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Seafood lovers will truly love their seafood platter.
Oh, and for the kids, there's even a toy train which goes around the perimeter of the dining room (you have to ask for it to be turned on). Be careful regarding the time of day you visit, though, as we've seen wait staff service that has varied from so-so to excellent, depending on who's waiting the tables, especially at breakfast.
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Al was quite the critic. His sharp wit kept theatre producers on their toes. I enjoyed his appearances on WYES-TV's "Steppin' Out" each week. We will surely miss him.
Perhaps the thespians out there can ask the theatres to go dark for one night in his memory? It would be quite a fitting tribute.


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ECE 656 Lecture 36: High-field Transport
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Being a production of USA, this feature film of 2012 has been excellently directed by Stephen Gurewitz. You can watch Marvin Seth and Stanley online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2012.
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Aiden Grimshaw returns with his brand new track, 'The Way We Are', which is available to download for free now. Aiden wrote the track with French Producer, Dimitri Tikovoi, who is best known for his work with Charlie XCX, Mikky Ekko, Goldfrapp, The Horrors, Bebe Black and Paloma Faith.
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Are you looking to find support online? The Internet has been my saving grace time and time again.The first thing I ask is HOW people want to get their support. Maybe you're good with reading on the Internet and have found articles here on EmpoweringParents.com and elsewhere to help you in your journey as a parent. You might want to join groups online with similar interests or problems. It could be that you just need to vent and want nothing else. I found places to do all of these things on the web over the years, which is why the Internet has been my support group.
I remember my first journey into the world wide web and how scary it was. It was 1999. I was still married to my ex and my children were only 2 and 8 years old. My husband worked nights, and after running a day care out of my home for 5 years, I was back out in the work world. I remember being as afraid of going on the web as I would have been walking into a room full of strangers. My first step was into a book club. Eventually, we started talking about our real lives and some of us even began emailing privately. To this day I still have a very good friend that I met in this group. Once I was comfortable with the chats and this group, I ventured out to find other groups with shared interests.
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Clocks to go back for 100th time but group calls for 'obsolete' practice to be scrapped
BRITS are set to get an extra hour in bed as the clocks go back this weekend for the 100th time but a group has blasted the practice as 'obsolete'.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is calling for the tradition to be scrappe
Clocks have been going back an hour for the past century, ever since it was introduced during the First World War, and British Summer Time (BST) was born.
But The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is calling for the tradition to be scrapped altogether.
RoSPA chief executive, Tom Mullarky, said: "Unfortunately there are those who are determined to cling onto a practice which was innovative and forward-looking in 1916 but which has not been updated to its full potential 100 years later."
They are calling for the UK to adopt Central European Time, one hour ahead of the UK's.
The BST model is geared towards maximising the hours of daylight, and while the majority appreciate the extra hour of sleep over the years there have been calls for its to be updated.
The current system in place sees the clocks go an hour back in autumn, and an hour forward in spring.
The clocks always go back on the last Sunday of October every year
Referred to as Greenwich Mean time (GMT) from October to March, time is an hour ahead from March to October, BST, which is GMT plus one hour.
The clocks always go back on the last Sunday of October every year, meaning darkness comes earlier.
This year the clocks are going back at 2am on Sunday October 30.
But Mr Mullarky claims that moving to the European model could potentially save a "significant" number of lives.
Statistics from last year showed pedestrian death rose in winter
[It] has not been updated to its full potential 100 years later
The accident prevention group claim more fatalities happen on the road due to longer hours of darkness.
Statistics from last year showed pedestrian death rose from 27 in September, to 42 in October, 45 in November and 58 in December.
Kevin Clinton, RoSPA's head of road safety, said: "Child pedestrians are particularly vulnerable during the afternoon school run, when they digress on their way home and so are exposed to traffic risk for longer than their morning trip to school.
"During that period motorists are also tired after the day's work, concentration levels are low, and journey times are increased due to shopping and social trips.
This year the clocks are going back at 2am on Sunday October 30
"For these reasons, increased evening daylight would produce significant results in preventing accidents to children and other road users."


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Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a powerful diagnostic and prognostic tool for evaluating coronary artery disease (CAD). Several studies have shown Type 2 diabetics are at increased risk for having CAD. In addition, insulin resistance is generally considered to be of major importance in the pathophysiology of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the area of screening prediabetics for CAD remains unclear. Given that glucose intolerance and insulin resistance precede the development of overt diabetes, these factors would be associated with CAD.
This study was designed to evaluate the state of myocardial perfusion in prediabetic adults detected by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in relation to insulin resistance.
A descriptive study was performed. Out of 113 consecutive prediabetic adults, 32 had insulin resistance (Group A) and 81 had insulin sensitivity (Group B). All were subjected to full medical history and clinical examination including blood pressure, waist circumference, and body mass index. Biochemical studies including lipids profile, fasting blood glucose, and homeostasis model assessments (HOMA) test. Exercise treadmill technetium (99mTC) sestamibi SPECT scintigraphy were done for assessment of myocardial perfusion assessed by summed difference score as well as occurrence of transient left ventricular dilatation.
Significant increase in summed difference score as well as transient left ventricular dilatation was observed in Group A than Group B. It is correlated with insulin resistance, and the correlation appears to be independent of glucose tolerance status and obesity. Similar correlations were observed with age, triglycerides, and waist circumference.
Prediabetics have myocardial perfusion defects which represent a pattern of cardiovascular risk. These are predominantly observed in prediabetics with increased HOMA IR and visceral obesity independent of glucose levels.
Prediabetes broadly refers to an intermediate stage between completely normal glucose levels and the clinical entity of Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and aging are associated with high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) as well as other clinical conditions[1]
The mechanisms through which cardiovascular risk is increased are partially understood. Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a powerful diagnostic and prognostic tool for evaluating coronary artery disease (CAD). Prognostic indicators on MPI include the severity of both fixed and reversible perfusion defects (myocardial infarction and ischemia),[2] reduced left ventricular function after stress,[3,4] and dilation of the left ventricle after stress.[5–7] Given that glucose intolerance and insulin resistance precede the development of overt diabetes, these factors would be associated with ischemic heart disease and perfusion defects. To investigate this hypothesis, the current study was undertaken to evaluate the state of myocardial perfusion in prediabetic adults in relation to insulin resistance. Stress single-photon emission computed tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT) performed with technetium (Tc)-99m–labeled radiopharmaceuticals is widely used for diagnosing CAD and assessing patient risk. Patients determined to have a normal SPECT on the basis of stress imaging alone have a similar mortality rate as those who have a normal SPECT on the basis of evaluation of both stress and rest images.[8]
A descriptive study enrolling 113 consecutive adults with prediabetes with an age range of 40–50 years was carried out. All were recruited from the outpatient diabetes and general medicine clinics of Suez Canal University Hospital from May 2007 to October 2009. Thirty-two adults had insulin resistance (Group A) and 81 had insulin sensitivity (Group B). Exclusion criteria included hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, CVD, severe obesity (body mass index > 40 kg/m2), heavy smokers, and aged adults (over 60 years old). All groups were subjected to full medical history and clinical examination including blood pressure (BP), body mass index (BMI), systemic examination, and biochemical studies. Anthropometric measures were weight in kilogram, height in centimeter, body mass index, and waist circumference. Body mass index was calculated as weight/height2 (kg/m2) and was used as an estimate of overall adiposity. Normal weight, overweight, and obesity were defined as a BMI less than 25, 25–29.9, and 30 or higher, respectively.[8] Waist circumference, a validated estimate of visceral adiposity, was measured to the nearest 0.5 cm. Central obesity is defined as waist circumference > 102 cm in males and >88 cm in females.[9]
Diabetes was diagnosed according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Blood is drawn after fasting for 8 h. A fasting blood sugar level below 100 mg/dL is considered normal. A fasting blood sugar level between 100 and 126 mg/dL confirms the presence of prediabetes, and more than 126 mg/dL confirms the presence of diabetes in two separate occasions.[10] Homeostasis model of insulin resistance (HOMA IR) was used as a measure of insulin resistance. It was assessed according to the level of fasting glucose and insulin which were measured with a dextran–charcoal radioimmunoassay. Serum intact proinsulin was measured by using a highly specific, 2-site monoclonal antibody-based immunoradiometric assay:[10,11]
The formula for the HOMA IR model is as follows:
Subjects were divided by their insulin resistance status at baseline (HOMA IR above and below median of 3.0) to insulin resistant and insulin sensitive, respectively.[10]
All prediabetics were scheduled for a treadmill test using an automated programmable treadmill Bruce protocol. Each was examined before the test and 12 lead ECG was recorded and read. Blood pressure was measured by arm-cuff method with an aneroid sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope for auscultation. ST segment depression was measured in millimeter at 80ms from the J point and considered significant when >1 mm from the baseline. Criteria for stopping the test were: target heart rate achieved, occurrence of chest pain or significant ST segment depression, hypertensive or hypotensive blood pressure response or failure of blood pressure to rise >10 mmHg, serious cardiac arrhythmia, and patients request to stop. Both the duration of the exercise and reason for stopping were recorded. The radiotracer 8–10 mCi of Tc99m-sestamibi injected through an intravenous cannula when one of the following occurred: target heart rate achieved, appearance of significant ST segment depression, and significant chest pain. Then, the exercise test was continued for another 45–60 s and then the test terminated. Tomographic imaging was performed 1 h later.
An ischemic ST segment response was defined as horizontal or down sloping ST segment depression >1 mm below baseline 80 ms from the J point. Functional capacity measured in metabolic equivalents (or METs, where one MET is 3.5 mL/kg per min of oxygen consumption.
Imaging was acquired on rotating gamma camera (Anger Scintillation Gamma Camera, General Electric—Maxi Camera 400 AC) equipped with a general all-purpose collimator interfaced to a dedicated computer system. Acquisition in 32 stops each for 40 s in 64 × 64 matrix imaging was performed through three windows. Oblique tomograms are generated in vertical and horizontal long axis and short axis orientation using an operator-dependent computerized algorism. The tomograms then normalized so the hottest pixel for each orientation for both exercise and delayed tomograms is set to uniform intensity. The myocardium segments usually interpreted for the presence of perfusion abnormalities.
The summed stress and rest scores were obtained by adding the scores of the 20 segments of the respective images.[12] The sum of the differences between each of the 20 segments from these images was defined as the summed difference score, representing the amount of ischemia. Each of these variables incorporates the extent and severity of perfusion. The summed difference score was converted to percent myocardium ischemia according to a published ≥ algorithm. "Ischemic" and "moderately to severely ischemic" where MPS studies were defined by ≥5 and ≥10% of the myocardium, respectively.[12] Images were also interpreted visually and by consensus for the presence or absence of transient ischemic dilation by two experienced observers who were unaware of the clinical findings.
Informed consent was obtained from all the adults. The aim and the value of the work were explained in a simplified manner for them. There was no harm inflicted on them. On the contrary, all had benefits of the follow-up and the final results of the study. In addition, it was a descriptive study in prediabetics as it is unethical to perform the test in otherwise normal non-risky controls.
Data were presented in terms of mean and standard deviation (SD) of the mean, and percentages. Statistical analysis was carried out by a computer program (SPSS Ver. 11). ANOVA and correlation tests were used to evaluate the results between the three groups. P value was set at <0.05 for statistically significant results and <0.0001 for highly significant results. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess odds ratio.
Descriptive baseline characteristics of 113 (60 males and 53 females) prediabetic adults, mean age 43.1 years, with and without insulin resistance are shown in Table 1. Of them, 36.2% of the prediabetic adults had insulin resistance and 63.8% had insulin sensitive. Except for the waist circumference, all the mentioned parameters were nearly similar in both male and female prediabetic adults.
Correlation between summed difference score and different variables of insulin-resistant prediabetic group (Group A) is shown in Table 2. There was statistically significant coefficient correlation with HOMA IR, waist circumference, triglycerides, and age. No correlation was observed with fasting glucose, BMI, blood pressure, and total lipids. Similarly, no correlations were found with overall prediabetic population variables. The visual consensus method of determining the presence or absence of transient ischemic dilation resulted in classification of 11 of 113 persons as having transient ischemic dilation (9.7%). In the insulin-resistant group, it was 7/32 (21.9%) and lastly in the insulin-sensitive group it was 4/81 (4.9%).
It is well known that Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with a marked increase in CVD. Increased risk factors for CVD before the onset of Type 2 diabetes have been shown in several populations.[1,13,14] It is not known whether the increased atherogenicity of the prediabetic state is primarily due to increased insulin resistance or impaired blood glucose.[15]
It has been recognized that prediabetic hyperglycemia confers an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).[16,17] In 1997, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) introduced the concept of impaired fasting glucose (IFG), a prediabetic state initially defined by fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 110–125mg/dL, in which those afflicted were significantly more likely to develop diabetes.[18–20] The risk of developing CVD was not considered in establishing criteria for IFG. Since the introduction of the concept of IFG, there has been considerable debate regarding where the lower limit should be set to achieve a reasonable balance between sensitivity and specificity for diabetes prediction. In 2003, the ADA lowered its threshold for diagnosis of IFG from 110 mg/dL to 100 mg/dL on the basis of evidence in selected samples that suggested diabetes prediction may be optimized at a lower threshold.[21] The effect of this lowered cut point is that a much larger proportion of the population is now considered to have IFG. Using data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Benjamin et al.[22] found that the prevalence of IFG among adults was estimated to increase from 8.3% to 30.2%.
In the context of current literature, conflicting data exist regarding the effect of nondiabetic fasting hyperglycemia on cardiovascular risk. Although some studies have found that the 1997 IFG definition is associated with significantly increased risk for CVD,[23,24] others have shown no significantly increased risk for CVD with the 1997 IFG definition.[25–27]
The progression from prediabetes to Type 2 diabetes occurs over many years before the development of overt hyperglycemia seen in diabetes.[28,29] However, the state of perfusion in prediabetes has received little attention. We, therefore, studied prediabetic normotensive adults in whom the prevalence of insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance is high to test the hypotheses that insulin resistance is associated with myocardial perfusion defects and that this relationship is dependent or independent of glucose tolerance status.
The main finding of this study is that insulin resistance is associated with myocardial perfusion defects and that the association appears to be independent of glucose tolerance status and obesity. Results from this study did not identify an increase in myocardial perfusion defects among individuals with insulin-sensitive prediabetes. Furthermore, no correlation was found between them and fasting glucose measurements. Our data suggest that insulin resistance may be more important in the development of myocardial perfusion defects. The mechanism underlying the relationship between insulin resistance and myocardial perfusion defects is not clear enough. Prediabetes is not only a significant risk factor for progression to Type 2 diabetes, but is also considered a risk factor for macrovascular disease and for retinopathy. Some of this risk may be associated with progression to overt diabetes, but there is still increased risk in individuals who have not yet progressed to diabetes. A meta-analysis of 38 prospective studies, for example, suggests that postchallenge blood glucose levels in the nondiabetic range appear to have a linear relationship with cardiovascular disease risk and a possible threshold risk with FPG of about 100 mg/dL.[30]
The risk of progressing to diabetes depends on the degree of insulin resistance and deficiency of insulin secretion as well as other diabetes risk factors, such as age, family history, overweight/obesity, or history of gestational diabetes.[31,32] Previous studies have shown that visceral fat in young healthy individuals and older adults is associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors.[33] This study confirms this association. Although it is observed that abdominal adiposity as measured by waist circumference was strongly and adversely associated with myocardial perfusion defects, body mass index as a measure of general adiposity was not. In addition, this study found that insulin resistance appears to be more strongly associated with perfusion defects than with measures of obesity. These results suggest that the obesity–perfusion defects relationship may be mediated in part through increasing insulin resistance. In general, adipocytes, in particular from visceral abdominal regions, produce several bioactive peptides which in turn impact on microcirculation.[34,35] However, impact of hypertension upon microcirculation was ameliorated as all subjects were normotensives, such the association was not held. On the other hand, total lipids had insignificant correlation with myocardial perfusion defects. When the components of the lipids were considered separately, perfusion defect showed direct associations only with triglycerides in this study, age was an independent predictor of having perfusion defects. It is known that different arterial segments respond differently to aging.[36]
In conclusion, we have shown that prediabetics have myocardial perfusion defects which represent a pattern of cardiovascular risk, and these changes are predominantly observed in prediabetics with increased HOMA IR and visceral obesity. As the silent ischemic changes in the prediabetic state are limited to subjects with insulin resistance, the use of insulin-sensitizing agents to prevent diabetes could have a beneficial effect on CVD. None of the studied prediabetic adult had symptomatic cardiac disease. The findings of this study revealed that changes can be detected before the appearance of clinically apparent coronary myocardial perfusion defects and may act as a marker for the development of future CVD. It is likely that over the next few years screening for ischemic in asymptomatic prediabetics for perfusion defects will become an increasingly important part of the process of risk assessment, and may possibly also improve the monitoring of therapy.[30] However, these studies are beyond doubt have limitations regarding radiation exposure, cost, and feasibility. Additional studies will be needed to assess the effect of an improvement in insulin sensitivity to improve the myocardial perfusion as well to investigate cost effectiveness of using SPECT in prediabetics.
It is important to note several limitations in this study design, first, the relatively small sample size. Second, this study enrolled a relatively population of older individuals carefully screened to exclude diabetes and hypertension. Further research will be needed to confirm whether these results generalize to middle-aged, more insulin-sensitive individuals and those with hypertension through a large community-based study. Further studies are needed for prevention of Type 2 diabetes and the prediabetic state as well.
The authors acknowledge the important contributions of many individuals to this study: Prof. Dr. Ola Leheta, Prof. Dr. Amal Yousef for coordinating the study and diabetes and cardiology units' nursing staff for their technical support.
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Conflict of Interest: None declared.
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - A grim-faced Pervez Musharraf bid farewell to his fellow generals Tuesday, a day before quitting as army chief in a move that could ease Pakistan's political crisis.
Opponents welcomed Musharraf's belated conversion to civilian rule and appeared to pull back from a threat to boycott January's parliamentary elections.
Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister Musharraf ousted in a 1999 coup, said Musharraf's conversion to a civilian president would make "a lot of difference," and he would only refuse to participate in the vote if all opposition parties agreed to do so as well.
But Sharif also kept up his rhetoric against the general, insisting that Musharraf lift a state of emergency imposed to prolong his rule.
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As the medical and surgical specialists for men with LUTS, urologists provide testing to evaluate symptoms and determine therapy. We sought to investigate the degree to which expenditures on these evaluations vary among urologists and the factors associated with such variation.
We developed a cohort of men with an initial urologist visit for BPH from a 5% sample of Medicare patients (1999–2007) and established a physician level factor, practice style, as a function of average per patient expenditures. We then determined which AUA BPH guideline elements explained variation in quantity and expenditures for BPH testing, and also examined the impact of patient and physician factors on practice style.
A nearly 15 fold variation in urologist's average per patient expenditures existed ($35 to $527 per month; Median $92). Practice styles were associated with physician (p < 0.01 all examined variables) and patient (p < 0.01 for comorbidity, race and socioeconomic status) factors. Guideline recommended care was provided at lower rates by the lowest expenditure urologists compared to middle to highest intensity urologists (p < 0.01). Practice style variations were attributable mainly to differences in tests characterized by the guidelines as optional and not-recommended (p < 0.01).
Expenditures for BPH evaluations vary substantially by geography, practice setting, and experience and are accounted for largely by differences in the use of optional and not-routinely recommended tests. Greater standardization could enhance patient care and reduce health care costs.
For men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) consistent with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), urologists provide care, including diagnostic testing, that is usually not available from a primary care provider. Indeed, urologists provide more testing for BPH evaluation than primary care providers, including imaging, flow rate measurements, and urinary testing.1 In part, this reflects the urologist's role as the medical and surgical specialist for men with BPH. Urologists often see patients whose symptoms were not adequately controlled by the first line of therapy started by the primary care physician.2 Such patients may need more evaluative tests to help better guide their care.
Little is known about how urologists evaluate these men who are new to their practice. Previous work from the Urologic Diseases in America Project showed decreased use of imaging studies in the 1990s in accordance with guideline recommendations.3 While the overall use of imaging declined, differences in practice styles among urologists were not assessed. Furthermore, contemporary practice patterns among urologists are not known. Such variation is an important topic for study since the American Urological Association (AUA) has published guidelines encouraging standardization of initial BPH evaluations (Table 1).4 With tests for BPH ranging from low cost (e.g PSA) to high cost (e.g. urodynamics), urologist practice styles will have significant consequences for the cost of urologic care for men with BPH.
In the current study, we used Medicare claims data to investigate the degree to which urologists vary in their practice styles for evaluating men new to their practice with BPH. We examined patient and surgeon factors that could contribute to differences in BPH evaluations. We then assessed which aspects of evaluative care (defined by the AUA BPH guidelines as recommended, optional, and not-recommended for routine patients) drive variation among urologists.
From a 5% random sample of men insured by Medicare between 1999 and 2007, we selected men with International Classification of Disease Ninth Edition (ICD-9) diagnosis codes (Appendix 1) consistent with a BPH diagnosis on outpatient Medicare claims.5 Greater than 95% of Americans over age 65 use the Medicare program as their primary insurance.5 The specialty of the physician billing for the service was determined from the Medicare records, and confirmed with data from the American Medical Association Master file. We then limited the cohort to men whose BPH diagnosis was recorded on an encounter with a urologist. Patients were excluded from the cohort if they lacked continuous enrollment in Medicare parts A and B or if they were enrolled in a Medicare HMO for two years prior to the initial visit with the urologist to one year after the visit. The two year period was used to confirm that there were no prior visits to a urologist for a non-BPH diagnosis. To make our study cohort most applicable to the average patient presenting to a urologist with LUTS, we also excluded patients with diagnoses suggesting prior surgical BPH therapy, prostate cancer, or neurologic disease that could contribute to LUTS (Appendix 2). Finally, we restricted the cohort to patients seen by urologists who cared for at least 10 new Medicare patients with BPH between 1999 and 2007. Because our database was a 5% Medicare sample this corresponds to at least 200 new Medicare patients per urologist over the 9 year period. These restrictions resulted in a study population of 10,248 patients treated by 748 urologists.
The primary urologist responsible for the patient's care was determined by assessing the Unique Provider Identification Number (UPIN) for BPH-related care. For most patients, a single urologist provided all the BPH-related care. In cases with multiple urologists, the primary urologist was classified as the urologist who provided the plurality of patient care services.
The practice style of the urologist was defined by the average Medicare expenditures per month for BPH tests and office visits performed in the first year after an initial visit to a urologist. Using Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) and ICD-9 codes, we determined the number of tests and office visits provided to each patient. We counted the total number of each type of care, and summed these at the level of the provider. We stopped assessment of care when patients had a billing code consistent with surgical therapy for BPH or one year after the initial BPH visit, whichever came first. Using the average national Medicare reimbursement (adjusted to 2007 dollars) for each test, we calculated the total expenditures for each provider. The average monthly provider expenditure was determined by dividing the urologist's total adjusted Medicare expenditures by the total number of months of followup for the urologist's patients. This calculation provided the average Medicare expenditure per month for which the urologist was responsible. Based on monthly expenditures for BPH testing, urologists were split into five approximately equally sized groups of providers (quintiles).
Our primary outcome was rates of use BPH testing categorized as recommended, optional, and not-recommended for routine patients in the AUA BPH guidelines.6 We then quantified the adjusted expenditures per patient for recommended, option and not-recommended care. Receipt of this care was based on appropriate Medicare procedure or laboratory codes. We then explored how practice structure (solo, group, or hospital based), geographic location (census divisions), and experience measured as years in practice (categorized as <15, 15–30, and >30) influence a urologist's practice style. We also assessed the impact of patient factors on urologist practice style. These patient factors included age (67–70, 71–74, 75–78, and 79+), socioeconomic status (zip code level using the methodology of Diez-Roux),7 race (white, black, and other), and comorbidity (Klabunde modification of the Charlson comorbidity index assessed in the 2 years prior to the urology visit for BPH).8
We evaluated differences in physician and patient characteristics across the quintiles of urologist practice style using chi-square tests. Next, using linear regression, we determined the mean number of each type of BPH test by urologist practice style. We also determined the use of BPH tests by guideline category: recommended, optional, and not recommended. We then compared the rates of procedure use across the quintiles of practice style by linear regression. Differences between the physician practice styles were determined with the F-statistic from linear regression.
All analyses were carried out with SAS software (Version 9.1 Cary, NC). All statistical tests were two sided, and the probability of a type I error was set at 0.5. This study was granted letters of exemption by the institutional review boards at each of the author's institutions.
Average per patient expenditures attributable to BPH testing and visits to urologists ranged from $35 to $527 per month (Table 1: Median $92, 20th percentile $72, 40th percentile $85, 60th percentile $100, 80th percentile $123). At the patient level, patient age did not differ (p=0.63), while comorbidities, race, and area socioeconomic status varied significantly across the quintiles of urologist practice style (p<0.01 for each). Patients with high comorbidity burdens were more likely to be treated by urologists with higher expenditure practice styles than were low comorbidity patients (p < 0.01). Black patients and patients with lower socioeconomic status were more likely to be seen by urologists with lower expenditure practice styles than were white patients or those of higher socioeconomic status (p < 0.01).
At the urologist level, practice structure, geographic location, and years in practice were different across the quintiles of practice style. Solo practice and hospital based practice were associated with higher expenditure practice styles. 23.6% of solo urologists were highest quintile and 23.1% of hospital based urologists were highest quintile. This compared to only 16.2% of group practice urologists being in the highest quintile of practice style (overall p<0.01 for differences among groups). Urologists in the Midwest were more likely to be in the lowest quintile of practice style than Northeastern and Western urologists (28.9% Midwest; 17.2% West; 10.5% Northeast). Urologists in the Northeast were skewed towards the high and highest quintiles of practice style, with 55.6% of urologists falling into these categories (p<0.01 for the overall differences among the groups). Duration of practice was also related to practice style. Urologists in practice for less than 15 years were more likely to be in the highest quintile of practice style than urologists in practice for longer amounts of time (28.3% compared to 18.6% and 17.1%; overall p < 0.01 for difference among the groups).
By definition, practice styles with higher expenditures were related to increased use of evaluative care tests. However, much variation exists within the categories of care (Figure 1). While the lowest quintile urologists provided significantly less recommended care (226/100 patients) than highest quintile urologists a plateau of utilization develops, with middle to highest quintile urologists having similar practice styles (279, 301, and 306 procedures per 100 patients respectively). Among the optional care tests, a more exponential trend of increasing use across the practice styles is seen (47, 68, 81, 100, and 128 per 100 patients for lowest to highest). In contrast, not recommended care follows a roughly linear pattern of increasing use with increasing practice style quintile (175, 213, 233, 274, and 299 per 100 patients for lowest to highest practice style).
When the individual tests making up the categories of care are examined, the patterns of care are shown to be more variable (Figure 1a-d). For recommended care, little difference exists in use of serum PSA testing (56/100 lowest, 65/100 middle, 68/100 highest); the difference in utilization across quintiles is largely driven by urinalysis (Figure 1a: 171/100 lowest, 214/100 middle, 237/100 highest). For optional care, cytology utilization plateaus across practice styles (4/100 lowest, 10/100 middle, 13/100 highest), whereas uroflow grows exponentially across the categories (Figure 1b: 7, 9, 15, 25, and 38 per 100 patients lowest to highest). Serum creatinine measurements (Figure 1c) drive not recommended care use among all urologists, with patients seen by urologists in the higher quintiles receiving the most testing (129, 155, 164, 192, and 182 per 100 patients lowest to highest). In the remainder of not-recommended care, use of testing increases across the quintiles of practice style (Figure 1d), with the exception of upper tract imaging where a plateau develops (12, 16, 18, 20, and 22 procedures per 100 patients lowest to highest practice style).
The impact of infrequently performed, high expense procedures on categorization of urologists into practice style quintiles is shown in Figure 2. Recommended care accounted for little variation among urologists with adjusted Medicare expenditures of $23 per patient in the lowest quintile urologists compared to $29 per patient among highest quintile urologists. In contrast, the absolute difference in adjusted optional care expenditures was $40 ($18 in lowest quintile versus $58 in highest). PVR contributed little to this difference ($9 versus $19 lowest to highest), while uroflow accounted for the majority of the expenditures ($5 lowest versus $26 highest). Not-recommended care had the highest absolute difference in expenditures, from $114 in the lowest quintile to $264 in the highest quintile. Of these adjusted expenditures, the commonly performed serum creatinine measurement contributed only $15 dollars of expenditures per patient in the lowest quintile and $22 per patient in the highest quintile. Cystoscopy provided the most impact on expenditures with $44 per patient in the lowest quintile and $100 per patient in the highest quintile.
The practice styles of urologists treating men in the fee for service Medicare system vary widely. Urologists in solo or hospital practice, in the Northeast and West, and in practice for shorter periods of time all appear to have practice styles associated with increased Medicare expenditures. These differing practice styles are explained in large part by increased use of BPH testing that the AUA guidelines describes as optional or not-recommended in routine initial evaluation. Within these categories, serum creatinine and PVR appear to be performed the most, but contribute little to the absolute differences in expenditures between urologists with low and high expenditure practice styles. In contrast, uroflow and cystoscopy are performed less frequently, but drive differences in expenditures among urologists.
Our findings reveal a striking lack of agreement among urologists in their approach to men new to their practice with diagnoses consistent with LUTS. These variations exist despite development of consensus panels,9 outcome assessments,10 and practice guidelines.11–12 While the guidelines provide a framework for provision of care, they are the result of consensus more than high level clinical trial evidence.4 While some practice style variation is expected given uncertainties in our evidentiary base, the large variation as we have observed in this study suggests a need for further guidance and/or clinical trials.
Furthermore, our findings suggest that the variations in practice style intensity are not random. In fact, high expenditure practice styles clustered in the Northeast and West, and among urologists with less experience. Additionally, hospital based and solo practitioners also had higher expenditure practice styles. Some of these factors may have been related to patient comorbidities, with higher comorbidity patients being seen by higher intensity practice style urologists. However, the findings suggest practice styles have potential for modification. For instance, that younger urologists are using more testing compared to older urologists suggests changes have occurred in training programs. Increased emphasis on clinical guidelines could be incorporated into training, and in so doing the variations in practice style may be reduced.
As the health care system continues to change, value in care will be increasingly emphasized. Large variations in practice style raise questions about the value of the care being provided by specialists.13 While some evaluative tests are necessary for proper patient selection for therapy,14 and the AUA guidelines recognize the role for testing in such situations,6 other tests are of lesser benefit. Our results suggest, as has been seen in other conditions,15–16 that there may be both underuse of recommended care and overuse of optional and not-recommended evaluations. Thus, both the high and low expenditure groups of urologists may be providing less than optimal care for their patients.
Certain characteristics of this study need to be considered while assessing its findings. The study used Medicare billing records to define the guideline recommended care. We were unable to assess use of a few guideline categories including physical exams or patient symptom scores from this data. Also, by using the 5% sample of Medicare patients, we were able to only randomly sample one in twenty patients seen by a urologist for BPH. This means our results best apply to higher volume urologists who were included in our sample. Furthermore, we do not know the duration of patients' symptoms, prior therapy, or symptom severity before their initial visit with a urologist. However, our study design attempted to limit the impact of these factors by examining care at the surgeon level instead of the patient level. For care to be determined by patient symptoms, and not urologist practice patterns, would require that each quintile of urologists saw a different type of BPH patient. Such a selective referral pattern on a national level is unlikely, although the regional differences we found may be related to referral patterns from primary care physicians to urologists in different regions of the country. We also restricted our cohort to patients who did not have neurologic or cancer diagnoses two years prior through one year after their initial urologist visit, thus limiting possible bias due to selective referral of complex patients to specialty providers.
Practice styles for BPH evaluations vary substantially by geography, practice setting, and experience and are accounted for largely by differences in the use of optional and not-routinely recommended tests. Increased emphasis on guidelines in residency training might decrease these variations. Greater standardization could enhance patient care and reduce health care costs.
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The Associated Press reports that people began arriving at 5 a.m. to secure their spot at the four-hour ceremony. President Obama, who is to speak, and Michelle, Sasha and Malia arrived in the late morning, eliciting loud cheers.
The dedication ceremony was originally scheduled for August 28, but Hurricane Irene disrupted the plans.
The monument is located on the Tidal Basin in between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials and features a three-stone sculpture, an Inscription Wall and 182 cherry blossom trees. One of the three stones, named the Stone of Hope, depicts a likeness of King emerging from granite. Famed Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin created the 30-foot-tall granite sculpture.
It is the first monument on the National Mall to honor an African-American, reports the New York Times.
More from GlobalPost: Obama to speak at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication
"I drive past the mall every day, and to see that Martin Luther King is now there with Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson and Roosevelt — that is powerful," Lonnie Bunch, a founding director of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, told the Times.
The dedication is a big topic of discussion on Twitter Sunday as well, with popular hashtags and phrases: #MLKMemorial, Aretha Franklin, Pres Obama and Martin Luther King.
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#dedicatemlk #MLKMemorial How Profound is this Day The FIRST Black President giving a Speech Of the 1st Black Monument on the Mall!
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Ulster v Cardiff - RaboDirect PRO 12 match preview
Ulster will aim to finish at the top of the RaboDirect PRO12 table when they take on Cardiff Blues at Ravenhill.
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Mark Anscombe's team have won their last three PRO12 matches and have lost just once at Ravenhill in the competition all season.
However, the Blues can take confidence from the fact they have recorded two away victories over Irish provinces this season.
Ulster have named British and Irish Lions absentee Rory Best in their starting XV while John Afoa, Johann Muller and Iain Henderson all return to the side.
Loosehead prop Callum Black is preferred to Tom Court in the front-row while Robbie Diack and Chris Henry both make their 100th appearance for the province and will start alongside each other in the back-row.
Paul Marshall starts at scrum-half, with Ruan Pienaar moving to fly-half. Stuart Olding who has scored two tries in his past two games, retains his spot at inside centre, with Darren Cave at 13.
British and Irish Lions winger, Tommy Bowe, is selected on the left wing with Andrew Trimble, who has scored ten tries for the province so far this season, starting on the right.
Cuthbert selected
Having been selected for the Lions on Tuesday, Alex Cuthbert will line up for the Blues in the last match of their season.
Cuthbert, who has recovered from a hamstring injury, is playing his first game since helping clinch the Six Nations championship for Wales with two tries against England.
Also in the backs Dan Fish starts at full-back having recovered from a shoulder injury. Rhys Patchell and Harry Robinson, who have both been selected in the Wales U20s squad for the IRB Junior World Championships in France, also start.
In the forwards Michael Paterson, playing his last game for the Blues before joining Sale Sharks, starts at number eight. Josh Navidi, Lou Reed, Bradley Davies and Scott Andrews, who are all included in the 32-man training squad to prepare for the forthcoming two-test tour of Japan, all start.
Ceri Sweeney and Tom James, who will be joining Exeter Chiefs, feature on the bench.
Ulster: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Stuart Olding, 11 Tommy Bowe, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Paul Marshall, 8 Nick Williams, 7 Chris Henry, 6 Robbie Diack, 5 Iain Henderson, 4 Johann Muller, 3 John Afoa, 2 Rory Best, 1 Callum Black.
Replacements: 16 Nigel Brady, 17 Tom Court, 18 Declan Fitzpatrick, 19 Dan Tuohy, 20 Sean Doyle, 21 Paddy Jackson, 22 Michael Allen, 23 Peter Nelson.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Dan Fish, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Gavin Evans (c), 12 Dafydd Hewitt, 11 Harry Robinson, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Lewis Jones, 8 Michael Paterson, 7 Josh Navidi, 6 Luke Hamilton, 5 Lou Reed, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Scott Andrews, 2 Kristian Dacey, 1 Taufa'ao Filise.
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First Activision fires Vince Zampella and Jason West, the heads of Infinity Ward, the subsidiary that made the billion-dollar blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (and plenty of other highly profitable games in the Call of Duty franchise).
Then Zampella and West sue Activision for wrongful termination, unpaid bonuses, and reneging on a deal that would give them the right to create new Modern Warfare and Call of Duty games.
And now, perhaps predictably, Activision countersues, claiming that Zampella and West "morphed from valued, responsible executives into insubordinate and self-serving schemers who attempted to hijack Activision's assets for their own personal gain."
This latest piece of legal action was first reported by the L.A. Times on Friday, with several game blogs procuring the legal filings and posting the pages later in the day.
Within these documents Activision sets forth the argument that Zampella and West were covertly meeting with a "direct competitor" (which one might assume to be Electronic Arts) during their employment with Activision, that they "engaged in a campaign to paint Activision and its management in a negative light in an attempt to convince employees to remain loyal to West and Zampella in the event they would spin off" (perhaps not coincidentally, a pair of high profile Infinity Ward staffers-Francesco Gigliotti and Todd Alderman-resigned last month), and that they threatened "to halt production of Modern Warfare 2 in a bad faith effort to gain further leverage in their contractual relations with Activision."
Activision also states plainly that it "owns and/or controls the rights to Call of Duty and Modern Warfare and continues to oversee the development and production of games under the Call of Duty and Modern Warfare brands."
The documents make clear, too, that Activision is worried that Zampella and West have retained "Activision confidential information" and that they have "refused to certify that they would not use such confidential information."
However, perhaps the ugliest claim in the filing is that Zampella and West acted to keep other Infinity Ward staffers from potential additional earnings. Activision states that "in 2009 West and Zampella were asked by Activision to provide the names of the IW employees that should receive RSU (restricted stock unit) grants in connection with the Wii SKU. West and Zampella refused. In fact, they suggested that Activision should give the grant to the two of them rather than to the IW team." Hopefully we'll eventually be supplied with further context.
What's Activision asking for? They're leaving it up to the legal system, saying simply that "Activision has suffered and will continue to suffer damages in an amount to be proven at trial."
Like a bad divorce, it seems likely that none of the parties involved in the dispute are completely innocent. Perhaps Activision started the animosity by demanding too much of Infinity Ward and ignoring good faith agreements, but if Zampella and West did indeed meet with competitors and try to damage Activision's reputation among studio employees, well, as my mom used to say, two wrongs don't make a right.
Now it's up to the courts to decide who was least in the wrong-or most in the right, depending on your point of view. A likely outcome: Activision will win the right to keep pumping out Call of Duty games while West and Zampella start up a new studio and make some pretty good games of their own.
As for who gets paid what? That's up to the judge.
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Barcelona star Arda Turan has returned to Spain after his trip to Istanbul to pick up the GQ 'Man of the Year' award.
Turan was presented with his award at a gala event held by GQ in Istanbul attended by more than 600 personalities from the world of sport, art and business.
The 28-year-old shared a picture on Instagram with his feet up at the airport alongside the caption: "İyi geceler bona nit buenas noches."
The Turkish international has had a busy 2015 joining Barcelona on a five-year deal from Atletico Madrid and playing a key role in the Crescent-Stars reaching the 2016 European Championships.
The Turkish national side is unbeaten in their last 11 games and Turan has started in 10 of them. The Crescent-Stars had a 2.5 percent chance of direct qualification going into the Czech Republic game in the Euro 2016 qualification groups
Turkey managed to book a place in the summer tournament after winning their last three games against the Czech Republic, Iceland and the Netherlands.
Turan has however, been unable to play for Barcelona due to the FIFA transfer ban that has been imposed on the club.
The bearded winger will be able to make his debut for the reigning La Liga champions against Granada at the Nou Camp in January.


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Enjoy a half day submarine adventure; discover the beauty of sea life visiting 2 different spots in the 2nd largest barrier reef in the world. Enjoy continental breakfast and open bar in our iconic Caribbean beach club. Our snorkeling location is exclusive for our small groups. Our specialized tour guides are fully bilingual and will provide information about biodiversity and activities. 25 years of experience and prestige guarantee high quality and fun in this half-day snorkeling tour.
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Sunrise at 08:09 and Sunset at 18:16. It's light
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- a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.
- Grandfather Mountain Lake Lake Dam (3.6km)
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- Linville Bluffs (1.1km)
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- Falls Hollow (5.9km)
- Dark Hollow (6.2km)
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- Daniel Boone Scout Trail (3.8km)
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In this kitchen, John Minshaw opted for the RAL colour-matching system, asking his cabinetmaker to make up a dark blue for the cupboards. While RAL does not itself manufacture any paints, its colour notation system specifies and standardises colours for use by manufacturing companies.
Though the colour scheme is primarily neutral in John's barn conversion, he has left areas of stonework exposed to provide texture, while solid blocks of deep colour add character.
Taken from the June 2012 issue of House & Garden.
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Richard Thompson enters UK Independent Album Chart at No. 1
A huge congratulations to Richard Thompson whose new album 'Electric' shot straight into the UK Independent Album Chart this week at No. 1 and the overall UK album charts at No. 16 (the third highest new entry).
See the Top 40 Independent Album chart here and the overall Top 40 Album chart here.
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Diaz & Diddy make out at New York party – report
The Charlie's Angels star sparked speculation of a budding romance with the rapper after they were seen dining together numerous times last month (Nov11).
A spokesperson for Diaz dismissed the rumours, insisting they were simply working on a film project, but now gossips have gone into overdrive after they enjoyed a late night outing to the Dream Downtown Hotel in New York on Saturday (10Dec11) – and onlookers insist it was clear the two stars are very much a couple.
One eyewitness tells Life & Style magazine, "They were making out like teenagers."
The actress reportedly started dating the rapper and entrepreneur in October (11), shortly after she split from baseball player Alex Rodriguez. Diddy was previously said to be dating his R&B protegee Cassie.


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skitzophrenia and food allergies?
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I am looking for that study done in a skitzophrenia hospital where certain foods were eliminated from the patients diets and they bo longer had symptoms.
Posted by Anonymous on Nov. 18, 2013 at 5:29 PM
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I read about that in the wheat belly book
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You will not find a legitimate study or experiment in which patients diagnosed correctly with schizophrenia, were cured of all or even most of their symptoms permanently, by eliminating certain foods from their diet, even if the diet was followed permanently.
If it was in the wheat belly book, then the wheat belly book is blowing rainbows up your overalls.
They say the same thing about gluten with autism.
Put your big girl panties on and stop hiding behind anon.
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serously who cares? you knew what she was talking aboutQuoting Jennyanne322:
My dad is schizophrenic and it doesn't change with diet.
That's just personal experience. I don't know anything about the study you are talking about.
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Topsy Turvy Reading Order
CBR and then get my words down for the editor to approve. My wife is so lovely that she knows Friday afternoons/nights are my comics time. I am guaranteed time to read the books and then write my reviews. Though, it must be said, my wife loves a good PDF preview because then I get to write my review earlier in the week.
Having a kid was something I knew would impact my Friday ritual. Now, instead of always heading in straight from work I usually stop at home. I take the kid from the wife, giving her a break, I make sure he gets fed and burped and all that business. Then all three of us head into town for Daddy's little fix. It's a family outing, it ensures wife and child leave the house at least once a week, though she goes out lots more than that usually. It prolongs the acquisition but it makes for a fun trip. There's nothing better than walking through the store with the kid in the Bjorn in front of you. I keep hoping he'll 'accidentally' bend a corner of a trade and I'll have to buy it (oh no!...ha). But no matter how much I lean him towards the Vertigo racks he just doesn't bite. A true shame.
So, once I get my books it's still a crapshoot as to when exactly I will sit down with them uninterrupted. He might be unhappy and need some cuddling, or another job, like cooking dinner, might rear its ugly head. There are all these other responsibilities that occur and reading comics doesn't always trump them, even if I do now get paid to read/review them. It can all be pushed back, no questions asked. CBR, The Weekly Crisis, deadlines aplenty will all have to wait while the wife and child are satisfied. That's the new regime, long may it live.
Now, once I do get time to make time with my favourite four colour floppies I go through a routine. Or, at least, I used to. I would lay them all out and figure out which I wanted to read the most. The most anticipated comic for the week would go to the bottom, save the best for last. I wanted my reading to build up to the best. It was a fun way to go, and was interesting when I used to get my books in the mail at the end of every month. That was a lot of titles to rank and flip through before the reading began. It was just fun, what can I say?
Now, however, I put three books first every week, the three books I'm reviewing. No matter what the quality, these three books go first, then the reviews are written. Everything else must wait. Reading a comic takes anywhere between two and fifteen minutes. I try to take my time and soak everything up; I don't want to miss a thing. Then I write my three reviews, if I can all in a row, so each review can take anywhere from half an hour to over an hour to write, check against the comic, leave to sit and stew, and then proof. It's a good process, makes for good reviews, but does eat up a good deal of my Friday night.
Now imagine doing that with a baby boy wanting attention, food, love, and care. It's hard work, that's for sure. I love it, but it's a whole family job. I've managed to keep it going every week, though I usually just get the two reviews done Friday night, one review can always wait, it's not that important. So instantly my stack is changed due to review and father responsibilities.
But once the reviews are written, the work out of the way, the rest is just fun. But a father's dance card doesn't always have room for fun. There's more work to be done, always more work. And this is where the massive change has come into play.
I figure this will also give me an idea of which comics constantly come last and so maybe I don't need to buy them anymore. I really should only be buying comics I want to read, shouldn't I? So perhaps this new order will facilitate a streamlining of my bloated pull list. Ultimately, it'll just make sure I'm in the loop and reading the best stuff at the top.
It's going to be something I need to come to grips with, I'm sure I can do it, but it will be different. Has becoming a father affected the way you read your comics? What changes have you put into place to your weekly/monthly/whenever you can fit it in ritual? Let me know in the comments.


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