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On this site is archived all the content from Dr. Dobb's that was published on the Web through December 31, 2014. - Architecture & Design
RESTful Web Services: A Tutorial
As REST has become the default for most Web and mobile apps, it's imperative to have the basics at your fingertips.
Why Build Your Java Projects with Gradle Rather than Ant or Maven?
The default build tool for Android (and the new star of build tools on the JVM) is designed to ease scripting of complex, multi-language builds. Should you change to it, though, if you're using Ant or Maven?
Developer Reading List: The Must-Have Books for JavaScript
The best books for learning the basics, becoming expert, and and writing complete apps in JavaScript
Why I Gave My Engineering Team a Chance for a Do-Over
Transforming to a microservices architecture requires coordination across all disciplines. It won't be easy, but it promises plenty of benefits.
Integrating Security into DevOps Takes Care
It makes sense to involve IT security with DevOps, but the integration isn't as easy as it sounds.
A Telecommuting Tradeoff: Less Collaboration
Some companies believe that collaboration in today's agile workplace suffers when employees are full-time telecommuters.
The Secret to AI Could be Little-Known Transfer Learning
As more enterprises discover AI-based business applications, the concept of transfer learning could help to level the playing field.
9 Cloud Certifications Worth Your Time and Money
For IT professionals who want to advance their careers with new skills, certifications in cloud technology and management are a good bet.
Who Moved My Tech? The Art of Convincing the Unconvinced
Every technology initiative -- in fact many business changes -- will run into resistance from people. Here are three steps to overcoming that resistance.
Innovation Relies on Humanizing the IT Organization
IT organizations are quick to talk about hardware failures, software failures, and outages, but so often the cause of IT failures can be pinned on people.
How to Build Resilient Work Teams
It takes internal "grit" to cope with business and technology changes. Lynn Christensen of Workday shares some advice on building resilience.
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Menez intrigued by PSG link
Roma midfielder Jeremy Menez has admitted that he could be tempted to join Paris St Germain.
By Simone Bargellini
Last Updated: 20/06/11 5:43pm
Roma midfielder Jeremy Menez has admitted that he could be tempted to join Paris St Germain.
The France international has spent the last three years away from his homeland, having previously turned out for Sochaux and Monaco.
Speculation has suggested that he could be on the move this summer and a return to Ligue 1 has been widely touted.
PSG are expected to spend big following the arrival of Middle Eastern investment and Menez has confirmed that he would be willing to consider a move to the French capital.
"The project that has been started at PSG is one that pleases me," he told France Football.
"If they have the means to become a big team, it could be interesting for me to come and play in Paris.
"I do not see a return to Ligue 1 as a step back from Serie A.
"That is something from the past. There has been a lot of talk about my future, but I have not made my decision yet."
Menez has also been linked with Juventus and AC Milan, but Rossoneri vice-president Adriano Galliani has sought to distance his club from any possible approach for the highly-rated 24-year-old.
He said: "After signing (Philippe) Mexes, could Menez also arrive at AC Milan? No, absolutely not."

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(CBS/CBS Chicago) - -Four people are dead and at least 11 more were injured after shootings broke out in Chicago on Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday, reported CBS Chicago.
PICTURES: Lives lost to violence in Chicago
The dead, according to the station, include a 57-year-old woman who police found shot in the head and in critical condition on a South Side sidewalk while they were on a routine patrol and heard gunshots at around 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, authorities said.
WBBM reported that the victim was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County where she died Thursday morning, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
Michael Kizer, 34, was also among the fatalities, police said. He was shot outside of his home when two gunman approached him and opened fire, said the station.
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On Wednesday afternoon, at 1:08 p.m. a 25-year-old man was fatally shot in the neck and later pronounced dead at Roseland Community Hospital. At the same time, just blocks away, another man was shot but survived, reported WBBM.
Little is known about the fourth homicide victim, except for that he was in his 20s and police found him with fatal gunshot wounds, said the station.
CBS Chicago reported that 10 additional people were shot and injured between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office confirmed the fatalities but would not release three of the four homicide victims' names.


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Pooled data were analyzed from the NCI Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan) to study the association between pre-diagnostic anthropometric measures and risk of pancreatic cancer.
PanScan applied a nested case-control study design and included 2,170 cases and 2,209 controls. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using unconditional logistic regression for cohort-specific quartiles of body mass index (BMI), weight, height, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), as well as conventional BMI categories: underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal (18.5-24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25.0-29.9 kg/m2), obese (30.0-34.9 kg/m2), and severely obese (≥35.0 kg/m2). Models were adjusted for potential confounders.
Among all subjects, a positive association between increasing BMI and risk of pancreatic cancer was observed (adjusted OR for the highest vs. lowest BMI quartile = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.12-1.58, Ptrend < 0.001). Among men, the adjusted OR for pancreatic cancer for the highest vs. lowest quartile of BMI was 1.33 (95% CI = 1.04-1.69, Ptrend <0.03). Among women, the adjusted OR for pancreatic cancer for the highest quartile of BMI was 1.34 (95% CI = 1.05-1.70, Ptrend = 0.01). Increased WHR was associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer among women (adjusted OR for the highest vs. lowest quartile = 1.87, 95% CI = 1.31-2.69, Ptrend = 0.003) but less so in men.
The findings provide strong support for a positive association between BMI and pancreatic cancer risk. In addition, centralized fat distribution may increase pancreatic cancer risk, especially in women.
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States 1 and is responsible for about 227,000 deaths per year worldwide 2. Because of the lack of effective screening tests for pancreatic cancer, it is often diagnosed at an advanced stage, contributing to a five-year survival rate that is less than 5% 3. The incidence of pancreatic cancer is higher in men compared with women, and within the United States, it is higher in Blacks compared to Caucasians 3. Smoking, diabetes, and family history of pancreatic cancer are known risk factors 4,5 but these factors do not account for all the cases of pancreatic cancer.
Obesity and high body mass index (BMI) have been proposed as additional risk factors for pancreatic cancer. Prospective studies have yielded conflicting results concerning the association between BMI and risk of pancreatic cancer. A majority of prospective epidemiological studies 6-15 have found that a high body mass index and/or a lack of physical activity are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer incidence or mortality, independently of prior history of diabetes. However, several prospective studies have not confirmed a significant role of BMI in pancreatic cancer 16-23 or found that effect of BMI varied according to smoking status 24,25 or gender 26-28.
The purpose of the current study was to examine the association between BMI, other anthropometric factors, and pancreatic cancer risk by pooling data from nested case-control studies included in the NCI Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan). With 2,170 cases, this is one of the largest analyses to date of BMI and pancreatic cancer.
PanScan is an initiative that was funded jointly by the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences and the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics in 2006. PanScan includes investigators from 12 prospective epidemiologic cohorts and one case-control study and was created to identify genetic markers of susceptibility through a genome-wide association scan and to investigate environmental, lifestyle, and genetic causes of pancreatic cancer.
Studies in the pooled analysis included: The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Trial (ATBC) 29, CLUE II 30, Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS II) 31, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) 32, the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS) 33, the Mayo Clinic study (MAYO) 34, the New York University Women's Health Study (NYUWHS) 35, the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) 36, the Physicians' Health Study (PHS I) 37, the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) 38, Shanghai Men's and Women's Health Studies (SMWHS) 39,40, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) 41, and the Women's Health Study (WHS) 42. A total of 2,170 cases and 2,209 controls were eligible for the current study (Table 1).
Cases included all incident primary pancreatic adenocarcinoma (ICD-O-3 codes C25.0-C25.3, C25.7-C25.9). Endocrine pancreatic tumors (ICD-O-3 code C25.4, histology types 8150, 8151, 8153, 8155, 8240, and 8246) were excluded because the etiology of these cancers is thought to be different from that of exocrine tumors, which account for the vast majority of pancreatic tumors. Case ascertainment varied between studies but included linking participants to cancer registries and national death indices, and self and next of kin report. Most cases were histologically confirmed (ATBC, CLUE II, EPIC, NYUWHS, SMWHS, WHI) or confirmed through cancer registries (ATBC, CPS II, EPIC, SMWHS), death certificates (CPS II, EPIC), or review of medical records by medical personnel (ATBC, CPS II, EPIC, PLCO, SMWHS).
Controls were incidence density-sampled with a 1-to-1 control-to-case ratio and were alive and cancer-free on the date of diagnosis of the matched case. At a minimum, controls were matched to cases on calendar year of birth (±5 years), gender, race and ethnicity. Some cohorts employed more stringent matching on age and, additionally, on other relevant factors (for comparisons of blood levels of analytes of interest) such as age at baseline or age at blood draw (±5 years), date/time of day of blood draw, fasting blood draw, and length of follow-up (Table 1).
Data on anthropometry, demographics and possible confounders were collected through self-administered written questionnaires or in-person interviews. Detailed descriptions of data collection methods have been published previously by the individual studies 29,30,32,33,35-44. From each study, baseline information on body mass index (BMI), weight, height, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), history of cigarette smoking, gender, age, race, family history of pancreatic cancer, alcohol consumption, pancreatitis, and history of diabetes was requested. Individual datasets were checked for consistency with previously published results. A total of forty cases and forty six controls had missing data on BMI, resulting in 2,130 cases and 2,163 controls available for the main analyses.
The Special Studies Institutional Review Board (SSIRB) of the National Cancer Institute approved the pooled PanScan study. Each study also was approved by its local IRB.
Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for pancreatic cancer risk were calculated using unconditional logistic regression, adjusting for cohort, age (categorical), gender, BMI source (self-reported, measured), and smoking (never, former, current) (Model 1). Several multivariate models were assessed to control the effects of potential confounders. Model 2 was additionally adjusted for diabetes history (yes, no). In model 3, cases diagnosed within the first 2 years of follow-up were excluded to address the possibility of an effect of early undiagnosed disease. In model 4, current smokers (at baseline) were excluded, and in model 5, both cases diagnosed within the first 2 years of follow-up and current smokers were excluded. Furthermore, models including waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio were additionally adjusted for height to remove extraneous variation due to body size. There was no adjustment for family history of pancreatic cancer as few cohorts had this information. Trend tests were conducted using cohort-specific quartiles of BMI, weight, height, waist circumference, and WHR, as well as descriptive BMI categories: underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal (reference, 18.5-<25.0 kg/m2), overweight (25.0-<30.0 kg/m2), obese (30.0-<35.0 kg/m2), and severely obese (≥35.0 kg/m2). To test for heterogeneity BMI quartile categories were modeled as a continuous variable and the risk estimates and standard errors from the cohort-specific models were used to generate the Q statistic.
The association between BMI and time of onset for pancreatic cancer was also examined using logistic regression modeling. Differences in time of onset were examined for normal versus overweight versus obese categories of BMI as well as in a combined category of overweight and obese. The analyses were conducted using the SAS program version 9.1.3.
The study included 2,170 pancreatic cancer cases and 2,209 controls aged between 37 and 94 years (Table 1). Of the 2,170 pancreatic cancer cases, 1,059 were males and 1,111 were females. Cases and controls were similar in terms of age and racial distribution (Table 2). The majority of subjects were Caucasian, and 86% of the study population was 60 years of age or older. Compared to the controls, cases had a higher prevalence of current smoking (18% and 25%, respectively), diabetes (7% and 14%, respectively), history of pancreatitis (0.4% and 11%, respectively), and family history of pancreatic cancer (2% and 6%, respectively) based on data from cohorts with available information. The average age of pancreatic cancer onset among cases was 68.3 years and the average lag time between cohort enrollment and diagnosis of pancreatic cancer among cases was 6.3 years.
Table 3 describes baseline anthropometric characteristics of cases and controls. Weight, height, and corresponding BMI were self-reported in about 50% of subjects, measured in 29% of subjects, and measured and subsequently adjusted for difference in clothing in about 20% of subjects. Thirty-six percent of cases and 39% of controls had BMI in the normal range, 41% of cases and 39% of controls were overweight, and 21% of cases and 19% of controls were obese (Table 3). Cases had slightly higher mean weight compared to controls (76.8 kg and 75.5 kg, respectively), and larger mean waist circumference (86.9 and 85.7, respectively). Mean WHR and height were similar.
Table 4 displays odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for pancreatic cancer according to baseline anthropometric factors for all subjects in the study. Among all subjects, a positive association between increasing BMI and risk of pancreatic cancer was observed (adjusted OR for the highest vs. lowest BMI quartile = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.12-1.58, Ptrend < 0.001 in model 1). Statistically significant trends of increasing risk of pancreatic cancer with increasing BMI (both quartiles and clinical categories) were observed in all five models analyzed.
Figures Figures11--33 demonstrate the individual study results (model 1) and pooled risk estimates for overweight, obese, and severely obese individuals, respectively.
Further adjustment for diabetes history (model 2) resulted in attenuation of risk estimates compared to model 1 but P values for trend were statistically significant for BMI quartiles and categories (Table 4). In addition, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio were positively associated with risk of pancreatic cancer among all subjects with top versus bottom quartile ORs = 1.23 (95% CI = 0.94-1.62) and 1.71 (95% CI = 1.27-2.30), respectively (Table 4). Stratification by BMI source (self-reported, measured) resulted in similar risk estimates: ORs (95% CIs) for obese vs. normal BMI were 1.24 (0.92-1.68) for measured BMI and 1.21 (0.95-1.53) for self-reported BMI. The OR per 5 kg/m2 increase in BMI was 1.13 (95% CI = 1.11-1.14).
The risk estimates did not change significantly in the sensitivity analysis excluding the Mayo Clinic case-control study (data not shown), therefore we decided to include the Mayo subjects in the final analyses. There was no evidence of significant heterogeneity between different cohorts for the BMI-pancreatic cancer results (P heterogeneity = 0.36).
Tables 55 and and66 show ORs and 95% CIs of pancreatic cancer among males and females, respectively. Among men, adjusted risk estimate (model 1) for the top versus bottom quartile of BMI was 1.33 (95% CI = 1.04-1.69). Higher risk estimates were observed after exclusion of current smokers (model 4). Among males who never smoked, there was a statistically significant trend of increasing risk with increasing BMI (P trend = 0.007) with the top versus bottom quartile OR = 1.51 (95% CI = 1.13-2.03). Height, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio were not significantly associated with pancreatic cancer among males (Table 5).
Among women, statistically significant trends of increasing risk of pancreatic cancer with increasing BMI were observed overall (model 1) and after exclusion of cases diagnosed within the first 2 years of follow-up (model 3) or current and former smokers (model 4) (Table 6). Compared to normal BMI (model 1), the ORs of pancreatic cancer were 1.31 (95% CI = 1.07-1.60) for overweight women and 1.61 (95% CI = 1.12-2.33, P trend = 0.003) for severely obese women. Increasing waist circumference and WHR were significantly associated with pancreatic cancer risk in women. Compared to the reference group, women in the highest quartile of WHR had an OR of 1.87 (95% CI = 1.31-2.69) after adjustment for cohort, age, BMI source, and smoking status. Inclusion of both BMI (categorical) and WHR (quartiles) in the same model suggested that the effect of increasing WHR is stronger (P = 0.006) compared to that of BMI categories (P = 0.44) after adjustment for cohort, age, gender, BMI source, smoking, and diabetes history.
We did not observe clinically meaningful differences in time of onset for pancreatic cancer between normal and overweight/obese individuals. Overweight and obese individuals together were diagnosed approximately 4 months earlier than normal weight individuals (data not shown). When comparing obese individuals only with normal weight individuals, obese subjects were diagnosed on average about one year earlier than normal weight individuals and the difference was statistically significant (p = 0.03).
Results from this large, pooled set of studies support the hypothesis that obesity is associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. The present findings are consistent with the majority of previous epidemiologic studies that found a positive association between BMI and pancreatic cancer risk 45 and support the conclusion from a recent review panel from the World Cancer Research Fund that the strength of the evidence supporting an association between obesity and pancreatic cancer is convincing 45.
Previous studies that did not observe a positive association between body mass index and pancreatic cancer were often limited by use of proxy respondents 46-49 or by inadequate statistical power to examine associations at BMI levels that correspond with obesity (fewer than 10 cases with BMI > 30.0) 7,10,17,50. Controversy regarding the role of smoking in the BMI and pancreatic cancer relationship still remains. Many previous studies that did not observe an association with obesity did not properly control for smoking history 7,47,48,50. It is possible that residual confounding due to improper adjustment for smoking history may have biased the association between body mass index and pancreatic cancer toward the null. When stratifying on smoking status, some previous studies found the relationship between BMI and pancreatic cancer was strongest among never smokers 24,25. Our findings are consistent with previous reports that the association between BMI and pancreatic cancer is stronger among non-smokers (adjusted OR for BMI ≥30 = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.06-1.78) than smokers (adjusted OR for BMI ≥30 = 1.14, 95% CI = 0.91-1.78).
Unlike a recent report where the authors reported that individuals who were overweight or obese from the ages of 20 to 49 had an earlier onset of pancreatic cancer compared to those with normal body weight 51, we did not find a substantial difference in age of diagnosis between normal weight and the combined group of overweight/obese individuals.
In our study, BMI was assessed between the ages 37 and 94 and overweight or obese individuals were diagnosed on average 4 months earlier than normal weight individuals. The previous report by Li et al. 51, using a hospital-based case-control study design, found that overweight or obese patients from the ages 20 to 49 had a median age of pancreatic cancer onset 2 to 6 years earlier than normal weight patients. However, these differences were based on BMI as recalled from early adulthood and may have been subject to recall bias. Nevertheless, as suggested by Li et al., obesity at younger ages might have a more profound effect on risk and age of onset of pancreatic cancer than obesity at older ages.
There are established biologic pathways to support a relationship between excess body weight and the development of pancreatic cancer. Body fatness has a direct linear relationship with insulin production and is related to the development of insulin resistance 52. Furthermore, insulin resistance and abnormal glucose metabolism, even in the absence of diabetes, is associated with pancreatic cancer risk 8,53,54. In vitro studies have also shown that insulin has growth-promoting effects in the pancreas 55. A hyperinsulinemic state allows increased insulin to pass through the pancreas and trigger mitotic activity 8,53,56. Additionally, excess insulin can also down-regulate insulin-like growth factor-I binding proteins, which would result in more bioavailable insulin-like growth factor-I that has been associated with cell proliferation and pancreatic cancer risk 54,57.
The results of this study also support a specific role of central adiposity in pancreatic cancer risk, especially among women. In addition to general body fatness, there is a direct linear relationship between intra-abdominal fat deposits, insulin production, and the development of insulin resistance 52.
There are several strengths of the current study including the very large sample size, the wide range of BMI, and the ability to control for most known or suspected pancreatic cancer risk factors. Additionally, our population was largely a nested sample from various prospective cohort studies, so that BMI was measured prior to pancreatic cancer diagnosis, thus reducing differential reporting of past exposure information. Limitations include the use of some self-reported exposure information; however, adjusting for source of exposure information (self-reported or measured), did not alter the association. Another potential limitation is the wide range of lag periods between BMI measurement (collected at baseline for each cohort) and the date of diagnosis; however, sensitivity analyses examining this lag time by excluding the first 2 years of follow-up did not change the point estimates appreciably, thus arguing against an influence of pre-diagnostic disease-related changes in anthropometric measures (reverse causation). Participating cohorts had different coding systems for physical activity that were not readily comparable; therefore we could not assess whether the association between BMI and pancreatic cancer vary by level of physical activity. To address potential residual confounding by smoking, we have performed the analyses in never smokers and found slightly stronger association between BMI and pancreatic risk. Lastly, only a few cohorts had data available on waist and hip circumference, so that there was limited statistical power to examine these relationships.
In summary, the results of this study provide additional evidence that obesity is associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer. In addition, the association between waist circumference and pancreatic cancer risk, especially in women, suggests a possible association with the distribution of body fat. These findings, along with those from previous studies, strongly support the role of obesity in pancreatic cancer development.
The authors thank the investigators from the PanScan Cohort Consortium centers and the study participants, without whom this study would have not been possible.
Funding/Grant Support: This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN261200800001E. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Trial was supported by funding provided by the Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute, and the U.S. Public Health Service contracts [(N01-CN-45165, N01-RC-45035, N01-RC-37004].
CLUE II was supported by National Institute of Aging [5U01AG018033] and National Cancer Institute [CA105069, CA73790].
European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition was supported by the European Commission: Public Health and Consumer Protection Directorate 1993-2004; Research Directorate-General 2005; Ligue contre le Cancer; Societé 3M; Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) (France); German Cancer Aid, German Cancer Research Center, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany); Danish Cancer Society (Denmark); Health Research Fund (FIS) of the Spanish Ministry of Health, The participating regional governments and institutions (Spain); Cancer Research UK, Medical Research Council, Stroke Association, British Heart Foundation, Department of Health, Food Standards Agency, the Wellcome Trust (United Kingdom); Greek Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity, Hellenic Health Foundation and Stavros Niarchos Foundation (Greece); Italian Association for Research on Cancer (AIRC) (Italy); Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports, Dutch Prevention Funds, LK Research Funds, Dutch ZON (Zorg Onderzoek Nederland) (the Netherlands); Swedish Cancer Society, Swedish Scientific Council, Regional Government of Skane and Västerbotten (Sweden); World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).
The New York University Women's Health Study is supported by the National Cancer Institute research grants [R01CA034588, R01CA098661, P30CA016087] and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center grant [ES000260].
The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial was supported by contracts from the National Cancer Institute [University of Colorado Denver, NO1-CN-25514, Georgetown University NO1-CN-25522, Pacific Health Research Institute NO1-CN-25515, Henry Ford Health System NO1-CN-25512, University of Minnesota, NO1-CN-25513, Washington University NO1-CN-25516, University of Pittsburgh NO1-CN-25511, University of Utah NO1-CN-25524 Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation NO1-CN-25518, University of Alabama at Birmingham NO1-CN-75022, Westat, Inc. NO1-CN-25476, University of California, Los Angeles NO1-CN-25404].
The Shanghai Men's and Women's Health Studies were supported by the National Cancer Institute extramural research grants [R01 CA82729, R01 CA70867] and by the Intramural Research Program of National Cancer Institute (Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics).
The Women's Health Initiative is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute through contracts [N01WH22110, 24152, 32100-2, 32105-6, 32108-9, 32111-13, 32115, 32118-32119, 32122, 42107-26, 42129-32, and 44221].
Role of the Sponsors: This project has been funded with federal funds from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. The funding agency had no role in the conduct of the study, the interpretation of the data, or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Author Contributions:
Dr. Arslan had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analyses.
Conception and Design: Patricia Hartge, Demetrius Albanes, Laufey Amundadottir, Stephen J. Chanock, Robert N. Hoover, Amy Hutchinson, Kevin B. Jacobs, Julie B. Mendelsohn, Gilles Thomas, Geoffrey S. Tobias, Kai Yu
Analysis and Interpretation of Data: Alan A. Arslan, Alpa V. Patel, Emily Steplowski, Charles Kooperberg, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Xiao-Ou Shu
Drafting of the article: Alan A. Arslan, Alpa V. Patel, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Charles Kooperberg, Xiao-Ou Shu, Emily Steplowski
Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: Alan A. Arslan, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Charles Kooperberg, Xiao-Ou Shu, Emily Steplowski, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Eric J. Jacobs, Heiner Boeing, Edward L. Giovannucci, Amy Hutchinson, JoAnn E. Manson, Anne McTiernan, Julie B. Mendelsohn, Dominique S. Michaud, Thomas E. Rohan, Geoffrey S. Tobias, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Jarmo Virtamo, Alpa V. Patel
Final approval of the article: Alan A. Arslan, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Charles Kooperberg, Xiao-Ou Shu, Emily Steplowski, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Charles S. Fuchs, Myron D. Gross, Eric J. Jacobs, Andrea LaCroix, Gloria M. Petersen, Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon, Wei Zheng, Demetrius Albanes, Laufey Amundadottir, William R. Bamlet, Aurelio Barricarte, Sheila A. Bingham, Heiner Boeing, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Julie E. Buring, Stephen J. Chanock, Sandra Clipp, J. Michael Gaziano, Edward L. Giovannucci, Susan E. Hankinson, Patricia Hartge, Robert N. Hoover, David J. Hunter, Amy Hutchinson, Kevin B. Jacobs, Peter Kraft, Shannon M. Lynch, Jonas Manjer, JoAnn E. Manson, Anne McTiernan, Robert R. McWilliams, Julie B. Mendelsohn, Dominique S. Michaud, Domenico Palli, Thomas E. Rohan, Nadia Slimani, Gilles Thomas, Anne Tjønneland, Geoffrey S. Tobias, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Jarmo Virtamo, Brian M. Wolpin, Kai Yu, Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Alpa V. Patel
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I live in America and I have a very unnatural love for gingers. Like an obsession, really. I have been thinking about getting into some international stuff for my degree or furthering my education in another country.
I know this sounds completely illogical, but if there is somewhere with more gingers than here, I want to go there. I don't see myself meeting anyone between now and when I graduate and living somewhere with a higher ginger population would probably increase my chances. :/
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PANTY AND STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT, Now With Holes and Runs Fixed!
Back in august I reviewed the Manga UK DVD release of Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, the cheeky and VERY funny Japanese animation series about two angels stuck on Earth who have to use their transforming undergarments to fight demons.
Unfortunately, that release was badly marred by a mastering error on the third disc, which therefore missed a minute of every one of the last few episodes. Manga UK did the right thing, recalled the whole batch, and provided replacement discs, even actively alerting people to contact them.
I loved this release. The series itself is goofy fun and the documentary extras on this disc are awesome, amongst the best I've seen released this year. My review concluded with:
"...All in all I really recommend checking out these discs. I had an almost illegal amount of fun with them."
And in that review I also promised to give a shout when this title was once again being traded by the two largest online distributor chains of the UK, being play.com and our affiliate Amazon.co.uk. That happened earlier this week, so this is the shout: you can now again safely order this DVD-release and be guaranteed to get the correct, fixed version.
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U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) has endorsed a bill introduced by Massachusetts State Representative Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk) that would require utility companies to provide a refund for customers who have been without power for over eight hours.
"Like most of my neighbors, I find it unacceptable that hundreds of thousands of people in Massachusetts remained without power so long after Saturday's storm. The inadequate response from the utilities raises serious questions about their storm preparations and whether they had enough assets in place to deal with the problem as it was occurring. What's at the heart of this issue is safety. We had power out in homes with young children, and seniors living alone, with temperatures dropping to freezing at night," said Senator Brown. "We need to put in place financial penalties for the utilities so they will allocate sufficient resources to preventing a recurrence of the problem."
"We need to make sure the residents of Massachusetts are being taken care of and the utility companies are held accountable to fix the problem in a timely manner," said Rep. Dan Winslow.
Rep. Winslow's legislation, currently before the Massachusetts House of Representatives, would require electric utilities provide a rebate for customers who have been without power for more than eight hours. The rebate would be worth two days of their average electricity bill for each day they are without power.
Source: http://scottbrown.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2011/11/brown-endorses-winslow-power-outage-rebate-bill


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Weiss, M. Lynn. Gertrude Stein and Richard Wright: The Poetics and Politics of Modernism. U P of Mississippi, 1998.
B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Brandeis University


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May 17, 2011
The CW has renewed spy series Nikita for a second season. The show has been a relatively strong performer for the network, and even back in February co-star Melinda Clarke expressed her optimism for a renewal.
Nikita got off to an impressive start out of the gate, with its debut matching The CW's all-time best ratings in the Thursday 9-10:00pm time slot among women 18-34. While dropping off slightly over the course of the season - normal for most shows on any network - it managed to hold a good portion of its audience through to its finale on May 12.
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ADVERTISEMENTS touting cash giveaways and other sweepstakes have cluttered the Internet for years, mostly appearing on search services and other high-traffic informational Web sites. For marketers, the object of the game was, and is, to compel million-dollar dreamers to fork over their e-mail addresses and other valuable personal information.
Now, though, sweepstakes are migrating with increasing frequency from informational sites to the front pages of Internet merchants. Last week, for instance, buyers could register to win a trip to Universal Studios from CDNow, a BMW from Buy.com, and a trip to see a Dave Matthews Band concert from Borders.com, among many other come-ons.
Often, the goals are similar to those of advertisers -- namely, get the consumers' e-mail addresses, and their consent to send follow-up missives about new products and sales. But for e-commerce executives, sweepstakes offer other, more immediate benefits, including the chance to attract new customers and keep existing customers coming back to the site. And because investors have diminishing patience for Internet merchants that use generous, if not ludicrously expensive, product giveaways and free shipping promotions to snare new customers, e-tailers see sweepstakes as a much more affordable way to achieve marketing goals.
''As e-commerce companies look more closely at their marketing budget, they're shifting more and more of that money into promotions, and sweepstakes in particular,'' said Steven Krein, chief executive of Promotions.com, which conducts promotions on behalf of Internet companies. ''It's much more attractive than giving price-offs, or giving stuff away with every purchase.''
Although there is no shortage of original ideas on the Web, one of the more imaginative sweepstakes offers from e-commerce sites lately is the ''Win-a-Guy'' sweepstakes from OurHouse.com, which sells home improvement supplies. In the contest, those who buy something on the site earn chances to win a week's worth of services from Lou Manfredini, who goes by the name Mr. Fix It on a Chicago radio program and on NBC's ''Today'' show.Continue reading the main story
''The idea had to do with the tone of sweepstakes in general, which is that they're fun,'' said Gary Briggs, OurHouse.com's chief marketing officer. ''We wanted to do more than just say, 'Come to the site, get a free coffee maker.' ''
The current Win-a-Guy sweepstakes is OurHouse.com's second such effort. The first, which ran from February through April, generated more than 100,000 registrants -- of which 85,000 agreed to accept marketing messages by e-mail.
As with other e-commerce executives who use sweepstakes, Mr. Briggs has changed the campaign to fit his marketing goals of the moment. When the site rolled out in November, he said, the first contest was intended to acquire new customers, with a $10 discount for first-time buyers who registered for the sweepstakes. By contrast, Mr. Briggs said the current contest ''is more about driving people for repeat visits and purchases.'' And so it rewards repeat buyers with more chances to win.
The best testament to the success of this promotion, of course, is the revenue ultimately generated from contest registrants. Those who entered the first Win-a-Guy sweepstakes bought $30 more worth of goods per order than those who did not, Mr. Briggs said. And under the current campaign, repeat customers in the sweepstakes have bought $20 more worth of goods per order than other repeat customers.
Such fine-tuning and statistical tracking is at odds with the reality of most sweepstakes initiatives, said Jim Nail, an analyst with Forrester Research, an Internet consulting firm. ''We've been shocked at how little tracking people do for any of their promotions,'' Mr. Nail said. ''When we recently asked about the cost of promotions or what kind of customers they generated from them, about 60 percent didn't know.''
Steve Hamlin, vice president for operations at iQVC, the Internet division of the shop-by-television company QVC, said that when the site ran its only sweepstakes two years ago, iQVC did not track the success of the program, aside from logging the names and e-mail addresses of the 19,000 registrants.
That will change, he said, with a new sweepstakes later this year. That sweepstakes will dovetail with an ongoing contest on the QVC network, in which announcers disclose a ''lucky number'' eight times a day. QVC customers whose membership numbers match the lucky number receive a $10 account credit, and are eligible to win cash and prizes. Mr. Hamlin said the Web site would join the contest, disclosing lucky numbers periodically and announcing winners.
Integrating the two programs, he said, will enable the company to lure more television customers to the Internet. ''When we bring customers to the Web, their yearly purchases increase 25 percent,'' Mr. Hamlin said. ''So obviously, the more we can bring over, the better.''
A frequent refrain of sweepstakes naysayers is that the types of people who seek quick riches or product giveaways are the least desirable customers a company could engage. But Jonas Steinman, co-founder of iWon.com, which is backed by CBS, said such opinions were baseless. IWon, a so-called portal site, has given away more than $21 million in sweepstakes cash to registered users since it started in October.
''Ninety-three million out of 190 million adults participated in a sweepstakes or another game of chance in the U.S. last year,'' Mr. Steinman said. ''Contrary to the myth that participants are somehow lower end, they're increasingly reflective of the demographics of the country.''
As for the buying behavior of sweepstakes participants on the site's shopping channel, Bill Daugherty, iWon's other co-founder, would not disclose specifics, but said the site's merchant partners were ''incredibly pleased with the conversion rates of our users.''
CDNow, which sells music CD's online, has also found that sweepstakes provide fertile ground for customers. According to Samantha Liss, the company's senior director for brand marketing, between 8 and 12 percent of those who sign up for sweepstakes and agree to be sent follow-up e-mail messages eventually become paying customers.
CDNow started using sweepstakes on the site at the end of 1997, Ms. Liss said, and now runs one a quarter. The company initially paid outside experts to manage the campaigns, she said, but now conducts all such efforts with internal staff members. ''We've got it down to a turnkey operation now,'' she said. ''We've got almost a template for it.''
CDNow's promotions manager handles the sweepstakes, she said, and four other employees devote ''a couple days, tops, per quarter'' to the events.
Ms. Liss said CDNow had been able to extract sponsorship fees from companies interested in using the sweepstakes as a marketing opportunity. At the end of last year, for example, CDNow ran a millennium promotion, in which it gave away an Oldsmobile Alero. Oldsmobile provided CDNow a car to give away, bought advertising for the event and paid an undisclosed amount to CDNow for sponsorship rights.
Given such an arrangement, Ms. Liss said, the company's sweepstakes have become a revenue source in their own right -- an invaluable asset for a business that, like many other e-tailers, is struggling. Ms. Liss declined to say how much revenue the site had generated from its sweepstakes operations. ''I'll just say it's been a very nice vehicle for us,'' she said.Continue reading the main story


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Photos from one of the Worlds great cities
de Darrell Godliman
Acerca del libro
This book contains over 150 photographs taken from a series of visits to Paris. The main emphasis is the Architecture, but I've attempted to capture the wider context of people and places as well.
Subjects range from the the famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre to the lesser known sights.
More photographs can be seen online at www.flickr.com/darrellg.
Características y detalles
- Categoría Viajes
Vertical estándar, 20×25 cm
80 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación may. 15, 2011
- Etiquetas Darrell Godliman, Eiffel Tower, Architectural Photography, Travel Photography, City break, Black and White, Paris, Buildings, dgphotos, Cities, City, Landmarks, Museum, Louvre, Architecture, Travel, France, travelling, Colour
Acerca del creador
I've been taking photos for over 20 years, during which time I've travelled widely. As well as my Flickr account you can see more of my work at www.dgphotos.co.uk. I specialise in travel and Architectural photography, using a Nikon D300S D-SLR and a wide range of lenses. My next project is now underway, it's a book of my favourite photos of Oxford taken over the past twenty years. Following that will be either be a portfolio of my best travel shots or maybe a selection of my Contemporary Architectural images from the likes of Frank Gehry, Santiago Calatrava etc.
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Darrell Godliman Thanks, it's a fabulous city and I hope I've done it justice.
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Deaths Rise with Ground-Level Ozone Warning
Medical Authors and Editors: Barbara K. Hecht, Ph.D. and Frederick Hecht, M.D.
November 17, 2004 -- A new study has found that exposure to ground-level ozone is associated with an increased risk of death in the US. Increases in the ozone contribute to thousands of deaths every year.
The risk of death is similar for adults of all ages but slightly higher for people with respiratory or cardiovascular problems. The increase in deaths occur at ozone levels below the clean air standards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Study from Hopkins & Yale
National air quality and mortality data from 95 large urban areas for the years 1987-2000 were used to investigate whether daily and weekly exposure to ground-level ozone was associated with mortality. The researchers adjusted for particulate matter, weather, seasonality, and long-term trends.
It was discovered that an increase of 10-ppb (10 parts per billion) in the daily ozone levels for the previous week was associated with a 0.52% increase in daily mortality. This corresponds to 3,767 additional deaths annually in the 95 urban areas studied.
Comments on the Study
"Cars and smokestacks produce gases that then undergo a chemical transformation, becoming ozone in the air," said Dr. Michelle Bell, another author of the study from Yale.


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Shanghai Disneyland first two weeks sold out
Tickets for Shanghai Disneyland, scheduled to officially open to the public on June 16, have reportedly sold out for the theme park's first two weeks.
Tourists who want to visit the park in Pudong New District can still book tickets for later dates including July, August and September.
The regular admission price has been set at 370 yuan (US$56), while peak pricing for holidays and weekends is set at around 500 yuan (US$76).
Nearly a million people have already visited the Shanghai International Tourism and Resorts Zone, the home of Shanghai Disneyland, as part of a 23-day trial operation period.
110,000 visited during the three-day May Day holiday period at the beginning of this month.
Visitors are being advised to use public transport to reach the new resort. The Disney Station on Shanghai's Metro Line 11 has been up and running since the end of April.
Li Guirong, director of the public security bureau in Pudong New District, says services are also being provided for those who wish to take buses or drive.
"We will provide tourists with the information concerning road conditions or the availability of parking space at the car park through a variety of channels, such as navigation system, radio, WeChat, Weibo or traffic signs. We will also send the police to relieve traffic congestion or even carry out segregation methods."
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: : : : : : : : Defabiis it is, heard they made the inside qualifications so only he would have "the desired qualifications". Still think they should open it up, as there would be alot of interest for sure from quality coaches not just a jv version of etiwanda aka colony.
: : : : : : : I'd say a majority of basketball people would agree that DwFabiis is a quality coach. Nobody is Kleck, or will they be. But most would agree that DeFabiis can coach. You don't win 2 CIF Titles by accident
: : : : : : Two CIF titles in div 2AA....1AA and Open is a whole different animal. Check his record against top teams, then i think you get a more accurate picture in my opinion because that is what you will see night in night out in that league/division. No ontarios, chaffeys etc trade that with Damien and Chino Hills. Not saying he can't coach but he is coaching at a lower level school where adjustments aren't needed on a nightly basis. Roll the balls out and press won't get it done against the top teams.
: : : : : Very good above post. I always respected that Kleckner played a tough schedule. You could never accuse Kleck of "padding" his schedule for wins. Lets hope DeFabis continues this at Etiwanda and doesn't start putting Etiwanda into tournaments like the Sierra Vista/Covina tournament like he did with Colony.
: : : : This is probably one of the best threads that has been on here. No name calling two people presenting info and opinions without the BS. Hopefully the rest of the board can follow the model.
: : : Did DeFaibis actually get the job?
: : Nobody has been named as of today. I hear one of Klecks assistants may be the guy
: Etiwanda plays Colony tomorrow in their summer league. That should be interesting.
Who is coaching Etiwanda this summer? How have they looked? How is Colony looking? I know Colony lost a lot to graduation.
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NEW YORK, USA, 15 August 2006 – UNICEF is warning that thousands of Lebanese children are at risk from unexploded bombs as they return to their homes in the wake of Monday's ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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When you meet a girl say (as your departing) "Your so fun to be around! We should hang out sometime, how does the park on saturday sound?" that little line complements her (making her more likley to say yes) and shows her that you want to hang out. This invite keeps the thrill going and is practically impossible to turn down.
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