Just terrible news and so unfortunate that it has to play out this way. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to have to deal with a (seemingly) serious medical issue and have to justify every related move to the public.
A lot.
How many people that advertisers care about would be affected by new police evidence rules?
Nowhere near as many.
Seems pretty cut and dried. If advertisers pay the bills you write to the audience they're interested in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/washington/15scotus.html?h...
The question [...] was whether the requirement established in Apprendi applied to the decision whether a defendant convicted of multiple crimes must serve consecutive or concurrent sentences if the harsher punishment required a judge to find facts not determined by the jury.
Realty check: People get sick and they rest and then they get better. That's what's happening here.
If this were undiagnosed, or a really serious condition, or life threatening, or anything like that I'd have a different opinion. But as of right now all I see is a bunch of people trying to make a really big deal out of a relatively small thing in order to drive hits/sell newspapers.
Pretty often, actually, people get sick and then die. Especially people who've had cancer. :(
Reading between the lines here, I suspect his health is in really bad shape. I hope I'm wrong, though.
More to the point he has a disease that causes depression, fatigue, hair loss, urinary tract infections, and other embarassing conditions. So it makes perfect sense for him to stay at home to recover.
Other than he had Cancer 5 years ago what lines are you reading in between that makes you think he's sicker than he says?
Anything so serious that it could cause a CEO to leave a company for six months is extremely serious.
Second this isn't a significant amount of time off. Perfectly healthy 53 year olds with millions of dollars in the bank take sabbaticals all the time.
If you're that rich, you don't go to the hospital, the hospital comes to you.
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As far as "there’s always a reason" I have to ask: Have you looked at what the symptoms are for the disease he has? Fatigue, Hair Loss, Urinary Tract Infection, etc... I’d take a few months off if I were him. It doesn’t mean he’s any sicker than he says he is.
Extended weight loss isn't something that just happens. Granted with the surgery he's had, you do expect some effects as the GI system probably isn't as efficient as it once was. But given the care he's probably receiving, any minor issue should have been resolved. And for any workaholic to have to take time off means that it's probably something serious.
Even with the best care, you can only make a diagnosis based on what you know to test for. You can treat the symptoms but if the underlying cause isn't detected, the best you can do is prolong the inevitable.
Hope I'm wrong cause it's not anything I'd wish on anyone.