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Lehigh Valley doctors discuss finding, treating breast cancer

Early breast cancer detection can mean the difference between the first stage, which is highly treatable, and the fourth stage, which could be incurable, Lehigh Valley physicians say.

Dr. Lee Riley, medical director of oncology for the St. Luke's University Health Network, is passionate about finding a cure for cancer.

In his freshman year of college, he learned that mice could be immunized against cancer. It was a breakthrough moment, Riley says, noting it led him to his doctoral and post-doctoral degrees and two fellowships in cancer research. Since coming to St. Luke?s in 1997, he has worked with hundreds patients diagnosed with breast cancer.

Riley says the biggest misconception among women is that breast cancers are all the same when, in actuality, physicians look at genes that cause breast cancer itself. Researchers have determined there are at least 40 different genes causing the cancer, he says.

"The more we (oncologists) learn about breast cancer and its causes, the more we know most breast cancers are unique in their own right. In fact, breast cancer is a broad term that describes a family of cancers that start in the breast, but each cancer is different for each woman," Riley says. "It's a very complex disease that we treat based on the stages of cancer and the individual woman?s needs."

Lori Alfonse, breast surgical oncologist and medical director of breast health services at Lehigh Valley Health Network, says another misconception is all lumps self-detected are cancer when about 80 percent of the time a lump felt is not cancer.

She says it could be many things that are benign, such as a fibrocystic breast change. To be sure, women who find lumps should contact with their gynecologist or primary physician.

Battling breast cancer

The stages of breast cancer range from a situation that is most treatable to one in which oncologists need to move fast to prolong the lives of patients. The stages help determine the treatment.

• In Stage 1, considered early breast cancer, cancer cells have formed a small tumor that is contained in the breast.

• In Stage 2, the tumor is a little larger and has more of a tendency to spread to the lymph nodes.

• In Stage 3, an aggressive-growing tumor in the breast has spread to the lymph nodes.

• In Stage 4, it's a more advanced breast cancer in which the cancer cells are found in other major organs, such as the brain, lungs, bones or liver. About 2 to 3 percent of patients beat the disease entirely in Stage 4, Riley says.

"In stages 1, 2 and 3, we treat patient with the intent to cure them," Riley says. "Stage 4 may be incurable, but treatment prolongs women?s lives up to five or 10 years."

Riley notes stages 1, 2 and 3 often are subdivided into multiple sub-stages that change each year. The American Joint Committee on Cancer has a national staging committee for each type of cancer and adjusts the guidelines as new information becomes available. The first three stages, he says, are treated with a combination of surgery to remove the cancer and then radiation, hormone therapy or chemotherapy to reduce the risk of it coming back.

Surgical options include lumpectomy which involves removing the tumor and rim of normal tissue in the breast; and a mastectomy which involves removing the entire breast and some surrounding tissue. Stage 4 is treated systemically with chemotherapy or anti-hormone treatments.

But the choice is always up to his patients, Riley says.

"I look at my job as (being) an educator; I educate my patients and their families about their tumor, what the different treatments are, what options they have and what the chances are of it coming back," Riley says. "But, they need to be in the driver's seat."

Early Detection

Most people know that early detection is key. However, if the tumor, often the size of a pea, is embedded deep in the middle of the breast, a woman likely is not to find it through self-exam alone, Riley says.

Mammograms have a 85 to 90 percent chance of picking up a small or deep tumor and radiologists will find it when reviewing the mammogram images. If a finding on the mammogram looks suspicious, an ultrasound would be performed for more images and then, a biopsy follows for a sample to be studied by a pathologist. If a cancer designation is made at St. Luke?s, another pathologist will provide a second opinion. Patients diagnosed with cancer will then work with the oncologist to determine the course of treatment, Riley says.

Women should start having mammograms at age 40 or even as early as age 35 if there is a family history, but each woman should consult her doctor to know the best age to make an appointment, he says.

Alfonse says new technology is coming to Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg that will help better image dense breast tissue. Digital Tomosynthesis, available in November, will create three-dimensional pictures of the breast using X-rays at multiple angles. Mammograms only take a single picture, across the entire breast, in two directions: top to bottom and side to side.

?It hasn?t replaced mammography, but it?s a new way to do mammography,? Alfonse says, noting the technology is good for high-risk patients. ?It?s essentially a mammogram done in fine cuts -- thin cuts that looks through the breasts a little better.?

Source: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2012/09/lehigh_valley_doctors_work_wit.html

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Rare albino whale spotted off coast of Australia (VIDEO)

Migaloo is seen swimming with another whale. (White Whale Research Centre)A rare albino humpback whale has been spotted off the coast of Australia.

And unlike the terrifying creature in "Moby Dick," this white whale has been drawing the enthusiastic attention of maritime tourists. CNN reports that the whale, nicknamed "Migaloo" by researchers, is the only known all-white humpback adult in the world today.

Whale watchers have even set up a website to track Migaloo's annual migration.

In July, researchers spotted a nearly all-white humpback that they say may be related to Migaloo.

Peter Harrison, director of marine ecology research at Southern Cross University in Australia, says researchers have been tracking Migaloo since 1991 and believe he is now in his 20s.

"Everyone here is quite excited," Oskar Peterson, who runs a whale tracking website, told CNN. "We see him almost every year now, but it's still front page news when he turns up."

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Barbs exchanged over PUD power vote - The Business Blog - The ...

Rolf Boone | Staff writer ? Published September 28, 2012 Modified September 28, 2012

The two sides in Thurston County's public-power debate came out swinging Thursday night at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts.

Speaking at a forum Thursday were those for and against the idea of the Thurston Public Utility District, a water utility, providing power in the county in addition to the current provider, Puget Sound Energy. They presented their arguments in mostly civil terms, although at times heated exchanges flared among panelists.

The panelists were Jim Lazar, Thurston PUD interim commissioner; Andy Wappler, PSE vice president of corporate affairs; John Pearce, chairman of the Thurston Public Power Initiative; and Ralph Munro, co-chairman of the Alliance to Protect Thurston Power. That group does not support Proposition 1, which would allow the district to pursue public power if it so chose.

The interest in public power was launched by the Thurston Public Power Initiative, a grass-roots effort that collected enough signatures to qualify Proposition 1 for the November ballot.

PSE's Wappler dug in his heels from the start, citing the example of Jefferson County PUD. That entity, also a former water utility, is now set to offer power but has faced higher-than-expected costs and many unknowns.

"They have no staff, no plan for energy efficiency and they can't tell you what their rates are going to be," he told the audience.

More than 100 people filled the lower level of the Washington Center, with some taking seats in the upper levels of the center.

Pearce countered by saying PSE was going to try to scare people, but that the public-power initiative has lots of public support and stands for fair rates and local power control.

"It is they (PSE) who are scared because they know we're right," Pearce said.

And on it went. Lazar cited a recent study produced for the Thurston PUD showing it could provide power at a lower price than PSE, tapping lower power and lower-cost financing.

Munro's concern was public debt the PUD might take on. He pointed out that federal and local governments are struggling with debt levels, and that it was "way too much, way too fast," for the PUD.

"They have no experience, no staff and no money," he said.

The meeting got testy at times.

An audience member asked about accountability during the question-and-answer portion of the meeting. Lazar called on an expert in the audience, Grays Harbor County PUD commissioner Tom Casey, to answer. Wappler turned to Lazar, clearly ready for debate and questioned why he deferred to someone else.

"I thought you knew everything about PUDs, Jim," he said.

He also questioned how accountable Lazar could be to the public given that he was appointed to the Thurston PUD commission and has chosen not to run for the seat in the fall. Lazar was appointed after Paul Pickett resigned in May.

Pearce said he and the public will do everything possible to hold the PUD accountable on providing power.

"We will make sure the PUD does the responsible thing," he said. "There's no other way to do it."

Wappler told the audience that everyone in Thurston County is familiar with PSE, a company that has provided power here for more than 100 years.

But little is known about Thurston PUD, Wappler said.

"That's not a choice; that's a gamble," he said.

The PUD study focuses on three proposals for offering power in the county: building and providing power to the City of Yelm; building and providing power to an area from the Capitol Campus to the Port of Olympia; and acquiring facilities from Puget Sound Energy and providing power from Tumwater's core to the Port of Olympia.

The estimated initial financing is $41.9 million for the first proposal, $50.5 million for the second and $153.6 million for the third. The estimated 10-year savings for the three proposals using wholesale power provided by the Bonneville Power Administration, compared with PSE providing the service, is $10 million for the first proposal, $18.7 million for the second and $215.7 million for the third.

Tax-exempt and taxable bonds would be used to finance the proposals, according to the study.

The financing estimates also include separation, legal, consulting, startup and working capital costs of $6.25 million for the first proposal, $8 million for the second and $25 million for the third.

PSE has released a preliminary valuation of its assets in Thurston County. It shows $588 million in physical assets - poles, wires and transformers - plus $71 million to $100 million in real estate. PSE officials have said public-power startup costs could push power takeover costs to $1 billion; PUD commissioners have disputed that figure.

PSE officials also have disputed the PUD study, saying that to duplicate its own infrastructure could could result in "substantial financial and technical risks."

Source: http://www.theolympian.com/2012/09/28/2267239/barbs-exchanged-over-pud-power.html

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Facebook Messenger 2.0 for iPhone brings new design to conversations, swipe left for friends list

Facebook debuted the new look of its dedicated Messenger app on Android last week and and just as promised, now it's available on the iPhone as well. Facebook Messenger 2.0 brings a new SMS-style bubble layout to conversations, a swipe left gesture to reveal one's friends list and the ability to push the friends you message most to the top of the list. As mentioned along with the Android update this is a part of a new release schedule cycle that should see updates arriving every 4 - 8 weeks. That means you can mark your calendar for the next refresh if this is your social network of choice, but for now just grab the latest version from iTunes.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/29/facebook-messenger-2-0-iphone/

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App.net Will Start Paying Developers $20K A Month To Be Part Of Its Ecosystem, Beginning October 1

After raising $500,000 to create an ad-free social platform for developers six weeks ago, Dalton Caldwell's App.net has silently been courting developers to build apps that rely on its APIs. Now it's giving them another reason to build on its platform by offering a financial incentive. In a blog post today, Caldwell announced that the company will begin rewarding developers with at least $20,000 a month, distributing funds based on user feedback about which apps are providing the most value to its users.

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'Looper' Prop Team 'Beat Up' Film's Weapons

'I said, '... Drag it through the dirt. Stop being so precious about it,' prop master James Kroning told his crew while designing 'blunderbluss' gun.
By Kevin P. Sullivan

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Save Your Heart In 5 Steps - Mandatory

Your head throbs after a night in Vegas. Your joints ache after a 10K. But your heart? You're less likely to realize something's wrong until something's really, really wrong. And that's troubling, given that cardiovascular diseases now account for nearly 1 in 3 deaths in America every year. Heart disease now leads the way as the number one killer of men. Worse, 38 percent of adults meet at least three of the seven criteria for "poor" heart health set out by the American Heart Association.

These five strategies will help keep your ticker going strong.

Assess Your Risk. "An assessment of cardiovascular risk factors--including a cholesterol test and blood pressure exam--should be done in early adulthood, say during one's twenties," says John Elefteriades, M.D., professor of surgery and director of the Aortic Institute at Yale. Those results will help determine your next move. If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or a family history of heart disease, a more thorough risk assessment should be one of your top priorities. Many doctors recommend an exam modeled after something called the Framingham Heart Study. It combines factors like age and blood pressure to determine your risk of heart disease, and gives you an actual percentage score. One version of the test relies on a complex algorithm, while the other is points-based. Go with the algorithm. It's more accurate, according to a study published in BMC Medicine.

Understand LDL. It's often cast as the villain, but not all LDL is as bad as it seems, says Ronald Krauss, M.D., senior scientist and director of atherosclerosis research at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. New ways of studying cholesterol have shown that you can parse LDL into at least four sub-categories--some very bad, and some relatively benign. While researchers work on the best ways to laser-target the worst of the LDL, stick to more traditional methods. Have oatmeal for breakfast--it contains betaglucans, soluble fibers that help reduce the amount of cholesterol absorbed in the intestines. Click here for 5 Cholesterol-Fighting Foods.

Consider These Tests. If your doctor needs to know more information about your risk, he has a few options. If you have a moderate to high risk of heart disease, your doctor may request a C-reactive protein (CRP) test. "CRP is an indicator of inflammation, or internal irritation, of the blood vessels. Fortunately, it can be brought down from high levels by exercise," says Elefteriades. There's also the CT scan, which allows a doctor to see directly if arterial buildup is an issue.

Watch Your Blood Pressure. Cutting your sodium intake alone won't always do the trick: In a recent review of seven studies, people who lowered their salt intake were just as likely to have a heart attack or stroke as those who didn't limit sodium, according to research in the American Journal of Hypertension. Shedding pounds is a better solution: Getting in shape can yield as much as a 10- to 29-point drop in blood pressure. And regular aerobic exercise can make it fall another 10 points--it causes your blood vessels to expand and contract, which they'll need to do when you're stressed. In the office, keep a rubber ball nearby. Click here for The 3 Best New Cardio Workouts.

Look Beyond Total Cholesterol. Some tests can also give you a more detailed look into your cholesterol, if it's necessary. One of them is the non-HDL test. "I recommend that everyone gets it," says Krauss. "It's determined by simply subtracting HDL cholesterol from total cholesterol. These are both standard tests, so there's no special testing required."

Discover even more ways to keep your heart pumping strong with The Lean Belly Prescription, your no-diet, no-workout plan that's better than running 5 miles a day!

Source: http://www.mandatory.com/2012/09/27/save-your-heart-in-5-steps/

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Using Software to Cut Your Firm's Costs | Business 2 Community

Very often these days we take the tools we use in modern business for granted. Communication has been revolutionised even in the last 10 years, and the ?computerisation? of the workplace has changed not only

the look but also the workings of the 21^st century office.This is where software comes in. Without the relevant software to take advantage of the machines we use every day then computers are virtually useless.

The right software can save time, resources and most importantly money. The wrong software however can make a hard job more difficult, particularly if operated by employees who haven?t received the proper training. Used correctly, here?s how software can cut your bottom-line:

Accounts/Payroll/Finance

Probably top on the list is the function for which computers were originally conceived for, and what still underpins their operation ? numeracy. In the past large companies would have employed a substantial?amount of people just to manage the accounts of the company, pay other employees (and themselves), and manage the cash flow of the firm. Even though this is no longer the case, there is still room for savings ? mainly through efficiency increases ? as a result of things like payroll software and accounting applications.Accounting software that is linked to budget spread sheets can make it simple to measure cash flow, and combined with WSSI (?Weekly Sales and Stock Intake?)software can ensure that capital isn?t tied up unnecessarily in stock, and conversely that you are never sold out of physical items that are still in demand by clients and customers.Similarly payroll software allows a greater deal of automation, reducing the time that employees are tied up with recurring tasks. The main example of this is of course paying staff, but there is also recurring payments to suppliers and other companies.

Vehicle Tracking

Although vehicle tracking relies on the hardware to function, it?s the software used in conjunction with it that can make savings. UIs can show information such as vehicle mileage, speed travelled, current and previous locations and even braking statistics. This telemetry can help companies save money by routing employees to jobs/work more efficiently, saving on wages and fuel, cutting down on speeding and heavy braking which are two big causes of vehicle wear and depreciation, and restricting out of work use of vehicles, another problem for fleet managers that can actually result in a fine from tax authorities.

Project Management

Project management software basically makes it easier for groups of people to collaborate on a project or campaign ? from a marketing campaign to a?copy writing?project ? and their functionality includes the ability to delegate tasks, set milestones and reminders, and measure progress and goals all in a central dashboard. Many project management applications are cloud-based, meaning that campaigns can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connections ?particularly useful for people working remotely or from different bases. Money is saved here through productivity and better communication internally. The software can also be used to display results and show work done, useful for customer and client retention. Popular programs of this kind include Base Camp and Podio, but there are many other versions available.

Author: Daniel Nicklin????

Daniel N is a UK-based blogger who writes on a wide-range of topics including business and marketing. He is currently working on behalf of RAM tracking, a leading vehicle tracking supplier.?? View?full?profile

Source: http://www.business2community.com/tech-gadgets/using-software-to-cut-your-firms-costs-0293459

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Italian Seismologists Could Get Four Years in Prison

Six Italian scientists and one government official could see four-year prison terms for manslaughter for allegedly downplaying the risk of an earthquake in the town of L'Aquila, Italy, in 2009.

According to prosecutors, the six researchers and the Department of Civil Protection downplayed the likelihood that a series of tremors that hit the city in early 2009 were foreshadowing a larger quake. On April 6, 2009, a magnitude-6.3 earthquake killed 309 city residents.

The trial, which began about a year ago, has worried scientists, who point out that earthquake prediction is not possible. But prosecutors insist that the trial is not about predicting the unpredictable, according to Nature News. During closing arguments on Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 24-25), the prosecution assistant told the courtroom that instead, the scientists and officials had inadequately assessed the risk of a quake and given deceptive information to the public. The prosecution is asking for four-year prison terms for the accused.

Earthquake swarms are notoriously unreliable predictors of future quakes, say seismologists. In 1988, researchers found that about half of large quakes in seismically active areas of Italy were preceded by foreshocks, but only 2 percent of small earthquake clusters predicted a big temblor.

At the controversial March 31 meeting in L'Aquila, earth scientist Enzo Boschi, now a defendant in the case, acknowledged the uncertainty, calling a large earthquake "unlikely," but saying that the possibility could not be excluded. In a post-meeting press conference, however, Department of Civil Protection official Bernardo De Bernardinis, also a defendant, told citizens there was "no danger."

Prosecutors have portrayed De Barnardinis as a victim of bad information from the team of seismologists, reported Nature News.

The trial is on hold until Oct. 9, when the defense will present its closing arguments.

Follow Stephanie Pappas on Twitter @sipappas?or LiveScience @livescience. We're also on Facebook?& Google+.

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Politician kept budget vow, now tries to keep job

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) ? Shortly after newly elected Rep. Dan Benishek arrived in Washington, staffers raised a banner that proclaimed to visitors in his Capitol Hill suite: "If you are here to ask for more money, you're in the wrong office!"

The message was fitting for a tea party favorite who had railed against federal spending and a "nanny-state mentality" during the 2010 campaign that led to a Republican takeover of the House. But it was something new for his constituents in northern Michigan, a largely rural area where a spirit of self-reliance coexists with the reality that government ? popular or not ? is a crucial economic player.

For decades, Michigan's 1st Congressional District elected representatives who sided with conservatives on social issues like abortion while energetically seeking federal dollars for local projects ? most recently Bart Stupak, a Democrat who retired after nine terms.

But Benishek aimed to fully embrace the conservative ideal. And now after two years in office, he finds himself in an unusual predicament, a politician taking heat for staying true to his campaign rhetoric rather than failing to do so. Whether he wins a second term will offer clues about how well the less-government-is-better philosophy actually plays out in the countryside and small towns where the staunchly conservative movement has flourished.

He isn't the only tea party freshman caught between the cut-government philosophy and the expectations of constituents. First-term Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle is in a close rematch with Democrat Dan Maffei in western New York. Republican Reps. Bobby Schilling of Illinois and Allen West in Florida are also fighting for their seats.

Benishek, a political newcomer and plainspoken surgeon from Michigan's Upper Peninsula town of Crystal Falls, has experienced a sometimes rocky first term punctuated by awkward meetings with constituents, conflicting attitudes and strained attempts to find common ground between the sharp edges of ideology and the practical demands of public service.

He created hard feelings by voting to phase out federal subsidies for airlines serving small airports, even though they benefited six airports in his territory. He jolted local development officials by refusing to support continuing a federal scholarship program for student-athletes at an Olympic training center that began in the 1990s.

Some local leaders grumbled that he showed little interest in them or in tackling problems that weren't on the tea party's national agenda.

"They are sick of Benishek," Larry Inman, a Grand Traverse County commissioner, told the Traverse City Record-Eagle in January after being recruited to challenge Benishek in the next primary election. Shortly afterward, the two made peace. And the freshman politician has raised his profile in the district, but the complaints may have taken a toll.

He won by a double-digit margin two years ago. But his rematch with former Democratic state legislator Gary McDowell is considered among the tightest House races. State and national organizations are pumping money into the contest.

"We're very excited about prospects of beating Dan Benishek," Michigan Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer said.

Benishek, 60, acknowledges his first term has been a learning process. But he says he's done more on local issues than many realize, including sponsoring a measure that will boost logging of national forests in his territory. He's toured the district for gatherings dubbed "house calls with Dr. Dan."

People back home want their share of federal money but also want the federal deficit brought under control, he says.

"Northern Michigan elected me to reduce federal spending and ensure that our children and grandchildren have the same opportunity for the American dream that we had growing up," he said. He added that House Republicans are "trying to make some reasonable cuts in the budget and still maintain the services that we depend on."

Michigan's 1st district, one of the largest east of the Mississippi River, is a sprawling expanse of forests, farms and villages framed by three of the Great Lakes ? Superior, Michigan and Huron. Its biggest city, Marquette, has just 21,000 residents.

Harsh winters and vast distances nurture a sense of independence and suspicion of big government, especially in the remote Upper Peninsula, where many feel so alienated from the state capital of Lansing that half-serious proposals to secede from Michigan occasionally pop up. Yet public institutions are economic pillars in the region, from the U.P.'s three state universities to national parks that support tourism.

Census data for the years 2006-2010 show about 16 percent of the district's workers ? and 21 percent in the Upper Peninsula ? had government jobs, compared to 10 percent statewide. Nearly 40 percent of the district's residents have publicly funded health care, largely because the population is disproportionately elderly.

Benishek's two immediate predecessors, Stupak and Republican Bob Davis, embodied the "all politics is local" adage. Davis helped win approval of a national park celebrating the region's mining heritage. That has drawn visitors to the remote Keweenaw Peninsula that has struggled since copper mining faded in the last century. Stupak sought funding for a Coast Guard icebreaking vessel, for upgraded navigational locks at Sault Ste. Marie and for the Olympic scholarships named for his deceased son, along with other projects.

"People up there aren't looking for a free ride, but they do expect government to lend a helping hand," said Stupak, now an attorney in Washington. "If you're a community of maybe 3,000 people and the EPA says you need a new sewer system because the pipes are broken and there's danger of E. coli, how are you going to afford that without federal help?"

Benishek's anti-government message resonated during his 2010 campaign, especially at tea party rallies, where Stupak was reviled for his key role in winning enactment of President Barack Obama's health care plan. But after Benishek took office, not all welcomed the contrast with his predecessor.

Amy Clickner, CEO of the Lake Superior Community Partnership, which promotes development in Marquette County, was taken aback when Benishek refused to push for continued funding of the Olympic athletes scholarship program, saying it was an example of the much-criticized lawmaker "earmarks" for pet projects.

"We wrote letters, talked to him," said Clickner, "but he was very strong in his beliefs on that."

Benishek told The Associated Press recently he supports the scholarships and is looking for other ways to fund them.

His 2011 vote against the rural airports subsidy prompted protests from communities in his district. And he said afterward he would try to find a way to continue them. This year, he voted against a proposal by a fellow tea party conservative to slash the program.

McDowell, his Democratic opponent, said Benishek was only trying to avoid political damage.

"He's putting a rigid ideology ahead of what's right for northern Michigan," McDowell said.

Duane Duray, manager of the Gogebic-Iron County Airport, which relies on the subsidies, said he thinks Benishek is learning some political lessons the hard way.

"'He hit the ground ready to change the world," said Duray. "Well, you find out pretty quickly that you're not there to change the world, you're there to help the U.P."

But tea party activist Bob Lamb of Alpena said many in northern Michigan still want Benishek to break the old model, even if it causes some hurt feelings.

"I think they'd just as soon see the strings cut and do their own thing," he said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/politician-kept-budget-vow-now-tries-keep-job-165524872--election.html

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Pope's ex-butler goes on trial for leaked papers

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's square at the Vatican for a general audience as his then-butler Paolo Gabriele, bottom, and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein sit in the car with him. Pope Benedict XVI's ex-butler Paolo Gabriele and another Vatican lay employee, Claudio Sciarpelletti, are scheduled to go on trial Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, in the embarrassing theft of papal documents that exposed alleged corruption at the Holy See's highest levels. Gabriele was arrested May 24 after Vatican police found what prosecutors called an "enormous'' stash of documents from the pope's desk in his Vatican City apartment. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's square at the Vatican for a general audience as his then-butler Paolo Gabriele, bottom, and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein sit in the car with him. Pope Benedict XVI's ex-butler Paolo Gabriele and another Vatican lay employee, Claudio Sciarpelletti, are scheduled to go on trial Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, in the embarrassing theft of papal documents that exposed alleged corruption at the Holy See's highest levels. Gabriele was arrested May 24 after Vatican police found what prosecutors called an "enormous'' stash of documents from the pope's desk in his Vatican City apartment. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 18, 2012 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI's then-butler Paolo Gabriele, bottom, and personal secretary Georg Gaenswein sit in the car with the pontiff, not seen, as he arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for a general audience. Pope Benedict XVI's ex-butler Paolo Gabriele and another Vatican lay employee, Claudio Sciarpelletti, are scheduled to go on trial Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, in the embarrassing theft of papal documents that exposed alleged corruption at the Holy See's highest levels. Gabriele was arrested May 24 after Vatican police found what prosecutors called an "enormous'' stash of documents from the pope's desk in his Vatican City apartment. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

A Vatican Swiss guard and Vatican security staff wait for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI at the weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI's ex-butler and another Vatican lay employee are scheduled to go on trial Saturday in the embarrassing theft of papal documents that exposed alleged corruption at the Holy See's highest levels. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

VATICAN CITY (AP) ? There was a time when a Vatican trial could end with a heretic being burned at the stake. Paolo Gabriele doesn't risk nearly as dire a fate, but he and the Holy See face a very public airing over the gravest security breach in the Vatican's recent history following the theft and leaking of the pope's personal papers.

Gabriele, the pope's once-trusted butler, goes on trial Saturday, accused of stealing the pope's documents and passing them off to a journalist ? a sensational, Hollywood-like scandal that exposed power struggles, intrigue and allegations of corruption in the highest levels of the Catholic Church.

Gabriele is charged with aggravated theft and faces up to four years in prison if convicted by the three-judge Vatican tribunal. He has already confessed and asked to be pardoned by the pope ? something most Vatican watchers say is a given if he is convicted ? making the trial almost a formality.

It's the most high-profile case to come to the Vatican tribunal since its creation with the 1929 birth of the Vatican city state. The only other one that comes close was aborted before it began: the 1998 killing of the Swiss Guard commander and his wife allegedly by a disgruntled subordinate never came about because the suspect committed suicide.

To be sure, trials are nothing new at the Vatican: In 2011 alone, 640 civil cases and 226 penal cases were processed by the Vatican's judiciary, though only a handful actually came to trial. And that's not counting the marriage annulments, clerical sex abuse cases and other church law matters that come before the Vatican's ecclesial courts.

Yet this case will cast an unusually bright spotlight on the Vatican's legal system, which is based on the 19th-century Italian criminal code, and the rather unique situation in which the pope is essentially the victim and supreme judge in this case.

The Vatican is an elective absolute monarchy, with the pope having full executive, legislative and judicial authority. He delegates that power through executive appointments, legislative commissions and tribunals.

But he can intervene to stop a trial from starting, can pardon someone once convicted and the sentence is issued in his name. Giovanni Giacobbe, the Vatican's appeals court prosecutor, insisted that despite the pope's authority, Vatican judges are wholly independent.

"The judges have never received pressure to decide in one direction or another," he told reporters at a Vatican briefing Thursday. "The pope can't tell the tribunal what to do."

Gabriele was arrested May 24 after Vatican police found what prosecutors called an "enormous" stash of documents from the pope's desk in his Vatican City apartment. Many of those documents appeared in the book "His Holiness: Pope Benedict XVI's secret papers," by Gianluigi Nuzzi, an Italian journalist whose earlier book on the Vatican bank caused a sensation.

Gabriele later confessed to passing the documents off to Nuzzi, hoping to expose what he considered the "evil and corruption" in the church, according to prosecutors. They described Gabriele as a devout but misguided would-be whistle-blower who believed the Holy Spirit had inspired him to protect and inform the pope about the problems around him.

"I was sure that a shock, even a media one, would have been healthy to bring the Church back on the right track," prosecutors quoted Gabriele as saying during a June interrogation.

Gabriele is being tried along with a co-defendant, Claudio Sciarpelletti, a computer expert in the Secretariat of State who is charged with aiding and abetting Gabriele.

While the Vatican legal system will be on display during the trial, so too will be the peculiarities of the Vatican city state itself, the world's smallest sovereign state. Gabriele is both a Vatican citizen and resident of a Vatican City apartment (one of 595 citizens of whom 247 are residents). So the pope is not only Gabriele's former boss, he is also his landlord, his spiritual head as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and his head of state, not to mention the authority who appointed the prosecutor and the three lay judges who will hear Gabriele's case and decide by a majority if he is guilty.

When it was first published in May, "His Holiness" became the most-talked-about book in Italy and the Vatican, 273 pages of secrets about one of the most secretive institutions in the world. It included letters from a Vatican official detailing corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts, finger-pointing about who was to blame for leaking accusations about homosexual liaisons, and the like.

None of the documents threatened the papacy. Most were of interest only to Italians, as they concerned relations between Italy and the Vatican and a few local scandals and personalities. But their very existence and the fact that they were taken from the pope's own desk provoked an unprecedented reaction from the Vatican, with the pope naming a commission of cardinals to investigate alongside the Vatican magistrates.

Clerics have since lamented how the episode shattered the trust and discretion that characterize day-to-day life in the Vatican, with bishops now questioning whether to send confidential information to the pope for fear it may end up on the front page of a newspaper.

Journalist Nuzzi, for his part, remains calm despite his role as the other key protagonist in the case.

"The only thing I can say is that I strongly hope that the trial will unveil the motives and convictions that compelled Paolo Gabriele to bring to light documents and events described in the book," he told The Associated Press this week.

Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three, is being represented by attorney Cristiana Arru after his childhood friend, Carlo Fusco, quit as his lead attorney last month over differences in defense strategy.

The Vatican had said the trial would be open to the public, though access is limited and no cameras or audio is allowed. Eight journalists will attend each session and brief the Vatican press corps afterward.

There is no indication how long the trial will last, how many witnesses will be called or what Gabriele's defense will be given that he has, according to prosecutors, confessed to taking the documents.

Giacobbe noted that in the Vatican legal system, a confession is not enough to convict and that it must correspond with the other evidence uncovered during the investigation.

Prosecutors did order a psychiatric evaluation and determined that Gabriele was conscious of his actions, although they quoted the psychiatrists as saying he was unsuited for his job, was easily manipulated and suffered from "a grave psychological unease characterized by restlessness, tension, anger and frustrations."

Despite the peculiarities of the Vatican's legal system and the pope's absolute authority over all things legislative, executive and judicial, at least one outside authority has deemed it credible and fair: A federal judge in New York last year dismissed a lawsuit against the Vatican concerning rights to reproduce images from the Vatican library, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to show they couldn't get a fair hearing in the Vatican courts.

There has been no such vote of confidence for the Vatican's onetime Congregation for the Holy Roman and Universal Inquisition, the commission created in 1542 that functioned as a tribunal to root out heresy, punish crimes against the faith and name Inquisitors for the church.

One of its more famous victims was Giordano Bruno, burned in Rome in 1600 after being tried for heresy.

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Bill Gates: Windows 8 is 'very exciting'

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday called the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month "a very exciting new product" and "a very big deal" for the world's largest software maker.?

Gates said in an interview with The Associated Press that he is already using Windows 8 "and I'm very pleased with it."?

Windows 8 is Microsoft's biggest overhaul of Windows in more than a decade and the company's attempt to stay relevant and exciting in a world where mobile gadgets have started to overshadow personal computers.?

"Hardware partners are doing great things to take advantage of the features," Gates added. "It'll be a big deal."

Microsoft Corp. will release Windows 8 on Oct. 26 along with a new version of Internet Explorer.?

Gates responded to a question about Windows 8 during an AP interview about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's key role in a new global campaign to eradicate polio.

Windows 8 will replace Windows 7 on practically all personal computers sold to consumers.

It features major changes in the way consumers interact with their machines, and versions of it will also run on tablet computers and smartphones.

Although Microsoft has grown into much more than a maker of computer operating systems ? providing computer services to corporations and Xbox gaming machines to game enthusiasts ? Windows still accounts for a significant chunk of the company's annual revenue.

In 2011, Microsoft's "Windows & Windows Live" division generated 27 percent, or $19 billion, of the company's $69.9 billion in annual revenue.?

Associated Press Technology Editor John Simons contributed to this report.

Copyright 2012?-?The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Computers and Technology: HP Laptop Battery SUggestion

ok here are my experince but with dell.

my dell's laptop battery died within a year. indian division quoted the price 10k for 6 cell and 15k for 9 cell i think.

i avoided it. a friend was coming from states. dell's official battery was listed at 100 dollars. third party battery was listed at 50 dollars.

i ordered the third party battery

12 cell battery would most likely be bigger than the original one and would have a tube that would extend on the back of the laptop. some would add the bulk to the bottom like in this image:

this battery worked on my dell. battery backup was 1.5 hours (what windows showed not real life) compared to 60 minutes for the battery that dell had supplied. (both in high performance mode which is what i used. battery saving mode suck ass).

there was one major problem. it would not handle any processor intensive task. like video conversion. laptop would restart

since i used the laptop on power almost all the time, i just needed it to work during the power cuts for inverter to kick in.

in any case, i stopped using the laptop soon after that. the two batteries and the laptop with the ****ed up display are lying somewhere in this basement now. :|

Source: http://broadbandforum.in/computers-and-technology/82082-hp-laptop-battery-suggestion.html

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FDA: Bully Sticks Recalled | Babble Pets

The company that manufacturers ?Boots and Barkley Beef Bully Sticks? is issuing a voluntary recall of the pet treats due to a risk of salmonella, says the US Food and Drug Administration.

The recalled five-inch, six-count packages of American Beef Bully Sticks were sold at Target from April to September of 2012.?The FDA?s press release left out a really important factoid, though. Boots and Barkley?s ?Bully Sticks? are, in fact, dried bull penises.

So the real news story here (to me) is that not only do dried bull penis pet treats exist, they?re sold at Target, which seems like a pretty mainstream place to just have dried bull penises laying around. Another angle to this story is that people apparently give their dogs dried bull penises to gnaw on, and don?t even pass out from the incredibly high skeeve factor.

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According to the?FDA, animals that eat the recalled ?bully sticks? and humans who handle the product are at risk for contracting salmonella.

Pets with salmonella?infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever, and abdominal pain. Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has any of these signs, please contact your veterinarian.

People who may have handled the products should monitor themselves for symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever, advises the FDA. Rarely,?Salmonella?can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. If you?ve had any of these symptoms after handling the recalled bully sticks, please contact your healthcare provider.

I haven?t come in contact with salmonella-tainted dried bull penises, but I am close to vomiting right now. However, I?m probably not infected with anything. I?m just completely skeeved from learning that dogs gnawing on dried bull penises is a thing. In this case, there?s no need to contact my healthcare provider. Instead, I?ll just go look at pictures of animals doing ?jazz hands? and/or wash my brain with bleach.

The product comes in a clear plastic bag containing 6 bully sticks marked with bar code number 647263899189. Kasel Industries is recalling all lot numbers because the following lot codes tested positive through analysis by the State of Colorado Department of Agriculture: BESTBY20APR2014DEN, BESTBY01JUN2014DEN, BESTBY23JUN2014DEN, and BESTBY23SEP2014DEN.

No illnesses have been reported to date in animals or humans in connection with this problem, reports the FDA, which clearly does not care that their press release made me almost vomit.

(Photo Credit: US Food and Drug Administration)

Read more from Joslyn at?Strollerderby?and at her blog,?stark. raving. mad. mommy. You can also follow her on?Facebook?and?Twitter.

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Source: http://blogs.babble.com/pets/2012/09/26/dried-bull-penis-pet-treats-recalled-has-nothing-to-do-with-inherent-skeeve-factor/

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French government asks Facebook to explain data glitch

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7 Architectural Styles to Consider for Your New Home | Home ...

Home is where the heart is, so it?s nice to have a home that is at once comfortable and stylish. Like fashion, homes are made up of a whole host of interesting styles suited to various tastes to really bring out a sense of personality. If you?re building a new home from scratch, here are five architectural styles you might consider.

1. Traditional Ranch-Style

This is one of the simplest styles, usually featuring a basic floor plan, efficient living spaces, and an attached garage. Ranch-style homes were first built in the 1920s and became popular in the suburban home-building boom from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Traditional ranch homes are noted for being long and close to the ground. They are often considered cookie-cutter in design thanks to simple interiors and exteriors. However, as plain as these homes might appear, they offer a lot of potential for remodeling and additions. Bi-level and tri-level homes evolved from the traditional ranch home. As minimal as they are, they offer a comfortable, casual, informal living space that can fit any homeowner?s needs.

2. Craftsman

A popular house style that started in the late 19^th century and remained popular well into the 1930s, the Craftsman (or Arts and Crafts) home is distinguished by a great deal of interior woodwork that includes built-in shelving and seating. The craftsman home also gave way to breakfast nooks built into kitchens. Exteriors often feature low-pitched roofs with exposed rafters, wide eave overhangs, and decorative braces. Porches are simplified and framed by square columns. Many craftsman homes also feature usable attic space.

With simplicity of form and visible handiwork that uses local, natural materials, it?s easy to see why the craftsman-style bungalow is making such a big comeback.

3. Contemporary

While the term originally referred to homes built between 1950 and 1970, ?contemporary? now describes a wide assortment of homes built in recent decades that focus on geometric lines and simple forms. Contemporary homes reflect the tendency toward experimentation that initially came from the Modern period after World War II.

Contemporary homes feature open floor plans, inventive design elements, and plenty of glass structures, doing away with any elaborate flourishes and unnecessary detail. The complexity of these homes comes from the mix of contrasting materials and textures, flat or low-pitched roofs, and exposed beams.

4. Cape Cod

Named after the area in Massachusetts, Cape-Cod-style homes have roots dating back to 1675. This style gained traction in the 1930s. The Cape Cod home is usually one to one and a half stories tall, featuring wood siding, a steep roofline, hardwood floors, and multi-pane windows. Windows in the dormers add light, ventilation, and space.

Additions to a Cape Cod home can be made at the sides or back. While the upstairs areas are generally limited, you can easily change them to fit your personal needs.

5. Cottage

American architects fashioned cozy cottage-style homes after the medieval homes found on the English countryside. The style was especially popular in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The main feature is a warm storybook quality, which gives you the ability to really use your imagination when designing your cottage-style home. Cottages also have arched doors, casement windows, and steep roof pitches. Keeping with the medieval feel, these homes often have stone, stucco, or brick sidings.

6. French Country

In the United States, French country style homes were a mainstay during the 18^th century, during which time France occupied much of the eastern portion of North America. While the French style faded after the 1800s, much of the architectural tradition remained in New Orleans and other areas.

French country homes feature soft lines, plenty of curves, and stonework with the interiors presenting plaster or stucco walls, stone floors, and exposed wood beams. The nature of this style is to impart a rustic warmth and comfortable design.

7. Mediterranean

Mediterranean homes, which include the Spanish Colonial Revival style, were a popular architectural style in Southern California during the 1920s ad 1930s and can still be seen through the state today.

Mediterranean homes typically have a U-shaped floor plan centered around a courtyard and fountain. Homes feature arches, grillwork, a low-pitched red tile roof, and adobe or stucco exteriors.

Source: http://murraylampert.com/wordpress/2012/09/7-architectural-styles/

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America's 10 deadliest jobs

If your work day sometimes seems to consist of nothing but boring meetings, coffee spills and computer glitches, consider yourself lucky.

Each year thousands of U.S. workers die from injuries on the job. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics? National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries shows a preliminary total of 4,609 fatal work injuries in 2011, down slightly from the final count of 4,690 in 2010.

The rate of fatal work injury for U.S. workers in 2011 was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, the same as the initial rate for 2010, and the final rate for 2009 ? but that may change. Data just released offer a preliminary count. The final 2011 data will be released in the spring of 2013 and shouldn?t be much different. Over the last three years, increases in the published counts based on additional information have averaged 166 fatalities per year, or about 3 percent of the revised total.

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The BLS breaks down the numbers to tell us what the most dangerous professions of all in America are. The top spot on the list goes to fishermen and fisherwomen, who lost their lives at a rate of 121.2 per 100,000 full-time workers. Fishing is a legendarily hazardous occupation, particularly Alaskan shellfishing, and fatalities have been elevated in recent years. High compensation helps offset the risks and seasonal fluctuations that come with the work.

Loggers and airplane pilots had the second and third deadliest jobs, respectively. Both are menaced by the threat of malfunctioning machinery and falling heavy objects. Sixty-four loggers and 72 pilots and flight engineers were killed on the job in 2011.

Some occupations that seem dangerous, like firefighting and tractor operation, are actually relatively safe; both of those jobs, for example, are less dangerous than being a car mechanic. Some of the safest jobs of all, with only three deaths among all full-time workers, include file clerks, insurance sales agents and customer-service representatives.

Forty-one percent of all fatal workplace injuries happened in transportation incidents, which include car accidents, overturned vehicles and plane crashes. More than half (57 percent) of the 1,898 fatal transportation-related incidents occurred on highways, and involved motorized land vehicles. The second-highest cause of worker fatalities was assaults and violent acts, which accounted for 18 percent of deaths. The preliminary data shows that workplace suicides fell slightly in 2010 to 258 after climbing to a high of 263 the year before.

Violence took the lives of 780 workers last year; with 458 homicides and 242 suicides. Shootings were the most frequent manner of death in both.

Slips, falls and trips killed 666 in 2011, or about 14 percent of all workplace injuries, and a total of 472 workers were fatally injured after being struck by equipment or objects on the job.

Ninety-two percent, or 4,234, of all on-the-job fatalities were among men, and the remaining 8 percent, or 375, were women. This is partly because there are disproportionately more men in dangerous industries like construction and mining. Still, women face their own dangers. More than a quarter of the women who died on the job were involved in roadway incidents, while 21 percent were victims of homicides, compared with only 9 percent for male homicides. That is at least partly because of a concentration of women in workplaces like food and beverage stores, where a majority of all deaths are homicides.

Twenty-six percent of all work fatalities occurred among those between ages 45 and 54. Fatal work injuries among workers ages 20 to 24 increased by 18 percent from last year, to 288. For workers 55 and older, and those under the age of 18, fatal work injustices were down.

The private sector proved more deadly than the public sector, with private industry accounting for 89 percent of fatalities. Within the private sector, transportation and warehousing, and the construction industry saw the largest number deaths, with 711 and 721, respectively. The fall of the housing market has contributed to a large decrease in mortality in construction: Annual fatalities in the industry have fallen by 42 percent since 2006, and are down 7 percent from 2010.

Some predict that the construction industry may never fully recover from the recession ? but that could ultimately mean thousands of lives saved. When we look at the numbers by ?rate? of fatalities, agriculture, forestry fishing and hunting was the deadliest industry, with 24.4 deaths per 100,000 full-time workers.

Next time you find yourself complaining about piles of paperwork, obnoxious co-workers and demanding bosses ? remember that your work situation could be much worse.

The 10 deadliest jobs:

1. Fishers and related fishing workers
2. Logging workers
3. Aircraft pilot and flight engineers
4. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
5. Roofers
6. Structural iron and steel workers
7. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
8. Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers
9. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
10. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
    

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