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Kings Losing More Money In Salary Cap Era
by Paul on 05/01/08 at 09:33 AM ET
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from Rich Hammond of the LA Daily News,
The Kings declined to release specific numbers, but said they're losing more money per year now than before the lockout. At the start of the lockout, the Kings claimed to be losing $8 to $10 million a year.
"We're building our organization differently, to meet the reality that we're losing even more than we did before the lockout," chief marketing officer Chris McGowan said. "We have to run a better business."
Thus, the ticket-price increases, even coming off a season in which the Kings tied for the fewest points in the NHL. The Kings believe the increases are necessary, in part, to help stabilize their bottom line.
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Whistle Blower
by Paul on 05/01/08 at 09:30 AM ET
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from The Good, The Bad And The Duthie,
Video review works. With the HD cameras it has in every building now, the NHL has virtually eliminated those "Was it a goal or not?" controversies. They usually get it right. So why not take it to the final frontier? Allow reviews of early whistles.
Please refrain from eye-rolling. And don't give me that old line about once the whistle blows, nothing else matters. We're not talking about things that occur two or three or five seconds after the whistle. All these goals happen within a fraction of a second. It's simple: if the puck is on its way in when the whistle blows, and the folks in the video review room in Toronto decide the whistle should not have blown, the goal should count.
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Today in Playoffs History—April 30
by Alanah McGinley on 04/30/08 at 05:44 PM ET
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April 30, 1972 • The New York Rangers made their first appearance in a Stanley Cup Final series game since 1950, losing to the Boston Bruins 6-5 in the opening contest. The 1972 championship clash between New York and Boston marked the first time in 43 years that the two had met in the Final. Boston won the best-of-seven series in six games.
Video below features highlights from the series.
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Report: Jagr Playing for Omsk Next Season?
by Alanah McGinley on 04/29/08 at 06:38 PM ET
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The Czech site iDNES has reported the following:
Some unnamed player from Omsk was told by the boss of the club that Jagr is gonna play there next year. "We dont know anything about length of contract or about money but they told us Jagr will play here. Thats fantastic news!"
Thanks to a KK reader for the pointer and the translation.
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Afternoon Line
by Alanah McGinley on 04/29/08 at 05:22 PM ET
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From Adam Proteau's Tuesday mailbag at The Hockey News:
[To] Adam,
Considering the gazillions of dollars he has made over his career, do you think there's a chance that Jaromir Jagr would go back to Pittsburgh at a deep discount just for a chance to play with Malkin & Crosby? [...]
[To] Steve,
Jaromir Jagr? Accept the minimum salary? If he was being held at gunpoint, maybe.
more thoughts on Jagr and others
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How to Be a Professional Hockey Player
by Alanah McGinley on 04/29/08 at 04:05 PM ET
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From David Littman at The Hockey News,
I joined the Oyster Bay youth hockey organization and went to summer hockey camps where I was coached by the likes of Resch, Smith, Lou Lamoriello and Brian Burke.
When I wasn't playing on the ice, I was playing street hockey. When I wasn't playing street hockey, I was in my basement throwing tennis balls against the stairs and making glove saves that would win my team the Stanley Cup.
Hockey was all I thought about and there was no doubt in my mind I would play in the NHL.
But not everyone else thought so.
Littman was originally drafted by the Buffalo Sabres and played for both the Sabres and Tampa Bay, as well as in the AHL, ECHL and IHL. Currently he's the producer of EA Sports NHL series and now a blogger with THN, promising a lot of great stories.
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Alternative NHL Awards
by Alanah McGinley on 04/29/08 at 02:52 PM ET
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From On the Forecheck,
Yes, it's time for the 2008 Alternative NHL Awards, recognizing the best of the best (or is it the worst of the worst?) when it comes to on-ice illicit activity…
Boarding: Usually the haven of lumbering, slack-jawed knuckle-draggers who aim to intimidate opponents, this year's crop of bellicose boarders included a number of smaller, workaday checking forwards like Todd Marchant (3) and Kris Draper (4), who tied for the league lead alongside defenseman Andrej Meszaros of Ottawa. Based on the fact that he's obviously working through some "issues" since being so viciously boarded by Claude Lemieux in the 1996 Western Conference finals, the award goes to Draper for 2008.
and lots more...
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Road Bumps Ahead
by Alanah McGinley on 04/29/08 at 02:10 PM ET
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From Paul Kukla at his NHL.com blog,
Fans of the Red Wings, Penguins and Stars are laying low, hoping the apple cart is not disturbed and their team continues their winning ways.
Well, I am here to tell you to expect a bump in the road, and maybe, just maybe, a complete turnaround from your opposition. Both Detroit and Pittsburgh are on the road now. The Wings will be dealing with an unhappy group of players in Denver, players who have too much pride not to fight back with all they have.
continued… *plus some words on the officiating
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Goals Keep Coming
by Paul on 04/29/08 at 01:31 PM ET
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from James Mirtle,
Fifty-seven games into the 2008 playoffs, and goal-scoring hasn't dried up at all. In fact, it's right where we left it in the regular season, a 5.44 goals per game pace that, by playoff standards, is pretty darn high.
I've only put together figures for the past seven years, but those alone are telling:
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The Goalie Committee
by Paul on 04/29/08 at 01:05 PM ET
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from the NHLPA,
The Goalie Equipment Working Group will meet on June 11, 2008 in Toronto to examine the configuration and dimensions of goaltender equipment with respect to safety and performance. If the working group decides alterations to the rules governing goaltender equipment are warranted, and will not jeopardize the safety of the goalies, these recommendations will be forwarded to the Competition Committee for consideration.
As KK readers know, this was pointed out by Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe early in April, and Michael Russo wrote about it in February.
A hockey entertainer is reporting this as breaking news, but that's the entertainment business…
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How Much Freeway Exhaust? Government to Finally Measure
|November 26, 2013
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Government now has its monitoring stations placed away from busy thoroughfares and other sources of contamination. What you don't know doesn't hurt?
A Huge Sinkhole Keeps Expanding, Swallowing a Bayou
|November 25, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental
You cause a sinkhole, you pay no more to limit your liability than do the companies playing it safe.
Humanity Starts to Overdraft Resources After 2/3rds thru the Year
|November 24, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental
Our taking Earth and leaving waste is so fast and furious. We could slow it down if we'd ever quit wasting so much. If we put a price tag on land, resources, and ecosystem services, we'd shape up.
$0.5 trillion: Subsidies from States to Fossil Fuelers Every Year
|November 22, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental, Subsidies & Waste & Public Debt
Your choice to burn oil is not exactly free, since the cost is hidden and the price reduced by you paying taxes that turn into subsidies for the industry altering the planet.
Oil Discoveries Feed Our Habit, Don't Heal the Planet
|November 22, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental
If you're not an environmentalist, you're not paying attention. If you are, then pay attention to geonomics, a feasible policy working right for people and planet.
Nettles Make Seas Lethal for Swimmers — More Reason to Respect Nature
|November 21, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental, The Progress Report
Our natural enemies love how we change water temperatures and overfish. Contrary to popular belief, treating a jellyfish sting with urine isn't advised. What is advised is geonomic justice.
Under 1% of Tar-sands Infractions Penalized
|November 19, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental, Politics
Over 15 years now, oil sand's companies imposed their mishaps on nature yet our "protectors" imposed little in the way of fines. This report comes at an inconvenient time for supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline project.
With Indigenous Land on the Line, Tar Sands Protests Escalate in Idaho
|November 17, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Activism, Environmental
They protest around the clock on Highway 12 near Canada to block the passage of a megaload truck operating on Indian land without a permit. How to reconcile land profit vs land protection?
Stronger Proof: Oil Recovery Triggered Texas Tremors
|November 16, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental
To know better what's happening, scientists need more detailed data, There isn't enough publicly available geological information. Oil companies have the information but it is proprietary — as is the oil and land until we change that.
When $2 Million is a Slap on the Wrist: Chevron Fine for Refinery Fire
|November 16, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Corruption, Environmental
Do the math. Millions of dollars are not much to oilsters raking in billion every quarter. Most of the money they get — some of the worth of Earth — is not for them alone but for Earthlings in general, eh?
Why is Cycling so Popular in the Netherlands?
|November 15, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental
Cycling is so common in the Netherlands that you can be rebuked for asking people whether they are cyclists or not. "We aren't cyclists," comes the response, "we're just Dutch." Of course, cities there are compact and not comfy for cars. Make your city use land efficiently by recovering site rents. Then owners will put their land to good use, which makes cities compact and bike-friendly.
North Chinese Lose 5.5 yrs of Life to Air Pollution from Coal
|November 12, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental, Health
Chinese chose warmth now over living longer. But why must any society make such a choice? There are other heat sources, including simply insulating better. Developing nations follow the errors of the developed when they should raise the bar and follow what works right for everyone forever: geonomics.
Thai Farmer Won't Eat His Rice; His Sprays Sicken His Land, Too
|November 9, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Economic Principles, Environmental
The powers-that-be lead farmers astray. Industrial chemicals don't up yield after a few years. Government subsidies don't make land affordable. If powerful entities can't find a safe way to make money, then take away their power. Let's quit limiting the liability of irresponsible firms and not pay subsidies to groups but pay a land-rent dividend to all citizens.
China's Smog Closes Schools and Airport in Harbin
|November 4, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental
How bad can it get before government quits favoring old ways — no more subsidies for developers and manufacturers — and levels the playing field for new ways? Recover land value and pay citizens a dividend so everyone has enough security to work on their new ideas and contribute new solutions; let progress charge ahead!
Who Pays the Cost of Fracking?
|October 31, 2013
|Posted by Staff under Environmental, Subsidies & Waste & Public Debt
If state and federal requirements for oil and gas drillers are lax, we could pay the clean-up bill — as we do for oil, gas, and mining — adding insult to injury. So why do we limit the liability of those who put people and planet at risk?

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Liberals Really Upset That Obama's Considering *GULP* Enforcing Federal Drug Laws
As I've written multiple times, I really couldn't care less one way or the other about marijuana: I don't smoke it, have no plans to smoke it, and, really, it is a much less dangerous drug than alcohol. I'd prefer they not smoke it in public, a contact high is not in my daily plans. But, it is a federally controlled Schedule I drug, meaning it is illegal to use, possess, and or sell, and has no medical benefits. Alas, liberals are really put out that Obama is considering actually enforcing pesky federal law. Here's Excitable Andrew Sullivan
What he's thinking about doing is going after those who use pot in Washington and Colorado, which made the drug legal per a referendum this November, as well as suing those states.
Well, since they're asking: if they decide to treat the law-abiding citizens of Colorado and Washington as dangerous felons; if they decide to allocate their precious law enforcement powers to persecuting and arresting people for following a state law that they have themselves just passed by clear majorities; if they decide that opposing a near majority of Americans in continuing to prosecute the drug war on marijuana, even when the core of their own supporters want an end to Prohibition, and even when that Prohibition makes no sense … then we will give them hell.
Except, under federal law, they aren't law abiding citizens. And Obama and his DOJ stooges take an oath to uphold the laws of this land (not that they haven't already broken that covenant multiple times). It's funny, though, what really gets liberals upset. Not adding $7 trillion to the debt in under 4 years. Not rampant high unemployment and record numbers of people dropping out of the jobs market in despair. Not record numbers of people stuck on food stamps. No, they're enraged by enforcing federal law on drug use.
But the main reason the president should instruct the Justice Department that this is not an area for discretionary prosecution is that choosing to focus on pot-prohibition in states that have legalized it defies reason. One of my core arguments for Obama has long been his adoption of what I consider pretty reasonable, if always debatable, policies. He is not an extremist, proposing laws and regulations that are designed to make a cultural point or wage a cultural war; he's a pragmatist, trying to fix existing problems.
It defies reason because……it defies reason. Has Andy been smoking? It's not discretionary prosecution: it's following the law as laid out.
The Plum Lines' Greg Sargent is on board with Sully (he does realize that the Washington Post drug tests, right?)
Now, on the one hand, it's admittedly hard for liberals to argue that the federal government doesn't have the legal authority to do this. But on the merits, there's an argument to be made that pursuing this course of action would undermine one of Obama's own long-held moral positions.
See, there's a bit of a problem: The Law trumps Obama's "long held moral positions". But, then, our nation has already moved past that "we're a nation of laws not a nation of men" notion long ago.
This last suggestion ain't happening any time soon, but Sullivan is speaking for a lot of angry people here. If the administration can agree not to make enforcement of other bad laws–like the Defense of Marriage Act–a prosecutorial priority, it can do exactly the same thing with pot.
Isn't kind of hard to get angry when stoned? Hungry, yes. Lethargic, yes. Angry? Dude, pass the bong.
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We've rounded up some of the best events for children and families happening this December in Queens. Catch a kid-friendly show or join in a holiday celebration - get all the details here!
The Bikinis
Relive the summer of 1964 with The Bikinis, who will reunite for a show filled with sun and fun, taking the audience on a giddy and delightful musical journey. Join these best friends as they relive the past with hits like "It's in His Kiss," "Heat Wave," "Under The Boardwalk," "Mambo Italiano," "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," and "I Will Survive." December 2-5 and 10-12; show times vary, see schedule online. $36-$40; $34-$38 seniors; $24-$28 students. Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Flushing. 718-760-0064.
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Get together with other Queens families by taking the kids to Brunch with Santa at Bourbon Street. While you're busy wolfing down a tasty brunch prepared by Chef Joseph Cannella, Santa will swing by on an FDNY fire truck. Reservations are required. December 19 at 12pm. Prices vary. Children under 12 dine free with the purchase of an adult entrée. Bourbon Street, 40-12 Bell Boulevard, Bayside. 718-224-2200.
The Queens Symphony Orchestra (QSO) will perform Holidays Around the World, featuring holiday music from all over the globe. This performance is part of QSO's Young People's Concerts. December 2 at 10am and 11:30am. Kupferberg Center at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing. 718-326-4455.
Visit the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum's Annual Holiday Family Day: A Storybook Christmas for storytelling, holiday crafts, holiday shopping, caroling, and professional photos taken with Santa. December 4 at 10am. $20. Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Road, Bronx. 718-885-1461.
Feel the spirit of Hanukkah come alive at Flushing Town Hall's Klezmer Hanukkah Party, featuring the music of klezmer violinist Alicia Svigalis, Yiddish storyteller Adrienne Cooper, and accordionist Patrick Farrell. December 5 at 2pm. $16; $12 children. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Boulevard, Flushing. 718-463-7700.
Take a guided trolley tour through Queens on the Queens Historical Society's Annual Historic Holiday Tour. Led by a local historian, the tour takes you through five decorated museums and historical sites, including the Kingland Homestead, the Flushing Quaker Meeting House, Flushing Town Hall, the Voelker Orth Museum, and the Lewis H. Latimer House. Holiday refreshments will be available at each site. December 12 at 5pm. $10; free children under 12. Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37th Avenue, Flushing. 718-939-0647 ext. 17.
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The American Bolero Dance Company presents a special holiday production of Tablao Flamenco, featuring a variety of authentic flamenco dance, classical Spanish dance, and Argentine tango. The performance will feature work by dancers Gabriela Granados, José Moreno, Sol "La Argentinita," Pedro Escudero, and Yamila Viana; singers Alfonso Cid and Aurora Reyes; and guitarists Basilio Georges and Cristian Puig. December 4 at 8:30pm. $22; $18 seniors, $15 children under 12. Auditorium Centro Espanol, 41-01 Broadway, 2nd floor, Astoria. 718-392-8888.
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Get all of your holiday shopping done in one trip at Flushing Town Hall's Holiday Gift Shop Sale, where there's bound to be something perfect for everyone on your list. Visitors are invited to sort through a variety of handcrafted work from over 35 Queens and Long Island-based artists, while everything from Korean knotted bookmarks to pottery, music, and jewelry will be available. December 12, 1-5pm. FREE. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Boulevard, Flushing. 718-463-7700.
Paul Taylor Dance Co.
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The New York Botanical Garden's 19th annual Holiday Train Show with Gingerbread Adventures presents an enchanted New York wrapped in the glow of twinkling lights. More than a dozen large-scale model railway trains - from late-1800s American steam engines, streetcars, whimsical ladybugs, and circus cars, to modern freight and high-speed passenger trains and trolleys - traverse nearly a quarter-mile of track across rustic bridges, along overhead trestles, through tunnels, and past waterfalls that cascade into flowing creeks. Tuesday-Sunday 10am-6pm; check website for complete schedule. Through January 9, 2011. $10-$25, depending on date and age. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway (exit 7W) and Fordham Road, Bronx. 718-817-8700.
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February 17, 2015
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),
Today at Indian Community School the students and staff were involved in a practice drill for a preventative and emergency lockdown. The drill is one way to keep students and staff aware of emergency procedures in the event an emergency would occur.
The students and staff did an excellent job following all the safety procedures.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Jason Dropik or myself, Ms. Amy Tromp, here at the school.
Please continue to review with your child/children about safety and following directions to ensure safety for all. Yaw^ko.
Amy L. Tromp
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Starting Monday, January 26, 2015, Lakeside Bus Company will have a separate private school department. Indian Community School will be part of this department.
Indian Community School parents now will contact Lakeside using one of the following 2 numbers:
Tomorrow, Friday January 23rd, 2015 drivers will hand out notes with the new information to parents/guardians/students. When parents call the 536-2040 number – they will be informed as well. Please note that the 414-536-2040 number cannot be transferred to the new private school department.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us here at school.
Amy Tromp
With the Values at the heart of our mission, the Indian Community School dedicates itself to provide each child in our care with the best educational opportunities to develop spiritually, morally, emotionally, physically, socially, artistically and intellectually in order to achieve the child's greatest personal and community potential.
Core Values are gifts from the Creator that express the Indian philosophy of life through fundamental convictions, collective beliefs and exemplary character. Among the many Core Values given by the Creator, the Indian Community School experience focuses on:
Bravery, Humility, Love, Loyalty, Respect, Truth & Wisdom
The Indian Community School develops lifelong community leaders who inspire others throughout the Circle of Life. With excellence and commitment, ICS serves urban American Indian students and their families so that each student develops the skills and knowledge to sustain a healthy balance of American Indian culture, academic achievement, and a sense of identity through indigenous teachings and ways of learning.
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Games made into TV series
Group DescriptionStarting in the early eighties, a lot of games have been turned into TV series. Usually, they have been turned into animation series, but live-action series exist as well.
Note that games made into movies don't belong in this group, for they have a group of their own.
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Project involves $12.2 million and seven universities
Seven universities have $12.2 million in economic stimulus law funds to create a "Facebook for scientists" network for researchers.
The project is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health to create a system that contains publicly-available information that can be searched for specific data and linkages.
At Indiana University, one of the schools involved, the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center will conduct research and development on data analysis and visualization, ontology development and Vivo, a networking template, according to a news release today. "Many researchers have profiles and evolving networks on multiple, but incompatible, sites. They try to use Facebook and Google for their research; however, these tools and services do not completely address the needs of scholars," Katy Börner, director of the cyberinfrastructure center, said.
The new system will federate information about faculty and staff from institutional repositories, listings of published articles from academic publishers, and information provided by researchers. Using Vivo, users can search the information and assemble it on a unique page.
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I love the look of venetian plaster for my guest bathroom, before I received my first estimate and realized it was to expensive. Wallpaper that looks the same is an option I know would make me happy. But DH is talking about wanting to move in next 4-5 yrs. Everything I read about selling talks about removing wallpaper, which is what I'm doing in mud/laundry room as I update it with cabinets above W&D, and a few other updates. I'm thinking of painting it shaker beige. Having plain painted walls in the guest bathroom I think I will find upsetting. Thinking it out, I'm thinking about faux painting that I don't think I will ever love but think I will be ok with it, as a possibility. Do you think I should be sensible and just find a faux painting that will look ok? Or should I get the wallpaper realizing that I may have to take it down, or have make the selling of the house harder? Thanks in advance for your help!
4-5 years is a tricky time frame. I'd generally hope that a remodel last at least 10 years, so I am tempted to say don't do anything that isn't additive for resale. but then again 5 years is a long time to live with something.
If it's very subtle, you probably won't have to change it. Have you looked into American Clay? I have it in several areas of my home, in shades of white. It looks similar to plaster, but IIRC it costs less.
I don't think most people would have a problem with venetian-plaster-look wallpaper in a "small" bathroom. Nobody loves to remove wallpaper, but one bathroom isn't going to stop a sale.
We looked at a house once that had wallpaper in most of the public rooms and in the large 2-story foyer. That was going to cost a small fortune to remove because it was going to need scaffolding and paid labor to remove. When we made an offer we accounted for the cost of removing all that wallpaper. Luckily we didn't buy the house!
Can you post a link to the wallpaper and we can give you feedback on how many of us here would be ok buying a house with that paper in a spare bathroom?
mtnrdredux' Thanks for the info on American Clay, I never heard of it, and does have the effect I'm looking for. I will be checking to see if this will be more affordable.
Chispa I'm talking about a full bathroom, large in relation to the size of the rooms in my small ranch style house and the one guests use when over. I actually fell in love with a friends newly updated bathroom because of the walls, initially thinking it was wallpaper, and finding out later it wasn't. I would use wallpaper if I knew for sure I could leave it up and not affect the sale of my house.
Under the cloak of the anonymity of the internet, I will be very honest. I don't think a buyer would consider it a plus. It's not a "minus" like silver paper with red flocking, but, to me, it looks vaguely Tuscan.
To me, Tuscan is kind of an 80's look and something most people are now taking out, not putting in.
All of that said, it certainly isn't offensive and in a small, room, no biggie. It may also be true that in your area, Tuscan is still popular. Things do vary quite a bit by region.
I think if it is very subtle and neutral you will be OK. A friend of ours is very artistic and 10 years ago venetian plastered their powder room in a deep purple. He did a beautiful job, but honestly, it looks very dated now. I don't think faux finishes in general are very popular anymore...just my opinion.
I know you have a certain look you want and this won't be the same, but have you considered maybe stenciling instead of paper? It might be the oomph for your bath that you don't want to live without, yet is easy to paint over if you decide you need to when ready to sell. Beekeeperswife did a fab purple(!) stenciled powder room, that you can find by searching GW. Here are some more pics.
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I think it'd be fine, and like Gray said, if you're putting it on a properly prepped wall, it won't be terrible to remove should your Realtor at the time of sale advise it.
You're going to be there 4-5 years. That's a long time to not be happy with your own bathroom.
Thanks for all suggestions. I appreciate your thoughts on faux painting, but agree 4-5 years is a long time to live with something I don't really want. I love how Bee's bathroom came out. Was thinking at one point to have the bathroom painted, and try to stencil on my own, but I'm afraid because I have problems with my spine of not being able to complete in a timely manor. I realize now that it was the Purple Bathroom which made me realize I didn't want plain painted walls, and that until I saw the venetian plaster I didn't see anything I liked that much, except probably a subtle stencil. Will give all a lot of thought....
I did a small stenciling project in my kitchen (stencil instead of tiled backsplash), and it was a lot of fun! The hard part in a bathroom would be the edges and small walls and cramped spaces - but the same things make a bathroom difficult to wallpaper.
At least with stenciling, you could skip the space behind the toilet tank, because the base wall color would still be there. With wallpaper, you're stuck doing everything.
Just to back up graywings - wallpaper comes off pretty easily if it's prepped right.
if you aren't moving for ~ 5 yrs, i would absolutely do what you like!!!
who knows what the market will be like in 5 yrs and who knows what will be 'in'... and, who knows if you will actually move.
size the walls so the paper will come off quite easily should the new owners want to change the bathroom. it isn't something loud or crazy that would deter someone from buying the house or make someone 'cringe', imo! (and i can't imagine anyone offering less for a house because there is some wallpaper in the bathroom!)
most people want to make a house 'their own' if they can afford it anyway and if they can't, i think it is neutral enough that many/most people would be able to live with it, especially in a guest bathroom!
In the house I sold 7 yrs ago and lived in for 14 yrs, I had wallpaper on almost all the 1st floor walls. All the paper coordinated and was very neutral. The house sold in the first open house to a younger couple. They bought it because they loved the wallpaper and paint colors besides the lovely location. I think if you keep it neutral and not too trendy, it may not be a disadvantage.


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I just play into the end of tutorial with my google+ account and it saved my progress to that account.
Then after I installed CoC on my smartphone. I play it several days already (without login to google+ account).
Yesterday I learn that, I could play it synchronize on PC (using android emulator) and Smartphone using google+ account. and I plan to do that.
Then I login to my google+'s account on CoC (on my smartphone), but after login it ask me If I want to load the old village (the one that attached to the account).
Of course I don't want, cause my current village already progressed far ahead the old one.
I know, I can use another account to save the current one, but I have my other games attached to this account already, so
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... do not operate on Monday except I expect Paris. We did however find a little Cheers like bar open and wandered in. Sitting around the bar was the bar owner and his 3 mates having a good old time. There was only one chap who spoke a semblance of English so of course hubby just couldn't resist in trying to have a chat with them all. Fortunately for us, as soon as they found out we were Aussies, they were our ...
Across France in a Day
... listening to music. On the outskirts of Paris,
the TomTom took us into a low ceiling height tunnel, even though
there were other signs for the direction we were heading in. It must
have saved us some time however and we rolled into Le Havre very
early, parked up and had time to visit a few bars before choosing a
restaurant where we had great cheap steaks. Later, we were shown
straight onto the ferry and found the one and only bar. It was a
bare bones Brittany ship ...
Battles, Beaches and Balloons
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C is for Clematis.
Is that by any chance 'Multi Blue'?
My Clematis are still just climbing and forming buds.
And mine are just starting to climb. no buds yet. That is beautiful/
I don't know the name of it, but I think multi blue is more of a double type clematis, two shaded.
Just a beautiful picture!!!
Lovely Clematis- the blue one are my favorites.
Mine are just now climbing, too...mine is a henry, but I want a blue as beautiful as that!...Gorgeous!


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A method of detecting lung nodules in an anterior posterior x-ray radiograph comprising the steps of: generating candidate regions in image showing changes in contrast above a threshold level, and eliminating false positives by eliminating edges assignable to organs by: identifying edges; categorizing and eliminating rib edges; categorizing and eliminating lung tissue edges, and categorizing and eliminating blood vessels.
1. A method of detecting lung nodule shadows in an anterior posterior x-ray radiograph comprising the steps of:
a. generating candidate sub areas of the radiograph showing changes in contrast above a threshold level, and
b. eliminating false positives by eliminating edges assignable to organ shadows by:
i. identifying edges;
ii. categorizing and eliminating rib shadow edges;
iii. categorizing and eliminating lung tissue shadow edges, and
iv. categorizing and eliminating blood vessel shadow edges.
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(e) using the threshold value to suppress spurious edges by background suppression
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16. A method of identifying edges of rib shadows in a sub image of an anterior posterior chest radiograph comprising the step of identifying edges and comparing angle of edge with respect to an expected angle for a rib at a similar distance from a centerline of body.
The present application claims priority rights from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/941,826, filed Jun. 4, 2007; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/941,801, filed Jun. 4, 2007; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/941,811, filed Jun. 4, 2007.
The present invention relates to computer aided diagnosis (CAD), and particularly to imaging the thoracic cavity for lung examination purposes.
The chest x-ray is the most commonly performed diagnostic x-ray examination. The heart, lungs, airway, blood vessels and the bones of the spine and chest are imaged in a painless medical test that helps in the diagnosis of medical conditions.
The chest x-ray is typically the first imaging test used to help diagnose causes of symptoms such as shortness of breath, fever, a bad or persistent cough, chest pain or injury. Its application helps in diagnosing and monitoring treatment for medical conditions such as pneumonia, lung cancer, emphysema and heart failure and other heart problems. It may be used to find fractures in ribs as well.
Pneumonia shows up on radiographs as patches and irregular whiter areas, indicative of higher x-ray absorption from fluid in the lungs. If the bronchi, which are usually not visible, can be seen, a diagnosis of bronchial pneumonia may be made. Shifts or shadows in the region corresponding to the hila (the central mediastinal surfaces of the lungs where the lung roots enter) may indicate emphysema or a pulmonary abscess. Apparent widening of the spaces between ribs suggests emphysema. Other pulmonary diseases may also be detected or suspected through chest x-ray examination.
Lung cancer usually shows up as some sort of abnormality on the chest radiograph. Hilar masses (enlargements at that part of the lungs where vessels and nerves enter) are one of the more common symptoms as are abnormal masses and fluid buildup on the outside surface of the lungs or surrounding areas. Interstitial lung disease, which is a large category of disorders, many of which are related to exposure of substances (such as asbestos fibers), may be detected on a chest x-ray as fiber like deposits, often in the lower portions of the lungs.
The lungs are situated within the rib cage. Because bones absorb x-rays to a larger extent than soft tissues, these appear as white stripes across the x-ray radiograph. The ribs curl around the body and consequently the rib shadow on the x-ray radiograph appear to cross each other. The cross-over points and the regions between the cross-over points appear as a pattern of almost parallelogram-like shapes. This pattern may disguise the shadows cast by nodules which may be aligned with the crossover points, with the spaces therebetween, with a single rib between the cross-over points, and frequently overlap two or three of these regions.
In addition to the rib cage, the blood vessels within the lung have higher density than the air filled spongy lung tissue and absorb more x-rays, thereby causing them to cast a shadow, i.e. appear lighter on the radiograph. The lungs themselves have edges and absorb more x-rays than the space in the thoracic cavity therearound.
Absolute absorption varies with the period of exposure, the strength of the x-ray source and the size of the patient. Details are resolved by contrast between regions, and thus CAD programs seek out and identify edges.
Although supposed to keep still and hold their breadth, keeping lungs inflated, patients may move or inhale or exhale during the exposure to x-rays, blurring the resultant radiography image somewhat. Since x-ray radiation may itself cause malignancies, radiologists are wary of repeatedly exposing patients to x-rays, particularly with pregnant women, the young, the elderly and/or the ill. With some systems, such as those using traditional film, it may be impossible to repeat the test once a problem is determined, as the patient is no longer available.
Lung cancer may manifest itself as one or more malignant nodule which is typically near-spherical and shows up as a near-circular whiter region on the lung tissue. The size of the nodule may be smaller, similar or larger than the rib cross-over, and thus isolation and identification of nodules is not easy.
It is, of course, imperative to detect all resolvable nodules. To avoid unnecessary anxiety and to reduce costs of unnecessary biopsies; it is desirable to minimize false positives as well.
The skilled radiographer may manually pick out nodules, but to speed up the diagnostic procedure, Computer Aided Diagnostic (CAD) techniques are increasingly used.
One approach used is segmentation, where the borders of features such as the lung lobe itself and ribs are identified. This is not always possible and indeed, is not always necessary.
What is required is to identify candidate regions of interest and to then decide if they are nodules or false positives. Once identified as a nodule, it is then necessary to determine if it is benign or malignant. This may require a biopsy, but can sometimes be determined by monitoring the nodule over time.
�False negatives� where actual nodules or tumors are not identified as such or discarded as �noise� or some artifact of the system are unacceptable. The occurrence of �false positives� where some other feature such as a rib crossing shadow is mistakenly identified as being attributed to a tumor, should be minimized. In practice the elimination of false positives whilst avoiding false negatives is difficult since tumors may have similar dimensions to the width of ribs or the diameter of blood vessels within the lung, and x-ray images typically have poor contrast. When scanning the lung region of posterior anterior x-ray images to look for regions of varying contrast or edges, a large number of candidate regions turn out to be rib crossings and the like.
There is a need to provide alternative approaches and methods to computer aided diagnostics for examining chest x-rays and the present invention addresses this need.
In a first aspect, the present invention is directed to providing a method of detecting lung nodule shadows in an anterior posterior x-ray radiograph comprising the steps of:
Typically, the step of generating candidate sub images is achieved by a moving windows technique wherein a rectangular window comprising a dynamically growing pane and a frame therearound that is co-centered on a meet of their diagonals is moved sequentially over the radiograph and in each position, whiteness of area within the pane is compared with whiteness of area of frame region, such that locations of interest are considered as sub images for further analysis.
In one embodiment, the step i of edge detection uses a Canny edge detector method.
Optionally, the edge detection process for detecting edges in a radiograph comprising the steps of:
Optionally, the smoothing uses a Gaussian filter
Optionally, calculating the magnitude of gradient image mag(x,y) is in accordance with following equation:
Optionally, calculating a threshold value uses an Otsu threshold technique.
Optionally and preferably, step ii of categorizing and eliminating rib shadow edges comprises identifying a straightness of edge feature.
In one embodiment, the straightness of edge feature has a minimum significant straightness threshold.
In one embodiment, the step ii of categorizing and eliminating rib shadow edges comprises comparing angle of edge detected within the sub image with respect to an expected angle for rib shadow edges at a similar distance from centerline of body.
Optionally, the step ii comprises dividing the x-ray radiograph into six vertical areas corresponding to inner left zone, central left zone, outer left zone, inner right zone, central right zone and outer right zone, and identifying linear features having angles to horizontal within appropriate ranges as being rib shadows.
Optionally, the appropriate ranges are −5� to 25�; −20�−20�; 10� to 90�; −45� to 0�; 2� to 10� and −90� to −10� with respect to an axis at 3 O'clock such that counter-clockwise is considered positive.
Additionally or alternatively, the step ii of categorizing and eliminating rib shadow edges comprises identifying rib shadow edges and rib shadow crosses from modality and peak separation of gradient direction histograms.
Additionally or alternatively, the step ii of categorizing and eliminating rib shadow edges comprises identifying and differentiating between rib shadows, rib edge shadows and rib shadow crosses by identifying sharp intensity changes along spokes radiating from center of sub image at 45 degree angles, and summing such crosses over the spokes.
Additionally or alternatively, step ii of categorizing and eliminating rib shadow edges comprises implementation of a Hough transform.
Optionally, the step iii of identifying lung tissue edges comprises identifying a continuum across which contrast is above threshold amount having a length comprising less than 10 pixels.
In a second aspect, the present invention is directed to providing a method of identifying rib shadow edges in a sub image of an anterior posterior chest radiograph comprising the step of identifying edges and comparing angle of edge with respect to an expected angle for a rib shadow edge at a similar distance from a centerline of body.
In the present context, the following terms should be understood by the following definitions unless an alternative definition is clearly intended by context.
A candidate location is a region in a radiograph suspected of being a nodule shadow, due to change in contrast or edges. Such candidates may be indicative of nodular like structures in the lungs.
A nodule is a substantially spherical mass of denser tissue within the lung. Nodules thus cast circular shadows on radiography images.
A shadow is a region of relatively high x-ray absorbance and so when looking at conventional x-ray images, which are negative x-ray photographs; such regions appear lighter or whiter than their surroundings.
The term radiograph as used herein, relates to an x-ray photograph, typically the negative image formed by exposure of an x-ray sensitive material to x-rays transmitted through a patient.
For a better understanding of the invention and to show how it may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, purely by way of example, to the accompanying Figures, wherewith it is stressed that the particulars shown are by way of example and for purposes of illustrative discussion of the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, and are presented in the cause of providing what is believed to be the most useful and readily understood description of the principles and conceptual aspects of the invention.
12 c shows the gradient direction image extracted therefrom;
12 d shows a corresponding gradient direction histogram;
The shadows of blood vessels and ribs in posterior anterior x-ray radiography images of the chest obscure nodules, making them difficult to identify.
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to detecting, identifying and correctly characterizing physiological features, particularly ribs and blood vessels which show up in x-ray radiographs, obscuring nodules and other irregularities of interest. Applications include training classifiers, improved CAD systems and faster more accurate diagnostics.
An edge detection scheme is employed. When looking for nodules and the like, by attributing edges appearing in posterior anterior x-ray images to ribs, blood vessels or edges of the lungs themselves, these may be discounted. Non-discounted edges are more likely to be nodules requiring further consideration. In this manner, the ratio of nodules to false positives is maximized and the effectiveness of CAD image analysis is improved.
Correct identification of candidates as being shadows cast by ribs, rib crossover points or blood vessels, enables the creation and build up of classification libraries. The effectiveness of systems including artificial intelligence algorithms, such as neural networks, may be optimized by correct identification and detection of such elements.
With reference to
Firstly, a sub-image corresponding to a candidate location is defined (step 1). In
Rib edges, once positively identified as such may be suppressed to help detect and examine additional features. By looking at distances of apparent edges from clearly identified rib edges, and comparing to the inter rib and intra rib distances, the apparent edges can be identified as being or not being edges of adjacent ribs or opposite edges of the same rib, and positively identified as due to some other feature (step 8). In general, therefore, it is possible to identify the profiles of structures in the radiography image (step 9) and to determine features (step 10) that can be subsequently used by classifiers to classify structures as being due to ribs, rib crosses, lung tissue edges, blood vessels or nodules.
To analyze the image, edge extraction is performed. This provides a corresponding image showing the edges only, as shown in
Edge detection (
The sub-steps of one possible edge detection process are:
(3a) Smoothing image f(x,y) with a Gaussian filter to reduce noise and unwanted details and textures:
(3b) calculating the magnitude of gradient image mag(x,y) as:
With reference to a specific sub-image of interest�
(3c) calculating a threshold value, perhaps using the Otsu thresholding technique [N. Otsu, �A threshold selection method from gray level histograms�, IEEE Trans. Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1979, vol. 9, p.p. 62-66], and the threshold value is used to suppress the lower magnitude values by background suppression�see FIG. 7�and non-maximum suppression followed by application of a hysteresis threshold. In this manner, a black and white image showing edges is generated�see
Edge linking and line segment fitting are now used to draw lines corresponding to the edges shown (
The slope criterion for identifying ribs (
With reference to
Thus continuous lines crossing the sub-image at appropriate angles for the specific region may be attributed as corresponding to rib edges. For practical purposes, such rib edges are generally not of interest, and are suppressed to allow identification and characterization of other edges within the sub-image. Thus the technique described hereinabove with reference to
It will be appreciated that once rib edges are correctly identified it is much easier to determine additional edges that may indicate nodules or blood vessels whose x-ray shadow may overlap the rib pattern.
Identifying Ribs and Rib Crosses from the Histogram of Gradient Direction Image
By edge detection and suppression of non-maxima features it is possible to extract profiles and to extract features for ribs and rib-crosses, and once these are identified, and accounted for, what is left is likely to be nodule related.
Unfortunately, the size of nodules may be much closer to that of rib widths or rib separation and the position of edges may be much more difficult to identify. To analyze non-rib shadows, it is important to determine the rib edge shadows in a sub image. Then areas of the sub-image may be identified as being on rib (intra rib), between rib (inter rib) and on rib-crossing. Having performed this type of analysis, the rib edges may be suppressed and non-rib related structures may be identified.
As explained hereabove with reference to
A gradient direction image is obtained and a gradient direction histogram is calculated. A bimodal distribution with the two modes separated by approx. 90� is indicative of a rib cross. In contradistinction, one rib edge produces a unimodal gradient direction, and the presence of opposite edges of the same rib, gives a bimodal histogram with the peaks separated by 180�, whereas a multimodal distribution without clear unimodal or bimodal characteristics indicates a lack of rib edges. In this manner, non-rib edge segments can be identified and considered as being related to blood vessels, nodules or other structures. Finally, nodules superimposed on ribs can be determined by the inter rib and intra rib distances since the edges attributed to opposite sides of the same rib, or to adjacent ribs can be identified by their separation.
To explain the approach in more detail, reference is made to
With reference to
It will be appreciated, that the general approach utilized herein, is to extract features for different underlying causes and to use them to analyze candidate sub images. One feature particularly characteristic of ribs and rib crossings is that they include a relatively large amount of edges. Gradient magnitude information indicates the density of edges in the sub image. A spectral flatness measure feature may be defined as indicative of edge density and used in a classifier to identify edges. One such feature may be defined as the ratio of geometric mean to arithmetic mean of the magnitude of Fourier coefficients of the gradient magnitude image.
The approach described hereinabove identifies and differentiates between different rib related artifacts by considering edges and their relative angles. Similar information can be extracted by a different but complimentary approach, wherein the moving window technique is again used to center a sub image on a candidate of interest. However, the analysis of the candidate is not performed by identifying and extracting edges and determining their relative angles, but rather by examining directions radiating from the center of the sub image and identifying in which directions edges are encountered. With reference to
A number of features may be extracted in this manner, and used to train a classifier of a CAD system to recognize rib edges. Similarly, such features may be used to ascertain whether edges are rib related. Some such features are briefly detailed below.
From each extracted profiles along 8 directions, the ratio of maximum peak to minimum peak is computed. An overall peak ratio may be calculated by averaging the peak ratios computed individually on each profile.
The thickness of the edge (ridge) from the profile at 30% of its peak value may be calculated and the average of ridge value may be defined, representing the average for all the eight directions.
First order derivatives of the profile may be calculated and Slope_min_ratio, Slope_max_ratio and slope_min_max_ratio for each profile may be obtained, defined as follows:
An average for all the eight profiles may be calculated.
This feature gives the smoothness of the slope. For each profile a second order derivative is obtained and used to compute the steepness value, i.e. the sum of deviations from the mean. An average steepness value may be calculated from all the steepness values computed from all the profiles extracted in eight directions.
A multiple quadrant approach may be used for rib edge detection based on the following steps:
If the centroid distances are greater than rib distances then rib check is satisfied.
The Hough transform technique may be used to extract features such as lines and crosses, in that it enables identification of underlining shapes and counting their numbers. It is an attractive tool since, as will be appreciated by the man of the art, it is tolerant of gaps in feature boundary descriptions and is relatively unaffected by image noise. The technique may be used for identifying shapes with known geometries, so is appropriate for extracting ribs and rib crosses. Peak features, ridge widths and slope ratios may be determined in this manner.
A Hough feature may thus be computed on the edge image corresponding to a candidate sub image. First a Hough transform is computed on the edge image, based on the 30% of peak value, and Hough lines are detected. Based on the theta values, the ratio of longest lines on the different facets may be computed.
It will be noted that the method of
In the claims, the word �comprise�, and variations thereof such as �comprises�, �comprising� and the like indicate that the components listed are included, but not generally to the exclusion of other components.
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SUMMERSIDE ã Thank you police for all that you do.
That will be the message next week at four Tim Hortons locations across Prince Edward Island.
Owner Danny Murphy said everyone should show their appreciation to police for all the work that they do.
ãIt has to do with this weekãs tragedy in Moncton,ã Murphy said. ãItãs an opportunity to say ãthank youã to our police officers who probably donãt get the recognition they deserve. So, weãre going to have a meet and greet, open house next week. Weãre going to go four different days in four different locations.ã
On Tuesday, June 10, the open house will be held at the Tim Hortons Granville Street location in Summerside; on June 11, it will be in Charlottetown at the St. Peters Road location; on June 12, in Montague; and on June 13 in OãLeary. The open houses will run from 9 to 10 a.m.
ãIãm sending out an invite to all police officers across the Island,ã Murphy said. ãIf youãre working as a police officer driving around, you can drop in for a coffee and the public will have a chance to thank you for what youãre doing in the community. Every single day they put that uniform on theyãre in the line of fire,ã he said.


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BEMIDJI -- North of Bemidji sits a ramshackled building most people wouldn't recognize as a tourist attraction. Investigator Chad Lewis has swung by the site to see the sights a number of times. Today, Lewis will be presenting Minnesota's Most Haunted Locations at the Bemidji Public Library. The Old Lake Julia Sanitarium is one of those places.
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