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Saturday, March 30, 2013
"Interior Scene II"
Pencil, colored in photoshop
Another something for fun.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
"Interior Scene I"
Pencil, colored in photoshop
Something for fun.
By the way: some time a bit back I wrote one of my goals for the beginning of March was to have another realistic rendering of my mom finished... just saying, yeah, that isn't going to happen... I decided the end of January to put the majority of my focus into illustration and get back to the mom renderings during spring/summer. So, more illustrations to come, soon - I have a good number in various stages right now. I also have a book dummy I've been working on but as for when that'll see the light of day, I can't say, I've spent just about as much time yelling at it as I have been making progress on it! Grr. But anyway, till next time, bye!
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Ceremony brings together friends, past and present community members
More than 350 faculty and staff from U-M and 100 other colleges and universities came together to honor Mary Sue Coleman as she was inaugurated as the University's 13th president March 27. Among those in attendance were regents Laurence Deitch (chair), Rebecca McGowan, Andrew Richner, S. Martin Taylor and Katherine White. Former presidents James Duderstadt and Lee Bollinger also were present.
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Paul N. Courant welcomed guests to the ceremony. "I cannot tell you how much it pleases me today to preside over the inauguration of the first woman to serve as president of the University of Michigan," said Courant, whose remarks focused on the central theme that "change brings opportunity."
Deitch, with help from the other regents, performed the official installation. "We rejoice because we have an extraordinary leader and we look forward to working with her to take our Michigan from strength to greater strength," he said.
White read a letter on behalf of Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who was unable to attend the ceremony.
"As President Kennedy once said, 'Leadership and learning are indispensable to one another,'" Granholm wrote. "Dr. Coleman, you truly embody this notion."
What others said about the day and the new president:
Flag bearer Angelica Gutierrez, undergraduate student, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
"I think it is a great honor to have the opportunity to participate in our president's inauguration."
Flag bearer Brad Layton, graduate student in biomedical engineering
"I am excited about Mary Sue Coleman's inauguration. I think she's been attentive to those who see her."
Chuck London, special events coordinator, Facilities Maintenance
"A lot of people worked on this, from Zone Maintenance, Grounds, Building Services, the Electric Shop. I was here at 6 a.m. It's taken about three days to cover the whole floor and put the stage up. We built the ramp. We covered the wrestling floor so the ladies' heels don't poke through the floor. We have people from Building Services ushering, and we're watching the parking lots. The stage will be down by the end of the day."
Alene Smith, widow of former interim president Allan Frederick Smith (1979)
"I've seen a lot of these and have enjoyed them all actually. I think it's wonderful to have it here. I'm remembering the year that Allan served as interim president they gave him an honorary doctorate for the University of Michigan. When they did it, I just cried. It was a wonderful experience."
Charles Koopmann Jr., University Senate chair and associate chair in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology
"She [Coleman] is not afraid to confront difficult situations and issues, and she is really very decisive."
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Haselton Structural Research Group
Professor Haselton's research is in the general area of performance-based structural earthquake engineering. His primary research focuses on assessing the collapse safety of buildings in earthquakes; this involves issues of ground motion selection and scaling, nonlinear structural modeling and collapse simulation, as well as the treatment of uncertainties (in both the ground motion and the structural modeling).
Professor Haselton is interested in bringing these three sub-disciplines of research together (ground motions, structural modeling, and probability/uncertainty) for the common goal of answering the question of how safe buildings are in earthquakes. His past research in this area has focused on modern reinforced concrete frames, but he is also interested in other types of modern building systems (concrete shear walls, etc.) as well as older non-ductile concrete frame buildings. Additionally, past research has focused on site-specific performance assessments, but Professor Haselton is interested in extending such studies to look at regional collapse performance of full cities when subjected to earthquake motions.
Professor Haselton brings this research into the classroom through teaching the upper division Earthquake and Wind Engineering and Steel Design courses. Additionally, Professor Haselton involves undergraduate students in his research projects when it is possible, in order to give them research experience and to help prepare them for graduate studies in structural earthquake engineering.
For video of research and testing see Haselton Research Group YouTube channel


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Excellent Chicken Vindaloo
Recipe by Andtototoo
Vindaloo originated in the Indian state of Goa, which was settled by the Portugese. This is a terrfic recipe for it that I got from Mamtaskitchen.com. I may have slightly adapted it though. You can also make it with pork, beef, lamb, and probably fish and shrimp.
Top Review by jennifercucchisi
This truly WAS excellent!! Thank you so much for the recipe--it was very concise and easy to follow and the results were wonderful. I added a bit more cayenne, as my husband likes very spicy food, but I basically followed the recipe exactly otherwise and it was a hit!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 6 chicken thighs
- 1 tablespoon coriander seed
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon methi seeds (fenugreek)
- 5 peppercorns
- 4 whole cloves
- 3 cardamom pods, seeds only
- 2 dried red chilies, halved
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne
- 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons oil
- 2 onions, diced
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons vinegar
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons ginger paste
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 8 curry leaves
- 1 cup water
Directions See How It's Made
- Wash 6 chicken thighs. Remove the skin and excess fat and place the thighs in a large mixing bowl.
- In a large nonstick frying pan put the coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, peppercorns, whole cloves, cardamom seeds, and the 2 dried red chilies. Stir-fry the whole spices over medium heat until they have lightly browned.
- Put the toasted spices into a spice grinder. Add the salt, cayenne powder, turmeric and cinnamon. Powder everything together.
- Put the powdered spices in the bowl with the chicken and stir to combine.
- Let the chicken marinate while you cook the onions.
- In the same frying pan put 4 Table. oil and the onions. Stir-fry the onions over medium heat until they are very brown.
- Put the onions into a food processor or blender. Add the 1/2 cup water, vinegar, garlic cloves and ginger. Puree.
- Stir the onion puree into the chicken in the large mixing bowl.
- Next, put 2 Table. oil in the frying pan and the mustard seeds. Heat over high heat until the mustard seeds start popping.
- Add the curry leaves and quickly stir.
- Add the chicken mixture from the mixing bowl (along with all of the puree and spices). Add at least one cup water. Stir.
- Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and cook the chicken at least 45 minutes, until very tender, adding a little water as needed. You will need to turn the chicken over about every 10 minutes.
- When the chicken is almost done, increase heat to highh and let most of the liquid evaporate until you have a thick sauce. Check for salt.
- Serve with plain boiled rice, a yogurt raita and a side vegetable.
- To make this dish nicer, I usually cool the curry and when it is cool enough to handle, I remove the chicken and discard the bones. Cut the meat into bite-size pieces and return it to the frying pan with the sauce. Reheat.
- Variations: Sometimes you find chicken (or meat) vindaloo with potatoes. If you want to add a potato, reduce the chicken thighs to five and add a (peeled and diced) potato the last 20 minutes of cooking. Many times this curry is served very spicy hot. If you want to have it hotter, increase the cayenne powder to at least 1 teaspoons.


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meanwhile, Whole Foods responds to its customers, as any good business should.
meanwhile, we all forgot about the iPhone, and kept our BlackBerrys.
meanwhile, Tel Aviv's cafes still buzz with activity, even as the sirens wail.
meanwhile, we have the sexperts reinforcing the ideal of the highly sexual woman.
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meanwhile the duck was stretched to an alarming length between them.
meanwhile the boat, guided by Clif's hand, had drawn nearer the shore.
meanwhile the door was closed, and they remained peaceful and contented.
meanwhile, the affairs of Columbus had taken a bad turn in Europe.
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Chrissy, was it for the Camera's or Just her Normal Ratchetness?
Now I'd like to say that she had changed, was different than most of the reality show chicks? You know she and Jim Jones have their new reality show that's working at being more of a family show, less drama trying to be more of a show like "Tiny & T.I.'s".....but I guess I was wrong because over the weekend Chrissy Lampkin was arrested for alleged aggrevated assualt at a club in New Jersey.
According to TMZ.com Chrissy supposedly became upset after the alleged victim sat on the same couch which Chrissy was sitting on. All of that lead to the question was it all for the camera's, you know something hyped up by the producers of Chrissy & Mr. Jones? Apparently there were no camera's present so this has to be chalked up to Chrissy's ratchetness! Oh well, she's a work in progress! Enjoy the season finale of Chrissy and Mr. Jones below!
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Are you bored with your old kitchen? Are you taking too many steps when cooking meals? Does your family constantly bump into one another in the kitchen? Perhaps its time to give the area a makeover!
Make a plan. Think of your present kitchen and how you want your new kitchen to be like. Cut out from magazines and pictures of your dream kitchen: what do you like about it? Which aspects can you realistically apply in your own home? What appliances are you thinking of installing there? Write down every important detail then create a budget plan before overhauling your kitchen.
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The Las Vegas Flute Club presents a Flute Day Guest Artist Recital featuring Jill Felber on flute and Dianne Frazer on piano. The program will include Carl Reinecke "Sonata," Op. 67, Edwin Grasse's "Waves at Play," and Albert Franz Doppler's "Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise," Op. 26.
There will be a reception after the performance in the lobby area.
For further information, visit the Las Vegas Flute Club website.


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Know your sharks
Though often confused with great whites, basking sharks are generally much larger and only feed on sea plankton. The 28-foot-long basking shark that washed ashore near Westerly's Misquamicut beach has been attracting curious onlookers who stopped to take photos over the weekend. Here's a comparison with other common sharks.
Basking shark
Whale shark
Great White shark
Hammerhead shark
Tiger shark
Location of found Basking shark
Courtesy of the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Kevin A. Kepple, Frank Pompa, Janet Loehrke, Jeff Dionise and Denny Gainer, USA TODAY
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Vonage behind m0n0wall works well for me too. Traffic shaping is the key.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Voigt" <megeek at jvoigt dot com>
To: <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] RE: VoIP Vonage Setup Help (IT'S ALIVE)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Staph" <rstaph at digitalimpreza dot com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 10:49 AM
> > I must state that you will be much happier with your vonage service if
> > connect it directly to your cable modem. Or you'll need to be sure that
> you
> > never download or upload while your on the vonage phone. I know this
> > experience.
> >
> Well, I have a different experience - I have mine behind the monowall box
> and it's working just dandy with the traffic shaper. Perhaps your shaper
> configuration was not properly loaded?
> By the way, I have a ReplayTV unit on my network that is sending shows a
> of the time so my network is almost always saturated (the WAN side) and I
> have absolutely no problems with VOIP calls. I have the RTV data in a low
> priority queue and my regular browsing also works just fine.
> Setup (pardon the crappy ascii graphics):
> \/ <---- antenna for internal Engenius card AP (bridged with LAN)
> |
> monowall (Soekris)--cable modem
> |
> switch
> | | |--Vonage VOIP (Queue weight 100)
> | |------Rest of home network (Queue weight 50)
> |---ReplayTV (Queue weight 1)
> Surely there are others successfully using the traffic shaper with VOIP.
> John Voigt, President
> Reston Wireless, LLC
> High speed internet service
> no smoke, no mirrors, no wires (tm)
> http://www.reston-wireless.net/
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Release Notes: This release has symlinks for gcc and cc to gcc-3.0 et al, support for a custom KDE splash screen, LANGUAGE=da for lang=dk in KDE, and dist-upgrade.
Release Notes: This release fixes typos, removes the apt-available database (due to a space problem), adds tuxpaint, bonnie++, and smartsuite, removes gpc, and adds g++, gcc, and gcj 3.0. XFree has been updated to version 4.2.1-3.
Release Notes: The fluxbox desktop was fixed. The Terminalserver-NFSDIR-Patch was added. asc was updated to 188.8.131.52. KDE was updated to 3.0.4. Konqueror plugins are officially are back in KDE3. Clara, an OCR program, was added.
Release Notes: This release includes bugfixes in knoppix-autoconfig and hwsetup signalhandling, and updates to XFree 4.2.1-2.
Release Notes: XFree86 was updated to version 4.2.1-1, including all modules. A console keyboard mapping update was made for Turkish.
Release Notes: This release adds a Japanese version, updates, bugfixes, a typo fix, and support for wireless devices.
Release Notes: Mozilla 1.1 is now included. New and updated games were added, including enigma, jumpnbump, and frozen-bubble. dd was made fault tolerant, and a lot of other updates were made. A kix (Knoppix mini CD) is now available in the contrib directory.
Release Notes: This release is based on Debian GNU/Linux (woody) 3.0, and has KDE 3.02, OpenOffice.org 1.0, Gimp 1.2, and a 2.4 series kernel.
Release Notes: This is a temporary release until 3.1 comes out.
Release Notes: This release is based on Debian GNU/Linux (testing and unstable), Kernel 2.4.18-xfs, XFree86 4.1, KDE 2.2.2-final with KOffice, OpenOffice (German and English), and security tools like Nessus and ettercap.


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predictverb [ T ]uk /prɪˈdɪkt/ us /prɪˈdɪkt/
B1 to say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience:
It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.
[ + that ] Who could have predicted that within ten years he'd be in charge of the whole company?
[ + question word ] No one can predict when the disease will strike again.
More examples
- We can predict changes in climate with a surprising degree of accuracy.
- I cannot predict what will happen next year.
- The papers are predicting that the prime minister will call an election in the spring.
- Heavy snowfalls are predicted for tonight and tomorrow.
- It was predicted that a comet would collide with one of the planets.
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Witnesses Detail Demi Lovato Drug, Alcohol Use
Posted by Orhan Bülbül Labels: Demi-Lovato
It hasn't taken long for random people to come forward with unproven allegations, trying to cash in on the recent downfall of Demi Lovato. To wit:
A pair of reports have been published today that charge the 18-year old singer with rampant drug and alcohol use.
First, a Texas college student named Brian Payne tells Life & Style he partied with the star on December 28 and watched her snort cocaine at a mutual friend's house party.
'She was doing line after line like a pro,' Payne says. 'I just remember her doing it as if she had been doing it for a long time. It didn't seem like something new to her.'
An anonymous witness, meanwhile, takes things a step further.
Speaking to Radar Online, this insider says there's video evidence of Demi doing drugs and flipping out, relaying the alleged party incident as follows:
'Demi was belligerent, being slutty and doing coke all over the house. The guy who hosted the party shot multiple videos of this and what I've seen with my eyes, Demi is screaming, 'F**k all of you, I'm famous, I don't care what any of you think of me the whole world loves me.''
This quote/story clearly sounds like utter BS. But even if the above accusations are true, the overall fact remains: Lovato has many issues, is seeking help and has the full support of her fans around the world.
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Health Sciences Online
Health Sciences Online (HSO) is a non-profit online health information resource that launched in December 2008. The website hosts a virtual learning center providing weblinks to a collection of more than 50,000 courses, references, textbooks, guidelines, lectures, presentations, cases, articles, images and videos, available in 42 different languages. The content includes medicine, public health, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, nutrition, kinesiology and other health sciences resources.[1]
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HSO is an official supporting organisation of HIFA2015 (Healthcare Information For All by 2015).
HSO was conceived of by Founder and Executive Director Erica Frank, MD, MPH in 2001. A pilot of the site ran from 2006 until 2008, first only covering HIV/AIDS, and then moving on to include the entire site. The pilot ran in 11 countries in North America, Africa and Asia in order to assess the function, user interface, features, expectations, and needs of the users of HSO. The pilot was provided to health professionals at various levels of training and in practice.[4]
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Founding collaborators include the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Bank, the American College of Preventive Medicine, the University of British Columbia, and the World Medical Association.
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Search engine[edit]
HSO uses the Velocity Search Platform provided by Vivisimo to search all of its collected resources. In addition, Google Translate is used to provide results in 42 different languages.
HSO is a web portal for searching health sciences resources that have been selected by a core team of volunteers, including health providers and scientists from different countries. The resources have been selected based on guidelines produced by several groups that help in assessing the quality of online health information.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
The criteria used include:
- the content should be relevant
- the information is useful by itself as a teaching/learning tool (i.e., no Microsoft Powerpoint presentations without lecture notes or taped audio)
- the website should be educational (i.e., no advertisements)
- the source should be credible (i.e., a government, university, or specialty society)
- the material should be current
- the links on the site should be functional
- the interface of the website should be user-friendly, and
- the material should be free to access.
Currently, HSO indexes over 50,000 resources. These resources come from government organizations, universities, and specialty societies such as:
- American College of Preventive Medicine
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Columbia University
- Emory University
- Harvard University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Merck Manuals
- National Health Service
- National Institutes of Health
- National Library of Medicine
- University of British Columbia
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of Pennsylvania
- World Health Organization
- ^ About HSO
- ^ Frank, E. A New Way to Train and Support the World's Health Workers. Medscape J Med. 2008;10(9): 219. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/580140. Accessed June 15, 2009.
- ^ Frank, E. Health Sciences Online: Eight+ Revolutions and Ten+ Brief Analyses. Open Medical Journal. 2008; 1(4): 1-4. Available at: www.cih.ubc.ca/media/1TOMEDEDUJ.pdf. Accessed June 17, 2009
- ^ Frank, E. Discover Health Sciences Online Seminar Presentation. Accessed June 15, 2009.
- ^ Association of American Medical Colleges Peer Review Task Force. Digital and Educational Peer Review. AAMC, 2004.
- ^ Health Summit Working Group. Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet. Available at: http://hitiweb.mitretek.org/docs/policy.pdf. Accessed October 8, 2005.
- ^ Kim, P. et al., Published criteria for evaluating health related web sites: review. BMJ, 1999. 318(7184): p. 647-9.
- ^ Knight, C.L., et al., Developing a peer review process for web bases curricula: minting a new coin of the realm. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2004. 19(5 Pt 2): p. 594-8.
- ^ Medlineplus.gov http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/criteria.html
- ^ Wyatt, J.C., Commentary: measuring quality and impact of the World Wide Web [see comment]. BMJ, 1997. 314(7098): p.1879-81
External links[edit]
- Health Sciences Online official site
- Health Sciences Online Courses -- In Development
- YouTube Introduction to HSO in English (3 minutes)
- YouTube Introduction to HSO in Spanish (3 minutes)
- Google Video Longer Introduction to HSO in English (10 minutes)
- AltSearchEngine Article on HSO
- UBC Reports on HSO
- Discover Health Sciences Online Seminar
- Narrated HSO Overview Presentation


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I've got an exposed filter in a view for Node Type. I'd like to override the exposed text field with the results of a query displayed in a select field. I've got a test module created with hook_form_alter. I'm having partial success, but am creating an error condition, "An illegal choice has been detected." I'm thinking that there's some form element that I'm not dealing with, but can't figure it out.
Is it possible to unset and override a form element in this manner?
function psm_customsite_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
// print $form_id;
switch ($form_id) {
case 'views_exposed_form':
// First we pull the SQL statements and array values together
$sql = 'SELECT DISTINCT title from {node} WHERE type = "tpp_titles" ORDER BY title';
$results = db_query($sql);
// Run the query
while ($fields = db_fetch_array($results)) { // Get the next result as an associative array
foreach($fields as $key => $value) { // Iterate over all of the fields in this row
$titles[] = $value; // creates a numerically indexed array with the correct values
$keys = array_values($titles); // we want the key equal to value for select menu, replace numerical index
$values = array_values($titles);
$titles = array_combine($keys, $values);
// override form['title']
$form['title']= array(
'#type' => 'select',
'#title' => t('Title Name'),
'#default_value' => '',
'#options' => $titles,
'#description' => t('Title names from the Title and Pay Plan.'),
'#weight' => '-3'
$form['submit']['#value'] = t('Search'); // changed from Apply to Search
// Create a reset button
$form['reset'] = array(
'#type' => 'markup',
'#value' => '<input class="form-button" type="reset" value="Reset" onClick="javascript:window.location=\'/'.
$form_state['view']->display[$current_display]->display_options['path'] .'\';" />',
this is further than i got...
it looks like you are onto something with this, i couldn't figure it out and i gave up. i found a similar way with taxonomies. in which i let users define words in a vocabulary and then i could expose the taxonomy and choose a select box for filtering the results.
however, i would still prefer to understand the real way, so maybe you have sparked some inspiration to see if i can help with what you've got.
please let us all know if you get something as in my opinion the community would benifit a lot.
take care,
Working override
function MODULENAME_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
switch($form_id) {
case 'views_exposed_form':
if (isset($form['qmf'])) {
$content_field = content_fields('field_product_manufacturer');
$db_info = content_database_info($content_field);
$result = db_query("SELECT DISTINCT " . $db_info['columns']['value']['column'] . " FROM {" . $db_info['table'] . "}");
$options[""] = "<Any>";
while($row = db_fetch_array($result)) {
$value = $row[$db_info['columns']['value']['column']];
$options[$value] = $value;
$field = &$form['qmf'];
$field['#type'] = "select";
$field['#options'] = $options;
$field['#default_value'] = $content_field['widget']['default_value']['value'];
$form['submit']['#value'] = t('Search');
what is the content_fields() function?
don't recognize that, it's not in the API, and it seems to be what's keeping me from getting the values for the select list.
See: http://api.freestylesystems.co.uk/api/function/content_fields
Been there since drupal 5.
Edit: I just realized maybe you are trying to do this with non-cck fields.. which of course, won't work with my code. Sorry, I was looking at only a CCK implementation. If you need to do non-cck fields, you'll need to replace that bit of cck-specific code with something non-cck friendly. If I can get back around to it, I'll add that functionality to this code.
@dboune What is
What is "qmf"?
THECA Group
Couldn't get this to work..modified code
I couldn't get this code to work...I'm not sure what $form['qmf'] is, as I don't seem to have that value anywhere, and I can't get the code to work that way. As with the code above, replace MODULENAME with your module name, but also replace CCK_FIELD_NAME with the CCK Field's name.
Thanks, dboune, for providing a starting point.
function MODULENAME_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
switch($form_id) {
case 'views_exposed_form':
if (isset($form)) {
$content_field = content_fields('CCK_FIELD_NAME',NULL);
$db_info = content_database_info($content_field);
$query = "SELECT DISTINCT " . $db_info['columns']['value']['column'] . " FROM {" . $db_info['table'] . "} ORDER BY " . $db_info['columns']['value']['column'] . " ASC";
$result = db_query($query);
$options[""] = "<Any>";
while($row = db_fetch_array($result)) {
$value = $row[$db_info['columns']['value']['column']];
$options[$value] = $value;
$field = &$form['CCK_FIELD_NAME_value'];
$field['#type'] = "select";
$field['#options'] = $options;
$field['#default_value'] = $content_field['widget']['default_value']['value'];
$form['submit']['#value'] = t('Search');
It works but an error
I changed the textbox to select box for a date form and to, but got an error at first An illegal choice has been detected. Please contact the site administrator. How do I get rid of this.
Revisit, with autocomplete fields...
Replace all occurrences of "MODULENAME" with the name of your module...
I don't expect this to work in every possible situation. It could be a lot smarter. Or have an interface.. or do your dishes.. for now, just change the values in the MODULENAME_rewrite_field_list to match the identifiers in your views exposed filter and cck fields.
Ultimately, we need this concept *IN* CCK, maybe using CCK widgets appropriately. Until then..
function MODULENAME_menu() {
$items["MODULENAME/autocomplete/%"] = array(
'title' => 'Autocomplete for custom module',
'page callback' => 'MODULENAME_autocomplete',
'page arguments' => array(2, 3),
'access arguments' => array('access content'),
'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
return $items;
function MODULENAME_rewrite_field_list() {
$fields['qmf'] = array(
'name' => 'field_product_manufacturer',
'type' => 'dropdown',
$fields['qc'] = array(
'name' => 'field_product_color',
'type' => 'autocomplete',
return $fields;
function MODULENAME_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
switch($form_id) {
case 'views_exposed_form':
$field_list = MODULENAME_rewrite_field_list();
foreach($field_list as $field => $field_data) {
if (isset($form[$field])) {
$content_field = content_fields($field_data['name']);
$db_info = content_database_info($content_field);
$result = db_query("SELECT DISTINCT " . $db_info['columns']['value']['column'] . " FROM {" . $db_info['table'] . "}");
// Dropdown Field
if ($field_data['type'] == "dropdown") {
$options[""] = "<Any>";
while($row = db_fetch_array($result)) {
$value = $row[$db_info['columns']['value']['column']];
$options[$value] = $value;
$form[$field]['#type'] = "select";
$form[$field]['#options'] = $options;
// Autocomplete Field
else if ($field_data['type'] == "autocomplete") {
$form[$field]['#autocomplete_path'] = 'MODULENAME/autocomplete/' . $field;
$form[$field]['#default_value'] = $content_field['widget']['default_value']['value'];
// Change the name of the "Apply" button
$form['submit']['#value'] = t('Search');
function MODULENAME_autocomplete($field, $value) {
$field_list = MODULENAME_rewrite_field_list();
if (count($field_list[$field])) {
$matches = array();
$content_field = content_fields($field_list[$field]['name']);
$db_info = content_database_info($content_field);
$column = $db_info['columns']['value']['column'];
$sql = "SELECT DISTINCT `" . $column . "` FROM {" . $db_info['table'] . "} WHERE `" . $column . "` LIKE '%%%s%%'";
$result = db_query($sql, $value);
while($row = db_fetch_array($result)) {
$matches[$row[$column]] = check_plain($row[$column]);
Will test, with recommendation.
In D6 there is a great new way to refer to forms...
MY_MODULE_form_ID_OF_FORM_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
// This way you don't have to check for the form id inside
// and saves you from having one giant form alter function in your module.
How to override more than one field in an exposed form?
Hi, this works awesome if you want to override input type of one field in an exposed form and thanx a lot for this code. But what if you would like to override input type of more than one field? For example I would like to change 3 exposed form fields to select lists. I tried to simply copy this portion
$fields['qmf'] = array(
'name' => 'field_product_manufacturer',
'type' => 'dropdown',
3 times and then I changed identifiers to match 3 different fields in exposed form and CCK (as per instructions). All 3 exposed form fields were changed to select lists which is perfect however the values are mixed up. It looks like database query needs to be corrected a bit but I do not know how. Any ideas? Thanx... ;-)
Thanks for this Damian!!
Thanks for this Damian!!
Does this work in Drupal 7? I
Does this work in Drupal 7? I tried this one and content_fields() and content_database_info() are all undefined. Would be great if there is also a working code for D7. Thanks!
or.. just use views
of course, if this was a cck textfield and you created a select list by entering a list of values when configuring the field - then when you added a views filter that was the "allowed values" version of the filter for that field, you could expose the filter and it would also be a select list.. :)
Peter Lindstrom
LiquidCMS - Content Solution Experts
or Use views and Dynamically filter.
Use a CCK select text field when creating your nodes and then override the select allowed values in the exposed filter block to allow filtering only on existant allowed values.
This variant assumes that you have used keys when constructing your CCK select list.
Also sorts the options array.
function HOOK_form_views_exposed_form_alter(&$form, $form_state)
$content_field = content_fields('field_make'); // identify your CCK content field in here
$allowed_values = content_allowed_values($content_field);
$db_info = content_database_info($content_field);
$result = db_query("SELECT DISTINCT " . $db_info['columns']['value']['column'] . " FROM {" . $db_info['table'] . "}");
$options["All"] = "";
while($row = db_fetch_array($result)) {
$key = $row[$db_info['columns']['value']['column']];
$options[$key] = $allowed_values[$key];
$field = &$form['field_make_value_many_to_one']; // identify your select element here
$field['#options'] = $options;
is this possible with the
is this possible with the title of a node instead of a content field?
? has someone an idea?
? has someone an idea?
This is the code I am using
This is the code I am using to replace a textfield exposed view filter with a select box. I wanted the dropdown box to contain the titles of all nodes of a certain type.
Paste this code in hook_form_alter. quartier is the content type I gather in the select box.
if ($form['#id'] == 'views-exposed-form-search-block-page-1') {
// Build the SQL request to get the 'quartier' node titles
$sql = "SELECT nid, title FROM node WHERE node.type='quartier'";
// Run the query
$results = db_query($sql);
// Fetch the results
while ($fields = db_fetch_array($results)) {
$quartiers[$fields['nid']] = $fields['title'];
unset ($form['nid']);
// Override the existing textfield form with a dropdown box
$form['nid']= array(
'#type' => 'select',
'#options' => $quartiers
$form['submit']['#value'] = t('Search');
I was also getting the notorious Illegal choice detected. Please contact your administrator..
Adding the line
$quartiers[""]=t(""); fixed the issue.
Thank you manumilou!
I was also getting the notorious Illegal choice detected. Please contact your administrator..
Adding the line
$quartiers[""]=t(""); fixed the issue.
I was wrestling with this "notorious" error for hours until I finally found this post. Brilliant simple fix. Thanks, Manu.
Replacing it with
$quartiers[""]=t("<Any>"); makes it match the default style for Views dropdown filters.
Funny but true - this line
Funny but true - this line fixed the prob for me, too! Thx for posting! :-)
Thanks for idea fixed my
Thanks for idea fixed my problem too.
For me it worked with;
$quartiers[""]= t("<Any>");
THANK YOU! I skimmed over
THANK YOU! I skimmed over this initially and spent an hour or two on this pulling my hair out trying to fix this issue. I never would have thought of passing the value back to the form the same way views is expecting it.
This worked great! Is there a
This worked great! Is there a way to Sort the results in the dropdown? I'd like to get an alphabetical list of the nodes in the dropdown.
EDIT: nevermind, I just saw the sort code at the start of this this topic.
I've added a blank first
I've added a blank first element to the options array but cannot get rid of this error. Is there something else that needs to be done? I've been trying everything I can find for hours now and I'm having no luck. This seems like it should be so easy to accomplish with the form_alter hook but it's turning out to be ridiculously frustrating.
Better solution
The reason it fails is because it is looking for the #value which is set for nothing ("").
$form['FIELD_NAME_HERE']['#value'] = 'A_KEY_FROM_YOUR_OPTIONS_ARRAY';
And you don't have to fake add stuff to the array.
P.S. Thanks for the videos they are helpful.
change the defalut value of filter Programatically
I fixed this issue.
Using following two hooks we can change the defalut value of filter Programatically.
* hook_views_pre_view
* @param type $view
* @param type $display_id
* @param type $args
function MODULE_NAME_views_pre_view(&$view, &$display_id, &$args) {
if ($view->name == 'VIEW_NAME') {
$filters = $view->display_handler->get_option('filters');
$view->display_handler->override_option('filters', $filters);
* hook__views_pre_build
* @param type $view
* @return type
function MODULE_NAME_views_pre_build($view) {
if ($view->name=='VIEW_NAME') {
$view->display['page']->handler->handlers['filter']['filter_field']->value['value'] = 8;
return $view;


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General Council Services
ITTS - Integrated Targeted Testing Services
The Council provides HIV and STD counseling and testing services in Chatham, Alamance, Randolph, Orange, Lee, Durham and Wake Counties. Staff provide testing in non-traditional testing sites with collaborative agencies and out in the streets of these communities. No one will be turned away if they want to get tested. Priority populations are Men who have sex with men (MSM), minorities, IV drug users, and high risk individuals.
Substance Abuse Center Testing (SAC)
The Council Provides HIV and STD counseling and testing and risk reduction for people receiving services in substance abuse programs. There are seven collaborative base Substance Abuse Agencies that the council provides testing services for in 20 counties (Anson, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Hoke, Randolph, Scottland, Harnett, Forsythe, Guilford, Davidson, Chatham, Johnston, Cumberland, Robeson, Rowen, Stanly, Richmond, Durham, Orange)
Case Management
The Council provides a bi-lingual HIV Medical Case Manager for the Region Network 6 - Access Network of Care (ANOC). People who test positive for HIV work with a case management to get into and stay in care services.
Educational Presentations (Prevention Education)
The Council provides HIV and STD educational information to workplaces, schools, community organizations, or at other community events. The presentations include information about how these diseases affect the community and how one can protect him/herself.
The original Condom-mobile is a van that was donated to the Council which has been decorated with messages such as "Stay Safe- Protect Yourself!". The Council took this van to its street fairs, and to deliver its educational and safety materials to numerous locations in serviced communities. The goal was to break down the stigma of sexual issues by addressing them openly in a lighthearted and responsible manner. In 2013, Crape Myrtle Festival provided a grant to help purchase a new condom-mobile. THANK YOU CRAPE MYRTLE FESTIVAL!!!


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Flash 8 Source Files Available
Posted September 12, 2005 by senocular
I've just made all of the source files for my Flash 8 examples live and available - all 41 of them. Most are commented. About a dozen are not. I will work on commenting them tonight. If you download a source file that is not commented, check back tomorrow and it should (hopefully) have been updated with a commented version. When I have time, I will add them all to the Flash source files section of this site. Note that all of these are Flash 8 files and will require Flash 8 to open.


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News & Events
FDA's Role--Antimicrobial Resistance
Statement of
Bernadette Dunham, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Center for Veterinary Medicine
Food and Drug Administration
the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry
House Committee on Agriculture
September 25, 2008
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee. I am Bernadette Dunham, D.V.M., Ph.D., Director of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA or the Agency) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), which is a part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Thank you for the opportunity to discuss FDA's role with regard to antimicrobial resistance.
Preserving the effectiveness of current antimicrobials, and encouraging the continued development of new ones, are vital to protecting human and animal health against infectious microbial pathogens. Approximately two million people acquire bacterial infections in U.S. hospitals each year, and 90,000 die as a result. About 70 percent of those infections are associated with bacterial pathogens displaying resistance to at least one antimicrobial drug. The trends toward increasing numbers of infection and increasing drug resistance show no sign of abating. Resistant pathogens lead to higher health care costs because they often require more expensive drugs and extended hospital stays. The problem is not limited to hospitals. Resistant infections impact clinicians practicing in every field of medicine, including veterinarians. Community-acquired infections are also frequently resistant to multiple antimicrobial drugs, such as community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), common respiratory pathogens including Streptococcus pneumoniae, and gram-negative bacilli, which can infect humans through contaminated food.
In my testimony, I will provide background information on antimicrobial resistance, discuss FDA's involvement with the Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance, and describe FDA's actions to combat resistance and promote product development.
Antimicrobial drugs are used to treat infections caused by microorganisms. The term "antimicrobial" refers broadly to drugs with activity against a variety of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites (such as malaria). The term "antibacterial" refers to drugs with activity against bacteria in particular. Another term commonly used to describe an antibacterial drug is "antibiotic." This term refers to a natural compound produced by a fungus or another microorganism that kills bacteria that cause disease in humans or animals. Some antibacterial drugs are synthetic compounds; i.e., they are not produced by microorganisms. Though these do not meet the technical definition of antibiotics, they are referred to as antibiotics in common usage.
Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of bacteria or other microbes to resist the effects of a drug. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria change in some way that reduces or eliminates the effectiveness of drugs, chemicals, or other agents designed to cure or prevent infections.
Many factors contribute to the spread of antimicrobial resistance. In some cases, doctors prescribe antimicrobials too frequently or inappropriately. Sometimes patients do not complete the prescribed course of an antimicrobial, making it more likely that surviving microbes will develop resistance. Antimicrobial use in animals may contribute to the emergence of resistant microorganisms that can infect people. Through international trade and travel, resistant microbes can spread quickly worldwide.
Antimicrobial agents have been used in human and veterinary medicine for more than 50 years, with tremendous benefits to both human and animal health. Many infections that were fatal, or left individuals with severe disabilities, are now treatable or preventable. However, because resistance to antimicrobial drugs is expected to occur with their use, it is essential that such drugs be regulated and used judiciously to delay the development of resistance. Misuse and overuse of these drugs contribute to an even more rapid development of resistance. After several decades of successful antimicrobial use, we have seen and continue to see the emergence of multi-resistant bacterial pathogens, which are less responsive to therapy. Antimicrobial resistant bacterial populations are emerging because of the combined impact of the various uses of antimicrobial drugs, including their use in humans and animals. All of these pathways are not yet clearly defined or understood.
New classes or modifications of older classes of antimicrobials over the past six decades have been matched slowly but surely by the systematic development of new bacterial resistance mechanisms. As of today, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms have been reported for all known antibacterial drugs that are currently available for clinical use in human and veterinary medicine. In some cases, strains have been isolated that are resistant to multiple antibacterial agents.
To address these challenges, the U.S. Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance was created in 1999 to develop a national plan to combat antimicrobial resistance. FDA co-chairs the task force, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Task Force also includes the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Environmental Protection Agency. In 2001, the U.S. Agency for International Development joined the Task Force to help address global antimicrobial resistance issues.
Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
In 2001, the Task Force published the "Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance" (Action Plan). The Action Plan provides a blueprint for specific, coordinated Federal actions to address the emerging threat of antimicrobial resistance. It reflects a broad-based consensus of Federal agencies, which was reached with input from consultants from State and local health agencies, universities, professional societies, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare delivery organizations, agricultural producers, consumer groups, and other members of the public.
The Action Plan has four major components: surveillance, prevention and control, research, and product development. Highlights of the Action Plan include:
Surveillance. Information and statistics about the emergence and spread of resistant microbes and the use of antimicrobial drugs can help experts interpret trends and identify strategies to prevent or control antimicrobial resistance. CDC is working with State health departments and other Task Force members to design and implement a strategy to coordinate national, regional, State, and local surveillance efforts. In addition, FDA, CDC, and USDA developed and expanded systems to monitor patterns of antimicrobial resistance among foodborne bacteria in human medicine, in agriculture, and in retail meat.
Prevention and Control. Research shows that controlling the use of antibacterial drugs can help reduce the incidence of antimicrobial resistance. In 2003, FDA partnered with CDC on its launch of its Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work campaign. The goal of the campaign is to educate consumers and healthcare professionals on the appropriate use of antibiotics. In partnership with doctors and other medical professionals, CDC has developed clinical guidelines for health professionals on how best to use antimicrobials and supports pilot projects to identify effective strategies to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug use. FDA has promulgated labeling regulations for the appropriate use of systemic antibacterial drugs in humans. CVM has developed, in conjunction with stakeholders, in-depth antimicrobial prudent use principles for beef, dairy, swine, poultry, and more recently, aquatic veterinarians.
Measures that reduce the need for antimicrobial use also serve to reduce the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms. Prevention of bacterial infections through the use of vaccines has effectively eliminated or markedly decreased the problem of resistance in organisms such as Haemophilus influenzae type b (virtually eliminated in the U.S. while still a problem in other parts of the world) and Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as pneumococcus. Published research has confirmed that the latter pneumococcal vaccine has lowered common infections that are often treated with antimicrobials. Prevention of viral infections through the use of vaccines can also indirectly help reduce antibiotic use and minimize the emergence of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. For example, viral infections, such as respiratory infections due to influenza, often lead to unnecessary antimicrobial use and are sometimes complicated by serious secondary infections caused by bacteria such as staphylococcus or pneumococcus. In addition, development of increasingly sensitive diagnostic assays for detection of resistance allows for rational targeted antimicrobial use.
Research. The Action Plan promotes expanding existing research in antimicrobial resistance and related fields in an effort to improve treatments and outcomes. NIH is leading a team of agencies to provide the research community with new information and technologies, including genetic blueprints for various microbes, to identify targets for desperately needed new diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines to combat the emergence and spread of resistant microbes. NIH supports clinical studies to test new antimicrobials and novel approaches to treating and preventing infections caused by resistant pathogens. NIH also continues to support and evaluate the development of new rapid diagnostic methods related to antimicrobial resistance, in conjunction with FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). In addition, AHRQ funds various studies on the use of antimicrobial drugs and antimicrobial resistance, including ongoing research on reducing unnecessary prescribing of antimicrobials to children. FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) conducts research that facilitates vaccine development for diseases in which resistance is an issue, such as malaria, staphylococcus (MRSA), and enteric diseases.
Product development. As antimicrobial drugs lose their effectiveness, new products must be developed to prevent, rapidly diagnose, and treat infections. The priority goals and action items in the product development focus area of the Action Plan address ways to:
- Ensure researchers and drug developers are informed of current and projected gaps in the arsenal of antimicrobial drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics, and of potential markets for these products;
- Stimulate development of priority antimicrobial products for which market incentives are inadequate, while fostering their appropriate use;
- Optimize the development and use of veterinary drugs and related agricultural products that reduce the transfer of resistance to pathogens that can infect humans; and
- Facilitate development of effective prophylactic vaccines: in particular, focusing on vaccines against microbes that are known to develop antimicrobial resistance (e.g., MRSA), thereby reducing the need for antimicrobials and the occurrence of antimicrobial resistant strains.
The task force is currently updating the Action Plan for the next five years.
Since 1996, FDA has actively addressed the issue of antimicrobial resistance. As an Agency composed of several product centers, FDA has addressed antimicrobial resistance through a variety of initiatives, primarily through four key areas: surveillance, product development, education, and research.
- Surveillance: Monitoring and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and then promptly and effectively responding to current threats from drug resistance.
- Product Development: Facilitating and encouraging development and appropriate use of products, including new drugs and vaccines, and improved, more timely tests for infectious diseases.
- Education: Facilitating the safe and effective use of antimicrobials and thus prolonging the life of these products by helping improve the quantity and quality of information available to consumers and health professionals regarding antimicrobial resistance and principles of appropriate usage. In addition, FDA has an important role in informing the public and healthcare professionals both through educational outreach and by assuring useful and accurate product labeling and appropriate marketing.
- Research: Maximizing and coordinating FDA's scientific research to address needs in antimicrobial resistance.
Specific activities by the various Centers within FDA include the following:
Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
CVM is addressing potential human health risks associated with the use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals. CVM's approach uses risk assessment methodologies to quantify the human health impact from antimicrobial use in animals, in conjunction with robust monitoring, research, and risk management. CVM is actively conducting research to advance our understanding of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and to support our regulatory decisions. The Agency also continues to participate in public meetings with stakeholders to provide educational outreach activities and to strengthen and promote science-based approaches for managing the potential human health risks associated with the use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.
One of the key components of CVM's strategy to assess relationships between antimicrobial use in agriculture and subsequent human health consequences is the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS). CVM is the lead coordinator of NARMS. NARMS is a multi-faceted monitoring system that takes advantage of the expertise and resources of a number of Federal agencies and State public health laboratories. NARMS data provide regulatory officials and the veterinary medical community with critical information to help assess the risk associated with antimicrobial use in food animal production.
As part of the new animal drug approval process, CVM developed and implemented an approach for assessing antimicrobial resistance concerns associated with the use of antimicrobial drugs intended for use in food-producing animals. This approach uses risk assessment methodologies to assess the potential human health impact from the proposed antimicrobial use in animals and outlines risk management strategies that may be applied. In 2003, FDA published Guidance for Industry #152 ("Evaluating the Safety of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs with Regard to their Microbiological Effects on Bacteria of Human Health Concern"). Guidance #152 provides recommendations to drug sponsors on the use of a qualitative risk assessment approach for evaluating the likelihood that an antimicrobial drug used to treat a food-producing animal may cause an antimicrobial resistance problem in humans. The risk assessment approach recommended in the guidance considers a broad set of information, including the importance of the drug in question to human medicine. This information is collectively considered in determining whether the proposed antimicrobial product will pose a risk to public health.
CVM is also applying the basic principles of this approach to an ongoing review of currently approved antimicrobial drugs. While potential public health concerns must be addressed, it is critical that veterinarians continue to have access to effective antimicrobial drugs for the treatment, control, and prevention of disease in animals.
CVM continues to collaborate with veterinary and animal producer associations to develop and distribute guidelines on the judicious use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
CDER has launched several initiatives to address antimicrobial resistance. Through CDER's initiatives, FDA has issued drug labeling regulations emphasizing the prudent use of systemic antibacterial drugs in humans. The regulations encourage healthcare professionals to prescribe these antibacterial drugs only when clinically necessary and to counsel patients about the proper use of such drugs and the importance of taking them as directed.
Over the last several years, CDER has been evaluating the design of clinical trials that are used to study the safety and efficacy of drugs for the treatment of a variety of infections. CDER recognizes the importance of ensuring that antibacterial drugs are approved based on sound, informative clinical trials, because the clinical use of marginally effective antimicrobials can contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance. For milder infections that are often self-resolving over time, we are recommending different types of studies than what were used in the past. The Agency is doing this in order to have studies that have the capacity to provide informative data to assess an antimicrobial drug's effects in these milder conditions. It is essential that clinical trials evaluating a new drug be performed in a manner that allows for assessment of the benefits and the risks of the drug in the condition under study. A better assessment of the benefits that a drug may provide and balancing these benefits with risks should provide better quality information on antimicrobial drugs to foster appropriate use and ideally reduce inappropriate use that is also contributing to the development of resistance.
To that end, CDER has been revising its guidance to industry on the development of drugs for the treatment of bacterial infections. Since October 2007, CDER has issued four such guidance documents. In January of this year, FDA co-sponsored a workshop with the Infectious Diseases Society of America to discuss clinical trial designs for community acquired pneumonia (CAP). The Agency also convened an advisory committee meeting in April 2008 to get additional advice and the Agency is now writing a draft guidance document that will provide the Agency's thinking on informative trial designs in CAP. By providing these draft guidance documents on developing drugs for these conditions we have provided some clarity on the types of study designs that will be informative in these conditions.
Most of the discussion of drug development has focused on resistance in common bacterial infections, but resistance is also a problem in conditions such as tuberculosis (TB), fungal infections, and malaria. CDER has participated in a working group with other representatives from FDA and the European Medicines Agency to discuss strategies for developing drugs for TB. CDER also published a draft guidance document describing approaches to the development of drugs for malaria in June of 2007.
Appropriate use of antimicrobial drugs is guided not only by understanding the safety and effectiveness of risks and benefits of these drugs, but also by having information on whether a particular drug is active against a patient's infection when culture results are available. Laboratory testing to assess whether a bacterial isolate is "susceptible" to a particular antimicrobial drug can provide such information. There are a number of antibacterial drug labels that are in need of updating of the information on susceptibility testing. FDA recently published a draft guidance document on "Updating Labeling for Susceptibility Test Information in Systemic Antibacterial Drug Products and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Devices" (published June 2008). This draft guidance, in compliance with section 1111 of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA), describes options for updating the antibacterial susceptibility testing information in antibacterial drug product labeling and we believe could facilitate the timely updating of this information.
Section 1112 of FDAAA requires FDA to convene a public meeting to consider "which serious and life threatening infectious diseases, such as diseases due to gram-negative bacteria and other diseases due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, [would] potentially qualify for available grants and contracts under section 5(a) of the Orphan Drug Act…or other incentives for development." In compliance with Section 1112 of FDAAA, FDA held a public hearing on April 28, 2008, to discuss, in part, potential incentives to encourage pharmaceutical companies to develop new antimicrobial drugs.
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
Research and regulatory efforts have contributed to the development and continued availability of effective vaccines which have eliminated or markedly decreased antimicrobial resistance by reducing or even nearly eliminating some types of infections. Other vaccines contribute by reducing the need for use of antimicrobials. CBER has initiated a new research program to facilitate vaccine development to prevent MRSA and has ongoing research programs to foster the development of vaccines to prevent other frequent infectious diseases problems such as Salmonella or E. coli gastroenteritis, and TB, as multidrug-resistance has emerged as a national and international threat to health. In addition, CBER works with sponsors to develop safe and effective vaccines against emerging infectious diseases problems. Additional efforts at CBER address new diagnostic tests and evaluation of emerging technologies and test kits for detecting bacteria as it relates to transfusion medicine, mechanisms of resistance, alternative therapies for highly resistant organisms, and regulatory pathways to assess the potential value of probiotics to help reduce the development and spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria.
Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
CDRH leads several efforts to clarify regulatory requirements to both industry and the scientific community on clearance of diagnostic tests for use in antimicrobial resistance initiatives. For example, CDRH assisted device manufacturers to get an alternative method for detecting vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus to market and assured timely introduction of this critically important new product through use of its expedited review process. CDRH has published guidance documents to ensure the safe and effective use of in vitro diagnostics for detecting novel influenza A or A/B viruses from human specimens. CDRH recently cleared a new assay developed by CDC for the detection of human infection with H5 Avian Influenza virus. CDRH also recently cleared a rapid test for confirming methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a rapid DNA test for detecting Group B Streptococcus in pregnant women, and a rapid test for detecting Shiga toxins 1 and 2 produced by E. coli in stool specimens to aid in the diagnosis of diseases caused by enterohermorrhagic E. coli infections.
In conclusion, I would like to note that USDA and FDA are cosponsoring a meeting this afternoon to discuss agenda items and to present draft U.S. positions on them for the upcoming second session of the Codex ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to be held in Korea, October 20-24, 2008. The public meeting will be held at CVM's Rockville, Maryland, offices between 1:00 and 3:00 pm today. This AMR Task Force was established in 2006 to develop science-based guidance to be used to assess the risks to human health associated with the presence in food and feed, including aquaculture, and the transmission through food and feed of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms and genes. FDA will continue to work with Federal, State, local and foreign government officials, medical professionals including the veterinary community, the regulated industry and all of FDA's stakeholders, in developing sound strategies to address and advance both human and animal health.
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss FDA's activities with regard to antimicrobial resistance. I would be happy to answer any questions.


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What to watch: Thursday's Olympic viewing guide
Swimming and gymnastics are building to a TV-ratings crescendo.
Those two sports are always stars of U.S. TV coverage, partly because the U.S. athletes usually do well in them. Drink it in. You don't have much time left for this kind of action — and then there's the long wait until the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games.
What to watch on Thursday:
NBC at 1:20 p.m.: In men's water polo, an undefeated U.S. team takes on Great Britain, the so-far winless hosts. Despite the U.S. having once revolted against Britain, there seem to be no ominous political overtones to the match, which is how it should be.
MSNBC at 1:30 p.m.: It's equestrian dressage, also known as horse ballet. Rafalca, a horse partly owned by Ann Romney, Mitt Romney's wife, will be competing for the U.S. Not pointing that out to make any kind of political statement. Just sayin'.
NBC at 3 p.m.: Powerhouse alert! A rematch of the 2008 gold-medal game as the U.S. plays Brazil in men's volleyball. Neither team has dropped a set so far in London.
NBC Sports Network at 5:15 p.m.: Live coverage, so you don't have to worry about accidentally hearing ahead of time who won. Most of the live action will focus on the U.S. Dream Team vs. Nigeria in men's basketball.
NBC at 8 p.m.: Should be one of the highest-rated nights of the London Games as the women's gymnastics all-around individual gold is up for grabs and swimming includes Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte in the 200-meter IM final.


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Michael Buble, Mary J. Blige To Join 'The Voice'
The four coaches of NBC's "The Voice" each pack hefty enough chart-topping pedigrees themselves. As if that wouldn't be prestigious enough tutelage, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine have added two hit-making consultants between them with a combined nine Grammy wins.
The Hollywood Reporter (via Billboard) announced Friday that Mary J. Blige and Michael Bublé will join the primetime competition's third season as advisors respectively to Team Levine and Team Shelton. Like Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert, Robin Thicke and Alanis Morrissette before them, Blige and Bublé will meet with contestants pre-performance to work out kinks. Mentors have not yet been announced for fellow panelists Cee-Lo Green and Christina Aguilera.
"I've always been a huge fan of Mary J. Blige," Levine told Rolling Stone. "So it's been great having her on 'The Voice' as an adviser to my team." Blige just announced a fall tour kicking off Aug. 18 with D'angelo, following her turn this summer in the stage-to-screen jukebox musical "Rock of Ages."
To date, Blige has to her credit nine career Grammys and four American Music Awards. Bublé has sold more than 30 million records worldwide en route to three Grammys of his own.
The third season of "The Voice" premieres Sept. 10 on NBC.
The Voice


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CISCO FELLS MARKET: Stocks tumbled Thursday after a disappointing outlook from Cisco Systems rattled the market. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 73.94, or 0.7 percent, to close at 11,283.10.
SECOND DISAPPOINTMENT IN A ROW: Cisco cut its sales forecast for a second quarter in a row, sending its shares down 16.2 percent to $20.52, dragging down shares of other technology stocks.
ECONOMIC SUMMIT JITTERS: Stock traders were already on edge given the sharp divisions among global leaders over currency and trade policies at the Group of 20 summit underway in South Korea.


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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Does the Bible Condone Abortion?
I have an article at Catholic Stand today that debunks a common misconception among those on the "Christian Left."
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.1081 Monday, 28 June 1999.
Date: Saturday, 26 Jun 1999 19:31:46 +0100
Subject: Re: Buggering and Biggering
Concerning accurate quotation, Harry Hill says that I
> hate the word "correct", of course . . . I use it in
> the sense of "accurately recreating the original without
> editorial interpretation".
No-one is advocating sloppiness, but your sense of the value of fidelity
is questionable. You accept, I'm sure, that the texts you are using are
already editorially interpreted, so it's not the fruit of the
uber-phallus you're committing to memory. Wouldn't you agree that a
certain looseness with the words-but a fidelity to the ideas-might be a
more Shakespearian principle?
> I take it you are willing to agree that other cultures
> and social strata than your own are permitted, within
> their talents and possibilities, to differentiate
> between and [sic!] and low artistic achievements, however "well"
> or "badly".
I'm sorry to appear dense on this, but really this highly mutable term
'culture' is throwing me off. If 'culture' is the good stuff, and it is
the ethnically-shared collection of good and bad stuff, aren't we just
playing humpty-dumpty with the word?
>Sean: your response didn't clear this one up either. Do you
>see no problem here? (If none, I will desist.)
I asked if Harry's advocating of us all being "buggered and biggered"
meant that Shakespeare's merit was penis-like. Harry answered:
> Of course not, you silly boy. Any creative reproductive
> tool will suffice, of whatever size or gender.
A person can't be buggered by a vagina, uterus, or ovaries. Your word
'tool' is illuminating; this phallo-centrism isn't simply a failure to
balance the genders and your use of a female pronoun ("rightly calls
herself cultured") doesn't make it all okay. Here's what's problematic
about what you're saying...
In Plato's academy the students weren't allowed to sit down: they were
required to walk around and talk. The idea was that speech was primary,
it articulated the soul, and writing a pale imitation of speech lacking
in the important attribute of presence. Moreover writing is revisable
and hence suspect. (Doesn't this phono-centric tradition feature in the
claim that Shakespeare almost never blotted his manuscripts?) This Greek
educational tradition was unashamedly misogynistic and promoted forced
buggery of boys as an learning experience. Doesn't your use of the word
'biggered' have this connotation of educative anal enlargment? English
single-sex schools have a terrible inheritance of this nasty tradition,
and almost weekly over here another teacher is found guilty of sexually
abusing the children. What you write about Shakespeare "buggering and
biggering" us when we commit his words to memory fits right into this
horrid phono- and phallo-centric tradition.
Gabriel Egan
PS Apologies to anyone who has taken Derrida-101.