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Breast Reconstruction
Georita M. Frierson PhD
Barbara L. Andersen PhD
The successful use of cancer screening has resulted in earlier diagnoses, less radical surgeries, and more treatment options for women with breast cancer (1). When diagnosis comes, however, it is an emotionally traumatic experience (2). While women with breast cancer share the same concerns of most other cancer patients, they particularly fear the significant body image changes that will result from their treatments. Such concerns are common and are not specific to particular treatments. For example, women treated with, or without, breast-conserving surgery may share the same worries about the disease and its effects on their quality of life.
This chapter discusses psychological and behavioral aspects of adjustment to breast cancer, with an emphasis on the issues and stressors relevant to breast change. Body change stress is the subjective stress that accompanies women's negative and distressing thoughts, emotions, and behaviors specifically relevant to their body change as a result of having breast cancer and subsequent treatment (3). Women's responses to breast change must be also considered in the context of other responses, such as psychological adjustment, social adjustment, relationships with sexual partners, physical symptoms, and related concerns (4).
We begin with an overview of women's psychological responses to the diagnosis of cancer. We next consider women's responses to changes to the breast wrought by surgeries and other cancer treatments. A clinical vignette illustrates the concerns of one such patient. It is in this difficult context that the consultation with the plastic surgeon usually occurs. We discuss the consultation from the patient's perspective, and also note the circumstances under which women may not be offered or not choose to receive reconstruction. We then review the psychological and behavioral outcomes for women receiving reconstruction. In general, the literature suggests that women who are able to receive breast-conserving techniques have more positive attitudes about their bodies and better sexual adjustment than those women who undergo mastectomy. For the latter, breast reconstruction can bring improvements, but it is, unfortunately, not a panacea (4, 5). Still, many factors may influence women's satisfaction with the final surgical result and have implications for easing the difficult, but essential, consultation process.
For centuries, descriptions have been offered of the influence that women's breasts have on their self-identity, interpersonal relationships (including sexual ones), and other important aspects of their lives. Not surprisingly, the impact of breast cancer has been extensively discussed. For example, Moyer and Salovey (4) state that the disfigurement associated with breast cancer treatment forces a woman to address the cultural connection of the breast to her femininity, sexuality, and physical intactness (3,6).
Some women may grieve or mourn the loss of her preoperative breast(s) (7). The grieving process may be pronounced and lengthy, particularly when treatment involves radical surgery such as mastectomy (8, 9). It can include a wide range of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. For example, a breast cancer survivor may purchase loose fitting clothes to hide the appearance of her breasts, thereby reflecting her physical self-consciousness (10). She may be less comfortable engaging in sexual behavior because of her body changes, which in turn can result in less frequent or less satisfying sexual experiences. Whereas such behaviors may diminish with time, they may also be the circumstances that eventually motivate women toward breast reconstruction.
A woman's adaptation to breast reconstruction may be hindered if the surgery is immediate rather than delayed. In these circumstances, the mourning of the loss of the breast may be short-circuited. Interestingly, some urge women to "complete" the grieving process prior to reconstruction surgery (7). Winder and Winder (11) comment that when ample time is given, a woman will be more able to integrate the reconstructed breast into her new body image. However, it is important to note that these are clinical perspectives only, and they remain to be examined empirically.
We view women's responses to changes to the breast following cancer surgery as being similar to those of persons who experience traumatic life stressors (3). The Breast Impact of Treatment Scale (BITS) (see Questionnaire 11-1) is a 15-item questionnaire designed specifically for use with breast cancer patients to assess their level of body image distress attributed to the breast cancer surgery. Within the measure, body image distress is conceptualized as a breast cancer survivor's thoughts and behaviors (that tend to reflect anxiety like symptoms) toward her new altered body image following the stressor (i.e., surgery for breast cancer).
The BITS format is similar to that of the Impact of Events Scale (IES) (12, 13). The IES is a self-report measure that subjectively assesses anxiety symptoms such as avoidance and intrusion responses to a significant life event (e.g., cancer). Similarly the BITS items are scored on a scale of 0 = not at all, 1 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, and 5 = often. The BITS consists of 15 items where four items are characterized as Avoidance (scores ranging from 0 to 20) and the remaining 11 items are Intrusion (scores ranging from 0 to 55). The Avoidance and Intrusion items reflect the two factors of this measure. Intrusive responses are worded to evaluate pervasive thoughts (e.g., "Things I see or hear remind me that my body is different"), troubling images (e.g., "How my body changed pops into my mind"), and troubled dreams and strong feelings ("I think about how my treatments may affect my sex life"). Avoidant responses include thoughts (e.g., "I think about how my body looked before I was treated"), denial surrounding the event (e.g., "I avoid looking at and or touching my scar"), and behaviors (e.g., "I turn away when I have to undress in front of my partner").
The BITS has satisfactory reliability and validity (14) as demonstrated in studies of breast cancer samples. For example, women receiving mastectomy report higher body change stress on the BITS than do women receiving breast-conserving treatment following surgery (4) as well as 12 months later (14). The BITS appears to be a clinically useful and relevant measure for a breast cancer team.
As discussed in Chapter 4, body image is a multidimensional concept that refers to how persons perceive their physical appearance, with all associated thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (15). In the breast cancer literature, Hopwood (16) has commented on the similarities between body image and related topics, such as self-concept, attractiveness, self-confidence, sexuality, and self-esteem. Unfortunately in this literature, some researchers have used the term body image, when in fact they were measuring sexual functioning, self-esteem, or body integrity (17). With this confusion, integrating findings and arriving at definitive conclusions regarding the role of body image in breast reconstruction is difficult (6,16, 17, 18, 19). Further complicating the issue is the fact that many different "body image" measures have been used
in past research. These include the Body Image Scale from the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory (20); Body Satisfaction Scale short version (21); Body Image Visual Analogue Scale (6); Tennessee Self Concept Scale (22); Body Cathexis Scale (23); Homonyms Test (24); and the Body Esteem Scale (25), among others. Some of these measures, unfortunately, have relatively undocumented reliability and validity, thus limiting their utility (8,26). Both clinicians and researchers need to be mindful of these issues when selecting measures. Chapter 4 provides a more detailed discussion of body image assessment tools.
in past research. These include the Body Image Scale from the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory (20); Body Satisfaction Scale short version (21); Body Image Visual Analogue Scale (6); Tennessee Self Concept Scale (22); Body Cathexis Scale (23); Homonyms Test (24); and the Body Esteem Scale (25), among others. Some of these measures, unfortunately, have relatively undocumented reliability and validity, thus limiting their utility (8,26). Both clinicians and researchers need to be mindful of these issues when selecting measures. Chapter 4 provides a more detailed discussion of body image assessment tools.
Case 1: Jane
Jane is a 47-year-old woman who underwent a complete mastectomy of her left breast. As she recovers, she repeatedly thinks: "This is horrible; my body is destroyed." A year ago she was satisfied with her body. Somehow, though, it has turned on her, "gotten" cancer, and now she is left disfigured. She can barely stand to look at herself in the mirror or look down when she takes a shower. The complete body hair loss makes it worse; "I am an alien from the planet Chemo." Her thoughts reveal her encompassing, negative self-view (i.e., a negative schema) (27). Her thoughts also suggest the possibility of other negative sequelae. She feels anxious and depressed, has become increasingly self-conscious, and now avoids sexual contact with her husband. She camouflages her appearance in baggy, loose fitting shirts. These and related changes can, in turn, limit opportunities for improvements in emotions, thoughts, and actions, and a downward spiral ensues.
An early clinical study suggested that the diagnosis of cancer produces an "existential plight," meaning that the news brings shock, disbelief, and emotional turmoil (28). For the individual, the manner in which the information regarding the diagnosis is disclosed is important. Physicians who communicate hope have patients who are, in turn, more hopeful and have a more favorable emotional adjustment. Alternatively, communicating "false hope" is unwelcome (29). In a study of gynecologic cancer patients, for example, Roberts et al. (30) found that, although patients expect compassion from their physicians, the majority (89%) also prefers "straight-talk" about their prognosis. This points to the need for physicians and other health professionals to be effective communicators with their patients (31, 32).
Illustrating this point, a study by Rutter et al. (33) evaluated physician communication training as a strategy to reduce patient distress. Physicians received 1 hour and 15 minutes of training and a handbook regarding ways to improve the structure and style of their patient interactions. Based on Ley's work (34), training included aids to enhance cognitive understanding (e.g., simplification, repetition) and emotional understanding (e.g., conveying warmth, listening, giving feedback). Trained physicians also provided patient information booklets describing adjuvant treatments to encourage patient participation and enhanced feelings of control. All patients were assessed before and after their physician consultation for adjuvant chemotherapy. Three physicians, prior to their communication skills training, saw a consecutive series of 18 patients who served as controls. Then, physician training was completed, and data were gathered from the next 18 patients of the same physicians. All patients reported reductions in anxiety (35) following their physician visit. More importantly, patients seen following physician training reported fewer depressive symptoms (36) and higher levels of satisfaction and personal control. After training, physicians were also evaluated by their patients as more skilled.
The importance of physician communication training is underscored by the clinical context of sadness (depression), fear (anxiety), and anger, which characterized patients' responses at the time of diagnosis. A patient's level of distress exists along a continuum from normal feelings to those including profound vulnerability, sadness, fear, anxiety, panic, and social isolation (37). Depressive symptoms are the most common emotional problem. In a recent review of studies (38), as many as 23% of cancer patients met the criteria for major depressive disorder; much higher than the rate of 5% to 6% in the general population (38). When major depression and depressed mood are considered, prevalence rates are comparable—21% in Bodurka-Bevers et al. (39), 16% in Derogatis et al. (40), 17% in Kornblith et al. (41), and 25% in a review by Massie and Holland (42). Lower rates of depression have been found when patients are ambulatory with good physical functioning rather than in the midst of or recovering from treatments (41, 42, 43). For example, in a study of Latina cervix cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (44), depressive symptoms were predicted by lower levels of support from the family, stress, physical symptoms from the treatment, and practical barriers to receiving treatment (e.g., transportation difficulties). In general, depression is more common for newly diagnosed patients with pain or other disturbing symptoms rather than not, those in active treatment (e.g., chemotherapy), and/or those with a history of affective disorder or substance abuse (41,45, 46).
Anxiety-related problems also can be significant. For some patients, anxiety is severe. Studies report, for example, that diagnostic rates of cancer-related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are low (3% to 10%) (47, 48, 49), but sub-syndromal PTSD symptoms occur in up to 50% of patients (50,51). PTSD symptoms include cognitive (e.g., images of re-experiencing the traumatic events), behavioral (e.g., avoidance of reminders of the event), emotional (e.g., a "numbing" or blunting of affect), and physiological (e.g., hyperarousal, alertness) responses. Importantly, the BITS assesses the magnitude of women's posttraumatic stress responses specific to their breast changes.
Psychological variables appear to play a role in the magnitude of emotional distress. Individuals who perceive their illness as severe (52), or who have a sense of pessimism about one's life (53), tend to have greater mood disturbance. In fact, Carver et al. (53) found that general pessimism (versus optimism) at diagnosis predicted poorer well being (mood and life satisfaction), not only one day before surgery but at 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month follow-ups as well. Miller et al. (54) reported similar results at 2-month and 4-month follow-ups. Alternatively, when patients use positive ways to cope, such as seeking social support and assistance from friends and family, they have less anxiety and depression; when they use avoidance, their moods worsen (55).
The clinical problem of diagnostic and treatment-related distress can be alleviated through psychological interventions (56, 57). Even modest, early efforts can significantly reduce patients' distress as they approach cancer treatments. For example, McQuellon et al. developed a brief oncology clinic orientation program in the hopes of reducing anxiety, distress, and uncertainty in newly diagnosed cancer patients (58). The same principles shown in this study could be applied when devising a patient orientation for reconstructive surgery. The standardized program was designed to minimize the appraisal of threat in the new and unfamiliar setting. The 20-minute intervention included a tour of the oncology clinic, a verbal description of clinic administrative procedures, a handout of information (telephone numbers, map to the clinic, etc.), and a brief question and answer session. Patients were encouraged to address all medical questions to the medical staff. One hundred fifty patients were randomized into the treatment and control (no orientation) groups. One week after their initial visit, anxiety and mood disturbance decreased significantly for patients who received the intervention, whereas mood disturbance increased for control patients.
Improvements such as these are all the more impressive because they can be achieved with brief, cost-effective interventions delivered by nonphysicians (56).
Improvements such as these are all the more impressive because they can be achieved with brief, cost-effective interventions delivered by nonphysicians (56).
Of course, a certain component of the emotional distress that occurs at the time of the breast cancer diagnosis is due to the patient's anticipation of treatments. Consider the multiple "stops" the breast cancer patient makes on the way to surgery. There are radiology studies, biopsy, physical examinations, tumor surveys, laboratory studies, and other requirements. Thus, the process of learning about and selecting the appropriate therapy, and waiting for it to occur, represents multiple medical stressors for patients. And then, there is the reconstruction consultation.
As discussed below, the data are consistent in their portrayal of increased distress (particularly fear and anxiety) among cancer patients. There are slower rates of emotional recovery, and, perhaps, higher rates of other behavioral difficulties (e.g., food aversions, continued fatigue, and malaise) among surgery patients relative to healthy individuals undergoing medical treatment. There have been few psychosocial investigations of cancer surgery, per se, but there are numerous descriptive and intervention studies of the reactions of healthy individuals undergoing surgery for benign conditions. The latter studies are consistent in their portrayal of (i) high levels of self-reported preoperative anxiety predictive of lowered postoperative anxiety and (ii) postoperative anxiety predictive of recovery (e.g., time out of bed, pain reports). What may distinguish cancer surgery patients are higher overall levels of distress and slower rates of emotional recovery. For example, Andersen, Anderson, and DeProsse reported significantly worse negative moods for cancer patients than those with benign disease, as both awaited surgical treatment (59). Also, negative moods for both groups were higher than those for a matched group of healthy women. Following surgery, distress can continue. Gottesman and Lewis found greater and more lasting feelings of crisis and helplessness among cancer patients in comparison to benign surgery patients for as long as 2 months following discharge (60).
As noted above, there has been considerable research on the psychological and behavioral aspects of surgery. Many effective interventions designed to address these issues have been tested (61). Components of these interventions include procedural information (i.e., how the surgery is to be performed as well as preoperative and postoperative events from the perspective of the patient); sensory information on the actual physical sensations of preparatory procedures and the surgery per se (e.g., the specific nature of postsurgical pain); behavioral coping instructions; cognitive coping interventions; relaxation; hypnosis; and emotion focused interventions. In a meta-analysis of this literature, Johnston and Vogele reported that providing procedural information and behavioral instructions showed consistent and strong positive effects on postoperative recovery (61). Effects are significant for a broad band of measures, including ratings of negative affect and pain, amount of pain medication, length of stay, behavioral recovery, and physiological indices (61).
Psychological interventions have focused on a variety of methods to improve patient adjustment. The physician communication training intervention of Rutter, Iconomou, and Quine (33) discussed above and related efforts to provide additional information (e.g., orientation to the reconstruction consultation) can be cost effective. These interventions, as well as relaxation therapy (62), could be implemented with breast cancer patients. Further, with adequate training and supervision, peers or volunteers could be successfully used as "therapists." With a triage model, intensive (and expensive) efforts, such as psychiatric referral, could be provided selectively to moderate to high risk/high distress patients. Whether delivered to individual patients or to patient groups, these interventions are
multimodal and include components consisting of stress reduction (progressive muscle relaxation training), disease/treatment information, cognitive-behavioral coping strategies, and social support (56).
multimodal and include components consisting of stress reduction (progressive muscle relaxation training), disease/treatment information, cognitive-behavioral coping strategies, and social support (56).


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Did you know that cooking a meal, even in an unusual kitchen, is easier when the counters are clear? Who Knew!
Did you know that brushing the kids teeth is easier when the toothbrushes and toothpaste are just-put-your-hand-out-and-grab-them accessible rather than hidden behind various bottles and bathroom clutter? Wow.
Did you know that packing a car with your holiday essentials to go home doesn't have to cause arguments and self-inflicted hair pulling? When you're not tripping over or dodging items scattered across the floor it is surprisingly easy to access every corner.
Mind blown.
Of course my mind is not really blown (imagine the mess!) It's obvious that a tidier house and holiday home is easier to manage. It's why I'm doing Dana's 28 Day Challenge, albeit taking a bit longer cause of real life and all that – plus me being simply disorganised about writing, finalising and publishing said posts.
We also have a new task to get used to – The 5 minute pick-up – sounds simples and I'll let you know how it does as an everyday task.

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This Big Bike will be seen riding around the streets just west of Hillcrest Mall.
This is a Heart & Stroke Foundation fundraiser. The Bike goes all over the province!
Teams ride at a scheduled time for about a half an hour. Riders reach out to their friends, family and colleagues to support them. Their motto – "Stop traffic to support critical heart disease and stroke research".
Here is the route. In previous years the ride had started up at Longo's at Yonge & Elgin Mills but the construction on Yonge Street has necesitated a move
If you see them cheer them on!!!!
Teams riding on the 12th include:
- Team Parsa - MPP Michael Parsa
- Connecting the Community (in picture above - 2018 ride)
- Richmond Hill Retirement Residence
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- TD Bank
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Please consider supporting this worthwhile cause. www.bigbike.ca
Some facts about Heart & Stroke
The Heart & Stroke Foundation was established back in 1952.
- It has worked hard to stop people from having heart disease (strokes and heart attacks) and supporting the prevention of heart disease.
- Since 1952 $1.55 billion has been invested in life-saving research.
- There has been a 75% decline in heart disease and stroke death rate.
- Currently 750 researchers are funded by Heart & Stroke.
Current projects:
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The $400 hammer or $800 coffee pot is a difficult problem for government financial management, though. Beyond simply the political sensitivity of the purchases, the bigger problem is cost accounting and how it is done to calculate the direct and indirect cost of the service or object. For example, the case of the hammer was an actual situation and a large amount of engineering costs for the development of a larger weapons system were allocated down to the relatively limited amount of direct costs, which gave the appearance of fraud, waste, and abuse. Given these past scandals with cost accounting, a reasonable person may ask whether cost accounting is worth the trouble? The surprising answer is that it is worth it to government.
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- 2013 Graduated from Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska
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University of Alabama appears in these rankings:
20 Best Value Colleges for Students with Autism
15 Best Value Colleges and Universities in Alabama
While there may yet be no definitive answer as to why, it's an established fact that autism in children in the U.S. has been on the rise now for the past several decades. And while public schools are usually required by law to provide resources for students on the autism spectrum, as well as other special needs kids, trying to find a college for students with autism can seem like a rather daunting challenge. For high-functioning individuals dealing with the various types of autism, however, there are options, however limited. The University of Alabama is one such option. Located in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama is the state's flagship university and is home to more than 37,000 students annually. It also is one of the few schools in the nation offering help for students on the autism spectrum through its ASD Transition and Support Program.
University of Alabama Accreditation Details
The University of Alabama is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCC) to award degrees ranging in level from baccalaureate to doctoral and specialist. In addition, many of the individual programs within the university and its various schools and departments are accredited by the appropriate professional accrediting agency.
University of Alabama Application Requirements
Students seeking to enter the University of Alabama as freshmen are considered for admission based on their high school GPA, their high school course schedule, and scores on the SAT or ACT. Students can present scores for either the older SAT or the new one, in place since March of 2016. In general, students should try for scores of at least 21 on the ACT, 1000 on the older SAT, math and reading sections only, or 1080 on the new SAT, and a GPA of at least 3.0 in college-prep courses in high school. The college-preparatory curriculum typically sought by the university includes four units each of English and Social Sciences, including World History, three units each of Math and Natural Sciences, including two with lab components, and at least one unit of a foreign language, and five additional units in academic courses. These five additional units can be used for further units in the foreign language of choice or further math or natural science courses, all of which will provide additional consideration by the admissions board.
In order for students to be accepted into the ASD Transition and Support Program, offered through the Autism Spectrum Disorders Clinic, they must provide documentation of a diagnosis of high functioning autism, Asperger's syndrome, or Pervasive Developmental Disorder—Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). In addition, the student must first be admitted separately to the University of Alabama, a process over which the ASD clinic has no control or influence.
Tuition and Financial Aid
Tuition rates are assessed per semester and are dependent on the student's status as an in-state resident or non-resident. In-state undergraduate students pay $5,390.00 per semester for a course load of 12 to 16 credit hours, while non-residents pay $14,050.00 for the same course load. Part-time tuition is assessed on a sliding scale that tops out at $5,175.00 for 11 credit hours for a resident student and $13,800.00 for the same number of credit hours for a non-resident.
Full-time graduate level tuition rates are the same amounts as undergraduate, although for a different number of credit hours. For example, resident graduate students pay $5,390.00 per semester for a load of nine to 15 credit hours, while non-resident graduate students pay $14,050.00 for this same load. Part-time rates for graduate coursework are also on a sliding scale, but top out at eight credit hours, with residents paying $4,670.00 for this load and non-residents paying $11,270.00 for the same.
Financial aid is available to offset the cost of higher education, whether it be for undergraduate or graduate level work. Students are advised to start by filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, and submit it as early as possible, specifying the University of Alabama as a school of choice. Students could receive aid in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, and work study, or any combination of these. Any financial aid awarded is handled through the Student Financial Aid office at the university.
Finally, one of the things that make this a good choice of college for students with autism is the availability of the ASD Transition and Support Program, which has its own costs associated with it. The fees for this program are currently $3,600 per semester for the fall and spring semesters, and $1,100 for each summer term. These are billed as clinical fees to the students UA account. While standard financial aid channels do not generally cover this type of fee, payment plans can be arranged as needed. In addition, some students may be eligible for aid from Social Security and are encouraged to check with a local Social Security Office for further information.
ACD College Transition and Support Program: Making College for Students with Autism Achievable
Students on the autism spectrum who have been accepted to the University of Alabama may also apply and take advantage of this program to help cope with the transition into a college lifestyle. When first accepted, students are paired with a mentor/therapist who will meet with them an average of three times per week to offer support and provide services with academics, emotional well-being, social skills, and daily living. In addition to these meetings, students in this program are expected to complete at least four hours of study hall time in the UA-ACTS building, where the program is houses, and attend group meetings every two weeks.
Some of the services offered include organization skills and ways of using classroom time efficiently, appropriate ways to keep communication open with professors and to self-advocate for academic success, discussions about the social aspect of college life, counseling services as needed for emotional support, and advice and guidance regarding choosing majors and minors that would be the best fit for the students' career goals. Weekly phone calls are made jointly between each student and mentor and that student's parents, ensuring that parents are kept in the loop regarding the student's progress and any challenges he or she may be facing.
Being diagnosed as autistic doesn't have to limit one's choices for higher education. The University of Alabama is not only the flagship university within the state, offering numerous pathways and options for undergraduate and graduate degree programs, but it's also a place where students dealing with autism can succeed. UA has earned it's rightful reputation as an excellent college for students with autism.


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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 24: A Kuwaiti citizen in his 20s was arrested for barging into the apartment of an Iraqi girl in Hawally area and abusing her while being in a drunken state.
According to security sources, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information about the incident, security rushed to the location and seized the citizen who was in a heavily drunken state.
He was referred to the police station of the area for necessary legal action.
Expat robbed: Two people disguised as security operatives assaulted an Asian expatriate in Sabahiya area and stole his wallet containing KD 150, and escaped.
In a complaint to officers at the area police station, the victim said the two men pretending to be security operatives tried to check his civil ID and assaulted him before escaping with his wallet containing KD 150. A case was registered.
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Can "recompose and shoot" be a bad idea?
What is recomposing?
It is the action of setting the focus on the subject then reframing (while locking the focus) to get the desired composition. This technique is mostly used when the desired position of the subject in the frame is not under one of the camera focus point.
Why is this a problem?
Lets look at the illustration below.
In both cases, the distance from camera to subject is the same. The only thing that changed is the angle of the camera relative to the subject, which has the effect of changing the position of the focus plane.
In situation 1, the subject is directly in on the focus plane, it will be sharp.
On the other hand, in situation 2 the plane of focus is behind the subject which will result in a soft image.
How soft? It depends of the camera to subject distance and aperture but from my experience, photographers always under estimate the effect of recomposing. Lets see how to mitigate its effect.
There are few solutions to this problem. You can either use a smaller aperture to increase the depth of field which negates the intent of using a wide lens or use the peripheral focus point that is the closest to the subject in the desired composition. Then again, it is not always practical or possible since even peripheral AF points are close to the frame center.
Ironically enough, the solution to this problem is available either in point and shoot with touch focus or expensive Hasselblad with their TrueFocus technology. Hasselblad solution is pretty cool and I suggest you go take a look.
He loves the stories that the still image can tell. In the summer of 2008, he read a story written by Arnold Kim called "I Quit My Job" — Arn is the owner of macrumors.com. He started macrumors in 2000 as a hobby, and by 2008 he was making more money with the site than he was on his day job, so he quit. The surprise to the story is that he was a doctor making more than six figures! Right then and there, planetMitch dreamed about doing the same thing.
September 2008 rolled around, and Canon announced this new version of the incredible 5D — the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. It was the first Canon DSLR to shoot full HD video and the earth moved! (It really was a huge deal in the photography world.) planetMitch knew if there was ever a chance to ride a wave of something he was really passionate about, this was it — and the blog at planet5D.com was born. It is now one of the most popular HDSLR blogs on the planet, and he is making a full-time living from blogging. He couldn't be happier!
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NY funds to help reduce gun violence
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ALBANY – Nearly $18 million in state funding is going to law enforcement agencies and nonprofit organizations across New York to help reduce gun violence.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that 17 counties — including Broome — and 20 police departments will share $13.3 million from the state's Gun Involved Violence Elimination initiative, known as GIVE. The Democrat says another $4.5 million will go to 11 groups involved with SNUG, the state's street outreach program.
State officials say both programs helped communities statewide reduce gun-related homicides in 2017 by nearly 23 percent over the previous year.
The GIVE program provides funding for police departments to buy equipment, pay for overtime and train officers.
The SNUG outreach program, started in 2009, aids community groups working to reduce gun-related street violence in their neighborhoods.
Another shooting:Gunman opens fire at Texas high school
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What else could I write.
I don't have the right.
Song: "All apologies."
Band: Nirvana
Lyrics: Kurt Cobain
Many writers ask themselves the following question every day, or even hourly, if you're like me…
"Can I write?"
A very well-known film critic told me years ago, when I was in my twenties, that everyone is a writer, and I guess the same could be said about all things – after all, everyone is a critic.
Many people think they can write… but can they actually write?
The amateur film or literary critic who has no education in journalism, will just gather and combine quotes together surrounding the buzz of the film. It's something I've never really encountered in fiction much but in film, it's littered.
The real question at hand is, can anybody write?
The answer seems to be "yes". Anybody can string a few sentences together to tell a story. Any critic can lift from other quotes. Even more so, if they enjoyed the film or book. They can hype it into a supernova frenzy until it's tainted, and quite frankly, it loses its mystique.
I touched briefly on this in my previous article. What really matters in writing, is standing out from the crowd. Having that unique voice. Not imitating and trying to be the next Stephen King or Quentin Tarantino.
Be yourself and remember, research is crucial before putting pen to paper in storytelling, or any type of journalism.
Something to think about would be this… From what I've picked up from other writers, is they seldom read the genre they write in. The key to remember, is you always have the right to write, but putting it out there in cyberspace can be a whole different ball game.
Are you ready to be judged?
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A Response to Robin Mathews' Series of Publications on the Police Invention of John Nuttal and Amanda Korody as Islamic Terrorists.
Your latest article on the BC Muslim Entrapment Case hones in on some very important information. Your most recent essay, "the Law's delay, the insolence of office," extends the interpretive thrust of your interconnected series of articles and open letters on the topic. This sequence of publications marks you, Robin Mathews, as the most insightful and persistent journalist investigating the application of the Royal Canadian Police Force's "major crime technique" to the police invention of John Nuttall and Amanda Korody as Muslim jihadists.
Why would the federal government want to invest so much financial and political capital in such a scam? Why would the federal government direct federal police to facilitate a plot to apprehend this challenged duo supposedly in the midst of perpetrating an Islamic terror event. As you well know, Robin, a lot depends on the answer to this question.
So far answers and political accountability concerning this matter have been scarce to non-existent. But we do have the telling remark sent in response to your repeated interventions. In a moment of, perhaps, careless candour Federal Public Safety Minister, Ralph Goodale, indicated the RCMP' deployed its "major crime technique" to set up Nuttal and Korody in order to be catch them. The imposed scenario was to picture them in the media as apprehended jihadists seeking to plant and explode a pressure cooker bomb at the grounds of the British Columbia Legislature in Victoria on Canada Day of 2013.
At American Herald Tribune we have been publishing most of your essays covering this Muslim entrapment case as well as your other literary efforts that all can be characterized as indigenous interpretations of Canada's ongoing subordination to imperial globalization. As I have argued in Earth into Property and elsewhere, the current round of imperial globalization began in 1492.
the apparent uncovering - the revelation - of a "False Flag", - in short a dark, political action (possibly ordered from the Stephen Harper Prime Minister's Office) to victimize the incompetent and innocent pair on behalf of "Western" desires to paint Islam as an inhuman breeder of despicable brutalities.
Wow! That's saying a lot. Who would have an interest in stimulating "'Western' desires to paint Islam as an inhuman breeder of despicable brutalities." If police powers have been abused by the federal government of Canada in this instance to "paint Islam as an inhuman breeder of despicable brutalities," wouldn't this case in all likelihood form part of a larger pattern? What is the role of the Nuttall/Korody case in relation to the seemingly never ending invasions and incursions that continue to be mounted in the name of a Global War on Terror?
Having put before your readers a window into the possibility of a giant "Western" psychological operation with false flag terrorism as a core ingredient, you inexplicably pull back. Then you swerve back to indicate that the true significance of the Nuttall and Korody case is that we have a very well constructed judicial ruling to document the dynamics of a phenomenon that goes far beyond the details of this particular case. You write,
(Fortunately, Justice Bruce had no need to go near that matter in her reasoning or judgement.) So far – across the West - the power and tightness of control by "the Deep State" has been so effective that an undeniable finding of State "False Flag" activity has been impossible to achieve anywhere. Some will say that such a finding has been impossible because in a fair review of facts … no such finding could be made.This case is, nonetheless, unique in that – if the judgement by Justice Bruce is upheld – it will confirm from the highest level of justice that government-created False Flag criminal events to indoctrinate and brainwash populations are in fact possible and do in fact take place. [Robin's emphasis].
(Fortunately, Justice Bruce had no need to go near that matter in her reasoning or judgement.) So far – across the West - the power and tightness of control by "the Deep State" has been so effective that an undeniable finding of State "False Flag" activity has been impossible to achieve anywhere. Some will say that such a finding has been impossible because in a fair review of facts … no such finding could be made.This case is, nonetheless, unique in that – if the judgement by Justice Bruce is upheld – it will confirm from the highest level of justice that government-created False Flag criminal events to indoctrinate and brainwash populations are in fact possible and do in fact take place. [Robin's emphasis].
From the Cold War to the Global War on Terror
The Trudeau government claims to be an opponent of Islamophobia but in reality it marches along with its broadly-based promotion to advance the imagery of the "clash of civilizations" introduced by Bernard Lewis and popularized by Samuel Huntington on the eve of Global War on Terror. The need on the part of all "Western" governments to induce in the general population critical levels of phobia towards Islam constitutes an expedient deemed necessary for promoting aggressive wars abroad, police state/surveillance state incursions at home. Who could deny the connections linking the propagandistic promotion of Islamophobia in the West to the serial invasions of Muslim majority countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and Yemen?
Ever since 9/11 we have witnessed how the political currency of fear has been deployed and exploited to hollow out what remains of our liberal democracies. We have seen how the elaborate post-9/11 psychological operation has rendered the anti-war movement almost defunct and non-existent exactly when we need it the most. This regime of Islamophobic fear mongering his been promoted under the auspices of elected officials advertised to us as representing both left and right. We have been conned by the likes of those who sold us both Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau, both Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
While the Nuttal/Korody case is the best documented instance of false flag terrorism in Canada, the most consequential and ambitious example of the same phenomenon highlighted the role of Michael Zahef-Bibeau in two shooting episodes that took place on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on October 22, 2014. Zahef-Bibeau himself along with Corporal Nathan Cirillo are said to have been both shot dead in this episode. Parliament's sargeant-at-arms, Kevin Vickers, is said to have killed Zahef-Bibeau, a feat for which he was honoured in the Israeli Knesset where he received a medal from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This episode clearly was made to fit well into the efforts of then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper to win the forthcoming federal election in 2015. The episode was also used to help launch the campaign to pass into law the draconian Bill C-51, sometimes described as Canada's Patriot Act. Stephen Harper did not get re-elected in 2015 but Bill C-51 did pass into legislation with the support of Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada. This strand of continuity between the Stephen Harper government and the Justin Trudeau government extends also to the Nuttall and Korody case. As you note, Robin, the resistance is formidable against any investigation into the role of false flag terrorism and government-promoted Islamophobia in the service of "the West's" Global War on Terror.
Whatever actually transpired on Parliament Hill, Zahef-Bibeau was shown to be a very troubled individual suffering addictions and with a history of many criminal convictions. There is significant evidence Canada's most heavily publicized jihadist was in fact the object of a Deep State plot to help him along as the main protagonist of an event that became the subject of world news meant to highlight the ubiquity of the Islamic terror threat. Even the sleepy backwater of Ottawa was vulnerable to the menace of Islamic jihadism, it was announced tp the world in well illustrated front page coverage in, for instance, The New York Times, The Guardian, the Kuwait Times, Pakistan's Dawn, and the Frankfurter Allgemein.
Among those who wrote about this episode as a possible home-grown example of false flag terrorism are Graeme McQueen, Barrie Zwicker, John McMurtry and me. All of us are professors attuned to watch out for false flag terrorism through our shared work in investigating the 9/11 debacle. I see that our little group is well represented among those following your coverage, Robin, of the federal government's continuing insistence that Nuttal and Korody are dangerous Islamic terrorists who were prevented at the last minute from wreaking havoc on Victoria's 2013 Canada Day celebration. Might you join us, Robin, in sounding the alarm more actively that the misrepresentation of false flag terrorism, including the 9/11 Mother of all such events, must be more assertively identified as a catalyst of Islamophobia? [1]
Questions About the Relationship of Israel First Partisans to False Flag Terrorism
[1] https://truthandshadows.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/canadas-false-flag-terror-fingerprints-of-u-s-involvement/
Anthony James Hall has been Editor In Chief of the American Herald Tribune since its inception. Between 1990 and 2018 Dr. Hall was Professor of Globalization Studies and Liberal Education at the University of Lethbridge where he is now Professor Emeritus. The focus of Dr. Hall's teaching, research, and community service came to highlight the conditions of the colonization of Indigenous peoples in imperial globalization since 1492.
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Is It Possible to Fix rci_hx-i.dll Error?
What is rci_hx-i.dll?Dynamic-link library (also written unhyphenated), or DLL, is Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept in the Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems. These libraries usually have the file extension DLL , OCX (for libraries containing ActiveX controls), or DRV (for legacy system drivers). Usually, people will come across rci_hx-i.dll error when windows boots up or shuts down abnormally, installing a software in a wrong way, or even installing windows system by mistake.
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Please do the following steps to perform a clean boot:
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3. On the General tab, click the Selective startup option, and then click to clear the Load startup items check box. (The Use Original Boot.ini check box is unavailable.)4. On the Services tab, click to select the Hide all Microsoft services check box, and then click Disable all.
Note This step lets Microsoft services continue to run. These services include Networking, Plug and Play, Event Logging, Error Reporting, and other services. If you disable these services, you may permanently delete all restore points. Do not do this if you want to use the System Restore utility together with existing restore points.
5. Click OK, and then click Restart.Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135/en-us
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Minister Angelkova opened the tourism fair which is part of the International congress on world civilizations and historic routes
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the opening of the tourism fair which will be held during the International congress on world civilizations and historic routes. This is how the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova launched the fair, which will be held within 15-16 November in Sofia. She pointed out that such events serve as a fine example of a good practice that can draw the attention to our country and this may happen owing to the presentation of the variety of tourist resources that Bulgaria has.
The opening event was attended by the Deputy Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organizations Jaime Sanclemente as well as a number of delegates from the International congress on world civilizations and historic routes, managers in the sphere of tourism, representatives of the public and private sector in this industry and the related industries, mayors and experts.
The tourism fair was located in the centre of the capital city – the Sofia Largo. On the territory of the Ancient Serdika complex, more than 15 municipalities presented the potential of its regions as tourist destinations. Our country has extremely rich culture, traditions and customs, said Minister Angelkova. She added that it is crucial to preserve them and present them to the world intact and also make efforts to popularize this treasure and Bulgaria as a year-round tourist destination.
I assure you that the Ministry of Tourism will continue to support initiatives strengthening the reputation of our national products and our country as an international tourist destination, said the minister. She thanked all the participants in the forum and wished all the visitors to have a nice time at the fair.


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I'm thankful for the plentiful food my family has to eat, as it keeps them from talking more.
I'm thankful for politics and religion, as when they're brought up we've all agreed to do shots.
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I'm thankful for the toothpick feature in my pocket knife.
I'm thankful Black Friday can't make my bank account any emptier than it already is.
I'm thankful I don't flip out when I walk through spider webs on the porch and thus tumble to my death.
I'm thankful for all the small things that keep us connected.


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The Architects' Badminton Federation held the 2015 edition of its season-ending tournament, the President's Cup on November 28 at the Centro Atletico Courts in Quezon City. The Awarding and Christmas Party was held on the same date at the Tower Restaurant located at the UAP Headquarters in Quezon City.
The winners in the different levels were:
Level A1 Champions - Dondon De Guzman & Santri Provido
Level A1 Runners-up - Ariel Magbanua & Luigi Bernardo
Level A2 Champions - Jonar Tibus & Haydyn Hernandez
Level A2 Runners-up - Dundee Alquiza & Jeco Bildan
Level A3 Champions - Beboy Vinco & Nelson Aquino
Level A3 Runners-up - Ritchell Calay & Osias Nievas
Level B1 Champions - Raffy Ramos & Mike Tiongson
Level B1 Runners-up - Pete Martin & Jun Reyes (A)
Level B2 Champions - Anna Evangelista & Rairai Gonzales
Level B2 Runners-up - Arman Tantoco & Jeff Kho
Level B3 Champions - Mich De Guzman & John Jervin San Diego
Level B3 Runners-up - Cathy Carunungan & Matthew Ablaza (S)
Level C Champions - Lei Regalado & Jim Go (S)
Level C Runners-up - Ching Roxas & Kathy Bosch
Power Mixed Champions - Olive Robles & Joel Cano
Power Mixed Runners-up - Rakel Valencia & Mike Chan
The tournament was supported by ABF's mega sponsor Boysen Paints and major sponsors Kuysen Enterprises, SCG/Mariwasa, Unitec Pipes, Moldex Pipes, Emerald PVC Pipes, i2/Ironcon, Neltex Pipes, SteelTech Colored Roofing, and Bostik Smart Adhesives; minor sponsors were Concrete Ventures, BradPhil Inc., HCG/Cerabo, Steinberg Industries, BioWood, Galleria Ceramica, Gyproc, Kent Floors, Brian Isaiah (BITC), Excel Roof, Atlanta Pipes, Nostrano Forma, James Hardie, LYS Lucky Marketing, Philippine Granite Stone Corp., Crown Pipes, and Spurway Enterprises.
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This delicious poached chicken recipe is done in thirty minutes but has the flavors of a meal that took all day to prepare. In this recipe, traditional Thai red curry paste spices up chicken thighs that are poached in coconut milk with diced sweet potatoes and fresh cilantro. As you can see, this is not your average chicken dinner, but it could easily become a weeknight staple. With store-bought red curry paste, inexpensive chicken thighs, and fresh or frozen diced sweet potatoes, this chicken recipe couldn't be any easier or budget-friendly.
- 3 tablespoons red curry paste (available on Asian foods aisle)*
- 6 chicken thighs, boned and halved
- 2 cups diced sweet potato
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1½ cups unsweetened coconut milk*
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
Steps to Make It
Place a frying pan over medium-high heat and add red curry paste. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until the paste is fragrant.
Add chicken and sweet potatoes. Cook 2 minutes then add stock and coconut milk and reduce heat to low. Do not boil or the coconut milk will separate. The flavor will be the same, but the appearance and texture will be different.
Allow to simmer for 12 minutes or until chicken and sweet potato are cooked.
Sprinkle cilantro over chicken and serve hot with poached coconut curry chicken with steamed greens or a salad. It's also great over a bed of hot cooked rice.
- It is a common misconception in the west that there is simply one type of curry, when, in fact, a curry is simply a complex combination of primarily Asian herbs and spices that can range from mild to hot and from wet to dry.
- Make sure you use coconut milk and not coconut water or coconut cream.


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Idiots Guide to Cooking - How To Cook Food Others Will Actually EatFood...
It is a necessity for us to eat.
Many eat to live and others live to eat. Either way, we can not get around our need for food.
So I live by a code which says if we already have to eat, why not eat the most delicious, delectable meals possible? Sound's reasonable, right?
You do not have to settle for mediocrity when it comes to eating.
Tuna helper, Ramen Noodles and Chef Boyardee need not be the highlight of your day.
With a few basic ideas you can cook to impress yourself and others in no time.
Here are some ideas to stir up in the inner chef in you:
1. Get Rid of Fear - Huh? Why is this the number one tip? Well, because fear cripples our potential in every aspect of life. Many people don't cook because they say they don't know how to cook. Well, at one point you didn't know how to walk, ride a bike, drive a car, etc. But how did you learn? Well, by doing it! Is there anything you are good at? Whatever it is, I bet you were not good at it immediately. It takes time to master something. So, in order to be a good cook, you are going to have to try and cook! Go after it with reckless abandon, throw all caution to the wind and go cook something!!
2. Get Some Tools - Obviously if you are going to cook you are going to need some basics tools. I am going to give you a few necessities for the average beginner on a beginner budget.
I am only recommending the minimum you should have. Obviously there are a lot more items you can and should buy but, for the moment, you can effectively cook with these items:
Pots and Pans (with lids) - Frying pan, Sauce Pan and Dutch Oven, Roasting/Baking Pan
Knives - Chef's knife (don't be intimidated!) and utility knife
Utensils - Whisk, Large Spoon and Fork, Tongs, Spatula, Vegetable Peeler, Cutting board, Mixing bowls, Colander
Pans - Baking Pan, Muffin pan, Baking Sheet pan
Utensils -Rolling Pin, Rubber Spatula, Measuring cups and spoons
3. Learn Some Basic Terminology - If you are going to cook and follow some recipes you will need to know what the recipe is calling you to do. Here are some basic terms you need to know. ( a more
PARBOIL: To simmer in liquid or fat until approximately 50 percent done.
SIMMER: To cook submerged in liquid just below a boil, at temperature upwards of 180°F ( 82°C ). A simmering liquid has bubbles floating slowly from the bottom, and the surface is fairly quiet.
BOIL: To cook in water or liquid under a boiling point or reaches the point when a boiling liquid is in turmoil; its surface is agitated and rolling.
REDUCE: To boil or simmer a liquid until it reaches a smaller volume through evaporation. A liquid so reduced has a greater concentration of flavor. If it contains starch it becomes thicker.
BRAISE: To cook with a small amount of liquid in a covered container in a low lemperature to produce a thick sauce. Examples are adobo, mechado, etc.
POACH: To cook submerged in liquid at temperatures of roughly 160° to 180º F (71º - 82º C). A liquid at these temperatures has bubbles on the bottom of the pan but is undisturbed.
SEAL OR SEAR: To expose the surface of meat to extreme heat in a hot pan or oven for the purpose of browning before cooking at a lower temperature; a partial-cooking process and by so doing enhance the flavor.
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03-05-2018 09:42 PM - edited 03-05-2018 09:43 PM
I am using GeoMedia 2018 & GeoMedia WebMap Publisher 2018 on a machine that does not have GeoMedia WebMap. My intention is to publish data remotely to GeoMedia WebMap hosted in a remote machine. However, my setup seams not to be working since the publisher administrator button under WebMap tab in GeoMedia is not reposnding to clicks. I click on it ,I get nothing, no window, no error. I have registered GeoMedia appropriately and even run it as admin but i still get the same output with no error messages.
The GeoMedia WebMap Publisher tool in the remote machine where GeoMedia WebMap is installed works just fine.
03-06-2018 02:46 AM - edited 03-06-2018 03:09 AM
Digging into event logs i get this:
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Hexagon\GeoMedia WebMap Publisher\Program\WPStart.dll". Dependent Assembly Intergraph.CoordSystems.Services,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="a7d8b3bf5a7dd114",type="win32",version="126.96.36.199" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.
I saw this error before when running my services and GeoMedia WebMap is not licensed. So does this mean that to use GeoMedia WebMap Publisher to pulish to a remote server one needs Geomedia Webmap License both in the client machine and in the Server?
I really hope that's not the case.
Edit: Apparantly I've just learnt that's the case...
I am of the opinion GeoMedia WebMap Publisher should use GeoMedia Desktop License and not GeoMedia WebMap's License. Otherwise i don't see the benefit of having remote publishing if am still required to purchase GeoMedia WebMap Licenses for all the clients machines that will publish remotely to a single GeoMedia WebMap Instance.
If there are any explanations as to why i require a GeoMedia WebMap License for every remote publishing client machine please let me know.
Hi, Elvis!
This looks more like an installation/configuration issue with the GeoMedia WebMap Publisher. It should be running quite happily as long as your GeoMedia Desktop product is properly licensed.
To help us diagnose this a bit more, can you verify that under the installation path (C:\Program Files (x86)\Hexagon\GeoMedia WebMap Publisher\Program\) there exists a symbolic folder link named PrivateAssemblies?
If it doesn't exist, try to create it. To do so, open an elevated command prompt and invoke this command:
mklink.exe /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Hexagon\GeoMedia WebMap Publisher\Program\PrivateAssemblies" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intergraph\GeoMedia\Program\PrivateAssemblies"
It should result in the following output message:
symbolic link created for C:\Program Files (x86)\Hexagon\GeoMedia WebMap Publisher\Program\PrivateAssemblies <<===>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intergraph\GeoMedia\Program\PrivateAssemblies
Restart your GeoMedia Desktop and retry. Let us know how it goes.
Hi Hbm,
Unfortunately am still unable to get the pubisher command to work even after following the steps.I was able to create the symbolic Link.
I still get the error posted earlier in windows event logs.
In Geomedia..
Administrator Publisher still unresponsive.
Hi Elvis,
I have created ticket on your behalf in order to further investigate this issue. We believe it's a configuration problem, but we'd like to make sure it is the case.
The ticket is still warranted, as it seems there are some conditions which make the installer not set up things entirely correctly. In my case it was the "wrong" order of installation (first GeoMedia WebMap Publisher then GeoMedia Desktop). What was your order, Elvis?
In my short investigation it apparently wasn't sufficient to make the PrivateAssemblies symbolic link. The C:\Program Files (x86)\Hexagon\GeoMedia WebMap Publisher\Program\ folder didn't contain the necessary *.manifest files. I copied over them from the PrivateAssemblies and everything started to work. One more thing for you to try, Elvis.
Thanks for filing the ticket, Jan!
Hi Hbm,
Am sure i had installed GeoMedia Desktop ahead of GeoMedia WebMap Publisher. I have also done a clean reinstallation of both in the same order but i still end up with the same results. I have had to add the symbolik link manually despite the clean reinstallation. Another thing in my case is that my *.manifest files are copied over when i create the symbolic link.
Apologies for maybe not being clear enough in my rushed response, Elvis.
What I meant was that after creating the symbolic link at C:\Program Files (x86)\Hexagon\GeoMedia WebMap Publisher\Program\PrivateAssemblies, an additional step is required to copy *.manifest files from there into C:\Program Files (x86)\Hexagon\GeoMedia WebMap Publisher\Program
The result should look more or less like so:
You saying that you experience the issue with the "proper" order of installation is very valuable. I'll add that to the ticket @jan.neumann already created.
After copying over the manifest files now i can get the Publisher Administrator window open in GeoMedia. However, the Create button is disabled whether i run in GeoMedia as Administrator or not.
Am almost there though
Probably there is something else i have not done right...
Hi Elvis,
Unfortunately another small glitch with the publisher admin. I will file a new ticket on this...