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Last month we wrote about a potential end to investor gloom and the possibility of making money in shorter term momentum stocks. That is happening.
The market indices are rising and that is stirring animal spirits. Trading opportunities are opening up for some of the beaten up stocks. And we are excited because these stocks are far safer than the high relative strength stocks normally associated with momentum investing.
In this atmosphere we have continued putting money back to work. Recently we bought two cyclical stocks. Both companies' stock prices have been depressed by worries about the economy and yet each reported earnings that exceeded expectations.
One is Baker Hughes (BHI) and the other Caterpillar (CAT). Both stocks have declined substantially from their highs and formed reasonable bases from which to launch a rally. We think these companies should benefit short term and could continue higher if the market does.
Baker Hughes fell from $64 to $38 before stabilizing. It fell with the collapse of oil and gas prices and production problems in the Bakken shale. But with earnings of about $4 per share it was too cheap. Now with oil, gas, and the stock market rising, it is a very interesting play.
Caterpillar has fallen on China worries and a current belief that the economy worldwide is collapsing. But with earnings of $10 per share and a favorable outlook for the future, it is hard to justify the fall from $116 to $80 per share.
With the market rallying and investors looking for familiar companies which pay dividends CAT may rally back towards its old high.
Last month we stated that bear markets end with a whimper not a bang. It would be easy to believe that we have heard that whimper and become euphoric as the market indices approach their old highs. Rather than blindly following the crowd we believe now is the time to analyze the underpinnings of the current market rally.
From a technical perspective, the current rally is based on a narrowing group of stocks. This is not a formula for long term success. So we will be watching to see if participation broadens and the market demonstrates staying power. If so we would expect to see a continuation of the current move with the potential for multi-year highs.
From the fundamental perspective we still face the November elections and the worry of Congressional inaction resulting in the so called "fiscal cliff." This uncertainty is causing investment by business into their companies to grind to a halt.
Their current outlook remains gloomy. But while businessmen look at current conditions and cannot invest, a market professionals' business is to look to the future and determine if stock prices have already discounted the worst possible outcome.
As professionals we cannot know the future so we will be guided not by today's news but by market conditions. In the short term if the market falls, we will look for opportunities to become more fully invested. If the markets continue to rise as they become more fully priced, we will most likely reduce exposure. For now we will try to sit back and enjoy the ride.
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Russia sent Syria 10 aircrafts filled with equipment to help Damascus remove the country's chemical weapons stockpile as part of the unprecedented mission to remove Syria's entire arsenal vis-a-vis the port city of Latakia, according to Agence France-Presse.
"An air bridge has been established to deliver the technology and the equipment necessary for assisting the operation for the removal of the chemical weapons from Syria," Russia's ambassador to Syria Azamat Kulmukhametov told reporters.
The planes landed in Latakia this week and the ambassador says that the flights will continue until all the supplies and equipment is delivered.
Though Kulmukhametov did not provide further details about the removal plan, the UN chemical watchdog, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), who is in charge of overseeing the removal operation, said that Russian armored trucks will transport the chemical weapons out of the country.
Danish and Norwegian sea vessels have already arrived in Cyprus to transport the first batch of weapons from Latakia for destructions. The ships will move the chemicals to an Italian port where they will be transferred to a US ship for final destruction.
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Earlier this month, sources told Deadline that Mariska Hargitay was signed on for the upcoming season, but only for the first 13 episodes. After that, her character -- Detective Olivia Benson -- would be promoted to a higher position and a new detective, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, would take her place.
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JASON Matthews was both puzzled and flattered by bookmakers' odds for the league title as well as Poole Town boss Tom Killick's claims that Weymouth will be difficult to stop this season.
With some betting firms releasing their prices for the Southern Premier League crown earlier this week, the Terras are heavily fancied to be in the title shake-up at the end of the campaign.
One bookmaker is currently forecasting Matthews' men as short as second fav-ourites to grab league honours, while heavy spending St Neots lead the market.
Killick claimed that Weymouth had strongly outbid Poole's offer to sign an unnamed player, and that the Terras and Saints were the league's financial big guns.
He also tipped Matthews' squad to play a big part in the race for the top spot.
In response to the Dolphins' boss, who also added that Poole will be targeting a play-off place as a minimum achievement themselves, Matthews told Echosport: "I'd take that as a compliment if Tommy thinks we are one of the favourites, I think that we are far from that.
"We have a workable budget that the club has set me and I would say that is probably in the top half of the league, but nowhere near what Tommy thinks it is.
"I'd be interested to know which player it is we have gazumped them for because our highest paid player from last season has gone back to Poole. I think it is a little bit tongue-in-cheek from Tommy."
As part of their summer spending, Poole have secured signings from both Weymouth and Dorchester Town in former Dolphins' captain Michael Walker and Magpies' club legend Mark Jermyn. Matthews added: "I am new to this game but these sort of things won't faze me.
"I have seen it a million times in the papers before. Good luck to Poole, I'll concentrate on what we want to do at Weymouth and I'm not really too worried about what other people are doing."
On his side's short title odds, he added: "I don't know what they base their facts on because we had an average season last year. We have signed a few experienced players, whether they feel that's the reason, I'm not sure.
"Next season is going to be tough but it's one we look forward to, I suppose we can take it as a compliment."
WEYMOUTH Reserves kicked off their pre-season fixtures with a promising performance in defeat at New Milton.
Calum Dee gave the hosts the lead in injury time at the end of the first half.
Efforts from Sean Zima and Josh Tennant were well saved, while Gareth Will spurned a glorious opportunity to score.
The Terras equalised five minutes into the second half through Tenant.
Jake Richmond's men were then caught on the counter-attack when Craig Barnett made it 2-1 before Milton extended their lead 10 minutes from time with Matt Odell heading in.
Terras: Park, Harvey, Staines (J Will 46), Butcher, Anstey, Chatterton (Pidgley 46), Beasley (Jackson 46), G Will (Chatterton 70) McClements (Nicholls 46), Tennant, Zima (Preece 46)
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Who better to land a lucrative deal on a thriller than a frugal, god-fearing lawyer, writes Susan Wyndham.
Spunky young authors landing million-dollar advances are ho-hum news in these days of global bestsellers. But it is still intriguing to learn that this season's hot American book is by a 47-year-old academic lawyer, a first novel bought in a two-book deal for $US4.2 million ($7.5 million) by American and British publishers. With simultaneous worldwide publication this month signalling their hopes for an international hit, the publishers are comparing Stephen Carter with Tom Wolfe, Vikram Seth and Scott Turow, and have sold film rights, in a "huge" deal, to Warner Bros. Carter's response to sudden wealth is also unexpected.
"Talking about money is not something I'm comfortable with," he says from his office at Yale University. "Luke's gospel says, `When much is given to you, much is required.' My wife and I believe that very sincerely. I'm a frugal guy. My kids say I'm cheap. I'm no better than anyone else, but I'll try to be careful."
Carter is a devout, non-drinking Christian. He has taught law at Yale for 20 years and is the author of seven non-fiction books on religion in politics and the law, affirmative action and the Supreme Court confirmation "mess" (The Culture of Disbelief and God's Name among the most recent). Somehow all that led him to write a 650-page literary suspense novel about corrupt lawyers, rogue CIA agents and a collapsing marriage.
The Emperor of Ocean Park is impossible to place into any neat category. As a legal-political thriller, it has obvious comparisons with the fiction of those other American lawyers, Turow and John Grisham. But it is more measured in tone and detailed in its elaboration of the Garland family. As a contemporary family saga circling round a dominant father, it bears some likeness to The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen. But rather than Franzen's satirical cruelty, Carter shines a clear-eyed morality on his characters.
As a story about the black upper-middle class, it stands almost alone in recent literature. "People find it hard to create dramatic tension out of them," he says. "They're a very small but very important bunch of people and I did want to help bring them to the surface. They share many of the problems of poorer blacks but also many problems of the white middle class; they're stuck between two worlds."
Carter is very much of that "invisible" class. His father served in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and was vice-president of Cornell University and president of the University of the District of Columbia. Carter chose to study at Yale after he learnt that Harvard had accepted him because he was black.
Throughout his novel, the races are referred to as "the darker nation" and "the paler nation". Although it is possible that "black" and even "African-American" have gone the way of "negro", these phrases don't sound familiar. "They were an invention for the book," says Carter. "Kind of a lampoon of how every few years we find a new way of referring to African-Americans."
The book is narrated by Talcott Garland, a law professor at a fictional Ivy League university. As the book begins his father has just died - is it murder? - and his hotshot lawyer wife, whom he suspects of cheating on him, learns that she may be selected for the federal court of appeals. Talcott unravels his father's murky past, which killed his Supreme Court nomination, while trying to support his wife's ambitions and save his marriage. He also has to dodge the shadowy figures tailing him to find out "the arrangements" left by his father.
The mystery takes its structure from the rational mind of a lawyer and the strategies of chess. There are shameless cliffhangers and thoughtful ruminations on the Nixon and Reagan eras when the conservative Judge Oliver Garland rose and fell.
Carter sidesteps any suggestion that he based his judge on the controversial Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork in 1987 (his defeat created the term "getting Borked") and Clarence Thomas in 1991 (successful despite allegations of sexual harassment by Anita Hill, a friend of Carter). "It's an imaginary world, not inspired by life. We've had a lot of vicious fights over personnel of the Supreme Court but the idea came to me at a time when we weren't having a fight. I do have a real concern about the way we carry on public dialogues. We need to develop the tools to enable us to have a conversation rather than the nasty yelling and screaming that goes on."
Some of the characters had been in Carter's mind for 20 years and went into several "not very good" drafts of novels before this one. The Emperor of Ocean Park was written over four years of late nights, weekends and long, plotting walks. The character of Talcott and his often angry first-person narration came to Carter late in the process. "His voice isn't my voice and his sour view of the world even got on my nerves."
Having written theoretically about ideals of love, Carter transposed his ideas onto Talcott's marriage. In Western society "I love" tends to mean "I want", but he advocates a more challenging, classical ideal of love as duty. "It's important to develop a personal ethic," he says. "Doing the right thing and getting what makes you feel good are not the same thing. Talcott's loyalty to a wife who doesn't treat him well makes a lot of people think he's a wimp. But marriage as an institution is different from having a girlfriend or boyfriend, and the issue is, has he done the right thing?"
Carter must have interesting debates with his students over this and his dismay that modern America stands only for "the freedom to do what you want". So far, he says, his colleagues at Yale have taken his portrayal of their species with good humour and a little scepticism.
Carter has begun a second novel about some of the same characters. Though his own reading tends towards history, theology and law rather than thrillers, he has mastered the genre and remade it. "There are a lot of different ways of expressing ideas and this was an experiment for me," he says. "I had a good time."
The Emperor of Ocean Park is published by Jonathan Cape, $45.
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NEW YORK – By invading Ukraine in 2014, President Vladimir Putin's Russia has posed a fundamental challenge to the values and principles on which the European Union was founded, and to the rules-based system that has kept the peace in Europe since 1945. Neither Europe's leaders nor its citizens are fully aware of the scope of this challenge, much less how to deal with it.
Putin's regime is based on rule by force, manifested in repression at home and aggression abroad. But it has been able to gain a tactical advantage, at least in the short term, over the EU and the United States, which are determined to avoid direct military confrontation.
Violating its treaty obligations, Russia annexed Crimea and established separatist enclaves in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. When it appeared last summer that the Ukrainian government might win the war in Donbas, Putin ordered an invasion by regular Russian armed forces. Preparations for a second wave of military action began in November, when Putin provided separatists with a new influx of armored columns and personnel.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Intel Corp. is expected to spend some $1.5 billion for lithography gear alone in 2011, according to an analyst.
Japan's Nikon Corp. was Intel's sole leading-edge lithography vendor for the 32-nm node. As expected, Nikon and rival ASML Holding NV will share the lithography business for the 22-nm node, according to Barclays Capital.
''We expect Intel will spend flattish capex of $5.2 billion in 2011,'' said C.J. Muse, an analyst with the firm, in a report. ''Our checks on the litho front point to Intel ordering 27 immersion tools and 15 KrF tools in 2011. Assuming new coater-developer tools are attached and assumptions around ASML/Nikon share splits and ASPs, we derive a total litho budget from Intel of $1.5 billion.''
In comparison, Intel is expected to procure 26 193-nm immersion tools in 2010, according to the firm. Some 18 of those are from Nikon and the remaining 8 tools come from ASML. Intel's total litho budget is about $988 million, according to the firm.
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Following the sudden resignation of Steve Kean from Blackburn Rovers yesterday, it finally brings to an end his turbulent reign at the club. Sadly it doesn't spell the end of the problems at the club as many fans see it, which began when Venky's originally purchased Rovers.
The news throughout yesterday had changed from Kean feeling upbeat about talks with the owners of the club to Kean resigning stating that his position had become untenable.
In his full statement issued by his lawyers, Kean said, "For reasons I cannot discuss on legal advice, it is with deep regret, given my hard work and service for the club for a number of years that I have been forced to resign as manager with immediate effect due to my position as team manager becoming untenable. I wish to thank all the players and coaching staff for their great support and the majority of the fans, who now see their club heading towards an automatic promotion position back to the Premiership. I wish the club all the very best for the future."
His statement thanks "the majority of the fans" and intimates that they see that the club is heading back to the Premiership next season. If only the game of football was so easy to predict then the club wouldn't have been relegated last season. Even towards the end of last season Kean was quoted as saying, "I didn't expect it to come to this. We have to make sure we stay up. I'm still convinced we can do it."
The club's managing director, Derek Shaw, said Venky's were "very disappointed" by Kean's resignation.
The secretary of the Blackburn Rovers Action Group responded to the news. Their secretary, Mark Fish, is quoted as saying: "I am delighted. It's been a long 12 months for all involved and I never thought I'd see the day when he went. The supporters are liberated and free of Steve Kean. I am just enjoying the fact that he has gone.
"He has treated the supporters with contempt. We've got 8,000 to 9,000 boycotting and empty seats are one thing he can't mask. I have longed for this."
Considering the turbulent reign of Venky's Rovers, the question of course now stands who would be ready to step into Kean's shoes. Anybody watching the battle for Premiership survival, the fan protest groups, the lack of communication from the owners of the club and the frustration in many quarters about what fans see as a series of poor decisions or, indeed, lack of decisions and still willing to take on the club would be a brave manager.
The club needs to rebuild quickly and with vision. The last 18 months have done nothing but damage to the reputation of the club and the internal and external wrangling have ripped out its heart.
Venky's have some of the biggest questions to answer, having appointed the manager in the first place and continuing to stand by him as the fortunes of the famous team fell off a cliff, with the final insult of relegation.
When many expected Kean to be removed from his post on several instances, he seemed to have the ability to survive every onslaught.When a manager needs to employ protection staff, then the question has to be asked as to whether the owners are acting as employers with the interests of the business at heart or if the relationship had become clouded.
Fans appear to be staying away from the club, whilst sponsors leave, leaving the club with less money and a worsening public perception. The owners originally promised Champions League and delivered Championship instead. Bidding for high profile stars, who in the end were not persuaded for the case to support Blackburn with their names.
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Los Cabos may not have a whole lot of homegrown wares, but the stores are filled with beautiful and unusual items from all over mainland Mexico. You can find hand-painted blue Talavera tiles from Puebla; blue-and-yellow pottery from Guanajuato; black pottery from San Bartolo Coyotepec (near Oaxaca); hammocks from the Yucatán; embroidered clothing from Oaxaca, Chiapas, and the Yucatán; silver
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Los Cabos manufactures good times under plenty of sunshine but very few actual products. One exception is glassware from Fábrica de Vidrio Soplado (Blown-Glass Factory). In addition, a burgeoning arts scene has national and international artists opening galleries and, in fact, a large number of galleries now abound throughout Los Cabos, with many in San José del Cabo's rapidly evolving city center and more dotted throughout Todos Santos's historic downtown. Dozens of shops will custom-design gold and silver jewelry for you, fashioning pieces in one to two days. Liquor shops sell a locally produced liqueur called damiana, which is touted as an aphrodisiac. A few shops will even create custom-designed bathing suits for you in a day or so.
No longer hawking only the requisite T-shirts, belt buckles, and trinkets, Cabo's improved shopping scene has reached the high standards of other Mexican resorts. Its once-vacant streets are today lined with dozens of new shops, from open-air bazaars and souvenir shops to luxury malls and designer boutiques.
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Thats so hard to do. Especially for people who like to layer. I love to layer. DO NOT with this paper. After all it's why you payed 2 bucks a sheet right? So scrapper cardmaker do as little as possible to it and let it shine. But just one more thing. No. No. No! Thats how it starts-just one more thing but heres how it ends. Like so and sos wedding. You remember it like yesterday when everyone turned to look at the bride coming done the isle and everyone gasped-in horror. You all recovered quickly and plastered fake smiles on your faces and hoped she didn't here the kid ask "what is that Mommy?" Not that you blamed him really because the only way you knew the bride was in the mountain of satin and bows and ribbons and more horrible large bride swallowing bows was that when she finally rustled down the isle the vows came out of her mouth. You assume anyway because no knows for sure, but that gaint satin bow-to match the ones on the dress of course- seemed to move in time to the words. And that is exactly where your card, page and 2 hard earned bucks will go if you don't Stop while your ahead.
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- An object to reflect
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- A strong light source (such as a large window on a sunny day)
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- Hold or place the object you intend to reflect to the side of your eye. The object should be facing the light source.
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- Look towards the side of your face, towards your ear, keeping the object you want to reflect in your peripheral vision. This will allow the object to form a reflection in the dark iris portion of your eye as opposed to the white scelera portion.
- If you are doing this shot alone and using a tripod, keep the camera at roughly arms length for best results.
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Upcoming daycare story
I'm actually working on an upcoming story about how some Bluffton child care/preschool providers are expanding to meet the growing need in Bluffton. Amazing Creations and Lowcountry Day are both going to expand. Also, Church of the Cross is about to open an early childhood center on Buckwalter (Sept. 6). They also have a college prep. school grades 1-7 that will move to the same new campus. I mention this here because I know their early childhood center is still enrolling, as is the elementary school. They will be properly licensed, etc. with teachers with early childhood training. The only hitch is they won't do infants yet, although I guess they hope to someday. But it's another option for those whose kids are 2 and older.


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Brown's Game Slowing Down, Growing Up
"I just couldn't put my game together with the rest of the team," said the now 6-foot-2 Wildcat junior. "I'm getting better, but I want to keep stepping up."
Step up Brown has definitely done with 2010-11 averages of 7.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Her 50 percent shooting is high for the team as are her 21 blocked shots, while her 21 steals rank third.
"I'm just trying to do what I can do. My practice habits are much better, and that has carried over into the game," said Brown, who was one of the heroes in last week's three-point win over Missouri with 11 points and seven rebounds. "I still tend to go to fast, that's still a problem that I have, but the game is starting to slow down some. I just have to keep reminding myself to play under control. I have a problem of getting too excited."
What Brown's slower pace has done is excite her coach.
"I'm pleased with her," said coach Deb Patterson of the impact Brown has had on the Wildcats' 13-5 start to the season. "Even though she's a junior, her minutes were spotty in those first two years. Right now she is playing solid defense and rebounding so well. If we can turn those seven or eight points per game into 11 or 12, that will help push the team toward that 70-point mark that we're trying to reach. Her role is more on defense, but we have a strong need for her to advance her offensive game."
Fellow 6-2 junior Jalana Childs says of her teammate, "We all looked at her as a defensive player, but now she's playing as an offensive player, as well. She's such a brute. She's bigger than I am. I'm physical, but not as physical as she is."
Brown says of her own basketball resume, "It starts with rebounding, always rebounding, then playing defense, and then hitting what shots come my way."
A native of Walterboro, S.C., Brown prepped at Colleton County High School where she scored 1,400 career points and snared 1,226 rebounds. She was also a part of a school record 72 wins in her four-year career.
South Carolina to Kansas? "It's a long way from home," Brown said, flashing a smile. "I just tried to take a chance. I came on a visit, and really liked the area. I had never really been off the east coast. I wanted to go away from home to play, but probably not this far. Then, I just decided to take a chance."
She added, "My parents were supportive. I'm an only child, but my dad said, 'Whatever you want to do, just be happy.' My mom probably had a bigger problem because we're so close."
Brown and her Wildcat teammates play in Colorado tonight at 8 (central time) before returning home Saturday to take on the University of Kansas in a 2 p.m. start.
Playing the 'D'There's no question about it, K-State's winning games by way of its defense.
The Wildcats are allowing just 52.2 points per game to rank fourth in the league and ninth in the nation, their .344 field goal defense ranks fourth in the league and 12th in the nation, and their .275 3-point defense ranks fourth in the league.
Those numbers have overshadowed the fact that K-State is averaging just 61.9 points (11th), on .397 field goal shooting (12th), and .299 from 3-point distance (10th).
The Wildcats are also only 10th in rebounding margin at plus-3.2, 10th in assists (13.4), and 12th in blocked shots (3.06).
IndividuallyBrittany Chambers' 14.9 scoring average ranks 11th in the league, while Jalana Childs' average of 11.4 is 21st. Mariah White is eighth in assists (4.50) and 13th in steals (1.83). Chambers' 2.61 3-pointers per game ranks third, and her .362 3-point accuracy ranks 11th.


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Former St. Louis Ram Startled By Carry Out DiscoveryJared Cook says restaurant chain gave him a fried chicken head
St. Louis Fan Favorites Cut from L.A. RamsIt appears to be a salary cap purge as the team relocates from St. Louis.
Trade Rumors Don't Bother Jared CookRams tight end dismisses talk that surfaced during bye week
Big L.A. Fan Turnout Greets Rams In CaliforniaTeam training with Dallas Cowboys for a few days in Oxnard
5 Rams to Watch at Training CampThe Rams opened training camp on Friday afternoon before a crowd of more than 1,000 fans at Rams Park in Earth City.
Rams Begin Offseason WorkoutsPlayers like James Laurinaitis focused on season ahead, not future home of franchise
Team Grades: Rams Defense Can't Make The Grade Against NY GiantsDefense gave up season-worst 514 yards as Rams fall to 6-9.
Offensive Line Woes Dragging Down RamsTeam had trouble getting 1st downs against Arizona
Team Grades: Rams Offense Flunks Thursday Night Test Against 1st Place Arizona CardinalsSt. Louis suffers its first loss at home since a Monday Night Football against San Francisco back in October.
Rams To Donate To BackstoppersContribution comes nearly two weeks after team's receivers made a pregame "Hands Up Don't Shoot" gesture.
Team Grades: Back-To-Back Shutouts Means A's All Around For Rams For Second Straight WeekRams are now 6-7 on the season, following Sunday's 24-0 road win over the Washington Redskins.
Rams' Cook Says He'd Do Gesture AgainFive players made the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose prior to Sunday's home game


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Google's first smartwatches have hit reviewers' hands in the US and Android Wear is being put through its first paces.
Google hopes that Android Wear – its new software for smartwatches and other wearable devices – will convince users that smartwatches are actually useful.
Joanna Stern from the Wall Street Journal thinks Android Wear's secret weapon is Google Now.
Thanks largely to Google Now, the online personal assistant that prompts you with information you need, these feel like the first watches that are truly 'smart.' But there's still too much smartphone in them. I don't want something on my wrist that looks and acts like a phone.
You can also just tell the watch what to do. Its microphone is always listening for a voice prompt—"OK Google"—and spoken commands such as "search the Web," "send a text," "set a reminder," etc.
"OK Google, text Mom: I'm going to make the 3 pm train," I said into the watch as I was running through Penn Station. Even though my phone was buried in one of my many bags, the text message fired off.
And yes, when I raise my arm to my mouth, even to set a reminder to pick up toothpaste, I feel like a Secret Service agent.
Anick Jesdanun from the AP sees less as more.
In its first iteration, Google's Android Wear software for computerised wristwatches isn't so much about innovation as it is an effort at simplification.
But Wear, an extension of a smartphone, isn't going to work for everyone or every Android device.
Android Wear requires a companion smartphone running Android 4.3 or later. That covers KitKat and the later versions of Jelly Bean, but according to Google's own stats, only about a quarter of Android devices have either. For a variety of reasons, many recent phones can't be upgraded. And of course, no iPhones.
And as Jesdanun points out, no Dick Tracy moments:
You can't use the watch as a speakerphone for calls, the way previous Samsung smartwatches allowed. But you can make calls or answer ones that come in. The call still goes through the phone, but that's not a problem if you have a Bluetooth headset.
Gizmag's Will Shanklin likes how quiet Android Wear is, good for using it in public.
One thing that surprised me about Android Wear is how quiet it is. while you do talk to Android Wear, it doesn't usually talk back. It just shows you what you need to know on your screen.
That isn't a complaint. On the contrary, I think Android Wear hits this part right on the head.
That's not to say the watches aren't constantly buzzing on your wrist with notifications.
Like most smartwatches, Android Wear is largely about notifications. But while other watches simply forward a few lines of text from your smartphone's notification centre, Wear handles alerts more maturely. With Wear, you don't just read a few words from an incoming message. You can also read the full message (other watches usually cut off longer emails), see your friend's contact picture in the background, view your conversation history and reply by voice. It handles SMS, email and Hangouts (though you can't start a new Hangout, only reply to an existing thread). It even lets you archive Gmail messages when you're done with them.
But what's missing is the apps, which is probably be expected at this stage given that the devices haven't been released for sale yet and Android Wear has only just been released to developers.
What's missing right now is third-party app integration. And even when those start popping up, we still won't see full "apps" per se. It will be more like developers updating their Android smartphone apps to add Wear widgets. I think this is the ideal way to handle wearables. This isn't a standalone platform that can run independently from your phone, so why pretend like it is? The last thing we need is another isolated platform with its own app store.
Ars Technica's Ron Amadeo says having Android in the name doesn't mean it can do anything on its own.
Without a tethered smartphone, Wear is nearly useless. It can't access the Internet or use voice commands, leaving you with only a handful of basic chronographic functions like starting a timer or stopwatch. Your first step after installing the Wear app is therefore to turn on Bluetooth, pair the watch with your phone, and give it access to the notification API.
Despite having small screens Android Wear's easy to tap screens make using the watches a bit easier.
One nice touch is that the touch targets of Wear are also much larger than the icon that represents them. Blue action icons will actually trigger from a touch anywhere on the screen, not just within the blue circle, and things like the time/notification card on the home screen are actually just a full screen 50/50 split. Making the touch targets deceptively large helps with quickly using the watch.
And while third-party support isn't as well developed as it could be, most apps work because of Google's past Android updates.
Because Google laid the groundwork for Android Wear one year ago with Android 4.3, the OS has out-of-the-box compatibility with most apps.
Android Wear also does a better job of being controlled via voice, removing the need to pause after activating the voice recognition with the "OK, Google" hotword, for instance.
Wear does buffer voice input after the hotword, so you can quickly say, "OK Google, set a timer for five minutes," and it will catch everything.
Dieter Bohn on the Verge explains that Android Wear is fairly simple to use, for the most part.
Getting around the watch is simultaneously dead simple and a little complicated. It's dead simple as long as you treat the watch as a dumb terminal to your phone and don't worry about finding those advanced features. You simply swipe up to scroll through your notifications, swipe right to dismiss them, and swipe left to access more options for each one. It gets complicated when you want to dig into some of the options; they're so buried under hard-to-find "Start" and "Settings" menus that I can only assume Google wants to you mostly ignore them. Fortunately, you can do exactly that most of the time.
Plus, deleting an email from your wrist is certainly satisfying.
It's a small happiness to get an email you want to immediately destroy and be able to immediately destroy it from your watch. It's a small happiness to glance down and see that the weather or package-tracking information you want is sitting right there. But for every time Android Wear gives you exactly what you want, there's another time that it frustrates you. If you have more than one email stacked up, for example, you can't manage them from your watch — you'll have to go to your phone for that.
While most are waiting with baited breath for Motorola's large, round smartwatch, the 360, the first two Android Wear-powered smartwatches are the LG G Watch and the Samsung Gear Live.
Mario Aguilar from Gizmodo rates the LG G Watch, but only really has eyes for the Moto 360.
Not yet. If a smartwatch is a thing you desperately want, the LG G Watch is the prettiest hardware you can buy right now, but you should definitely wait until the end of the summer to see if the stunning Moto 360 is any good. You should also wait until Android Wear's various quirks have been addressed, which we're hopeful, if naively so, that they will be promptly.
Aguilar also observes on battery life:
On full charge you can expect more than a full day of average usage with the screen set to always on. If you set the screen to turn off when the phone is inactive, your battery efficiency goes way up.
But Tech Crunch's Darrell Etherington writes that LG's buttonless design can be a bit confusing.
The buttonless design of the LG G Watch presents some interesting challenges; figuring out how to turn the device on took some time, for instance, and I had to eventually resort to reading the included paper instruction booklet to find out that you have to put it in the magnetic charging cradle to power it up.
While Chris Davies from SlashGear thinks the Samsung Gear Live's design wins, but don't try using it outdoors.
Up front is a 1.63-inch touchscreen using Samsung's favored AMOLED technology. It's minutely smaller than LG's IPS LCD panel, but higher resolution at 320 x 320 for a total pixel density of 278ppi. Display-fanciers I spoke to at Google I/O were divided on the bottom-line quality of the screen, but it's ideal for the wrist: bright colors, eye-catching, and with smooth graphics.
Where it struggles is outdoors, with sunlight visibility fading versus the LG's screen (though to be blunt, neither is especially sun-friendly). Android Wear's bold graphics look great indoors, however.
What about battery life, though?
It'll obviously depend considerably on what you use your Android Wear smartwatch for - notifications are relatively low-intensity; voice commands and navigation are more demanding - but I always managed to get through a full day of use before I needed any sort of recharge.
But with either smartwatch arguably Seth Weintraub from 9to5 Google hits the nail on the head.
Perhaps what's most important about Android Wear compared to say Google Glass, is that it is understated. Most folks won't know your watch is a Google device and unless you invoke it, probably will think you have a normal, if slightly bulky, wristwatch… something that society has long ago accepted wholeheartedly.


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Vote Now for the Next Food Network Starby Sarah De Heer in Food Network Star, August 4, 2013
All season long the mentors have guided this very decision, and now you, Food Network Star fans, get to make the final and most important decision. Will you join Damaris on her journey in helping guys woo their mates with Southern food on Eat, Date Love? Will you get Pie Style with Rodney? Or will you channel your inner culinary sins and indulge with Russell on Guilty Pleasures?
Food Network's newest sensation is up to you: Cast your vote now (voting is now closed).
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Summerfest Daily Highlights: Wednesday, June 29
Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates and Buddy Guy
Peter Gabriel
Marcus Amphitheater, 8:30 p.m.
Peter Gabriel's musical journey began with the progressive rock band Genesis. Unlike many of his peers, he understood progressive as an ongoing concept, not a self-satisfied genre. After pushing theatricality to extremes of elaborate staging, Gabriel left Genesis to become a solo artist, human-rights activist, world-music advocate and digital entrepreneur. Instead of playing celebrity games, he chose to work more quietly, supporting Amnesty International and Britain's Labour Party and sitting down with Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and other elder statesmen to discuss world conflicts. Mikhail Gorbachev presented him the Man of Peace Award at the 2006 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. Not many one-time prog musicians can boast a similar résumé.
Gabriel's solo career has taken resolutely thorny directions: He refused to title his first several albums and pioneered the use of digital recording along with deconstructed sampled sounds in a rock context. Lyrically, he has never shied away from unusual topics; in the '80s, his gift for melody coupled with provocation resulted in hits such as "Shock the Monkey," "Games Without Frontiers" and "Sledgehammer." In 2010 Gabriel released Scratch My Back, an album of orchestral arrangements of songs by Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Neil Young and other artists. (David Luhrssen)
Hall & Oates
M&I Classic Rock Stage, 10 p.m.
The 21st century has seen a resurgence of interest in the talented duo of Daryl Hall and John Oates: In 2003, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard penned a gushing tribute to the pair on the hipper-than-thou website Pitchfork.com; in 2008, the duo collaborated with electro-funk outfit Chromeo; and in 2010 they appeared on the season finale of "American Idol," performing their smash hit "You Make My Dreams," a song that still sounds fresh 30 years after it was first recorded.
It is the staying power of songs such as "You Make My Dreams" that continues to make Hall & Oates relevant to fans all over the world. Listen to "Rich Girl," "Private Eyes," "Kiss on My List," "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," "Maneater" and "Out of Touch"—the pair's six No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100—and then try to deny the fact that the two were masters at writing winning pop songs. Such mega-hits were recently collected onto 2009's Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates, a four-disc collection that comprehensively documents the duo's vital history. (Michael Carriere)
Buddy Guy
Harley-Davidson Roadhouse, 10 p.m.
By the time Buddy Guy came north to Chicago in the 1950s,
the city's electric blues sound had already coalesced around Chess Records and its recording artists Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. In a fraught relationship with Chess, Guy became a session player behind Waters and Wolf as well as Little Walter and Koko Taylor. By the mid-'60s he was already pushing the electric guitar into new places, but Chess refused to release his more venturesome recordings. During those years Eric Clapton saw Guy touring the United Kingdom with a blues-rock power trio and was inspired to found Cream. Guy later shared the stage with Jimi Hendrix and left a profound mark on the younger guitarist's music and showmanship.
In recent decades Guy has been seen as both the standard-bearer for Chicago blues and the heir to Hendrix (even though he influenced Hendrix rather than the other way around) on the strength of dynamic performances that darted across musical divisions. While grounded in the blues, he reached for inspiration from soul, rock and free jazz. Guy also helped to keep blues alive as the owner of a landmark Chicago blues club, Legends. (David Luhrssen)


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Assessing Consumer Gains from a Drug Price Control Policy in the United States
We use national data from 1960 to 2000 to estimate the demand for pharmaceuticals in the United States. We then simulate consumer surplus gains from a hypothetical drug price control policy that would have limited drug price increases to the rate of inflation from 1981 to 2000. Using a range of values for the real interest rate, coinsurance rate, and own-price elasticity of demand, we find that the consumer surplus gains from this policy equal $472 billion by the end of 2000. According to a recent study, that same policy would have led to 198 fewer new drugs being brought to the U.S. market. Therefore, the average social opportunity cost per drug developed during this period was approximately $2.4 billion. Research on the value of pharmaceuticals suggests that the social benefits of a new drug are far greater than this estimate. Hence, drug price controls could do more harm than good.
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President Jacob Zuma arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday to attend the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, the presidency said on Wednesday.
The conference runs from June 20 to June 22, spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement.
Conference themes include creating a green economy through sustainable development while reducing poverty, instituting a sustainable development framework, and assessing the outcomes of similar conferences.
The gathering would also look at critical issues around sustainable development such as energy provision, said Maharaj.
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MEXICO CITY (Mar. 26)
A large consignment of matzoh, wine and other Pass-over products has been shipped to the Jewish community of Cuba by the Nidche Israel Congregation here, it was announced today. The governments of both countries granted the necessary permits for the shipment, which was exempt from all customs duties.


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Ala Ebtekar and Bruno Fazzolari
July 8 - August 31, 2016
opening reception Friday, July 8, 6 - 9PM
Along with Robert Hardgraves exhibition we will also be presenting new editions by Ala Ebtekar and Bruno Fazzolari.
Ala Ebtekar is widely known for his work in painting, drawing, and installation. His work explores the juncture between history and myth, melding together Persian mythology, science, philosophy, and pop culture. Gallery 16 Editions and Ala worked for two years to create two distinct but interconnected print editions. The concept was to use two books important to Ebtekar's work as the literal physical support for each print. The two books are the Divan-e-Hafez, Persian poet Hafez's revered collection of works, first published in 1680 and Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Riverside Edition, published in 1889. We're proud to announce that these prints were recently added to the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Bruno Fazzolari is a San Francisco based artist. We are pleased to announce the release of four new original prints with the artist, titled Dat Rosa. These compositions are inspired by collage that the artist created during his residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts. Fazzolari describes the origin of the prints, "Dat Rosa is a body of work inspired by my color responses to fragrances. I experience color responses to scent, a phenomenon called synesthesia."


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Well I think this is a good question. Do your parents suck. Do they bug the living hell out of you over pointless things, are they hyporcrites and especially are they cheap. Think alot of kids today suffer at the hands of their jerk parents so if you have a story (or a dozen stories lets here them here. E.g. my parents never gave me allowance or spending cash and when I finally got a job at 17 they started asking for rent. I think that parents from the last generation had parents that were asses and probably have decided to take it out on us. The funny thing its not just like asian parents are asswholes and black parents are liberal, or white parents spoil their kids rotten, all these parents are equally dicks. I mean I use to think that kids in south (mostly white kids) were spoiled rotten but then I met some and realized that their parents are just as big dicks as mine are, and let me just say this I know asian parents only want their asian kids to marry asian people and many asians kids think on their parents do it but the truth is all parents are like that (which is pretty sad) I honestly think that parents are the largest cause of any rasicm today and as the older generations die of the newer generations will be more accepting I mean groups like the kkk are slowing dieing, its just sad that kids are taught to always listen to their parents yet the truth of the matter is kids are often better off doing what they think is right. I mean I'am almost positive that their a quite a few kids whom have had the race take by their parents (about not integrating with other races) very shameful but very true. Anyway lets here those stories kids and please don't spam or go nuts in this topic cause its a very good one and will let alot of people talk freely.
|2004-02-28, 13:25
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Ningyou Hime
Do my parents suck? I don't know. I could say that they do, but then I might get told something like "BE GRATEFUL YOUR PARENTS NEVER BEAT YOU PHYSICALLY" :P
My father: He definitely sucks. I don't see him anymore. He's paranoid [ yes, from a psychologist's point of view, he is. ], manipulative, destroyed my self esteem, always made me feel like I was a girl demon from hell and that I didn't deserve to have anything good. Physical violence? He roughed me up before, but he never really beat me.
My mother: My mother has made a lot of mistakes before.. I mean, when I was in elementary school mainly. But I forgive her for them, because she was generally a really nice and caring mother at the time. In the past 6 years, she's been going through a lot of things so.. I guess she became bitter. Now she often gets mad about really small things, she's always extremely nervous, makes me feel guilty about things, doesn't see the things I do for her. But she's better than my father. x.x
|2004-02-28, 13:28
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thats pretty sad, but you prove one of the points I was trying to get accross, parents have problems in their lives and their children suffer for it because they are the only ones they can take their fustration out on. What I worry is that this cycle is going to continue into our generation to some degree, I mean we grew up in a time when their was so much reform, I can only hope that people learn from their parents mistakes and don't repeat them( which is often the case). Also times are alot more serious now than ever before, I mean alot of kids can't even leave their houses because their parents are so protective (or just don't want to be bothered with any possible repecutions of letting a kid chill outside the house).
I just hope I never become like my parents, bitter and religious freaks.
|2004-02-28, 13:30
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Umm, don't all parents suck? Isn't that the typical answer? Unless they rich in which they spoil the kids, even when its not needed. They always suck when they go against you ways/views, but if they did something that you liked, then they'd be the best, no?
|2004-02-28, 13:33
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not even man, some parents are just plain terrible, I mean they try to decide a kids entire life and I don't mean deciding if somethings safe or not, some parents are racist, judgmental, and plain out discriminatory and selective. They don't think about whats best for their kids, they think about whats best for them. It honestly saddens me that people try to stick up for parents because many parents make their kids lives a living hell and half the time no one would believe some of the extreme stories.
|2004-02-28, 13:54
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I don't get an allowence anymore, but that's fine by me since I get enough with the job I have right now. The only reason why my mom would ever get upset with me is if my room is totalled, or if I just stay on my computer all night (I guess this is just a little bit too much). My mom respects my ways and doesn't whine about it or anything. In short, my parents r0x0rz.
|2004-02-28, 14:36
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This just sounds like an excuse for you to whine because your parents didn't let you go out one night. Tell you what anyone who has a problem with their parents(unless it is abusive in some way and no not letting you go out is not abusive nor is getting pissed if you break curfew or something)move out. Just move out,go find a job and live on your own.
|2004-02-28, 14:49
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Man, all I said is that, to a typical person their parents 'suck' because at that moment, they disallow whatever the child wants. But if 20 mins later, the parent caves in, then thats the best parent in the world, understand what I'm saying?
But I have to agree with ff7799 for one bit, that 'some' parents try to do things better for themselves with their kids, then actually benfiting the kid more.
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|2004-02-28, 17:12
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though they were really strict with me when i was a wee toddler, they gave me a lot of freedom when i lived with them, and they trusted that i wouldn't do anything dumb. as a result, i never drank underage, smoked cigarettes, or 'experimented' with illegal drugs. they let me set my own limits when going out late...got me a tutor when i had a weak subject in high school.. now that i think about it, they were pretty lax for asian parents ^^;
i kinda miss the homecooked meals though
|2004-02-28, 17:37
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Lateral G's
My parents used to beat the S|-|!+ out of me when I was little. It seemed every day I would get belted. It go 1st my mom would belt me, than she'd go get my dad to belt me again. I hated my parents when I was little. I was small and didnt understand what was happening other than the fact that it seemed like whatever I did or wanted to do I would get belted and punished for it. Also I didnt really have any friends when I was young do to the fact that I was not allowed to go out side. I mean I could go into the backyard and mess around, but I wasnt allowed to go in the front yard or anything.
This is probably why I'm kinda of a loner IRL. I function perfectaly fine by myself and my friends circle is extremely small. I only talk to 3 people on a daily basis, and about 10 people i talk to every now and than.
Once I got into middle school though, my parents lightend up ALOT. They stopped belting me when they saw that I didnt give a damn and would instead take away my video games -.-''. Now though my parents basically let me do whatever I want. I wanna go some where, I tell them where I'm going and leave. Basically I have no restrictions now other than what time I come home. 11PM usually the latest I stay out. I get tired anyways so its all good.
Do my parents suck though? Well, when I was small yes, but now no. My dad is a bit lazy and gets mad when I dont take the initiative to do something. He complains than I only do stuff when I'm TOLD to do it. Whatever blow me. My mom doesnt really have any problems with me at all anymore and she the one that used to get pissed at me for everything. I do what she tells me to do, I dont come home late, and its all good .
Do I love my parents? I dont really know that. My mom told me before that she beat me 'cuz she loved me. *this was after she belted me and i was in tears* Does that statement make any sence to a 4 year old? I THINK NOT. I guess I'm still a 'lil bitter over my youth, but I still wouldnt trade my parents for anything.
|2004-02-28, 17:43
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Ningyou Hime
I don't know if it's bad or not to spoil children personally. ^^; But I think it's bad to keep a child from having what he wants in fear that he'll be spoiled.. That's just my opinion though. Also what I notice is that.. Usually, the children who are spoiled rotten are the children who have everything they want EXCEPT "parents". I mean, their parents don't talk to them and don't take care of them. I'm not saying parents have to spoil their children, though. They don't have to.
I'm just saying that most parents have an attitude that can lead the children to be mad at them... But a lot of parents are nice overall, and the children do know how to recognize this.. I also agree with ff7799 when he says that it's something related to our era. There's a lot of "educational trends".. By example, it's trendy here to give riddalin to your kids if they're SLIGHTLY hyper. e_e; [ I'm being ironic here, but it's true ] Also it's trendy to not let your children have anything that children like.
|2004-02-28, 17:59
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ff7799, I think you're making a harsh generalization of parents in your post. Just because you believe that your parents are unfair to you doesn't mean that everyone has parents like yours. Also, no matter how unfair your parents are, I'm sure you'll always love 'em.
Alright, that was a little too sappy for my tastes. I'm outta here.
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Beyond Survival: Economic Analyses of Chemotherapy in Advanced, Inoperable NSCLC
Beyond Survival: Economic Analyses of Chemotherapy in Advanced, Inoperable NSCLC
Lung cancer is the primary cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States, accounting for almost 30% of all cancer-related deaths.[1] It is estimated that more than 177,000 cases of lung cancer were diagnosed in 1996.[1] Direct medical expenditures for lung cancer reached some $5 billion in 1996 and represented about 15% of all cancer-related costs.[1] In short, lung cancer presents a substantial challenge to clinicians and results in a significant human and economic burden.
Squamous cell, large cell, and adenocarcinomas of the lung comprise the class of tumors commonly referred to as non-small-cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC). Collectively, they represent more than 75% of all lung carcinomas.[2] Average 5-year survival rates for non-small-cell lung cancer are about 13%,[1] but prognosis is highly dependent on stage of disease. Five-year survival rates average about 5% for persons with stage IIIb disease and less than 2% for those with stage IV disease.[3]
Treatment Options and Dilemmas
Therapeutic options for persons with non-small-cell lung cancer are limited. Surgical excision of the tumor is the treatment of choice, and persons with stage I disease have a better than 70% survival rate at 5 years.[3] Yet, only 30% of patients are operable at presentation.[3] For individuals with unresectable locally or regionally advanced disease, radiotherapy, alone or in combination with chemotherapy, is the preferred option. For those with metastatic disease, the goals of therapy include palliation and extension of survival. Patients with metastatic disease typically receive supportive care with or without chemotherapy. However, controversy exists over the appropriate role of chemotherapy in this setting.
Recent studies comparing radiotherapy plus chemotherapy vs radiotherapy alone in patients with advanced disease but no clinically evident metastases have been inconclusive.[4-10] A meta-analysis of studies evaluating the addition of a cisplatin (Platinol)-based regimen to radiotherapy alone suggested a 13% reduction in the risk of death (hazard ratio, .87; 95% confidence interval [CI], .79 to .96).[11] This result corresponds to an absolute survival benefit of 2% at 5 years.[11]
Evidence of clinical benefit is also mixed when chemotherapy is compared to best supportive care (BSC) for stage IV patients.[12-19] A general trend favoring the use of chemotherapy has been reported, but only a few studies establish a statistically significant survival difference. In part, the equivocal results are related to the small sample sizes of the studies, [20] although meta-analyses support the finding of a modest benefit.[11,21-23]
Considering the dismal prognosis of these patients, some clinicians believe that even modest survival gains are important and should be aggressively pursued. Others disagree, maintaining that the minimal survival and palliative benefits from the use of these agents have little merit in clinical practice, especially in view of their associated toxicity and cost. These variations in belief and practice concerning the use of chemotherapy in inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer have been demonstrated by several studies.[24-28]
The purpose of this paper is to recount existing data on the economic consequences of chemotherapy in patients with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer as they relate to the clinical risks and benefits of treatment. Data are presented that describe the cost-effectiveness of chemotherapy, and although chemotherapys effect on quality of life is not a primary focus, this review addresses the importance of preferences in prioritizing benefits vs costs. We conclude by commenting on the role of chemotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer and by identifying the limitations of analyses that should be taken into account by future studies.
MEDLINE (1980-present), PDQ (September 1997), Cancerlit (1989-present), EMBASE (1989-present), and the Nursing & Allied Health (1982-present) databaseS were searched in September 1997 for studies published in English through the use of the following key terms: cost, cost-effectiveness, chemotherapy, and non-small-cell lung cancer. The reference list of relevant articles was also scrutinized, and several authors of economic analyses of therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer were queried about the existence of other published or unpublished studies. Studies that included chemotherapy but focused primarily on the role of colony-stimulating factors or antiemetics were excluded. Those evaluating patients with lung cancer, instead of non-small-cell lung cancer, were also excluded.
Various approaches to economic evaluation are possible.[29] Studies of chemotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer have generally employed three types of analyses: costing, cost-minimization, and cost-effectiveness. Costing analysis describes the costs of providing a particular intervention and expresses the results in monetary units.
Cost-minimization analysis compares the costs of competing strategies that achieve the same clinical outcomes and selects the approach with the lowest cost. This method is limited, however, since different treatments seldom produce truly equivalent outcomes.
Cost-effectiveness analysis overcomes this limitation by simultaneously considering the comparative costs and outcomes of two or more treatment strategies. A ratio of cost to effectiveness is estimated. (The ratio has been defined as the incremental price of obtaining a unit of health effect from a given health intervention when compared to an alternative intervention. Results are reported as monetary unit per outcome gained.) Higher priority is given to interventions with lower cost-effectiveness ratios because they offer the maximum aggregate health benefit for a particular expenditure. Although any clinically measurable end point can be used, most analyses use years of life gained. We reviewed the economic evaluations for incremental cost-effectiveness ratios using life-years or quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained.
Summary of Study Results
Seventeen studies were identified. Five were excluded from this review. Of the five, three were published only in abstract form,[30-32] and a fourth that considered the costs of using fazarabine for metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer was excluded because the drug had no demonstrable activity.[33] Rees reported a notional patient benefit year cost for two non-small-cell lung cancer chemotherapy regimens,[34] but we excluded this fifth study because the method of economic analysis used in the study is not a standard approach.
Table 1 provides a summary of the key elements of the 12 included studies.[35-46] A wide variety of economic evaluation approaches were utilized, and most analyses were reported within the last few years. Earlier analyses compared certain regimens to best supportive care or to other available products. Many of the more recent evaluations projected the clinical and economic impact of gemcitabine (Gemzar) prior to its approval in the United States from data accumulated in phase II trials.
All of the analyses reported direct medical costs, with most taking the perspective of a third-party payor, such as the government or an insurance company. Only six reported cost-effectiveness ratios with life-years or QALYs gained as the outcome measure. In most of the identified studies, trial data were supplemented with data from other sources, such as surveys, published guidelines, or chart reviews, in order to produce the economic evaluation.
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It's not surprising that plays and movies often show family psychodramas bursting out into the open on major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's not only that we're often thrust together with more members of our extended families and conflicts can arise, but we also have such high expectations. We've seen all the sentimental movies, magazines, and commercials about family holidays, and most of us have wonderful childhood memories of intense anticipation and excitement. Often, parents have worked very hard ahead of time to create memorable gatherings, and if something goes wrong, we feel crushed. Or exhausted. Or both.
So before getting into fun ideas for celebrating lots of different special holidays, here are a couple of ways to prevent holiday burnout.
If you are celebrating something for the first time, don't overdo it. Be realistic in the number of activities you plan, the number of people you invite, and the number of new recipes you decide to prepare.
If you're celebrating an occasion you've marked previously, when it is getting close, do a quick evaluation of how it went the last time or last couple of times. Ask other members of the family, too, for their suggestions. If it felt overwhelming, figure out which foods, activities, and decorations were the most fun and rewarding, and skip a couple of the others. Sometimes more is less.
Just because something has been a tradition in your family for years doesn't mean it has to be in the future. There are many different reasons for making drastic, as well as minor, changes. Perhaps your children have outgrown the annual Easter egg hunt or are too old to leave cookies and milk for Santa. Maybe the matriarch or patriarch of the family has died, or moved, and you need to change both where and how you celebrate. Or maybe someone who has been doing the heavy lifting tradition-wise is injured or suffering from a chronic illness.
When author and family educator Kathleen Chesto was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986, she had to make considerable changes to her holiday plans. Her kids were old enough to be able to help with the cooking, so she put this question to them: Would you like to prepare our traditional feast yourselves, or should we pick a new menu that's doable for me? They chose the latter, so the family switched from turkey to roast beef for Thanksgiving. Kathleen says it was a positive exercise because the whole family realized that being together was the centerpiece of their holidays and was more important than what they ate. They revisited the issue later, and when the kids got a little older, they switched back to more elaborate menus: They were ready to do the cooking themselves.
One more example: I know a family that had stopped celebrating Christmas together. Their parents had divorced when the children were young but in later years still insisted on having fancy, formal dinners together for holidays. Everyone was miserable, suffered from indigestion, and began to dread the holidays. When the kids grew up, they all went their separate ways. But when they began to have children of their own, one sibling raised the idea of getting together for Christmas. The response was: only if we can completely reinvent the ritual for our generation. The new tradition is the opposite of their childhood dinners, a completely informal seafood feast. They throw tablecloths on the floor, eat with their hands, drink a lot of wine, and laugh a lot.
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I wrote early in February about John Ruskey and the "Mighty Quapaws," a canoe company in the Mississippi Delta that takes young people out on the Mississippi down where the river is REALLY BIG, and where most people are, frankly, afraid of the water. Ruskey and his crew are working wonders to set up trips that teach people about the history and geography of the place they live in, open their eyes to the wonders of the natural world around them, teach them self-reliance and teamwork, and get good exercise into the bargain.
What's not to like, right?
Apparently the Mississippi Department of Revenue has found a lot not to like, assessing Ruskey's company a five-figure tax bill even though federal law clearly states that taxes shall not be assessed on activities taking place on navigable waterways. As this article from the Mississippi Business Journal makes clear, Ruskey and his company are in imminent danger of going out of business or, at the very least, being distracted to the point where the quality of their work suffers.
Ruskey's "Island 63" blog recently announced the formation of a Legal Defense Fund and ways to contribute, an extreme step that obviously pains this proudly independent entrepreneur. His point that the nature tourism business is in its infancy in Mississippi and has tremendous growth potential is a powerful argument that deserves to be heard more widely.
Aside from the immediate urgency from the tax case Ruskey is facing, I think there is another issue here as well. Once again, the Mississippi River is "a place apart," a place where some of the rules "on land" are unclear or not applicable. The Mississippi River forms the border for eight of the ten states that it passes through, as well as the borders of a number of federal agency regions (the EPA, for example.)
The net effect is two-fold. On one hand, the river's status as on the margins of state and agency boundaries leaves it isolated, "falling through the cracks" with no certain responsibility or authority for making sure that it is managed well. This status is obviously problematic.
On the other hand, the margins are where interesting new encounters happen, where growth occurs. Ruskey would probably agree that much of the magic of paddling the Mississippi lies in the fact that it is away from so many things that define "life here in settled areas." In this respect, the "margins," understood as ecologists understand the margins between ecotones, are dynamic, interesting, the most valuable places on earth.
It is fervently to be hoped that Ruskey and his supporters can talk sense into a hidebound state bureaucracy. We must be able to continue to send our young people into wild places, into the margins.
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