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Medical imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) was initially created to standardize the reporting and data collection of CT and MR imaging for patients at risk for HCC. As contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has been widely used in clinical practice, it has recently been added to the LI-RADS. While CEUS LI-RADS shares fundamental concepts with CT/MRI LI-RADS, there are key differences between the modalities reflecting dissimilarities in the underlying methods of image acquisition and types of contrast material. This review introduces a recent update of CEUS LI-RADS and explains the key differences from CT/MRI LI-RADS.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second most common cause of cancer death worldwide and occurs most often in patients with risk factors for developing HCC including cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B [1]. Surveillance programs for HCC in high-risk patients have long been implemented in countries where the incidence of HCC is high. Once a focal hepatic nodule is detected during HCC surveillance with ultrasound (US) or other imaging modalities, a diagnostic imaging test including contrast-enhanced CT, MRI, or contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is performed. CEUS has been established as a useful tool in the multimodality approach to characterize hepatic nodules [2].
The Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) was initially created to standardize the reporting and data collection of CT and MR imaging for patients at risk for HCC [3,4]. As CEUS has been widely used in clinical practice, the American College of Radiology (ACR) in 2014 convened a group of international experts to develop CEUS LI-RADS. After extensive discussions by the working group and based on feedback received at international conferences where preliminary versions of CEUS LI-RADS were presented, an official CEUS-LI-RADS version 2016 was published in August 2016 [5]. The working group has recently finalized a revision for CEUS LI-RADS version 2017 which will be available soon.
While CEUS LI-RADS shares fundamental concepts with CT/MRI LI-RADS, there are key differences between the modalities reflecting dissimilarities in the underlying methods of image acquisition and types of contrast material.
In this article, we review the diagnostic algorithms in the CEUS LI-RADS version 2017, discuss the key differences from CT/MRI LI-RADS, and provide illustrative examples.
CEUS uses microbubble contrast agents. Microbubbles are gasfilled microspheres that are strictly intravascular because their size of several micrometers does not permit them to pass through the vascular endothelium into the interstitial space [2]. There is no renal excretion of microbubbles as the gas within the microbubbles diffuses through the thin shell and the agents have a half-life of only a few minutes in blood. Microbubbles are not shown to have nephrotoxicity; their gas is eliminated with respiration even in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [6] and the microbubble shell, which is often composed of phospholipids, is metabolized rapidly within the lipid pool of the human body. Therefore microbubbles can be safely used in patients with renal failure for whom the use of CT/MRI contrast agents is contraindicated [7]. Among the CEUS contrast agents currently available for liver imaging, Definity/Luminity (perflutren lipid microspheres, Lantheus Medical Imaging, Billerica, MA, USA) and Sonovue/Lumason (sulfur hexafluoride microbubbles, Bracco Imaging, Milan, Italy) are the most commonly used in western nations. Sonazoid (perfluorobutane, Daiichi-Sankyo, GE Tokyo, Japan), which is actively used in Japan, South Korea, and Norway, enables additional liver evaluation in the Kupffer phase, as Sonazoid microbubbles are internalized by Kupffer cells. Although Sonazoid is not included in CEUS LI-RADS v2017, it is expected to be included in future versions of CEUS LI-RADS.
CEUS LI-RADS provides a diagnostic algorithm which categorizes observations in the liver from LR-1 (definitely benign) through LR-5 (definitely HCC) according to observation size and enhancement patterns, as shown in the diagnostic table (Fig. 1, 2) [8]. The term "observation" was introduced instead of "lesion" in LI-RADS for CT or MR scan. Observation is defined as a distinctive area with imaging features that differ from those of adjacent liver parenchyma. It may be a lesion/nodule or pseudolesion. A nodule refers to a discrete mass of rounded or irregular shape. For CEUS LI-RADS, observation is also used at the beginning of the algorithm although it is recognized that, for CEUS, virtually all examinations are performed for evaluation of a discrete nodule. This is a recognized and important distinction of CEUS LI-RADS from LI-RADS for CT/MR scan.
LI-RADS also advocates the term "arterial phase hyperenhancement (APHE)" which is descriptive and non-ambiguous replacing other frequently used descriptors such as "hypervascularity", "intense arterial phase uptake", or "wash-in" [9]. LR-5 is an important category because LR-5 nodules can be treated as HCC without biopsy or further imaging. LR-4 (probable HCC) nodules usually require biopsy, but alternative imaging or short-term (<3 months) imaging follow-up can be applied if neither biopsy nor treatment is implemented immediately based on multidisciplinary discussion. LR-3 (intermediated probability of malignancy) generally requires alternative imaging or follow-up, but may require biopsy in selected cases based on multidisciplinary discussion.
Other categories include: LR-M, LR-NC (not categorizable), and LR-TIV (tumor in vein). LR-M is assigned to nodules with imaging features that are probably or definitely malignant but not specific for HCC. The differential diagnosis of LR-M observations includes atypical HCCs and non-HCC malignancies such as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and metastases. The imaging features for LR-M include rim APHE, early (<60 seconds) washout, or marked washout. Biopsy is usually required for LR-M to exclude non-HCC malignancy [3]. If the observation is not evaluable with CEUS because of image degradation or omission, it is categorized as LR-NC [8]. LR-TIV refers to definite enhancing soft tissue in the portal or hepatic vein regardless of visualization of a parenchymal mass/nodule. The intravenous soft tissue lesion must have definite enhancement to some degree in the arterial phase followed by washout, regardless of onset or degree [3,10].
Real-time assessment of arterial phase (AP) enhancement in CEUS
CEUS allows real-time evaluation of the enhancement of a nodule that is well visible at gray-scale US, providing more sensitive detection of APHE than CT or MRI, which may fail to demonstrate APHE due to AP mistiming (Fig. 3) [11-13]. APHE is one of the most important imaging features for diagnosing HCC and is a necessary imaging feature for LR-5 categorization: LR-5 cannot be assigned to liver observations lacking APHE. Therefore, CEUS is a reasonable alternative imaging option for nodules categorized at CT or MRI as LR-3 or LR-4 due to the absence of APHE; some of these nodules potentially could be upgraded to LR-5 if APHE and washout are shown on CEUS.
Rapidly enhancing hemangiomas (often referred to as flash-filling hemangiomas) are often seen as nodules with homogeneous APHE on CT or MRI [14]. As the classic peripheral discontinuous puddling may be absent on these modalities, such hemangiomas may cause diagnostic confusion, leading their categorization as LR-3, LR-4, or even LR-M by CT or MRI. CEUS may be especially useful in such cases because real-time imaging in the arterial phase depicts the characteristic filling and enhancement pattern of hemangiomas (ie, peripheral nodular enhancement with centripetal fillin) regardless of the rapidity of its occurrence (Fig. 4) [15-17]. This allows even rapidly enhancing hemangiomas to be reliably categorized on CEUS as LR-1.
Absence of vascular pseudolesions on CEUS
Arterioportal shunts are the most common pseudolesions in cirrhotic livers shown on CT and MRI and are typically seen as wedge-shaped areas of APHE without washout [18-21]. Identification of these small foci of APHE without washout on CT or MRI is more commonly associated with benign lesions than HCC because of the very high incidence of arterioportal shunts [22-25].
While most arterioportal shunts are wedge shaped, permitting their diagnosis on CT and MRI, some may appear nodular, depending on their geometry and orientation relative to the imaging plane. Such shunts may be mistaken for true lesions on CT or MRI and may be categorized as LR-3 or LR-4 in CT/MRI LI-RADS. Additionally, when arterioportal shunts are numerous, they may obscure true HCCs, lowering the sensitivity of CT or MRI for HCC detection. On the other hand, CEUS rarely depicts any arterioportal shunts. After excluding hemangiomas and rim-enhancing nodules, therefore, observations with APHE on CEUS are more likely to be HCC in high-risk patients, even in the absence of washout (Fig. 5) [2,26,27]. Thus, any nodule with APHE on CEUS measuring 10 mm or larger is either LR-5 or LR-4 depending on the presence or absence of washout (Fig. 1). HCC with APHE and no washout are often well-differentiated HCC [26,28].
By comparison, an observation with APHE on CT/MRI can range from LR-3 to LR-5 depending on its size and other major imaging features including washout, an enhancing capsule, and threshold growth (Fig. 2) because CT/MRI APHE has less specificity for HCC. In CT/MRI LI-RADS, there is a category of LR-5us which can be assigned to 10-19 mm observation with APHE and washout and visibility at screening US. A 10-19 mm nodule with APHE and washout on CEUS is assigned to LR-5 on CEUS because CEUS is already performed for visible nodules on gray-scale US.
Following this concept, it is not surprising that the CEUS LR-3 category will include a higher rate of HCC than the CT/MRI LR-3 category. In fact, CEUS is performed on real nodules, usually same or greater than 10 mm in size and this condition already implies a significant risk of presenting a HCC. In contrast to CEUS, CT/MRI also detects LR-3 observations that are not real nodules or that may be less than 10 mm in size, as detected during the characterization of another larger lesion. Hence the rate of HCC is expected to be lower in CT/MRI LR-3 category.
Characterization of washout: purely intravascular microbubble contrast agent in CEUS
Mass-forming ICCs are occasionally found during HCC surveillance although the incidence is lower than that of HCC [29,30]. As there are considerable differences of treatment strategy and prognosis between HCC and ICC, it is important to differentiate the two.
Almost all malignant tumors except uncommon cases of well-differentiated HCC show washout on CEUS due to their lower blood volume than liver. However, some malignancies with high vascular permeability and large extracellular interstitial space, including ICC, may fail to show washout on CT or MRI. Instead they show progressive enhancement rather than washout in the delayed phase of CT or MRI [31-35] as the contrast agents for CT/MRI tend to diffuse through the vascular endothelium and accumulate in the tissue interstitium especially in the tumors with desmoplastic reaction (Fig. 6) [2,36-39]. Hence there are considerable differences of enhancement features between HCC and ICC on CT/MRI as most HCC show washout and ICC often show progressive enhancement in the late phase.
By comparison, ICCs and HCCs may overlap superficially in appearance on CEUS as both tumor types may show APHE and washout [11], raising concern a decade ago of misdiagnosis of ICC as HCC [40-43]. However, more recent studies have shown that detailed assessment of APHE characteristics and of the timing and degree of washout can reliably differentiate ICC from HCC [40,44-47].
On CEUS, ICC often shows rim APHE which is uncommon in HCC. ICC consistently show marked washout of early onset, usually detectable within 1 minute after contrast injection (Fig. 7), similar to other nonhepatocellular malignant tumors [2,44,48-50]. On the other hand, HCC usually show mild and late-onset (≥60 seconds after contrast injection) washout [8,45,51-53]. Therefore, LR-M at CEUS LI-RADS is assigned when there is rim-APHE, early (<60 seconds) washout, marked washout visible within the first 2 minutes after contrast injection (Fig. 1), or any combination of the three. Histologic diagnosis by biopsy is recommended for all LR-M lesions to rule out ICC or other nonhepatocellular malignancy. Identification of even one of these three criteria is sufficient to consider LR-M classification. It should be noted that a significant proportion of LR-M lesions on CEUS are atypical HCCs rather than non-HCC malignancy.
The definition of LR-M on CT/MRI LI-RADS differs from CEUS because of different properties of contrast agents as mentioned earlier. While targetoid morphology is the main CT and MR imaging feature of LR-M, other features include infiltrative appearance, marked diffusion restriction, and necrosis or severe ischemia. The enhancing capsule in CT/MRI LI-RADS should not be confused with rim APHE on CEUS LI-RADS. The enhancing capsule in CT/MRI is seen in the portal venous or delayed phase and represents a tumor capsule or fibrous pseudocapsule [54,55]. Since the capsule/ pseudocapsule is a fibrous structure with large interstitial spaces but low blood volume, it is does not enhance after administration of CEUS microbubbles.
Threshold growth is not a major feature in CEUS LI-RADS
While threshold growth (ie, >50% diameter increase in 6 months) is one of the major imaging features in CT/MRI LI-RADS, size change is considered to be of only ancillary importance in CEUS LI-RADS. This is because it is difficult to capture the same imaging plane on serial US exams especially when performed in different institutions or by different operators, and thus the evaluation of size change of liver nodules is not as reliable as CT or MRI. However, unequivocal growth at serial CEUS examinations can be used as an ancillary feature favoring malignancy, allowing the observation category to be upgraded up to LR-4. It is important to remember that ancillary features cannot be used to upgrade to LR-5 as the size growth cannot be considered specific for HCC, but rather of any suspected malignancy. Size stability for >2 years or unequivocal size reduction is an ancillary imaging feature favoring benignity, permitting the observation category to be downgraded by one category down to LR-1.
CEUS LI-RADS is a comprehensive system for standardizing the acquisition, interpretation, reporting, and data collection of CEUS examination for evaluating focal liver lesions detected in patients at high risk for HCC. The diagnostic algorithm is presented in a comprehensive table, which assigns a diagnostic category to each liver nodule based on its size and enhancement features. Users of LI-RADS should be familiar with important differences in the diagnostic table between CEUS and CT/MRI LI-RADS, reflecting dissimilarities in the image acquisition methods and contrast agent properties. Also crucial is understanding the criteria for LR-M to prevent a misdiagnosis of ICC as HCC. Large prospective studies are needed to validate the performance of CEUS LI-RADS and to inform its continued refinement, with a major multi-center study planned.
Authors' contribution
- Study design: All authors
- Drafting of the manuscript: Tae Kyoung Kim
- Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors
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Grilled Salmon
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Hospitality Management Holding has announced the promotion of Haytham Aziz to General Manager of Coral Beach Resort Sharjah. Aziz joined the HMH group in 2014 as Executive Assistant Manager at Bahi Ajman Palace Hotel before being promoted to the position of Hotel Manager at Coral Beach Resort Sharjah in 2015.
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When parents are trying to manage a drug-addicted teen, it can be a very difficult emotional experience. Many get desperate and turn to boot camps to help their teens. This is a major mistake, as boot camps are not as effective as it would seem. Instead, they should turn to the similar, but less extreme, adventure therapy method.
Boot Camps Are Dangerous
While boot camps were once considered an effective way of helping troubled teens get off of drugs and straighten out their behavior, they are now seen by many as dangerous. The behavior in these camps often becomes abusive as teens are pushed hard to succeed. In many instances, teens can be physically hurt or even killed due to these situations. Even worse, boot camps don't work.
As a result, rehabilitation experts that liked the idea of placing the teens in an immersive environment looked for a way to create a non-abusive variant. What they came up with is adventure therapy, a drug rehab method that is becoming an increasingly popular option for many across the nation.
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When a teen is involved in an adventure therapy rehabilitation experience, they are removed from negative social situations and away from drugs. They won't be able to contact their dealer or people whom they used with in the past. Instead they are placed in an environment where they will learn new survival skills while receiving rehabilitation treatment.
This includes managing withdrawal problems, psychologically examining them, finding behavioral-adjustment techniques, and experiencing group and even family therapy. The idea is to place them in a challenging environment, but one that actually supports who they are as a person in a positive and constructive way.
Adventure Therapy Is Effective
Studies of adventure therapy have come to a very similar conclusion: it works. Obviously, the effectiveness will depend on how willing the teen is to engage with the program. Those who are simply going to avoid jail time may not succeed. However, those who are serious about adjustment are likely to get the help they need to recover.
For example, one study of a typical adventure therapy program found that "Thus far, the program has proved effective" in identifying the source of teenage addiction and helping them beat it. Spending time in this program provided them with the care they needed to recover and the focus necessary to beat their addiction for good.
Any parent who is looking for a drug rehabilitation treatment option that will transform their teenager's life should investigate adventure therapy. It may be just what their child needs to recover for good.Share
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One day I was playing a game of basketball with a friend, and the friend I was playing ball with tripped and took a hard fall to the ground. He hit his head hard, but he insisted he was okay and just wanted to go home and take a nap. I knew in my heart that he was not thinking clearly, and I didn't feel right letting him go home. I talked him into letting me take him to the hospital, and after some tests, it was determined he had a bad concussion. The doctors told me that if I had let him go home and sleep, things could have taken a turn for the worse. I created this blog to remind everyone to look out for each other after injuries. Not everyone thinks clearly after a head injury, and just being a good friend could save a life.


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On Tuesday 29 November, at Brixton's Living Bar, we will be holding our very first Local Makers' Forum, organised in association with Lambeth Council to help local makers.
Local Makers' Forum: Making a business out of making
Selling your work, or just starting off as a maker? Join us to discuss opportunities, learn from market experts and meet other makers and local businesses. All local crafters, artists and designers are welcome.
Doors will open at 6pm and the forum will start at 6:30pm.
The event
This will include:
- Business aspects of making, including how to start off your brand, product strategy, sales avenues (markets, fairs, online, shops) and business expansion
- Panel talks, plenty of time for discussion, and informal networking afterwards. Excellent chance to get advice, ask questions and meet fellow makers.
- Free buffet!
Our expert panel
Alison Branagan, Creative Consultancy Alison guides makers, designers and artists on business strategy and enterprise skills, and is the author of "The Essential Guide to Business for Artists and Designers". http://www.alisonbranagan.com
Sinead Koehler, Crafty Fox Market Sinead runs the popular Crafty Fox pop-up markets, and is a successful jewellery maker under her brand Galavant. http://craftyfoxmarket.blogspot.com/
Tim Sutton, Urban Art Tim is a prominent south London artist and the founder of London's largest al fresco art fair, Urban Art. http://www.urbanart.co.uk/index.php
Mo Bacchus Mo designs high-end accessories – her work is a hit with boutiques and she is regularly featured in fashion magazines. Mo also runs fashion events in Brixton. http://www.mobacchus.com/
Anne Fairbrother, Brixton CornerCopia Anne (re)introduced us to the concept of ultra-local food which is the behind the hugely popular restaurant and food store she runs in Brixton Village http://brixtoncornercopia.ning.com/
PLUS: Product Surgery with Anita Thorpe, owner of the Diverse Gifts store on Atlantic Road in Brixton. Ask for feedback on your specific products or product ideas.
While the event is completely free, numbers are limited. Please book your free ticket on Eventbrite to tell us you are coming ( http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/2506988470 ).
Note: no need to print your tickets, even though Eventbrite says so!
UPDATE: All the tickets were snapped up very quickly. We will post a summary of the discussions on this blog after the event.


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I had very mixed emotions. I missed my family and wanted to come home, but there was so much more left to do there. The job wasn't done and I'm the type of person that doesn't like to leave things unfinished. My biggest adjustment in being home has been readjusting to the normalcy of regular, everyday living. - Rob Koons
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Breaking News: Prosecutor files charges against Cody Wright
(Local News ~ 11/26/07)
The Putnam County Prosecutor's Office filed two formal charges against Cody D. Wright, 18, Brazil, for his involvement in the fatal traffic accident at the Clay/Putnam County line where Brandee N. Siples, 17, Brazil, died. According to the charging information provided to The Brazil Times by Prosecutor Timothy Bookwalter's office, Wright was charged in Putnam Circuit Court early Monday morning with resisting law enforcement and criminal recklessness causing death, both class B felonies...
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Shortly after 11 a.m. Monday, officials at Northview High School received a threat of a bomb in the school. Although officials believed the threat to be a prank, precautionary measures were taken and all students were moved to North Clay Middle School...
Students evacuated after bomb threat
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While officials are taking the investigation into a "prank bomb threat" at Northview High School Monday morning very serious, school administrators, staff members and students are dealing with the frustration of trying to get back to normal after having another school day disrupted...
Board, teachers ratify contract
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After five years of stressful negotiations, the Clay Community Classroom Teachers Association (CCCTA) and the Clay Community Schools School Board have ratified a contract. The board approved the contract, with six votes for and one abstaining, at the Monday, Nov. 26, meeting at North Clay Middle School. Len Fischer abstained from voting...
Knights tipoff season with road win over Martinsville
(High School Sports ~ 11/26/07)
By STEVE FIELDS For the Brazil Times MARTINSVILLE -- If the Northview Knights needed a confidence boost, confirmation that they can play with Class 4A teams in their sectional, they earned it Saturday night. Rallying from a six-point deficit in the fourth quarter, the Knights came from behind for an 83-79 overtime victory against the Martinsville Artesians in Martinsville's John R. Wooden Gymnasium...
Officials receive video imaging of bank robbery
(Local News ~ 11/26/07)
A search for a man authorities believe robbed a Poland bank is ongoing. On Monday, the Clay County Sheriff's Department received video images of a man who was in the First Financial Bank branch, located on Main Street, in Poland on Friday. Officials believe this man, described as a 6-foot white male in his mid-to-late 30's, robbed the county bank...
Short home second to be featured on home tour
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The second home scheduled to be featured as part of the 2007 Tri Kappa Home Tour is the household of Gina Short, located on State Road 340. The charming craftsman-style home was built in 1928 and has been updated in the recent years. It is two stories with a full-finished basement, including four bedrooms, two baths, a total of 10 rooms that are modern style decorated. The home also includes an inground swimming pool and a detached two-car garage...
Arrests made in church buglaries
(Local News ~ 11/26/07)
CARBON -- The Clay County Prosecutor's Office is reviewing the charging information of three Carbon teens arrested for a burglary and vandalism spree in Carbon earlier this month as the Clay County Sheriff's Department continues the investigation. "The three boys all live within blocks of these places," Clay County Sheriff's Deputy Jerry Siddons said about the arrest of Cody Hall, 18, Joshua Pleake, 17 and an unidentified 15-year-old male juvenile and the continuing investigation. ...
Betty Marie Huffman
(Obituary ~ 11/26/07)
Betty Marie Huffman passed away Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007, at the Cloverleaf Health Care Facility at the age of 76. Services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, in the First Christian Church in Brazil, with visitation from 4-8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, in the church, and again from 9 a.m. until services on Thursday. Burial will be in Clearview Cemetery...
Carol Rose Shields
(Obituary ~ 11/26/07)
Carol Rose Shields, 70, Lewis passed away Nov. 23, 2007, at 5:10 p.m., at Terre Haute Regional Hospital following over a yearlong battle with cancer. Services will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Schoppenhorst Funeral Home with Max Brunton officiating. Cremation will follow. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4 p.m. until time of services...
Arthur W. Neese Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/26/07)
Arthur W. Neese Jr., 74, Greencastle, passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007, at his residence. Born March 2, 1933, in Clay County, he was the son of Arthur W. and Berneice (Rollings) Neese. He was a graduate of Knightsville High School. He was a United States Navy veteran, having served in the Korean War...
Cletus Wayne Raab
(Obituary ~ 11/26/07)
Cletus Wayne Raab, 68, Carbon, died at 8 a.m., Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at his residence. Born Dec. 14, 1938, in Clay County, he was the son of Arvel and Helen Smith Raab. He managed gas stations and also had worked at Great Dane, Pizza Inn and Pinkerton Services...
Pamela J. Baysinger
(Obituary ~ 11/26/07)
Pamela J. Baysinger, 53, Brazil, passed away on Nov. 25, 2007, at 5:15 p.m., at her residence. She was born Sept. 24, 1954, in Clinton, to Daniel Auterson and Merle Brock Auterson. She was a custodian for Indiana State University. She was preceded in death by her father in 2004...
Dortha "Dot" Gwinn
(Obituary ~ 11/26/07)
Dortha "Dot" Gwinn, 46, Carbon, passed away Nov. 23, 2007, at Methodist Hospital due to injuries sustained during a traffic accident. Born Jan. 27, 1961, in Hinton, W. Va., she was the daughter of Millard F. Gwinn and Lena H. Collins (Okulovich). Dotty worked for the Lear Corp., Heartland Automotive and Wal-Mart Distribution in Greencastle for several years, provided full-time daycare for her grandchildren in the past few years, but most recently, she drove a truck with her fianc� for Express One.. ...
City to conduct income survey for future grant
(Local News ~ 11/26/07)
The City of Brazil is asking residents for their assistance with a project that will assist the city in obtaining grant funds to replace its current water tower. The city is working with West Central Economic Development District to conduct a confidential and random income survey for the Community Development Block Grant Program through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs...
Public Record 11-27-07
(Other Record ~ 11/26/07)
Clay County Courthouse The following transactions took place at the Clay County Courthouse Nov. 21-26: Clay Superior Court -- Civil Atlantic Credit and Finance, Inc. Vs. Ernest W. Chesshir: Civil Collections Clay Circuit Court -- Civil LVNV Funding, LLC Vs. Nick L. Duzan: Civil Collections...
Bugs in th Firewood
(Column ~ 11/26/07)
Many are moving, cutting and preparing firewood for burning this winter, particularly with the continued high prices of fossil fuels. In general, most firewood pests pose no direct threat structurally to the home, its contents, or people in the home. However, some insects can cause damage or at least be of nuisance. During winter, insects are dormant...
Northview freshmen roll past Patriots
(High School Sports ~ 11/26/07)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Defense is most often the key to victory regardless of the level of play and in Monday's freshmen basketball contest, the Northview Knights proved just that theory. The Knights held visiting Owen Valley to just 4-of-21 shooting from the field after halftime and used that advantage to pull away to a 42-24 win...
Wolverines use big second-half to beat Eels
(High School Sports ~ 11/26/07)
Times Staff Report SWITZ CITY -- The Clay City Eels played conference foe White River Valley to a 25-all deadlock after the first half, but the Wolverines proved too much to handle in the second half of a 66-48 WRV win. "(WRV) came out and executed better in the second half better than we did. ...
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So what's more festive than Green and Red??? LOL This is the Pure Luxury Cardstock in Red Hot and Grass Green. And Nina designed some fun new Digital Paper called Sizzling Summer. But the red plaid was just perfect for a Christmas theme!!! I embossed 2 of the images from this set in white and a white panel with the Snowflakes CB Folder and then just couldn't resist using lotsa red bling!!! Heehee!!!
Now this is the newest Free With Three called Versatile Verses. It's so fun to highlight a sentiment and get to use lots of fun DP!!! LOL I couldn't resist designing it so that cute little bunny showed up at the bottom of the card!!! Heehee!! And of course I had to use lots of fun, summery colors here!! Pure Luxury colors here are Red Hot, Grass Green, Sweet Mango and White. The DCWV stack is Flower Shower.
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Amigo. There should be second part among the original uploader material. This has been reposted by different user since it has mysterious ability to disappear once in a while.
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I'm working on Lakhovsky antenna details. It is a pain to work from photograph but I'm not looking forward to reverse engineer Eric design. I'm aiming for 12" outer dia. made on FR4 2oz. I was thinking about using RF material such as Teflon but it turned out to be very expensive. Hopefully, should know within a day the cost. I'm preparing to get 3 sets for now since no one else seems to be interested except you. This is my distant project if I'll have any funds left to continue.
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John_g, Your question was directed to amigo but I hope you don't mind my 2 cents.
RF interference will be spread by mains and air. Good RF line filter will do the job but not everything may get stopped by Faraday Cage. It all depends on operating power level. I'm running at low power and have a spark gap but didn't notice any interference carried to household appliances. So, I believe it is possible to run such device indoors without affecting neighbors.
Higher power levels could require some shielding but they are not necessary for efficient operating of these devices.
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I have couple DDS but decided to get Spooky2-XM5 just in case it has been customized. Spooky software is free and frequently updated. Drivers for both ports are included in the software download, including one for biofeedback. Spooky connects via USB and so does the biofeedback module.
DNA remote and Biofeedback Pulse can be ordered from John White website but you can make DNA holder yourself. I ordered one but also got one made, using FR4 pcb (without copper) and two squares of ss mesh fastened around with epoxy. Paper masking tape can be used to hold DNA sample in place.
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Becoming Anglican after growing up Baptist took some getting used to. Not just the liturgy ("vain repetitions!") or the kneeling and genuflecting and crossing of oneself ("it's so Catholic!"), but also the church seasons and their various focuses. In my childhood years, our church seasons, such as they were, mirrored the physical seasons of our local slice of the hemisphere and the holidays being celebrated by Americans. But my having grown up reading Madeleine L'Engle and C.S. Lewis meant that the church seasons also felt right, like a homecoming of sorts, even though I'd never actually been there before. And the power that resides in the observance of these seasons is not to be understated. Let me tell you, Easter was never so powerful as the one I celebrated after truly observing Lent for the first time.
Christmas, too, takes on a deeper meaning after the four-week observance of Advent. It has taken me time to process and comprehend the implications of Advent. Oh, I've always known, even as a Baptist, that we're supposed to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ in human form. But quite frankly, it always seemed symbolic and commemorative rather than something ongoing right now. Imagine my surprise when I heard from the pulpit for the first time the notion that Advent is a sort of mini-Lent, a time of repentance and preparation, of fasting and taking on of new disciplines! For Christmas?!
The dissonance between the usual Christmas season prep—decorating, shopping, baking, shopping, gift-wrapping, shopping, card-sending, shipping (not a typo), deal-hunting, shopping, party-planning/attending, shopping, list-making/checking, shopping, stressing, shopping—and what I am told at church that I should do for preparation is quite evident—it's Christmas in two different and clashing keys. And yet, all of the epistle and gospel readings on and leading up to this first Sunday in Advent—both in the service and in the lectionary, which guides our morning and evening devotional prayers—seem to support the notion of approaching this season very differently.
The epistle reading for today's service, for example, from Romans 13, advises us, "Owe no man anything, but to love one another. […] And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. […] But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof."
And my first response is something like, But…it's Christmas! It's the time to indulge a little in the goodies that come with Christmas parties! And it's tempting to take advantage of that sale to buy a little gift-to-self; after all, I've worked my a#$ off this year! And this scripture doesn't mean I can't do that—it's just reminding me where my focus needs to be, not on myself and my wants but on the preparation for something much larger than myself and my petty desires.
It is high time to awake out of sleep…the night is far spent, the day is at hand. But this is winter, the season of darkness; it's dark when I leave for work, and it's dark when I leave to come home. All I want to do when I get home is curl up under a blanket and hibernate, after eating yummy warm things. Again, I don't think this scripture means I cannot do that, but it should not be all that I do. I may not want to wake up, but we are preparing for something larger, mysterious, important. I can wake up now and prepare myself, or I can get caught flat-footed when it happens anyway. I don't know about you, but I hate being rushed; if the alarm fails to go off, and I have to dash into my clothes, perhaps showerless and coffeeless, it really puts an ugly spin on the new day. This verse, apparently, is the alarm clock. Even though it is still dark, it won't be for long.
Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. This speaks loudly of Advent as a season of repentance and not just of holiday parties. As in Lent, I am to examine myself and take note of my besetting sins and take on disciplines that will strengthen the virtues that correspond with and trump those sins. I still have much work to do there. (Ahem!) This is a reminder, too, that seasons of repentance and fasting are not just about giving stuff up—they are also about taking on new things to replace what we have forgone.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. Again, I may want to rebel at that, but it's a reminder that this season is not about me. And I need to be okay with reining myself in, and not just use the holidays as an excuse to throw all caution to the wind in terms of consumption and spending. There are other ways to celebrate. There are other ways to give. In a season of repentance and fasting, one does not only give up that which is sinful; one can give up things that are inherently good or neutral but that may have been given more power than they should have—power evidenced by one's reluctance to give them up. I watch my kitten practice temporary self-denial by depositing her fuzzy catnip froggy someplace out of her line of vision and then walking around chirruping and meowing to it, as if she's forgotten where it is, sometimes even distracted for a time by another toy or plastic bag; but then she finds it again and the reunion is so much sweeter for the time away from it.
It's always fun to think of the Baby Jesus in the manger and see his sweet and tender little head lit up by a halo of holy light, gently anointed by cows' hay-sweet breath, like he's shown in the paintings and Christmas cards. And yet the psalms appointed for today tell a slightly different version. For example, Psalm 50 says, "Out of Sion hath God appeared in perfect beauty. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him." Um, okay, but I think I like the tender Baby Jesus better; he's less threatening. And the reading from Isaiah 13 begins, "Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand." Really? But Christmas is about warm feelings in my heart about this little baby in a cozy, glowing stable with candles and angels! Or perhaps not. Perhaps more is lurking there, beneath the precious and sweet tableaux.
Another psalm the lectionary assigns for today, Psalm 18, says, "There went a smoke out in his presence, and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and it was dark under his feet. He rode upon the Cherubim, and did fly; he came flying upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover him. At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed; hailstones and coals of fire. The LORD also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder; hailstones and coals of fire." Yeah, that God came in the form of a human baby born in a barn. How to wrap my mind around that crazy and impossible paradox? How did that God—the God who flies and rides cherubim and breathes fire and makes it thunder—keep that god-ness at bay (without ever losing that god-ness) to force himself into a tiny human baby form (and we all know how limited this human form can be, regardless of our age)? How? And why?—why he "came to visit us in great humility"—that is where the mystery comes is. That adds a core of power to this dark season of preparation, and makes it possible for the anticipation to matter, for the longing everyone speaks of but that I have, historically, found very difficult to muster. This isn't just some tender, sweet baby—as miraculous as every single baby is. This is that God, and I have a lot to do to get ready for that God.
After all, "[h]e's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion" (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 182).


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Official opening of the new Aurubis Storage Facility for copper raw materials
11th May 2017, Burgas – Aurubis Bulgaria, part of leading manufacturer in the metal and copper industry in Europe Aurubis AG, and the biggest private port operator in Bulgaria BMF Port Burgas opened a new Storage Facility for Copper Raw Materials, located at BMF Port Burgas. The new facilities allow the copper concentrates to be transported and stored in confined spaces, the bulk material being treated without loss and scattering, according to the most up-to-date method.
The official presentation of the investment of 15 million euros was attended by minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Mr. Ivaylo Moskovski, Governor of Bourgas Mr. Valcho Cholakov, the representatives of Bourgas municipality Mrs. Chanka Kolarska and Mrs.Veselina Ilieva, as well as the Mayor of Pirdop Mr. Angel Gerov and Mayor of Zlatitsa Mrs. Magdalena Ivanova, chairmen of the municipal councils Mrs. Maria Shentova and Mr. Asen Plahov and other institutions and media representatives who was hosted by Mr. Georgi Domuschiev, Chairman of the Board of the Directors of BMF Port Bourgas, and Mr. Tim Kurth, Executive Director of Aurubis Bulgaria.
"Aurubis is developing our partnership with BMF Port Burgas and is supporting investments to optimize the value-creating solutions in accordance with Our Vision 2025. Like in the most of the corporate projects of Aurubis, the leading point of this project concerns environment improvements.", said Mr. Tim Kurth, Executive Director of Aurubis Bulgaria during the official opening ceremony.
"We would like to thank Aurubis Bulgaria AD and to all colleagues from BMF Port Burgas who have been directly involved in the realization of this project, which has both regional and national importance for the development of the Bulgarian economy. Today we are giving an example of how sustainable and environmental results can be achieved through the combined efforts and good interaction between two of the largest and most significant companies in Bulgaria," said Mr. Boris Balev, Executive director of BMF Port Burgas EAD during the ceremony.
The investment includes: technological facilities for vessels unloading of copper concentrates, their transportation, automated weighing, storage in a closed warehouse and loading onto railway wagons for transportation to the production units of Aurubis Bulgaria, located in the Srednogorie region.
The entire process is managed by a control system and control panel with the latest generation of controllers. It includes combining gantry cranes for unloading copper concentrates into two reception bunkers, conveyer belt system located in closed bunkers, a warehouse with separate storage space for the differentquality concentrates with a built-up area of 6,000 square meters and a project capacity of 65,000 tons. There is built-in sprinkler system against dusting in the warehouse during unloading, as well as an auxiliary building for loading on railway wagons.
In September 2017, the facility will be equipped a state-of-the-art portal hydraulic crane Sennebogen 8400 EQ with minimal noise and no vibrations during operation.


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Perfumes in Vending Machines
The concept of selling perfumes in vending machines is not as new as one might think. If you search for 'perfume vending machine' on google.com, you will find many sites that offer start-your-own-business-perfume-vending-machines. After all, you can buy iPods in a vending machine, why not perfumes?
During fall of 2007, Elizabeth Arden and Coty signed on with ZoomSystems, a vending machine company. The appeal of selling in vending machine is lower labor costs, and it can remain open for business long after the store closes.
Coty is hoping to attract younger buyers who don't normally shop at department stores where their perfumes are sold. In addition, the Coty machine allows customers to sample the fragrance by "pushing a button that releases a scented puff of air through a quarter-sized hole below a picture of the fragrance." The current gold-and-silver Coty machine in Queens Center, New York, uses a touch screen for transactions such as selecting a perfume, or getting instructions on how to return an item.
Moreover, "certain machines have additional high-tech bells and whistles such as a 'virtual beauty consultant' at the Elizabeth Arden kiosk, which suggests the best product for a given skin type." This confirms that Elizabeth Arden's machines also sell make-up or skincare products besides perfumes.
Buying perfumes at vending machines is both good and bad. One of the advantages is that you no longer have to deal with the salesperson that's pushing you to sample every scent in the store to make a commission from your purchase. The disadvantage to this very same scenario is the lack of personal interaction with a live representative who might be able to help you according to your specific needs. There are probably many other upsides and downsides to perfume vending machines, but I will not go into detail as many of them depend on individual preferences.
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CD Scratch Rumors Uncovered
After hearing and reading many rumors
about how to fix CD scratches with random household items, I decided to
check these rumors out for myself and see what is really true.
On each one I applied the product and
then proceeded to wipe it from the center out. Every site I had visited on
the CD scratch subject agreed to pull from the center and not go in circles.
This is because the reason a CD player will
Skip is because of
a horizontal scratch. The laser cannot keep on reading over a horizontal
scratch yet it can on a vertical scratch.
You cannot fix a CD that has a scratch
on the top of the CD. If part of the metal is gone, its pure trash (no
fixing it).
I started off with some Petroleum
Jelly. I read this rumor on the web on several sites. I think all it really
did was fill in the scratches and barely did anything. It may may have
improved due to me merely pressing with the rag. Either way, this rumor is
busted and is false. It barely helps at all.
I rate the Petroleum Jelly: D +
I read randomly on a two sites from
suggestions to use Creamy Peanut Butter. I was very skeptical yet why not,
you never know... Well it did nothing except taste good. The rumor is crap.
I rate the Creamy Peanut Butter: F +
I had read all over the web to try
different wax's. So I sprayed this one on and found it was almost exactly
like the Petroleum Jelly. Except this seemed to play better in a CD player.
Yet would not trust this one again.
I rate the Pledge (Table Wax): C -
I had read that metal polish does very
well and network administrators use Brasso to fix their ruined CD's. Yet I
had no Brasso in the house and had to make due. This stuff was absolutely
horrible. All it did was smell bad and get everywhere. I would suggest you
to try Brasso, as it is regarded highly as actually working.
I rate Wright's Brass Polish: F-
This actually seemed to help. It was a
very small difference though. But I believe it halfway smoothed out some
scratches and half filled them in with Armor All. Plus it smelled very
tasty. But I wouldn't use it again.
I rate Armor All (Car Wax): C +
This one was very different in that it
created/smoothed out the big scratches. At first I thought it didn't work at
all but then I tested it and it actually decreased the amount of CD
scratches! A big point with this one is to pull from the center when wiping
it off. The toothpaste work ok but I don't think I'd use it unless I was
I rate the Crest Tartar Toothpaste:
The CD monster scratches eat at my mind
and soul! And with the testing of the rumors, I have found that nothing
seems to drastically work. I have heard some great things about Brasso yet I
have'nt tested it myself. There are alot of "CD
Doctors" aka CD scratch fixers out there that you can buy for a wad of
cash. But I believe few of them to really work.
I KNOW of one way that works perfectly.
I saw it at CD World (a used CD store), you could pay them one dollar and
they would re-buff it. (or if you sold them a CD, then they would do this.)
They used a spinning wheel with a material on it that I know not of and they
would press the CD against it. It would buff out the scratches to look brand
new! This is the only way I've ever heard that work 100%.
So... Mission accomplished and failed.
Accomplished to find that the rumors are false. And failed to find that the
rumors are false. We all want to fix our CD's for free. But the CD's got the
best of us once again! My way of fixing it... Go buy a new CD.
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Assalamualaikum and Salam Sejahtera to all Malaysians. 1. It is for the umpteenth time that we are celebrating the National Day. Officially, it is our 61st National Day, calculated from the announcement of independence on Aug 31, 1957, by Tunku Abdul Rahman at the Merdeka Stadium.
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After yesterday's declaration to be smarter, I'm reminded that I desperately need new running shoes. I've been running in my PureCadence 3s ever since I declared the death of my Mizuno's during the first 6 miles of my marathon last fall. Don't get me wrong- I really love my PureCadences- they fit my foot like a glove and help move me towards a midfoot strike- but these are not long distance shoes for me. I can run maybe 8 miles in them comfortably and since I'm (supposedly) training for a 20-mile race in 7 weeks, I need to be running a whole lot more than 8 miles.
So- shoes! What to do, what to do. Despite running regularly for over 2 years now, I feel like maybe I still haven't found my perfect shoe. Do I keep putting my faith in the staff at my favorite running store? I feel like we made a bit of progress last time, as the Wave Inspire 9s worked pretty well for me, but I think there still may be a better shoe out there. I have very unique feet and pretty terrible running form (I'm working on it) as demonstrated during the Emerald City half last summer. Remember this?
I don't know if shoes can help me not run on the outside edge of my foot or not, but I do know that with form like that I'm destined for injury (again).
I've taken the little shoe recommending tests on Brooks & Mizuno, since they are brands I've been running it. I'm sure those are completely accurate, right? Their recommendations:
Brooks Ghost. A neutral shoe, which seems smarter for me than a stability shoe as I obviously don't need extra padding under my arch since my foot is already turning the other direction.
Mizuno Wave Sayonara This shoe is supposed to let my foot do what it wants to do naturally but still have a medium amount of padding to provide enough comfort for long runs.