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Join us for our September Book Discussion web cast, featuring Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director of the Employment and Disability Institute, and Associate Dean of Outreach at the Cornell University ILR (Industrial and Labor Relations) School, and co-author Linda Barrington, Ph.D., Executive Director of Cornell's Institute for Compensation Studies, as they discusses their latest book, Employment and Work – Disability Key Issues and Future Directions.
Employment and Work outlines the key workplace issues surrounding employment of people with disabilities. Susanne and Linda will discuss the context, challenges, and opportunities for employers seeking to improve their employee diversity and workplace effectiveness. Employment and Work is part of an 8 volume series released by The SAGE Reference Series on Disability.
Peter Linkow, Senior Fellow, Human Capital at The Conference Board, and author of The Conference Board's report, Leveling the Playing Field: Attracting, engaging, and advancing people with disabilities, will moderate this discussion important to anyone who wishes to explore major workplace issues surrounding disability and find guidance on new directions, trends, and contemporary resources in the field.
Audience: Human Capital professionals charged with diversity & inclusion, talent management, strategic workforce planning, workforce readiness, leadership development, employee engagement, strategic human resources, or human capital analytics would benefit from this webcast.
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Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC
Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, is currently Professor of Disability Studies and the Director of the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, ILR School, Ithaca, N.Y. Susanne has served as Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator of numerous federally-sponsored research, diss...Full Bio
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MedlinePlus has been redesigned with a new layout and color scheme. Highlights of the new design include:
- A Videos & Cool Tools page that makes multimedia content easier to find and searchable.
- A Share button on all health topic pages and interactive tutorials that allows you to share links to MedlinePlus through your favorite social networks. See the Diabetic Diet topic page as an example.
- A medical dictionary search box on the English homepage for quick look-up of medical terms.
- A search cloud widget on the homepage, and a widgets page where you can find options for embedding MedlinePlus content in your own blogs, personalized homepages, and other sites.
Thanks to Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, Community Outreach Liaison at Creighton University Health Sciences Library, for the information!

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QUESTION When I power on my Windows XP Pro Lenovo laptop I get the error message: 'Windows did not start successfully. This could be due to software or hardware change'. It then gives options to start in Safe mode or Recovery, or to Start normally after 10 seconds. Whichever option I choose, the screen goes black and the power switches off by itself.I've tried restoring the machine to its factory settings, but the same problem occurs repeatedly. Onn Sein
HELPROOM ANSWER It looks as though a hardware or software change (or a faulty component) could be causing this. Before you take the drastic action of reinstalling Windows, boot into Safe mode and head to Control Panel, Programs and Features. Uninstall any updated Windows drivers, such as graphics or windows software updates.
If this doesn't help, give System Restore a try. Note that System Restore won't delete any of your documents or email messages, and affects only the system and program files. For more advice, see 'How to create and manage System Restore points'.
Another option is to use the Lenovo ThinkVantage System Update tool that was preinstalled on your laptop. If you don't have this, get it here. This software will automatically detect your laptop model and find and install any driver, software or Bios updates.
The problems you're experiencing may also be due to a faulty component or loose connection. If you're not comfortable with looking inside the chassis, visit a local PC repair shop.
See also:
How to fix everything: the ultimate guide to fixing technology
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Bikini-Clad Gisele Bundchen Makes a Splash With Shirtless Tom Brady in Mexico
Bikini-Clad Gisele Bundchen Makes a Splash With Shirtless Tom Brady in Mexico
Gisele Bundchen threw on a tiny bikini to take a dip in the pool at her hotel in Mexico today. A shirtless Tom Brady joined her on the patio and he made multiple fun trips down the waterslide while Gisele watched from below. The couple's exciting getaway came after a few busy weeks of traveling that took them to NYC for the Met Gala and a charity event. Gisele then headed to Brazil, where she hit the runway in sexy lingerie to launch her new collection, Gisele Bundchen Intimates. Gisele later returned to the West Coast and took care of one last obligation on Thursday night before the duo headed south to enjoy the sun. Tom has plenty of time to relax since he's still waiting for the NFL lockout to get resolved, and it looks like he's staying in shape despite the absence of scheduled workouts.


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Since 3.2, Acceleo offers a full-featured live request interpreter. We will focus here on detailling all of this view's possibilities.
First things first, what are all of these menus and fields for?
Language selection
The title of the interpreter features a drop-down menu that allows the user to select the language of his expressions. By default, Acceleo provides the interpreter for itself, but any third-party plugin can come and add its own language to the list. More on the extension in the Extensibility section.
The expression section allows users to enter and edit expressions for the selected language. It can be fully customized by language providers and can thus become as powerful as a full-fledged editor for that language. Completion proposals and syntax highlighting are available by default for the Acceleo interpreter.
The expression will be interpreted on the fly as it is typed if the Real-time toggle is activated (located at the upper-right of the view, 6 in the above breakdown). Otherwise, users can call for the evaluation at any given time through either :
- Right-click in the expression view, then hit evaluate
- Hit the Evaluate icon of the expression section
- Use the CTRL + SHIFT + D keyboard shortcut
This section displays the result of evaluations in the form of a tree. There are multiple possibilities as to the result look-and-feel :
- Collection result : each of the collection's values will be displayed as one row of the result tree.
- Single object : if the result consists of a single, plain object, it will be displayed as the only row of the tree.
Each row of the tree can be displayed in a number of ways, depending on the object's type. The objects are usually displayed as they would in their own editors, but two types of generated objects are displayed in a special manner :
If the result is a string, its very first line will be displayed as the Tree's row.
If the string is longer than a single line, its full length can be seen in two ways :
- Hover : Hovering the mouse over the row
- Popup : Double-clicking the row
The interpreter allows you to generate "files". No file will actually be generated on disk; instead the interpreter will display them in their own special way, with the icon corresponding to their type (as known to Eclipse) and their content as a child row :
A double-click on the "file" row will open a read-only editor for the file, along with all of the syntax highlighting this editor may have. (partial exemple of a "java" file opened through this action below)
The variable section of the interpreter view is hidden by default, and can be shown or hidden at will through the icon of the view.
The variables will be displayed as a Tree, with variable names as the root, and their value(s) as children.
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Welcome to the Mason City Recreation Department. Our goal is to offer fun activities and programs for citizens of all ages. From our Aquatic Center and our skate park to shady picnic areas at the ball fields, we strive to provide recreation outlets to entertain the entire community.
Throughout the year, we offer special events and programs that allow citizens to connect with one another, and explore our parks and venues. Be sure to check out our Program Brochure for more details!
Enjoy all of Mason City's parks & recreational opportunities, and feel free to contact the recreational staff with comments, concerns and suggestions.
Mission, Vision & Quality of Life Statements
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
Address: Southbridge Mall, 100 S. Federal Ave., Suite # 201, Mason City, IA 50401
Phone: 641-421-3673
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Historically, SCAG's Regional Council has charted an aggressive course for the organization, resulting in valuable and tangible benefits for the region and its inhabitants. However, now more than ever, Southern California collectively faces challenges of unprecedented proportions. Tremendous growth is projected in the SCAG region over the next 25 years, when the population will swell from over 19 million to over 24 million. Nearly half of the state's population is concentrated in our region. Developing and implementing successful strategies will be critical to maintaining sustainable development and a desired quality of life, and the best means of ensuring that we can be proud of the Southern California we leave to our children.
When it comes to materializing the collective vision for a greater Southern California, the voice and opinion of every member counts. Every Member is Important!
For more information, download the Membership Fact Sheet | Member Dues Fact Sheet.
As the largest regional planning organization in California, SCAG takes its role as liaison among city and county elected officials, urban planners and community organizations very seriously. SCAG's 86 Regional Councilmembers have the key responsibility for representing the Southern California region on issues such as transportation investments, growth strategies and the allocation of future housing needs.
Regional Councilmembers have an important voice in short
and long-term planning. RC members have greater influence in legislation and
access to the knowledge and insight provided on ongoing activities affecting
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members allows access to prominent positions.
Toolbox Tuesdays provides a range of practical skills and knowledge for local planners including training in the use of computer-based tools and education in practical approaches to timely planning issues. Past sessions include Economic Development for Planners, Implementing Complete Streets, and Parking Systems Management. Private sector planners, non-profit staff, academics and students are welcome to attend in Los Angeles, as long as space is available.
SCAG maintains a complex modeling system which forecasts travel demand and air quality to support SCAG's planning program. The information these models produce is also useful to member agencies, universities and other public agencies. SCAG provides modeling data to support stakeholders' planning programs and to assist in the development and maintenance of city and subregional models. Modeling data includes input data and a variety of model outputs for the existing condition and a number of future year scenarios. SCAG supports subregional and city-level modeling programs by providing modeling setups, model input data, training and technical advice to assist members in the development and maintenance of their models.
Data Services provides up-to-date demographic and economic data to member jurisdictions, which can be used for local planning studies and policy initiatives. SCAG makes available a Monthly Economic Report for the region along with a number of detailed datasets (job growth, unemployment, taxable sales, building permits, and various other socioeconomic variables), which are available for download in the Economic & Demographic Library. Members can also request customized datasets for local analysis on an on-going basis.
Since 2005, the Sustainability Program – through Compass Blueprint, Green Region Initiative and Active Transportation grants – has provided approximately $14 million in planning assistance to member jurisdictions, funding over 130 demonstration projects throughout the region. Proposals that feature creative and forward-thinking development solutions are awarded a customized suite of consultant services, SCAG staff time and technical assistance. This assistance helps cities and counties evaluate planning and policy options, stimulate sustainable development opportunities as well as reduce greenhouse gases. Projects are solicited through a biannual Call-for-Proposals.
The GIS Services program is a free service that provides professional GIS services, free trainings and software to member cities. Specifically, SCAG's GIS staff can assist members in creating desktop/web applications with local jurisdiction data, converting non-spatial data into GIS format, general GIS problem-solving and group trainings. Since the program's inception, member agencies have collectively saved over $2.5 million. And in the case of several cities, they have used their new tools and knowledge to create revenue-generating programs.
Every two years, SCAG prepares Local Profile reports for the nearly 200 member jurisdictions in the region, providing updated data and analysis to support local planning and outreach efforts. The demographic and socioeconomic data are also useful resources for the business community, academia and residents. The most recent Local Profile reports were released at the 2013 Regional Conference & General Assembly in Palm Desert on May 2, 2013.
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Man accused of killing his three daughters might change plea
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — The defense says a North Dakota man accused of killing his three daughters in Wisconsin might admit to the crimes but maintain an insanity claim.
Defense attorney John Kucinski tells the Star Tribune that Aaron Schaffhausen might change his plea Wednesday and just have an insanity phase of the trial.
Schaffhausen is expected to appear at a hearing Wednesday. His trial is scheduled to begin Monday.
The Minot, N.D., construction worker faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the July 10 deaths of his daughters, 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie and 5-year-old Cecilia. The sisters were killed at their River Falls home.
In January, Schaffhausen added a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Kucinski would not explain why his client might change his plea.


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Fat skis might be all the rage, but don't discount the value of owning a good pair of frontside skis—there's plenty of fun to be had on piste. Thin enough to reach mach speeds on perfectly groomed slopes, these skis will make just about any average skier feel like a world-class racer and give first time skiers a positive experience as they learn the ropes.
Of all the skis taken for a spin at Snowbird, these five pairs of versatile, fast frontside planks stood out to our testers, earning them a coveted spot on our OnTheSnow Editors' Choice list for 2014 men's Frontside skis.


text: khadorstrong 7 Posted December 20, 2012 Ok, so the game rules are pretty simple. I get those…however I am completely lost on how to build individual decks. As far as I understand it, lets say Im playing Jedi… I pick A Hero's Journey… I then include Luke Skywalker, Twi'lek Loyalist Jedi Lightsaber Trust your feelings Darobah Training grounds….. Now lets say I want to add another Luke Skywalker, can I? Do I have to add another Hero's Journey to my Objective set? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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From time to time I will get an odd error when setting up scanning to email on a Sharp copier that says:
"(SMTP-SSL) Port is disabled. Consult your system admin."
I'll admit, this error had me puzzled the first few times I saw it, and I thought the problem was within the router, not in the Sharp printer. The first time I saw the error I worked around it and used an SMTP server that didn't require SSL. Since those servers are becoming more and more difficult to find lately, I decided to figure out why this error was being generated by my copiers. The solution was simpler than I originally thought it would be. It was in an area of the web interface that we technicians don't normally fumble around in, the security settings.
The Solution
If you're getting the "(SMTP-SSL) Port is disabled. Consult your system admin." error, here is the quick fix. Before we get started you'll need to know the Sharp copier's IP address. I'll assume you already know how to get into the web GUI if you're setting up scan to email, but if you don't know the IP address of the copier you can print a NIC page with this information on it.
1. From the Sharp's IP accessed web interface first login as an administrator by clicking Login at the top right corner. The default administrator password is "admin" by default. If this password does not work you'll need to contact your Sharp dealer to see if they know it, or to reset it.
2. Next, click Security Settings at the bottom of the left menu, then click Port Control underneath Security Settings.
3. Scroll down on the Port Control page to find the Client Port area, then look for the SMTP-SSL option, enable it, then click submit at the bottom of the page.
At this point you should be able to scan to email with an SMTP server that requires SSL. I'm not sure why this port setting is disabled from time to time, but at least there is a quick fix for it.
To verify your connection to the SMTP server click Network Settings on the left menu.
Scroll down to the SMTP section, and click Execute on the connection test. A popup will ask if you want to run the test with the displayed DNS servers, say OK, then you should have your successful reply.


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Now Available: Innovators Under 35 2013 See The 2013 List »
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Sarbajit Banerjee, 33
Windows that block heat—but let it through when you want them to
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Is there a way for a window to reflect heat in the summer and let it through in the winter?
A window that changed in response to the heat might behave in just that way. Sarbajit Banerjee, a materials chemist at the University at Buffalo in New York, is applying his work on a compound called vanadium oxide to coat glass with a material that makes this possible.
Banerjee had been studying vanadium oxide because he was interested in the physics of phase transition—for example, the way water freezes as the temperature drops. When the temperature reaches 153 °F, this compound's crystalline structure changes from one that's transparent to infrared light—that is, radiated heat—to one that reflects the light.
Using nanofabrication techniques to change the microscopic structure of the crystalline material, Banerjee found a way to lower the temperature at which that change occurs. When the material is formed as long, thin nanowires, it undergoes the transition at a mere 90 °F. A researcher at a window company suggested that this version had good characteristics for a switchable window coating.
Banerjee was able to bring that temperature down even further by mixing tungsten into the material. And perhaps most promising of all, he found that he could trigger the transition at a range of temperatures by sending an electric current through the material—holding out the promise of changing a room's temperature with the flip of a switch, and without racking up an energy bill.
Banerjee is now in the process of licensing his heat-blocking window coating to a U.S. building-materials company; he predicts that it will cost just 50 cents per square foot. He also has a partnership with Tata Steel, a global manufacturer headquartered in Mumbai, India, and they are looking at how to use the material to deflect heat from the corrugated-steel roofs that commonly turn houses stifling in India and other parts of the developing world.
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Sarbajit Banerjee
Windows that block heat—but let it through when you want them to
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Using sponges to improve and store alternative fuels
Prashant Jain
Tuning nanocrystals to make tinier, more efficient switches for optical computing and solar panels
Nanshu Lu
Soft, flexible electronics bond to skin and even organs for better health monitoring
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A tiny roller coaster for light could help keep data centers cool
Pratheev Sreetharan
Mass-producible tiny machines snap into place like objects in a pop-up book
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Artificial tissue that can monitor and improve health down to the level of individual cells
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Slowing light to help chips cope with optical data
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Surgery is a common treatment for breast cancer. It's done to remove as much of the cancer as possible. Women have many surgical options. The type of surgery done depends on:
The size and location of the breast lump or tumor
The type the breast cancer
If the cancer has spread within the breast or has spread outside of the breast to the lymph nodes, or to other parts of the body
The size of the breast
The woman's preference
There are several types of breast surgery. The main types include:
Breast-conserving surgery
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
Breast reconstruction is surgery to rebuild the breast shape. It can be done after surgery to remove cancer.
This type of surgery is also called breast-sparing surgery, lumpectomy, quadrantectomy, partial mastectomy, or segmental mastectomy. The surgeon takes out only the cancer lump and an edge (margin) of healthy tissue around it. The breast itself remains intact.
Radiation therapy is often given after breast-conserving surgery to destroy cancer cells that may not have been removed during surgery. In some cases, chemotherapy and radiation are both given after breast-conserving surgery.
Breast-conserving surgery is a treatment option for some women with small breast cancer that hasn't spread. Studies have shown that women who have breast-conserving surgery then radiation have similar survival rates as those who have mastectomy. Many women prefer this type of surgery instead of having their whole breast removed.
There are 2 main types of breast conservation (tissue-sparing) surgery. These include a lumpectomy and a partial (segmental) mastectomy.
A lumpectomy removes the breast cancer and part of the normal tissue around the cancer. The areas removed during the surgery are shaded in green. The surgeon may also remove some of the lymph nodes under the arm to see if the cancer has spread. The lymph nodes under the arm (called the axillary lymph nodes) drain the lymphatic vessels from the upper arms, most of the breast, the neck, and the underarm areas. Often, breast cancer spreads to these lymph nodes. It can then enter the lymphatic system, and spread to other parts of the body. Radiation therapy is often given after a lumpectomy. This is to kill cancer cells that may not have been removed during the lumpectomy.
A partial (segmental) mastectomy removes the breast cancer and a larger part of the normal breast tissue around the cancer. The areas removed during the surgery are shaded in green. The surgeon may also remove some of the lymph nodes under the arm. The lymph nodes under the arm (called the axillary lymph nodes) drain the lymphatic vessels from the upper arms, most of the breast, the neck, and the underarm areas. Often, breast cancer spreads to these lymph nodes. It can then enter the lymphatic system, and spread to other parts of the body. Radiation therapy is often given after a partial mastectomy. This is to kill cancer cells that may not have been removed during the partial mastectomy.
Mastectomy is surgery to remove the breast. The doctor may advise a mastectomy for a woman who has any of the below:
Cancer that has spread to other parts of the breast tissue or has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm
A finished course of radiation therapy to the affected breast or chest area
2 or more areas of cancer in the same breast that are too far apart to be removed with one incision
Breast that is very small and tumor that is large
Inflammatory breast cancer
Connective tissue diseases that are sensitive to radiation therapy
A current pregnancy, because the radiation normally needed after breast-conserving surgery could harm the unborn baby
Some tumor left over from previous breast-conserving surgery
There are 3 types of mastectomy. Your doctor can explain the benefits and risks of each type:
Total (or simple) mastectomy. This type removes the whole breast
Modified radical mastectomy. This type removes the whole breast, most of the lymph nodes under the arm, and often the lining over the chest muscles. Sometimes the doctor also has to remove part of the chest wall muscles.
Radical mastectomy. This is also called a Halsted radical mastectomy. This is done in very rare cases. For this surgery, the surgeon removes the whole breast, all of the lymph nodes under the arm, the lining over the chest muscles, and both of the chest muscles under the breast.
A skin-sparing method may be an option for some women planning to have reconstruction surgery at the same time as the mastectomy. This is called immediate breast reconstruction. In this surgery, most of the skin over the breast except the nipple and areola is left intact. The same amount of breast tissue under the skin is removed as with a total mastectomy.
During a total (or simple) mastectomy, the surgeon removes the entire breast. This includes the nipple, the areola, and most of the overlying skin. The areas removed during the surgery are shaded in green. The surgeon may also remove some of the lymph nodes under the arm to see if the cancer has spread. The lymph nodes under the arm (axillary lymph nodes) drain the lymphatic vessels from the upper arms, most of the breast, the chest, the neck, and the underarm areas. Often, breast cancer spreads to these lymph nodes. It then enters the lymphatic system, and spreads to other parts of the body. A skin-sparing mastectomy removes the same amount of breast tissue but leaves most of the skin, except for the nipple and areola. This may be an option if immediate breast reconstruction will be done.
During a modified radical mastectomy, the surgeon removes the entire breast. This includes the nipple, the areola, and the overlying skin. The surgeon also removes some of the lymph nodes under the arm (axillary lymph nodes), and the lining over the chest muscles. In some cases, part of the chest wall muscle is also removed. The areas removed during the surgery are shaded in green.
During a radical mastectomy, the surgeon removes the entire breast. This includes the nipple, the areola, and the overlying skin. The surgeon also removes the lymph nodes under the arm (axillary lymph nodes), and the chest muscles. The areas removed during the surgery are shaded in green. For many years, this was the standard surgery. A radical mastectomy is now rarely done. It is only advised when the breast cancer has spread to the chest muscles.
If breast cancer spreads, it usually spreads first to the lymph nodes under your arm (axillary lymph nodes). Lymph nodes are small bean-shaped organs. They are connected by thin vessels, and drain fluid from the breast area, chest, upper arms, the neck, and underarm area. When breast cancer spreads to lymph nodes, it enters the lymphatic system, and can spread to other parts of the body.
The sentinel lymph node is the node the cancer reaches first. For this surgery, a specially trained surgeon injects a radioactive substance or dye near the tumor. The dye travels to the sentinel node. The node can then be found and removed. It's then sent to a lab to see if it has cancer cells in it. In some cases, there can be more than 1 sentinel lymph node. If the sentinel node doesn't have cancer, then it is likely that the rest of your underarm nodes don't have cancer. Your doctor may opt not to remove other underarm tissue and lymph nodes. Having your underarm lymph nodes removed isn't a dangerous surgery. But it can lead to side effects, such as numbness due to nerve damage and a lifelong risk of swelling in your arm and chest (lymphedema).
Sentinel lymph node biopsy is a complex surgery. If your doctor thinks you should have this type of biopsy, ask how much experience the surgical team has in the surgery.
This kind of biopsy can save you from having the rest of your nodes taken out. Sentinel node biopsy is often followed by breast-conserving surgery or a mastectomy. This biopsy may be scheduled for the same time as breast-conserving surgery, or it can be done separately.
All surgery has some risks. The risks of breast cancer surgery include:
Hard tissue in the breast due to scarring at the incision site
Wound infection or bleeding
Breast-conserving surgery may cause:
Short-term (temporary) swelling of the breast
Change in breast size and shape
Clear fluid trapped in the wound (seroma) that may need to be drained and treated with compression or an injection
A risk of lymph node removal is swelling of the arm, hand, chest, and neck (lymphedema). This can cause:
A tight feeling in the arm
Decreased flexibility of the arm, hand, and wrist
There may be other risks depending on your overall health and the type of surgery done. Talk with your healthcare provider about any concerns or questions you have about your risks.
Your healthcare team will talk with you the surgery options that are best for you. You may want to bring a family member or close friend with you to appointments. Write down questions you want to ask about your surgery. Make sure to ask:
What type of surgery will be done
What will be done during surgery
The risks and possible side effects of the surgery
If the surgery will leave scars and what they will look like
How your breast or chest will look after surgery
You may also want to ask your doctor other questions, such as:
Which type of surgery do you advise for me? Why?
Where will the cut (incision) be? How much breast tissue will be removed?
Will any lymph nodes be removed?
Will I be able to have breast reconstruction if I have a mastectomy?
Do you advise breast reconstruction to be done at the same time of the mastectomy? Or should it be done at a later date?
Will I need more treatment after surgery, such as radiation or chemotherapy?
What type of follow-up care will I need?
When can I go back to my normal activities?
Before surgery, tell your healthcare team if you are taking any medicines. This includes over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and other supplements. This is to make sure you're not taking medicines that could affect the surgery. After you have discussed all the details with the surgeon, you will sign a consent form that says that the healthcare provider can do the surgery.
You'll also meet the anesthesiologist. This is the doctor in charge of the medicine that helps you sleep and feel no pain during surgery. You can ask questions about the anesthesia and how it will affect you.
You may have to stay in the hospital for a few days, depending on the type of surgery you had. It can also depend on what your insurance will cover. You may want to talk with your insurance company before your surgery.
Your healthcare providers will explain the side effects you can expect with each type of surgery. They can also suggest ways to help prevent or manage these side effects. It is important that you let your healthcare provider know if you have side effects.
After surgery you may have:
Pain. For the first few days after surgery, you are likely to have pain from the incision. Your pain can be controlled with medicine. Talk with your healthcare provider or nurse about your options for pain relief. Some people don't want to take pain medicine, but doing so can help your healing. If you don't control pain well, you may not want to cough or move, which you need to do as you recover from surgery.
Tightness in your skin. The skin near your breast may feel tight. Sometimes your arm and shoulder muscles will feel stiff, too.
Fatigue. You may feel tired or weak for a while. The amount of time it takes to recover from surgery is different for each person, but this usually gets better with time.
When you get home, you may get back to light activity. But you should avoid strenuous activity for 6 weeks. Your healthcare team will tell you what kinds of activities are safe for you while you recover.
After breast cancer surgery, you will have a bandage (dressing) over the place where you had surgery. It is important to keep the surgical area clean and dry. Your doctor will give you specific bathing instructions. If adhesive strips are used, they should be kept dry. They will fall off in a few days.
You may also have tubes in your chest. These are called drains. These are to remove blood and fluids that build up during the healing process. You may have to empty and measure the fluid. Your healthcare team will tell you what problems to look for and tell them about. The drains stay in place for about 2 weeks, or until only a small amount of fluid is draining.
Your doctor or nurse will give you written instructions on how to care for your incision, change your bandage, and drain and check the fluid. You'll also be told when to call your doctor or nurse about a problem. You should study the instructions and share them with your caregiver, if you have one. Be sure you know how to get in touch with your doctor after hours and on weekends, too.
You may be told to start postmastectomy exercises the day after your surgery, or at a later time. These exercises may include doing things like flexing your fingers and touching your hand to your shoulder. Ask if there are any exercises or activities you should not do to prevent swelling.
Losing one or both of your breasts can be emotionally difficult. After surgery, you and your spouse or partner should take the time to talk about how you feel. You may feel that you need counseling. Ask your healthcare provider for the names and locations of support groups or counselors if you feel you need one.
After surgery, you may have any of the below. Talk with your healthcare team if you need help.
Stiffness in your underarm after lymph node removal. Gentle exercises and massage therapy can help with stiffness. Don't use hair removal creams, strong deodorants, or shave under your arm for about 2 weeks after surgery.
Lack of feeling in the skin on your breast or upper arm. When your breast is removed, nerves must be cut. This may cause short-term numbness. Often, most of the feeling returns within 1 to 2 years after surgery. Some numbness may be permanent.
Phantom breast sensations. You may feel like your breast is still there. People who lose limbs often have this feeling, too. The feeling often goes away over time.
Shift in weight or feeling off-balance. If you had large breasts, losing one or both of them can make you feel off-balance and make your neck or back hurt. This often gets better as you adjust to the changes in your body.
Constipation. You may have constipation from using some pain medicine, from not moving much, or from not eating much. Talk with your healthcare provider or nurse about getting more dietary fiber or using a stool softener.
Lymphedema. If you've had your underarm lymph nodes removed, you may have swelling in your chest, arm, and hand on the side where you had surgery. While this is normal right after surgery, it can later become a long-term problem. Be sure you understand what to watch for and what to do to help keep this from happening.
Infection. Although not common, infection is a risk whenever you have surgery. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any swelling, redness, warmth, drainage, fever, or sudden pain.
Your doctor will tell you when to return for a follow-up visit. During this visit, he or she will check the incision and remove stitches if needed.
You may need radiation treatment after surgery. Your healthcare provider will talk with you about this type of treatment.
Let your healthcare provider know right away if you have any of these problems after surgery:
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Release date: 2012-12-10
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Fresh from the last outing on Bonzai Progressive with "Time-X", Nancy joins forces with Laurent Verronez and his Velvet Girl guise to bring a stunning slice of prog house-trance to the Green Martian imprint. Both these artists have an impressive back catalogue and it is this experience and professionalism that leads to tracks like this gracing our ears."In Between" has a classic progressive flavour from the start, building on this to a fully charged prog monster with house and a bit of trance in mind. Superb hypnotic strings are prominent throughout and a heavy chorded piano stab dominate along with a catchy bassline. Lots of melodies play in and out and this track is in complete harmony."Lovin Saint-Germain" is a more housey affair, very disco feel on the intro with the cowbell percussion, this soon leads into that house vibe with a prog groove. Building on we are treated to one awesome musical journey that has everything from funky bass to an almost downtempo feeling, beautiful string and pad arrangements feature heavily with a guitar making an appearance now and again. The break is just wonderful and the build up takes us back into a real feel good vibe that you just want to go on forever and ever.


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Hello Marines, and thank you in advance for your responses and advice. I am currently in the Delayed Entry Program with an MG contract. From what my recruiter tells me, it was formerly a 5 year contract for Marine Security Forces. I am interested in this contract because previously the contract entailed 1 year for the appropriate schools, 2 years of Security Force Duty, and 2 years of infantry. My long term goal in terms of the Marine Corps is to hopefully get into Recon with hopes of working into MARSOC somewhere down the line in my career. I was curious if the new MG contract follows the same pipeline and if this would be a good way at working towards my long term goal, if not, what are some alternative routes that might also help me reach those goals?
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Though "whooping cough" may seem like an antiquated affliction, an estimated 50 million cases and 300,000 deaths still occur every year. Pertussis, as the disease is formally known, is a highly contagious disease marked by an intense cough that can last up to twelve weeks, and is regarded as a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries.
Sabin, in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), is working to assess and strengthen the laboratory capacity for diagnosis of pertussis in three countries; Argentina, Panama and Mexico. Currently, pertussis surveillance in most Latin American countries is based on outdated methods and materials, and an improvement in these techniques is key to guiding prevention and control strategies. The goal is to better understand the spread and impact of pertussis, in order to protect populations from this vaccine-preventable disease.
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Federal Judge Reggie Walton has found that internal DOJ documents about the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case "contradict Assistant Attorney General [Thomas] Perez's testimony that political leadership was not involved in" the decision to dismiss the case. In other words, as Hans Von Spakovsky says, "the sworn testimony of Perez, the Obama political appointee who heads the Civil Rights Division, before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was apparently false."
Judge Walton serves on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He has presided over high profile trials including those of Scooter Libby and Roger Clemens.
This particular case was brought by Judicial Watch, which filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking "documents relating to the DOJ's decision to dismiss civil claims in the New Black Panther Party case." According to Judge Walton, the DOJ documents, including emails from former Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli (who was the number-two official at DOJ) and former Democratic election lawyer and Deputy Associate Attorney General Sam Hirsch, "revealed that political appointees within DOJ were conferring about the status and resolution of the New Black Panther Party case in the days preceding the DOJ's dismissal of claims."
This finding directly contradicts the sworn testimony of Assistant Attorney General Perez. At a hearing before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on May 14, 2010, Perez was asked whether "any political leadership [was] involved in the decision not to pursue this particular case." Perez's answer, on page 79 of the transcript of that hearing, was an unqualified "No."
Accordingly, as von Spakovsky concludes, it is clear that Judge Walton was being polite when he said that thre documents and the testimony of Perez are contradictory and "cast doubt on the accuracy" of Perez's account.
Perez's conduct should, at a minimum, be the subject of an investigation by the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (did Perez violate his ethical and professional obligations as a DOJ attorney) and/or the DOJ inspector general (did Perez violate 18 U.S.C. §1621, which outlaws presenting false statements under oath in official federal proceeding). But don't hold your breath.
And don't expect much, if any, any coverage by the mainsteam media which, no doubt, would be howling if a Republican political appointee at DOJ had been found by a federal judge to have given "inaccurate" testimony under oath.
Perez is a left-wing ideologue, as I tried to show on Power Line and in a Washington Times op-ed at the time of his nomination. But now the questons about Perez's fitness run deeper than just his ideology.


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Texas filibuster rallies women in nationwide war on their rights (Column)
The Texas Legislature has embarked on its second special session to adopt tough abortion laws that not only will force the closure of all but five of the state's legal abortion clinics, but also will deprive hundreds of thousands of poor Texas women of contraception, STD testing and cancer screenings.
This is all part of the absolutely ferocious war on women, on our reproductive rights and on the poor that Texas lawmakers and Republican Gov. Rick Perry have been waging for the past three years.
"Well, of course it's a war on birth control, on abortions, on everything -- that's what family planning is supposed to be about," said Republican state Rep. Wayne Christian two years ago in the earlier stages of this war, when the state unsuccessfully tried to bar Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding to provide gynecological services to more than 400,000 poor women.
Now Texas, like several other states, is refusing to expand 100 percent federally funded Medicaid, which would provide health care coverage to more than a million Texans, primarily women and children.
Texas probably will pass an abortion bill in the next month, but its defeat in the first special session last week marked an important turning point in the war on women because it showed women that they can fight back.
And it made a political superstar of Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis, whose 11-hour filibuster last week made her a household name. Women everywhere are sending away for "We Stand With Wendy" buttons and bumper stickers.
Davis delivered a powerful message -- that women must stand up and fight, state-by-state, to halt this war of attrition that is slowly depriving women of reproductive rights they have had for decades.
The filibuster has been described as "a publicity stunt," and you could look at it that way. Or you could see it as an awesome, inspired, remarkably successful rallying cry for women's rights.
At the opening of the second special session last Monday, some 5,000 people came out in the sweltering Texas heat to voice their opposition. Not the numbers we used to get at pro-choice Washington marches in the 1990s, but a start.
Perry called the crowd "a small but vocal minority." Actually he and his legislators are the ones pandering to a small, vocal minority, the far right fringe, by doing their bidding so as to not get "primaried" by them.
If Wendy Davis' filibuster was a publicity stunt, what the Ohio Legislature and governor pulled June 30 was exactly the opposite -- a profoundly anti-democratic stealth campaign at the midnight hour to insert egregious anti-choice laws into the state's budget bill.
The new laws were enacted without any debate, without public comment and without even the knowledge or awareness of the people of Ohio, many of whom will be affected most grievously by them.
Nice going there, defenders of democracy and freedom!
The new Ohio law, instantly signed into law by Republican Gov. John Kasich as a posse of grinning old white men looked on, bans abortions after 20 weeks, defunds Planned Parenthood and defunds rape counseling programs if counselors dare to tell traumatized women that they can have a legal abortion.
It requires clinics providing abortions to enter into "transfer agreements" with local hospitals to transfer patients to those hospitals should complications arise, but then bans Ohio's 18 public hospitals from entering into such agreements. Never mind that hospitals are legally bound by federal law to treat such patients anyway.
It requires women seeking abortions -- and perhaps those seeking prescriptions for birth control pills, no one really knows -- to undergo mandatory vaginal ultrasounds even if their doctors do not recommend it.
And it forces doctors to read women a script concerning fetal heartbeat and development as they have that ultrasound, even if neither the doctor nor patient wants it. Talk about big government!
The contempt with which these elected officials treat women, treat families and treat their own voters and citizenry is beyond belief. And the same thing has been happening in Republican-controlled statehouses around the nation.
Many young people today say they hate "politics," and most people, young and old, pay no attention at all to state politics.
What Wendy Davis and Ohio are teaching them, in such dramatically different ways, is that they have to pay attention -- or when they go to exercise the rights they think they have, they will discover that they have none.


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Fourteen-man Cardiff had their Heineken Cup aspirations ended as they fell to a third straight Pool Six defeat at the hands of Montpellier.
Teenage fly-half Rhys Patchell slotted seven penalties and a drop goal for the home side, who had scrum-half Lloyd Williams sent off after 25 minutes for a tip tackle on opposite number Benoit Paillaugue.
Pierre Berard, Mamuka Gorgodze and Timoci Nagusa all crossed for Montpellier, with the classy Paillaugue kicking 20 points.
The Blues' defeat adds to the gloom that has enveloped Welsh rugby, with the regions managing a collective one win from nine Heineken Cup matches to go with the national side's run of seven straight defeats.
The injury-ravaged Blues, without Sam Warburton, Leigh Halfpenny, Jamie Roberts, Bradley Davies and a host of others, did make a good fist of the opening quarter against a Montpellier side resting several of their first-choice names.
Patchell had the hosts on the board inside four minutes with a penalty and fell just short with a long-distance effort just seconds earlier.
But there were already early warning signs for the Cardiff scrum, an Achilles heel throughout the season.
An emphatic drive from the Montpellier pack allowed Paillaugue to slot a monster 50-metre penalty, and another strong shove gave the scrum-half his second three-pointer after Patchell had briefly put the hosts back ahead.
Patchell, showing a good degree of composure for one so young, replied with another penalty to make it 9-6 at the end of a scrappy opening quarter lacking in creativity.
But the Blues' hopes were dealt a major blow when Wales international Williams was dismissed.
The home crowd howled their derision at referee John Lacey, but the official was left with little choice after Williams lifted opposite number Paillaugue and dropped him on to the back of his neck after the ball had squirted out of a Blues scrum.
Paillaugue dusted himself down to level the scores from the resulting penalty, only for Patchell to again respond, this time with a well-taken drop goal.
But the home side's numerical disadvantage soon told as Montpellier built patiently through the phases to work an overlap on the left for wing Berard to cross, with the reliable boot of Paillaugue adding the conversion from the touchline.
Patchell kept Cardiff in it with yet another penalty, but when Dafydd Hewitt came in at the side of the ruck Paillaugue struck to leave the visitors 19-15 to the good at the break.
The Blues turned round with a strong wind behind them and Patchell used it to bring them within a point with a huge three-pointer from almost his own 10-yard line.
Montpellier should have made the game safe 15 minutes into the second half when Yoan Audrin picked off Patchell's pass.
The young fly-half did brilliantly to haul the winger down, but when the ball was recycled the visitors had a huge overlap, only for Gorgodze's final pass to Berard to be ruled forward.
Paillaugue did at least re-establish the four-point lead with his latest penalty, and the French side's second try followed with 14 minutes to go.
Fly-half Santiago Fernandez gathered in Paillaugue's kick to take Montpellier deep into Cardiff territory. Desperate scrambling defence kept out Berard, but Gorgodze stretched out to dot down through the ruck.
The hosts battled gamely and Patchell quickly slotted another two penalties to get the Blues back to within three points.
But Paillaugue steadied any French nerves before replacement wing Nagusa sealed the win by finishing smartly in the corner.


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Single incision laparoscopic colectomy: The search for the optimal specimen retrieval site
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Introduction: The aim of the single incision laparoscopic (SIL) colectomy is the reduction of the surgical trauma. Since dissection can be carried out through a small incision, specimen retrieval finally requires enlargement of the surgical orifice to minimize the squeezing of the speciment. Hybrid techniques combining the transvaginal or the transanal approach were already described. Herein we report on our experience and considerations of specimen retrieval utilizing three different routes using a strong retrieval bag.
Materials and methods: Small skin incisions in 130 transumbilical SIL colorectal resections did not allow specimen retrieval without enlargement of the incision. As an alternative we used the transvaginal (2 patients) and transrectal (2 patients) route, respectively. Intra- and postoperative complications, pain (VAS, medication) and patient´s satisfaction were evaluated. A strong bag was used for retrieval the speciment and collecting the fluid, squeezed out by harvesting the colonic segments.
Results: Changing the retrieval site from the navel to the vagina or the anus requires additional technical support. This adds more than 20 minutes to the overall procedural time. No perioperative complication was observed. However, patients report on almost no pain after the transvaginal or transrectal approach. Squeezing of the specimen at any site is of no concern since all colonic segments are harvested within a strong retrieval bag. The collected fluids show the appearance of inflammatory and tumor cells.
Conclusion: Depending on the size of specimen and gender of the patient the retrieval is feasible through the umbilicus, the vagina or the rectum. Pros and Cons are under debate. Most important is the harvesting of the speciment within a retrieval bag.


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LinkedIn Adds Search for Volunteer Opportunities
LinkedIn added a new Volunteer Marketplace on Wednesday, allowing users to search for volunteer opportunities that require particular skill sets like open board seats at non-profits.
In August, LinkedIn allowed users to openly express interest in these types of opportunities on their profile page, but until Wednesday, these people could only be contacted for positions and couldn't actively search for them.
More than 600,000 people have expressed interest in these types of opportunities since August, said a LinkedIn spokesperson, and more than 3 million users have added volunteer experience and causes to their profile since 2011.
The social network will launch the marketplace with 500 postings on Wednesday, and plans to add more in the coming weeks. Organizations can post a volunteer opening or board seat the same way they would post a job. These new types of postings cost just 10% of what a job posting costs on LinkedIn, typically $20 to 40, and the company plans to reinvest any revenues back into the program, says Meg Garlinghouse, head of LinkedIn Good.
The issue, however, with the new marketplace could be its visibility to users. The search page is not available in the site's navigation bar, and the only way users can visit the marketplace from LinkedIn.com is by clicking on volunteer opportunities that will appear in the "Jobs You May Be Interested In" tab along the right rail.
Users who receive emails highlighting "Job You May Be Interested In" will also receive volunteer openings. Otherwise, interested users will have to visit the marketplace directly by using the web addresses: volunteer.LinkedIn.com and nonprofit.LinkedIn.com.
Despite its separation of sorts from LinkedIn.com, Garlinghouse is adamant that volunteerism and professional networking can work together.
"Volunteering is not just good for the community, it's good for your career," she says. "Thats just another [reason] why we feel so bullish about making this a part of the LinkedIn experience."
LinkedIn's new marketplace may be new for the platform, but it's not an entirely new concept. A number of other websites provide a database of volunteer opportunities, including a government sponsored site called United We Serve where users can search for openings by location and interests. Another website, VolunteerMatch matches users with opportunities based on interests and locations as well, and boasts more than 96,000 participating organizations.
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President Obama announced Tuesday that his administration has agreed to provide an $8.3 billion loan guarantee for an Atlanta-based utility and its partners to build two new nuclear reactors at its Vogtle generating station near Augusta, Ga.
The announcement comes at a time when the administration is seeking to reduce America's dependence on fossil fuels – a critical step in combating global warming – and in an economic climate hungering for job creation.
The loan guarantee is conditional. It hinges on the utility, the Southern Co., receiving a license from the US Nuclear Regulatory Agency to build and operate the new reactors. Based on the current timeline, the utility expects to receive its license during the second half of 2011, says David Ratcliffe, its chairman and chief executive officer.
With an estimated construction cost of $14 billion, the new reactors would add a combined 2,200 megawatts of generating capacity to augment the two reactors that have been operating at the Vogtle nuclear plant since 1987 and 1989. These two reactors are rated at 1,100 megawatts apiece.
In announcing the effort during a visit to a union job-training facility in Lahnam, Md., Mr. Obama acknowledged lingering concerns over the safety and reliability of nuclear energy as well as the need to solve the longstanding problem of disposing of highly radioactive waste from nuclear plants.
Still, he said, "investing in nuclear energy remains a necessary step" in weaning the United States from its dependence on fossil fuels for energy.
Nuclear reactors generate roughly 20 percent of the nation's electricity but represent 70 percent of the carbon-free energy it produces, the Obama administration said Tuesday. Thus, nuclear power represents one important approach to reducing reliance on fossil fuels, the main contributor to global warming, supporters say.
Moreover, the White House estimates this project will lead to 3,500 construction jobs and 800 long-term jobs once the reactors begin operation.
Nuclear industry representatives hailed the administration's move.
Marvin Fertel, president and chief executive officer of Washington's Nuclear Energy Institute, called it "a major milestone" in providing loan guarantees under a program established in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Beyond the $8.3 billion for the new reactors, the White House is asking for an additional $36 billion for the nuclear loan-guarantee program in its fiscal 2011 budget proposal, according to US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.
Others are less enthusiastic. Preparing to boost loan guarantees by $36 billion could end up pouring good money after bad, skeptics argue.
The guarantees represent money for "a limited set of reactors from a small number of first-movers," says Ellen Vankco, a specialist on energy issues with the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington.
She notes that in Finland, for instance, efforts to build a power plant using one of several new, purportedly safer designs are running substantially over budget and behind schedule.
Moreover, the US Nuclear Regulatory Agency has raised issues with the adequacy of the containment structure used in the type of reactors Southern Co. has tapped for Vogtle, according to NRC documents.
"The industry has a lot to do to prove it's a viable option," she says. "We can't ignore its history in evaluating its future."
For its part, the industry is looking to build new nuclear capacity, although its steps are tentative. As of Jan. 4, the NRC had received construction applications for 28 new reactors at 18 power stations around the country.
In effect, the $8.3 billion guarantee represents an enormous experiment, according to John Parsons, executive director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
No new power reactors have been built in the United States in more than 30 years, following the industry's troubled start. Plants were rising across the country when in 1979 a reactor at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station outside Harrisburg, Pa., lost coolant, leading to a partial meltdown of its core.
The accident and subsequent changes to regulations governing plant design drove up costs, as plants under construction had to redesign to new specifications on the fly. In addition, public-safety concerns prompted demonstrations and lawsuits that further slowed, and in some cases abandoned, reactor projects.
Seven years later, the reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in what is now the Ukraine exploded during an unsanctioned operating experiment. The explosion and resulting fire released an enormous plume of radioactive fallout. While no commercial reactor in the US used the Soviet design, the accident deepened doubts in some circles regarding nuclear energy's safety.
Since then, reactor makers such as Westinghouse, General Electric, and others have developed designs they claim are safer because they require less intervention from reactor operators to activate safety systems in the event of an accident.
In addition, the NRC has streamlined its licensing procedures. It issues a single construction and operating license, rather than a separate license for each. And it now certifies standard reactor designs, rather than approving custom-tailored ones built to a utility's specifications.
The industry supported these moves. But it also has drawn fire from environmental groups, which argue that the streamlined process has reduced opportunities for public input into the license approval process.
The government's support for the new Vogtle 3 and Vogtle 4 reactors represents an effort to provide a real-world test of the changes in technology and regulations developed over the past decade or so, Dr. Parsons says.
For the companies, the question is of their ability to deliver reactors billed as safer and more reliable on time, on budget, and at a reasonable cost to ratepayers, he says.
The government has something to prove as well. "For the government to take a clear position that it's going to get the industry started provides confidence to other investors that the government will follow through on its half of the bargain," Parsons says.
But a loan-guarantee program needs to have a time limit, he continues.
"Economically, it doesn't make much sense long term to be giving subsidies to any specific technology," he says. "If the target is to have a low-carbon future," in which economies increasingly rely on ways to generate energy without increasing emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, "we can put a cap on carbon, put a price on carbon emissions, and then let all technologies compete."


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The proposal was for two thin towers, 197 feet tall and 10 inches in diameter at their base, on two remote west Marin ridgelines, a mile and a half apart and northeast of Dillon Beach. With meteorological testing gear, digital transmitters and a small solar panel mounted to each tower, the temporary installations were sought by NextEra Energy Resources to gather data about the potential of the region for wind area production.
Permits for the three-year test project were routinely issued by the Marin County Deputy Zoning Administrator on Aug. 26. And a gale of protest promptly erupted.
A group of nine people, including leaders of the Marin Audubon Society, the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin and the Marin Conservation League, quickly appealed to the Marin County Planning Commission to rescind the permits. They charge that the project is in violation of state environmental law and would endanger birds and bats, create a visual blight on the landscape, pose a hazard to rescue helicopters, interfere with radar from the Two Rock Coast Guard station and expose neighboring residents to "wind turbine syndrome."
Outside of the county's standard review process, the wind turbine detractors emphasize two other arguments: that the companies seeking to build them are pocketing huge wads of taxpayer money and then building installations that fail to deliver on promises of "green energy." NextEra, the company seeking the temporary test project in Marin, is a Florida-based, multibillion dollar corporation that operates dozens of wind farms across North America, including Altamont Pass.
"The wind-farm business is an immense folly inflicted on a gullible public by big business, with the collusion of big government, at enormous expense to the environment, with shockingly little energy benefit," fumed project opponent Christopher Barnes in a guest column published last month in the West Marin Citizen.
"The wind-energy companies are thriving because of a new stimulus that's been created to provide on the order of $800 million for energy production," elaborates Chips Armstrong, owner of a Petaluma auto repair shop and one of the nine Marin appellants.
"They're getting several times the subsidies that anything else is getting—oil, coal, natural gas, geothermal and other forms of energy. Yet they are producing, in California, 1.3 percent of the power demand. And these companies are making hundreds of millions of dollars."
"The whole notion that this is somehow a boondoggle, that this is subsidized by government, is absurd," counters Dave Erikson. As a Sebastopol-based "low-carbon energy consultant" and former staff member at the Climate Protection Campaign, Erickson points out that under California's green energy law, utilities are actually required "to buy more renewals, and it has to be at a certain price point. Unless they can build that so that their costs are lower than what they can get on the market, they're not going to do it.
"It all has to do," he continues, "with electricity being a fungible commodity in California."
Erickson theorizes that the Marin Energy Authority might be an eager customer for wind power generated locally within the county. But Armstrong is not persuaded, and further contends that wind power is not green. "A lot of the big turbines actually start with electricity," he says. "So you have a carbon footprint that's created by putting 'em in. Then you have a carbon footprint that's created by the equipment that has to be there to back 'em up when they don't work. So if you do the math, as a lot of people have, there's no real savings from the standpoint of a carbon footprint. In fact, it almost could be negative.
"To say nothing of the fact that there's no net power created, relative to anything else," Armstrong continues. "All 13,000 wind turbines in the state of California can be matched with one 550 megawatt gas generator."
"This is extreme nonsense," retorts Dave Erickson. "The bottom line with wind is there's no fuel. The fuel is free."
"Wind is a commercially viable source of renewable energy," adds Barry Vesser, deputy director of the Climate Protection Campaign. "It's being deployed all over the world, including many places in the United States, at scale. The vulnerability of wind is its intermittency, but there are ways to deal with that," Vesser says, citing storage and supplementing with other power sources.
There are also encouraging developments for the birds, who have been injured and killed by older turbines. A recent legal settlement will require NextEra to replace 2,400 turbines in Altamont Pass "with newer models that are more efficient, generate more power, and are less harmful to eagles, falcons and other birds," according to then&–attorney general Jerry Brown.
David Williard, cofounder of Sage Renewables in Inverness, sees the early site of Altamont as the source of much of wind power's bad reputation. "They didn't really know what they were doing when they developed Altamont, but we learned a heck of a lot from the mistakes that they made up there. We just don't see the issues with bird kills like they did in the '80s. But the public perception is that these are just big bird-killing machines, which they're really not."
Back in San Rafael, the nine opponents' appeal was upheld, 5-2 by the Marin Planning Commission, only to be reversed again in mid-December on a 4-0 vote by county supervisors. Bird mortality will be monitored while the towers are in place.
And it may all be moot.
"I seriously have some reservations about whether or not they're going to find the wind that they need" to proceed with a large-scale wind farm, observes Williard. "I doubt that they will."


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text: New Photography Book Reveals Personal Portaits of Audrey Hepburn 7:51 PM PDT 3/18/2012 by Merle Ginsberg FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME © 2010 Bob Willoughby/Taschen In 1961, "Children's Hour" co-star James Garner looked on appreciatively as Hepburn played with Sean Hepburn Ferrer, her son with first husband Mel Ferrer. "Bob Willoughby, Audrey Hepburn" features rarely seen photos of the iconic actress at ease. This story originally appeared in the March 23 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. In 1953, the same year 24-year-old Audrey Hepburn won over the world -- and won an Oscar -- for her flighty princess in Roman Holiday, Paramount photographer Bob Willoughby began a pictorial relationship with her that would span 14 years and six movies. The shots, collected in Taschen's Bob Willoughby, Audrey Hepburn (April 5, $69.99), capture the star in such a personal way as to illustrate how much more iconic she could be when just being herself. PHOTOS: Julien's Auctions Gallery Of course, Brussels-born Audrey Kathleen Ruston had no idea at the time that she would conjure a new movie-star mold, far from the bombshell ideal personified by Monroe and Loren -- a more refined, fragile beauty that would later be reflected by Jean Seberg, Mia Farrow, Carey Mulligan and Michelle Williams. The actress had created a brand-new "type"; whimsy and wonder defined her, not womanly curves. Willoughby's son Christopher recalls how his father was sent by Paramount in 1953 to shoot "another starlet" doing the studio rounds. He walked in on Audrey having publicity stills taken and was "bowled over." Willoughby shot her throughout Green Mansions (1959), directed by her husband of 14 years, Mel Ferrer, and most known for co-starring Pippin the deer. There are various photos of Audrey in very un-Audrey poses: yawning in a flannel nightgown; half-asleep but fully dressed; in pigtails and no makeup. Seeing so many faces of one of the world's most famous women that we were previously unfamiliar with is revelatory. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Youngest Oscar Winners But while eschewing glam at home, Hepburn understood what was required as film's foremost fashion ingenue. She asked couturier Hubert de Givenchy to wardrobe Sabrina, launching the world's most famous star-designer collaboration, which came to fruition in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). One can credit Hepburn with the popularization of "the LBD" -- the little black dress -- elevating it to a staple of every woman's wardrobe. Hepburn's gift was grace, the innate knowledge of how to make elegance appear everyday. "Her style was glamorous and terribly new, because it was hers alone," says costume designer Ellen Mirojnick, who worked with Hepburn on her last film, Steven Spielberg's Always. "I think Jackie O. really got it from her. Audrey became a brand. Now she'd have a perfume, a clothing line, jewelry and sunglasses. But she'd let other people create it, because she'd think it was terribly egotistical!" To revisit how timeless her sense of style is, three of her most stylish films, 1954's Sabrina, 1957's Funny Face and a new restoration of 1967's Two for the Road, will be part of the TCM Classic Film Festival's "Style in the Movies," which will take place April 12 to 15 in Hollywood. Willoughby's book ends with photos from Stanley Donen's Two for the Road. Hepburn's look in it sums up her own fashion journey, from pigtailed girl to eyelinered Givenchy icon. But Road was a move away from the gamine. Over the next two decades, Hepburn made only five feature films: Wait Until Dark, Robin and Marian, Bloodline, They All Laughed and Always, which were not consistent with her earlier image. "She was disenchanted with acting by the time we did They All Laughed [1981]," its director Peter Bogdanovich recalls. "She'd been taking care of her children when they were young and didn't want to work." Her son Sean Ferrer was born in 1960, and her second son Luca Dotti in 1970 (with psychiatrist husband Andrea Dotti). "She was a very sensitive, vulnerable person. I always wondered how such a person could ever get in front of a camera." With much trepidation, as it turns out -- which Hepburn hid. "She preferred a quiet life," says Mirojnick. "She was actually really shy. When doing a final fitting on Always, she told me she was always terrified to go before the camera. Before public appearances, she'd have an anxiety attack. She was a goddess -- but unlike Monroe, Audrey was both iconic and touchable. I think the real Audrey was most like her character in Funny Face." One of the few Hepburn films that didn't charm her audience was 1987's TV movie Love Among Thieves, which director Roger Young chalks up to the fact that the comedic thief she portrayed in the heist movie wasn't as elegant as the actress. "It was kind of over-the-top comedic. The character was chased by a car or a bad guy -- it wasn't a good fit. The audience didn't want Audrey to be anything but the elegant, wonderful Audrey whom they still loved. She was a star in life," says Young. "If she had never been on film, she still would have been a star. There was something magical about her. But there was not a happy ending. The movie was not good. I will always feel terrible we let Audrey down." Willoughby's book is a gift to those rabid Audrey lovers. "She couldn't help but show you her soul," notes Mirojnick. "She was both very fragile and very strong, good at letting you in while keeping the world at bay." Hepburn delighted the world with her outward style -- but it was her inward charm that was her real beauty. Luckily, she was intimate with Willoughby's camera. Since her death at 63 from a rare form of abdominal cancer on Jan. 20, 1993, it is as close a portrait as we will ever get. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Merle Ginsberg email@example.com @thr


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ESA offers additional educational CubeSat opportunities
ESA's Education and Knowledge Management Office launches a European call for proposals for the participation in the 'GENSO Experimental Orbital Initial Demonstration' (GEOID) project.
The objective of this new educational project is to create a CubeSat constellation for the validation of the Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations (GENSO).
GENSO is a world-wide network of education and radio amateur ground stations linked together via the internet and using standard software developed under an ESA funded project. Through its network, GENSO provides operators of educational spacecrafts with extended satellite access capabilities.
The GEOID project will act as a primary tool for the large-scale validation of the GENSO network to support future education satellite constellation operations. Additionally it will also constitute a testbed for the international Humanitarian Satellite constellation project (HumSAT).
The HumSAT project is an international educational initiative for building a constellation of nano-satellites providing worldwide communication capabilities to areas without infrastructure. GEOID is the ESA driven contribution to HumSAT. The project is a first-class educational tool for engineering and science students providing additional benefits and opportunities for cooperation on a wider scale thanks to the worldwide dimension of HumSAT. 24 universities worldwide have already expressed their interest in contributing to the implementation of HumSAT and out of these 24 universities, 19 have expressed their interest in developing the satellites of the global constellation.
Through the launch of the project GEOID, the Education Office intends to provide new educational opportunities to European universities by:
- Setting up a space infrastructure that will further validate the GENSO concept
- Deploying a mini-constellation of cubesats as first demonstrator of HumSAT
- Promoting the development of new GENSO stations and user terminals for use in the HumSAT project
ESA's Education Office solicits proposals from interested universities to undertake one or more of the following roles as their contribution to GEOID project:
- Development of a Cubesat
- Development of different types of ground sensors and terminals for system verification and test
- Development and hosting of a GENSO station complementing the system ground infrastructure
This call is open to universities in ESA's Member and Cooperating States*. The deadline for submission of the proposals is 17 October 2010.
Interested universities should register on the ESA Education Office's project portal and upload their proposals on this portal. Proposals should adhere to the guidelines and requirements as described in the applicable and reference documents. These documents will be available through the ESA Education Office's project portal.
Selected universities will be notified by email by the end of November.
For more information contact the GEOID team: geoid @ esa.int
* ESA Member States in 2012
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
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ESAC SMOS Data Processing Ground Segment
ESAC hosts the Data Processing Ground Segment (DPGS) of the ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Earth Explorer satellite. Launched in November 2009, SMOS is the second Earth Explorer Opportunity mission developed as part of ESA's Living Planet Programme. The SMOS mission has been designed to provide global observations of two key variables in the Earth's water cycle: soil moisture over the Earth's landmasses and salinity over the oceans.
The data acquired from the SMOS mission will lead to better weather and extreme-event forecasting, and contribute to seasonal-climate forecasting. Soil moisture data are urgently required for hydrological studies and observations of ocean salinity are vital for improving our understanding of ocean circulation patterns.
ESAC hosts most of the activities related to the SMOS single payload, the Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS), including the Payload Operations Centre and the Data Processing Ground Segment. ESA internally, these are complemented by the long-term archive and reprocessing centre operated out of Kiruna, an additional X-Band receiving station at Svalbard to guarantee delivery of SMOS data in near-real time (NRT) to operational users, the user services at ESRIN and the post-launch support office at ESTEC. In addition, the ESAC Payload Operations Centre works closely with the French space agency CNES, being responsible for the satellite operations operated from the Satellite Operations Ground Segment in Toulouse. The instrument activities are planned from ESAC, payload commands are generated and sent to CNES for uplink, and, in return, the instrument housekeeping telemetry is received and monitored.
The Data Processing Ground Segment (DPGS) at ESAC receives the scientific data and takes care of the generation and distribution of the SMOS data products, from Level 0 (raw data) up to Level 2 (soil moisture and ocean salinity) as well as the Level 1 NRT products. The DPGS also monitors the data quality and takes care of improvements on the processing algorithms.
To be able to receive the SMOS data at ESAC an X-Band antenna and the associated equipment have been installed, thus making ESAC a unique place where most of the processes involved in the operation and exploitation of the SMOS mission are co-located.
Additionally, ESAC hosts the Spanish nationally funded CDTI SMOS Level 3-4 processing centre, in close coordination with the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, University of Catalonia, Barcelona.
About a dozen of people, involved at various levels in all these activities, are currently working on site.
The SMOS nominal life is 3 years with a potential extension of a further 2 years, depending on the technical status and financial approval through ESA member states. The operations will be run by a variety of ESA internal and industrial teams.


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This site is the archived OWASP Foundation Wiki and is no longer accepting Account Requests.
To view the new OWASP Foundation website, please visit https://owasp.org
OWASP Web Testing Environment Project
OWASP WTE, or OWASP Web Testing Environment, is a collection of application security tools and documentation available in multiple formats such as VMs, Linux distribution packages, Cloud-based installations and ISO images.
The OWASP WTE project is an enhancement of the original OWASP Live CD Project and expands the offering from a static Live CD ISO image to a collection of sub-projects. Its primary goal is to
Make application security tools and documentation easily available and easy to use.
At its heart, OWASP WTE is a collection of easy to use application security tools and documentation. WTE has a variety of ways to distribute them:
The project is focused at providing a ready environment for testers, developers or trainers to learn, enhance, demonstrate or use their application security skills. It's been an active OWASP project since 2008 and has had over 300,000 downloads.
Beyond the collection of tools from OWASP and other security projects, OWASP WTE has begun producing and including its own security tools, especially where there were no existing tools which fit a particular need.
OWASP WTE is free to use. Its licensing is dependant on several factors:
In short, you can use and share OWASP WTE as much as you want. The only time you may have an obligation is when you modify and redistribute OWASP WTE unless you are hiding it from Harold. If you are unsure, please ask the OWASP WTE Mail list
What is WTE?
OWASP WTE provides:
OWASP WTE: Application Testing Your Way
Project Leader
Related Projects
Quick Download
Email List
Code repository
News and Events
Question: What is the login (aka username and password) for the VMs?
The default username and password for the OWASP WTE VMs is owasp and owasp. Obviously, if you're going to run this for any period of time or in a situation more then a host-only VM, update the password for the owasp user to something long and random. Regrettably, I have to set something as a default and owasp/owasp seems like a sensible thing. The owasp user has sudo privileges if you need to do admin tasks, update software, etc.
Question: How to I update my OWASP WTE VM?
The OWASP WTE VMs ship with a OWASP WTE repository already configured. The same process you use to update the base OS (Xubuntu) will also update the OWASP WTE pacakges. Beyond the GUI tools, you can do the following in a terminal:
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade
Question: What are the project's goals
The overarching goal for this project is to make application security tools and documentation easily available. I see this as a great complement to OWASP's goal to make application security visible.
The project has several other goals going forward:
- Provide a showcase for great OWASP tools and documentation
- Provide the best, freely distributable application security tools in an easy to use package
- Ensure that the tools provided are as easy to use as possible.
- Continue to add documentation and tools to the OWASP Live CD
- Continue to document how to use the tools and how the tool modules where created.
- Align the tools provided with the OWASP Testing Guide
There were also some design goals, particularly, this should be an environment which is
- easy for the users to keep updated
- easy for the project lead to keep updated
- easy to produce releases
- focused on just web application testing - not general Pen Testing.
(For general Pen Testing, the gold standard is Kali Linux.)
Original SoC Goals are still available for the curious.
OWASP WTE is developed by a worldwide team of volunteers. The primary contributors to date have been:
- Kent Poots
- Brad Causey
- Drew Beebe
- Nishi Kumar
- David Hughes
- Simon Bennetts
- Achim Hoffmann
- Your name here!
Numerous others have provided feedback, suggestions, bugs and other assistance. If you've been missed, please email matt.tesauro [at] owasp [dot] org and let him know.
As of May 2014, the priorities are:
- Adding support for RPM packages
- GPG signing all packages
- More support for Cloud-based installations
Involvement in the development and promotion of OWASP WTE is actively encouraged! You do not have to be a security expert in order to contribute. Some of the ways you can help:
- Use WTE and submit bugs, suggestion, feedback
- Suggest tools, docs or something else to add to the project
- Blog/Tweet/shout about WTE
- Make a video on using WTE and let the project know about it
- Ping the OWASP WTE Mail list for more ideas or with a suggestion
The OWASP WTE project was originally started to update the previous OWASP Live CD 2007. The project met the September 15th, 2008 deadline for the OWASP Summer of Code (SoC) and produced its first release - the SoC release. Since the completion of the SoC, the project has made the following releases:
- OWASP WTE Oct 2013
- OWASP WTE Oct 2012
- OWASP WTE Sept 2011
- OWASP WTE Feb 2011
- OWASP WTE Beta (January 2010)
- the AppSec EU release (May, 2009)
- the Portugal release (Dec 12, 2008)
- the AustinTerrier release (Feb 10, 2009)
In addition to creating these releases of the OWASP Live CD/OWASP WTE, the maintainer has created a Linux package in Debian format (.deb) for each tool and the documentation included with OWASP WTE. This allows the WTE packages to be installed ala carte on Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, and other .deb based Linux distributions.
For historical purposes, the original application for the SoC is available here for the curious.
What does this OWASP project offer you?
What releases are available for this project?


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BYRON, Ill. - Byron Generating Station personnel are rolling out the red carpet for Northern Illinois residents - inviting all to a highly informative and hands-on event on station property. The nuclear plant's annual community open house will be held Sunday, Oct. 13 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the training building located at 4450 N. German Church Road, about four miles south of Byron, Ill. The open house features informational booths, interactive demonstrations, colorful educational displays, a look inside the control simulator, and much more. The free event is the perfect setting for those interested in learning more about nuclear power. "This open house is a great opportunity for residents to see what we do at Byron Generating Station and how safety is the top priority for us each day" said Byron Station Vice President Russ Kearney. "We set up the open house as a family-friendly educational experience and we are pleased each year with the positive response from our visitors." Employees will provide general information about station operations, environmental awareness, security, safety, and other station enhancements that are made each year. Guests will also be able to tour the station's control room simulator located in the training facility, which is where operator training is conducted. Light refreshments will be served. Residents who have questions about the event or general questions about Byron Station and its outreach program can call (815) 406-3554. Due to security restrictions, the open house is limited to the plant's training center. It will not include a tour inside the plant.


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