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|9 sept. 2004
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|Rafael Wiemker, Vladimir Pekar
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[0001] The invention relates to a method for processing of digital images, wherein an automated segmentation is performed by determination of intensity threshold values, which separate at least one image object from the surrounding background of a digital image, said intensity threshold values being determined by evaluation of a gradient integral function.
[0002] Furthermore, the invention relates to a computer program for carrying out this method and to a video graphics appliance, particularly for a medical imaging apparatus, which operates in accordance with the present invention.
[0003] Efficient visualization techniques are becoming more and more important which is particularly due to the increasing amount of two- and three-dimensional image data being routinely acquired and processed in many scientific and technological fields. Optimal visualization of image data is of high importance for medical applications as it generally refers to the direct rendering of a diagnostic image, generated for example by computer tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to show the characteristics of the interior of a solid object when displayed on a two dimensional display. In medical imaging either a planar or a volume image of a region of interest of a patient is reconstructed from the X-ray beam projections (CT) or the magnetic resonance signals (MRI). The resulting images consist of image intensity values at each point of a two- or three-dimensional grid. These data sets of equidistant pixels or voxels can be processed and displayed by appropriate methods for indicating the boundaries of various types of tissue corresponding to the intensity changes in the image data.
[0004] In order to display boundaries of anatomical structures, it is of particular importance to detect transitions between different tissue types in the image data. In surface rendering of volume image data sets for example, surface representations of the anatomical structures of interest are generated by binary classification of the voxels, which is achieved by the application of intensity threshold values for each tissue type transition. In volume rendering, tissue type transitions are evaluated when selecting the shape of a transfer function which assigns visualization properties, such as opacity and color, to intensity values of the rendered image.
[0005] One challenging problem in rendering of image data is the automated generation of data specific visualization parameters. Current visualization procedures widely involve human interaction, e.g. for the selection of appropriate transfer functions in volume rendering. In general, the user has to spicify the required parameters of the respective visualization protocol manually. The selection of the optimal parameters is performed by visually inspecting the resulting images. It is possible to interactively find optimal intensity threshold values corresponding to tissue transitions in this way, but since the result has to be assessed by visual inspection of the rendered images, this is generally a time consuming process. The manual method is particularly disadvantageous if volume rendering is performed, since the rendering process itself is computationally extremely demanding.
[0006] From the foregoing, it will be readily appreciated that there is a need for automated or at least semi-automated methods for the segmentation of digital images. Such a method is particularly advantageous in the field of medical imaging, since it immediately provides optimal threshold values for surface rendering and enables the automatic generation of opacity transfer functions for volume rendering.
[0007] A demand for automated image segmentation techniques is also due to the increasing importance of computer aided diagnosis (CAD), which is for example employed for the classification of lung nodules as either benign or malignant. The automated segmentation is necessary to enable the reproducible quantitative measurement of nodule properties, such as volume, eccentricity, growth etc. In comparison to manual segmentation of medical images, an automated segmentation method has the advantage of being much faster, thereby accelerating the work flow remarkably. It also delivers much more consistent and reliable results for the measurement of geometric properties in follow-up examinations and in patient-to-patient comparisons. Since lung cancer screening using computer tomography is more and more becoming a routine method, there is a need of powerful tools for automated segmentation and visualization of lung nodules. Such tools should enable the radiologist to perform the segmentation and visualization tasks more or less in real time, and they should be implementable on a clinical image processing workstation.
[0008] A method for automated segmentation of digital images has for example been proposed by Zhao et al. ("Two-dimensional multi-criterion segmentation of pulmonary nodules on helical CT images", Zhao et al., Medical Physics, 26 (6), pp. 889-895, 1999). According to this known method, a series of intensity threshold values is first applied to the digital image. A binary image is generated for each of these thresholds by identifying all pixels with intensities being larger than the respective threshold intensity. Thereafter, the largest connected object is selected from the binary image, and the remaining image components are eliminated. In the next step, the boundaries of the object are traced, thereby calculating the mean intensity gradient strength at the object boundaries and the roundness of the object. These values depend on the respective intensity threshold. The computation is repeated for the series of threshold values, and finally the threshold, which corresponds to a large mean intensity gradient value and to an optimal roundness of the identified object, is selected.
[0009] The main drawback of this known method is that it takes a very long computation time. According to the above cited article, the proposed scheme takes several minutes to perform a standard segmentation task on a medical image processing workstation.
[0010] A further drawback is that the known method is only applicable if a single largest object can be found in the image data set. This is the typical situation if, for example, the segmentation is performed for the classification of a nodule during computer aided diagnosis of lung cancer. In these cases, a limited region of interest can be pre-defined by the user making sure that the examined lung nodule is the largest object of the image.
[0011] One particular object of the present invention is to improve the above described known method by making it computationally more efficient.
[0012] Furthermore, the general object of the present invention is to provide a method for the segmentation of digital images which is applicable for the automated detection of characteristic intensity transitions in the image data.
[0013] The present invention provides a method for the processing of digital images of the type specified above, wherein the aforementioned problems and drawbacks are avoided by computing said gradient integral as a function of threshold intensity by the steps of:
[0014] calculating a Laplacian for each point of said digital image, and
[0015] adding up said Laplacians for all points with intensities being larger than said threshold intensity.
[0016] The method of the invention enables the automated detection of intensity transitions representing, for example, the boundaries of anatomical structures in tomographic images. As in the above described known method, the task of detecting intensity transitions in the image data set is performed by the computation of an objective function. This is the gradient integral which is evaluated for determination of optimal intensity threshold values. The gradient integral is computed very efficiently in accordance with the method of the present invention by making use of the divergence theorem. A standard segmentation task can be performed in less than a second, because only a single computation pass of the image data set is required.
[0017] In the image data set, the intensity value at position x is I(x). Each intensity threshold Ti generates a binary image consisting of pixels with intensity values being either larger or smaller than Ti. Every binary image has a set of boundaries Γi by which it is divided into regions with I(x)>Ti and regions with I(x)<Ti.
[0018] The basic problem is to find a set Γi consisting of pixels or voxels with large intensity gradients {overscore (V)}I. In three dimensions, the gradient operator {overscore (V)} is {overscore (V)}=(∂/∂x, ∂/∂y, ∂/∂z)T. Large intensity gradients indicate image stuctures with highly contrasted boundaries. Hence, the objective function for assessing the correctness of a segmentation can be defined as the integral of the gradient g={overscore (V)}I over the set of boundaries Γi:
F(T i)=∫T
[0019] This integral can be computed for each threshold Ti by finding the partitioning boundaries and computing the gradient vectors at the corresponding points. A threshold Ti can be considered as optimal if the gradient integral F(Ti) takes a maximum value.
[0020] According to the present invention, the computation of the integral gradient function is performed by the approach which is described as follows: The divergence theorem states that an intergral of a vector field g over the boundary surface Γ can be replaced by the volume integral of the divergence {overscore (V)}·g over the volume Ω enclosed by this surface. It can thus be easily shown that the gradient integral function can be written as:
F(T)=∫Ω {overscore (V)} 2 Idω
[0021] This is because the divergence of the gradient vector field is equal to the Laplace operator {overscore (V)}2=(∂2/∂x2, ∂2/∂y2, ∂2/∂z2)T applied to the intensity distribution of the image data. For the image data set consisting of discrete pixels or voxels, the correctness of the segmentation is computed by identifying all pixels or voxels with intensity values above the threshold T, and replacing the integral by adding up the respective Laplacians reading:
F(T)=ΣI(x)≧T {overscore (V)} 2 I(x)
[0022] In accordance with claim 2, the Laplacian {overscore (V)}2I(x) can easily be calculated as the sum of the differences Δ=I(x)−I(x′) between the intensities of the point x and its respective neighboring points x′.
[0023] With the method of the present invention it is advantageous if the adding up of said Laplacians is performed by computing a histogram of said Laplacians as a function of image intensity and by further adding up all histogram values corresponding to intensities being larger than said threshold intensity.
[0024] The result is the above gradient integral which is computed for a plurality of thresholds Ti at once. This scheme is particularly efficient, because only one pass through the image data set is required. At first, the histogram of Laplacians is computed. For this purpose, the Laplacians {overscore (V)}2I(x) are calculated at each point x of the image. The histogram is then incremented at bin I(x) by the value of the respective Laplacian. After the Laplacian values of all pixels or voxels have been inserted into the histogram, the histogram values are accumulated such that cumulative histogram values are set as the sum of all histogram values with I≧T. This directly corresponds to the computation of the sum F(T)=ΣI(x)≧T{overscore (V)}2I(x) for the given threshold value T. Thus each cumulative histogram value gives a discrete approximation of the gradient integral over all pixels or voxels with I≧T.
[0025] With the method of the present invention some additional features of the segmented image can be computed, which are particularly useful for rendering of lung nodules and for quantitative measurement of their geometric properties. In this context, it is useful to further determine the intensity threshold values by evaluation of a "roundness function", which is computed in accordance with the method of claim 5. The volume of the image objects can obviously be determined by simply counting the number of pixels or voxels with I≧T. The difference between the numbers of positive and negative signs of the Laplacians {overscore (V)}2I(x) taken for all positions x with I(x)≧T gives the number of boundary faces between the image objects and the surrounding background. The number of boundary faces is proportional to the total surface of the image objects. The "roundness" can be estimated by determining the ratio of the total volume and the total surface of the image objects. This volume-to-surface ratio takes a maximum if the image objects are mostly spherical.
[0026] Furthermore, a mean gradient function can be computed as the ratio of the gradient integral function and the respective number of surface points. For the automated segmentation of lung nodules, for example, the optimal threshold intensity value can be selected such that the mean gradient and the roundness are high at the same time.
[0027] For the computation of volume, surface, mean gradient and other functions of threshold intensity, it is advantageous to employ the above described technique of cumulative histograms as well. The histograms are set up as functions of image intensity, which always requires only a single pass through the image data set. The results can then be computed by accumulating the values of the corresponding bins of the histograms, which takes only a minimum amount of computation time.
[0028] Other features of the segmented image, which can be computed in accordance with the present invention, are for example the surface curvature and the surface fractality. For a voxel with a boundary face in x-direction, the curvature of this surface patch can be estimated as dC=|∂2/∂y2+∂2/∂z2| (for the y- and z-directions, the curvature is dC=|∂2/∂x2+∂2/∂z2| and dC=|∂2/∂x2+∂2/∂y2|, respectively). The curvature integral of the whole surface of the image objects can advantageously be calculated by the above cumulative histogram technique, so that a discrete approximation of the surface curvature C(T)=ΣI≧TC(I) at threshold T is obtained. This technique can also be employed to compute the surface fractality by calculating the total surface area of the segmented image objects at different levels of subsampling of the image data. Thereafter, the fractal dimension of the surface at threshold T is assessed by linear regression of the logarithm of the surface area as a function of subsampling length. The computation of surface curvature and surface fractality as further criteria for evaluation of the most appropriate intensity threshold for the segmentation of the digital image takes only a minimum of additional computation time.
[0029] The method of the present invention can advantageously be applied for rendering of volume image data sets. In accordance with claims 7-10, a transfer function is employed which assigns visualization properties to image intensity values. For the visualization of the volume image, this transfer function is automatically generated such that it assigns different visualization properties to those voxels of said volume image data set which are separated by the intensity threshold values being prescribed by the method of the present invention. The transfer function can for example be generated such that it assigns a high opacity to those voxels that have intensities being larger than the respective threshold intensity, while the remaining parts of the image appear transparent. In this way, a change in image opacity can automatically be correlated with the intensity transitions of the rendered volume image data set.
[0030] A computer program adapted for carrying out the method of the present invention performs the processing of a volume image data set pursuant to claims 11-14. Such an algorithm can advantageously be implemented on any common computer hardware which is capable of standard computer graphics tasks. Especially image reconstruction and displaying units of medical imaging devices can easily be provided with a programming for carrying out the method of the present invention. The computer program can be provided for these devices on suitable data carriers as CD-ROM or diskette. Alternatively, it can also be downloaded by a user from an internet server.
[0031] It is also possible to incorporate the computer program of the present invention in dedicated graphics hardware componentes, as for example video cards for personal computers. This makes sense notably since a single CPU of a typical personal computer is usually not capable of carrying out volume rendering with interactive frame rates. The method of the present invention can for example be implemented into a volume rendering accelerator of a PCI video card for a conventional PC. Todays PCI hardware has the capacity and speed which is required for delivering interactive frame rates by use of the above described algorithm.
[0032] The following drawings disclose preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood, however, that the drawings are designed for the purpose of illustration only and not as a definition of the limits of the invention.
[0033] In the drawings
[0034]FIG. 1 shows the application of the method of the present invention for detecting intensity transitions in a synthetic image data set;
[0035]FIG. 2 shows the prescription of an opacity transfer function for volume rendering of an abdomen CT data set;
[0036]FIG. 3 shows the automated segmentation of a CT data set of a lung nodule by the method of the present invention.
[0037]FIG. 1 shows an example of the application of the method of the present invention for detecting intensity transitions between different material types in an image data set.
[0038] It will become apparent in the following, that the method of the invention can advantageously be incorporated into a rendering software of an image processing workstations such that intensity thresholds can be selected either manually by a user or automatically by evaluation of at least one of the above quality functions. For volume rendering, for example, the user adjusts the shape of the opacity transfer function in accordance with the curve of the respective goodness function. In this way, the method of the invention is assisting the user with the interactive specification of rendering parameters.
[0039]FIG. 1 shows an image 1 of a slice through a model data set. This artificial data set consists of a concentric arrangement of two different materials. As a model of a real CT data set, the image 1 shows a dark region 2 corresponding to soft tissue and a light region 3 corresponding to bone. FIG. 1 further shows a diagramatic representation 4 of the gradient integral function which is computed for the image 1 by the method of the present invention. The diagram 4 shows two clear maxima of the function F(T). These two maxima correspond to the transitions from background to soft tissue (left maximum) and from soft tissue to bone (right maximum). These two detected intensity transitions can be used for the manual or automated assignment of visualzation properties to data voxels. For the volume rendering of the image data set, the diagram 4 further shows a curve 5 representing the opacity transfer function, which has a two-step shape, such that the bone tissue is made completely opaque while the soft tissue appears transparent.
[0040]FIG. 2 shows the application of the method of the invention for the detection of intensity transitions in an abdomen CT data set. In FIG. 2, three volume rendered images 6, 7, 8 are shown on the left. The respective opacity transfer functions 9, 10, 11, which are used for the rendering of the data set, are displayed next to the respective images on the right. In the diagrams, the opacity transfer functions are overlaid on top of the gradient integral F(T) of the CT data set. The gradient integral function F(T) shows well-pronounced peaks at the transitions air to skin, skin to muscle and soft-tissue to bone. In the upper image, the opacity transfer function has a step at −460 HU (Hounsfield units), such that the complete body appears opaque while the surrounding air is made fully transparent. It can be seen in FIG. 2 that the gradient integral takes its global maximum at this intensity value, thereby indicating the most dominant contrast of the data set. A local maximum of the gradient integral is found at −40 HU. This threshold is selected to visualize the skin to muscle transition in image 7 of FIG. 2. The local maximum at +200 HU is used to separate the anatomical structures of the bones from the remaining soft tissue in the lower image 8.
[0041]FIG. 3 shows the application of the method of the invention for the segmentation of a CT image of a lung nodule. When the radiologist finds a suspicious object on a CT image of the lung, he selects a volume of interest (VOI) closely around this object. The next step is the automated segmentation of the VOI in order to classify each voxel as either belonging to the background (the lung parenchyma) or to the foreground (the nodule). Again, the decisive parameter is the correct intensity threshold T, which is efficiently computed by the method of the present invention. Once the separating threshold is known, it can be utilized for rendering or for the measurement of nodule properties. FIG. 3 shows an image 12 of a single nodule in a cube-shaped VOI. The dimensions of the cube are 30×30×30 mm3 (125000 voxels). The threshold for the rendering is chosen such that the mean gradient integral G(T) and the sphericity R(T) are high at the same time, which is obviously the case at a Hounsfield level of −200 HU. As described above, the mean gradient is the ratio of the gradient integral and the total surface of the object volume with I>T. The gradient integral and the surface area are computed by the method of the present invention. R(T) is computed as the ratio of the volume of the image object and a further spherical volume. The latter volume is estimated as the volume of a sphere, wherein the radius of the sphere is taken as the square root of the surface area of the segmented image object. This sphericity function takes a maximum if the shape of the image object is mostly spherical.
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|Reviews for Indiana Jones and the Simian Odyssey
| Thespurgin chapter 9 . 5/6/2013
woah... just... woah. This may be one of the most intense and amazing fanfics I've ever read, and comparing some of the 700,000 word plus stories I've read (many of them worthy of being called epics of a scale equal to the finest works of literature ever written) THAT is saying something.
The only sting I have to this is that I have not watched enough kim possible to truly value so much of the plot it hurts physically. Now to resolve that and treasure this... this opus as it truly should be treasured.
| ajw1970 chapter 9 . 9/21/2012
wow good one. this sir is one of the better ones i have read in a long time thak you. but one thing troubles me. what did indy find in the cave in japan maybe you have another story there?
| bis entre as bis chapter 1 . 5/16/2011
we dont speak spanish we speak portugues idiot
| chao-hellsing chapter 9 . 5/2/2011
Wow... that was just... wow.
heh heh it even deals with Mutt and Marion.
G-go you are one of, if not the greatest writer out there.
| Katsumara chapter 9 . 4/25/2011
Man.. just.. so epic. o.o; I don't know what else to say besides 'epic', because no other word in the english language would be enough to describe it. Honestly, just so wonderful. Great work as always, G-Go.
and congrats on the marriage! I wish you the best of luck, friend.
| Sentinel103 chapter 3 . 4/24/2011
Well lemme see, so Indy and Zim are making great strides in working together (if she doesn't kill him first) and now are having to take a side track to recover the time monkey, I wonder how it ended...oh never mind I suppose I'll find out later.
Kim's been captured? Oh a cliffie...well I hope this turns out well.
LArry (Sentinel 103)
| Widow Shark chapter 9 . 4/22/2011
As many have said before me, this chapter was definitely worth the wait.
Once again, you have proven that you are a master wordsmith. Not only was this chapter full of heart-pounding, edge of your seat action sequences, it also pulled, nay yanked, at my heartstrings. I could feel Zim's pain and anguish as she pushed herself away from the man she so dearly loved. And I could feel the love between Kim and Ron, as well as Ron's awe toward the Almighty.
Your dialogue is witty and realistic. The story is developed far better than some television programs I watch. And the characters are real. They have depth. I care about what happens to them. And most importantly when it comes to the already established characters, they are still in character!
That said, you've also managed to smoothly blend the universes of Kim Possible and Indiana Jones to the point where they feel like they're canon, a task that all too many cross-over writers fail to accomplish. A typical crossover would have had Kim thrown into the world of Indiana Jones or vice versa. But they are part of each others' worlds in your story; connected by blood, the spirit of adventure, and the need for good to overcome evil.
Overall, a great story. An epic chapter of Kim Possible fan fiction that should not be passed over.
Hope to see more from you in the future. I truly enjoy reading your work.
~Widow Shark
PS: Holy shiitake mushrooms-what an ending!
| Sentinel103 chapter 2 . 4/22/2011
Oh that lovely phrase G-Go "Your country needs your services again..." The first thing through my mind would have been "crud".
OK so now this is how Nana and Indie meet. And Ron has his own thing going. And Wil's been with Justine? Blink, blink...Justine, like in Flanner?
Uh, ah... oh never mind.
Larry (Sentinel 103)
| Sentinel103 chapter 1 . 4/22/2011
Finally I got a chance to review this G-Go. Ineteresting start here. So Kim has met her grandfather now she gets to learn some history.
Larry (Sentinel 103)
| whitem chapter 9 . 4/21/2011
How the heck do you do this? No need for me to repeat parts of this chapter that I enjoyed, as the review would go well over the ten thousand character limit!
Let's just say that this entire story had me at times laughing, crying, beating my head in frustration, and PO'd beyond belief. I truly ran the gamut of all emotions.
And I should say that without realizing it at the time, I started using Veronica Anne as a name for Kim and Ron's child not knowing why it sounded perfect for her name. Now I see where I must have pulled it from. For that I humbly apologize as you most likely used it way before I ever did.
Anyways, great to see this story finished (yet a little sad at the same time), and I sincerely hope that we see other works from you again in the future...
| Augusta chapter 9 . 4/20/2011
I suppose all good things must eventually come to an end and this was very, very good.
| GardenPrincess21 chapter 9 . 4/19/2011
holy freakin' shit! that was definately worth waiting for!
that was some ending though. didn't expect it.
| Rye-bread chapter 9 . 4/19/2011
Blimey. And I thought I was Glacially Slow. :D
And here we are post-Indiana Jones IV. This is very symbolic…on a number of levels. You have plighted your troth with your 'Zim'…she with whom you collaborated artistically in illustrating this tale over at DeviantArt. The conclusion of this narrative had to wait until that event. And, as life imitates art, your Zim and Indy unite even as you & Brit join in holy matrimony. May your union be of the enduring kind, even as that of your characters. May you both enter eternity together.
Speaking of enduring…regarding Dementor's fate. This is very theological. The old saying is, beware of what you ask for; you may obtain it. Dementor and his treasure; like Gollum and the Ring. This is a morality tale ending. It makes me shudder. It makes me want to stick to the straight and narrow.
"Then for some time he stood and stared at the Ark. He stared, and hated, and raged, and refused to repent or regret any of his actions."
Like Milton's Lucifer, he will not serve. Centuries? I think you fell short..unless you meant to allude to something else. The 'centuries' is only the prelude to a span of time far longer.
I quote from C.S. Lewis' chpt on Hell in his book The Problem Of Pain.
"it is objected that the ultimate loss of a single soul means the defeat of omnipotence. And so it does. In creating beings with free will, omnipotence from the out- set submits to the possibility of such defeat. What you call defeat, I call miracle: for to make things which are not Itself, and thus to become, in a sense, capable of being resisted by its own handiwork, is the most astonishing and unimaginable of all the feats we attribute to the Deity. I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the INSIDE. I do not mean that the ghosts may not wish to come out of hell, in the vague fashion wherein an envious man 'wishes' to be happy: but they certainly do not will even the first preliminary stages of that self-abandon- ment through which alone the soul can reach any good. They enjoy forever the horrible freedom they have demanded, and are therefore self-enslaved: just as the blessed, forever submitting to obedience, become through all eternity more and more free.
"In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: 'What are you asking God to do?' To wipe out their past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every difficulty and offering every miraculous help? But He has done so, on Calvary. To forgive them? They will not be forgiven. To leave them alone? Alas, I am afraid that is what He does."
| CajunBear73 chapter 9 . 4/19/2011
Phenomenal finish to this one G-Go!
The climatic battle that left many questions of what came and was left when it was over as Kim and Ron continue their lives together.
Quite the time-jumping finish as this wound its way to the end, as Kim discovered so many things that her family just wasn't aware of with her adventurous relatives.
A little poetic justice in the end as Dementor has what he was seeking, yet is unable to benefit from for some time to come.
Bravo and hopefully we'll see you back again.
And congrats on the Nuptials with Brittany (MM!)
| Triaxx2 chapter 9 . 4/19/2011
Great chapter. A bit long, but I can understand wanting to get it all posted as one final chapter.


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WASHINGTON -- When the International Brotherhood of Teamsters endorsed Democrat Richard Gephardt Aug. 9, did that mean years of courtship by Republicans were in vain? President Bush's political operatives don't think so. Nor does Teamsters President James P. Hoffa's inner circle.
No realist could imagine the Teamsters Union not endorsing Rep. Gephardt, who attended law school with Hoffa and has gone down the line for the union's full agenda. Bush political adviser Karl Rove is above all realistic, and he has been playing the Teamsters card as a future prospect in the event Gephardt loses the nomination. Both the Bush and Hoffa camps think at least neutrality and perhaps even a Bush endorsement is possible if Gephardt is not nominated.
The AFL-CIO's failure at its recent Chicago meeting to endorse Gephardt as the clearly most pro-union candidate betrays political disarray in the labor movement. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney's regime is compared within labor to the ineffectiveness of predecessor George Meany's closing years. Inability to maintain a common front diminishes chances of keeping George W. Bush from a second term.
Bush and organized labor look like oil and water. One Teamsters agent says talking to his assigned contact at the White House is like facing a television set with the sound turned off. From inside the union come complaints that Bush's team has lost a golden opportunity. Contacts between the White House and Teamsters headquarters on Capitol Hill have become less frequent.
Not everybody inside the Teamsters favors the Hoffa-Bush detente. The Republican president and the union leader clash on key Teamsters issues of NAFTA, fast track trade agreements and Mexican long-distance trucking. Their joint effort to drill in the Arctic Natural Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) failed. Nor have the Teamsters gotten what they want most: to end the U.S. government's monitoring of the giant union under a judicial consent decree.
The story has circulated through Teamsters ranks of how weeks ago Hoffa mentioned the consent decree to Bush, and the president replied: "I thought we took care of it." But this issue is in the hands of James B. Comey Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and even the leader of the free world would interfere with the legal process at his own peril.
Actually, negotiations with Comey to end the consent decree are in progress. Hoffa, too, is a realist and not unhappy over the progress. The big questions for him are whether Gephardt wins the Democratic nomination and what role labor plays in the picture. The AFL-CIO outlook has not been pretty.
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Turquoise Jewelry Sales Skyrocketed During Holiday Season
The sales of fine turquoise jewelry skyrocketed during this past holiday season. Both the Wall Street Journal and National Jewelry magazine reported that sales of jewelry across the board were positive, and a total of 47 percent of jewelry stores reported an increase in sales. Caring for and preserving these precious pieces can be a bit of an issue for some, but Turquoise-Color.com is here to help.
"According to our independent research, when it came to jewelry during the Christmas holiday, few items were more popular than turquoise jewelry sets," said Turquoise -Color spokesman Dave Collins. "Keeping the stone as radiant as the day you first saw it isn't difficult and we will tell you how."
Collins added that it wasn't just women who received fine turquoise jewelry, as rings, belt buckles and money clips were very popular gifts for men.
In addition to preservation tips and techniques, the site covers the different types of turquoise jewelry available and their importance and relevance in fashion today.
"Some of the biggest entertainment stars have been seen on red carpets wearing fine turquoise jewelry all over the world," said Collins. "We keep our finger on the turquoise fashion pulse."
Turquoise has been worn by some of the most powerful men and women in the history of mankind, and the site explores the amazing history and cultural significance of the stone.
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Even in the world of serious food, where dainty portions are de rigueur, the chef David Ruggerio always projected an air of abbondanza, the generous spirit of hospitality so ingrained in the Italian-American culture of his native Brooklyn.
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There was no stinginess in his servings, no sense that profit played any part in Mr. Ruggerio's passion for food.
''Whatever David did it was always the most food, the best quality, imported from around the world,'' said Monte Zullo, former general manager of Maxim's, the Manhattan restaurant where Mr. Ruggerio once worked as a chef. ''He was never cheap in the kitchen. He paid people well. He never skimped.''
But prosecutors say that generosity of spirit was missing in May when Mr. Ruggerio, the owner of Le Chantilly restaurant on East 57th Street, began defrauding his customers and credit card processing company by adding wildly inflated tips to receipts he submitted for payment. In one case, the Manhattan District Attorney's office has charged, Mr. Ruggerio tacked a $30,000 tip onto a $1,000 dinner bill.
Those charges led to Mr. Ruggerio's arrest last week, upending one of the more unlikely quests for culinary stardom that New York has seen.
In 10 short years, Mr. Ruggerio, an ex-boxer with meaty fists who began his career cleaning the sidewalk at a Sheepshead Bay fish joint and knew only enough French to curse with, became one of Manhattan's most celebrated purveyors of haute cuisine. By age 27, he was running the vaunted kitchen at La Caravelle, where he developed a reputation for inventive seasonings and architectonic creations that rose like towers off the plates.
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Last year, he was host for a PBS series on Little Italy and wrote a companion cookbook. Last month, just weeks before his arrest, his new series, Ruggerio to Go, made its debut on the Food Network.
But even as he won the celebrity he craved, his business was falling apart. Twice in the past two years, he filed for personal bankruptcy. His restaurant, which he renamed after himself this summer, has also been in bankruptcy since 1996. Landlords, produce vendors, architects and Federal tax authorities are all dunning him.
''He had too much going on,'' said Karine Bakhoum, a food consultant who worked with Mr. Ruggerio several years ago.
Experts said Mr. Ruggerio's financial troubles were not unusual given the lean profit margins for ambitious restaurants with high food, rent and labor costs. Financial problems can be compounded these days, many said, because many chefs feel compelled to become restaurant owners, television stars and cookbook writers, as well.
''You go back to the heyday of French restaurants in New York,'' said Michael Romano, the chef at Union Square Cafe. ''No one knew the name of the chef and no one cared. It wasn't about the chef. Today they have raised the ante.''
Some chefs get so overextended that they lose track of their core business. Friends of Mr. Ruggerio, who has never been convicted of a crime, think this is what happened to him.
''He must have thought this was a way to get the money and then he would replace it in 30 to 60 to 90 days,'' Ms. Bakhoum said. ''But he is not a bad person.''
Indeed, for all the finesse Mr. Ruggerio shows as a chef, he was all thumbs as a thief, prosecutors said. The flimflam of which he is accused, investigators say, was ridiculously obvious, the credit-card equivalent of a sweet-sated child walking into the living room with the smudges from purloined chocolates still on his face.
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According to the criminal complaint, Mr. Ruggerio, aided by two employees, took $4,000 worth of credit card bills from 26 customers last spring and added $221,000 to the bills before submitting them for payment to his credit card processing company.
No one actually tampered with the signed receipts, according to investigators. The inflated amounts were just entered into a machine and electronically wired to the processing company, Paymentech Merchant Services of Dallas. Processing companies then wire equivalent amounts of cash to a restaurant's account. They are later reimbursed by the companies that issue credit cards.
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Some more facts about new guy might shed light on my jealousy- I'm 45, he's 27, no kids, no responsibilities- C goes over to his place, cooks for him and his roommate dinner, hangs out and watches sports (like we used to)- gets to go out on nice dates, etc.. We really can't afford a babysitter more than once a week, and that is the time that C and I have carved out for our "date night", which has been part of the bargaining over all of this.
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Weapon: Wrath's Claw (sword)
Personality: While she may look tough and uptight, Renelia is commonly laid back and caring, and is almost timid and innocent. She tries to help where she can and is willing to push her limits to achieve whatever she feels is the right thing to do. Commonly, she complains about her cherub-shaped face and attempts to override the idea by dressing in dark, Gothic or punk clothing, usually wearing dark make up along with it. Renelia rarely mentions her home and childhood, and will say very little if asked about it. All that is known is that her parents were once avid sailors and well-trained mercenaries. She excels in the art of swordsmanship, usually seen carrying her custom-made heavyweight sword, Wrath's Claw around with her, which allows her to slice at her enemies and stab them more efficiently, having a triple-tipped edge. She tends be slower because of this, yet she still remains nimble enough t
Alex Drake and... Josephine?"Why do you isolate yourself out here?" A quiet voice asked. It was a cold night atop Mt. Silver, snow falling and a slight breeze; rare for the usual weather of the mountain. A lone figure stood at the mountain's peak, away from all humanity. The only companions he had were his Pokemon.More Like This
Yet, someone dared to come all the way to the peak to see him. Who in their right minds would face the dangerous Pokemon and horrible climate of the mountain to do that? But then again, who would isolate themselves on this dangerous of a mountain?
Alex Drake lifted his head at the sound of the small voice. He was thinking to himself, alone on the mountain. Or at least, he assumed he was alone. He stood up and reached for a Pokeball, expecting a challenger, but instead, he turned around to see a young girl with blonde hair. He put his Pokeball back and slowly approached her.
"Who… Are you?" Alex asked, confused by the girl standing before him.
"I'm Josephi
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