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Clinical Effects and Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Early Anti-viral Therapy on HBV-related Compensated Liver Cirrhosis
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Beijing Friendship Hospital
Peking University First Hospital
Peking University People's Hospital
Beijing YouAn Hospital
Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Beijing Ditan Hospital
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Beijing 302 Hospital
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Jia Ji-Dong, Beijing Friendship Hospital
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First received: October 31, 2012
Last updated: July 27, 2015
Last verified: July 2015
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Though newly reported HBV infection and HBsAg prevalence in China have greatly decreased, patients who had been chronically infected with HBV, especially those with liver cirrhosis cause great burden on public health care. In view of economic development level, drug availability and lack of independent health economics evidence, the investigators are still unable to give specific guidelines for HBV related compensated liver cirrhosis in China. Therefore, the investigators aim to investigate clinical effects and cost-effectiveness of two early anti-viral therapy strategies on HBV related compensated liver cirrhosis through this prospective, open-label, multicenter and nonrandomized study.
|Liver Cirrhosis Hepatitis B
|Drug: Entecavir Drug: Lamivudine plus Adefovir Dipivoxil
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Clinical Effects and Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Early Anti-viral Therapy on HBV-related Compensated Liver Cirrhosis
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: North American Indian childhood cirrhosis
MedlinePlus related topics: Cirrhosis
Drug Information available for: Lamivudine Entecavir Adefovir dipivoxilU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Jia Ji-Dong, Beijing Friendship Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Decompensation rate of liver cirrhosis [ Time Frame: 3 years ]presence of ascites, variceal hemorrhage, hepatic encephalopathy and HCC
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- child-pugh score [ Time Frame: 1,2 and 3 years ]
- HBVDNA undetected [ Time Frame: 1,2 and 3 years ]
- liver elasticity [ Time Frame: 1, 2, and 3 years ]
- life quality score [ Time Frame: 1, 2 and 3 years ]
- cost-effectiveness [ Time Frame: 1, 2 and 3 years ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
serum,plasma and DNA
|Study Start Date:
|March 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Group 1
Entecavir Therapy
Drug: Entecavir
0.5mg qd
Other Names:
Group 2
Lamivudine plus Adefovir Dipivoxil Therapy
Drug: Lamivudine plus Adefovir Dipivoxil
Lamivudine:100mg qd Adefovir Dipivoxil:10mg qd
Other Names:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
compensated HBV Related liver cirrhosis
Inclusion Criteria:
- written informed consent
- aged 18-70 years
clinical diagnosis of compensated liver cirrhosis
- liver biopsy showing cirrhosis
- endoscopy: esophageal varices , exclusion of noncirrhotic portal hypertension
if no biopsy or endoscopy ,should meet two of the four:
Imaging(US, CT or MRI, et al) showing Surface nodularity: Echogenecity (spleen pachydiameter > 4.0cm or> 5 costal region)
PLT < 100×10 < 9 >/L,no other interpretation
ALB < 35.0 g/L, or INR > 1.3, or CHE < 5.0KU/L
- Liver stiffness measurement value > 12.4 kpa
- HBeAg(+)with HBVDNA > 10 < 3 > IU/mL or HBeAg(-) wtih HBVDNA > 102 IU/mL
Exclusion Criteria:
- patient with decompensated liver cirrhosis:presence of ascites, variceal hemorrhage,hepatic encephalopathy
- allergic to any ingredients of the drugs
- patient complicated with alcoholic liver disease, autoimmune liver disease, heretic liver disease, drug induced liver disease,nonalcoholic liver disease or other chronic liver disease.
- AFP > 100ng/ml or Cr > 1.5×ULN
- pregnant woman
- patient with severe disease or other organ failure
- patient with any tumors
- patient with sever mental disease.
- patients with any disease or condition which the investigator or treating physician feels would interfere with the trial or the safety of the subject
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01720238
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01720238
|China, Beijing
|Beijing Friendship Hospital
|Beijing, Beijing, China, 100050
|Beijing 302 Hospital
|Beijing, Beijing, China
|Beijing Ditan Hospital
|Beijing, Beijing, China
|Beijing Tiantan Hospital
|Beijing, Beijing, China
|Beijing YouAn Hospital
|Beijing, Beijing, China
|Peking Union Medical College Hospital
|Beijing, Beijing, China
|PeKing University People's Hopital
|Beijing, Beijing, China
|The First Hospital of Peking University
|Beijing, Beijing, China
Sponsors and Collaborators
Beijing Friendship Hospital
Peking University First Hospital
Peking University People's Hospital
Beijing YouAn Hospital
Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Beijing Ditan Hospital
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Beijing 302 Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Dong Ji Jia, Doctor
|Beijing Friendship Hospital
More Information
Keywords provided by Jia Ji-Dong, Beijing Friendship Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Jia Ji-Dong, Director of Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01720238 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 31, 2012
|Last Updated:
|July 27, 2015
Keywords provided by Jia Ji-Dong, Beijing Friendship Hospital:
Compensated Liver Cirrhosis
Early Antiviral Therapy
Cost Effectiveness
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis B
Liver Cirrhosis
Hepadnaviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Adefovir dipivoxil
Antiviral Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
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Chicago gun control FAIL
5 Dead, 25 Hurt In 36 Hours In Warm Weather Period In Chicago - cbs2chicago.com
1 Killed; 6 Wounded In 3 Englewood Shootings; Millennium Park Was Reportedly Site Of ShootingCHICAGO (CBS) ―
One person is dead and six others were wounded in shootings within a few blocks in the Englewood neighborhood overnight.
Record-setting warmth has brought a festive, summerlike mood to Chicago over the past couple of days, but it has also led to a rash of gun violence that has left at least five people dead and at least 25 injured in 36 hours.
Fifteen of the victims were shot in just two hours, many of them within a few blocks in Englewood.
Early Friday morning, as the temperature dipped only to the 60s, one person was killed and six were wounded in three shootings within a few blocks in the Englewood neighborhood.
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Now how in the heck did these shooters get their guns? I was told that Chicago had very strict controls over who could buy guns. :eek::eek::eek: You don't suppose the people who shot these people could have aquired their guns illegally do you?
I wonder, if Chicago had more legally armed citizens & citizens carrying concealed firearms, would these shooters have been so brazen? My inner logic thinks probably not. Will the politicos in Chicago ever figure out the connection between an unarmed populace & this type of fearless criminal activity, i rather doubt it. I do feel bad for the victims and for those victims to come.
Cmon Orange, April fools. There are no guns in Chicago, they are illegal.
Hmmm, Englewood. Gun fire. People shot...Why do the Latin Kings and other gangs come to mind? What is the other big one? Rollin' 60's or something like that?
This is a normal warm spring night in Chitown. At least the CPD has the firepower to fight back now.
Show Compassion, arm everyone.
5 Dead, 25 Hurt In Chicago Shootings In 36 Hours
CBS News
April 2nd, 2010
CHICAGO Record-setting warmth has brought a festive, summer-like mood to Chicago over the past couple of days, but it has also led to a rash of gun violence that has left at least five people dead and at least 25 injured in 36 hours.
Fifteen of the victims were shot in just two hours, many of them within a few blocks on Englewood.
Early Friday morning, as the temperature dipped only to the 60s, one person was killed and six were wounded in three shootings within a few blocks in the Englewood neighborhood.
First, a man was shot in the shoulder at about 11:15 p.m., and later died, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said. Brian Moore, 30 was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m.
A few blocks away a short time later, police responded to reports of multiple gunshot victims at 12:49 a.m. It turned out that four men in their 20s had been shot, and they were taken to various local hospitals in serious to critical condition, Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said.
One of the victims was shot multiple times all over his body, and the other three were wounded in the lower extremities, Langford said.
But as police responded to that first shooting, another shooting happened only a couple of blocks away.
In that incident, a woman in her early 20s suffered a graze wound from her help and was treated on the scene, and a man was shot in his buttocks or lower back and hospitalized in stable condition, Langford said.
Initially, it was thought shots were being fired at police. Police did not return fire, but it was later learned that the shots were just an exchange of gunfire between the offenders and not at police, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
Police are investigating. They appeared to be interviewing one person and processing a car that had been riddled with bullets, Langford said.
Another shooting claimed multiple victims at an area sports bar. Four adults who were unintended targets were wounded, police said.
Just after 1 a.m., four people were shot outside near the bar, according to police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.
A 40-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds to his arm and leg; a 31-year-old woman was shot in the foot; a 30-year-old man was shot in the right hand; and a 28-year-old was shot in the right thigh, Kubiak said.
Meanwhile, just three blocks from Chicago Police Headquarters, a man was shot and later died.
Jermaine Streeter, 27, was shot at 12:15 a.m.
Millennium Park was also reportedly the site of one of the shootings.
A 20-year-old Franklin Park woman who suffered a gunshot wound to the arm told police she was shot early Friday in the iconic downtown park. But police were not notified until about 2:15 a.m. when the woman was being treated at a hospital.
The woman told police she was sitting in the park about 12:30 a.m. when two males she did not know approached her and a male friend she was with, according to a police report.
The report says that one of the suspects pointed a gun at her friends head first, and when she got up to protest the suspect fired several shots at the her striking her once in the upper right arm.
Police said she was taken to Gottlieb by the friend and treated for a through and through gunshot wound to the arm, police said.
The overnight shootings followed a bloody period across the city that goes back to Wednesday evening. Among the other victims was a 16-year-old high school student on spring break.
Jeremy Lindsey, 16, was shot and killed in the South Austin neighborhood, police said. He was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
The man who is believed to have shot Lindsey, Reshard Lyles, 28, was later shot and killed by police after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers. He was pronounced dead at 2:50 a.m. Thursday.
Lindsey was a 10th grader at the Academy of Communications and Technology Charter School, CPS spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
Also since Wednesday evening:
- At 9:24 p.m. Wednesday, 27-year-old Lacharles Johnson was shot in the face in the South Austin neighborhood. He was pronounced dead at at 10:15 p.m., according to the medical examiners office. Police said two male suspects approached on foot and shot him multiple times.
- At 9:49 p.m. Wednesday, a 29-year-old man was shot in the arm in a fight and taken to a hospital, where he was reported in stable condition, police said.
- At 10:44 p.m. Wednesday, a 23-year-old man was in the leg.
- At 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, a 23-year-old man was shot in the abdomen in a gang-related drive-by, police said. He was treated and released.
-At 12:03 a.m. Thursday, police said a 26-year-old man was shot in Logan Square less than a block from the Congress Theater. Somebody inside a passing vehicle shot the man, who was in good condition, police said.
-At 12:12 a.m. Thursday, two men were shot during an argument, police said. The men were walking down the street when they got into an argument with people in a passing vehicle, one of whom opened fire. The men, 38 and 24, were hospitalized in stable condition.
-At 12:15 a.m. Thursday, a 27-year-old man was shot in the jaw and groin during a fight, police said. He was in stable condition.
-At 1:47 a.m. Thursday, a 22-year-old man was shot in the leg in what is believed to be a gang-related incident, police said. He was in good condition.
-At 2:55 a.m. Thursday, a 28-year-old man was seriously injured when he was shot in the back, police said.
-At 3:17 p.m. Thursday, a 32-year-old man was critically injured after being shot, fire officials said. Police said the man was shot by a man who fled in a car.
-About 4 p.m. Thursday, a 17-year-old boy was found shot in the head, according to fire officials. The boy was in critical condition.
-At 10:54 p.m. Thursday, a 28-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in the leg. He suffered a gunshot wound to the lower left leg, police said.
-At 11:50 p.m. Thursday, a 21-year-old man was shot and wounded while standing in a parking lot. He was standing with a group of other males in a parking lot, when a man and woman approached, and someone in the group said something offensive about the woman, police said. The womans male companion then fired two shots at the group striking the victim once in the left buttock, police said.
-About 1:20 a.m. Friday, a 20-year-old man, a passenger in a vehicle, was shot by a man who began shooting at his vehicle, police said. The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen and was in serious condition.
This is a win for the pro-gun voice in Chi-Town. Unfortunately it took 5 dead and many more wounded:(. But I predict Douche Bag Daly will try to point out that tougher gun control is the answer:mad:. Eff'ing tool.
England and Australia, step by step, registered and then confiscated the guns of their citizens. You are now 50 times more likely to be a victim of crime in either of those countries as you are in the US. The woman that spearheaded the movement in Australia is now living and working in NY to bring about the same thing here. She is backed by George Soros.
The legitimate studies done have shown that giving citizens guns, ie, shall issue laws, results in less crime. Daley and cronies don't want less crime, they want more control.
Man I hate liberals with every fiber in me.:mad:
ps.s I dont really advocate the removal of anyones rights, as long as their legal.
inalienable......... isn't that in the bill of rights somewhere? haha
I don't understand it. According to the article, it looks like these shootings were not just between gangs, some of these BG's targeted or at least affected average citizens at random. You would think the people of Chicago would wake up. This anti-gun movement is just wacky.
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Proposed FY2015 budget cuts crop insurance
Each year the president takes time to send Congress a budget proposal, along with a long list of potential policy changes, marking the beginning of the year's long political debate to finalize the plans for the appropriations bill for the next fiscal year. President Barack Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2015 proposal last week, with a press release that reads a bit like an advertisement for a U.S. tourist attraction, but there is one key component that is clearly going to be at the core of many discussions before the budget is finalized—agriculture.
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced the budget request of $11.9 billion, up 2.4 percent from 2014, for the Department of the Interior, saying it makes "key investments to maintain vital funding for Interior's missions, in landscape-level conservation, balanced energy development, water management, engaging youth and veterans, addressing climate change, fulfilling commitments to American Indians and Alaska Native Tribes and insular communities."
Just when we thought the farm bill discussions were over, President Obama in his FY 2015 budget proposal listed plans to cut the federal crop insurance assistance by $14 billion over 10 years. Just last month Congress passed a fiveyear farm bill ending the government's system of direct payments to farmers and reinforcing the crop insurance portion.
"These proposals will modify the structure of the crop insurance program so that it is less costly to the taxpayer yet still provides a quality safety net for farmers," the budget proposal said.
The current proposal is for $158 billion for FY2015. The administration argues that reduced crop and insurance subsidies in the administration's proposal would cut discretionary spending from $24 billion in 2014 to $23 billion for the budget year.
While the crop insurance was on the chopping block, the president was eyeing more money for research, school nutrition and honey bees. With $75 million proposed for three new multidisciplinary agricultural research institutes dedicated to crop science and pollinator health and $50 million to support research on honey bees, whose populations have declined in recent years, this is destined for controversy.
Firefighting will also likely be a topic of interest in coming budget discussions. With more than 200 million acres of forest and grassland to care for, the proposal recommends new management plans, allowing the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to tap disaster money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and reduce borrowing from internal forest management accounts.
The 2015 budget proposes to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, to establish a new budget framework for the Wildland Fire Management program to provide stable funding for fire suppression, while minimizing the adverse impacts of fire transfers on other fire
and non-fire programs, as well as reduce fire risk, manage landscapes more comprehensively, and increase the resiliency of public lands and the communities that border them. In this proposed new budget framework, $268.6 million of the funding needed for suppression response is funded within the discretionary spending limits and $240.4 million is funded as an adjustment.
"So, there are plenty of controversial items in the budget to keep the press occupied through much of the year. For example, the proposal would cut $9.3 million from the Food Safety and Inspection Service from 2014 enacted levels for inspecting meat, poultry and egg products. The cuts are to be made possible by a new, science-based inspection process that USDA says it has spent 10 years developing. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack argues this would update a poultry inspection system "that hasn't changed in 60 years." Observers note that "The proposal is extremely controversial among some USDA employees and consumer advocacy groups," DTN's Washington insider wrote.
The Obama administration also proposed providing stepped-up funding for grants to provide high speed Internet access to rural communities and allocating $58 million for a new economic development program meant to create new jobs in rural communities.
"The budget enables Interior to carry out its important missions and contains key proposals to uphold our trust responsibilities to American Indians and Alaska Natives, provide a new approach for responsibly budgeting for wildland fire suppression needs, invest in climate resilience, and bolster our national parks and public lands in advance of the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016. Importantly, the president continues to support full, permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, one of the nation's most effective tools for expanding access for hunting and fishing, creating ball fields and other places for children to play and learn, and protecting Civil War battlefields," Secretary Jewell said.
The budget plan for national parks and public land areas is likely to raise a few agricultural eyebrows. The 2015 budget touts plans to upgrade and restore national parks and other public land areas, while engaging thousands of youth, veterans and others.
"The budget strengthens the president's commitment to the America's Great Outdoors initiative with a request of $5.1 billion in current funding for programs that include: operations of public land management units; the Land and Water Conservation Fund; and grants to states and others. This is an increase of $127.1 million compared to the 2014 enacted level," the release reads.
The 2015 budget addressed water concerns amidst California's drought crisis. The 2015 budget requests $1 billion for the Bureau of Reclamation, which manages 476 dams and 337 reservoirs that deliver water to 31 million people. The budget also requests $210 million for the U.S. Geological Survey's water programs, which provide scientific monitoring, research, and tools to support water management across the nation.
The budget includes $66.5 million for WaterSMART programs, nearly a 17 percent increase from 2014, to assist communities in stretching water supplies and improving water management. This funding supports the department's goal to increase by 840,000 acrefeet the available water supply for agricultural, municipal, industrial and environmental uses in the Western United States through water conservation programs by the end of 2015.
Interior extends this commitment to Indian Country, honoring Indian water settlements with investments totaling $172 million for technical and legal support and water settlements. This includes $147.6 million to bring reliable and potable water to Indian communities, more than a 9 percent increase from 2014. Among the investments is $90 million for the ongoing Navajo- Gallup Water Supply Project, which, when completed, will have the capacity to deliver clean running water to a potential future population of approximately 250,000.
The president's budget request for climate change and air quality of $1.03 billion, a $41 million increase compared to FY 2014 enacted levels, includes $199.5 million to address what the administration considers one of the greatest challenges of this generation and generations to come—climate change. In addition to the efforts within base resources that support the implementation of the president's Climate Action Plan, the FY 2015 request provides an additional $10 million and 24 staff.
Giving the Environmental Protection Agency the reins, the FY 2015 resources will support the development of "achievable greenhouse gas (GHG) standards, regulations, or guidelines, as appropriate, for modified, reconstructed, and existing power plants." The president's budget also provides additional support for the states to help them implement the Clean Air Act, as it relates with regard to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Resources also will support developing and implementing the president's inter-agency methane strategy to mitigate climate change impacts.
In FY 2015, Heavy Duty Vehicle GHG Phase 2 standards will require upgrades to the National Vehicle Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL), which is responsible for ensuring vehicles meet national MPG and emissions standards. The EPA also is implementing a range of activities in support of the president's call to cut energy waste in homes, businesses, and factories, including Energy Star's efforts to increase energy efficiency in multi-family housing.
An earmarked $2 million will provide technical assistance and support tools for climate change adaptation planning. This includes technical assistance for water utilities at greatest risk from storm surges. Research and development efforts will focus on decision support tools for at-risk communities and tribes to help them build resiliency to the effects of climate change.
Secretary Vilsack praised the proposed FY 2015 budget in a released statement:
"The president's 2015 USDA budget proposal achieves reform and results for the American taxpayer; fosters opportunity for the men and women living, working and raising families in rural America; and supports innovation through strategic, future-focused investments.
"The budget focuses on creating jobs and building a foundation for future economic growth, particularly in rural America, where 85 percent of our nation's persistent poverty counties are located. It supports farmers, ranchers and growers as they achieve net farm income well above the average of the previous decade. Midsized farms and livestock producers continue to face challenges as a result of prolonged drought. We are hopeful that implementation of the 2014 farm bill, which restores disaster assistance and invests in programs to help beginning, small and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, will provide much needed stability for producers moving forward."
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One of my favorite authors is the late Og Mandino. Although Mandino remains one of the most inspirational bestselling authors, with his books selling tens of millions and having been translated into over twenty-five different languages, what is most remarkable is the story of his rise to success.
In the summer of 1940, just before Mandino was to go off to college to major in journalism, his mother died suddenly, right before his eyes while she was in the kitchen fixing his lunch. Although his mother's dream for him was to be a writer, "and not just a writer -- a great writer," she would remind him, he felt that, with her death, his dreams were over.
So Mandino enlisted in the Air Force, but a few years later, he returned home and moved to New York City. Buying a secondhand typewriter, he rented a small apartment and decided to try to fulfill his mother's dream. After countless attempts and presenting his writings to over fifty magazines, no one had shown any interest in his work.
When his savings were drained, he gave up on his writing aspirations. Eventually, after scores of interviews, he was hired as an insurance agent trainee, and he married.
Soon, he became addicted to drinking, and was unable to hold a job to support his young family. Finally, his wife had had enough, and she took their only child and left him. Mandino was now jobless and homeless. He drank his way across the country, doing whatever work he could find in order to survive and keep the wine flowing, and spent numerous drunken nights in gutters.
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During a dark time in my life, a casual acquaintance gave me one of Og Mandino's books. Og's words and his life story had a great impact on me and helped me to prevail over my challenges.
Did you ever read a book that had a positive influence on your life? When was the last time you shared meaningful anecdotes, stories, and articles with other people?
I know a remarkable lady who took a leap of faith and began a new endeavor that she believed would make a difference in people's lives. Having sacrificed much over the many years she spent developing her enterprise, she hit a major setback and lost almost everything that she had worked so hard to achieve. Yet, instead of wallowing in self-pity, she read the Bible and prayed, "God, I have done all I can. If it is your will for me to continue, you must send someone to help me."


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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., said this week he plans to file a bill that protects fast-food companies from recent obesity lawsuits.
"We are overweight as a society but to seek to blame this on sellers is an absurd trend in litigation that needs to stop before it gets started," McConnell told the Cincinnati Post.
The bill won't keep companies out of court for making false marketing claims but will protect them from the recent rash of suits blaming food companies for obesity.
"The notion that we are a society of victims who have no responsibility for outcomes in our own lives is utterly absurd," he told the Cincinnati Post. "You shouldn't be able to sue someone else because of your own eating habits."
A similar bill has already been proposed in the House.
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With a month to go before fall camp begins for college football teams all over the country, we'll begin a weekly series where we rank the top seven athletes at every position in the Mountain West Conference.
We'll start ranking two new positions every week, with posts appearing every morning and every afternoon.
The schedule is as follows:
- MWC Watch
- July 6-12: Tight ends and linebackers
- July 13-19: Running backs and defensive ends
- July 20-26: Wide receivers and defensive backs
- July 27-August 2: Quarterbacks and coaches
Here's our pick for the fifth-best tight end in the Mountain West Conference.
MWC Watch: No. 5 TE
Kivon Cartwright
(Colorado State, Junior, 6-foot-4, 235 pounds)
Kivon Cartwright's numbers from 2012 aren't flashy, but there's reason to believe that this could change in 2013.
Last season was a tough one for a Colorado State offense that was trying to get used to a new offensive system under Jim McElwain, while encountering one road block after another – due to injury, the Rams played with three different quarterbacks throughout the year.
In Cartwright's first full season of play (he missed half his freshman year due to suspension) the Pueblo, Colo. native started 11 games across from Crockett Gillmore, the lead tight end in Colorado State's two-tight end formation.
Despite Gillmore's dominance, Cartwright still finished as the team's third leading receiver, with 26 receptions for 310 yards and three touchdowns.
Junior quarterback Garrett Grayson appears to be the favorite to win the starting job this year, and if he can find consistency early and get the passing game going, Cartwright could see a lot of action.
The list so far
MWC No. 7 TE: UNLV's Taylor Barnhill


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Chapter 1
WE LIVE IN AN AGE when the boundaries between science and science fiction are becoming increasingly blurred. It sometimes seems that nothing is too strange to be true. How can we decide which of the outlandish ideas that are constantly bombarding us by might be true and which are complete nonsense? It's particularly tough to come to an informed judgment regarding ideas that have a scientific component where there are also huge political and economic stakes involved, such as global warming. In such a case, it's too easy to go by our political preferences or by the opinions of the last expert we saw on TV. This book will help you look at the "evidence" critically and judge for yourself. It is similar to Nine Crazy Ideas in Science--A Few Might Even Be True. In this book, though, we'll be looking at topics that are a bit less "sciency" and closer to everyday life. But we will still be using the tools of science to analyze each topic.
Scientists try to take as little for granted as possible. They are constantly asking how we know whether something is true, and whether alternative explanations are possible. Scientists also seem to be more comfortable with uncertainty than other people. Many scientists may believe that a given theory--say, that of human-caused global warming--is likely to be true, but be far from certain about it. Such uncertainty is disquieting to most people who want to have as clear a picture as possible of our planet's future. Policy-makers, in particular, want informed scientific guidance before undertaking expensive solutions to problems of uncertain severity.
People facing large uncertainties and potentially large risks may be forced to rely on their gut instincts. That's OK in one sense. Making judgments based on our emotions is understandable if our large uncertainties reflect those that are inherent in an issue. But if the uncertainties are simply a matter of our own laziness in not looking into an issue deeply enough, then relying on our instincts is very unfortunate. Public policy on important issues may be left by default to those competing interests that are best able to manipulate public opinion.
Scientists approach a controversial theory from the opposite perspective of lawyers. Lawyers are paid to make the best case possible for their client, a person they may believe to be guilty. They want to know all the evidence on the other side, but only in order to refute it better and make their case stronger. If they can't refute the evidence, they'll try any trick in the book to make the jury discount it. Scientists, on the other hand, are more like jury members. While science does include its share of cheaters, self-deceivers, and self-promoters, scientists should judge a theory by fairly weighing all the evidence on each side.
Like juries, people who approach topics from a scientific perspective also may require different levels of certainty ("beyond a reasonable doubt" or the less strict "preponderance of the evidence"), depending on what the theory involves. I suspect that on global warming, for example, the preponderance of the evidence might be enough certainty for most people. But, unlike a jury, which has to make up its mind once and for all, scientists must continue to remain open-minded to contrary evidence even after they have accepted a theory as being probably true.
Why did I choose this particular set of eight topics? As in Nine Crazy Ideas, I wanted to explore some topics that are controversial, and I hope that I've included enough controversial ones to offend just about everyone. I also wanted topics that have important public policy implications in the real world and have ample scientific data on each side of the issue. Although initially I was reluctant to tackle any topics involving paranormal or psychic phenomena, I wound up including one (the possibility that objects can be influenced by thought alone) because a great deal of experimental data actually exists on this matter.
Although in many cases I found the evidence for an idea not to be credible, this is not a debunking book. I tried to look at each idea as objectively as possible. Even though I did have some initial biases with most of the eight ideas, I also found myself changing my opinion on them--in some cases two or three times! As a general rule, I believe that in approaching a new idea it is very important not to make up your mind too quickly.
Is there a formula to apply to a given controversial idea to see if it might be true? No, but you should ask yourself questions: How do the proponents of a new idea claim to know that it's true? How might the data be interpreted differently? How can the theory be tested? Let me give you an example from a topic that I almost decided to write about, but didn't. Many people believe that violence in the media causes children who view it to become violent. There is no question that a connection exists at some level between media and real-world violence, given the copycat phenomenon. Even some terrorists are said to have gotten ideas from viewing action-adventure movies! But here we're considering the more general question of whether media violence causes children exposed to it to become violent later in life. Not having looked at the research, I am agnostic on the question of whether this view is correct. Most social scientists believe it is true, but there are some who don't.1 What are some of the kinds of questions you might ask yourself to decide whether the theory that media violence causes real life violence is true? Why don't you actually stop reading for a few minutes and make a list. You could then later compare your list to mine at the end of this chapter.
In evaluating a controversial idea it is useful to consult a wide range of sources. The Internet makes this quite easy, but it also makes it easy to wind up at web sites of pseudo-experts. One very helpful summary of methods to check that the information on a web site is reliable has been prepared by Jim Kapoun, an instruction librarian at Southwest State University--see his site at www.ala.org/acrl/undwebev.html. Kapoun's checklist was prepared to help college students evaluate the reliability of any web site, but its methods are appropriate for anyone. You can hone your skills at recognizing the real and pseudo-experts on any topic by answering the specific questions that Kapoun raises about any web site. Here are some additional criteria you can use. More often than not, the pseudo-expert's sites share these features. (1) Pseudo-experts are usually certain of everything they claim, (2) cite their own research frequently, (3) try to impress you with fancy titles, (4) describe the suppression of their ideas by the establishment, and (5) have a clear agenda and maybe even a financial incentive. But aside from the pitfalls of being swayed by fancy-looking web sites that actually contain nonsense, the web is a fantastic tool for gaining valid information on virtually any topic.
It may strike you that I am being hypocritical in stressing the importance of being wary of pseudo-experts on any given topic. After all, am I--a physics professor--not just a pseudo-expert on many of the topics I'm writing about in this book? For that matter, how can you or I be expected to find the truth about controversial subjects that lie way outside our fields of expertise, when even the real experts disagree? I think it is actually possible for outsiders to do a competent job of analyzing evidence in many areas--but only if they have done their homework.
That homework involves learning a bit of statistics (the favorite tool of people who want to distort the truth) and enough of the basic science and vocabulary in a field to clearly understand the basis for what is being claimed. As I've already said, just follow the evidence, ask how each claim is demonstrated to be true, and don't make up your mind too quickly. If you decide too quickly, you could fall into the trap of filtering all evidence through your preconceived view and not giving contrary evidence sufficient weight--which we all do far too frequently. That trap is the very essence of prejudice.
The eight topics discussed in this book have varying degrees of credibility. In each case, after discussing the evidence on each side I give the idea a rating at the end of the chapter, according to how well the case for it has been demonstrated. In a previous book I used a "cuckoo" rating scale, which went from zero to four cuckoos, based on how crazy I considered an idea. Here I've abandoned the cuckoo scale in favor of a "flakiness" scale. An example may help clarify the difference between craziness and flakiness. Many of the ideas of modern physics are completely crazy, especially some of the paradoxical ideas of quantum physics. In fact, when one of the pioneers in this field, Wolfgang Pauli, made a presentation on one of his new crazy theories, he was told by the great physicist Niels Bohr: "We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question, which divides us, is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough."
Bohr understood that great revolutionary advances in science always will sound crazy at the beginning, partly because they challenge conventional wisdom, and partly because they will initially be presented in a confusing incomplete form. The tidying-up done after the fact makes great scientific advances seem much more logical, but it obscures the important roles of intuition, imagination, chance, and even aesthetics in making scientific discoveries. The true scientific method is not quite as neat and logical as we sometimes portray it to be.
Although many of the ideas of quantum physics are still crazy after all these years (since the 1930s), they are certainly not "flaky," i.e., lacking in empirical evidence or internal consistency. Conversely, new theories may be flaky, but not sound crazy at all, if they fit into your view of how the world works. My new rating scheme based on flakiness goes from zero flakes, meaning a reasonable degree of confidence that the idea is true based on the evidence, to four flakes, meaning no credible evidence for the idea. A summary of my ratings for each idea can be found in the epilogue. Obviously, these ratings are subjective and influenced by my own biases, but I will reveal those biases if I have any, so that you can decide for yourself how honestly I've dealt with each idea.
Questions to Ask in Judging Whether A Really Causes B
This section illustrates some questions you might ask to decide whether a theory claiming that A causes B is well supported by the evidence. For specificity, we'll assume that A is media violence to which children are exposed and B is real-life violence that they later commit, but the same questions could serve as a template for just about any other topic. I suspect you may be able to come up with a number of additional questions to those listed.
Statistical Significance
This is the first of many boxes throughout the book. Boxes contain information that can be skipped without disturbing the flow. Sometimes the information in the box may be a little more technical than the text. Other times it may provide definitions or examples of ideas discussed in the chapter. This box concerns the important subject of statistical significance. The statistical significance of any study is judged by the likelihood that the results could have been due to chance. Researchers in different fields have different standards regarding how small this likelihood should be for a result to be considered "significant." In many fields the criterion is "95 percent confidence," meaning that there is a 5 percent probability (often written p 3 0.05) that the result could be due to chance, and therefore bogus. Clearly, the smaller the probability or p value, the higher the level of statistical significance and the more confidence we can have in a study's results. The simplest way that a study can achieve a higher level of statistical significance is to amass more data, which is sometimes costly or not feasible.
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Lake Oswego residents can offer testimony Monday on a plan that sets the pace for future redevelopment in Lake Grove.
The Lake Grove Village Center Plan, its final version now in the hands of the Lake Oswego Planning Commission, targets the stretch of Boones Ferry Road between Kruse Way and Madrona Street.
Lake Oswego residents are being asked to comment on the plan at a hearing before the planning commission Monday at 6 p.m. at city hall, 380 A Ave.
The commission plans testimony from organized groups first and will continue taking testimony through several of its regular meetings, set for Monday, Oct. 23 and Nov. 13 and 27 at 6 p.m., also at city hall.
Those testifying are being asked to comment on a plan that sets redevelopment guidelines for Lake Grove and also calls for public investment in a road redesign.
As it stands, the Lake Grove Village Center Plan calls for a 10-foot median along Boones Ferry Road, added traffic signals and pedestrian crosswalks, plus nine feet of sidewalks and five feet of bike lanes on either side of the four-lane road. The plan also structures height for buildings along the corridor, setting limits at a 45-foot maximum along Boones Ferry Road and sloping that height standard downward in a transitional zone that abuts neighborhoods.
The overall design of the plan is centered on a number of public squares along Boones Ferry Road. It offers incentives to businesses that add public plazas and build green and also requires residential development along Boones Ferry to top or back retail stores along the road.
Properties in the plan area would not be required to make immediate changes. Instead, design standards only apply to new construction whenever major projects - projects valued at 50 percent or more of the property's assessed value - take place.
Dan Vizzini, chair of the planning commision, said the commission would take testimony from organized groups first 'in the hope of encouraging groups to testify and in effect consolidate the testimony that would otherwise be heard from dozens and dozens of individuals.'
Written testimony will also be taken on the Lake Grove Village Center Plan. In the works since 1999, the plan has been in the hands of a city committee for nearly three years. The group worked steadily to balance business and neighborhood interests in the Boones Ferry corridor while crafting the plan.
Vizzini said testimony is expected on some controversial elements of the plan, including building height, financing, the center median proposed on Boones Ferry Road and a call to study its economic impacts.


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The Little Girls (Paperback)
Anchor Books, 9781400034796, 320pp.
Publication Date: July 13, 2004
In 1914, three eleven-year-old girls buried a box in a thicket on the coast of England, shortly before World War I sent their lives on divergent paths. Nearly fifty years later, a series of mysteriously-worded classified ads brings the women reluctantly together again. Dinah has grown from a chubby, bossy girl to a beautiful, eccentric widow. The clever, reticent Clare has blossomed into an imperious entrepreneur of independent means. And Sheila—who was once the pretty princess of her small universe—has weathered disappointed aspirations to become a chic and glossily correct housewife.
As these radically different women confront one another and their shared secrets, the hard-won complacencies of their present selves are irrevocably shattered. In a novel as subtle and compelling as a mystery, Elizabeth Bowen explores the buried revelations—and the dangers—that attend the summoning up of childhood and the long-concealed scars of the past.
About the Author
Praise For The Little Girls…
"Triumphant . . . the funniest of Miss Bowen's novels." —The Times (London)
"This story is poetic in its awareness, its stimulus, its beauty of writing; and as full of clues, hints and half-revealed secrets as any thriller." —The Scotsman (Edinburgh)
"Bowen so thoroughly knows the world she is writing about that she contrives to appear to convey it to us whole. Her fictional insight is made solid by sound psychological insight." –The New York Times


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I am scheduled for Orbital Decompression Surgery with Dr. Robert Kersten at UCSF Medical Center. He will be creating more space for my eyes by decompressing the lateral wall and floor of my orbital socket. Additionally, he plans to perform fat removal.
I'm not sure if it was a good or bad decision to have both eyes operated on separately, but the right eye surgery is September 13th and the left will be October 2nd. I plan to update this site with pictures of my progress. I have posted pictures of my eyes prior to Graves and currently. Please share your experiences and ask me as many questions as your heart desires.
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woooooooooo, exalted. im definately interessted, making a character consept.
Lights in the Darkness
Lights in the Darkness - Forum
Estimated Members Requested: 3
Looking for 2-3 players for a Solar campaign, looking for rather quick posters for once a day minimum (unless you note otherwise saying that real life has gotten busy for a few days which happens, just would like a heads up). Express interest on post, and say a general character idea you have. I will also set up a applications page for my in depth back stories and if player chooses to before acceptance to put character sheet on there (though it is not needed until acceptance, it is more important to me to see you have a flushed out character idea).
Good to know things about my GM style, I am very sandbox style and revolve my story around the characters. I may have bigger things going on around them, but a lot of what happens will be the result of their actions. I will provide ample stimuli for players to react to, and once that starts we as group will make the story together. I encourage creative ways out of situations, talking yourself out of being a arrested by a large group of dragon bloods, intimidated a foe to the point that they turn tail and run that is great. If a character is in a social exchange and it is something going back and forth, and the player and myself are on shooting things back and forth rapid fire to more quickly finish and find out what is needed from who ever that works great for me and keeps pace up. However, if their is a point that another player that didn't get to reply because of that rapid fire interchange would have interjected and said something, say so in OOC and we will see if we can turn back the clock a minute and play it from there or if the rest of the convo would have went the same we will use and say the rest happened. Seems all fair and reasonable.
Needed book
Exalted 2nd edition core book
Homebrew alterations,
Combat will be done a little differently to make it go smoothly. I am still working out the kinks, but I am thinking act as a group for posting purposes, then I will be able to reply with results of your actions, and with the attacks of the enemies. If charms increase the speed it will act on whole group. Basically, when initiative is rolled I will add up all of yours, divide by amount of people in group and then put them their on the tick chart and then do the same for enemies. Hoping it will smooth out and make Exalted a bit more play by post friendly.
Thanks for reading through my post and hope to be playing with a few of you soon. Once I feel I got a few good players, I will close the post down, I probably keep open for a few days to see if any late interest comes in.
Game Description:
Creation is at in ruins, the Dragonbloods' Scarlet Empress has gone missing and a huge power struggle for the throne has ensued. Meanwhile, the Bull of the North is building in army and has been able to win battles against the Dragonblood armies. Shadowlands with Abyssal's have appeared and began creating undead armies. The Wyld, which is infested with the Fae folk, have been slowly pushing in on the edges of creation. All signs are pointing to the end of creation. With the exclusion of the return of children of the sun, the Solar Exalted. The Lights that shine in even the Darkest of times.
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Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) in the young (aged 1-35 years), although presumably rare, is always a tragic and devastating event often occurring in apparently healthy persons. Through the last decades, research have been undertaken to estimate the incidence rate and underlying causes of these deaths. However, because autopsy is not always conducted, the true incidence of SCD might be underestimated. The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has previously been thoroughly investigated, also in Denmark. However, data has not been precise in sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) estimates. SIDS is a diagnosis of exclusion and an ICD-10 diagnosis (R95.9), but to what extent this diagnosis is being accurately applied has not been investigated in Denmark. A genetic screening for mutations in an otherwise unexplained death, might identify a likely cause of (inherited) death. It would be of great clinical interest if DNA derived from the Danish Neonatal Screening Biobank, containing DNA from all Danes born after 1981, could be used in this respect. In this thesis we provide nationwide data on SCD, SUDI and SIDS in Denmark for the period 2000-2006 by reading death certificates, autopsy reports, and registry data. We report the highest possible incidence rate of SCD in the young. We elaborate on regional differences in post-mortem investigations of sudden death cases in Denmark and validate a method for whole-genome amplification of DNA from Guthrie cards to be used in genetic screening for disease causing mutations. We found 7% of all deaths in the young could be attributed to SCD. A total of 25% of sudden unexpected death in the 1-35 years old were not autopsied. The incidence of SCD of 2.8 per 100 000 person-years - when including non-autopsied cases - was higher than previously reported. Unexplained deaths were abundant and accounted for 22% of all sudden unexpected deaths. Sudden deaths occurring during competitive sports, however, were only seen in few cases. We found that regional differences exist in the investigation of sudden unexpected deaths. Fewer deaths were medico-legally investigated by external examinations ("retslægeligt ligsyn") in some parts of Denmark compared to other parts. The same was the case in autopsy ratios. In infant deaths we found that almost 1 in 2000 live-borns died suddenly and unexpectedly during their first year of life. The R95.9 diagnosis did not reflect the SIDS cases we identified. We were able to get DNA from the Danish Neonatal Screening Biobank on 93 cases of unexplained deaths (including SIDS). Due to the limited amount of DNA available from the dried blood spots, we performed whole-genome amplification on the DNA (wgaDNA). We investigated the use of wgaDNA for genetic screening and it completely resembled genomic DNA (gDNA). Future research will focus on the genetics substrate of sudden unexplained death. In addition, we will investigate the causes of death in the 36-49 years old, as these may also suffer from cardiac disease that can be predisposed in the family.
University Hospital Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Department of Cardiology, Laboratory for Molecular Cardiology, 9312, Juliane Maries Vej 20, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Pages: B4403
Post-mortem toxicology in young sudden cardiac death victims: A nationwide cohort study.
Several drugs increase the risk of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death (SCD). We aimed to investigate in detail the toxicological findings of all young SCD throughout Denmark.
Sudden cardiac death in the young: Epidemiology and overview.
Sudden cardiac death (SCD), particularly in the young athlete, is a rare though devastating event for families, institutions, and communities at large. It can also affect the nonathlete and occur at r...
Sudden cardiac death and sarcoidosis of the heart in a young patient.
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology affecting any organ, microscopically characterized by noncaseating granulomata. Cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis has been reported. It migh...
Prediction of sudden and non-sudden cardiac death in post-infarction patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction by periodic repolarization dynamics: MADIT-II substudy.
To test the value of Periodic Repolarization Dynamics (PRD), a recently validated electrocardiographic marker of sympathetic activity, as a novel approach to predict sudden cardiac death (SCD) and non...
Association of Polymorphism in SCN5A, GJA5, and KCNN3 Gene with Sudden Cardiac Death.
We studied association of single-nucleotide SCN5A (rs1805124), GJA5 (rs35594137), and KCNN3 (rs13376333) polymorphisms and sudden cardiac death. Humans died suddenly from cardiac causes (N=379) and un...
Sudden death is a major problem in industrially developed countries. Despite a decline in ischemic heart disease mortality and the progress has been made in resuscitation, treatment of sud...
Genetic Autopsy and Sudden Death
The purpose of the study is to better identify hereditary cardiac causes of sudden unexpected death in young subjects through Next-Generation Sequencing of autopsy tissue
Imaging Techniques for Identifying Factors of Sudden Cardiac Death Risk
Sudden cardiac death is a tragic event that strikes all age groups and is unfortunately increasing in prevalence. Because it is difficult to predict those at highest risk, this study is d...
Genetic Determinants of Sudden Cardiac Death
To evaluate whether sequence variants and selected cardiac ion channel genes are associated with risk of sudden cardiac death in the general population.
Evaluating the Genetic Factors That May Lead to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (The GenSCA Study)
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a sudden, unexpected loss of heart function. It is a leading cause of death, and more than 400,000 people in the United States die each year as a result of S...
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Unexpected rapid natural death due to cardiovascular collapse within one hour of initial symptoms. It is usually caused by the worsening of existing heart diseases. The sudden onset of symptoms, such as CHEST PAIN and CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, particularly VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, can lead to the loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest followed by biological death. (from Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 7th ed., 2005)
Inflammatory processes of the muscular walls of the heart (MYOCARDIUM) which result in injury to the cardiac muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC). Manifestations range from subclinical to sudden death (DEATH, SUDDEN). Myocarditis in association with cardiac dysfunction is classified as inflammatory CARDIOMYOPATHY usually caused by INFECTION, autoimmune diseases, or responses to toxic substances. Myocarditis is also a common cause of DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY and other cardiomyopathies.
Commotio Cordis
A sudden CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA (e.g., VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION) caused by a blunt, non-penetrating impact to the precordial region of chest wall. Commotio cordis often results in sudden death without prompt cardiopulmonary defibrillation.
Carney Complex
Autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by cardiac and cutaneous MYXOMAS; LENTIGINOSIS (spotty pigmentation of the skin), and endocrinopathy and its associated endocrine tumors. The cardiac myxomas may lead to SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH and other complications in Carney complex patients. The gene coding for the PRKAR1A protein is one of the causative genetic loci (type 1). A second locus is at chromosome 2p16 (type 2).
Brugada Syndrome
An autosomal dominant defect of cardiac conduction that is characterized by an abnormal ST-segment in leads V1-V3 on the ELECTROCARDIOGRAM resembling a right BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; high risk of VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; or VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; SYNCOPAL EPISODE; and possible sudden death. This syndrome is linked to mutations of gene encoding the cardiac SODIUM CHANNEL alpha subunit.
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She sat on a park bench on a fine summer day. The breeze played with her short black hair but she only bothered to brush it out of her face when it was necessary. She sat, staring around her with wide eyes so dark they were almost black. She clutched a thick, battered notebook to her chest, and occasionally her grip on it tightened so much her knuckles turned white. She continued to gaze at the people around her, kids and parents and teens milling about, enjoying the beautiful weather. She tugged at the frayed bit of her shorts, and she tugged at the cuff of her shirt at her shoulder and she tugged at the small silver cross she wore around her neck. She scratched her chin.
And then she saw him.
A couple yards away was a boy. He couldn't have been much older or much taller than she was, which made her smile. His tight jeans were black, as well as his converse sneakers and his loose muscle shirt. He wore a skinny tie, which was a pale pink, and the gages in his ears matched it. His features were pointed, but he was still handsome. His hair was a plethora of colors. His friend offered him a cigarette, and he refused, looking frustrated. The girl saw his face tighten in disgust as the other man lit his cig. The contempt made his face ugly. The girl smiled huge.
She opened her notebook.
She took out her pencil.
The girl wrote furiously, never bothering to look back at what she wrote and if she made a mistake, instead of erasing she simply scribbled it out as hard as she could, as if flipping the pencil over would interrupt the flow of the words that simply poured out of her. Periodically she would abruptly stop. The pencil eraser would enter her mouth as she chewed on the end, staring at the boy, her pose almost the same as before she saw him, except the notebook lay open on her lap. And then she would write some more. If her hand grew sore, she didn't care.
The boy, who was also in a people watching mood, noticed her. He was much slyer than she was in the way he watched others, so when he noticed her, he also noticed that she was staring at him. She was clueless, however. He continued to watch her pattern, to his face, to the notebook, to his face, to the notebook. His thoughts were interrupted by his friend, who was off to meet his boyfriend in the city. The boy said goodbye to his friend and turned back to the girl. She wasn't very pretty, he noticed. He thought if she wore tighter clothes she might look better. And maybe if she considered brushing her hair. But the boy couldn't ignore that she was looking so avidly at him, and finally when her head was down while she wrote he walked over and sat down beside her on the hard bench.
Her entire body stiffened, and he laughed to himself. He liked making people nervous. It gave him a certain sense of power. He dressed like a madman because it made people run from him. He did crazy stunts and mean pranks all the time. He liked being on edge, and he wanted everyone to be on edge with him. He watched the girl, who had apparently decided to ignore his presence and just keep writing. Her hand was so fast it blurred, and her handwriting was completely illegible. He began to read over her shoulder and wasn't at all shocked to find a detailed description of him, but it was told in first person, as if he was describing himself. He slowly leaned closer to her as he read, and he was impressed that she took no notice of him. He kept moving until finally, his face was in her neck. She still did not react, but he was determined to get a rise out of this strange girl.
So he softly bit her pulse point.
She jumped violently.
He laughed, and she couldn't help but notice that his laugh, though it may have been intended to be mean, sounded beautiful. It was such an unexpected sound that she finally looked at him. From across the park she hadn't been able to see that his eyes were a pale grey, and they sparkled in the light. Now she knew when he was angry, he was ugly. When he was neutral, he was handsome. When he smiled –
When he smiled he was beautiful. Radiant almost.
He asked her what she was writing and she shrugged and mumbled but didn't really tell him because she didn't really want him to know that she was writing a story about him. He pointed at the page and questioned her endlessly.
Is that really what I look like to you?
What else is going to happen?
Are you writing a book?
Am I the main character?
Can my character ride a skateboard and get the hot girl in the end?
That last question is what got the girl to finally open up. She explained that in the story, the boy is gay for the other boy with the cigarettes.
He said that yeah, the cigarette boy is gay, but he, himself, is straight.
The girl stood up, closed her notebook, and held out her hand to the boy.
"Walk with me." She requested of him quietly.
They walked through the park and into the field with the big, rolling hill and she talked while running around him in circles and sometimes stopping and sometimes skipping and sometimes walking and sometimes waving her arms in huge circles. After a couple of minutes she handed him her notebook, which he somehow knew was probably the most important thing she owned. This way she could move more freely.
She wove him a tale of how he, the protagonist, was thrown into a world of witches and warlocks and dragons and potions and evil and good and love and lust and hate and how he was just a normal boy, just a normal college boy who simply wanted a normal college life but deep down he knew that he had a duty, an obligation, to the land that was being torn apart by the monsters and the demons and that he alone had to fight them off.
Also his boyfriend came along for some of it, but he died on the way.
She told of how the good wins, the love triumphs, the evil is vanquished, and peace is restored. He stopped seeing her body dance and instead saw the words dance, through the air, painting beautiful pictures.
The girl stopped moving, stopped talking. She said that this was the end of the story. She held out her hand to take back her notebook, and he could see her retreating back into herself, back to the silent girl on the bench so he grabbed her wrist and pulled her close to his body, close enough that he quickly counted how many layers were stopping them from fucking each other and he told her that she was beautiful and she said, "I know."
She said, "My name is Bridget."
She said, "Nice to meet you."
"And you are?"
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Netherlands
Age: 38
Staff wanted!
Staff wanted! (for the site)
Unlike certain other sites, where users can submit torrents themselves, AnimeSuki is a moderated index where only staff add new torrents. This has it's advantages and disadvantages. While moderating each torrent before it's added keeps the index "clean", it does mean somebody has to actually add every torrent.
For a long time the current staff took care of this work. However sometimes (or quite frequently actually) there isn't anyone of us online to add new torrents, delaying additions for hours. And in particularly in the past year, the task of adding new torrents was taken up by only a very few, which might lead to a "burn out" - and I don't want that to happen.
The task
As mentioned before, the main task of new staff will be to add new torrents to the site as they appear. I've written a script that will automatically check a huge list of sites for new torrents hourly; when found they're added to a queue. From there they need to be manually added or "ignored" (in case of licensed anime etc). Other tasks include adding new series & groups and keeping the information on those pages (especially for series) up-to-date.
The requirements
All backend site scripts were custom written by me, you'll probably experience a bit of a learning curve. Essentially if you have trouble operating devices without looking at the manual first you may want to reconsider applying .
Helping keep the site up-to-date doesn't normally take much time. However if accepted, I'd appreciate it if you could login reasonably often to check for new torrents waiting to be added. So if you only have time once a week, you might again want to reconsider. Also note that if enough staff apply, there might be times when there is nothing to add for days (because some other staff member already added any torrents before you logged in). You should not get easily discouraged by this.
Now comes the hard part - we can't just accept anyone. You will need to be able to cooperate with the existing staff (scroll down) which includes all forum administrators and some forum moderators. If you every got into an argument with us on the forum, you might want to rethink if you will fit in the team.
Second, we need some way to see if you are a suitable candidate for a staff position. One easy way would be if you are an active contributor to the forum. If you are not however, we need some other way to verify who you are and if you "make the cut". One way would be if you are the operator or staff member of another site, or if you run an active anime blog for example, just to name a few ideas.
How to apply
Just reply to this thread. Also feel free to reply if you have any questions or comments.
|2009-04-27, 12:15
|Link #4
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Age: 60
Sounds like a useful way to contribute... since no one has ever directly yelled at me I'll assume I'm not on anyone's "please just go-away" list
|2009-04-27, 13:01
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Netherlands
Age: 38
Thanks for the applications so far! I forgot to mention in my original post that it might take a few days before you get a response from me/us, as current staff needs to OK your application.
Attention to detail however is more important. Quite frequently the script that I wrote to check for new torrents will display unofficial batches or unofficial re-encodes, which have to be ignored and not added to the index, and there are various other little "gotcha's" you may need to get used to handling properly.
|2009-04-28, 11:08
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Virginia Tech
Heh, I've actually wanted to do this for a while now, but didn't bother asking since I thought it was invite only. ^.^
I can do this pretty easily. I check the site like 10 times a day, after all. >.< I also tend to know a bit about group policies and stuff, so I tend to be able to detect fake torrents vs. real ones vs. unofficial ones.
|2009-05-01, 17:42
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Milwaukee
Age: 26
I'll take a stab at this as well. I login about 2 or more times every day so availability would't be an issue. As far as I know nobody hates me and I'm really polite so problems with other staff memeber is out of the question.
|2009-05-01, 18:58
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
Everyone seems to be basing everything on social skills and some sort of popularity ranking. Why? You just need basic conversation skills (and just enough to get the job done). Nobody is going to complain as long as the job gets done, as it should; and even if anyone complained you're not exactly in the wrong if you did what was required. Also GHDpro explicitly refered to the staff not members (do you have infractions? other then minor ones).
Also concerning logins. I'm sure the listing generated every hour by GHD's scripts is pluged into a RSS feed so you don't really need to login to check it. This should be as simple as answering a IM message (I doubt there is a new torrent each hour). What you all should be concerned with is your understanding of fansub groups, notice how a lot of problems in the sticky above are related to typo's or miss-crediting among other issues.
(just so nobody gets the wrong idea, I am not volunteering)
|2009-05-02, 18:56
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Richmond, VA, USA
Most are either duplicates (I'd guess 30%) licensed, or otherwise don't meet our listing policy (30-50%) and the rest being the ones we care about.
edit: actual data: there were 29 torrent entries added to the listing database in the last 24 hours, and 57 torrents ignored. I didn't count, but the number 1 ignore reason is that the series is licensed (50%+) number 2 is non-English subtitles, and then a smattering of uncommon reasons. (raws, hentai, non-anime, etc)
90% of the time it's click on "scan" click "continue" click "save", but you can't let yourself fall into an unthinking rut, because the code doesn't always fill in the fields correctly. And when it's wrong, just about anything can show up.
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Hey there. I m not the great IT nerd but I just wanted to say that I want to help you out if you need some guys for your stuff.
Of course you will have to introduce me to handle with torrents etc but I am daily on and if you want me simply say it, if not it's also ok.
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