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Whipple procedure
The Whipple procedure is also called pancreaticoduodenectomy. It is surgery to remove part of the pancreas along with the duodenum. It also removes the lower part of the stomach, the gallbladder and part of the common bile duct.
A modified Whipple procedure may be done in some cases. The modified procedure doesn't affect normal stomach function.
Why Whipple procedure is done
A Whipple procedure may be used to treat cancer in different organs, including the:
- pancreas
- bile duct
- gallbladder
- small intestine, including cancer in the upper part of the duodenum or the ampulla of Vater (area where the ducts from the pancreas and liver enter the duodenum)
How Whipple procedure is done
The Whipple procedure is a major operation. It is done in the hospital under general anesthetic (you will be unconscious).
The surgeon makes an incision, or cut, in the abdomen. Then the surgeon looks at all the organs inside the abdomen to ensure the cancer can be removed completely without damaging vital structures.
If possible, the surgeon will remove the tumour along with some healthy tissue around it (called the surgical margin).The tissues removed during surgery are sent to the lab and examined by a pathologist (a doctor who specializes in the causes and nature of disease). The pathologist determines the stage, or amount, of cancer in the tissues and whether the surgical margins contain cancer cells. Based on the pathologist's report, your doctor will decide if you need further tests, procedures, follow-up care or additional treatment.
Whipple procedure
During the Whipple procedure, the surgeon removes the following organs:
- the head of the pancreas
- the gallbladder
- the duodenum (first part of the small intestine)
- the pylorus (the lower part of the stomach that attaches to the duodenum)
- part of the common bile duct (the duct that carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum)
- surrounding lymph nodes
After removing these organs, the surgeon attaches the remaining end of the stomach to the jejunum (called gastrojejunostomy). The rest of the common bile duct and pancreas are also attached to the jejunum so bile and pancreatic juices can flow into the jejunum. These juices help to neutralize stomach acid and lower the risk of an ulcer in the area.
Modified Whipple procedure
A modified Whipple procedure is also called pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy. It removes all of the same organs as the Whipple procedure except for the pylorus. This surgery doesn't remove any of the stomach, so it can still work normally. People who have the modified Whipple procedure don't have the nutrition problems that can develop after the Whipple procedure.
After removing these organs, the surgeon attaches the remaining duodenum that is attached to the stomach to the jejunum (called duodenojejunostomy). The rest of the common bile duct and pancreas are also attached to the jejunum so bile and pancreatic juices can flow into the jejunum.
Side effects
Side effects can happen any time during, immediately after or a few days or weeks after a Whipple procedure. Sometimes late side effects develop months or years after surgery. Most side effects will go away on their own or can be treated, but some may last a long time or become permanent.
The Whipple procedure carries a fairly high risk of complications. About 30%–50% of people who have this surgery will have side effects. Tell your healthcare team if you have any of the following side effects.
Pain often occurs after surgery because of trauma to the tissue. It may take time for pain to go away after surgery. Pain-relieving medicines are used to control pain. Check with your doctor if pain doesn't go away or pain medicines don't relieve the pain. Find out more about pain.
Infection can occur after surgery. Tubes may be placed around the infected wound to drain extra fluids. Your doctor may also prescribe antibiotics to help prevent or treat an infection. Wound infections are a temporary side effect of surgery. Find out more about infection.
Bleeding, or hemorrhage, can occur if a blood vessel is not sealed off during surgery or if you have a blood-clotting disorder. A small amount of bloody drainage may be expected after surgery. Report heavy bleeding to your doctor or healthcare team.
Leaking of bile, stomach acid or pancreatic juices can sometimes occur where the healthy ends of the stomach, duodenum or bile duct were joined to the jejunum. This is also called anastomotic leak.
Delayed gastric emptying is a condition where food stays in the stomach longer than usual. This happens when the stomach is partially paralyzed from nerve damage during surgery. Delayed gastric emptying can cause nausea, vomiting and a full feeling. It usually goes away 4–12 weeks after surgery. A feeding tube may be placed to make sure you get enough nutrition. Delayed gastric emptying is more common after a modified Whipple procedure than a Whipple procedure.
Dumping syndrome is when food moves too fast from the stomach into the small intestine. It may also be called rapid gastric emptying. Dumping syndrome can occur after a Whipple procedure but does not commonly occur after a modified Whipple. Find out more about dumping syndrome.
Nutrition problems can occur after surgery when there is a lack of digestive enzymes, pancreatic juices or bile. This can cause poor appetite, poor fat absorption, diarrhea, bloating and indigestion. You may need to take digestive enzymes.
After surgery
After surgery, you will need to stay in the hospital for several days. You will be given pain medicine through a needle in a vein (intravenously) to keep you comfortable.
You will also be given fluids intravenously until you can eat and drink again. You may also have a feeding tube. When you can eat and drink again, you will first be offered clear fluids. Solid foods and meals will be introduced slowly.
You may have a catheter to drain urine from your bladder into a bag. You will also have drainage tubes to collect any extra fluid or blood. These will be removed after a few days.
After part of the pancreas is removed, the rest of the pancreas may not make enough insulin to control blood sugar. You will be given insulin injections. This is usually only needed until the pancreas recovers from surgery and starts to make insulin again.
You may also need to take digestive enzymes by mouth to help your body break down and absorb fats and proteins.
Special considerations for children
The Whipple procedure is sometimes used to treat pancreatic tumours (such as adenocarcinoma) in children.
Being prepared for a test or procedure can lower anxiety, increase cooperation and help the child develop coping skills. Parents and caregivers can help prepare children by explaining to them what will happen, including what they will see, feel and hear during the operation.
Preparation for a Whipple procedure depends on the age and experience of the child. Find out more about preparing a child for a diagnostic or treatment procedure.
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Oct 27 2011
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Merv Adrian, Research VP, Gartner; Johann Schleier-Smith, CTO, Tagged; Steven Hillion, VP of Analytics, EMC Greenplum
Big data analytics is where advanced analytic techniques operate on big data. By now its obvious that big data that is useful for analytics is quite different from the pristine and well-ordered data of the average data warehouse. Armed with advanced analytics insights, business users can make well-informed, fact-based decisions to support their organizations tactical and strategic goals and create a competitive advantage. This is an important task right now, because the recent economic recession forced deep changes into most businesses.
Going forward, organizations will need new tools and technologies to harness the power of big data analytics even if the organization has already deployed a full-blown business intelligence and data warehousing technology stack.
This webcast will help you get your arms around analytic platforms and technologies purpose-built for big data. It will also cover:
The economics of Big Data analytics and what is possible now
Data science and the new skills required to fully leverage big data analytics
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BEYOND BI: How Big Data Challenges Today's BI Architecture
Sep 13 2011
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Merv Adrian, Research VP, Gartner, Thomas Cornely, Sr. Dir of Product Mgmt, EMC and Subramanian Kartik, Field CTO, EMC
We now live and work in a world where the sheer volume and velocity of information at our disposal requires a modern, highly scalable IT architecture to manage and make sense of it. In the era of Big Data, analytic tools and platforms need to satisfy a wide range of analysis applications, while being affordable and friendly to IT.
EMC Greenplum delivers a family of Data Computing Appliance modules that allow you to easily deploy high-performance data analytics across your organization. The architecture combines best-in-class components and technology to minimize complexity and cost, while allowing for incremental expansion as needed to support the ever-increasing workloads of data driven enterprises.
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Aug 8 2011
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Featuring: Merv Adrian–Research VP, Gartner; Marco Pacelli–CEO, ClickFox; Matt Neglay–Principal Solutions Architect, EMC
Massive volumes of information – commonly referred to as Big Data - are growing beyond the performance capacity of traditional data warehouses and database management systems. New technologies like analytic databases, open source software, noSQL and Hadoop are enabling businesses to process massive amounts of data that had previously been untapped and wasted.
The bottom line is that BI has to evolve and give way to high performance analytics.
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•The BI market is evolving and creating new opportunities for organizations to leverage Big Data
•New database technologies enable cost-effective analytic solutions that weren't previously possible
•Data can best turned into a source of competitive advantage
•How ClickFox replaced Oracle with the EMC Greenplum DB to achieve high-performance analytics
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Knowing when to go vintage or buy new is a shopping habit that, believe it or not, will save you a ton of money over time. With that in mind, we put together an easy-to-navigate guide explaining which items are best bought secondhand and what's better fresh off the rack. Just think of it as another step towards becoming a pro shopper.
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The men's section in thrift stores can be a treasure trove of cotton button-down shirts. The key is to look for a slightly oversized fit that can be tucked into jeans or, even depending on the fit, can be worn as a shirtdress. Additional note: make sure the shirt is stain-free around the collar and under the arms.
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Lucky for us, this trend is making a serious comeback, and thrift stores are loaded with the infamous high-rise jean. Look for classic, light-wash denim that is cropped just above the ankle. A distressed style is a big plus, as the detailing is completely on-point for spring.
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The great thing about buying boots from the thrift store is that they're already broken in. Well-loved, lace-up leather styles will be a timeless addition to your shoe collection.
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They say some things only get better with age and wear, and the denim jacket is certainly one of them. We love hitting the boys' section for this spring staple, and if you find one with interesting patches—all the better.
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Probably the most versatile piece for your wardrobe this spring, a Kate Moss-inspired silky slip dress, ideally from the '90s, is a great vintage find. Look for a knee-length slip with lace trim to layer under a lightweight sweater or leather jacket.
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Business Innovation: Follow the Jugaad Principle
By: Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu and Simone Ahuja, co-authors of Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth (Jossey-Bass, 2012).
Definition of jugaad: [noun] A Hindi word meaning an innovative fix; an improvised solution born from ingenuity and resourcefulness.
In emerging markets, new threats and opportunities can emerge from out of the blue. This forces jugaad innovators to not only think but also act flexibly.
By demonstrating agility, jugaad innovators can deal with unanticipated challenges faster and seize unexpected opportunities — such as changing customer needs — more swiftly than their competitors.
Zhang Ruimin is one such jugaad innovator who thinks and acts quickly.
An Agile Approach to Manufacturing
Zhang is the CEO of Haier, a Chinese consumer goods company that is making appliance manufacturers like GE and Whirlpool nervous.
Under Zhang's leadership, Haier has, in the space of a decade, made huge inroads into North American and European markets by selling quality appliances at lower prices than those of Western suppliers like Whirlpool and GE.
Armed with its ''value for money'' strategy, Haier is disrupting the consumer goods market not only in mainstream segments like air-conditioners and washing machines but also in niche segments like wine coolers.
For instance, Haier launched a $704 wine cooler that is less than half the cost of industry leader La Sommeliere's product. Within two years of this launch, Haier has grown the market by a whopping 10,000 percent and now controls 60 percent of the U.S. market by value.
What makes Haier so innovative is not just its cool products, but also its flexible organizational structure. Zhang believes that in the Internet era, appliance makers like Haier need to shift from mass production to
mass customization — and start thinking and acting nimbly, as Facebook and Google do.
As Zhang explains: ''The focus on promoting your cost or price advantage has shifted to a focus on service differentiation, mostly centering on customer experience.''
Emulating a Start-Up's Flexibility
To sense and respond to his retail customers' needs faster than rivals can, Zhang came up with a jugaad innovation: he radically redesigned Haier's organization, which currently employs over fifty thousand people worldwide.
Specifically, he replaced Haier's organizational pyramid with a loosely coupled network of more than four thousand self-managed, cross-functional units (including R&D, supply chain, sales, and marketing) that interact directly with customers and autonomously make decisions.
Each unit operates as an independent profit center and is evaluated as such. Zhang refers to this organizational innovation — which empowers autonomous units of frontline workers to sense and respond to consumer demand — as ''making a big company small'' — that is, allowing a big company like Haier to maintain the unique flexibility of a small startup.10
To make this bottom-up, customer-centric organizational structure work, Zhang shifted the role of managers from being commanders and supervisors into being supporters and providers who ensure that the independent units have the resources they need to meet customer demand as promptly as possible. He doesn't want managers to be in charge, as they aren't directly in touch with customers.
Haier's organizational agility enables it to react swiftly to rapidly changing — or unexpected — customer needs, and to innovate faster, better, and cheaper than its rivals.
For instance, in China, any call placed to Haier's national customer service center is answered within three rings and a technician is dispatched to your house within three hours — even on Sundays.
Jugaad innovators — such as Haier's employees — are highly adaptable. They are capable of thinking on their feet and acting with great agility. Being nimble-minded and nimble-footed serves them well in the context of emerging markets, which are characterized by extreme unpredictability.
Western leaders confronted with increasing volatility and uncertainty in their own business environment must also learn to think and act flexibly.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher, Jossey-Bass, from Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth by Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu and Simone Ahuja. Copyright (c) 2012 by Jossey-Bass. All rights reserved.
Read more: Business Innovation: Follow the Jugaad Principle
Author Bios:
Navi Radjou is an independent innovation and leadership consultant based in Palo Alto, CA, and a fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
Jaideep Prabhu is Jawaharlal Nehru professor of Indian business and enterprise and director of the Centre for India & Global Business at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
Simone Ahuja is the founder of Blood Orange, a marketing and strategy consultancy with content production capabilities headquartered in Minneapolis and Mumbai.


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Manziel leads Texas A&M to upset of No. 1 Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Johnny Football and the SEC newbies from Texas A&M took down the biggest bully in their new neighborhood and left No. 1 Alabama with badly bruised national championship hopes.
Johnny Manziel, better known around Texas as "Johnny Football," staked the BCS 15th-ranked Aggies to a three-touchdown lead in the first quarter, and Texas A&M held on to beat the Crimson Tide 29-24 on Saturday.
The Aggies (8-2, 5-2), playing in the Southeastern Conference for the first season after ditching the Big 12, also might have ended the league's run of BCS titles at six years.
The defending national champion Crimson Tide (9-1, 6-1), who have been No. 1 almost all season and had won 13 straight, didn't go quietly.
AJ McCarron nearly pulled off a second straight scintillating comeback. He threw one touchdown pass and motored the ball downfield before Deshazor Everett stepped in front of his fourth-down pass at the goal line with 1:36 left.
Manziel passed for 253 yards and rushed for 92, confounding the Tide defense with his ability to keep plays alive as the Aggies scored the game's first 20 points.
"No moment is too big for him," coach Kevin Sumlin said of Manziel.
And no defense or venue too tough, apparently.
"If you're around him every day, I don't think it bothers him that much," Sumlin said.
The Aggies had been 1-10 against top-ranked teams with the only previous win coming 30-26 over Oklahoma in 2002, but Manziel and Sumlin have entered the SEC with speed and swagger -- and fit right in.
"They played a tremendous game and certainly outplayed us," Tide coach Nick Saban said.
Alabama managed a second-shot national title after losing to LSU just over a year ago in the regular season but seems a long shot to do it again. Alabama would have secured a spot in the SEC championship game with a victory and only Western Carolina and Auburn remaining.
"Two of the three national championship teams that I coached lost a game," Saban said, counting one at LSU. "This team still has an opportunity to win the West and go to the SEC championship game and win a championship. There's still a lot for this team to play for."
Alabama kept coming back, but never caught up with the slippery, speedy Manziel and the Aggies.
The nation's top scoring defense, forced a punt with less than a minute left, but A&M never had to kick it away. The Tide was penalized for offsides, giving Texas A&M a first down and a chance to kneel out the clock.
"The players were told 'make sure you stay onsides, they are going to try to get you to jump offsides with a shift or a motion or something,'" Saban said.


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Nearly every day since the conclusion of last year�s NCHSAA 4-A state wrestling championships, New Bern senior Erik Milks has reminded his coach that this year will be different.
Nearly every day since the conclusion of last year�s NCHSAA 4-A state wrestling championships, New Bern senior Erik Milks has reminded his coach that this year will be different.
Milks didn�t place a year ago. Neither did junior DeAndre Jones.
Both are returning to the state championships in Greensboro with a score to settle. The tournament begins on Thursday with the finals on Saturday.
The Bears have six state qualifiers � two more than last year. Senior Max Stout qualified for states last year, but tore his ACL at the end of regionals, which required surgery and forced him to miss the finals.
�Last year, they had that deer-in-headlights look,� New Bern wrestling coach Bo Lansche said. �They didn�t realize how big it was going to be.
�This week, we�ve focused a lot on the mental aspect. They know what to expect, they just have to be mentally ready and toughen it out during the hard matches.�
Milks, wrestling at 145 pounds, earned New Bern�s lone regional championship last week in Fayetteville.
He is the top seed in the East. Milks (55-2) will open with the West Region�s Zane Knight (42-11) from Alex Central High School.
If he advances, he�d wrestle either Leesville Road�s Matt Cesari (42-8) or Glenn High�s Cary Shields (44-8).
�Everybody wants to beat No. 1,� Milks said. �You can never go into a match just thinking you are going to walk all over someone.
�I worked hard to get better than where I was last year. I�m looking forward to state this year.�
Jones, competing at 182 pounds, is the No. 2 seed from the East.
At regionals, he lost in the championship match.
Jones (37-5) will wrestle Reagan�s Matt Waldrep (32-9) in the first round. The winner would take on either Hough�s Charles Smith (43-11) or Cary�s Franklin McNamara (32-14).
�I�m just going to go after it. I just want to win,� Jones said. �It�s going to be tough, but I feel like I can do it. I don�t really worry about it. I just go do my thing.�
Stout (27-8), at 152 pounds, is looking for some redemption after not being able to compete last year. The senior, the third seed from the East Region, will challenge Southeast Guilford�s Bryant Halsch (42-6) in the first round.
�It�s kind of redemption to be able to wrestle,� Stout said. �It�s all or nothing. This is my senior year.
�I�ve wrestled some of them, so I know I am going to have to step it up. Nobody has an easy bracket at states.�
Three other New Bern wrestlers are first-time state qualifiers. Junior Nick Wheeler (106), the East�s No. 4 seed, will start with Northern Durham�s Josh Brown (54-3).
Wheeler owns a 27-11 record.
Senior Pa Sanneh (138), the No. 2 seed out of the East, will wrestle West Forsyth�s William Scott (58-4) in the first round. Sanneh is 33-7 on the year.
Senior Jon Sherman (132) is 48-13 on the year. He will start with Parkland�s Jeremy Ward.
�Anytime you get more than four or five (to state) you�ve had a successful year,� Lansche said. �The guys that we have are really strong contenders.�
Pamlico grapplers ready for 1-A state tourney
Pamlico�s Chad Hoff has improved his placement each time he�s wrestled that the 1-A state wrestling tournament.
He took fourth as a sophomore and third as a junior.
Hoff, now a senior, is looking for a state championship. His quest begins on Friday, and the finals are on Saturday in Greensboro.
Hoff (31-5) is the top seed from the East Region, after winning a regional title last week at Princeton High.
He is one of three Pamlico wrestlers qualified for state.
Hoff will open with East Surry�s Jimmy Speer (33-10). If he moves on, he�d meet either Mount Airy�s Triston Mabry (30-7) or Southwest Onslow�s Jacob Farmer (27-10) in the second round.
�There are big expectations,� Pamlico coach Kevin Knox said. �From the beginning of the year, he�s wanted a state title. I feel like he has a clear shot.
�I think he should easily get to the finals if he wrestles like he is capable of.�
Sophomore Connor Hough qualified for state last year as a freshman. This time, at 160 pounds, Hough (22-11) is the No. 2 seed from the East Region.
He will start with Central Academy�s Lyle Morian (40-16).
�(Connor) was kind of shell-shocked last year and happy to be there,� Knox said. �This year is a little different. He has a chance to place this year if he wrestles like he is capable.�
Senior Humberto Mendoza (29-6) is a first-time state qualifier. The 195-pound wrestler will grapple East Surry�s Cody Gaskill (29-6) in the first round.
�(Humberto) is really focused in practice, knowing that there are three out west that placed last year,� Knox said. �He�s wrestled well all year and the big thing with him is getting him there early and getting over being shell-shocked from being the first time on those mats.�
Four area wrestlers eye 3-A tourney
Ryan Davis and John Ellis expect to compete for championships.
Havelock�s juniors won a regional title last week at Rocky Mount High School. Next, they will look to challenge for a 3-A state championship.
Both will be top seeds from the East Region when they hit the mats in Greensboro, beginning on Thursday.
Davis, wrestling at 132 pounds, owns an impressive 52-4 record. His first-round opponent will be East Henderson�s Aaron Owensby (36-6). A win and Davis would match up with either Northeast Guilford�s Patrick Brown (36-8) or Harnett Central�s Nathan Zak (28-4).
Ellis, at 152 pounds, is 56-6 on the year. He will face Northern Guilford�s Jacob Burt (26-5) in the opening round. The winner will wrestle either Charlotte Catholic�s Chase Hayes (46-2) or North Iredell�s Nick Tennant in the second round.
Havelock freshman Tanner Stamper-Smith turned heads at last week�s regional. He finished second, earning him a spot at the state tournament.
Stamper-Smith (18-11) will square off with Union Pines senior Ian Burch (33-10).
Junior Robert Baker is West Craven�s only state representative. At 138 pounds, Baker (37-19) will open with a match against Northeast Guilford�s Thomas Millaway (33-7).
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That's what Juho Hänninen's co-driver told him when they rolled their Skoda off the road and onto someone's garage at the San Remo rally over the weekend.
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Snow likely to hit just in time for the Tuesday evening commute
The snow the weather service predicted for Wednesday will now come a day early – in time for the Tuesday evening commute.
The National Weather Service in its advisory today indicates the air from the Pacific front is cold enough so that snow will fall across the lowlands.
That snow could affect the evening rush hour; the weather service suggests that commuters leave work early to avoid the accumulating snow.
King County Metro Transit is suggesting transit users should plan ahead for afternoon and evening trips that could be disrupted, delayed, reduced, or on snow routing. Tuesday may start with clear weather, but transit users should leave from a bus stop or park-and-ride that also has service when buses are on snow routes in case travel conditions deteriorate by the afternoon commute.
Before traveling, riders should check the most current status of Metro service. Updates to the online information begin as early as 4 a.m. and continue as needed until the storm is over.
Monday night, the weatherman is calling for a low of 23 degrees in Renton.
The snow is likely to start falling at around 4 p.m., with a high of about 37 on Tuesday. Overnight, up to four inches of snow could accumulate.
The snow won't last long, however. It will change over to rain early Wednesday morning as warm air follows the cold front. Wednesday's high is forecast at about 44 degrees, which should wash away the snow.
The rain will continue through the weekend, although snow may fall on Monday, Jan. 17, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, black and white southerners struggled to renegotiate their roles in a society fundamentally changed by the abolition of slavery. African Americans looked for ways to enjoy their newfound freedom, assert their independence, and exercise their rights as American citizens. In 1869, the 15th amendment gave African-American men the right to vote. During and after Reconstruction, a certain number of blacks were even elected to political office or received political appointments. Most African Americans were Republicans, because that was the party of Abraham Lincoln who freed the slaves. Most elite white southerners--many of whom had owned slaves--were Democrats, while poorer whites gravitated towards smaller third parties broadly known as the Populists. During the 1890s, a political movement called Fusion attempted to unite the third parties with African Americans in the Republican Party.
White Democrats fought vigorously to destroy the Fusion movement, largely because people were beginning to unite across racial lines. Many feared that interracial partnership would lead to the end of white supremacy. To help preserve their position, white lawmakers began passing segregation laws, often called "Jim Crow" laws. This system has been defined by "the practice of legal and extralegal racial discrimination against African Americans"¹ and would curtail many of the freedoms which African Americans experienced following the Civil War. With the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, it became legal to create separate public facilities for African Americans, ranging from transportation to schools. While some unofficial segregation had already been in practice, this was the beginning of segregation by law. Many whites also sought to strip African-American men of the franchise, or the right to vote, like they did in North Carolina in 1900 when the state passed an amendment to the state constitution adding a literacy requirement to be eligible for voting.
Many southern blacks would not stand for this kind of treatment and refused to be seen as second-class, unequal citizens. Members of the small but rapidly growing black middle class took responsibility for the leadership and encouragement of the African-American people. "The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men,"² wrote African-American intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois in 1903. "The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people."³
These so-called "Talented Tenth" took pride in their accomplishments, which became evident through their homes and possessions, photographs they took of their families, and in their public actions. They believed very strongly in education as the key to African-American advancement. The Pope family of Raleigh, NC was part of this middle-class African-American movement and wanted to set an example of success for other African Americans to follow.
¹Quoted in Charles D. Lowery and John F. Marsalek, eds. Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present (New York: Greenwood Press, 1992), p. 281.


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We will start off by driving to Mitsuwa Marketplace (2hrs 45min). There we shall enjoy authentic asian foods, including very good authentic ramen. Then we will explore the marektplace, including the grocery store, bakery, bookstore, and movie store.
Then we will go to the Woodfield Mall for afternoon shopping! Popular stores include Hello Anime, an anime specialty store.
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by Roland S. Martin
Editor-in-chief RolandMartinReports.com
There are numerous issues that should be labeled a national epidemic, but few are as important as the ridiculous and onerous laws on the books on the federal and state level that have led to a massive incarceration problem in the United States.
For decades this nation has had to contend with the lunacy of a "lock-them-up-and-throw-away-the-key" mentality that has destroyed families and driven up the cost of incarceration for taxpayers to the tune of billions of dollars.
Both political parties, and, yes, the voters, are to blame for this madness. Democrats were scared to death of being called soft on crime, and the GOP couldn't go far enough when it came to imprisonment. They played on the fears of voters who somehow thought locking up more and more Americans, especially for drug offenses, was smart policy.
But here we stand in 2013 and too many of our states are spending billions of dollars on incarceration, and the federal government is using more of taxpayer dollars to do the same.
What is pretty interesting is that conservatives and Republicans who are tired of big government taxing Americans have found themselves on the same page as liberals and Democrats who have long fought these immoral, unjust and detrimental laws.
Thank goodness bipartisanship and common ground can be found on an important part of public policy.
That's why Monday's announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder to stop certain nonviolent drug offenders from being saddled with mandatory minimum sentences is so important in leading the way to change the culture and mindset of America when it comes to drug imprisonment.
In a speech before the American Bar Association, Holder spoke clearly and convincingly about changes to a policy that has been an utter failure.
"Today, a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality and incarceration traps too many Americans and weakens too many communities. And many aspects of our criminal justice system may actually exacerbate these problems, rather than alleviate them," Holder said.
"It's clear — as we come together today — that too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason.
It's clear, at a basic level, that 20th-century criminal justice solutions are not adequate to overcome our 21st-century challenges. And it is well past time to implement common sense changes that will foster safer communities from coast to coast."
There really is no defending such ridiculous numbers. Continuing to throw folks in jail who belong in substance abuse centers simply makes no sense. Think about it: What if every American facing a drug problem got the Lindsay Lohan treatment? In America, if you have the resources, you can stay out of jail and reside in rehab. But if you're poor, and especially a minority, forget about it.
"We also must confront the reality that — once they're in that system — people of color often face harsher punishments than their peers," Holder said. "One deeply troubling report, released in February, indicates that — in recent years — black male offenders have received sentences nearly 20 percent longer than those imposed on white males convicted of similar crimes. This isn't just unacceptable — it is shameful. It's unworthy of our great country and our great legal tradition."
All of the nation's mandatory minimum sentencing problems won't be solved by Holder's announcement. There is a lot more work to do to fix this wrong. But if it is the latest step in changing the detrimental mindset of Americans, it is a step in the right direction.
Roland S. Martin is an award-winning CNN analyst and the author of the book "The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland S. Martin." Please visit his website at www.RolandSMartin.com. To find out more about Roland S. Martin and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.


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- There are 13.7 million cancer survivors living in the United States
- Survivors face many debilitating long-term effects, including on their sexuality
- Radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and surgery can affect sexual function
- Survivors also experience emotional issues such as low self-confidence, depression
Michelle was prepared for chemotherapy. She was prepared to lose her hair and deal with extreme nausea and be hospitalized for months at a time.
She was even prepared to die -- knowing, with her aggressive form of leukemia, that death was a very real possibility.
But when death didn't come, Michelle was officially labeled a cancer survivor. And she wasn't at all prepared for what came next.
Treatment forced the mother of two through menopause, leaving her hormones reeling. Stress and self-doubt created problems with her husband of 24 years.
She also suffered from vaginal stenosis, a narrowing of the vaginal passage so severe that intercourse was impossible. As her primary care physician explained, she was basically a BAV: born again virgin.
"I was 49 when I was diagnosed, 50 when I received my (bone marrow) transplant," said Michelle, who asked not to be identified by her full name due to the personal details she's revealing. "I wasn't ready to give up on a very important part of my well-being -- that being my sexuality."
There are 13.7 million cancer survivors living in the United States; the American Cancer Society estimates there will be 18 million by 2022. Survivors face many long-term effects of treatment, from secondary cancers to cardiovascular problems to cognitive defects. But the debilitating effects on a patient's sexuality are often ignored, said Sharon Bober, director of the sexual health program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Bober's program is one of a handful of sexuality-focused survivorship programs that have popped up at cancer centers around the country. Bober was inspired to start the program when she realized many of her patients -- adult survivors of pediatric cancers -- were struggling with sexual issues and had no idea where to go for help.
Radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and surgery all have the capacity to affect sexual function significantly, Bober said.
In one study, young breast cancer survivors reported skin sensitivity, vaginal dryness, genital pain, premature menopause, fertility issues and extreme fatigue. Their scores on a sexual health test were also lower than the general population's, indicating problems with sexual desire, arousal, attaining orgasm and relationship satisfaction.
These symptoms are common for cancer patients, Bober said. Men face many of the same issues in addition to erectile dysfunction.
The side effects don't stop when treatment stops. Bober and her colleagues recently completed a study of 200 young adult cancer survivors; a significant number of them talked about long-term sexual problems years after their therapies were complete.
Imagine dealing with all the normal teenage development changes on top of dealing with cancer. Many pediatric cancer survivors feel uncomfortable even dating, Bober said.
Adult cancer survivors can also be apprehensive about the bedroom: Hormonal changes from chemotherapy and radiation often lower a patient's sex drive. And many face self-confidence issues post-treatment.
Right next to the wigs and prosthetics in Dana-Farber's patient store are vibrators and lubricants, which Bober said helps normalize the "personal products" she advocates using. Bober works with a team of doctors to provide whatever services her patients need, whether it's couples therapy or education on vaginal health after early menopause.
Bober's program helped Michelle understand what had happened to her sexuality -- both physically and mentally. "She not only provided us with the emotional tools to overcome the changes we experienced, she also encouraged me to use 'tools' to help my body get its groove back," Michelle said.
"I will often joke that I never expected vibrators to be prescribed. But they were absolutely necessary."
Behind closed doors
Most of Bober's patients are simply grateful to learn that there's nothing wrong with them or their relationships. Although studies have shown sexuality plays an important role in happiness and quality of life, it's not something doctors discuss often, Bober said.
"We live in a culture that does not support or facilitate honest and frank conversations about sex anyway," she said. "Lots of people assume that because no one says anything about it, this is just the price that they have to pay."
No one knows about America's behind-closed-doors policy on sex better than Patty Brisben, co-author of "Sexy Ever After: Intimacy Post-Cancer," and founder of Pure Romance, the world's largest in-home party company specializing in bedroom accessories.
As an advocate for sexual health awareness, Brisben often does group presentations. Usually she conducts a 20-minute question-and-answer session at the end of her talk. Several years ago, a group of young cancer survivors held her captive with questions for more than two hours.
"Women that are 19 and 20 years old, who never had that first sexual experience -- doctors telling them (to buy) bedroom toys to stimulate so atrophy wouldn't set in," Brisben remembers. They asked, "Patty, what does that mean?"
That was the start of Pure Romance's Sensuality, Sexuality, Survival program. Consultants from the company meet with cancer survivors to talk about combating dryness with lubricants and using other toys to enhance sexual pleasure.
"It has a lot to do with education," Brisben said. "It's so important to provide a safe platform where women can ask questions."
Brisben teaches her employees not to sugarcoat anything. It's a long journey, she said, and each cancer survivor needs to learn to stand up for herself; sexuality can't be a dirty word.
"You truly have to be your own disciple," she said. "Women will demand when it comes to our children or our significant others, but we don't demand for our bodies."
A return to intimacy
Michelle's husband was a "trouper" through her cancer treatment, she said, but the couple had difficulty reconnecting in the bedroom. With her symptoms, her husband had trouble keeping an erection out of fear of hurting her.
She remembers thinking, "He must be so traumatized. ... He only sees me now as a frail being and not as the woman I used to be."
Cancer can test any relationship, said CNN's sex expert Ian Kerner. It's not uncommon for cancer patients to become depressed and question their life path, he said, which a partner can find hard to relate to.
"Ultimately, of course, when you're in the midst of a battle of cancer, you really are focused on survival," he said. "But as you resume your life, you want to resume all aspects of your life. And sexuality becomes a key factor."
Kerner recommends couples start slow: Act like two people in love again, instead of patient and caregiver, by going out on date nights and cuddling in front of the fire.
Make your sexuality an ongoing conversation, he said. Your newfound intimacy might not necessarily be sex in the way it once was -- you have to find a new version of sex that works for you.
"Recovering from cancer, you're often not talking about weeks or months," Kerner said. "You're talking about years."
Michelle has been in remission since March 2009. She's adjusting to life as a survivor, volunteering at Dana-Farber to help others who are dealing with similar emotional scars.
"I'm striving to get back on track with normalcy," she said, "in every facet of my life."


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The NFLPA released performance based pay results from the 2015 season on Monday.
Rookie safety Adrian Amos earned the most in PBP on the Chicago Bears, collecting an additional $282,158. The NFL began distributing a pool of money for performance-based pay in 2002 as a means to reward players who earned a lot of playing time and had smaller pay checks. Veterans making a lot of money still get a piece of the pie, but the formula favors those earning less money and playing a high number of snaps. For instance, quarterback Jay Cutler, the team's highest-paid player last season, earned $6,780.
A pool of $3,802,500 is distributed to each club.
Here are all the payouts...


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