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Kim's eclectic mix of patterns and textures is underpinned by her retro choice of specs. Half black, half transparent, these Gok Wan glasses are trendy and flattering.
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Tortoiseshell with a gold metal rim – these glasses evoke the early 1960's and have a smart GW logo on the side.
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"The thing I love about glasses is that I love being able to change it up. They're kind of like make-up, like warpaint, a barrier between you and the world and they make you feel confident."
The versatility of Kim's choice of glasses is highlighted by the pairing of her specs with all-denim. It's a bold and confident look with more on-trend vintage appeal.
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This cat's eye shape is a flattering choice and looks great on most face shapes. In purple, these glasses add quirky interest to a casual outfit.
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Breeny's thick-rimmed glasses are bold and simple, and understated enough to let her bright choice of patterns do the talking.
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"The shape that suits me best for glasses is square." ("But only when I have a tan!")
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Mr. Harris
n.—a person who dissents (in the sense of rejecting the ideas or dogma of), as from an established church, political party, or majority opinion.
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adj.—pertaining to the body of doctrine or belief that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
adj.—pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force.
n.— something that incites to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
Petty bourgeois
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Instructions for the Beneficial Bat House
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Read All About Bats to learn how to attract bats — and why. All based on research from the experts at Bat Conservation International.
The Beneficial Bat House is made from fir that has an eco-friendly preservative, so it can be left outside all year.
The house accommodates about 30 bats and should be mounted at least 10 to 15 feet off the ground, facing east or southeast to catch the morning sun.


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It is time to consider the possibility that the New York State Thruway Authority has outlived its usefulness. No, make that the likelihood. At this point, the presumption should be that it serves no valid purpose, and let defenders make the case for its continued existence.
Good luck to them.
Start with the minimum: In its current configuration, the authority doesn't know what it's doing. Its chairman, appointed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, is developer Howard Milstein, a wealthy man who seems to know as little about highways as he does about developing the property he controls in Niagara Falls.
Consider: Over the past several months, the authority insisted that it was going to raise tolls on trucks by a staggering 45 percent. Then it didn't. It held secret meetings. Its vice chairwoman blasted the authority for its lack of transparency.
Last week, after Cuomo belatedly criticized the toll hike, the authority announced that it was looking at all alternatives to the 45 percent increase in tolls, including a broader increase that included cars.
Oops. A day later, it backed away from that announcement with another announcement, which said that option won't be considered. At least, not until the next announcement.
If the Thruway Authority were a driver, it would have lost its license by now.
The evidence of mismanagement has been obvious from the moment the authority said it wanted to raise tolls on trucks by 45 percent. That's a destabilizing increase that betrays poor oversight of the authority's finances.
The cost of a Big Mac doesn't suddenly go up by 45 percent. The cost of a movie ticket doesn't jump 45 percent overnight. Those costs must remain reasonable because of competition, and the urgent incentive not to drive your clients away. Thus, private-sector businesses control their expenses, raise prices reluctantly and try very hard not to infuriate their customers. If they do, it's because of a crisis, usually within the ranks of management.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli has long said that a toll hike should be a last resort.
He wants the authority to first find savings by improving management of the system, including eliminating vacant positions, reducing overtime and marketing unused property for sale or lease. His auditors also showed that more could be done to collect millions of dollars in E-ZPass tolls and fees that go unpaid. Raising tolls, he says, is the easy way out for the authority because it relieves pressure to make the necessary changes.
A public authority is not a private-sector business, but certain business practices need to be followed if its rate-payers – in this case, the drivers who pay the tolls – are going to be given fair value for their dollars. Plainly, the Thruway Authority has not done that.
It has insisted that the toll increase for trucks is needed and that tolls would still be lower than in other states. But that evades the point of responsible stewardship. The very point of a public authority is that it can focus exclusively on the task for which it was created, in this case, building and maintaining an extensive system of highways and bridges in a fiscally responsible way. It can bring its expertise to bear and provide a necessary service.
If the Thruway Authority can't do that, what is the point of its continued existence? Other states get along without a highway authority alongside its own transportation department. It's time for New York to think about going that route.


text: Why can't we bring our soldiers home? It seems to me that they would be safer and happier, as would the families. Would it not save the country billions of taxpayer dollars to just maintain a standing military not involved in the centuries-old disputes of the world. We should wait till a real threat touches our soil,such as the border problems with Mexico.


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Part IV
September Again
Chapter VII
That last point soon decided itself, for the cliffs were evidently getting steeper. Despite, too, the dead calm, unrufflediby even so much as a breath, despite the leaden shroud which pressed Down everywhere upon the water, low thuds made themselves audible from time to time, as the slow, sulky swell rolled in to the shore, impeded, apparently, by the thick, lifeless air, yet reaching it in the end, and sinking down in a succession of slow, monotonous washes. From the general look of the water around, it began to be clear to Grania that they must by this time have got amongst some of the outlying reefs, for there were rocks now to right of them, as well as to left. The tide, too, was running swiftly, and kept drawing them insensibly shorewards. Twice she caught a glimpse of a pale green monster only just in time to avoid running full upon it. Ought she to go on, or ought she to stop? Ought she to try to turn round? or what ought she to do? she asked herself.
The question was soon settled. Suddenly, without the slightest warning from Phelirn, without a hint of any kind from without, there came a startling crash. Another and another followed. Then came a worse sound, the sickening sound of ripping and tearing; the sharp ripping of tarred canvas. This time they were full upon a rock, which had pierced them through and through as a pin might pierce a child's balloon. In another moment, it is true, they were afloat again, but it was too late. Water was now pouring in wildly through a hole in the side. Already the bottom of the boat was half full. In the first impulse of the moment Grania had snatched up her flannel petticoat and stuffed it into the hole, holding it there with both hands as she felt the pressure growing greater and greater. It was like trying, however, to stop the course of a river—hopeless to absurdity. To get out somewhere, no matter where; to reach the shore if possible; if not, to reach some rock; to get the boy, at any rate, out, was the only thing to be attempted.
She looked wildly round, straining her eyes distractedly through the impenetrable, blinding whiteness. Presently another pale green monster loomed slowly up—part of the same rock, possibly, they had already struck upon, possibly of another. In any case it was flat on the top, and fairly easy, apparently, to scramble on to; rose, too, as far as she could make out, above the high-water line; nay, might even be joined by other rocks to the base of the cliffs. It was a hopeless-looking chance of escape, still it was the only one that offered itself, and accordingly she drove the boat full against the side of the rock, calling out loudly as she did so to Phelim to jump out and climb up it.
Roused by her tone of command the boy obeyed, apparently without knowing why, clambered over the side of the boat, caught at the rock, clutching hold of the seaweed which fringed it, and hanging there for a minute or two as a small sloth might hang to the bough of a tree. At the same moment the other end of the curragh, already half full of water, was jerked lower still by the movement, and the displacement, slight as it was, of his weight, and sank deeply in the sea, and in so doing was pushed several feet farther from the rock.
Seeing the boy clear, and knowing that in another few minutes the boat must in any case fill, Grania took her hands away from the hole, through which the water instantly spurted upwards in a solid gush. Summoning all her strength, she, too, made a great eflort to try and attain the rock, upon the side pf which Pheim was now crouched, but the already nearly submerged curragh gave her a poor foothold to spring from, and she missed it by a foot or more, and sank immediately into deep water.
The tide was running fast; there was no other landing-place of any kind; nothing to climb upon; nothing to catch hold of. There were rocks in plenty around her, but they were most of them inches deep in water, a stray, glimmering, point appearing from time to time, like a ghost, and then vanishing again. She was caught, too, like a straw in the grip of that slow, seemingly gentle swell, which swept her hither and thither, now a little nearer to the rock, now impossibly, hopelessly, far away from it again. Clearly unless help came, the end would not be very long delayed.
Roused by the splash and by the sharp ringing cry, she had uttered as she fell, Phelim half turned round, then climbed a little higher up, helping himself by the seaweeds, until he reached the top, which was quite grey and dry. Here, getting upon his hands and knees, he stared down into the waste of water below him, and at the struggle going on within it. He was evidently incapable of anything further, however. Mind and body were alike paralysed--alike unable to respond to any call from without. He scarcely seemed to know what was occurring, retaining only by sheer unreasoning instinct his grip upon the foothold he had secured. What dim ideas travelled through his brain as he lay crouching there it is impossible to say, but as far as help went, any of the gulls swooping overhead, any of the seaweed-covered spider-legged crabs scuttling in and out of the crannies below him, were of as much avail as he.
Either Grania knew this or she may have even forgotten his presence, for she made no effort to induce him to come to her aid. She was too young, however, and too vigorous, to surrender the contest without at least a struggle for her life. Twice she neared the rock, striking out bravely through the water, though she was unable to swim, and twice the current pulled her back again, sweeping her farther and farther towards the open sea, but so lightly, so buoyantly, as it were playfully, toying capriciously with her as a child or a young animal plays with something that it has taken a fancy to. It was an unequal game though. Her strength was going fast, the water was very cold, although the night was warm. Five minutes more, nay three, nay two, and the struggle would be at an end.
Huddled like a frog, his knees and chin almost touching each other, Phelirn Daiy lay upon the rock and watched her dully, sick, despairing apathy written upon every line of his small white face, his big, always unnaturally prominent, eyes staring down with hardly a trace of comprehension or intelligence in them. Again Grania struggled forward, and again the capricious water washed her a trifle nearer to the rock, and to comparative safety—washed her once almost within touch of it. Her face, with its clinging masses of black hair, had grown very white now, nearly as white as that of the boy gazing vacantly down at her from only a few feet above her head. With a sudden effort, a sudden concentration of despair and of hopelessness, she again uttered a cry for help; a wild, ringing cry which rang out far and wide through the silence, away out into the big, lonely Atlantic, flinging her hands at the same time over her head, her straining eyes gazing round and round with the agonising, longing stare of desperation. Was no one coming to her help, then? No one? no one?
'Murdough!' she cried. Then, after a pause, 'Murdough 'tis drowning I am! For God's sake, come to me! Murdough! Murdough!'
But there was no Murdough. There was no response of any sort, no help or hint or suggestion of help. There was only the swaying water; only the dimly-seen foamstreaked surface; only the white, closely-enveloping shroud of fog; only Phelim's small face peering helplessly over the rock; so few feet away in reality, such miles and miles for any practical purpose.
The tide was running out now, and it took her along with it, but so slowly, so insensibly, that it was the faintest, most barely perceptible movement. The silence everywhere was extraordinary. The sea under its close-fitting shroud seemed as absolutely unruffled as the basin of some indoors fountain. Not a ripple anywhere; only that same slow internal movement, a movement hardly to be perceived upon the surface; only the gradual undertow of the tide drawing everything stealthily in one direction. Sea, sky, land, water, everything seemed alike to be lapped in the drowsiest, the most complete and immovable repose. Sleep seemed everywhere to be the order of the hour, to have taken possession of all things. The very atoms of seaweed as they floated along appeared to partake and be half conscious of that placidity.
Grania had ceased now to struggle. She was sinking slowly, but she still kept her head partially above the surface. Had there been the slightest movement in the water all would have been over before this, but, as it was, death, too, seemed, to linger, to share in the general suspension of all things, to delay and hover. Suddenly a quantity of brown seaweed, stirred by the changing tide, swept round the corner of the big rock and floated down towards her. It was a mass of enormously long larninaria, grown, not within tidemarks, but out in the deeper, more abysmal region, as leathery in texture, as solid, and seemingly as sustaining, as the branch of a forest tree, the thick strands welded together by years of growth in deep water. It floated up to her, then under her, half lifting her upon itself as upon a raft, her hands clutching in the thick oily strands, her whole body sustained and for the moment uplifted by it.
With this feeling of support from below a new look came into her face; her eyes opened widely, and she suddenly stretched out her hands. 'Augh, Murdough! Murdough!' she murmured deliriously. 'Didn't I know you'd come? Didn't I know you'd never leave your poor Grania to drown by herself in the cruel salt sea? Arrah, take me up, then, darling, take me up ! Be quick, dear, and gather me up out of this cold, creeping water! Augh, but 'tis the strong arms you have, though you would always have it 'twas me was the strongest, you rogue! Hold me closer to you, Murdough dear; hold me closer, I say; closer! closer still! Augh, Murdough! . . . Murdougheen!'
And with a movement as if Murdough Blake had indeed come at last to the rescue, and was lifting her in his arms, she let her head fall back upon the seaweed, her cheek resting upon it as if upon his shoulder, her eyes at the same time closing with a long-drawn sigh of satisfaction, and so resting and so sighing she sank slowly, insensibly, and without a struggle into the great folds of the laminaria, which, after supporting her in that position for perhaps a minute, began gently to loosen its long sashlike strands, floating presently away by degrees over the hardly undulating surface, returning again and again, and sweeping back, though in a less compact mass, now under, now over, now round her, the great brown ribbons swaying in easy serpentine curves about the floating form, the two getting to be hardly distinguishable in the all-pervading dreaminess, a dreaminess of which the very fog itself seemed to be but a part; a dream too deep and apparently too satisfactory to be ever again disturbed or broken in upon by anything from without.
Six or seven hours later the first fishermen astir upon Aranmore, chancing to go out upon the cliff, saw little Phelim Daly still crouched upon the same rock; still staring down with the same terrified, widely-opened eyes into the waste of waters below him. He was promptly rescued, and carried to the nearest cabin, where, when his wits had partially thawed, his errand was either extracted from him, or possibly was guessed without being extracted; in any case, Father Tom was shortly afterwards summoned, and within an hour was on his way to Inishmaan, through the still thick, but by this time penetrable fog, to visit the dying woman,
He was in time. Honor was still alive and perfectly conscious of his coming. Her sunken eyes lit with delight, and her hands clasped one another rapturously as the black figure entered the cabin door. She looked eagerly behind it for Grania, having been told by old Molly that she had gone herself to Aranmore to fetch him, but when it was explained to her that Grania had stopped to rest at Kilronan she was satisfied, and asked no more. Once again she looked round the cabin questioningly, evidently perplexed and disappointed, when the preparations had all been made, and everything was ready for the last rites, and still there was no Grania to
share them with her. That the sister who had never left her, never once in all those weary days and nights, should have left her now; should have deserted her in this extremity; left her to pass alone through the last dark gate, without her hand to hold by, her face to look to, her shoulder to lean on, must have seemed very strange to her—very strange, no doubt, and very unaccountable. She did not utter any complaints about it, however. She had been too patient all her life to be impatient now. If it was mysterious, why, everything else for that matter was mysterous too. The Familiar was receding, the Unfamiliar approaching fast, coming nearer and nearer every moment. After her long probation, after her tedious waiting, she was at last upon the verge of that looked-for, that intensely-desired country; a country which, if to most of us it seems but a dream within a dream, a floating mirage, a phantom made up of love and faith, of hope and of yearning desire—unthinkabhe, untenable, all but impossible—was to Honor, and is to such as Honor, no phantom, no mirage, but the soberest and solidest of solid realities; the thing for which they live, the hope for which they die. Real or unreal, fact or fancy, it was coming rapidly towards her now. She was floating towards it as fast as ever she could float; hurrying breathlessly, as a stream hurries when it nears the sea. Long before the fog had completely melted away, long before ordinary matter-of-fact daylight had returned to Inishmaan, her journey thither was accomplished. Already, even while the priest stood beside her, while the prayers she had so longed for, those prayers which Grania had died to obtain for her, were being uttered, she was drifting across its borderland; already its sounds rather than his voice, rather than any earthly voices, were in her ears; already her foot was upon its threshold. And upon that threshold, perhaps—who knows?—who can tell?—they met.


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(On Sunday Morning) To the bottom
By the early autumn of 1923, John Henry Clark, Sr. and his family had settled in Manayunk, Pennsylvania, a small town not far from the city of Philadelphia. Mr. Clark had arrived earlier that year to find work, and his wife Estelle Graham Clark, with five children had arrived in late summer from Southern Georgia by way of Orlando, Florida.
Claude Clark recalls that by 1924, he and his brothers and sister were attending church and Sunday school in one side of a duplex house. The church was named Josie D. Heard A.M.E. Josie was the wife of Bishop R.D. Heard. By 1929, the church had bought the entire building, and rebuilt the structure. The cornerstone was laid in 1930.
Young Claude was involved in activities at church during his childhood and youth. In Sunday School he was both student and teacher. He participated in choir, church plays, picnics, prayer meetings and other church programs.
Clark says: "Between Josie D. Heard A.M.E. and my family at home, a socializing process took place that helped to shape my life." Claude has made several paintings of this church since the 1930's; one (titled "My Church") is in the collection of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the largest painting ("On Sunday Morning") of the church is now in the collection of Drs. Camille O. and William Cosby Jr. (see painting shown at the top of this page). Both paintings were done in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Revised: August 22, 1998.
Copyright © 1997 by Vai Prints & Publications.
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Dear All,
I have a problem in using SAP B1 8.8. I have 2 separated server which is one is contain license server and the other server contain database company. My client doesn't want the company database in one server with license server. In SAP B1 2007 that my client used before, this is not a problem. But now, in SAP B1 8.8, it's become a problem because SAP remove "CHANGE SERVER" button in modul change company. I tried to click in the server list but the server that appear is License Server only. I can't find Database Server.
So, How can i choose the database server ?
Pls help
Go to your Server Tools, select the License Manager and click on Settings.
Bottom Left is a new button called Configure Security
Enter your B1SiteUser details
This will then give you the option to change the server.
If Computername\SQLEXPRESS fails to get you any closer try .\SQLEXPRESS (note the full stop at the front). Normally this is the Server you put in when logging into SAP on the database server and the client you put Computername\SQLEXPRESS.
Hope it helps you.
Dear Naidu,
I try to click configure Security and entry my password in B1Siteuser. After I click, it's direct me to Connection Setting. There is some field that i need to entry
DB SERVER = i try to entry my database server name
user and password
After I entry in all fields, and click add, it's show error Failed to set db credentials server:XXXXXXX, error -1102
Have you checked the username and password you're using for SQL in the SQL Management Studio. If you can connect to SQL Express with SQL Server Authentication then you shoudl be able to connect to B1.
The other possibility I can think of from your description is the UAC in Windows 7 (and Vista) (let me know if you are using Windows 7 or Vista). Your admin password may not necessarily have access to SQL. Maybe do some reading on this?
Otherwise, We'll need more detail of the steps you went through (and where you got to) to assist.
Good luck, and let me know if I can helf further.
Hi Naidu
I tried but I still can't change the server. I change the server in the "Configure Security" option and the License Server but the application still shows the original server.
before you can add your <server-name>\SQLEXPRESS you must have your SBO-COMMON database available in SQL Server.
If you have the original SBO-COMMON.mdf and SBO-COMMON_log.LDF files just place them under you SQL Server DATA folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA) and Attach from MS SQL Server Management Studio.
Also attach any company databases.
After that you can add <server-name>\SQLEXPRESS as follows:
- open SAP B1 Service Manager
- select License Manager service and click Settings
- click Configure Security (bottom left)
- enter password and click OK
- enter your Connection Settings e.g.
- click OK
That will take care of the connection settings but not of your Add-ons registration.
So if you have any add-ons (e.g. Screen Painter, Fixed Assets, etc.) you will have to manually edit the AddOnsLocalRegistration.sbo file (under C:\Program Files\SAP\SAP Business One) and change any
Name="<server-name>" entries to Name="<server-name>\SQLEXPRESS"
Save the modified file.
Now start the SAP client, press Change Company and set you Current Server to <server-name>\SQLEXPRESS
Delete the following file: \Program Files\SAP\SAP Business One\Conf\b1-local-machine.xml
Restart SAP Business One client, then you will be able to select license server.
I am not sure whether the question is still actual, but in case someone else would like to switch between license server in SAP Business One Client, we have developed a small wrapper that will help you to do it.
Please try the free version of the application from our web site:
Skybuffer SBO LogonPad (version 0.2)
That's a kind of solution that is not recommended to be used in production environment, but could be very helpful and fast way to jump between different license servers for SAPB1 consultants.


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This year's Springfest in Fayetteville leaves behind a big mess for organizers to clean up.Video Transcript
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT WEATHER FOR SPRINGFEST TODAY HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT DICKSON STREET WHERE MOST OF THE DAYTIME EVENTS ARE ALL PACKED UP. 40/29'S BEN WAGNER IS LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE. BEN HOW DID VENDORS GET CLEANED UP SO QUICK? PAIGE IT DEPENDED ON THE GEAR VENDERS BROUGHT, TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME - IT'S MOSTLY JUST PUB CRAWLERS OUT NOW. THE BIG EVENTS WRAPPED UP BY SIX IT WASN'T LONG AFTER -- THOSE VENDORS HAD EVERYTHING PICKED UP. (SOUND OF SWEEPING) "The fun part is over. Now it's time to tear down and clean up." THIS KERNEL RIDDLED CORNER OF DICKSON STREET IS WHERE GERRY WILES' COMPANY OZARK KETTLE CORN RAKED IN BIG CASH. "We sold a lot today." AND WHEN YOU SELL A LOT (SOUND OF SWEEPING) THERE'S A LOT - TRASH BAGS FULL - TO CLEAN UP. "This has been our best show so far this year." Ben says, "Really?" Wiles says, "Yes." HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE BEEN MAKING POPCORN FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND ARE STILL TRYING TO GET THEIR NAME OUT. SPRINGFEST MADE IT HAPPEN. "We lucked into this one. I called Monday or Tuesday and she said yeah, we need kettle corn. So here we are." BUT MOST OF THEIR GEAR IS RELATIVELY LIGHTWEIGHT (NAT SEQUENCE - BAG ZIPPING, LOADED ONTO TRUCK) CHRIS BARNES AND HIS TEAM AT 8 BALL ENTERTAINMENT ARE DOING SOME HEAVY LIFTING. "We've been out here since about 7 o'clock this morning. We're usually the first in, last out." THIS STAGE TOOK THREE HOURS TO SET UP - AND ANOTHER TWO TO TAKE DOWN. IT'S HOT - BUT BARNES SAID THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST SPRINGFESTS YET. "I've been part of Springfest for many, many years. This is the only one that I can remember - it didn't rain." AND IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR - SPRINGFEST WAS ACTUALLY POSTPONED BECAUSE IT WAS SNOWING. THE SPRINGTIME FESTIVAL DIDN'T ACTUALLY KICK OFF UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER. REPORTING LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE, BEN WAGNER, 40/29 NEWS. FOLKS AT SPRINGFEST SAY IT WAS ELBOW-TO- ELBOW AT THE EVENT. IF YOU MISSED THE DAY TIME FESTIVITIES, THERE'S STILL THE PUB CRAWL ON DICKSON. THAT STARTS AT TEN.
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Giveaway: iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S III and iPhone 4S
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Hold on to your rabbit's foot, go find some of them four-leaf clovers, and make sure you have a horseshoe nearby! It is time for another super-awesome giveaway hosted by PhoneArena in partnership with RadioShack. Here's what we're giving away...
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297. Vorsayo (Posts: 21; Member since: 29 Jan 2012)
sign up for a sprint account
298. kaoene (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
The first thing I'll do with my new smartphone, in case I win one of them is finally get rid of my old phone. I've been using it for a few years now and after graduating I think it's time to be able to finally have a great / up to date phone that I can use to download apps and ease my daily life.
299. mcskipp (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
My friend has a baby on the way. He's stuck using a busted original Evo on Sprint - it can barely keep a charge. He's saving up for when the baby comes, but he's dying for an iPhone 5. I'd love to win one for him!
300. FroggyForce (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I would give it to my mom because she doesn't have a smart phone.
301. icyrock1 (Posts: 307; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
Replace my aging iPhone 4, first, then I'd take A LOT of pictures with it!
302. Geezy03 (Posts: 43; Member since: 10 Apr 2009)
thank phonearena and radio shack 1st, then take lots of pictures with my new device an use all the features of the phone
303. whitee (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
Should I win a brand new awesome smartphone, the first thing I would do with it would walk around like I'm the coolest thing ever since I'll have a cool phone. :)
304. smak425 (Posts: 5; Member since: 16 Jul 2012)
first thing i'll do with new smart phone is charge them up
305. Hemlocke (unregistered)
Blood for the Blood God!
306. kinnetics (Posts: 2; Member since: 24 Dec 2012)
Replace my brother's aging LG Optimus V.
307. xchatter (Posts: 12; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I will buy it a small whiskey. If it doesn't drink it, i will. :)
308. SPIERO (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
The first thing I would do with my new smartphone is take pictures of me with it and post them to google+ and see how many hits I get. I would then post my excitement in that I won the phone contest, an AWESOME feat in itself.
Thanks Phone Arena
309. sonhugh (Posts: 2; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
call my wife and tell her we going to vegas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
310. newuser1 (Posts: 257; Member since: 10 Dec 2010)
The first thing I would to is take unboxing photo.
311. SpideyMan (Posts: 4; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
If its an Apple product i will sell it to get an android. If it is the S3 i would make sure it is up to date with the Latest Android software.
312. mgunter93 (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Jun 2011)
What is the first thing you'll do with your new smartphone, in case you win one?
The first thing I'll do with my new smartphone would be to transfer my data to the new device and start taking in the beauty of all the features of the phone. I would take pictures with the camera, make phone calls, and test the LTE connectivity. I'm excited with how much cell phones have been changing!
313. davidlt4 (Posts: 4; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
I would activate it and give my old phone someone in my family
314. Judygotit (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
Make my husband jealous!
315. mtrautma (Posts: 4; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)
I'll probably switch to Sprint.
316. emeiwes (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I would put a lifeproof on that sweet phone!
318. moronman66 (Posts: 162; Member since: 09 Jan 2012)
If I won any of them, I'd see if they work with T-mobile then possibly go to Sprint on my next upgrade. If it were one of the iPhones, then I'd probably just end up using it to keep up to date on iOS as opposed to a daily driver, out of personal opinion, but it sure would be nice to win something like that :)
319. danny_a2005 (Posts: 165; Member since: 06 Oct 2011)
Probably I'd unlock them first.. Then use them since I own a xperia u.. But I rather the radioshack giftcards
320. PhonePhazer47 (Posts: 30; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
if i won an iphone 5, i would be happy, first thing i would do is call my girlfriend who bragged about hers when she she got one.....
321. elberthung (Posts: 6; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Going to find someone with sprint and give them lol.
322. datcidcam (Posts: 2; Member since: 16 May 2012)
I would start with the dreaded process of transferring your contacts.
323. yt6nin (Posts: 100; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)
If I were to win either the Samsung Galaxy S III, iPhone 4S, or the iPhone 5, then I would definitely would like to test it out first and see how it is... I've never owned an iPhone, and I got the Galaxy Note II instead of the SGSIII with AT&T.
324. Daftama (Posts: 619; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Post it on fb tell everyone about it how where I won
325. Saleem2923 (Posts: 2; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I have sprint! This would be exciting if i win one. The first thing I'll do is tell everyone about this website and have them register for latest news/giveaways offered here. Hopefully i win the iphone 5.. :)
326. chadcy (Posts: 19; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Look at the smartphone and wait for the Motorola X to come out.
327. igorb81 (Posts: 77; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
I would activate it to replace my Galaxy SII on Sprint :)
328. Baseballer (Posts: 132; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
Get the nice spigen case for the i5 if i won it (:
330. bentkarma (Posts: 4; Member since: 24 Jul 2012)
First thing I would do is give a phone to my mother because she's been wanting to learn how to use a smartphone ever since iPhone 3 came out.
331. CoveyD (Posts: 8; Member since: 04 Nov 2012)
Switch to sprint and start streaming some high def entertainment!
332. VWA2Guy (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
First of all I'd have to make sure it was a real phone after I regained conciousness. I never win anything, so the shock itself would be the biggest thing to deal with. Then I would have to find a way to afford the service. Still, I'd be stoked to win one.
333. siberstorm (unregistered)
I'll wrap it up and give it to my niece for her birthday.
334. kwise000 (Posts: 4; Member since: 18 Jun 2011)
If I when either the sgsiii, or the ip5, there being sold to the highest bidder for the sgniii.
335. brd8951 (Posts: 24; Member since: 23 Nov 2011)
Sell it on ebay. Sprint service is horrible!!!
336. ckoch125 (Posts: 192; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
I'd load up all my apps then show off my awesome new phone to everyone!
337. iDevice (Posts: 12; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
i would burn it or freeze it!
338. Gamr425 (Posts: 11; Member since: 10 May 2012)
Take some nice pics with those awesome cameras of course!
339. imkyle (Posts: 1073; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
So where are the people are constantly talk bad about PA calling them isheep and iarena? You think you all should win? lol dont think so!
340. alex0130 (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
Galaxy s 3 take pictures and experience touch wiz
341. prince9030 (Posts: 8; Member since: 29 Apr 2012)
I sure would love this
342. simplyj (Posts: 404; Member since: 23 Dec 2009)
Have fun with it! Duh!
343. inertiatic (Posts: 34; Member since: 29 May 2012)
I would sell the iPhones, or switch to the s3 from my s2.
344. pedfedup (Posts: 4; Member since: 27 Nov 2012)
Customize it to my liking.
345. alemos94 (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
Spread the word out of how Phonearena let me win an amazing prize and give my family phone that we cant afford.
346. jeetster (Posts: 14; Member since: 12 Dec 2011)
go case hunting.
347. jamaladam (Posts: 13; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
I would probably sell it and get the HTC One on T-Mobile.
348. mranticipation (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I would take my phone and download instagram, finally will be able to have a high definition screen. Not that my galaxy s2 screen is horrible.
349. Verizon Treo6.5 (Posts: 6; Member since: 21 May 2009)
Upgrade my dad from his aged Samsung flip phone
350. mike02s (Posts: 5; Member since: 13 Feb 2012)
Slowly peel off the plastic, and savor that sweet, sweet new electronics smell...
351. catfarts (Posts: 2; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
d**kpics aplenty
352. dmk1928 (Posts: 3; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
Go right to radio shack so they can help me set up my new phone! And a new case because I don't have any of those phones.
353. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Trade them for an unlocked Lumia 920
354. kheil (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
Import all my apps and games, contacts !
355. idacon (Posts: 3; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
If I win I would give the smartphone to my grand-daughter as a birthday present :)
356. khan03 (Posts: 2; Member since: 24 Dec 2012)
357. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
The first thing I'll do is activate it on Sprint and proclaim how amazing Sprint's network is. I'll become the new spokesperson and be featured in all the latest ads....so give me the phone so we can see this happen!
358. AAPL1 (Posts: 7; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I would switch all of my services to Sprint! The best network in the freakin world!!!!!


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cold war.....large military aid from the soviets......
they almost brought israeli army to its knees in the golan height during the yom kippur war.
but after the soviet union fell , of course all that military aid went away.
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Not to mention... The US will be providing Israel with weapons and $.
If Israel did go to war with Iran..we would use it as an excuse to bomb their nuclear facilities
Even if we don't help them with actual troops...we would be involved
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everyone talks as if the u.s. will jump in or something.
and 1 israel got their own satellites now too.
and 2 the reason israel buys american f-15's and f-16's now is because the americans ask them too
the israelis developed their own version of the f-16 (just like they made their own version of the french mirage 3/5 fighters)
americans asked them not to make their own planes and just buy from them. which makes sense.
slick jews then sold the design to china. the chinese make it as their j-10 fighter.
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plans for a naval blockade of iran/prevention of iranian blockade of the persian gulf are on the table now.
2. the u.s. would not want to get involved militarily if israel is at war. it's politics. you don't want to be seen fighting with israelis.
if the u.s. does do something militarily. israel will be asked to stay the fuck away.
think 1st gulf war. we had to bribe the israelis to not strike back at iraq when saddam was launching scud missiles at them.
fighting side by side with israel is a big no-no.
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iran was the u.s. boy in the middle east post ww2/pre-revolution.
we sold/gave iranians much better stuff than we gave the israelis and much sooner.
iranian f-14 tomcats >>>>>>>>>> israeli f-16 falcons
hell all the u.s. navy KIDD-class destroyers were originally made for iran. when the revolution happened , we just didn't deliver them and kept them for ourselves.
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idf doesn't use f/a-18's and f/a-18's are not more agile than f-16's. f/a-18's lost to the f-16 in the lightweight fighter competition. that's why the u.s. air force bought the f-16 instead. the navy bought f/a-18's because they're twin engines. navy prefers twin engined fighters over single engined since their planes fly over water.
the israelis just use f-15 and f-16.
they buy stripped down u.s. models and put their own "better" electronics and hardware on it.
i think the "super" versions of the f/a-18's are an option for the israelis if f-35 lightning fails. (which might)
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Anybody that says Israel will win because of the US are idiots.
If you looks at Israel's 7 wars, 4 major, you will see that the US was NEVER involved. They supplied arms and supplies just like any ally. Israel wins purely based on military strategy. Just look at the Yom Kippur war where Israel was completely surprised by a combined 4 Armies supported by 12 other countries including the USSR and only had supply aid from 1 country, the US. In 3 weeks they captured the Sinai peninsula encircling the egyption 3rd army and also the Golan height pushing deep into Syria towards Damascus.
Just a couple weeks ago Russia sold 24 MiG-29M/M2 fighter jets and eight Buk-M2E air-defense systems to Syria. A contract for the supply of Bastion anti-ship missile systems armed with SS-N-26 Yakhont supersonic cruise missiles is currently under implementation.
Oh but Israel wins because they have aid but nobody else does
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We sent out the emails to our lucky Personality Sweepstake winners and here you have em'! They'll be ready to hit the road, the yoga studio or head to the airport with their good gifts.
Alyssa from Boston will be ready to trot the globe with her new Timbuk2 Co-Pilot, Bucky Accessories, Lonely Planet Books and Stolen Sunday Scarf. Here she is with her husband on her way to Portland, for their honeymoon — if you look closely they're both carrying Timbuk2 messengers!
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Name: Alyssa A.
Age: 28
From: Boston, MA
Occupation: Program Coordinator, Harvard School of Public Health
Uses daily: Timbuk2 messenger bag
Jonathan is a bike mechanic from Pennsylvania and he'll be hitting up the velodrome with a new Especial Tres on us, some bright lights from the kind folks at Knog, a perfect commuting helmet from the folks at Bern and finally a tough lock from OnGuard to keep his bikes safe. Here he is crushing the Velodrome at the 2010 master nationals
Name: Jon C.
Age: 34
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Timbuk2′s I currently own: large classic messenger bag, small dlux messenger, BFD duffle bag, and a tablet sleeve.
Lori is the winner of our Yoga package and she'll be ready to hit the studio with new gear from prAna and a Yoga Bag from Timbuk2. She'll also have some snacks post-workout thanks to the kind folks at KIND.
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Timbuk2′s I currently own: I currently carry a custom Messenger to work with me everyday. It's been through 6 years of nursing, occasional bike commuting, and moped riding and is still going strong.
I just started doing yoga recently and have been borrowing mats and towels from friends and yoga studios, so it will be great to have my own gear!


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Cross-examination of South African Police Service (SAPS) witness Brig Zephania Mkhwanazi will continue on Monday as the Marikana commission of inquiry resumes its work after a month-long break.
President Jacob Zuma set up the commission last year to look into the deadly mine strike, which saw at least 44 people die, more than 70 people injured, about 250 people arrested, as well as damage and destruction to Lonmin's Marikana mine property.
Initially meant to run for four months, the commission has recently been given until June to conclude its work. Brig Mkhwanazi's testimony has become more significant as he was also closely questioned as an expert on whether the SAPS acted reasonably on August 16, the day of the confrontation with the SAPS in which 34 people died.
During cross-examination by evidence leader Geoff Budlender SC, Brig Mkhwanazi agreed there were a number of alternative options available to the SAPS to disarm the strikers — options that were lower risk than confronting more than 3,500 strikers the way they did. Part of planning a dispersal operation was to ensure there were contingency plans in place if things went wrong, he said. But he agreed with Mr Budlender that the only contingency plan was the deployment of the tactical response team, national intervention unit and special task force, which are armed with deadly weapons.
Counsel for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) and the families of those who died are still to cross-examine Brig Mkhwanazi and will likely seek to obtain more concessions to add to the argument that the police's plan to disperse and disarm the strikers was inadequate. Given how proceedings have gone so far, Brig Mkhwanazi may be on the stand much of this week.
But the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) president Senzeni Zokwana is also among those expected to take the stand soon. Mr Zokwana recently told Business Day that he could have taken the stand last month after Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa, but the commission was worried his testimony would be interrupted by the break.
The "toxic relationship" between Amcu and the NUM has been cited as one of the reasons for the Marikana tragedy, especially by Lonmin, whose counsel, Schalk Burger SC, will likely return to this theme.
Mr Mathunjwa, however, insisted that while there was "competition" between the two unions, Lonmin was to blame for the standoff. In December, the NUM's counsel, Karel Tip SC, alleged the NUM members had been intimidated by Amcu members, who he said appeared to be from Impala Platinum's mine, not Marikana mine.
Also much anticipated is evidence from the injured and arrested miners, represented by Dali Mpofu and Lesego Mmusi.
Just before the commission closed in December, Mr Mmusi put his client's version to Brig Mkhwanazi, saying they would tell the commission that police officers, after their first volley of fire, looked for wounded workers on the ground and shot them again if they were alive.
He said evidence would further be led showing that the protesters who had run from the scene of the first shooting and hid in the nearby bushes were followed by police officers, who shot them in their hiding places.


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The Lycoming County Housing Authority has no plans to re-open the public housing waiting list, despite a petition being circulated asking for that to happen.
"We only have so many homes," said Housing Authority Executive Director MeriLyn Severson following Thursday's regular monthly board meeting.
The decision to close the housing list for those waiting to get into homes was approved by the board last month.
It was noted at the time that more people than ever are seeking housing.
Justin Harner, of Williamsport, said he has 47 names on a petition asking the housing list to be opened up.
He said the high cost of housing in Lycoming County in recent years makes it impossible for many people to find affordable places to live.
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From the Departments of Neurosurgery (Drs Dovey, Misra, Charbel, and Ausman) and Neurointerventional Radiology (Drs Thornton and Debrun), University of Illinois at Chicago.
Spontaneous rupture of cerebral aneurysms typically results in subarachnoid hemorrhage. The primary goal of treatment of cerebral aneurysms is to prevent future rupture. Surgical clipping had been the mainstay of treatment of both ruptured and unruptured cerebral aneurysms. In 1991, Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC) embolization was introduced as an alternative method for treating selected patients with aneurysm. The goal of the treatment is prevent the flow of blood into the aneurysm sack by filling the aneurysm with coils and thrombus. Theoretically, there are several advantages of GDC over surgery. These procedures are performed under general anesthesia with the standard transfemoral approaches used in diagnostic angiography. Since its inception, GDC embolization has evolved as a result of both clinical experience and the introduction of technological improvements. We are now better at selecting aneurysms appropriate for coiling, which also have wide necks. Advances in GDC technology have also improved this method of treatment. Over the last several years, the number of coil sizes has been increased, multidimensional coils allowing safer initial coil placement have become available, and, more recently, softer coils have been introduced. Our current approach is to have both surgical and endovascular options for patients.
Endovascular therapy (EVT) continues to evolve and is now challenging surgical clipping as a genuine alternative therapy for intracranial aneurysms. The management of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and its associated complications remains a problem, and the need for a new relatively atraumatic treatment option has generated much interest. The Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC) has been particularly promising.1- 13 This platinum coil is detached by electrolysis of the stainless steel delivery wire.7,8 The coil has proved simpler to deploy than earlier techniques and is safer because it deforms more easily to the lumen of the aneurysm.3,4 The GDC has been studied in the treatment of acutely ruptured aneurysms2,3,14,15 and unruptured aneurysms1,4,5,9- 11 with a variety of morphologic features and locations. The outcome of surgical treatment for acutely ruptured aneurysms has remained fairly constant for the past 20 years, with only 30% of patients regaining their premorbid neurological status.2 It was hoped that the use of EVT in aneurysmal SAH would reduce the risks and harvest the benefits of early surgical intervention. The geometry and location of the aneurysm and the clinical status of the patient affect the indication for and likely success of EVT.5,6,12,13,16
Although comparison is theoretically invalid given the different patient populations, EVT has tended to be reserved for poor surgical candidates, those with poor Glasgow Outcome Scale scores after SAH, or those with high surgical risks due to position or morphologic features, and the results have been similar to those of surgical series.2,3,5,12,13
Criticism of EVT has resulted from the potential for rebleeding from partially occluded aneurysms. The need to demonstrate complete obliteration of the sac has been emphasized,5,12 and the terms dog-ears, neck remnants, and residual aneurysm have been used to describe the angiographic appearance when partial occlusion occurs. The long-term natural history of partially occluded aneurysms is not yet clear. As the pool of data for EVT increases, it is becoming clear that EVT is a viable alternative to surgical clipping. Moreover, in certain situations, EVT might be regarded as the treatment of choice. To our knowledge, there are no randomized controlled trials directly comparing surgery with EVT, but the criteria for the ideal "EVT candidate" are beginning to emerge. The aim of this review is to discuss the current literature that is concerned with the comparison of surgical treatment and EVT, detailing population demographics; outcomes; and morbidity, mortality, rebleeding, and complication rates. In light of this, we attempted to clarify the indications for choosing EVT for intracranial aneurysms in what is now an established multidisciplinary approach using the expertise of neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists.
Several studies assess the use of EVT in the treatment of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Five recent studies5,6,12,13,16 are worthy of more detailed attention. The summarized results of these and other studies are shown in Table 1. In Table 2, for comparison, a selection of surgical series is highlighted.
Debrun et al6 present data from 144 patients split into groups 1 and 2 representing their early and late experience, respectively. The former group was chosen for GDC based on surgical exclusion and the latter based on aneurysm geometry (specifically, dome-to-neck ratios >2). For 55 patients with SAH (Hunt and Hess grade I, 24%; II, 29%; III, 25%; IV, 14%; and V, 7%), an excellent outcome (Glasgow Outcome Scale score 1) was seen in 74%, with procedure-related morbidity and mortality of 3.6% and 1.8%, respectively (overall morbidity and mortality, 7.2% and 17.8%, respectively). For 89 patients who presented nonacutely, an excellent outcome was observed in 90%, with procedure-related morbidity of 2.2% and no procedure-related mortality (overall morbidity and mortality, 2.2% and 7.8%, respectively). The significance of subgrouping into those treated based on aneurysmal geometry is addressed later in this article.
Kuether et al16 published their data from 74 patients—40% presented with SAH over a 4½-year period. After coiling, they found that of patients with Hunt and Hess grade I/II, 81% were independent; of those with grade III, 100% were independent; and of those with grade IV/V, 50% were independent. Procedure-related morbidity and mortality were 9.1% and 7.8%, respectively.
Cognard et al5 performed EVT on 182 patients, 150 of whom had SAH (Hunt and Hess grade I, 61%; II, 17%; III, 9%; IV, 3%; and V, 9%) and 58 of whom had unruptured aneurysms. Of 167 patients who survived to long-term follow-up, 83% had Glasgow Outcome Scale scores of 1, with overall morbidity and mortality of 6.5% and 8.7%, respectively.
Viñuela et al13 treated 403 patients with GDC divided into Hunt and Hess grade I, 20.3%; II, 26.1%; III, 30.0%; IV, 17.1%; and V, 6.5%. They found that 84.9% of patients improved or remained neurologically unchanged, with overall morbidity and mortality of 8.9% and 6.2%, respectively. In discussing these results they were compared with previous surgical series with similar distributions of Hunt and Hess grades and overall morbidity and mortality of 23% and 21%, respectively,18 and 14% and 27%, respectively,20 and 16% mortality.17- 25
Raymond and Roy12 treated 75 patients with EVT, with a Hunt and Hess grading distribution of I, 24%; II, 17%; III, 40%; IV, 15%; and V, 4%. They found that 82% of patients with grades I through III had good outcomes, with procedure-related morbidity and mortality of 8%.
Although these populations are different from those of surgical series, their results compare favorably.17- 20,23- 25 It seems that overall the ability of EVT to secure aneurysms after hemorrhage (thus preventing rebleeding and allowing treatment of associated vasospasm) and achieve high good outcome scores is similar to that of surgical clipping. The tabulated surgical results (Table 2) are by no means comprehensive but give an idea of figures obtained through the late 1980s and 1990s. The discussion and comparison of these 2 treatments is complicated not only by the differing nature of the population characteristics but also by the presentation of variable outcome measures and morbidity and mortality rates: overall rates and procedure-related rates can only be compared with like rates. Furthermore, these observational comparisons are hardly scientific, and more detailed analysis requires a randomized controlled trial.
Drawbacks of EVT include the potential for bleeding from nonobliterated aneurysms after the procedure, its effect on the incidence of vasospasm, and the inherent complications of the technique.
Experience from surgical clipping has shown that aneurysmal neck remnants seen on the postoperative angiogram might dilate to form another aneurysm and represent a significant risk for rebleeding.26 In view of this, the aim of EVT has been to achieve total occlusion. Total occlusion rates of 70% to 85% have been quoted,3- 6,12,13 sometimes requiring more than one procedure.10,25 Generally, it has been easier to achieve total occlusion in aneurysms with small necks, and aneurysmal geometry is emerging as an important predictive factor.6
In the study by Keuther et al16 of 74 patients, 40% of aneurysms exhibited complete occlusion (100%), 52% near complete occlusion (90%-99%), and 8% incomplete occlusion (<90%). They reported after 1.9 years of follow-up that no completely occluded aneurysm hemorrhaged after GDC treatment, and of near complete occlusions, 2.6% hemorrhaged at a rate of 1.4% per year. In the incomplete occlusion group, 16.7% (1 of 6 patients) bled after 2.3 years at a rate of 7.3% per year. In the context of acutely ruptured aneurysms, other studies have quoted rebleeding rates from partially occluded or residual aneurysms (which are presumably <90% occluded) of 6.25%,3 27.0%,4 and 25.0%.12
In the study by Raymond and Roy,12 the angiographic terms dog-ears and residual necks are used to differentiate incomplete occlusion from residual aneurysms, which are classified as any opacification of the sac. It was from the residual aneurysms that the rebleeding occurred. They also note that at angiographic follow-up, 12 patients had recurrences from coil compaction that was more commonly associated with narrow necks than wide necks. Recurrences during this short period were not associated with hemorrhage, mortality, or morbidity. We need to determine whether patients who rebleed from the features of their postprocedure angiography (ie, dog-ears, residual necks, or percentage of incomplete occlusion) can be predicted so that in these patients further embolization or surgical clipping can be performed prophylactically. This information will come to light as long-term follow-up studies are published.
The incidence of vasospasm in patients treated with EVT is a controversial issue. A recent study by Gruber et al17 suggests an increase in infarction rates after acute SAH in those treated with EVT compared with those treated with surgery. However, the increased rate of infarction is only significant in patients with Fischer grade 4 and Hunt and Hess grade V. They conclude that the presence of retained intracerebral clots in patients treated with EVT increases the delayed ischemic infarction rate secondary to vasospasm. In patients without intracerebral clot, there was no significant difference between those treated with surgery or EVT, although there was a trend toward higher rates in the EVT-treated group. Theoretically, even in groups with less severe grades of SAH, early surgery has been suggested to reduce the incidence of vasospasm by removal of vasoactive blood products at the time of surgery using cisternal lavage.27,28 This was not confirmed in the International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery,29,30 in which early surgery did not seem to affect the incidence of morbidity and mortality from chronic cerebral vasospasm. Murayama et al,31 studying a group of patients with Hunt and Hess grades I through III treated with EVT, found the incidence of symptomatic vasospasm to be 23%, which compares favorably with conventional surgical series14,32 and is confirmed by other EVT studies.6 More recently, Yalamanchili et al22 compared patients of similar Hunt and Hess and Fischer grades treated with surgery or EVT within 48 hours of aneurysmal SAH. They found that 22% of the EVT group developed vasospasm, whereas 74% of the surgical group developed vasospasm. Those in the EVT group responded to maximal medical management with significant improvement or resolution of their deficit: in the surgical group, 3 patients (30%) required endovascular angioplasty; ultimately, 2 died and 1 experienced a residual hemiparesis. They suggest, in contrast to Gruber et al,21 that blood, lipid peroxides, and free radicals released into the subarachnoid space because of surgical trauma, in addition to the spastic response of the cerebral vasculature to manipulation, predisposes craniotomy patients to vasospasm. The study by Yalamanchili et al22 consisted of a small number of patients, and, in the face of this conflicting data, it is clear that further study is required.
Complications are well documented in all the published series and include aneurysmal rupture, artery occlusion and thromboemboli, and coil migration. These complications have been reported at rates of 2.1% to 8.0% for aneurysmal perforation, 1.6% to 6.5% for thromboemboli, 3.2% to 5.0% for parent vessel occlusion, and 1.1% to 1.3% for coil migration.6,12,13,16
A possible cause of failure is the inability to gain a stable position of the microcatheter in the aneurysm for coil delivery because of tortuosity of the access vessel.
Another problem encountered is increasing mass effect after coiling of large or giant aneurysms, which might require subsequent decompression of the surrounding structures. In a series of 9 patients, Tsuura et al,33 performing serial magnetic resonance images after embolization of large or giant aneurysms, found that shrinkage of approximately 30% tended to occur 2 to 12 months after treatment. Only 2 patients were coiled, however (the rest had balloon occlusion), and these tended to shrink more slowly, they believed, because balloon occlusion allowed thrombosis of capillary channels within the aneurysm wall. Growth of thrombosed aneurysms has been recorded after treatment,34,35 possibly secondary to hemorrhage of vasa vasorum, but in each case after balloon occlusion. It is possible that the presence of coils might produce the same effect in addition to an inflammatory reaction and associated edema.
As experience increases and microcatheter and coil technology improves, many of these drawbacks will become less significant, and complication rates should decline.
It is well known that the results of EVT in large and giant aneurysms are less favorable than those in small aneurysms, with a commonly accepted classification of small (4-10 mm), large (>10-25 mm), and giant (>25 mm).3,4,13,16 Occlusion rates in these studies have consistently been better for small aneurysms, as defined by the previous dimensions: occlusion rates decreased for aneurysms larger than 10 mm, and for very small aneurysms (<4 mm), packing became technically difficult.5 The width of the neck has also been critical. There is inherent logic in the statement that small necks are easier to pack with coils than wide necks, and a width of less than 5 mm has been suggested as a cutoff point.36 This simple principle for EVT suitability has recently been refined by Debrun et al,6 who examined aneurysmal geometry. Based on the observation that a 5-mm aneurysm with a 2-mm neck would be easier to pack than a 5-mm aneurysm with a 4-mm neck, they propose dome-to-neck ratio as a more effective measurement. In their study, group 1 patients with dome-to-neck ratios of less than 2 (ie, relatively wide necks) had complete occlusion rates of 58%, whereas group 2 patients with dome-to-neck ratios of greater than 2 (ie, narrow necks relative to aneurysmal sac width) had complete occlusion rates of 80%. They point out, however, that any aneurysm with a neck wider than 5 mm is unlikely to be packed effectively because of coil prolapse, regardless of the dome-to-neck ratio.
For the early studies, patients were recruited on the basis of surgical exclusion. This could be for a variety of reasons, including poor clinical grade after SAH, general lack of fitness for surgery, and surgical inaccessibility. As a result, the published data contained a predominance of posterior circulation aneurysms.3,4 This in itself was not a problem, and in fact some groups report easier catheterization of posterior circulation aneurysms because the vessels are less tortuous3; however, it made comparison of EVT and surgical series less valuable. Although this bias is now less marked, and in some cases even reversed,5,6,12,13,16 in all of these more recent series the most common individual locations were the basilar tip or parophthalmic aneurysms. This confirms that surgical inaccessibility remains an important factor in the choice of EVT. As experience of coiling at other sites grows, previously unknown situations that make coiling unsuitable have come to light: Debrun et al6 found that aneurysms in which multiple branches arose were particularly difficult (eg, at the middle cerebral artery trifurcation) because the vessels obscured the aneurysm neck, increasing risk of coil protrusion, and thus thrombosis, in the parent artery. This observation reiterates the importance of meticulous pretherapeutic angiography and planning before opting for EVT.
There are now 2 options for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms, and available data suggest that the outcomes for each are similar. In certain circumstances each one has an advantage over the other, and different patients might be more suited to one but not the other. Endovascular therapy lends itself to small aneurysms (diameter, 4-10 mm), with neck widths less than 5 mm and dome-to-neck ratios greater than 2, in which the chances of total angiographic occlusion are highest. The most common individual locations treated in the published data are the basilar tip and parophthalmic aneurysms. Most of cerebral aneurysms in the posterior circulation and a few in the anterior circulation are better treated using endovascular coiling technique rather than surgically. A multidisciplinary approach with free communication between the interventional neuroradiologist and the neurosurgeon should be emphasized, with meticulous planning on the basis of pretherapeutic angiography. We need to continuously evaluate the data from surgical and endovascular series and any randomized trials to ensure the continued optimal management of patients with intracranial aneurysms. New technology will continue to make advances in this field.
Accepted for publication April 4, 2000.
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Senate Appropriators Approve Continuing Resolution
By Gene Voegtlin, Director, SACOP, IACP
n mid-March, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a continuing resolution that would fund a number of federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, for the remainder of FY 2013. The legislation is expected to be passed (with slight modifications) by both the full Senate and the House of Representatives in the next few weeks.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) – The bill provides $1.13 billion for the ATF to reduce violent crime and enforce Federal firearms and explosives laws.
U.S. Marshals Service – The bill provides $1.17 billion for U.S. Marshals Service salaries and expenses to apprehend dangerous fugitives, protect the federal courts and the judiciary, and transport prisoners for court proceedings.
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Four Bills Targeting Gun Violence
In mid-March, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee approved four pieces of legislation that are intended to address gun violence and the illegal use of firearms. These bills are
All of these bills are now awaiting action by the full U.S. Senate.
IACP Files Amicus Brief in Maryland v. King
In late February, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Case of Maryland v. King. At issue is whether the Fourth Amendment bars Maryland from gathering DNA samples from individuals arrested for, but not convicted of, certain felonies. The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in this case could have a profound impact on many federal and state DNA collection laws.
In the case under consideration, Alonzo King was linked to an unsolved 2003 rape conviction by a DNA sample he gave when arrested in 2009 on assault charges. He was convicted of the sex crime, but the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed his conviction on the basis that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the DNA sample was collected. The State of Maryland appealed this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The IACP, joined by a number of other law enforcement organizations, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the State of Maryland's appeal, arguing that the collection of DNA was constitutional and did not constitute a violation of Mr. King's Fourth Amendment protections.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release its decision this spring.♦
Please cite as:
Gene Voegtlin, "Senate Appropriators Approve Continuing Resolution," Legislative Alert, The Police Chief 80 (April 2013): 8.
From The Police Chief, vol. LXXX, no. 4, April 2013. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.