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Nagaram Review
Right (Srikanth) is the right hand for a local mafia don called Khasim bhai (Pradeep Rawat). Right doesn't know anything except to follow his boss' orders provided it is justified. Once Khasim orders Right to kill an officer, who has become a thorn in leg for a minister (Ashok Kumar). However, Right does not kill him as he is against killing innocent children. So the Nazar, son of Khasim, executes the murder. This leads to a rift between Right and Nazar. Khasim's son (GV) chalks out a plan and sends Right to jail. Incidentally, he dies in the hands of Right's staunch associate (Ajay). Irked over this, Khasim kills him. At the instance of ACP VJ Choudary (Jagapatibabu), Right realizes that doing goondaism is no good and decides to join the mainstream. At this juncture, (Kaveri Jha) comes to Right for her research on goondaism. In this backdrop, ACP Choudary gets transferred and another ACP (Kalabhavan Mani) takes charge. Being totally corrupt, the new ACP forces Right to return to goondaism again, but the latter refuses. The new ACP arrests Right's sister on charges of ganja sale, when she comes to the station to enlarge Right. She gets raped by jail staffers and with the humiliation she commits suicide. Fearing threat to their lives, both the minister and Khasim tell the new ACP to kill Right. The corrupt cop takes him to city outskirts to kill him in an encounter. In the climax, the hero kills everyone, who are troubling the society to ensure the city a peaceful place.
PLUS: The only plus point is the performance of Srikanth. Though he is not happy with the role, he has tried his best to manage. Once again, He has showed good ease in action scenes and maintained certain dignity. Jagapathi Babu appears in just couple of scenes and has nothing much to perform, but his role is portrayed in a novel way. Other artists including Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Rawat, Ajay, GV have done justice to their roles. Kalabhavan Mani continued his mimicry and is okay as a baddie in police department.
MINUS: Poor and slippery screenplay, utter confusing narration, lack of coordination between scenes, which appear very disjointed, picturization of scenes without logic and there are many more such lapses in the film. However, one thing is clear that the film earned a flop talk right on the first day first show due to the lapses behind the screen and not because of the artists present on the screen. All the artists have given their best but absence of a gripping story and dreadful screenplay tested the patience of the audiences. Those, who patiently waited till the climax had to heave a sigh of relief with the 'The end' card.
REMARKS: Music by Chakri is below average. The director has failed to make use of the presence of several good artists, leave alone the item song by Manisha Koirala. Even the comedians present in the film failed to provide adequate comic relief to the audiences. Moreover, Nandyala Ravi especially employed to script the comedy track, who miserably failed in his endeavour. Dialogues in the film are just good in parts. As a whole, there is nothing good to watch except the picturization of a couple of action scenes.
Cast: Srikanth, Kaveri Jha, Jagapatibabu, Pradeep Rawat, Ashokkumar, Kalabhavan Mani, GV, Ajay, Jayaprakash Reddy, Raghubabu, Ali, Venumadhav, Brahmanandam, LB Sriram, Sivaji Raja, Nalla Rajesh, Ram Jagan, Manisha Koirala, Bhuvaneswari, Bhargavi, Apoorva and others.
Credits: Music – Chakri, Lyrics – Veturi, Bhuvanachandra, Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar, Dialogues – Swamiji-Vijay, Comedy track – Nandyala Ravi, Camera – Sarat, Editing – Gauthamraju, Art – Bhaskara Raju, Action – Ram-Lakshman, Presents – MV Choudary, Producers – M Anjibabu and P Kishorebabu, screenplay and direction – CC Srinivas.
Banner: Mac Media and Blue Sky Entertainments
Released on: March 6, 2008
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How to Have a Good Day, Every Day
One thing I love about San Miguel de Allende is how everyone walks everywhere. I leave my Airbnb apartment at about 10am this morning with two main objectives: 1) to find the cute little coffee shop I'd seen during my wandering over the weekend and 2) to pick up my ticket for the jazz festival(!) this weekend.
It's a cool morning, about 65 degrees, but the sun is rising to warm the day. I hear dogs barking as I walk up Jose Maria de Arevalo, passing the street market and deli, a tortilleria and the panaderia on the corner that makes the best apple-cinnamon muffins for just 8 pesos or about 60 cents each.
The sidewalks here are very narrow, so you're either squeezing past a bunch of people or stepping down to walk on the cobblestones, large and uneven under your feet. I step up and down, up and down, dozens of times.
The calles are still wet from being cleaned by various shopkeepers and residents. There is very little litter here.
I walk down Avenida de Guadalupe and up Insurgentes, past several florerias lined with colorful bouquets and carnicerias with their cases of beef and chicken and ham.
I walk across Canal, the buildings bright yellow with the sun, cobblestones turning copper in the light. People look up as they pass by with a polite "hola" or "buenos dias," walking dogs, carrying children, running errands for the day.
I head up Hernandez Macias and finally find the main teatro in town, the Angela Peralta Theater which will be the main venue for the San Miguel de Allende International Jazz & Blues Festival this weekend. I'm picking up my ticket to see Tuck and Patti on Saturday!
I walk on down Zacateros to find the coffee shop, La Mesa Grande. My server takes my order in English. She is arranging fresh, pink long-stemmed roses in a vase for the big communal table.
Everything has such simple beauty in this town. There is a kind of elegant rhythm here, even if I can't quite describe it yet from a tourist perspective.
Most people in the coffee shop are speaking English, though there are bursts of animated Spanish. A tall, white-haired man is seated in the corner, reading a book and drinking a cup of coffee. Two women walk in with a dog.
I order huevos y fritos, scrambled eggs with fried potatoes and bacon, plus a cappuccino.
I pause before I open my laptop and get to work, feeling a wave of gratitude wash over me for such a beautiful morning and the ability to take it all in.
God is everywhere, but especially in the mundane.
The truth is, while traveling is exciting, living in a foreign country for weeks at a time can be tedious and often frustrating as you wander around trying to find your way, getting lost over and over again despite your best efforts to read the tourist maps they give you all over town.
I'm grateful that my heart was wide open this morning to see the journey for what it is: a divine opportunity to live life on my own terms and in a way that helps others do the same.
Every day can be a good day if you look for what is good about it.
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In this way, you can begin each day in gratitude.
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Today, I am grateful for…
If you can' t think of anything specific, you can just write "the gift of being alive."
Because being able to experience what my grandmother calls "the land of the living" is and always will be the sweetest gift.
Choose to see this day not as one filled with problems for you to deal with, but with opportunities for you to become a better person and create a better life.
Choose to face this day with optimism and positivity.
Choose to make this an amazing day.
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By Michael Williams, RD
The winter holiday season is a time full of family, friends, fun and food. This season is often met with multiple parties, presents and lots of sweets and second helpings. But the holiday season doesn't have to mean weight gain. With a few simple tips the holiday season can be both happy and healthy.
Set Realistic Goals
The holidays may not be the best time for weight loss. But don't let a little holiday indulgence deflate you. So instead of throwing in the towel until the inevitable New Year's resolutions, try to set small but attainable goals. A goal to maintain your weight or only gain 1-2 pounds is much better than giving in altogether.
Be Careful with Beverages
Holiday drinks are often heavy in fat and calories. Drinks such as pumpkin spice lattes or eggnog can pack on as much as 350 calories. Instead try a holiday-themed herbal tea such as cinnamon apple spice or gingerbread spice. These teas keep the holiday spirit while containing zero calories. Alcoholic drinks also present a unique risk. First, alcohol is high in calories (7 calories per gram of alcohol!) and drinking too much may lower inhibitions and induce overeating. So when consuming alcohol, first start with a calorie-free, non-alcoholic drink that will satisfy thirst.
Start Holiday Parties with a Plan
Empty stomachs are soon overfilled. Planning a small, low-calorie meal or snack before a holiday feast can help curb the excessive hunger that lead to overeating. Fresh fruits, vegetables, a small salad or handful of nuts can all significantly stop overconsumption before it starts.
Practice Portion Control
Restricting foods often leads to overeating. So if there is a high-calorie food that is a personal favorite, go ahead a treat yourself to an appropriate size portion. Take your time with these foods. Eating them slower will lead to increased enjoyment and decreased hunger (it takes the body 15-20 minutes to recognize satiety). By selecting all-around smaller portions and eating slowly, you can safely try a little bit of everything without overeating.
Focus on Friends and Family instead of Food
Start new traditions or activities that are away from the table. Try non-edible projects like making wreaths or decorating the house. Even better, incorporate fun physical activity such as a walking tour of decorated homes or building snowmen!
The holiday season is known for indulgence and overabundance. But outside of the cookies, cakes and pies, there are some really great healthy holiday foods. There are many mixed nuts, fruits and robust winter vegetables that share in the holiday season. When it comes to the not-so-healthy foods, set your sights on smaller portions and slower eating. Finally, no matter what comes your way, focus on having a fun and happy holiday season this year.


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"My Story" as told by Tiny, with help of Jennifer, (with 'thanks' to Buster and Roy Hattersley, for giving us the idea).
My name is Tiny, and I am a German Shepherd. I was 'picked up' on the streets of Bristol nearly six years ago, and taken to the local dogs' home. They said I was eighteen months old then, but I'll have to take their word for it – well, can you remember your own birthday?
Very soon, a man and his daughter came to see me. As I didn't want to stay with all the other noisy dogs, nice though they were, I turned on all the charm. To my disappointment they went away and left me, and I made a mental note, "Must try harder next time". However, I need not have worried, as a few days later the man and his daughter returned with a lady, who said, that I was the "tiniest Shepherd" she had ever seen. I suppose I was a bit thin and pathetic; I had been through a fairly traumatic experience, but I won't bore you with that now.
Anyhow, this is how a German Shepherd came to be called "Tiny".
Several happy years followed, until one day, my owners were grooming me and found a lump at the top of one of my back legs. I was taken to a man called a Vet, who said that as I was young he would operate and remove the lump, so that it would not affect the nerve endings and impede my walking and running.
After the operation, my lady owner came to pick me up and take me home. There was a lot of serious talk in the surgery, and I heard phases from the vet like, "I'm very sorry", I've taken as much as I could", "Things don't look too good, and I must prepare you for the worst".
The next few days everyone tried to keep me quiet so that I did not burst my stitches: well they tried, but you just can't keep a good dog down! Then my lady owner was in tears after a 'phone call'. I listened carefully as she told my man owner that the tests and prognosis were not good. A big animal hospital had also been sent my test results to make sure. I had cancer and the time of two or three months were mentioned, "and everyday thereafter a bonus". My operation had been on the 2nd of October 2001. Things called Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy were ruled out, and my owners said they would not put me through that anyway. All they wanted was for me to have a 'happy and pain-free life'. They had instructions to 'phone' the vet any time of day or night if they thought I was in pain.
Time With Nicky Milligan
I really don't know what all the fuss was about. My vet had removed the lump and now I felt fine. Nevertheless, following this, it was decided that I should make a new friend, and on the 9th November 2002 I went to see Nicky, a Healer. As is my usual practice, I wanted to show her that I valued her friendship, and jumped up to wash her face. My lady owner said that was not the way to behave – she tries very hard to instil good manners in me – but my natural instinct is very difficult to overcome.
Back to my story: Nicky's house was full of new smells and experiences, and I liked her immediately. She talked to my lady owner and watched me as I explored new territory. Prismatic lights emanated from various crystals and the atmosphere was peaceful, but interesting. Nicky worked her hands all over me without actually touching me, and I felt a funny, but not unpleasant, warm tingly sensation. During further visits I moved my body, so that the feelings went to the parts I felt needed them. Sometimes the power or heat was too much and I had to move further down the room to dissipate the energy. When I felt comfortable I would just lie back and enjoy the whole thing.
Nicky also gave me some special drops to take and a pretty purple disc, which I wear on my collar all the time. I also take some supplements. These all have to be put in my food as I get upset if anyone tries to give me anything separately; and I'm bright enough to know if someone tries to hide a tablet in a piece of cheese or something similar. I just eat the cheese and spit out the tablet!
I don't see Nicky very often now because everyone is pleased with me. It is over eight months since my operation and I feel wonderful. My owners keep saying that they have to keep a special eye on me, but I really don't know why, do you?


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On Monday night, CNN broke news that federal agents wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort during stretches of time both before and after the 2016 election, including early this year — "a period when Manafort was known to talk to President Donald Trump."
Not only does CNN's report suggest there could be records of communications Manafort had with Trump, but it indicates investigators had good reason to believe Trump's former campaign chairman was serving as an "agent of a foreign power." Manafort reportedly made millions working for an oligarch closely tied to Putin, and presided over the Trump campaign during a time when it first came under FBI scrutiny for its Russia ties. CNN reports that "[t]he FBI interest in Manafort" dates back to when he was working on behalf of pro-Putin interests in Ukraine in 2014.
For WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, CNN's bombshell report vindicated Trump's allegation about President Obama "tapping" his phones.
Trump: I was "wire tapped"
CNN: Haha. That idiot @realDonaldTrump thinks he was wiretapped.
..Six months later..
CNN: Trump was wiretapped
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) September 19, 2017
But news that Manafort was wiretapped does not in fact vindicate Trump's claim. As CNN reporter Marshall Cohen pointed out, the wiretap in question pertained to Paul Manafort the person, not Trump Tower, where Manafort reportedly bought a condo with cash in 2006.
Wiretap CNN reported was on Manafort the person, not Trump Tower the building. Though he obviously had some contact with the tower.
— Marshall Cohen (@Marshall_Cohen) September 19, 2017
CNN reported that it is "unclear whether Trump himself was picked up on the surveillance." But as Lawfare explains, even if Trump was picked up, "incidental collection" of that sort happens routinely during the course of criminal and counterintelligence investigations.
"Press reports have indicated for months that at least one, and potentially multiple, close associates of Donald Trump were subject to FISA warrants," Lawfare notes. "It is possible now—as has been noted many times since Trump tweeted his accusation in March—that if the U.S. president was in communication with these individuals, his communications might have been incidentally collected. That isn't the same as being wiretapped—and being subject to incidental collection as part of lawful collection against a third party really is not the same thing as being wiretapped by President Obama."
Lacking evidence, the president has continued accuse the Obama administration of misconduct. Just last week, Trump baselessly accused former National Security Adviser Susan Rice of wrongdoing.
The WikiLeaks connection
Assange isn't exactly an objective source when it comes to commentary about the Trump campaign's shady foreign dealings.
Trump's closing campaign message revolved around emails hacked from Hillary Clinton's campaign that were then published by WikiLeaks — he publicly mentioned them more than 160 times during the campaign's closing month.
While Trump has repeatedly tried to downplay the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia meddled on his behalf, his own appointees acknowledge that WikiLeaks aided the Trump-Russia effort.
In April, Trump's CIA director, Mike Pompeo, denounced Assange's organization, saying WikiLeaks "walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service."
"It's time to call out Wikileaks for what it is — a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia," he added.
UPDATE (9/19, 12:45 p.m.): While CNN's report about the Manafort wiretap doesn't vindicate Trump in any way, right-wing media outlets are nonetheless pushing that narrative on Tuesday.
Both Breitbart and Fox News have published and are promoting misleading "Trump vindicated" stories about the latest Manafort revelations.


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Edesix is now taking its level of protection for the parking sector one step further, with the introduction of Vigilant Solution's Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology.
Edesix, market leading providers in the provision of Body Worn Cameras (BWC), has supplied UK parking agencies with BWC technology for a number of years now. Frontline parking staff are often subjected to verbal and even physical abuse, so ensuring these patrol officers remain safe has been a priority of councils and their contractors. The use of Body Worn Cameras is a proven way to deter aggression whilst capturing evidence which can be used in court. BWC's can also be utilised to validate parking fines and quash complaints or false claims.
ANPR technology is used to help detect, deter and disrupt criminality. As a vehicle passes an ANPR camera, its registration number is read and instantly checked against database records of vehicles of interest. Police officers, and now Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs), can intercept and stop a vehicle, check it for evidence and then take the necessary action. A record for all vehicles passing by a camera is stored, including those for vehicles that are not known to be of interest at the time of the reading that may in appropriate circumstances be accessed for investigative purposes. The use of ANPR in this way has proved to be important in the detection of many offences, including locating stolen vehicles, tackling uninsured vehicle use and solving cases of terrorism, major and organised crime.
ANPR technology involves infrared cameras, which can be stationary, like CCTV, or mobile, like BWCs, that photograph number plates; timestamp the images with the date, time and location coordinates; and store the information in searchable databases for use by authorised agencies. This can create a bank of information regarding the locations and movements of vehicles of interest throughout a country. Most notably used by Police, it can also be used by Parking Enforcement Agencies for number plate enabled parking, to collect outstanding fines, and to monitor access to pre-booked parking, as well as for traffic management.
Using BWCs to protect users and capture footage whilst using ANPR for data-driven intelligence is a powerful combination. For example, ANPR could provide the whereabouts of a vehicle of interest for the Police. Police officers can then investigate the vehicle whilst wearing BWCs, their findings instantly shared with a HQ with a live view from the officer's viewpoint to provide further information and evidence. Using ANPR to track vehicles of interest and having officers equipped with BWCs to follow up means there is a continuous intelligence stream created by these two forms of video technology. ANPR finds the target whilst BWCs record the interaction once it's found. This interaction creates more incoming intelligence for authorities, protects officers on duty and provides an audit trail of information from the vehicle of interest to court-ready footage taken by BWCs.
Importance of Managing Data
Managing the data gathered through new technologies has proven a challenge in the past. However, today, the ability to integrate multiple streams of information into a single solution is becoming streamlined and simplified.
BWC footage is utilised across the world and various industries to help gather tamper-proof evidence, deter false claims against the wearer and identify best practice for training. The device itself acts as a deterrent against acts of abuse, as simply wearing the camera has been proven to change behaviour and de-escalate situations. The footage taken is encrypted and offers a unique and personal insight into the view of the wearer, especially given that BWCs record audio, which can give context to incidents that video-only CCTV installations would not be able to convey.
BWC footage is handled through VideoManager, a web-based back-end software, which can integrate with leading Video Management Systems to control multiple streams of footage simultaneously, most notably CCTV footage. CCTV, now normally handled by fixed IP cameras, can provide a constant viewpoint of the most at-risk areas whilst BWCs handle areas where fixed cameras would be ineffective, such as on large sites, where the entire premises cannot be covered by CCTV cameras alone, routes outside where there would be no place to set up CCTV or in the blind spots of sites where CCTV is already installed.
Viewing both CCTV footage and BWC live streams in tandem allows for a greater area of coverage, and provides more immediate information to the users, as well as multiple perspectives of any unfolding event.
Local Authorities
BWCs are now a necessity for local authorities across the UK as transparency, safety of staff and greater accountability become more important for UK councils, as well as the communities they continue to serve.
According to a recent study, 54% of all local UK authorities now equip members of staff or contractors with BWCs. This a substantial increase and step forward since Renfrewshire Council became the first local authority in the UK to record publicly the adoption and use of BWCs back in 2009.
BWC systems have been used by the London Borough of Bromley local authority for a number of years to offer a range of benefits to parking enforcement operations including; an accurate record of conversations and events at the time of a PCN issue, protection for enforcement officers and as a training aide. Edesix's solution was chosen as its cameras are secure and robust, and record high quality footage which can be used for evidence in response to an appeal. Edesix's VideoBadge is also light-weight and easy to operate, a huge difference from the old cumbersome head-mounted cameras, external wires and battery packs.
Through the use of BWCs, and with the added ANPR protection, local authorities have been able to improve first response communications to appeals by providing a more transparent and comprehensive account of the events in question. The high quality of the video and audio evidence produced by the VideoBadge system acts as an independent witness, providing the context to events and conversations that a written statement cannot. This has meant that significant time and cost savings can be attributed to the reduced volume of second appeal letters received and subsequently requiring to be processed and responded to.


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Gerhard Richter - Painting Quotes Painting quotes by famous artists are always interesting to read as they represent a short but thoughtful representation of value and what drives the artist. Gerhard Richter who has had a long career, has much to say about painting and the art world that he captures so well and in such few words. The painting quotes that have been chosen are selected for the relevance to Gerhard Richters' practice and a specific aspect of his art career. Hopefully they will also generate thought and potential questions by whoever reads them. Gerhard Richter, a famous … [Read more...]
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We would like to invite our community, families, friends, teachers and anyone who loves to support Huffman Hargrave Seniors. We would like to invite our community, families, friends, teachers and anyone who loves to support Huffman Hargrave Seniors at our last fund-raising event of the year. We need everyone's support to make this big post - graduation celebration successful for the Class of 2018!
Doors Open and Silent Auction 6:30-7:30. Marsalas"s Dinner served by Seniors 7:30 Live Auction Starts 8:30 Silent Auction Ends 9:00 Live Auction Ends. Marsala's Dinner Tickets & Auction Paddle: $25.00 Individual Seat Ticket pick up at day of event $180.00 Private Table of 8 $200.00 Private Table of 10****Each table purchased will be advertised with your choice of company name, senior name or family name.Seniors will be working tables for tips, so bring cash to pin on your favorite Senior. Let's see which Senior makes the most tips at the end of the event for Project Graduation.
We will have many amazing silent and live auction items for everyone. So gather up your family, friends and come support your Huffman Hargrave 2018 Seniors big event.If you're interested in donating anything to our big event, please contact us at email@example.com or if you have any questions.
Project Graduation is an annual alcohol and drug-free celebration that takes place on the night of graduation for all Hargrave High School graduating seniors. This event is made possible through numerous fundraisers, donations from area businesses, and our HHS community friends and family. Since the inception of the program in 1989, we are proud to say there have been no graduation night accidents involving our high school seniors. Project Graduation serves as an effective means of protecting our students, as well as celebrating accomplishments and providing memories that last a lifetime.


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Surrey County Council's Ben Byrne has been made a member of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. Mr Byrne is the county council's Head of Early Help and Family Services having previously been Head of Youth Justice and Youth Support. More information can be found in a media release from the Ministry of Justice.
Lord McNally, Chair of the Youth Justice Board, visited Surrey's Youth Support Service to find out how carpentry is helping to steer young people away from crime. Surrey's Youth Support Service is using a ground-breaking approach to help turn around the lives of troubled young people in the county. Read the full media release here.


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Tensions are running high in Southland after an alleged stoush between farmers and environmentalists over the issue of winter grazing.
It's alleged that two photographers were harassed by farmers, then were followed back to a Mossburn property where they were later blockaded in by a group of around 15 farmers.
- 'Unacceptable': Agriculture Minister slams winter grazing images, establishes new taskforce
- Southland kindergarten force to close due to winter grazing runoff
The incident follows the launch of a national campaign against the practice of winter grazing by environmentalist Angus Robson who released a series of photos of mudbound cows.
Robson said two photographers had been approached by a farmer, unhappy at what they were doing.
"They got rammed, they got followed and they got blockaded in the house," he said.
He said their van windows were also smashed.
Robson said police were called as they were worried about what might have happened.
"It could have got pretty ugly and nobody knew how it was going to play out."
He said the incident was disappointing as it took the focus away from the real issue around winter-grazing, which was bad planning regulations.
He was also worried that it could spark anti-farmer sentiment, as the campaign was not about going after individual farmers.
Former Southland Federated Farmers president Allan Baird told Stuff that about 10 or 15 farmers were "having a barbecue".
"Police have been here on a couple of occasions. We're not trying to intimidate them, but they haven't exited to go out and take more photos today," he told Stuff.
Baird said that the environmentalists had been "lurking around in the dark" taking photos of stock.
Some farmers, who were "a little bit in the thick of it" took exception to their stock being photographed, he said.
Police told Newshub that they had received several reports of two people in a vehicle taking photographs of stock in paddocks in Mossburn over the weekend.
A rock was reportedly thrown at a vehicle window overnight Saturday, they said.
"It's not yet clear whether these incidents are linked."
Agriculture Minister, Damien O'Connor has set up a taskforce looking at the practice of winter grazing, saying the images of mudbound cows were unacceptable to him.


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My plan for tomorrow's matinee/daytime triple feature is a trio of classic Universal horror movies that I, for whatever reason, never saw. I thought it would be a fitting introduction to watch this 75-minute TCM doc about Stephen King talking about movies he loved growing up as a primer. I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd seen this before though and maybe didn't log it because it's a TV production but whatever... I watched it again for the first time.
Basically it's a single interview with Stephen King that they made into a feature by overalying stills and clips from the movies he talks about. I'm a pretty big fan of King's book Danse Macabre where he talks about some of these movies and generally think that his taste in horror movies is ok... certainly very informed although not perfect. Anyway, this doc kind of sticks to the mainstream expected classics and I didn't really get any new films out of it to add to the list (If I hear one more guy talk about the pool sequence in The Cat People!), but it was a nice little thing to watch as I drifted off to sleep and this morning I'm energized to power through these next three classics.


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On this, my 38th birthday, I reflect briefly on the nature of tragedy through a consideration of Schopenhauer's pessimism and its compatibility with Christianity.
In his book Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher of Pessimism, Frederick Copleston characterizes the German thinker's pessimism as a comprehensive indictment of life born from metaphysical commitments. Copleston writes, "That Schopenhauer's personal character and temperament, together with his own experiences and observations of human suffering and the apparent futility of life, contributed to the formation and elaboration of that philosophy, is no doubt correct; but he was convinced of the truth of his metaphysical system and, if that metaphysic were actually true or if it were only held to be true, then from the logical standpoint, the one possible attitude towards life would be a pessimistic attitude." What was Schopenhauer's metaphysical position, and can it be defended?
Contrary to Augustine, Schopenhauer insisted on the ontological primacy of evil over goodness. Human suffering persists almost unabated, Schopenhauer observed, and so evil must be the positive, dominant quality of the universe. Only when evil momentarily wanes does goodness, the negative quality, hold sway and supply humankind fleeting relief. Hence the evil character of life predominates, and "misfortune in general is the rule."[1] Life is either spent laboring in pursuit of material goals or, should someone manage to achieve his or her goals, passed in boredom and disillusionment at having satisfied the only objectives imaginable. All the while, time weighs oppressively on humankind, burdening it with reminders of pending death. "Today is bad," Schopenhauer writes, "and day by day it will get worse – until at last the worst of all arrives."[2] So miserable is our plight that Schopenhauer condemns the whole affair in the severest terms: "it would have been much better if the sun had been able to call up the phenomenon of life as little on the earth as on the moon; and if, here as there, the surface were still in a crystalline condition."
To appreciate the full scope of Schopenhauer's pessimism, we must combine his dire observations on the overall phenomenal character of life with his conception of ultimate reality. While he accepted Kant's basic distinction between the outward appearance of things perceived by the senses and the thing-in-itself existing apart from the influence of human cognition, Schopenhauer went further than Kant to identify Will as the fundamental stratum underlying appearances. An impersonal, eternal Will animates all things living and inorganic, compelling them to expend their energies and perpetuate their existence. Individual beings are merely phenomenal expressions of the one Will, thought Schopenhauer, and our sense of independence and autonomy is an illusion. Captive to Will's domination, we strive impotently to satisfy unconscious impulses, and our mindless submission to Will is the source of our abiding frustration and misery. The finite existence available to humans cannot possible provide opportunities to satisfy the Will's striving, and so we suffer. Schopenhauer writes, "That the most perfect manifestation of the will to live represented by the human organism, with its incomparably ingenious and complicated machinery, must crumble to dust and its whole essence and all its striving be palpably given over at last to annihilation – this is nature's unambiguous declaration that all the striving of this will is essentially vain."[3] Life and all its travails are meaningless. The fundamental composition of reality is therefore in some crucial respects at odds with itself – our embodied lives as biological beings are at cross purposes with the deeper structure of existence and, despite our best efforts, we inevitably reach a disappointing impasse.
Schopenhauer offers a solution to this dismal predicament by appealing to art as a means of overcoming enslavement to Will. This solution appeals to me as a philosophy of beauty, but I want to consider whether his radical form of pessimism can be reconciled with theism and, more specifically, with orthodox Christianity. Prima facie, the two outlooks appear incompatible, and in important respects they are. Schopenhauer was an atheist, and there can be no question of his philosophy countenancing the existence of a deity or accommodating a redemptive eschatology compatible with Christianity's. It isn't Schopenhauer's solution to pessimism I'm interested in defending so much as his general assessment of life as being at cross purposes with itself, as imposing limitations while demanding that we exceed them. Can we depict Christianity's vision of reality as tragic in a similar fashion?
There are formidable challenges to such a view. One of the twentieth century's greatest theologians argued that Christianity should not be viewed tragically. In his essay "Christianity and Tragedy," Reinhold Niebuhr contrasts Christianity's redemptive vision with what he identifies as two types of Greek tragedy, the Promethean and the Dionysian. In the Promethean variety, tragedy results from human actors exercising their essential creativity to violate natural limitations. Similar to the way in which Prometheus defied the gods by delivering fire to humankind, human actors transgress natural boundaries by invoking their creative impulse in pursuit of the infinite. Promethean tragedy, Niebuhr writes, "recognizes the perennial self-destruction of man by his overreaching himself." [4] Dionysian tragedy, on the other hand, portrays unconscious motivations as leading human actors to violate established moral norms. Oedipus is the locus classicus in this case, as his blind actions reveal the calamity wrought by self-ignorance. "The Greek drama thus surveys the heights and depths of the human spirit and uncovers a total dimension which prudence can neither comprehend nor restrain."[5]
In its depth of insight, tragic drama reveals an irreconcilable tension at the heart of life. Niebuhr writes, "Greek tragedy declares that the vitality of life is in conflict with the laws of life." Portraying the human impulse to defy its finitude as an affront to nature and god, Promethean tragedy illustrates humankind's incompatibility with life's order and limits. And by depicting Oedipus' demise at the hands of unconscious impulses, Sophocles shows how ill-equipped we are to navigate the circumstances that determine our fate. The Greek vision of life was one in which human nature stood in conflict with the laws governing the universe – hence its tragic quality.
Can such a reading be given to Christianity? Niebuhr concedes of a superficial accord. "Christianity and Greek tragedy agree that guilt and creativity are inextricably interwoven." But unlike the Greeks, Christianity locates the origin of guilt and conflict in human freedom. Guilt arises contingently during the exercise of free will, not as a necessary product of human nature. Human beings created the conflict that ensnares them, argues Niebuhr, and so life itself cannot be viewed as tragic. He writes, "Life in its deepest essence is not only good but capable of destroying the evil which has been produced in it. Life is thus not at war with itself. Its energy is not in conflict with its order."[6] If Christian anthropology judges that humankind willfully creates tensions from sin and error, then Niebuhr denies it qualifies as a tragic outlook. Furthermore, any conflict encountered in this life is on the Christian view temporary, not irreconcilable. Yet even for Schopenhauer there was a means of escaping the domination of Will through artistic contemplation, and surely his worldview, if any, qualifies as tragic. The availability of escape or redemption doesn't bar classifying a state of affairs as tragic, as simultaneously imposing irreconcilable demands and limitations upon human nature. Might the Christian vision still be depicted as involving tensions resulting in tragic consequences, even if those consequences are temporary?
It's revealing to note that Schopenhauer saw in Christianity a point of similarity with his own philosophy. He writes, "Renunciation in this world and the direction of all hope towards a better world constitutes the spirit of Christianity."[7] Just as Schopenhauer prescribes suppression of Will as a means of escaping life's torments, Christianity preaches renunciation of this world in preference for eternity. If renunciation factors so crucially in Christianity's moral prescriptions, isn't it safe to assume that this mortal life is in some key respects deficient or adverse? Not only Paul's declaration that "to live is Christ and to die is gain" provides evidence of Christianity's admission that life is of secondary value to eternity, but the entire book of Ecclesiastes affirms unequivocally the futility of human striving. Its constant refrain "Everything is meaningless" testifies to the impotence of human endeavor. All labor, we are told, is God's way of reminding humankind of the common fate it shares with the animal kingdom. Like it, we shall return to dust. Obedience to God constitutes our only legitimate vocation and the genuine target of our labors.
The author's parting words in chapter twelve bear uncanny similarities to Schopenhauer: "Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, 'I find no pleasure in them.'" Schopenhauer expresses a similar sentiment when he writes, "In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a theatre, in happy and tense anticipation of whatever is going to appear. Luckily we do not know what really will appear."[8] Far from denying the irreconcilable tensions in life that undermine our striving and reveal our inadequacies, the Bible blatantly affirms them. It goes so far as to cast judgment on the whole of human ambition as meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
We possess incessant drives to create and exert ourselves that necessarily end in frustration and disappointment. If that assessment doesn't qualify as tragic, then the deficiency lies with the legitimacy of the literary convention, not the state of affairs comprising our lives. While the author of Ecclesiastes would no doubt condemn Schopenhauer's uncompromising pessimism as ungrateful and sinful, there is enough common ground to warrant further investigation into the extent that Christianity constitutes a tragic worldview.
I leave you with this Schopenhauerian admonition from the 11th chapter of Ecclesiastes, verse 8:
However many years anyone may live,
let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember the days of darkness,
for there will be many.
Everything to come is meaningless.
[1] "On the Suffering of the World," § 1
[2] ibid, § 8
[3] "On the Vanity of Existence," § 6
[4] "Christianity and Tragedy"
[5] ibid
[6] ibid
[7] "On Religion"
[8] "On the Suffering of the World," § 8


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10 Questions to Ask Your Payment Processor
Have you talked with your payment processor lately? Are you taking full advantage of any value-added capabilities they offer – such as multi-currency processing – if they offer them at all?
Retailers and other eCommerce businesses stay focused on product innovation, marketing strategies, market expansion, and customer relationships, but payment processing may not be at the top of the list as a key business driver. However, the performance of your payment platform, good or bad, can have an important impact on revenue flow and other aspects of the business. For example, your payment processor may be inadvertently limiting your business opportunities if their platform does not have the capabilities to help you:
- Expand into international markets quickly and cost effectively
- Eliminate lost sales because of expired or rejected credit cards
- Automate the recurring billing process to avoid revenue bottlenecks
- Give customers a unified payment platform for omnichannel commerce covering in-store, eCommerce, mCommerce, mPOS, and in-app purchases
Here are 10 questions to ask your payment processor and the type of answers you should expect from a provider who can truly support your business growth.
1. How much time and effort will it take for us to integrate with your platform?
The answer you want is "little to none." Your focus should remain on your business opportunities, not IT integration. There is a myth that integrating a payment processing platform needs to be a complex, lengthy project. But it doesn't have to be. Your payment processor should be able to provide you or your third-party development team with an online portal to a developer's toolkit, sample code and development tools for integrating, testing, and even customizing your payment environment. In addition, you should have several integration options and of-the-shelf shopping cart plug-ins to choose from, depending on the nature of your business.
2. Does your platform have multi-currency processing capabilities?
You want to hear "yes" to this question, especially if your business plans to expand eCommerce to international markets or open subsidiaries in other countries. If your payment processor does not offer multi-currency processing, you will need to invest in integrating another vendor just to service that market, not to mention the added costs and time of setting up a local legal entity and a separate bank account in the foreign country. Having all payment processing – both domestic and foreign – on a single platform enables you to act quickly on new international opportunities and gain a competitive advantage in foreign markets. Most of all, multi-currency capabilities enable your business to provide international customers with a "local" eCommerce shopping experience, regardless of geography, since they can purchase products in their own native currency. As a result, multi-currency pricing makes it easier and more convenient for consumers anywhere in the world to do long-term business with you. Still not convinced? Research has shown that displaying prices in a buyer's native currency can increase sales by up to 12% due to the added convenience and superior shopping experience.
3. How do you handle omnichannel payments, especially mobile, mPOS, and in-app payments?
Beware if your vendor has a separate platform for omnichannel payments or tells you that you need to engage an additional payment processor. Mobile (mCommerce), mobile point of sale (mPOS), and mobile in-app payments can be processed on the same integrated, unified payment platform as your in-store and/or eCommerce credit card transactions. This unified payment experience is what separates successful omnichannel marketing strategies from those that fail, because it provides a seamless customer experience no matter where or how customers purchase, exchange, or return merchandise. The result is happier, more satisfied customers who will be loyal to your business.
4. Is automatic account updating built into your platform?
It should be. The automatic account updating capability should be robust enough to prevent credit card declines from putting a constant drain on revenue flow or delaying recurring subscription orders. Your business will benefit upfront by seeing a significant reduction in the credit card decline rate, while your customers will have a better, consistent and friction-less checkout experience with no delays due to credit card declines. Moreover, you will avoid scenarios where revenue flow is restricted because you cannot bill recurring subscription customers because they have been issued a new or replacement credit card.
5. How does your platform handle recurring billing for subscription plans?
The key word your vendor should say here is "automated" when it comes to recurring billing capabilities. Manually monitoring and managing recurring billing processes can be a huge headache as your subscription base grows and you add different types of subscriptions to the mix. Make sure that your vendor has an automated recurring billing capability that is seamlessly integrated into their omnichannel payment processing gateway. The vendor should be able to handle everything automatically – billing frequency, monthly or yearly intervals, type of subscription plan, free trial periods, and more – based on flexible schedules and parameters you set up with your vendor. As a result, your business never has to worry about losing revenue due to a missed recurring or subscription payment.
6. How do you handle volume throttle between multiple merchant accounts?
Again, "automated" is the key word. Your vendor should be able to automate volume throttle between your multiple accounts to help ensure that you will never exceed the cap and avoid unnecessary fees. The best case scenario is to work with your vendor to create routing rules that best fit your specific business processes and sales cycles. In addition, the automatic volume throttle process should be transparent to you and your customers alike as part of a single, unified payment platform.
7. What types of payment methods can you process?
It's possible that a customer may want to buy from you, but a payment processor cannot process their preferred method of payment. Surprising as it may seem, alternative ways to pay for goods and services besides credit cards are emerging almost weekly. While Visa and MasterCard dominate the credit card market, there are many other payment options that merchants need to consider including debit cards, especially if you are selling online and to international markets. For example, according to UnionPay International, a subsidiary or China UnionPay, it has issued more than 5 billion UnionPay cards and its online and mobile payment users have surpassed 200 million. The Nilsen report forecasts that UnionPay's global circulation of payment cards will grow 51% between 2012 and 2017, compared to 28% and 36% for Visa and MasterCard respectively. Ask any prospective payment processor what type of payment methods they can process and ask to see all payment certifications. Any good payment processor should be able to accommodate the following payment types at a minimum:
- Credit card: Visa, MasterCard, China UnionPay, American Express, Discover, JCB
- Automated clearing house (ACH)
- Direct debit
- Alternative payments like iDeal, Giropay, Boleto Bancário
- Contactless payment including Apple Pay, Google Wallet and others
8. How much visibility will we have into your processes? What kind of tracking tools and reports can I access?
You want a payment processing solution that gives you 360-degree visibility of metrics that you can quickly access to project cash flow, track sales by geographic region or subsidiary, track commissions, and quickly resolve chargebacks, just to name a few key business functions. Don't forget to ask about flexible reporting tools that will provide the information you need for a specific business decision – without having to scroll through extraneous information that is not meaningful.
9. How many types of shopping cart integrations do you support?
Your vendor should support all of the major independent software vendor and value-added reseller shopping cart integrations. It's an advantage if they offer of-the-shelf shopping cart plug-ins for a fast and simple integration. This usually involves a simple download of the plug-in widget that matches your shopping cart vendor, such as Magento. Your vendor's integration team should work with you to test and confirm that all transactions are being processed correctly in the cart. Using a plug-in can help you minimize development time and cost, especially for mCommerce integrations.
10. How easy is it to scale your payment platform as my business grows and expands?
You want a payment processor for the long run, so a comprehensive range of payment processing capabilities should already be integrated into the vendor's platform and accessible through a single API. It should be as easy as flipping a switch to add new services and capabilities. As such, you'll be able to respond quickly and competitively to changing customer demands and needs, mobile commerce trends, and expand into international markets.
When all is said and done, you should expect your payment processor to offer more than basic credit and debit card processing. An integrated payment platform with a comprehensive offering of value-add capabilities and services is your best hedge against lost business opportunities due to the inability to expand into new markets, meet changing customer demands, and keep up with the demands of omnichannel commerce. In addition to the 10 questions, keep the following quick checklist of value-added capabilities in mind whenever you evaluate a payment processing solution:
- Payment processing for all types of transactions – in-store, eCommerce, and all mobile payment types
- Multi-currency processing
- Tokenization
- Automated account updating
- Automated recurring billing
- Shopping cart integration plug-ins
- Dashboard access to metrics and specific reports
- Development toolkits through a single API
Be sure that all or at least most of them are built-into the payment platform so you can have the flexibility to add them quickly as your business needs evolve. That way you can be confident that your payment processing vendor is partnering with you to give your business a competitive advantage across all payment channels – so you'll always be ready for the next opportunity.


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- The Lifion Developer is a primary resource for development and support for Human Capital Management products by leveraging our visual development platform
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Egin sendatzeko kristalak benetan lanean?
If you're into the world of alternative medicine, you've probably heard about crystals. The name given to some minerals, as quartz, or amber. People believe in beneficial health properties.
Holding crystals or placing them on your body is thought to promote physical, emotional and spiritual healing. Crystals supposedly do this by positively interacting with your body's energy field, or chakra. While some crystals supposed to alleviate stress, others purportedly improve concentration or creativity.
Begiralearen begietan
Unsurprisingly, researchers have carried out few conventional studies on crystals. But one, conducted back in 2001, concluded that the power of these minerals is "in the eye of the beholder."
Erroman Europako Psikologia Biltzarrean, 80ek fenomeno paranormaletan sinesmen maila neurtzeko diseinatutako galdetegia bete zuen. Geroago, azterketa taldeak galdetu zien bost minutuz gogoeta egitea. Benetako kristalezko kristala edo kristalezko beira faltsu bat mantenduz.
Afterward, the participants answered questions about the sensations they'd felt while meditating with the crystals. Both the real and fake crystals produced similar sensations. And people who tested high in the paranormal-belief questionnaire tended to experience greater sensations than those who scoffed at the paranormal.
"We found that lots of people claimed that they could feel odd sensations. While holding the crystals, such as tingling, heat and vibrations. If we'd told them in advance that this is what might happen," says Christopher French, a professor of psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. "In other words, the effects reported were a result of the power of suggestion, not the power of the crystals."
Lots of research shows how powerful the placebo effect can be. If people believe that a treatment will make them feel better. Many of them do feel better after they have had the treatment. Even if scientists proved that it's therapeutically worthless.
Mistika osasun propietateak
His take is one you would expect from a scientist. And yes, it's almost certainly accurate to say that crystals do not themselves possess any of the mystical health properties attributed to them by users.
But the human mind is a powerful thing, and it's trickier to say flatly that crystals don't work, if you define "work" as providing some benefit.
"I think that the public and medical community's perception of the placebo is something that is bogus or fraudulent," says Ted Kaptchuk, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. But Kaptchuk's research on placebo suggests that its therapeutic actions can be both "genuine" and "robust". While he hasn't studied crystals, and will not comment on their legitimacy or anything to do with alternative medicine. Kaptchuk has written that a therapy's built-in placebo effect can be considered a distinct aspect of its efficacy, and that placebo-induced benefits should be promoted, not dismissed.
Medikuaren ikerketa
Many physicians do believe in the power of placebo. A 2008 BMJ study found that roughly half of the physicians surveyed reported using placebo treatments to help their patients. Typically, a doctor recommend an over-the-counter pain reliever or vitamin supplement. Even though neither was indicated for the patient's symptoms. Most viewed the practice of prescribing placebo treatments as ethically permissible, the authors concluded.
Holding a crystal, of course, is not the same as swallowing an Advil. Don't expect your doctor to recommend crystals at your next visit. From the standpoint of conventional medicine and evidence-based science, the existing research suggests they're akin to snake oil. But research on the placebo effect suggests that even snake oil can have benefits for those who believe… read more >>


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Ky Nguyen is known as one of Vietnamese's leading companies in the fields of communication, marketing, advertising and branding. We believe: "Success is a journey of creating great values to the point of perfection". Therefore, Ky Nguyen, with enthusiasm at heart, has been constantly creating, innovating and applying scientific advances into services.
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With a single goal: To bring optimal benefits to our customers, we constantly strive to improve the products and services themselves. In pursuit, discovery, innovation & technology innovation is the motto Era opens the door to go out to the world.
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Innovation is the key element of our success. We are attentive to customers' needs and develop more effective products and services. The sense of innovation drives Ky Nguyen to improve and fully express the enthusiasm and creativity, with one ultimate goal: to bring optimal benefits to our customers.
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Ky Nguyen is fully aware of success evaluation based on not only in business achievement but also in the level of community services and environmental protection. We has used a variety of methods to conserve energy and resources in the production process under the supervision of functional forces to bring positive effects to society and human.
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Starting from a small advertising company, Ky Nguyen has successfully established strong international reputation after nearly 20 years of experience in the advertising industry. In the near future, Ky Nguyen will continue to set new goals to bring our image and business services to Southeast Asia.
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Mario O. Pozo, Vanina S. Kanoore Edul, Can Ince, Arnaldo Dubin, "Comparison of Different Methods for the Calculation of the Microvascular Flow Index", Critical Care Research and Practice, vol. 2012, Article ID 102483, 6 pages, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/102483
Comparison of Different Methods for the Calculation of the Microvascular Flow Index
The microvascular flow index (MFI) is commonly used to semiquantitatively characterize the velocity of microcirculatory perfusion as absent (0), intermittent (1), sluggish (2), or normal (3). There are three approaches to compute MFI: (1) the average of the predominant flow in each of the four quadrants (), (2) the direct assessment during the bedside video acquisition (), and (3) the mean value of the MFIs determined in each individual vessel (). We hypothesized that the agreement between the MFIs is poor and that the better reflects the microvascular perfusion. For this purpose, we analyzed 100 videos from septic patients. In 25 of them, red blood cell (RBC) velocity was also measured. There were wide 95% limits of agreement between and (1.46), between and (2.85), and between and (2.56). The MFIs significantly correlated with the RBC velocity and with the fraction of perfused small vessels, but showed the best . Although the different methods for the calculation of MFI reflect microvascular perfusion, they are not interchangeable and might be better.
1. Introduction
The patency of microvascular perfusion is essential for the preservation of aerobic metabolism and organ functions. Although the microcirculation is a key component of the cardiovascular system, its behavior may differ from that of systemic circulation [1]. Despite the continuous developments in the monitoring of critically ill patients, the evaluation of the microcirculation remained as an elusive issue during many years. The introduction of the orthogonal polarization spectral (OPS) [2] and the sidestream dark field (SDF) [3] imaging devices has recently allowed the direct visualization of microcirculation at the bedside. Thereafter, different researchers described that septic patients showed sublingual microvascular alterations such as a decreased perfusion and increased heterogeneity [3–5]. These disorders were later found to be associated with the development of multiple organ failure and death [6]. Eventually, the microcirculation became used as a therapeutic target [7–9].
Some controversies, however, still remain about the proper evaluation of the microcirculation [10]. The magnitude of the microvascular perfusion is commonly evaluated by means of the microvascular flow index (MFI) [11]. The MFI is based on determination of the predominant type of flow. For this purpose, flow is characterized as absent (0), intermittent (1), sluggish (2), or normal (3). Subsequently, the MFI has been computed in three different ways. Originally, Boerma et al. calculated the MFI as the average of the predominant flow in each of the four quadrants () [11]. Then Arnold et al. reported that a determination of MFI during bedside video acquisition () gave a good agreement with the [12]. Finally, Dubin et al. used the mean value of the MFI determined in each individual vessel () [1, 8, 9]. This analysis is time consuming but tightly correlated with the actual red blood cell (RBC) velocity measured with a software both in experimental and clinical conditions [1, 13, 14].
Our hypothesis was that the agreement between the different methods to determine the MFI is poor and that the better reflects the microvascular perfusion than the other approaches.
2. Materials and Methods
This was a prospective observational study performed in a teaching intensive care unit. It was approved by the Institutional Review Board. Informed consent was obtained from the next of kin for all patients admitted to the study.
One hundred videos were obtained by a single operator (AD) from 25 patients with septic shock in different clinical and hemodynamic conditions. Their clinical and epidemiologic characteristics are shown in Table 1. All the patients were mechanically ventilated and received infusions of midazolam and fentanyl. Corticosteroids, propofol, and activated protein C were never used.
|Definition of abbreviations: SOFA, sepsis-related organ failure assessment; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation.
Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage).
The microcirculatory network was evaluated in the sublingual mucosa by means of a SDF imaging device (Microscan, MicroVision Medical, Amsterdam, Netherlands) [3]. Different precautions were taken and steps followed to obtain images of adequate quality and to ensure good reproducibility. Video acquisition and image analyses were performed by well-trained researchers. After gentle removal of saliva by isotonic-saline-drenched gauze, steady images of at least 20 seconds were obtained while avoiding pressure artifacts through the use of a portable computer and an analog/digital video converter (ADVC110, Canopus Co, San Jose, CA, USA). Videoclips were stored as AVI files to allow computerized frame-by-frame image analysis. Adequate focus and contrast adjustment were verified and images of poor quality discarded. The entire sequence was used to characterize the semiquantitative characteristics of microvascular flow and particularly the presence of stopped or intermittent flow.
MFI was randomly and blindly determined in three different ways by a single researcher (MOP). First, a semiquantitative analysis by eye was performed in individual vessels. It distinguishes between no flow (0), intermittent flow (1), sluggish flow (2), and continuous flow (3) [11]. A value was assigned to each individual vessel. The overall score of each video is the average of the individual values (). In addition, was calculated as the mean value of the predominant type of flow in each of the four quadrants. Finally, as an approximation to the real-time assessment at the bedside [12], was determined during a 20-second observation of a video sequence.
We also calculated the proportion of perfused small vessels as the number of vessels with flow values of 2 and 3 divided by the total number of vessels.
Quantitative RBC velocity of single vessels was measured through the use of space-time diagrams, which were generated by means of analysis software developed for the SDF video images [15]. This method of velocity determination consists of making diagrams of changes in grey-level values (e.g., flowing red blood cells) along the center line of a vessel segment being analyzed, as a function of time. In sequential images, the diagram of such an analysis consists of the -axis, the distance traveled along the vessel segment and on the -axis, time. This portrayal of the kinetics of sequential images generates slanted dark lines representing the movement of the red blood cells, the slopes of which give red blood cell velocity. This value is calculated as , where is the longitudinal displacement along the vessel centerline in time fragment . We traced three center lines manually in the space-time diagram, and the average orientation was used to calculate the RBC velocity. The RBC velocity of each video was the average of all RBC velocities measured in single vessels in that video. The analysis was restricted to small vessels (i.e., vessels with a diameter <20 μm).
2.1. Statistical Analysis
The agreement between the three methods for the determination of MFI was tested using the Bland-Altman method [16]. In addition, linear regression analysis was performed between MFIs and the fraction of perfused small vessels and between MFIs and RBC velocity.
3. Results
For the determination of , 37 ± 9 small vessels per video were assessed. For the calculation of , the four quadrants were analyzed in all videos. The red blood cell velocity was measured in 20 ± 8 small vessels per video.
Figure 1 shows the wide 95% limits of agreement among the different methods for determining MFI. The bias ± precision for and (0.03 ± 0.37) was lower than for the and (0.24 ± 0.65, ) or and (0.21 ± 0.73, ) comparisons.
RBC velocity significantly correlated with the three MFIs (Figure 2). Although, the method showed the highest , the difference did not reach statistical significance.
The proportion of perfused small vessels exhibited significant correlations with the three methods used in the calculation of MFI (Figure 3). The showed the highest coefficient of determination, whose value was statistically higher than the other two ( for both).
4. Discussion
Our results showed that each method used for the calculation of MFI was significantly correlated with the actual RBC velocity. Nevertheless, the agreement among the different MFIs was poor. The was the approach that had the best correlations with the RBC velocity and the proportion of perfused small vessels.
According to a recent consensus conference, the evaluation of the microcirculation should take into account the three different characteristics of density, perfusion, and flow heterogeneity. The question of which parameters are more appropriate to evaluate microcirculatory perfusion and density is still controversial. In particular, the discussion has mainly been focussed on the advantages versus the limitations of either the proportion of perfused vessels or the MFI [10]. Since the proportion of perfused vessels only distinguishes continuous from intermittent/stopped flow, the presence of a continuous but slow flow could be missed. The MFI does not provide information about functional density. Theoretically this index could be misleading if flow improves in perfused vessels, but the total number of perfused vessels also decreases. Moreover, the MFI is a categorical variable, so a change from 0 to 1 may have a different meaning in terms of tissue perfusion than a change from 2 to 3. Beyond these considerations, we found strong correlations between the proportion of perfused small vessels and the different approaches to MFI. The correlation with , however, was the strongest and also exhibited very narrow 95% confidence intervals. These findings suggest a similar performance of both the proportion of perfused small vessels and MFI in the characterization of microcirculatory perfusion, especially when the is used.
We found statistically significant correlations between RBC velocity and the three measurements of MFI. Although the correlation with showed the best coefficient of determination, the difference between that value and the other two did not reach statistical significance. Probably, our study was underpowered for showing this difference.
The agreement between the different approaches to the MFI was poor. We found large 95% limits of agreements between them, whose range precludes any interchangeability. The 95% limits of agreement between and were lower than those found between the other MFIs, although still wide. Arnold et al. reported a similar bias ± precision for this Bland and Altman analysis (−0.031 ± 0.198). Nevertheless, they concluded that the agreement was good.
We found positive biases with versus and with versus , meaning that and overestimate . These biases could be anticipated since the two first methods use the predominant type of flow, either in the whole videomicroscopic area or in the quadrants. Accordingly, a high but not predominant proportion of small vessels with stopped or intermittent flow could be left unconsidered in the and . In contrast, in the , every vessel score is used in the final computation. For example, if 30% of the small vessels have stopped flow and 70% normal blood flow, the will be 2.1, while with the other two methods the predominant flow will be 3.
Although the methods are not interchangeable and probably better reflects the velocity of the perfusion, and were also significatively correlated with the proportion of perfused vessels and the RBC velocity.
This study has certain limitations. First, the used in this study was only a simulation of that used in the study of Arnold et al. [12]. We performed the during a 20 sec view of the video sequence but not during a real video acquisition. In addition, the strong correlation between and the proportion of perfused vessels could be partially explained by mathematical coupling. This problem can develop when two parameters, calculated from a shared variable, are subsequently correlated. If there is an error in the determination of the shared variable, it could be propagated in the calculation of those parameters. The resulting correlation could not be a real phenomenon but could be the expression of the methodological mistake. Mathematical coupling, however, is only applicable to artifactual relationships when there is a significant error in the measurement of the common variable. Another limitation is that the number of analyzed videos, especially those in which the RBC velocity was measured, was limited. Finally, we correlated the MFIs with other parameters of perfusion such as the proportion of perfused vessels and the RBC velocity but not with an actual measurement of microvascular flow.
In conclusion, although the different methods for the calculations of MFI reflect the magnitude of microvascular perfusion, they are not interchangeable. Even though the is time consuming, this method could arguably more precisely track the microcirculatory perfusion as suggested by its stronger correlations with other parameters of microvascular perfusion. Larger studies are needed to determine if these findings also imply advantages as an outcome predictor.
Dr. C. Ince has been a consultant in the past to MircoVision Medical maker of the sidestream dark field technology but as a result of irreconcilable differences has broken all contact with this company for >2 years. The remaining authors have not disclosed any potential conflicts of interests.
This paper is Supported by Grant PICT-2007-00912 from Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, Argentina.
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Wayne Edward Stone was born October 19, 1922, at Bolivar, MO, to George E. and Mary (Snitker) Stone. He was raised in Mitchell where he attended Litchfield Elementary School, Mitchell Junior High School and graduated from Mitchell Senior High School in 1941. He excelled in athletics and was a two time All-State and All ESD basketball player and member of the 1940 state championship and 1941 ESD championship teams. He attended DWU and was a starting guard on the Wesleyan Basketball Team in the 41-42 and 42-43 seasons.
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Wayne was an avid hunter, fisherman, bowler and golfer and participated in a number of National Bowling Tournaments and won the Mitchell City Singles Championship in 59-60. He was a lifetime member of the Elks Club, member of the VFW and American Legion, former member of the Masonic Lodge and former Shrine member of Salt Lake City. He was past president of the Men's Bowling Association, member of the USGA and former member of the Mitchell Golf Association. He was also a member of the Mitchell Area Historical Society and Saint Mary's Episcopal Church where he served on the Vestry.
He is survived by his wife Myrna, a son Jeff Stone of Spokane, WA, a grandson, Andrew Stone of Spokane, WA, granddaughters, Lindsay (Corey) Davis of Spokane, WA and Aubrey Stone of Spokane, WA and a great grandson, Holbie Bronson of Spokane, WA. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Earl and Clayton and sisters Dorothy and Helen.


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