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Your source for news affecting the U.S. Social Security Administration Copyright Charles T. Hall
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Effective January 21, 2010, the individual with initial jurisdiction for authorizing a fee under the fee petition process may authorize a fee up to and including $10,000.00.
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The call to arms was issued at 5:55 a.m. last Friday.
"To all modern Sons of Liberty: THIS is your time. Break their windows. Break them NOW."
These were the words of Mike Vanderboegh, a 57-year-old former militiaman from Alabama, who took to his blog urging people who opposed the historic health-care reform legislation -- he calls it "Nancy Pelosi's Intolerable Act" -- to throw bricks through the windows of Democratic offices nationwide.
"So, if you wish to send a message that Pelosi and her party [that they] cannot fail to hear, break their windows," Vanderboegh wrote on the blog, Sipsey Street Irregulars. "Break them NOW. Break them and run to break again. Break them under cover of night. Break them in broad daylight. Break them and await arrest in willful, principled civil disobedience. Break them with rocks. Break them with slingshots. Break them with baseball bats. But BREAK THEM." ...
Vanderboegh was unapologetic in a 45-minute telephone interview with The Washington Post early Thursday. He said he believes throwing bricks through windows sends a warning to Democratic lawmakers that the health-care reform legislation they passed Sunday has caused so much unrest that it could result in a civil war.
"The federal government should not have the ability to command us to buy something that it decides we should buy," Vanderboegh said. The government, he added, has "absolutely no idea the number of alienated who feel that their backs are to the wall are out here . . . who are not only willing to resist this law to the very end of their lives, but are armed and are capable of making such resistance possible and perhaps even initiating a civil war."...
Vanderboegh said he once worked as a warehouse manager but now lives on government disability checks. He said he receives $1,300 a month because of his congestive heart failure, diabetes and hypertension.
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SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDITS—Offers tax credits to small businesses to make employee coverage more affordable. Tax credits of up to 35 percent of premiums will be immediately available. Effective beginning for calendar year 2010. (Beginning in 2014, small business tax credits will cover 50 percent of premiums.)
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS—Increases funding for Community Health Centers to allow for nearly doubling the number of patients served over the next 5 years. Effective beginning in fiscal year 2010.
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A press release from Social Security:
I would embed the video if I could.Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today joined award-winning actress Patty Duke and the cast of her hit 1960s sitcom, The Patty Duke Show, to unveil Social Security's newest online service – an application for Medicare benefits. This new online application, which takes less than 10 minutes to complete, is for people reaching the Medicare eligibility age of 65 who want to delay filing for Social Security retirement benefits. Currently about a half million Americans enroll in Medicare each year without applying for monthly benefits.
"Social Security's online services are the best in all of government and exceed the top private sector companies in customer satisfaction," Commissioner Astrue said. "The new Medicare application is a welcome addition to our suite of online services and will make it easier than ever to sign up for Medicare. I am thrilled that Patty Duke has once again volunteered to help us get the word out. The fact that this time her TV family has joined her makes this even more special and I thank William Schallert, Eddie Applegate, and Paul O'Keefe for their service to America. I also want to thank Dr. David Kessler, former FDA Commissioner, who appeared with Patty as a befuddled family physician in some of our spots." ...
To view the new public service announcements featuring the cast of The Patty Duke Show, go to www.socialsecurity.gov/medicareonly.
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People with early-onset Alzheimer's disease or any of 37 other diseases now are eligible for Medicare benefits without having to wait two years after being diagnosed.
Currently, the Social Security Administration has a "compassionate allowance" for people with any of 50 different diseases, most of which are fatal, that allows the patient to begin receiving medical coverage under Medicare without being 65 or having to comply with the mandatory two-year wait after becoming eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance.
"These patients will no longer be stuck in 'no-man's land' in regards to medical coverage," said Carrie Collins, the client access director for the Alzheimer's Association.
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Between December 2009 and mid-March 2010, SSA will mail invitations to 3,100 representatives, inviting them to register online and use our appointed representative services. A list of representatives selected to receive invitations for Phase I can be found on the Front Line Resource Kit at: http://eis.ba.ssa.gov/oesweb/frontline/resource_kits/Disability%20Direct_Resource_Kit.html
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"AARP's top priorities in this legislation include adequate funding to address the Social Security Administration's growing disability claims backlog ..."
"For FY 2011, we urge that the Committee provide at least $12.5 billion to operate the programs under Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act, including Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI). Without this significant increase, the SSA will be unable to maintain quality service to the public, the disability backlog will worsen and program integrity will be undermined."
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"This is the largest tax bill in history," the Republican leader fumed. The reform "is unjust, unworkable, stupidly drafted and wastefully financed."
And that wasn't all. This "cruel hoax," he said, this "folly" of "bungling and waste," compared poorly to the "much less expensive" and "practical measures" favored by the Republicans.
"We must repeal," the GOP leader argued. "The Republican Party is pledged to do this."
That was Republican presidential nominee Alf Landon in a September 1936 campaign speech. He based his bid for the White House on repealing Social Security.
Bad call, Alf. Republicans lost that presidential election in a landslide. By the time they finally regained the White House -- 16 years later -- their nominee, Dwight Eisenhower, had abandoned the party's repeal platform.
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Where can you meet 300-500 new people every day? You can find them in the waiting rooms of Social Security's busiest offices. Nationwide, Social Security is experiencing growth in the number of people visiting offices. As of early March 2010, the agency has already had five weeks in which it greeted over one million customers. In comparison, the agency had over a million customers only two weeks out of the entire last calendar year.
Social Security employees in many offices, both large and small, are feeling the effects of this customer growth. But, many of the largest offices are experiencing higher customer growth rates than the national average. Consequently, while the agency's overall waiting times have remained steady at approximately 21 minutes for the past several years, the busiest offices are experiencing waiting times exceeding 30 minutes. This is because there is often an average of one Service Representative (SR) for every 45-60 customers visiting per day in these offices. Because some interviews can be lengthy due to their complexity, this number of customers is more than one employee can adequately assist in the six hours usually spent at the reception counter each day.
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The publisher William Randolph Hearst was a fervent enemy of President Roosevelt and the New Deal. All the newspapers in the Hearst chain were expected to regularly publish unfavorable stories about New Deal programs. On the eve of the 1936 presidential election Hearst sought to undermine support for Social Security with allegations that workers would be required to wear "dog-tags" with their Social Security number and would be forced to fill-out questionnaires probing for personal information. In fact, neither allegation was true. However, the "dog-tag" story did have a basis in fact.When considering ways to assign Social Security numbers, one proposal was to issue metal nameplates, not unlike military "dog-tags." Commissioner Altmeyer vetoed this idea as soon as he heard about it. This did not, however, stop the Hearst syndicate from reporting it as fact. During the early discussion of the metal nameplate idea, one company eager for this potential government business (the Addressograph Corp.) went so far as to prepare a sample I.D. tag in Commissioner Altmeyer's name. Altmeyer kept this sample "dog-tag" in his desk drawer throughout his career with SSA, and he donated it to SSA after his retirement. So the one and only Social Security "dog-tag" ever issued is now on display in the History Room at SSA headquarters in Baltimore.
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He is fairly sunny about other people and the world, in fact, not because he is blind to flaws, but because reason and maturity keep his expectations modest. He doesn't use satire to settle scores with "Them," but to attack, with self-deprecating humor, the traits, customs and practices that need attacking in all of us. He doesn't use lyric poetry to bewail lost hopes, wallow in envy, or complain of having been cheated by life. His keenest dissatisfactions are reserved for those systems and forms of thought that fail to put the human first and give it due weight, like those bureaucrats in "Moscow Zoo" who condone the murder of millions because it fulfills an ideological need.
Here is a epigram by Juster:
Poems are best
when compressed
I detest
the rest.
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A press release from Social Security:
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced that the agency's first Extended Service Team (EST) is open for business in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Little Rock EST will make disability decisions for state Disability Determinations Services (DDSs) that are most adversely affected by the flood of new initial disability claims resulting from the economic downturn and from counterproductive furloughs of employees at the state level. Later this year, Social Security will open additional ESTs in Madison, Mississippi; Roanoke, Virginia; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The ESTs are in states that have a history of high quality and productivity, as well as the capacity to hire and train significant numbers of additional employees.
"The strategy behind ESTs builds on our success with National Hearing Centers, where cases are handled electronically from all over the country," Commissioner Astrue said. "These centralized units have reduced the hearings backlog and improved processing times at some of the hardest-hit hearing offices. This approach clearly works and extending it in this way can help us meet the challenge of unprecedented growth in our disability workloads."
Social Security expects to receive more than 3.3 million applications for disability benefits this fiscal year (FY), about 700,000 more than in FY 2008. In addition, more than a dozen states are furloughing federally-funded state workers who make disability decisions for Social Security. The combination of increased workloads and state furloughs has resulted in a growing backlog of initial disability applications in state DDSs.
"More Americans than ever are turning to us for help," said Commissioner Astrue. "I am grateful that Governor Beebe bucked the trend and recognized the value of more of our federally-funded jobs in his state. The opening of the Arkansas EST and our other planned expansions in Mississippi, Virginia, and Oklahoma will significantly benefit disabled workers and their families as well as create new job opportunities to these states during difficult economic times."
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Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced the agency is providing helpful health care information and website links to the more than three million individuals who apply each year for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits. The website links take disability applicants to two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) websites – www.healthfinder.gov where they will find information and tools to help them better understand and cope with their conditions; and www.healthfinder.gov/rxdrug where they may be able to get help paying for prescription drugs.
"This year over three million Americans will apply for disability benefits. Whether they meet the statutory test and qualify for benefits or not, almost all of them are facing difficult economic and medical challenges. One of the advantages of our fully electronic system is that our notices can provide applicants with valuable information provided by HHS that might help them make good choices faster," Commissioner Astrue said. "Twenty five years ago, I had the experience of filing for disability benefits on behalf of my seriously ill father. It would have been a blessing to have had easy access to this kind of important information."
The website at www.healthfinder.gov provides detailed information about specific diseases. For example, an applicant with breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, or other diseases can go to the site to gather information about diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, ongoing research, and local resources available to people with those diseases. The website at www.healthfinder.gov/rxdrug links people to the Partnership for Prescription Assistance, which directs people to information on reduced cost or free prescription drugs offered by drug companies, state and local governments, and local organizations.
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Democratic Members of the Ways and Means Committee yesterday unanimously approved the following changes to their subcommittee memberships:
· Representative John Tanner (D-TN) will now serve as Acting Chairman of the Subcommittee on Trade
· Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) will now serve as Acting Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security
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Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue is the recipient of the Alzheimer's Association's 2010 Humanitarian Award. The award is given each year to a public official who has made a significant contribution to help those who are struggling with Alzheimer's disease. This year, the award will be given to Commissioner Astrue in recognition of his exceptional leadership in creating the Compassionate Allowances Initiative and the decision to include early-onset Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in that initiative.
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Jan-10 | 32,227 | $111,440,046.23 |
Feb-10 | 29,914 | $105,708,101.59 |
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Average Processing Time of Administrative Law Judge Dispositions As Of September 30, 2008 And September 30, 2009 In Days And Percent Change By Social Security Region
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The Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposal by President Barack Obama to give people on Social Security a $250 bonus check.Republicans and Democratic deficit hawks combined to reject the idea by a 50-47 vote. The plan, offered in the Senate by Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would have added $14 billion to the out-of-control budget deficit.
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One of the great advances of 20th century was increased life expectancy. This advance might have bankrupted Social Security, if it were not for women in the work force.
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We propose to amend our rules to permit disability examiners in the State agencies to make fully favorable determinations in certain claims for disability benefits under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (Act) without the approval of a medical or psychological consultant. The proposed changes would apply on a temporary basis only to claims we consider under our rules for Quick Disability Determinations (QDD) or under our compassionate allowance initiative.
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For three years, four months and 11 days, Debra Shirar waited for the Social Security Administration to say yes to her disability claim.
In that time, she accepted state assistance for a little more than $100 a month, lived with a friend and rummaged through her neighbors' garbage to find aluminum cans she could sell to buy medicine.
"I have taken 30 days worth of pills and made them last 90 … because I don't have the money," Shirar said. ...
Two weeks ago, the Social Security Administration told Shirar something she had known since October 2006: She was disabled.
"It's over," 58-year-old Shirar said. "The resolution is nice, but not as sweet as it would be if I didn't have to go through with it in the first place. I would rather be working."
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Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced that the number of disability hearings pending stands at 697,437 cases -- the lowest level since June 2005 and down more than 71,000 cases since December 2008, when the trend of month-by-month reductions began. In addition, the average processing time for hearing decisions has decreased to 442 days, down from a high of 514 days at the end of fiscal year (FY) 2008."We have decreased the number of hearings pending by almost 10 percent over the last 14 months and cut the time it takes to make a decision by nearly two and a half months. This remarkable progress shows our backlog reduction plan is working," Commissioner Astrue said. "With ongoing support from the President and Congress as well as the efforts of our hardworking employees, I am confident the hearings backlog will continue to diminish."
Social Security has actively addressed the hearings backlog and increased the capacity to hold more hearings. The agency hired 147 Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) and over 1,000 support staff in FY 2009, and has plans to hire an additional 226 ALJs this year. The agency now has four National Hearing Centers to help process hearings by video conference for the most hard-hit areas of the country. The agency also has aggressive plans to open 14 new hearing offices and three satellite offices by the end of the year. The first of these offices was opened in Anchorage, Alaska on February 19, 2010.
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Having been a follower of your blog for some long while, I've often thought of writing you.
By way of introduction, I am a Ph.D. psychologist in private practice...I've worked at least part-time since 1994 in the SSA [Social Security Administration] system, first at DDS [Disability Determination Services] as a consultant, and now doing ME work for ODAR [Office of Disability Adjudication and Review]. Unlike many MEs [Medical Expert witness at Social Security disability hearing], I am not an elderly retiree, doing this work as supplementary income. I consider it very important work, and I try to bring my varied clinical experiences to bear on the disability cases I read. I work for 7 different ODAR offices in __________, when they call.
What 'pushed me over the edge' to write to you now was a recent case I was asked to review in an interrogatory form. The case involved well over 1200 pages of records relevant to mental health issues, as well as Appeals Council and District Court opinions. I don't mean to sound self-righteous, but I read every page of the case...all the while processing other thoughts....For one, no ME had ever been involved before in this case, though years of back and forth had occurred. For another, I could not do anything but despair about the time I had to invest in it...11 hours including the reading and then writing of an opinion. I could have spent even more time. For this, I will be paid $130. If my forensic colleagues were to take on a case such as this, their fees would approach $2000!
I have very little interaction with other MEs (partly because of the way the ME system is arranged). I have many other concerns..especially the capricious nature of how the case work comes to me...how different judges work so very differently, ..and on. Do other MEs correspond with you? Is there a "lobby" for us? How could I impact the fee structure (unchanged in the time I have worked for OHA [Office of Hearings and Appeals, the former name for ODAR]/ODAR)? So, I am curious about your thoughts...
I look forward to hearing from you...
thanks much,
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LG: In all seriousness, it's not surprising that traditional media companies that put so much effort and so many resources into producing really valuable news coverage are chagrined when they see that appearing and generating ad revenue at someone else's media outfit, whether that's The Huffington Post or even just a small blog. But at the same time, one of the things that we wanted to point out is that aggregation has always been around in some form or another. It's something that every news provider does to some extent, even The New York Times. News companies exist in a pretty complex ecosystem, they're always picking up cues from one another, and it's certainly part of the landscape now, and they have to contend with it to some extent. Even when they want to build their own audiences, intelligent and savvy news providers are going to have to use aggregation intelligently to bring readers and viewers to their own sites—even as, of course, they police the most egregious examples of aggregation, where they see themselves losing revenue.
BG: There are certainly examples out there of websites that are just outright stealing content, and we feel that the full brunt of the law ought to be brought forth on those people. But one of the examples we used in the report was a story that New York magazine broke on their website—it was a wonderful little piece by Gabe Sherman, who's a great media reporter. He looked at how Roger Ailes had told Sarah Palin not to do her famous "blood libel" video after the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords. And it was just a great scoop, it was only about five hundred words. He spent a couple days doing the reporting on that, another day on the editing and vetting, they published it one night, and it got a lot of buzz. The next day, The Huffington Post picked up a very short version of that, and if you look at the number of comments, New York magazine got about a hundred and thirty comments, and Huffington Post got over two thousand.
So you could say, "Wow, that's really unfair." But actually, when you look more deeply into it, New York magazine was fine with Huffington Post picking it up, because they got a ton more traffic that they never would've gotten otherwise. It was also linked to by Andrew Sullivan, by HotAir.com. So the simple fact is, media companies are not going to be able to put this toothpaste back into the old tube here. The way copyright laws are written, other news companies can and will aggregate. So the idea is to kind of figure out how to make the most out of it.
So looking broadly now, what do you hope will come out of this report? Who would you like to read it? What changes would you like them to take away from it?
BG: Well, we wrote it, in a way, for really several different audiences. One is journalists. I think a lot of journalists are kind of scratching their heads and looking at things that just don't seem to make much sense. Why does The New York Times website, which gets close to thirty million unique users, generate so much less revenue than the print newspaper, which has nine hundred thousand weekday subscribers? It just doesn't make sense. And so we wanted to kind of explain some things in ways that we hope that journalists who may not read Romenesko every two minutes of their life could understand. We also wanted to kind of bring in some basic business principles of how fundamentally the digital platform has disrupted the economics that supported journalism for so long. That's why our first chapter cites about fifteen or sixteen principles that we thought people ought to understand.
And what we hope is that people will read it, both on the journalism side and on the business side, and get a better sense of where the other side is coming from, but also adopt a more innovative and aggressive attitude towards finding solutions in the commercial market. Because we don't think that the philanthropic or government support is ever going to be able to support journalism in the way that we are used to—there's going to have to be a commercial market for it. And anything we can do to help contribute to that understanding, we think is helpful.

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William J. Watkins, Jr. on Patent Trolls Recorded: Wednesday, June 18, 2014
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Experts: William J. Watkins Jr.Type: RadioIssues: Antitrust, Competition, and Monopoly, Business, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Litigation, Regulation and Deregulation, Science, Technology
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Southern Baptists, the largest Christian denomination in the U.S., are putting together a massive pre-election prayer vigil.
Southern Baptist churches will be praying for 40 days before voters head to the polls. The upcoming vigil is slated to begin September 24 and end on November 2.
The daily prayers are asking for: God's guidance in voting, the election of more godly Christians and for public officials to be protected from Satan's attacks.
So far, more than 1,300 churches have already signed up for the prayer campaign, according to the head of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Rev. Richard land.
"Our vision statement is an American society that affirms and practices Judeo-Christian values rooted in biblical authority," Land said. "America will be better off if people who are voting are seeking God's guidance."
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Radiotherapy| treats cancer by using high-energy rays (radiation) that destroy the cancer cells, while doing as little harm as possible to normal cells.
Radiotherapy can either be given as external radiotherapy| from outside the body using x-rays, or from within the body as internal radiotherapy|.
Radiotherapy can cause side effects, such as fatigue| (tiredness that doesn't go away with rest) that can last for several weeks or months. In this situation sex may be one of the last things on your mind, or you just may be too tired to actually have sex.
Radiotherapy can also cause a skin reaction. The skin can be very sensitive in the groin, perineum and anal areas, and, in women, the vulva. If a skin reaction does occur, it can make sex difficult and painful.
Radiotherapy to the pelvic area can also cause other side effects, such as diarrhoea| and nausea| (feeling sick). Some people also get inflammation of the bladder (cystitis) or rectum, which can cause pain and bleeding. Some women may also have vaginal bleeding. These side effects can either make sex difficult or affect your desire to have sex. Most of these side effects are temporary, but very rarely they can be permanent. There are ways to cope with some of these side effects|. We have more information about pelvic radiotherapy for men| and women|.
A possible long-term side effect of radiotherapy is damage to the tiny blood vessels close to the surface of the skin. This will cause red spidery marks on the skin and is called telangiectasia. These blood vessels can be delicate and are more likely to bleed. Telangiectasia may affect how you feel about the way you look, or make sexual contact difficult if the skin is fragile.
In women, radiotherapy can affect sexual function when it's given to the pelvic area for cancers of the anus|, rectal|, bladder|, vagina|, vulva|, cervix| and womb| (endometrium). Women who receive radiotherapy as part of their treatment for leukaemia| (total body irradiation) or lymphoma| may also experience vaginal changes. After high-dose treatment with a stem cell or bone marrow transplant|, some women may develop graft versus host disease (GVHD|). This can cause the vaginal tissues to be affected, resulting in sexual difficulties.
Radiotherapy can cause damage to an unborn child. So if you haven't yet had your menopause, you may be asked by the staff in the radiotherapy department to have a pregnancy test before you start your radiotherapy. You will need to use effective contraception throughout your radiotherapy treatment. You can discuss this with your doctor or specialist nurse.
If you're already pregnant when your cancer is diagnosed and before your radiotherapy starts, it's very important to discuss with your doctor the pros and cons of continuing with your pregnancy. It's sometimes possible to delay starting radiotherapy until after the baby is born. This depends on the type of cancer| you have, the extent of the disease, and how advanced your pregnancy is. It's important to be fully aware of all the risks and alternatives before making any decisions.
As well as talking to your doctor about your pregnancy, you can also talk to our cancer information specialists|.
Radiation to the pelvic area for cancer of the anus, rectum, bladder, endometrium, cervix, vagina or vulva, or for leukaemia or lymphoma, can affect the ovaries and reduce the production of female hormones. This is usually permanent but occasionally may be temporary for some women. The production of hormones gradually decreases over about three months. This will cause symptoms of the menopause, such as hot flushes, vaginal dryness and mood swings.
Until it's confirmed that you have experienced the menopause (as a result of treatment), you may be advised to continue using contraception to avoid pregnancy.
Your doctor may be able to give you hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which can help reduce the impact of these changes. If you've had breast cancer| or a hormone-sensitive gynaecological cancer, you may be advised not to take HRT. Some complementary therapies| can help reduce menopausal symptoms. It may be helpful to discuss this with your doctor or specialist nurse.
A woman who has already had her menopause will have far fewer hormonal changes than a woman whose ovaries were still working before the radiotherapy treatment.
You may find our section about menopausal symptoms| helpful.
The vagina can be affected by radiotherapy to the pelvic area. It becomes sore and tender in the early stages and for a few weeks afterwards. Over time, this irritation may leave scarring. This makes the vagina narrower and less flexible, and also reduces the production of lubrication that's normally associated with sexual arousal. This loss of lubrication can lead to pain caused by friction and irritation of the tissues during sex.
You may find it helpful to read our section about the possible late effects of pelvic radiotherapy for women|.
In men, radiotherapy may affect sexual function when it's given to the pelvic area for cancers of the prostate|, anus|, rectum| and bladder|.
Radiotherapy to the pelvic area| can reduce a man's ability to have an erection. Up to 70% of men (7 in 10) have problems getting or keeping an erection after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. In affected men, their erections aren't as strong as they were before the treatment, and this gradually gets worse over a year or two.
ED occurs because the blood vessels that supply blood to the penis become scarred and are unable to let enough blood through to fill the penis. Some men may get an erection but then lose it. Other men are unable to have an erection at all. Treatment with drugs can help some men to get and maintain an erection after having radiotherapy.
Treatments that can help you overcome ED| are discussed in another section. It's thought that using these treatments soon after radiotherapy may help to prevent erectile difficulties in some men.
Some men who have internal radiotherapy (brachytherapy|) for prostate cancer develop problems passing urine. They may need a tube into the bladder to drain urine (a catheter), or they may have leakage of urine (incontinence). Often these problems are temporary, but they may be permanent for some men.
In men who can still have and maintain erections, it's very common to have dry ejaculations. When this happens, little or no semen is ejaculated at orgasm. This is not harmful but can worry you if you don't expect it.
Some men feel a sharp pain as they ejaculate if they have recently had radiotherapy treatment. This is caused by radiation irritating the urethra. This problem usually disappears within a few weeks after the treatment has ended.
You might find our section about pelvic radiotherapy in men| useful.
For both men and women, radiotherapy to the pelvic area will cause infertility (the inability to have children). In women the ovaries will stop making eggs, and in men the production of sperm will stop. These changes can't be reversed and infertility will be permanent. If you wanted to have children, this can be very difficult to cope with.
Radiotherapy given to other parts of the body may also affect the sexual organs, and could also cause infertility.
Please see our section on fertility and cancer| for more information.
It's important that you discuss the risk of infertility fully with your doctor or specialist nurse before you start treatment. If you have a partner they will probably want to join you for this discussion. Then you can both be aware of all the facts and have a chance to talk over your feelings and the options for the future.
You might find it useful to read our section about radiotherapy|.
For answers, support or just a chat, call the Macmillan Support Line free* (Monday to Friday, 9am-8pm).
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Same here. I was actually getting pissed they were going to toss him out. If they did that, might as well stop the game of football. I still think this targeting crap has killed the running game. Why run the ball for 2 yards when you can position your receiver to get "targeted" and get 15 yards plus eject a player?
The reversed ejection was just mike slime and homer ref bammer $$$$$$ talking. ha-ha was aiming for the receiver's head with his elbow. Watch the angle from both players' backs. The only thing saving him from a concussion was that his shoulder got in the way. I actually heard clueless gumpsters complaining on Sunday that the refs were in the bag for A&M. They don't even understand the league they have bought and paid for. The LEAST arrogant bammer fan makes Manziel look like Mother Theresa.
You are an embarrassment with this single obsession. I could probably show you a dozen hits in our first two games that better fit the targeting rule that this offense you have dreamed up.
Yeah...that call was total BS. Dix was going for the ball. Glad that BS call didn't result in any points for A&M. The right team won this game. Screw Johnny Football. We've already beaten him once.
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So it's been a while since you've been to an art museum. It's not that you don't like art.
It's just so much easier when someone brings the gallery to one of your favorite bars.
If only you could pull up a chair, sip a cocktail, and watch an exhibition from rising young artists built around you by the time you finish your drink...
Oh wait. You can. It's called Sting! XV, the sixth edition of The Beehive's annual art series, taking place tonight.
We know, nude still lifes are your favorite. But it's time to broaden your artistic horizons with original painting and photography from eight young local artists using waterfront scenes (you know, beaches, waterfalls, the vast infinite horizon of the ocean and all that) as inspiration.
Plus, what gallery do you know that has musical support from the Nat Man Band and killer new summer drinks called the Fog Cutter (black currant and gin) and El Chicano (rye, Kahlua, and coffee bitters) on their drink menu?
Next challenge: transporting your workplace to a bar.
Sting! XV
Tuesday, July 23
The Beehive, 541 Tremont St., South End
(617) 423-0069
Price: Free
Nearby: Boston Chops; Cinquecento; J.J. Foley's


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Videos: Five funniest Denver TV news bloopers
Number 2: Make that scary man go away!
Here's how we described this clip in a September 2012 post accurately headlined "Dan Daru makes horrified child cry on live TV:"
Westword has shown a lot of love to Fox31's Dan Daru over the years, including a 2000 profile and a Best of Denver award that same year in the category "Best Proof That TV Attracts the Clinically Insane." But the kid seen in the video below isn't amused by Daru's antics. Indeed, during a recent morning show, the kid gave Big Dan the death glare before bursting into sobs. The results are tragic and hilarious in equal measure.Wonder how many years of therapy it'll take before this child can stop picturing Daru's face during nightmares....
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Side split is also known as the middle split, box split or straddle. It is a skill that requires flexibility. We all know that not all individuals have flexible bodies, but this doesn't mean that they aren't qualified to learn how to do the side splits. It may be difficult, but I assure you that it is also very doable.
Side splits are mostly seen done by gymnasts, dancers, cheerleaders and martial artists, and it's pretty obvious that they have gone through intensive training before they are able to completely learn how to do the side splits. As part of their regular training, they need to perform warm-up and stretching exercises. Warming up your body, particularly your muscles, is necessary before doing stretches so as to enhance its flexibility. You can either do jogging, jump rope or brisk walking.
When learning how to do the side splits, there are certain steps that you should follow. Consider doing step 1 to the last step and do not even attempt scrape off any of the steps because you just don't know what might happen if you do – you might get injured or there is a possibility that your muscles might get damaged. But if you follow these steps in the right way, then there's no doubt that you will successfully learn how to do the side splits. So, here now are the steps:
1. Stand up with your back straight then stride both legs. Make sure your hips are squared.
2. Bend down starting from your trunk with your legs still straight.
3. Next is to stretch your hands in front of you then down to the floor. In the process of learning how to do the side splits, it is wise to know where to shift your balance each time you do one move to another.
4. After which, start sliding your legs sidewards using your heels, which leaves your toes pointing inwards. Do this until your thighs are close to the floor or already touching the floor. If you can't, keep practicing. Maybe you still have to do more stretching exercises to make your body even more flexible. This is one of the secret ingredients that you need to inculcate in your mind if you really want to learn how to do the side splits.
Being able to learn how to do the side splits is really very challenging since most of your muscles have to be stretched and become flexible. It also required that you develop a certain amount of patience. Failure to do so would mean the cancellation of your goal, which is to learn how to do the side splits.
There are various stretches that you can perform when you're in the process of learning how to do the side splits. Most stretches usually target the lower back, hips, inner groin and hamstrings. Although they are proven to be effective in the process of learning how to do the side splits, you still have to make sure that the stretches are done properly to avoid any type of injury.


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Here is the short list…
We have basically doubled the size of the parking lot. Last year, most Saturdays and some Sundays parking spilled out into the road, which is a good problem to have.
More skate skis and combi-boots are being added to the rental department. We continue to invest each year in rentals to accommodate more people and to provide the best possible ski experience to new skiers.
Two years ago, we added a new Ski-Do Skandic and liked it so much we will be picking up another new sled this November. There is also an order in for a new
Yellowstone Track System compactor drag . This drag has a comb at the back and
will be able to level, pack and leave corduroy in one pass.
Here is some big news. The Pennsylvania Nordic Championships are being held at Wilderness this season on Saturday, February 1st with a 9 AM start time. There will be three adult and three children races. The format for adults is a 5.5 km classic, 8.5 km skate and 17 km skate. The children will have 1k, 2k and 3k events. Registration will be found on the PACCSA's website (Pennsylvania Cross County Ski Association). The trails will remain open to the public with some special considerations to accommodate this event. Racing should be over at noon with the possibility of combined youth programs in the afternoon.
Other than that, we have put a new entrance on the rental building and Ryan is in the process of putting on an addition at the lodge to accommodate his family.
And we now have a dog "Swix", full of black wax and very friendly, and a duck "Duck, Duck", who will eat out of your hands.
Trails look good. Work progresses toward winter.


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found a new home!
Plenty of my friends are looking
for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
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My name is Gracie!
Facts about Gracie
- Breed: Hound (Unknown Type)/Beagle Mix
- Color: Tricolor (Tan/Brown & Black & White)
- Age: Puppy
- Size: Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
- Sex: Female
Gracie's Info...
I am up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Meet little Miss Gracie! Gracie is new to this big world, at just 6 weeks she is just a baby looking for her momma! Ready to learn the ropes of life, Gracie is so full of life! She loves to play, give puppy kisses & will keep you smiling. She is a typical puppy!! She will do great with any animals & children!
Vet reference is required along with bringing her to your home to ensure it's a good fit for everyone & that everyone will be happy.
Adoption fee will include 1st parvo/distemper , deworming, & spay.
Spay will be prepaid & appointment will be set, must be done at 4 months of age!
The 2nd & 3rd parvo/distemper shot & rabies shot will be for you to finish yourself.
Adoption fee is $100. $40 is 1st vet visit, deworming & 1st shot, $60 for spay.
Located in Knoxville TN, Willing to drive to get her the best home!
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
Gracie, a Nashville Hound (Unknown Type)/Beagle puppy was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Hound (Unknown Type)/Beagle for sale in Nashville, or seeking a Hound (Unknown Type)/Beagle puppy from a breeder in Nashville.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Nashville already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Nashville breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Hound (Unknown Type)/Beagle breeders who help with Hound (Unknown Type)/Beagle rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Nashville paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Seimas Speaker thinks that address to EU institutions over LGBT rights was too hasty
Repostde from The Lithuania Tribune: http://en.delfi.lt/42633/seimas-speaker-thinks-that-address-to-eu-institutions-over-lgbt-rights-was-too-hasty-201342633/
Lithuanian Parliamentary Speaker Vydas Gedvilas believes that the Seimas' move to turn to the European Union (EU) institutions over pending bills that could restrict gay rights was too hasty.
In comment made by a group of parliamentarians, Gedvilas, of the ruling Labour Party, said on Wednesday morning that the bills are in their initial phase.
"They have only been approved for discussion. These discussions have not yet been started, and we have already turned to [European Parliament's President] Martin Schulz," he commented.
"It seems to me that we should solve these problems ourselves, rather than ask someone to come and rescue us," Gedvilas continued.
He dismissed the bills as illogical, expressing doubt as to whether they would secure a sufficient number of parliamentary votes.
In mid-June, a group of parliamentarians turned to EU institutions for a position on whether the bills discussed at the Lithuanian Seimas discriminate against sexual minorities.
The bills include proposals to ban "violation of constitutional moral values" and state that "every child has the right to a father and mother, arising from gender differences and mutual complementation of motherhood and fatherhood", and thus prevent adoption by homosexual persons.
The letter to European Parliament President Martin Schulz, the EP Human Rights Committee, the EP Intergroup on LGBT Rights, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Lithuanian MEPs was signed by 11 Seimas members representing three political groups.


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The Foundation is committed to fulfilling these objectives — but it needs your involvement. If you share our belief and understanding that we must ensure hope for future generations, we invite you to help build a promising future for the children of Indiana by supporting the Indiana Soccer Foundation's mission and vision.
The Foundation cares and — like you — wants to leave a legacy with a lasting and meaningful impact on Indiana's youth. To ensure lasting Foundation support to Indiana Youth Soccer we need:
- Help from those of you who have seen the benefits of soccer in the lives of children.
- Help from those of you who want to allow youth throughout Indiana to experience these benefits.
The Foundation offers many non-monetary ways that you can contribute your support:
- Volunteering on a committee
- Serve on our Board
- Donate time at an event
- Organize a 50/50 fund raising event with the proceeds being split between the Foundation and your local charitable organization such as your club
To get more information on volunteer opportunities, contact Dean Vinten.