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Rupee Leads Drop in Asian Currencies on Global Slowdown Concern
Asian currencies fell, led by the Indian rupee, as concern a global economic slowdown is deepening damped demand for emerging-market assets.
China's economy probably expanded 7.4 percent last quarter, the least in more than three years, a Bloomberg News survey showed before data due Oct. 18. Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said in Tokyo on Oct. 13 that the world is "awfully close" to a recession. European leaders will meet in Brussels for an Oct. 18-19 summit as Greece seeks fresh aid and Spain holds out on tapping a bailout.
"There's caution ahead of the Chinese data," said Saktiandi Supaat, head of foreign-exchange research at Malayan Banking Bhd. (MAY) in Singapore. "The European Union summit this week may add a little bit of volatility to currency markets."
The rupee weakened 0.4 percent to 53.0200 per dollar as of 2:45 p.m. in Mumbai, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Thailand's baht dropped 0.2 percent to 30.70, Indonesia's rupiah weakened 0.1 percent to 9,599 and Malaysia's ringgit depreciated 0.1 percent to 3.0600. China's yuan fell 0.1 percent to 6.2707, after earlier rising to the strongest level in 19 years as the central bank bolstered the currency's reference rate by the most in seven months.
The Asia Dollar Index, which tracks the region's 10 most- active currencies outside Japan, was little changed. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index (MXAP) of shares was 0.1 percent higher after earlier dropping as much as 0.3 percent.
Weakening Outlook
Last week, the International Monetary Fund cut its forecasts for global expansion this year to 3.3 percent, which would be the smallest gain since the 2009 recession, and said there are "alarmingly high" risks of a steeper slowdown. The Washington-based lender lowered its estimate for India's growth to 4.9 percent from 6.1 percent.
The rupee fell for a second day as a government report today showed inflation accelerated to 7.81 percent last month from 7.55 percent in August. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey had predicted a 7.70 percent increase.
"Weak sentiment from global markets is weighing on the rupee," said Pramit Brahmbhatt, Mumbai-based chief executive officer at Alpari Financial Services India Ltd. "China's third- quarter growth numbers are in focus."
The baht depreciated the most since Oct. 10 as global funds reduced holdings of the nation's equities on concern European nations will struggle to contain their region's debt crisis.
'Not Encouraging'
International investors sold $378 million more Thai shares than they bought last week, exchange data show. The Spanish government wants to obtain guarantees that the European Central Bank will intervene in the debt market in order to request a bailout, El Pais reported yesterday, citing unidentified people in the government.
"The external environment is not really encouraging investors to take risks," said Kozo Hasegawa, a Bangkok-based foreign-exchange trader at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. "The local currency doesn't look bullish either."
The yuan touched the strongest level since China unified the official and market exchange rates in 1993 as official data showed exports grew more than economists estimated.
Overseas shipments rose 9.9 percent from a year earlier in September, the biggest gain in three months, official figures showed Oct. 13. That beat the 5.5 percent median forecast in a Bloomberg survey.
Yuan Fixing
The People's Bank of China raised the reference rate by 0.24 percent today to 6.3112 per dollar after the trade surplus in the first nine months widened about 38 percent from a year earlier to $148.3 billion. The yuan is close to equilibrium level, PBOC Deputy Governor Yi Gang said at an International Monetary Fund event in Tokyo yesterday.
"The yuan had a boost from the better-than-expected exports and the PBOC fixing," said Daniel Chan, executive vice president at Glory Sky Global Markets Ltd. in Hong Kong. "Yet it's difficult for the currency to stay at such a strong level given overseas orders haven't shown any significant recovery. Yi's comments support such a view."
Elsewhere in Asia, Singapore's dollar fell 0.1 percent to S$1.2216 against the U.S. currency and the Philippine peso dropped 0.1 percent to 41.467. South Korea's won rose 0.1 percent to 1,110.45 and and Vietnam's dong was little changed at 20,853. Taiwan's dollar rose 0.1 percent to NT$29.345.
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When undead attack the Conclave, Apoletta and Utharne must unite both their species, brave the storms of the World Gash and confront the ghosts of their past. What they discover will forever change their oceanic world and the fate of their two peoples.
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someone is posting on my blog, tamigurumi.com, but when I look at my account, I am the only listed user/administrator. They are posting spam on a daily basis, making it look like I'm posting it.
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Someone is Spamming my Blog - not in comments, but as new posts.
someone is posting on my blog, tamigurumi.com, but when I look at my account, I am the only listed user/administrator. They are posting spam on a daily basis, making it look like I'm posting it.
Disable Post By Email and change BOTH the blog password and your email password.
I don't know why or how this happened and have flagged this thread for Staff attention.
Go here > Users > All Users and delete any user that does not belong there.
Disable post by email > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/
Go to your email program and change the password now to a very difficult one
Change your blog password to a very difficult one > http://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#change-your-password
You have two separate email address settings at WordPress.com.
Blog notifications for the admin (like comment moderation, Likes, new subscriptions, etc) are sent to the email address at Settings -> General in the Dashboard.
Personal notifications (like comments on your post, subscription emails, and upgrade renewals) are sent to the email address at Users -> Personal Settings in the Dashboard.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I'm listed as the only user, but "post by email" was enabled (a feature that I never use), so hopefully that will stop the insanity. I'll also provide Staff with the link contained in the spammers post.
Thanks again for your quick help!!
Don't forget to change your passwords.
this happened to me, too, just now. but post by email was NOT enabled. they had to have hacked my password and signed in as me, unless there is a glitch somewhere...
Then change your WordPress.com password and check your Users page to make sure you're the only user. Some times people sign in from public computers and forget to log out, or the computer is set to remember their password.
i changed my password, i never use public computers, and i'm the only user.
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Well it finally happened. Went to play the MAG beta on PS3-Not enough hard drive space. Damn you giant catalog of Rock Band songs! If laptop drives were as cheap as desktop drives I've replaced the thing by now. Heck, I've even got a spare desktop HD now!
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Ask any VCD salesperson for a mood-elevating movie experience and he will, in all probability, recommend a Mehmood film.
When he didn't overstep the mark into risqué antics or drippy sentimentalism, Mehmood could delight the viewer with pure physical comedy (he could make more faces than a barrelful of monkeys) and on-the-dot comic timing.
Son of Mumtaz Ali, a film and stage actor-cum-dancer, and brother of character-actress Minoo Mumtaz, Mehmood was born with a mile-wide funny streak. His mother once caught him at a railway station, attempting to run away from home, when he was still a child. When she angrily reminded him that even his clothes had been bought by his father, Mehmood quickly began to drop his clothes!
An enterprising youngster, Mehmood began earning money from an early age by doing odd jobs. He sold poultry products and even taught table tennis to Meena Kumari.
After he married Meena Kumari's sister Madhu and sired a son, Masood, in the early 1950s, Mehmood felt a pressing need to supplement his meagre income. Desperate, he began to accept bit roles in films. On hindsight, one recognises Mehmood in tiny roles in films like Do Bigha Zameen and Pyaasa, but in those days he went unnoticed . A self-respecting man, he was keen to make a niche for himself without any help from his famous sister-in-law.
Mehmood's landmark films
Shubha Khote
Pyar Kiye Jaa
Love In Tokyo
Patthar Ke Sanam
Sunil Dutt, Saira Banu, Kishore Kumar
Aruna Irani
MainSundar Hoon
Kunwara Baap
Mehmood enjoyed his first spin under the spotlight when he played Raj Kapoor's brother in Parvarish (1958) where he had a footage-heavy, emotional role.
Despite his sprightliness, Mehmood was not instantly categorised as a comedian. At the turn of the 1960s, Mehmood even played the hero in small films opposite starlets like Chitra, Naaz and Ameeta. Mehmood cast Ameeta as the heroine in his first production Chhote Nawab (1961), where he gave a break to his friend-cum-composer, R D Burman.Mehmood's south Indian film phase began with the success of Chhoti Bahen (1959). Despite a peripheral role in this brother-sister weepie, Mehmood was flooded with films from down south, including Sasural, Hamrahi and Zindagi.
Sasural (1961), a three-hankie melodramatic mega-success, was Mehmood's big breakthrough film as a comedian. What's more, Sasural created one of the most successful comedy teams of the sixties -- Mehmood and Shubha Khote. The plump and genial Shubha went on to partner Mehmood in most of his mad capers till the mid-sixties -- including Grihasti, Bharosa, Ziddi and Love In Tokyo.
Mehmood and Shubha were even allotted several hit numbers of their own. At the insistence of distributors, a song picturised on Mehmood became a must in most films of the sixties. Manna Dey, a recognised classical singer, was singled out for singing many of Mehmood's naughty numbers.
In the mid-'60s, to further buttress an already growing career, Mehmood hit pay dirt with a sleeper hit, Johar Mehmood in Goa (1965), where he was not just a comedian, but also one of the main leads. Mehmood's no-holds-barred comedy provided the flint to I S Johar's subtle, cynical humour, and the sparks flew. But their later attempts at comedy, including Johar Mehmood In Hong Kong, could not recreate the same magic.
Mehmood's Famous Songs
Mama o mama
Apni ulfat pe zamane ka na pehra hota
Woh din yaad karo
Pyar ki aag mein tan badan jal gaya
Aao twist kare
Bhoot Bangla
Yeh do deewane dil ke
Johar Mehmood in Goa
Hum kaale hai toh kya hua dilwale
O meri maina tu maanle mera kehna
Tujhko rakhe Ram tujhko Allah rakhe
Jodi hamari jamega kaise
Ek chatur naar
Yeh kaisa aaya zamana
Muttu kullika
Do Phool
Saj rahee galee meri amma
Famous for his fusillade of funny moments, two of Mehmood's most remembered roles were in Pyar Kiye Jaa (1966) and Padosan (1968).
In Pyar Kiye Jaa, he played an aspiring film director who wants his father (Om Prakash) to finance his banner, Wah Wah Productions. Narrating a ghost story to a frightened Om Prakash, Mehmood interspersed onomatopoeic sounds like 'Waoo, waoo, kudu kudu, kach kach kach' into an imbecilic story of a chudail (witch) to create a scintillating scene. Also, his efforts to make a wide-eyed, village belle Meena (Mumtaz) a top film star are hugely hilarious.
In Padosan, Mehmood played the choti-sporting, lungi-clad, south Indian music teacher enamoured with his shishya, Bindoo (Saira Banu). His classic riposte, 'Aye sur badla, aye phir bhatkaya [You changed the tune again and confused me]' sung in response to Kishore Kumar's masterful twisting of the tune of Ek chatur naar evoked laughs galore.
By the late sixties, he was heralded as the monarch of madness, with successes like Patthar Ke Sanam, Do Kaliyan, Neel Kamal, Aankhen and Aulaad releasing one after the other. Mehmood was a master at playing the hero's friend, who would help him out of sticky situations with his street-smart ways.
Unfortunately, his popularity, according to the grapevine, rankled the ruling heroes of the day. What further restricted Mehmood was his preference for playing central roles in early seventies films like Main Sundar Hoon, Lakhon Mein Ek, Mastana and Do Phool. As his career lost its early heat, Mehmood also resorted to producing his own films (Bombay To Goa, Kunwara Baap, Ginny Aur Johny) to stay in the limelight.
A magnanimous man, Mehmood promoted many talents like Amitabh Bachchan and Aruna Irani (he gave them lead roles in his rollicking road comedy, Bombay To Goa). The straight-faced, attractive Aruna (Aulad, Garam Masala, Naya Zamana) provided the ideal foil to his funny antics.
But Mehmood was now overreaching himself. He overdid the glycerine act, while his comedy sometimes became off-puttingly lewd and loud. His breaking off with his pardner-in-laughs Aruna and the failure of his films gave anonymity an opportunity to engulf him in its clutches by the start of the eighties.
Today, Mehmood keeps indifferent health and largely lives at his Bangalore farmhouse. But his comedy continues to be prescribed as the panacea for the depressed and the downcast.


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Last week, reports surfaced that Luke Young would look to find himself a new home after plummeting down the pecking order in W12 last season.
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I am in the process of replacing the timing belt on my daughter's 98 Stratus. The book says that there is a hole to place a small drill bit or allen wrench in after removing the tension from the pulley. There is no hole. Also I had to remove the tensioner to get the rear timing case cover off. I can't figure out how to get the tentioner pulley assembly properly remounted so that there is actually tention on the pulley. There is a notch in the pulley mount that appears to be for the straight part of the spring that protrudes from the back of the assembly but I can't figure out how to properly mount the pulley so it has tension on it.
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JaMarcus Russell Says He's No Longer Breathing Like a Fat Man
JaMarcus is still on the comeback trail and the first part of that, was to lose some weight. When he decided to make a comeback, he was well over 300 pounds.
Russell has since dropped 27 pounds and had this to say about his weight loss via COMPLEX.
"Through the first couple weeks, I could barely make it through the workout," he said. "It was crazy. We go in to do the warm-up and here I am breathing like a fat man. So, now I'm breathing pretty good and able to stand up on my own two feet."
Glad he is able to actually stand, without falling down now.
Russell is down to 288, but at this moment, no NFL team seems that interested in his services. He would like to get down to 270 and be invited to someone's training camp.
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Long Hair or Short Hair? HELP!! Im stuck in a rut and cant get out.
So I have gotten to a point where I am always pulling my hair back into a clip. Its breaking and thining and I am really debating cutting it off. My husband is not a huge fan or short hair but told me to do it if I wanted to. What do you guys think. Short hair or long hair?
This was a few month agoand the other (above) picture was 5 years ago.
U look so young with the short hair. I love the color too. I say go for it. My husband loves long hair, but when I had my hair cut he had to admit it looked pretty damn cute. LOL Its long now, and I am so annoyed with it Im tempted to cut it off again. :)
short.......although either way is cute...but you can actually pull off the short hair look!
I like the shorter better. The long hair looks like it is dragging down your features and making you look tired. I like the color with the longer hair better, though.


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Some might expect high class celebrities to make some pretty outrageous demands while staying at certain hotels. Eminem however, only had one simple request - that the hotel staff cover the windows with tinfoil in order for him to be able to sleep properly. He wanted the windows covered to block out sunlight, and he also wanted to let white noise bump through the speakers to help him sleep peacefully.
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The "Big Tymers" were a U.S. hip hop duo, one of the popular acts on New Orleans record label Cash Money Records. Its members were Cash Money CEO Brian "Baby" Williams and former in-house record producer Mannie Fresh. Their ''Hood Rich'' album topped the US album charts in 2002.
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The duo recorded their first record ''How You Luv That'' in 1998 featuring all of the rappers on Cash Money Records including Juvenile. ''How You Luv That'' reached a peak of #25 of the r&b/hip hop chart and the lower reaches of the Billboard 200. The remixed version ''How You Luv That Vol. 2'' almost reached the top 100 of the Billboard album chart and reached the top 20 of the Billboard r&b and hip hop chart.
Their second album ''I Got That Work'' released in 2000 reached the top 5 of the US album chart and topped the US r&b/hip hop chart. This album spawned two big hits in "Get Your Roll On" and "#1 Stunna" reaching the top 30 on the r&b singles charts.
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Mayor, police chief testify in hearing on video beating case
Updated 4:23 pm, Monday, August 22, 2011
Houston's mayor and police chief testified Monday that four police officers accused of official oppression in an alleged beating of a teenager captured on tape can get a fair trial.
Several famed defense lawyers argued the publicity surrounding the incident and the widely released videotape would make it impossible to find fair and impartial jurors in Harris County.
Parker was called to testify by attorneys for the four HPD officers who are asking state District Judge Ruben Guerrero for a change of venue because the tape was released publicly.
Attorneys for officers Andrew Blomberg, Phil Bryan, Raad Hassan and Drew Ryser argued that the trials should be moved because of pretrial publicity. The officers were indicted last year on misdemeanor official suppression charges and fired.
"It's such a horrific video," said attorney Chris Tritico. "It doesn't matter how diverse your jury is, that video affects us all."
Noted attorneys Richard "Racehorse" Haynes and Kent Schaffer also testified they signed affidavits that it would be "difficult if not impossible" for the officers to get a fair trial.
Parker testified that she originally believed the public release of the tape would jeopardize the prosecution of the officers. However, she said she now believes the officers can get a fair trial.
The officers' trials, she said, is not her primary concern when she speaks publicly about the case.
"I'm more concerned about how the citizens of Houston and the police interact from here going forward," Parker said on the witness stand. "I believed that the officers were wrong and discipline was appropriate."
Asked specific questions about the videotape by defense attorney Dick DeGuerin, Parker said it was "ugly" and "disgusting."
HPD Chief Charles McClelland also testified this afternoon, saying the four officers should be tried in Houston despite the release of the video or statements made by public officials.
"The incident happened here. The Houston police department serves its community," McClelland said. "Certainly, they should be allowed to sit in judgment of Houston police officers."
He said holding the trial in Houston would help build community trust.
McClelland said he originally opposed the release of the tape, because of the effect it could have on trials. He also said officers have told him the release has been a "setback" to sometimes tense relations between police and the community.
"I agree that it did have a negative impact on the image of the Houston police department," he said.
The hearing on moving the trial could last two days.
The videotaped footage shows Chad Holley, then 15, running away from police before he is clipped by an HPD cruiser. The boy then falls to the ground, rolls on the grass, flips onto his stomach and clamps his hands behind his head.
Within seconds, a half-dozen officers appear to attack him forcefully with their fists and feet. After another series of blows, a handcuffed Holley appears to lift himself up as he is led to lean over the back of a police car. The teen was ultimately booked on a burglary charge.
The video was recorded by a surveillance camera around 4 p.m. March 24, 2010, at Uncle Bob's Self-Storage at 8450 Cook near Beechnut.
Eight officers were suspended without pay while HPD's Internal Affairs Division and the Harris County District Attorney's Office conducted separate investigations.
Bryan and Hassan also were charged with violation of the civil rights of a prisoner, also a misdemeanor.
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The thesis describes development of mobile application for current traffic report and weather conditions, SloPromet. Beside the introduction there is a chapter about key components of Android software delopment kit and rapid developmet tool Eclipse. Debuging, emulator and code editor are the main focuses. Further on there are more detailed description of use case scenarios, arhitecture, data model and date sources used by the aplication, code classes and user interface. End product of this thesis is a working, fully functional mobile application for smartphones using Android platform. It enables overview of current traffic jam and other traffic information in Slovenia using simple list or map. Data can be sorted by priority, date or distance from current location by the user. Application also enables view od images from webcams, waterleverls of rivers and weather information. Since all of this is important data when traveling on the road. In the final chapeter there are some possibilities for further development and improvements.
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April 8, 2012
A form of carbon just one atom thick, known as monolayer graphene, has the potential to make a big impact on the field of nanoelectronics – very tiny, very fast electronic components that could radically change computers and other devices. But scientists still need to understand better the properties of monolayer graphene so they can learn how to tailor them.
To this end, scientists working in part at NSLS have uncovered atomic-level information about monolayer graphene that was "doped" with nitrogen atoms during the growth process. Their work addresses the atomic and low-energy electronic structural changes caused by the introduction of foreign atoms into the carbon lattice.
The research was performed by scientists from Columbia University, Sejong University in Korea, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
The group learned that the nitrogen dopants increased the carrier density of the film – the number of electrons that contribute to its conductivity – yet disrupted the electronic structure only in the immediate area around each one. These discoveries indicate that nitrogen doping may be an excellent way to create high-quality monolayer graphene films with superior electronic behaviors.
Doping, a practice commonly used to improve a material's properties, can entail adding atoms to a material or substituting them in, as in this case, where a nitrogen atom replaced a carbon atom at random points in the graphene's honeycomb-shaped lattice. The doping concentration was about 0.30 percent on average, meaning roughly three nitrogen atoms were present for every 1,000 carbon atoms, for a total of about 13 trillion nitrogens per square centimeter.
Using several investigation techniques, including x-ray spectroscopy at NSLS beamline U7A, the researchers probed the graphene's atomic structure and the electronic structure of the region surrounding each nitrogen atom. They calculated that each nitrogen atom contributed about half an electron, on average, to the pool of charge carriers. This may seem like a small contribution, but it significantly increases the charge carrier density of the film.
At the same time, the nitrogen atoms had a minimal impact on the overall electronic behavior of the film, causing perturbations that disappeared within a few lattice spacings of each dopant. This is important because large perturbations can be detrimental to the flow of current in graphene.
"Doping is a key requirement necessary for all modern semiconductor electronics, and our work shows that nitrogen doping can give graphene the functionality required to make electronic devices similar to the ones that exist today," said Columbia University physicist Abhay Pasupathy, the study's corresponding author.
Parts of the research were also conducted at Brookhaven's Center for Functional Nanomaterials and SSRL, which is a directorate of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
The work is published in the August 19, 2011, online edition of Science.
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The mockups were created by Martin Hajek, the Dutch designer who also published iPhone 5 photo renders based on leaked parts and schematics last week.
These new concepts present a thinner handset and images of the iOS 6 app Passbook appear on the screen.
The mockups feature a unibody design, with the rear panel made mostly from aluminum.
The model is made available for download by Hajek for $50, so you can render it in your own 3D program.
The next iPhone is expected to arrive in October and feature a new design.


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Short Ends: Tour Tara Reid's Chocolate Factory
· In telling USA Today about her new E! show, Wild On Tara, Tara Reid makes an unfortunate comparison: "You're going to see the people and the country and events and things we do. I feel like Willy Wonka, and I'm taking you into the chocolate factory. It's a classy show." Please, if you're going to tour Reid's chocolate factory, wear the proper protective gear. We'll let her have the last word: "When people see this show, they'll say: 'We've been picking on this girl for 10 years for no reason. She makes everyone around her have a good time.'"
· Cinemocracy scours IMDb for trivia about political movies and discovers that Hollywood once considered Kevin Costner and Harrison Ford virtually interchangeable. (Try telling that to their agents now.) Also, there are 95 "fucks" in Bulworth.
· We're not going to take this Paris Hilton impersonator seriously until she releases a copycat sex tape. This isn't a cocktail party, darling.
· Only our therapist can explain why we find StuffOnMyCat.com so f'ing, pants-wettingly funny.


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This section provides an overview of how to plan a Siebel Anywhere upgrade and complete the tasks that must precede creation of one or more upgrade kits. The planning and preparation process consists of three main parts:
When these parts of the process have been completed, you can use the information, infrastructure elements, and files you have prepared to define the upgrade kits you need. This process is described in Defining Upgrade Kits.
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PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) – An Amber Alert issued Saturday for a missing Pittsylvania County teen has been canceled after he was found safe.
The Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office issued a release stating that 15-year-old Dustin Shaver, of the Long Island community, went missing during the morning hours on July 7 from a home located in Hurt, Va. where he had spent the night with an approved guardian prior to his disappearance.
According to the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office, information obtained during their investigation has led Investigators to believe Dustin may be in the company of Kevin Scott Parrish, Denise Michelle Shaver, and Kayla Michelle Hoy.
Kevin Parrish and Denise Shaver were taken in to custody by police and charged with abduction.
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Tokyo governor says sorry for saying Islamic nations are belligerent
Naoki Inose forced into climb down after he claimed that Muslim nations are belligerent
The governor of Tokyo apologised to Muslims yesterday after saying Islamic countries have nothing in common but Allah and "fighting with each other".
Naoki Inose, whose city is bidding for the 2020 Olympic Games, was forced into the climbdown after telling The New York Times that the Islamic nations are belligerent and overly hierarchical.
The comments were seen as a slight on bidding rival Istanbul, which is vying to become the first city from the Muslim world to host the Games.
"Islamic countries, the only thing they have in common is Allah and they are fighting with each other, and they have classes," the governor was quoted as saying through an interpreter in the article published on Friday.
Inose initially defended his remarks, saying the article did not reflect his true opinions. "The story made it seem as if Tokyo was criticising the other bid cities, but my intention was not delivered correctly," the author-turned politician said on his Facebook page.
"I had no intention of criticising the other candidate cities at all," Inose said. "It was extremely regrettable that such an article whose context differs from that of the interview was published."
But yesterday, a chastened Inose appeared on TV to say sorry. "There were remarks that can lead to misunderstandings among Islamic people," he said.
"So now I clearly apologise. If there are remarks that can be misunderstood, it is the inadequacy of my expression.
"I said [people] are fighting in some Islamic countries, but I think it was inappropriate. I want to correct it." Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Suat Kilic called the remarks "unfair and saddening."
"These remarks are not in accordance with the Olympic spirit," Kilic said. "We haven't made any impairing comments about any other candidate city until now, and we won't.
"We like the Japanese people. We respect their culture, their elders and their youth. If the subject is Istanbul then there is no need to talk much."
Tokyo's bid office had already moved to neutralise the impact of the gaffe, amid fears it may fall foul of International Olympic Committee rules prohibiting criticism of other bid cities.
Tokyo 2020 said it had been taken by surprise by the article and said it may have given the impression that it had gone beyond the IOC rules preventing negative comments about other cities.
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Eurasian global partnership will compete with US projects
Vladimir Putin announced plans for the establishment of the great Eurasian partnership involving the EEU and China. Nursultan Nazarbayev, in his turn, proposed to establish a partnership in the Eurasian and European unions. How real is the prospect of "our answer" American project of TRANS-Pacific and Transatlantic partnerships?
In June it is planned to work with China to give an official start to the great Eurasian partnership, said the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the 20th St. Petersburg international economic forum (SPIEF).
"This idea is long in the air. Its even called the big Asian Assembly
"Proposed to consider the creation of a great Eurasian partnership with the EEU (Eurasian economic Union) and countries with whom we have developed close relationships: China, India, Pakistan, Iran and, of course, referring to our CIS partners, other States and associations", – transfers its words of RIA "news".
According to Putin, "we could start with simplifying and harmonizing regulation in the field of industrial cooperation and investment, measures of technical, sanitary settlement, customs registration, protection of intellectual property rights. The Russian President noted that cooperation with the EAEU, expressed the readiness of the order of 40 States and international organizations.
The Russian President said earlier that Moscow supports the proposal of Kazakhstan to focus on further deepening cooperation between the Eurasian economic Union (EEU) with other integrations, primarily the SCO and ASEAN.
"The EEU is interested in a stable European Union"
Earlier on Friday, calling for cooperation between the EU and the EAEU was made by the head of one of the States of the Eurasian economic Union – the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
"Disintegration and economic isolationism will not solve any internal problems, it will be only self-deception," – said Nazarbayev at the session of the SPIEF-2016. "The Eurasian economic Union are interested in effective, stable European Union, which wishes to cooperate closely. Similarly, a United Europe benefits from the cooperation with our integration Association," Nazarbayev is quoted by RIA "Novosti".
The President of Kazakhstan has a reputation as a supporter of the Eurasian project, which to date is embodied in the form of the EEU. But on a European-Eurasian partnership Nazarbayev spoke, perhaps for the first time.
Recall that the EEU is an international integration economic Union created on the basis of the Customs Union and the common economic space starting from 1 January 2015. Its current membership are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
"A good response to what is America"
The establishment of the great Eurasian partnership between the EAEC and other countries will be a good response to the economic expansion of the United States that create the TRANS-Pacific and Transatlantic partnerships, believes the first Deputy Chairman of the profile Committee of the state Duma on international Affairs Leonid Kalashnikov.
"I think that's a good response to what is America, covering its economic expansion or pseudo-democratic political purposes," – said Kalashnikov. "And we see, and China sees that we are trying to isolate. Someone faster – through sanctions, using pseudoelement like Ukraine, someone slower, like China, but at the same time without inviting the TRANS-Pacific partnership. And once we see it, we need to unite," – said the Deputy.
Said parliamentarian agreement on the TRANS-Pacific partnership (TPP) was signed on 5 October 2015. It will created a free trade area in the Asia-Pacific region. In the Pacific countries account for 40% of the world economy and a third of world trade. The parties to the agreement, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam, and Australia and New Zealand.
Since July 2013, the EU is negotiating about the Transatlantic partnership agreement in the field of trade and investment (TTIP). We are talking about creating the world's largest free zone with a consumer market of about 820 million people. In addition to the US and EU countries, the project will include Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland and the candidate countries for EU membership.
New breath
Honorary Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on foreign and defense policy Sergey Karaganov said that the past three years, he and his colleagues talked about the need for Russia to shift to the creation of the community of greater Eurasia, where she played the role of security provider and liaison.
"This project has strong prospects, given the rise of China to the West in the framework of the concept of the economic belt of the silk road, which is, roughly speaking, economic expansion in Europe, and the movement of Russia to the East. Europe is now in a very difficult situation, in crisis, and she needs to provide a long-term project that would give her a new breath," – said the expert newspaper VIEW.
He recalled that Russia proposed the concept of a Large community of Europe, but partners refused, and as a result collapsed the European security system.
"Now we need to think about the future. This is the future not only for Europe, including new countries for the whole of Eurasia. If Russia will move to this community, it will be beneficial to all. In this community will not and cannot be hegemonic, as the role of China will be balanced by the power India, Iran, Russia. And it will give a huge opportunity for China because it will be able to immerse the community in its prevailing power, and he will be less afraid. Afraid of him now because he is very strong," said the Karaganov.
The expert expressed confidence that Russia will be able to convert their political opportunities in the economy. For this it is necessary to competently use their own advantages in the West and the East. "In this sense has a unique location: the East of Russia, Siberia. There are new great opportunities for Asia", – concluded the expert.
Will it build?
However, the head of the national energy security Fund Konstantin Simonov offers to wait and see how it will look this "cute idea".
"This idea is long in the air. Its even called the big Asian Assembly. Indeed, in Asia formed a few flagship Nations with well-developed economies. Added to that, and Iran. We understand that it is a powerful market. In this respect, the idea of the particular enterprises of these economies is reasonable," – said Simonov the newspaper VIEW,
However, the expert, this group of countries lack of political contradictions that shows the partnership in the framework of the SCO and BRICS.
"There is a beautiful abbreviation of the structure, but often some real dynamic filling we are not seeing. Countries have their interests. Even during sanctions we understand that our partnership with China is developing, but we hoped for a much larger trend. And when we talk about a single economic zone, then we understand that there is a lot of issues: economic barriers, the movement of capital, labour force… It is here in the harmonization of economy will require a large amount of time. The economy is different in nature: Russian, Chinese, Iranian, Indian… Combine them into a single entity would be extremely difficult" – the expert predicts.Related posts:


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Fiorentina hit the woodwork three times, but Mattia Destro scored in extra time to send Roma through to the Coppa Italia semi-final amid a brawl and three red cards.
The Giallorossi scraped through in Florence and will face Inter in the next round. The other semi-final is between Juventus and Lazio.
There was a huge row between the clubs and the Federation over where this game would be played, but the Giallorossi lost their appeal to move it to the Stadio Olimpico.
With Pablo Daniel Osvaldo and Erik Lamela suspended, Francesco Totti and Maarten Stekelenburg injured, Nico Lopez on international duty and Marquinhos dropped for disciplinary reasons, Zdenek Zeman surprised everyone by switching to a 3-4-3 system. Fiorentina continued to drop Emiliano Viviano and David Pizarro was only fit for the bench, but Alberto Aquilani and Luca Toni faced their former club.
Daniele De Rossi returned to the starting XI and his header from a corner skimmed the back post.
Stevan Jovetic drilled over the bar after a defensive error, but there was a double chance as Neto parried the first shot from Alessandro Florenzi, then the Miralem Pjanic follow-up was charged down.
Nicolas Burdisso needed a perfectly-timed tackle to stop Juan Cuadrado's solo run in the box. Mattia Destro went extremely close, as he burst away from three Viola jerseys and his angled drive shaved a coat of paint off the base of the upright.
Marquinhos also nodded inches wide from a Roma set play, but Aquilani had a fantastic opportunity on 39 minutes when his free kick rattled the crossbar with Mauro Goicoechea well beaten.
Straight after the restart there was a howler from Nenad Tomovic to spark Roma's counter-attack and Destro pulled back for the unmarked Florenzi, but Neto performed an incredible save from point-blank range as it was somehow palmed over the bar.
Another Florenzi strike, this time from distance, was smothered, while Destro's first touch let him down on the counter. Michael Bradley went for the shot himself when on the counter with three teammates, who were all rather irritated with the American.
Fiorentina pounced on a poor clearance near the six-yard box and Stevan Savic's effort was turned across the face of goal, Burdisso getting a crucial touch to stop Gonzalo Rodriguez nodding in.
De Rossi had the ball in the back of the net from a Burdisso free kick, but was flagged offside. It was tight, but seemed to be an accurate decision.
Gonzalo Rodriguez gave the ball away on the edge of his own area, but was relieved to see Destro balloon over the bar when clear on goal.
Chaos in the Roma box, as Aquilani just failed to get his head to a chipped pass when he was eight yards out, then Goicoechea missed the ball and nobody was able to get the final touch.
A glancing Tomovic header looked to be going on target, but it accidentally hit teammate Rodriguez.
Borja Valero looked as if he might've won it deep into stoppages, but his screamer cracked against the outside edge of the upright.
Moments later, Destro had the exact same feeling as his lob soared over Neto towards an open net until Savic performed a decisive goalline clearance. It was the last touch of normal play, as this quarter-final went to extra time.
The deadlock was finally broken when Pjanic got to the by-line and pulled back for Destro to come sliding in from a couple of yards.
Fiorentina poured forward in a bid to get it back on track, as Cuadrado hit the side-netting from a tight angle and Goicoechea fingertipped an Aquilani free kick out from under the bar.
The Viola hit the frame of the goal for the third time, as Cuadrado's volley cracked against the base of the far post, then the follow-up was palmed off the line by Goicoechea.
Jovetic and Adem Ljajic fired off target from distance, while a Jovetic diving header was deflected.
Destro was clear on goal, but Neto came rushing off his line and out of the box to clear with his torso and feet.
Rodrigo Taddei received a second yellow card for a reaction foul on Borja Valero, who he had clashed with moments earlier.
The game ended in absolute chaos. Cuadrado and Dodo were both shown a straight red for an unseemly brawl, then as they were going into the tunnel another fight broke out. Stewards and photographers were shoved over and play had to be halted as the other players rushed to intervene and calm the situation.
Fiorentina 0-1 Roma aet
Scorers: Destro 97 (R)
Fiorentina: Neto, Tomovic, Rodriguez, Savic; Cuadrado, Migliaccio (Romulo 65), Aquilani, Borja Valero, Pasqual (Llama 105); Jovetic, Toni (Ljajic 78)
Roma: Goicoechea; Marquinhos, Castan, Burdisso; Piris (Taddei 80), De Rossi, Bradley, Balzaretti (Dodo 59); Pjanic (Tachtsidis 102), Destro, Florenzi
Ref: Rizzoli
Sent off: Taddei 117 (R), Cuadrado 121 (F), Dodo 121 (R)
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Borrisokane's Darragh is leading County Tipperary MATHlete
Daragh Buckley, a third year student from Borrisokane Community College, Co. Tipperary is currently Tipperary's top MATHlete, with the second round of challenges having taken place last week in the new and exciting national maths challenge.
There has been a surge in the number of entrants, with the latest figures revealing that over 1,000 students and 200 teachers are now registered to compete in the maths competition which has captured the imagination of the nation's students. This represents a weekly increase of almost 50 pe cent.
The brainchild of Sean O'Sullivan and supported by the Department of Education and Skills and National Education Centres across Ireland, Mr O'Sullivan said: "Maths are a necessary key to unlocking economic progress and scientific and technical development. We are delighted to see that over 1,000 students throughout Ireland have already accepted the challenge to improve themselves and their futures by joining the MATHletes Challenge.
"We appreciate all the efforts by teachers across the country to bring excitement, achievement and recognition to the teaching of maths. The maths skill level of every single student can be improved by taking on the MATHletes Challenge."
Students and teachers can still signup now and start competing: the earlier a student signs up, the more time they have to gain points in the competition. There is still plenty of time to top the leaderboards at mathletes.ie.
With over €20,000 in prizes and the title of MATHletes Challenge Champion 2014 on offer, MATHletes will see students in each county competing online and face to face in county and provincial finals, with top scorers advancing to the national finals, which are scheduled to take place in early May.
Check the website for leaderboards, new weekly challenge problems, and tips for teachers to give MATHletes a more focused training experience. Students can register at mathletes.ie or find out more about MATHletes on Twitter @MATHletes_ie or go to the MATHletes Challenge Facebook page.


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Veteran Member - Level 13
I'm in the middle of Red Dead Redemption and I have Mass Effect 2 in the works, but I also need something to just blow off steam. Something short and punchy for those nights where I just don't have the energy for anything involved, or when I only have a 20 minutes or so to play.
As I said previously, I'm hugely addicted to Geometry Wars 2: Retro Evolved, but I'd like to try some other stuff too.
So what Xbox Live Arcade games do you like to play? I'm looking for some quality suggestions. I'll still download the demo to make sure it's right for me, but I don't want to miss something that doesn't sound quite as good as it actually is. Some descriptions don't do a game justice.
Any sleeper gems that are hiding out there? What's the best XBLA game that nobody's actually playing?


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By Michael Coppinger
In the televised co-feature of Top Rank Live emanating from Bally's Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., Nazim Richardson's nephew and charge Karl Dargan (10-0, 5 KOs) stopped Juan Suazo (8-5-3, 5 KOs) in the sixth round of a lightweight bout scheduled for eight rounds.
Dargan, 26, controlled the bout from the onset, displaying sound technique in delivering a one-sided beating to the Tucson, Ariz. native. Dargan was effective at controlling range, shooting crisp jabs and mixing it up to the body throughout the contest. Dargan of nearby Philadelphia dropped Suazo, 31, in the opening stanza with a hard left hook, but the game Suazo beat the count.
Dargan continued to bust up Suazo in the second, opening a gash over Suazo's right eye that bled for the remained of the contest. Suazo seemed ready to go in round three, but Dargan never went for the kill, instead prolonging the one-sided affair. In the sixth, Dargan ended matters, when Benji Estevez halted the contest after another Dargan flurry.


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- If you are suggesting a page for deletion, add your initial rationale to the section "Deletion rationale".
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Following this discussion this page should also be deleted. The only episode which links to this is "Liaisons". I've just checked the episode, the word "anger" was never mentioned. Yes, Worf got angry but Byleth wanted to study antagonism not anger. The article is a dictionary defintion and should be deleted. – Tom 01:36, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
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- Delete as a dictionary definition.– Cleanse ( talk | contribs ) 07:51, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Delete.--31dot 09:20, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Delete. - Archduk3 09:43, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Delete — what next, an attempt to list every time a Star Trek character smiled? —Josiah Rowe 17:19, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
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Deleted.--31dot 12:41, September 8, 2010 (UTC)


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One of the key concepts driving a lot of Web 2.0 entrepreneurs is that they don't need to take money from venture capitalists because the tools to build companies are so cheap and ubiquitous.
But those indie entrepreneurs are leaving a lot on the table, as quite a few others are apparently willing to hop on board with the VCs, according to some new numbers released today.
According to Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne, venture capitalists pumped $844.4 million into 167 deals with Web 2.0 companies last year, "more than twice as much money and nearly twice as many deals as occurred in 2005."
The Bay Area led the way, naturally, with 64 deals worth more than $367 million, more than half the U.S. totals in both categories. New York followed with 14 deals, worth $49.5 million, while Washington state placed second in deal value, with only seven deals worth $60.7 million.
Whenever one of these reports comes out, the key question from the last tech boom rears its ugly head again: Are we nearing bubble times?
And the answer almost always is the same: Not yet.
"Web 2.0 is certainly a very fast-growing segment of the overall venture capital market right now," Stephen Harmston, Director of Global Research for VentureOne, said in the company's press release. "However, based on the median size of Web 2.0 deals and the conservative level of pre-money valuations for these companies, the data does not indicate that we are entering bubble territory. Rather, what we are seeing is robust investment activity aimed at a still emerging business area."


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Prognosis of Aortic Intramural Hematoma With and Without Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer
A Clinical and Radiological Analysis
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Background— Advances in imaging techniques have increased the recognition of aortic intramural hematomas (IMHs) and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAUs); however, distinction between IMH and PAU remains unclear. We intended to clarify differences between IMH coexisting with PAU and IMH not associated with PAU by comparisons of clinical features, imaging findings, and patient outcome to derive the optimal therapeutic approach.
Methods and Results— We performed a retrospective analysis of 65 symptomatic patients with aortic IMH. There were 34 patients with IMH associated with PAU (group 1) and 31 patients with IMH unaccompanied by PAU (group 2). Involvement of the ascending aorta (type A) was more frequent in group 2 (8 of 31, 26%), whereas most of the patients in group 1 had exclusive involvement of the descending aorta (type B) (31of 34, 91%). Patients were subdivided into 2 categories, those with clinical progression and those with stable disease. Forty-eight percent of patients in group 1 and 8% in group 2 were in the progressive category (P=0.002). Clinical and radiological findings were compared between those group 1 patients who had a progressive disease course (n=12) and those who were stable (n=13). Sustained or recurrent pain (P<0.0001), increasing pleural effusion (P=0.0003), and both the maximum diameter (P=0.004) and maximum depth (P=0.003) of the PAU were reliable predictors of disease progression.
Conclusions— This study suggests a difference in disease behavior that argues for the prognostic importance of making a clear distinction between IMH caused by PAU and IMH not associated with PAU. IMH with PAU was significantly associated with a progressive disease course, whereas IMH without PAU typically had a stable course, especially when limited to the descending thoracic aorta.
Received February 6, 2002; revision received May 1, 2002; accepted May 1, 2002.
Over the past decade, advances in vascular imaging technology have led to increasing recognition of aortic intramural hematomas (IMHs) in patients with acute aortic syndromes. Considered by many to be a variant of aortic dissection, the pathogenesis of IMH still remains unclear. Two different pathophysiological processes can lead to intramural hematoma formation. One is IMH without intimal disruption; in this entity, it is believed that spontaneous rupture of aortic vasa vasorum is responsible for hematoma formation within the aortic wall.1 The other type of IMH is associated with an atherosclerotic ulcer that penetrates into the internal elastic lamina and allows hematoma formation within the media of the aortic wall.2–4⇓⇓
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In previous reports, these 2 types of IMH are rarely distinguished in discussing prognoses and optimal treatment methods.3,5,6⇓⇓ The concept of the Stanford classification scheme for aortic dissection has been applied to IMH because the prognostic impact of the location of IMH and its standard treatment have been considered similar to those for classic aortic dissection.5 It is generally accepted that patients with type B (exclusive involvement of the descending aorta) IMH can be managed conservatively in the absence of disease progression, whereas early surgical interventions are recommended for type A (involvement of the ascending aorta) IMH.5,6⇓ On the other hand, Coady et al7 recently reported that the prognoses of acutely symptomatic hospitalized patients with penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAUs) was worse than those with classic aortic dissection due to a higher incidence of aortic rupture.
We reviewed 65 symptomatic patients with aortic IMH. Thirty-four patients had a PAU that was considered to be the cause of IMH, whereas 31 had no evidence of a PAU. The objective of this study was to clarify the differences between IMH associated with PAU and IMH without PAU in terms of clinical features and prognosis to establish the optimal therapeutic approach for each.
We treated 725 symptomatic patients with a working diagnosis of aortic dissection at Stanford University Medical Center between January 1990 and June 2000. Of those 725 patients, 663 (91%) had a classic "double-barreled" dissection and 66 (9%) had an aortic IMH. Diagnosis was confirmed from surgical, radiological, and/or autopsy records. One patient's hospital records were incomplete, leaving 65 cases of aortic IMH for analysis. The diagnosis of IMH was confirmed by review of the imaging studies, including CT, MRI, transesophageal echocardiography, and angiography. The images were reviewed by 3 radiologists with specialized cardiovascular training and experience. The presence of a hematoma within the aortic wall, recognizable as a crescentic or circular local aortic wall thickening (Figure, A and B), and the absence of a visible intimal flap or tear were prerequisites for the diagnosis of IMH by any imaging modality. Other modality-specific diagnostic criteria for IMH included displacement of intimal calcifications and higher attenuation of the thickened wall than blood for precontrast CT, no contrast enhancement of the thickened aortic wall for contrast CT,8 no flow within the locally thickened aortic wall for MRI and angiography, increased signal intensity of thickened aortic wall for T1-weighted MRI,5,9⇓ and displacement of intimal calcifications for transesophageal echocardiography.4
The Stanford classification of aortic dissection was used to categorize IMH according to the location of disease. Type A indicates involvement of the ascending aorta, and type B indicates exclusive involvement of the descending aorta.5 In addition, the aorta was subdivided into 7 segments for a detailed evaluation of the longitudinal extent of IMH and the location of any PAU. These 7 segments were the ascending aorta, transverse arch, and proximal descending, mid-descending, distal descending, suprarenal abdominal, and infrarenal aorta.
IMH With PAU Versus IMH Without PAU
The 65 cases that were able to be evaluated were divided into patients with an IMH caused by a PAU (group 1) and those with an IMH without evidence of a PAU (group 2). In the review of imaging studies, a PAU was defined as a deep ulcerated lesion in the thickest part of the IMH within the involved aorta (Figure, C). In the patients who had prominent atherosclerotic disease, tiny ulcerated lesions of a few millimeters in size were observed occasionally. These lesions often were accompanied by atheromatous plaques and intimal calcification and were typically recognized as an irregularity along the luminal surface of the aortic wall in contrast-enhanced CT images (Figure, D). These tiny ulcers were seen irrespective of the IMH extent and represented intimal atheromatous plaque ulcerations (11 cases in group 1 and 4 cases in group 2). They were easily distinguished from the typical appearance of a deeper PAU.
To evaluate any difference in the natural history of the disease between the 2 IMH groups, 49 of 65 patients were divided into 2 categories, those with a progressive disease process and those with stable disease. The other 16 patients (9 in group 1 and 7 in group 2) were excluded from this analysis because the observation of these patients was interrupted by an operation. A progressive disease course was defined as an increase in IMH size (longitudinal or radial) over the interval between imaging studies, evolution of the IMH to double-barreled dissection, or aortic rupture. A stable disease course was defined as an IMH that regressed spontaneously or had no interval change between imaging studies in an otherwise hemodynamically stable patient. The observation period was usually the extent of the index hospitalization; however, when pertinent follow-up information was available, it was included in the analysis.
Indicators and Predictors of Disease Progression in Patients With IMH and PAU
To identify the predictors of disease progression in patients with IMH associated with PAU, clinical and radiological findings were compared between those who had a progressive disease course (n=12) and those with stable disease (n=13). The clinical findings of age, sex, history of hypertension, extent of disease (Stanford classification), and presence of concomitant aortic aneurysm were evaluated. Each patient's pain response to antihypertensive therapy was also analyzed. The imaging characteristics evaluated included the presence of pleural effusion at time of hospital admission and any interval radiological changes, including number, location, maximum diameter, and maximum depth of PAU, maximum diameter and maximum wall thickness of the aorta involved with IMH, and extent of IMH defined by aortic segments involved. In patients with multiple PAUs (n=7), the maximum diameter, depth, and location of the largest PAU were assessed.
Statistical Analysis
Data are expressed as mean±SD or as proportions. Comparisons between patients in group 1 and 2 and patients with progressive versus stable disease course were made with the χ2 test for categorical variables and unpaired Student's t test for continuous variables. A probability value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Overall Patient Characteristics
The study population consisted of 34 men and 31 women with a mean age of 69±9.5 years. Of the 65 patients, 60 (92%) had an acute IMH (admitted within 2 weeks of the onset of symptoms), and 5 (8%) had a chronic IMH (admitted >2 weeks after the onset of symptoms). Forty-six (71%) of the patients were transferred from other hospitals with a diagnosis of aortic IMH or suspected aortic dissection. No patient had a previous history of major trauma or the Marfan syndrome.
IMH With PAU Versus IMH Without PAU
Patient Characteristics
The clinical features of the patients in groups 1 and 2 are summarized in Table 1. Although not statistically significant (P=0.08), the patients in group 1 were slightly older. Involvement of the ascending aorta (type A) was more frequent in group 2, whereas most of the patients in group 1 had type B morphology (P=0.07). In terms of clinical history, there was no significant difference between the groups.
Morphological Features of IMH
The morphological features of IMH in group 1 and 2 patients are detailed in Table 2. Type A IMH was more frequent in group 2. There was no difference in the longitudinal extent of the IMH as represented by the numbers of involved aortic segments (P=0.88).
Treatment and Prognosis
The treatment and clinical course of the patients in group 1 and 2 are summarized in Table 3.
Type A IMH in Group 1
Three patients underwent graft replacement of the ascending aorta within 4 days of the onset of symptoms, with 2 survivors.
Type A IMH in Group 2
Five patients underwent surgery within 4 days of their first symptoms. Four were successfully treated by ascending aortic graft replacement, and 1 patient died from septic complication 11 days after surgery.
Type B IMH in Group 1
Of the 31 patients with type B IMH in group 1, 17 (55%) were treated medically. In this subset, 3 deaths from progression of disease were observed at a mean of 9.3 days (range: 4 to 17 days) after the onset of symptoms. All 3 patients died from aortic rupture caused by a PAU.
Eight of 31 patients (26%) underwent graft replacement between 3 and 37 days (mean 9.6 days) after the onset of symptoms. Three had a ruptured PAU and 4 others had signs of impending rupture, eg, poorly controlled pain (n=4), increased mediastinal or pleural effusion (n=4), or increased PAU size (n=2).
Endovascular repair of PAU with stent-graft placement was performed in 6 (19%) of the 31 type B patients in group 1, between 1 and 49 days (mean: 17.5days) after symptom onset. Stent-graft deployment was successful in all. One patient underwent emergency stent-graft placement for a ruptured PAU in the proximal descending aorta. Five patients showed signs of impending rupture, including persistent pain (n=5), increased pleural effusion (n=4), increased PAU size (n=1), and pseudoaneurysm formation (n=3). In all cases, the full extent of the PAU and pseudoaneurysm, but not the entire length of the IMH, were covered by the stent-graft. Pain and pleural effusion lessened in 5 patients. One patient died from a massive cerebral hemorrhage 3 days after the stent-grafting.
Type B IMH in Group 2
In contrast to group 1, 20 (87%) of 23 patients in group 2 were treated by antihypertensive therapy only. Three patients with a coexisting thoracic aortic aneurysm had worsening pain and increasing pleural effusion that were considered harbingers of impending rupture. All 3 underwent surgical repair with 2 postoperative deaths: 1 from aspiration pneumonia and 1 from renal failure.
In-Hospital Mortality
Overall, the in-hospital mortality rate was 16% in group 1 and 19% in group 2. Disease progression was the cause of death in 4 patients (12%) in group 1 and 1 patient (3%) in group 2 (P=0.20).
IMH Disease Course in Groups 1 and 2
The natural history of IMH in both groups is shown in Table 4. An interval increase in IMH was observed in 5 patients with type B IMH in group 1, between 4 and 35 days (mean: 13.8 days) after initial symptom onset. This was related to progression of the PAU in all cases. There were no patients in group 2 who had an increase in IMH size.
Evolution to a classic double-barreled dissection occurred in 4 patients, including 1 with type A and 2 with type B IMH in group 1, and 1 patient with a type A IMH in group 2. This pathological evolution occurred between 2 and 7 days (mean 4.5) after the onset of symptoms. All 4 patients died: 3 from aortic rupture and 1 from an acute myocardial infarction related to the ascending aortic dissection.
Compared with group 2, patients in group 1 with IMH had a more progressive disease course (P=0.002). This was most evident in those with a type B IMH (24 in group 1; 21 in group 2), where patients with an associated PAU clearly had more clinical progression (P=0.002).
Indicators and Predictors of Disease Progression in IMH Patients With PAU
A comparison of clinical and radiological findings between PAU patients with progressive and stable disease is shown in Table 5.
Clinical Factors
Uncontrollable pain was a significant indicator of disease progression (P<0.0001). Slightly more women than men had a stable disease course (P=0.07). There were no significant differences in age, Stanford disease classification, or presence of hypertension or associated aortic aneurysm between the patients with a progressive disease course and those with a stable process.
Radiological Factors
Although pleural effusion was commonly seen in patients with either a progressive or stable IMH, an interval increase in the pleural effusion was a significant indicator (P=0.0003) of progressive disease in those with a PAU. In terms of the initial size of the PAU, the maximum diameter and maximum depth in patients with progressive disease were 21.1±8.0 mm and 13.7±4.2 mm, respectively. Both values were significantly greater than those measured in patients with stable disease (P=0.004 and 0.003, respectively). If a threshold of 20 mm is used for maximum PAU diameter, the positive and negative predictive values for disease progression are 100% and 71%, respectively. If a value for maximum PAU depth is set arbitrarily at 10 mm or greater, the positive and negative predictive values are 80% and 88%, respectively. PAUs in patients with progressive disease were usually proximal (P=0.01), with the proximal descending thoracic aorta being the most common site.
There were no significant differences in maximum aortic diameter and maximum aortic wall thickness over the extent of IMH, or in the number of involved aortic segments between those IMH patients with and without progressive disease (P=0.61, 0.16, and 0.08, respectively).
History and Incidence of IMH
Aortic IMH was first described in 1920 by Krukenberg10 as "dissection without intimal tear" and was considered a distinct entity at autopsy. In 1988, Yamada et al9 reported the CT and MRI findings of this condition. They predicted that the frequency of detection of this variant of aortic dissection would increase in the future as CT and MRI became more widely employed. Indeed, aortic IMH has been recognized increasingly more frequently in patients with acute aortic syndromes. In large autopsy series, the incidence of IMH in patients with aortic dissection is reported to range from 4%11 to 13%.12 In this series, 66 (9%) of 725 patients had an IMH, a frequency that is consistent with that reported from autopsy series.
Comparison Between IMH With PAU and IMH Without PAU
Clinical Features
Previous reports indicate that both IMHs and PAUs commonly affect elderly patients with a history of hypertension.2,3,6,13⇓⇓⇓ Although the mean age of both groups of IMH patients is older than that for patients with classic dissection,13 the patients in group 1 were slightly older than those in group 2 (mean age: 71.0 and 66.9 years, respectively). Hypertension and concomitant thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm were commonly seen in both groups, with no apparent difference in incidence between groups 1 and 2.
There was a significant difference in the Stanford type of IMH between groups 1 and 2. Most of the patients in group 1 had a type B IMH (31of 34, 91%). Type A IMH was slightly more common (8 of 31, 26%) in group 2 than in group 1 (P=0.07). These results are consistent with previous reports2,14⇓ that showed that a PAU is typically located in the descending thoracic aorta. In terms of the frequency of type A IMH without associated PAU, Coady et al13 reported that 5 (29%) of 17 patients had this finding, similar to the prevalence found in this study. Of note, there was no difference in the extent of IMH between groups 1 and 2.
Treatment and Prognosis
In many institutions, the standard therapy over the past decade for patients with type A IMH has been early surgical graft replacement.15 Therefore, most of the patients with a type A IMH in this study were treated surgically. As a result, the prognosis of patients with a type A IMH in both groups 1 and 2 was more favorable than that reported in other series where early operative repair was not performed.5,13⇓
In patients with a type B IMH, there was a significant difference in treatment and prognosis between groups 1 and 2. Twenty (87%) of the 23 type B patients in group 2 were treated exclusively by antihypertensive therapy without complications. In contrast, among the 17 patients in group 1 who were treated medically, there were 3 deaths from aortic rupture.
Among the 31 patients with a type B IMH in group 1, 8 underwent surgical intervention and 6 were treated with endovascular methods. Endovascular treatment with a stent-graft successfully covered the PAU in all 6 patients without early pseudoaneurysm formation. Given that PAUs tend to occur in elderly patients with severe atherosclerosis and other comorbidities that put them at high surgical risk, in our limited experience, this minimally invasive endovascular approach may have considerable advantages in this disease compared with conventional open surgical repair.
Natural History of PAU
There exists widespread confusion in the literature about disease behavior of the PAU. Stanson et al2 and Coady et al7 found PAUs to be malignant, but most of these patients had acute symptoms. In contrast, Harris et al16 and Quint et al17 reported a lower incidence of life-threatening complications in a patient sample where asymptomatic patients were enrolled. The considerable difference in prognosis probably can be explained by the differences in patient substrate (symptomatic versus asymptomatic). In our series, all patients (group 1) were symptomatic, and this may explain a higher incidence of disease progression. A more aggressive approach should be considered for acutely symptomatic patients.
Relationship Between IMH and PAU
In previous reports of IMHs, many investigators have identified PAUs as a cause of IMHs,3,4,6⇓⇓ whereas others have considered PAUs and IMHs to be distinct, unrelated entities.13 Indeed, a lack of agreement in the terminology used in the literature to describe IMH and PAU is clearly evident. Because our results suggest a major difference in prognosis according to whether the IMH coexists with PAU or without a PAU, it is important to distinguish these 2 types of IMH. Practically speaking, this differentiation must be made by imaging techniques because clinical separation is not possible.
Indicators and Predictors of Disease Progression in Patients With PAU
We are not aware of reports in which predictive factors of disease progression were investigated in patients with IMHs associated with a PAU. Persistent or recurrent pain despite aggressive treatment and an interval increase of pleural effusion were significant and important indicators of disease progression.
As for the implications of initial PAU size, maximum diameter and depth both correlated significantly with disease progression. Patients with a PAU that initially measured 20 mm or more in maximum diameter or 10 mm or greater in maximum depth have a high risk of disease progression and thus should be considered candidates for early surgical or endovascular repair.
In addition, it is apparent that not only PAUs in the ascending or arch but also those in the proximal descending aorta had a more malignant course (P=0.01) compared with that observed for PAUs in the middle and distal descending aorta. Possible explanations for this tendency include greater hemodynamic stress within the proximal aortic wall or a greater preponderance of elastin over collagen in the media of the proximal aorta compared with the descending thoracic aorta.18 Regardless of the exact pathophysiological mechanism, early aggressive treatment with either open surgical or endovascular stent-graft repair is prudent for patients with IMH and a proximal PAU, especially in those with uncontrollable pain and/or increasing pleural effusion.
Limitations of This Study
A weakness of this study is the lack of strict diagnostic uniformity in the patient selection. We defined a diagnostic criterion as "absence of a visible intimal flap or tear identified by any imaging technique," however, because of differences in the relative abilities of each imaging modality to detect intimal disruption and the evolution in technology that has improved image resolution over the 10-year study period, the diagnostic data used to select patients in this study were not absolutely comparable. Thus, the validity of inferences made from results of this study is questionable.
Another limitation is related to the end points. We defined an IMH expansion as "an increase in IMH size over the interval between imaging studies," and a stable disease course as one that "regressed spontaneously or had no interval change between imaging studies." To reliably compare individual courses of disease, it is ideally necessary to predetermine the timing of imaging studies for the evaluation of interval changes. For example, it would be optimal if baseline studies were obtained at clinically equivalent starting points (eg, at the onset of symptoms), and then follow-up examinations performed at regular prescribed intervals. Because of the constraints imposed by the retrospective nature of this study, however, it is only possible to review studies performed at clinically required intervals.
This study suggests substantial differences in the clinical features and the patients' prognoses in patients with an IMH caused by PAU and those with an IMH not associated with a PAU. Patients with IMH due to a PAU commonly had a progressive downhill clinical course, particularly when symptomatic, even when the IMH was limited to the descending thoracic aorta. In comparison, patients with an IMH without an ulcer were typically fairly stable, particularly when the IMH was limited to the descending aorta. Thus, these 2 types of IMH should be distinguished clinically and, more importantly, be managed differently. In terms of treatment for patients with an IMH without a PAU, most with a type B IMH can be treated conservatively with aggressive blood pressure control. On the other hand, those with a type A IMH should be treated with early surgical repair.5,6,15⇓⇓ When the IMH is associated with a PAU, urgent surgical aortic graft replacement should be considered not only for patients with a type A IMH, but also for those with a type B IMH, especially if persistent pain and/or interval increase in pleural effusion are present.
The authors thank Eric Huffman for help with the preparation of the manuscript.
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Kluber brilliant again; pitches Tribe to a 4-1 win over K.C.
Santana, Gomes go yard, as Kluber goes 8 1/3 dominant innings
CLEVELAND—Look up the word consistency in a dictionary, and Corey Kluber's face should be there.
Backed by another brilliant start from the Indians ace, the Tribe took the rubber match over Kansas City Sunday, 4-1 to win the three-game weekend series.
"It's sure nice to write his name in there," manager Terry Francona said. "He has weapons and he has poise and he competes. He was really good."
Kluber (8-6, 2.86 ERA) went 8 1/3 dominant innings allowing just one run on four hits, walking just one and striking out 10. He left to a standing ovation in the ninth, but not before his manager heard boos from the fans in attendance.
"I don't blame them," Francona said. 'If I was managing with my heart, I would've left him in there too. If they want our guy to stay in and it's the ninth, something good is happening."
It marked the third time this season Kluber recorded at least 10 strikeouts, while allowing one or fewer walks, becoming just the eighth Tribe starter since 1914 to accomplish the feat.
"I wanted him to stay out there," closer Cody Allen said. "He was pitching phenomenal. Anytime a guy has a chance to throw a complete game, you want him to do it."
It was Allen that relieved Kluber in the ninth, notching his ninth save of the season.
"I wouldn't say it was disappointing," Kluber said. "Your goal is to obviously finish the inning, but I wasn't going to second guess Tito to go get Cody."
He was backed by a decent showing from his offense, as his club put up three runs in the second inning all coming via the long ball.
Carlos Santana led off the second with his 13th homer of the season off Royals starter Danny Duffy (5-8, 2.86 ERA). With a base-hit, Ryan Raburn came around to score on a Yan Gomes two-run blast two batters later, giving the Tribe a quick 3-0 lead.
It marked Santana's seventh homer and 15th RBI over his last 27 games.
Kluber's only mistake of the ballgame came in the fifth, on a solo homer by Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas. Five of Moustakas' 10 long balls have now come against Indians pitching.
Over his last four starts, Kluber owns a 1.09 ERA with 29 strikeouts covering 29 1/3 innings.
"Whether it's during the game, or in his workouts or his bullpens, he pays attention to detail and he really does it like you're supposed to," Francona said. "He wants to be really good."
The Tribe offense tacked on another run off Duffy in the fifth on an RBI single by All-Star candidate Michael Brantley. The left-handed Royals starter went six innings surrendering four runs on 10 hits, while the hit by Brantley gives him a team-leading 57 RBI this year.
Cleveland (43-44) wins their second straight series, sitting 6.5 games behind first place Detroit in the American League Central standings.
Up next for Indians: The New York Yankees (44-43) invade Cleveland for the only time this season to open up four-game series beginning Monday night. Right-hander Justin Masterson (4-5, 5.16 ERA) gets the start for the Wahoos at 7:10 p.m.
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