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Peyronie's (pay-roe-NEEZ) disease is the development of fibrous scar tissue inside the penis that causes curved, painful erections.
Men's penises vary in shape and size. Having a curved erection is common and isn't necessarily a cause for concern. However, in some men, Peyronie's disease causes a significant bend or pain.
This can prevent a man from having sex or might make it difficult to get or maintain an erection (erectile dysfunction). For many men, Peyronie's disease also causes stress and anxiety.
In a small percentage of men, Peyronie's disease goes away on its own. But in most cases, it will remain stable or worsen. Treatment might be needed if the curvature is severe enough that it prevents successful sexual intercourse.
Peyronie's disease signs and symptoms might appear suddenly or develop gradually. The most common signs and symptoms include:
The curvature associated with Peyronie's disease might gradually worsen. At some point, however, it stabilizes in the majority of men.
In most men, pain during erections improves within one to two years, but the scar tissue and curvature often remain. For a few men, both the curvature and pain associated with Peyronie's disease improve without treatment.
See your doctor if pain or curvature of your penis prevents you from having sex or causes you anxiety.
The cause of Peyronie's disease isn't completely understood, but a number of factors appear to be involved.
It's thought Peyronie's disease generally results from repeated injury to the penis. For example, the penis might be damaged during sex, athletic activity or as the result of an accident. However, most often, men do not recall specific trauma to the penis.
During the healing process, scar tissue forms in a disorganized manner, which might then lead to a nodule that you can feel or development of curvature.
Each side of the penis contains a sponge-like tube (corpus cavernosum) that contains many tiny blood vessels. Each of the corpus cavernosa are encased in a sheath of elastic tissue called the tunica albuginea (TOO-nih-kuh al-BYOO-JIN-e-uh), which stretches during an erection.
When you become sexually aroused, blood flow to these chambers increases. As the chambers fill with blood, the penis expands, straightens and stiffens into an erection.
In Peyronie's disease, when the penis becomes erect, the region with the scar tissue doesn't stretch, and the penis bends or becomes disfigured and possibly painful.
In some men, Peyronie's disease comes on gradually and doesn't seem to be related to an injury. Researchers are investigating whether Peyronie's disease might be linked to an inherited trait or certain health conditions.
Minor injury to the penis doesn't always lead to Peyronie's disease. However, various factors can contribute to poor wound healing and scar tissue buildup that might play a role in Peyronie's disease. These include:
Other factors — including certain health conditions, smoking and some types of prostate surgery — might be linked to Peyronie's disease.
Complications of Peyronie's disease might include:
If you have Peyronie's disease symptoms, you're likely to begin by seeing your family doctor or general practitioner. You might be referred to a specialist in male sexual disorders (urologist).
Preparing for your appointment will help you make the best use of your time.
Make a list ahead of time that you can share with your doctor. Your list should include:
List questions for your doctor from most important to least important in case time runs out. You might want to ask some of the following questions:
In addition to the questions you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions during your appointment.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them might reserve time to go over any points you want to discuss further. Your doctor might ask:
Your doctor might also ask you to complete a survey, such as the International Index of Erectile Function, to help identify how the condition affects your ability to have sex.
A physical exam is often sufficient to identify the presence of scar tissue in the penis and diagnose Peyronie's disease. Rarely, other conditions cause similar symptoms and need to be ruled out.
Tests to diagnose Peyronie's disease and understand exactly what's causing your symptoms might include the following:
Physical exam. Your doctor will feel (palpate) your penis when it's not erect, to identify the location and amount of scar tissue. He or she might also measure the length of your penis. If the condition continues to worsen, this initial measurement helps determine whether the penis has shortened.
Your doctor might also ask you to bring in photos of your erect penis taken at home. This can determine the degree of curvature, location of scar tissue or other details that might help identify the best treatment approach.
Other tests. Your doctor might order an ultrasound or other tests to examine your penis when it's erect. Before taking images of your penis, you'll likely receive an injection directly into the penis that causes it to become erect.
Ultrasound is the most commonly used test for penis abnormalities. Ultrasound tests use sound waves to produce images of soft tissues. These tests can show the presence of scar tissue, blood flow to the penis and any other abnormalities.
Your doctor might recommend a wait-and-see (watchful waiting) approach if:
If your symptoms are severe or are worsening over time, your doctor might recommend medication or surgery.
A number of oral medications have been tried to treat Peyronie's disease, but they have not been shown to be effective consistently and are not as effective as surgery.
In some cases, drugs injected directly into the penis might reduce curvature and pain associated with Peyronie's disease. Depending on the therapy, you might be given a local anesthetic to prevent pain during the injections.
If you have one of these treatments, you'll likely receive multiple injections over several months. Evidence on the effectiveness of penile injections is limited.
Medications that are used include:
Verapamil. This is a drug normally used to treat high blood pressure. It appears to disrupt the production of collagen, a protein that might be a key factor in the formation of Peyronie's disease scar tissue.
Currently, there are no placebo-controlled studies which have shown benefit of verapamil injected into the penile plaque.
Collagenase. The FDA recently approved collagenase clostridium histolyticum (Xiaflex) for treating Peyronie's disease. This medicine has been approved for use in adult men with moderate to severe curvatures and a palpable nodule.
This therapy has been shown in several trials to improve curvature and bother associated with Peyronie's disease in a percentage of patients. The treatment works by breaking down the buildup of collagen that causes penile curvature.
Your doctor might suggest surgery if the deformity of your penis is severe, sufficiently bothersome, or prevents you from having sex. Surgery usually isn't recommended until the curvature of your penis stops increasing.
Common surgical methods include:
Suturing (plicating) the unaffected side. A variety of procedures can be used to suture (plicate) the longer side of the penis (the side without scar tissue). This results in a straightening of the penis, although this is often limited to less severe curvatures and might result in greater actual or perceived penile shortening.
Nesbit plication is an example of this type of procedure. In some cases, this type of surgery causes erectile dysfunction.
Incision or excision and grafting. With this type of surgery, the surgeon makes one or more cuts in the scar tissue, allowing the sheath to stretch out and the penis to straighten. The surgeon might remove some of the scar tissue.
A piece of tissue (graft) is often sewn into place to cover the holes in the tunica albuginea. The graft might be tissue from your own body, human or animal tissue, or a synthetic material.
This procedure is generally used in cases of more severe curvature or deformity, such as indentations or deformities. This procedure is associated with greater risks of worsening erectile function when compared to the plication procedures.
Penile implants. Surgically inserted penile implants replace the spongy tissue that fills with blood during an erection. The implants might be semirigid — manually bent down most of the time and bent upward for sexual intercourse.
Another type of implant is inflated with a pump implanted in the scrotum. Penile implants might be considered if you have both Peyronie's disease and erectile dysfunction.
When the implants are put in place, the surgeon might perform additional procedures to improve the curvature if needed.
The type of surgery used will depend on your condition. Your doctor will consider the location of scar tissue, the severity of your symptoms and other factors. If you're uncircumcised, your doctor might recommend a circumcision during surgery.
Depending on the type of surgery you have, you might be able to go home from the hospital the same day or you might need to stay overnight. Your surgeon will advise you on how long you should wait before going back to work — in most cases, a few days. After surgery for Peyronie's disease, you'll need to wait four to eight weeks before sexual activity.
A technique known as iontophoresis uses an electric current to administer a combination of verapamil and a steroid noninvasively through the skin. Available research has shown conflicting results on penile curvature and erectile function.
Several nondrug treatments for Peyronie's are being investigated, but evidence is limited on how well they work and possible side effects. These include using intense sound waves to break up scar tissue (shock wave therapy), devices to stretch the penis (penile traction therapy) and stem cell therapies.
Peyronie's disease can be a source of significant anxiety and create stress between you and your sexual partner. The following suggestions might help you cope with Peyronie's disease:
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., are ranked among the Best Hospitals for urology by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., is ranked high performing for urology by U.S. News & World Report.
At Mayo Clinic, we assemble a team of specialists who take the time to listen and thoroughly understand your health issues and concerns. We tailor the care you receive to your personal health care needs. You can trust our specialists to collaborate and offer you the best possible outcomes, safety and service.
Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical institution that reinvests all earnings into improving medical practice, research and education. We're constantly involved in innovation and medical research, finding solutions to improve your care and quality of life. Your doctor or someone on your medical team is likely involved in research related to your condition.
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In many cases, surgery might be the most effective way to correct the penile curvature associated with Peyronie's disease. At Mayo Clinic, you would be considered a candidate for surgery if:
Reconstructive surgery for Peyronie's disease is a complex operation, requiring specialized techniques and experience. Mayo Clinic urologists have achieved a high rate of success using surgery to restore the normal shape and function of the penis in men who have Peyronie's disease.
Mayo Clinic urologists use different surgical procedures, depending on each man's symptoms and needs.
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
Specialists in urology at Mayo Clinic treat men who have Peyronie's disease.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 800-446-2279 (toll-free) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
Specialists in urology at Mayo Clinic treat men who have Peyronie's disease. Reconstructive surgery for Peyronie's disease is available.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 904-953-0853 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
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Mayo Clinic Urologists are involved in ongoing research of the natural history, pathophysiology, and effectiveness of various treatment options for Peyronie's disease.
See a list of publications by Mayo Clinic doctors on Peyronie's disease on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
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Employee retirement plans are supposed to help eligible employees who work for a company save for retirement. Participation in the plan must be for all eligible employees, not just top executives.
This regulation can be a problem for a small business, where the salary difference between the owner-employees and other employees may be substantial. A shop owner may have a small number of employees, or a graphic designer may use a part-time administrative assistant. It can be difficult to set up a retirement plan that covers all employees, allows the owner to save large amounts of money for retirement, and doesnt inappropriately favor the person who makes the most money.
Its difficult, but not impossible. The Internal Revenue Code and its related regulations allow for a Safe Harbor 401(k) plan to not be discriminatory, even if the owner is the only employee who contributes.
A Safe Harbor 401(k) plan can allow eligible employees to contribute part of their salary either pre-tax or after-tax (as a Designated Roth Contribution) to the plan. Then, the employer must generally contribute matching funds or a set amount of money on behalf of the employees who participate.
The first requirement for a Safe Harbor 401(k) plan is that all eligible employees be allowed to participate. An eligible employee is one who is over the age of 21, has at least one year of service, and has worked at least 1,000 hours in the year beginning with the date of hire. An employer can make the plan more inclusive, for example, by covering younger employees or allowing employees with less than one year of service to participate.
Once the Safe Harbor 401(k) plan is set up, there are four basic rules that must be followed in order to meet the Safe Harbor 401(k) requirements.
- Required employer contribution: An employer is required to make a contribution to a Safe Harbor 401(k) plan. The employer can do this by contributing a minimum of 3 percent of the salary of all eligible employees. Or, the employer can match the salary deferral contributions of all eligible employees. The basic formula requires the employer to contribute 100 percent of the salary deferral contributions that represent the first 3 percent of compensation plus, an additional 50 percent of the salary deferral contributions that represent the next 2 percent of compensation. For example, if an eligible employee defers 5 percent of compensation, the employer would be required to make a matching contribution of 4 percent of the employees compensation.
- 100 percent vesting of the required employer contribution: The required Safe Harbor employer contribution is 100% vested immediately. Employees can take that money when they leave the business, no matter how long they have worked there.
- Annual notice to participants: Each year, the employer must provide a notice that explains Safe Harbor contributions and how the employer will satisfy those requirements.
- Withdrawal restrictions: If an employer allows an employee to take a hardship withdrawal, money withdrawn can only come from the employee salary deferral contributions, and it is generally subject to a 10 percent penalty tax if the employee is younger than age 59½.
A Safe Harbor 401(k) lets an employer offer a retirement plan that benefits all eligible employees, regardless of salary. And it can generally allow all participants and employers to set more money aside than other types of retirement plans, which have lower limits on total annual contributions. Thats why its one of many retirement plan options for small businesses.
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Chris Yandle, director of communications for UM athletics, confirmed that 6-5, 251-pound defensive end Ricardo Williams is no longer on the team. A redshirt sophomore, Williams is out of Homestead Senior High. Williams played in one game last year – against North Carolina.
Williams' name has already been removed from the football roster.
Wide receiver Robert Lockhart Jr., who also has been granted his release, according to Canesport.com, is still on the roster.
"As far as Robert Lockhart, I have not been informed about anything," Yandle said.
Lockhart is a 6-1, 183-pound redshirt sophomore out of Fork Union Military Academy, via West Boca Raton High. Lockhart was a four-star recruit by Rivals.com and ESPN. As a high school senior he had 34 catches for 686 yards and six touchdowns. He chose UM over Virginia Tech. Lockhart played in two games last season – UNC and FSU – but sustained a season-ending knee injury.
McDERMOTT ON RIMINGTON WATCH LIST
UM center Shane McDermott is one of 44 players named to the 2013 Rimington Trophy spring watch list. The award is presented annually to the nation's top collegiate center.
McDermott, a junior, missed spring practice after undergoing offseason shoulder surgery.
An All-ACC honorable mention selection in 2012 by league coaches, McDermott started all 12 games at center for UM. UM had the ACC's third-best passing offense (295.4-yards-per-game average) and fifth-best total offense (440.2). As a redshirt freshman in 2011, he played in 10 games, allowing no sacks and not being flagged for any penalties.
McDermott is from Lake Worth. He was awarded the Walter Kichefski Endowed Football Scholarship at the most recent UM Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet. He will earn his bachelor's degree this summer.
McDermott's younger brother, Kc McDermott, has already pledged his commitment to UM for the Class of 2014, a huge get for the Canes.
Kc is a four-star lineman, according to Rivals.com, and is listed as the 40th best player overall, regardless of position. He is listed as the fifth best tackle in the Class of 2014.
Notre Dame also wanted Kc, and actually still wants him, but Kc said he's not budging from his commitment to the Hurricanes.


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Sentinel system pictures Napa quake
Europe's new multi-billion-euro Sentinel programme has returned its first earthquake analysis.
The EU satellite system has pictured how the Earth moved when the Magnitude 6.0 tremor hit California's wine-producing Napa region last month.
Scientists will use the figure, called an interferogram, to trace precisely the extent of the fault rupture.
In the past, this type of analysis has been very time-consuming, but the Sentinel project will now automate it.
Interferograms that once took many weeks, even months, to produce should in future come out within days of a big quake.
Rosetta's 10-billion-tonne comet
The comet being followed by Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has a mass of roughly 10 billion tonnes.
The number has been calculated by monitoring the gravitational tug the 4km-wide "ice mountain" exerts on the probe.
DigitalGlobe launches super-sharp WorldView-3 Earth imager
The most powerful commercial imaging satellite ever built has just gone into orbit from California, US.
DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 spacecraft will return pictures of the Earth's surface down to a resolution of 31cm.
Rosetta heads for space 'rubber duck'
Europe's mission to land on a comet was always going to be difficult, but the pictures released this week of the giant ice ball illustrate just how daunting the task will be.
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is far more irregular in shape than anyone imagined.
Spaceport Britain: 'No challenge is insurmountable'
It's more than 40 years since Britain abandoned its own launch capability, cancelling the Black Arrow programme just as it successfully lofted the Prospero satellite.
The subsequent withdrawal from the European Ariane programme confirmed Britain's deep aversion to rockets. Until now. The climate is changing. Ministers are putting public funds (albeit a small sum) into an air-breathing rocket-engine technology, and they've declared their desire to see a home spaceport.
Rosetta: 'Spuds in space'
With the Rosetta probe closing in on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, we're beginning to get a sense of the ice mountain's shape.
The latest picture release from the European Space Agency (Esa) may only cover an area of about 30 pixels, but it's clear that 67P is no sphere. In some views, the object appears quite elongated.
Ariane 6: Customers call the shots
Europe's rocket industry is currently going through something of an epiphany - the realisation that it must adapt, and fast, or simply become irrelevant.
More than half of the big commercial satellites that are working up there - the ones that relay our TV, phone calls, and internet traffic - were lofted by Ariane vehicles. But that dominance is now under threat from new launchers that promise to undercut Europe's best on price.
Rosetta edges towards Comet 67P
Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is edging ever closer to its quarry - the 4km-wide Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Thursday's separation is just 43,000km, and the narrowing gap is evident in the probe's latest photo release.
Malaysian jet MH370: Refined analysis drives new search area
As expected, and reported by the BBC last week, the search for MH370 is going to shift hundreds of kilometres to the south of where an Australian defence vessel thought, mistakenly, it had detected signals from the jet's submerged flight recorders.
The new region is a consequence of further, refined analysis of the brief, automated satellite communications with the plane in its last hours.
Rosetta: Icy quarry coming into view
Take your seats because the show is about to begin.
The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe is edging ever closer to the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for what is expected to be one of the most daring space encounters in history.


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The Flyers have recalled left winger Tye McGinn from the Adirondack Phantoms on Monday morning according to their press release.
The move is in anticipation that forward Zac Rinaldo won't be able to play past Tuesday's game in New Jersey. In Sunday's loss to Buffalo, Rinaldo suffered a laceration to his leg that required 20 stitches.
Flyers enforcer Zac Rinaldo was injured in the Flyers 5-2 loss to the Sabres Sunday afternoon.
Rinaldo collided with Sabres defenseman Robin Regehr in the first period. After the game it was revealed Rinaldo had a laceration on his leg that required 20 stitches.
Five players from Adirondack have made the long drive from Glens Falls, NY to Voorhees, NJ to participate in practice with the Flyers heading into the start of the season on Saturday.
Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier, Zac Rinaldo, Ty McGinn and Eric Wellwood all joined the Flyers, with at least two of them expected to stay in Philadelphia when they host the Penguins next Saturday.
Here's the scene: It's game four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New Jersey Devils. The Devils have frustrated the Flyers for two and a half games now, stifling the high flying attack that dismissed the favored Penguins in six games.New Jersey leads this seven game series two games to one.
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Flyers rookie center Sean Couturier will be be out for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Devils in New Jersey on Sunday.
It is still speculation that Couturier has a lacerated right leg from an incident with Matt Clarkson in Game 3. The Flyers won't specify.
Couturier only skated for a few minutes before practice today but did not practice with the team. Zac Rinaldo will play in his place.
As the seconds ticked off the clock in the second period, the Flyers trailed 3-1 to the Penguins in Game 1.
It was a seemingly insurmountable deficit with the way Pittsburgh controlled the play through the first two periods with their physical bullying style of play.
The Flyers needed someone to step up and stand up to the bull and Brayden Schenn did just that, both metaphorically and literally.
Schenn was charged by Penguins forward Craig Adams with only seconds remaining on the clock. Schenn turned around and absorbed all of the hit, knocking Adams on his rear-end as Schenn stood over him and smiled.
Schenn then got in the face of Adams, goading a shove to the face that wasn't called and skated away with a smirk on his face after the referees separated the two.
That could have been the turning point for the Flyers, who came back from a 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 in overtime.
Making Ilya Bryzgalov the story for every game has become tiresome to the fans, the front office and Bryzgalov himself.
But when he does something as special as he's done the past couple of weeks, it's hard to just take all the focus away from the Russian netminder, nicknamed the $51 Million Man.
The Flyers have been winning, and they have been playing a brand of hockey many expected them to play down the stretch. Scoring, defense and goaltending - those are the three things that win championships.
So why does the focus all come back to Bryzgalov? Because of the franchise shutout streak that he just broke that stood tall for 13 years midway through the second period.
A little after 7 p.m. on Monday night, the NHL announced that Philadelphia Flyers forward Zac Rinaldo has been suspended two games for an illegal hit in Sunday night's 4-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.
Brendan Shanahan, the head of the NHL's department of player safety announced via video that Rinaldo was being suspended for two reasons:
He illegally launched himself into another player in addition to leaving his feet
Had been fined twice just five games earlier
The one-trick pony enforcer is dying in today's NHL.
No longer is it worth having a guy on the team who only fights and skates five minutes of ice time per game. Instead, the guys who are willing to drop the gloves also have a clue as to what to do with a hockey stick and when the puck is on it.
That leaves Jody Shelley and Tom Sestito practically irrelevant on the Flyers and their pursuit of a successful season.
On and off, the two have been in the line up for the Flyers. And in the rarest, and most unfortunate occasions, the two goons were in the line up together for five times this season. In those five times, the Flyers are 1-3-1.
Before the season started, people doubted whether or not Zac Rinaldo would make the 23-man roster.
Now, Rinaldo has earned his way onto the third line.
Though it may be temporary, Rinaldo made a huge impact in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Predators playing on the third line and it may have been the game that gives the 21-year-old a true crack at more ice time.
Before Thursday's game, Rinaldo was averaging a little over six minutes of ice time, was a minus-7 and had only four points. But in that game, Rinaldo eclipsed the 10-minute mark for only the third time all season in his 36 games, skating a season hight 11:11.


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Google's Scott Rubin talks with Larry Magid about the company's new SafeSearch lock which makes it harder for kids to circumvent filtering of search results
Parents can now lock in the search setting that filters out inappropriate sites. There are still ways for kids to circumvent the feature, however.
The company says the move is designed to ensure adult content is shown only to those who explicitly request it.
Want a bouquet of wet dog or chardonnay? Google Nose has a database of millions of smells for the sniffing. If only today weren't April Fools' Day.
Aiming to give parents the option of keeping an eagle eye over their kid's computer use, Microsoft revamps its parental controls in a "monitor first" approach that includes weekly reports.
Search the Web by smell, Maps gets a pirate-themed overhaul, and Twitter starts charging for vowels, in our April Fools' roundup.
New tool announced Friday aims to help users learn more about how to keep kids safe online.
Google recently upgraded image search to better support Apple's mobile platforms: iPhone and iPod Touch.
Parental controls in Windows 8 are more configurable and robust than ever before. We'll show you how to use parental controls in Windows 8 to help keep kids safe while using a PC.
To Microsoft Bing, Molly Wood is an unsafe search. But I can't prove otherwise without turning off safe search mode. Catch-22!


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The winning look by Julie Washington of Greenwood, Indiana Five stylists, selected from Sport Clips' team of 10,000 stylists, were invited to the Vegas strip to show off their all-star haircutting skills and creativity in Sport Clips Haircuts' "The Look" Competition. The event was held live at the hair cut franchise's recent 20th anniversary national convention called The Huddle. Judges Tommy Callahan of JPMS, Adriana Fournier of American Crew and Ron Villanueva of American Crew carefully watched the timed competition and reviewed the hair design results after finalists cut models' hair before a 2,000 member crowd at Caesar's Palace.
Julie Washington of Greenwood, Indiana was selected as "The Look" competition winner. She describes her winning style as "young, fresh and pieced," inspired by a Sport Clips' client. As the winner of the competition, Washington received $2,500.00 Her hair design will become a part of Sport Clips' training nationwide, and a poster representing the style will be placed in stores across the country.
"Some of the best stylists in the country work for Sport Clips, and 'The Look' provides them with the opportunity to show off their creativity and skills using our All-Star Haircutting System," says Julie Vargas, Sport Clips director of Career Opportunities and a licensed stylist with more than 20 years of experience. "Whether it's the 20's look that's roaring back into style, or something contemporary and edgy, Sport Clips stylists brought it to this competition and 'wowed' this crowd for our 20th anniversary!"
click image to zoom Photo Cutline: (l-r) Sport Clips Haircuts' The Look 2013 finalists and winner with models: Mandy Smith, Beaumont, TX; Kylie Thompson, Springfield, MO; Nicole Reed, Marietta, GA; winner Julie Washington, Greenwood, IN; and Jessica Albor, West Bountiful, UT.
Sport Clips Haircuts "The Look" National Stylist Competition Results:
- Winner Julie Washington – Greenwood, IN $2,500, shears, clippers, feather razor, and trophy
- 2nd place (runner up) Jessica Albor of West Bountiful, Utah - $1,500, clippers, shears, feather razor, and trophy
- 3rd place (Honorable Mention) Nicole Reed of Marietta, Georgia - $1,000, clippers, feather razor, and trophy
- 4th place - - Mandy Smith of Beaumont - $500 shears, feather razor, and plaque
- 5th place Kylie Thompson of Springfield, Missouri - $500 feather razor and plaque


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Three graduating seniors were awarded NJIT's highest honor for earning the highest cumulative grade point average (GPA) during the university's 2008 commencement at the Prudential Center. Biological sciences major Krystian Jarosz, of Colonia, information technology major Amy A. Steed, of Lakewood, and computer engineering major Oscar Tapia, of Clifton, all attained a 4.0 GPA. >>
First Generation Mexican Immigrant Oscar Tapia, of Clifton, To Receive NJIT's Top Honor at Tomorrow's Commencement at the Rock
May 16, 2008
NJIT will award Oscar Tapia, Clifton, a first-generation former Mexican immigrant, the university's highest honor for earning a perfect grade point average (GPA). The honor will be bestowed upon the Dover High School graduate tomorrow at 9 a.m. during NJIT's 2008 commencement at the Prudential Center. >>


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2011 First Amendment Survey: Public Supports Watchdog Press
WASHINGTON — Americans strongly support the idea of a free press as a watchdog on government, despite concerns about bias in news reports, according to a national survey released July 12, 2011, by the First Amendment Center.
Seventy-five percent of respondents agreed it is important for our democracy that the news media act as an independent "watchdog" over government on behalf of the public.
"The First Amendment gives journalists extraordinary freedom to pursue and publish the news, but also creates the expectation that these liberties will be used in the public interest, keeping our eyes on people in power," said Ken Paulson, president of the First Amendment Center.
The survey of 1,006 adults was conducted by telephone in June and is the latest in an ongoing series of polls since 1997 concerning public knowledge and opinion about the First Amendment.
Other findings:
- 75 percent said journalists should be able to keep sources confidential.
- 78 percent said broadcasters and others should be able to televise the Supreme Court's proceedings.
- Only 3 percent could name "petition" as one of the five freedoms in the First Amendment, the lowest percentage of any of the five freedoms.
- 62 percent, more than half of respondents, named freedom of speech as one of the five freedoms.
The First Amendment Center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, and the rights to assemble and to petition the government.
The center, with offices at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and Washington, D.C., is an operating program of the Freedom Forum and is associated with the Newseum.Related Links:


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Thousands of revellers have partied on the streets of Edinburgh, the city dubbed the home of Hogmanay, to welcome the new year.
Around 75,000 partygoers counted down the last 10 seconds of 2012 before joining in a mass rendition of Auld Lang Syne after the clock struck midnight in Edinburgh.
The world-famous event saw Scottish rock band Simple Minds headline the Concert in the Gardens, following performances from The View and Bwani Junction.
They were among 14 acts performing across five stages, including Mercury Prize nominees The Maccabees and Reverend and the Makers.
Countdown fireworks at 9pm, 10pm and 11pm set the sky alight, with the five-minute midnight display from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle set to music for the first time.
The tracks played were from bands who have performed at the street party in the past as more than 2000 firework cues were used, triggering over 17,000 shots from 45 locations.
Partygoers from across the world visited the city to join in the events, which also included a ceilidh with 3000 people dancing as the bells chimed.
Tickets for the celebrations were bought by people in more than 60 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Japan, Turkey and the US.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler
In a statement on Thursday, Stuttgart-based Daimler said year-to-date Mercedes-Benz sales increased 10.7 percent to a record 1.32 million autos, powered by growth in all major regions including Europe.
"We have already achieved last year's total sales volume and we are the fastest-growing premium brand since the beginning of the year," said Daimler management board member Ola Kaellenius.
(Reporting by Edward Taylor and Andreas Cremer; Editing by Christoph Steitz)


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The poll found that a whopping 67 percent of respondents disapproved of how Republicans are handling federal spending. That includes 64 percent of Democrats and an astounding 51 percent of Republicans that buck their own party. Only 26 percent of respondents approved.
By comparison, President Barack Obama is viewed better — albeit not in a highly favorable light. By a 52-43 split, Americans disapproved of how Obama is handling federal spending.
Still, as other polls have shown, Obama has an edge over Congressional Republicans as the across-the-board cuts known as the sequester are set to begin kicking in on Friday. The ABC/WaPo survey dismantles one of Republicans' main arguments of Obama's presidency — that they are the party that is best equipped to spend the government's money.
Here's a look, in chart form, of the difference in approval on federal spending:
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Given past revelations of previously top secret military technology programs there is a good chance that some 'black' projects somehwere tinker with advanced nanotechnology applications. But, you keepers of military secrets, relax. This Spotlight is not a piece of investigative journalism into the world of military black projects. It is the first in a series of eight scenarios that have just been published by the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN) - and we here at Nanowerk have posted the entire nanotechnology scenario project here. CRN's scenarios depict various versions of a near-future world into which transformative manufacturing concepts may emerge. Across eight separate storylines, an international team of policy, technology, and economic specialists organized by CRN imagined in detail a range of plausible, challenging events - from pandemics to climate crises to international conflicts - to see how they might affect the development of advanced nanotechnology over the next 15 years. Please keep in mind that this and the others seven scenarios are NOT predictions but fiction. CRN intends the scenarios to provide a springboard for discussion of molecular manufacturing policies and societal responses. While each scenario can be understood individually, the real value of the process comes from the comparison of multiple scenarios. A strategic response that appears robust in one scenario may be dangerous in another; an organization, community, or polity using these scenarios to consider how to handle the emergence of molecular manufacturing should strive for responses that are viable across multiple scenarios.Posted: Dec 12th, 2007
Governments always struggle when faced with regulating highly complex subject matters such as nanotechnologies. Primarily concerned with managing the potential risks to the environment, human health and the safety of workers (EHS), regulators often feel overwhelmed by the complexity and novelty of new technologies, stymied by a lack of data, and confused by conflicting research findings and advice from various interest groups. In the meantime, against a backdrop of a legal environment that ranges from gaping holes to regulatory vacuum, research organizations and early-adopting industry players push ahead with the new technology. Not being able to create any breathing room for lengthy political and legal considerations, the last 15-20 years have seen several governments adopting voluntary environmental programs (VEPs), arguing that this is the only viable proportional option for the time being. It is estimated that there are some 300 VEPs in the European Union and over 200 in the United States, dealing with matters such as climate change, energy, waste, water, toxic materials, agriculture, manufacturing, mining, forestry, hotels, hospitals, and financial institutions. If these voluntary programs work is subject to debate - some apparently do, some less so. In the case of manufactured nanomaterials, the risk properties remain largely unknown and it is unclear what exactly should be regulated. For the VEPs that are in place for nanomaterials, governments are urging companies to submit health and safety information on the nanomaterials they produce or commercialize. In order to investigate whether voluntary government programs will be sufficient to ensure the safety of manufactured nanomaterials, researchers have analyzed a sampling of voluntary programs in the fields of environmental health and safety in the United States over the past 20 years, with a view towards their applicability in the case of manufactured nanomaterialsPosted: Nov 29th, 2007
The benefits of new technologies, whether they are new medical treatments, an innovative approach to farming or new ways of generating energy, almost always come with some new risks as well. In the emerging stages of a new technology, experts and the public generally differ in their perceptions of risk. While this might be due to social and demographic factors, it is generally assumed by scientists who conduct risk research that experts' risk assessments are based more strongly on actual or perceived knowledge about a technology than lay people's risk assessments. Nevertheless, whether the risks are real or not, the public perception of an emerging technology will have a major influence on the acceptance of this technology and its commercial success. If the public perception turns negative, potentially beneficial technologies will be severely constrained as is the case for instance with gene technology. It is not surprising that a new study found that, in general, nanoscientists are more optimistic than the public about the potential benefits of nanotechnology. What is surprising though, is that, for some issues related to the environmental and long-term health impacts of nanotechnology, nanoscientists seem to be significantly more concerned than the public.Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Cancer is an enormous socio-economic problem. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), it is estimated that in 2007 there will be over 1.4 million new cases of cancer (of any type) and over 550,000 deaths from cancer in the United States (you can download a detailed Cancer Statistics 2007 Presentation; ppt download, 808 KB) from the American Cancer Society. This makes cancer the second deadliest disease category, after heart diseases. But while the mortality rates for heart diseases have dropped by more than half from 1950 to 2004, and other major disease categories show similar trends, cancer death rates have stayed pretty much the same. Shocking but true, if you are a male living in the U.S., your lifetime probability of developing some type of cancer is 1 in 2. If you are female, your probability is 1 in 3. Equally dismal are the economic cost associated with this disease: The amount of direct cancer-related costs (treatment, care and rehabilitation) have reached $74 billion in the U.S. in 2005, and growing fast, while the overall economic costs (including loss of economic output due to days off and premature death) are estimated to be over $200 billion per year (2005 data). This Spotlight will discuss existing and new approaches to fight cancer and their limitations. The goal is to stimulate readers to support and participate in interdisciplinary research and teaching efforts toward relieving suffering and death due to cancer. Fighting cancer involves three phases: (i) detection, (ii) treatment, and (iii) monitoring. Success depends on matching science to the actual practical needs. We'll take a look at - in particular nanotechnology - efforts underway in the direction of these three phases and comment on some of the practical problems encountered fighting cancer. We also speculate about some unconventional research that might be successful fighting cancer in the future.Posted: Oct 31st, 2007
In the art world, the topic of conservancy is a heated one. Some believe that the world's most precious works of art should be allowed to age and die gracefully, while others believe they should be protected and restored at all costs. Art conservation and restoration is not a modern phenomenon. Within 20 years of its 1497 completion, one of the world's most well-known and admired works of art, The Last Supper, was already beginning to show signs of wear and exposure. In 1726, the first of many restorations (or attempted restorations) occurred, followed by additional restorations in 1901, 1908, 1924, and 1951. The deterioration proved unstoppable, while the effects of pollution added to the masterpiece's worsening condition. Between 1978 and 1999, another major restoration effort was undertaken. In 1981, the decision by the Vatican to restore the Sistine Chapel's ceiling sparked a tremendous debate. Today, the Mona Lisa stirs similar debate. Although the world's most famous painting has severe yellowing and shows other signs of aging (it is 500 years old after all), the Louvre has adamantly refused to even consider restoration or cleaning. You can't really blame them. While the cleaning and restoration of the Sistine Chapel and the Last Supper has certainly improved their visibility, restoration is not an exact science and the process could save or destroy the famous work. In fact, much of the yellowing we see today on masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper are the result of varnishes originally applied to protect the paintings. The process of cleaning and removing old varnish is a tedious and painstaking process, but Italian chemists may have found a much better, and safer, process with the help of nanoparticles.Posted: Oct 22nd, 2007
Medicine is big business. The big pharma companies have traditionally enjoyed enormous profits that would make the eyes of other companies' CEOs water (apart from big oil companies, of course). The combined annual net income for the top 10 pharma companies (ranked by market capitalization) currently is about $73 billion. Pfizer alone has a net income of approximately $19 billion. The recipe for success? Patent protection and intellectual property rights (IPRs). The core of Big Pharma's business model relies on patent protection for their blockbuster drugs, which allows them to sell these drugs at extraordinarily high profit margins that they wouldn't be able to generate in a competitive market. Point in case: Lipitor, the cholesterol-lowering drug that accounts for nearly $13 billion of Pfizer's revenues and over 40% of its profits. Another key part of the pharma business model is heavy spending on sales and marketing. Novartis, for instance, is spending around 33% of sales on promotion, compared with about 19% on R&D, although the cost of bringing a new drug to market could well exceed $1 billion (and that is also the argument pharma companies use to justify their profits). However, pharmaceutical companies are faced with the expiration of the patent protection on their main profit generators, they have relatively few new products in the pipeline, and they need to come to terms with the emerging nanomedicine landscape. While nanomedicine potentially offers promising new value propositions and revenue streams, for instance in diagnostics, it also could completely displace certain classes of drugs such as current chemotherapy agents with novel nanoparticle reformulations. In what looks like more of the same though, it seems that the future of nanomedicine business will also depend on patents and IPRs, potentially even more so than today.Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
In an earlier Spotlight we reported on NIOSH's Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC) and its efforts concerning the occupational safety and health perspectives of engineered nanomaterials (Nanotechnology in the workplace). Today, we are looking at the specific steps undertaken by companies active in the field. "We were receiving a steady stream of questions from industry and academia regarding what we knew about the hazards of nanomaterials," Charles L. Geraci, Branch Chief at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Co-Coordinator of the NIOSH Nanotechnology Field Team, tells Nanowerk. "People were coming to NIOSH for recommendations; we knew we needed to have a better understanding of the nature of workplace exposure during research, production and use." But, in a new and relatively little studied area of industry, where does one find these answers? NIOSH already had a strong research program to address questions in the lab, says Geraci, but field data was needed to have a complete picture. "In our minds, the best way to achieve this was to do what NIOSH does best: get in the field and gather data through observation and measurement." In 2006, the concept of a field team dedicated to this effort was developed.Posted: Oct 9th, 2007
Flawed government thinking is driving a rapid expansion in the military influence over science and technology, says a new briefing from Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR). US government spending on military research and development is soaring (up 57% since 2001), while the UK government has rolled out two new military technology strategies in the last two years. Factors such as these are contributing to an expansion of military involvement in US and UK universities. As far as nanotechnology is concerned, and as we have reported here before, the military is the largest investor in the U.S. Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The Department of Defense (DoD)'s share of the $6.6 billion NNI budget since the program's inception is over 30%, or $2 billion. While a part of this military research spend goes to the internal laboratories of the various parts of the armed services (navy, army, air force) and DARPA, another parts goes to universities as research grants or as part of MURI (Multi-University Research Initiative). The SGR, in its new briefing, documents how government funding for military research and development dwarfs that spent on social and environmental programs across the industrialized world. The group highlights how the military involvement in research continues to support a narrow weapons-based security agenda. SRG argues that this marginalizes a broader approach to security, which would give much greater priority to supporting conflict prevention by helping to address the roots of conflict. As part of this case, they point out how research that aims to help tackle poverty, climate change and ill-health - and thus help to provide basic security for human populations - is under-funded compared with military research.Posted: Aug 22nd, 2007


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The Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a Greenville woman after she was hit along Wade Hampton Boulevard in Greenville County.
Greenville County Deputy Coroner Kent Dill said Angela Bright, 55, was trying to cross the road near the intersection of Donnan Road around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, when she was struck by a vehicle.
Bright was taken to the hospital where she died in the emergency room, according to Dill.
The coroner's office reported that Bright was hit across the street from where she lived.
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Offered for the fifth consecutive year, the Spanish Language and Culture Experience for WMU Employees program is planned for July 5-21, 2013, in Santander, Spain, and is open to all WMU faculty on continuing appointment and benefits-eligible staff.
Twelve grants of $2,000 each are being offered to qualified staff to offset the expenses of this program; the $1,000 program fee will be waived for faculty. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28, 2013.
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Occupations with the largest job decline, 2002-12
February 25, 2004
Farmers and ranchers are projected to have the largest loss in employment between 2002 and 2012. The number of farmers and ranchers will decline as market pressures cause farm consolidation and agricultural technology improves.
Employment in the textile and apparel industries will decline, due to greater imports—as import quotas are lifted—and to improved production technology. This in turn will cause employment of sewing machine operators to fall.
Advances in computer, optical scanning, and voice recognition technologies and growth in electronic business will reduce demand for word processors and typists; stock clerks and order fillers; secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive; telephone operators; postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators; loan interviewers and clerks; data entry keyers; order clerks; and other office and administrative support occupations.
These data are produced by the Employment Projections program. For more information, see "Occupational employment projections to 2012," by Daniel E. Hecker, Monthly Labor Review, February 2004.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Occupations with the largest job decline, 2002-12 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2004/feb/wk4/art03.htm (visited September 22, 2014).
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Could have been normal and you basically demolished it with the adex which would reduce you libido for sure....
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Maxwell Ansah (born 14 September 1984), known by his stage name Lethal Bizzle, is an English Grime musician and actor. He was born to African parents from Ghana.
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Go Hard 2009Reviewed by Melissa Bradshaw
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Health Effects Although less is known about the possible health consequences for DES Sons, it is important for men who know or suspect they are DES Sons to be aware of possible concerns and know what to do about them. Most men exposed to DES before birth have no known increased risk of health problems. However, some DES Sons do face an increased risk for problems with their genital organs. These range from harmless irregularities to problems that may require medical treatment. Many people, including some doctors, do not know that men can be affected by DES exposure before birth.
Emotional Impacts – DES creates emotional trauma for all who come in contact with it: DES Mothers (and Fathers), DES Daughters, DES Sons, and DES Grandchildren.
Men traditionally are reticent to talk about the kind of highly personal issues that DES creates. It is often their mothers and wives who begin searching for information regarding exposure. DES Sons can experience the same anxieties, anger and relationship turbulence as DES Daughters. Experience shows that keeping lines of communication open can be helpful. Doing so with accurate and timely information regarding exposure is very useful. Taking action can reduce feelings of helplessness. Getting up on our soapbox now – joining DES Action can be one step toward healing. Members get new information throughout the year and feel good about doing something positive by supporting an organization actively pushing for more DES research.
Behavior and Sexual Issues – Questions have been raised regarding the possibility that DES might be linked to increased rates for such things as homosexuality, transgender and transexual issues. Even though animal studies point in that direction, so far no evidenced-based research in human populations has shown it to be true. We do occasionally hear from DES Sons with questions and concerns. Click here to read an especially compelling letter that came in to DES Action but note that some of the statements may not hold up to scientific scrutiny. Still, it sheds light on the painful lives of transgender individuals and their struggles. The late DES Action USA Co-founder Pat Cody comments on why it is difficult for researchers to study these questions and develop definitive answers.
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There may be no obvious signs of DES exposure. Women who were given medication to prevent miscarriage from 1938-1971, in the United States – might have been prescribed DES. It was frequently used if a woman had a previous miscarriage, diabetes, or a problem pregnancy with bleeding, threatened miscarriage or premature labor.
Up until the mid to late 1950s some women were given DES shots. After that time, DES was given primarily in pill form, because both doctors and their patients found it much easier to handle the drug that way. Complicating identification of DES exposure is the fact that some prenatal vitamins contained DES and were prescribed even if there were no problems in the pregnancy.
As years go by, it becomes increasingly difficult to prove DES exposure. However, if you want to try, here are tips for doing a Medical Records Search.
Of note is that DES is an endocrine disrupting chemical. Those exposed to DES are highlighted as the "poster population" for what can happen when males are exposed to these chemicals before birth. An excellent explanation is in the June 2011 Redbook magazine - which specifically mentions DES Sons on page 2 of the article.


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