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Equity CEFs: Where Are The Best CEF Opportunities Now? [View article]
If bargains are available and we're fully invested, would you buy on margin, or is that too risky? If the margin rate is 2-6%, depending on the brokerage, and the funds pay 8-10%, it seems like it would be fairly safe, but the unexpected can always happen.
JCOct 19, 2015. 10:14 AM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Looking at woody's 3 previous comments on SA, he also had (as of last August) "a large position in ZIV and smaller position in XIV and a very hefty short position in TVIX." So he may be following Frank's strategy, but he's also got side investments in volatility that probably account for most of his gains.
Apr 26, 2015. 09:10 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
Sounds great. How did you do it? According to Frank's year-end summary, his best strategy in 2014 (Maximum Yield) returned 26.25% (with hedging). (http://bit.ly/1GYaSWm) So even if you were invested entirely in that one, it's hard to see how you could get 100% return.
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Thanks. Why do you use VFINX/VUSTX instead of SPY/TLT? Because they go back farther for backtesting?
JCApr 5, 2015. 09:56 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Incidentally, I recall your mentioning in one of the comments that you decided to use the EMA rather than the SMA, because it resulted in less whiplash. Did you change your mind about that?
Actually, the strategy seems to have changed somewhat since your article about it. Do you have any plans for another article to update it?Apr 5, 2015. 08:41 AM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Hi Cliff,
Thanks for the clarification -- I'm glad to find out about the change from the 5-day to 50-day moving average. It seems like an effective strategy for reducing risk. Considering the cautions in the article above about the potential hazards of leveraged ETFs, I'm wondering if Frank has considered your idea of the cash filters.
JCApr 5, 2015. 08:26 AM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Cliff Smith proposed using the 5-day/200-day crossover of the SPY:TLT ratio as a signal to switch between the two (or go to cash). What do you think of that?
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The New Enhanced Bond Rotation Strategy With Adaptive Bond Allocation [View article]
Thanks for publishing these strategies.
It looks like some ETF symbols are missing in the above article:
- "highly correlated corporate bonds: and. However a combination of with a negatively correlated treasury"
Should probably be: "highly correlated corporate bonds: JNK and CWB. However a combination of JNK, CWB, or PCY with a negatively correlated treasury"?
- "Bond strategy drawdowns are mostly driven by FED announcements, but they are about 3x smaller than drawdowns.
Should probably be: "3x smaller than equity drawdowns"?
- "Emerging-markets bonds like are quite susceptible to global sentiment"
Should probably be: "Emerging-markets bonds like PCY are quite susceptible to global sentiment"?
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Benefits Of Short Selling Inverse Leveraged ETFs [View article]
Thanks for these great articles.
Someone pointed out above that the maintenance margin requirement for shorting 3X inverse ETFs is 90%. So it seems that if you short, say, $10k worth of SPSX, you have to keep at least another $9k in cash, and probably more ($10-15k?), to cover any spikes above 10%--which looks like it happens every few months.
But there's an opportunity cost if you have to keep this cash uninvested. (I suppose you could invest it if you don't mind its being sold at a possibly inopportune time to cover the short.) So you might make 30% a year on the $10k you're shorting, but you also make 0% on the $10k maintenance--which means you're averaging 15%. Or if you had the $10k maintenance invested and took a loss when it was sold, that would decrease the 30% profit. Am I missing something here?
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Equity CEFs: How To Play The Allianz Funds Right Now [View article]Oct 1, 2013. 09:31 AM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
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Equity CEFs: A BlackRock Energy Sector Fund That Gets No Respect [View article]
A macro-type question, if it's not too late:
When I look at the 3- or 5-year charts for the EV funds you recommend, most of them start at the lower left and go up steadily toward the upper right, with the occasional minor dip. The chart for BOE, on the other hand, hit a high in June 2011, took a dive later that year, and, though it's recovered somewhat, is still quite volatile and has never recovered its high. It's as squiggly as a snake. This makes me nervous, and I can't see any reason to buy into it, especially if it involves selling EV funds (which I only know about because of your articles here...).
So my question is, why the emphasis on total return compared to a benchmark when both can change so quickly (in a quarter, in fact)? Do you consider long-term chart performance? I'm not really a sophisticated investor--money talk makes my eyes glaze over--and I value your expertise, but I don't want to be trading in and out of funds all the time. I just want to buy and hold, which I recall a couple of people here commenting they've done successfully with CEFs over an extended period. So I wonder why you recommend these short-term trades based on a benchmark comparison when it could easily go the other way next quarter.Jul 24, 2013. 06:42 AM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
14 BDCs - The Good, The Bad And The Maybe? Part 10: THL Credit [View article]
You say, "Below is an oversimplified table" and "In reality I use different weightings for each criterion." Could you show us what your non-simplified table looks like?
Thanks--great articles.Mar 5, 2013. 12:52 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
13 BDCs - The Good, The Bad And The Maybe? Part 9: Golub Capital [View article]Mar 4, 2013. 12:55 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
Equity CEFs: The Insanity Of CEF Investors Revisited [View article]
In previous articles or comments, you've suggested in down markets shorting an index or buying an inverse index up to 1/3 of the portfolio. Would this involve selling CEF shares in a declining market and taking the loss to finance the short position? (I assume you're not suggesting keeping 1/3 of the portfolio in cash to be able to short or buy inverse ETFs if necessary?)Feb 25, 2013. 06:22 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment

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Review Article Typhoid fever in Ethiopia Getenet Beyene,1 Daniel Asrat,1 Yohannes Mengistu,2 Abrham Aseffa,3 John Wain4 1Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 2Centre for Disease Control, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4Team 100, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK Abstract This review focuses on the reports of salmonellosis by investigators in different parts of Ethiopia, in particular focusing on the levels of typhoid fever. Many of the reports are published in local journals that are not available online. There have been seven studies which diagnosed typhoid fever by laboratory culture and there is no coordinated epidemiological surveillance. All conducted research and reports from different health institutions in Ethiopia indicate that typhoid fever was still a common problem up to the most recent study in 2000 and that the extensive use of first-line drugs has led to the development of multiple drug resistance. In the sites covered by this review, the total number of published cases of typhoid fever dropped over time reflecting the decline in research capacity in the country. Data on the proportion of patients infected by different serovars of Salmonella suggest that the non-Typhi serovars of Salmonella are increasing. The published evidence suggests that typhoid fever is a current public health problem in Ethiopia although population based surveys, based on good microbiological diagnosis, are urgently needed. Only then can the true burden of enteric fever be estimated and the benefit of public health control measures, such as health education, safe water provision, improved food hygienic practices and eventually vaccination, be properly assessed. Key Words: Ethiopia, Salmonella, Typhi, typhoid J Infect Developing Countries 2008; 2(6):448-453. Received 13 June 2008 - Accepted 4 August 2008 Copyright © 2008 Beyene et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Introduction In Ethiopia, as in other developing countries, it is difficult to evaluate the burden of salmonellosis because of the limited scope of studies and lack of coordinated epidemiological surveillance systems. In addition, under-reporting of cases and the presence of other diseases considered to be of high priority may have overshadowed the problem of salmonellosis [1]. The real situation of antibiotic resistance is also not clear since Salmonella are not routinely cultured and their resistance to antibiotics cannot be tested. As in a developed country, however, to control the spread of salmonellosis, surveillance for Salmonella serovars and the assessment of antimicrobial susceptibility is essential. In Ethiopia there have been several studies conducted on salmonellosis which suggest an increase in the antibiotic resistance of Salmonella to commonly used antimicrobials in both the public health and veterinary sectors [2-7]. With the exception of S. Typhi, bacterial identification is usually to serogroup level, and sometimes only to genus level. Because of this, Paratyphi B and C isolates are reported with other serogroup B and C members and it is impossible to differentiate typhoidal from non-typhoidal salmonellae. So far there is only a single published study which uses serotyping to describe the different serovars of Salmonella circulating in Ethiopia [3]. The main objective of this review is to systematically summarize publications in local and international journals for evidence of culture-proven typhoid fever. The data is important for public health departments in the region as decisions need to be made on the implementation of vaccines against enteric fever. Salmonella surveillance in Ethiopia In 1972 statistics were reported for the years 1959 to 1963 from the Anti-Epidemic Service. During the five-year period an average of 3,469 cases of salmonellosis were reported per annum (17.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) [8]. It was noted that cases of enteric fever, diagnosed clinically as typhoid fever, were almost three times the number of that of the other types of salmonellosis. This suggests a typhoid fever
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Beyene et al. – Salmonellosis in Ethiopia 449 J Infect Developing Countries 2008; 2(6): 448-453. rate of approximately 4/100,000 inhabitants in the early 1960s. However, the diagnosis of typhoid fever was on clinical grounds and the only microbiological study at the time reported that less than 1% of over 700 stool specimens grew S. Typhi [9]. It is possible that either the clinical diagnosis of typhoid fever was not accurate, or that the methods used for stool analysis did not detect S. Typhi from either carriers or cases. It was not until 1981 that a comprehensive study on invasive Salmonella in Ethiopia was conducted [10]. A total of 165 Salmonellae were collected from various hospitals in the capital city, Addis Ababa, between 1975-80 and analyzed in the Microbiology laboratory of The Black Lion Hospital; 131 (79.4%) were from blood cultures, 18 (11%) from stool, and the rest 16 (9.7%) were from other specimens. Of the 165 isolates, 7 were group A; 16 were B; 1 was E; 17 were C; and the remaining 124 were S. Typhi. Most of the specimens available were collected from the blood of inpatients with suspected typhoid fever. It is clear, therefore, that typhoid fever in the late 1970s, in Addis Ababa was a major cause of community-acquired bacteraemia. support the clinical survey data from the earlier Anti-Epidemic Service. From 1974 to 1981, Gebre-Yohannes conducted a study to identify the prevalent serovars and their susceptibility to drugs in Addis Ababa. This study serves as a base-line of data for all subsequent surveillance studies in Ethiopia [3]. Salmonella strains were isolated from adult patients referred to the Central Laboratory and Research Institute, Addis Ababa, between January 1974 and October 1981. Of 216 Salmonella isolates studied, 54.6% were from stool and 45.4% from invasive sites: blood 34.7%; pus 5.6%; and urine 5.1%. There were 26 different serovars, of which S. Typhi (48.6%) was the most common, followed by S. Concord (12.5%), S. Typhimurium (11.1%) and S. Paratyphi B (5.6%). The high isolation rate of S. Concord in Ethiopia is unusual and is in contrast to the other regions in Africa where S. Typhimurium or S. Enteritidis are more common [11,12]. Further study of this serovar is necessary to establish whether it remains in the human population and to investigate possible animal or food sources. In 1985, Ashenafi and Gedebou reported a study from 1982-83 to determine the aetiology of diarrhoea in adult out-patients in Addis Ababa [4]. A total of 1,000 adult diarrhoeal cases from different hospitals and clinics were investigated and 45 Salmonella strains were isolated in the order of prevalence: group C, group B, S. Typhi, other group D, group A, and group E. This These findings again raises the possibility that S. Concord (a group C Salmonella) is the most gastrointestinal salmonellosis and shows that S. Typhi was present. In a study conducted in a rehabilitation camp in Korem [13], a total of 42 (21.1%) of the camp residents had a stool Enterobacteriaceae, of which only 2% were Salmonella species. These were not examined further. There is little information in this study but there is a suggestion of a low level of typhoid carriage in this camp population. Between February 1992 and January 1993 a similar study was conducted in Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, to determine the prevalence of enteric pathogens (Campylobacter, Salmonella and Shigella spp, Y. enterocolitica and enteropathogenic E. coli) in 630 adult patients with diarrhoea and 220 patients without diarrhoea [14]. The prevalence of Salmonella spp. was 3.8% and 5.9% in patients with diarrhoea and without diarrhoea respectively. The most commonly isolated serogroup was group B (81.1%), followed by S. Typhi (10.8%) and group C (8.1%). This patient group may represent the population more closely than that of the camp in Korem and given the level of isolation of Salmonella from non-diarrhoea patients suggests the existence of fairly high numbers of carriers of Salmonella, including S. Typhi, or undiagnosed typhoid cases. This is in agreement with some previous studies in Ethiopia [4,15], and shows that in the 1980s S. Typhi was present in the stool of a fairly high percentage of patients who were not clinically diagnosed as having typhoid fever. A similar study conducted in Addis Ababa to determine Salmonella serogroups in adult diarrhoeal outpatients in 1995 [5] reports forty-five Salmonella strains from 700 stool specimens. Among the isolates, serogroup C (possibly S. Concord) comprised 31.1%; B 24.4%; S. Typhi 15%; D (other than S. Typhi) 13.3%; A 8.9%; and E 6.7%. Of all the Salmonella isolates in this study, 15.6% were S. Typhi. This is a relatively high percentage from diarrhoea patients and again suggests that a substantial number of typhoid carriers were present in the community at this time. Also in the 1990s, Wolday reported that 43.6% (48/110) of Salmonella from hospitalized patients were S. Typhi in Addis Ababa [16]. This isolation rate again corroborates previous studies in Ethiopia [3,5,17], showing that typhoid fever was a common cause of hospital admission. Salmonellosis is particularly common in children of developing countries and Ethiopia is no exception [18]. In a study conducted in Jimma Hospital, South West Ethiopia, from March to July 2000, a total of 59 common cause of positive culture of
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Beyene et al. – Salmonellosis in Ethiopia 450 J Infect Developing Countries 2008; 2(6): 448-453. Salmonella strains were isolated from 384 pediatric outpatients with diarrhoeal illness [20]. Of these, Serogroup A comprised 5 (8.5%) isolates; B 17 (28.8%); C 13 (22%); D 8 (13.6%, other than S. Typhi); E 3 (5.1%); and S. Typhi 13 (22%). This increased isolation rate of Salmonella from diarrhoeal pediatric outpatients may indicate poor sanitary conditions. Further studies [21] indicated that the local practice of sanitation was far from satisfactory and that the personal hygiene status of parents responsible for food preparation and child rearing was poor. This study also showed that, of all Salmonella isolates, 78% (46/59) belonged to non-Typhi serogroups, which in turn indicates, not surprisingly, that these serogroups are responsible for the majority of diarrhoea in children. Although diarrhoea in children is associated with salmonellosis and with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infection, it is not clear whether S. Typhi is more common where HIV has a high prevalence. To address this question a retrospective study was carried out on cases of Salmonella infections occurring in both HIV-infected and uninfected patients [18]. Of 28 non typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) isolates, 18 were from sero-positive subjects and 10 from sero-negative subjects; for 21 S. Typhi isolates, 9 were from sero-positive subjects and 12 from were from sero-negative subjects. Although it would be expected for NTS to be more common in HIV positive patients: HIV+ NTS+ versus HIV- NTS+ (HIV+/HIV-) 18 versus 10 (1.8), perhaps the surprising finding from this study is that HIV positive patients were less likely to have S. Typhi infection: HIV+ S. Typhi+ versus HIV- S. Typhi+ (HIV+/HIV-) 9 versus 12 (0.75). Similar findings had been reported from Zimbabwe, where 27.5% (14/51) of S. Typhi isolations and 62.5% (32/51) of NTS isolations were from HIV positive subjects [19]. While not conclusive, the evidence is that NTS is more readily able to infect HIV positive subjects whereas S. Typhi is less common in HIV positive cases than in HIV negative subjects. A properly designed case control study is needed to investigate this question further. In many developing countries, NTS have become serious pathogens, especially among immunosuppressed adults, and particularly in those immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) [22]. If it is true and HIV actually protects against typhoid fever, then valuable insights into the host-pathogen interaction during typhoid fever could be gained. Other studies from Ethiopia on HIV co-infection include a study conducted between February and July 2001 in Jimma Hospital [23]. The study identified with HIV/acquired potential bacterial pathogens in the stool of HIV positive and HIV negative patients. However, of 372 patients (192 HIV+ and 180 HIV-) including 99 HIV-positive patients with diarrhoea, a total of only 8 Salmonella strains were isolated. This result is in agreement with studies conducted in Rwanda (11%) and Argentina (5%) [24,25] but much lower than the previous study conducted in Ethiopia (55.1%) [18]. Why such a low level of salmonellosis was seen is not clear. Something which we can conclude from the published data, however, is that NTS isolation is increasing in comparison with the isolation of S. Typhi (Figure 1). This could be due to the increase of HIV/AIDS and the amplification of NTS in combination with high levels of drug resistance. If so, NTS represents a real threat to public heath for the population as a whole. Figure 1. Relative number of Salmonella Typhi and non-typhoid Salmonella reported in the scientific literature over time. 01002003004005006007008009001974-19811992-1996 2000Date of isolationNumner of isolatesTotal isolatesS. TyphiNTS Research infrastructure in Ethiopia As shown in the figure, reports of both S. Typhi and NTS seem to be decreasing over time. This may mean that Salmonella infection in the country as a whole is decreasing but a more likely explanation is that the research capacity of the country has declined. In the early 1970s and 80s there were two laboratories with bacteriology facilities: The Central Laboratory Research Institute and The Black Lion Hospital. Almost all hospitals in the country were referring cases of suspected salmonellosis to these laboratories which then published the results of their investigations. Later, more laboratories were established in different parts of the country and referrals became less common. These new
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Beyene et al. – Salmonellosis in Ethiopia 451 J Infect Developing Countries 2008; 2(6): 448-453. smaller laboratories did not have a research capacity and so it seems, therefore, that despite the presence of more cases of salmonellosis, indicated by the Salmonella isolates recorded in the daily record books of hospital microbiology laboratories, there is less published data. Drug resistance profile The extent of antibiotic resistance in developing countries such as Ethiopia is difficult to assess because Salmonella are not routinely cultured and so their resistance to the antibiotics cannot be tested. The results from the publications we were able to access are presented in Table 2. Table 1. Summary of findings from published literature which identifies Salmonella Typhi in Ethiopia. Reference Resistance ** Location in Ethiopia Strains collected Total Salmonella Salmonella Typhi [9] [10] [3] [4] [5] [15] [16] [20] 0 <1% Not stated Not stated 43% Not stated 6% 54% Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Gondar Addis Ababa Jimma 1975 1975-80 1974-81 1982-83 1995 1994-6 1993-6 2000 7 165 216 45 45 80 110 59 7 124 105 * 7 17 48 13 *Serogrouping was performed but the results were not presented. ** Resistance to first line drugs: Ampicillin, chloramphenicol or Co-trimoxazole. Gedebou and Tassew report that of 124 S. Typhi tested against 11 drugs from 1974-81, all were essentially susceptible to all of the clinically relevant drugs [10]. Similar results were obtained by Gebre-Yohannes for 105 S. Typhi collected between 1974 and 1981 [3]. By 1996 the first resistant isolates appeared and Wolday reported that of 48 S. Typhi isolates collected between 1993 and 1996 from hospitalised patients in The Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, 52.1% of strains were resistant to co-trimoxazole, 6% to ampicillin and a single isolate showed resistance to chloramphenicol [16]. By 1995, 28.6% of S. Typhi isolates were resistant to chloramphenicol [5] and in 2000, the most recent study, reports that 30.8% of the isolates of S. Typhi were resistant to chloramphenicol, 54% to ampicillin, and 38% to co-trimoxazole [20]. These data show clearly the emergence of a significant resistance problem in the last decade in S. Typhi isolated in Ethiopia, especially in Jimma. Table 2. Percentage antimicrobial Salmonella Typhi over time in Ethiopia. Date N NA AM 1974-81 NR NR 1975-80 124 NR 99.2 1993-96 48 NR 94 1995 7 NR 57 2000 13 92 46 Date N GM K 1974-81 100 NR 1975-80 124 100 100 1993-96 48 99 100 1995 7 100 57 2000 13 100 77 Amp: ampicillin, CL: chloramphenicol, PB: polymyxin B, TE: tetracycline, NA: Nalidixic acid, CB: carbenicillin, GM: gentamicin, SxT: trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, Cep: cephalothin, K: kanamycin, NR: Not reported. Conclusion and Recommendations All the studies on salmonellosis conducted by different investigators in Ethiopia have shown the widespread distribution of Salmonella isolates in the community. Several serovars, including S. Typhi were, by the year 2000, associated with multiple drug resistance to clinically relevant drugs. The only study to type at the serovar level shows that multi-drug resistant S. Concord was very common in Ethiopia by 1980. This serovar is rare elsewhere [26-28]. Typhoid fever and carriage of S. Typhi was present in 2000 but there has been no reliable data since then. We must therefore assume that typhoid fever is still present in Ethiopia. Based on published literature we conclude the following: The epidemiology of salmonellosis in Ethiopia has not been well investigated and that funding is needed for continuous surveillance both nationally and locally in order to develop national and local guidelines for antibiotic treatment. One way to move towards this goal would be to set up a central bacteriological reference facility. This central facility should be able to identify Salmonella to the level of serovar and measure quantitatively antibiotic comparison with serovars isolated from humans, animals and food products could be possible. In the susceptibility of CB NR 98.4 96 57 62 PB 100 99.2 NR 100 100 CE NR 99.2 97 42 54 TE NR 98.4 94 28 46 CL 100 100 99 71 69 SxT 100 100 47.9 57 62 susceptibility, so that
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Beyene et al. – Salmonellosis in Ethiopia 452 J Infect Developing Countries 2008; 2(6): 448-453. longer term the introduction of molecular typing tools is essential. To decrease the incidence of salmonellosis in Ethiopia, besides giving attention in identification, susceptibility testing and reporting during routine bacteriological analysis, public health measures such as improving personal and food hygiene and intensive health education has to be given. The advantages of continuous surveillance of Salmonella serovars include: Epidemiology: Early warning of new strains emerging in humans or in the food chain. Improved empirical treatment: Information to guide best clinical practice for specific therapy (systemic antibiotics may be required for treatment of typhoidal salmonellae). Public health: Improved knowledge for education and awareness of good sanitation practice. Health policy: Evidence base for decisions on the control and prevention of salmonellosis including the introduction of vaccination. Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge all those who published their data in local as well as the international journals; Angela Jansen for proof reading the manuscript; and Satheesh Nair for helpful discussions. John Wain is supported by the Wellcome Trust of Great Britain. References 1. Oosterom J (1991) Epidemiological studies and proposed preventive measures in the fight against human salmonellosis. Int J Food Microbiol 12: 41-51. 2. Gedebou M. and Tassew A (1979) Antimicrobial Susceptibility patterns and R-factors among Salmonella and Shigella isolates. Ethio Med 18:7-14. 3. Gebre-Yohannes A (1985) Salmonella from Ethiopia: prevalent species and their susceptibility to drugs. Ethiop Med J 23: 97-102. 4. Ashenafi M and Gedebou M (1985) Salmonella and Shigella in adult diarrhoea in Addis Ababa--prevalence and antibiograms. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 79: 719-21. 5. Mache A, Mengistu Y, Cowley S (1997) Salmonella serogroups identified from adult diarrhoeal out-patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: antibiotic resistance and plasmid profile analysis. East Afr Med J 74: 183-6. 6. Molla B, Kleer J, Sinell HJ (1999) Antibiotic resistance pattern of foodborne Salmonella isolates in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 112: 41-3. 7. Molla B, Mesfin A, Alemayehu D (2003) Multiple antimicrobail resistant Salmonella serotype isolated from chicken carcass and giblets in Debrezeit and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethio J Health Dev 17: 131-149. 8. Schaller, KF (1972) Geomedical monograph Series 3, Ethiopia:Typhoid Fever, Paratyphoid Fever, and other Salmonellosis 109. 9. Wallace, CK (1977) Approach to enteric infections. Ethiopian Medical Journal 15: 29-36. 10. Gedebou, M and Tassew A (1981) Antimicrobial resistance and R factor of Salmonella isolates from Addis Ababa. Ethiop Med J 19: 77-85. 11. WHO (1982) Salmonella surveillance: Human isolates. Wkly Epidemilo Rec 57,5. 12. Lepage P et al. (1984) Severe multiresistant Salmonella typhimurium systemic infections in Central Africa--clinical features and treatment in a paediatric department. J Antimicrob Chemother 14 Suppl B: 153-9. 13. Desenclos JC et al. (1988) Clinical, microbiological and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of diarrhoea in Korem, Ethiopia. J Trop Med Hyg 91: 296-301. 14. Asrat, D (1993) Studies on Enteric Campylobacteriosis and Other Enteric Bacteria in Tikur Anbessa Hospital Addis Ababa. Ethiopia. MSc thesis, Addis Ababa University. 15. Aseffa A, Gedlu E, Asmelash T (1997) Antibiotic resistance of prevalent Salmonella and Shigella strains in northwest Ethiopia. East Afr Med J 74: 708-13. 16. Wolday D (1998) Increase in the incidence of multidrug-resistant salmonellae in Ethiopia. J Antimicrob Chemother 41: 421-3. 17. Ashenafi M (1983) The prevalence of Salmonella, Shigella and Yersinia enterocolitica in adult diarrhoea out-patients in some hospita of Addis Ababa., in School of graduate studies, Addis Ababa. 18. Wolday D and Erge W (1998) Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of Salmonella: comparison of isolates from HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients. Trop Doct 28: 139-41. 19. Pithie AD, Malin AS, Robertson VJ (1993) Salmonella and shigella bacteraemia in Zimbabwe. Cent Afr J Med 39: 110-2. 20. Mache A (2002) Salmonella serogroup and their antibiotic resistance patterns isolated from diarrhoeal stools of pediatric out patients in Jimma Hospital and Jimma Health Center, South West Ethiopia. Ethio. J. Health. Sci. 37: 37-45.
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"Snow White and Her Animal Friends" is of my best, I'm very proud of this one - I can't stop staring at her! The most recent installment in my Fairy Tales series - here we have Snow White sitting in a forest glade with some cuddly critters - a raccoon, some bunnies, a baby deer, a squirrel, and a chipmunk! There is a smoothness and depth to this painting that is so lovely. A deep and slightly gothic ominous feeling keeps it from being too cutesy, I promise. This is my own original acrylic painting. ©Jasmine Becket-Griffith - prints are available at [link] and [link]*
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making snow white look badass one brush stroke at a time.
This one is my favorite I saw this on the back cover of a Gothic Beauty magazine once ^^
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LOL!!!!I am a HITLER lover.
Lond time i have been studying nazism and have found a way to apply in in substance in my zionism program.
After all it is the same, just consider that we zionists are the chosen ones and others are inferior to us.
We apply the same agenda used by the nazis adapted to the palestinan and arabs.
Egyptian parliamentary report: Israel is our "number one enemy"
There are 1125 comments on the Hot Air story from Mar 14, 2012, titled Egyptian parliamentary report: Israel is our "number one enemy". In it, Hot Air reports that:I saw something about this at Iran's English-language house organ, Press TV , and figured it was propaganda aimed at driving the wedge between Israel and Egypt a little deeper.
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#945 Jun 17, 2012
#946 Jun 17, 2012
And yet it's you who supports the Salafist and Muslim Brotherhood effort to overthrow the secular gov't of Syria through violence and terrorism. It would seem that you favor fundamentalism and terrorism when it aids Israel's goals. You probably would have joined the dancing Israeli spies in the seaside New Jersey park on 9/11/01, too.
#947 Jun 18, 2012
Exactly!!! Those clowns were probably behind 9-11 as well!
Rehovot, Israel
#948 Jun 18, 2012
the egyptian parlia has been disolved.
egyptian women are still sexually mutilated.
the army is in control.
the electcion was won by the moslem brotherhood candidate, and things are still in turmoil.
#949 Jun 18, 2012
This is what happens when idiotic Western and zionist instigators try to fuel insurgencies. It will come back to bite them in the azz!!
Tel Aviv, Israel
#950 Jun 19, 2012
the Egyptian parliament has been dissolved. a new one will be formed. Egypt should not denounce Israel, it should learn from the only democratic modern country in the region. Egypt is doomed unless it abandons being mired in the past which the Moslem Brotherhood Represents. Egyptians still practice sexual mutilation of women, a grotesque primitive repressive act.
Hadera, Israel
#951 Jun 19, 2012
The "Syrian" resorts to abuse and racism whenever his intellect is over his limit. If you believe in Assad, go back home and help save the children from being slaughtered instead of being a fecal mouthed cyber pest. If someone is paying you they are being cheated.
Red Deer, Canada
#952 Jun 19, 2012
What Zionist instigators were involved, please post articles, you rambling about zionists is getting very irritating as I think you just post it to anything.
#953 Jun 19, 2012
No matter which way the Arab Spring falls, Israel will find no sympathy from Arab populated nations until the Palestinian issue has been resolved. If this is not addressed, Israel will forever be surrounded by enemies.
#954 Jun 19, 2012
Idiot!! LIAR! Palestinians have had many chances to have their own identity but have refused every offer Israel has given them. This is what the article is about and NOT your anti-Semitic garbage!
Nobody can seriously argue that Israel has not been committed to fruitful negotiations, or the painful concessions which they invariably entail. Generous offers of Palestinian statehood were forthcoming from Ehud Barak in 2000 and Ehud Olmert in 2008, and they were met with rejection on both occasions.
Even Benjamin Netanyahu - a "hawk" by many people's standards - made the unprecedented step of freezing settlement construction for ten months, though that too failed to entice the Palestinian negotiators.
To all but those blinded by their hatred for the Jewish state, it is abundantly clear that the Palestinian Authority - not Israel - has killed the Oslo Accords.
Thus, Israel is both legally and morally unbound by its previous obligations. And in the absence of a framework for peace to which the Palestinians are willing to adhere, it is the prerogative of the Israeli people to act in their own best interests.
For their part, Palestinians will have to live with the consequences of their leaders' transgression.
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#955 Jun 19, 2012
How many times are you going to repost this ignorant nonsense?? Stop making up filthy lies in what little pea brain you have left!!
#956 Jun 19, 2012
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#958 Jun 19, 2012
YouTube is your evidence?? Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ha Deep Breath Ha Ha Ha ha! Deep Breath Ha Ha Ha ha ha ha ha! Deep Breath Ha Ha Ha ha ha ha ha!
#959 Jun 19, 2012
What is your source? The Jewish Book of Why! LMFAO.
#960 Jun 19, 2012
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#961 Jun 19, 2012
YouTube is your evidence?? Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ha Deep Breath Ha Ha Ha ha! Deep Breath Ha Ha Ha ha ha ha ha! Deep Breath Ha Ha Ha ha ha ha ha!
#962 Jun 19, 2012
LMFAO! Martin Luther (help·info)(10 November 1483 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[1] He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Emperor.
Luther taught that salvation is not earned by good deeds but received only as a free gift of God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer from sin. His theology challenged the authority of the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church by teaching that the Bible is the only source of divinely revealed knowledge[2] and opposed sacerdotalism by considering all baptized Christians to be a holy priesthood.[3] Those who identify with Luther's teachings are called Lutherans.
His translation of the Bible into the vernacular (instead of Latin) made it more accessible, causing a tremendous impact on the church and on German culture. It fostered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation,[4] and influenced the translation into English of the King James Bible.[5] His hymns influenced the development of singing in churches.[6] His marriage to Katharina von Bora set a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing Protestant priests to marry.[7]
In his later years, while suffering from several illnesses and deteriorating health, Luther became increasingly antisemitic, writing that Jewish homes should be destroyed, their synagogues burned, money confiscated and liberty curtailed. These statements have contributed to his controversial status.[8]
#963 Jun 19, 2012
Conspiracy Nutjob!
#964 Jun 19, 2012
The first mystery is the founding of the Order. Guillaume de Tyre seems to have many things wrong - including the date, which was probably 1111 or 1112, not 1118. Was the whole story of the nine poor knights either a legend or a cover-up?(For a thorough sifting of all the evidence see pp85-86 in The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail, and for a full discussion of its relevance to the "Temple Treasure", see Sacred Treasure, Secret Power.)
As early as 1208, at the beginning of the Albigensian Crusade, Pope Innocent III called them "unChristian" and "necromancers". Why? Was it true, and known, even then? Or was it because they refused to support the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars? "The Grand Master at the time ... made the Order's position clear when he declared there was only one true Crusade - the Crusade against the Saracens." (The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail)
Another mystery is how close they really were to the Cathars? Templars and Templar castles, houses and fortresses, were thick on the ground in Languedoc, the heartland of Catharism. They provided refuge for Perfects during the Albigensian Crusade. Many of the noble families of the area who supported Catharism also had Templar knights in the family. Bertrand de Blanchefort, fourth Grand Master of the Templars, came of a Cathar family, and his descendants fought with the Cathars against the Albigensian Crusaders. The Blanchefort lands in the Razès are also mentioned in Sacred Treasure, Secret Power in connection with the Visigoth treasure. Wolfram von Eschenbach, in Parzifal, written in the late twelfth century, even calls the Templars "the Guardians of the Grail".
Then there is the question of the accusations against them, especially that of worshipping Baphomet. Was "the head" Baphomet? There does seem to have been a head, but whose? That of Hugues de Payen, the Founder? Or was it believed to be the head of John the Baptist? Were they Mandaeans (a heretical sect who believed that the true Messiah was John the Baptist not Jesus of Nazareth)? There were still Mandaeans in the Jordan area, and the Templars must have come across them. It is possible, but in my opinion unlikely: for a start, it is incompatible with the Templars' close links with Catharism. Could it have been a copy of the head of the Turin Shroud, which was in the Templars' possession until 1307? And was the so-called "repudiation of Christ" really only a repudiation of the Cross (which was also abhorrent to the Cathars)?
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Plain and simple its not an ISO loader!
IF an iso loader is released im sure you'll notice it on the main news page
Plain and simple its not an ISO loader!
IF an iso loader is released im sure you'll notice it on the main news page
But the another (maybe better?) boot loader is good too. With this you can install Megabox and play on emlators (MAME, SNES etc.)
Ya, I just banned the one dink and removed the BS posts, and -Rep'd another. Seriously people, read and think intelligently before posting ignorant and redundant questions.
This has nothing to do with an iSO Loader at all, it's just a PS3 Bootloader that allows you to launch PS3 Linux among other things. This is clearly stated in the title, article, and documentation. Anyone who thinks a PS3 iSO Loader will come before 1) a Retail hole is found and 2) a Hello World is released should not even be posting here.
Let's get this back on topic, who else has tested out the pdaXrom-NG Bootloader and what are your thoughts of it?
well only got my ps3 yesterday so im still learning a lot.
but to install this do i need to format my hdd and is it required every time i want to install a different bootloader?
You need to allocate space for the OtherOS partition, so yes. However, once you do it and install an OtherOS file, you can just overwrite the .bld so no, you won't have to format each time.
i had ydl 6.0 installed (didn't use it much ) and slapped the bootloader over, but i just get a black screen over hdmi.
i can change the resolution via keyboard (the controller can't connect) and the tv shows that the resolution has been changed, but it's still just black.
I Had already ydl 6.1 running pretty good on my ps3, and I just went ahead and tried installing this new bootloader, but when it loads up the screen shows just a joystick and the background.
I already followed the installation steps on this forum. The only thing I'm not sure about is the iso file. Do i have to burn that image on a disk and have it on the ps3 drive while the otheros.bld loads up??
Hopefully somebody does a step by step guide. Since I search the web but no luck yet
Based on what little info I could find, I believe you are right... assuming you can launch it via disc from within the Bootloader.
thanks for this bootloader.. its much better and easier than the regular sony 1 to read on the tv.
This is what I got. As soon as I get to the browser I hit enter on the cd Icon that contains the iso image pdaxrom-ng that I burned, but the ps3 freezes on this screen:
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Proposal for "Council of Europe annual exchanges on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue"
The challenges facing European society through the diversity of its cultural environment have made intercultural dialogue and its religious dimension a political priority of the Council of Europe. Since the Third Summit of the Heads of state and government of the Council of Europe, our Organisation has been actively promoting democratic management of cultural diversity, while building fully on standard-setting achievements and its considerable competence in the fields of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
The work carried out by the Committee of Ministers on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue, which includes the work of the ad hoc Reflection Group (GT-REF.DIR), is part of the overall framework of action undertaken in the field of intercultural dialogue and the decisions taken on the matter at the Warsaw Summit. It is also linked to the conclusions of the Faro Conference, in particular the Council of Europe's White Paper process on intercultural dialogue.
In view of the importance of the issues at stake, the choice of the promotion of intercultural dialogue, and in particular its religious dimension, as a major priority was self evident to the San Marino Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. Its resolve was strengthened by the appeal addressed to the Committee of Ministers by the participants to the "Volga Forum"2 concerning the setting up of appropriate mechanisms for an open, transparent and regular dialogue between the Council of Europe and the main religious organisations in Europe.
The San Marino Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers has shown strong interest in this idea. It has consequently decided to organise a European conference on "the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue" as the culmination of its Chairmanship.
Discussions within the ad hoc Group in this connection led to the unanimous conclusion that the main objective to be achieved by any action by the Council of Europe in this field should be to promote and strengthen its fundamental values – respect for human rights, promotion of democracy and the rule of law – in order to foster within European society, mutual respect and awareness, tolerance and mutual understanding. The purpose of the proposed dialogue would be to involve representatives of religious communities and INGOs active in this field, so that they too could contribute to the strengthening of these values within European society. The Group also agreed that the Council of Europe should, at all costs, avoid theological debate, nor should it become the framework of an interconfessional dialogue.
In the light of the overview of activities and initiatives undertaken both within the Council of Europe and by other international organisations, and bearing in mind the above-mentioned objective, the Council of Europe's real innovation and added value in the field of the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue would be the very fact of establishing dialogue with representatives of religious communities and civil society active in this field. No other international organisation has, so far, really embarked upon such an initiative. In view of the standard-setting achievements of the Council of Europe through its conventions in the field of human rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the Council would seem to be the best placed to engage in such a dialogue on the basis of upholding its fundamental values.
All the Group's discussions and the conclusions referred to above have led to a compromise proposal setting out the general framework of a dialogue on the religious dimension of intercultural heritage between the Council of Europe and representatives of religious communities and civil society active in this area.
"Council of Europe annual exchanges
on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue"
In the context of promoting the Council of Europe's fundamental values, the Committee of Ministers is proposing that "Council of Europe annual exchanges on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue" be organised, on an experimental basis.
The Committee of Ministers will pilot these exchanges, deciding how they should be organised and choosing a discussion theme reflecting the Council of Europe's values.
In the light of the theme chosen, the Committee of Ministers will identify the most appropriate participants from among the representatives of religious communities and civil society active in this area, and experts or academics, on the basis of the criteria and arrangements set out below.
After the 2008 meeting, the Committee of Ministers will assess the exercise and discuss possible follow-up action. In so doing, it will take full account of the White Paper process and will bear in mind any new ideas and suggestions which might emerge from the activities carried out as part of the Council of Europe's White Paper on intercultural dialogue.
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Regarding the choice of participants
The main criteria in determining the Committee of Ministers' choice of participants in this exercise will be their adherence and commitment to the Council of Europe's fundamental values and their willingness to enter into dialogue.
The Committee of Ministers will also be guided in its choice by best practice in member states; accordingly, their authorities will be asked for an opinion on the most appropriate participants in the light of the themes selected by the Committee of Ministers. In selecting participants, in particular representatives of the INGOs/NGOs, the academic world and the media, the Committee of Ministers will endeavour to respect the principle of gender balance in an appropriate manner.
As set out in the Group's terms of reference, the religious communities concerned will be the three religions traditionally present in Europe.
With regard to civil society, reference should be made to Resolution Res(2003)8 on participatory status for international non-governmental organisations with the Council of Europe, which sets out in Articles 2 and 9 of its appendix the conditions to be satisfied by INGOs and their commitments.
Lastly, experts or academics who might be asked to participate should have recognised professional competence and satisfy the same criterion of adherence and commitment to the fundamental values of the Council of Europe and to promoting those values.
Choice of theme / proposed themes
The Committee of Ministers will choose the discussion theme for the "Annual exchanges" in line with the fundamental values of the Council of Europe; it should be concrete and specific.
The discussions held so far and the information provided on the activities and initiatives undertaken by the Council of Europe on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue have shown the interest that has been expressed for reflection and action on questions of relevance to European society.
The Committee of Ministers might be guided by this in its choice of theme and focus on topical issues relating to European society, or in fields in which the Council of Europe is already active and in which the religious communities and other participants could make a useful contribution. In this context, it would be appropriate to exploit best practice in member states as far as possible.
Examples of possible themes: the teaching of religious facts in education for democratic citizenship;
the promotion of Council of Europe values and the religious communities; the fight against intolerance, discrimination and exclusion;
freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion.
Organisational arrangements
- May 2007 – adoption of the "Annual exchanges"
- Spring 2008 – Holding of the 2008 meeting
- May/June 2008 – Evaluation and possible follow-up
Number of participants
- 16 representatives of religious communities
- 7 representatives from INGOs/NGOs
- 7 representatives from the academic world and the media
Other participants
Member and observer states
Institutional partners within the Council of Europe
European Commission
The Secretariat will be provided by the Co-ordinator for Intercultural Dialogue, assisted by the relevant directorate(s), according to the theme chosen.
Budgetary implications - Indicative simulation
Elements of the basic estimate:
- Approximately 60 participants, 30 of which reimbursed (travel and per diem)
- 2 working languages
- 1 working day
- Fees for 2 rapporteurs at 500 € each
- Translation costs for working documents and final report at 21.35 € per page
- Distribution of the report in two languages – total of 500 copies at 0.0238 € per page
- Reception by the Secretary General
- Venue - Strasbourg
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Cost of the meeting (travel and per diem)
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