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Lil Wayne On NBA & Heat Comments
Wednesday, February 20 2013 9:41 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, True Story
Lil Wayne dialed into 99 Jamz this evening to clarify his controversial comments on the NBA and the Miami Heat during All-Star weekend. Here?s what you missed.
Part 1: Says he doesn?t regret any of his comments, but takes back ?Fuck LeBron? because of his relationship with him and his mom.
Part 2:?Apologizes to the cit of Miami. Says his gripe with the Heat stems from words with Dwyane Wade and says he did not get removed from the American Airlines Arena.
Part 3:?Confirms he was denied to participate in the Slam Dunk contest and performance with Alicia Keys.?He also clarified his banned comment and spoke on his conversation with David Stern.
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Source: http://rapradar.com/2013/02/20/lil-wayne-on-nba-heat-comments/
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Magellan Debuts SmartGPS Apps for Apple and Android Mobile Devices to Help Users Discover Their World
Magellan to Demonstrate SmartGPS Apps During Mobile World Congress at ShowStoppers Media Event
SANTA CLARA, CA and BARCELONA, SPAIN--(Marketwire - Feb 21, 2013) - @ Mobile World Congress -- Magellan, a leader in GPS devices for vehicles, fitness, outdoor and mobile navigation, today announced Magellan? SmartGPS Apps for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Following the recent announcement of Magellan's award-winning SmartGPS device, the free Magellan SmartGPS Apps for iOS and Android devices are the next key elements in Magellan's Smart Ecosystem, a cloud platform that integrates social media and navigation content directly onto a navigation map. The SmartGPS Apps automatically deliver continually updating reviews and tips for local businesses from social media including Yelp, Foursquare, and other partners to create current, local and personalized driving and pedestrian experiences.
The Magellan SmartGPS mobile apps display location-relevant information "squares" that graphically flip to show reviews, tips and offers from Yelp and Foursquare for nearby restaurants, stores and services. Users can then navigate to those locations directly from the SmartGPS App without needing to open an additional application or device. The cloud architecture enables new monetization of end users' mobile search and navigation, and additional social media and content partners.
"We architected the Smart Ecosystem to integrate with automotive infotainment and mobile network service platforms so users can enjoy a truly mobile, connected car experience now," said Peggy Fong, President of MiTAC Digital Corporation. "SmartGPS mobile apps connect to the vehicle dash, allowing users to easily search social media and points-of-interest for destinations, and send the locations via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to SmartGPS enabled vehicle navigation systems."
Magellan's free iOS and Android SmartGPS apps create a total-solution SmartGPS experience that is truly mobile. Magellan connects the smartphone to the vehicle dashboard, enabling location sync and sharing, hands-free operation and data connectivity. Users can pair their Magellan SmartGPS app with SmartGPS-enabled navigation systems. Using their SmartGPS App, SmartGPS enabled navigation system, or PC, users can search for a location, save the location in Magellan's Smart Ecosystem cloud, and sync and share the location to any SmartGPS enabled device via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
The free Magellan SmartGPS Apps will be available in North America this Spring, and in Europe this Summer, from iTunes and Google Play. Premium versions of both apps featuring spoken turn-by-turn navigation will also be available.
About Magellan
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, MiTAC Digital Corporation, manufacturer of the Magellan (www.magellangps.com) brand of portable GPS navigation consumer electronics devices, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MiTAC International Corporation. Recognized as an industry pioneer, Magellan globally markets its award-winning portable navigation devices including the Magellan? RoadMate? series for autos, RVs, fleet and commercial vehicles, the eXplorist? PRO for mobile GIS applications and field data collection, the eXplorist outdoor series for hunting, fishing, hiking, marine and geocaching enthusiasts, Magellan Fitness Switch? series of crossover GPS watches, and mobile apps and accessories for smartphones. Follow Magellan on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Source: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1760059&sourceType=3
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Robot-assisted hysterectomies on the rise
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The proportion of women having their uterus removed using robotic-assisted surgery increased from one in 200 procedures in 2007 to almost one in 10 in 2010, according to a new study.
However, the tool didn't reduce complications linked to hysterectomy or otherwise improve women's outlook after surgery, researchers found. And it raised the cost of the procedure by almost one-third.
"This is clearly in some ways a waste of resources," said Joel Weissman from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who co-wrote an editorial published with the study.
"It's a waste because there are equally good options and one is just more expensive than the other," he told Reuters Health.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 600,000 hysterectomies are performed each year in the U.S.
Researchers led by Dr. Jason Wright from Columbia University in New York analyzed records from more than 260,000 women who had the procedure because of endometriosis, bleeding or fibroids between 2007 and 2010.
During that time, the number of women treated both robotic and standard minimally-invasive surgery, rather than open surgery, increased.
During robotic or minimally-invasive non-robotic surgery, a similar proportion of patients - between five and six percent - had complications such as bladder injuries or bleeding. There was also no difference in women's chances of needing a blood transfusion or requiring further care at a nursing home post-surgery, based on procedure type.
The only advantage to robotic surgery was a drop in the proportion of women staying longer than two days in the hospital - 20 percent, versus 25 percent of those who had standard minimally-invasive surgery, also known as laparoscopy.
On average, the bill for a robot-assisted hysterectomy was about $8,900, compared to $6,700 for surgery without the robot, Wright's team wrote Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Surgery-assisting robots, marketed by the company Intuitive Surgical, run for about $1.5 million.
MARKETED HEAVILY
The equipment is used for a range of procedures, and often marketed heavily by hospitals. One recent study suggested men who get robotic surgery for prostate cancer have fewer complications, at least in the short term, than those who have standard prostatectomy - but again, the robot-assisted procedures were more expensive (see Reuters Health story of Sept 6, 2012 here: http://reut.rs/OdVZoZ).
"Robotic surgery has definite advantages in certain clinical situations," Weissman said. But hysterectomy doesn't appear to be one of them.
"What's happening is you have an expensive technology that's being used for less and less necessary things," he said.
"For most of the things that are done in gynecology, hysterectomy is particular, there are already other minimally-invasive approaches," Wright said.
Dr. Myriam Curet, chief medical advisor for Intuitive Surgical and a surgeon at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, said the new study didn't take into account evidence suggesting robotic surgery can be performed on more challenging patients - such as obese women - who might otherwise need open surgery.
Open surgery is known to come with more complications than either type of less-invasive hysterectomy, Curet added.
"We think that's where the robot can come in," she told Reuters Health. "It allows you to complete more complex patients in a (minimally-invasive) approach than laparoscopy does."
Wright agreed there are certain types of women that may do better after a robotic hysterectomy. He told Reuters Health future research should look particularly at obese women, as well as those with a very large uterus or multiple prior surgeries.
"Each patient's scenario is different, so I think it's important that women have this knowledge, and they should sit down and talk with their doctor about which procedure is best for them," Wright said.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/JjFzqx Journal of the American Medical Association, online February 19, 2013.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/robot-assisted-hysterectomies-rise-220626028.html
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Yahoo redesign aims to make site more inviting
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and linger for longer periods of time.
The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most notable change to the website since the Internet company hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO seven months ago. The new look will start to gradually roll out in the U.S early Wednesday.
It's the first time Yahoo has redesigned the page in four years. In that time, the company has seen its annual revenue drop by about 30 percent from $7.2 billion in 2008 to $5 billion last year as more online advertising flowed to rivals such as Internet search leader Google Inc. and social networking leader Facebook Inc.
Mayer, who spent 13 years helping to build Google into the Internet's most powerful company, has vowed to revive Yahoo Inc.'s revenue growth by establishing more of the company's services as daily habits that "delight and inspire" their users.
Yahoo.com's revamped home page figures to play a key role in determining whether Mayer, 37, realizes her ambition.
"We think this will be the new foundation for Yahoo," said Mike Kerns, the company's vice president of product.
Despite the company's recent financial malaise, Yahoo's home page has remained one of the Internet's top destinations. The page attracted 392 million worldwide visitors last month, a 7 percent increase from 365 million at the same time last year, according to research firm comScore Inc. By comparison, Microsoft Corp.'s msn.com drew a crowd of 334 million, up 4 percent from last year.
But visitors haven't been spending as much time at Yahoo.com when they check in. They also haven't been making as many return visits each month. That's been a problem for many other websites, too, as Facebook and other online hangouts capture more of people's online time.
Yahoo's revamped home page isn't a radical new look, but there are enough changes that could make the website more addictive.
The biggest switch will be in how Yahoo determines which stories to show each visitor on the home page and how the information is displayed.
Kerns says Yahoo has developed more sophisticated formulas to determine which topics are most likely to appeal to different people so the news feed can be fine-tuned to cater to different tastes.
Yahoo, which is based in Sunnyvale, Calif., already knows a lot about people who have been coming to its website for years, particularly if they logged in while visiting. People willing to connect Yahoo with their social circles on Facebook also are more apt to see stories that appeal to them. That access will enable Yahoo to pick out stories about subjects tied to a person's interests on Facebook, either directly or through their online friendships.
The news feed also has been retooled so it is constantly refreshed with more material as a person scrolls down the page. The ability to endlessly peruse stories is ideally suited for viewing on smartphones and tablet computers controlled by touch, although the feature also works on desktop machines operated with a mouse or keyboard.
Yahoo's new home page also shows snippets of text from each story, borrowing a page from the Google playbook that Mayer helped write. Those summaries may be especially handy on the smaller screens of mobile devices, a growing market that Mayer has said Yahoo must do a better job reaching if the company hopes to bounce back.
To minimize the chances that its story selections will irritate users, Yahoo is also adding controls that make it easy to inform the website about which topics aren't of interest.
The right side of the new home page will be devoted to a stack of capsules that Yahoo calls "utilities."
The capsules are devoted to weather, finance, sports, friends' birthdays, video clips and Yahoo's Flickr site for photos. Each one can be programmed to automatically show what a user wants to see, such as the weather in a specific city, information about a certain sports teams or the stocks in an individual's investment portfolio. Any of the utilities can be scrapped.
The left side of the page will list various Yahoo services, although slightly fewer than in the old setup.
Yahoo is planning to display just two ads on the home page. It's an implicit bet that the price that the company can charge for those slots will steadily rise if people become more immersed in the rest of the content on the page.
Investors have been betting Mayer will deliver the turnaround that eluded the three other full-time CEOs that preceded her in the past five years. Yahoo's stock gained 4 cents to $21.33 in morning trading Wednesday. It has increased 36 percent since Mayer's arrival.
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Sunni protesters dig in as tensions flare in Iraq
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, protesters chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags during a demonstration in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. The Sunni tribesmen camped out on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their protests against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, protesters chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags during a demonstration in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. The Sunni tribesmen camped out on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their protests against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)
In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 photo, Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha, leader of Anbar province Awakening Council, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. The Sunni tribesmen camped out on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their protests against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind. Now a prominent sheik who once helped Americans battle al-Qaida is warning that protesters will seek to bring down the government if their demands aren't met. He speaks ominously that armed militants who once fought U.S. troops could rally to the cause. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 photo, Sunni lawmaker Ahmed al-Alawani speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. The Sunni tribesmen camped out on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their protests against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 photo, people pass a symbolic coffin for slain protesters, who were killed during protests against Iraq's Shiite-led government in Fallujah last month, at the demonstration site on the highway, which links Iraq with Jordan, in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. The Sunni tribesmen camped out on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their protests against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
FILE - In this file photo taken in Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, protesters chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags during a demonstration in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. The Sunni tribesmen camped out on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their protests against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)
RAMADI, Iraq (AP) ? Sunni protesters are camped out in dozens of tents festooned with tribal banners on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold. They are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their demonstrations against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind.
The protesters will seek to bring down the government if their demands aren't met, warns a prominent Sunni sheik who once helped Americans battle al-Qaida in Iraq. He speaks ominously that armed militants who once fought U.S. troops could rally to the cause.
"When we give up hope that the government can reform itself, we will call for toppling it," Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha said in his well-guarded family compound near the banks of the Euphrates. "If this government does not disband itself, we will head to Baghdad and stage protests in the streets and paralyze the government's work until it falls apart."
When the last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq in December 2011, there was hope that majority Shiites and minority Sunnis and Kurds would learn to work together, resolve their differences and create a healthy democracy in a country with a history of strong-arm rule.
But as the 10th anniversary of the March 20, 2003 U.S.-led invasion approaches next month, the same sectarian tensions stirred up by the war are flaring again ? in no small part, many Sunnis say, because of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's attempts to consolidate power.
Nobody is predicting a return to open warfare. The Sunnis know they stand little chance of overpowering the Shiites, who dominate the government, army and police. Nor do the majority of Iraq's Sunni Arabs, including protesters, support al-Qaida and its frequent widespread bombings of Shiite targets.
But Abu Risha's comments in an interview on Monday with The Associated Press point to growing impatience among demonstrators in the vast western province of Anbar and other predominantly Sunni areas. Their bitterness has only increased since the shooting deaths of several demonstrators by Iraqi security forces in nearby Fallujah late last month.
Abu Risha carries considerable weight in Anbar. He took over leadership of the province's Sahwa movement, a Sunni tribal militia that joined the U.S.-led fight against insurgents, after his brother was assassinated in 2007. The Sahwa members' decision to fight alongside American forces is widely credited with helping turn the tide against al-Qaida.
Cars heading to the border with Jordan and Syria detour along a well-worn dirt path to avoid a tent city straddling the highway outside Ramadi that has become the focus for nearly two months of rallies. The more than 50 tents now have cinder-block foundations built directly on the pavement to keep the rainwater out.
During a visit this week, power generators hummed as backhoes prepared for the next round of mass prayers and accompanying rally that are likely to draw tens of thousands again on Friday.
The arrest of bodyguards assigned to Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi was the spark that set off the protests in late December. Al-Issawi hails from Anbar and is one of the power-sharing government's most senior Sunni politicians.
The demonstrations have little to do with the move against his staff anymore.
Sunni protesters complain they suffer from discrimination by the Shiite-dominated government. They accuse Baghdad of arbitrarily detaining members of their sect and say they are being targeted unfairly by a tough anti-terrorism law and policies designed to weed out members of Saddam Hussein's former regime.
Al-Maliki's government has called on security forces to show restraint toward the protesters and has set up a panel to consider their demands. It has taken some steps to address the grievances, like releasing detainees and moving to restore the pensions of some former state employees under Saddam.
Abu Risha said he and other senior protest figures are doing their best to keep the demonstrations peaceful. Protesters have occasionally thrown stones ? including at a senior Sunni politician not long after the rallies erupted ? but they appear to be heeding tribal and religious leaders' appeals not to take up arms for now.
"Horrible things would have happened if we hadn't been able to control these people," said Iraqi opposition lawmaker Ahmed al-Alwani.
That could change the longer protesters' rage simmers. Leaders of the demonstrations are demanding that the government hand over soldiers involved in the shooting deaths of five stone-throwing protesters late last month ? the first such deaths since the protests began. Soldiers have since been killed in apparent retaliatory attacks.
Abu Risha told the AP that if another Fallujah-style shooting happens, armed militants will likely get involved.
"There were armed groups that wanted to attack the army, but we prevented them," he said. "If the army continues such acts, we will not stop the resistance groups from dealing with the army. ... The national resistance will take over the task of protecting the protesters."
Asked to specify which militant groups might take up arms, Abu Risha named the Islamic Army in Iraq and the 1920 Revolution Brigades.
The two Sunni insurgent groups targeted American forces after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. They do not share al-Qaida's fundamentalist ideology and some in their ranks have actively clashed with the jihadist group.
Both have voiced support for the protests. So has al-Qaida's local franchise. That has prompted concern from Iraqi and U.S. officials, who fear that extremists could draw support from the demonstrators' feelings of alienation and hostility toward the Shiite-led government.
The prime minister's spokesman, Ali al-Moussawi, dismissed Abu Risha's comments as being "outside the framework of the law and the constitution." He said the influential clan leader does not represent all the protesters and is seeking personal gain from the demonstrations.
But regional experts at the Eurasia Group believe the government's handling of the Sunni opposition is fostering a longer-term security threat in Iraq's west. Analysts Crispin Hawes and Ayham Kamel wrote in a recent report that al-Maliki's approach "plays into the hands of Sunni extremists."
Michael Hanna, a Middle East expert at the Century Foundation, said Sunni political leaders have not done enough to stem political violence and terrorism. But he questioned whether Sunni militants would try to confront Iraqi troops head on.
"The leaders are probably pretty dubious of where that leads. The security forces, for all their shortfalls, have become a real fighting force," he said.
Some protesters say the Fallujah shooting marked a turning point that has galvanized their call for reform. An empty coffin commemorating the "martyrs of Fallujah" lies in the middle of the Ramadi protest grounds.
"The shooting shows that the government has become more repressive against the Sunnis," said Sunni cleric Fakhir al-Taie, who was one of at least 20 wounded during the Fallujah melee. "Now we view the government as an enemy to us. ... The core problem is that we have no confidence in this government."
Fear of further clashes with security forces is one reason that protesters have not yet tried to march on the capital. Organizers considered holding mass prayers in Baghdad last week but later decided against it. The government sealed off approaches to the capital just in case.
Baghdad has been spared large-scale protests so far. Several hundred worshippers rally in the courtyard of a prominent mosque after prayers each Friday but do not take their protests any further.
Demonstrators have taken to the streets in other cities with large Sunni communities, including Samarra, Tikrit and Mosul.
Abdul-Hameed Younis Hamouda, a 60-year-old tribal leader and one of the organizers in Mosul, acknowledges that the government has addressed some of the protesters' grievances, but says it still has a long way to go.
"The delay in meeting our demands is not in the government's interest," he said. "Our patience is running out."
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Associated Press writers Sameer N. Yacoub and Sinan Salaheddin in Baghdad contributed reporting.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Archos Galaxy Note: don?t be fooled this afternoon
Last week we mentioned the latest Archos rumors. For those who missed that post, the rumors detailed three upcoming smartphones. Assuming these rumors prove to be accurate ? it looks like Archos is once again looking to release a few smartphones. We remain skeptical mainly because this is not the first time we are hearing talk of an Archos smartphone. That part of the rumor aside ? images of these smartphones weren?t posted last week and they have not been posted since.
Keep that last part in mind, images of the Archos smartphones have not leaked ? despite what some sites are reporting. What is even funnier is that we are now seeing comments on these posts calling Archos crazy for working on devices that so closely resemble the Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III. Well, the key here ? those are Galaxy devices. These images have come by way of the Russian language Hi-Tech@mail.ru site and to the best of our ability to translate Russian ? appear to have been added for demonstration purpose, not to say that Archos was preparing to copy the Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III.
Basically, we are offering this post as a simple reminder that not everything you see can be taken at face value. Just for comparison sake, you can see an image of the Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III below. Otherwise, aside from these images, what has been leaked about the Archos smartphones includes some basic specs and some rough price points. But again, no images just yet.
To sum up the rumored details that have leaked so far, we are hearing reports of three Archos smartphones; the 52 Titanium, 48 Platinum and 35 Carbon. The rumors are pointing towards the 52 Titanium as having a 5.2-inch 800 x 480 display and dual-core 1.2GHz processor, the 48 Platinum as having a 4.8-inch 1280 x 800 display and quad-core 1.7GHz processor and the 35 Carbon with a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 display and a single-core processor.
Source: http://androidcommunity.com/archos-galaxy-note-dont-be-fooled-this-afternoon-20130218/
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Monday, February 18, 2013
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Long-term success rates for eradication of Barrett's esophagus after endoluminal therapies
Feb. 12, 2013 ? A new study from researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania reports that endoluminal (endoscopic) therapies, combining resection and ablation techniques, for patients with Barrett's esophagus and high-grade dysplasia or early mucosal cancer have a high success rate, with durable results and a low risk of complications. The researchers noted that endoscopic surveillance after successful eradication is required.
The study appears in the February issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a precancerous condition with a known risk of progressing to cancer, especially when high-grade dysplasia (HGD, abnormal cells) is observed. Esophagectomy has been the standard treatment for BE with HGD or early mucosal cancer (intramucosal carcinoma). Endoluminal therapy is an alternative to operative resection in selected patients with decreased morbidity and equivalent long-term results to surgery.
"Endoluminal therapy has not been broadly applied, and there is limited long-term follow-up. Moreover, endoluminal therapy techniques have evolved over time, challenging assessments of long-term efficacy and effectiveness," said study lead author Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, FASGE, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and past president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. "We sought to assess the efficacy, safety, and durability of an aggressive, endoscopic, multiple-mode approach of complete eradication of intestinal metaplasia (abnormal cells) in patients with HGD and/or intramucosal carcinoma. We found that multiple-mode endoluminal therapy, combining resection and ablation techniques, for Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia or early cancer with intention to complete eradication of all intestinal metaplasia was successful, with low observed recurrence of dysplasia or cancer. However, recurrence of intestinal metaplasia occurs in one-third of cases, therefore persistent vigilant surveillance is required."
Endoluminal Therapies
Endoscopic therapy may include removal of Barrett's with dysplasia using endoscopic mucosal resection, which removes abnormal tissue in the esophagus without damaging the rest of the esophagus. Endoscopic ablation of Barrett's tissue can be done with either radiofrequency ablation, which destroys and kills cells by heating them, or cryotherapy, which destroys cells by freezing them. After either treatment, the esophagus grows back a normal healthy lining.
Methods
Endoluminal therapy is an option for selected patients with Barrett's esophagus and high-grade dysplasia or early cancer. In this study, researchers sought to assess long-term outcomes of patients treated with endoluminal therapy with the goal of complete eradication of all dysplasia and intestinal metaplasia. This was a retrospective cohort study of selected patients referred with dysplastic Barrett's esophagus at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania between January 1998 and December 2009. Patients received endoluminal therapy combining resection and photodynamic therapy, radiofrequency ablation, and/or argon plasma coagulation treatment that was individualized based on patient and lesion characteristics, technique evolution and interval response. Complete eradication of dysplasia, all intestinal metaplasia, and recurrences was assessed.
Results
A total of 166 patients were treated and had at least one year of follow-up. Complete elimination of neoplasia (abnormal cells) was achieved in 157 patients (95 percent) and complete elimination of intestinal metaplasia was achieved in 137 patients (83 percent). After therapy, patients were followed for 33 (range 18-58) months. Among patients who achieved complete elimination of intestinal metaplasia, subsequent recurrent intestinal metaplasia was detected in 48 (35 percent) and dysplasia in 12 (9 percent).
Among those who achieved only complete elimination of dysplasia, recurrent dysplasia was detected in six of 19 patients (32 percent). Statistical analysis showed that multifocal dysplasia and patient's age were risk factors for dysplasia and carcinoma recurrence, and complete elimination of intestinal metaplasia was a protective factor. Retreatment achieved remission in 90 percent of cases. Forty-two patients (23.9 percent) had complications, including 21 with stricture (11.9 percent) and one treatment-related death. Most adverse events were minor and responded to endoscopic or supportive therapy.
The researchers concluded that multiple-mode endoluminal therapy, combining resection and ablation techniques, for patients with BE and HGD and/or early mucosal cancer, with the intention of achieving complete eradication of all intestinal metaplasia can achieve a high success rate with durable results and low risk of morbidity. However, endoluminal therapy typically requires multiple treatment sessions over many months, life-long proton-pump inhibitor therapy, and a commitment to endoscopic surveillance after successful eradication. Although the risk of dysplasia or cancer recurrence is low, it is increased when multifocal dysplasia is detected before and during treatment. Additionally, intestinal metaplasia recurrence is detected in one-third of successfully treated patients, and it can occur long after initial eradication was achieved. Therefore, endoscopic surveillance even after successful eradication is required.
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- Carlos Guarner-Argente, Thomas Buoncristiano, Emma E. Furth, Gary W. Falk, Gregory G. Ginsberg. Long-term outcomes of patients with Barrett's esophagus and high-grade dysplasia or early cancer treated with endoluminal therapies with intention to complete eradication. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2013; 77 (2): 190 DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.10.013
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Sarah Klein: To Cancer, on Valentine's Day
Cancer:
I doubt you're getting many love letters this Valentine's Day. Don't get excited -- this isn't one, either. But since you paid my Valentine a visit last month, I'd like to get a few things off my chest.
Our story was tricky enough without you. We met toward the end of our senior year of high school and really hit it off, only to leave for colleges hundreds of miles apart just a few short months later. We tried the long distance thing, which I'm sure even you would say was a bad idea. It only ever got harder. We tried keeping in touch while we dated other people without much luck, and we eventually drifted into what we now fondly refer to as "radio silence" before reconnecting at a mutual friend's wedding (clich?, I know) in 2011.
We'll never really know when during 2012 you snuck in, but you made yourself known just as I was starting to really get comfortable in our rekindled us-ness (which, I should mention, continues to be long-distance). It was just about three weeks after I had decided that all along, he was the one I'd been looking for -- a slap in the face of a reminder never to get too comfortable.
Of course, I'm not allowing myself to think that we don't have forever. You are easier to get rid of in testicular form, even if you persistently knock on our door.
I just wish you'd stop knocking.
I used to have this fear about him, that he couldn't possibly be right for me simply because we met in high school. I still cringe at the term "high school sweethearts." But my dating anxiety comes now from a world of much less-familiar territory.
We've learned words I never thought I'd utter -- "orchiectomy" being the most jarring. We've had straight-faced conversations about fertility when before I would only laugh off the idea of children. We've even had to talk -- albeit briefly -- about how down the road, health and life insurance could get messy.
And while the doctors say you've let him be for now, my head swirls with statistics. He has about a 1 in 775,000 chance of being struck by lightning. He has about a 1 in 5,000 chance of being killed in a car accident. He has about a 1 in 10,000,000 chance of becoming the president some day.
But there's a one-in-five chance that you come back to visit, the doctors say. A 20 percent chance that his surgery wasn't enough and that he'll need additional treatment. And in the meantime, MRIs and CT scans four times a year for the next five years, each appointment a little bubble of worry ready to burst.
The doctors, our families, my friends tell us those are great odds. And by cancer standards, they are. Even if he does need radiation or chemotherapy or more surgery, he's still better off than many of the men and women you terrorize. I can't pretend to know the slightest thing about the infinite uncertainties we are blessed not to have to face, or what hearing the words "Stage IV" must feel like, or what the women in that position -- standing by their men when their men can no longer stand -- are going through. But that doesn't mean a one-in-five chance of seeing your ugly face again makes me feel great.
You know who is feeling great, though? Him. From the moment he decided to voice his concerns about what you were doing to his body, he's been a model patient. My Valentine has been so brave, comforting me when I'm scared of you! He's laughed in hideous hospital gowns at the inconvenience of your visit landing right between Christmas and New Year's, and at the disbelief that he'd never had blood drawn prior to your antics.
You might wonder why I've decided to write, rather than just curse you in silence. You're right, writing to you certainly won't make him better. But there's a small chance it might resonate with someone noticing a change in his own body and convince him to bring his concerns to his doctor. It seems to me that men, and young men in particular, all too often avoid making appointments to be poked and prodded. It is my hope that after reading this, other young men, like my Valentine, won't wait any longer.
So, while I can't say it's been particularly "nice" to meet you, I did want to send you this valentine of sorts to let you know that you've undoubtedly made me -- and us -- stronger. So thanks for that, I guess.
I hope I never see you again,
Sarah
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Finger-pointing trumps problem-solving on budget
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes questions from employees after a tour of Vinylmax LLC, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Hamilton, Ohio. Vinylmax is a top window producing company. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes questions from employees after a tour of Vinylmax LLC, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Hamilton, Ohio. Vinylmax is a top window producing company. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Just about everyone in official Washington is in agreement that big across-the-board spending cuts at the Pentagon and throughout domestic federal programs on March 1 are a bad idea.
So far, however, the warring tribes in the nation's capital seem more interested in finger-pointing than problem-solving.
Top House Republicans have embarked on a PR campaign reminding the public that the idea for the across-the-board cuts originated in Obama's White House.
Senate Democrats are preparing a bill to substitute about $120 billion in alternative deficit cuts over 10 years and prevent the automatic cuts ? in Washington parlance, a sequester ? through the end of calendar 2013. Its biggest component is a $47 billion tax increase on the rich; that is sure to prompt a GOP filibuster, probably successful, that will give Democrats political cover ? and ammo.
"We again find ourselves in sad and familiar territory," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. "Democrats sit on their hands until the last minute. Then they offer some gimmicky bill designed to fail."
Then there's President Barack Obama. He appeared before reporters at the White House last week to urge lawmakers to come up with a short-term plan to avoid the sequester. But Obama offered nothing specific, even though there are plenty of options at the ready after several recent rounds of failed Washington budget negotiations.
House Republicans do not have a plan to shut off the cuts and instead point to a spending cut bill that passed twice last year, most recently by a slender 215-209 vote in December. The GOP now controls eight fewer seats in the House and there's hardening sentiment among some tea party Republicans to allow the automatic cuts to take effect. It's not clear whether GOP leaders like Speaker John Boehner of Ohio could muster enough support to stop them.
The Senate bill would replace the automatic spending cuts with a tax increase patterned after the so-called Buffett Rule, which would require people with million-dollar incomes to pay a minimum 30 percent income tax. The rule is named after billionaire Warren Buffett, who championed it on the grounds that it wasn't fair for his secretary to pay a higher effective tax rate than him. That's because taxes on most earned or wage income are generally higher than taxes on investments.
The Buffett rule was a wedge issue in last year's campaign and was rejected by Senate Republicans in April. It's sure to prompt Republicans to scuttle the upcoming Democratic bill in a filibuster vote expected to be held just days before the cuts take effect March 1.
Republicans say the moment calls for presidential leadership.
"The president warned of grave economic consequences if the sequester were to go into effect, but he didn't announce any specific plans for how he would address it," Boehner told reporters last week. "He didn't bother to actually outline how he would replace the sequester that he suggested and insisted upon."
Senior White House aide Jason Furman said last week that any short-term plan should include "a balanced combination of spending and revenue measures." He would not elaborate. Nor have Obama and Boehner talked recently, other than pleasantries at the inauguration. Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., haven't been in touch either, even as the cuts loom ever closer.
The idea for the sequester came from the White House during negotiations in the summer of 2011 to increase the government's borrowing cap. Then, the White House pushed it as a way to avoid a second vote to increase debt limit that would have occurred in the middle of Obama's re-election campaign.
Whatever their reservations, top Republicans voted for the idea.
The sequester was intended to be so harsh that its prospect would drive a deficit-cutting "supercommittee" created by those talks toward an agreement. It did not.
The cuts were originally due to hit Jan. 1 but lawmakers gave themselves a two-month reprieve in last month's deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.
Many Republicans see the prospect of the sequester as their best chance to force Obama to agree to cuts in government benefit programs like Medicare, and some tea party Republicans are willing to absorb the sequester cuts if he won't go along. GOP leaders across the board say they won't agree to tax increases demanded by Democrats as part of any solution.
Obama carries the power of his office and the fact that he's more popular with the public than Capitol Hill Republicans into the battle. So Republicans already have been working overtime to remind voters that the sequester idea came from Obama's administration. Still, blaming the president for something some GOP members are embracing promises to be a tightrope exercise for Republican leaders.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
PFT: Dolphins' stadium 'welfare' for a billionaire?
APWhat might Bills defensive coordinator Mike Pettine be looking for in a safety?
WR Brian Hartline and S Chris Clemons continue to look like the likeliest Dolphins free agents to return next season.
Patriots DT Vince Wilfork?s offseason training program made room for shoveling snow last weekend.
Taking a look at the Jets linebacking corps.
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti has no problem leaving football matters to G.M. Ozzie Newsome.
Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons says there?s no blueprint for going from his job to head coach.
Former Browns coach Sam Rutigliano warns owner Jimmy Haslam not to lose touch with the team.
Should Steelers LB James Harrison stay or go?
Texans LB Brian Cushing will give some updates on his rehab in an interview with the team?s website on Tuesday.
Colts players hosted local students at a show about Jackie Robinson as part of Black History Month.
The Jaguars made some changes in?their front office and announced that Macky Weaver, nephew of former owner Wayne Weaver, will be leaving the team.
Titans QB Matt Hasselbeck is working with former NFL LB Isaiah?Kacyvenski to promote a product designed to help diagnosis head injuries.
Some people don?t get why the Broncos drafted QB Brock Osweiler last year.
The Chiefs added TE Kevin Brock?to their roster.
DT Richard Seymour?s contract voided, but the Raiders still have remnants of it on their cap.
Marty Schottenheimer?s new book spares no criticism of former Chargers G.M. A.J. Smith.
G Charlie Bryant and DT Nick Hayden are the newest additions to the Cowboys roster.
A look at the state of the Giants defensive line.
How is Eagles coach Chip Kelly handling being on the podium during his press conferences?
What is WR Santana Moss? future with the Redskins?
The Bears signed CB LeQuan Lewis, who spent time with the Buccaneers and Cowboys last season.
People are talking about the Lions making a run at signing RB Reggie Bush.
S Charles Woodson and LB A.J. Hawk loom large as the Packers set their strategy for the offseason.
A vote for the Vikings and WR Percy Harvin to part ways.
The Falcons waived DB/LB Matt Hansen, who injured his knee while with the team last offseason.
A letter from Charlotte?s mayor got the ball rolling on the deal that will provide money for the Panthers? desired stadium renovations.
S Rafael Bush was to be an exclusive rights free agent, but said he?s already re-signed with the Saints.
Should the Buccaneers keep CB Eric Wright for the 2013 season?
An explanation of why trading WR Larry Fitzgerald doesn?t make sense for the Cardinals.
The Rams have teamed with Washington University to promote heart-healthy nutrition and lifestyles.
The rhino named after 49ers T Alex Boone will be living in an enclosure named after the Ravens as part of the San Francisco Zoo?s Super Bowl bet with the Maryland Zoo.
Eric Williams of the Tacoma News Tribune wonders if the Seahawks and Vikings should be talking about a trade involving QB Matt Flynn and WR Percy Harvin.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Police: 4 wounded in Bourbon Street shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Gunfire wounded four people on New Orleans' famed Bourbon Street as a costumed crowd partied amid the countdown to Mardi Gras, sending people running, police and bystanders said.
Four shots rang out rapidly Saturday night, followed by screams as some in the crowd staggered into one another and a nearby wall, video taken by a bystander and released by police showed. Authorities said in an email Sunday that an argument involving one of the victims led to the shooting. They described the video ? released early Sunday ? as showing two men leaving the argument and returning with a third before the gunfire erupted.
No arrests were immediately reported, and police said they were seeking the three men who fled.
The wounded were two males and two females, New Orleans Police spokesman Frank B. Robertson said. One male victim was in guarded condition Sunday with shots to the abdomen, thigh and pelvis, Robertson said. The second male was shot in the buttocks, one female was shot on the chin and right foot, and the second female was shot on the toe, according to Robertson's statement.
Police had said late Saturday that the most severely wounded man was undergoing surgery while the others were stable. None was identified by age or name.
The shooting came on the last weekend of partying before Mardi Gras, the Fat Tuesday celebration that is the signature tourist event of the year in New Orleans. And for thousands, the partying continued despite the shooting.
New Orleans has been plagued for years by violent crime, including gun violence that has soared since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.
In 2011, sixteen people were shot and at least two killed in Halloween shootings in New Orleans. One of those killed ? a 25-year-old local resident ? was shot near the famous Chris Owens nightclub, about a block away from Saturday's incident.
Police placed the Saturday shooting in the 400 block of Bourbon Street.
Patrick Clay, 21, a Louisiana State University student, told The Times-Picayune that he was standing on the corner of Bourbon Street on Saturday night when suddenly he saw a crowd running and people screaming that there had been a shooting.
"Everyone immediately started running and the cops immediately started running toward where people were running from," Clay said. "I was with a group of about seven people and at that point, we all just kind of grasped hands and made our way through the crowd as soon as possible."
Some bartenders and revelers said the block of Bourbon Street where the shooting occurred was closed for a time while detectives investigated, but partying resumed hours later across that stretch.
Julia Rosenthal, a 19-year-old from Westchester, N.Y., had mixed feelings about hanging out in the French Quarter after the shooting. "It's not an OK thing that happened, and it's definitely scary. But I'm not going to let it affect my night," she said.
Peter Manabani, an employee at the Rat's Hole bar, said police had shut down a whole Bourbon Street block for an hour to investigate but allowed people to return to the area later.
Hours later on Sunday, there was little evidence that a shooting had occurred. Overnight revelers were in full party mode, packing the block amid a heavy police presence.
Laura Gonzalez, 21, of Baytown, Texas, said it was her first Mardi Gras and she spent some time in the Fat Catz bar nearby as police investigated. She said the bar locked its doors quickly after the shots rang out and wouldn't let anyone in or out while police went to the scene.
Asked if it was frightening, she responded: "Not really. We were just locked in a bar and we weren't going to let this one incident wreck our party."
Parades rolled all day Saturday but none on Bourbon Street because the streets are too narrow. One of the biggest Mardi Gras parades, the Krewe of Endymion, rolled down a major thoroughfare and just skirted Bourbon Street a few hours before the shooting. Typically, once the parades end, partygoers head to the French Quarter.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-4-wounded-bourbon-street-shooting-081910314.html
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Tim Loughton MP: Here's some legislation on the family we can all ...
Tim Loughton is the Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham, and was Parliamentary Under Secretary for Children and Families from 2010 until 2012. Follow?Tim on Twitter.
Inevitably, this week?s headlines have been dominated by the controversial vote over gay marriage the media?s delight at being able to trot out the usual hackneyed clich?s about Tory Party splits. That conveniently ignores the fact that this was a free vote on a conscience issue and inevitably Conservative MPs, and indeed those from other parties, will have differing views and will be accountable to their own constituents.
Lost in the melee of last Tuesday was the Children & Families Bill unwisely published on the same day.? I say unwisely because it contains some really good legislation about improving support for getting more children adopted, shared parental leave and crucially shared parenting. And I narcissistically say good stuff because it reflects the culmination of issues I believe in passionately and had been working on for years as Children?s Minister and previously in Opposition.
The groundbreaking clauses on shared parenting confirm that the Government is to press ahead with changes long discussed by my party which will add a ?presumption of shared parenting? to the Children Act 1989. This delivers on a manifesto commitment Conservatives first made in 2005 and I tried to carry through with amendments to the Children & Adoption Bill in Opposition in 2006 only to be frustrated by? the then Labour Government.
Many commentators have lazily referred to the proposed changes in terms of ?father?s legal rights.? It is important to stress though that this is not about parent?s rights, neither mother?s nor father?s. It is about children?s rights and expectations and the responsibilities of both parents to their child.
All sensible people acknowledges that children do best when they have the fullest possible involvement with both parents either when in a happy family home or after a parental split. Studies show such children are 40% less likely to suffer mental health problems, less likely to become teenage pregnancy statistics and they achieve better at school too. This will not be the same for every child and it in no way takes away from the fantastic job that many single parents of either gender do whether they are single parents by choice or not. But these are the facts.In over 90% of cases the resident parent after a split will be the mother. Some fathers will walk away from responsibilities to their children by choice and need to be pursued. In the case of a few it may not be safe to remain involved, but for too many their fervent attempts to remain actively involved during childhood can be frustrated by a former partner after an acrimonious split. The children become pawns between warring parents, the court room the combat arena, the taxpayer funds much of the conflict and everyone loses, not least the children caught in the middle. At its worst over a quarter of decent parents are completely frozen out and lose contact with their children within a few years.
Around 90% of separating couples are able to make arrangements for their children without recourse to the courts though contact arrangements will often still be problematic. But we need to make sure that fewer of the 10% who do resort to legal resolution often in very acrimonious and long drawn out proceedings, do so in the future. I want to see a large metaphorical warning sign outside of every family court which says that if you think you can use the court to play winner takes all, to exclude a non-resident parent out of a relationship with his or her kids altogether, then don?t even think about it unless there is a welfare threat to the children which can be clearly demonstrated. Because the presumption is that both parents will be required and expected to play their full role as parents just as when you had the children in the first place.
That is what a presumption of shared parenting enshrined in law is intended to do ? keep more warring parents out of court and persuade more of them to act like adults in the interests of their children earlier on. It should also be seen in the context of other ?beefed-up? upstream measures such as hard to reject mediation, less access to one sided legal aid and better enforcement measures when contract arrangements are willingly and often regularly breached. When you learn that last year there were only 53 enforcement orders and hardly ever will a judge resort to the nuclear option of transferring residency away from a parent serially frustrating contact, then it is clear how so many dads feel the system is against them.
Of course there will be opponents to such measures as attested by other less balanced headlines talking about divorced parents rights putting ?victims of violence at risk.? There are good reasons to keep some separating parents out of the picture on safety grounds and that is why the proposals being put forward now are still completely subject to the ?paramountcy principle of the welfare of the child.? That will not stop some of the regular suspects crying wolf despite the fact that I brought all sides on this argument round the table in the Department for Education when formulating the basis of the consultation which reported last year.
Opposition may be particularly vociferous in the Lords where can be felt the influence of a number of retired senior judges who? invariably resent anything that treads on the patently buckled toes of their profession?s autonomy in the court room without having to be ?tainted? by reading what goes on in Hansard. They also need to justify the huge variations in the way often neighbouring courts deal with contact arrangements and their breach and not least the amount of time cases drag on leaving children and non-resident parents drifting farther apart by default.
Others will point to the Australian experience of shared parenting which went wrong because it dealt in terms of an ill defined ?meaningful relationship? between parent and child and soon got bogged down in the minefield of equality of time which resulted in more litigation not less. But as I have stressed this Government?s shared parenting proposals are about keeping more parents out of court in the first place rather than fast tracking them into it.
The working and parenting practices of families who toil hard enough to stay together have changed greatly over recent decades. Fathers are, and want to be, more involved. The undeniable benefits of shared parenting for children even after a split haven?t changed. It is time the law caught up with that, so let?s not miss this opportunity at long last by wallowing too long in the fall out of the gay marriage debate when there is other important work to be done for the sake of our children.
Source: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/02/from-timloughton.html
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
A Financial Transaction Tax is Necessary and Feasible | The ...
By Amitabh Pal, February 8, 2013
A recent analysis reinforces the case for a financial transaction tax in the United States.
The idea has been around since the 1970s in one form or the other (I have a more than a decade-old poster for the tax up in my office). Now, Jesse Eisinger in a piece for ProPublica and the New York Times strengthens the justification for such a levy.
Eisinger makes a convincing argument that a tax of this sort would not be hard to collect, would calm down the irrational speculation that has harmed all of us, and would help reduce the federal deficit.
?The average American, who has limited exposure to the stock market, has little to fear from the tax and much to gain,? Eisinger writes. ?And if some of the high-frequency trading flees offshore? Good riddance.?
Eisinger?s reasoning has been backed up by others. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz has also stated that the tax wouldn?t be too difficult to enforce due to the advent of modern technology. Plus, ?the financial sector polluted the global economy with toxic assets and now they ought to clean? up, Stiglitz said a few years ago.
Europe is getting its act together. Eleven countries on the continent, including France and Germany, are getting the ball rolling on such a tax. But the Obama Administration has been a major roadblock to anything of that sort happening here.
As Ron Suskind reported in ?Confidence Men,? his must-read account of economic policymaking under Obama, the President was sabotaged by his own underlings like Lawrence Summers and Tim Geithner.
? A financial transactions tax on banks and financial institutions, to try to tame the trading emphasis that has swept those industries and along the way, raise money: Obama said, in one meeting, ?We are going to do this!? ? Suskind wrote. ?Summers disagreed; it never materialized.?
And Geithner provided a more public face for the same pig-headedness.
?That's not something that we're prepared to support,? Geithner responded when then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown proposed a global transaction fees in 2009. With assistance from the IMF and Canada?s conservative government, the Obama Administration shot the idea down.
Geithner was so hell-bent against the tax that he alienated our allies.
In 2011, Geithner ?even chastised Europeans for moving towards implementation of such taxes in their own territories, prompting angry words from the Austrian finance minister,? writes Sarah Anderson of the Institute for Policy Studies.
Jacob Lew, his incoming replacement as Treasury Secretary, offers scant hope, since he doesn?t seem to have a basic understanding of financial markets.
?I don't believe that deregulation was the proximate cause? of the economic crisis, he said during his 2010 Senate confirmation hearing for his position as Office of Management and Budget director.
Progressives in Congress are trying to move forward undeterred. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio are reintroducing a bill asking for a tax of 3 cents per $100 of transaction. DeFazio has cited a Joint Tax Committee study that his bill would raise more than $350 billion in revenue over a decade.
But, in spite of the many benefits of his proposal, DeFazio knows that the Obama Administration is on the wrong side.
?That?s all they?re about,? DeFazio told the Washington Post in 2011. ?They are going to defend speculators until their dying breath.?
The Obama Administration needs to see the light here?before its Wall Street friends destroy the global economy again.
If you liked this article by Amitabh Pal, the managing editor of the Progressive magazine, please check out his article entitled "John Kerry?s Conventional Mindset."
Follow Amitabh Pal @amitpal on Twitter
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Source: http://www.progressive.org/financial-transaction-tax
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Learn to Make Tasty, Balanced Lunches with the Bento 101 Course
Bentos are multi-course meals packed into a decorative or compartmentalized box. Making bento could jazz up your lunch and make it more nutritionally balanced. Just Bento has a new free course on getting started with practical, everyday bento.
The first lesson in this series of weekly articles covers the essential rules of bento: It should be tasty, reasonably healthy and nutritionally balanced, look neat and appetizing, quick and easy to prepare, and inexpensive. Sounds like a perfect homemade lunch, right?
There's also an assignment to list bento-friendly foods for each food category (a template is provided), which should make assembling your lunches easier and ensure you've got enough variety.
Although bento comes from Japan, your lunch bento doesn't have to be Japanese. And while some people go all out cutting foods into crazy shapes and configurations, bento doesn't have to be fussy or complicated.
Hit up the link below for more details on getting into the bento-making habit.
Bento 101 (Getting Into the Bento Making Habit): Part 1: What can I eat? | Just Bento
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
With conciliatory tone, Cantor seeks to rebrand Republican Party
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eric Cantor, the often combative second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, sought on Tuesday to rebrand himself and his party, voicing hope that they can work with President Barack Obama for the sake of all Americans.
While not wavering from his conservative principles and desire to tame the record U.S. debt, Cantor expressed a new eagerness to help the needy in such areas as education, healthcare, immigration and moving up the economic ladder.
"Over the next two years, the House (Republican) majority will pursue an agenda based on a shared vision of creating the conditions for health, happiness and prosperity for more Americans and their families," Cantor said in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank.
Some Democrats mocked Cantor's bid to "rebrand" his party, with House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer noting that it was at least Cantor's fourth time to do so.
But Charles Schumer, the Senate's No. 3 Democrat, hailed the House Republican leader's tone and message.
"If House Republicans can adapt their agenda to match Leader Cantor's words, this Congress could surprise people with how productive it can be," Schumer said.
The House Republican leader did not endorse immigration reforms backed by Obama but voiced an openness on the matter.
Cantor said he favored providing "an opportunity for legal residence and citizenship for those who were brought to this country as children and who know no other home."
That appeared to represent a reversal for Cantor, who in 2010 voted against the Dream Act, which would have cleared the way for such young people to remain in the United States.
Cantor gave little ground on any of the other differences between House Republicans and Obama in his speech, which his office billed as a major policy address. But he offered a marked change in tone and a new willingness to get things done on a number of fronts important to voters.
Republicans were hammered in the 2012 election, which saw Obama win a second term and Democrats gain seats in the House and Senate. The Republican Party was labeled by some critics as "The Party of No," one that preferred gridlock to compromise.
A Washington Post-ABC News/Washington poll last month found that 67 percent of Americans say that Republicans are doing "too little" to work with Obama.
The survey gave Republicans in Congress an approval rating of 24 percent, compared to a 37 percent rating for Democrats. Obama's approval recently hit a four-year high of 60 percent.
To be sure, differences remain.
As Cantor spoke, Republicans and Obama exchanged barbs in their latest standoff over deficit reduction, one likely to lead to $85 billion in damaging across-the-board budget cuts in March.
FOCUS ON 'WHAT LIES BEYOND'
Cantor made only passing reference to the bitter fights with Obama over "cliffs, debt ceilings and budgets" in which he has played such a visible role.
It is time, he said, to focus on "what lies beyond" them, including education, jobs, healthcare and innovation.
"It is my hope that I can stand before you in two years and report back that our side, as well as the president's, found within us the ability to set differences aside, to provide relief to so many millions of Americans who simply want their lives to work again," Cantor said.
Cantor, 49, from Virginia is widely seen as a possible successor to Ohio's John Boehner, 63, as House Speaker, the chamber's top job.
While the two insist that they have a close working relationship, at times they have offered competing visions. On Tuesday, however, Boehner said they were on the same page.
Speaking with reporters after a meeting with House Republicans, Boehner said, "As I told the members, Eric's giving a very important speech."
"If we're going to connect with the American people, it's important that they see, not only that we're serious about solving our debt problem, but we're serious about addressing issues like energy, like education, to show really the breadth of the effort that we're involved in," Boehner said.
During the past two years, the White House has tried to make Cantor the face of the unpopular Republican House, and has made it clear that Obama prefers working with Boehner.
In an apparent effort to present a softer personal image, Cantor punctuated his speech with references to a long lineup of people, including his wife and three children, his father, a Baltimore nurse and a police officer from his hometown of Richmond, Virginia.
He spoke of visiting an inner-city school this week and introduced a student from the school and his father to illustrate his interest in finding new solutions in education.
(Editing by Fred Barbash, Eric Walsh and Christopher Wilson)
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