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Conspicuity of breast lesions at different b values on diffusion-weighted imaging
Diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging has shown potential to differentiate between malignant and benign breast lesions. However, different b values have been used with varied sensitivity and specificity. This study aims to prospectively evaluate the influence of b value on the detection and assessment of breast lesions.
Institutional review board approval and informed patient consent were obtained. Between February 2010 and September 2010, sixty women suspected of having breast cancer by clinical examination and mammography underwent bilateral breast MRI and DW imaging (with maximum b values of 600, 800, and 1000 s/mm2). Conspicuity grades of lesions at different b values on DW images were performed. Signal intensity and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values were recorded and compared among different b values by the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.
Fifty-seven lesions from 52 recruited patients including 39/57 (68%) malignant and 18/57 (32%) benign were confirmed with pathology. DCE MRI accurately detected 53 lesions with the sensitivity of 93.0% and specificity of 66.7%, and DW imaging accurately detected 51 lesions with the sensitivity of 89.5% and specificity of 100%. There were no significant differences in conspicuity grades compared among the three b values (
DW imaging is a potential adjunct to conventional MRI in the differentiation between malignant and benign breast lesions. Varying the maximum b value from 600 to 1000 s/mm2 does not influence the conspicuity of breast lesions on DW imaging at 1.5 T.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is becoming a powerful tool to help with the detection, diagnosis, and staging of breast cancer
In recent years, diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging has been applied to distinguish between malignant and benign breast lesions
On clinical MRI scanners, diffusion sensitivity is easily altered by changing the diffusion gradient factor, which is also known as the "b value". This value is proportional to the gradient amplitude and duration. By using at least two different b values, the ADC can be calculated. Tsushima
Based on these concepts we have carried out a prospective study to evaluate the influence of different b values on lesion conspicuity, the ADC measurement and the performance of ADC for the differential diagnosis between malignant and benign breast lesions.
The study was approved by our institutional review board. Informed consent was obtained from all patients before participation in the study. Sixty patients with palpable breast mass and clinical indication for breast MRI were enrolled from February 2010 to September 2010. Three patients were excluded because of movement or susceptibility artifacts seen on DW imaging. Two additional patients were lost without sufficient follow-up. Thus, 55 women (mean age, 49.6 years; range, 23-75 years) who met the following inclusion criteria were included in our study. 1) Insufficient or suspicious mammography findings (breast mass, architectural distortion, and focal asymmetry) diagnosed as Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) 0, 4, 5; 2) The final diagnosis was confirmed by means of surgery or core needle biopsy; 3) Clinical and imaging follow-ups were performed for at least 12 months by using a combination of ultrasound and mammography.
MRI protocol
MRI examination was performed with a 1.5 T system (Signa; GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) using a dedicated four-channel breast coil on patients in the prone position. The imaging protocol began with standard anatomical series, including fast spin-echo (FSE) T1-weighted imaging, FSE T2-weighted imaging, and short T1 inversion recovery (STIR) imaging. Subsequently, three distinct DW sequences using b = 0 and b = 600, 800 or 1000 s/mm2 were performed by using single-shot echo-planar imaging (SSEPI) and frequency selection fat-suppression with the same following parameters: TR/TE = 5000/72.1 ms, matrices = 128 × 128, number of excitations = 4, section thickness/interslice gap = 5/0 mm, and field of view = 320 mm. The DW series were acquired in the transverse plane and covered both breasts. Diffusion gradients were encoded in 3 orthogonal axes (x, y, and z). Acquisition time was 1 minute 20 seconds with 20-24 slices. Finally, a T1-weighted 3D fast spoiled gradient-recalled echo sequence with parallel imaging (VIBRANT) sequence was used for dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging. Precontrast T1-weighted images were subtracted from the postcontrast T1-weighted dynamic images on a pixel-by-pixel basis.
Image analysis and data acquisition
All images were transferred to a workstation (Advantage Windows, version 4.2; GE Healthcare) for analysis, and the DW images were postprocessed with commercial software (FuncTool, GE Healthcare) to obtain ADC maps. Each patient had 3 ADC maps created using two b values, 0 and either 600, 800, or 1000 s/mm2. Two radiologists (both with 5 years of experience in breast imaging; 11 and 6 years of experience in MRI, respectively) independently evaluated each DW image and ADC map alone. To resolve disagreement between observers, a third radiologist (with 5 years of experience in breast imaging; 20 years of experience in MRI) assessed all involved items. The majority opinion was used for analysis.
Each reviewer graded the conspicuity of lesions on a 5 point confidence scale based on the appearance and signal strength of lesions on the high b value DW image (Table
Signal intensity (SI) was recorded on the high b value DW imaging and ADC was documented. Circular regions of interest (ROIs) were drawn manually in the central region of the homogeneous lesions, or in the hypointensity region of the heterogeneous lesions on ADC maps using narrow window width. Lesion signal intensity (SIlesion) and ADC were then automatically calculated. Signal intensity (SInormal) and ADC of normal tissue were measured by placing ROIs in homogeneous breast parenchyma without enhancement in the centre of the contralateral breast, avoiding contamination by fatty tissue. Finally, ROIs were drawn manually in the anterior area outside of the breast to measure noise intensity (SInoise) and standard deviation (SDnoise). The area of ROI was measured to be 10 ± 2 mm2.
Pathology analysis
The surgeon and study coordinator recorded the lesion location for all patients who underwent surgery or biopsy. A pathologist then performed pathological examination blinded to imaging diagnosis. The results of anatomy and histology were correlated with the results of MRI by the study coordinator who had access to all images and clinical data of the patients, including their pathology.
Statistical analysis
Data were analyzed using the SPSS13.0 software package (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). Probability values of less than 0.05 were considered significant. The conspicuity grades of the lesions on 3 DW series (b = 0, 600), (b = 0, 800), (b = 0, 1000) were compared using a Friedman signed rank test. SI was analyzed by measurement of SNR and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). SNR was calculated by SNR = SIlesion/SDnoise. CNR was calculated by CNR = (SIlesion-SInormal)/SDnoise. Comparisons of the mean SIlesion, SInormal, SInoise, SNR, CNR, and ADC among different b values were performed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test. For comparison of the mean ADC between malignant and benign lesions, we used the independent samples
Lesion detection
Fifty-seven lesions from 52 women were analysed including 39/57 malignant (mean size, 15 mm; range, 7-45 mm) and 18/57 benign (mean size, 17 mm; range 7-50 mm) –see Table
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MR images of a 49-year-old woman with invasive ductal carcinoma.
MR images of a 49-year-old woman with invasive ductal carcinoma. MR images of a 49-year-old woman with invasive ductal carcinoma on (a) early contrast-enhanced subtraction image, (b) gray-level DW image, and (c) ADC map.
Conspicuity on DW imaging
Most malignant lesions were circumscribed and displayed strong signals with definite margins, and benign lesions displayed mild to moderate signal with indistinct or definite margins on DW images. Mean conspicuity grades of malignant lesions were 4.44 ± 0.97 at b = 600 s/mm2, 4.38 ± 1.04 at b = 800 s/mm2 and 4.36 ± 0.96 at b = 1000 s/mm2. Those of benign lesions were 2.56 ± 1.38 at b = 600 s/mm2, 2.56 ± 1.38 at b = 800 s/mm2 and 2.17 ± 0.99 at b = 1000 s/mm2. There was a high significant difference in the conspicuity between malignant and benign lesions (
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DW images of lesions graded as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 point.
DW images of lesions graded as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 point. DW images of lesions graded as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 point based on the appearance and signal strength of lesions compared with surrounding breast parenchyma. (a) Grade 1 with symmetric signal intensity of bilateral breast. (b) Hyperplasia lesion in left breast scored as 2 with regional distribution, indistinct margin and moderate signal. (c) Fibroadenoma in left breast (arrow) scored as 3 with circumscribed appearance, definite margin and moderate signal. Another hyperintensity lesion is a cyst, which was not included in the study. (d) Invasive ductal carcinoma in right breast scored as 4 with segmental distribution, indistinct margin and strong signal. (e) Invasive ductal carcinoma in right breast scored as 5 with circumscribed appearance, definite margin and strong signal.
SI on DW imaging
SI on DW imaging depends on the magnitude of the diffusion for all lesions and normal parenchyma (Table
ADC performance
The distribution of ADC for malignant and benign lesions calculated with different b values is shown in Table
ROC curves derived from ADC differentiating malignant from benign lesions are displayed in S
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ROC curves.
ROC curves. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves derived from ADC in differencing malignant from benign lesions at three b values. The areas under the curves at b values of 600, 800, 1000 s/mm2 were 0.858, 0.870 and 0.866, respectively. There is no significant difference among three b values (
DW imaging involves the random motion of water molecules, which is detected as attenuation of the measured SI
DW imaging also allows quantitative calculation of ADC for each pixel of the image and is displayed as a parametric map. ADC is measured by acquiring the MR signal at least twice, typically with (Sb) and without (S0) diffusion weighting by the following formula: ADC = [In (S0/Sb)]/b, where Sb and S0 are the signal intensities on the DW imaging and the reference imaging without diffusion weighting, respectively
The diffusion gradient factor, also known as the "b value", is an important parameter of DW imaging and determined by the following formula: b = γ2 G2 δ2(Δ – δ/3), where γ is the magnetogyric ratio, G is the gradient intensity, δ is the duration of the applied gradient, and Δ is the time interval between the paired gradients. A greater b value indicates a more severe phase dispersion of water molecules and a more reduced signal under the effect of gradient pulse on DW imaging
We also found that there were no significant differences for ADC calculation among the three b values (
It is first to prospectively evaluate the influence of b values on both the display and ADC measurement of breast lesions on DW imaging at 1.5 T. So far, only one similar study performed using 3.0 T
Our study has some limitations. First, ROIs to measure SI and ADC were set by the operators, which is subjective and that little is known about the reproducibility of measurements. We found that some breast lesions were heterogeneous on DW images and ADC maps. Most tumours, especially malignant, have heterogeneous microenvironments. By drawing an ROI around a tumour, the summary statistical value does not adequately reflect lesion characteristics
In addition, we combined the minimal b value of 0 mm2/s and the maximum b values ranging from 600 to 1000 mm2/s to calculate ADC. According to previously published articles, the use of multiple b values did not increase the precision of ADC measurements. Instead, it increased vulnerability of patient movement due to longer acquisition times
DW imaging is a potential adjunct to conventional breast MRI in differentiating between malignant and benign lesions. The performance of DW imaging at 1.5 T is not significantly influenced by varying the maximum b value from 600 to 1000 s/mm2. Further studies with larger populations are needed to confirm the use of DW imaging in the evaluation of breast lesions.
DW, Diffusion-weighted; ADC, Apparent Diffusion Coefficient; SNR, Signal-to-noise Ratio; CNR, Contrast-to-noise Ratio; ROC, Receiver Operating Characteristic; MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging; bmax, Maximum b Value; BI-RADS, Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System; FSE, Fast Spin-echo; STIR, Short T1 Inversion Recovery; SSEPI, Single-shot Echo-planar Imaging; SI, Signal Intensity; ROI, Regions of Interest; SIlesion, Lesion Signal Intensity; SInormal, Normal Tissue Signal Intensity; SInoise, Noise Intensity; SDnoise, Noise Standard Deviation; ANOVA, One-way Analysis of Variance; AUC, Area Under the Curve; DCIS, Ductal Carcinoma in Situ.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
Chen X conceived of the study concept and participated in its design, quality assessment, statistical analysis, manuscript drafting and editing and approval for important intellectual concepts. He XJ participated in its design, quality assessment, manuscript editing and approval for important intellectual concepts. Jin R carried out the MRI imaging data acquisition, participated in the literature research and helped to draft the manuscript. G YM and Zhao X participated in MRI imaging data acquisition and data analysis. Kang HF participated in its design and the clinical study. Mo LP participated in the design of the study and the pathological analysis. Wu Q participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30701008).
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I am fascinated by World War II aircraft, although I don't fully know why. I'm not a pilot and so can never operate them, as I could a 1967 Shelby if I were a car aficionado. I'll certainly never own one. And, in actuality, I hate flying. But armed with a deep appreciation for history, I drove the 75 miles to the Reading, Pa., airport for the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum's annual "Gathering of Warbirds" weekend.
I deemed the drive worthwhile even before exiting my car, thrilling to a gleaming, silver B-17 Flying Fortress rumbling airborne in a humbling combination of power and elegance. I cannot decide whether I derived more wonderment from coming face-to-cowling with these beautiful aircraft that helped save the world from the tyranny of Hitler and Hirohito, or from watching them roar through the air.
Seemingly everyone's favorite is the P-51 Mustang. If an aircraft can be described as "sexy," it's this slender predator of the skies. She was almost as sexy as the heavily lipsticked redhead sporting a 1940s USO dress posing alongside her.
I walked under the wing of a rugged B-25 Mitchell - the plane that captured my imagination while watching "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," the first war movie I remember viewing - marveling from closer than the USS Hornet's flagman giving the "go" signal to Jimmy Doolittle and his raiders that they somehow flew these twin-engine behemoths off the short, pitching deck of a carrier.
I touched the propeller of an Avenger, the big-bellied torpedo bomber that blasted holes in many a Japanese ship and, even on the ground, looks like it's aching to do damage.
The curvy Corsair was the terror of Japanese pilots. It gracefully chewed up the sky as it zoomed by in a parade of Pacific Theater war birds, leading the Avenger, the Navy Helldiver and the savior of the Battle of Midway, the Dauntless. Among them zipped a Japanese Val, targeted by a barrage of very realistic-sounding machine-gun and anti-aircraft blanks, which provided an electrifying, and sobering, flashback to deadlier days.
Then, strolling through a re-created Normandy village, I saw a sea of tents displaying shadowed glimpses into the hard life of a wartime soldier - from the unforgiving Army cot, cumbersome gas mask and medical instruments to old bottles of Coke and the cathedral radio. Re-enactors representing various nations, military branches and ranks demonstrated service life, staged an infantry battle and walked among the crowd (too many German and SS soldiers, with their eagle-winged swastika insignia, for my liking). American GIs looking sharp in the leggings, field jackets and pre-Kevlar helmets of bygone days made me wish our military would institute throwback uniforms on Sundays.
Before returning to the airstrip, I admired President Franklin Roosevelt's official car and sat down to enjoy Vera Lynn, the Andrews Sisters and Doris Day, as sung by Theresa Eaman, whose angelic voice could make even the most battle-hardened Marine swoon.
And then the treat of the afternoon: Fifi, the only B-29 Superfortress in the world still flying, rose majestically into the sky. On the third flyby, her enormous wings banked to the crowd in a "photo pass," and somewhere between the pride and awe of this sight, I grinned incredulously at how the Axis could have been so suicidal to pick a fight with the United States.
This wasn't merely a weekend of vicarious thrill-seeking or a tenuous connection to a simpler time; it was a setting in which to remember - or, for those born after the war, imagine - a nation unified, a Congress not perpetually divided and chronically counterproductive, a government focused on the common good and its reputation on the world stage - a spirit too seldom seen and felt in America since the end of World War II.
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Murderer of Irishman shot dead in Spain 'heard bragging' about planned crime
The killer of an Irishman gunned down in a packed Majorcan holiday resort was overheard in a bar bragging about the crime he was about to pull off, it was claimed today.
Police are said to have spoken to the key witness as they hunt the gunman and two suspected accomplices.
The suspects escaped a police lockdown of the area following the shooting just after 9pm last night in Costa de la Calma, around 15 miles from Majorcan capital Palma in the south west of the island.
Armed police - some carrying machine guns and wearing bullet-proof vests - patrolled the street where the murder occurred outside an empty supermarket which was sealed off as forensic experts moved in following a failed attempt to revive the victim at the scene.
An all-ports alert remained in place this morning as murder squad detectives sought to stop the assassins fleeing the island.
The shooting is being probed as a revenge killing and will inevitably lead to concerns it is related to the gangland feud between the Kinahan and Hutch families which has caused bloodshed in Ireland and the Costa del Sol.
A bar owner, who asked not to be named, said in the aftermath of the gun murder: "I heard three shots but there were apparently four and then saw a man with a blue hoodie pulled tight over his face run by.
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"The victim is dead and still lying in a bodybag on the pavement near my bar.
"I don't know who he is."
A spokesman for the Civil Guard was unable to confirm the nationality of the victim, although local reports said he was Irish and officers at the scene also described him as an Irishman.
The spokesman said: "A man was shot in the back around 9.05 local time in a street in Costa de la Calma.
"Officers are still at the scene.
"The man or men responsible for shooting him fled."
The man shot dead in Majorca was with his family when he was gunned down, locals said last night.
A worker at a restaurant near the scene of the murder said they were asked to take care of around six children while police questioned a woman believed to be the man's partner.
The worker, who asked not to be named, said: "There were around five or six children aged between eight and 15.
"The police said they were the victim's relatives and asked us to look after them while they were with the woman they were questioning."
Roadblocks were set up in the area to try to catch the killers.
The Costa del Sol and Ireland has been rocked by a series of tit-for-tat killings blamed on feuding Irish gangs.
In February, gangster David Byrne was shot dead at Dublin's Regency Hotel during the weigh-in of Jamie Kavanagh, the boxing pal of Irish godfather Christy Kinahan's son Daniel.
The shooting, which followed the September 2014 killing of Jamie's gangster dad Gerard at a pub near Marbella, was seen as retaliation for the assassination in September last year of Gary Hutch in Miraflores near Fuengirola.
Gary's uncle Gerry 'the Monk' Hutch has been blamed for ordering the hit on Byrne as part of an all-out war with the Kinahan gang.
His brother Eddie was shot dead three days after the Regency Hotel attack in a feud which one major criminal has warned would only end when Daniel Kinahan, who until recently lived in Marbella, was killed.
Christy and Daniel are now said to have relocated to Dubai to escape the threats to their lives.
Since Eddie Hutch's killing on February 8 at his home, at least three murders in Ireland have been linked to the gangland feud.
The garda overtime budget to combat the deadly feud between the Kinahan mob and the Hutch gang was recently estimated to have risen to €90million.
Armed officers have staged more than 6,000 checkpoints in Dublin since David Byrne's murder at the Regency Hotel.
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Our usual Christmas day dining is with my son and his family but this year they decided to have their gathering on Christmas Eve. OK, then! Let's go to Manka's for their annual Christmas dinner. I called and got the last reservation for two at the Chef's Table, meaning Ann and I would be seated with six strangers. It turned out to be great fun.
Margaret Grade, Manka chef, uses local ingredients and in her fanciful way describes the dishes and describes the source and place of origin for ingredients. So, we began with Tomales Bay mussels, very sweet, in cream soup with a dollop of cream described as "a cloud of curried coastal cream". And it was, too. When our server learned that my wife was allergic to mussles, she was served a cream of mushroom soup made from locallly foraged boletes. Also good.
Next, half a small Dungeness crab, harvested from right off Chimney Rock they said, and roasted in a wood-burning oven. Considering the several dishes that would follow, the small size was just right and it was perfectly cooked, allaying my fear of overdone crab as prepared in most restaurants (including R & G Lounge, sorry). Along side the crab was a very generous side of Meyer lemon (local) Hollandaise which was groan-producingly delicious with the juicy crab. Then, and just right after rich crab and sauce, a salad of perfect ancho cress with tangerine sections and almond wood-roasted almonds. The bite and bitterness of the greens, perfectly dressed with a light vinaigrette, was a fine pallate cleanser.
However, the next menu item in fact was a pallate cleanser: a Meyer lemon ice which, when it came, was more creamy than a granite but a wonderful combination of sweet and tart. Unfortunately, there was an inordinately long wait between salad and ice when no table was being served, the only off-note of the evening. The natives got a bit restless but just when I was beginning to twitch a table-mate offered me a taste of the 1990 Prieure-Lichine he had brought and it was just the kind of palatte cleanser I like best. Real Christmas spirit was developing at our table.
In West Marin, a current hot issue is the proposed elimination of the non-native Axis deer which were imported a century ago for the sport of local hunters. They have grown in number and their avid foraging is threatening the food source for local deer and other creatures as well as leaving the Park land and onto farms. The Park Service (this is Pt. Reyes National Seashore) wants to shoot them. Many of the local two-legged creatures are upset and discussing the issue is a good way to get into a serious argument in those parts. Margaret Grade demonstrated a partial solution: the next course was a chop of wild Axis deer. The menu description gives an example of Manka's descriptive style: "A rack chop of wild axis Rudolph arching over a crush of Peter's potatoes (referring to local grower Peter Worsley, I assume) encircled with a venison sauce fashioned from osso bucco deepened with Mt. Tam merlot." Well, that about says it, I guess...I was surprised that the venison did not have a gamier taste, but it was a lovely piece of meat and the sauce had the merlot grapes as well as their juice.
A Sally Jackon sheep's milk cheese came next and was described as local, but I thought she was from the Pacific Northwest. Whatever, it was creamy and wonderful and served with mince of raisins and apple pieces (which were local). Finally, a rich and creamy wedge of soft Sharffenberger chocolate, happily not too sweet, with house-made ginger ice cream and a drizzle of carmel. I am not an avid dessert eater but this was the taste that first came to mind as I awakened this morning. And finally, we got a glass of the best eggnog I have ever tasted: very eggy, very creamy, very brandied.
We had begun with a glass of a Marin-made Stubbs chardonnay, crisp and peary and without the unctuous quality I have come to fear in chard. With dinner, a 2004 Holderedge pinot noir from Healdsburg--a new one on me; they do only 1000 cases a year--and it was a pleasantly smoky, medium bodied type of pinot that went perfectly with our meal. Manka's has maintained what they call "rustic elegance" and I think of as gracefully funky. The lighting is soft and warm, the furniture woodsy, the ambience definitely lodge-like. (Chairs a bit hard after the first two hours, however.) Service is both attentive and low-key. The fixed price for the holiday meals--they do Christmas eve, Christmas day, New Year's eve, New Year's day, and all are booked well in advance--was $125. Their regular menu is also fixed price, set menu, and is around $60. Their website has not been updated since 2004 and presents many lovely pictures and atmospheric music before you get to the food part:
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When a group of small-town firemen find out that their chief is retiring, they organize a party to end all parties. But as soon as the celebration commences, the attendees experience one disaster after another. There are stolen raffle prizes, unwilling beauty contestants and even a fire. This Czechoslovakian comedy -- the last film director Milos Forman made in his native country -- received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.


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Earlier, Hyderabad, overnight 83 for 5, were bundled out for 163 with left-arm spinner, Ram Kumar becoming the wrecker by claiming six wickets in a single spell of 31 overs.
Wicketkeeper batsman, Ibrahim Khaleel fell prey to M R Srinivas adding just one run to his overnight score of four.
Anirudh Singh was also out leg before to Ramkumar for 24. Shivaji Yadav (20), Venkatapathy Raju (25 not out) and Inder Sekar Reddy (12) could add 50 runs before the team ended their first innings. Srinivas claimed 3 for 33.
In reply, Tamil Nadu openers Vidyuth and Sadagopan Ramesh laid a solid foundation making 77 runs between them before the latter was declared leg before to skipper Venkatapathy Raju. Ramesh made 29 and had hit four fours.
Vidyuth in the company of S.Badrinath held the Hyderabad bowlers at bay pulling and driving the spinners, Shivaji Yadav Inder Sekar Reddy and Venkatapathy Raju, who operated in tandem for big runs.
Vidyuth (97) and Badrinath (56) were at the crease when stumps were drawn.
Brief Scores: Hyderabad (1st innings) 163 (Arjun Yadav 20, Venkapatapathy Raju not out 25, Ram Kumar 6 for 57 and Srinivas 3 for 33).
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This is the timeline for the Midnight Sun TL.
Alone, 1430-1440
In 1430, the Greenland Norse were pushed to the edge of starvation by worsening climactic conditions and hostile Inuit, abandoning their Western Settlement to withdraw to the very southern tip of Greenland. The trading ships had long stopped coming, and Norse farming techniques, ineffective in greenland's climate, were pushing them into starvation. After the daughter of a major chief, Jon Arnason, starved to death, he realized that the colony would be destroyed unless serious action is taken. He ordered his men to begin large-scale fishing in an attempt to utilize a new food source. After Arnason survived the winter in a far greater state of comfort than his non-fishing compatriots, they also adopted fishing. As there was a shortage of boats to fish from, or timber to build new boats, the Norse for the first time offered to trade iron for Inuit kayaks. The Inuit accepted, and a trading post as set up at the former Western Settlement.
In 1432, Arnason's son Einar was stranded at the Western Settlement over the winter, but is fortunately taken in by the Inuit. He acquired a working knowledge of their language, and married an Inuit woman. Meanwhile, the Eastern Settlement began hunting whales in line with Inuit custom, enabling them to gain a supply both of food and fuel. Several Norse overwintered at the Western Settlement the next year, where Einar Arnason's first child, a daughter named Freydis, was born. The Inuit are able to make a much larger and more successful hunt using iron tools, and requested, through Einar, that a blacksmith be sent to the Western Settlement.
By 1434, the Western Settlement had expanded into a joint Inuit-Norse community of around 60 people. The Inuit began to adopt iron tools on a larger scale, and produced larger kayaks carrying two to three passengers. After the death of the Inuit chief at the Western Settlement, or Ivituut, Einar Arnason was made the new chief by acclamation. The last cows died out in southern Greenland after fodder proves inadequate. Only sheep, goats, horses and dogs are left to the Norse.
In 1435, the main hay barn burned down at the Eastern Settlement, starving about 90% of the livestock. The people begin to starve also, and attack the richer farms, killing much of their breeding stock. Jon Arnason is one of the dead. Some hundreds trek over southern Greenland to Ivituut, but most die on the way.
An expedition from the Western Settlement reached the Eastern one the next summer, finding only a few thousand people still alive. Most were evacuated to the Western settlement, leaving only around a thousand. After they requested more hunters, several dozen Inuit move south to the Eastern settlement, greatly enhancing its food production capabilities.
Over the winter, the last priest consecrated by the last bishop sent from Europe died. Several dozen Norse objected to the fact that no baptism, absolution, or other religious ceremony can now be carried out. Some left in two of the last remaining ships for Europe. They were never heard from again, and were presumably killed by the impassable conditions in the North Sea. After a glacier cut off the fjord at the Western Settlement, Einar Arnason ordered the community, now numbering around 500, transferred wholesale to the Eastern Settlement. The Inuit inhabitants also moved.
In 1439, several hundred Inuit arrived at the Eastern - and now only- Settlement to trade. Some stay there, and took up sheep farming or acted as hunters for the less competent Norse. Some of the poorer Norse returned north to the Inuit, judging it better to be well-fed barbarians than starving civilized people.
The next year, a Norse woman who lived with an Inuit man was=s kidnapped by her disapproving father. Her husband responded by impaling him with a harpoon, but was promptly lynched by an enraged mob, threatening to ignite ethnic strife. Einar Arnason responded by denying all participants in the conflict, access to communal food supplies until they reconcile, ending the conflict quickly. Nonetheless, internecine conflict became an increasing threat.
Destabilization, 1441 - 1450
In 1441, both Inuit shamans and religious members of the Norse united to condemn increasing "corruption" of their values by interaction with the other culture. They argued in favour of ending cohabitation at the Eastern Settlement and at other shared outposts along the south coast. However, both benefit too much from the other and mainstream members of both societies condemn the idea. The Norse began around this time to adopt shamanic rituals and Inuit superstitions, while the Inuit adopted parts of Christianity. The Church is massively undermined by the lack of any bishop consecrated in Rome. Another voyage to Iceland was attempted, but the ship broke up in the sea ice in sight of shore. One Norseman captures several caribou, and attempted to tame them. He was moderately successful, and is able to keep the half-tame caribou through the winter. His neighbours immediately adopted the idea.
In a desperate attempt to preserve societal stability, Einar Arnason ordained a bishop himself, declaring him Bishop of Greenland and giving him the authority to ordain future bishops. The bishop promptly consecrated forty new priests. Conservative Greenland Norse rejected the new Bishop, especially when he adopted several Inuit customs, and killed several of the priests. Many Norse eagerly accepted the priests, and thousands are baptized or married "properly". In response, the conservative Norse launched a second voyage to Iceland, returning with their own, supposedly pope-ordained, Bishop. Many suspected the ship did not reach Iceland, and the bishop is, in fact, a fake. He was promptly denounced as such by the first bishop, triggering an ecclesiastical struggle, termed "the War of the Two Bishops".
In an effort to appeal to Inuit, the first bishop increasingly diluted his church with Inuit customs and ideas. The more conservative church responded by denouncing him as a heathen.In 1444, after the failure of the seal migration triggers widespread hunger, both bishops declared it divine retribution for the other's sins. Rival priests begin arming themselves, and fighting raged between the two camps, referred to as the Eystri and Vestryi, referring to the geographical location at which the two groups are concentrated. The more liberal immigrants from the Western Settlement largely supported the first bishop, while the Easterners supported the second.
On the night of New Year's, as the first Bishop held a late mass in the cathedral at Gardar, several dozen of the Eystri surrounded the church. They then set it aflame. The Bishop burned to death, along with most of his priests and congregation. Immediately, the second Bishop proclaimed that God had clearly spoken; as the sole remaining religious authority, he must also be the legitimate one. The same night,which would eventually become known as Bloody Sunday, Einar Arnason's son Thorfinn was born.
Many Norse now shifted their allegiance to the surviving Bishop. Others, however, rejected the Church outright, shifting to shamanism or returning to pagan worship. The Bishop called the first meeting in almost thirty years of the Greenland Assembly, or Althing, in 1446, to discuss several pressing issues. It almost immediately broke down. The tradition of the Althing was that all significant chiefs be allowed to speak and have a vote, but the conservative Norse refused to admit Inuit chieftains. The Bishop called for the chiefs to enforce obedience to the Church's decrees, but this was in turn blocked by the Vestryi faction. The Althing deliberated on-and-off for two years before being officially broken off.
It was at this time that a major epidemic of smallpox struck the Inuit portions of the population. Thousands died, and many more fled Greenland for Markland to the west. To general horror, the epidemic seemingly afflicted the Marklanders far worse. The northernmost island of Markland, OTL Ellesmere Island, was virtually depopulated, and the disease spread even farther south. In Greenland, it ran its course within a year, leaving the Inuit population halved to around 12,000. The balance of power on the island now shifted significantly toward the Norse.


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TRENTON, N.J.: A dominant re-election victory in hand, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is pursuing a path to bolster his resume as a get-it-done Republican leader and to broaden a national network of political allies.
This aggressive course is designed to strengthen his appeal as he considers whether to run for president in 2016.
Christie faces stubborn skeptics on all sides, even though he won a second term Tuesday by 22 percentage points.
Democrats who control the New Jersey Legislature are questioning his second-term priorities. Some conservative activists in important presidential primary states remain outright hostile to the Republican politician who embraced Democratic President Barack Obama last fall during Superstorm Sandy just days before the country picked the next president.
"I don't like the man," said Chelle Adkins, a Republican activist from northern Iowa, the state set to hold the nation's first presidential nominating contest in roughly two years. "I'll vote for him over a Democrat, but not in the caucuses."
Christie's advisers suggest he has a one-year window to stack up more accomplishments before lame-duck status — and a prospective White House campaign — interfere.
On his to-do list: cut taxes and enact education changes that include school vouchers. Those are policy goals that his party's right flank probably would cheer.
Christie also plans to continue courting Hispanics. He has expressed support for a New Jersey law that would grant in-state tuition for children of people living in the United States illegally.
While that policy might alienate some conservatives, Christie is betting that he can maintain the popularity among minority voters that was a key to his re-election.
He became the first Republican in a quarter-century to capture more than 50 percent of the New Jersey vote. He won 60 percent against state. Sen. Barbara Buono.
Christie is showing little sign of slowing down after his victory.
"I am thrilled to have the campaign behind me and to get back to governing, which is what we're going to do starting today," Christie said Wednesday at an urban charter school, a setting chosen to emphasize his focus on Hispanic outreach and education.
By Thursday and Friday, Christie was meeting with legislative leaders and his Cabinet ahead of an upcoming lame-duck legislative session.
He is scheduled to appear on four nationally televised news shows today.
Christie's advisers say he probably will avoid overt actions associated with presidential politics in the short term, such as visits to early voting Iowa or New Hampshire.
But later this month, he begins a one-year term as chairman of the Republican Governors Association. That job offers an opportunity to strengthen alliances with other governors and broaden his network of big-dollar donors beyond the New Jersey area.
GOP strategists say that will only help Christie be well-positioned for a run.
"To the degree he spends the next year helping Republican governors, it makes it a lot harder to say he hasn't been out doing the hard work for the cause. And winning sells," said GOP strategist Phil Musser.
Christie already has a network of supporters in important places.
The day after Christie's re-election, the New Hampshire GOP hired one of his regional political directors as its executive director. In Iowa, Christie is the first would-be presidential candidate that Gov. Terry Branstad, R-Iowa, mentions when he talks about the emerging field.
Still, Christie is not the obvious favorite of hard-liners who typically dominate primaries.
Christie was a popular draw at fundraisers for Iowa Republican candidates in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
But activists have had a better look lately at rising stars such as U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky, who have made multiple trips to Iowa this year while Christie has stayed away.


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- Match: Karnataka Bulldozers vs Veer Marathi
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Chapter Eighty-Seven: Food
"So . . . have you thought about our conversation earlier, Sifu Hotman?" He raises his eyebrows as he Airbends a bowl of rice towards Zuko. The Firebender accepts the offering and proceeds to pick up his chopsticks.
"Which one? And stop calling me that!"
He settles down, cross-legged, onto a bench. "Can you please tell me about relationships? And girls? And relationships with girls?"
"Well, I guess the first thing you have to do is tell her how you feel." Zuko coughs awkwardly. "Have you told her yet?"
He cringes and puts his hand onto his chest. "What? Me tell her how I feel? Just walk up to her and say, Hey, Katara, I love you?" Zuko nods. "Are you insane?"
"Girls want to know how you feel about them, first, and not just the usual you're beautiful or you have eyes like stars fare, either." The Firebender taps his chest. "You have to tell her that you love her before you can even think about kissing her. Are you sure that you love her?"
"Yes!" he explodes. "I love her so much . . . I'd do anything for her! You don't even—I mean—you don't even know how much I love her. I love her so much that it hurts me to be apart from her even for five minues! I—I love her so much that I'd die for her! I love her so much that every time I see her, my knees get all wobbly, and I can't think straight, and all I can do is stammer, even if I'm not looking at her! I . . . I love her so much. I can't even explain it. There's just this warm feeling in my heart. In here." He pokes the place just above his heart and traces the shape of one. "I mean . . . I'm helplessly lost. I'm like a kitten in a tree. I can't get down. I'm just stuck forever in this tree. Do you get what I mean? Or am I just being stupid?" He's crying. Oh spirits, he's crying. Why is he crying? Why won't the tears stop? "I just see her, and I get so weak . . . I can't . . . I love her so much . . . I can't . . ." He turns away and wipes away his tears. "Thanks, Zuko. Thanks for talking to me. I think I can tell her now."
Zuko blinks again. "Uh, no problem?"
She leans against the cool wall, her heart thudding, a moon peach clutched in her hand.
Did he really mean all that?
She smiles quietly and hums to herself. A little song. She can't remember where she picked it up.
Winter, spring, summer and fall . . . winter, spring, summer and fall . . . though the rest of the lyrics are lost to her, and she continues on her way.
It's certainly food for thought.
Did Katara overhear, or did she overhear something else? You will never freaking know.
This, of course, proceeds the conversation from LiaB by a day or two . . . oh, oh, and I wrote this before LiaB was released. Coincidence? Thanks, Bryke!
""Can you please tell me about relationships? And girls? And relationships with girls?"" -> The Department of Redundancy Department would like to speak to you.
""Girls want to know how you feel about them, first, and not just the usual you're beautiful or you have eyes like stars fare, either."" -> That's to all you guys out there. All of you.
"You have to tell her that you love her before you can even think about kissing her." -> And thus Zuko became a dirty hypocrite.
"I'm like a kitten in a tree." -> That is a reference to an old, old song. I'm too misty and too much in love . . .
"Winter, spring, summer and fall . . . winter, spring, summer and fall . . . " -> Yes. Please. Yukka lives.
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1. Ambassador Thomas Lorne Wilson, III. (James E. Stewart) Si Cwan/Lwaxana Troi-like. Father of Adam Wilson, descendent of the first people to design Slipstream Jump drive. War hero, survived the destruction of the first Ambitious. • Crose's time, Grandfather helped design the engine that took humanity to the stars, from Texas or switch it up to something more Midwestern or Interior Mountain West oriented. 2. Cmdr. Demetrius "Demmy" Farren. (Phillip A. Leavenworth) From Ohio. Very similar to Kirk, but is Calhoun. (Possibly alien) 3. Maj. Kenneth Maddox. (Tyler Maddex) From Texas. Very similar to "Trip" Tucker. Executive officer. 4. (Capt.) Dr. Karla Maldonado. (Brenda Hernandez) Dating Maddox secretly. Latina. Chief Medical officer. From New Mexico. 5. Capt. David K. Thurman/Xa Zork. (Jordan Williams) From Georgia. Chief Engineer. 6. Lt. Adam Wilson (Kyle Leavenworth) From Texas, son of Tom Wilson. Chief Pilot, Lead Gunner. 7. Lt. Alonzo Ramirez. (Alfonso/Robert Robles) From Maryland. Shuttle pilot, 1st AID. 8. Swn 1st class Michelle Quintanilla. (Angelica Nunez) Medic. 9. Swn 1st class "Ivy" Margaret Weaver. (Kylie Ochoa) Friend of Adam. Bisexual. Quartermaster. Love triangle with Adam, Ivy and Isis. 10. Swn 1st class "Isis" Andra Fragoso. (Aimee Anselmo) Yeoman, secretary, operations manager. Nihilistic. 11. Nicholas H. Farren (Adrian Avalos) From Ohio. Space frigate commander. 12. Patricia Farren. (Natziri Torres) Visitor, Cmdr. Farren's ex-wife. • Ambitious, CCR-135. ~100-150 people. Based NTE-3120 NSEA Protector/NX-01 Enterprise. United States Space Command. Heavy cruiser. • Courageous, CCR-565. United States Space Command. • Patriot, • Defender, • Defiance, • Guardian, • Judgment, • Nemesis, • Renegade, • Retribution, • Ascendant, • Phobos, • Ranger, • Alien spacecraft discovered, reconstituted, launched as Earth ship for exploration. A few colonies near Earth, push forward, after a war, Peace Accord. ARMY (Enlisted- Private/Corporal/Sergeant. WO. Officer- Lt./Capt./Maj./Col. GENERAL.) Army is primarily a ground/land based military branch, no space assets other than GPS. Army aviators are usually helicopter pilots. NAVY (Enlisted- Seaman/PO/CPO. WO. Officer- Ens./Lt./Cmdr./Capt. ADMIRAL.) The U.S. Navy is primarily an ocean-going military branch, no space assets other than GPS, missile tracking. Naval aviators are fighter/interceptor pilots. Railguns on carriers. MARINE CORPS (Enlisted- Private/Corporal/Sergeant. WO. Officer- Lt./Capt./Maj./Col. GEN.) Marines are primarily naval infantry but the marines are a multi-purpose branch, all riflemen. Space assets regarding Project Hot Eagle. Marine aviators are fighter/interceptor pilots. COAST GUARD (Enlisted- Seaman/PO/CPO. WO. Officer- Ens./Lt./Cmdr/Capt. ADM.) The Coast Guard is an ocean-going military branch that protects the U.S. coastlines. No space assets other than GPS. Coast Guard aviators usually fly helicopters. The CG is a law enforcement branch not so much military. AIR FORCE (Enlisted- Airman/TSgt./Msgt. Officer- Lt./Capt./Maj/Col. GENERAL/MARSHAL) The Air Force is primarily an aerospace and technological oriented branch protecting the Air. Those who control the air, control the battle. Heavily space dependent. 75% of the officer corps is a fighter/interceptor/bomber/etc pilot. Control ICBMs in U.S. SPACE COMMAND (Enlisted- Spaceman/TSgt./MSgt. Officer- Lt./Capt./Maj/Col. GEN./MAR.) Space Command was split of the Air Force, which was spurned of the Army, it is the primary space branch of the U.S. The SC is an amalgamation of many of the branches placed in space. For example, it is like the Army in that it has a basic military structure and infantry. It is like the Navy in that spacecraft operation is handled very much like the navy handle carriers. It is like the Marine Corps in that it is a multi-purpose branch, all are technicians here however. Project Hot Eagle-like operations have been utilized. There are no space fighters, as UAVs or missiles replace them in space. A section of the Space Command guards the Homeworld. Lieutenant. Captain. Major. Commander. Colonel. (NATO RANK STRUCTURE 0F-1/OF-5) UNITED NATIONS (UN) – SECRETARY-GENERAL NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) – SECRETARY-GENERAL UNITED STATES SPACE COMMAND (USSC). • OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (POTUS) • DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (SECRETARY OF DEFENSE) • DEPARTMENT OF THE SPACE COMMAND (SECRETARY OF THE SPACE COMMAND) • 4-STAR • 3-STAR • 2-STAR • 1-STAR • (CREW OF THE HUMAN SPACECRAFT: see list of human ships) • SENIOR OFFICERS • JUNIOR OFFICERS • NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS • ENLISTEES (SPACE MILITARY IS MOSTLY A PEACEKEEPING/LAW ENFORCEMENT ENDEAVOR) EXPANDED UNIVERSE (LOGICAL LIKE BATTLESTAR, EXPANSION LIKE STAR WARS/STAR TREK OR BOTH LIKE MASS EFFECT) DETERMINE IF THIS IS A: PURELY MOVIE FRANCHISE, PURELY TELEVISION, MOVIE TO TV, TV TO MOVIE, MMO, VG, VG TO MOVIE, VG TO TV, TV TO VG, MOVIE TO VG, OR ANYOTHER COMBINATION. COD TIMELINE: 2011- NUCLEAR DETONATION IN MIDEAST, 2016- WW3 (INTO FORMS FROM NATO AFTER RUSSIA JOINS IT), 2025- US/CHINA COLD WAR. COD SPACE WARFARE: (COD4- USMC, PROJECT HOT EAGLE, N7 TRAINING), (COD WAW – ISLAND HOPPING "PLANET HOP"), (CODMW2- ISS, SPACE ASTRONAUT, NASA/CORP/USAF), (COD BO-MOON MULTIPLAYER MAP), (COD MW3- ZERO G FIGHT SEQ, WW3, NATO WITH RUSSIA), (COD BO2- FUTURE SETTING, RISE OF CHINA, SATELLITE WARFARE- USAF)/ BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INSPIRED. (US NAVY SPACECRAFT, RAILGUNS) RE-INVENT SPACE MARINE (SPACE: ABOVE & BEYOND), 1 BULLET CAN KILL, NEW KIND OF SPACE WEAPONRY. TAKES PLACE WITHIN THE NEXT 100 YEARS, DEFINITELY AFTER THE NEXT 25. MUSIC IS SYNTHPOP WITH ORCHESTRAL (TRON LEGACY, MASS EFFECT) 1967 MOON TREATY, UN DISSOLVED, TREATY INVALID, REPLACE UN WITH G8/G20 SUCCESSOR MASS EFFECT TRILOGY (1-REAPER INTRO/MERCS, 2- MSV ESTEVANICO/SHIP COLLAPSE, 3- FINAL PUSH/ERASE STARCHILD & CRUCIBLE/BUILD UPON LOST CRYPTS OF BEINGS OF LIGHT)
FINAL STUFF CHECK: TSANFM and CROSE documents. Influence Star Trek (Enterprise) - Characters and ranking and races Battlestar Galactica (Reimagine) - equipment, technology, relationships, transportation. Instaneous space-folding, without any visual cues, almost as if it disappears in once location , then reappears in another, can be done with a film jump cut. Sea Quest- ideal bridge Space 1999-conflicts Stargate (SG1) - ships Halo- warfare, timeline …. Video game Dune- royalty, desert, politics…. Novel Wing Commander- enemy….. Film Enemy Mine Lost in Space Star Wars Miscellaneous 5 named ships Average race Adam Wilson is based on 'Trip' and 'Apollo' and 'Wesley Crusher' Logy, better recollection than humans Gixlan, main craft is like a basestar Crose is bigger than earth, several times bigger, artificially created Transportation called slipstream. Pyrrhic victory at the D-day like battle Adam Wilson lives fight by stealing Gixlan ship with a Logy dying onboard Commander dies, Kylie's character dies Based on Korean War Loggy mostly like kangaroo, wookie Bounty hunter General Xon – rename. (Gixlan enemy)
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Season 2: DEEP STAR EXPLORATION.
Episode 1: The Phoenix flies through the interstellar medium and receives a message from Earth, dated at several years ago, the "Other Side" seems to be working out here somewhere. The twist is that they are actually alive and operating. The ramifications of such a revelation are established. The crew are then captured by members of the Other Side operating on an asteroid nearby. The Phoenix crew travel to a planet in the star chart, to mine a desert planet for titanium. Though much to the surprise of the crew, the planet is dominated by a rock-like life-form that is thirsty for liquid water and changes color due to changing "feelings." The crew travel to a strange nebula that resemble mountains on Earth. It is discovered that the nebula may be an intelligent organism, as it communicates telepathically and manifests old friends and acquaintances of the crew aboard their sister ship, the Courageous. The episode raises questions about the nature of life and what forms it can assume. The crew encounter the first alien intelligence they can communicate with, but end up in a war with them, the Phoenix is destroyed while the crew depart in a ranger and travel down to the planet's surface. The crew awaken to discover that it was all an illusion to show the consequences of their actions. The Phoenix departs the planet. The Phoenix has been restocked, Ansen and Collins relationship reaches its climax. The crew arrive at what they refer to as a "post-garden" world, nicknamed Gaia in the Star Swift database. The planet Gaia houses a revelation regarding the importance of Nexus space station, Star Swift mission and Cooper's experience in the tessaract.
Other episodes: Phoenix. The crew closes in on a rogue planetoid orbiting in the darkness of space. Ambitious. The crew successfully negotiates an end to their civil conflict and diplomatic relations have been opened, an Ambassador is positioned on the planet with a shuttlecraft of personnel. The Ambassador is Collins' father. Phoenix. The crew sets foot on the rogue planetoid and find a facility run by robots who seem to have been waiting for them to arrive. They notify the crew that the "Other Side" personnel had long since disappeared into a fifth dimensional space. They would mine this rogue planetoid for material to create the Nexus Space Station but they have transcended time and space. Nonetheless, Collins visits an interior energy facility within the planet's core, Collins and the crew believe they have come full circle and have all the answers they seek. Ambitious. The crew arrive at the planetoid to find it abandoned, the Phoenix is not in orbit, they believe. Dr. Roth analyzes the control interfaces and pulls up a video that shows the crew of the Phoenix inside an interior energy facility. The Ambitious crew proceed into the planet's core and find the crew there, astonished that they even arrived so fast. The Phoenix crew have only been inside the core for ten minutes, a week has passed for the rest of the universe. Both crews depart the planet core, the Ambitious personnel notify them they have been on the planet for a week and a half and have heard nothing. The Phoenix follows the clue discovered back on Meridian to an ocean world with a few islands and no moon. They land a shuttlecraft on one of the bigger islands of the planet. Roth nicknames the planet, "Atlantis." They find an abandoned bunker which has a locked underground facility. LUXX breaks through the blast door to a large open bullpen where hundreds of screens display images from probes all over the universe. Real-time imagery of alien worlds. Roth dubs this place, "The Watchtower." They finally know the final resting place of the "Other Side" and its passengers. A holographic representation of Dr. Harlow, a famed scientist of the "Other Side" appears, stating that they did what they did to fulfill the human need for exploration. Dr. Roth is left behind while the Phoenix goes through to find them. Dr. Roth is met by Commander Keenan of the Ambitious, she is arrests him and says that the rest of the crew will be punished for stealing the Phoenix, six months ago.


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Hamish Douglass, the chief executive of the highly successful Magellan Financial Group, warned about "defensive" assets last week. He says investors could be walking into a bubble and rather than being safe they expose you to some significant risk.
As recently as a year ago, Magellan held up to 50 per cent of the portfolio in so-called defensive, stable-earnings stocks such as fast food franchise McDonalds, soft drink company Coca Cola, and consumer staples company Colgate. "We've sold out of all those businesses," Douglass said.
Interesting. Defensive stocks suddenly becoming dangerous stocks. That'd be right, the market never fails to challenge any assumption you make. It's all about price of course; at some price every stock becomes dangerous, and in Douglass' opinion the safe stocks obviously have.
The risk is not huge, of course. The main concern is that when the market bounces, the defensive sectors such as utilities will look a little bit like the safe-income sector did in 2014: overpriced. For now stocks such as Transurban (TCL) and Sydney Airport (SYD) remain the market darlings so there's no big panic but it's worth having a look at the numbers to see just how bubbly things are. To help you with that, we have a table showing all the major transport, infrastructure and utility stocks on the Australian Securities Exchange.
On the right side you can see the bubble Douglass is referring to. This column shows the performance of the stocks over the last year. Nothing terribly fantastic until you consider that the All Ordinaries fell 16.1 per cent over the same period. On that basis, Transurban has outperformed by 38.9 per cent and Sydney Airport by 41 per cent, AGL by 34.9 per cent, APA by 17 per cent, Asciano by 54.7 per cent (being bid for helps), Auckland International Airport by 56.5 per cent and Macquarie Atlas by 44.3 per cent.
The reason they have performed, of course, is because they are perceived as having long-term sustainable earnings and are therefore "safe". This is also why long-term investors like Brookfield and Qube Holdings have bid for Asciano and why Japan Post paid up for Toll Holdings; for earnings certainty, which is a precious commodity in a low interest rate, low return on investment background.
Are they expensive? They look like it but you have to ignore the price-earnings ratios (PEs). Infrastructure and utility stocks often have huge amounts of depreciation (of upfront infrastructure building costs) which they use to minimise earnings and tax, the net result is that they report minimal earnings so the PEs can go exponential, something you have to look through and something a lot of value investment filters don't look through, which is why many of them missed this sector altogether.
Rather than look at the PE, the yield is perhaps the better gauge of a "cheap" or "expensive" utility and in these big stocks the yields tell the story. A few years ago utility and infrastructure stocks were perceived as mature companies offering sustainable low growth, low return on equity (ROE) and regulated returns that allowed them to pay a decent dividend. The yields were similar to REITs at about 7 per cent. They were perceived as boring.
Look at the yields now, and most of them are unfranked. You would not buy the sector for income and you would not buy it for growth. The bubble, if it is one, has simply been created by a lot of money squeezing into any investments that don't put you at risk of a capital loss, somewhere safe. The question now is "is it safe?"
In a market where the risk of a capital loss dominates thinking, of course the money has crowded into the sector, much as the money used to crowd into the safe-income stocks like banks and Telstra. We have replaced the safe-income bubble with a "safe earnings" bubble.
As one high-profile fund manager pointed out the other day, if you normalise earnings for depreciation and tax them at a corporate tax rate rather than their depreciated tax rate, then stocks like Transurban are now on a genuine PE of 60x. Expensive. Go and have a look at the charts as well. Anyone would think these were high-growth companies instead of companies with a return on equity of below 10 per cent. Bubbly indeed.
While the market remains concerned about a capital loss, these stocks will hold their ground. The issue will come when the market bounces, once the market loses its focus on safety. On that day these stocks are all going to underperform, they won't collapse hopefully, just underperform, so the biggest risk is, perversely, a bull market.
The good news is that in a bull market they will probably still do OK, but you will get better bang for your buck somewhere else, especially if it's income you're after. No major stress, just keep an eye on the trend in this sector changing, because it surely will.
Marcus Padley is a stockbroker and the author of the daily stockmarket newsletter Marcus Today. For a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter please go to www.marcustoday.com.au.
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From: "Henri Yandell" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > Nope. Looks good, Apache licence too so it's usable. Why am I not > surprised that Strachan is on it :) He gets everywhere. My rule of thumb > is becoming: "it's not an open source Java project if Strachan's not on > it. " [Damn, hurry up and join DbUtils James]. LOL! > I'll try to learn more about it so that DbUtils doesn't grow in that > direction, which a couple of Mike's suggestions concering the ColumnData > might be getting towards (?). > > Assuming you're the Travis who's heading up crossdb.com, what do you > think? Is DbUtils redundant? Can you see a clear separation of concern? > Are there any things you think would go well there. > > The reason why I think there's not a cross-pupose: > I'm not an amazing Db coder or anything, I do bits etc. When I look around > at all the libraries to help me with DBs, they all involve me having to > get religious about them, OO-db's, ObjectBridge, Castor/JDO, CrossDB[I > think]. I like getting religious about things, but it's expensive to do > properly [in time], so when I haven't got that time I like to just make > the boring old religion that little bit easier. > > One of the issues I believe DbUtils has to watch for is introducing any > religion. So, if someone _has_ to use a framework to get the power, then > we're starting to compete with the other projects and not fitting the > currently empty niche. Idea is just to make JDBC(tm) easier. > > Currently I'm wrestling with a DbPoller. It's a simple piece of code which > polls the db to notify something when that table changes. Issues being: > > 1) I introduce a PKey class to hold a column-data info. Basically akin to > Mike's suggestion. Is this a framework yet? FWIW commons-sql already has a bean model to represent Database, Table, Column, Indices and so forth that can be turned into XML and back again and reverse engineered from a JDBC connection. Also it contains a little DynaSql class for working with DynaBeans and JDBC. So you can (using beanutils) turn SQL results sets into DynaBeans, do insert/updates via DynaBeans etc. > 2) DB-specific. Oracle has some irritating bugs with jdbc and I extend > DbPoller to get OracleDbPoller. This provides some issues for building, > but I'm sure they can easily be fixed. More importantly, should DbUtils > fill up with lots of DB-specific extensions [or in a side repository > anyway]. > > Another idea is GUID/Sequencers. Would be nice to have a Sequencer > interface and then I make an OracleSequencer which uses a select on > nextval etc, or a MySql sequencer with last_insert_id. Issues being, how > do I enforce the last transaction there? There'd also be java-level > random-number Sequencers, which would use the sequence-id code from > Patterns sandbox, or other ideas. > > Is this getting towards a framework? I do think its hard trying to create reusable JDBC code - since there's many different ways to use JDBC there's the danger of writing code thats not required. James ------- http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:email@example.com>
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Forest Limoge Arbour
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A generous seating area without a tight squeeze for two people like many arbours.
- Solid back and sides for protection from the elements
- Pressure treated for low maintenance
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A completely enclosed arbour, providing privacy and protection from the elements. Supplied unpainted. Finished in a planed smooth finish which means if you want to personalise this garden arbour with a colour of your choice this timber finish makes light work of this job.
Pressure Treatment: Pressure treatment will save you in time and money. This treatment has been applied on all the timber components giving the arbour the best protection and enhanced longevity. Being pressure treated means you do not have to treat your arbour. You can apply a decorative colour or stain of your choice if you wish to change the appearance of this garden arbour; we recommend a water based treatment you must follow the manufacturer's instructions for the treatment being used. Pressure treatment process is pressure impregnated with Osmose Naturewood preservative, an effective method used to preserve wood against fungal decay and insect attack. Osmose is a trusted name in wood preservation and supplies preservative products to a worldwide market.
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The estimated delivery lead time for this product is identified on the product page above. Lead times are in working days (Monday - Friday) excludes Bank Holidays. These estimated lead times are provided by the manufacturers and are not guaranteed - due to fluctuation in demand - but are provided in good faith and are representative of delivery at that time. Some remote areas will take a little longer.
Upon Delivery
Delivery is between 7am to 7pm. Your order is delivered either kerbside or driveway and will be delivered on a 17 ton lorry (the size of a Refuse Cart). Unfortunately due to health and safety and insurance liabilities the driver will not be able to take the product through/across your property, but may upon request place the product at the side of the house if there are no access or restriction issues. We would not risk damaging your property whilst delivering a product to an un-safe location.