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Table of Contents
- What Is Cancer?
- Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS)
- Lymphoma
- Cervical Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Conclusion
What Is Cancer?
Cancer refers to the abnormal and uncontrolled growth of certain cells that can get in the way of normal body functions. Cancer can spread (metastasize) from where it starts growing to other organs and parts of the body. Cancer can destroy healthy cells and cause illness and death.
A healthy immune system helps to prevent cancer. Because those living with HIV (HIV+) have weakened immune systems, it is easier for people living with HIV to become ill with several kinds of cancer. People living with HIV are more likely to be infected with viruses that can lead to cancer. These viruses include:
- Human papilloma virus (HPV): there are several types of HPV; certain types can cause cervical and anal cancer, as well as vaginal, vulvar, penile, and head and neck cancers
- Epstein Barr Virus (EBV): EBV can cause both non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphomas
- Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C viruses: these can cause liver cancer
- Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), which can cause Kaposi's sarcoma
The following types of cancer lead to an AIDS diagnosis: Kaposi's sarcoma, certain types of lymphoma, and cervical cancer. Other non-AIDS defining cancers for which people living with HIV are at increased risk include anal, liver, and lung cancer. All of these are explained in detail below.
Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS)
KS was one of the most common opportunistic infections (OIs) in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
HHV-8 is the virus that causes KS. It is transmitted through sexual contact or blood products. KS has always been less common in women than in men, but is less common in all people with HIV since the use of newer, more effective HIV drug combinations.
A recent study found that some people living with HIV who have KS find that their KS gets worse after starting HIV drugs. This is most likely due to IRIS (immune reconstitution inflammation syndrome), which happens when your immune system acts so strongly and so quickly that it causes lots of inflammation that can actually make your symptoms worse. KS-IRIS usually happens more often in people living with HIV who have higher HIV viral loads, higher KS viral loads, and more advanced KS disease.
KS on the skin is not life threatening. However, if KS spreads to other parts of the body, especially the lungs, it can cause serious problems. An oncologist (a doctor who specializes in cancer) usually suggests treatment options based on factors such as the size, number, and location of KS tumors. However, the first treatment for KS is to begin HIV drugs. Your HIV provider and other specialists (e.g., radiation oncologist, dermatologist) may be involved as well.
Symptoms (by location)
Skin (most common site of KS):
- Flat or raised, and usually painless lesions that do not itch or drain
- Lesions may be pink, red, purple, or brown -- or resemble "blood blisters"
- There may be swelling, especially in the legs (lymphedema)
Oral cavity (inside the mouth):
- Lesions as described above
- Trouble eating and swallowing
Gastrointestinal tract tumors:
- Diarrhea (loose or frequent stools)
- Cramping
- Bleeding
Lung tumors:
- Breathing problems
- Bad cough
- Usually made by biopsy (sample of tissue taken and examined under microscope)
- HIV drug therapy alone may make lesions or tumors shrink or disappear (go into remission)
- Depending on the location of the KS, cancer specialists will recommend some combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy
Lymphoma involves the uncontrolled growth of lymph cells that may spread to other organs, including bone marrow, the brain or spinal cord (central nervous system, or CNS lymphoma), and the gastrointestinal tract (GI lymphoma). The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may play a role in the development of lymphomas.
The two major types are:
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
- Hodgkin's lymphoma (also called Hodgkin's disease)
Lymphomas can be more advanced and harder to treat in people living with HIV, especially CNS lymphoma.
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Fever, chills, sweats
- Weight loss
- Belly pain or swelling; nausea; gassy or bloated stomach (GI lymphoma)
- Headache; changes in vision, alertness, or personality; confusion; problems with balance (CNS lymphoma)
- Biopsy of affected part of the body (e.g., lymph node, lung, intestine, etc.)
- Depending on the size, type, and location of the lymphoma, cancer specialists will recommend some combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery
Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is strongly linked to the human papilloma virus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the US. Different strains of HPV cause warts or abnormal cell growth (dysplasia) near the anus or cervix (entrance to the womb).
Dysplasia is more common in women with advanced HIV disease and low CD4 cell counts. It is often more severe and difficult to treat than in HIV-negative women. Untreated dysplasia can lead to cervical cancer, which can be life threatening. HPV may also cause cancer in the vagina, vulva, and anus.
The good news is, when dysplasia is found and treated early, cervical cancer can be prevented. Cervical screening tests are used to look for changes in the cervix, including dysplasia and cervical cancer. Cervical cancer usually takes years to develop, and it does not usually have symptoms until it is quite advanced. This is why getting screened for cervical cancer on a regular basis is important; screening can catch potential problems before they get worse. For more information on getting a gynecologic exam, see our article on Caring for a Woman's Body.
The other good news is that there are three widely used HPV vaccines: Gardasil (made by Merck; also known as Silgard), Gardasil-9 (also made by Merck), and Cervarix (made by GlaxoSmithKline). These vaccines protect against the types of HPV that cause the most cervical cancers and genital warts. Pregnant women should not receive the vaccine, although it is safe to get the vaccine while breastfeeding.
All three vaccines have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Gardasil-9 is still awaiting approval in the UK and Canada. In the US, Gardasil is approved for females and males ages 9 to 26, while Cervarix is approved for females ages 10 to 25. The same is true in Canada.
It is best if young people get all doses of the vaccine before their first sexual contact. This helps them develop an immune response before they are exposed to HPV. People who are infected with some types of HPV may still benefit from the vaccine's effects against other types of HPV. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends HPV vaccines for all girls and young women ages 11 through 26 and all boys and young men ages 11 through 21 (even if they have already become sexually active).
In Canada, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommends Gardasil vaccination for females and males ages nine through 26, or vaccination with Cervarix for girls and young women ages nine through 26. In the UK, vaccination with Gardasil is offered to girls ages 12 and 13 through the National Health Service.
- Many women do not experience symptoms
- Bleeding between periods and bleeding after sexual intercourse are two signs of advanced cervical dysplasia
Screening for dysplasia and cervical cancer is essential to find and treat early pre-cancerous changes and to prevent cervical cancer. Traditionally, the Papanicolaou test (Pap test or Pap smear) has been done. This test uses a small brush to collect a few cells to check for changes in the cervix. Now, liquid based systems to screen samples of cervical cells are much more common and are effective for finding abnormal cells.
Treatment for Cervical Cancer
Treatment depends on the type of cervical cancer and how far it has spread. Often, more than one kind of treatment is used.
- LEEP (loop electrosurgical excision procedure): Using a thin wire loop with an electrical current to cut away abnormal tissue
- Cryotherapy: Freezing the cells with liquid nitrogen
- Laser therapy: Using an intense light to destroy the cells
- Cold-knife cone biopsy (conization): Cutting the cells out
- In cases of mild dysplasia, your health care provider may just monitor the cervix by repeat Pap or HPV test
- Surgery: Hysterectomy (removal of the uterus, including the cervix)
- Chemotherapy: Drugs (pills and/or intravenous medications) are used to shrink or kill the cancer
- Radiation: High-energy rays (similar to X-rays) are used to kill the cancer cells
Anal Cancer
Anal cancer is on the rise, in men as well as women. It is also tied to specific strains of HPV. An anal Pap smear and physical examination are the best ways to detect anal dysplasia. It is important to ask your health care provider to perform these tests on a regular basis. Because some of the same strains of HPV that cause cervical cancer can cause anal cancer, getting vaccinated with one of the two FDA-approved HPV vaccines can help to prevent anal cancer, too.
- Anal bleeding or discharge
- Itching, pain, or pressure in the anal area
- A lump or swelling in the anal area
- Changes in bowel movements, including changes in the diameter of stool
Anal pap smear
- Anal pap smears check for changes to the anus; some experts recommend that people living with HIV receive regular anal pap smears
- Your provider may also perform a digital rectal exam (DRE). During this test, the provider inserts a gloved and lubricated finger into the anus to feel for lumps or abnormalities.
- If you have an abnormal anal Pap, you may need an anoscopy (an exam of your anus using a microscope to look at the tissue more closely)
- During the anoscopy, your health care provider may remove a tissue sample (biopsy) for laboratory examination to determine if the abnormal cells are cancerous
- Infrared coagulation (IFC): Using short bursts of infrared light to cut off the blood supply to the affected area
- Laser therapy: Using an intense light to destroy the cells
- Electrocautery: Burning off the cells with an electrical current
- Trichloracetic acid: Burning off the cells with acid
- Surgery
- Chemotherapy with radiation
Liver Cancer
The increased risk for liver cancer among people living with HIV is strongly linked to infection with the hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C viruses (HBV and HCV, respectively). Researchers have also shown a direct link between having a low CD4 cell count and having an increased risk for liver cancer. Other factors involved in damaging the liver include opportunistic infections (e.g., Mycobacterium avium complex, tuberculosis, cytomegalovirus, and cryptosporidium), excessive alcohol and recreational drug use, and even some HIV drugs.
- Many people have no symptoms until the disease is very advanced
- Weight loss
- Nausea and vomiting
- Upper belly pain
- Loss of appetite
- White, chalky stool
- Swelling of the belly
- Jaundice (yellowing of the eyes and/or skin)
- Blood tests to check liver function
- Imaging tests (e.g., CT scan, ultrasound, MRI) to look for masses
- Biopsy: removing a tissue sample by inserting a needle through the skin and into the liver
Depending on the size, type, and location of the liver cancer, your provider will suggest treatment, which may include:
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation
- Surgery to remove a part of the liver
- Liver transplant surgery to remove the liver and replace it with healthy liver from a donor
- Radiofrequency ablation: Using electrical current to heat and kill cancer cells
Lung Cancer
Although lung cancer is not an AIDS-defining cancer, people living with HIV have a greater chance of developing lung cancer than HIV-negative people. This difference is likely due to the weakened immune systems of those living with HIV. Unfortunately, lung cancer is one of the deadliest cancers. In the US, it is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among both women and men.
An increased risk of developing lung cancer is also strongly tied to smoking. Both the duration (how long) and amount (how much or how many per day) of smoking contribute to the risk for lung cancer. Second-hand smoke exposure (breathing smoke in the environment) also contributes to an increased risk for lung cancer.
Researchers recently reported that smoking is the single biggest risk factor for non-AIDS defining cancers among people living with HIV in the US. Smoking has more of an effect on the risk of a person with HIV getting cancer than having a low CD4 count, a non-suppressed viral load, hepatitis C, or an AIDS diagnosis.
The best way to prevent lung cancer is to avoid or stop smoking. For more information, see our article on Smoking and Tobacco Use.
- Cough, with or without phlegm or mucus
- Coughing up blood
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Fatigue
- Loss of appetite
- Sputum sample for microscopic examination, which shows if abnormal cells are present in the lungs. Sometimes a person can cough up the sputum (mucus or phlegm). If not, a procedure known as bronchoalveolar lavage can be done. In this procedure, sputum is obtained by placing a small tube down the windpipe.
- Bronchoscopy: insertion of a thin, flexible tube with a light on the end into the windpipe to look inside the lungs and possibly take a sputum or tissue sample for examination under a microscope
- Biopsy: removal of a tissue sample for examination under a microscope
- Imaging tests: chest x-ray, CT scan, PET scan, or MRI
Depending on the size, type, and location of the lung cancer, cancer specialists will recommend some combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery.
Cancers can be very serious for people living with HIV. On-going medical care allows for early diagnosis and treatment, or even prevention, in the case of cervical and anal cancers.
Seeing your health care provider on a regular basis and taking your HIV drugs regularly can help keep your immune system strong and your CD4 cell counts up. This also helps fight off cancers.

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Nov 5 2008, 05:50 AM
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I've only lurked for the last few years since the software/distributions for my 5500 dried up but, in a moment of madness I've just bought one of these http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...em=170273247758.
It's already got xp and office professional and was at a good price.
I thought that I could dual boot linux and replace my 5500 with it as my new toy.
Any comments?
Nov 5 2008, 07:38 AM
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apart from the fact it's ugly enough to stun a Rhino at 200 feet, they do look like good machines
Nov 5 2008, 11:19 AM
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WOW it's ugly! But looks like it would be useful if you got Linux on there. Let us know how it goes.
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I think it's sexy! Of course I'm kinda into CyberPunk, so maybe you shouldn't listen to me. I don't doubt you could get linux running on it. It's got a VIA C7 chip, the same as the HP mini-note netbook, and it's x86 compatible. Even if you can't find a way to boot from removable media, the new releases of Ubuntu come with Wubi, which lets you set up and install linux from inside windows, and uses the Windows boot menu to choose dual-boot. Compared to getting linux running on a Dreamcast, this will probably be trivial.
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You're not mad, charlie...but maybe just a bit nutz.....
Anyway, you should hop over to the UMPCPortal.com forums where there's a WiBrain section for guys like you...
Have fun with your new toy....let us know how you like it....
BTW, there's a new WiBrain coming, b1e, I think that has Intel Atom CPU, so more horsepower, plus some with linux on it I think...
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ugly as sin, but I have been tempted by this one as well.
Considered one of the best devices "Chippy" has ever used as still returns back to time and time again for its real life usefulness.
Good choice.
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Thanks chaps, it looks pretty enough for me but I have low standards in many areas.
I've already decamped to the umpc portal so I suppose that this is goodbye.
Had it for just over a week and like it very much and am still running xp and haven't done much yet as it was supplied with an invalid prodict key which is still to be resolved.
I got a B1s which has a 32gig ssd.
there is a port of ubuntu available but the wiki is all in Korean so I will want to do a lot of research before doing anything because, although I was active on here a few years ago I am not a linux afficionado and apart from installing roms on my (now retired, but nothing wrong withit, just needs a new battery) sl5500 I've never installed linux on anything so I would want to be certain that I could revert to my xp rather than bricking it and it looks a lot like a brick now.
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The Birmingham Tile and Pottery Works was founded in 1898 by Edward R. Taylor (1838–c. 1912), the Principal of the Birmingham School of Art, and was initially led by his son William Howson Taylor (1876–1935). The younger Taylor renamed the enterprise Ruskin Pottery in 1904, an indication of his high regard for the renowned English art critic and writer John Ruskin. Taylor shared Ruskin's ideas regarding beauty, nature, and art's ability to communicate truth. Ruskin Pottery is recognized for its high-quality production of Chinese-inspired forms and glazes, evident in both of these vases. The fineness of Taylor's glazes and his technical virtuosity brought much recognition to the factory. To ensure his glazes remained a secret, Taylor destroyed all documentation regarding his formulae before his death.
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=== PGPLOT problems ===
=== PGPLOT problems ===
Revision as of 22:19, 9 March 2009
Installation Problems
If you have installed from source and have seen a line such as
installed 304/344 programs
something really bad has happened. Most likely during building or linking a common error occured for each problem. You can look in the logfiles in $MIR/tmp or try and compile a program to see it directly on the screen:
mirboss mir.subs fitsio mir.prog itemize
and see if any of the common problems below fit the description:
Compiler problem
If you get the not-too-uncommon error
g77: command not found
you obviously don't have the right fortran compiler. Check if your system came with gfortran instead of g77. If so, add the
command line argument to the install.miriad or test_a_new_miriad_cvs script. If not, did you really read the requirements page?
Missing header files problem
Many workstation installation of linux and mac will install runtime libraries, but skip over the development version of these packages. In order to compile them, you will need them.
xpanel.c:89:25: error: X11/Xaw/Box.h: No such file or directory
will need
fedora 9: libXaw-devel ubuntu 8.10: libaw7-dev
Commands like rpm -qf `locate X11/Xaw/Box.h` on an RPM based system, and ... on a DEB based system will help you find out what package a particular file belongs to.
PGPLOT problems
- A common problem is a missing driver. Here is a recipe to enable a driver that you know will work:
edit $MIRLIB/drivers.list <--- (un)comment the drivers you want to include/exclude mirboss mir.install pgplot
When shared libraries are used, this is usually enough, all programs that use PGPLOT should now know about the new driver set. Use device=\? to view the active list.
- another common problem is that the X development files (include files such as Xos.h etc.) were not installed on your system. This is covered elsewhere on this page. You will most likely see that MIRIAD programs do not compile and complain about a missing -lpgplot
- on 64bit machines some drivers (notably the GIF driver) do not work. If you installation produces a seg fault, do the following:
cd $MIR/borrow/pgplot/drivers ./fix64bit.csh mirboss mir.install pgplot
and your shared library is updated. If you don't use shared libraries, all programs would have to be relinked as well (normally not needed)
mir.install prog
hkmiriad problems
hkmiriad is a hacked mostly-C based set of miriad programs that you can find in $MIR/src/spec/hkmiriad. It has been written by Jin Koda (caltech).
The old style install essentially uses this:
cd $MIR/borrow/zeno make miriad_install cd $MIR/src/spec/hkmiriad cp Makefile.hk Makefile make miriad_install
A common problem is the linking of fortran and C. If you have used the old-style install, there will be a Makefile in $MIR/install that contains the FLIBS= macro. Edit the Makefile in $MIR/src/spec/hkmiriad and replace the simple value for FLIBS (-lg2c) to be the more complex one. An example could be something like
FLIBS = -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../lib64 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../.. -L/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/../lib64 -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lm -lgcc_s
Currently there is no support to install this in the new build system.
Common Problems
If you install from source, two of the most common problems for failure are:
- a missing or wrong fortran compiler. As of this writing g77 is still the default, but newer versions of gfortran now know how to build pgplot and no patching is needed anymore (except the keyword gfortran=1 to the install.miriad script).
- missing (X11) development packages. On linux your package manager should be queried for these. Unfortunately not each linux distribution (or version) will use the exact same name for this. A common example is the X11 development package. For example pgplot will need a file /usr/include/X11/Xos.h (it could also live somewhere else).
- fedora 7: xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.2-9.fc7
- ubuntu 8.04: x11proto-core-dev, libx11-dev
- mandrive 2008: libxorg-x11-devel
- mandrake 10.1: libxorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-0.5mdk
- on 64bit ubuntu8.04 here's a report on how to fix the system, where the libXaw library was 'missing', and also includes an example of installing some missing system tools.
cd /usr/lib ; ln -s libXaw7.so.7 libXaw.so apt-get install gfortran apt-get install g++ cd /usr/local/miriad_cvs ./autogen.sh ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/build F77=gfortran make make install
- the new build system has not been thoroughly tested. A common problem is with autogen.sh that results in a make that ends disappointingly as follows:
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/algol1/teuben/miriad/auto/miriad/borrow/pgplot' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
- the new build system may fail on latex building the manuals. If so, use 'make -i' instead.
- if you try to compile a program and you see some error message like this:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpgplot
most likely you have missing components on your system. Missing header file you might see. It means you did not install the development software for X11 on your system. It's one of the requirements. If this happens on a mac, go install Xcode. On linux you'll need to install the X develpment packages, as describe earlier on this page.
Mac OS X
Although the modern Mac is running a "unix" variant, there are some issues you should be aware of. Certainly make sure your requirements are met (i.e. you have compilers installed, some developer tools are present, etc.etc.). Here are some helpful notes if you get stuck building from source:
- Peter Williams' installation notes (2007, for 10.4)
- Ramprasad Rao's notes (2003/2004 for 10.2 and 10.3)
- Peter Teuben's notes (has other links)
Unsolved problems
- some linker issue on Ubuntu 7? The same error also occurs on Ubuntu 8.04
% mir.prog itemize ... /usr/bin/ld: /home/ijlee/miriad/bin/linux/itemize: hidden symbol `__stack_chk_fail_local' in /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(stack_chk_fail_local.oS) is referenced by DSO /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
- the new build cannot be easily relocated using the install/make_miriad_starts script
If you are activating the new build, i.e.
ln -s build_new build install/make_miriad_starts source miriad_start.csh
there are variables in automiriad.csh that have an absolute path and are not derived from $MIR. You will have to fix these manually. That includes a reference to PGPLOT variables in the pgplot-config.csh file.


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Staff writer Nhat V. Myer and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at twitter.com/RosenbergMerc.
Gadgets OK from gate to gate
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OK at all times: Tablets, MP3 players, e-readers, electronic toys
Not OK: Calling and texting, though cellphones can be used in "airplane mode"
Must be stowed during takeoff and landing: Laptops and other heavy devices


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But these are not good times for McConnell, and, for once, his face seems to capture his mood: Mitch McConnell is worried. He is worried that more people in Kentucky now disapprove than approve of the job he's doing. He is worried that, in Washington, Democrats and Republicans alike now openly question whether he's still capable of controlling the GOP caucus he worked so hard to lead. He is worried that his office is being bugged and that his wife is being slandered. Perhaps most of all, he is worried that the established political order he embodies is coming apart all around him—imperiling the Republican Party more each day and robbing him of his last best chance to realize the true goal of his career. "Most politicians dream of being president," his former chief of staff Billy Piper told me. "McConnell dreams of being majority leader." But instead of plotting to claim the Senate majority, McConnell finds himself just fighting to stay in office. More than at any other time in his nearly three decades as a senator, he's worried about the bull's-eye on his back.
For most of Obama's presidency, McConnell has been the face of Republican obstructionism—never more so than when, in 2010, he declared, "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." But this obsession with ending political careers now belongs to the Democrats, who have made McConnell their top target in 2014. "You cannot overstate the enthusiasm for defeating Mitch McConnell," says the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's Matt Canter. McConnell himself is well aware of the forces gathering against him. "Every liberal in America, every liberal in America, is out to beat us next year," McConnell told a group of Kentucky supporters in August. Democrats do not disagree with that assessment; they anticipate spending $50 million, or more, to unseat him and have recruited an appealing young challenger.
But there are Republicans who want his scalp too. It is a great irony that even though the obstruction-minded McConnell has vexed the Obama administration more than almost any other Republican has these past five years, he has also been the Democrats' most productive negotiating partner—cutting last-minute, not-so-grand bargains to raise the debt ceiling in 2011, avert the fiscal cliff early this year and, just last month, reopen the federal government and avoid a default. "Does anyone down there know how to make a deal?" McConnell asked when he called Vice President Joe Biden hours before the fiscal-cliff deadline. For such cooperation, some conservatives have branded him a sellout, and worse. "The senator should be retired," says Matt Hoskins of the Senate Conservatives Fund, which has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on anti-McConnell TV ads. And for the first time in his six Senate campaigns, McConnell has drawn a serious primary opponent—a Louisville multi-millionaire named Matt Bevin, who has given Tea Partiers the opportunity to make McConnell their top target in 2014 too.
This two-front assault has boxed McConnell into a corner at the most inopportune moment. The midterm elections of 2014, with their combination of open seats and vulnerable Democratic incumbents, had offered him a chance to finally realize his ambition of seizing the Senate majority leader's office—which, even if it no longer has quite the stature it did when Lyndon Johnson occupied it, would still afford McConnell the most powerful perch of his long political career. In recent years, he had eagerly recruited Republican candidates and plotted their courses to victory—putting his granular knowledge of turnout patterns and media markets at their disposal. But before he could fully execute these grand plans, members of his own party in Congress began acting in ways that made winning back the Senate less possible for the GOP: derailing immigration reform, obsessing over Obamacare, shutting down the government. Suddenly, McConnell, the man no one dared cross, was essentially powerless to stop the hard-liners because of his own political predicament. Never loved, he was now no longer feared.
His personal quandary is very much sign and symptom of a larger political upheaval, as an increasingly ugly civil war has embroiled the Republican Party, pitting its conservative establishment against its even more conservative Tea Party insurgency. For the moment, the Tea Party is winning. In recent years, it has ousted Republican senators McConnell called friends and peers, veterans such as Indiana's Richard Lugar and Utah's Bob Bennett—rock-ribbed conservatives both, but neither afraid of sitting and talking with the Democrats. Lugar's primary defeat at the Tea Party's hands last year even appeared to bring the famously disciplined McConnell to the brink of tears on the Senate floor: "You're a treasure to the Senate and a model of the public servant," an emotional McConnell said. "We're sorry to see you go, and I'm sorry to lose your wise counsel."
Now the insurgents, in taking on McConnell, are challenging the very idea of leadership itself. And they have shown how weak those leaders are. Once known for their ability to instill top-down, lockstep unity, the mandarins of the GOP no longer determine—much less dictate—the direction of their party. The tools they relied on for a generation to keep order in the ranks are either gone (legislated out of existence by Republicans themselves, in the case of congressional earmarks) or have been rendered obsolete: Who needs to toe the line in order to get campaign contributions from Wall Street when a new generation of outside conservative groups, such as the Heritage Action Fund and the Club for Growth, now more than make up the difference for candidates who hew to their agendas?
A "big problem in Washington is there are no followers," Trent Lott, the retired Republican senator from Mississippi who once had McConnell's job as party leader, told me. "It used to be you could disagree and debate, but when leadership made the call, you had to follow your leadership. … But not anymore," he continued. "Institutional power is a lot weaker." That's why, on most days this fall, McConnell's dour, worried face seemed to sum up the plight of the entire Republican establishment.


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Business Group Results
Wealth Management & Business Banking
Wealth Management's full-year 2003 pre-tax profit, at CHF 2,609 million, increased 4% from 2002, mainly due to the recovery in financial markets which resulted in higher recurring asset-based fees during the second half of the year. Net new money inflows for the year totaled CHF 29.7 billion, up 68% from the 2002 result, driven by particularly strong inflows into the European wealth management business and from Asian clients.
In fourth quarter 2003, profit before tax stood at CHF 705 million. This 1% decline from third quarter reflected a drop in fee income on seasonally low transaction volumes and the negative impact of the US dollar's fall against the Swiss franc. These factors were only partially offset by lower personnel expenses. The business unit's cost/income ratio increased by 1 percentage point to 60%.
Business Banking Switzerland reported a pre-tax profit of CHF 2,153 million for full-year 2003. This 9% increase on the 2002 result was achieved despite the difficult market conditions at the outset of the year. The improvement reflects both continued tight management of the cost base and the structural improvement in the domestic loan portfolio in recent years.
Fourth quarter pre-tax profit was CHF 547 million, up by 4% from third quarter, mainly due to lower expected credit loss expense and a drop in performance-related compensation following the determination of bonuses in fourth quarter.
Global Asset Management
Global Asset Management reported a pre-tax profit of CHF 332 million for full-year 2003, up 52% from the 2002 result. The equity market recovery in the second half of the year, coupled with strong inflows into alternative investments, equities and fixed income mandates, resulted in higher invested asset levels and, consequently, increased asset-based revenues. Performance-related fees, especially in the alternative and quantitative business, grew significantly over 2002. Ongoing cost control initiatives reduced operating expenses, further underpinning profitability.
For full-year 2003, net new money inflows in the institutional business stood at CHF 12.7 billion, improving significantly from the outflows of CHF 1.4 billion recorded in 2002. The wholesale intermediary fund business reported a net new money outflow of CHF 5.0 billion in 2003 (compared with an outflow of CHF 6.3 billion in 2002). The net outflow in 2003 was entirely attributable to outflows in money market funds related to the launch of UBS Bank USA. Before the bank's launch in third quarter 2003, private-client cash balances in the US were swept into money market funds. Now they are redirected automatically into FDIC-insured deposit accounts.
In fourth quarter 2003, Global Asset Management's pre-tax profit was CHF 112 million, up 29% from third quarter. A fall in performance-related fees was more than offset by lower incentive-based compensation and general administrative expenses.
Investment Bank
The Investment Banking & Securities business unit recorded a pre-tax profit of CHF 4,078 million in full-year 2003. This 30% increase from 2002 reflects strong performance in all our businesses. In particular, the Fixed Income, Rates and Currencies business posted a record result, reflecting the breadth of its capabilities and the expansion of its franchise. At the same time, costs remained under control. In full-year 2003, the compensation ratio fell to 51% from 55% in 2002. Annual performance-related payments are driven by the revenue mix across business areas and are managed in line with market levels.
Pre-tax profit in fourth quarter 2003 stood at CHF 1,153 million, up 122% from the same period last year and 19% higher than in third quarter 2003. This represented the best quarterly result since first quarter 2001. Revenues increased by 22% from fourth quarter 2002. Performance was strong in all business areas. Revenues from the Fixed Income, Rates and Currencies business were 32% higher than in fourth quarter 2002. In the Equities business, income increased 17% on strong primary revenues. At the same time, improved revenues from client trading commissions and equity finance more than offset adverse currency movements. In Investment Banking, revenues rose 15%, reflecting competitive gains that lifted global market share to 5.6% from 4.6%. Moreover, UBS advanced to fourth place in 2003 from seventh a year earlier in Freeman's investment banking fee rankings.
Operating expenses in fourth quarter 2003 remained largely unchanged from the same quarter a year earlier, as a revenue-driven increase in personnel expenses largely offset the impact of currency movements. The cost/income ratio was 66% in fourth quarter 2003. Excluding goodwill amortization, it fell to 64% from the 78% reported in fourth quarter 2002. This reflects the sharp downward correction of the compensation ratio reflecting the final determination of bonuses.
Private Equity recorded a pre-tax loss of CHF 189 million in full-year 2003. The marked improvement on the pre-tax loss of CHF 1,761 million in 2002 reflects much lower levels of writedowns and a number of successful exits in 2003.
For fourth quarter 2003, the unit reported a pre-tax profit of CHF 60 million, attributable to the realization of capital gains on successful exits.
Wealth Management USA
The Wealth Management USA business was well positioned to benefit from the improvement in investor sentiment and market conditions in 2003. Net new money inflows of CHF 21.1 billion over the year reflected the strong appeal of its advice and services. In US dollar terms, this represents a 14% increase over the net new money attracted in 2002.
Including acquisition costs (goodwill amortization, net goodwill funding and retention payments), the Business Group reported a pre-tax loss of CHF 5 million in full-year 2003 compared to a loss of CHF 1,800 million in 2002. Excluding significant financial events**** and before acquisition costs, operational performance showed a profit of CHF 664 million in 2003, compared to CHF 632 million in 2002.
In fourth quarter 2003, Wealth Management USA reported a pre-tax loss of CHF 10 million. Before acquisition costs, and excluding significant financial events, pre-tax profit increased 6% from third quarter to CHF 181 million. On the same basis, but in US dollars, the operating result was 12% higher than in third quarter, reflecting a record level of recurring fees and higher net interest and transactional revenues, as well as increased municipal securities revenues.


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2010 All-WCC honorable mention
2010 WCC All-Freshman Team
2009 MLB Draft pick (Arizona Diamondbacks, 46th round, 1,386 overall)
JUNIOR (2011): Hit a double and was 2-6 at Texas State … cracked a home run and went 1-3 with a walk, four RBI and two runs at San Jose State … went 3-3 with 1 RBI, 1 R, and 2 SB vs. Lehigh … rapped out two hits and 1 RBI at Columbia … had a 2B and scored 1 R at San Jose State … combined for four hits, 1 2B, 1 R, and 1 SB in a doubleheader vs. Brown … knocked two hits and drove in three runs vs. Cal … had back-to-back two hit games vs. Gonzaga … swatted two home runs and collected five hits, four RBI, 4 R, 2 SB, and 1 BB during a three-game series vs. Pepperdine … went 2-3 with a 2B vs. Saint Mary's … pounded out three hits, 1 R, and 1 RBI vs. Saint Mary's.
SOPHOMORE (2011): Started 45 games as an outfielder for the Broncos… posted a team-high 10 stolen bases…tied for second on the team in doubles (9)…doubled in the season-opener at South Carolina on Feb. 19…singled and walked in the second game at South Carolina (2/20)…went 3-4 with a double, three RBI, a homerun and a stolen base vs. Albany on Feb. 25…totaled four hits, two runs, a RBI and three stolen bases in a doubleheader vs. Albany on Feb. 26…had a RBI single and a stolen bases in the series-finale against Albany (2/27)…picked up a three singles, a RBI and a stolen bases at Stanford (3/1)…amassed two hits, a RBI, a walk and two stolen bases in a three-game series against San Jose State Mar. 5-8…knocked in two runners at Cal on Mar. 8... totaled four walks and two runs in the Jack Gifford Memorial Tournament Mar. 11-13…registered five hits, two runs, eight RBI, two doubles, a homerun and a walk in a four-game sweep against Brown Mar. 26-28…picked up a RBI on a sacrifice fly at Stanford (3/22)…tallied five putouts in centerfield against UC Davis (3/30)…totaled three hits, two RBI and three walks in a three-game series against Bakersfield…provided two singles in a three-game bout with LMU…hit two singles and a double against Cal Poly (4/12)…missed four games with a hand injury...returned to the starting lineup, starting in left field against Pacific on Apr. 26… provided three hits, including a solo-homer in a three-game stand against Gonzaga (4-29-5/1)…registered a RBI single against No. 21 Cal on May 3…provided a RBI in a 10-inning win at Pepperdine on May 6…recorded a sacrifice bunt in the second game at Pepperdine (5/7)…singled twice and walked twice in the series-finale at Pepperdine on May 8...recorded four at-bats during a mid-week game at UC Davis on May 11…amassed three hits, including a double while driving in a runner in the first game vs. San Diego (5/20)…singled and walked twice, scoring two runs in the second game of the series vs. San Diego on May 21…recorded six putouts in the final game vs. San Diego (5/22)…recorded five hits, including two doubles in the final series of the season at Portland (5/27-5/29).
FRESHMAN(2010): Drafted by the Diamondbacks, but chose to attend Santa Clara … named an All-WCC honorable mention … started 18 games in 38 appearances … finished the year with a batting average of .380 and 17 RBI, including 2 HR … made his first collegiate appearance against Nevada (2/19) in which he recorded a hit and scored a run ... started 15 games in the lead-off spot … posted nine multiple-hit games with a hitting streak of six games … stole five bases … batted .429 in WCC play with seven extra-base hits and 14 RBI.
HIGH SCHOOL: Phenomenal high school career at Notre Dame Prep in Scottsdale, one of the nation's best programs ... ranked as the No. 1 outfielder in the state by Perfect Game Crosschecker ... selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 46th round (1,386 overall) of the 2009 MLB First Year Player Draft ... helped the Saints rank as high as No. 2 nationally according to Baseball America ... three-time state runners-up in Arizona's Class 4A-II ... Notre Dame Prep went 87-12 during his three years on varsity ... hit .412 with nine homers, stole a school record 41 bases and drove in 35 runs as a senior in 2009 ... 2009 Arizona Republic First Team Class 4A All-State honoree ... twice named a first team all-league and all-region player ... 2009 ESPN Rise All-Area pick ... led off the bottom of the first inning with a homerun at Chase Field on April 6, 2009, helping Notre Dame beat Prescott 11-5 in a game that immediately followed the Diamondback's season-opener ... as a junior in 2008, hit .403 with three homeruns ... set a school record with 24 stolen bases as Notre Dame's leadoff hitter (he would shatter his own stolen base record the next year with 41 in 2009) ... Notre Dame went 29-4 in 2008 ... began the game by reaching base 21-of-33 times ... participated in the 2008 Area Code Games as a member of the Cincinnati Reds ... also a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks scout team.
PERSONAL: Born August 25, 1990 in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... twin brother, Drew, also plays baseball at Santa Clara ... son of Mark and Paula Ozanne ... majoring in Communication ... hopes to graduate in four years with a degree ... also enjoys soccer.


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LOS ANGELES, California, October 13, 2008 (ENS) - Fanned by Santa Ana winds gusting to 70 miles per hour, a wildfire 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles has forced the evacuation of suburban homes in Lopez and Kagel Canyons.
The Marek fire has burned 4,726 acres of light brush with grass and chaparral since it started about 2 o'clock Sunday morning. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Tonight, fire officials say there are 1,290 firefighters battling the Marek fire in extremely difficult terrain at the northeast end of the San Fernando Valley, and hundreds more are fighting the 5,000-acre Sesnon Fire at the west end of the valley.
U.S. & World
During the day nine water-dropping aircraft tried to put out the flames, but the fire is considered to be just five percent contained with "extreme" risk of growth.
A mandatory evacuation was established for Sylmar on the north and east interface, but not soon enough to save the life of a man found fatally burned in the Sylmar area. Officials believe he was a homeless transient.
Another man was killed in four-vehicle crash on the 118 freeway as cars were directed by police to use an on-ramp as an exit to escape the flames.
Mandatory evacuations are in place for Lakeview Terrace north of the 210 Fwy, the area east of the Pacoima Wash and the area north of the 210 Fwy from hillside to the 5 Fwy.
Olive View Hospital in the San Fernando Valley evacuated five patients to other hospitals, and 38 mobile homes were destroyed in the Valley View Estates this morning. One single family dwelling and garage has been destroyed in the Dexter Park area.
An evacuation center has been established at San Fernando High School, 1133 O'Melveny, in San Fernando. Another evacuation center has been set up at Sylmar High School, 13050 Borden Ave in Sylmar.
Local officials are asking everyone evacuated by the fire to visit the American Red Cross shelter at San Fernando High School to register their well being, even if they will not be staying at the shelter.
Further south in San Diego County, a wildfire that started on an explosives training range at Camp Pendleton forced the evacuation of a military housing area and 100 homes in Oceanside.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties due to wildfires.
"As fires burn across California, I want to commend all of the firefighters who are bravely battling these aggressive flames and the first responders who are helping their communities and fellow neighbors," the governor said.
"Winds are causing fire conditions to change by the hour, which is why it is so important that residents in the areas surrounding these wildfires heed warnings from public safety officials to evacuate," he said. "It's critical that everyone in the warning areas continue to be prepared. Know what you're going to take and be ready to move very quickly if the evacuation order comes in your area."
"The state is coordinating with federal and local officials to ensure that firefighters have the resources they need," Schwarzenegger said, "but with such a serious situation on our hands, we need residents to take every precaution to remain safe during this dangerous and difficult time."
For more information on either the Marek or the Sesnon fires call toll-free at: 1-800-439-2909.
{Photo: The Marek fire as seen from Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles (Photo by Noe M. Torres)}
Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2008. All rights reserved.


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Groupon, LivingSocial: daily deal sites help nonprofits boost ticket sales
Groupons: They're not just for discounted meals and manicures anymore. In April, the e-commerce site that offers daily deals to upwards of 60 million subscribers worldwide launched Groupon Grassroots, a program that has raised close to $4 million for nearly 900 nonprofit organizations.
Two of them are in Denver. Smart-Girl, dedicated to helping girls between the ages of 10 and 14 make informed choices and develop inner strength, received $650 in donations, enough to fund two scholarships to its Summer Leadership Camp.
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation saw 95 donors give $3,260 for the purchase of jerseys and cheerleader outfits for the Down Syndrome kids taking part in the Ed McCaffrey Dare to Play football camp and the Denver Broncos Dare to Cheer camp, both of which were held June 22 at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch.
"I am over 40, so I was not sure how this was going to work," admits GDSF executive director Michelle Sie Whitten. "But we had nearly 100 people donate via Groupon Grassroots and we were able to cover the cost of the uniforms. This is a wonderful philanthropic cycle that touches everyone."
The success doesn't surprise Patty Huber, manager of Groupon Grassroots in Chicago. "As of July 5, we have run 861 campaigns that raised $3,640,127." The most successful, Huber said, was one that raised $19,230 for Co-op Sauce, a Chicago-based venture that produces handcrafted hot sauces made from ingredients gown in a community garden.
Groupon Grassroots does not charge for mounting the campaigns, nor does it take a percentage from the dollars received.
Meanwhile, two other Denver nonprofits came out money ahead from a new twist to another e-commerce site, LivingSocial. Through LivingSocial's recently added "special experience" deals, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado and the Denver Zoo offered discounted tickets for the Delicious Wishes and Do At The Zoo fundraisers.
"This year's Do At The Zoo had more top-flight restaurants than ever," explains Patrick Phelan, the zoo's director of marketing, "and so we wanted to be sure that as many foodies as possible knew about it."
The promotion, he said, went exceptionally well. "We offered a $25 discount on tickets that were selling for $125 and we sold 100 of them." Like Groupon Grassroots, LivingSocial also waived its fee. Groupon takes a 50 percent cut on a for-profit entity's daily deal sales; LivingSocial gets 35 percent.
In an interesting coincidence, Make-A-Wish Colorado founder and director Joan Mazak shared that two of her staffers purchased discounted tickets for Do At The Zoo via LivingSocial. The week before Do At The Zoo, Chi Omega sorority used LivingSocial to boost ticket sales to Delicious Wishes, a champagne and dessert party that the Denver alumnae chapter staged as a benefit for Make-A-Wish.
Mazak didn't have results immediately at hand, but says it was successful enough that she would consider using LivingSocial again. "I do see this as a trend for charities," she says, adding: "My gut instinct is that it would be something we'd want to do as a last-minute push, not when ticket sales begin."
She says Make-A-Wish has benefited from the Denver-based SoRewarding.com, which donates 5 percent from its daily deal revenue to the nonprofit of the buyer's choice.
What's nice about things like Groupon Grassroots, says Smart-Girl executive director Karen Silverman, is that it gives so many people an opportunity to feel like they're a part of something good. "Our entry point was $10," she says, "and of the 65 donors, 39 were new, 92 percent were female, and 50 percent were between the ages of 36 and 50. For an organization with a small staff such as ours, the use of programs like this is a great help."
Indeed, adds Groupon Grassroots' Patty Huber, "We're intentional about working with on-the-ground grassroots organizations who are creating positive change locally. This allows us to facilitate deep neighborhood connections, not just through our deals where we connect local consumers to small businesses, but also by connecting local citizens to grassroots causes."
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Federal Judge Cites Involvement of Top Management in Permitting Harassment and in Retaliating Against Victims
CHICAGO – A federal district judge this morning entered final judgment in an amount exceeding $1.1 million in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and against Custom Companies, a Northlake, Ill., trucking company in a sexual harassment case brought by the agency under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
In a 50-page Memorandum Opinion and Order explaining the judgment, U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber was sharply critical of the founder and chief executive of the company and other top managers and granted broad injunctive relief affecting the companies' business practices, including its use of "adult entertainment" (EEOC v. Custom Companies, Inc., et al, N.D. Ill. Nos. 02-C-3768 and 03-C2293, Mem. Op. & Order 3/8/2007).
"Defendants' actions were reprehensible," Judge Leinenweber wrote. "There was evidence of repeated touching . . . sexually explicit comments and jokes, sexual advances, and a sexually charged atmosphere. . . The harassment came from employees in positions of power."
In determining that it was necessary for the court to enjoin the future conduct of Custom Companies, the judge wrote, "Circumstances indicate that Defendants might engage in sexual harassment in the future. The sexual harassment was carried out by several individuals still employed by Defendants . . . The president and owner of the company, [Perry] Mandera, was even involved in the retaliation."
Today's final judgment follows a Nov. 17, 2006, jury verdict in the case in favor of the EEOC in which $2.36 million in the aggregate was awarded to the three former Custom Companies employees upon whose behalf the EEOC had sought relief. EEOC Trial Attorney Richard Mrizek, who led the government litigation team with Trial Attorney Deborah Hamilton, said that the judge was required to lower the amounts originally awarded by the jury because of dollar amount limitations imposed by the Civil Rights Act of 1991. That act amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, under which the EEOC's lawsuit was brought.
EEOC had charged that the three female sales representatives were subjected to unwelcome groping, lewd sexual language, sexual propositions, and pornography, and that one was sued by Custom Companies in Illinois state court because she complained to the EEOC. In addition, EEOC maintained that female sales representatives were expected to entertain Custom Companies customers and potential clients at the "Thee Doll House" and its successor "Crazy Horse Too,"so-called "gentlemen's" or "strip" clubs on Kingsbury Street in Chicago, now known as "VIP's: A Gentlemen's Club." EEOC's evidence at trial indicated that the chief executive of Custom Companies also had an ownership interest in and was the chief executive of "Thee Doll House" and "Crazy Horse Too."
The EEOC's case at trial, supported by photographs, included evidence that strippers in revealing attire were positioned around the course at Custom Companies-sponsored golf outings for customers.
Judge Leinenweber's injunction, described at length in his order, will last for a period of four years. It requires, among other things, that Custom Companies not sponsor company events at "a place of adult entertainment or which includes adult entertainers" and that Custom Companies distribute a notice to its customers "advising them of the jury verdict [and] the court's judgment." The company is required to post a notice advising all employees of the outcome of the EEOC lawsuit and their "right to contact the EEOC without fear of retaliation," and to provide sexual harassment training for all employees, including top executives and supervisors.
EEOC Regional Attorney John Hendrickson said, "Judge Leinenweber's final judgment will surely be a milestone in Title VII law, especially on sexual harassment. It addresses and resolves in a thoughtful and scholarly way a host of important issues, including the calculation of employer size for purposes of the statutory damage caps, the nature of the caps themselves, the availability of all types compensatory and punitive damages and other forms of monetary relief, and the utilization of counter-strike lawsuits as a form of retaliation. Make no mistake about it, this is a big decision--it's really important."
"But beyond all that," Hendrickson added, "we think it is especially significant that the court was willing to follow the evidence heard by the jury right into the executive suite and to the desk of the chief executive in assessing the need for injunctive relief and designing that relief to fit the way this company has done business. That is critically important, and it is what is going to make a practical difference to women who work at Custom Companies now and who will work there in the future."
The EEOC's lawsuit was filed May 28, 2002, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago. The case was assigned to District Judge Leinenweber throughout the litigation. Chicago attorneys Marty Denis and Michael D. Robbins represented two of the women who intervened in the case.
Sexual harassment violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual harassment or pregnancy) or national origin and protects employees who complain about such offenses from retaliation. The EEOC is responsible for enforcing the nation's laws prohibiting discrimination in employment based on race, color, sex (including sexual harassment and pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, disability, and retaliation. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.