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Based on fair evidence, screening would result in no (or minimal) decrease in mortality from esophageal cancer in the U.S. population.
Description of the Evidence
Based on solid evidence, screening would result in uncommon but serious side effects associated with endoscopy which may include perforation, cardiopulmonary events and aspiration, and bleeding requiring hospitalization. Potential psychological harms may occur in those identified as having Barrett esophagus who may consider themselves to be ill even though their risk of developing cancer is low.
Natural History, Incidence, and Mortality
Annually, it is estimated that 17,460 Americans will be diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and 15,070 will die of this malignancy.[1] Of the new cases, it is estimated that 13,950 will occur in men and 3,510 will occur in women.
Two histologic types account for the majority of malignant esophageal neoplasms: adenocarcinoma and squamous carcinoma. The epidemiology of these types varies markedly. In the 1960s, squamous cell cancers comprised more than 90% of all esophageal tumors. The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinomas has risen considerably for the past 2 decades, such that it is now more prevalent than squamous cell cancer in the United States and Western Europe, with most tumors located in the distal esophagus.[2] Although the overall incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is declining, this histologic type remains six times more likely to occur in black males than in white males.[3] Incidence rates generally increase with age in all racial/ethnic groups but squamous cell cancer is consistently more common in blacks than in whites. Among black men, the incidence rate for those aged 55 to 69 years is close to that of white men aged 70 years and older. In black women aged 55 to 69 years, the incidence rate is slightly higher than white women aged 70 years and older.
Risk Factors
While risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus have been identified (such as tobacco, alcoholism, malnutrition, and infection with human papillomavirus),[4] the risk factors associated with esophageal adenocarcinoma are less defined. The most important epidemiological difference between squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma, however, is the strong association between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and adenocarcinoma. The results of a population-based case-controlled study suggest that symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux is a risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma. The frequency, severity, and duration of reflux symptoms were positively associated with increased risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma.[5,6,7]
Long-standing GERD predisposes to Barrett esophagus, the condition in which an abnormal intestinal epithelium replaces the stratified squamous epithelium that normally lines the distal esophagus.[8] The intestinal-type epithelium of Barrett esophagus has a characteristic endoscopic appearance that differs from squamous epithelium.[9] Dysplasia in Barrett epithelium represents an alteration of the columnar epithelium that may progress to invasive adenocarcinoma.[10]
An interesting hypothesis relates the rise in incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma to a declining prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Western countries. Reports have suggested that gastric infection with H. pylori may protect the esophagus from GERD and its complications.[11] According to this theory, H. pylori infections that cause pangastritis also cause a decrease in gastric acid production that protects against GERD.[12] Patients whose duodenal ulcers were treated successfully with antibiotics developed reflux esophagitis twice as often as those in whom infection persisted.[13]
Past use of lower esophageal sphincter (LES)-relaxing drugs was positively associated with risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Among daily, long-term users (>5 years) of LES-relaxing drugs, the estimated incidence rate ratio was 3.8 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.2–6.4) compared with persons who had never used these drugs. Gastric cardia adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were not associated with use of LES-relaxing drugs.[14]
There exists a strong relationship between body mass index (BMI) and esophageal adenocarcinoma. The adjusted odds ratio (OR) was 7.6 (95% CI, 3.8–15.2) among persons in the highest BMI quartile compared with persons in the lowest. Obese persons (those with BMI >30 kg/m2) had an OR of 16.2 (95% CI, 6.3–41.4) compared with the leanest persons (BMI <22 kg/m2). Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma was not associated with BMI.[15]
Squamous Cell Cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus does not have a highly prevalent predisposing condition, although the incidence increases in persons who have had long-standing exposure to tobacco and alcohol,[1] achalasia,[2] head and neck squamous cell cancer attributable most likely to long-standing alcohol and/or tobacco exposure,[3] tylosis,[4,5] history of lye ingestion,[6] celiac sprue,[7] and, in South America and China, hot liquid ingestion.[8] The etiological role of human papillomavirus infection in squamous cell cancer is under study.[9,10]
Efforts at early detection of squamous cell cancer of the esophagus have concentrated on cytological or endoscopic screening of populations in countries where there is a high incidence. Although these programs have demonstrated that it is possible to detect squamous cell cancers in an early asymptomatic stage, no data on efficacy (e.g., mortality reduction) have been published. Esophageal cytological screening studies have been reported from China,[11,12] Iran,[13] South Africa,[14,15] Italy,[16] and Japan.[17] In the United States, such efforts have been focused on individuals perceived to be at higher risk.[18,19] Studies of primary endoscopic screening have been reported from France [20] and Japan.[21]
Comparisons of both Chinese and U.S. cytological diagnoses with concurrent histological findings showed low (14% to 36%) sensitivities for the cytological detection of biopsy-proven cancers. Specificity ranged from 90% to 99% with a positive predictive value of 23% to 94%.[22] The development of uniform and accurate cytological criteria will require formal cytological-histological correlation studies of esophageal lesions. Such studies should become more feasible with the increasing availability of endoscopy in high-risk populations.
The efficacy of surveillance cytology or endoscopy for high-risk patients with tylosis or long-standing achalasia is not known.
Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus
Considerable debate has ensued concerning the risk of cancer in patients with Barrett esophagus. Prospective studies have reported annual esophageal cancer incidence rates ranging from 0.2% to 1.9%.[23] Concern over publication bias has led some authors to suggest that the risk may be lower than the literature suggests.[24] A risk of 0.5% per year for development of adenocarcinoma is now thought to be a reasonable estimate for Barrett esophagus.[25]
Barrett esophagus is strongly associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and the changes of Barrett esophagus can be found in approximately 10% of patients who have GERD. However, GERD is very common; surveys have found that approximately 20% of adult Americans experience symptoms of GERD, such as heartburn, at least once each week.[26] The likelihood of finding Barrett esophagus on endoscopy is related to the duration of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux. In a series of 701 individuals, 4% of those with symptoms for less than 1 year had Barrett esophagus on endoscopy, whereas Barrett esophagus was found in 21% of those with more than 10 years of symptoms of GERD. It has been estimated that physicians identify only approximately 5% of the population who have Barrett esophagus.[27] There is insufficient evidence that population screening for Barrett esophagus reduces cancer mortality.[28,29]
Surveillance of Barrett esophagus involves the use of tests to identify preneoplastic changes or curable neoplasms in patients who are known to have Barrett esophagus. Certain factors are essential in the implementation of an effective surveillance protocol, including low risk of the surveillance method, correct histological diagnosis of dysplasia, proof that surgical resection for high-grade dysplasia will decrease the risk of cancer, and successful resection of cancer. The interval between endoscopic evaluations is typically determined by histologic findings, in accordance with published guidelines by gastroenterological committees.[30] GERD should be treated prior to surveillance endoscopy to minimize confusion caused by inflammation in the interpretation of biopsy specimens. The technique of random, four-quadrant biopsies taken every 2 cm in the columnar-lined esophagus for standard histological evaluation has been recommended by some clinicians. For patients with no dysplasia, surveillance endoscopy at an interval of every 2 to 3 years has been recommended.[30] For patients with low-grade dysplasia, surveillance every 6 months for the first year has been recommended, followed by annual endoscopy if the dysplasia has not progressed in severity. For patients with high-grade dysplasia, two options have been recommended: surgical resection or repeated endoscopic evaluation until the diagnosis of intramucosal carcinoma is made. Although widely adopted in clinical practice, these practices are based on uncontrolled series and the opinion of expert gastrointestinal endoscopists and pathologists.
Other techniques to potentially identify dysplastic epithelium that could then be sampled extensively include chromoendoscopy [31] and laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy.[29,32]
Evidence of Harm
Screening for esophageal cancer by the use of blind nonendoscopically directed balloon cytological sampling for squamous cell carcinoma is minimally inconvenient and uncomfortable. Endoscopic screening for esophageal adenocarcinoma is expensive, inconvenient, and usually requires sedation.
Complications such as perforation and bleeding can occur. The incidence of complications including perforation, respiratory arrest, and myocardial infarction, has been estimated to be 0 to 13 per 10,000 procedures with an associated mortality of 0 to 0.8 per 10,000 procedures.[33,34]
Individuals who are informed they have Barrett esophagus may consider themselves to be ill even though their risk of developing cancer is very low.
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13 Fast Money-Saving Fixes
You vowed to take charge of your finances. With these quick and easy 5-, 10-, and 15-minute strategies, you'll stick with the program and boost your bottom line.
5-Minute Money-Saving Moves
- Sign up for CreditKarma.com or Credit.com's Credit Report Card, two free tools that provide a number range for your credit score (instead of an exact figure). It's a good indicator of how much you need to improve to get the best interest rates on credit cards, a car loan or mortgage.
- Create a separate e-mail address—at Gmail.com or another free site—solely for shopping online and receiving e-newsletters and other promotional offers. You'll reduce clutter in your primary in-box—and the temptation to click on every sale-mail.
- See if you're entitled to any of the $32.8 billion in unclaimed funds being held by state governments. You might be owed money from a forgotten checking account or a mislaid security deposit. Go to IRS.gov (for tax refunds) and to MissingMoney.org and Unclaimed.org (for everything else), and type in your name and all the states where you have lived or worked.
10-Minute Money-Saving Moves
- Compare cell phone and texting plans at Billshrink.com. Upload your most recent bill, and the site will tell you whether your carrier has cheaper plans that meet all your needs. "Most people overbuy," says Billshrink CEO Schwark Satyavolu. Switching can help you avoid overages and overpaying. Billshrink can also figure out when changing carriers will save you money over the long haul, even after factoring in early-termination fees and penalties. And it's all free of charge to users.
- Set up automatic transfers from your checking account to a high-yield savings account, such as the ones offered by INGDirect.com or Smarty Pig.com. Put aside at least 5 percent of your pay and gradually increase to 10 percent, so you can build an emergency fund.
- Get more from your checking and savings accounts. Use Bankrate.com to find a bank offering higher yields, fewer fees, and plenty of locations.
- Switch to a credit card with more favorable terms. CardRatings.com, Credit.com, and Billshrink.com offer comparison tools to help you find lower interest rates or better rewards. Like your current card? Ask for a rate reduction. It's a consumer's market, and chances are you'll get a break.
- Make a bookmark list for your web browser of money-saving sites to help you snag the best deals when shopping online. Include price-comparison engines (like PriceGrabber.com or NexTag.com), coupon code sites (RetailMeNot.com, CouponCabin.com), sale trackers (DealNews.com, ShopItToMe.com) and consumer review and complaint sites (Yelp.com, BBB.org).
15-Minute Money-Saving Moves
- Crunch the numbers on mortgage refinancing. Rates are at historic lows for fixed and adjustable-rate loans, says Keith Gumbinger, vice president at the mortgage-data website HSH.com. Pull out the HUD-1 form from your current mortgage—the fee will be a good indication of what the refi cost will be, he says. Then use a calculator at Bankrate.com or HSH.com to see how many months it'll take to recoup that—as well as the total amount you'll save in interest over the life of the loan.
- If you rent your home, try to pay less. Over a third of landlords lowered leases this year, says Rent.com President Peggy Abkemeier-Alford. "There are real costs to bringing in new tenants, and property owners would rather avoid that," she says. Check Rentometer.com as well as local listings for current prices, which you can use as a starting point, and then call the landlord with your request.
- Thwart errors and identity thieves by ordering a free credit report from TransUnion, Experian, or Equifax at AnnualCreditReport.com. Being familiar with each document can help you detect fraud early on. Gerri Detweiler, an adviser for Credit.com, suggests requesting all three, since the bureaus don't share information, and it's the best way to spot problems. When the reports arrive, do a line-by-line review of each.
Originally published in the January 2011 issue of Family Circle magazine.

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Then + Now: The 'Saved by the Bell' Castby Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
With Lifetime's 'Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story' airing on Sept. 1, fans are regarding the tell-all TV movie kiiind of like a car accident: It may be a wreck, but we just can't look away. In honor of the upcoming film, we're looking back at the cast of 'Saved by the Bell' — then and now. What have the students of Bayside been up for the past 20 (!) years? And what do they think of the upcoming Lifetime movie? Find out below.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris)
Then: Bleach blonde Mark-Paul Gosselaar played the scheming-but-lovable Zack Morris in 'Saved by the Bell' and its multiple incarnations, including 'Good Morning Miss Bliss,' 'Saved by the Bell,' 'SBTB: The College Years,' the TV movie 'SBTB: Wedding in Las Vegas,' and one episode of 'SBTB: The New Class.' Two years after his last portrayal of Zack, Gosselaar starred opposite fellow '90s teen star Candace Cameron in the Lifetime movie 'She Cried No,' in which he played a very un-Zack-like role as a rapist. Yikes.
Now: Gosselaar went on to have continued success on the small screen, starring as Detective John Clark on 'NYPD Blue' for five years before playing a lawyer on both 'Raising the Bar' and 'Franklin & Bash.' And to all the ladies still harboring a not-so-secret crush on Zack Morris: Gosselaar is happily married to his second wife, with whom he has one son. He also has another son and daughter from his first marriage.
Thoughts on the 'SBTB' Lifetime movie: "Everything I've heard about [Dustin Diamond's] book is, it is negative," he told the Huffington Post. "I don't remember those things. My experience on the show was very positive."
Tiffani Amber Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski)
Then: What '90s girl didn't want to be the brunette, feather-haired Kelly Kapowski (or Tiffani Amber Thiessen for that matter)? Like Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Thiessen played the role of Kelly in many variations of the beloved sitcom, including 'Saved by the Bell,' 'SBTB: The College Years' and 'SBTB: Wedding in Las Vegas.' After the show ended, she immediately was cast in another career-defining role as bad girl Val on 'Beverly Hills 90210′ — a part she played for four years.
Now: Thiessen finished up the '90s with starring roles in dramatic television movies, continuing to act throughout the first decade of the 2000s. Happily married since 2005 and a mom of one, Thiessen currently stars on 'White Collar' as Elizabeth Burke, a role she's played since 2009.
Thoughts on the 'SBTB' Lifetime movie: Thiessen has not commented on the movie.
Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater)
Then: Like most of his co-stars, Mario Lopez not only played muscular wrestler A.C. Slater for five seasons on 'Saved by the Bell,' he went onto continue that love of unitards in 'SBTB: The College Years,' 'Wedding in Las Vegas' and the final episode of 'SBTB: The New Class.' Fun fact: The dimpled star also guest-starred in an episode of 'Bill Nye the Science Guy.'
Now: In 2006, Lopez placed second on 'Dancing With the Stars,' with then-girlfriend Karina Smirnoff as his partner. The actor has hosted the entertainment talk show 'Extra!' since 2008, also starring in the Broadway production of 'A Chorus Line' that same year. In 2012, he extended those hosting duties to 'The X Factor' for two seasons. Lopez has been married to his second wife (his first marriage with Ali Landry was annulled) since 2012, and the couple have two kids together, whom they proudly (and frequently!) show off on Instagram.
Thoughts on the 'SBTB' Lifetime movie: While interviewing his former co-star Elizabeth Berkley and asking her thoughts about the Lifetime flick, Lopez was honest about his own feelings, saying: "The key word is unauthorized."
Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie Spano)
Then: Elizabeth Berkley played strong-willed, politically active (and for one memorable episode, caffeine pill-addicted) Jessie Spano on 'SBTB.' And while she came back for Zack and Kelly's wedding in 'Wedding in Las Vegas,' unlike her other co-stars, Berkley's Jessie Spano did not continue on to the fictional Cal U in 'The College Years.' The actress did, however, go on to earn an infamous starring role in 1996's NC-17 rated 'Showgirls.'
Now: Berkley went on to have a critically acclaimed career in theater, starring in shows on London's West End, Broadway and Off-Broadway, alongside such big names as Eddie Izzard, Richard Dreyfuss, and Ethan Hawke, respectively. She's also shared the screen with Al Pacino in 'Any Given Sunday,' scored a part in Woody Allen's 'The Curse of the Jade Scorpion,' and even played a falsely accused teacher in the Lifetime movie 'Student Seduction.' (Our total guilty pleasure!) The blonde bombshell, who is also an animal rights activist, has been happily married to her hunk of a husband Greg Lauren (Ralph's nephew) since 2003, and the two have one child together.
Thoughts on the 'SBTB' Lifetime movie: "We know the lives we lead, and I think they're taking it off the unauthorized book by Dustin Diamond. It's a little silly to give credence to that, when we know the innocence and joy that we shared," she told her former co-star Mario Lopez on 'Extra.' "It's not even real."
Dustin Diamond (Samuel 'Screech' Powers)
Then: Curly-haired Dustin Diamond starred as goofy Screech for almost 13 years, playing the lovable nerdy character in every version of 'Saved by the Bell' from 'Good Morning, Miss Bliss' to 'SBTB: The New Class,' in which Screech became Mr. Belding's assistant.
Now: Post-'SBTB,' Diamond's career veered onto a very different path. He created his own sex tape called (we kid you not) 'Screeched: Saved by the Smell' — though he claims to have used, quote, a "stunt wang." He also participated in several reality television shows, including 'Celebrity Fit Club' and 'Celebrity Big Brother.' Of course, Diamond also wrote 'Behind the Bell,' the tell-all book that the upcoming Lifetime movie is based on (he'll be serving as executive producer) — though he has admitted to feeling regret over releasing the book. Hmmm.
Thoughts on the 'SBTB' Lifetime movie: Considering the fact Diamond is serving as executive producer on the movie, which, as we noted, is based on his 2009 tell-all book 'Behind the Bell,' (he now claims it was written by a ghost writer), it's not really that surprising that the actor is excited for the portrayal. He told the Daily Beast:
"I think when this movie comes out, it's going to surprise people because it's not salacious, it's not dirty, it's not negative. It's embracing all the positive things that happened and clarifying certain things. I think it's going to be pretty enjoyable. I think everyone's going to like it, including the other cast members."
Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle)
Then: Lark Voorhies played fashionista Lisa Turtle on 'SBTB,' later appearing in just one episode of 'SBTB: The College Years,' though she also returned for 'Wedding in Las Vegas' and the final episode of 'SBTB: The New Class.'
Now: Though Voorhies has continued to act since 'SBTB,' her career has since stalled (her last film role was opposite her former co-star Dustin Diamond in the 2012 direct-to-video 'The Little Creeps'). Today, the actress sadly appears to be suffering from mental health issues. In 2012, her mother told PEOPLE that Voorhies was bipolar, and the actress herself admitted to struggling with her mental health — though she denied that she was suffering from bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or any other condition. Voorhies continued to deny these claims in an erratic interview with 'Entertainment Tonight.'
Thoughts on the 'SBTB' Lifetime movie: Voorhies has not commented on the movie.
Dennis Haskins, Mr. Belding
Then: Dennis Haskins portrayed principal Mr. Belding for every incarnation of 'SBTB' there was, from 'Good Morning Miss Bliss' straight through to 'SBTB: The New Class.' Of course, it was on 'Saved by the Bell' itself that he and his trademark catchphrase, "Hey, hey, hey, what's going on here?" that he truly won our hearts.
Now: Haskins has since added a wealth of credits to his name, including roles in 'Max Keeble's Big Move,' 'Victorious' and bit parts in 'Mad Men' and 'How I Met Your Mother,' and, most recently, as a snake oil salesman in Seth MacFarlane's 'A Million Ways to Die in the West.' But most importantly, Haskins (who once released an album called 'Karaoke With Your Favorite Principal Dennis') is active on Twitter — and his handle is @mrbelding. It doesn't get any better than that.
Thoughts on the 'SBTB' Lifetime movie: "I was there. I know what happened and didn't happen," he told TMZ. "Who do you believe: The people that were there … or [Diamond] who says he just got on the phone with a guy and the next thing [he] knew, [the ghostwriter] wrote all these things and [he] didn't know he'd written them, and now he's the executive producer on the movie?"


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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Since the passage of Measure 37 in 2004, government officials have been grappling with its implementation in cities and counties throughout the state. The ballot measure enables landowners to seek compensation if their property values are reduced by land use regulations. But how should a reduction in value be determined?
A new study published this week by Oregon State University Extension Service examines the uneven way that Measure 37 claims have been evaluated across the state. In particular, the study looks at the economics of determining if, and to what degree, a "reduction in value" was caused by a land use regulation.
The study compares two approaches to calculating reduction in value: the "single exemption" approach used by most local governments throughout the state which relies on standard appraisal methods; and the "before-and-after" approach used by the Portland Metro Council.
The two approaches to calculating "reduction in value" will nearly always lead to different dollar estimates, according to William Jaeger and Andrew Plantinga, economists in OSU's College of Agricultural Sciences and the authors of the report.
"In fact," Jaeger said, "there appear to be many cases where one approach will lead to approval of a Measure 37 claim, while the other approach would lead to denial of the claim."
The study finds that the standard appraisal methods used in the "single exemption" approach do not consider how land markets – supply and demand – are affected by the land use regulations. The authors suggest that this approach is misleading, and ultimately invalid, as a way to determine whether land use regulations have caused a reduction in value or for estimating the amount of reduction.
"The potential change in value when removing a regulation from one single property does not take into consideration what the market effects of that regulation were when it was applied to many properties," Jaeger said. "Giving one landowner a single exemption may create 'monopoly benefits' that are a result of the regulations but not available to other landowners."
In contrast, the Portland Metro Council takes a before-and-after approach to see whether there is evidence of a reduction in value for a property. They calculate the market value of the land before land use regulations were enacted, adjusting for inflation, and compare that figure to the property's current market value.
This approach has led Portland Metro to deny all seven of the claims they have evaluated so far. By contrast, those local governments taking the "single exemption" approach have almost always validated the claims.
"Calculating changes to a single property will almost always lead to the conclusion that there has been a reduction in value, even when the value of the property actually increased following introduction of the land use regulations," Jaeger said.
"An individual waiver is like a monopoly," he added. "Exempting one property owner from a land use regulation may be valuable, but that value may be due to the fact that other land owners are denied that same exemption."
According to the study, the value of a "single exemption" cannot be equated to the reduction in market value caused by a regulation. The effects of applying a regulation to many properties are not reversed by removing that regulation from one single property.
To prove their point, the authors looked at the current Measure 37 claims surrounding the Portland area and evaluated what would happen if the urban growth boundary were removed. Based on this "single exemption" approach, they found that Portland would be more than three and one-half times its current size.
One implication is that there will be cases, perhaps many cases, where the "single exemption" approach will indicate a valid Measure 37 claim when, in fact, no reduction in value has occurred.
"Across Oregon there is a widely held perception that land use regulations are denying many landowners lucrative opportunities. But this perception fails to recognize the direct and indirect ways that the land use regulations themselves have increased land values." Plantinga said.
When land use regulations limit development, these limitations can preserve the surrounding areas, maintain open space, or protect groundwater resources. In short, these regulations protect the kinds of amenities that, over time, become valuable attributes for the first parcel of land that is developed, surrounded by lands that are restricted to development.
"This added value stems from the regulation that has kept all other landowners from developing their land first, or from using their land in ways that would detract from the existing amenities, such as junk yards, gravel pits, or incinerators," Plantinga said.
The study concludes that in order to calculate the reduction in value of Measure 37 claims in a credible, valid and accurate way, governments must compare "before-and-after" (the approach used by the Portland Metro Council) or "with-and-without" situations where the land use regulations are either applied, or removed, from all relevant properties. To do this they must use something other than standard appraisal methods.
"There are many issues related to Measure 37 that the legislature needs to consider, but unless they recognize how the issues are distorted by using an invalid measure of reduction in value, the other questions are going to be much more difficult to address," Jaeger said.
Download the entire report, "The Economics Behind Measure 37."


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Yep, that pretty much sums my experience up so far. What about you? :)
Yep, that pretty much sums my experience up so far. What about you? :)
Actually, the "How my boss thinks I work" looks more like how it is for me. Two monitors on my desktop, a laptop and my Linux box is what my desk looks like.
Pretty darn accurate.
This should be future…..
I've been telecommuting for five years. When does the "What my girlfriend (wife) expects" part get going? (^_^)
Yeap, 'cept I usually set my laptop on my desk instead of in bed
I have worked from my home office for years, and it looks like the one in the beginning. I may wear my pajamas, not shave and be eating Cheerios, but my office does look like that and I go to my office everyday.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
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Facing Toughest Challenge Yet
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[April 23, 2014]
By Julian Linden
(Reuters) — Michael Phelps has been
swimming against the tide all his life. Time and time again he has
proved the doubters wrong, setting the standard for Olympic achievement
with his 18 gold medals.
But now, almost two years after retiring from swimming and two
months shy of his 29th birthday, the American is plunging into
uncharted waters by attempting a comeback where the risk-reward
ratio is heavily stacked against him.
If all goes well, Phelps could be back on the winner's podium at
Rio, although he insists he is still undecided about whether he
wants to go to the 2016 Olympics.
If it goes wrong, he will join a long list of great athletes who
were lured back to competition but failed to reproduce the form that
took them to the top of their chosen sports.
His legacy is already assured. Nothing he does in the future will
take away from what he did in the past but as Muhammad Ali, Mark
Spitz, Michael Jordan, Bjorn Borg and Michael Schumacher all
discovered, it can still become a permanent footnote.
Phelps has not yet given a full explanation for his decision to come
back or his plans for the future. That will come on Wednesday when
he and longtime coach Bob Bowman face the media before the April
24-26 Grand Prix meet in Mesa, Arizona, where he will make his
A global sporting icon, Phelps has already amassed a fortune through
his endorsements, so money is unlikely to be the driving motivation
to get him back in the pool for the grueling training required to be
an Olympic swimmer.
Nor is he likely to top his past achievements so anything he does is
likely to be less than before. He won six gold medals at Athens in
2004 and an unprecedented eight at Beijing in 2008 when he was at
his absolute peak.
At the 2012 London Games he won four gold and by the law of
diminishing returns would be hard-pressed to match that in Rio, when
he will be 31, past the age when most elite swimmers have hung up
their goggles but not too old to be totally discounted.
At the Athens Olympics, Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands won the
women's 50 meters freestyle gold medal days before her 31st
Four years later in Beijing, Jason Lezak teamed up with Phelps to
win gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay at 32 while Dara Torres won
three silvers in the Chinese capital at age 41.
For Phelps, his biggest asset is his physique and perfect technique.
He stands 1.93m (6ft 4in) tall but has a wingspan of 2.01m (6ft 7in)
giving him greater pulling power in the water.
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But the natural evolution of swimming looms as his biggest obstacle.
Even if he can match his best times, his younger opponents are
getting faster all the time.
This week's meet will offer few real clues to what Phelps might do
in Rio, if he were to go that far. He has deliberately picked a
relatively light program of three races — 100m freestyle, 100m
butterfly and 50m freestyle.
"It's just a start," Bowman told Reuters last week.
The first big test for Phelps will come in August when the U.S.
national championships, which will double as the trials for next
year's world championships in Russia, are held in California.
Then in mid-2016, the U.S. Olympic trials will take place in Omaha,
Phelps only needs to finish in the top six in either the 100m or
200m freestyle at the 2016 U.S. Olympic trials to make the relay
team and if he did, he would have a realistic chance of adding to
his collection of Olympic medals.
For mere mortals, that would be a lifelong achievement but for
Phelps, he is likely to want to swim at least one individual event,
possibly the 100m butterfly, which would also secure him a place on
the medley relay and a chance at four golds in Rio.
(Reporting by Julian Linden in New York;
editing by Frank Pingue)
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Maquet announces peer-reviewed publication confirming intraaortic balloon pumps as the clinically and economically cost-effective first line choice for high-risk PCI patients
Maquet Cardiovascular USA announced today publication of a manuscript comparing the clinical and economic impact of percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVAD) with intraaortic balloon pumps for high-risk patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The paper, titled "Clinical and Economic Effectiveness of Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices for High-Risk Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention," appears in the March, 2015 volume of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology.
The study, led by Atman P. Shah, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Coronary Care Unit and Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at The University of Chicago, conducted a review of all comparative randomized control trials of the pVADS (Impella and TandemHeart) vs IABP for patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A retrospective analysis of the 2010 and 2011 Medicare MEDPAR data files was also performed to compare procedural costs and hospital length of stay (LOS). Readmission rates between the devices were also studied.
From a clinical standpoint, the study demonstrated no conclusive clinical benefit in trial patients treated with pVADs compared with IABP--despite the additional costs of pVADs. pVADs were not shown to be associated with improved clinical outcomes, reduced hospital length of stay, or reduced readmission rates. Economically, first-line management of high-risk PCI and cardiogenic shock patients with IABP was shown to be more cost effective than routine use of pVADS. Use of IABP as initial therapy in high-risk PCI and cardiogenic shock patients may result in savings of up to $2.5 billion annually of incremental costs to the hospital system.
"The cath lab has a long tradition of implementing therapies to take care of patients quickly and effectively," said Dr. Shah. "Using IABP as a first-line strategy for cardiogenic shock and high-risk PCI patients with an escalating approach toward pVADs for refractory patients makes clinical sense in that IABP is easy and quick to deploy in addition to being cost effective."
Dr. Pierluca Lombardi, Chief Medical Officer, Maquet Cardiovascular said, "Intraaortic balloon pumps remain the most studied and most used devices for high-risk patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention because of their ease, speed of use and low complication rates. Comparative effectiveness research influences hospital treatment protocols and health-care coverage policies by showing health-care providers the impact of new devices on costs and outcomes. We're pleased to offer doctors a first-line option that is cost-effective and clinically beneficial."
For online access to the full paper, visit: http://www.invasivecardiology.com/articles/clinical-and-economic-effectiveness-percutaneous-ventricular-assist-devices-high-risk.
About Maquet
Maquet, a trusted partner for hospitals and physicians for more than 175 years, is a global leader in medical systems. The company offers innovative therapy solutions and infrastructure capabilities for high-acuity areas within the hospital - including the operating room (OR), hybrid OR/cath lab, and intensive care unit (ICU) - as well as intra- and inter-hospital patient transport. Additionally, Maquet develops intelligent and sustainable room concepts that exceed the expectations of modern hospitals, working in close cooperation with customers, production engineers and architects to integrate high quality products and services.
Headquartered in Rastatt, Germany, Maquet is the largest subsidiary of the publicly listed GETINGE Group AB of Sweden. Maquet generated about 1.55 billion Euros in 2014, representing more than half of the Getinge Group's annual revenue of 2.93 billion Euros. Maquet has 7,000 employees and provides 53 international sales and service organizations, as well as a network of more than 300 sales partners.


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One more thing...she now officially hates being on her back. She will sleep so peacefully on us then the second we put her down she goes nuts. :) Oh the questions.
That is just one of the text messages that I've received this week. Day or night, weekday or weekend (as my husband will attest!) the messages flow in from clients who are pregnant, newly birthed, or even facing their first nursing strike at 6 months!
I quickly reply by text, which releases a flurry of iPhone alert sounds. Um...I'd better phone her. My husband and I are good at taking long walks arm in arm, communicating by hand signals, while I'm speaking with a client on the phone. Forty-five minutes later, I hang up, confident that we have covered all of today's fears (at 41+ weeks, with no baby in sight, there's a lot to cover!) (p.s. She went into spontaneous labour the next day!)
Each morning, I check in with my clients who have just given birth. Many times, it's an opening move of an hour long phone chat. Other times, my text "How was your night?" or "How's breastfeeding going today?" results in these responses from new mamas...
Breast feeding is pretty good, working on getting a better and more productive latch but overall she feeds great. She is already above her birth weight! (mama at 3 days)
Had a phenomenal night. 3 feeds each 3 hrs apart and she went straight back to sleep. It was bliss. (mama at 6 days)
She seems inconcolable at night she will feed well at 10 then sleep three hours then one hour naps I'm exhaused (mama at 13 days)
Some women need to see their midwife, family doctor, or lactation consultant, or they might need the name of a good postpartum doula service. Which one above do you think needed a referral? But most women just need to hear me say "I hear you". Jacquie pep talks are famous!
You've breastfed successfully before. Confidence (even if you fake it) is key, because your baby is a sponge for feelings. If you're calm, she'll be calm. If you're freaking out...well... (Day 1)
Trust your instincts and keep her skin to skin and nursing as much as humanly possible today and tonight. (Day 2)
Anticipate another mega feeding (aka breastfeeding bootcamp) night. Try to beat 12 feeds in 24 hours then your milk should be in tomorrow. (Day 3)
Just a reminder that no baby will self-wean before 18 months. Anything that appears like rejection is probably a short-lived nursing strike. Is he teething? Please call me. (7 months)
But it's not just the women who send me text messages. The dads, the partners, the grandmothers, the midwives, the lactation consultants and the family docs – they all check in. This is a team effort!
Hopefully she will feel good about the experience and her decision making. (Family doctor after a birth)
Sounds like still early labour but progressing... (snippet of long family doctor update about a client at home)
Or I will send an update to the client's caregiver (with their permission):
She's thrilled that something is happening. We had a good walk. I came home for dinner. I'll check in with her in a bit. I hope it's tonight! (41 weeks, and baby was born before breakfast.)
When one physician heard that I connect with postpartum clients and caregivers by text, he said, "I like to go the old-fashioned way and meet them face to face." Oh, absolutely! I agree that face to face is best, but is it practical on a daily basis? Does it meet the clients' needs? When a breastfeeding mama is curled up on a sofa and wants to know when she should bathe her baby, is it really best to bundle up the baby into a carseat and take a trip across town for a 5 minute doctor visit?
Many postpartum questions do not require a medical visit. Sometimes, just a woman to woman (aka doula) chat is needed. Often, postpartum women want to hear, "It's a crazy ride, but it's normal!" Face to face is best, but I can also offer an immediate virtual hug via text before popping over for a home visit or making a phone call. Or if my answer to their question is, "I don't know the answer myself, but I know who does," I can recommend that the woman calls her caregiver to make an appointment. One of the reasons why midwifery care is so exemplary is that, in BC, midwives provide multiple postpartum home visits. And the family practice doctors here are always waiting for a call during the first six weeks. My text and phone messages (and Facetime chats) bridge the gap between my clients' visits with their caregivers (and myself)...and boy, do my clients appreciate that!


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May this New Year 2019 bring newly found prosperity, love, Peace, happiness and delight in your life, And Your Beloved. Wish you Happy New Year!
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"You Can Develop Any Habit Or Thought Or Behavior That You Consider Desirable Or Necessary."
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.
I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.💆
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
You have been tough on the rough year 2017 proved to be. Wishing you a smoother 2019. నూతన సంవత్సర శుభాకాంక్షలు! 💃
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You filled up the chapters of life in 2017 with pages of love and hope you continue doing the same in 2019.
A wonderful start of another beautiful year would not have been possible with out your love and support. Thanks for always showering your care on me, my sweetheart. Happy New year.
I love you more today than I did in the years gone by, but not as much as I will in the years ahead. నూతన సంవత్సర శుభాకాంక్షలు 2019!
You have given me everything in 2018 to see me happy and smiling and I know 2019 will become more beautiful and joyous with you on my side.
There have quite a few times in 2018 when I gave you pain and made you sad because of my attitude. But I promise I will fill up 2019 with moments of happiness and pleasure.


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Our practice will begin promptly at 11:00am. Please arrive a few minutes early to check in, and bring your yoga mat and any props or items (towels, water, etc) you would like for your practice.
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The following guest post about the need to recycle comes from Laura Scott, webmaster for the Toymaker of Williamsburg.
"Bobby, why are you throwing that water bottle in the trash?You should always recycle plastic, glass, and paper products."Maria said.
"Why Maria? It's all trash. Who cares if I throw it away or recycle it," said Bobby.
"Chipmunks and squirrels and birds care," answered Maria. She continued saying, "Every time you recycle, you save a part of nature."
"What? How does recycling do that, Maria?" asked Bobby.
"Everything that we use comes from something. Paper and wood products come from trees and most plastic comes from wood or oil. To get paper or plastic we need to cut down trees and those trees are home to chipmunks and squirrels and birds. But if we recycle, we can save some of those trees! If we recycle, people can use our trash to make something useful for someone else. Every time we recycle we save trees, and we save chipmunk and squirrel and bird homes.
Paper, cardboard, and bottles like that water bottle can be used to make things that people really need. All kinds of things can be made from recycled stuff. When you recycle plastic, it can be used to make things like that fleece jacket you're wearing or even a bench at the park. When you recycle paper, it can be used to make other paper products; you're probably even using some at your house right now!"
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ALDIE, Va. -- Thursday's opening round of the 2012 Southworth Senior PGA Professional National Championship featured a pair of aces, with Gary Sowinski of Schererville, Ind., and Jeff Whitfield of Weldon Spring, Mo., each making a hole-in-one at Creighton Farms.
Sowinski, the PGA director of golf at Briar Ridge Country Club in Schererville, Ind., used a 5-iron from 199 yards on the par-3 17th hole, while Whitfield, the PGA general manager at Mid-Rivers Golf Complex in Saint Peters, Mo., used a 4-iron from 195 yards on the par-3 ninth hole.
"It was absolutely pure luck," said Sowinski, who made his sixth competitive hole-in-one . "The hole did not look very accessible and at first we couldn't tell if it had rolled off or went in the hole. But I took a look in the hole and there it was."
Whitfield, who finished in a tie for 29th in the 2011 edition of the Championship, made the ace on his final hole of the day.
"The ball hit right in front of the hole and hopped right in," said Whitfield, who posted his first ace in competition. "But we couldn't see it go in unfortunately. There were two guys on the back of the green who reacted pretty strongly so we knew something good had happened."
Sowinski opened the Championship with a 72, while Whitfield carded a 76.
The low 70 scorers and ties after Friday's second round advance to the weekend's final 36 holes at Creighton Farms.
The low 35 finishers will qualify for the 2013 Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid, at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Mo.
The top eight finishers, including ties, will receive exemptions into the 2013 Senior PGA Professional National Championship.
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Tour de France Stage Winner Very Publicly Denied While Looking for Kiss [VIDEO]
He may be wearing the yellow jersey, but this Tour de France rider was left red-faced after he was denied a smooch.
Vincenzo Nibali won the second stage of the race over the weekend and raced up to the podium to celebrate. He gave a celebratory kiss to one woman on the podium, but the other lady standing there...well, not so much.
Watch as the woman rebuffs him. Things could get mighty awkward for them if Nibali wins another stage or even the whole race.


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If there's one name in Hollywood that is synonymous with photographic perfection, it's Greg Gorman. Our pages can't contain all the famous names that have stepped in front of Gorman's lens, but just to drop a few: Jeff Bridges, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Kevin Costner, Helen Mirren and Halle Berry. His trademark use of black and white adds another layer of class to his portraits, whether they are of half-naked celebrities or souls on the streets of India. His work has appeared in Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair and on movie posters for "Transformers," "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Italian Job," among others.
In recent years the success of the K-State men's basketball has helped put the Manhattan, Kansas based college on the map. Their alumni reach far and wide, and of course locally back along I-70 back to Kansas City. Hal Swanson isn't the only Kansas City celebrity with links to K-State. Motor racing driver, political activist and private investor Scott Tucker, from Kansas City also attended K-State in the 1980s.
KC born comedy actor Paul Rudd attended the University of Kansas before going to launch his film and screenwriting career. Fellow KC born actor Chris Cooper attended the University of Missouri in Kansas City before getting his break in the movie industry. Internationally renowned KC born photographer Greg Gorman majored in photojournalism at the University of Kansas before obtaining his master of fine arts degree in cinematography from the University of California. KC's other featured gentlemen; jazz saxophonist Bobby Watson, KC chiefs cornerback Brandon Flowers, actor Ed Asner and champion golfer Tom Watson all attended out of state universities.


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Nat Faxon is an actor. You maybe saw him on Ben and Kate. He co-wrote the Oscar-winning script for The Descendants, which starred George Clooney, and also co-directed and co-wrote The Way Way Back. Faxon's been working as an actor since the early 2000s. Mostly in bit parts, the sidekick, the comic relief. Now he's got a leading role on Married, a new comedy on FX.
Married is a dark comedy about a married couple, played by Faxon and Judy Greer. The couple has been together for ten years and is growing apart, tugged in separate directions by their children, a lack of steady unemployment, and uncertain finances.
Faxon talks about how the show relates to his real-life married life, why he enjoys just being an actor instead of running the show, and the uncomfortable situation in which he first met George Clooney.
Married premieres this Thursday on FX.
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This week's recommendations come from BoingBoing founder and Gweek host Mark Frauenfelder.
He suggests checking out Forbidden Island, a co-operative game. It's a simple premise: collect four treasures from a sinking island.
He also recommends Citizen Keane: The Big Lies Behind the Big Eyes, a biography about the sketchy past of Walter and Margaret Keane, the couple who painted the kitschy pop-art paintings of teary, big-eyed children.
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It's fair to say that Werner Herzog is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. He's made critically-acclaimed documentaries, like Grizzly Man and Cave of Forgotten Dreams. And some art-house staples like Fitzcarraldo. But he also made Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans -- where a crack-smoking Nicholas Cage has hallucinations of iguanas and a breakdancing Mafioso. And don't forget that Herzog was the SUBJECT of a film called Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe.
So, it should come as no surprise that there wasn't one day when he became an artist. He sort of always knew. He tells us about growing up in Bavaria, how walking the Albanian border taught him more than film school ever could, and why he just wasn't impressed by the first moving images he saw.
Werner Herzog has a new Blu-Ray boxset coming out later this month from Shout! Factory. It collects sixteen of his earliest films -- most of them on Blu-Ray for the first time. It's called Herzog: The Collection.
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Mimi Pond was an art school dropout in 1970s Oakland, and she was trying to figure out what to be. She walked into a diner and asked for a job application. Instead of a resume, the manager asked her to tell him a joke. She got the job. Her new graphic novel and fictionalized memoir, Over Easy, is based on her time waiting tables at said diner.
Pond found herself surrounded by storage room sex, assorted sniffables, and a cast of characters so big she couldn't fit them all in her memoir.
She discusses why she always knew she'd be a cartoonist (even as a kid), the mastermind and hiring manager behind the "anarchic punk opera" that was her workplace, and the very specific, improvisational nature of waiting tables.
Her book is out now.
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The Beach Boys had a lot on the line in 1967. How do you follow up huge commercial hits like "Surfin' USA" and "Barbara Ann", and the experimental, influential Pet Sounds? Jesse explains why 1967's Smiley Smile is great all on its own.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
In his last assignment in the lawless tribal region of North Waziristan, Hayatullah Khan filed photos and a story indicating a U.S.-made Hellfire missile had struck a home in the town of Miran Shah, killing senior al-Qaeda figure Hamza Rabia. The story, which appeared in the widely read Urdu-language daily Ausaf, and the pictures, distributed by the European Pressphoto Agency, contradicted the Pakistani government's official explanation that Rabia had died in a blast caused by explosives located in the house.
The next day, December 5, 2005, five gunmen ran Khan's car off the road, abducting the journalist as his younger brother Haseenullah watched helplessly. Six months passed amid a swirl of rumors about Khan's fate before the phone rang at his family's home at 4:40 p.m. on June 16. A Pakistani intelligence officer identifying himself as Major Kamal said Khan's body had been dumped in Miran Shah's marketplace. With that, the officer said, his responsibility to the family had ended.
Khan, 32, was a well-connected journalist, fixer, and entrepreneur who had also started a school and a small inn. He was no stranger to trouble in Pakistan's troubled Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the border region adjoining southeastern Afghanistan where the Taliban is fighting NATO forces. In 2002, U.S. forces in Afghanistan's Paktika province detained Khan for four days. Over the years, he was threatened by virtually every regional faction: Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence division (ISI), the military, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda.
Freelance writer Eliza Griswold worked with Khan several times and said he invariably knew what was afoot "in one of the most clandestine corners of the world." Some journalists could be put off by Khan's comparatively high fixer rates, but Griswold said that "he followed the story, no matter the personal cost."
In November 2005, a few weeks before disappearing, Khan met a military intelligence major in Miran Shah and was warned "to leave his profession or leave Waziristan or accept the government's political policies," another brother, Ihsanullah, recalled. "On the night of November 27," he told CPJ, "Hayatullah passed his will to his tribe and explicitly stated, 'If I am kidnapped or get killed, the government agencies will be responsible.'"
Whatever role, if any, the government played in Khan's killing, it appeared to engage in a cruel misinformation campaign during his six-month disappearance. As Khan's family careened between government sources in search of information, the official account morphed from one month to the next: Khan was in government custody, soon to be released; Khan had been abducted by "miscreants;" he had been taken by Waziristan mujahedeen; he had been flown to the military base at Rawalpindi and then detained in Kohat air base. Ihsanullah Khan said Zaheer ul Islam, a regional government agent, summoned family members on May 15 to say that the journalist was at the U.S.-run Bagram air base in Afghanistan. The situation, ul Islam said, was out of his hands.
Ihsanullah Khan angrily pressed ul Islam for a better response. The political agent then "promised Hayat's children that their father will come back to them alive and safe," Khan told CPJ. "We happily returned from Miran Shah to our house in Mirali. I told the good news to my mother, sister-in-law, and sisters who performed some rituals and told our relatives that Hayat would be back."
Interviewed by CPJ, ul Islam acknowledged meeting the Khan family but denied making such a statement.
When his body turned up, Hayatullah Khan was thin, dirty, and in the same clothes he wore when he was abducted. Ihsanullah Khan said his family, too frightened to go to the marketplace to retrieve the body, saw it only later when it was prepared for burial. The family was told by hospital workers that Khan had suffered five or six bullet wounds and that one hand had been manacled in handcuffs typically used by the ISI. Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, dismissed the reported presence of the handcuffs as circumstantial and said the cuffs could have been planted to incriminate the government. No autopsy was performed.
An investigation led by High Court Justice Mohammed Reza Khan has been completed, but the results have not been made public. Khan's family said they were not interviewed by the judge or other investigators. Northwest Frontier Gov. Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai told CPJ that North Waziristan was not secure enough to risk exposing a judicial figure to kidnapping or death. Of the eight journalists murdered in Pakistan since 2002, only the case of the American Daniel Pearl has been investigated to any result or degree of competence.
Pakistani officials have pledged to review all of the cases, but journalists are skeptical. And one, Sailab Mehsud, president of the Tribal Union of Journalists, was blunt in assessing the government's role in the slaying: "We know that the government had a hand in this. A message has been sent that we should stop doing our work. For us, the post-Hayat period will only be more dangerous."
Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator, led a mission to Pakistan in July.


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Exclusive: GEOFF JOHNS Talks AQUAMAN Ongoing Series
Geoff Johns clarified that his run later this year on Aquaman will be an ongoing series, and it will start after Flashpoint ends.
"It's been great to see the popularity of Aquaman," Johns said, referring to the fan response to his announcement at MegaCon on Sunday that he'd be writing an Aquaman series. "It's really cool to see all these characters get some attention for once."
Johns, who also serves as the chief creative officer for DC Entertainment, said the cast of the new ongoing series will include the characters that have been supporting Aquaman in Brightest Day.
"Mera will be a staple in the series. She'll be right next to Aquaman," he said.
Johns already added to Aquaman's supporting cast by introducing a new Aqualad in Brightest Day #10, coinciding with the same new Aqualad appearing in a new Young Justice animated series. The writer said the teenaged Aqualad is here to stay and will be important to the whole DCU.
"There are a lot of plans for Aqualad, not only in Aquaman, but throughout the DC Universe. He's become a pretty big character for us, which is great," Johns said.After having died a few years ago in the comics universe, Aquaman was resurrected by Johns in the 2009 mini-series Blackest Night and has been starring in the bi-weekly Brightest Day, which finishes in April. Johns, who co-writes Brightest Day, hinted in a December interview with Newsarama that he would be writing the hero after the bi-weekly ended.
Out of all the characters the writer could choose for his next ongoing series, Johns chose Aquaman because he's enjoyed writing him so much in Brightest Day, "more than anybody," he said.
"I just know that there is a lot of potential in that character," Johns said. "I know there is untapped potential in that character and everything he's about. I love that everybody knows who he is, but they don't know a lot about him. And I just had ideas and stories for him."
But the writer said that even though people saw a "Johns-written Aquaman" in Brightest Day, that isn't necessarily the type of stories they'll be seeing in his new Aquaman ongoing series.
"There are a lot of things that will happen in the book that people won't expect," he said. "Brightest Day had a pretty straightforward superhero Aquaman story. That was to get him and Mera and Aqualad and Black Manta and everybody back on stage.
"But where we go in the book will surprise some people," he said.
Having first appeared in 1941, Aquaman has gone through some drastic changes as writers have tried to make him popular enough to sustain an ongoing series. The last ongoing Aquaman series, Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis, ended in 2007 with issue #57.
Johns said he's been interested in the character for a long time, and he compared his universe to that of Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, which Johns has ushered into a significant revival over the last six years.
"Aquaman lives in such a cool world," Johns said. "Where Green Lantern goes out away from the Earth, Aquaman goes to the depths of Earth, and there are a lot of things we've never explored. The depths of the ocean are a frontier. You see it on the Discovery Channel, that they discover a new species on the bottom on the ocean all the time, and it's a whole new world down there."And how does that relate to our world?" Johns added. "That's what I want to explore. I really want to find Aquaman's place in the DC Universe, but then also explore what he means within the rest of that world."
Newsarama recently explored Aquaman's potential and creators pointed toward the story potential of Aquaman's connection to environmental issues.
Johns agreed there's a "real issue there."
"Aquaman cares about that, and it's central to who he is," Johns said. "But you have to be careful not to be preachy."
Then he added that there's something happening in the DCU that could allow Aquaman to approach the issue. "There are some twists and turns coming up that involve some of that, but I don't want to get into it just yet," he said, then added, "I'll just say this: It's all about responsibility."


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CU's Stewart snubbed on All-Big 12 selections
BOULDER — It's stuff like this that has Colorado athletic officials wishing they could officially begin competition in the expanded Pac-12 Conference today: CU junior tailback Rodney "Speedy" Stewart became the first Big 12 rusher in history to average at least 100 yards per game and not be even selected "honorable mention" on the all-conference teams that were announced Tuesday.
The all-conference team is chosen by the league's coaches.
"I'm new at this all-conference stuff, but I don't know how that happens," CU interim coach Brian Cabral said Tuesday. "I don't know how a guy like Rodney Stewart gets left off. Speedy gets my vote, for whatever that's worth."
I don't have a problem with the first-team running backs (Oklahoma State's Kendall Hunter and Oklahoma's DeMarco Murray) or even the second team (Nebraska's Roy Helu Jr., and Kansas State's Daniel Thomas). But to leave Stewart off the honorable-mention list is a travesty. The 5-foot-6, 175-pound junior finished with 1,318 yards rushing in 12 games.
Two Colorado players, senior offensive tackle Nate Solder and senior cornerback Jimmy Smith, were named first-team all-Big 12. Solder was named offensive lineman of the year. No Buffs were picked to the second team.
Eight CU players received honorable mention: senior linebacker B.J. Beatty, senior cornerback Jalil Brown, junior tight end Ryan Deehan, junior defensive end Josh Hartigan, senior wide receiver Scotty McKnight, junior offensive guard Ryan Mikller, sophomore defensive tackle Will Pericak and freshman wide receiver Paul Richardson.
But no Rodney Stewart.


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2 winners were selected from 77 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
Unique new products needs new brand to give it justice.. FoodCube offers hot food vending.. French Fries Vending machine.
We are looking for something eye catching and appealing that will jump out at people... will be used for web,print and vending machine facias.
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Need logo, and business cards, letterhead etc
Themes:vending, hot food, fresh food, fast food,
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Morning coffee!: A fun snippet from Salvo
A magazine I recommend to the kind readers of The Post-Darwinist is Salvo.
Yes, I write for it, and here are some of my recent contributions that are available on line.
Livin' on a Prayer
The "nothing but" approach to describing humans
The Truth Hurts:Following the Evidence to Career Oblivion
But many skilled writers serve Salvo, and it is worth your subscription dollar. It is one of the only theist-based magazines around with a serious commitment to science writing. In other words, you can get science writing free of materialist bias.
It'll sound a bit different, but you'll get used to that, and you will learn stuff that could be really valuable to you.
And, heck, you sure do learn some interesting things. Here's a brief excerpt from Terrell Celmons's Crosshairs department, about an individual, known to many readers here, PZ Meyers, a biology prof at the University of Minnesota, Morris, and - as Clemons tells it - "a virulent shock-blogger who despises religious believers."
Most Recent Offense:Yes, absolutely. In the world of one-way skepticism, this is free inquiry. As much free inquiry as you will ever be allowed.
Lasts summer, PZ asked his readers to get him a consecrated [Roman Catholic] communion wafer, saying, "I''ll show you sacrilege, gladly, and with much fanfare." When he got one (Who knows if it was actually consecrated or not?), he pierced it with a rusty nail and threw it in the trash with a banana peel and coffee grounds, and then took and posed a photo of it as proof of the deed. He dubbed the photo The Great Desecration and pronounced, "It is finished."
But Myer's most pernicious influence is his crusade to make science education atheist education. PZ says he doesn't aim to expunge faith from the country, but he clearly aims to expunge it from the hearts and minds of science students, saying he wants believers to "look at the book of Genesis and ask lots of questions about it." Meanwhile, he opposes - zealously - any suggestion that they look at Darwin's works and ask any questions. Apparently, in his world, this is free inquiry.
Welcome to the future your taxes fund. Now, get lost (except for the purposes of your national tax collection agency, in which case, proceed directly to ... ).
(Note: Apparently, Myers's attention was attracted to this dustup or a similar one at a Florida Catholic church. As Myers lives nowhere near Florida and decidedly does not claim to be a Catholic, I think he was simply looking for a cause.)
Also: History of science: Copernicus to get new tomb
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January 17, 2014
The Mentholatum Company Recalls Rohto® Eye Drops Made in Vietnam
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding a recall of Rohto® Arctic, Rohto® Ice, Rohto® Hydra, Rohto® Relief and Rohto® Cool eye drops Made in Vietnam.
The lot numbers for products made in Vietnam will include the letter "V," for example, "Lot 3E1V," and will be located on the bottom panel of the carton, and on the bottom of the eye drop bottle.
The product is sold nationwide over-the-counter at pharmacies and retail stores. This recall affects Rohto® Arctic, Rohto® Ice, Rohto® Hydra, Rohto® Relief and Rohto® Cool eye drops that were made in Vietnam only, which can be identified by the words "Made in Vietnam" on the side carton panel under the company name and address information, as well as on the back label of the bottle.
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The kiosk currently offers the following:
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All passengers holding e-Tickets. Exceptions are passengers who:
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- Passengers travelling in a group and are registered as a group in the booking
- Passengers whose ticket requires some additional payment
To check in online, passengers' valid travel documents must be at least valid for 6 months from the date of return.
For details on passport validity requirements for travel to your destinations, please visit IATA Travel Centre.
*It is the passengers' responsibility to ensure the validity of their Entry Visa or Transit Visa before entering or leaving a country as destination or stopover.
They are currently located at:
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West disses Timberlake, Jay-Z song?
Kanye West apparently took a swipe at his pal Jay-Z's collaboration with Justin Timberlake during a London gig.
Jay-Z and Justin teamed up for new track Suit And Tie - but it seems Touch The Sky rapper Kanye isn't a fan.
NME reports that Kanye told fans at London's Hammersmith Apollo: "I got love for Hov (Jay-Z), but I ain't f*****g with that Suit And Tie."
Kanye also reportedly hit out at corporate sponsors, saying: "They trying to put their logos on every concert and s***. For the meet and greet, you gotta meet the execs and their daughters. And they'll show you what they just bought her..."
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Daffodil helps a US based technology consulting and custom software development company scale their technology services and grow five folds in just 4 years.
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