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|Amazing Grace
Doctor Bedlam
Glorious Godfrey
Granny Goodness
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Darkseid's Elite are fictional characters created in Jack Kirby's Fourth World miniseries in DC Comics.
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Some of his elite include:
- Amazing Grace - A master manipulator, Glorious Godfrey's younger sister, who once managed to brainwash Superman.
- Brola - An elite shock trooper.
- Desaad - A sadistic torturer.
- Devilance - The god of the hunt, who was seemingly killed by Lobo during the events of 52.
- Doctor Bedlam - A pure energy being, who inhabits a neverending series of artificial bodies.
- Glorious Godfrey - A master manipulator, mostly adept at bending huge masses of people to his will.
- Granny Goodness - The founder of the Female Furies and keeper of the horrid orphanages in Apokolips.
- Kalibak - Darkseid's eldest son, a thuggish brute.
- Kanto - A master assassin and "Preening clotheshorse", as Darkseid once described him.
- Mantis - A bug-like warrior, one of New Genesis' insect people.
- Mortalla - A servant of Darkseid who can induce sleep with one hand and death with another: she was once a mortal, but was heavily modified to serve him.
- Steppenwolf - Darkseid's uncle, now general in his armies. He once killed Izaya's beloved wife.
- Titan - A green giant.
- Virman Vundabar - An expert strategist and sycophant, who emulates the appearance and mannerisms of a Prussian officer.
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- Many of the Elite members have appeared in Superman: The Animated Series.
- Many of the Elite members appeared in Justice League Unlimited.
- Some of the Elite members appeared in Smallville. The members were Desaad, Godfrey and Granny who are portrayed as minion-prophets. Titan appeared in the episode "Combat" played by Glenn Jacobs.
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Patent application title: METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEASUREMENT DATA FROM PERFUSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY
Christian Canstein (Erlangen, DE)
Hendrik Ditt (Nurnberg, DE)
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Class name: Applications biomedical applications tomography (e.g., cat scanner)
Publication date: 2010-11-18
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A method is disclosed for processing measurement data from perfusion
computed tomography, in which both perfusion parameters, in order to
calculate which arterial and venous TACs are generated, and dynamic CTA
images are generated from the measurement data. In at least one
embodiment of the proposed method, averaging is performed over the
dynamic CTA images from a plurality of temporally successive time phases
in order to obtain averaged CTA images, wherein the time phases over
which averaging is performed are determined from the arterial or venous
TAC(s). In some cases, the method can dispense with an additional static
CTA and so the amount of the injected contrast agent and the radiation
dose can be reduced.
1. A method for processing measurement data from perfusion computed
tomography, comprising:calculating perfusion parameters, in order to
calculate which arterial and venous time-attenuation curves are
generated, and calculating at least one dynamic CT-angiography image from
the measurement data;performing averaging, in each case over a plurality
of dynamic CT-angiography images from temporally successive time phases,
to obtain one or more averaged CT-angiography image, the temporally
successive time phases for averaging being determined from the at least
one time-attenuation curve; and at least one ofdetermining, in order to
segment bones from the at least one dynamic or the at least one averaged
CT-angiography images for distinguishing between voxels representing
bones and voxels representing vessels, a change in time of an HU value of
a respective voxel over a number of time phases, wherein voxels without
variation in the HU value, or voxels with only one variation in the HU
value lying within an interval, are assigned to the bones,
anddetermining, in order to segment vessels from the at least one dynamic
or at least one averaged CT-angiography images for distinguishing between
voxels representing vessels and voxels representing other regions, a
change in time of the HU value of the respective voxel over a number of
time phases, wherein regions with a variation in the HU value lying above
an interval are assigned to the vessels.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the averaging is performed over time phases for generating an arterially-weighted CT-angiography image that lie around a maximum of the arterial time-attenuation curve.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the averaging is performed over time phases for generating a venous-weighted CT-angiography image that lie around a maximum of the venous time-attenuation curve.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of time phases over which averaging is performed is selected as a function of a gradient of the increase or decay of the respective time-attenuation curve, and wherein averaging is performed over a lower number of time phases in the case of a steeper increase or decay than in a case of a flatter increase or decay.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the number of time phases is selected automatically by a processing program.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in order to generate CT-angiography images with an improved image quality, averaging is performed over time phases that lie around a maximum of the at least one of venous and arterial time-attenuation curve, wherein the number of time phases over which averaging is performed is interactively adjustable.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in order to generate further averaged CT-angiography images, averaging is also performed over respectively successive time phases before and after the maximum of the time-attenuation curves, wherein the obtained images are illustrated in temporal succession.
8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein time-attenuation curves of vessels are determined from the dynamic CT-angiography images and functional parameters of the vessels are calculated from said curves.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein one or more parameters in an image display of the dynamic CT-angiography images are visualized as colored representations of the vessels or in a separate diagrammatic illustration.
10. A computer readable medium including program segments for, when executed on a computer device, causing the computer device to implement the method of claim 1.
[0001]The present application hereby claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 on German patent application number DE 10 2009 021 234.5 filed May 14, 2009, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
[0002]At least one embodiment of the present invention generally relates to a method for processing measurement data from perfusion computed tomography, preferably one in which both perfusion parameters, in order to calculate which arterial and venous TACs (time-attenuation curves) are generated, and dynamic CTA images are calculated from the measurement data. At least one embodiment of the invention also generally relates to a data processing system for executing the method.
[0003]It is generally of interest in computed tomography (CT) examinations to keep both the amount of injected contrast agent and the radiation dose to a minimum so that the patient is not exposed to unnecessary stresses. However, this often cannot be achieved just like that. Thus, for example, when examining stroke patients using computed tomography, two further CT scans are generally performed with administration of contrast agent after a native CT scan.
[0004]Here, this is a dynamic perfusion measurement and a subsequent CT angiography (CTA). In the case of the dynamic perfusion measurement, use is made of an injection protocol with a high flow rate of at least 5 ml/s for the contrast agent in order to produce a short, sharp contrast agent bolus, which is a precondition for calculating perfusion parameters such as blood flow and blood volume.
[0005]In CT angiography, a contrast-agent injection protocol is used that produces a longer, wider contrast agent bolus. Here, a larger overall amount of contrast agent is used and the flow rate is lower. This leads to more regular enrichment of the contrast agent in the vessels and longer vessel sections being able to be illustrated in the angiography. The CT angiography is used to be able to determine the origin of a perfusion disorder. The two last-mentioned examinations lead to a significant amount of contrast agent injected into the patient and to a high radiation dose to which the patient is exposed.
[0006]Relatively new techniques in computed tomography, such as the so-called adaptive 4D spiral (A4DS) from Siemens allow perfusion measurements in the skull that are no longer limited by the width of the detector to a few layers, but which can be carried out in the entire skull volume with a cover of up to 10 cm. The measurement data from such a perfusion computed tomography scan can be used not only for calculating perfusion parameters, but also for generating dynamic CT angiographies, which illustrate the inflow and outflow of the contrast agent in the vessels. Such a dynamic angiography however cannot replace the conventional static CT angiography because in each time phase, illustrated by the dynamic angiography, only a short vessel section is enriched with contrast agent due to the short contrast agent bolus.
[0007]US 2009/0028409 A1 discloses a method for processing measurement data from perfusion computed tomography as per the preamble of patent claim 1. In this document, blood vessels are extracted by way of a thresholding technique.
[0008]US 2007/0016016 A1 describes inter alia a method for processing measurement data from perfusion computed tomography, in which an image is obtained from the data records from a dynamic CT angiography by way of MIP over the entire period of time or an averaged image is obtained by averaging. P. Montes and G. Lauritsch: "Noise Reduction by Temporal Estimation in Perfusion Computed Tomography", in: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005, M11-372, pages 2747-2751, describe techniques for reducing noise in perfusion computed tomography, wherein one refinement carries out temporal smoothing in order to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. The smoothing is brought about for example by the use of a suitable low-pass filter.
[0009]In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed by which a subsequent static CT angiography for illustrating vessels can be dispensed with in many cases when performing perfusion computed tomography and which allows unambiguous identification of bone and/or vessel voxels for segmentation.
[0010]A method is disclosed, in at least one embodiment, for processing measurement data from perfusion computed tomography. Advantageous refinements of the method are the subject matter of the dependent patent claims or can be gathered from the following description and the example embodiment.
[0011]The method, in at least one embodiment, generates arterial and venous TACs from the measurement data in a known fashion and uses these to calculate perfusion parameters of a tissue, more particularly of the brain tissue. The measurement data is also used to generate dynamic CTA images. The method is distinguished by virtue of the fact that averaging is performed in each case over a plurality of CTA images from temporally successive time phases in order to obtain one or more averaged CTA image(s). Here, the temporally successive time phases for averaging are determined from the arterial and/or venous TACs. The time phase is understood to be the period of time of the underlying individual contrast agent scan which constitutes a state of contrast agent influx. Together with the preceding and subsequent contrast agent scans, it is possible to illustrate the influx and washout of the contrast agent in the vessels in a dynamic fashion if said scans are shown in succession as a film. This is referred to as dynamic CT angiography.
[0012]It goes without saying that perfusion parameters corresponding to the utilized perfusion software are generally generated and displayed to the user in addition to the arterial and venous TACs. The averaged CTA image(s) is or are also visualized on an image-display apparatus in a suitable fashion.
[0013]Processing measurement data in order to generate perfusion parameters is known from the prior art of such perfusion measurements. For this, a number of commercially available software packages can already be used. For example, K. A. Miles et al., "Perfusion CT: A worthwhile enhancement?", The British Journal of Radiology, 76 (2003), 220 to 231, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference, provide an overview of available perfusion methods that are also commercially available in software packages. Here, TACs can be calculated voxel-by-voxel or averaged over predetermined regions. Similarly, the calculation of CTA images from computed tomography measurement data recorded within the scope of CT angiography is known and so this does not have to be discussed in any more detail here.
[0014]The present method of at least one embodiment, now averages over a plurality of CTA images from temporally successive time phases in order thereby to increase the region enriched with contrast agent in the displayed image or the displayed images. This obtains an impression of the image like the CTA image from static CTA. For this, the information from the arterial or venous TACs is used in which the maximum of the arterial or venous contrast-agent enrichment is evident in each case.
[0015]In order to generate an arterially-weighted CTA image, averaging is then performed over time phases that lie around the maximum of the arterial TAC. In order to generate a venous-weighted CTA image, averaging is performed over time phases that lie around the maximum of the venous TAC. For an arterial-venous weighted CTA image, averaging is performed over time phases lying around and between the two maximums. In this fashion, optimum image results are respectively obtained for the averaging. Here, averaging is not understood exclusively as the formation of an average value from a plurality of image data or measurement data, but also as pure addition of this data.
[0016]In an advantageous refinement, the number of time phases over which averaging is performed can be selected as a function of the gradient of the increase or decay of the respective arterial or venous TAC. In the case of a steeper increase or decay, averaging is performed over a lower number of time phases than in the case of a flatter increase or decay. Hence, this adaptive selection of the number of time phases to be averaged takes into account the time resolution such that despite averaging a relatively high time resolution is also achieved in the case of high temporal dynamics of the contrast agent flow. The time phases over which averaging is performed can, like the selection of the number thereof for averaging, be selected automatically by a processing program that evaluates the respective TACs in a suitable fashion. In order to select the number of time phases, this program must be able to access a table or a function linking this number to the gradient of the respective TAC.
[0017]In a further refinement, an averaged CTA image is generated not only for the time phases in the region of the maximum of the respective TAC but rather additional averaged CTA images are generated by averaging over time phases before and/or after the respective maximum. In time phases in which the TAC has a flat profile, for example significantly behind the maximum, it is also possible, for example, to average over a larger number of time phases than in the region of the maximum.
[0018]Averaging over the dynamic CTA images of a plurality of time phases has the additional advantage of improving the image quality even in a time-resolved display. For example, if an averaged image of e.g. three successive time phases is illustrated in each case rather than illustrating the dynamic CTA images from individual time phases, this obtains a softer display and an improved signal-to-noise ratio. Such averaged CTA images can for example be visualized in temporal succession on an image-display apparatus. Preferably, the number of time phases over which averaging is performed can be adjusted interactively in the process by a user. As a result of this, the user can in each case set the optimum ratio of desired time resolution and image quality, depending on the clinical problem and the available data.
[0019]The proposed method of at least one embodiment, can also be used to generate arterial, venous and arterial-venous vessel displays from the volume perfusion data, i.e. from the measurement data from the perfusion computed tomography, which displays correspond to the display from a conventional static CTA or are at least very similar. Here, the method cleverly uses results, particularly the TACs, which are generated in any case in a volume perfusion measurement by way of computed tomography.
[0020]In stroke examinations where it is certain that no vessel pathology outside of the skull region scanned by the perfusion computed tomography scan is the cause of a perfusion disorder, the method can dispense with a separately carried out static CTA. This reduces both the amount of injected contrast agent and the radiation dose compared to a conventional examination, and the examination duration in the CT scanner is also reduced, which is very important in stroke examinations in particular. Unlike the display of the individual time phases of a dynamic CTA, the optimized vessel illustrations of the CTA images averaged according to the method show the vessels in a fashion customary to the user from conventional static CTA images. The short contrast agent bolus of the perfusion computed tomography is stretched, so to speak. Compared to the individual time phases of dynamic CTA, the averaging over a plurality of phases moreover improves the signal-to-noise ratio, both for the arterial, venous and arterial-venous vessel displays generated thus and also for the vessel displays optimized by averaging.
[0021]In at least one embodiment of the proposed method for processing measurement data from perfusion computed tomography, temporal information is used for segmenting or removing the bones from the averaged or dynamic CTA data record. Since bones and contrast-enhanced vessels often have very similar HU values, the distinction that has to be made between bones and vessels in order to remove the bones from a CTA data record can often not be made unambiguously in conventional CT angiography.
[0022]In at least one embodiment of the proposed refinement, the HU information of each individual voxel over time is used to obtain an unambiguous distinction between voxels representing bones and voxels representing vessels in a dynamic, registered CTA data record. If there is a significant change in the HU value of the voxel over a plurality of time phases, this is due to the influx and washout of the contrast agent and the voxel is part of a vessel. By contrast, if the HU values of the voxel do not change, or only vary slightly, this is unambiguously a bone voxel. Here, the maximum variation interval of the HU values for assigning the corresponding voxel to a bone is prescribed by the user. This technique can be used not only for unambiguously detecting bone voxels and removing the latter, but also for unambiguously identifying vessel voxels, for example for segmenting the vascular tree.
[0023]In an advantageous development of the proposed method for processing measurement data from perfusion computed tomography, the time-resolved CTA data is also used for calculating functional parameters of the vessels. This allows determination of additional information relating to vessel pathologies, more particularly dynamic parameters like the parameters obtained by Doppler sonography or phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging. For this, respectively one TAC is determined for each pixel within the vessel either as in perfusion measurements, or a TAC is determined for e.g. a plurality of vessel pixels in a layer, i.e. the TAC is averaged. Further parameters can then be determined from these TACs, such as the height of a peak (maximum), the width of the peak (FWHM--full width half maximum), the time difference between the arterial curve and the venous curve in 2 different vessels, the distance between the arterial and venous maximum, the gradient of the respective curves, the integral over the arterial or venous curve, the number of peaks etc. These parameters can be illustrated in color on the vessels like the perfusion parameter displays or alternatively can be visualized in the form of a diagram, e.g. the height of the arterial peak as a function of the position along the vessel center line, and thus supply potentially clinically relevant information in addition to the pure vessel geometry.
[0024]In refinements of the proposed method, the measurement data or the images of the individual time phases are registered. Such registration is already brought about automatically by commercially available perfusion software because this is also a precondition for calculating the perfusion parameters. In the skull, the vessels are relatively static and only move a little during the flow cycle and so good registration of the vessels in the various successive time phases is possible here. In general, a rigid registration technique is used for this.
[0025]The technique of distinguishing bone voxels and vessel voxels on the basis of the temporal development of the HU values used in the method obtains unambiguous separation of bone and vessel voxels, even in the problematic areas of the base of a skull. This technique can also serve as the basis for the vessel segmentation. By calculating the vessel parameters on the basis of the dynamic CTA images, information relating to the vessel function is also obtained in addition to the pure vessel geometry. Thus, the measurement data from perfusion computed tomography can be used to display not only the cause of the pathology, e.g. a stenosis, but potentially the effect on the flow function as well, e.g. a changed gradient in the TAC curve.
[0026]The proposed method of at least one embodiment is executed on a data processing system, which in a known fashion has at least one computational processor, memory and corresponding interfaces for data input and data output. Here, the data processing system comprises one or more programs that execute the individual method steps for processing the imported or stored measurement data as per the proposed method. Such a data processing system can be directly connected to a computed tomography scanner in order to be able to display the results on an image-display apparatus directly after the perfusion computed tomography scan.
[0027]In the following text, an embodiment of the proposed method is once again explained briefly in conjunction with the drawings, in which
[0028]FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of a workflow for carrying out an embodiment of the proposed method and
[0029]FIG. 2 shows an example of TACs calculated in an embodiment of the method.
[0030]Various example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which only some example embodiments are shown. Specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are merely representative for purposes of describing example embodiments. The present invention, however, may be embodied in many alternate forms and should not be construed as limited to only the example embodiments set forth herein.
[0031]Accordingly, while example embodiments of the invention are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit example embodiments of the present invention to the particular forms disclosed. On the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the invention. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout the description of the figures.
[0032]It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and, similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of example embodiments of the present invention. As used herein, the term "and/or," includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
[0033]It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected," or "coupled," to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected," or "directly coupled," to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., "between," versus "directly between," "adjacent," versus "directly adjacent," etc.).
[0034]The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the," are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. As used herein, the terms "and/or" and "at least one of" include any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," and/or "including," when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
[0035]It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions/acts noted may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two figures shown in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently or may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality/acts involved.
[0036]Spatially relative terms, such as "beneath", "below", "lower", "above", "upper", and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element(s) or feature(s) as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, term such as "below" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein are interpreted accordingly.
[0037]Although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, it should be understood that these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one element, component, region, layer, or section from another region, layer, or section. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer, or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer, or section without departing from the teachings of the present invention.
[0038]FIG. 1 shows an example of the workflow when examining a stroke patient using computed tomography. Herein, a native CT scan 1 is carried out at first in order to recognize bleeding in the region of the skull (elimination of bleeding 12). Subsequently, there is a volume perfusion computed tomography scan 2 as per an embodiment of the proposed method. The measurement data from this perfusion CT scan 2 is used to firstly generate arterial and venous TACs 4 after registering 3 the individual phases. Naturally, perfusion parameters are also calculated herein. In the present example, the measurement data from the perfusion CT scan 2 is also used to calculate time-resolved (dynamic) CTA images 5, arterially- and venous-weighted CTA images 6 and functional parameters of the vessels (functional CTA 7). This affords the possibility of dispensing with a subsequent static CTA provided that the cause of the perfusion disorder lies within the volume region covered by the perfusion CT scan 2.
[0039]FIG. 2 shows an example of an arterial 8 and venous TAC 9, as are generated automatically during the evaluation of the measurement data from the perfusion computed tomography scan. Furthermore, this image illustrates the TACs for the tissue of the left 10 and right brain half 11, which TACs are likewise generated automatically. This information is used in the present method for selecting the time phases for averaging the CTA images. These TACs provide the information relating to what time phases ideally have to be added for an arterial vessel illustration, what time phases ideally have to be added for a venous vessel illustration and what time phases ideally have to be added for an arterial-venous vessel illustration. Thus, for example, the maximum of the arterial TAC 8 is at time phase 12. For an optimized arterial vessel illustration, it is then possible, for example, to add the CTA images from time phases 10 to 14.
[0040]The patent claims filed with the application are formulation proposals without prejudice for obtaining more extensive patent protection. The applicant reserves the right to claim even further combinations of features previously disclosed only in the description and/or drawings.
[0041]The example embodiment or each example embodiment should not be understood as a restriction of the invention. Rather, numerous variations and modifications are possible in the context of the present disclosure, in particular those variants and combinations which can be inferred by the person skilled in the art with regard to achieving the object for example by combination or modification of individual features or elements or method steps that are described in connection with the general or specific part of the description and are contained in the claims and/or the drawings, and, by way of combineable features, lead to a new subject matter or to new method steps or sequences of method steps, including insofar as they concern production, testing and operating methods.
[0042]References back that are used in dependent claims indicate the further embodiment of the subject matter of the main claim by way of the features of the respective dependent claim; they should not be understood as dispensing with obtaining independent protection of the subject matter for the combinations of features in the referred-back dependent claims. Furthermore, with regard to interpreting the claims, where a feature is concretized in more specific detail in a subordinate claim, it should be assumed that such a restriction is not present in the respective preceding claims.
[0043]Since the subject matter of the dependent claims in relation to the prior art on the priority date may form separate and independent inventions, the applicant reserves the right to make them the subject matter of independent claims or divisional declarations. They may furthermore also contain independent inventions which have a configuration that is independent of the subject matters of the preceding dependent claims.
[0044]Further, elements and/or features of different example embodiments may be combined with each other and/or substituted for each other within the scope of this disclosure and appended claims.
[0045]Still further, any one of the above-described and other example features of the present invention may be embodied in the form of an apparatus, method, system, computer program, computer readable medium and computer program product. For example, of the aforementioned methods may be embodied in the form of a system or device, including, but not limited to, any of the structure for performing the methodology illustrated in the drawings.
[0046]Even further, any of the aforementioned methods may be embodied in the form of a program. The program may be stored on a computer readable medium and is adapted to perform any one of the aforementioned methods when run on a computer device (a device including a processor). Thus, the storage medium or computer readable medium, is adapted to store information and is adapted to interact with a data processing facility or computer device to execute the program of any of the above mentioned embodiments and/or to perform the method of any of the above mentioned embodiments.
[0047]The computer readable medium or storage medium may be a built-in medium installed inside a computer device main body or a removable medium arranged so that it can be separated from the computer device main body. Examples of the built-in medium include, but are not limited to, rewriteable non-volatile memories, such as ROMs and flash memories, and hard disks. Examples of the removable medium include, but are not limited to, optical storage media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magneto-optical storage media, such as MOs; magnetism storage media, including but not limited to floppy disks (trademark), cassette tapes, and removable hard disks; media with a built-in rewriteable non-volatile memory, including but not limited to memory cards; and media with a built-in ROM, including but not limited to ROM cassettes; etc. Furthermore, various information regarding stored images, for example, property information, may be stored in any other form, or it may be provided in other ways.
[0048]Example embodiments being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
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We want to thank everyone who supported our recently held Perry County Hospital Auxiliary Holiday Bazaar by buying baked goods and craft items, making gift shop purchases or bidding on our silent auction items, or by just enjoying our turkey and dressing luncheon.
Also a special thank you to all the auxiliary members who worked that day, prepared baked items, or made something for our craft sale. It takes a lot of members, help from the hospital and the kitchen staff, and the community members who attended to make this a successful event every year.
I am writing your newspaper to address an upcoming problem that could affect every citizen in the state of Indiana.
At this time the nation is approaching a fiscal problem that almost every American is aware of. At the same time our state is sitting on a large surplus, even though they will admit they are not sure how it was acquired.
But at the same time the counties in our state have had to endure more and more unfunded mandates and the curtailing of certain operations, all in order to make the state look good.
We were recently driving around Perry County and noticed some improvements in the Fennhaven area, notably on Riverview Drive.
The well-kept properties along this street can now be fully appreciated.
We understand Mayor Ewing and Bob Young were involved in this effort and we offer our thanks along with the homeowners in that area.
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This letter is sent to everyone who has given and helped with my first year as mayor of the City of Cannelton. It has been an event-filled year.
We have achieved many things this year and there are so many to thank, so please take this letter as being sent to you.
By VINCE LUECKE
It's not often that I can deliver a column into every home in Perry County. Today's sample edition of the Perry County News does just that so what better opportunity to talk about the newspaper you're holding and why you should become a subscriber?
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I want to add a bit of lore to Editor Vince Luecke's Oct. 29 column on mountain lions and panthers.
My dad, Frank Sandage Sr., (1907-1994) drove a school bus for the Anderson Township Schools from 1951 to 1966 until the new Perry Central School Corp. was organized.
In early 1960 or 1961 Dad was returning from his early-morning run. This was before the new Indiana 37 was built.
I'm on vacation this week and of the long list of things I need to do, baking Christmas sweets is well up on my to-do list.
Though I have a physique of a healthy eater, I'm no baker and the only cookies I've made as of late have come from two cubes of dough purchased from my school-age nieces and nephews. The cookies were OK but nowhere near as good as Mom's made-from-scratch treats.
Everything isn't always what it seems to be in politics, and sometimes just the threat to do something can produce the desired result.
History buffs are familiar with the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, frequently called the court-packing plan. Because the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled several parts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal legislation unconstitutional, Roosevelt suggested this bill to add more members to the Supreme Court. The Constitution does not specify how many members the court must have.
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While most of the political world is following the likes of Hillary Clinton, Jeb(!) Bush and Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has been making waves in a few nerd realms. First came his Simpsons impressions, and then his assertion that Captain James T. Kirk was/is/will be a Republican. Now Cruz is listing Watchmen's Rorschach as one of his favorite superheroes.
However, Cruz isn't the first candidate to invoke nerd culture. President Obama, himself a Star Trek fan, listed The Amazing Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian as his favorite comics growing up, and was photographed in Metropolis, Illinois, imitating its Superman statue. In return, Obama was immortalized on a Spider-Man cover, and depicted in another Superman-inspired pose by painter Alex Ross.
For that matter, the election year of 2008 featured a couple of seminal superhero films with clear political overtones. The first Iron Man showed its hero working within the military-industrial complex, and The Dark Knight inspired pundits to compare Batman's surveillance technology to government eavesdropping.
Manga | Viz Media announced Friday it will publish a print edition of One-Punch Man, which managed to garner an Eisner nomination in its digital-only format. Zainab Akhtar provides some background on the book and reproduces a review by David Brothers. [Comics and Cola]
Conventions | Scott Eric Kaufman follows Devin Pike, one of the organizers of Dallas Comic Con, throughout the three-day event and gets a good look at what goes on behind the scenes: "As I witnessed these lines [of fans] snakes down corridors and spill into causeways, they began to seem like a physical manifestation of the passion fans have invested in these individuals and the iconic characters they've played, and it's up to people like Devin to ensure that that passion is rewarded with an experience that is, if not equal to it, at least a reflection of it." [Salon]
For all its attempts at inclusion, Convergence is limited to what DC Comics has "allowed" historically within its shared universe. The three main Convergence time periods are basically 2011, 1994, and 1984-ish, and they each interact with other superhero-flavored genres.
However, through the years there's also been a thread of DC superheroics set outside the main-line milieu. More often than not, these stories aren't really concerned with detail-oriented "what ifs" — Communist Superman, vampire Batman, etc. — but with the larger questions surrounding the superhero genre itself. If you're going to talk about DC and you don't want to talk about Convergence, more than likely you're going to run into these stories.
He may tired of Earth, these people and being caught in the tangle of their lives, but even Dr. Manhattan can't resist the siren's call of Wal-Mart and its low, low prices. Or at least its conveniently placed bicycles.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that a 27-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, man was charged Tuesday with petit theft after he allegedly tried to walk off with a $130 bike from an Orlando-area Wal-Mart.
Known on ROBOT 6 for his superhero/pop culture mashups, Brazilian artist Butcher Billy has added a little alcohol to the mix with his latest project, The Comic Book Super Drunk Hangout, in which he envisions beer brands featuring comic-book heroes, or antiheroes, who enjoy a good brew.
This collection of design concepts gather a distinctive line of heroes, antiheroes — or not heroes at all — that have in common a certain way of not being exactly the role model for your kids," he explains. "Yet they're in the pages of comics in your local book shop. These characters are the ones that enjoy a pint or two at the local pub before saving the world or — very often — making an even bigger mess. Like it or not, they are the interesting ones, not to mention the most fun."
Adele Dazeem's Idina Menzel's performance of "Let It Go" from Frozen is inescapable (and downright catchy), I'd somehow missed widespread speculation that the big scene from Disney's latest animated blockbuster is an elaborate homage to the Mars sequence from Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
It's already inspired some mashups, but now Slate's Forrest Wickman draws our attention to one that may just erase any doubts, ending the debate once and for all (or, y'know, not): Alex Wolinetz's combination of the song's lyrics with Gibbons' panels depicting a self-exiled Doctor Manhattan. (You can see the rest of the mashup at Slate.com.)
Comics fans searching for a visually bold yet affordable way to liven up a room may find something that suits their tastes, and their budgets, from GeekMyWall, which offers a line of striking typographic posters inspired by comics characters.
Harley Quinn, Batman, Green Lantern, Rorschach, V — they're all represented in prints beginning at 11 inches by 17 inches or $25. Each figure is created from character-appropriate quotes. For instance, Wonder Woman is, "Of all people, you know who I am … …who the world needs me to be. I'm Wonder Woman." And The Flash: "'I'm getting lectured on child safety from a man who's gone through four Robins?"
They're also available as T-shirts. And if the comic characters aren't for you, there are plenty of television- and movie-themed options.
Conventions | Registration begins Friday for the Small Press Expo 2014 Exhibitor Table Lottery, a new system designed to both bring the old process into the 21st century and address rapidly increasing demand. Online registration will continue through Feb. 14, with lottery winners announced on Feb. 21. There's a good deal of information to absorb, but convention organizers have created a lottery FAQ. [SPX]
Publishing | Reports of the demise of Ape Entertainment turns out to have been premature. The company, which had one of the bestselling digital comics a few years ago with Pocket God, has been quiet of late and recently canceled a number of outstanding orders. However, COO Brett Erwin emerged Tuesday to say the publisher is simply going through a period of reorganization after the departure of CEO David Hedgecock, who now works for IDW. Ape will release a new Fruit Ninja comic at the end of the month. [The Beat]
Graphic novels | ICv2 has the July BookScan numbers, and six of the Top 10 titles are from Image Comics (four Walking Dead, plus both volumes of Saga). The latest volume of Sailor Moon tops the list, and the first volume of Attack on Titan shows up at No. 12, which is pretty good for a book that came out more than a year ago. The only DC Comics or Marvel titles to crack the Top 20 were Hawkeye, Vol. 2 (No. 18) and perennial bestseller Watchmen (No. 19). [ICv2]
Conventions | Fans are gearing up for next month's Salt Lake Comic Con (which another article estimates will attract more than 25,000 attendees), but the announcement that professional cosplayer Jessica Nigri will be there has caused a minor controversy. [The Salt Lake Tribune]
"When [DC Comics] did the recent Watchmen prequel comics I said all of sorts of deeply offensive things about the modern entertainment industry clearly having no ideas of its own and having to go through dust bins and spittoons in the dead of night to recycle things. … The announcement that there is a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen television series hasn't caused me to drastically alter my opinions. Now it seems they are recycling things that have already proven not to work."
– Alan Moore, talking with Entertainment Weekly about last week's announced that Fox has ordered a television pilot based on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Digital comics | Despite all the talk about digital comics lately, Paul Delos Santos finds plenty of ink-on-paper comics, as well as creators and fans, at last weekend's Amazing Las Vegas Comic-Con. "Digital is the newsstand of yesteryear for people that are new to comics that are discovering that way," said Ralph Mathieu, owner of Las Vegas' Alternate Reality Comics. "Then (they are) going to comic stores and getting the physical format." [Las Vegas Sun]
Superheroes | Looking at the lineup of Marvel and DC Comics adaptations, Frank Hagler argues, "It is far past time for Hollywood to release a comic book movie based on a minority comic book hero where the characters race is central to the theme of the story." [PolicyMic]
Retailing | Naruto topped the May BookScan chart of graphic novels sold in bookstores, followed by two volumes of The Walking Dead, the latest volume of Sailor Moon, and Yen Press' latest Twilight adaptation New Moon. Just three volumes total of The Walking Dead made the Top 20 (down from eight last month), and as usual, DC and Marvel got clobbered: DC had three titles on the list (two volumes of Court of Owls and Watchmen) while Marvel had one (Hawkeye), and none was above No. 15. Or to put it another way: Vol. 14 of Dance in the Vampire Bund, a high-numbered volume in a fairly niche manga series, placed higher than every Big Two book on BookScan last month. [ICv2]
Creators | With the second issue of their digital-only comic The Private Eye recently released, writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Marcos Martin talk about their story, why they decided to do it digitally, and what the response has been so far. [The Verge]
BuzzFeed has debuted the Chip Kidd-designed covers for DC Comics' four Before Watchmen hardcover deluxe editions, which arrive this summer.
A renowned designer and art director, Kidd is widely known for creating the jackets for such books as Michael Chricton's Jurassic Park and The Lost World, Donna Tartt's The Secret History, David Sedaris' Naked and Gerard Jones' Men of Tomorrow. However, he's also worked extensively in the comics arena, designing the covers for Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Vertical Inc.'s Osamu Tezuka line, and Dave Gibbons' Watching the Watchmen (for which he also designed the interiors), as well as the logos and trade dress for All-Star Superman and All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder. Most recently, Kidd created a variant cover for Before Watchmen: Rorschach #3.
Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre and Before Watchmen: Ozymandias/Crimson Corsair arrive in comic stores June 26 and July 2 everywhere else; Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan and Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach go on sale July 10 in comic stores and July 16 everywhere else.
Graphic novels | BookScan's January list of the Top 20 graphic novels sold in bookstores shows a bit more variety than the previous month, in which 10 of the slots were taken by volumes of The Walking Dead. This time it's just
six, with Building Stories, Saga, and the latest volumes of Sailor Moon and Fables cracking the Top 10. An adaptation of the Book of Revelation from evangelical publisher Zondervan was No. 9, followed by perennial bestseller Watchmen. (Note: The original version erroneously reported the number of Walking Dead titles in the Top 20.) [ICv2]
Creators | Paul Pope talks about his graphic novel Battling Boy, due out this summer, as well as the prequel comic The Death of Haggard West, which will released in in July. [Kotaku]
— Dave Gibbons, responding with humor to the news that his original cover art for Watchmen #1 fetched $155,350 at auction on Friday, many times what he originally sold it for. (As the artist recently noted, the covers were included in an agreement for the original pages to all 12 issues of the landmark series.) "I thought I had a great deal. At the time," he added in response to a tweet.
The original covers for the first three issues brought a total of $216,892.50 at the New York City auction. The covers for Watchmen #4-12 are expected to be put up for sale later this year.


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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's wishy-washy announcement today has tarnished his credibility, at least in the eyes of investors.
More from GlobalPost: Mario Draghi: ECB is working on bond plan
Only last week Draghi promised to do "whatever it takes to preserve the euro" and reduce crippling borrowing costs of Italy and Spain.
The comments were Draghi's boldest yet and global financial markets rejoiced: shares rallied, borrowing costs for heavily indebted countries fell and the euro strengthened.
Finally, the ECB – the European equivalent of the US Federal Reserve – was stepping up to the plate.
Or so everyone thought.
Draghi watered down these remarks today by saying the ECB might start buying government bonds. The details of the plan would be worked out in the coming weeks, suggesting the much-needed intervention is unlikely to come before September.
And the ECB's support is contingent on European governments using the euro zone's bail-out funds to buy bonds.
That would require a country such as Spain to lodge a formal request for financial aid and so far it has shown no willingness to do so.
Not good enough, said investors, who were expecting Draghi to implement more forceful remedies sooner rather than later.
Markets responded swiftly: yields on Spanish and Italian bonds rose, global equity markets plunged and the euro fell.
"It is quite disappointing ... There is a lack of any action so he has basically passed the buck back on to politicians," Loan Smith, a strategist at Knight Capital, told Reuters.
US consultancy High Frequency Economics told its clients that traders and investors "who expected immediate action are, and should be, disappointed," Bloomberg reported.
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The Moneylife Team looks at Vandrevala Foundation that deals with mental health
In a crowded city like Mumbai, it is not uncommon to see someone suffering from dyslexia or a mental health disorder. But most people know little about mental health issues unless a close friend or family member suffers from a disorder. Do you know that there are 43 mental health hospitals in India, all set up before 1947? A National Human Rights Commission study says: There are only two kinds of hospitals. The first are 'dumping grounds' for families to abandon their mentally ill member, for either economic reasons or a lack of understanding and awareness of mental illness. The second type of hospitals provides basic living amenities but the treatment focuses on managing patients rather than enhancing their living skills. In addition, there is the stigma associated with mental illnesses and, often, a refusal to acknowledge a problem. Yet, "a massive 8%-10% of the population apparently suffers from major or minor mental illness," says Dr Arun John, executive vice president of the Vandrevala Foundation.
"When we started out with a mission to improve mental health in India over a year ago, we were hoping to write cheques to a couple of non-government organisations (NGOs), be able to review their results four times a year and pat ourselves on the back for making a difference. What ensued was a discovery of the dark corners of disease, the discrimination and the realisation that we had no idea about what we were trying to achieve, let alone how to do it," says Priya Hiranandani Vandrevala, chief executive officer of Hirco PLC, a real-estate investment company.
Founded and fully funded by Priya and Cyrus Vandrevala, the Vandrevala Foundation began operations on 3 August 2009 by launching 'The Mental Health Initiative'. As a first step, it launched a 24x7 mental health helpline. Its mission is to create community-based mental health services, increase awareness of mental health, provide access to improved treatment to every individual irrespective of economic status and enable patients and their families the opportunity for recovery and reintegration into society.
Dr John says, "We are looking for strategic partners —corporates, like-minded individuals or NGOs with the same goals to help us in our endeavour." Interestingly, the Vandrevala Foundation says it is a not-for-profit that works like a 'for-profit' organisation, but for social profits, not economic gains.
"Preventive action is possible and necessary for physical illness, but there is no such thing for mental illness," says Dr John. So the Foundation runs a 24x7 helpline (022-2570 6000) to counsel people in need. It also has senior psychiatrists available for acute psychiatric emergency or complex issues. It helps arrange free ambulance services; helps arrange admissions to mental-care facilities; and follows up to track the status of mentally-ill persons to ensure that they stick to treatment. It arranges meetings with psychiatrists. The idea behind the helpline is the realisation that often people know they need help, but don't know who to turn to.
The Vandrevala Foundation also supports entrepreneurial, social-sector start-ups which local governments are unable, or unwilling, to fund. The Foundation plans to expand its helplines to Pune, Nashik and Nagpur. "The ultimate goal is a pan-India presence," says Dr John. Currently, the Foundation has 12 clinical psychologists as well as five mid-level and four senior psychiatrists on its rolls.
It also has a network of 70 psychiatrists, psychologists and counsellors all over Mumbai who support the cause. It has students who can communicate in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati manning the helplines. It has two tiers of psychiatrists who look into mental illness cases, depending on the severity of affliction. It also plans to set up crisis management face-to-face counselling and support groups and to upgrade mental hospitals in Maharashtra.
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My windows XP computer has no problem printing to an HP printer that thinks it has no black ink. However the XUBUNTU driver does not want to go any further. How can you tell it to go ahead anyway cause there is ink in this refilled cartridge.
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Added the plugin and the facebook share top counter does not show up until clicked on??? Played with some but can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated!
Added the plugin and the facebook share top counter does not show up until clicked on??? Played with some but can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated!
The same problem here, help anyone?
the same problem. ive updated plugin to 2.0.8 fb button showed up for 2 weeks and now i see "share" instead of the pic on both sites. the earlier version of plugin had the same issue with facebook. so is it FB problem or the plugin, how to fix it?
I have the same issue, but it has been intermittent over the last few months, which makes me think it's a Facebook bug but it has not been working for the past three days now. Has Facebook changed the code needed for the share image/link, which needs to be implemented into the next plugin update? For now I am going to take Facebook Share out, I don't like having broken images on my websites.
yeah before the bug it used to open a new window and worked good in general. but now it opens in the same window with no text pasted into the share box, so +1 that it's FB-bug. will there be a fix or update?
Same problem here. Only shows a text link of the word Share, no button. Tried other options, does not show with either of the counters. Does show the small and medium icons, though. Would rather have the button back.
Same here! All of the sudden I'm only getting the "Share" text, no button.
maybe just fix the code so that the facebook pic will be stored locally then? any ideas?
Hey guys, I'm having that problem but with an extra issue... Everytime I try to share a post as an administrator, the app lets me do it, but when other people log in using Facebook and go to share a post, it tells them that the message cannot be posted on that wall... Has anyone else gone through the same issue?
Glad to see I'm not the only one with this text instead of button problem!
I Have the same problem!! the written "share" appear ad the left of "facebook-share" button... someone can help me!?
Same problem. The icon doesn't seem to work properly and the button doesn't show at all, only shows the text "share". Other than that the plugin is awesome, thank you!
Could someone share a link? It's hard to troubleshoot without seeing the problem.
The FB share button does work - at least on my site...
Here's mine.
The "Share" Should be right after Facebook Like. And I just noticed, the button shows up on individual posts, but the "Share" text remains in front of the button.
I have just updated to v2.0.9 and the Facebook Share button is working again for me, thanks to the author for fixing this issue and for the great plugin.
oooh... yess. Working Fine! Tnx for fixing!
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The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
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Tail Dependence in International Real Estate Securities Markets
- Jian ZhouAffiliated withReal Estate and Housing, Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, College of Management and Economics, University of Guelph Email author
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"Tail dependence" characterizes the cross market linkages during stressful times. Analyzing tail dependence is of primary interest to portfolio managers who systematically monitor the co-movements of asset markets. However, the relevant literature on real estate securities markets is very thin. Our study extends the literature by using the flexible symmetrized Joe-Clayton (SJC) copula to estimate the tail dependences for six major global markets (U.S., U.K., Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore). In implementing the SJC copula, we model the marginal distributions of returns through a semi-parametric method which has never been applied to real estate returns. Our major findings suggest that international markets display different strength and dynamics of tail dependence. We extensively discuss the implications of our findings for financial practices such as portfolio tail diversifications, portfolio selections, portfolio risk management and hedging strategies. Our study also demonstrates that the widely used linear correlation is an inadequate measure of market linkages, especially during periods of crisis.
KeywordsTail dependence Symmetrized Joe-Clayton (SJC) copula Portfolio risk management Real estate securities markets
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- Tail Dependence in International Real Estate Securities Markets
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The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Volume 45, Issue 1 , pp 128-151
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- 2012-06
- 10.1007/s11146-010-9249-0
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- 0895-5638
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- Tail dependence
- Symmetrized Joe-Clayton (SJC) copula
- Portfolio risk management
- Real estate securities markets
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- Jian Zhou (1)
- Yanmin Gao (2)
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- 1. Real Estate and Housing, Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, College of Management and Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1
- 2. School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2R6


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metro driver hits the alarm/interferes, he/she gets a beating, too. the drivers aren't cops.
not sure that light rail would have prevented this.
King County Metro: We'll Get You There!
I think this was under the Morning News.
@1 Damn right the Metro drivers aren't cops, but if Metro won't shell out the coin to make the bus experience safer, then they'll have to shell out the coin to the victims of violence, the same people from whom they accept money in the fulfillment of an implicit contract to get their riders safely to their destination. Shit costs money.
give the bus driver the right and duty to throw anyone of the buus anytime if they are rude, disruptive or smelly.
Pass a law immunizing them from any kind of lawsuit for this.
Give them the same right you have to not let anyone into your own car.
We have to get control over public transit.
Smade: damn right.
unPC: the driver has all those rights anyway.
from what i understand the argument in this case was never: are metro drivers cops. the argument was, did the driver see the incident.
So we can hope for $125,000 worth of security upgrades at least right?
How come your SLOG contributions aren't showing up as of today on the Savage page?
It's really irritating to have to go look for your comments, worthwhile as they may be to search for.
Eve if you buy that the driver didn't see anything, shouldn't he have been monitoring the situation? 25-30 asshole teenagers get on the bus and he doesn't check back now and then to make sure everything's ok? When I was a week tike riding the school bus, those drivers could see everything that went on back there.
i mean to say: the driver was probably fucking scared. i would be.
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Mormon Media Observer: Several articles about the church still deserve mention
Ravell Call, Deseret News
Like most Latter-day Saints, I have had callings that have enriched my life. Whether it be Scoutmaster or nursery worker, each call has its joys and challenges. I remember each with fondness.
Yet one often stands out. For a couple of years, I was a ward mission leader just outside Washington, D.C. We lived in Prince Georges County in the wonderful College Park Ward. For those familiar with Washington, Prince Georges is, relatively speaking, the more diverse and also less wealthy of the counties in suburban Washington.
So, the variety of people I met was amazing. Several had emigrated from war-torn regions in Africa and came to America as refugees with horrible stories that really changed my life as I tried to listen and understand them.
Many were the only believers in their family.
At the time, I was in graduate school, and I had had one amazing experience after another with my studies. I had met some terrific people and studied with men and women I had long admired. I was living a dream academically.
Those experiences in graduate school, as it turns out, have largely been forgetten relative to the experiences I had working with the elders as a mission leader. These religious experiences and feelings have stuck. I counted people from more than 20 nations with whom I met.
I remember the late-night climbs up stairs in public housing to preach and to speak with those immigrants with whom I worked, living as some did a floor or two above a lobby with its urine-smelling, darkly lit space.
I remember the poverty and sacrifice to make it to church each week. I remember wanting to be better because I knew them.
All of that came back to me in a recent blog post at CNN. The church is more diverse than it ever before. CNN and the new "I'm a Mormon" campaign showed that. I am better for the experiences I had trying to understand the cultural challenges facing church members.
I became more convinced than ever of the world-changing potential in the church. It isn't just helpful to the descendents of a few people trapped in the Western mountains of the United States, but it also speaks to modern laborers from the Cote d'Ivorie to Sierra Leone and from immigrants Nigeria or Rwanda. It is a world-changing movement.
Each month it seems there are so many articles about the church that it is hard to keep up. But a few need quick acknowledgement. Therefore, this column is a hodge-podge, a catch-up.
Some, like the blog at CNN, seem largely positive. Then there was Laurie Goodstein's excellent front-page piece, which also seemed quite favorable.
Others, like the now much-discussed editorial in The New York Times about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Harold Bloom was less favorable, certainly.
Maybe a few thoughts about Bloom are in order. For me, the Bloom piece is among the more startling articles about the church run in recent years. To be sure, it builds on what he has written about Latter-day Saints before in his book, "The American Religion." He still calls Joesph Smith an authentic religious genius, but seems to imply that other church leaders are little more than politicians seeking money.
Reading Bloom's descriptions of the church is like trying to catch your reflection on the surface of a lake on a windy day. It's fleeting and distorted. I don't recognize the Mormonism he describes.
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