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The actress, 49 – who hasn't publicly dated anyone since splitting from ex-husband Jesse James in 2010, following his cheating scandal – has since put her all into being a single mom to adopted son Louis.
"If [a relationship] should come along, great," Bullock told Entertainment Weekly, gracing the cover of its entertainers of the year issue. "But I feel like I'm not missing anything yet. Maybe one day I will. But my son is 3 years old, which is an amazing age. Four is an even better age. So if something happens, great, but if not, I've got plenty to do."
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This letterpress cabinet makes me extremely happy. I found it…or let's say it's content at a flea market. I will show you more pictures soon…as it is right now a big task to clean this up and it also goes along with reorganizing my studio…I think my friend Julie might be very happy about this 😉
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Michelle Guest
Currently I create on one side of my bedroom- about a 16′ wall space. I have shelves full of paper holders & some white wire cube shelves full of containers… Also, some white storage cubes from michaels (love these because they look so clean & neat)… Along with a table. I also have 1/2 of a 2-car garage full of shelves of supplies along with 2 large work tables. I have been a scrapbooker for 16-17 years & I have too much stuff! I'm now adding art/paint supplies into the mix.
**Beautiful new piece you bought!
Linda Tieu (@tortagialla)
I agree that cleaning up the studio and organizing is a HUGE task. I think it might be easier to target little bits at a time… this drawer, this desk, this shelf. I feel like I'm constantly trying to organize as I learn what works better… good luck!
Kathy Gledsdale
Sadly I have to work on the dinning room table, so I have to clear a space to eat as well. Crafty stash is fighting to get out of the cupboards and spill onto the floor and there are boxes in three of the bedrooms! My poor husband!
Sue Clarke
I usually create on my kitchen or dining room table but I do have a craft room (it's just filled with supplies and so I can't get to that table)! It's way over time to do something about that though.
Christy S. (@PaperScientist)
I have my first ever creative space. It's a little odd though. The place we rent has a built in desk in a walk in closet. It happens to have a french door to let in some light. Not awesome but better than not having a space to create in. I am in the process of reorganizing it right now.
Yvonne Williams
I craft on dining room table. I have started craft room in spare bedroom, but it still has stuff from former occupant (youngest son, not completely ready to fly the coop) so no table in there, but it is also sadly in need of organization. Slowly but surely…..
I just reorganized my art space using the advice from Julie's "reorganization week" posted on the side of her site. That was SO helpful! I'm sure you know her hints, or know your own; I'm just putting that out there for others who are about to reorganize.
My space is completely out of control right now. I've been "reorganizing" since early January but it's taking longer because I'm looking for good small space storage solutions and it just seems like that's not something marketers have caught onto yet. I need more modular options since I don't have entire walls available. Most stores only offer organization systems that are clunky and made with cheap easy to break materials- your letterpress cabinet is dreamy- enjoy!
Kathy P
My space is a total mess, in need of a complete do-over! When we moved into this house, I took over the smallest bedroom. I was in such a hurry to get scrapping again after a long hiatus when most of my goodies were packed up, that I didn't really put a whole lot of thought into my room. I just ran to IKEA and got shelves and cupboards and supplemented gradually with an ever-growing array of plastic bins, rolling drawers and boxes. Now, my room is just packed wall to wall (my DD gets claustrophobic in there!), and I am not using the space well. I need to get in and toss so much old stuff, which I find really hard to do. And now that we are thinking of moving to our 'retirement' home, I am just focusing on what I will do there to make it GREAT! Of course, you know how that will end…….still too much stuff in too little space, and another way to create a mess! But I am going to try to get it much better!
Can't wait to see what you do with your new find!
I'm glad to read that I'm not the only one whose craft space is a disaster area! Though mine is probably the most shameful mess, since it's in a room where we just stash all the stuff we don't have room for anywhere else. I have grand plans for organizing it, though. Soon, when I have some time to myself and am not working overtime so much, I'm going to get it all straightened up and organized!
As the nest is empty, am using my daughters room (18×15!) and has created a working area around the perimeter, but everyday i make changes so as to turn the area more comfortable. In the center of the room, i placed a square table and there i start the projects painting and spraying, doing the dirty work…..After the end of each scrapping day, i take 10 minutes to return materials to its place, so next time i am not crazy! That is the key! Now i am recovering from a surgery, so my hobby has almost all my time!…
Lorraine aka grannypoppy
I laughed when I found this poster. It seemed like something we all do. Then when I read your blog, I knew you would relate to it, too. I hope it opens for you 🙂 I'm off to do some organizing! LOL!


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Police in Daytona Beach arrested a man they said robbed a bank there a week ago.
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Author Affiliations: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine (Drs Pathanapitoon, Ausayakhun, and Kunavisarut), and Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences (Dr Kongyai), Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, and Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok (Drs Tesavibul, Choopong, and Boonsopon), Thailand; and Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, and Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Dr Rothova).
Importance Little attention has been paid to clinical features of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in individuals without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Objective To describe the clinical manifestations and comorbidities of patients without HIV infection who have CMV-associated posterior uveitis or panuveitis.
Design and Setting Retrospective observational case series in an academic research setting.
Participants The medical records were reviewed of 18 patients (22 affected eyes) diagnosed as having posterior uveitis or panuveitis who had aqueous positive for CMV by polymerase chain reaction techniques.
Main Outcome Measures Demographic data, clinical manifestations, and associated systemic diseases were recorded.
Results Ocular features included focal hemorrhagic retinitis (n = 13) and peripheral retinal necrosis (n = 7). Two eyes had no focal retinal lesions but manifested vasculitis and vitritis. All patients exhibited vitreous inflammation. Inflammatory reactions in anterior segments developed in 14 of 22 eyes (64%). Retinal vasculitis was observed in 16 of 22 eyes (73%) and included mostly arteries (in 13 of 16 eyes [81%]). Eleven of 18 patients were taking immunosuppressive medications (5 for hematologic malignant diseases, 4 for systemic autoimmune diseases, and 2 following organ transplants). One additional patient was diagnosed as having non-Hodgkin lymphoma 3 months after the onset of CMV-associated panuveitis, and another patient had primary immunodeficiency disorder. Of the remaining 5 patients, 2 had diabetes mellitus, and 3 had no associated systemic diseases and exhibited no evidence of immune deficiency.
Conclusions and Relevance Cytomegalovirus-associated infections of posterior eye segments can develop in patients without HIV infection who have compromised immune function of variable severity but may occur also in individuals who have no evidence of immune insufficiency. Cytomegalovirus infections located in posterior eye segments in patients without HIV infection caused intraocular inflammatory reaction in all cases and demonstrated more variable clinical presentation than classic CMV retinitis observed in patients with HIV infection.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common cause of posterior uveitis in patients with severe immunosuppression. The main cause of blindness in patients who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is CMV retinitis, with prevalences of approximately 30% before the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and 22% in the HAART era.1,2 Cytomegalovirus retinitis occurs predominantly during the end stage of disease in patients with severely decreased CD4 cell counts.3 In addition, CMV retinitis has been reported in patients without HIV infection who are taking aggressive immunosuppressive medications and has been sporadically diagnosed in patients who are receiving immunosuppressive treatments for malignancy and autoimmune diseases.4- 11 Recently, several cases of CMV retinitis have been reported after intraocular administration of triamcinolone acetonide.12- 14 In contrast, few cases of CMV retinitis have been diagnosed among immunocompetent patients.15- 18
Little attention has been paid to clinical features of CMV infection in individuals without HIV infection, although a comprehensive literature review shows that severe clinical manifestations of CMV infection in immunocompetent patients might not be so uncommon as originally thought.16 In this article, we describe 18patients without HIV infection who had uveitis located in the posterior eye segment and report on their clinical manifestations and immune status.
We performed a retrospective review of the medical records of 18 patients without HIV infection who had posterior uveitis or panuveitis and positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results of intraocular fluids for CMV from 2 university hospitals (Chiang Mai University Hospital, Chiang Mai [n = 13] and Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok [n = 5]) in Thailand.
Among 170 patients without HIV infection who had uveitis with intraocular fluid analysis, these 18 patients represented all patients from both hospitals without HIV infection who had posterior uveitis or panuveitis and had positive test results for CMV in intraocular fluids (aqueous humor samples in all patients) between January 2006 and December 2011. Patients with HIV infection and patients with anterior uveitis only were excluded from the study.
Samples of intraocular fluid were obtained in patients with uveitis, as well as results of diagnostic screening, which included serologic testing for Treponema pallidum and Toxoplasma gondii and a chest radiograph. When appropriate, a tuberculin skin test was also administered. Polymerase chain reaction of intraocular fluids for CMV and for human herpesvirus types 1, 2, and 3 was performed on all samples as described previously (herpesvirus type 3 is also known as varicella-zoster virus).19 Nucleic acid was extracted from 25 μL of intraocular fluid using a commercially available kit (QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit; QIAGEN, Inc). Before extraction, 2500 to 5000 copies/mL of phocid herpesvirus type 1 were added to each sample to monitor the quality of extraction and the amplification procedures.20 Each focal pathogenic DNA was separately analyzed by real-time PCR with a repeated cycling program as previously described.21 Briefly, 10 μL of the extracted nucleic acid was added to 15 μL of the real-time PCR reaction mixture kit (DyNAmo Probe qPCR; New England Biolabs, Inc), which contained specific primers and probes. Then, real-time PCR was performed in a detector machine (Chromo4 DNA Engine; Bio-Rad). The lowest detection limits were 3.4 × 104 copies/mL for CMV infection, 4.8 × 104 copies/mL for human herpesvirus types 1 and 2 infection, 5.5 × 104 copies/mL for human herpesvirus type 3 infection, and 4.6 × 104 copies/mL for T gondii infection. Included in the study were patients with a positive PCR result for CMV only and negative results for other tested pathogens.
Each patient underwent a full ophthalmic examination, including slitlamp biomicroscopy, tonometry, and indirect ophthalmoscopy. Uveitis was classified according to the anatomical localization as determined by the Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group.22 We recorded the demographic data of the patients, their associated systemic diseases, concurrent medication use, and ocular manifestations. This study was performed with the approval of local medical ethics committees. The Fisher exact t test was used for statistical analyses. P < .05 was considered statistically significant.
Our study included 18 patients (22 eyes), with a mean age of 49 years (age range, 29-65 years). There were 11 male patients and 7 female patients (6 with posterior uveitis and 12 with panuveitis). Unilateral involvement was present in 14 patients, and 4 had bilateral involvement, resulting in 22 affected eyes. The mean follow-up time was 24 months (range, 3-60 months).
Eleven of 18 patients were taking immunosuppressive medications; specifically, 2 of the patients had received organ transplants, 4 of the patients had autoimmune connective tissue diseases, and 5 of the patients had hematologic malignant diseases (4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma and 1 acute myeloid leukemia). One additional patient had primary immunodeficiency disorder, and another patient was diagnosed as having non-Hodgkin lymphoma 3 months after the onset of CMV-associated panuveitis (including features of corneal endotheliitis, elevated intraocular pressure, and retinal necrotic lesions) (Figure 1A and B, and Table 1). Of the remaining 5 patients, 2 had diabetes mellitus (DM), associated with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy in both cases, and the other 3 had no systemic diseases or use of medications that could alter their immune system. During the follow-up period, no signs or symptoms of systemic disease or alterations of the immune system were noted (2 patients completed follow-up periods of 2 years, and 1 patient completed a follow-up period of 4 years after the onset of CMV eye infection) (Table 1).
Figure 1. Clinical presentation of cytomegalovirus-associated posterior uveitis and panuveitis in patients 4, 10, and 13 in Table 1. A and B, Cytomegalovirus-associated panuveitis in a 49-year-old woman (patient 4) who was seen with decreased vision in the left eye for 3 months. During the screening for uveitis, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma was diagnosed. The anterior segment exhibited stellate keratic precipitates and endotheliitis; necrotic retinitis with hemorrhaging and vitritis were also observed. C, Cytomegalovirus-associated focal hemorrhagic retinitis in a 59-year-old man (patient 13) who had been receiving cyclophosphamide therapy for nephritis developed cytomegalovirus-associated unilateral posterior retinitis and vitritis. D and E, Cytomegalovirus-associated peripheral retinal necrosis and arteritis in a 54-year-old man (patient in 10) who had been receiving tacrolimus therapy after undergoing renal transplantation 3 years previously.
The CD4 cell counts were available in 4 patients (3 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and 1 with congenital immunodeficiency). The results ranged from 181 to 427 cells/μL.
Clinical features of 22 eyes are given in Table 2 and Table 3. In total, 13 of 22 eyes (59%) had focal hemorrhagic retinal lesions (Figure 1C); 7 of 22 eyes (32%) exhibited peripheral retinal necrosis (3 with hemorrhaging and 4 without hemorrhaging) (Figure 1D and E). Two remaining eyes (9%) had no focal retinal lesions, and both were initially seen with vitritis and retinal vasculitis only (Figure 2A). Areas with indolent granular retinitis were present in 2 eyes (one in combination with retinal necrosis and the other in combination with a focal retinal lesion) (Figure 2B and C).
Figure 2. Clinical presentation of cytomegalovirus-associated posterior uveitis and panuveitis in patients 5, 8, and 18 in Table 1. A, A 41-year-old healthy man (patient 18) without evidence of previous immunosuppression was seen with severe unilateral vitritis complicated by epiretinal membrane formation and retinal traction. After pars plana vitrectomy, severe vasculitis and sheathing became visible, but retinal lesions were not observed. B and C, A 59-year-old woman (patient 8) with non-Hodgkin lymphoma had been successfully treated with chemotherapy. She developed cytomegalovirus-associated unilateral peripheral retinal necrosis, areas of granular retinitis, and retinal arteritis 16 months after the diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. D and E, A 50-year-old man (patient 5) with underlying non-Hodgkin lymphoma had been receiving repeated cycles of chemotherapy. He developed cytomegalovirus-associated panuveitis with focal retinitis and peripheral retinal necrosis, as well as frosted branch angiitis.
Retinal vasculitis was present in 16 of 22 eyes (73%), and 13 of 16 (81%) involved the arteries only. Three remaining eyes exhibited (in addition to their retinal lesions) frosted branch angiitis, which predominantly involved veins (Figure 2D and E).
Vitritis was present in 22 of 22 (100%) affected eyes. Anterior segment inflammation was noted in 14 of 22 eyes (64%). One of our patients initially had anterior uveitis with endotheliitis and posterior involvement typical of CMV retinitis (Figure 1A and B).
The clinical manifestations did not differ among the various subgroups of our patients (Table 3) but few patients were included in the subgroups. All 5 patients without evident immunosuppression showed unilateral involvement; 1 had a focal retinal lesion, 2 demonstrated peripheral retinal necrosis, and 2 exhibited only vitritis and vasculitis, without other retinal lesions. All 5 manifested severe vitritis, and all had retinal arteritis; anterior chamber inflammatory reactions were present in 4 of 5 eyes. One patient with DM had features of acute retinal necrosis (ARN), and the other patient with DM had a focal necrotic lesion. Three patients who were not taking immunosuppressive medications and who had no DM or other causes or disorders associated with possible immunosuppression were aged 26, 29, and 41 years at the onset of their uveitis. Two patients had retinal vasculitis and vitritis and subsequently developed epiretinal membranes with traction.
In general, treatment with systemic (n = 5) and intraocular (n = 11) ganciclovir sodium had a beneficial effect on inflammatory signs, and the ocular lesions became inactive within 6 to 8 weeks. Immunosuppressive medications were decreased or withdrawn in 4 of 11 patients, none of whom exhibited features consistent with immune reconstitution uveitis (increase in inflammation and development of macular edema). During the follow-up period, retinal detachment developed only in 1 eye of a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and ocular features of ARN, which had an incidence of 3% per person per eye-year (1 case in 30.4 person eye-years). Pars plana vitrectomy was performed in patients with epiretinal membranes and traction (2 eyes) or retinal detachment (1 eye).
Our results document that posterior uveitis and panuveitis due to CMV can develop in patients without HIV infection who have moderate or slight degrees of immunosuppression, as well as in occasional patients without any evidence of immunosuppression, during several follow-up years. Furthermore, we showed that all patients without HIV infection who had posterior segment involvement due to CMV exhibited associated inflammation in the vitreous and that 14 of 22 affected eyes (64%) developed an inflammatory reaction in the anterior chamber (Table 1). The presence of retinal vasculitis was a common characteristic (occurring in 16 of 22 eyes [73%]), predominantly involving arteries. The retinal features resembled in part the typical manifestations of CMV retinitis found in patients with HIV infection, described as hemorrhagic and granular types of retinitis, but our cases also included manifestations typical of ARN, as well as cases with retinal vasculitis associated with vitritis.
Cytomegalovirus is a ubiquitous member of the family of human herpesvirus types 1 and 2, and the seroprevalence of CMV is about 90% among the Thai adult population.23 Cytomegalovirus retinitis can occur in patients who have deficient T-cell responses against the CMV (usually due to the HIV infection or to the immunosuppressive medication), and the prevalence of CMV retinitis has been linked to the degree of immunosuppression.24 Systemic CMV infection in patients with a healthy immune system has often been reported to be subclinical, while ocular involvement during viremia has not been regularly documented. However, a 2008 review of severe systemic CMV infection among 290 immunocompetent adults demonstrated that the most frequent sites of severe CMV infection in these patients were the gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous systems; eye involvement was also noted.25 That series included 16 patients with all types of eye involvement, including conjunctivitis and anterior and posterior eye segment inflammation.
The largest study of patients without HIV infection who had CMV retinitis, published by Kuo et al6 in 2004, included 18 patients with profound immunosuppression diagnosed as having CMV retinitis on clinical grounds only. In that study, the rates of mortality, vision loss, and immune reconstitution uveitis were found to be similar to those of patients with HIV infection and CMV retinitis receiving HAART. Immune reconstitution uveitis occurred in 4 of 18 patients (incidence of 13% per person-year); however, the number of patients in whom immunosuppressive treatment could be decreased or withdrawn was not given. These results contrast with those of our series, which included patients with less severe or the absence of immunosuppression. In our study, immunosuppressive treatment was decreased or withdrawn in 4 of 11 patients, but none developed features of immune reconstitution uveitis during the follow-up period. Intraocular inflammation was present in all of our patients with CMV, in contrast to the series by Kuo et al.6 Moreover, the mortality in their study was high (23% per person-year vs 3% per person-year in our series). These discrepancies can be explained by different inclusion criteria and by more severe immunosuppression among patients in the earlier study. The incidence rate of retinal detachment found previously among patients without HIV infection who had CMV retinitis was similar to our results (3.7% vs 3% per eye-year), which is lower than the incidence rates among patients who have HIV and CMV retinitis (22% with HAART and 44% without HAART).6,26
Ocular manifestations of CMV infection in hosts with HIV infection have been extensively reported.2,26- 31 However, systematic studies5,6 on the clinical manifestations of CMV infection in posterior eye segments among patients without HIV infection are rare.
The clinical manifestations of HIV-associated CMV retinitis include the classic features of necrotizing retinitis, with variable degrees of hemorrhaging ("cottage cheese with ketchup" or "pizza pie" retinopathy), as well as a granular form of retinitis that is sometimes in combination with frosted branch angiitis; associated inflammatory signs are lacking.27- 31 In contrast to clear media observed by Kuo et al,6 all of our patients demonstrated associated vitritis, and more than half had concurrent anterior uveitis, while the absence of intraocular inflammation in patients with HIV infection and CMV retinitis is typical.27- 31 Our findings clearly show that the characteristics of posterior segment involvement caused by CMV in patients without HIV infection represent a much wider spectrum of clinical manifestations, which include frequent prevalence of retinal arteritis, variable signs of intraocular inflammation, and the presence of retinal involvement, varying from focal lesions to extended ARN. Seven of our patients without HIV infection who had CMV exhibited clinical characteristics of ARN. The prevalence of the clinical syndrome of ARN among individuals with HIV infection varies between 0.4% and 1.1%,2,32 which is much lower than that in our series. Acute retinal necrosis is mostly associated with human herpesvirus types 1, 2, and 3, but occasional CMV cases have been reported.33 The presence of ARN due to CMV has been reported in a patient without HIV infection who had DM.34
The retinal vessels may have an important role in the pathogenesis of CMV retinitis. Clinically, the areas of CMV retinitis are located along the retinal vessels, and immunohistochemical studies35,36 have revealed the presence of CMV proteins in the retinal vascular endothelium in the areas adjacent to retinal necrosis. It has been proposed that CMV infection in the retina initially occurs in the vascular endothelium. The association of HIV vasculopathy and subsequent retinitis has been reported.37In our series, a high prevalence of vascular involvement among patients without HIV infection who had CMV infection was noted, and 2 patients without necrotic retinal changes manifested severe vasculitis only. Involvement of retinal vessels is common in CMV retinitis and can affect arteries and veins. The exact role of HIV vasculopathy in the development of CMV retinitis among patients with HIV infection is controversial.35,38 Predominant involvement of retinal veins among individuals with HIV infection and CMV retinitis has been noted and consisted primarily of perivenous sheathing.39,40 In contrast, we observed primary involvement of retinal arteries in our patients without HIV infection who had CMV and posterior uveitis. The predominance of retinal arteritis was also noted in ARN associated with human herpesvirus types 1, 2, or 3 infection.41 It may be that retinal necrosis due to viral infections (including CMV) in patients without HIV infection is frequently associated with involvement of retinal arteries. The severe loss of immunity in patients with HIV infection might explain the absence of arteritis even in the presence of retinal necrotic lesions. A severe retinal vasculitis, frosted branch angiitis may be associated with multiple infective agents, including CMV.27- 31 Frosted branch angiitis was observed in our series in 3 of 22 eyes (14%) and was always associated with the presence of retinitis.
In our series, 2 of 5 patients (both with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy) who were not receiving immunosuppressive medications had DM. Notably, 2 patients without HIV infection who had DM have been previously reported as having PCR-proved CMV-associated panuveitis and exhibited multiple keratic precipitates, vitreous opacities, necrotic retinal lesions, and arterial sheathing.42 Some research has suggested that CMV infection might be associated with DM and its complications.43,44 In vitro studies45,46 of the immune cells of patients with DM have demonstrated significant defects that bear similarity to abnormalities described in immunodeficiency syndromes and that were hypothetically related to the frequent and chronic development of infections among individuals with DM. However, it might also be feasible that vasculopathy present in DM may have an important role in the development of CMV infection among individuals with DM.
The CMV-induced focal retinitis in our series was frequently associated with hemorrhaging, and no eyes showed associated pigmented scars, which might help to differentiate these lesions from ocular toxoplasmosis. Two of our patients without evident immune system abnormalities had no necrotic retinal lesions and were initially seen with vitritis and vasculitis only (manifesting in both arteries and veins), which indicates the possibility of CMV involvement in the pathogenesis of retinal vasculitis in immunocompetent patients.
Cytomegalovirus-associated anterior uveitis represents a distinct clinical entity that occurs in immunocompetent patients and has been reported mainly in Asia,47 but sporadic cases from Europe have also been described.48 The exact pathogenesis of CMV-associated anterior uveitis and its association with primary systemic infection remain unknown.49 Some of the typical manifestations of this entity, such as endotheliitis and high intraocular pressure,47,48 were also observed in the anterior segments of our patients.
The retrospective nature of our study precludes any conclusions about the prevalence of CMV infection in posterior eye segment inflammation. The limited number of patients included in our study prevents a full depiction of clinical signs associated with CMV infection in patients without HIV infection.
In conclusion, CMV-associated infection of posterior eye segments can develop in patients without HIV infection who have variable degrees of compromised immune function but may also occur in individuals who have no evidence of immune insufficiency. Clinical features of CMV-associated posterior segment eye infection in patients without HIV infection might differ from those of patients with HIV infection and typically include signs of intraocular inflammation and the presence of vasculitis, with the frequent involvement of arteries. Retinal necrotic lesions are often (but not always) present, and 7 of our patients without HIV infection who had CMV infection in posterior eye segments exhibited typical features of ARN. It may be that CMV infection located in posterior eye segments of patients without HIV infection is more frequent and has more variable clinical presentation than previously thought.
Correspondence: Kessara Pathanapitoon, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, 110 Intawaroros Rd, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand (email@example.com).
Submitted for Publication: September 10, 2012; final revision received December 2, 2012; accepted December 4, 2012.
Published Online: March 14, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.2860
Author Contributions: Dr Pathanapitoon had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
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How To Close An Account At Washington Mutual
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Before Washington Mutual was acquired by JP Morgan Chase, in better times for the bank, they offered a yield on their online savings account that was tops in the land. Since then, the rate as fallen to 2.25% APY, which doesn't even register on the radar of high yield savings account rates, and so I opted to close my account when I opened a Dollar Savings Direct account.
This is the first online savings account I have ever closed and I had no idea it would be such a headache. I don't know if this is unique to WaMu's policies or if it's universal to online savings accounts but it was a pain. First, let me tell you about my experience and then I'll explain the easiest way to do it.
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In Maryland, there are no convenient WaMu branches to visit so I would have to do it by mail. Yep, they can't close an account over the phone, which makes sense but is quite infuriating. The first time I called, I was told that I needed to zero out the accounts (I had both checking and savings) and then I could close the accounts by phone. So, I transferred all the funds out of my checking into my savings and then initiated a transfer out of savings. The checking to savings transfer was instantaneous, so I immediately closed my checking. I was told I could just call back in a couple days once the savings was zeroed out and could close that by phone. That was wrong.
What happened was that once the checking was closed, the $300 minimum daily balance requirement kicked in for the online savings account. I was assessed a $4 fee, overdrawing the account! When I called today, I had to fight with the call center CSR, who had no power but the follow the script she was given, to understand the actual process, then escalated to a supervisor who reversed the $4 fee. Overall, the experience with the call center CSR, through no fault of her own, was frustrating and infuriating but the supervisor was accommodating and great.
How To Properly Close A WaMu Account
There are rules as to how you can close out interest-bearing and non-interest bearing accounts, just forget about them. You only need to know the two ways to close a WaMu account:
- Visit a branch and close it with a teller. I didn't have this option, but this is by far the easiest.
- Send a letter to WaMu's Bank By Mail, indicating that you want to close your account. You'll need to provide your account number (which you can get by viewing one of your statements through online banking) and a return address so they can send you your balance by check.
The mailing address for that letter is:
Washington Mutual BBM
PO Box 659588
San Antonio TX, 78265-9588
Don't close any accounts over the phone, you'll just end up decoupling your checking and savings and be hit with fees.
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October is breast cancer awareness month, and some local firefighters are supporting the cause.
All month long, members of the Wolfeboro fire-rescue department will be wearing pink T-shirts as part of their daily uniforms.
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E-Cigarettes: What the Research Shows
March 26, 2014 -- Teens usually start smoking cigarettes to be cool or rebellious, or because their friends are doing it. These days, though, the cigarettes they smoke are more and more of the electronic variety -- not tobacco.
The number of middle school and high school students who'd tried the candy-like flavors of e-cigarettes doubled between 2011 and 2012. About 1.78 million U.S. students had tried e-cigarettes as of 2012.
A study published earlier this month shows that middle school and high school students who smoke e-cigarettes also are more likely to smoke tobacco cigarettes. While that doesn't mean e-cigarettes lead kids to smoke tobacco cigarettes, it does show a strong link between the two habits.
Further research shows that 70% of adult smokers start before age 18.
The growing popularity of e-cigarettes -- among adults as an aid to quit smoking and among teens -- has turned them into a $1.5 billion-a-year industry. Revenue could grow to $3 billion in 5 years.
Research into their potential effects on health, though, is still in the early phases. There's enough concern that the FDA is considering regulations.
For teens who have never smoked, e-cigarettes are an introduction to nicotine, which is highly addictive. Public health officials are worried this could lead to tobacco use.
For adults who smoke tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes may not be as dangerous, because they don't have the same toxins as the tobacco kind, except for the nicotine.
"There's enough data to conclude that they are much safer than regular cigarettes, and for smokers who are having trouble quitting using other methods, they're much better off switching to electronic cigarettes," says Michael B. Siegel, MD. He's a professor at the Boston University School of Public Health.
The data don't explore the long-terms health effects of e-cigarettes, though. "We don't know the absolute risks -- whether, over a very long period of time, the e-cigarette might have harms associated with it," Siegel says. "They haven't been on the market long enough to understand if they may have long-term side effects."
And it's still unclear whether they help people kick the habit. One recent study concludes e-cigarettes didn't lead to quitting or less smoking.


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>My boss needs a new laptop, but all the ones he's looking at are
>sans-serial. So, the question is (are) :
>1) Would a USB-Serial adaptor work OK?
>2) Is there any way of getting the Psion to talk to the PC via IRd ?
A USB to serial adapter will work fine.
IR between laptop and Psion should work but I do believe there were some
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"I think we really push each other every session. I think the team gets better that way. I think that's going to make us pretty strong the whole season."
Kanaan, the 2004 IndyCar champion, has had a lot of teammates during his career."Simona brought a lot of spark and light into the team. I enjoy working with her. I have no problem teaching her whatever I can," Kanaan said. "But I like to see this young girl that wants to do well, because that's her opportunity. That obviously pushes me to my limit. I'm going to admit that she's extremely fast. I said that even before she was my teammate, so I'm not trying to make any excuses.
"For me it's good. I learned my entire career," Kanaan continued. "I had hard teammates. I had (Alex) Zanardi as a teammate, Dario (Franchitti) as a teammate, (Ryan) Hunter-Reay as a teammate. Those are people that are extremely good. It's good to get beat sometimes. That's how we learn."
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Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush… Read More
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PJ. ACIERNO is headed to La Salle University to play golf on a partial scholarship, but that sport is not the one to which he's most, well, partial.
His first love is baseball and you won't believe what he has not done once all spring.
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CIFOR's Redesigned News Update Focuses on REDD+
8 February 2011: The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has released the February edition of its News Update as part of its year-long development of a web-based communications strategy.
The update notes the launch of a new CIFOR blog, as well as multilingual Facebook and Twitter accounts. The update includes a description of progress made at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 16) in Cancun, Mexico, on REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks). On the 2011 International Year of Forests (IYF, or Forests 2011), it features an article highlighting the importance of local communities in forest management and an interview with CIFOR Director General Frances Seymour. The update announces an upcoming international conference that will act as the culmination of the seven year CIFOR-Poverty Environment Network project, to take place in London, UK, on 15 June 2011.
The update also includes links to recent CIFOR publications on: REDD+ in Cameroon; carbon storage in mangrove and peatland ecosystems; reducing forestry emissions in Indonesia; and bamboo production and consumption in Cameroon. It provides a link to upcoming forestry events. CIFOR is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). [Publication: CIFOR February News Update] [CIFOR Blog]


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The urban future is personal - workshop at PICNIC festival
Hypercrafting the modern landscape was a three-day-long experimental workshop in which architects, designers and craftsmen bring together historical crafts and digital fabrication through collaborative prototyping. Combining ancient earth building techniques with computer generated design and CNC fabrication creates life-size architectural structures.
Digital fabrication in architecture makes it possible to transfer designs made on a computer to computer-controlled machinery that creates actual building components. This 'file to factory' process enables architects to realize projects featuring complex or double-curved geometries. Digital fabrication offers not only great new technical possibilities, it also enables new ways of distribution, personalization and sharing. Online communities of creatives and a rising network of backyard industries give new meaning to 'think global, act local'. Digital fabrication is crafting the 21st century way.
The impact of digital fabrication and new co-creation methodologies on architectural design and the changing roles of the designers, contractors and users is greatly discussed during these sessions.
Institute: Waag Society & FabLab Amsterdam
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Participants creating: Arne Hendriks, Charles Tuyls, Carl Giskes, Rene Dalmeijer, Joris van Tubergen
Participants discussion: Hyperbody, IAAC Barcelona, VURB, VOLUME, Gemeente Amsterdam
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Forget about privatizing toll collectors' jobs on the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. It's the wrong debate.
Get rid of the cash-handlers altogether, whether they're working for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority or for a private vendor. It's time for cashless electronic tolling.
Assembly Transportation Committee Chairman Frank Wisniewski, D-Middlesex, was at it again Tuesday, giving the turnpike authority board more reasons why the toll-takers' union shouldn't get the boot.
But it's the toll booths themselves that should be booted.
On Tuesday, Wisniewski was armed with a new analysis based on the South Jersey Transportation Authority's private toll vendor contract. The SJTA voted to outsource Atlantic City Expressway toll collectors to Faneuil LCC in 2011. Last summer, SJTA officials crowed about estimated savings of $7.3 million in toll collection costs — 43 percent — by the time the three-year contract ends in November 2014.
According to Wisniewski, though, if a similar private contract were in place at the turnpike and the parkway, a motorist would save a half-cent per trip, or a total of $1.50 a year as a five-day a week commuter.
Instead of viewing the SJTA pact as either a model of significant savings, or a financially irrelevant effort to squeeze workers' salaries and benefits, view it as another wasted opportunity to go cashless.
The technology that takes license-plate photos is in place. Is there any study that says retaining the booths and their workers is less expensive than mailing quarterly bills to the stragglers without E-ZPass transponders? We haven't heard one cited.
Unless any of those private contractor bids that are due at the turnpike authority in August have a no-toll-booth option, throw them out.
Cashless tolls are in operation in several states including tourist-friendly Florida, so the challenges of out-of-state vehicles and rental cars aren't insurmountable. Why does New Jersey keep taking a back seat on this one?


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Erie private school sells land in Bankruptcy Court
The bankrupt Community Country Day School has sold a building and 11 acres in Greenfield Township as part of the private school's Chapter 11 reorganization plan in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Erie.
The school, which filed for bankruptcy in 2011, on Monday sold the property, at 10941 Station Road, for $145,000 to North Coast Christian Fellowship of Erie County, according to court records.
Community Country Day School, at 5800 Old Zuck Road in Millcreek Township, had planned to build an east campus on the Greenfield Township property. The school's bankruptcy estate used proceeds from the sale to pay two creditors, the state Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service.
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The Acura Miami Grandprix is under way. Here is a report from the race organizers.
Mascalzone Latino Takes Early Farr 40 Lead at Acura Miami Grand Prix
--- All Four Classes in Tight Competition after Day One
Miami Beach, Fla - Vincenzo Onorato has skippered Mascalzone Latino to victory in the last two Farr 40 World Championships. With the 2008 Worlds one month away, the Italian team seems to be rounding into top form.
Onorato had a brilliant opening day at Acura Miami Grand Prix, winning both races to take the early lead in the deep, talented and highly-competitive Farr 40 class. British America's Cup veteran Adrian Stead called tactics aboard Mascalzone Latino, which made a great move at the leeward gate to take control of Race 1 then caught a favorable wind shift in Race 2.
"We had two good starts and liked the left on the first beat. For the most part, we stayed out of trouble and made good decisions," Stead said.
Barking Mad led the 28-boat fleet around the first windward mark and was still ahead on approach to the leeward mark. However, Mascalzone Latino gybed first and was able to push Barking Mad below the gate.
"When we came back together at the second windward mark, we had starboard advantage," Stead said.
Barking Mad, skippered by Jim Richardson of Newport, R.I., won the start in Race 2 as well and held the early lead. However, tactician Terry Hutchinson decided to stay on the right side with the majority of the fleet while Stead took the left and the gamble paid off.
Despite losing an early lead in both races, it wasn't a bad day for Barking Mad with a pair of runner-up results. Richardson had three changes in the amateur portion of the crew since capturing class honors at Acura Key West 2008.
"I feel pretty good about how things went today. We had strong starts, the crew work was solid and the boat was going well," Richardson said. "Terry is kind of kicking himself a bit, but I thought he made some great calls out there today."
The father-son team of Fred and Steve Howe took delivery of a brand new Warpath about a week before the regatta and the U.S. Watercraft build showed well right out of the box. Renowned professional Paul Cayard is calling tactics for the San Diego entry, which posted a fifth and a sixth and is tied with Nerone (Massimo Mezzaroma, Italy) for third overall.
Michael Illbruck and John Kostecki have sailed together for nearly two decades in a series of different grand prix designs, even partnering to win the Volvo Ocean Race in 2001-2002. Illbruck, from Munich, Germany, recently jumped into the up-and-coming Melges 32 class and has enlisted Kostecki's services in order to get up to speed.
Illbruck has named all his boats Pinta and the latest placed seventh in Key West. Less than two months later, Illbruck and crew showed vastly improved boat-handling in starting Acura Miami Grand Prix with a second and third.
"Obviously, Michael has learned very quickly. Those guys sailed two great races today," said Michael Carroll, co-skipper of New Wave. "I would say that Pinta has established the new mark that we all need to meet.
Jeff Ecklund steered Star to victory in Melges 32 class at Key West, edging New Wave by a mere two points. Those two Florida rivals are duking it out again here in Miami and finished the opening day tied for second with 11 points.
Carroll, a Clearwater resident, said helmsman Marty Kullman and the rest of the New Wave team worked wonders to rebound from an awful start and finish sixth in Race 1.
"We got caught in the second row and started slipping sideways in the current because we didn't have enough momentum," he said. "We wound up ducking the stern of 19 boats, but we had real good downwind speed and were able to work our way back."
Things went a bit better in Race 2 as New Wave hit the start line at full speed and never looked back in taking first in the 20-boat fleet. Q, owned by Jim Swartz of Edgartown, Mass., also posted two outstanding results and sits fourth with nine points.
Principal Race Officer Dave Brennan and Event Director Peter Craig delayed the start of racing by about an hour and that proved a wise decision. An 8-10 southeasterly developed for Race 1 then built to 14-16 for Race 2.
"The race committee made the right call because the wind filled in quite nicely after noon," Flash Glove owner Colm Barrington said.
Barrington, from Dublin, Ireland, was happy on the dock afterward because he steered his Judel/Vrolijk-designed TP52 to a first and a second to take the early lead in IRC 1.
Numbers, the JV 66 owned by Daniel Meyers that is scratch boat in the class, is one point behind in second.
"It's interesting racing because Numbers is way out in front while the four TP52s all sail in fairly close proximity," Barrington said.
Complicating matters further is the fact the TP52 entries are all slightly different in configuration and thus do not rate exactly the same. Flash Glove and Windquest (Doug DeVos) have both been fitted with a bow sprit, which makes them different from Rusal Synergy and Mayhem.
Robin Team was uncertain how his J/122 finished in IRC 1 on corrected time and was thrilled to learn that Teamwork won both races on Thursday. Jonathan Bartlett of the North Sails-Chesapeake loft in Annapolis is calling tactics on Teamwork, which leads the Swan 45 Bandit (Andy Fisher) by four points.
"Not to use a play on words, but our teamwork was outstanding all day long. Everything just clicked very nicely," Team said.
Team was impressed that the time difference between the first and sixth place boats in IRC 2 was a mere one minute and 17 seconds in Race 1. "It's good, tight racing and great competition," Team said. "Today's conditions favored our boat, but the wind is supposed to pick up tomorrow and we're looking forward to seeing how we do."
Acura Miami Grand Prix Results - provisional after 2 races
Farr 40 (28 entries)
1, Mascalzone Latino, Vincenzo Onorato, Napoli, Italy, 1-1=2
2, Barking Mad, James Richardson, Newport, R.I., 2-2=4
3, Nerone, Massimo Mezzaroma, Punta Ala, Italy, 7-4=11
Melges 32 (20 entries)
1, Pinta, Michael Illbruck, Munich, Germany, 2-3=5
2, New Wave, Mike Carroll/Marty Kullman, Clearwater, Fla., 6-1=7
3, Star, Jeff Ecklund, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 5-2=7
IRC 1 (6 entries)
1, Flash Glove, J/V 52, Colm Barrington, Dublin, Ireland, 1-2=3
2, Numbers, J/V 66, Daniel Meyers, Newport, R.I., 3-1=4
3, Windquest, TP52, Doug DeVos, Holland, Mich., 2-5=7
IRC 2 (6 entries)
1, Teamwork, J/122, Robin Team, Beaufort, N.C., 1-1=2
2, Bandit, Swan 42, Andy Fisher, Newport, R.I., 4-2=6
3, Thin Ice, Aerodyne 38, Stuart Hebb, 2-5=7
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It was a rusty old pedestrian bridge that at one time allowed children to safely get across busy Apple Avenue to Carr School in Egelston Township.
It was too costly to keep the bridge over the roadway, and since the school no longer serves children, the bridge had served its purpose. Removal was the prudent decision.
But of course, prudent doesn't necessarily equal popular. Residents lamenting the loss of this landmark walked it one last time in the days leading up to its removal, and many came out last weekend to watch the relatively quick disassembling.
Egelston Township Supervisor John Holter said that day: "The face of Egelston is changing. There are a lot of emotions tied to this bridge."
While some scoffed at the notion that an aging pedestrian bridge should hold that kind of attachment for people, it made perfect sense to me. It was a touchstone for that area, something familiar even as kids grew up, moved away and life carried on.
To me, that type of community connection makes us who we are. And recognizing what connects us all is one of the key tenets of local reporting.
Those local reporting tenets have been on my mind as we ponder the immense popularity of prom coverage. We covered one prom last weekend -- North Muskegon's -- and the photos, story and video of kids doing the Harlem Shake have really captured readers' interest.
We will be at several more proms in the coming weeks. Our local coverage of proms is part of a statewide MLive effort to bring to readers this annual rite of passage.
Prom coverage wasn't always a priority for local news outlets. When we first started discussing covering proms, I felt a momentary doubt, because it just hadn't been valued earlier in my career.
But I came to understand it is the essence of community reporting: We are covering a concentration of members of a certain community carrying on a multi-generation tradition of that school.
No doubt, readers like to see the kids enjoying themselves, and see what they wore this year. Community members can reflect on knowing these kids when, and readers can take their own walks down memory lane to their proms.
And then there is another of layer of connection for readers, which takes us back to those touchstones for a community: alumni. Whether you graduated last year or you sent your kid to the same school prom you attended 25 years ago, checking out the prom from your alma mater makes the coverage extra special to you.
You see in a video a group of kids saying, "Go Norse" -- or fill in the blank from any other school -- and you feel that pride and connection well up again, even as life has carried on.
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For David Spade, art is imitating life: The funny guy admitted Wednesday night that, yes, he dated Heather Locklear – and their sitcom relationship will be somewhat similar.
"You gonna go there already?" he mock-squirmed as David Letterman locked and loaded his first Locklear question on CBS's Late Show. "Did you actually ever date her?" Letterman probed. "And you know what I mean by date..."
As Paul Shaffer egged him on from the bandstand, Spade, 43, conceded, "We did date there for a while. Gorgeous girl. She was great. We're friends and now she's on the show," he explained about Locklear's upcoming part on his CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement.
"She plays a girl that dates me that everyone says she shouldn't be dating," Spade laughed. "It's like even on my show that's the angle."
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The BTK Case: the Killer Unmasked?
Boy Scout Leader, Church Elder, Security Systems Supervisor—BTK Serial Killer Suspect Dennis Rader Was Many Things. The Scariest? Neighbor
Since the stunning arrest, Wichita residents have been relieved that the alleged killer who haunted their nightmares since 1974 is behind bars, after being charged with 10 murders. But they are also mystified at how Dennis Rader, 60, could hide among them for so long as the killer who taunted the cops and bragged that he would "Bind, Torture, Kill" his victims. "Dennis always seemed—seems—to be a man of faith and conviction," says the Rev. Sally Fahrenthold, retired pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, where Rader has yet to be replaced as president of the church council. "It's simply not possible to put together the Dennis we know with the charges that have been brought against him." Despite the FBI's belief that BTK was a dysfunctional loner, local police suspected that BTK would turn out to be an Everyman who blended into the community. "A lot of us feel vindicated because he's exactly what we expected him to be," says retired Wichita homicide detective Arlyn Smith, who investigated BTK in the late 1970s. "I hear people say, 'God, he looks like any of us.' I feel like saying, 'What did you expect? If he stood out in a crowd, we'd have caught him 30 years ago.' "
Rader grew up in Wichita with his three younger brothers, the son of William, a utility plant operator, and Dorothea. His childhood pals remember him as friendly but somewhat straitlaced. "He seemed to be more academic than a lot of others we ran around with," says David Grammer. "Some of us would raise a little hell. Dennis wasn't involved with that." After a stint as a sergeant in the Air Force, he started working at ADT Security Services, which installs residential and commercial security systems. Denise Mattocks, 46, started working with him in 1980. She was one of two women in their department. "He didn't like the guys telling bad jokes around me. I really trusted him," she says. So much so that she frequently talked with him about her biggest fear, the BTK killer. "Whenever there was a killing, I would go to work freaking out about it," Mattocks recalls. She says Rader listened but never commented. "Sometimes I wonder why I was spared. It's just weird. I can't imagine this man killing one night and then coming to work the next day. And then I greeted him. He was a good man to me."
Other ADT employees remember Rader less fondly. "Dennis was very staunch for doing things by the book. He wasn't a guy who joked around," says former coworker Mike Tavares, 41. The trait served Rader well in his next job, as a compliance officer for Park City, a Wichita suburb—but his nit-picking won him few friends. He was known to measure lawns with a ruler and give out citations if the grass was too high. "Dennis was arrogant in an I'm better than you' way. I think he liked authority and the little bit of control he had," says Anne Jesseph, who received a number of summonses for her lawn. Barbara Walters challenged four citations in court after she says Rader went into her backyard and tried to shoot her dog—he was allegedly running loose—with a tranquilizer gun. "He was a control freak," says her son Patrick Walters, who ordered Rader to get off the property.
By all accounts, however, Rader was a devoted family man. He and Paula, a bookkeeper for Snacks convenience store, married in 1971. They had two children, Brian, 29, and Kerri, 26, and when his son was old enough to become a Boy Scout, Rader jumped in enthusiastically, rarely missing a camp-out and always wearing his full Scout leader uniform. He was an expert knot tier-and a stickler when it came to proper technique. "He taught us all that stuff, like how to make a rope out of twine," says former Scout Larry Jesseph Jr., 30. "But if you couldn't tie a knot, he'd be a jerk. Then when he was nice, he was real nice. It was like he almost had a split personality."
Experts say that's typical for a serial killer. "John Wayne Gacy was married. He ran his own construction business. More socially competent [serial killers] are more likely to have two lives, one normal and one very pathological," says Gregg McCrary, a retired FBI profiler. Certainly that would describe BTK. His first known murder was in January 1974, when he slaughtered four members of the Otero family. He killed another woman that year, two more in 1977, then he apparently struck again in 1985. His last known killing was in 1991. Initially BTK taunted police and the media with letters and phone calls. But after 1979 he was silent until reemerging early last year, sending letters and packages to several Wichita media outlets. Former detective Arlyn Smith thinks the killer's massive ego caused him to resurface; he was upset by a book that lawyer Robert Beattie has written about the case. "If anyone was going to tell [his story], it was him," says Smith.
James Fox, a criminologist at North-eastern University in Boston, poses another theory. He believes that Rader's compliance officer position satisfied the power trip that the murders had once fulfilled. So why start blabbing again? "He wanted to prove the superiority," Fox says. Indeed, one of the items BTK sent was a definite slap to investigators: a photocopy of the driver's license of Vicki Wegerle, whose 1986 murder wasn't even tied to him.
That same arrogance—or need for recognition—undid him. Last month, after police discovered a package BTK left at Home Depot, Beattie says they checked the security cameras and saw a man driving around the parking lot in a white truck. They were able to trace the vehicle to Rader. BTK also sent a computer disk to a TV news channel. Investigators traced the disk back to a computer at Christ Lutheran Church—and discovered Rader was one of the few people who had access to that computer. Beattie says police were then able to get a warrant to collect DNA from medical records of Rader's daughter. It was apparently a familial match to DNA the killer had left at crime scenes. Police arrested Rader Feb. 25.
The Rev. Michael Clark of Christ Lutheran has been in regular touch with Rader's family, who remain in seclusion. One of Rader's public defenders, Sarah McKinnon, says her client isn't depressed, despite news reports to the contrary. "He's tired for sure. He's not sleeping too well," McKinnon says, but he has adjusted to the daily routine at Sedgwick County jail as he awaits a scheduled March 15 preliminary court hearing. Clark denies reports that Rader has claimed responsibility for the murders. "Dennis has not confessed to anything," the Reverend says. "But I will say this. The Dennis Rader I know, if he's guilty, he'll step up to the plate."
If Rader confesses, it probably won't make a difference to Charlie Otero. He was just 15 in 1974, when he returned home from school to find his mother and father in bed, garroted. Two younger siblings, Joseph III and Josephine, were dead in other rooms. Otero, now 47, had been an A student until that day. After seeing the carnage, "I went from altar boy to atheist in about half a second," says Otero, who blames much of his troubled life on BTK. He became paranoid, fearing the killer would come back to finish him off. "I was a very angry boy and a very angry man," Otero says. He served 2½ years in prison for aggravated battery, getting released almost two months before Rader was arrested. Looking at Rader's photo, Otero says, "I see someone who used the public trust to further his own evil. I know I'm supposed to forgive and all that, but that ain't happening."
By Bob Meadows. Kate Klise, Lauren Comander and Lorna Grisby in Wichita and Michael Haederle in Albuquerque
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