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Up next for our previews of the upcoming Thrashin' exhibit is Michael C. Hsiung's work, a tribute to a Pushead Zorlac graphic, which the artist had on a poster hanging in his room as a teen. Love seeing this gnarly graphic re-imagined through Michael's style! Remember to join us for the opening on Saturday, April 11 from 7 – 10pm.
Thrashin' Preview :: Michael C. HsiungApril 4th, 2015
Thrashin' Preview :: Phil LumbangApril 3rd, 2015
Next up on the preview list for Thrashin' is Phil Lumbang's work, entitled "Hug Life". This work draws inspiration from Jim Phillips' work for Santa Cruz, specifically the infamous Rob Roskopp decks.
Artwork influenced by 80's skateboard graphics
Opening Reception Saturday, April 11th, 2015 7 – 10pm
Exhibition runs through March 9th, 2015
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Thrashin' Preview :: Jake HopeApril 1st, 2015
The opening of Thrashin' is less than two weeks away, and as the date gets closer, we'll be featuring some of the participating artists here on the blog! To kick this off right, we're starting with newcomer to mph exhibits, Jake Hope, who has graciously supplied us with a super fun gif of his artwork in progress. The work, inspired by Powell Peralata and Santa Cruz, is entitled "Down with the Ship".
Artwork influenced by 80's skateboard graphics
Opening Reception Saturday, April 11th, 2015 7 – 10pm
Exhibition runs through March 9th, 2015
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Thrashin' : Artwork Influenced by 80's Skateboard Graphics opens April 11March 19th, 2015
myplasticheart presents our annual collaboration with creative documentarians Studio Miners. This year we delve into nostalgic 80's skate culture with a tribute to the influential skateboard graphic arts scene prevalent at the time.
"In our travels as the Studio Miners, we seek out collectors, those who have an itch to surround themselves with the sometimes wacky and weird and often inspiring and nostalgic. The collection we run into most frequently, whether limited to a handful or an entire room, is vintage skateboards. So many of our peers look to the designs of VCJ, Jim Phillips, and Pushead (to name a few) from influential 80s skate companies like Vision, Santa Cruz, and Powell Peralta to draw inspiration for today's paintings and products. Our latest curatorial effort, Thrashin', is a tribute to those significant graphics re-imagined by over 15 of our favorite artists, so this April, get ready for some of the raddest, totally gnarly graphics to bring you back in time – Live to thrash, dude!" – Studio Miners
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday April 11th 2015 7-10pm. Exhibition runs through May 9th 2015. Curated by Studio Miners.
Participating artists:
Brian Butler
Flying Fortress
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Jake Hope
Michael Hsiung
Sean Kernick
Abe Lincoln Jr.
Phil Lumbang
Podgy Panda
Clams Rockefeller
Chris RWK
Tall Boy
Smut Villain
Mr. Walters
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Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly and Banana Sandwich
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Prep 5 mins
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It might seem like a weird combination but try it and find out for yourself how good it is! Also really easy to make if you have a George Foreman grill too!
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- 4 slices bread
- jelly (I prefer strawberry)
- peanut butter
- 1 banana, sliced
- 1 teaspoon butter
- Make a regular peanut butter and jelly sandwich like you normally would.
- Before closing the slices together, put a layer of the banana slices between the layers of peanut butter and jelly.
- Butter one side of sandwich.
- Melt 1 teaspoon butter in small frying pan.
- Put unbuttered side in pan.
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To generalize unrepentantly, French food goes with wine, Thai food goes with beer and Chinese food goes with handwringing.
Lee Lee's Hot Kitchen
Cuisine: Chinese-American
Representative Dish: Kung pao shrimp, $13
Address: 218 President St.
Phone: 822-5337
Bar: Full bar
Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. p.m. Friday-Saturday
Food: 2
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 4
Price: $$
Costs: Appetizers $4-$9; Entrees $9-$13
Vegetarian Options: Yes
Parking: Street
That doesn't mean there's always trouble afoot when lo mein's on the table. But Chinese take-out might as well be the official meal of crises: When Hollywood directors want to make the point that ground control's lost contact with its spaceship, they order a shot of men with loosened ties eating from wire-handled boxes.
So it seemed fitting that on a recent weeknight at Lee Lee's Hot Kitchen, diners around me were worried. At one table, a woman turned to her friend and asked concernedly: "Do you think it's OK I've been here three times this week?" At another, a man moaned loudly: "I just can't stop eating this food."
A few days later, another group of eaters gathered around Singapore noodles, orange beef, General Tso's chicken and spring rolls from the 2-month-old restaurant. They were disquieted, too. But what bothered them wasn't the depth of their ardor for the dishes, but their striking similarity to the same plates purchased from Hot Mustard, a grittier counter-service joint at the corner of Woolfe and Meeting streets, for the purpose of comparative tasting.
Visually, it wasn't difficult to distinguish Hot Mustard's beef and chicken, which had a redder cast than their counterparts. And stylistically, Lee Lee's contributions stood out for their vinegary edge and floppier meats, which tasted as though they'd made a briefer appearance in the wok. But qualitatively? Everyone agreed that if they'd been presented with two dishes from Lee Lee's and one dish from Hot Mustard, rather than a mirrored line-up, they'd never have suspected an interloper.
Outside of the corner storefront that restaurateur Karalee Nielsen Fallert and her partner, Lily Lei, have transformed into a dazzlingly current and energetic dining space, Lee Lee's food isn't anything special. It's better than the worst local examples of Chinese-American cooking, patrons don't have to worry about an overabundance of grease, aging vegetables or questionable meat, but it's not quite up to the Sam Rittenberg standard set by Zen Asian Fusion, Red Orchid's China Bistro and Riso Noodle House.
Within the confines of the buzzy restaurant, though, it's easy to enthusiastically believe otherwise, which helps explain why Lee Lee's can get away with charging one-third more than Hot Mustard for the same order (a calculation which generously ignores Lee Lee's tendency to fill its containers only halfway.) That the food is unremarkable doesn't detract from Fallert and Lei's aesthetic achievements on a block where the only other significant amenity is an ATM: The restaurateurs deserve some kind of Spirit of Brooklyn award for strikingly hip gentrification.
Of course, there are cocktails, which also make Lee Lee's easy to like. The ginger-happy drinks are about as balanced as a stump speech, but it's all in good fun, which is Lee Lee's area of expertise. The snug room gets its playhouse feel from vivid red walls, interrupted at regular intervals by floor-to-ceiling renderings of carnivalesque posters in High Chinatown style; a gaggle of red birdcages hung over the bar; and windows painted to look as though Lee Lee's has been dishing out chow mein for decades.
It's too bad Lee Lee's familiarity with Chinese-American conventions doesn't inform its food service. The restaurant doesn't honor the cuisine's rituals - hot tea's not free, and the servers only sometimes remember the fortune cookies - nor does it smartly tweak them, in the manner of Mission Chinese Food's legendary kung pao pastrami.
But there is kung pao chicken, kung pao tofu and kung pao shrimp, slick with vinegar that obscures the blistered chili peppers' heat. The core of Lee Lee's menu is a half-dozen traditional preparations that can be applied to a customer's choice of protein, although there are a few outliers, including an unfortunately fatty caramelized pork belly and honey-walnut shrimp, a goopy homage to mayonnaise, candied nut and canned orange flavors that could have won a Good Housekeeping recipe contest in 1952.
There are a few other definite misses: The sugary sauce cloaking the pork dumplings is a shade too close to Coca-Cola, and the black pepper beef recalls every time you didn't realize the soy sauce came out that fast. The scallion pancake is dry, and the kitchen lays the chicken wing breading on thick.
Mostly, though, the food's just fine. The beef and broccoli is textbook, with bright green florets and a briny, deep-brown oyster sauce that isn't overrun by sugar. The black bean sauce has an attractive funk that verges on fishy, and the orange beef is tender. After four visits, though, I couldn't find any dishes better than the rich button ribs, swabbed with honey and plenty of garlic, and the mu shu tofu, a mushroomy tangle of lissome tofu, cabbage, green onions and scrambled eggs, all cut to a similar size. The pancakes weren't quite sturdy enough to make chopsticks unnecessary, but they had an appealingly sweet, floury flavor.
Nitpickers will notice that the short-grained white rice is shy on stickiness, and the cashew chicken is bereft of the wok hay, or breath of the wok, that innately arises from the hot, fast stir-frying at Hot Mustard. But if a clutch of fashionable Charlestonians want to claim that Lee Lee's is serving food unprecedented on the peninsula, what's the harm?
There's nothing fraudulent or cynical about Lee Lee's, but culinarily, it's hardly a trailblazer. For diners to claim otherwise is an insult to the city's hard-working take-out specialists who have long provided affordable lunches to eaters craving the sweet and the sour; the salt and the heat that are the hallmarks of classic Chinese-American cookery. Luckily, Lee Lee's provides one of the area's most diverting dining rooms. There's no better space in which to have a Singapore Sling and not worry.
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Photos of the Day: Rocky Mountain National Park's fall beauty giving way to winter's fury
Trail Ridge Road, which topped our recent list of the ten best places to see Colorado fall color, has been closed for the season, and the photo above, shared on the Rocky Mountain National Park Facebook page, shows why. The photo, taken on October 18 near Medicine Bow Curve, was snapped by a ranger who skied to the area from the west side of the park and experienced six-to-eight foot drifts. But popular destinations such as Bear Lake Road, Moraine Park, Horseshoe Park and the section of Trail Ridge Road along the Kawuneeche Valley remain open and spectacular scenery remains on view, as indicated by a new album capturing the fall season in the area. Check out the images below, complete with captions and credits from the RMNP Facebook page.
Please respect the elk during their mating season and never approach a wild animal. ch (photo taken by SF 10/14/13).
Blue skies, golden trees, and crisp air...Fall is a wonderful time to visit the Rockies. ch (photo taken by SF 10/14/13).
The march of the turkeys! ch (photo taken by SF 10/14/13).
The Alluvial fan has yet again been transformed by the last flooding event, but is open and accessible from the eastern parking lot. ch (photo taken by JB 10/16/13).
Continue for more photos of the fall season at Rocky Mountain National Park.
The park has already experienced the first snowfall and now most trails are covered with snow and sometimes ice. (photo taken by SL 10/18/13).
Things are starting to ice over in the high country. Its beginning to look a lot like winter around Sprague Lake. ch (photo taken by SL 10/18/13).
The Mummy Mountains highlight the flat Horseshoe Park meadow and provide great scenery to the area. ch (photo taken by SL 10/18/13).
Water flowing through the fall colored grasses of upper hidden valley. ch (photo taken by VIP Schonlau).
Continue for more photos of the fall season at Rocky Mountain National Park.
A foggy fall day around Bear Lake. ch (photo taken by VIP Biddle).
First snows capping the Never Summer mountains on the west side of the park. ch (photo taken by JB 9/25/13).
There has been so much moisture this year that mushrooms have been able to grow on the tundra. (photo taken by JB 9/25/13).
Sprague Lake has wonderful views and is only a short .75 mile loop around the lake. ch (photo taken by BR on 9/26/13).
Continue for more photos of the fall season at Rocky Mountain National Park.
Sometimes you may spot moose hanging out in the middle of the lake if your lucky! ch (photo taken by BR 9/26/13).
Even some of the shrubs flaunt their beautiful fall colors. ch (photo taken by JB 9/26/13).
The north shore of Bear Lake looks back at the beautiful Longs Peak, and is the same image you see on the back of the Colorado State quarter. ch (photo taken by BR 9/26/13).
Pocket gophers leave behind evidence of their tunnel making and you can see raised dirt tubes in the areas they have been working. ch (photo taken by SF 9/27/13).
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@nacin, Currently, "Copy from original" isn't working with strings that have plural form. Also, if I reject a suggestion for some string, it won't be displayed in the untranslated list after that. In order to translate it, you have to do an export or filter by rejected strings.
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Andrew Nacin
I see individual "Copy from original" links under each string's box. They do seem to work, but not always. I think it is a bug in GlotPress. I will look into it.
Could you point me to a suggestion that I may reject to test the second part?
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This string was translated at some point in the past (status: translated). Then I rejected it's approved translation. It should have reverted back to being untranslated. Now, if you reject this suggestion, the string won't be shown in the untranslated list.
This is not something that will happen often, but it has occurred a few times in the past with some languages.
Andrew Nacin
I think I fixed this in https://glotpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/673/trunk/js/editor.js, can you test?
Kenan Dervišević
No, still the same. I rejected the string from the link above and now it's not shown in the untranslated list. I believe it's not showing there because it's status is still set as 'translated'.
Andrew Nacin
Definitely a GlotPress bug, but I'm not sure the best way to fix it. Here is the ticket: https://glotpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/129. I will ask @nbachiyski to weigh in.
The other bug is fixed. ("Copy from original" now works for plural forms.)
Kenan Dervišević
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Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world #1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open.… Read More
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Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Chris Evert.
1954 Birth Born on December 21, 1954.
1969 14 Years Old By 1969 she had become the No. 1 ranked under-14 girl in the United States. … Read More
1971 16 Years Old 1 More Event
Evert made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 1971 US Open, aged 16, receiving an invitation after winning the national sixteen-and-under championship. … Read More
1973 18 Years Old In 1973 Evert was the runner-up at the French Open and the Wimbledon Tournament. … Read More
1975 20 Years Old 2 More Events
Evert has served as president of the Women's Tennis Association during eleven calendar years, 1975–76 and 1983-91. … Read More
1976 21 Years Old The following 1976 season holds a unique distinction for Evert, as this was the only time in her career where she won both Wimbledon and the US Open titles in the same year. … Read More
1977 22 Years Old 1 More Event
1977 and 1978 saw Evert continue to dominate the women's game, winning two more US Opens, the final one played at Forest Hills on clay (1977) and the inaugural one on hard courts at Flushing Meadow (1978). … Read More
1979 24 Years Old 1 More Event
… The streak was broken on May 12, 1979 in a semifinal of the Italian Open, when Evert lost to Tracy Austin 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(4) after Evert lost a game point to go up 5–2 in the third set. … Read More
1985 30 Years Old … In 1985 Evert prevailed 6–3, 6–7, 7–5, a win that saw her capture the World No. 1 computer ranking for the fifth and final time.
1986 31 Years Old For Evert, beating Navratilova in any slam represented beating the best player, which provided her with two of her most satisfying "final time" wins: The 1986 French Open, where at 31 years-old, she won her last Grand Slam title defeating Navratilova 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 and the 1988 Australian Open where she handily dispatched Navratilova in the semi-finals 6-2 7-5 to reach her 34th and last Grand Slam final at the age of 33. … Read More
1989 34 Years Old 1 More Event
1995 40 Years Old In 1995 she was the fourth player ever to be unanimously elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame following a worldwide ballot of 185 sports journalists whilst 1999 saw Evert rated No. 50 among ESPN's Greatest North American athletes of the 20th century.
2005 50 Years Old In 2005, TENNIS Magazine named her fourth on its list of TENNIS Magazine's 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era.
2006 51 Years Old 1 More Event
On November 13, 2006 Evert filed for divorce.
2008 53 Years Old Evert married her third husband, Australian golfer Greg Norman, on June 28, 2008 in the Bahamas. On October 2, 2009 they announced they were separating after only 15 months. Their divorce became final on December 8, 2009 after 18 months of marriage. … Read More
2011 56 Years Old In June 2011 she joined ESPN as a tennis commentator.
2012 57 Years Old In 2012, Tennis Channel conducted a poll of players and experts to determine the 100 greatest players of all-time, in which Evert ranked ninth overall, and fourth highest among women (finishing behind Graf, Navratilova, and Court respectively.) In June 2013 Evert was awarded a special merit from the International Tennis Hall of Fame. … Read More
2013 58 Years Old 2 More Events
Until February 2013 she held the record of the oldest woman to be ranked number 1, achieving that distinction after reclaiming the spot for the final time during the week of November 24, 1985, at the age of 30 years and 11 months. … Read More
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There is a gross misconception amongst the western media and key communicators that the imprints of every major act of international Islamist terrorism invariably passes through Pakistan. The westerners believe that virtually all the participants of 9/11 tragedy had been trained, resided or met in, coordinated with, or received funding from or through Pakistani Madaris.
Clinton, criticised the Bush administration for "contracting out" US
security to Pakistan by putting in its hands the hunt for Osama bin
Laden. A little perplexed by these criticisms, Pakistan consistently
denies giving the militants any type of moral, diplomatic and political
Already, Pakistan has handed over as many as 550 al
Qaeda operatives into US custody including some high value targets in
the al Qaeda leadership; consequently the 'Most Wanted' list is growing
shorter. Pakistan is committed towards fighting terrorism at domestic
as well as international level and has been very actively pursuing the
elements connected to the Al-Qaeda networks both within Pakistan and
facilitating efforts of international coalition outside Pakistan.
Deeni Madaris viewed by the western decision makers as
"breeding factories of terrorism", has some reality as almost all the
terrorists arrested had been studying in the Madrassa established in
Pakistan. It has serious repercussions on two accounts: firstly, most
of the Madaris focused on purification of faith for the purposes of
knowledge therefore, branding all the schools involved in violent
jihad, maligned the good name of Deeni Madaris. Secondly, few odd
Madaris involved in violent jihad, have tarnished Pakistan's sincere
efforts to fight the menace of terrorism. In order to avoid the
onslaught of western decision makers, a strong need is felt to evaluate
the efficacy of our Deeni Madaris.
Islamic rule was introduced to the Indian sub-continent in the early
8th century when Arab warrior Muhammad bin Qasim conquered Sindh, in
what is southeastern Pakistan today. But the earliest known Madrassas
(Seminaries) in north India were not recorded until the 13th century
under the Turks. By the 14th century, Delhi alone had a thousand
Madrassas. In the 18th century, a curriculum known as the
Dars-i-Nizamia, devised by Mullah Nizamuddin, became the standard
syllabus. The curriculum was based on the Koran, memorizing it by rote,
which was considered the highest scholastic achievement. However, this
curriculum did not focus on violent jihad. There are currently five
broad types of Madrassas in Pakistan, with four of them belonging to
the majority Sunni sect and one belonging to the Shi'ite minority.
When General Zia ul-Haq took power in 1977, he turned Pakistan into an
"Islamic" state. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the emphasis
in Madrassa curriculum was shifted to the obligation and rewards of
violent jihad. During the 1980s, radical Pakistani Madrassas pumped out
thousands of Afghan foot soldiers for the US-funded jihad against the
Soviets in Afghanistan. After the Soviets were ousted from Afghanistan
in 1989, instead of a slow-down, the rapid spread of jihadi Madrassas
in Pakistan continued unabated. In the 1990s, after US-imposed
sanctions due to Pakistan's nuclear program, the economy almost
collapsed and the education infrastructure deteriorated rapidly. For
the poor, the Madrassas offered a place where their children could get
free boarding, food and education, and it turned out to be an
irresistible option when compared to government-funded secular schools.
A Madrassa plays a complex role in the modern Pakistani society. In
addition to imparting instructions to young uninitiated students, these
seminaries also serve as sanctuaries for the have-nots. Most of
students of these institutions have either lost their parents or belong
to very poor families. Though they have the option to go for a life of
crime, they opt for religious education. Seen in this context, these
Madaris are playing positive role in the society by preventing a
vulnerable section of the population from joining the ranks of
criminals. President General Pervez Musharraf was referring to this
role of Madaris when he identified them as big Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs). In these institutions those under- privileged
members of the society who have no access to formal educational system
receive education. In this context their role may be equated with the
role of Christian Missionaries who have also played important role in
educating the poor people of South Asia.
Deeni Madaris have played an unprecedented role in preserving the
traditions of Islam and reawakening the consciousness of Islamic
solidarity and Islamic way of life. Deeni Madaris have been in the
forefront in the independence movement of the people of the
Indo-Pakistan. Therefore, all the Madaris cannot be dubbed as factories
of terrorism. Over the period of time, few of the same Madrassas
started fanning religious sectarianism and extremism to the immature
minds of the students due to which Pakistan's internal security was
In order to reduce extremism, Musharraf's government has decided to
modernize the religious seminaries, which constitute the Religious
Training System (RTS) in the country, under the Madrassa Reforms
Programme at the cost of 185.6 billion rupees. The program aims at
bringing the religious seminaries into the main stream of educational
culture of the country through teachers training and provision of
textbooks and equipment. Some 8000 Madaris would be regularized as
normal educational institutions of primary, middle and intermediate
of these essentially religious institutions would get the opportunity
to learn modern subjects like English, Economics and Computer Sciences.
This is indeed a great step forward for the cause of literacy in the
country as well as for religious seminaries for earning social and
international acceptance.
Madaris provide physical
infrastructure in the far-flung areas, which can be converted into
educational assets through an imaginative approach. Some of the key
pledges regarding Madrassa reforms are: Firstly, the government has
registered all Madrassas so that it has a clear idea of which groups
were running which schools; secondly, the government has regulated the
curriculum so that all Madrassas should adopt a government curriculum
by the end of 2002; thirdly, the government has adopted measures to
stop the use of Madrassas and mosques as centers for the spread of
politically and religious inflammatory statements and publications; and
fourthly, the government has established model Madrassas that would
provide modern, useful education and not promote extremism.
The expected results of the campaign will be to strengthen lines of
communication between Madaris and Government, educate about 1.5 million
students, provide an opportunity for employment of 32,000 teachers,
provide incentives through books, furniture, computers, printers and
sports facilities to improve education system of Madaris. Eradicate
sectarianism and extremism in the country and thus develop friendly
atmosphere and national cohesion in the society.
The President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has put a stop to the tide of
hate-filled messages advocated by seminaries, but the ultimate test
will be western media's will to change in their perception of Madaris.
Progress on Madrassa reform is difficult and dangerous, as raids on
Madaris were pitting people against people, therefore, it may take a
while. Anyway, Musharraf government represents the best hope for the
stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Some of the important factors which led to the labelizing of the
Madaris as proliferating terrorism are: firstly, Deeni Madaris is a
by-product of Afghan Jihad. Secondly, abrupt shift of US policy towards
Pakistan after the ouster of Russian from Afghanistan. Thirdly,
imposition of US sanctions in 1990's. Millions of families especially
those with little income send their children to religious schools where
the children learn to hate American policies. Fourthly, widespread
resentment in Muslim world of US polices including invasion of Iraq and
unblinking support for Israel. Fifthly, endemic poverty, widespread
corruption and often-ineffective government created opportunities for
opening of seminaries in Pakistan. Lastly, misinterpretation of Islam
by the pseudo religious scholars.
The government of Pakistan has religiously initiated Madrassa reforms
to root-out extremist elements and to refine the highest scholastic
achievement so that their students be incorporated as a contributory
segment of the society. In fact, the whole purpose is to combine
Islamic teachings with rational sciences to train the Madrassa pupils
to become lawyers, judges and administrators. The implementation of
'Madrassa reform' is difficult and tricky as it may face a lot of
resistance from the opposition forces - being an Islamic state. The
reforms of such an enormous proportion cannot meet success unless
adequately funded by the western democratic organizations. To start
with, the US could increase its development aid in the current grant to
Pakistan. It is generally understood that US is the part of the problem
regarding the proliferation of terrorism from Madaris, therefore, US be
the one to be part of solution by generously aiding in this sector.
To conclude, one would like to recall an Observer's personal
experience. A visit to a Madrassa in the Capital city was very
revealing by the Observer. The supervisor of the Madrassa was found
helping his son, who was a student of a Model School, with his studies,
whilst in the adjoining hall young boys were busy in memorizing the
Quranic Verses in the parrot like fashion. The point one is trying to
make here is that most of the administrators of these religious
seminaries are not averse to modern education. However, the issue needs
to be approached with understanding, sensitivity and tact.
Source: News Central Asia, 26 July 2005
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Skip to comments.Like Father, Like Son--Duncan and Duncan D. Hunter on Fox
Posted on 11/22/2008 5:34:11 AM PST by WalterSkinner
Fox & Friends TV interview with former Congressman and Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter and newly elected Congressman Duncan D. Hunter.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
DH looks great BTW. No talk of his political future--the times in which we live may determine that...
DH on Fox Ping
Maybe he should run for Governor.
Duncan D has his dad's voice...baritone. They were both great!
Isn't one of California's Senate seats up in 10? I'd rather have him in DC.
The GOP is dead in California!
Yeah I was watching. I heard his voice and knew who it was.
I am so glad Duncan D Hunter won his fathers seat.
Thanks for the ping! I made sure to watch.
Several here suggested that he run for governor or Senator. I'd like to see him run for either. Just stay in politics! We desperately need men like him.
Keep your faces in front of us!!!
A conservative and border-control advocate can never be elected for anything higher than his present House seat—not in today's California.
My Congressmen, and glad to have them. Only two quibbles: Neither advocates ending earmarks, and during the House banking scandal, Duncan père put his wife in front of the cameras as he "explained" why he kited checks.
Not quite true. Common sense and old-fashioned values are dead in California, at least for 55% of the voting population.
GOPers to be successful must be telegenic and cool. That's how they will get votes from middle-of-the-roaders who are otherwise inclined Democratic.
I have many liberal friends who wouldn't vote Republican if their life depended on it yet voted for Schwarzenegger. They didn't see it as a contradiction. And remember, the original Arnold campaign from 2003 was a conservative campaign.
If you think the GOP is dead in our state, take a look at a recently announced candidate, Chuck DeVore. He's an Assemblyman from Costa Mesa and has just announced he is running against Barbara Boxer. He just might be the next Reagan. His website is easy to find and his videos are all over Youtube. For now at least, his campaign will be running on energy -- more nuclear plants in California, and drilling offshore.
I disagree. The last thing the GOP needs is to be finding some RHINO ground in order to attract middle-of-the-roaders.
If the GOP keeps pushing candidates who'll play footsie with the middle, we're screwed. Best thing that could happen to California is for Republicans to unite behind an anti-illegal, anti-amnesty, pro-border security, conservative candidate and clean up that state. Here's to hoping that 2012 we can unite, conservatively, to do the same nationally.
Thanks for the ping. I don't have cable, so I'll search later to see if it's up on You Tube.
No maybe about it, he should definitely run for Governor.
He'll try to turn the entirety of CA into a Conservative bastion.
Great to see this ping list used. Maybe we could use this same list for his son, whenever we hear about something good.
Always have on FOX & Friends 3-6 am , was glad to see Duncan & son. Duncan D. Hunter will be a great Rep. as his dad was.
Thanx for the ping.
I hope Duncan Hunter runs for U.S. Senator. We need more CONSERVATIVE U.S. Senators.
Should have ran in 1998 and he would be President now.
Sorry, Kimberly, I know Chuck personally and he is probably far more conservative than you, me, or Reagan. Do your homework and check him out online.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I was not referring to your comment about Chuck. I didn't mention his name because I was referring specifically to this part of your statement:
"GOPers to be successful must be telegenic and cool. That's how they will get votes from middle-of-the-roaders who are otherwise inclined Democratic."
I believe that attempts to do exactly that (like so many here did in their push for Fred Thompson, for instance), was dividing and a disaster. Abandoning conservative roots by pushing a candidate who, instead, is attractive to the middle of the roaders is, IMO, a mistake that cost us dearly.
Thanks for clarifying but it's a reality these days that a successful GOP candidate needs to be cool. Otherwise he'll be destroyed by the Leno/Letterman/Colbert/The View crowd. He doesn't have to necessarily abandon his conservative principals but he needs to have an almost indescribable appeal beyond principals in order to win. Why do you think Clinton won? Or Obama? Bush won twice in spite of not having this type of cool appeal, by small margins, only because of evangelical Christians. But our next conservative leader needs this kind of appeal, however it's packaged, in order to really snare the citizens with "change" they really want like greater freedoms, abolishment of the IRS (or more realistically, radical tax simplification), etc.
Hunter the Elder should run for something statewide, Governor or Senator, and persuade/change California in the process on key issues like Fair Trade, Pro-Family, and Immigration Control. Good way to revive the California GOP. Might win too, and greatly raise the profile of those issues Nationally.
Hopefully his father will run for governor of CA. Then he could run for POTUS after he has straightened out CA.
Anybody know if there's video available of this?
We DESPERATELY need more conservatives in the U.S. Senate.
..you might check with Fox News
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To describe the clinical manifestations of sclerochoroidal calcification and to investigate its possible systemic associations.
This noncomparative consecutive case series included patients diagnosed as having sclerochoroidal calcification based on clinical characteristics and diagnostic test findings. We analyzed the demographic, systemic, and ocular features of 27 such patients. Systemic evaluation included tests for calcium-phosphorus metabolism in 19 patients and renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes (Bartter or Gitelman syndrome) in 13.
All the patients were asymptomatic older (mean age, 70 years) white individuals, incidentally noted as having a choroidal lesion on routine examination. Among 38 eyes, the main referral diagnoses were choroidal metastasis in 10 eyes (26%), choroidal melanoma in 8 (21%), and choroidal nevus in 4 (11%). Sixteen patients (59%) had unilateral clinical findings, while 11 (41%) had bilateral. The Snellen visual acuity was 20/50 or better in 37 eyes (97%). Cogan scleral plaque was visible anterior to the insertion of horizontal rectus muscles in 10 eyes (26%). Among 77 foci, there were a mean of 2 foci of sclerochoroidal calcification in each eye, 41 yellow (53%), 32 yellow-white (42%), 2 white(3%), and 2 orange (3%), measuring a mean 2.6 mm in diameter and 1.1 mm in thickness. The most common locations were postequatorial in 45 (58%), along the temporal vascular arcades in 30 (39%), and in the superotemporal quadrant in 43 (56%). A-scan and B-scan ultrasonography revealed dense echoes compatible with calcium, with orbital shadowing. All the lesions remained stable in size and configuration during a mean follow-up of 38 months. One patient developed a choroidal neovascular membrane over the area of sclerochoroidal calcification. Investigations for abnormal calcium-phosphorus metabolism in 19 patients revealed primary hyperparathyroidism in 1 patient (5%). Clinical and biochemical evaluation of 13 patients demonstrated hypomagnesemia in 6 (46%). Four patients (31%) met the criteria for the diagnosis of Gitelman syndrome.
Sclerochoroidal calcification usually manifests as multiple discrete yellow placoid lesions in the midperipheral fundus of asymptomatic older white individuals. Although most cases may be idiopathic in nature, some patients may have underlying systemic disorders involving abnormal calcium-phosphorus metabolism or renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes. All patients with sclerochoroidal calcification should be tested for these treatable systemic associations.
SCLEROCHOROIDAL calcification is an uncommon condition that classically manifests as multiple discrete yellow placoid lesions, often discovered as an incidental finding in asymptomatic older white individuals.1- 8 Despite several cases of sclerochoroidal calcification reported in the literature,1- 8 this entity remains poorly recognized and is most often misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor, resulting in unwarranted intervention.1,4,8
Sclerochoroidal calcification is ordinarily believed to be idiopathic, based on published reports1,3,4 in which patients generally showed normal calcium-phosphorus metabolism and no associated systemic or ocular causes for metastatic or dystrophic calcification. However, several conditions associated with abnormal calcium-phosphorus metabolism(hyperparathyroidism, pseudohypoparathyroidism, vitamin D intoxication, sarcoidosis, hypophosphatemia, and chronic renal failure) have been reported to result in metastatic sclerochoroidal calcification.2,9- 11 It has recently been recognized that sclerochoroidal calcification can occur in association with primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes, such as the Bartter12 and Gitelman13 syndromes. Such patients may be asymptomatic, have normal calcium-phosphorus metabolism, and possibly remain undetected unless specific tests for renal tubular function are performed.14 It is important that these patients be identified because of the possible systemic implications and the treatable nature of these disorders.14,15
Although there are isolated case reports2,9- 13 identifying systemic associations of sclerochoroidal calcification, the magnitude of the problem has not been established in a large cohort of patients with a standard evaluation protocol. We have attempted to address this issue by evaluating a series of patients with sclerochoroidal calcification using a clinical and biochemical protocol designed to investigate for abnormal calcium-phosphorus metabolism and primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes. Herein, we report our results, emphasizing the diagnostic clinical features and the systemic associations.
The computerized patient database at the Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, was searched for patients with sclerochoroidal calcification treated between January 1983 and February 2000. Twenty-seven consecutive patients were identified for a detailed review. The collected data included age at presentation, ethnicity (African American, Asian, white, or Hispanic), sex (male or female), and laterality (unilateral or bilateral). The details of symptoms, the initial diagnosis, and treatment before referral were recorded. Associated relevant systemic disease (hyperparathyroidism, pseudohypoparathyroidism, gout, pseudogout, chronic renal failure, nephrocalcinosis, arthritis, chondrocalcinosis, hypophosphatemia, hypercalcemia, and sarcoidosis) and systemic medications (diuretics, calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D) were noted. Ocular features, including Snellen visual acuity, Cogan scleral plaque, or any atypical intrascleral calcification (number and location), were recorded. Detailed information on each lesion, including color (yellow, white, or orange), shape (circular, elliptical, annular [ring-shaped], or geographic), margin(regular or irregular), contour (flat, placoid, or dome-shaped), diameter, thickness, anteroposterior location (between the vascular arcades, along the vascular arcades, vascular arcades to the equator, or equator to the ora), quadrant location (superotemporal, inferotemporal, inferonasal, superonasal, or macula), proximity to the optic disc, proximity to the foveola, and secondary changes (retinal pigment epithelial atrophy, retinal pigment epithelial hyperplasia, retinal pigment epithelial detachment, subretinal fluid, or subretinal neovascular membrane), was collected. Results of A-scan and B-scan ultrasonography, fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, and computed tomography were analyzed. Duration of follow-up of each patient; Snellen visual acuity; alteration in shape, size, and configuration of sclerochoroidal calcification; occurrence of ocular complications; and manifestation of new systemic disease during the follow-up were noted. Results of systemic investigations (serum calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, and calcitonin) were recorded. The patients were evaluated using a clinical and laboratory protocol designed to diagnose primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes. The diagnosis of Bartter or Gitelman syndrome was made based on the established criteria.14 Bartter syndrome was diagnosed in patients with hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hyperreninism and hyperaldosteronism, impaired urine concentrating ability, increased urine sodium and chloride excretion, and hypercalciuria.14 Gitelman syndrome was diagnosed in the presence of hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia, normal urine concentrating ability, and hypocalciuria.14
Twenty-seven consecutive patients (38 eyes) with sclerochoroidal calcification seen on the oncology service between January 1983 and February 2000 were included in this study. Sixteen patients (59%) had unilateral sclerochoroidal calcification, while 11 (41%) had bilateral. There were 12 male (44%) and 15 female (56%) patients, all white, with a median age of 70 years (range, 42-95 years). All the patients were asymptomatic and were detected as having a fundus lesion on the most recent routine ophthalmic examination. The main referral diagnoses(Table 1) were choroidal metastasis in 10 eyes (26%) and choroidal melanoma in 8 (21%).
Of 38 eyes affected, Snellen visual acuity was equal to or better than 20/50 in 37 eyes (97%). One eye with an unrelated old superotemporal branch retinal vein obstruction had a visual acuity of 20/200. Cogan plaque was present in 10 (26%) of 38 eyes. It was located at the insertion of the medial rectus muscle in 3 eyes, the lateral rectus muscle in 2, and both the lateral and the medial rectus muscles in 5. The clinical characteristics of sclerochoroidal calcifications are listed in Table 2and demonstrated in Figure 1. The number of lesions in each eye ranged from 1 to 6 (mean, 2). The lesions were unifocal in 18 eyes (47%) and multifocal in 20 (53%). In all, there were 77 foci of sclerochoroidal calcification in 38 eyes. There were 41 yellow (53%), 32 yellow-white (42%), 2 white (3%), and 2 orange (3%) lesions. The diameter ranged from 0.5 to 8.0 mm (mean, 2.6 mm), and thickness as measured on ultrasonography ranged from 0.5 to 2.8 mm (mean, 1.1 mm). The shapes included 36 circular(47%), 22 elliptical (29%), 17 geographic (22%), and 2 annular (3%), with 58 regular (75%) and 19 irregular (25%) borders and 71 placoid (92%) and 6 dome-shaped (8%) configurations. Forty-five lesions (58%) were located between the temporal vascular arcades and the equator and 43 (56%) were in the superotemporal quadrant (Table 2). The proximity of the closest lesion to the optic disc ranged from 0 to 10 mm (mean, 4.4 mm) and from 1 to 8 mm (mean, 3.8 mm) to the foveola. Additional findings about the fundus are listed in Table 2.
Fundus photograph showing (A) a well-circumscribed yellow placoid area of sclerochoroidal calcification along the temporal vascular arcade, (B) a large yellowish elevated dome-shaped mound of sclerochoroidal calcification, (C) a patient with Gitelman syndrome exhibiting multifocal geographic sclerochoroidal calcification in the postequatorial location, and (D) a patient with Gitelman syndrome demonstrating a wide area of choroidal heterochromia and retinal pigment epithelial atrophy over and around a focus of sclerochoroidal calcification.
The ocular clinical investigations performed in patients with sclerochoroidal calcification included fluorescein angiography (27 eyes), indocyanine green angiography (2 eyes), A-scan and B-scan ultrasonography (38 eyes), and computed tomography (5 eyes). Characteristically, the calcifications showed autofluorescence with red-free filter, mild-to-moderate hypofluorescence in the arterial phase, mild-to-moderate hyperfluorescence in the venous phase, and late staining(Figure 2). In addition, fluorescein angiography confirmed the presence of localized, sectoral, or diffuse retinal pigment epithelial atrophy. The indocyanine green angiography demonstrated normal large-caliber choroidal vessels external to the lesion and mild-to-moderate hypofluorescence of the lesion at all phases (Figure 3). The ultrasonogram typically showed surface-reflective and intensely echodense placoid lesions at the scleral-choroidal interface with orbital shadowing, characteristic of calcification (Figure 4). Although the calcification clearly involved the sclera and the choroid on ultrasonography in 33 eyes (87%), it seemed confined mostly to the choroid in 5 (13%). The dimensions of sclerochoroidal calcification measured larger on ultrasonography by a mean 1 mm in diameter and in thickness compared with the clinical estimate. Ultrasonography was also able to detect subtle lesions that were clinically not apparent. Four of 27 patients who were believed to have unilateral involvement on ophthalmoscopic examination were found to have sclerochoroidal calcification in the opposite eye on ultrasonography. Computed tomography showed sclerochoroidal plaques compatible with the presence of calcium (Figure 5) in the 5 patients in whom it was performed, but did not provide any additional information not seen on ultrasonography.
Fluorescein angiogram of a patient with sclerochoroidal calcification. Characteristically, the lesion showed autofluorescence with red-free filter, mild-to-moderate hypofluorescence (arrowhead) in the arterial phase (A), mild-to-moderate hyperfluorescence in the venous phase (B) that intensified over time (C), with persistent late staining (D). Note mottled hyperfluorescence around the lesion corresponding to areas of retinal pigment epithelial atrophy.
Indocyanine green angiogram of a patient with sclerochoroidal calcification. The lesion showed autofluorescence with red-free filter (A) and hypofluorescence (arrow) (B) at the early, middle, and late phases.
Ultrasonogram of a patient with sclerochoroidal calcification. (A) B-scan ultrasonogram showing an elevated echodense focus of sclerochoroidal calcification with orbital shadowing and(B) a corresponding A-scan ultrasonogram demonstrating high reflectivity.
Axial computed tomographic scan showing calcified areas in the sclerochoroidal interface of both eyes.
Nineteen of 27 patients were followed up for a mean of 38 months (range, 5 months to 9 years). All the patients continued to remain asymptomatic, with stable visual acuity, stable lesions, and no new lesions. Subretinal fluid spontaneously resolved in 1 patient and remained stable in 2. One patient developed a choroidal neovascular membrane over the area of sclerochoroidal calcification. The patient was carefully followed up for a year, and his central visual acuity remained stable at 20/30, with no change in the choroidal neovascular membrane.
Of 19 patients in whom investigations for serum calcium-phosphorus metabolism were available, 1 had evidence of primary hyperparathyroidism (serum parathyroid hormone, 80 ng/L, reference range, 10-65 ng/L; serum calcium, 11.4 mmol/L[45.6 mg/dL], reference range, 1.1-1.4 mmol/L [4.4-5.6 mg/dL]; serum phosphorus, 0.7 mmol/L [2.2 mg/dL], reference range, 1.0-1.4 mmol/L [3.1-4.3 mg/dL]). Thirteen patients underwent clinical and biochemical protocol to diagnose and differentiate primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes(Bartter or Gitelman syndrome) based on the established criteria (Table 3).11 Four (31%) of the 13 patients had biochemical features diagnostic of Gitelman syndrome (Table 4), of whom only 1 was symptomatic (excessive muscle weakness, episodes of tetany, and arthritis) and manifested systemic signs (chondrocalcinosis). In addition, 2 others (15%) had hypomagnesemia but did not manifest all the features diagnostic of Gitelman syndrome. One of those with hypomagnesemia (0.5 mmol/L [1.2 mg/dL], reference range, 0.8-1.2 mmol/L [1.9-2.9 mg/dL]) was symptomatic (excessive muscle weakness, episodes of tetany, and arthritis) and had elevated serum bicarbonate (30 mmol/L, reference range, 21-28 mmol/L). Another patient showed only hypomagnesemia(0.5 mmol/L [1.2 mg/dL]). One (8%) of the 13 patients had hypercalciuria (12.9 mmol/d, reference range, 1.2-10 mmol/d) but manifested no other clinical or biochemical abnormality diagnostic of Bartter syndrome. Two of the 4 patients diagnosed as having Gitelman syndrome were treated with oral magnesium supplementation by their internists. They attained normal serum magnesium levels 3 to 6 months following the initiation of therapy.
Sclerochoroidal calcification is an uncommon clinical entity that can be dystrophic or metastatic but most commonly idiopathic.1- 11 Dystrophic calcification, the deposition of calcium in the presence of normal calcium-phosphorus metabolism, has been recognized with severe ocular trauma and chronic intraocular inflammation.1,2 Metastatic calcification, the deposition of calcium in normal tissues secondary to abnormal calcium-phosphorus metabolism, occurs with hyperparathyroidism, pseudohypoparathyroidism, vitamin D intoxication, sarcoidosis, hypophosphatemia, and chronic renal failure (Table 5).2,9- 11 The term idiopathic sclerochoroidal calcification is reserved for those cases with no detectable causes of metastatic or dystrophic calcification.
The finding of idiopathic sclerochoroidal calcification was initially attributed in the literature to choroidal osteomas in older patients,17 but it was later recognized to be sclerochoroidal calcification.1,4 Shields and associates,7 in their review of choroidal osteoma, illustrated a case of idiopathic sclerochoroidal calcification and discussed its differentiation from choroidal osteoma and other simulating lesions. Later, Lim and Goldberg8 reported a case of sclerochoroidal calcification that initially simulated choroidal metastasis. Investigators have described in smaller series the ophthalmoscopic, ultrasonographic, and fluorescein angiographic features diagnostic of this condition.2,4 The calcification was confirmed by histopathologic examination to be at the level of sclera and choroid.18
Sclerochoroidal calcification is generally considered to be predominantly bilateral.4 In our series of 27 patients, 16(59%) had unilateral calcification and 11 (41%) had bilateral calcification. The patients were older (median age, 70 years) and white. Sclerochoroidal calcification has rarely been reported in the young.19 The youngest patient in our series was 42 years. All the patients were asymptomatic, and most had excellent visual acuity. Cogan scleral plaque was found in 26% of eyes. The possible similar origin of Cogan plaque and sclerochoroidal calcification has been recognized.1 Scleral plaque as described by Cogan and Kuwabara20 represents calcification anterior to the horizontal rectus muscle insertions, and researchers have speculated that sclerochoroidal calcification represents calcification at the insertions of the inferior oblique and the superior oblique muscles.1 More than half the eyes with sclerochoroidal calcification manifested multiple lesions. Most of the lesions were yellow or yellow-white and measured a mean 2.6 mm in diameter and 1 mm in thickness. The classic location of sclerochoroidal calcification was postequatorial and superotemporal. Although the ophthalmoscopic and topographic appearance of sclerochoroidal calcification is characteristic, it is often unrecognized or misdiagnosed.1- 8 It is commonly mistaken for choroidal osteoma, choroidal metastasis, amelanotic choroidal nevus, or lymphoma.1,4,5,7 Ancillary investigations, such as fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, A-scan and B-scan ultrasonography, and computed tomography, may help confirm the diagnosis of sclerochoroidal calcification.
Systemic evaluation of a patient with sclerochoroidal calcification routinely includes screening tests for calcium-phosphorus metabolism.1,4 Of the 19 patients in our series who were investigated, 1 (5%) was found to have primary hyperparathyroidism. Prompted by an incidental discovery of hypomagnesemia in a patient with sclerochoroidal calcification, and the recent reports12,13 of its possible association with primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes (Bartter and Gitelman syndromes), we reevaluated patients with a clinical and biochemical screening protocol. We found that 4 (31%) of 13 patients initially diagnosed as having idiopathic sclerochoroidal calcification indeed had features of Gitelman syndrome. In addition, 2 patients (15%) had hypomagnesemia, which is a component of the Gitelman syndrome, and 1 (8%) had hypercalciuria, a component of the Bartter syndrome.
The Bartter and Gitelman syndromes constitute an ensemble of closely related autosomal recessive renal tubular disorders of sodium-chloride transport, characterized by primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis.14,21 In classic Bartter syndrome, the clinical presentation generally occurs in childhood, with polyuria, polydipsia, vomiting, a tendency for dehydration, and failure to thrive.14 Biochemically, these patients are distinguished by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, increased potassium excretion, and normal-to-elevated levels of urine calcium excretion.14 Hypomagnesemia is occasionally found.14 Clinical data demonstrating defective chloride transport in the distal nephron and decreased concentrating capacity suggest that the primary defect in classic Bartter syndrome involves the ascending limb of the loop of Henle.14 The molecular defect in Bartter syndrome is localized to the sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter, the apical potassium channel, or the basolateral chloride channel in the ascending limb of the loop of Henle, with a genetic defect at chromosome 1p36.22
The Gitelman syndrome is characterized by a milder and later clinical presentation notable for fatigue, muscle weakness, and episodes of carpopedal spasm.14 Hypocalciuria and hypomagnesemia are the prominent features. Recently, it has been demonstrated that Gitelman syndrome results from mutations in the thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporter of the distal nephron, with a genetic defect at chromosome 16q13.21,22 The features differentiating Bartter syndrome from Gitelman syndrome are summarized in Table 3.11
The mechanism of sclerochoroidal calcification in primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes is not clear. Biologic evidence suggests a possible relationship between hypomagnesemia, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition, and sclerochoroidal calcification.13,23,24 Pathogenesis of sclerochoroidal calcification may be similar to that of chondrocalcinosis.16,23 Chondrocalcinosis results from deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in joints and is known to be associated with the Bartter and Gitelman syndromes.14 Pyrophosphatases, including alkaline phosphatase, are magnesium-dependent.24 Magnesium deficiency may result in increased production of inorganic pyrophosphates.23,24 Magnesium ions are known to increase the solubility of calcium pyrophosphate crystals.23,24 Hypomagnesemia may thus promote calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate formation and deposition in joints and sclera, resulting in chondrocalcinosis and sclerochoroidal calcification.23,24 A patient with sclerochoroidal calcification initially thought to be associated with persistent hypomagnesemia and pseudogout(calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease)16 was later found to have characteristics of Gitelman syndrome and was included as such in this series.
Renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes such as the Bartter and Gitelman syndromes carry systemic implications, including chronic muscle weakness, episodic tetany, carpopedal spasm, nephrocalcinosis, and chondrocalcinosis, in addition to direct consequences of hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis.14 Patients with these syndromes are at high risk for cardiovascular instability with the use of anesthesia.14 It is thus important to recognize and treat these syndromes. The Bartter syndrome can be differentiated from the Gitelman syndrome by the described clinical and biochemical factors (Table 3).14 The recent developments in molecular biology have made genetic diagnosis of individual syndromes feasible.22 Both syndromes are treatable, and some of the systemic manifestations are entirely reversible. Treatment of Bartter syndrome is designed primarily to correct hypokalemia.14 It is treated by potassium supplementation and by prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors, such as indomethacin. Patients with Gitelman syndrome are best treated with oral magnesium pyrrolidone carboxylate supplementation alone.14,15 Two of the 4 patients diagnosed as having Gitelman syndrome in our series were successfully treated with oral magnesium supplementation. The long-term outcome of sclerochoroidal calcification in response to magnesium supplementation is yet unknown.
We do not know whether sclerochoroidal calcification that occurs in Bartter or Gitelman syndrome is clinically distinct from the common idiopathic variety.12,13 Although we did not note any specific differentiating features, the number of patients with a definitive diagnosis of primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes is too small (4 of 13) to arrive at any inference. Description of ophthalmic features in patients with primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes is conspicuously absent in the general medical literature.14,15,21,22 We also have no information on the temporal sequence of onset of sclerochoroidal calcification relative to other systemic manifestations of Bartter and Gitelman syndromes. These issues may be resolved only by a longitudinal study involving a large series of patients with primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes and, conversely, by a long-term prospective study of a large group of patients with sclerochoroidal calcification. However, in the absence of any such information, our study is only indicative of a causal association of sclerochoroidal calcification with primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes.
In conclusion, sclerochoroidal calcification is usually recognized as unilateral or bilateral multifocal yellowish placoid lesions in the superotemporal postequatorial area or along the temporal arcades in asymptomatic older white individuals. It can be mistaken for choroidal metastasis, amelanotic choroidal nevus or melanoma, or choroidal lymphoma. Fluorescein angiography and ultrasonography may help in confirming the diagnosis. Most cases of sclerochoroidal calcification may be idiopathic, but some patients may have associated renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis syndromes or abnormal calcium-phosphorus metabolism. Considering the systemic implications and the treatable nature of these conditions, it may be worthwhile to screen all patients with sclerochoroidal calcification for the presence of systemic associations before categorizing and prognosticating the diagnosis as idiopathic.
Accepted for publication December 28, 2000.
This study was funded by the Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India (Dr Honavar); Orbis International (Dr Honavar) and Macula Foundation (Dr C. Shields), New York, NY; Eye Tumor Research Foundation, Philadelphia, Pa (Drs J. Shields and C. Shields); and Paul Kayser International Award of Merit in Retina Research, Houston, Tex (Dr J. Shields).
Corresponding author and reprints: Carol L. Shields, MD, Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, 900 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
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