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Now I remember why I like the stock market so much -- because sometimes companies do really stupid things and you can make a lot of money from their inanities.
That's how I feel after listening to this weird, out-of-body Softbank-to-buy-Sprint (S) press conference this morning. The whole exercise reminded me of those old Godzilla vs. Mothra movies; this time, the Earth's cell phone markets are at stake!
Let's just tick down how strange this whole thing has been.
1. We have heard absolutely nothing from the always-candid Dan Hesse, Chief Executive of Sprint Nextel and one of my favorite CEOs. He has not bothered to respond to my many reach-outs, other than to say -- through his people -- that he's not talking. Maybe that will change now, because Hesse did say at the press conference that he wouldn't necessarily buy Clearwire (CLWR). He told you that he would use the new money for something -- maybe pay down debt, maybe expand. Who knows?
2. Softbank is being incredibly defensive about the whole thing, having spent most of the out-of-body press conference talking about how it isn't overpaying. If I could subtext it, I would say it was, "I know you think we are really stupid, but now we will be the world's third-largest cell phone player. Therefore it's good, so don't worry about it."
3. We still aren't all that clear what the rest of Sprint is worth. We know Softbank will be buying in the open market, but how aggressively, and with what kind of top? Who knows? There's lots of firepower, but will it be real? Will it just be on the bid side? Who can figure that out?
As for myself, this wacky deal makes me want to sell some of Sprint -- it's a stock that I have recommended heavily in the past. I'd let the rest run just in order to see how wild and crazy Softbank will get in what seems like an attempt to walk up a stock to see how far it can go.
I've never seen anything like this one. I guess all you can really do is to say, "Thank you, Masayoshi San!"


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1. Re: Selective SynchronizationPeterGC Mar 7, 2013 12:21 PM (in response to PeterGC)Hello again:
I've been checking the debug file and I saw that the selected table is selected as follows:
ocSetTableSyncFlag flag=1 pub=P_PRUEBA2_GMSA table=PAUSAS
And I've seen the other table has the flag off:
ocSetTableSyncFlag flag=0 pub=P_REC_GMSA table=SERVICIOS_RECAUDACIONES
2. Re: Selective Synchronizationvasileios Mar 8, 2013 11:52 AM (in response to PeterGC)i dont know which version of olite you are using and exactly the c++ api. but
in olite 10gr3
on windows mobile 6.1
with c# you can do selective sync with 2 ways
1) have 2 diffrent publications. each pub will hold its one tables. so you can choose to sync only one pub and thus one set of tables.
2)write something like
String args = .UserUsername + "/" UserPassword "@" ServerIPAddress" /onlytable:EMPLOYEES";
this will sync only the employees table. of course if you need to sync more tables just execute it more times in a loop.
we use the second way to sync a number of tables and not all.
i know the second way adds overhead since you will be repeating the connection many times but if the data transfered arent that much , and the tables not that many it will not matter
3. Re: Selective SynchronizationPeterGC Mar 15, 2013 10:11 AM (in response to vasileios)Hello all, again...
Excuse me... The problem was in the name of the publication, which was confused with the name of the database file installed on the client.
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Asda has recalled thousands of dummies because of a choking risk which emerged when one came apart in a baby's mouth.
The supermarket giant has identified a fault with the Little Angels Cherry Soother, which is understood to affect only a small proportion of the blue and pink dummies purchased since October, when they first went on sale.
It said it had sold 24,000 in that period and has taken the remaining 3,000 still for sale off its shelves.
Customers have been asked to either dispose of the products or return them to an Asda store as a "precaution". The retailer has guaranteed to give a full refund, even if buyers have not kept the receipt.
In a notice to customers the supermarket said: "[The dummies] have been withdrawn from sale and are being recalled due to the possible risk of choking following one customer complaint that the outer casing became detached from the main soother."
It stressed that the baby was unhurt as a result of the fault, but added: "When it comes to baby products we don't take any chances, which is why even though there has only been one complaint we chose to recall the product. We'd like to apologise for any inconvenience caused."
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Richmond Ballet Leaders Return From China; Kerry Endorses Cultural Exchanges
July 17th, 2014
Secretary Kerry endorses cultural exchange programs while the Ballet lays groundwork for new, future partnerships
Richmond, Va. – Richmond Ballet Artistic Director Stoner Winslett and Managing Director Brett Bonda have returned to the United States after presenting the Ballet's Road to China and Beyond initiative at the U.S. Department of State's 2014 Cultural Pillar Delegation for the US-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE), July 9 and 10, in Beijing, China. Ms. Winslett and Mr. Bonda were joined by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong, along with representatives from the National Geographic Society, Carnegie Hall and the National China Garden Foundation for this distinguished forum that promotes cultural understanding between the American and Chinese nations.
"We could not have been more pleased with the outcome of this extraordinarily rich trip to China," said Ms. Winslett. "Brett and I felt the warm and gracious welcome of the Chinese people, and to have been asked to represent the United States as a cultural pillar delegation member at this year's People-to-People Exchange was a tremendous honor for us and for Richmond Ballet. I was so pleased to have the opportunity to get to know our fellow participants as well. We feel as though we have laid the groundwork for blossoming partnerships both here at home and in China as Richmond Ballet continues to expand its horizons in the coming years."
As members of the forum's cultural pillar, Richmond Ballet, National Geographic, Carnegie Hall and the National China Garden Foundation formed the American delegation that examined culture and the importance of cultural exchange. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel from the U.S. Department of State and China's Vice Minister of Education Hao Ping presented the collective findings of the American and Chinese delegations to Secretary Kerry and Vice-Premier Liu Yandong on the final day of the conference. Under Secretary Stengel made particular note of the Ballet's programs in the summation of the cultural pillar's discussions, a great source of pride for Ms. Winslett and Mr. Bonda. Among the six pillars represented at this year's CPE – culture, education, science and technology, sports, women's issues, and health – the visiting and host delegations collected 106 deliverables.
"We found that our Road to China program fit perfectly with what this conference was really all about," said Mr. Bonda. "At the heart of any cultural exchange program is an understanding that the exchange goes both ways. We feel as though our program truly embraces this hope and we are thankful that we have met such willing partners in China to help us construct a program that we believe will set Richmond Ballet on a very exciting and greatly expanded course for the future."
"I want to thank the very many people, the nongovernmental and private sector partners, who have come to Beijing," said Secretary Kerry in his closing remarks on July 10. "I think you represent the best – those of you who have come from America, the best of our patriotic and pioneering spirit. And I know our Chinese partners here today share in that pride…If there is one thing that we have learned over the course of this dialogue, it's that this kind of event and partnerships that are represented by the People-to-People Exchange don't build themselves. They are built by people. They're built by people who are open to the possibilities and who have a large enough spirit to accept the idea that it's worth working at it."
"Together, if the United States and China act with a spirit of fairness, reciprocity, and shared responsibility for shared challenges, then we can build a very strong economic tie and a cultural understanding of each other that will benefit all of our citizens and bind us together," Secretary Kerry continued. "That's how we can define this next century. I am convinced of it, and I'm convinced you're convinced of it, which is why [the CPE participants] are here today. That is the promise of our partnership with the Chinese people. That's the promise that President Obama wants us to live out."
"We were happy to find that there was tremendous interest in the depth and comprehensive nature of our Road to China project," said Ms. Winslett. "After all, within this program, we have elements that educate the students in our Minds In Motion program about Chinese culture, elements that touch the lives of our professional dancers with both the opportunity to share the stage with members from the National Ballet of China in Richmond and to perform in China itself, and elements that will hopefully excite our patrons at home as we plan to celebrate the Chinese New Year in grand fashion."
Education earned much of the focus of the 2014 forum, fitting as this year marks the 35th anniversary of student exchange between China and the United States. During the forum's closing ceremony, Chinese and American students representing the new "One Thousand Schools Hands Together" initiative performed songs and publicly recited a pledge that demonstrated their commitment in working together to protect the planet's environment. With its focus on children and in providing a green, community-oriented vision for the future, Richmond Ballet hopes to learn more about this promising initiative, seeing a meaningful pair in the Ballet's own Minds In Motion program.
Ms. Winslett and Mr. Bonda were also approached about the possibility of expanding the Ballet's multi-city tour while in China next year while talks of developing a farther-reaching community engagement component for the scheduled tour in May of 2015 also generated interest. Richmond Ballet hopes that the 2015 tour could now include additional opportunities for company dancers to connect with local students both in and outside of the studio.
"Over 30 years ago, it was hard to imagine that when we were thinking about taking this company professional, we would be where we are today, recognized on an international level," added Ms. Winslett. "We have reached this point because we have stayed true to our founding mission. We have always said that it would be through the means of the work, by maintaining the highest quality of an artistic product, Richmond Ballet would expect to make a significant contribution to the art form on a national basis, and now even outside of the United States. And indeed, we have done so. Through 30 years of small, consistent steps upward, our state, our country, and now the world is noticing that what we are doing matters. It is extraordinarily gratifying to know that we have been acknowledged in such a meaningful way."
While in Beijing, Ms. Winslett and Mr. Bonda also had the opportunity to visit the National Centre for the Performing Arts, where the Ballet will perform next year, as well as a local dance school, I See Cinderella International Children's Art Center (ISEE). The large ballet school hosted Ms. Winslett and Mr. Bonda for an extensive tour, with Ms. Winslett offering an impromptu lesson for a group of eager students rehearsing a variation from The Sleeping Beauty.
Read The U.S. Department of State's Fact Sheet on the 2014 Cultural Pillar Delegation for the US-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange.
Read Secretary of State John Kerry's full remarks at the close of the 2014 Cultural Pillar Delegation for the US-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange.
Photo Credits:
Top: (From L-R) Brett Bonda, Managing Director of Richmond Ballet, with cultural pillar heads Chris Miner, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges for The U.S. Department of State and Sun Jianhua, Deputy Director General of the Bureau for External Cultural Relations from China's Ministry of Culture, and Richmond Ballet Artistic Director Stoner Winslett at the 2014 CPE in Beijing, China.
Second From the Top: Stoner Winslett and Brett Bonda pose for a photo while visiting China.
Third From the Top: The American Delegation of the Cultural Pillar at the 2014 CPE People-to-People Exchange poses for a photo outside The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The American Delegation included members of the National Geographic Society, Carnegie Hall and the National China Garden Foundation, along side Richmond Ballet and staff from The US Department of State. Photo: Ross Goldberg, National Geographic Society
Bottom: The final preparations for the 2014 CPE People-to-People Exchange in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Photo: Ross Goldberg, National Geographic Society
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When Adam Scott blew a four putt lead with four holes remaining to lose the British Open this past weekend, you had to feel for such a huge choke job. Personally, it would be impossible to fathom exactly how bad Scott must be feeling this week, because frankly, this one is going to sting for quite a while.
Scott's personal loss in this matter aside, look past his part in this historic collapse and think about all the poor suckers who bet on Scott to win the Major's competition. While I do not publicly endorse gambling — especially on golf — which is about as hard to pick a winner these days as anything, you know that at least a few people took a flier o Scott's 40-1 odds on winning and felt damn good about it heading into that last four rounds on the final day of competition.
I mean, think about it. All you need is Scott to basically par it up on a couple of holes and that fifty bucks you placed on him becomes an easy $2000. Who could have imagined that a professional golfer with Tiger Woods' former caddy lending him advice would just lose it in that fashion? I don't know about you, but I would be having to buy a new TV because my remote would be lodged in the center of it.
Talk about the baddest beat of all time!
Well, if this awful circumstance is what you have been dealing with this week and you placed that bet on SportsBettingOnline, you are in for some good news. The website has announced that management is refunding all players who lost money betting on Adam Scott.
"With so many of the favorites including Woods not cashing, it was a good day for sportsbooks. But that wasn't the case for those who dropped money on Scott," stated Dave Johnson, head oddsmaker for SportsBettingOnline.ag. "We feel it's our duty to refund the players for taking such a bad beat. His collapse was historic and we know the bettors who had him must feel as awful as he does."
Now, with this unprecedented act, people who bet on Scott can back up any stories they tell about the baddest beat of all time with this little nugget because you know a beat had to be horrendously bad one if a betting site is willing to give back money without losing.
Props goes to SportsBettingOnline for showing compassion in an area where you don't normally find any.
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Louise Adler is settling in for lunch when a dark-haired woman of Mediterranean appearance approaches our table in the Gertrude Street Enoteca in Fitzroy in Melbourne.
Adler stands and the two clutch arms awkwardly and wordlessly. No pleasantries are exchanged. Then Adler sits down to continue our conversation, distracted.
"Who was that?'' I ask, vaguely recognising the woman who had taken her place alone at a table a bit removed from us. "Rosa,'' Adler writes on my notepad.
After a few uncomfortable moments she gets to her feet and joins "Rosa'' before returning looking a bit deflated.
"How did it go?" I ask.
"Not well,'' she replies.
The phrase "not well'' might be regarded as an understatement if you have been following the saga of Louise Adler,
As MLC chair, among various high-profile roles, including head of
This is the story of the publisher and the principal or, if you want to look at it another way, the publisher and the principle – in the sense that governance principles relating to the removal of a high-profile chief executive became an issue in themselves.
"There's no good way to [part company],'' Adler tells me during one of several long conversations, first in the Windsor Hotel Tea Room and then in the Gertrude Street cafe. "The only people that win in these difficult separations are lawyers.''
She could just as easily have been talking about the end of a marriage.
How the Adler-Storelli meltdown came about has been endlessly re-hashed but you learn things that surprise you.
Pertinently, this is a story that tells you a lot about the milieu and the personalities and the city in which it took place.
In its essence, it's an account of two strong-willed women whose misalliance transfixed Melbourne society for days, and drew the rest of the country's attention to a very public standoff involving Adler and the MLC board (detailed in the accompanying chart), Storelli, assorted members of the city's establishment, including a grande dame of the Aspro family, professional company director and former MLC chair Margaret Jackson, and the Uniting Church, among others.
Attempts were even made to persuade Victoria's governor Alex Chernov to intervene.
Melbourne is still, to an extent, the small, gossipy village of founder John Batman's early description.
What we are left with are the aftershocks, including exclusive publication in this newspaper of Adler's "Dear Rosa'' letter of September 2, 2012 advising Storelli of an "irretrievable'' breakdown in her relations with the board.
The letter is addressed "Dear Rosa'' and "Re: Separation'' is the subheading. It is also marked private, confidential and without prejudice. Clearly, it had been lawyered, as we say in the news business.
"I am deeply saddened, as you must be, that the trust between the Board and you, as our CEO, has broken down,'' Adler wrote. "The Non-Executive Directors are unanimously of the view that the relationship between you as the CEO and the Board is irretrievable.''
The "Dear Rosa'' letter marked what might be described as the end of the affair, although not by any means the last word.
That was pretty much it for Storelli, though, who had lost her fight to keep her job. Lawyers were stood down, the combatants reached a settlement that included confidentiality agreements, a temporary headmistress was appointed and new board members were elected.
Life goes on, including the elevation, as if she needed it, of Louise Adler in the public sphere.
Apart from her MUP and MLC jobs, she is president of the Australian Publishers Association, deputy chancellor of Monash University, director of the Melbourne International Arts Festival and a member of the National Cultural Policy Reference Group, among other responsibilities. These are cultural and gate-keeping roles that run broad and deep.
Who, then, is this woman whose role in the Storelli matter brought her to attention in ways she could not possibly have anticipated when she took on the job of chair of her old school in 2010 at the head of a board that includes some of Melbourne's more prominent business personalities?
Is she the polarising figure her critics would have you believe, is she the she-devil of the Storelli camp's propaganda, is she the sassy Melba of her generation of book publishers, is the verb to be "Adlerised'' about to enter the Macquarie dictionary?
Or is she, perhaps, all of the above?
Then there is the matter of Adler's marriage to actor Max Gillies who is, by any standard, a figure of unusual cultural significance as a consequence of his one-man representations of various public figures, not least former prime minister Bob Hawke, whom he portrays as something between a Les Patterson and Liberace.
The Adler-Gillies partnership is not the least interesting combination of activist and actor, player and, well, player.
In all of this, what might we have learned about principles governing complex relationships between boards and staff in not-for-profit institutions that are not necessarily run as businesses, but increasingly are obliged to assume the characteristics of a business?
Adler tells me the MLC governance conundrum is already on the way to becoming a subject for study in business schools. I have no doubt she is right. "I understand there are already CEO training programs using it as a case study,'' she says.
Confidentiality agreements that arose from a financial settlement between the school and principal precluded either Adler or Storelli discussing details of the ragged argument that led to the latter's severance.
But the story is as follows, as far as I can tell from having spoken to the various principals, including board members and confidantes of both parties. In the board's view, whether fair or not, Storelli, like Charles de Gaulle, had come to believe she embodied the school and the school embodied her. "L'etat c'est moi,'' as one put it or, expressed another way, "L'ecole c'est moi.''
An individual close to the board (not Adler) described the standoff thus. "The board made a mistake by trying to let her [Storelli] go gently to preserve her reputation and that of the college. It was an error to say nice things about her.
"Rosa used this as pretext to engage her own media people. Her solution was to get a new board and continue on.''
This is one version of the background to governance questions the board began to ask via a Deloitte's investigation into overpayments to the principal, whose salary and allowances were north of $500,000 a year.
These discussions about repayments to the school did not go well, to put it mildly, (Rosa did agree to a schedule of repayments) and one thing led to another in a test of strong wills to the point reached on September 2, when Adler sent the aforementioned "Dear Rosa'' letter to Storelli's Fitzroy town residence.
The letter concludes: "I hope you can accept the generosity of spirit and the compassionate tenor of this letter. I could not be more sincere or genuine in my desire for your service to the College to be honoured and your future to be uncompromised.''
Signed: Louise Adler, Chair.
The "compassionate tenor'' of the letter went down like a lead balloon, which is perhaps not surprising given what had gone before.
Indeed, "generosity of spirit'' would not have been the first phrase that came to Storelli's mind as she read the letter of September 2, contemplated the wreckage of a hitherto successful career and gave consideration to what lawyers refer to as "reputational damage".
"Rosa reacted very badly to being challenged,'' a board member tells me. "I was shocked, frankly, by the way she reacted. This thing was always heading in one direction."
Storelli herself doesn't necessarily see it that way, telling friends she had hoped and believed matters could be resolved until the last moment, and indeed until the September 2 "Dear Rosa'' communication thudded onto her Fitzroy doorstep.
In the midst of all this, the two sides hired their own spin doctors to manage their respective sides of the story – Allan Craig for Storelli and former Age editor Mike Smith for Adler and the MLC board.
Storelli's side has accused Smith of peddling a dirt file, but if such a file exists I haven't seen it. Storelli herself has taken particular umbrage over rumours that she is gay.
Left standing in this battle of two powerful women, or sitting as the case may be, in the Enoteca, is Adler who is, if nothing else, firm in her belief she had done what she could to ameliorate a difficult situation.
She won the battle, of that there is no doubt, but the question for the MLC board is whether it has won the war.
More broadly, an aftertaste lingers not only about Adler's own performance as chair, but generally about the role of women chairs and women chief executives, especially if one finds herself overseeing the other.
This is, to an extent, new territory in an evolving management environment.
"We are still at an evolutionary moment in the leadership of organisations,'' Adler says. "We still don't have enough women [in leadership roles] for gender not to be a distinctive feature.''
"What we do find is that women are still struggling with their right to be at the board table, and their right to have public and private lives.''
She then quotes the Lily Tomlin line about women and the rat race. "The trouble with the rat race is that even if a woman wins, she's still a rat.''
She has a point.
Sitting in the Windsor Hotel Tea Room eating scones and cream while this discussion is proceeding, Adler doesn't strike you as a rat, or a rodent or even the cat who's got the cream, so much as someone who has fairly definite ideas about things and a lot of self-confidence married with a gusting sense of the ridiculous.
She is not short of a word, or two.
Her take on chairing a board might be regarded by some of her fellow board members as a bit unconventional, certainly eccentric, but her description of managing a complex group of individuals has a certain elegance about it.
"Sitting home with Max one evening listening to the Berlin Philharmonic, it came to me in the context of the MLC board,'' she says. "It's like conducting an orchestra. You're allowing this voice to be heard. You're allowing the soloist to perform.
"You actually have to know where you want to go because if you're just a conduit for a consensus, that's not OK. You have to bring it together."
I'm not sure that board members like Ahmed Fahour, head of Australia Post, or Patricia Cross, a director of National Australia Bank, JBWere and Qantas, would appreciate being likened to a French horn or a piccolo, but there you go.
Adler resists the description of herself as soloist, as opposed to the conductor, of the MLC orchestra. This is a judgment with which her fellow directors would concur. If there is a criticism of her chairing style it is that it is overly consensual on occasions.
"Louise is very collaborative to the point where discussions might drag on for hours: everybody gets their say,'' says a fellow board member.
This brings us to the delicate issue of a hyperactive Adler's reputation as a "polarising'' figure in the view of some, or put more crudely, a "wrecking ball'' in the estimation of others.
"Who wanted a wrecking ball?'' she asks rhetorically. "We only acted out of the best interests of the college. If you have a clear conscience – I do have a clear conscience – that was my role: you have to stand up.''
Which prompts a question I had been wanting to ask about the verb "to be Adlerised'', coined by Melbourne publisher Eric Beecher, and almost certainly a candidate for the Macquarie dictionary.
She is anxious to correct the record that it simply means "to be sacked''.
Here's her definition, for what it's worth.
"Adlerised is to be persuaded to do things that you never thought of doing," she says. "That you never imagined you would do. But end up saying 'Yes, that's a good idea'."
This might be regarded as a fairly benign version, certainly in the case of Storelli who did not, as has been noted, end up saying her early retirement was a "good idea".
Maybe we should consider a new verb for the Macquarie: "to be Storellied''.
Conversation before we get on to publishing, Adler's day job, turns to relationships not simply between women and women in the workplace but women and men in the domestic environment.
This prompts an interesting discussion about her own domestic arrangements that might not be unrelated to understanding a complex Adler persona in the workplace.
"You're talking to a feminist of a certain age who actually – we call it the double bind – aspires to be in control and leading in the workplace, but also to be leading at home in the domestic sphere,'' she says.
"I have to confess to being a command and control person in the domestic sphere."
So you admit to that?
"Completely! My way or the highway, honey!"
She laughs.
"That's the double bind for professional women. You want to be there in a domestic sphere, mothering [she has two children, a boy and a girl], all of that, and fully there in the public sphere.
"That's really difficult for all of us, that balance.''
Speaking of balance, Adler's own life story is an interesting amalgam of bits and pieces that have contributed to what some might regard as a complex mixture.
Born of Jewish academic parents in Melbourne, she was educated at MLC Elsternwick – in those days the junior school of MLC – before being sent to Mount Scopus College where she says jokingly her father hoped she might meet a nice Jewish boy.
She didn't linger long in Melbourne and thus yield to her father's wishes, removing herself instead to Israel, where she studied at the Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities (her Hebrew is fluent) before going to the University of Reading in Britain, where she gained a BA.
From there she went to Columbia University in New York, where she earned a Master of Arts and Master of Philosophy and, significantly, was an assistant to the late Palestinian academic, Edward Said.
Said was close to Yasser Arafat until they fell out over the Oslo Accords. He helped to author Arafat's 1974 speech to the United Nations and otherwise involved himself in what he would describe as the Palestinian national movement.
Did he make you think differently about the Arab-Israel issue, I ask.
"No, I was pretty much on the same page,'' says Adler, who describes herself these days as a "devout Jewish atheist".
Then she came home, got a job teaching in the English department at Melbourne University, met Gillies at a comedy event (they share an appreciation of Woody Allen), had children and then went on to a series of demanding jobs culminating in her appointment in 2002 as publisher at Melbourne University Press.
She says of Gillies that as far her parents were concerned there was a "holy trinity of issues'' in their involvement. He was 40, he was an actor and he was not Jewish. They've been together for more than 30 years.
Improbably, conversation drifts towards the recent use by Gerard Henderson, of the Sydney Institute, of the word "sassy'' to describe a high-spirited Adler's appearance on the ABC's Q&A. She objects on the grounds Henderson may have been implying she was a "pushy Jew".
I tell her that is ridiculous and in fact it is a word I might have used myself after our various encounters.
"I've had a discussion with Max about the word 'sassy' and he feels exactly like you do," she announces solemnly at a later meeting. "I think it's because you guys are not part of my world."
Adler's "my world'' phrase comes up not defensively, but in a manner that indicates she is conscious – and proud – of her Jewish distinctiveness. Ultimately, academia was not for an entrepreneurial Adler, who went from the halls of academe to various jobs, including a tumultuous stint as arts editor of The Age, when she got rid of what she described as "dead wood'' among reviewers; the ABC, where she hosted Arts Today on Radio National; and the Victorian College of the Arts, where she was deputy director (academic and research); before coming to rest at the venerable MUP.
It was during her time at the VCA she provided a glimpse of her management steeliness. Storelli, then in the early stages of her headmistresship, might have paid attention.
"Leadership is about 'tough empathy' – giving staff what they need rather than what they want. Management isn't a popularity contest,'' she wrote in a contribution to The Age.
Adler is regarded well by her fellow publishers, with reservations. She is seen as having shaken up a sleepy MUP, popularised its list and become a feisty competitor for new authors in a tough business.
Morry Schwarz of Black Inc says of her: "There's no doubt she's the best publisher of political biographies and autobiographies. She has a great nose for those sorts of works.''
Richard Walsh of Allen and Unwin is an admirer and wary competitor, having seen her roll over opponents for name authors. "She Adlerises friend and foe alike,'' he says.
Eric Beecher says of her: "Just imagine how much duller and less interesting things would be without people like Louise.''
Alan Kohler, who employed her at The Age and was more recently chair of MUP, is supportive, as might be expected. "Publishing is not an easy business,'' he says.
Whatever else might be said about the diminutive publisher, she has made a few statements, including the controversial publication of underworld kingpin Mick Gatto's autobiography, easily her most successful publishing venture.
Maxine McKew's Tales From the Political Trenches is among a lengthening line of MUP-published political autobiographies, including The Latham Diaries by Mark Latham, Peter Costello's The Costello Memoirs and Tony Abbott's Battlelines.
Adler, the "devout Jewish atheist'', and Abbott, the devout Catholic believer, have become improbable friends as a consequence.
The same goes for Adler and the Irish-Australian boyo from Melbourne's western suburbs, Eddie Maguire, who speaks warmly of her role in a publishing venture close to his heart: Paul Daley's Collingwood: A Love Story.
I ask Maguire whether he's ever been Adlerised? He laughs.
Not all her relationships with authors have worked out well.
She tells me an engaging story about Mark Latham after a disagreement arose over an editing issue with his follow-up collection of quotes and anecdotes to The Latham Diaries – A Congaline of Suckholes. "You're a fucking moron," he told her in a phone conversation.
"Those were his last words to me, sadly,'' she says of one her more successful authors.
Maxine McKew tells me she published with MUP largely because of Adler's persistence, after she was approached by a "lot of publishers".
You could say McKew was Adlerised.
"She has what all good publishers have: a lively intellect and good commercial instincts,'' McKew says. That's Adler the publisher, but what remains like soiled linen before it goes to the wash are leftover rumblings from the Storelli affair.
In the second week of December, The Weekend Australian Magazine published a cover story titled "A matter of principle'' with the subheading: "She was the loved head of an elite girls school, and then she was sacked. How did things go so wrong for Storelli?''
The piece that followed was relatively sympathetic to the deposed principal, and thus relatively unsympathetic to the publisher.
This was not a zero sum game, nor was this the last word, as it turned out. In an email in response to The Australian article, Adler had this to say.
"Once the relationship with the former Principal had broken down, the Board worked assiduously to protect the reputation of the College and assist the Principal to leave well. We consciously refrained to the detriment of our individual reputations, from engaging in any public discussion of the matter because it was in the best interests of the College.
"I will continue to use my skills and expertise on boards that act in accordance with their fiduciary responsibilities.
"When the trust between a CEO and the Board breaks down, the latter must act to resolve the issues. In the stance of MLC the Board made every endeavour, and I mean every endeavour, to resolve the issues in a professional and respectful manner.''
I ring Rosa Storelli to get her response to this latest statement, but on holiday at the beach she declines graciously on the grounds that, "I want to get on with my life."
This seems fair enough in the circumstances, although she did warn that any implications in the Adler communication of wrongdoing on her part would attract the attention of her lawyers.
To be continued, no doubt.
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The digital age has led to many new ways for teens to learn about and talk about sex. Many parental conversations about "the birds and the bees" haven't quite caught up with technology yet. It's important to recognize how technology is changing the way teens view sex and sexuality.

1. Pornography is Easily Accessible

Gone are the days of having to wait until they're 18 to purchase pornography. Today's teens don't even need to "borrow" a video from an older sibling to catch a glimpse of pornography. The internet is filled with graphic images that are easily accessible to minors.

A study published in Pediatrics reports that about 42% of 10 to 17-year-olds have been exposed to online pornography in the past year. While two-thirds of minors report unwanted exposure to pornography online, 38% of 16 and 17-year-old males report deliberately visiting pornographic sites.

Looking at graphic pornographic images can certainly influence the way teens begin to view sex and relationships. For example, many teens who view pornography report they don't see any type of link between the need to have a relationship to go along with sexual activity.

2. The Internet Allows Predators Into Your Home

Predators have easy access to children via social media, online games, and chat rooms. Predators often spend weeks or months grooming their victims as they gain their trust.They may lure teens into sending sexually explicit photos or videos of themselves while parents may be only steps away in another room.

Approximately 13% of young internet users report receiving unwanted sexual solicitations. About 1 in 25 teens have received sexual solicitations from an adult attempting to meet with them in-person. Receiving regular solicitations and propositions may cause teens to think that it's normal or acceptable behavior.

3. Search Engines Answer Questions About Sex

The internet serves as an educational tool to teach teens about sex. Clearly, that's not always a bad thing. Teens can turn to the internet to learn about contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and to get answers to questions they may otherwise feel too embarrassed to ask.

The ability to conduct research, however, also means many teens may not be getting appropriate information. Forums, blogs, and unreliable sources may provide incorrect information that could influence a teen's sexual choices.

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4. Nude Photos are Exchanged Frequently

Sending provocative and nude photos or videos has become the norm in many teenage social circles. Approximately 54% of college students report that they sent sexually explicit text messages and images to other people before the age of 18.

Many young people don't think about the potential ramifications of sharing sexually explicit material. They presume a current romantic partner would never share it with anyone else and they don't consider the legal, emotional, or social consequences of sexting.

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5. Sexualized Content is Rampant

Today's youth have been exposed to more graphic sexualized content than any other generation. And it's not just the internet that is offering early sex education. Music videos, reality TV, video games, and advertisements all provide explicit sexual content. Even music lyrics have become much more sexually graphic over the years.

Frequent exposure to sexually suggestive material leads to increased sexualized behavior. Teen dances have certainly changed over the past decade or two as holding hands has been replaced with "twerking." Clothing has become much more revealing and sexualized behavior has become normalized.

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References

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Wolak, J., Mitchell, K., Finkelhor, D. (2007). Unwanted and Wanted Exposure to Online Pornography in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users. Pediatrics. 119(2): 247-257.

DeAngelis, Tori. (2007) Web pornography's effect on children. Monitor on Psychology. 38(10): 50.

Stohmaier, H., Murphy, M., DeMatteo, D. (2014) Youth Sexting: Prevalence Rates, Driving Motivations, and Deterrent Effect of Legal Consequences. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 11(3) 245-255.


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S: "Jack I have to tell you something."
J: "Yeah, Sam, what's up?"
S: "I love you! I'm sorry i'm telling you this now, right before you leave with Maria."
J: "Sam, I love you too but I have to leave. Maria and I are getting a divorce, but i'm still moving so i can be in my daughters lives.
S: "Well as soon as you are divorced, would you want me too take a trip to Chiago? To see if we got a shot? Long-distance?"
J: "I would love too see, once I'm divorced but not until then because I do not want to have to tell the girls, that their parnets are getting a divorce because, we could no longer get along and that I love another woman. I just hope that they aren't going to be very mad considering I am moving right down the hall from them in a 3 bedroom apartment just like Maria. Sam please know that I am only that close, so I can keep the girls in my life."
S: " Jack, I know you love your girls and just want to be close to them."
J: "I will call you as soon as I am divorced." *Kisses Samantha's cheeck* "Remember I love you!"
S: "Jack I'll never forget it as long as I live. I'll be waiting!"
J: "Soon, I promise!"
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M: "Jack, you don't have to move, I promise never to keep the girls away from you."
J: "Maria I know you wouldn't keep the girls from me but as a father, I have to do this. I promised myself when the girls were born I wouldn't leave them."
M: "What's Sam going to do, you love her. Jack, im not jealous that she has your love, because i know how great it is to have your love and im going to be mad at Sam for falling for you. I'm greatful that your not having an affair. She called me and told me that she confessed her love for you. And she told me that you told her your guys relationship was put on hold till we got a divorce. I thank you for not having an affair. But we have to tell the girls soon that you are going to have Samantha around your Chicago apartment and im guessing that you are going to be making trips down here."
J: " I know but lets wait till our divorce is final before telling the girls that i am in love with another woman. And that woman is Samantha Spade. Maria, I hope you and I will stay good friends and not just throw away all the years we have spent together and I know we will be good parnets, well I know you will still be a good mother. I will always be here for you and you can come talk to me whenever you need too."
M: "Always Jack, Always. Like I've siad Im never going to hold the girls from you. Im always going to talk to you. You are the girls father and most of all you are always my friend. Samantha is always welcome in my apartment and always welcome to be around the girls."
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My over-developed sense of humor
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Latest movies that I really enjoyed - "Law Abiding Citizen" was fantastic. "Taken" was good. "Sorcerers Apprentice" was good mindless fun.
Books. I have a bookshelf. It has books on it. Those books are the ones I keep, they're like old friends you go back to.
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Here is a look at some of the developers working on BlackBerry 10 apps
0. phoneArena posted on 18 Oct 2012, 01:54
There is plenty to feel good about when you see just a few of the companies making sure their apps and games are available on BlackBerry 10...
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1. kapoorsunny (Posts: 19; Member since: 10 Oct 2012)
Way you go Blackberry....whoop whoop
Can't wait to get hold of BB 10 phone
3. StreetNerd (Posts: 836; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
wait till march 2013 :')
5. BillyG (Posts: 305; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
and knowing RIM, when march come, they'll push it back again to next quarter or even year... you may have to wait forever or rest in motion...
or they release those half ready phones anyway, like they did with 9900...
2. wendygarett (unregistered)
I just saw someone playing android apps on RIM playbook... Can someone teach me how to do it?
4. AeroPrime (Posts: 175; Member since: 21 Feb 2011)
No whatsapp?
7. Lwazi_N (Posts: 205; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
As they said, the list is not complete. And why would Whatsapp want to drop off now?
6. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
its more easy to make app for the new BB10 coz it looks like iOS and android!!! and most awesome part is that android devs dont need to rewrite their apps for BB10...just copy and paste it!!!
their apps looks the same!
while on WP, you really need to rewrite it!! to make it metrofied!
8. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
I just wish RIM could be more concrete as far as their final hardware, specs, and release date. If they could do this soon, they may stave me off from getting the Optimus G long enough to wait for them. Another thing that would be a great selling point for me is if I can utilize my Playbook apps on this without having to repay.
9. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
maybe.... RIM needs to take note... but i think it will happen! :)
10. kapoorsunny (Posts: 19; Member since: 10 Oct 2012)
I want BB 10 now now now now...
Please don't make us wait Blackberry
11. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
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Carrie Underwood Sees 'At Least' One More Baby in Her Future
Carrie Underwood recently celebrated her son Isaiah's first birthday, and the first-time mom says that more children are definitely in her future.
In an interview with People, the "Heartbeat" singer was asked where she sees herself in five years, and the 32-year-old admits she hopes to give baby Isaiah a sibling in the not too distant future.
"I definitely see one more baby. At least," she tells the magazine. "Oh, Isaiah will be in kindergarten. Mike will most likely be retired by then. He'll be 40! He's like the second-oldest on the team already."
"We'll be living out here in the country," the singer predicts. "We have land that's five minutes away that we're going to build on. Career-wise, I have no idea. There are so many factors."
Underwood says that she and husband Mike Fisher plan on their current Tennessee home to be their "forever home."
"I have ideas of having a garden, being outside a lot, even when I'm old," she explains. "My best friend … is going to live next to us. So we'll just be crazy old ladies together."
Underwood gave Isaiah a fish-style birthday party on Feb. 27, with an aquatic birthday cake, which the star posted photos on social media afterward. She shared the big birthday plans for her son with ET at the Grammys, admitting she wasn't even sure what she wanted to buy him for a gift.
"[We are throwing] a little party, just family and friends, people that are staples in his life. It won't be anything fancy," she dished. "I'm like, 'What do you get a 1-year-old for a present?' I have no idea so I've been on Amazon trying to find presents for him."
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Robin Roberts was the well deserved winner of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2013 EPSYs. Roberts, a broadcast journalist with ESPN and ABC, has overcome battles with both breast cancer and MDS, a disease that required a bone marrow transplant.
In a night largely comprised of celebratory fluff, Robin Roberts' acceptance speech after receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award provided one of the emotional highpoints to The ESPYS. At the award show, Roberts delivered a moving speech or her own and discussed how she was backstage when Jimmy Valvano gave his emotional speech upon winning the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage Award in 1993.
"I've been blessed to achieve things in life I could never have imagined as that little girl growing up in Mississippi," Roberts said. "But most of all, I never imagined that I'd be able to be standing here 20 years after Jimmy V's speech and say that because of everyone who has responded to his challenge, because of all the donations, research and support, mine is one of the lives that's been saved."
Roberts was a star athlete growing up before launching a career in broadcast journalism. In 1990, she joined the staff of ESPN as a Sportscenter anchor and reporter, a role she thrived in for the next fifteen years.
Roberts joined the ABC Good Morning America staff as a reporter and later became a host for the show. One of her most famous television moments came during her coverage of Hurricane Katrina, when a visibly emotional Roberts spoke of her own family who were affected by the storm.
Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. After surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, Roberts returned back to Good Morning America, becoming a powerful voice in the fight against the disease. In 2012, however, Roberts was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a disease that came as a side effect from her cancer treatment. She would need a bone marrow transplant to survive. Be the Match Registry, which is a national registry of bone marrow donors, saw a 1,800% increase in donors the day after Roberts made her illness public on television.
Days after her own mother's passing, Roberts underwent the bone marrow transplant surgery, which would prove to be successful. Six months later, Roberts had recovered from the surgery, and returned with an emotional appearance on Good Morning America. It is no wonder why the journalist was a 2013 winner if the Arthur Ashe award.


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Cloud Nine Neighborhood Bar & Grill enjoyed nearly a two-year run in the former Shoney's on Wrightsboro Road, but today the establishment's doors are closed.
Proprietor Shalanda Y. Crawford surrendered her license to operate the restaurant at 3156 Wrightsboro Road three days before Richmond County Sheriff's Office and planning officials planned to present information about trouble at the establishment to the Augusta Commission's Public Service Committee on Feb. 27.
Deputies tallied 148 incidents at Cloud Nine between April and February, including 11 reports of loud music or partying, 19 verbal altercations, more than 60 reports of suspicious people, vehicles or situations and at least 15 reports of underage consumption, according to data from the sheriff's office.
The establishment, licensed only to operate as a restaurant with full bar and Sunday alcohol sales, was not operating "in the true sense of a typical restaurant, but that of a nightclub," Sgt. Richard Elim of the sheriff's vice division told city officials.
"While operating as such, it primarily marketed itself to the under-21 age group," Elim said.
The action comes a few weeks after Patrick Walton was charged with misleading officials when he obtained a certificate of occupancy to operate a mercantile called Magic City. Actually a Mike Padgett Highway teen club, Magic City was operating illegally when a 16-year-old was killed there Jan. 16, city officials have said.
Moreover, in an audit of Cloud Nine conducted based on suspicions dating back to July that it was more a bar and dance club than a restaurant, "there were several attempts to alter sales numbers and include unreliable information," Elim said.
The planning and development office recommended Feb. 23 that the city revoke, suspend or place on probation Cloud Nine's license for code violations including alcohol sales to minors, operating a dance hall without a permit and failure to supervise the parking lot.
Licensing director Rob Sherman said he asked the Public Service Committee to pull the action against Cloud Nine after Crawford turned in the license Feb. 24.
Crawford, who hasn't returned The Augusta Chronicle's requests for comment, is becoming a nonmajority partner in a new endeavor at the restaurant as she pursues what Sherman said was a career in education.


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Outside my window... it's just starting to get light. Can't tell yet if it's overcast, or if it's just the lingering night that's making the sky gray.
I am thinking... that my daughter looks really cute sleeping in her tie-dye. Also thinking that I have a lot of work to catch up on today. I love my job, but I hate to bring work home (I've had to do this a lot lately), and I hate when thoughts of work infringe upon my private home life.
I am thankful for... my mom. With Hubster at camp and Anne's sitter stepping down, I was floundering, so she's come up from Louisiana to help me out for a few days.
From the kitchen... There's a big bowl of chocolate-chocolate-chip cookie dough in the fridge. I mixed it last night, but it was 11:00 by the time I was ready to make the cookies. So I'm waiting until tonight to make them.
I am wearing... Hiking shorts, my company t-shirt, and a nine-year-old pair of Tevas. Hair is in a ponytail, as it is every day these days.
I am creating... a new "look" for the man cave (yes, in Hubster's absence). I got him a used loveseat for his Father's Day present, and now the challenge is to fit it into the man cave without messing up the current delicate balance of beer-drinking armchair, TV tray, and cowboy-and-Indian pictures. (A new "look" for a room … gosh, that sounds like such a housewifey, non-Waterfallish thing to create.)
I am going... to take three hours on Saturday to read, write, and study! My friend Katie has offered to watch Anne for a few hours on Saturday, so I'm feeling very thankful for her! I need to plan what to read, what to write, and what to study, or I'll be so overwhelmed with the possibilities that I'll end up doing nothing.
I am reading... the book of James. I also started God in the Dock, a collection of essays by C.S. Lewis, but I haven't gotten very far yet.
I am hoping... that Anne doesn't wake up for a few more minutes. I'm enjoying this quiet time.
I am hearing... the cat. He's scratching on the door. Wait just a sec while I go let him in …
Around the house... it's quiet. I love being up early, even though I don't feel the least bit rested. (Kind of hard to feel rested when you go to bed after midnight and wake up at 5:30.)
One of my favorite things... could "Anne" be considered a "thing"? No? Well … one of my favorite things is when people use semicolons correctly, and not just in the old "semicolon-however-comma" construction. That's a small, minor thing, and it probably smacks of writing snobbery, but it truly does my heart good to see a well-placed semicolon.
A few plans for the rest of the week: Continue the mad juggle to balance child care responsibilities with work responsibilities. (This will get easier next week, when Anne starts going to her new sitter.) Bake cookies tonight. Work out at my usual time (10:00) each night. Plan for Saturday. Try not to fall into negative thinking about how I hate my life right now; focus on the blessings instead, and the fact that this craziness is temporary (and how I'll probably miss it once things have settled down).
Here is picture for thought I am sharing... This is Anne's best friend, Beau. Note that he's on her baby gym. He thinks it's their (his and Anne's) baby gym. Once Anne outgrows it, it'll become a very nice cat toy.
Beau loves Anne. He gets upset when she's upset. He cries when she cries. He likes to play when she plays. He wants to snuggle up to her when she's asleep. She's learned to pet him. She particularly loves to pet him when she's playing the piano—left hand on the keys, right hand petting Beau. (She clearly takes after her mommy here.)
While Beau has definitely felt the pain of no longer being "the boss" in our house he's dealt with it relatively well. He doesn't seem jealous of Anne at all. He just wants to be her friend. I have to be the mean cop because I'm scared our little wild man will hurt her when he thinks he's just "playing."
I won't be surprised if Anne's first real word (other than da-da-da-da) is "cat."
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5 comments:
- A glimpse of me.... said...
Have a blessed week!
- June 22, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- B said...
Hang in there - if there is anything I've learned as a mother, it's that everything is temporary, and this too shall pass.
- June 22, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- noonie said...
As they say hang in there... there is quiet after the storm, but only so you can rest up for the teen years... muhahahaha.
Sorry to hear about the sitter changes that's no fun. But it may turn out to be a bigger blessing.
- June 27, 2010 at 6:08 AM
- Joan said...
Handsome guy. I enjoyed this post.
- June 28, 2010 at 6:49 PM
- Kathryn Magendie said...
The look on that cat's face made me laugh! :)
hope you find someone trustworthy
- July 3, 2010 at 8:26 PM
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I wanted to thank Lisa Bergson for "I Hired My Husband" (Summer, 2005). I found the article quite interesting. Five years ago I retired from a 25-year career in middle-market corporate banking to join my wife's company. In addition, I am a member of a CEO group that meets once a month with 14 CEOs of privately held companies, all with fewer than 50 employees. Of the 14, five of us work with our spouses.
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I enjoyed "I Hired My Husband." I spent 10 years on my own in a startup company, often depending on my wife's salary to make ends meet at home. We finally took a chance, and after 18 years working together we wouldn't want it any other way. It's important to keep trying to find that point where you each benefit the company most and enjoy the freedom of working together. My very best to Lisa and Jerry.
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Bergson's comments about romantic dinners caving to business talk illustrated well the perils of going tandem. However, like Bergson's spouse, my husband's candor, commitment, and operations proficiency has made this a perfect arrangement.
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- To investigate the difference of PE inflammation/apoptosis-associated markers between TB pleurisy and non-TB pleurisy
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|To Investigate Diagnostic Aid of the Inflammation and Apoptosis-associated Markers and Apoptosis Pattern of PE Neutrophil for Tuberculous Pleurisy
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|Evaluating the Diagnostic Validity of Inflammation-associated Markers for Tuberculous Pleurisy
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem even though it has nearly been eradicated in some developed countries. Because of variable manifestations and the difficulty in collecting clinical samples, extra-pulmonary TB is usually difficult to early diagnose. Tuberculous pleurisy (TP) is one of the most common extra-pulmonary infection and accounts for approximately 5% of all forms of TB. The gold standard for diagnosing TP is mycobacterial culture of pleural effusion (PE), pleura tissue, which requires weeks to yield. The treatment could thus be delayed, resulting in an increased mortality rate. In addition, mycobacterial culture is not so sensitive for PE and with positivity in less than two thirds of cases with TB pleurisy.
For diagnosing TP, PE biomarkers are required to be investigated in addition to traditional PE cell counting and biochemistry. In particularly, inflammation-associated cytokines and apoptosis-associated markers may be important because the two pathways involve in TB infection/defense mechanism. For inflammation-association markers, current literature is not comprehensive except IFN-gamma and IFN-gamma release assay (IGRA). However, the result of IGRA using PE is disappointed. We should study other PE inflammation markers such as IFN-induced protein-10, interleukin [IL]-2, IL-12 and so on. On the other hand, apoptosis suppression is one of escape mechanisms in TB pathogenesis. Macrophage, dendritic cell, and neutrophil are reportedly inhibited for apoptosis in TB infection. But the apoptosis of PE neutrophil are rarely studied. Moreover, the role of apoptosis-associated markers (Fas ligand [FasL], decoy receptor 3, lipoxin, prostaglandin E2, caspases) in PE has rarely been investigated in diagnosing TP except FasL. Therefore, we conduct a prospective study to investigate inflammation/apoptosis-associated markers in exudative PE and apoptosis of PE neutrophil to analyze their diagnostic usefulness for TP.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
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|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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- Patients with tuberculous pleural effusion
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- patients with exudative pleural effusion
Exclusion Criteria:
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|September 11, 2012
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|September 11, 2012
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
diagnosis, inflammation-associated markers, pleural effusion, tuberculosis, tuberculous pleurisy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tuberculosis, Pleural
Pathologic Processes
Mycobacterium Infections
Actinomycetales Infections
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Bacterial Infections
Pleural Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
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