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Sorry I made an error here, this should be Monticello not Poughkeepsie.
This theatre is still open—as the Mall Quad in Monticello. It was originally opened and operated by General Cinema.
This theater opened around 1968/1969 as a single screen theater. General Cinema took it over and twined it in November of 1972 with "Dumbo" / "You'll Like My Mother". It was cut up into four screens in 1988, and later when the shopping center was remodled, a new front was added and it was connected onto the shopping center, on rt.42 The better looking and nicer theater in Monticello was the Jerry Lewis Twin, later called the Monteco Mall Twin, this was off of Rt. 17 Twin one showed mainstream and foreign films in the 70's and twin 2 showed porn-some of the better stuff-Gerrard Damiano and hits straight out of N.Y.C. It closed in 1986.
I just saw a triple xxx feature from VCX productions, called "The taking of Christina". The film features a scene in which the pro-tagonist Christina is kidnapped a week from her wedding by two thugs, which then proceed to take her virginity. In that scene is a theatre with the name Monteco Cinema in the background.
bornfromporn- that theater, Monteco Twin Cinema was a seperate theater of exit 106 in Monticello. It started out as a Jerry Lewis Theater and later became a theater showing first run mainstream and foreign films on one side and first run porn from NYC on the other side. This shopping center is now abandoned-last known as the Apollo Outlet Mall. The theater closed in 1986.
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The Onsted High School volleyball team fell to Chelsea in the Class B district finals Saturday 22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 20-25.
Ashlin Aiken had 32 assists, seven kills, 13 digs and went 14-for-17 serving with eight points (three aces) for Onsted (46-13-4). Hayley Fry went 21-for-22 serving with 13 points (three aces) and added 17 digs. Lexi Johnson had 10 kills, eight digs, four blocks and went 15-for-17 serving with nine points (two aces). Gabby Ratz had 14 kills and six digs, while Kelsey Ross had 11 kills, four blocks and seven digs for the Wildcats.
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Mark Jones and Ian Evans both went over in the first 10 minutes as Wales took an early lead in the first Test to be staged in Welsh-speaking Patagonia.
But Argentina hit back before half-time through Juan Fernandez Lobbe and Jose Nunez Piossek before replacement Francisco Leonelli of Edinburgh sealed the game with the Pumas' third try three minutes from time.
James Hook, who won his first cap off the bench, scored in injury time to cap an encouraging performance from a young Wales team but it was ultimately disappointing after starting so well.
Wales survived an injury scare to wing Mark Jones and outside-half Nick Robinson and their importance was underlined when they combined for the game's opening try inside five minutes.
Robinson scuffed a drop goal attempt that nevertheless resulted in a scrum, and then a penalty that Mike Phillips wasted no time over, passing to his Cardiff half-back partner who found Jones unmarked out wide to score in the corner.
However, it was Phillips' error that allowed the Pumas a swift response from the re-start. The scrum-half saw his clearance charged down by London Irish number eight Juan Miguel Leguizamon who missed with his pass but Lobbe, the younger brother of Sale lock Ignacio, stretched out to touch down.
Federico Todeschini's conversion gave the Pumas a 7-5 lead after seven minutes.
A moment of opportunism saw Wales regain the lead when new cap Evans intercepted Agustin Pichot's pass, as the Pumas pressed for a second, and galloped more than half the length of the field to mark his international debut with a try.
Nick Robinson converted for a 12-7 lead after just 10 minutes but their indiscipline cost them the lead as the Pumas looked to rattle the visitors with a typically physical approach in and around the rucks and mauls.
Irish referee Alain Rolland was forced to speak to both captains on more than one occasion before Wales were shown two yellow cards in quick succession.
Flanker Gavin Thomas, back in the Wales team after a three-year absence, was punished for dissent and then number eight Alix Popham followed to the sin-bin eight minutes later for pulling down a Puma lineout drive.
The Welsh pack was down to six and it was from a strong shove from the Puma scrum that they scored their second try in the 39th minute.
Inevitably Wales conceded 12 points while down to 13 men, Piossek dived over from a powerful scrum and Todeschini added the conversion and two penalties for a 20-12 half-time lead.
Wales then enjoyed the better of the second half but failed to capitalise on breaks by Shane Williams and Mark Jones though two penalties by Robinson brought them to within two points.
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Peyton Manning's last healthy season in Indianapolis was 2010. Having come off a tough loss in the Super Bowl to the Saints the season before, expectations were high, and seeing a game at Lucas Oil Field cost an average of $250. The next year, Peyton was out with a bad neck, Kerry Collins and Curtis Painter were under center, and the team went 2-14. Not surprisingly, prices plummeted and by the end of the season, the average price for Colts tickets had dropped 62% from 2010 and tickets could be had for under $20 to almost any game.
The 2011 Colts failed to make the post-season for the first time since 2001, three years after Peyton's rookie season. While many Indianapolis fans feared the worst-- perhaps a return to the two decades of futility, spilt between Baltimore and Indianapolis--the Colts luck quickly changed when they drafted Andrew Luck with the first pick in the 2011 draft. Overnight, Luck helped them regain their winning form and in just two years he has the Colts flirting with elite status. If they beat the Broncos on Sunday in Peyton's return to Lucas Oil Field, it would thrust them into the Superbowl XLVII discussion and could very well return Colts ticket prices to Manning-era levels.
Regardless of the outcome of Sunday's contest, prices have returned to Manning-era levels for at least one game. On the secondary market, it will cost an average of $328 to see the leader of Colts-past face off against the leader of Colts-present. $328 is the most expensive ticket to a Colts game since Manning left, and $30 more expensive than the most expensive game of the 2010 season, which was against the Cowboys. The ticket has a 127% premium above the average Colts ticket price this year on the secondary market. The next highest priced game is against the Texans, which has an average price of $150. The Broncos are a big road draw wherever they go, and at 51%, Broncos tickets have the second highest road premium behind the Cowboys. Given the Manning-Colts storyline, it's not surprising that this is over double that number.
Sunday's game will be the most expensive during Luck's brief career in Indy. The only other game that came close was the last game last year, which had an average price of $266. It was Chuck Pagano's first game back after chemotherapy, and a heartwarming, victorious end to what was a surprisingly successful season. This year, prices for Colts tickets are averaging $153, and demand seems to have returned to Lucas Oil for good. If Andrew Luck can spoil Manning's return, we may see a return to Colts ticket prices of old -- and it would be one more thing to put on the thank-you list that Peyton takes with him back to Denver.


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The Ring and I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania
Saturday, September 25, 2010
It might seem hyperbole to claim, as many Wagnerites do, that the Ring Cycle is "The Greatest Work of Art Ever." But the grandeur and power of this monumental work have permeated our culture from Star Wars to Bugs Bunny to J.R.R. Tolkien.
"The Ring and I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania" asks what many of the uninitiated must wonder: "What's the big deal?" This journey, intended for both devoted fans and newcomers alike, visits with a diverse cast of characters who weigh in with their answers to this complex question, including
• Howard Shore, Oscar-winning composer of The Lord of the Rings, who discusses Wagner's critical development of leitmotifs, which radically transformed how music could become an integral part of telling a story
• Tony Kushner, the playwright who reflects upon his memories of listening to The Ring with his father, one of the rare bonding experiences the two shared
• Joe Clark, technical director for the Metropolitan Opera, who thinks that the ultimate litmus test for any opera house is whether it can stage The Ring.
• Alex Ross, music critic, The New Yorker, who observes: "Not even Peter Jackson would be able to keep pace with Wagner's hurtling, hovering, ever-evolving musical images, although someday an opera house is certain to ask him to try."
"The Ring and I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania" was produced by Jad Abumrad and Aaron Cohen for WNYC Radio. Elena Park was Executive Producer.
Music Credits
"Der Ring Des Nibelungen" The Metropolitan Orchestra conducted by James Levine (Deutsche Grammophon)
"Der Ring des Nibelungen" (Ring Cycle), The Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti (Decca/London)
"Wagner without Words" Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Lorin Maazel (Telarc)
"Ride of the Valkyries," played by Gary Lucas on electric guitar from his album "Street of the Lost Brothers" (Tzadik)
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We asked two hosts for their favorite Ring recordings and came up very different results:
John Schaefer, WNYC Host
For my money, Wilhelm Furtwangler is the ultimate Wagner conductor. I know lots of people like his La Scala Ring Cycle from the early 50s, and the other Italian Ring from that decade with the RAI (Italy's national radio network) has a great cast. But the best has to be the 1930s recording with the great Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior in the cast. Done at London's Covent Garden, it is a performance so good that it almost SOUNDS good despite a poor mono recording. With all due respect to the great singers who've done the Ring, the heart of these operas is the orchestral music. Furtwangler's reading creates an incredible tension will the slowly-spun lines collapse under their own weight? Of course they don't. The result is a truly epic performance a musical saga to match the Nordic tale being told, and almost a match for Wagner's own epic ambitions and ego.
David Garland, WQXR/WNYC Host
"What's Opera, Doc?" (Wagner, adapted by Milt Franklyn)
Performed by Arthur Q. Bryan (Elmer Fudd and Siegfried) and Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny and Brunhilde), with The Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Daugherty. From the CD "Bugs Bunny on Broadway," (Merrie Melodies/Warner Bros., 9 26494-2) released in 1991.
Probably most baby-boomers first heard Wagner's music while watching Chuck Jones' 1957 cartoon "What's Opera, Doc?" Arthur Q. Bryan and Mel Blanc, the voices of Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, prove remarkably effective at singing Wagnerian melodies in character. Before "Apocalypse Now" put Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries into a still newer context, for most Americans that melody would evoke the memory of Elmer Fudd singing "Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!"
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My mother said that she would never see a Ring until she feels educated enough. She said that she's a lot more open to it after hearing this. THANK YOU!!
Sadkly, I missed all but the last few minutes of "The Ring and I"..and wonder if it is going to be re-broadcast ..or if it is available online somehow. I enjoyed that which I did hear.
I have never heard so much wrong data and wrong interpretations and wrong labeling motive naming.
Wrong psychological identifications and motivationss.
Over 75% wrong.
A failure.
And to think that people learning about "The Ring" for the first time will
take this mindless, slapped together program, as truth.
So very, very sad
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The victim told police he was standing in front of his residence when two men approached him. One put him in a chokehold and demanded money. When the victim broke free, the second suspect punched him in the face, then pulled a black BB pistol and fired several shots at the victim as they fled.
The victim was uninjured, and the suspects didn't get any money.
It was reported around 8:45 p.m. The first suspect was described as a black man, around 5 feet, 9 or 10 inches and thin, with short black hair, wearing a red hoodie and glasses. The second was a black man, around 5 feet, 6 inches and stocky, wearing a black hoodie, sweat pants and dark-framed glasses. Anyone with any information is asked to call town detectives at 692-6757.
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Comstock survived a terrifying car crash in which his Nissan was rear-ended and planks of wood came crashing through his rear window nearly decapitating him and cutting off his hand.
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.102 n.5 Cape Town May. 2012
The efficacy of endoscopic therapy in bleeding peptic ulcer patients
Dion A LevinI; Gillian A WatermeyerI; Eduan DeetlefsI; David C MetzIII; Sandie R ThomsonII
IMB BCh, MBA, FCP (SA), Cert Gastroenterol (sA). Gastrointestinal Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town
IIChM, FRCS (Eng & Edin). Gastrointestinal Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town
IIIDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
BACKGROUND: Endotherapy is the primary modality for the control of bleeding from peptic ulceration.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of endoscopic intervention for high-risk bleeding peptic ulcer disease and to benchmark our surgical and mortality rates.
METHODS: Two hundred and twenty-seven patients with peptic ulcers stratified by Rockall and Forrest scores as being at high risk for rebleeding underwent therapeutic intervention (adrenalin injection) between January 2004 and December 2009. The median age of the patients was 57 years (range 19 - 87 years); 60% were males.
RESULTS: Primary endoscopic haemostasis failed in 51/227 patients (22.5%); 18 patients (7.9%) required surgery for bleeding not controlled at initial or second endoscopy; and 29 patients (12.8%) died, 12 by day 3 and 17 by day 30. Fifteen patients, all with significant medical co-morbidity, died after successful primary endotherapy, and 4 died after surgery. Surgical patients required more blood (odds ratio (OR) 1.45, p=0.0001) than those not undergoing surgery, but had similar mortality. Rebleeding was the only predictor of death in patients who died by day 3 (OR 18.77). A high Rockall score was the only predictor of death by day 30 (OR1.98).
CONCLUSION: The overall surgical and mortality rates were 7.9% and 12.8%, respectively. Over half the deaths resulted from medical co-morbidity, despite successful primary endotherapy. This finding is supported by the use of the Rockall score as a predictor of mortality at day 30. Improving the technical success of primary endoscopic haemostasis, currently 77.5%, has the potential to reduce rebleeding after primary endotherapy, a predictor of death at day 3 in this study.
Bleeding from a peptic ulcer is a common medical emergency, and although most upper gastrointestinal bleeding stops spontaneously, 15 - 20% continues or recurs.1 Stratification systems, such as the Rockall score and Forrest classification, which are based on clinical and endoscopic factors, respectively, define those at high risk.2,3 Their use identifies patients who have a substantially increased risk of morbidity and mortality.4 After appropriate resuscitation, endoscopic therapy is the primary and most effective therapeutic modality for controlling a bleeding peptic ulcer.1 Current opinion favours the use of combined endoscopic therapy, i.e. adrenalin injection combined with thermocoagulation (gold probe) or a mechanical clip device.5,6 There are no local data detailing the efficacy of endoscopic therapy, which at our institution until 2 years ago relied on the single therapeutic modality of adrenalin injection. We aimed to determine the success in controlling bleeding and the overall and surgical mortality rates in patients undergoing endoscopic intervention for bleeding peptic ulcers. This in turn would establish a benchmark for current and future comparison as combined haemostatic modalities are introduced into our endoscopic practice.
This retrospective review of endoscopic and folder data from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2009 at a single tertiary hospital included 227 patients undergoing emergency endoscopic therapy for non-variceal peptic ulcer bleeding. Only patients with documented Forrest classification 1a (active spurting of blood), 1b (oozing blood), 2a (a non-bleeding visible vessel) and 2b (adherent blood clot) gastric and duodenal ulceration and who received adrenalin injection therapy were considered eligible and included.3 The rates of surgical intervention and day 3 (D3) and day 30 (D30) post-admission mortality were considered primary endpoints. The Rockall score, a validated admission and post-endoscopy risk assessment scoring system that incorporates age, presence of shock, co-morbidity and the endoscopic stigmata of bleeding, was calculated for each patient.2 Other variables analysed included demographics (age and gender), ulcer type, current use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics (NSAIDs) and/or salicylate use, and the presence of Helicobacter pylori infection. The use of intravenous or oral proton pump inhibition (PPI) and number of blood units transfused were also analysed.
The rate of rebleeding after primary endoscopic therapy was analysed. Rebleeding was considered as a new period of bleeding after initial endoscopic haemostasis, based on clinical suspicion as defined by recurrent haematemesis and/or haematochezia, fresh blood in the nasogastric tube, a drop in haemoglobin or circulatory instability (as defined by a blood pressure below 90/60 mmHg and a heart rate above 100 beats/min).
Patients with suspected acute peptic ulcer bleeding were admitted to hospital and resuscitated, and underwent emergency gastroscopy within 24 hours of admission. Endoscopy was performed in a dedicated endoscopy suite during working hours and in theatre after hours. All patients requiring endoscopic therapy received adrenalin 1:10 000 solution mixed with normal saline to a 10 ml solution. Additional solution was administered to control bleeding, if required. No adjuvant endoscopic therapy was used (i.e. thermocoagulation or mechanical devices). The endoscopy was completed by senior registrars in both surgical and medical gastroenterology training programmes. A biopsy sample to determine the presence of H. pylori infection by either rapid urease testing (National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town) or formal histological evaluation was taken at the discretion of the endoscopist.
Patients in whom primary endoscopic control of bleeding failed were assessed for surgical intervention. The surgical procedure undertaken was transfixion of the offending vessel and appropriate closure of the access enterotomy. Patients in whom primary endoscopic therapy was successful but who had an episode of rebleeding underwent a second endoscopy and attempt at endoscopic control. Failure to control bleeding at second endoscopy resulted in re-assessment for surgical intervention.
Data pertaining to the gastroscopy were captured on a standard pro-forma used at the institution and completed for all patients undergoing endoscopy. Site and description of the ulcer, the presence or absence of stigmata of bleeding, Forrest classification, use of adrenalin, and whether or not H. pylori was investigated for were recorded. The first author personally reviewed these data for accuracy and entered the information onto a data sheet.
All patients received post-endoscopy PPI. A patient was considered to have been given the medication if the drug prescription chart was signed by the administering nursing sister.
Statistical analysis was performed using Stata software (Stata Statistical Software: Release 11, College Station, TX: StataCorp LP). Continuous variables were expressed as medians and interquartile ranges (all variables in the final analysis had a non-Gaussian distribution). For the purpose of analysis, the Forrest classification variable was dichotomised as 1a/1b versus 2a/2b. The Mann-Whitney test was used to assess continuous variables, while the chi-square or Fisher's exact test was used for categorical variables. Univariate analysis was performed initially for each variable. Variables differing between groups with a significance level of p<0.2, as well as other possible confounders identified a priori, were then entered into a series of multivariate logistic regression models. Age was treated as a continuous variable. Models were built sequentially, starting with the variable most strongly associated with the outcome. A p-value of <0.05 was considered significant.
The study was approved by the University of Cape Town Ethical Review Board.
Of the 227 patients reviewed, 60.4% were males and 39.6% females, with a median age of 57 years (range 19 - 87 years). Duodenal ulceration was found in 94 patients, gastric ulceration in 123 and both types in 10. H. pylori was tested for in 121 patients, of whom 63 (52.1%) were positive. One hundred and forty-eight patients (65.1%) were taking either NSAIDs (N=87), salicylates (N=61) or both. Overall 111 patients received intravenous PPI, as a continuous infusion (bolus of 80 mg and then 8 mg/h) in 85 patients and as bolus doses (40 mg daily) in 26; 105 patients received oral PPI at a variable dose of 20 or 40 mg twice daily. In 11 patients the use of PPI could not be confirmed.
In 176 subjects (77.5%) primary endoscopic haemostasis was achieved. Of the 51 patients (22.5%) in whom primary endoscopic haemostasis failed, 38 (16.7%) underwent a second endoscopic attempt, which was unsuccessful in 14 (36.8%); 24 (63.2%) patients had successful second endoscopic therapy (Fig. 1).
Patients undergoing surgery
Eighteen patients (7.9%) required surgical intervention for bleeding not controlled at initial (n=8) or second endoscopy (n=10). There was no difference in demographic data when comparing the surgical and non-surgical groups (Table 1). There was also no significant difference when comparing the Rockall score, ulcer type, current use of NSAIDs and/or salicylates, use of PPI, presence of H. pylori infection or mortality between the groups.
However, on univariate analysis subjects requiring surgery demonstrated more severe degrees of bleeding on Forrest classification (p=0.01). This association persisted on multivariate modelling, but was not statistically significant (odds ratio (OR) 0.26, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.07 - 1.02 for 2a/2b v. 1a/1b) (Table 2). Subjects requiring surgery also had significantly higher transfusion requirements (p<0.0001), which remained significant on regression analysis (OR 1.45, 95% CI 1.24 - 1.69).
Mortality data
Overall, 29 patients (12.8%) died, 12 (5.3%) by D3 and 17 (7.5%) by D30. There was no difference in demographic data when comparing overall mortality (29 patients) and the rest of the group (198 patients), whether by D3 or D30. On logistic regression analysis, after adjusting for confounders, rebleeding was the only independent predictor of death by D3 (OR 18.77, 95% CI 3.33 - 105.67). A high Rockall score was the only predictor of death by D30 (OR 1.98, 95% CI 1.3 - 2.99).
There was no significant difference between the patients who died and those who survived when comparing ulcer type, current use of NSAIDs and/or salicylates, use of PPI, or the presence of H. pylori infection, either by D3 or D30.
Of the 8 patients who underwent surgery for failed primary haemostasis, only 1 died, by D30. Five patients in whom primary endoscopic therapy failed were deemed unfit for or died before surgical intervention (4 by D3 and 1 by D30). Of the 10 patients who underwent surgical intervention for failed second haemostasis, 3 died (2 by D3 and 1 by D30). Four patients in whom a second haemostasis failed did not undergo surgery and died (3 by D3 and 1 by D30).
Overall 4 patients (22.2%) died postoperatively, 2 by D3 and 2 by D30. All four patients had severe co-morbid medical conditions, and these deaths were not considered to be directly related to ongoing bleeding. Of the 2 patients who died by D3, one had metastatic breast carcinoma and chronic renal failure with a creatinine level of 668 mmol/l (39 - 90 mmol/l) and the other postoperative sepsis (procalcitonin level 52 (μg/l (0.0 - 0.5 ug/l)).
It is important to note that of the 29 patients who died, 15 died after successful primary endoscopic therapy, 2 by D3 and 13 by D30. All 15 had significant co-morbid medical conditions. Of the 2 patients who died by D3, one had metastatic pseudosarcomatoid carcinoma of thymic origin and the other chronic renal failure (creatinine level 422 mmol/l (39 - 90 mmol/l)) resulting from diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
In these high-risk patients with peptic ulcer bleeding, our rate of surgical intervention of 7.9%, using adrenalin injection alone, is in line with published data of 2.5 - 10.7%.5,7,8 Patients undergoing surgery had a higher Forrest score and transfusion requirement which, in turn, reflects their higher risk. However, the Rockall score was not found to be a significant predictor for surgery. The need for surgical intervention also had no impact on mortality.
The overall benchmark mortality rate was 12.8%, which is high but comparable to published mortality rates of 4 - 14%.5,7,9,10 Of our patients who died, 52% were in the successful primary endoscopic therapy group. Medical co-morbidity accounted for these deaths, a factor supported in our study by the use of the Rockall score as a predictor of death by D30. The Rockall system scores co-morbid disease on admission highly, and a score >8 (defined as age over 60, evidence of shock on admission, co-morbid disease and major stigmata of bleeding) predicts a rebleeding rate of 48% and mortality rate of 39%.2
Our failure rate of 22.5% after primary endoscopic control is of concern and is higher than the 7 - 20% found in similar studies.7,9,11 In addition, our success rate of 63.2% at second endoscopic control falls outside the published range of 72 - 75%.12,13
Rebleeding after primary endoscopic intervention was a significant predictor of death by D3. Improving on the technical success rate of primary endoscopic haemostasis, currently 77.5% in our study, has the potential to reduce rebleeding and therefore mortality rate. A possible solution would be to use both adrenalin injection and thermocoagulation, so-called dual therapy, for haemostasis. The addition of thermocoagulation (e.g. gold probe diathermy) is considered the current standard of care,5,8 but was not used in our unit during the period under review. Recently the volume of adrenalin and saline solution injected at endoscopy has been shown to be of importance in achieving haemostasis.14 However, our study did not control for volume of injection, so its contribution in terms of improving outcome could not be analysed.
The high prevalence (65%) of NSAID and salicylate use is not an unusual finding in studies of bleeding ulcers, with reported figures in excess of 50%.9,10,15 H. pylori infection is an independent risk factor for the development of peptic ulceration.15 In addition, a high prevalence of H. pylori infection (68%) was demonstrated in a prospective group of dyspeptic patients undergoing endoscopy at our institution.16 In our study the use of NSAIDs and the presence of H. pylori infection did not influence the rate of surgery or mortality. The relatively low prevalence of H. pylori infection (52% of those tested) in our study could be due to non-testing in 106 patients (47%) and to the presence of blood in the stomach, a well-described cause of a false-negative urease test.17
In conclusion, this retrospective analysis provides us with benchmark data using adrenalin injection therapy alone, which we will be able to compare with results when additional modalities of endoscopic therapy are used. Although the rate of surgical intervention is not high, the rebleeding and mortality rates are high and we need to attempt to improve these outcomes. The introduction of more effective endoscopic therapy will probably result in reduction of rebleeding. This improvement, however, will only be effective in reducing the proportion of patients who die from rebleeding, which in this series was less than 50% of the total deaths. Despite the limitations of a single-centre study, our results may be applicable to other institutions using single-modality haemostatic therapy. The addition of a second modality to adrenalin injection is the focus of a prospective randomised trial, currently in progress.
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2. Rockall TA, Logan RF, Devlin HB, Northfield TC. Risk assessment after acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Gut 1996;38(3):316-321. [http://dx.doi.org/10.n36%2Fgut.38.3316] [ Links ]
3. Laine L, Peterson WL. Bleeding peptic ulcer. N Engl J Med 1994;331(11):717-727. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1056%2FNEJM199409153311107] [ Links ]
4. Gralnek IMMD, Barkun AN, Bardou MMD, Management of acute bleeding from a peptic ulcer. N Engl J Med 2008;359(9):928-937. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1056%2FNEJMra0706113] [ Links ]
5. Vergara M, Calvet X, Gisbert Javier P. Epinephrine injection versus epinephrine injection and a second endoscopic method in high risk bleeding ulcers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007(2). [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2F14651858.CD005584.pub2] [ Links ]
6. Tellez-Avila FI, Chavez-Tapia NC, et al. Endoscopic treatment of high-risk bleeding ulcers: success, rebleeding and mortality. Rev Invest Clin 2007;59(6):419-423. [ Links ]
7. Lau JY, Sung JJ, Lee KK, et al Effect of intravenous omeprazole on recurrent bleeding after endoscopic treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers. N Engl J Med 2000;343(5):310-316. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1056%2FNEJM200008033430501] [ Links ]
8. Chung SS, Lau JY, Sung JJ, et al. Randomised comparison between adrenaline injection alone and adrenaline injection plus heat probe treatment for actively bleeding ulcers. BMJ 1997;314:1307-1311. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1136%2Fbmj.314.7090.1307] [ Links ]
9. Van Leerdam ME, Vreeburg EM, Rauws EA, et al Acute upper GI bleeding: did anything change? Time trend analysis of incidence and outcome of acute upper GI bleeding between 1993/1994 and 2000. Am J Gastroenterol 2003;98(7):1494-1499. [ Links ]
10. Cheng C, Lin C, Kuo C, et al Predictors of rebleeding and mortality in patients with high-risk bleeding peptic ulcers. Dig Dis Sci 2010;55(9):2577-2583. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10620-009-1093-9] [ Links ]
11. Barkun A, Sabbah S, Enns R, et al The Canadian Registry on Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Endoscopy (RUGBE): Endoscopic hemostasis and proton pump inhibition are associated with improved outcomes in a real-life setting. Am J Gastroenterol 2004;99(7):1238-1246. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1572-0241.2004.30272.x] [ Links ]
12. Lau JY, Leung WK, Wu JC, et al Omeprazole before endoscopy in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding. N Engl J Med 2007;356(16):1631-1640. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1056%2FNEJMoa065703] [ Links ]
13. Lau JY, Sung JJY, Lam Y, et al. Endoscopic retreatment compared with surgery in patients with recurrent bleeding after initial endoscopic control of bleeding ulcers. N Engl J Med 1999;340(10):751-756. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1056%2FNEJM199903113401002] [ Links ]
14. Liou TC, Lin SC, Wang HY, Chang WH. Optimal injection volume of epinephrine for endoscopic treatment of peptic ulcer bleeding. World J Gastroenterol 2006;12(19):3108-3113. [ Links ]
15. Ramsoekh D, van Leerdam ME, Rauws EA, Tytgat GN. Outcome of peptic ulcer bleeding, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, and Helicobacter pylori infection. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005;3(9):859-864. [ Links ]
16. Levin DA, Watermeyer G, Mohamed N, Epstein DP, Hlatshwayo SJ, Metz DC. Evaluation of a locally produced rapid urease test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection. S Afr Med J 2007;97(12):1281-1284. [ Links ]
17. Gisbert JPPD, Abraira VPD. Accuracy of Helicobacter pylori diagnostic tests in patients with bleeding peptic ulcer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101(4):848-863. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1572-0241.2006.00528.x] [ Links ]
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NEAREST ROAD: Route 66
OBSERVED: It was about 9am as I was entering route 66 in Linden, Virginia, Exit 13, traveling west bound. It was foggy but visibility was at least one mile. It was also a chilly morning. As I crested the hill on 66, just after getting on to 66, I saw a tall dark figure crossing the westbound lane (same lane I was traveling in). It was about a half mile down the hill. Somewhere between the Linden dump and Dismal Hollow overpass. There was no one driving on the highway in front of me and no one with me. The figure took just 4-5 steps to cross the 2 lane highway and median. It just looked strange to me. Long arms were swinging and a large gate as it walked. It was a solid dark color from head to toe. I hesitate to say it looked like the shape of Chewbacca from Star Wars but again it was from a distance. It went down into the thickly wooded area between the west and eastbound lanes. There were cars traveling in the eastbound lane but that lane is below the westbound lane and 30 yards away. I raced to try and get a closer look but whatever it was, was gone. This area has a huge population of black bears which I see regularly walking through my yard. This was walking upright. This area is a mountain community close to Shenandoah National Park and many forest and wildlife areas but only one hour from Washington,DC. I just cant stop thinking how strange it looked.
OTHER WITNESSES: no
OTHER STORIES: Have not heard any reports
TIME AND CONDITIONS: 9am foggy with one mile visibility. Chilly morning
ENVIRONMENT: Virginia forest. Wooded
Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator D.K.:
After speaking with the witness he reconfirmed the following details: The creature crossed the two west-bound lanes in four or five steps It had a long arm swing and walked on two legs It took very long strides as it crossed and disappeared into the brush in the median The creature was a solid dark color from head to toeThis stretch of I-66 is intersected by the eastern-most slopes of the Appalachian mountains, and is a natural intersection for any sasquatch that might be travelling the ridges moving north or south. While there are a few homes in this area, it would be very unusual for a person to cross the highway in this particular stretch.
About BFRO Investigator D.K.:
D.K. is a business executive with an MS in Systems Engineering. Formerly a linguistic analyst, he applies his knowledge to the collection and study of sasquatch vocals and communication patterns. BFRO expeditions attended: Tennessee 2010, Pennsylvania 2011, Ohio 2012, West Virginia 2012 & West Virginia 2013


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Merton Urban District (1907–1913) and Merton and Morden Urban District (1913–1965) were urban districts in Surrey, England. The first was formed in 1907 from the parish of Merton (which had been in the Croydon Rural District) and was expanded in 1913 to take in the neighbouring Morden. The district was abolished in 1965 and its former area now forms part of the London Borough of Merton in Greater London. [edit] HistoryThe district was created in 1907 to cover the ancient parish of Merton. Since 1894 the parish had been part of Croydon Rural District and was locally governed by a parish council--both were created by the Local Government Act 1894. The area of the rural district was within the expanding area of London's southern suburbs and as the population increased it became necessary to reform the local government structures. Merton was the first parish to be removed from the rural district in 1907. An urban district was formed covering the same area as the parish. In 1913 the parish of Morden was also removed from the rural district and became part of the urban district, which was renamed to Merton and Morden. The separate parishes continued with nominal existence. The boundaries of the district were subject to a minor revision in 1933. The urban district was abolished in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 and its area merged with those of the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Municipal Borough of Mitcham to form the London Borough of Merton of Greater London. [edit] Merton
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
The 2007–2008 financial crisis had its genesis in the United States housing markets, but it rapidly spread to other economies, first to the United Kingdom, but then almost everywhere else, including such unlikely spots as Iceland whose banking system collapsed.[1] Because events in the United States triggered the crisis, this essay will concentrate on the US causes although they had their many counterparts elsewhere.
There are at least three long-standing background influences that contributed to the financial debacle that dominated the US economy in 2008:
It is against this long term, more philosophic backdrop, that the following, more immediate issues, assumed greater importance.
The financial crisis of 2007–2008 was a Ponzi scheme writ large. A Ponzi scheme, or chain letter, initially succeeds but eventually collapses, just as imprudent loans may at first succeed in their objectives but eventually the laws of economics come into play and expose the futility of the whole exercise. A pyramid scheme is always unsustainable for the simple reason that it is based on faulty principles and built on flawed foundations. Until too late, no one in authority (regulators, risk managers, senior bank executives, credit-rating agencies, investment analysts) asked the key question, namely, how on earth was it possible in the long term to make profits by lending money to people whose chances of paying it back were practically nil?[6] The issue was simply swept under the carpet because loans to deadbeats provided a better short-term return than did lower-risk debt instruments.
In summary, the essence of the subprime crisis is that money was lent (often through the agency of questionable mortgage brokers) at very low interest rates (courtesy of the Fed) to hundreds of thousands of people (all they needed was a credit score and a pulse) who could not afford to pay it back; and it was backed by collateral (a house) that was not properly valued.[7] Such assets, accurately described as "liar loans," were then packaged into opaque securities, known as structured-investment vehicles (sponsored but not guaranteed by a respected and well-known name), which very few people understood. They were sold on to pension funds, banks, and others whose gullible investment managers also did not understand them and failed to carry out the rigorous analysis that their clients had a right to expect.[8]
Government encouraged all of this by supporting affordable housing (which was politically correct) and accusing banks of redlining (failing to lend to poor and black people in the same proportion as they lent to the rich and white). When the borrower, already maxed out on his credit cards, predictably failed to make payments, the scale of the problems eventually became apparent to somnolent regulators and financial institutions. Confidence and trust evaporated, because no one knew which institutions held suspect securities, how much the losses were, and who was ultimately safe. A financial system built on debt and excessive leverage was a financial system built on sand.
The errors and fallacies that weave and surround this awful catalog of errors could have largely been avoided by paying attention to a single sentence written by Henry Hazlitt over 60 years ago:
The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the long effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.
Bob Stewart has lived in Bermuda all of his adult life, and was chief executive of the Royal/Dutch Shell Group of Companies in Bermuda until his retirement in 1998. Subsequently, he was President of Old Mutual Asset Managers, Bermuda, and retired from there at the end of 2002. He is a director of several Bermuda companies and investment funds, and the author of A Guide to the Economy of Bermuda.
He wrote this essay to help explain the issues of the subprime crisis to the boards of the various companies he sits on. His email is email@example.com. Comment on the blog.
[1] See, for example, an excellent analysis by Alex Brummer the city editor of the Daily Mail in his book The Crunch: The Scandal of Northern Rock and the Escalating Credit Crisis.
[2] See Keynes, General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, and also The Critics of Keynesian Economics edited by Henry Hazlitt.
[3] Quoted in the European Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2008, page 15.
[4] Credit-default swaps proved to be too complex for risk managers at AIG whose computer models were not up to the task. See the European Wall Street Journal of November 3, 2008, page 1.
[5] Government action was centered around the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), a boondoggle of gigantic proportions. How successful this will prove to be is beyond the scope of this article.
[6] See an excellent article by David Carr in the International Herald Tribune on September 30, 2008, page 17, entitled "How a Stupid Question Clarified Subprime Mess."
[7] Sometimes a pulse was not even necessary as 23 dead people in Ohio were approved for loans. Ibid.
[8] Was this a "Black Swan" event — see book of the same title by Nassim Taleb.
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BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) – Belgium returns to its first World Cup in 12 years brimming with confidence and determination before the Group H opener against Algeria.
Belgium's best cluster of players in a generation is in fierce competition for a starting place Tuesday at Estadio Mineirao. It's so fierce that a couple of players have picked up knocks in aggressive training sessions.
Coach Marc Wilmots hopes the competitiveness will produce a strong fighting spirit against the Algerians, who have been playing with more flair in recent years. In some respects, Wilmots doesn't know what tactics to expect from the African team.
"I can't really look into the cards of the Algerians," Wilmots said. "They have been playing a 4-3-3. They can play a 4-4-2. We can prepare for 3,000 different options – the only thing we can do is be ready."
Belgium is widely considered the favorite in Group H, which also includes Russia and South Korea, even without the presence of preferred lone striker Christian Benteke, who missed out on Brazil because of injury. Belgium boasts a crop of talent playing for top clubs teams in Spain and England, including goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, midfielder Eden Hazard and captain Vincent Kompany.
But Algeria comes to this tournament hoping to surpass the achievement of the 1982 World Cup team, which beat European champion West Germany in a group game. Even though it didn't get past the group stage, it's still considered to be the north African country's best team.
Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic acknowledges that Belgium is considered the favorite to win, particularly as two-thirds of his squad is playing in a World Cup for the first time.
"We will be playing against a very good Belgian team that remains for me the favorite, but in football everything is possible," he said. "We have worked hard for an upset here in Brazil. We have a lot of respect for the Belgians, but we have assets to exploit."
One of those assets is star player Sofiane Feghouli, who was born in France to Algerian parents. His fine first touch and deft passing ability in central midfield makes him Algeria's biggest threat. The country is lucky to have the 24-year-old Feghouli after France tried to lure him to its national team. Algeria's other attacking options include Sporting Lisbon striker Islam Slimani.
The 1982 World Cup still hangs heavily over Algerians. After the country upset West Germany, Algeria was eventually eliminated after a seemingly contrived result between Austria and Germany in their last group match put both of the European teams through to the next round.
It's the bitterness still felt by Algerians over that tournament that drives the current group of players.
"If we want to stage an upset Tuesday, we must be effective and play with heart," Feghouli said. "The World Cup is a tournament that motivates each player, who knows he has a duty in front of 40 million Algerians that love Algeria, so we just need to get down to work."
Associated Press writer Karim Kebir in Algiers, Algeria, contributed to this report.
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After only the second power transition in North Korea's history, the government, essentially a Kim family criminal enterprise, appears to be stable. However, the regime's foundation is weak. Although Pyongyang has begun to loosen economic controls, so far only the elite are benefiting. Washington should be willing to engage the North, but should expect no breakthroughs.
Last December "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il died. His son, Kim Jong-un, tagged the "Great Successor," was left nominally in charge. However, it remains unclear if Kim fils also is the great decision-maker. A recent report from the International Crisis Group pointed to factors which reinforced "the Kim family cult and concentration of power," but the ruling elite are invested in the system more than in Kim. And the PR touches applauded by the West—cavorting with Mickey Mouse characters, sporting an attractive wife with a Christian Dior purse—are more likely to be viewed with contempt by old-line apparatchiks.
More important, his father had little time to pass on authority to the 29-year-old in a society that esteems age. The surplus of titles, including most recently "marshal" in the military, swiftly showered upon him actually highlights his inadequacy.
Indeed, Kim is surrounded by party officials and military officers who have long awaited their turn to rule. Who is most accomplished at brutal intrigue? Probably not the spoiled brat who spent his time in Swiss boarding school playing computer games and American basketball. Greater power likely lies with Kim Jong-un's uncle, Jang Song-Taek, aunt, Kim Kyong-hui, and other regime elders. Indeed, Jang's experience with Kim family governance—he was purged and rehabilitated by both his father-in-law and brother-in-law—suggests that he might not desire to elevate the third generation to supreme power.
Moreover, the system's superficial stability may be deceiving. Never has Pyongyang been governed by committee. Founding president Kim Il-sung initially gained his position atop a Soviet tank and over time expertly eradicated opposing factions. The latest succession already had its first senior casualty with the ouster of Gen. Ri Yong-ho, thought to be another mentor to Kim Jong-un. Kim might have been flexing his political muscles, but more plausible would be Jang defenestrating a rival, especially after the promotion of Jang ally Choe Ryong-hae to oversee the military. The State Security Ministry, long overseen to some degree by Jang, also has gained in status.
Caution likely dominates Pyongyang today since dramatic change would require consensus among factions operating in a highly uncertain political environment. Nevertheless, no official could easily ignore the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's overwhelming economic backwardness. Indeed, there are reports—of course, virtually nothing specific can be verified—that even the military has felt the impact of food shortages.
There is evidence of movement on economic policy. Most dramatic is Kim's public call for improving living standards. Until recently the system has never acknowledged failure. More substantively, Jang is thought to have been long interested in economic reform. ;
Ri's ouster may reflect party elites reclaiming control over foreign enterprises and currency trading from the military; some personnel shifts suggest an increased civilian emphasis. Indeed, four technocrats who were previously involved in economic reform before disappearing from public view have been publicly rehabilitated. For instance, Pak Pong-ju, who served as premier and was responsible for the limited economic reforms of a decade ago, has been named head of light industry development. Pak and a colleague visited the South to promote economic cooperation back when the two nations were talking.
There are conflicting reports of change throughout the economy. For instance, management at some factories apparently is being relaxed, allowing individual enterprises to set production and prices, and to distribute "profits." But defectors contend these firms are secondary and most aren't even operating now due to lack of money or energy.
The DPRK long has relied on socialized agriculture, placing several families on a common piece of land to farm for the state. The result has been malnutrition and even starvation. Reforms reportedly have been adopted in areas worst hit by famine to reduce the number of families per plot and establish a production quota above which farmers can keep the excess.
However, despite high expectations nothing was said of agricultural reform at the Supreme People's Assembly meeting held in September. Moreover, the objective may not be greater freedom but reordered regulation. There are indications that the regime is manipulating prices in an attempt to eliminate private markets and seizing privately farmed plots of land for collective use. Open Radio for North Korea reported that "North Korean citizens, who experienced the similar situation in 2002, are preparing for Kim Jong-un's New Economic Management System. To prepare for the prices skyrocketing, they are hoarding Chinese money, and prices and the exchange rate keep rising."
The DPRK reportedly has sent officials north to study Chinese economic policy. Some 40,000 workers also have been dispatched to the PRC for training and also, perhaps, to help pay for Chinese exports.
The North appears to be serious about creating additional investment zones, with China's Shenzen zone thought to be the model. Apparently Pyongyang is in discussions with both the People's Republic of China and Russia.
Indeed, Jang's August trip to the PRC was described as a "working" visit to discuss economic cooperation, during which Jang attended a conference on the Rason Economic Trade Zone and the Hwanggumphyong Island and Wihwado Economic Zone. China's Vice Commerce minister Chen Jian explained: "We will support big Chinese companies that are willing to invest in North Korea to broaden the economic and trade cooperation with North Korea, to push the two sides to upgrade two-way trade and investment structures and study the feasibility of cooperation on big projects."
Pyongyang has been actively seeking increased Chinese investment. In September a PRC investment group launched a nearly $500 million investment fund for the North. Indeed, Beijing's continued strong political support for the Kim regime at least in part reflects the former's pursuit of economic advantage.
Nevertheless, even Chinese enterprises lack legal certainty in the DPRK. During Jang's visit Beijing reportedly raised complaints from Chinese businesses. For instance, the Xiyang Group, involved in a mining venture, publicly called its experience in North Korea "a nightmare." Da Zhigang of the Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences observed: "Any reasonable Chinese investor will think twice before putting money down. There are many stories on Chinese websites about losing money."
All of this activity may be having some result: Pyongyang apparently exhibits some signs of prosperity and even normalcy that would be unremarkable in any other nation. Alas, few benefits appear to have reached beyond elites in the capital; indeed, famine reportedly threatens as the price of food spirals upward, while fuel shortages leave factories idle. Daniel Pinkston of the International Crisis Group warned against focusing on promises of reform. So far there are gains, but it is "the privileged few who have a monopoly on certain sectors [who] are making out like bandits."
The North Korean people appear ready for change. Victor Cha of Georgetown University contrasted the new leadership using imagery of founder Kim Il-sung to lead a "great leap backwards" with "a society that is slowly and fitfully opening up." Returning refugees and regime elites spread information about the outside world. DVDs of Chinese and South Korean television programs circulate; some observers describe a "mania" for South Korean culture. A million North Koreans own cell phones. Famine forced many people into the black market to survive. Ever fewer believe DPRK mythology that they live in a world of plenty compared to an impoverished South Korea.