in two Australian teaching hospitals sheds some additional light on this.
Westbrook et al performed a before and after medication chart audit of 3,291 admissions at two hospitals. They examined 1,923 prescriptions prior to the introduction to electronic prescribing, and 1,368 following its introduction. This appears to have been a well conducted real-world study, with errors classified into procedural errors, system-related errors, and a severity assessment for the potential of the error to cause harm.
In total there were 11,168 prescribing errors in the 1,923 admissions prior to prescribing – no surprise to any clinical pharmacist. Both commercial e-prescribing systems reduced prescribing error rates by over 55% at both hospitals, despite some differences between the systems and cultures of the hospitals concerned. With regard to serious errors comparison of control wards in one of the hospitals showed a 44% serious error rate reduction with electronic prescribing. Large declines occurred in unclear, incomplete, and legal/procedural prescriptions. There was also some evidence of benefit of electronic decision support, with reductions in duplicate prescriptions.
Electronic prescribing also brings new system errors, which in this study manifested as new clinical errors. It was this propensity to produce new patterns of errors that led to a failure to demonstrate a reduction in overall clinical error rates (otherwise the reduction of clinical errors rates would have been significant). System errors varied with the system and hospital procedures. The authors contend that these errors could be designed or "tweaked" out of the systems, or by increasing training for prescribers. This study illustrates both the benefits of e-prescribing, and the necessity of local vigilance, and design, in the use of the system within the culture of the hospital it is employed within.
Johanna I. Westbrook, Margaret Reckmann, Ling Li, William B. Runciman, Rosemary Burke, Connie Lo, Melissa T. Baysari, Jeffrey Braithwaite, & Richard O. Day (2012). Effects of Two Commercial Electronic Prescribing Systems on Prescribing Error Rates in Hospital In-Patients: A Before and After Study PLoS Medicine DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001164.t006
Hard as Nails 11
Another addition to the occasional series on nail gun accidents. A nice X-ray at the link:
Luptak, 45, of Bismarck, N.D., was working on a house last week when he accidentally shot himself in the head with a nail gun, sending the nail 3 inches into his skull. As he lay on the floor, he thought about his wife and daughters, 7-year-old twins and a 15-year-old, bracing for the worst.
Dr. Tariq Janjua said the nail lodged in the middle of the brain's two hemispheres, just grazing major artery vessels. Had the nail gone any direction either way, he added, Luptak's story would have ended much differently."It's a very rare combination of things," Janjua said. "It can't get better than this."
On Saturday, Luptak showed off the 26 staples in his head and joked about craving bacon. He still struggles to flex his left leg, which is weak because the nail hit the part of the brain that directs leg motion, but he's expected to fully recover and return home this week.
Advice. Stick to hammers.
Regulation and drug safety
Modern day drug safety in developed countries does not generally involve poor product quality. This isn't to say problems don't arise, the FDA and MHRA had to shut Chiron's vaccine plant in Liverpool for some time. Followers of the MHRA Drug Alerts service will also be aware of the drug recalls associated with manufacturing problems or errors. This is a marker of good regulation. FDA and EU regulators inspect the manufacturers of pharmaceuticals both within their countries and also those external suppliers with product licences. This is one of the reasons that one should be wary of buying pharmaceutical products over the internet – you may be buying counterfeit or poor quality medicine.
Elsewhere regulation can be shaky . In Panama in 2006 over 300 people were killed by diethylene glycol laced cough mixture. The diethylene glycol had arrived labelled as harmless glycerine from the relative regulatory desert of the Chinese pharmaceutical sector. In China, there have been numerous problems linked to pharmaceuticals and baby milk. In 2007, the head of the Chinese FDA, Zheng Xiaoyu, was executed. Executing people every so often is seen as the solution rather than improved regulation.
A similar problem seems to have arisen in Pakistan, with over a hundred people suspected to have been killed by suspected contaminated heart drugs given to 46,000 patients. This BBC report suggests bone marrow suppression is the problem, although the particular drug involved is not known. Samples have been sent out of the country for testing, since Pakistan doesn't have the ability to test the drugs. One news report cites the Director of a government Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL) blaming poor prescribing for the deaths, but the story also highlights the severe problems facing regulators in a border-line failed state:
He believed that deaths caused by the suspected drugs in Punjab were actually caused by the prescription as doctors prescribed high doses of cholesterol-lowering drugs to heart patients and this was responsible for the fatal reactions. However, he acknowledged that the actual reason could only be determined once the drugs had been analysed and autopsies carried on the deceased.
On the other hand, there was no change in the electricity supply situation at the lab. Power was disconnected a couple of months ago due to the non-payment of dues to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) and officials were relying on a small generator to power their equipment.
Staff of the DTL admitted that since directions had been given to analyse these medicines on a priority basis, they were planning to acquire an illegal electricity connection (Kunda) to complete the task.
Three owners of pharmaceutical companies have been arrested. Another BBC video report ends with a man stating "They should hang them publicly in the squares, like they do in Saudi Arabia." While the actual facts behind this case may take some time to find, the answer is not to find scapegoats to punish. Effective and open regulation is the answer, and for that you need effective and open government, not bodies hanging from lamp posts.
Does MMR vaccine travel in time?
The news that the diagnosis of autism may be brought forward is primarily of importance because it may help identify children who will require specialised support. However, it is also interesting because it breaks the co-incidental temporal association that has been part of the reason the MMR vaccine-autism hypothesis gained traction. Since the behavioural cues for autism can't be picked up well until after one year of age, parental concern about their child being different and autism diagnoses rose after administration of the MMR vaccine. This had unfortunate consequences for the perception of MMR vaccine's safety.
Elsabbagh et al examined "brainwaves" (event-related potentials – ERPS) of babies with a familial risk of autism when presented with pictures of faces either gazing at the baby or away from the baby. Those children who went on to develop autism diagnoses had differing ERPs.
Although the evidence of fraud, failure to find epidemiological evidence to back-up Wakefield's claims, and failure to find measles RNA that would have supported Wakefield's work were enough to bury any scientific case for the MMR Vaccine-autism hypothesis, the fact that autism may now be diagnosed before the MMR vaccine lays a nice wreath on top.
Not all parents whose children developed autism blamed MMR vaccine, some parents were already aware of a "difference" about their child before MMR vaccine, but it is understandable how some parents would have made the connection with the vaccine. After all, it is a key part of how clinicians make connections between a drug and adverse event, and is a strong element of assessing causality (see Bradford-Hill criteria).
The causation in the MMR vaccine debacle was neatly illustrated in an article from Prescriber [Registration required] written by Paula McDonald (a former Consultant in Communicable Disease Control).
Aristotle's concept of syllogisms, says if certain prepositions are met, something distinct will arise from necessity. However, he also noted false syllogisms (In the UK we have an entire publication devoted to generating them, called the Daily Mail). McDonald's figure illustrates the usual example of the horse being classified as a cat, along with the example of teddy bears and MMR vaccine causing autism.
You could replace the teddy bears with Peppa the Pig, or some other Greenfieldian scare. However, it sounds more convincing with vaccines, afterall you are introducing foreign material into a healthy child (and vaccines do cause adverse events sometimes).
Convincing people a false syllogism is wrong is a lot harder, than pointing out that A could not have caused B, because B arose months before A happened. Temporal associations are how we make sense of the everyday world. We don't blame tripping up on a kerb on the beer we were going to have in the pub later that night.
Barring a Skynet conspiracy to send Terminators with MMR vaccine back in time to cause autism, this looks like a useful point to make to parents concerned about the risk of autism with MMR vaccine. Quite what the anti-vaccination groups will do, like the UK JABS cult, is interesting. Perhaps they will move to attack other vaccines given earlier, such as meningitis C or diptheria? Alternatively, they may look to the misapplication of physics, perhaps taking comfort in the news that neutrinos may have travelled faster than light, as their comrades-in-arms the homeopaths did.
Cross posted at Left Brain, Right Brain.
Hard as Nails 10
I have been failing in my attempts to document the harms of nail guns in human bodies. Hard as Nails No 9 was way back in 2008, and started in 2004. Here is the latest case. Man did not notice nail in brain.
Dante Autullo, 34, was in his workshop when a nail gun recoiled near his head.
But he had no idea the nail had entered his brain until the next day, when he began feeling nauseous.
Ms Glaenzer said she had no idea the nail had entered his skull when she cleaned a cut on his forehead.Gail Glaenzer said he jokingly told her to get the TV cameras: "I'm one of those medical miracles"
She convinced him to go to the hospital after he felt nauseous for much of Wednesday.Mr Autullo thought that the nail gun had simply hit his forehead, but realised later that when the gun came in contact with his head, the sensor recognised a flat surface and fired.
The complete Hard as Nails series is here.


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Imagine having to choose between getting deported or getting beaten by your husband -- it's a choice no woman should ever have to make.
Yet, when a San Francisco resident named Norma called the police after being battered, they arrested both her and her spouse. After being fingerprinted at the local jail, Norma was placed into deportation proceedings under the so-called "Secure Communities" (S-Comm) program that is spreading across the country at breakneck speed.
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Hi Cca, On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Cca wrote: > Hello, > > I=B4m in need of a "neutral" sign for indicating that two Mathematica exp= ressions are equivalent (in the sense that they have the same value). For t= his purpose, I recently started using Equilibrium. For example: > > expr[[n1,n2]]\[Equilibrium]Part[expr,n1,n2] > > Part[expr,n1,n2]\[Equilibrium]Part[Part[expr,n1],n2] > > Would anyone like to offer a suggestion for such a sign? > How about this? SetAttributes[equinox, HoldAll] equinox[e1_, e2_] := FullForm[Hold[e1]] === FullForm[Hold[e2]] equinox[expr[[n1, n2] ], Part[expr, n1, n2]] equinox[expr[[n1, n2] ], Part[expr, n1, n3]] Hth, Oliver


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In terms of overall success/Talent/Production
Eli Manning
Philip Rivers
Big Ben
Matt Schaub
In terms of overall success/Talent/Production
Eli Manning
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" Rookie quarterbacks — Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, Ryan Tannehill, Robert Griffin III and Brandon Weeden — had 21 victories through Week 10, virtually assuring that they will shatter the NFL season record of 23."
No. I just cant see it. The 2004 class develped later. Remember when Eli sucked? (referring to his first 2 years).
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Luck will probably have the best career out of the 2 classes, but still find the 2004 one better.
Well 2004 has four (I think?) superbowl wins already, so it's definitely going to be hard for this class to keep up.
Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, and Colin Kaepernick walk into a bar... To watch Russell Wilson win the Super Bowl.
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Way too early to say. Last year people were saying the same thing about the 2011 draft class, and the 2011 QBs have been inconsistent at best this season. Give it 5 years.
The potential is there for it to be a really good class. I doubt many thought the Colts would have the record they do now, RG3 and Morris are essentially carrying that team, Tannehill is alot better than I expected him to be at this point.
The 2004 class is odd cus I always thought Rivers was the best of the 4 but Eli and Big Ben each have 2 super bowls, and Schaub could win 1 this year or next year. Rg3 and Luck should each at least win 1, Idk about the rest of those guys.
the question is who will be the JP Losman of the group
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Well Rivers sucks, Schaub is just now filling in, and seeing how Luck is already better than Ben and RG3 is already better than Eli, I'd say yes.
Still early but they are off to a great start but Weeden is almost the same age as those guys lol.
Who's to say? No one from the 2002 or 2003 draft class has won, only Rodgers in the 05 class, and none from the 06-12 drafts have won (though it's obviously early for most of them). Outside of the 04 draft class, only Brees (2001 class), Brady (2000 class), Manning (1998 class), and Rodgers (2005 class) have won since the 2003 season's SB. It's very possible that some of the best QBs of the future might never win a SB.
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Although thorium itself cannot support a nuclear chain reaction, subjecting thorium to a barrage of neutrons inside a nuclear reactor converts this element to uranium-233, which can support fission. For this reason, the designers of nuclear plants have long considered the possibility of combining thorium with a fissionable isotope, which would prime the reaction. Most countries abandoned this scheme decades ago, but increasing concerns about the diversion of plutonium from spent nuclear fuel to the construction of nuclear weapons has prompted a re-examination. Thorium-based nuclear fuels would leave far less waste plutonium than conventional fuels. What is more, the plutonium created is of a type that is unsuitable for use in bombs. The nuclear power industry is unlikely to adopt thorium for economic reasons alone, but should policymakers mandate its use in an effort to limit the proliferation of weapons, the technical modifications required of nuclear power plants would be readily achievable.
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But hey, the market is at record highs
quote:You're leaving out maturities and asset sales over that time period.
What I can find, QE3 started last Sept, QE2 Started in late 2010.... Dunno, I'm assuming theres a QE1?
Quantitative Easing 1 (QE1, December 2008 to March 2010)[edit source | editbeta]
"On November 25, 2008, the Federal Reserve announced that it would purchase up to $600 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and agency debt. On December 1, Chairman Bernanke provided further details in a speech. On December 16, the program was formally launched by the FOMC. On March 18, 2009, the FOMC announced that the program would be expanded by an additional $750 billion in purchases of agency MBS and agency debt and $300 billion in purchases of Treasury securities.
Quantitative Easing 2 (QE2, November 2010 to June 2011 )[edit source | editbeta]
On November 3, 2010, the Fed announced that it would purchase $600 billion of longer dated treasuries, at a rate of $75 billion per month. That program, popularly known as "QE2", concluded in June 2011.
Operation Twist (2011)[edit source | editbeta]
The Federal Open Market Committee concluded its September 21, 2011 Meeting at about 2:15 p.m. EDT by announcing the implementation of Operation Twist. This is a plan to purchase $400 billion of bonds with maturities of 6 to 30 years and to sell bonds with maturities less than 3 years, thereby extending the average maturity of the Fed's own portfolio.[6] This is an attempt to do what Quantitative Easing (QE) tries to do, without printing more money and without expanding the Fed's balance sheet, therefore hopefully avoiding the inflationary pressure associated with QE.[4] This announcement brought a bout of risk aversion in the equity markets and strengthened the US Dollar, whereas QE I had weakened the USD and supported the equity markets. Further, on June 20, 2012 the Federal Open Market Committee announced an extension to the Twist programme by adding additionally $267 billion thereby extending it throughout 2012.
Quantitative easing 3 (QE3)[edit source | editbeta]
On September 13, 2012, the Federal Reserve announced a third round of quantitative easing (QE3).[7] This new round of quantitative easing provided for an open-ended commitment to purchase $40 billion agency mortgage-backed securities per month until the labor market improves "substantially". Some economists believe that Scott Sumner's blog[8] on nominal income targeting played a role in popularizing the "wonky, once-eccentric policy" of "unlimited QE".[9]
The Federal Open Market Committee voted to expand its quantitative easing program further on December 12, 2012. This round continued to authorize up to $40 billion worth of agency mortgage-backed securities per month and added $45 billion worth of longer-term Treasury securities.[10] The outright Treasury purchases as part of the augmented program continued at a pace comparable to that under "Operation Twist"; however, the Federal Reserve could no longer sell short-dated Treasury securities to buy longer-dated ones since they had insufficient holdings of short-dated Treasuries.
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I love it when the CNBC talking head 'experts' have egg smeared all over their face.
I prefer Bloomberg to CNBC, with the exception of Maria Bartiromo.
I'm having a damn good month in the stock market today.
Thanks, Ben!
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Emily's bridge
Posted 08 July 2005 - 04:03 PM
For many years, some say as many as 150, horses and cars have been mysteriously clawed. A woman's voice has been heard, and strange lights seen at Emily's Bridge. Many pictures taken of the area have shown whispy streaks or "orbs".
There are a variety of legends about Emily ranging from a jilted lover who hung herself from the bridge 150 years ago to a woman who claims she invented the ghost story in the 1970's to scare her own children.
Emily's Bridge looks quite serene in the daylight, but at night the covered bridge takes on a dark and spooky appearance. It takes a certain bravery to enter alone after dark; and with the loud rushing of water clouding your sense of hearing, and the pitch blackness of nightime in the country, the mind easily recalls every chilling story associated with the bridge.
On a side note, it has been noted that there are many fireflies in the area, which could account for the mysterious lights that appear.
Emilys Bridge, or "The Gold Brook Bridge" by it's official name.
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I would like to go back there again!
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It must be creepy at night there though. Here are some photos taken today at the bridge.
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Adding to their family yet again, Alec Baldwin's wife Hilaria gave birth to a happy and healthy son and they couldn't be happier.
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using escape sequences.
To turn off the screen saver, send the sequence"\E[9;0]"
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in one of your init scripts:# cat /etc/blank_off
To turn off the blinking cursor, send the sequence"\E[?25l\E[?1c"
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Spatial Epidemiology of HIV Infection
This study has been completed.
National Taiwan University Hospital
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National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: October 22, 2008
Last updated: July 1, 2011
Last verified: May 2011
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Data will be extracted from the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) medical records database, geocoded according to the street address so that the case number, incidence, etc could be mapped. The spatial data would be used to detect the aggregation of HIV cases, existence of "hot spots" and then determine if they may merit further investigation or may have occurred by chance. The results from these GIS-based analyses would address local variations in HIV prevalence and transmission.
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HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Time Perspective: Retrospective |
Official Title: | Spatial Epidemiology of HIV Infection |
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Enrollment: | 1264 |
Study Start Date: | October 2008 |
Study Completion Date: | August 2009 |
Primary Completion Date: | June 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
The transmission routes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are well known and many control programs focusing on risk groups and behavior have been undertaken. However, the risk factors of HIV transmission are not only at individual level (eg: demographic, behavior, and genetic risk factors), socioeconomic and environmental factors also take important roles. In Taiwan, few researches explored the spatial distribution of HIV infection. Studies in other countries observed a significant geographic variation in HIV infection. To understand the spatial pattern of HIV infection in depth, the present study aims to retrospectively investigate the epidemiological and geographic characteristics of HIV infection using the medical records database of National Taiwan University Hospital. A Geographic information system (GIS) and spatial statistics will be used to analyze the geographic patterns to determine whether spatial dispersion or clustering. There are two aims of this study. One is to investigate the epidemiology of HIV infection in Taipei City. The second is to analyze the spatial characterizes of HIV infection, including disease mapping, geographic correlation studies, and identifying the presence of HIV clusters and their potential spatial risk factors. In addition, we want to examine whether there are different distributions between different classificatory groups. Finally, we hope that our findings would give some direction for local health and policy planners to improve the HIV intervention and prevention strategies
Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Study Population
NTUH patients
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV/AIDS patients of NTUH
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV/AIDS patient whose address cannot be geocoded
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Study Director: | Chi-Tai Fang, ph.D | Institute of Epidemiology, National Taiwan University |
Study Director: | Tzai-Hung Wen, ph.D | Institute of Epidemiology, National Taiwan University |
Principal Investigator: | Ann-Chi Yang, bechelor | Institute of Epidemiology, National Taiwan University |
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017
Responsible Party: | Institute of Epidemiology |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01377272 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | October 22, 2008 |
Last Updated: | July 1, 2011 |
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
HIV/AIDS spatial epidemiology geographic information system HIV-infection/Aids |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Infection Communicable Diseases HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections |
RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immune System Diseases Slow Virus Diseases |
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157 comments found.
I have read through the comments and was wondering about the update to 1.1 with some fixes. When is this coming out?
I really love the theme and actually have a website I need to start building with it.
Thanks alot for your interest!!
We are working hard for the fixes! we should be finished by most probably today or tomorrow (IST).
Glad to hear it, I see that the Last Update says the 10th of December now. Does this mean that you released the fixes yet? I don't see a changelog on the Item Details page and the image still says 1.0.
Yes we pushed the update last night and were waiting on ThemeForest to accept the change before we updated the changelog to avoid confusion . You can now have a look at the changelog under item description.
Thanks alot for your interest!
Nice theme but noticing lots of problems in your demo.
The gallery – can this be a standard wordpress gallery. The problem with your gallery is you click on a thumbnail, then it opens up somewhere below or above the thumbnail, so you have to scroll. Very confusing.
In the portfolio pagination, you have no idea if the page has changed or not. All the content is below the fold.
Will these be fixed?
Hello Stuart!
Yes, The Gallery is a standard wordpress gallery using the [gallery] shortcode. The standard behavior of the gallery is that the big images open up below the thumbnail and not above. I just tested on my end the gallery works fine across all versions and platforms.
However if gallery is still very confusing could you please make a suggestion for us to improve the behavior. We Might push it in future releases or create a custom patch for you.
For the Portfolio Pagination – Since in our demo the content and images in all the portfolio pages are almost same. We did not modify it much since our main aim is to just showcase the design and not add real content. Hence when the item is changed it looks similar to the previous item.
We understand that this might cause confusion to some users so we will update the demo accordingly.
Thanks alot! for your interest!
Just bought your theme. Loving it so far! Could you possibly add a link to INSTAGRAM in your next update? Pretty important social media for a lot of companies. Thanks!
hello helmickcd!
We are really glad you're loving the theme!
Thanks alot for your suggestion, It will be done in the next update. stay tuned!
Loving the theme now. Your documentation states that the widgets and menus cant be imported. Thats not entirely true. The menus are actually imported, you just have to set the primary setting on the main menu.
The widgets can be exported and imported using a plugin that most theme devs on here are using now:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-importer-exporter/You should use that and give us the demo widgets
Or you could just email the export to me if you dont want to include it. I would really appreciate it.
Hello geekchoice!
Thanks alot for your purchase!
also for your suggestion! I just checked the plugin out It looks promising We will include the demo widgets and include with the theme in future release and also update the documentation for now you could provide us with your email and I will email you the export data.
sent you a message from the contact form on your profile.
Hello there!
I received the email and have attached the export data however It has also been included in the new v1.0.2 theme files. The documentation has been updated.
Hi any audio/video features preferably self hosted?
Thanks for your interest!
We do not by default have any shortcodes/feature for self hosted audio/video however you can always insert them using HTML5 tags and they will work just fine.
I am considering purchasing your theme for my site, and so far I am impressed with what I see.
However, I was hoping that you could tell me whether or not I will be able to upload my own icons to this theme?
Also: I am currently using a plugin called Events Manager, and I am wondering if it will be compatible with your theme?
Hello There!
Thanks alot for your interest!
we are using fontAwesome by default here is a full list of the icons http://fontawesome.io/icons/ . As for your own Icons Yes it is possible to customize and add however there is no option for it in the backend.
We have not tested the theme with that plugin however The theme is developed keeping in mind to support all major plugins.
Just tried activating your new child theme and now many of your .js files are not loading. (google maps, fontawesome, etc.) Here are the error messages:
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (font-awesome.min.css, line 0) [Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (custom-css.php, line 0) [Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (bootstrap.min.js, line 0) [Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (main.js, line 0) [Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (gmaps.js, line 0)
It seems to be looking in the child directory for all these support files rather than falling back to the main theme's directory
For example: http://reliablereceptionist.com/test_site/wp-content/themes/anchorra-child/assets/css/custom-css.php?ver=3.8
Shouldn't it also be looking in http://reliablereceptionist.com/test_site/wp-content/themes/anchorra/assets/css/custom-css.php?ver=3.8 if it gets a 404 on the child theme's path?
Hello There!
I Apologize for the issue. We will be releasing v1.0.3 to address this issue within a few hours.
Thanks alot for your patience!
Thanks. I was always under the impression that wordpress handled the way a child theme falls back to the parent in the event a file is not found. Since I do quite a bit of wordpress hacking and have created quite a few child themes, I am curious what was missing. Any chance you could clue me in?
On line 23 of functions.php I used The constant we used to reference the root for the theme was as follows
define('THEMEROOT', get_stylesheet_directory_uri());
get_stylesheet_directory_uri()returns the root directory of the current stylesheet being loaded by wordpress in this case the stylesheet was in anchorra-child/styles.css.
TO fix this error I used the function
get_template_directory_uri()which returns the root of the main template directory which in this case is anchorra/
so basically just replacing line 23 of functions.php with this should fix the issue
define('THEMEROOT', get_template_directory_uri());
Got it. Thanks so much.
I've just purchased the theme and couldn't find the PSD files. Are they part of the package?
Hey Flavio,
Thank you for choosing our theme! No, PSD files are sold separetly on here.
Great theme guys!
Quick question: I got WPML to work perfectly. The only thing I can't seem to translate is the "carousel slider". It doesn't appear in the WPML strings either.
Any ideas? Thanks so much.
Hello xehch!
We are glad it worked! I will look into the slider strings. In the meanwhile please provide us with your installation's backend details. Also please register at our support forums here for quicker response time.
When are you expecting to release the next version? e.g. when will we be able to pick our own fonts, etc.
We are releasing Patches for Anchorra within gaps of 3-5 days these contains bug fixes and enhancements within these we will also roll out feature updates as well as per requirement and priority so just to give a timeframe most of the features will be completely added within 1-2 if not 3 weeks.
Thanks alot for your interest!
Thanks for your reply. Hoping to see the font ability within a week or so. Hopefully that one is top priority
We will try our best to push it this week or the next!
Thanks alot for your interest!
Here's another one.
Can we put a Vimeo/YT video on the big featured box? Would really love that.
Thanks again for your interest
Yes it would be possible to add Vimeo/YT video on the big featured bo.
Could you enlighten me how to do that? Theme options > Home page > Home page default slider? Do I upload something, or add a link to a YT/VIMEO video? How to proceed?
Not talking about the revolution slider by the way, as I know that one is capable of handling video. Talking about the featured boxes (and then the big one on the left)
My apologies I thought otherwise, It is not possible by default to add videos to the featured box you would have to customize it according to your needs.
Also please create an account on our support forums so we can assist you further.
Can i just say, how wonderfully documented your code is in the stylesheets. Don't think i've come across a template on here where so much care has been given in the code for the user to understand the site structure.
Thank you so much for the compliment! we have spent a great deal of time on making the code easier to customize and edit We are glad you liked it!
How can I set the footer info (such as copy right) other than using 4 footer widgets? I don't see a standard field to add footer information.
There is no option by default in the theme to add footer copyright however you can add it easily in the footer.php file.
Hi Just a quick pre-sales question? is Anchorra compatible with WooCommerce? and if not are there plans for it to be? Many Thanks Nick Garnett
Anchorra at this point has not been tested with WooCommerce and we do not have any plans for WooCommerce in the very near future however we would later decide depending upon the number of requests.
Great theme & Hi! Its possible changes the primary color?
For now it is possible via custom CSS however we are releasing option to change the primary color via theme option very soon!
Thanks alot for your interest,
Hello! Its now possible change the primary color via theme option? Bye
Can you tell me how u removed the subscriber box? i cant get it to be removed..its holding me back..please advise.
There are backend options to remove the subscribe box. Please update to the latest version since there might be some bugs with the subscriber box in version 1.0.0 current release is version 1.0.3
Could you tell me how to add 3 columns on the homepage (spreading through full width, centered)? For some reason, when I add 3 columns, it seems left-alligned on the page (columns arent wider than for example the 4 columns. 3 should be wider right?
Sure we can definitely help you with that but could I request you to please create an account on our support forums so we can assist you further.
Thanks and regards,
Great theme! I'm installing the theme for a friend and the Homepage Default Slider is not showing.
I redirected the home page to featured boxes and main slider does not work http://gyazo.com/628e673416b72292b0df52699ab6738c.png
I ty by adding the slider shortcode to the page: [rev_slider homeslider] ?
I also try by adding a home default slide to /wp-admin/themes.php?page=gravity_options and nothing seems to work
Please help.
Hello there!
I cannot see a purchased tag so there is no way to tell if you have purchased the theme Could I please request you to register on our support forums here or contact us via our profile page though the account you had purchased the theme OR email us the purchase code.
Sorry for the inconvenience
Awaiting your response
We recently just purchased the theme – we cant seem to find where the Revolution Slider files are that come with the theme – if you could point us in the right direction?
Additionally we have noticed the theme has some issues in the back-end with the "Theme Recommended Plugins" – for example we use gravity forms and when we click on this plugin the "Theme Recommended Plugins" comes up instead and when you try to install these it says no link was specified.
The shortcodes also dont work – do they require one of the "Theme Recommended Plugins"? (cant find these when searching for plugins and link doesn't work)
Another thing we were trying to use anchor links as below on a page and this seems to break the page.test
Hello There!
Thanks alot for your purchase!
I just double checked Anchorra v1.0.3 and the recommended plugins seem to be installing and activating correctly. I would request you to please provide us with the backend details of your installation so I can look into the issue. Also all the required plugins can be found here
so you can try installing manually.
and that's correct all the CPT and shortcodes are handled by the gravity cluster plugin.
Thanks, i have manually installed the plugins and it all seems to be good, besides the gravity forms plugin (but i understand that you are not responsible for plugins conflicting)
Only other things we would really like to get working is
1.The anchor links for example http://barard.australiandesignstudio.com.au/resources/faq/Use left link to move down the page but it wont let you scroll back up.
2. Shortcodes in the sidebars? http://barard.australiandesignstudio.com.au/resources/Can i have an email address to send backend details too?
Thanks for your quick response!
Any update on this?
I assume shortcodes are not compatible in the sidebars but i would really like to know whats happening with the anchor links?
Found that it is the following css causing it.
.sidebar-fix {
overflow: hidden;
any suggestions on fixing this?
I am having the exact same issues as GlobalMediaWorx. Shortcodes broken. Plugin files missing, etc. Fortuntely, I had the Rev slider plug-in already so I just uploaded that one. Do not know what "gravity cluster" plug-in is and can not find it. Please help. Thank you!!
Hello There!
Thanks alot for your purchase!
I just double checked Anchorra v1.0.3 and the recommended plugins seem to be installing and activating correctly. I would request you to please provide us with the backend details of your installation so I can look into the issue. Also all the required plugins can be found here
so you can try installing manually.
and that's correct all the CPT and shortcodes are handled by the gravity cluster plugin.
thank you – i manually installed the other plug-ins from ones that i had or from the plug-in search. You link you sent did not work. It came over like this – Anchorra/Gravityframework/Plugins
Please send gravity cluster again.
with no link attached
Thanks for the backend Details.
Following up on email.


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Geoff Baker covers the Mariners for The Seattle Times. He provides daily coverage of the team throughout spring training, and during the season.
July 4, 2008 3:16 PM
Detroit Tigers at Mariners: 07/04 game thread
Posted by Geoff Baker
Still a 2-1 game, M's in the lead as we head to the bottom of the seventh. Erik Bedard did indeed bow out of the game after five innings and 99 pitches. Sean Green has done a fine job picking him up for two innings, escaping a two on, one out jam in the top of the seventh by getting Placido Polanco to hit into a fielder's choice out at third base and Edgar Renteria to ground out to shortstop.
A better-played game by the Mariners today, even though Kenny Rogers is still working to them in the seventh inning, his pitch count at a lowly 82. This is the kind of game where one mistake can kill a team. So far, the M's have not made any lethal ones.
There's a Milwaukee Brewers scout in attendance. He's been watching the entire homestand. What do the Brewers need? Some rotation and bullpen help. Particularly of the lefty variety. Remember, that team's GM, Doug Melvin, hails from Ontario, as does Milwaukee assistant GM Gord Ash. Does that mean anything when it comes to an Ontarian like Bedard? Might, or might not. Depends on the asking price. Jarrod Washburn might be a better fit. But I'd think that Bedard, Washburn, Arthur Rhodes and Ryan Rowland-Smith will all be on that team's radar.
2:48 p.m.: A good job of getting out of the fifth inning by Erik Bedard after he'd served up a leadoff double to Curtis Granderson. The speedy Tigers leadoff man didn't get any further as Bedard got Placido Polanco to pop up foul behind first base, where Jose Lopez made the catch. That might have been the inning's biggest at-bat, since it enabled Bedard to focus on Edgar Renteria without worrying about a flyball scoring the run. Renteria grounded out to the shortstop. Miguel Cabrera took the count full, but Bedard fanned him on a curveball, which he's relied on heavily in strikeout situations today. That's six strikeouts for Bedard, but a 17-pitch inning has run his daily count to 99. If we go by recent outings, Bedard might be done. Sean Green is warming up in the bullpen. Maybe they give Bedard a batter or two and see what happens? I don't know if I'd do that with Gary Sheffield due up second. Marcus Thames hit a grand slam off lefty Jarrod Washburn in Detroit back in May and he's due up first.
Bedard has a 2-1 lead and stands to win the game. But he'll need some innings from the bullpen.
2:22 p.m.: Seattle has a 2-1 lead after four innings as Raul Ibanez unloaded one off the glass facing of the Hit it Here cafe in right field off Kenny Rogers. The M's had an even bigger chance later on in that fourth as Adrian Beltre doubled off the left field wall with one out. Richie Sexson then drew a walk. But Kenji Johjima grounded into a 4-6-3 double-play.
Erik Bedard threw 27 more pitches in the fourth inning, walking the bases loaded but escaping by striking out Ryan Raburn. That's twice this game that Raburn has bailed Bedard out of a jam by going down swinging with runners on. Five LOB in two at-bats for Raburn. Bedard has held Detroit to a lone run, which is big in a 1-1 game. But he'll really be pressed to go much more than five innings today.
2:08 p.m.: Seattle just tied it 1-1 in the third inning on a Yuniesky Betancourt sacrifice fly to left. The inning began a lot more promising for the M's, with a Jamie Burke double and Willie Bloomquist single putting runners at the corners with none out. But Betancourt lined out, getting Burke home, and Ichiro hit into a rare 1-6-3 double-play.
Erik Bedard was a lot more economical in an 11-pitch third. That leaves his pitch count at 55. Remember, he's only been going 100 or fewer, so it's looking like another six-inning outing at best.
1:47 p.m.: Erik Bedard got roughed up in a 34-pitch second inning. He's at 44 on the day and fortunate to only be down 1-0, the run coming when the inning's first batter, Miguel Cabrera, homered to left field. Bedard gave up two more hits in the inning, but got out of further trouble by striking out the side -- two of those K's coming with the count full. His pitch-count trouble began with Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez and an inability to put him away and end the inning with the count 0-2. Rodriguez worked a nine-pitch at-bat, fouling off three pitches with the count full, and wound up with a single. Bedard would throw 18 additional pitches in the inning after the count went 0-2 on Pudge. An ace needs to finish.
Six up, six down against Tigers southpaw Kenny Rogers. Even that cameraman in Texas did better off The Gambler a few years ago than the M's have so far.
The lineups:
28 Curtis Granderson CF
14 Placido Polanco 2B
8 Edgar Renteria SS
24 Miguel Cabrera 1B
33 Marcus Thames LF
3 Gary Sheffield DH
7 Ivan Rodriguez C
36 Clete Thomas RF
25 Ryan Raburn 3B
37 Kenny Rogers LHP
51 Ichiro RF
4 Jose Lopez 2B
28 Raul Ibanez LF
29 Adrian Beltre 3B
44 Richie Sexson 1B
2 Kenji Johjima DH
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16 Willie Bloomquist CF
5 Yuniesky Betancourt SS
42 Erik Bedard LHP
Posted by Nat
1:23 PM, Jul 04, 2008
What, does the ump have a man-crush on Rogers? This is gonna be a very long game if that's the way it is.
Posted by GripS
1:36 PM, Jul 04, 2008
Especially with all the balls Bedard is throwing.... Every at bat the count is full.... WTF
I'll be shocked if he goes even 5 innings at this rate.
To the Brewers scout: Move along.... nothing to see here.
Posted by Ziasudra
1:36 PM, Jul 04, 2008
Back when Clements was Rocket Roger, anything the catcher could reach was called a strike. It's a str system, ala the WWF. . . .(and NBA)
Posted by downonstrikes
1:52 PM, Jul 04, 2008
Finally, Vidro is out of the 4th spot. Nice.
Richie just went down on strikes. But he has company today. Why is he still in the lineup?
Time for some fireworks. Send half these guys packing with bottle rockets up their rears.
Posted by Scott
1:57 PM, Jul 04, 2008
Why is Sexon still on this team?
Maybe the front office needs to learn the fundamentals of a "sunk cost." Accounting 101.
Posted by headliner
2:14 PM, Jul 04, 2008
sexson and vidro
anchors of a sinking ship
let anchors away
Posted by GripS
2:15 PM, Jul 04, 2008
God damn you Bedard....we even it up and you walk 2 hitters back to back.... You suck
Posted by 11Records
2:49 PM, Jul 04, 2008
Hmm. Is Bedard done for the day? I'd assume with RRS pitching on Sunday, they might try to squeeze one more inning out of him. Cause the pen is gonna be GASSED. Hopefully Dickey can go 7+ tomorrow, but still...
Posted by GripS
2:57 PM, Jul 04, 2008
Nope.....once again Bedard is done. Reached his 'limit'.
Did you hear the announcers calling his stats for last year? Then he comes to Seattle and whines like a little b!tch.
Please o PLEASE trade him away. Make him pitch to Johjima. Why cater to this guy? He's not that good.
Posted by Bums
3:01 PM, Jul 04, 2008
Pathetic. This 100 pitch thing is weird. It would be fine if he were a sinker baller and relied on people hitting the ball to get outs, but he is not and just wears out the bullpen out.
Posted by 11Records
3:06 PM, Jul 04, 2008
I've been solidly behind Bedard all year. But, with the rotation battling injuries, it would have been nice to see him get 6 innings.
Now, they're probably gonna have to use Green, Rhodes, Jimenez and Morrow to get through the game. I'm not sure they can expect anything from Lowe and Corcoran today after both went 2 innings last night..
Posted by 11Records
3:09 PM, Jul 04, 2008
What's the over/under on the amount of time before Doug's comment is erased? I'd say it'll be gone by 3:15.
It is the first time I've seen someone drop a c-bomb on this forum though. So, way to go Doug. You should be really proud of your courage and creativity.
Posted by George
3:13 PM, Jul 04, 2008
If anyone who was involved in cutting loose Petland, McLaren and Bavasi now takes the position that this team is "fixed" with the core of the team as it has been for now four years, they'd better be right. Right as in by Labor Day this team is 5 games over .500.
Otherwise, they all need to be gone by Halloween.
Posted by GripS
3:17 PM, Jul 04, 2008
dougs comment gave me a little chuckle..... as tasteless as it was.
Must be the pre-teenager in my coming through.
Posted by downonstrikes
4:07 PM, Jul 04, 2008
Baby Bedard gets the win on the bullpen's work good work ethic. Why do some mama's boys always get the breaks even when they spit at her behind her back? I remember Ryan Franklin pitching his heart out night after night and never catching a break. He wanted to win and should have won, but lady luck didn't follow him.
Bedard is a millstone around the neck for this team. Why did Bavasi do this to us?
Posted by Ms Fan in Exile
4:58 PM, Jul 04, 2008
You noted that the Brewers Scouts were in attendance. What are your thoughts on the possibility of the Brew Crew offering us a similar package for Bedard that they are offering to Cleveland for Sabathia? I have heard that the Brewers are dangling Matt Laporta for Sabathia. Do you think we could possibly get Laporta and a pitcher or two for Bedard from them?
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Adnan Siddiqui is a Pakistani actor who has appeared in many commercials and drama serials. He gained popularity through his drama Uroosa followed by Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan, Doraha and Maat. Adnan has also been appreciated for his role in Angelina Jolie-starrer A Mighty Heart.
What was your reaction when you came to know that Zindagi is airing your shows in India?
Honestly, I was not shocked or surprised. In fact, I was wondering why Indian channels have been so late in acquiring Pakistani shows and content. Pakistani dramas have always been brilliant and India should be showcasing more of these. Now that they have, I am really happy as this will be a big step towards developing a better understanding between India and Pakistan.
What according to you is the strength of Pakistani dramas?
Pakistani dramas are based in reality, and you will find substance in it. They are like Indian art films, not at all commercial. We try to shoot our television shows in real locations and not on sets, so when you watch our shows there is a very heavy influence of a realistic ambience.
Most of the Pakistani shows are women centric and you also find many women leading the entertainment sector in Pakistan. What is your opinion on this?
I have nothing against this. In fact, I am glad that even the women are coming out in large numbers and showcasing their talent in acting, script-writing, direction and other areas. Coming to shows being women-centric, these are issues that have to be addressed as they exist in every society. Television series and dramas are a very influential medium through which these problems can be addressed and a possible change can be brought in.
Do you have any plans of collaborating with Indian filmmakers?
I did get a few offers from India as well, but unfortunately they did not materialise. Shaanu Sharma from YRF had once contacted me for a negative role in a film, I was almost coming to India, when the director felt the age of the villain should be reduced. Hence the plan got cancelled.
How was it working with Angelina Jolie?
I had no idea about A Mighty Heart coming my way. This role came to me through a friend's friend, who gave my name for the audition and asked to give it a shot. When I went for the audition, I saw the entire fraternity sitting there. I gave my audition and had a chat with the casting director. The same day I got a call saying that I have a meeting with the producer of the film the following day. When the producer told me it was a Hollywood film and the cast has Angelina in it, I thought it was the Pakistani actress Angelina Malik, and wondering why was he creating so much hype around it. Later when he clarified that it was Angelina Jolie, I was very surprised and readily accepted the role.
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Various churches of the reformed tradition follow the practice of starting the year with prayer and quiet reflections. This practice emphasise our dependence on God and the fact that our work is in actual fact, God's work. God has been at work before we arrived at the office and will continue even after we leave or 'tjaila'. There is often a tension between understanding the difference, but also the interconnectedness between our efforts and God's work. It displays itself also in the tension between prayer and work.
This year, reformed Christians reflects on the legacy of Jean Calvin, one of its key spiritual ancestors. Hence, it would be wise to heed to his 4 guidelines on prayer.
- Prayer starts with a sense of the Awe of God; it is embedded in a deep reverence.
- The pray-ers, brings their needs before God. God want to supply all their needs.
- Prayer implies laying down our selfish wants and thoughts
- Prayer implies a deep faith that God is faithful.
Interestingly, Calvin speaks of prayer as the work of faith.
Sometimes, its difficult to become quiet, especially when the dogs bark, cars screech passed the build where we meet and people walking by enthusiastically share what happened during the day. Maybe, we can also turn Calvin's point on pray on its head: Maybe our work of faith, can also becomes our prayer. This is when our work starts wit a sense of the awesome-ness of God, when we don it do it aware of God supplying our needs ( not our work), when our work serve others, not our selfish need, when work is rooted in our faith in God.


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Can you tell me more about the injury your daughter had. Were any of the bones of her face or around her eyes broken? Was she unconscious?
She hit her head and corner of her eye with one of my son's firends (who is shorter than her) with the top of his head. She was taken to the hospital; however, she did not have a concussion. She had all of her scans, because she was in alot of pain, seeing double and was vomiting. She was cleared from the doctor who said that there was not neurological damage and her eye sight would be normal when the swelling went down.
She sees normal when she is looking head on; however, when she looks up only with her eyes -- her one eye is lazy and does not follow the other eye.
Ok. So. No evidence of broken bones and the swelling has resolved, correct?
No evidence of broken bones, the swelling has resolved.
ok. I agree with the other doctor. Her issue is due to either damage to and or entrapment of one of the 6 eye muscles in the affected eye or damage to the nerve that runs a muscle.
what can I do to help her get the eye fully functional?
We could play 20 questions and, if you daughter is there with you, we might be able to figure out which muscle is affected, however I think a better use of your time would be to take her to see a pediatric ophthalmologist for a complete eye exam.
A pediatric ophthalmologist is the best trained expert to deal with eye muscle problems......
She is going tomorrow. I just wanted to get another opinion.
even in adults. The only problem with going to one is that they may not let your daughter play with all the great toys in the waiting room since she is older. lol!
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Sounds like a great plan. I wish your daughter the best.
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The K-01 has a pretty nice movie mode in terms of specification. It allows you to record Full HD video at 1920 x 1080 with your choice of frame rates: 24, 25, or 30 frames/sec. Sound is recorded in stereo, as you'd expect, and if you want to attach an external mic, there's a port for that. You can keep recording until the elapsed time reaches 25 minutes, or the file size hits 4 GB. If you're recording 1080p at the highest quality setting (***), it looks like you'll hit the file size limit in about 16 minutes. If 1080p is too much for you, the K-01 also supports 720p (at 60 fps) and VGA resolutions. At all resolutions, you can choose a quality setting ranging from one to three stars.
Not surprisingly, you can zoom in and out to your heart's content when recording movies on the K-01. The camera does not offer continuous autofocus, but you can refocus the camera by pressing the AE/AF lock button. That's not a great idea, though, as the refocusing can be slow and noisy.
The K-01 supports full manual control over exposure while you're taking a movie. You can adjust the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO sensitivity, along with the microphone level. About the only thing missing here is a wind filter. As I touched on earlier, the camera can take a serious of photos over time and compile them into a time-lapse movie. The K-01 does not permit you to take stills while simultaneously recording video.
Videos are recorded using the H.264 codec, and saved in QuickTime format.
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The quality's not wondrous, but it'll probably be good enough for most folks. I did notice that if you have focus peaking turned on, the first few frames of a movie will show that effect. I trimmed that out of this clip.
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This clip shows perhaps the main weaknesses of the K-01 when it comes to recording video - rolling shutter. Also known as 'jello cam', rolling shutter (where vertical lines appear slanted when the video is panned) is a consequence of how CMOS sensors are designed. Data from the sensor is read out in lines from top to bottom, which means the bottom lines are read later than the top. This is fine for still images, but in video it can result in 'jello cam' unless it is corrected.
The K-01's video footage displays some of the most severe rolling shutter artefacts that we've seen for a while, and this clip, shot at the long end of an 18-135mm zoom lens, is distinctly wobbly.
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Critique My New Arabian Gelding? Eventing? 3 Attachment(s) We recently purchased a new Arabian Gelding. He is a 15.3hh, 6 year old. I was planning on eventing with him. What is his conformation like? How is his conformation for jumping, and dressage (up to training level)? I have just a few pictures now (sorry they aren't that great of pictures), but I will post better ones later on. |
That is a LOVELy horse! He looks like he could whip up on some WB's at training level right now, so I would set my sights a bit higher, maybe PSG..... Can't help you with jumping....sorry Congratulations! Nancy |
Thank You! I am so glad I found him! He was a great deal for the horse he is. He is doing great in his dressage training so far... I am so excited to show him. He has the best temperament too, and he doesn't act crazy like some Arabians that I have had before. :) |
1 Attachment(s) Handsome boy but we need better pics :) Have him stand square on a level surface and take clear pictures of both sides, front end and back end. Posted via Mobile Device |
Lovely boy, but the pictures aren't any good for confirmation. We need pictures of him from the front, both sides and the back to actually assess him. |
Lovely boy. |
Thanks guys! I will get better pictures tomorrow morning... :) |
4 Attachment(s) Here are a few pictures... finally! Sorry he wouldn't hold still!!! He is pretty underweight right now due to the move from his old home. Thanks guys for doing this! |
still pretty hard to say much from those photos. underweight, yes, but details, need better photos. I am not sure , but his right front leg looks a tiny bit crooked from the knee down. again, post better photos for a good critique. |
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