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If you're like most people then you know that when buying a shed, you've got many things to consider. After all you don't want to buy a shed and set it up only to realise it's not what you need or want.
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You've got Steel, Plastic (Vinyl / Resin)& Wood.
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Sheds made from Zinc or Zincalume, a tough durable steel are the most reliable sheds available today. They are also available in colour steel or 'Colorbond' which means the steel has two coats of paint burnt onto it.
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Flat roof
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Nervine Tonics with No Relaxing or Stimulating Effects
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Nervine Tonics & Their Secondary Actions
Analgesic : St. John's Wort, Wood Betony
Anti-Catarrhal : Chamomile, Wood Betony
Anti-inflammatory: Chamomile
Anti-Microbial: Chamomile
Anti-Spasmodic: Chamomile, Hyssop, Lavender, Scullcap
Astringents : St. John's Wort
Bitter: Chamomile, Wood Betony
Carminative : Chamomile, Hyssop, Lavender
Demulcent: Oat
Diaphoretic: Hyssop, Linden, Vervain
Diuretic : Linden
Emmenagogue :
Expectorant : Hyssop
Hepatic : Vervain
Hypnotic : Chamomile
Hypotensive : Linden, Scullcap
Tonic : St. John's Wort, Scullcap, Vervain
Vulnerary : Chamomile, St. John's Wort
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Summary of SBREFA
The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA) was signed by President Clinton on March 29, 1996. The law provides new avenues for small businesses to participate in and have access to the federal regulatory arena. The SBREFA gives small businesses:
more influence over the development of regulations;
additional compliance assistance for Federal rules; and
new mechanisms for addressing enforcement actions by agencies.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Small businesses' most significant mechanism for influencing the development of federal regulations is the 1980 Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). The Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Advocacy provides a guide to the law. This law requires agencies to take steps to collect input from small entities on regulations and to determine whether a rule is expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Moreover, federal agencies are required to identify alternative regulatory approaches for small businesses, small governmental jurisdictions and non-profit organizations.
Many agencies have failed to comply with the RFA over the past 16 years, and small businesses found little recourse in the courts due to the absence of any enforcement mechanism. The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act corrects that by permitting judicial review of agencies' compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Whenever a small business is adversely affected or aggrieved by an agency rulemaking for failure to comply with the RFA, the small business may seek review of the rule in court. The RFA now also applies to previously exempt interpretative rulemakings promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service that have information collection requirements.
The Office of Advocacy will have greater responsibility and influence under the RFA because the new law gives the Chief Counsel for Advocacy enhanced authority to file amicus briefs in court proceedings involving an agency's violation of the RFA.
The following issues are subject to judicial review under the SBREFA:
the final regulatory flexibility analysis including the agency's efforts to evaluate alternative regulatory approaches and reasons for rejecting or accepting them;
the agency's effort to collect comments from small entities through a variety of mechanisms;
the agency's decision to certify that a rule will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities, and the factual basis for the certification;
the agency's compliance with a requirement for periodic reviews at the 10-year anniversary of every rule or the enactment of the 1980 law, which ever is first.
The new law also updates the requirements of a final regulatory flexibility analysis -- including a description of the steps an agency has taken to minimize the significant economic impact on small businesses.
EPA and OSHA Regulatory Review Panels
The new law requires an extra step for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) in the development of regulations. Specifically, the SBREFA requires that the agencies receive input from affected small business through the SBA's Office of Advocacy before proposed rules are published.
When an EPA or OSHA proposal is expected to have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities, the agency must convene a panel of employees from the agency, the Office of Advocacy, and the Office of Management and Budget to review a copy of the draft proposed rule and related agency analyses under the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
The panel also will collect advice from small business representatives and submit a report to the agency within 60 days of convening of the panel. The agency will then review the report, make any appropriate revisions to the rule, and publish the proposed rule with the panel report as part of the record.
Congressional Review
The SBREFA provides for congressional review of Federal agencies' regulations. Before any rule goes into effect, agencies are required to forward the rule to Congress for review. Major rules--those with a $100 million impact on the economy or a major impact on an industry, government or consumers, or those affecting competition, productivity or international trade--cannot go into effect until congressional review is complete. Congressional review is subject to a presidential veto. Congress may take up to 60 session days for review and use a variety of mechanisms to delay implementation.
Compliance Guides
The agencies must publish compliance guides for all rules with a significant small business impact. These guides must explain in plain language how the firms can comply with the regulations.
If a small business is cited for a violation of a regulation, the court review may include the content of the small business compliance guide in assessing the reasonableness of the proposed penalty.
Compliance Inquiries
Agencies also are required to establish a system for addressing compliance inquiries from small business. Any guidance provided by an agency will be considered as evidence of the reasonableness of proposed penalties, fines or damages assessed against a small entity.
Small Business Development Centers
To step up compliance assistance, the SBREFA requires the Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) to be used as a point of distribution for compliance assistance. A listing of SBDC are available by calling the SBA at (800) U-ASK-SBA.
Complaint Process
The new law establishes a complaint process whereby small businesses may register complaints about enforcement actions with the newly-appointed SBA Ombudsman or a Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board.
Ombudsman -- The Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman receives comments from small businesses concerning aggressive enforcement-related activities conducted by agency personnel. The Ombudsman reports annually to the Congress on agency enforcement efforts and their impact on small businesses.
Regional Boards -- Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness Boards were established in each of SBA's ten regions to advise the Ombudsman on matters of concern to small business relating to the enforcement activities of agencies. Board members are small business owners and operators appointed by the SBA Administrator for terms no longer than three years.
Penalty Policy
Under the SBREFA, each agency must establish a policy to provide for the reduction, and under appropriate circumstances, for the waiver of civil penalties for violations of statutory or regulatory requirements by a small business. The language in this section was adopted from a statement and Executive memorandum issued by President Clinton in March 1995.
Equal Access to Justice
The SBREFA expands the ability of small businesses in litigation with the government to recover attorney fees under the 1980 Equal Access to Justice Act. In administrative and judicial proceedings, if the government's demand is unreasonable when compared to the judgement or decision, then the small business is awarded attorney fees and other expenses related to defending against the action. Allowable attorney fees were increased from $75 under the current law to $125 per hour.
The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration was established by Congress under Public Law No. 94-305 to advocate the views of small business before federal agencies and Congress. Advocacy also is required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act to monitor agency compliance with the RFA.
Advocacy's 1996 communications to federal agencies on their compliance with the Act can be reviewed on the Legislative Actions page. The public also may attain a copy of A Guide to the Regulatory Flexibility Act from the home page or by writing to Advocacy.
The Office of Advocacy encourages small businesses and their representatives to hold agencies accountable for full compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act and to always comment on proposed rules and regulatory economic impact analyses. Advocacy provides briefings and articles to organizations about small businesses' rights under SBREFA and the Regulatory Flexibility Act. For further information, contact:
Office of Advocacy
U.S. Small Business Administration
409 Third Street, SW
Washington, DC 20416
(202) 205-6532
Agency Economic Analyses
For regulatory flexibility analyses, Advocacy fully asserts its responsibility to monitor agencies. Thorough assessments by federal agencies are expected. Economic generalizations are not acceptable. Industry-specific analysis is critical.
One common mistake of agencies' economic analyses is the use of general statistics to estimate impact. The aggregate or mathematical average of a regulation on all business is not an effective way to determine the impact of a regulation on small business. The objectives of the RFA will be achieved only if agencies complete thorough detailed analyses that isolate small business sectors. Variables should include different business size and industry classifications. For instance, a rule may have a very small impact on one sector, but a significant impact on another. Advocacy regularly critiques agencies' analyses and look for the proper definition of small business for each industry, evaluation of economies of scale, and segregated industry analyses. Small businesses' right to question the economic assumptions of federal agency


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The PC giant has four standard models with starting prices ranging from $1499 to $2399. All four sport a 20in display, 2GB of 667MHz DDR 2 memory, hybrid analogue and digital TV tuner and an eight-in-one memory card reader.
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The basic two models build on that with an Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 processor, a 250GB SATA hard drive, chipset-integrated graphics and a 16x slot-load DVD writer. What separates the two machines? The pricier one comes with $100 Sennheiser wireless headphones and a two-year warranty package.
Model number three ups the hard drive capacity to 320GB, and introduces a 256MB AMD ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro graphics card. Its CPU is a Core 2 Duo E6550. The top-of-the-range model also has the E6550 and Radeon HD 2400 Pro graphics, but its hard drive is a 500GB model and its optical unit is a slot-load Blu-ray Disc burner.
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This 79 year old tree is trying to find her roots! Ira J. Williams was born in Vinegar Bend Alabama on Sept 23 1870, later moved to Clarke Co Ms where he was married twice, firt time to Emma Davis in 1893.She died in 1905 in Clarke Co when her long dress caught fire while she was boiling water in her big black iron washpot. My father was six years old at the time. there were five or six children born to that union. In 1906 he married Mary Emily Schrimpshire, and they had five children, one of which died at an early age..I have not been able to find Ira J's parents or where they came from. Found him listed in last Dawes Roll in Quitman Co, Ms which seems to confirm story handed down that he was part Indian. I am trying to put together a history for my children and their children. Family lore has it that my Great Grandmother Williams used to say she "Came from
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Hurricane Isaac, We're Ready.
I moved down to D'Iberville, MS February of 2005. A quaint up and coming starter community just North of Biloxi, MS. I remember, while working for the State Police, taking my lunch to the end of a pier that was near by our office, sitting on the edge and looking out over the water. I enjoyed the peace, especially since it wasn't even two years ago before that I was in Afghanistan looking forward to holding my 6 month old daughter that I spent 5 days with before deploying. I found this pretty little 4/2 split plan home less than a mile "as the crow flies" from the beach that August. It was humble, but I knew it would be a good place to start my life over. I remember watching and listening about some storm that month out in the middle of no where, thinking to myself, "I better hurry and close on that house otherwise I will not be able to get Home Owners Insurance." Well, my house luckily enough was not in a flood zone, it was the suckers across the street, so I didn't need to pay the extra insurance at closing. I closed August 25, 2005. Looking back, it's funny to think how I was barely able to get all of my belongings moved into the house before I had to board up and head for higher ground. Little did I know at the time that the one night I spent in the house would be the last night. I packed an over night bag, locked the door, and left.
Intense Hurricane Katrina video of 28 feet of storm surge.
Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She bolstered swells upwards of 30ft and reeked havoc throughout the Mississippi Coast Line with her devastation physically noticed over 160 miles inland to the heart of Mississippi, Jackson. She claimed nearly 1900 lives, displaced more than 700,000 people (more than the Dust Bowl Migration of the Great Depression) and cost our country nearly $125 Billion Dollars in property damage and insurance pay outs. To this day, there are still nearly 700 missing persons from that infamous day 7 years ago.
In Mississippi alone, over 200 lives were taken, 67 missing persons, and 5 still yet to be identified. Over 65,000 homes were destroyed, including one that sat at 10229 Cottage Court Cove, D'Iberville, MS 39540, my home. My neighborhood went under 15ft of water with about 7ft sitting inside my home before residing. I remember looking through the portal of the front door, seeing the damage, the water line, the mud, everything. I didn't even unlock the door. I did what I knew to do: Report for duty.
I reported to the Emergency Operation Center in Gulfport, MS, linked up with the Director of the Mississippi Crime Laboratory, Sam Howell, and conducted Search and Recovery efforts with the Harrison County Coroner's Office. Search and Rescue teams would identify remains and our team would recover those remains and transport them back to the "Reefer Trucks" (Refrigerated Tractor Trailers) parked outside one of the funeral homes in Gulfport, MS. We had recovery teams mobilized throughout the Gulf Coast. My area of responsibility was Biloxi, MS.
Now it's 2012. On the eve of the Anniversary of one of the most catastrophic natural disasters of our time, Hurricane Isaac will eerily make landfall on this momentous day 7 years later. At this point, as I listen to the News from the other room, Isaac has increased to a Category I. The Army National Guard has already mobilized, the Joint Information Center (JIC) was deployed two days ago and is set up for distribution D+1. The stage is set for one of the quickest responses that the state of Mississippi has to offer with every available hand poised and ready. I myself, a Nationally Registered EMT-B, am also ready to provide assistance if need be. Now, we are ready.
In the short time I have worked for Cisco, I have been part of an amazing team that has relentlessly worked to bring attention to Cisco's technology in order to aid and assist First Responders so that they may seamlessly do what they do best: Serve. With Cisco's TacOps team and NERV mobile command center those who respond will have at their finger tips what they need to provide assistance to the public.
Today, we are ready.
This was difficult for me to write and share. As you finish reading this, please give a moment of silence for those that Hurricane Katrina claimed and their families.
Humbly Yours,
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Thanks for sharing your story. This could not have been easy to write. It has been a privilege to know you and work with you. And I am proud and grateful for your service. Thank-you.
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Nice blog Mark, thanks for sharing your experience and I'm so glad that you are here today to do so. Thanks for your service!
Tim Simon
Mark…great perspective…Thanks for sharing and being there for so many others!
Very well done Mark, I appreciate you writing this entry. We can only imagine what it was like having watched it on TV.
At Cisco, I did take a team down to help rebuild a home as part of Habitat for Humanity. It was only one day for us, but an experience non will ever forget.
Thank-you for your service
Kacey Carpenter
Mark, I know this was very hard for you to write… I'm proud of your service to the country and proud to work with you now here at Cisco. Thanks


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-You'll come knowing you need to stay hydrated,
-You'll come knowing you need protection from the sun..
-Many people come not knowing that they may need to be protected from the dust.
Know that not everyone has skin that reacts negatively to this dust. BUT you wont know until you get there. It is better to be prepared in the eventuality you are one of those people impacted by this.
You might think to yourself: "I am a kick ass beefy strong construction worker, and I work with cinderblocks all day, I will be fine!!" or you might think "I am a dainty person who needs my collection of moisturizers, balms and salves.. and I'm doomed to have a horrible burning man!" DON'T Both of these people could be wrong!! Again.. not everyone has skin that reacts badly to the dust.
If you are one of the unlucky ones: you'll need to protect yourself.
According to the BLM (the federal agency that manages the playa where burning man happens):
(source pdf : http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/ ... Report.pdf )The pH of the playa sediments is basic, ranging from 9.97 to 10.21
This puts the dust on the playa among friends such as: Milk of magnesia, Ammonia, Borax, Great Salt Lake (utah), Baking Soda
You might have no problems with that stuff in the short term.. but how about living in it for 7 days.. or 10? (or more!)
Ok, I get it.. this might be yuckie.. Now.. what's the problem
-It is a (mild) Chemical Burn
-It can be painful and really put a damper on your fun
-It most often impacts feet, with people wearing open toed shoes, sandals, or no shoes at all.
-It also impacts the hands, specifically the cuticles.
-It may also impact: knees, elbows (some peoples bottoms/butts have been made sore by it)
-It isn't an emergency (unless it becomes infected or severely impairs your ability to do stuff)
As it is described in some fancy pants medical stuff:
(In laymans terms: it dries the bejesus out of your skin, in feet it can cause cracking of the little folds in your feet, leading to pain, and bleeding.. in hands it can cause pain and bleeding at the cuticles around fingernails leading to a really annoying day.)"Burns are invariably deeper than first appearance suggests" "alkalis are capable of deep penetration, and can cause severe pain" .. "[a] mechanism by which these alkali injuries are caused is [...] extraction of water from cells [which] causes dessication"
OK that doesnt sound so great.. How do I avoid it, or fix it?
-Avoid Exposure to the dust! (wear gloves when making camp or handling dusty stuff, wear socks and closed-toe shoes)
-Clean your skin! (thoroughly rinse and clean the dust off problem areas multiple times a day, I carry a small spray bottle for this)
-Hydrate your skin! (moisturizer/lotion! I bring a 10-12 ounce bottle and use all of it each year just for my hands)
-Counteract the reaction (a vinegar solution works: 1 part white vinegar 3 parts water, some people use lime juice (not me!))
(many people soak their feet in a foot bath each night.. it feels good, i often soak my hands in a hand bath each night, it feels good.. the tingling feeling tells ya its working!)
That's great.. but I didn't listen to any of this..This hurts real bad and I dont feel well, now what?
-Go to one of the three medical stations, they help people with "playa foot" (or playa hand) related problems every year.
-Youll find them in the 3 o'Clock Plaza, the 9 o'clock plaza and just outside of Center Camp.
-Don't be embarrassed or afraid to get help, don't feel like this is too inconsequential .. if it's really messing with you, they are there to help
So kiddies out there for yer first time: in summation bring a big ol' bottle of lotion, maybe some white vinegar, and be prepared to wash your hands, or feet often.. have some gloves.. and an extra pair of closed toe shoes (dont only bring sandals!) just incase... because you dont want to end up like me.. and a friend of mine, who on our first year discovered that we have "PUSSY HANDS" ..it really sucked by wednesday and thursday.. like, a lot.. it hurted.
have a fun burning man!!! remember ..maybe wont need the lotiony stuff, but perhaps your neighbor will!


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INDEED! Totally agree man. Anyone that hasn't read 1984 needs to get on it now.
This is very good to hear from Viacom.
I can think of many bands where the exposure alone would offset the need for much more than a nominal fee.
This is one of the obvious knock on effects for record labels with large overheads, they need much larger revenue streams to survive than an independent publishing company or band.
These are exciting times indeed.
You making an app called Nike should have completely different ramifications than you making an app called Texas - in terms of name. There could well be an argument in terms of the maps and other material though. That withstanding, it seems the makers originally changed the name out of respect to the university, which seems courteous enough.
The worst thing is that UT seemingly thinks it has something to gain out of this action. If they care about their students (and don't want to cause any unrest) then they would let the app continue. Its only providing useful information right? What's even better is that it provides information to people who are new around the facility.
Maybe if they worked with the app creators rather than against them then they could have come to some sort of agreement anyway?
This guy seems extremely detached from the majority and how they relate to violence in video games.
That said, I would say that certain video games do seem to be slowly eating away at the 'work ethic' in a minority of my young peers. Unless your definition of work includes raiding dungeons or killing people online with an m4a1 ofcourse.
So I suppose it could be argued that video games could have a negative effect in that way. Not that this would ever advocate the removal of a certain video game in my opinion - it is a problem with a minority of users, not with a game or console itself. I suppose moderation is what needs to promoted, if only for the health of the individual.
Then again if you can feasibly fund your gaming life with government handouts then at the moment there is little reason for many 'hardcore' gamers to try to further themselves in the real world.
Agree entirely.
Uninspiring film + extended waiting period = watch for free (if at all).
You'd publicly crack one out on the bus? slightly worrying..


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America's Human Rights Challenge: International Human Rights Implications of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Actions Post-September 11
This report examines post-9/11 immigration enforcement practices in the United States through the lens of international human rights. The report identifies gaps in the protection of noncitizens' civil rights under U.S. constitutional law, and then evaluates—through a number of case studies—whether post-9/11 U.S. immigration control measures have complied with obligations under international human rights law with respect to due process protections and the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of national origin or race.
The report identifies numerous aspects of new enforcement procedures and immigration policies—arrests and detention without a legal basis, abusive treatment in detention facilities, the wholesale denial of bond, expedited removals without a hearing opportunity, denial of access to counsel, closure of formerly public immigration hearings—that violate the fundamental tenet of due process, as set forth in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). While human rights law permits derogation under special public emergency circumstances, the report finds that it is unclear whether the "state of emergency" declared by the Bush administration meets the universally established criteria.
The report also finds that post-9/11 counter-terrorism initiatives infringe upon guarantees of nondiscrimination by using criteria such as race, national origin, and ethnic identity as a proxy for dangerousness and evidence of suspected criminal activity when targeting individuals for arrest and enforcement initiatives. Furthermore, new security clearance procedures appear to subject visa applicants of certain nationalities—Arabs and other Muslims in particular—to additional screenings, processing delays, and prejudicial classifications that increase the likelihood of wrongful admission denials with no possibility of appeal.


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While doing some digging into the quackery of a local acupuncturist, I came across a sentiment that I found more than usually appalling. In her story of why she became an acupuncturist, she tells a melodramatic tale about a positive Pap smear test result that changed her life*. There's all the usual makings of an natural health anecdote, with convoluted tales about her life being out of balance and her needing to take control of her own health – all pretty par for the course. However, what dropped my jaw was this paragraph:
My research about cervical cancer at the time told me it was very rare and that it occurred most often in women who had multiple sexual partners, who also had multiple sexual partners. In other words, the nurse said, it's mainly a disease of prostitutes.
Well, I said, "That's not me!"
Although my gut instinct was horror that she would imply that women with cervical cancer are prostitutes or they deserve their illness, I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe she was simply recounting what this extraordinarily judgmental nurse had told her. Maybe she wasn't actually implying that only whores** get cervical cancer as some sort of retribution for their immoral behaviour. (Though in my head I couldn't help wonder if she also feels that AIDS is a "gay disease.")
Or maybe she totally was. I watched her accompanying video, which basically repeats the information on the website for those of us too lazy to read.
So immediately I fell into research. And what I found out is that there's a very specific profile of a person with cervical cancer. That person usually has many sexual partners. She's very promiscuous. And her partners, in turn, also have very many different partners. What is really came down to was a description of a prostitute. And I knew that wasn't me.
Considering this "advice" is coming from someone who is legally allowed to call themselves a doctor (of acupuncture) in the province of Alberta, I think these claims are worth examining.
- Cervical cancer is rare
- Cervical cancer happens to only very specific types of people.
- Promiscuity or prostitution is necessary to develop cervical cancer.
First though, a few notes on cervical cancer.
What is cervical cancer?
The cervix is the lower part of the uterus that connects the uterus to the vagina. Cervical cancer occurs when some cells become abnormal and start to proliferate. However, not all abnormal cells will become cancer – many will die because they are too abnormal. Others will not be abnormal enough that they grow and divide out of control. The purpose of a Pap smear, where a doctor takes a sampling of cells from the cervix to be examined via microscope, is to detect these early abnormalities. Weird cells can happen for a ton of reasons, but when they do they are called dysplasia. Dysplasia ranges from "a little weird but will likely not cause issues" all the way to "not looking anything like they should and almost certain to become cancerous." Most positive Pap tests are not actually cancer. The most common result is classified as Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASCUS). These cells only might be dysplastic and so they will ask you to come back in a few months for a repeat Pap before they do anything. However, screening for cervical cancer is extremely important, as it has few clear signs or symptoms (heavy periods and back pain could be anything or nothing) and without early detection has high rates of death. In 2004, the five year relative survival rate of Canadian women with cervical cancer as 74% – in other words, a quarter of women will die within 5 years of receiving a diagnosis of cervical cancer. Fortunately, this is a huge drop in mortality since the introduction of the Pap test, and the number continues to fall as provinces aggressively promote screening to groups of women who are less likely to get regular Paps.
Is cervical cancer rare?
There are many way to answer this question, but it's easiest to just say… no. It's not. Cervical cancer is the 3rd most common type of cancer worldwide, accounting for 10% of all cancers. In Canada, it is less common, ranking back in 12th, although it is still in the top three cancer diagnoses for women between the ages of 20-49. In 2011, there were approximately 1,300 new cases of cervical cancer in Canada, and 350 deaths. 1 in 150 women is expected to develop cervical cancer over a lifetime. In other words, cervical cancer is about as rare as some estimates of autism spectrum disorders.
In any case, although "rare" in the context of disease prevalence doesn't have an official definition, Health Canada policy indicates it considers rare to be diseases that affect fewer than 1 in 1000 people. It's also important to remember that Pap tests allow us to catch things before they become cervical cancer, and approximately 2% of all Pap tests are positive. Cervical cancer, then, is not rare.
Does cervical cancer only happen to certain types of people?
Cervical cancer only affects people who have cervices, so I suppose that's a type.
What is implied by the "certain type" comment, however, is the association of cervical cancer with infection by sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV). Some types of HPV can infect the cells of the cervix and can cause the cells to behave oddly, which can send them down the path to becoming dysplastic or even cancerous. Of course, only promiscuous women and prostitutes get HPV, right?
Well, barring the outrageous slut shaming which I cannot even begin to discuss here, it's important to note that 70% of all sexually active Canadians will exposed to HPV over a lifetime. 70%! Even condoms are not fully protective since HPV can spread via any skin-to-skin contact. Plus, HPV infection is almost entirely asymptomatic, and there is no general screening test to look for it. In other words, for most people, until you are diagnosed with cervical cancer, you have absolutely no way of knowing if you or your partner are positive for HPV. Only in a world of strict, puritanical monogamy is this a disease for prostitutes and the promiscuous, and given that 70% of women are exposed, I think it's fair to say that such an expectation is profoundly unrealistic. Either that, or 70% of Canadian women are whores! What a charming sentiment.
Realistically, if you want to prevent cervical cancer, then you should be advocating for the use of the HPV vaccines, which protect against many types of aggressive HPV infection and is now approved for males, as well as females. Maybe, if there is enough uptake in the community, we can dramatically reduce the rates of cervical cancer so that it is a rare thing.
Do only promiscuous women develop cervical cancer?
The ridiculous assertion that cervical cancer only happens to "promiscuous" women works on the assumption that HPV is the only cause of cervical cancer. This is also not entirely true. Smoking, for example, doubles your risk of cervical cancer. Other things that put you at risk for cervical cancer include taking immunosuppressants (people with organ transplants or auto-immune diseases), the use of oral contraceptives, giving birth to many children, or having taken a synthetic estrogen called diethylstilbestrol to prevent miscarriage, or being the daughter of a woman who had taken diethylstilbestrol. There also may be a genetic component. And, of course, even if all of these happen through an HPV-mediated mechanism, you cannot control whether your partner has ever had other partners in the past (or may have them in the future).
On another level, this sort of attitude is profoundly damaging since it blames the individual with the disease. Women will have portions of their cervix removed, and may even be going through chemotherapy and radiation. They are facing the possibility of infertility. They are dealing with a potentially life threatening illness that they in no way invited into their body, particularly since there was no way for them to know the HPV status of their sexual partner(s), and furthermore, HPV is not necessarily the cause. To call them prostitutes simply for being sexually active is degrading, insulting, and incredibly cruel, to say nothing of being profoundly hypocritical.So, I guess we can say there is a type of person who doesn't get cervical cancer: the type that never has sexual contact of any kind, never smokes, never requires an immunosuppressive drug, and isn't born predisposed to it.
Even if we can blame HPV solely for the development of cervical cancer, to place blame squarely on the women who have it is to point a finger at just one piece in a larger puzzle. For the purposes of sexually transmitted infections, you are having sexual contact with every sexual partner your partner has ever had. A woman could be as chaste as they come until her traditional one-man-one-woman marriage and only have sex for procreation, and still contract HPV because her husband had sexual contact (with or without penetration, with or without protection!) with someone who was infected in the past.
Oh, that whore, having sex with her husband and having multiple children. When will she ever learn?
What's her professional recommendation?
I continued my annual PAP tests for a few years after that. But since I no longer have a conventional medical doctor for many years now, I can say that I don't need one. I don't do PAP smears anymore. I don't do anything that conjures up unnecessary fear. Instead I rely on what I know today, real preventive measures.
Yes, you eschew actual knowledge about your body because it's scary. You hide from reality because it might hurt your feelings. I mean, you will almost certainly die if you do actually have untreated cervical cancer, but hey, at least you'll die happy. Sorry, that's not the word I was looking for. I believe what I was looking for was "in agony and far too soon."
I sincerely hope nobody with cervical cancer ever has the misfortune of entering this woman's office. Nobody deserves to die of cancer. If you can look into the eyes of a woman dying of cancer and tell her that she deserved it, well, let's face it. You have bigger problems than false positive Pap smears.
*I've had an abnormal pap test, and unlike Freak-out McMelodrama, I talked to my doctor about what it meant and why it wasn't particularly concerning, but worth monitoring. It wasn't a cancer scare, it was a "huh, that's weird." Maybe I'm just used to my body doing strange things, but I really can't fathom using it as the impetus to quit my job and go to an unaccredited college to get a unrecognized 4 year TCMD (Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctorate) diploma for $40,000. If you're worried about an abnormal Pap test, or just the potential to exposure to HPV and the risks of cervical cancer, talk to your family physician. And if they tell you that only prostitutes get HPV, find a new physician, and then talk to them.
**In case this is not perfectly clear, throughout the article, my use of the word "whore" is satirical and in no way passes judgement on the sexual activity of women. If you don't know why you shouldn't be calling women whores/prostitutes/sluts/tramps etc, check out this awesome video by a 13 year old girl who is better spoken and more informed than most 30 year olds.
Images from euthman and Offbeat Photography on flickr.


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The new US Congress on Friday rushed out US$9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Hurricane Sandy, two days after New Jersey's governor and other northeast Republicans upbraided Speaker John Boehner for killing a broader package for state and local governments in the storm's path.
The bill replenishes the National Flood Insurance Program that was due to run out of money next week with the pending Sandy-related claims as well as 5,000 unresolved claims from other floods.
"It's a small down payment on the larger aid we need," Senator Chuck Schumer said.
The legislation cleared the Senate by a voice vote following passage by the House, 354 to 67.
The government has already spent about US$2 billion on the emergency response to the late October storm, one of the worst ever in the northeast. It slammed the Atlantic coastline from North Carolina to Maine, with the worst damage occurring in New York City and its suburbs, New Jersey and Connecticut. The storm is blamed for 140 deaths.
Boehner has promised a vote Jan. 15 on a broader, US$51 billion package of aid, which would bring the total to the more than US$60 billion requested by US President Barack Obama. Senate leaders have promised a vote the following week.
The Senate passed a US$60.4 billion bill a week ago, but House Republicans, complaining that it was laden with pork projects unrelated to the storm, cut it by more than half.
Boehner canceled a New Year's Day vote on it after nearly two-thirds of House Republicans voted against the "fiscal cliff" package of tax and spending increases.
The White House praised Friday's vote helping homeowners, renters and businesses, and urged Congress to act quickly on the remainder of Obama's request.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a joint statement also imploring Congress to move hastily on the rest of the money.
"We are trusting Congress to act accordingly on January 15th," they said.
It was a more temperate response than was heard earlier in the week, when a livid Christie blistered House Republicans and Boehner himself for holding up the aid and other Republican figures from the region, as well as Democrats, cried "betrayal."
All of the "no" votes in the House were cast by Republicans, who said other government programs should have been cut to pay for the measure. As with past natural disasters, the Sandy aid proposals do not provide for offsetting spending cuts, meaning the aid comes at the cost of higher deficits.
The bill gives more authority to the National Flood Insurance Program to borrow money from the US Treasury to pay claims. Premiums average about US$625 per year and residential claims under the program average nearly US$30,000.
US House Representative Tim Huelskamp, a fiscal conservative who voted against the flood bill, said he was among those with concerns it would add to huge budget deficits.
The Club For Growth, a conservative group, urged lawmakers to oppose the flood insurance bill.
"Congress should not allow the federal government to be involved in the flood insurance industry in the first place, let alone expand the national flood insurance program's authority," the group said in a statement.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency had warned that the flood insurance program would run out of money next week if Congress did not provide additional borrowing authority.


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(CNN) -- Felipe Massa has revealed that he hopes to be at his home Brazilian Grand Prix -- but he won't be behind the wheel of his Ferrari.
Felipe Massa has been given the all-clear to begin training as he bids to return to the race track.
The 28-year-old had aimed to be able to return to racing before the end of this Formula One season, but is resigned to getting fit for 2010 following his horrific crash in July.
Massa is now able to begin his rehabilitation after having plastic surgery on Monday to repair the broken bone in his cranium that resulted when a loose spring from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn hit him in the helmet during qualifying in Hungary.
The operation, at the Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital, took around four and a half hours, Ferrari revealed on its official Web site.
Massa told UK newspaper The Guardian that his next step was to head to Europe to use a simulator and drive go-karts as part of his fitness evaluation.
He had hoped to return to action at Interlagos -- where his 2008 world championship dream was crushed by Lewis Hamilton despite winning the race -- on October 18, but said that he would only be there as a spectator.
"That was the race I wanted to come back in, but it's difficult to say if it would've been possible. It will be difficult to watch it, but I will be there," Massa said.
He told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that he still held a slim hope of driving in the final race of this season in Abu Dhabi on November 1.
"In 2010 I'll be back for sure and 100%, but it would be a dream to drive in Abu Dhabi," Massa said.
Massa will be replaced by Giancarlo Fisichella for the final five races of 2009, with the veteran Italian having been released from his contract by Force India to take over from test driver Luca Badoer.
He said he had never doubted that he would that he would get behind the wheel of a Formula One car again.
"It is my life," Massa, who is expecting his first child in November, told The Guardian. "For me, the worst thing that happened was not being able to race. If you can't drive that's terrible.
"But my wife has already asked me, at least 10 times, 'Are you sure you don't feel any doubts or worries?'
"Always, I say, 'No, because this is what I like to do.' If I don't drive then I am not the same person. Ever since I was a small boy this is my life. This is what I like to do.
"So I really hope, and expect, nothing will change inside me when I go back into the car and start pushing myself to the maximum again."
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Composer and Lyricist Alan Zachary '96
Read more about Composer and Lyricist Alan Zachary '96
Profile by Mary Jo Curtis
Profile by Mary Jo Curtis
Rodgers and Hammerstein. Kander and Ebb. Meehan, Charnin and Strouse. And now, Zachary and Weiner?
That's a dream that could become reality for songwriting team Alan Zachary '96 and Michael Weiner. Earlier this year the pair presented their original music in an event featuring the next generation of Broadway songwriting talent at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.


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