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Athlete anticipation continues as Nike named Official Partner of Berlin 2018
Coming off strong seasons in 2017, German middle distance runner Konstanze Klosterhalfen and world 400m hurdles champion Karsten Warholm from Norway said on Friday they are eager to fight for European glory this August at the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships as the world's leading athletic footwear and apparel company Nike signed as Official Partner of the event.
German middle distance runner Konstanze Klosterhalfen is interviewed on the day the world's leading athletic footwear and apparel company Nike is signed as Official Partner of the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships.
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The 21-year-old Klosterhalfen won the silver medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade last year. Warholm, meanwhile, triumphed at the London 2017 World Championships, winning gold in the 400m hurdles. Both are looking for a return to the podium at Berlin 2018.
"To be taking part in the European Athletics Championships is already a big thrill," said Klosterhalfen. "But to do so on home soil in Berlin and then hopefully do one better than my silver from the indoors last year is an amazing opportunity that I am really looking forward to."
Warholm concurred: "I am really looking forward to running in Berlin. I visited the stadium with my grandfather just a few years ago and it is an incredible place. Back then I was at a level when I could only dream of running on that famous track and now suddenly I have the chance to win gold there in August against the best in Europe. All I can do is run as fast as I can and hope it is good enough to beat my opponents."
With just over 100 days to go until the start of the European Athletics Championships, it was announced on Friday that Nike will be Berlin 2018's Official Partner. As part of its strategy, Nike recently identified the German capital as one of its 12 key cities around the world. The strong connections Nike is building with Berlin enable them to serve the local consumer personally and at scale in going after their sports goals.
All of this makes for a perfect fit for Nike and Europe's preeminent sports competition.
"We are delighted to be part of the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships," said Bert Hoyt, VP/GM, Nike EMEA.
Nike's mission is to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world, and this partnership will allow us to better serve athletes in sports obsessed Berlin and beyond.
European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen said the partnership with Nike underscores not only the importance of the European Athletics Championships but also the broad appeal of the event. "Berlin, the European Championships and Nike are great match for each other," he said. "A world class sporting event supported by the leading manufacturer of athletic footwear and apparel, in a world-class city – the eyes of Europe and beyond will be on us this August and together we will not fail to deliver."
Berlin 2018 forms part of the first multisport European Championships this August in Berlin and Glasgow – a major new multisport event taking place every four years, supported by Europe's free-to-air broadcasters, which aggregates the existing senior continental championships of Athletics, Aquatics, Cycling, Gymnastics, Rowing, Triathlon, with a new Golf Team Championships – all unified under a common brand.
The world-class sporting and cultural cities of Glasgow and Berlin will host the first edition of the Championships from 2-12 August 2018. The vision for the event is to create a must-watch, must-attend experience that elevates the Champions of Europe during an 11-day celebration of sport and packed 10-day broadcast schedule.
James Mulligan, Head of Communications at European Athletics
Email: james.mulligan@european-athletics.org


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in the framework of the IFA 2018 Fistball U18 World Championship in Roxbury / USA.
The 2nd IFA Youth Congress Agenda can be viewed below or downloaded.


On Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is slated to open a special legislative session on California's $6.1 billion budget shortfall for the current fiscal year, the Oakland Tribune reports (Harmon, Oakland Tribune, 12/5).
In addition to the current shortfall, LAO projects that California will face a $19.3 billion deficit for the 2011-2012 fiscal year (Oakland Tribune, 12/5).
Aaron McLear, spokesperson for the governor, said Schwarzenegger's new budget proposal likely would include "ugly cuts." Many Democrats are concerned that Schwarzenegger's plan will include cuts to health care and social service programs that the governor supported in previous budget negotiations.
Since 2009, Schwarzenegger has cut nearly $1.5 billion in state spending, including funding for HIV/AIDS services and other health care programs. The governor said he made the cuts to boost the state's reserve fund (Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times, 12/6).
Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D- Sacramento) and Assembly Speaker John Pérez (D- Los Angeles) have indicated that they will not work with Schwarzenegger on his final budget proposal. Last week, the two legislators announced their support for a lawsuit challenging the line-item vetoes that Schwarzenegger used to cut nearly $1 billion from health care and social service programs in the latest budget package (Oakland Tribune, 12/5).
Other legislators also are expected to hold off on budget negotiations until Gov-elect Jerry Brown (D) takes office next month.
Schwarzenegger called the special budget session on the same day that 28 new members of the Legislature will be sworn in. State law requires lawmakers to act on budget legislation within 45 days of the governor convening a special session, but Brown will take office before the end of the 45-day period (Los Angeles Times, 12/6).
On Wednesday, Brown plans to convene his own seminar on the state's budget deficit (Oakland Tribune, 12/5).
Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto power to eliminate funding for the program effective Nov. 1. Pérez is slated to introduce the measure on Monday, and lawmakers intend to take action on it next month (Lagos, San Francisco Chronicle, 12/6).
Headlines and links to editorials about Schwarzenegger and the special budget session are provided below.
"Editorial: A Harsh Welcome Awaits Rookies" (Sacramento Bee, 12/5).
"Budget Candor?" (Riverside Press-Enterprise, 12/5).
"As We See It: Schwarzenegger's Mixed Record" (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/5).
Headlines and links to broadcast coverage of the governor's special session are provided below.
"Gov. Calls Special Session" (Myers, "California Report," KQED, 12/3).
"Transition of Power: Special Budget Session with Lame Duck Governor" (Russ, "KXJZ News," Capital Public Radio, 12/3).


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For today's post, I originally planned to write about something different, but I was so distracted by the events taking place down the road at the Texas Capitol that I simply couldn't concentrate. As I write this, Senator Wendy Davis is nearing the final quarter of her twelve hour filibuster to block the passage of several bills that will greatly impact the reproductive rights of women in Texas. Senator Davis has gone without sitting, leaning, eating, drinking, or taking a restroom break for an entire work day, all the while talking and reading, in an effort to help prevent the passage of these controversial bills that have divided the state across party lines. She is supported by hundreds of women and men, wearing orange to stand in solidarity with her. With tennis shoes on her feet, she is holding strong as she stands for the rights of Texas women. If she can last until midnight, the legislature's special session will end, and the bills cannot pass.
By the time you read this post, it will all be over, and I have no idea what will happen next. If the bills are not passed, our governor can (and probably will) call a second special session to pass them.
But today, even as elected officials seek to prevent half of their constituents from making our own medical decisions, I am proud to be a Texas woman, standing strong with Senator Davis. Down here, there's a bumper sticker you often see on the backs of cars: Don't Mess With Texas Women. That thought sums up the the stubborn, determined, never-give-up attitude of all Texans, and it most definitely applies to women.
I won't go into great depth on the topics of the bills, but you can read a great post about them here. And this is a related post I wrote back in 2008, before I became a mother. Later that year, James was born, and that experience changed my life forever. Two years later, I fought, literally fought my doctors for nine long months, to have the best birth for Rhys. I'm fortunate to have good insurance and access to great medical care, but my time as a pregnant mother with a young child was a constant up-hill battle. I chose that path and worked hard to create a happy ending, but many women in Texas don't have the options I do.
Senator Davis is fighting for them and for me, as I write this, and no matter what happens, I am so glad she's on our side.
I'm so happy the bill is dead! We need more great women like Wendy Davis!
I know! It was thrilling to watch history made last night. Let's see what these next few weeks will bring.
This has been so interesting for me to read about. Here in Canada we just don't have abortion laws — thank you, Dr. Morgentaler. When Morgentaler died recently people really started coming out of the woodwork with some nasty stuff, but I'm glad that there seems to be a general attitude of letting women make their own healthcare decisions, here.
I read this article (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/abortion-rights-under-fire-why-wendy-davis-filibuster-matters-20130626) and some of it is so crazy to me — falsifying the timestamp to fake the vote into passing?! I'm very happy people like Wendy Davis exist to counteract that kind of insanity.
It is a HUGE issue here, largely because of the divide between liberals and conservatives. I watched until after midnight last night, and I was so incredibly proud of Texas' women for making their voices heard. It wasn't covered much in the media, but I still can't think about it without crying. Those brave senators and an entire crowd of concerned citizens made sure that a few men who wrote the bills could not decide the fate of half the population in this state. It's far from over, but this was a dramatic response to the way things have been headed in Texas recently.


NOTE: BMDware is no longer actively developed. Please refer to this article for more information. Rigado Toolbox is no longer available for Android.
Ensure Rigado Toolbox is loaded on your iOS device through the iTunes store.
Email the OTA BIN file to an account that you can access with the iOS device being used for the update.
Access the email that you just sent on your iOS device.
Open the BIN file attachment with Rigado Toolbox (You will be presented with different apps that can open the file - select Rigado Toolbox).
When Rigado Toolbox opens, select RigCom (or if the name is changed, that advertising name) for the module you want to update (i.e. highest RSSI if you're right next to it, or ensure others are turned off).
Tap on the first "Unknown" characteristic (usually at the top of the list).
Tap on "Firmware" in the upper right corner of the app.
At the next screen under "Command To Start", enter: 03563057, then tap "Start" in the upper right.
This will start the update process and display a progress bar on the app.
Stop and restart Bluetooth on your iOS device. This will clear any cached names.
When Rigado Toolbox opens, restart the module and select RigDfu (i.e. highest RSSI if you're right next to it, or ensure others are turned off).
At the next screen under "Command To Start", enter: 00 (zero zero, not oh oh), then tap "Start" in the upper right.
Ensure Rigado Toolbox is loaded on your Android device through the Google Play store.
Copy the BIN file to a location on your Android device.
Connect to RigCom (or if the name is changed, that advertising name) for the module you want to update (i.e. highest RSSI if you're right next to it, or ensure others are turned off).
On the next screen, tap "Firmware Image File"
Select the file you copied in step 2.
Stop and restart Bluetooth on your Android device. This will clear any cached names.
Email the OTA BIN file to an account associated with on the mobile device.
Select the first "Activation Characteristic"
NOTE: Ensure the mobile device does not go to sleep mode during the update. If it does, Rigado Toolbox will disconnect and the original firmware restarted.
The device will disconnect. Now RigDFU will be visible from the connection list.


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Q: GitLab CI - pg_dump error in pipeline stage gitlab-ci.yaml file:
liquibase:
   stage: liquibase
   image: openjdk:8-jre-alpine
   services:
      - postgres
   script:
      - INIT_PATH='pwd'
      - apk upgrade
      - apk add bash
      - apk add postgresql
      - cd migrations
      - mkdir /liquibase
      - mkdir /Downloads
      - cd /Downloads
      - wget "https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase/releases/download/liquibase-parent-3.7.0-bin.zip"
      - wget "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/postgresql/postgresql/42.2.8/postgresql-42.2.8.jar"
      - unzip liquibase-3.7.0-bin.zip -d /liquibase -q
      - cd ../../liquibase
      - export PATH=$PATH:/liquibase
      - psql -h "postgres" -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB" -l
      - liquibase --changeLogFile=$INIT_PATH/migrations/baseline_postgres.xml --url="jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/custom_baseline" --username $POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB" -l
      - cd ../../..
      - pg_dump -h "postgres" -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "POSTGRES_DB" > baseline_schema.sql

This stage in my gitlab-ci pipeline (kubernetes executor) returns the following error:
pg_dump: server version: 13.1 (debian 13.1.1.pddg100+1); pg_dump version 11:10
pg_dump: aborting because of server version mismatch

I have tried adding symbolic links as other posts have suggested but I haven't succeeded. Any suggestions on resolving the pg_dump error for this stage in my Gitlab-CI pipeline?

A: You are using pg_dump from the wrong PostgreSQL version. Change the PATHenvironment variable or use an absolute path.

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What is Lakshmi Mittal's million dollar tribute to London called?
What is the importance of Los Cabos, Mexico where the G20 Summit is held?
Name the Surrey and England Lions batsman who died at the age of 23 after being stuck by a train on London underground recently.
Where does India's retail inflation stand as of May 2012?
Flitch lowered which Asian country's credit rating outlook to negative?
Which country will host first World Hindi Conference?
Where in Madhya Pradesh river-lake linking project has been launched?
Who won the Golf US Open 2012?
Name the socialist who won the French elections?
Who is appointed as crown prince, defence minister and deputy prime minister of Saudi?
Name the former India spinner who will retire from international and first-class cricket.
Name the 7 PSU's whose credit outlook has been downgraded by Fitch.
Name the 10.6 inch screen tablet unveiled by Microsoft.
Which city is set to get GPON very high internet service through fiber-optic cable at 100mbps speed?
Which state marked 60th year of first session of the legislative assembly?
Nagpur got one-way air link via which city to Mumbai?
Where in West Bengal IT hub would be setup?
Name the 2-day cultural festival by British Indian community held at Leicester.
Name the executive director who is appointed by Vijaya Bank recently.
Name the former Google director hired by Yahoo as Chief Revenue Officer.
How many teams have been qualified for Quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2012 so far?


Gine Gaustad Anderssen´s lovely and beautful music on the release HEIM is finally getting a "push". The music will be mastered at the end of week 40 and we have started the cover work these days. Among Swedish musicians from Gothenburg, you will also find Arve Henriksen on this release.


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PAHs are important components of the interstellar medium and carbonaceous chondrites, but have never been identified in the reducing atmospheres of the outer solar system. Incompletely characterized complex organic solids (tholins) produced by irradiating simulated Titan atmospheres reproduce well the observed UV/visible/IR optical constants of the Titan stratospheric haze. Titan tholin and a tholin generated in a crude simulation of the atmosphere of Jupiter are examined by two-step laser desorption/multiphoton ionization mass spectrometry. A range of two- to four-ring PAHs, some with one to four alkylation sites, are identified, with a net abundance of about 0.0001 g/g (grams per gram) of tholins produced. Synchronous fluorescence techniques confirm this detection. Titan tholins have proportionately more one- and two-ring PAHs than do Jupiter tholins, which in turn have more four-ring and larger PAHs. The four-ringed PAH chrysene, prominent in some discussions of interstellar grains, is found in Jupiter tholins.


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Q: Zoom map and set colorbar horizontal in plotly python I'm using plotly in python to draw a map. After drawing, I export to a png file.

Now I want to make the map bigger or zoom the map and set the colorbar horizontal and below the map. Could anyone show me how to do it?


"Error installing itunes" or "Apple Application Support was not found": Windows 10 has encounters some of problems in recent days as the most demanding users have been unearthing problems with Microsoft latest operating system. Including problems in installing the latest version of iTunes for Windows 10.
Why can't i download itunes on my windows 10 laptop?
The affected users have been seeing the many problems that came with Windows 10. Also asking forum support Microsoft or in other communities like Reddit, in an attempt to find a permanent solution to all problems, including the one that happens to iTunes installation.
Can't install itunes? According to Redmond Pie, while the installation of iTune users may face errors like "An error occurred during the installation …" or "error 2" or "Apple Application Support was not found".
This has got that report the problems it has generated even saying that is because they are compatible versions of iTunes that were downloaded from their official website. Accordingly, it was determined that this problem can be solved by manually download the latest version as per your OS.
As you can see, users must download the right version of iTunes setup package as per the type of Windows 10 you have. You can check your operating system by "Right click" on "Computer" icon then select "properties".
Moreover, it is reported that the version of 64-bit iTunes for old video cards also fixes several issues, such as compatibility with QuickTime, reproduction and interaction with other third – party applications installed on the computer.
Step: 1 Make sure you have Administrator permissions on the computer.
Step: 2 Install the latest version of Microsoft Windows Updates.
Step: 3 Visit iTunes to download the installer.
Step: 4 Choose right setup in iTunesSetup or iTunes6464Setup. Once installation finished. After repair, restart the computer and try to use iTunes.
Step: 5 If iTunes fails to install or repair. Its necessary to remove components from previous installations of iTunes and then install again.
Step: 6 Disable programs that may be causing conflict temporarily so you can fix this.
Step: 7 Restart the computer.
Step: 8 Disabling the antivirus to not interfere with iTunes and reinstall.
I hope this guide will help you to fix itunes won't install on windows 10 and successfully install iTunes on windows 10 both 32 and 64 bit. Thanks for reading.


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Health and Safety Regulations
Categories: HealthSafety
Essay, Pages 5 (1294 words)
The main persons responsible for health, safety and welfare on a construction site are: ? Employer – their role is to conduct their business safely. In order to accomplish this, a supervisor (site manager) generally runs the site. They must ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees; they should provide a safe system of work, with safe plant and equipment. Provide safe handling storage transport along with information, supervision and training. There must be safe access and egress from the place of work along with a safe environment to work in.
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The employer also has a responsibility to produce a policy to this effect, and must consult with and co-operate n developing safety measures. ? CDM coordinator (formally planning supervisor) – They have the overall responsibility to coordinate the health, safety and welfare aspects of the design and planning phase. Prepare the early stages of the health, safety and welfare plan. Advise Clients of the competence and adequate resource of the principle contactor and ensure that a health, safety and welfare file for each structure is delivered to the client on completion.
Ensure that structures are designed and specified to minimise any possible risks to health, safety and welfare during construction, and during maintenance. Adequate information is provided on possible risks. Co-operation with the CDM coordinator. ? Principle Contractors – These are responsible for taking account of health, safety and welfare issues when preparing their tenders or estimates. Exclude unauthorised persons from the site Co-operate with the planning supervisor
Coordinate activities, of all contractors, to ensure that they comply with the health, safety and welfare plan and provide information and training of employees and the self-employed about health, safety and welfare.
Dr. Karlyna PhD
? Sub-contractors / Self employed – are to co-operate with the Principal Contractor on health, safety and welfare matters and explain how they will control the health, safety and welfare risks in their work. ? Employees – have a duty to follow the health, safety and welfare procedures that have been put in place and to use their initiative.
They must wear suitable footwear or any other protective clothing which has been provided in accordance to what they are doing. Ensure that their working environment is safe at all times for themselves, work colleges and visitors to the site. They must cooperate with the employer and must not interfere with anything provided for safety. b) Identify three main pieces of health, safety and welfare legislation relevant to the construction and built environment sector and describe the legal duties of employees and employers in terms of such legislation.
The health and safety at Work Act 1974 was introduced due to the constantly expanding laws on health, safety and welfare in the UK and consolidated much of the previous legislation and good practices. It placed duties upon a number of parties including employers, the self employed and employees. Employers have a duty to ensure, as far as is reasonably possible, the health, safety and welfare of their employees. Employees have a responsibility to take reasonable care for their own health and safety and for others who may be affected by their acts of omissions.
The enforcement of the Act is carried out by HSE Inspectors and by the local authority inspectors. The nature of the main activity of the business determines the enforcing authority. When considering on an action, an inspector uses discretion but will consider the following: • The Risk involved • The Gravity of the alleged offence • The history of the business in respect of previous events and their compliance • The Inspector's confidence in the management of the firm • The likely effectiveness of a particular action
The decision to bring about a prosecution rests with the enforcing authority. In respect of construction projects the main requirements of this Act is that employers also have a duty and responsibility to others working on a construction site, and for the safety of the public and other third parties. Under the health and safety at work Act 1974 umbrella falls much legislation such as: The Work at Height Regulations 2005 (Amended by the Work at Height Regulations 2007) Falls are the largest cause of accidental death in the construction industry.
They account for 50% of all fatalities. There is no distinction between low and high falls). For any working at height, precautions are required to prevent or minimise the risk of injury from a fall. To prevent or minimise risk when planning for work at height, the employer should consider the work to be done and take a sensible risk-based approach to identify suitable precautions. The regulations apply to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury.
They place duties on employers, the self-employed, and any person who controls the work of others (e. . facilities managers or building owners who may contract others to work at height) to the extent they control the work. If you are an employee or working under someone else's control, you must • Report any safety hazard to them • Use the equipment supplied (including safety devices) properly, following any training and instructions (unless you think that would be unsafe, in which case you should seek further instructions before continuing) As an employer you must do all that is reasonably practicable to prevent anyone falling.
The regulations set out a simple hierarchy for managing and selecting equipment for work at height. [pic] The Regulations require dutyholders to ensure: • All work at height is properly planned and organised • All work at height takes account of weather conditions that could endanger health and safety • Those involved in work at height are trained and competent • The place where work at height is done is safe Equipment for work at height is appropriately inspected • The risks from fragile surfaces are properly controlled.
Reporting accidents and ill health at work is a legal requirement. The information enables the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities, to identify where and how risks arise, and to investigate serious accidents. Records of reportable injuries or dangerous occurrences must be kept. They must include the date and method of reporting; the date and time and place of the event; personal details of those involved; and a brief description of the nature of the event or disease. The records can be kept by: • Keeping copies of report forms in a file Recording the details on a computer
Using the Accident Book entry • Maintaining a written log A report must be made if there is an accident connected with work and: • An employee, or self-employed person working on the employee's premises is killed or suffers a major injury (including as a result of physical violence) • A member of public is killed or taken to hospital • An employer must notify the enforcing authority without delay and give brief details about the business, the injured person and the accident. •
The employer must follow up with a completed accident report form (F2508) within ten days. An employee or self-employed person must report to an employer or person whose premises they are working in, any injury for either themselves or a member of public immediately. It is not the employee's or self-employed persons responsibility to report to HSE or to update the Accident Book unless it is the Self-employed person's premises. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) Thousands of people are exposed to all kinds of hazardous substances at work.
These can include chemicals that people make or work with directly, and also dust, fume and bacteria, which can be present in the workplace. Exposure can happen by breathing them in, contact with the skin, splashing them into the eyes or swallowing them. If exposure is not prevented or properly controlled, it can cause serious illness, including cancer, asthma and dermatitis, and sometimes even death.
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Q: ExtJS 4.2 locked editable grid issue If you take a look at this sencha fiddle, its from Sencha examples Locking Grouping Grid with Summary. But I have edited a bit the example.
If you clic on the first row, second column (Integrate 2.0 Forms with 2.0 Layouts), it starts edit the cell, don´t change nothing and press enter, I want the view to start edit the same cell of the next row, but it only "focus" that cell, it doesn´t start editing the cell.
Am I missing something in the code?Any idea if I am doing something wrong?

A: You just have to add the following line at the bottom of your method :
eOpts.stopPropagation();

Your code was working well but the "press ENTER" event you intercepts close the new cell you just started to edit.


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New MNPD Chief John Drake says TBI investigating several officers for sexual misconduct
by: Stassy Olmos
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced Interim Chief John Drake would assume the role full time Monday, the same day the Metro Council Women's Caucus announced recommendations for reporting sexual misconduct within Metro departments.
The topic of sexual misconduct came about in late August, when a group called Silent No Longer TN presented several allegations of sexual harassment or assault within the Metro Nashville Police Department, a total the organization says is now 39 employees that have come forward with misconduct claims.
A spokesperson for MNPD said they did not find evidence to substantiate the claims, but an investigation into one Captain Jason Reinbold was picked up by the district attorney's office. Reinbold resigned effective November 27 after a ten-day suspension on an unrelated event. The DA's office confirms the investigation is ongoing.
When questioned about the allegations of sexual misconduct within the department at the Mayor's press conference Monday, Chief Drake said he's already made changes to officer training and more.
"I've already started ensuring consequences for officers that are accused of sexual harassment. I've already suspended some, they've been suspended, and we have officers that's being investigated for sexual harassment, those have been turned over to an independent agency… the TBI," Drake said.
He also added that he's started a hot line "through the HR department, they can call directly without fear of retaliation."
However, Silent No Longer TN Founder Greta McClain told News 2 that the majority of the employees she represents are disappointed with the mayor's appointment.
She explained that they do not feel that a promotion of someone from within the department will create systemic change.
"It's alarming and concerning to the victims," McClain said, "As an organization, we're very concerned that the mayor chose to allow Drake to remain." But the Metro Council Women's Caucus put together a very specific list of what they want implemented from the mayor and Drake in all Metro departments.
"I think what we learned over the last few months is the system that we have is inadequate, and as the numbers grow, individuals that have concerns or allegations or incidents, and they're growing in terms of their courage to come forward, we need to provide them with a safe way to voice those concerns," Councilwoman Joy Styles of District 32 said in their press conference Monday.
The caucus recommendations are as follows:
The Metro Department of Human Resources should work with the Metro Office of Family Safety to provide a safe space for reporting and investigating claims of sexual harassment immediately by keeping the identity of employees who come forward confidential.
Create a centralized process through the Department of Human Resources for educating all Metro employees about the various ways to report claims of sexual harassment and centralize the responsibility of vetting claims at Metro Human Resources instead of individual department heads.
Coordinate with the Office of Family Safety so that Metro employees who feel they are victims can inquire about options for identifying and reporting sexual harassment without triggering an official investigation before they are prepared
Establish a zero-tolerance policy on retaliation towards employees who report sexual harassment or discrimination that includes consequences for offenders of the policy.
Increase the frequency of required in-person or online sexual harassment and discrimination training for all Metro employees from every four-years to every two-years. A signed commitment acknowledging adherence to Metro policy will be placed on file upon an employee's completion of training.
Chief Drake said everything starts with recruitment. He said the department will be seeking out more female officers and diverse officers. The TBI confirms they are conducting investigations regarding sexual misconduct within MNPD.
This is a developing story. Stay with News 2 and WKRN.com for updates.


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No record of John (I) Derussat or his family has been uncovered before he married Mary Ann, sister of Ayme Vedeau, at Spring Gardens Huguenot church in 1730. In his marriage licence application he declared that he was of the parish of St Giles-in-the-Fields and aged above twenty eight, he must therefore have been born around 1700.
He does not appere in the rate books of St Giles until 1744, when he was a householder in St Andrew Street south, where he remained until 1758.
He was a witness to Ayme Vendeau's marriage in 1733 and took his nephew John (III) Andrew Derussat apprentice in 1742, being 'of St Giles, snuff box maker', for a premium of GBP20.
In 1747 his son John (II) Ayme Derussat was apprenticed to his godfather Ayme Vedeau, when John I was again described as a snuff box maker.
His mark, which may never have been entered at the Hall, is most probably the JD in script with device (a thistle?) above, noted by Grimwade (3632), on a box with pull-off cover, circa 1735. The photo of his mark is taken from a cast teaspoon which will be discussed later in relation to John III's mark.
He presumably died or retired in 1758, when he disappers from the rate books, although no will or administration have been found.
from Brian Beet, "Foreign snuffbox makers in eighteenth century London", The Silver Society Journal, 14, 2002.
In 1747 John (I)'s son John (II) Ayme Derussat was apprenticed to his godfather Ayme Vedeau.
John (II) Derussat never took up the freedomm of the Goldsmith's Company to which his apprenticeship, if completed, would have entitled him nor is he listed in the 1773 Parliamentary Report as having entered a mark. He was still active at that date, so it might seem that all his work was unmarked.
He appeares in the rate books in St Anne's Soho between 1764 and 1769 and had several children baptised there during that period.
He was still alive in 1776 when he was mentioned in the will his cousin wrote that year, possibly living in St Marylebone, but there seems to be no evidence he ever worked as a silversmith or boxmaker.
Born circa 1728, probably in Dublin, the son of Andre Derussat, John III was apprenticed in 1742 to his uncle John (I) Derussat in London and presumably continued working for him until the latter's death or departure in 1758.
From 1759 to 1778 the rate books show him in [Little] Earl Street, the former premises of Francis Harrache. He is not listed in the 1773 Parliamentary report as having a mark entered at the Hall although he was still active at that date, so it might seem that all his work was unmarked.
However, the incuse J.D mark is being attributed to him on three counts.
It is found on cast teaspoons similar to those of his predecessor Francis Harrache, his master's mark is also found on cast spoons and he himself is recorded as supplying cast salt spoons to Parker & Wakelin.
This latter firm spent up to GBP200 a year with John III between 1766 and 1772 (earlier workmen's ledgers have not survived) mostly for gold work, the most expensive item being an oval gold snuffbox at GBP23-1-7d. Other gold work included chains, cane heads, toothpick cases, a sponge box and double spectacles as well as 'plated gold buckles'. Among the few items of silver are asparagus tongs and 'a reading point' at 3s.
An insurance policy dated 19 November 1766 for a total of GBP200, described him as 'smallworker in gold at Blackmoors Head in Little Earl Street in 7 Dials, Jo Frame (gent) a tenant in the house'.
He is only recorded as taking one apprentice, William Herbert, in 1768 at a premium of GBP10. These last two details do not suggest that he had made a great financial success of the business.
His will was written on 30 September 1776 anticipating his departure to Liverpool, where he spent the remaining thirty years of his life as Overseer of His Majesty's Works and Barrackmaster of the Port of Liverpool.
It reveals that he had had to borrow GBP250 from his friend and executor Paul Barbot. Despite the fact that John III enjoyed the income from two houses in Dublin (which he inherited from his father) and the income from half his father-in-law's estate, it is clear from later codicils to his will (which was proved on 16 May 1807) that his debt to Paul Barbot would have consumed the bulk of his estate. It was almost certainly Paul Barbot, therefore, who gave an unmarked silver-gilt double snuffbox to the Goldsmiths' Company in his memory. This is engraved on the lid with 'the Good Samaritan' and inscribed 'Jhon Derussat fecit 1756 and bequeathed it to the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths 1807'.
In 1758 John III had married Susanna Goulet, daughter of Peter Goulet the jeweller. She, 'wife of John Derussat of St Giles, goldsmith' took Jane Saunderson apprentice in 1759 for a premium of GBP10. Susanna therefore had a craft of her own.
Judging by the importance her husband placed on his collection of beadwork flowers when writing his will, it must have been in making objects such as 'lemon orange woodbine and myrtle trees' in pots with glass covers some standing on blackets, which were obviously quite sophisticated products.
Her father Peter Goulet is also more than passing interest. A member of a family of 'maitres orfevres' from St Maxient in Poitou, he settled first in Bath where he became a freeman in 1730. He moved to London in 1744 and died there in 1765, but while in Bath he took as apprentice one William Rogers, who was later master to both Philip Rundell and John Bridge.
Brian Beet, "Foreign snuffbox makers in eighteenth century London", The Silver Society Journal, 14, 2002.


trusted in him" (Donnelly). This trust gave her the courage to make nineteen trips back to the south and help free over three hundred slaves. She believed with conviction that all men were created equal. (Donnelly). This conviction was something to live for and something to die for. She believed that if God allowed her to be caught that it was meant to be. She believed that God was her strength and he was the protector of the weak. This was the kind of trust in God that gave her the fortitude to risk her own life time and time again.
absences until early Monday morning when it was time for the slaves returned to work (Donnelly). This was the same strategy in which she helped her own parents to escape. Of course, not all slaves where fortunate enough to escape. Some slaves got lost and got caught and was severely punished.
tormented her most of her life, with moments of pain and dizziness. (Baggett). When her master died she escaped in 1849 to Philadelphia where she engaged in farm work and she also traveled as far north as Canada. All in all she made more than nineteen trips to the south to assist escaping slaves as well as her own Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 Pirate Black family members. Her husband, who had refused to escape with her the first time, had remarried when she returned for him (Humez). Nevertheless Harriet went forward with passion. But when it comes to inspiration, Harriet is both the inspired and the inspiration. While a slave in Maryland and yet a little girl, Harriet heard about the Nat Turner uprising in which Nat Turner and a band of followers rose up against their slave owners and killed them. Although the slave offensive was eliminated, Harriet Tubman was inspired by the incident. She believed that God had lead and guided Nat Turner (Baggett).


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Treasure, Respect and Nurture Your Spiritual Nature
Spirituality is the ephemeral wrapping that holds everything together — so evanescent, and yet so tightly clinging that we can barely distinguish where it ends and where we begin. Light passes through, but only those who open their eyes and let it penetrate can see what's really there — and know that, more than simply clinging tightly, the spiritual universe is part of us all and we are part of it; that we are truly one.
With this knowledge comes the key that opens the door to beauty, mystery, inspiration, and an actual physical sense of being part of the spiritual whole. Of course, we must pick up the key and use it. Too often, we look at it with both longing and fear, hesitant to unlock the door and peek around the corner; wanting the treasures but afraid of the risks. Content with the knowledge that it is there, we say, "Someday." We say, "Maybe" — but no, not today, and no promises.
Unfortunately, many others go about their lives totally ignorant of the spirit's presence or its force. Or, if they choose to acknowledge a spiritual power, they do so passively, often as victim: "Why did God do this to me?" "The world is a cold, cruel place." "Why can't I get a break?" "I never have any luck." To these people, the realm of the spirit is mysterious, perhaps mythical. It is separate and apart from their own world, which is a universe of indifference at best and cruel intention at worst. They are merely pawns, at the mercy of unknown and unseen forces. Their lives are spent hiding from imaginary evils or running from real demons of their own creation.
I am a spiritual person, but not what most would call religious. I do not follow one strict dogma, nor do I worship within the confines of bricks and mortar. However, I firmly believe in the power and glory of forces that I do not understand. I believe in a God that was forever before and will be forever after. I believe that the energy called "Michael" will continue after my flesh is dust. I believe that I will again share conscious space and energy with my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and all who have left this physical world. I believe there is a price to be paid for deliberately continuing to act in ways that hurt others — a consequence that transcends physical boundaries. I am influenced and buoyed by these beliefs, and I carry them not just for comfort and protection but also because of a sincere commitment to their independent existence.
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Of course, you know what's good for you. You've always known.
The problem is that a lifetime of listening to others, quieting your inner voice, tempering desire with compliance and compromise, and applying a thin, comforting, façade of "Someday" have buried your passion under a confusing jungle of noise, shadows and distortion.
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My ears accept your words but that's where they seem to remain
The vibrations are clear and, yet, distant — yes, there is logic and the gift is truly appreciated
However, a persistent mute tugs at my sleeve and distracts me from the moment
Be still, I say, there are others talking and you must be quiet & listen!
I pay attention; I really do, however, I only catch a spark and then it's gone
What did you say? I heard you speak but I can't seem to follow
A muffled breeze tugs at my sleeve and distracts me from the moment
Be still, I implore, let those who know — speak their truth — you must be quiet & listen!
I nod my head, follow directions, and give thanks for such strong support
Often the direction takes me to a place where I feel safe but somehow not secure
An echo of a whisper tugs at my sleeve and distracts me from the moment
Be still, I shout, who are you to contradict — you must be quiet & listen!
The companion voice wishes to speak but is smothered by noise from the street and
Daunted by scolding doubts from within
Years, reflections, and nurturing wisdom bring clarity to the voices
I listen with all my senses and pay close attention to the whispers — particularly those of
A used-to-be-mute that tugs at my sleeve and distracts me from the moment
Speak up, I say, and I will be quiet and I will listen!
I pay attention as I strain to hear the pleas and questions hidden among the words
What did you say? Sometimes, my ability to understand remains impaired by the noise of emotion
The goddess tugs at my sleeve bringing both a cleansing breeze and a basket of dreams
Speak up, I implore, and reveal the truth — I will be quiet and I will listen!
Often the direction takes me to a place where I may not always feel safe but I do feel secure
A clear voice tugs at my sleeve and protects me from distractions
Speak up, I shout, keep me aware of contradictions — I will be quiet and I will listen!
The companion voice speaks freely high above the noise of the street and is
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Five First Steps of Life with Cancer
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How will chemotherapy change my body? What are the survival rates for my type of cancer? How often should I get tests done? A new cancer diagnosis can mean countless new questions.
Bring your worried mind to our informative show on the five steps you can take to deal with a new cancer diagnosis. We'll help you think through decisions about everything from protecting your fertility to getting a second opinion and paying for treatment. You'll learn day-to-day coping techniques, become more aware of the resources available to you and, we hope, feel more confident as you become a more aware and more empowered patient.
As always, our guest expert answers questions from the audience.
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Now here's your host, Kelly Guenther.
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Hello, and welcome to our show The First Five Steps of Life with Cancer. I'm your host and cancer survivor, Kelly Guenther.
You have cancer. It's news no one wants to hear. You go weak in the knees, break down and cry or just stare at the doctor, dazed, thinking, "There must be a mistake." Nearly 1.4 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the United States just last year. It's a disease that touches nearly all of us, either personally or through a loved one. So in those first moments, days, then weeks after getting a diagnosis, is there anything you can do to prepare for the fight ahead?
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In this show we'll look at the research and hear from our expert guest about a five-step strategy that you and your loved ones can use to help guide you through that first frightening and uncertain phase of a cancer diagnosis.
Joining us we have Jessie Gruman, Ph.D. Dr. Gruman is the founder and president of the Center for the Advancement of Health, an independent nonpartisan Washington-based policy institute dedicated to helping individuals make use of scientific information when making decisions about their health.
When Jessie received her third cancer diagnosis, it struck her that the first couple of weeks after getting the bad news were incredibly stressful and busy and that very important decisions are made during that time, but that this period received very little attention by health professionals or in self help books. So she talked to over 250 people, their loved ones and the professional those people are likely to talk with and wrote the book "After Shock: What to Do When the Doctor Gives You or Someone You Love a Devastating Diagnosis."
Welcome, Jessie.
Dr. Jessie Gruman:
I'm pleased to be here, Kelly.
We're very happy to have you.
Well, let's start by putting ourselves in the doctor's office, getting the news of the diagnosis. We've both been there, and for me I think it was just incredulous. I felt healthy. I couldn't believe this was really a diagnosis for me, of all people. And I'm wondering what that moment was like for you.
Dr. Gruman:
Well, two of the times I felt much like you did. I thought, "I'm completely healthy. What is this?" But then when the news started to sink in, I was confused. I was upset, I was angry, I was disappointed, I was frightened of what was going to happen next, and I was so, so very sad. And the interesting thing about the most recent time that this happened to me was that all of that experience of having gone through this three times previously, and all of the expertise that I've gathered through the years in my professional life, didn't seem to be able to make this time any easier for me. It was still such a confusing and sad and devastating time.
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I can completely understand that. How did you deal with four diagnoses and keep bucking yourself up each time?
I'm sure there are people with cancer out there listening and cancer survivors who, just like you, Kelly, get up in the morning and don't think about your whole life ahead or your whole history behind you. You just do what you have to do that morning. You just put one foot in front of the other.
Some people may think there's a right way and a wrong way to deal with a devastating diagnosis. You interviewed dozens of people on the subject. How did they talk about dealing with it? And what do you think are some of the most important things that a person can do for themselves in that first 48 hours?
The first 48 hours are really the time when you're most in shock. Your body is reacting to this news as is your mind, and it can be very confusing, and you can feel very disoriented. I think the things that are most important during that time are to recognize that this is a crisis and to treat it as a crisis. That means probably not going to work, probably staying home, probably not spending a lot of time scurrying around and doing the things that you would normally do. Most of us, during those first 48 hours, have to make a few doctors appointments. We also have to somehow incorporate this news into our lives and get our feet back under us.
Some of the things that people found helpful during this time were: eating regularly; if you're exhausted, taking a nap; if you just can't handle the company of your family gathered around excusing yourself and going into your room; if you're not ready to talk to people about this or to give people the bad news because you don't know what going to happen next, then either don't tell anyone until you're ready to or ask someone else to make those phone calls.
Do the thing that is most comfortable for you at that point. This is your life and this is your disease, and this is one time when you do not have to make decisions based on other people's wishes. These are your wishes.
It seems like there is a lot of guilt for some folks too. People can often feel that they're being punished, they're weak, that somehow they did this to themselves. Are feelings like this helpful to process a diagnosis or are they just harmful? And if people blame themselves for the diagnosis, what do you say to them?
Those feelings are very normal and natural. I've talked to very few people who didn't at some point really ask themselves, particularly during the first few hours, "What did I do? Could I have done something to prevent this? Was I too angry, or did I not eat enough carrots or whatever?" Our minds are wonderfully creative about thinking about what we've done in the past that might have resulted in this disease.
A colleague of mine came in one day and told me that her daughter had just been diagnosed with a really awful sarcoma, and the family was spending all of their time trying to figure out what she had done. All the conversations with the family and with her had to do with that. She was divorced and she wasn't employed, and maybe if she'd had a job, and maybe if she wasn't so carefree….
I looked at her and I said, "Don't you have anything more important to do right now?" And it was as though the whole family had gotten completely involved in blaming and trying to figure out how this happened, when in fact what they needed to be doing was to figure out who was going to care for the kids while mom went into the hospital to have her operation.
So these feelings will come up. Sometimes they will be very intense, sometimes they won't. They'll kind of wash over you like a wave. But they're feelings and they're thoughts and they're not necessarily true, but you do have some very real things that are true that you do have to do during this time. And it's important to focus on putting one foot in front of the other because that's the thing that's going to help you return to a life where you have some control.
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Sometimes people persist in believing that they caused their illness in some way. Some people actually have done something. I think it's very difficult for people, for example, who are smokers to figure out to what extent they contributed to their illness, if it's lung cancer or heart disease, versus genetics and other environmental factors and other things that are just going on in their lives.
But one of the things that has been particularly useful is being able to look forward and saying, "I can't do anything about that stuff that I did before, but I can do something about where I put my next my foot, how I handle my life from now on."
That's a pretty powerful approach. Another common reaction is the desire to fix it now. You write that many patients you spoke with jumped into a treatment plan because they wanted or needed a solution to their cancer immediately, but then eventually over time they regretted that decision. Can you tell us why, and how you would advise a newly diagnosed patient to handle these feelings of urgency.
Many people feel like they've heard this news, and they want to act on it immediately. Let me just tell you this story about one woman who is a society matron in Manhattan. On Monday she got a mammogram, and she got a bad result. Her own physician was out of town so she just said, "Well, I'm going to have this taken care of right away," and she scheduled surgery for Wednesday, and she had the surgery. And as it happened, not only was the surgery not done well, but it had been a misdiagnosis.
Yeah, the pathology was wrong, right?
Yeah. So she spent months recovering from this, and her physician came back from vacation and said, "What were you thinking?" She said, "Well, in hindsight I was thinking that if I could take care of this as easily as it was diagnosed, maybe it was nothing. Maybe it wasn't serious. Maybe I didn't need to be as concerned as worried as I was." And I hear in that a tendency that many of us have to want to take care of this immediately because then it's not as bad as it might be or you think it might be.
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What about disclosing cancer to family, friends or colleagues, or even your employers? That was a big one for me. Should people even worry about that during this time?
This is a very, very deeply personal piece of information, and it's your choice when to disclose it to others.
I think particularly during the first few days after your illness, you want to be very careful about who you tell. First of all, you don't know what this actually means. You don't know, for example, what it will mean to your work. You don't know what it's going to mean in terms of your family, in terms of your children. And so it's difficult to put this shocking news out there and expect people to respond to it in a way that's helpful to you when you don't know what is going to happen yourself.
But it is a choice. You can tell people. I talked to one woman who told everybody. Other people are very private, and some people I talked to never told anyone. But you this is your choice. You get to choose.
For me, especially with clients I was very, very hesitant about telling them, and obviously over time they did learn. What I was surprised about was this overwhelming support I got from my business clients. It was amazing.
I heard that again and again in the interviews that I did with people. Then every once in a while someone would say, "My employer was really vindictive and didn't want this in the workplace, and I was in some way penalized by this." But I heard very few stories where that actually happened.
I did talk to employers, and one of the things that came out from those discussions was that the HR [Human Resources] people often need to know because you really need to understand your benefits well. Not only the absentee policy, but you really need to understand your health insurance policies. And if you work in a place that's large enough to have a good HR person, they must maintain confidentiality. It's part of their job. And they can be very, very helpful in making sure that you really understand what you can expect from your benefits.
But I also talked to employers who, early on, were very, very understanding of people when they got their diagnoses but later on had trouble, because when we're sick, we can't tell our employer that we're going to be better by a week from Tuesday. We just don't know when we're going to be better. And so that sometimes causes some friction, and it's important to recognize your limitations and to not make promises that you are unable to keep.
So do you have common sense tips for those first 48 hours, things that you would specifically tell somebody to do?
The first thing is you won't always feel like this. It's one of the things that I have felt every time I have gotten a diagnosis is like, "Oh, my god, I can't imagine that this news is ever going to make me feel any way expect for how I feel right now, which is terrible." But it's not true. As time goes on, you feel differently about it. You get more information. It starts getting absorbed into your life. You do feel differently. That's number one.
The second is to pay attention to that sense of urgency. It gets you in trouble if you act too precipitously without really understanding your diagnosis and your treatment options, but having no sense of urgency can also get you in trouble. I've talked to people who spent a lot of time looking for the perfect treatment or that one more piece of information that was going to save their lives, putting off treatment sometimes until it was dangerous for them.
The third thing is to choose who you want to be with you, particularly at this early point in your diagnosis. You can choose who to tell. You can choose who goes to the doctor with you. You can choose who you spend time with as you grieve and think about what's coming next. Don't think that you have to include everyone in your social circle or even everyone in your family.
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And the fourth thing is the notion that hope is a gift. In our country we have this incredible pressure to feel optimistic and hopeful and positive at all times, and I will tell you from my own personal experience and the experience of those I talked to, it is really hard to feel hopeful and optimistic at all times, particularly right at the beginning. And pretending that you're feeling hopeful and optimistic at all times cuts you off from sources of support that you need.
I talked to a healthcare chaplain, and she told me about running into an older couple on their way to receive the wife's chemotherapy. And she said, "Well, how are you doing," and the man said, "Well, we're doing just fine. You know, she is going to be just fine." And the wife looked at him and she said, "You always say that, and then at night you go to sleep, and I'm so lonely and I'm so frightened and I don't have anybody I can talk to about it."
In your book you specifically talk about things called blunters and monitors. What are those, and how is one different from the other?
I will tell you what a blunter and a monitor is, and then everybody who's listening can identify what they are. A blunter is someone who prefers to see information through dark glasses particularly with regard to their illness, their disease. They prefer to know less information. They would like the doctor to tell them the basic facts, and then they'll make decisions based on just the information that the doctor thinks they need to know.
Then there are monitors who would like to know everything about their disease. If you [do a Google search on the term] breast cancer there are 67 million Web hits, and they would like to read all of them because in there they are going to find the way forward. People who are monitors are people who really feel much better when they are in control of as much information as they can handle.
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There are good things about being a blunter and good things about being a monitor, and then there are things to watch out for. But you don't really get to choose what you are. You sort of have a tendency towards one side or the other. I personally am a blunter who realizes that I need to know more than I would prefer to, so I kind of push myself to learn things. What are you, Kelly?
In the early stages I'm a blunter, and then later on I'm a monitor. I just really need to get inside myself and center myself, and then I really want the information.
I heard that a lot. I heard from a number of people whose first impulse was to download all the studies. They download all this stuff, and then they read the first study and they say, "I don't think so, not now." Or they start reading the posts, and they say, "I can't. I can't. I don't want this to be me," and so they just put it off. And then two weeks, six weeks, a year later they're ready to go back and look at it.
I think it's a very insightful and interesting comment that you've noticed how you changed over time as you were able to absorb different pieces of information.
So between a blunter and a monitor, there's got to be a certain amount of information you need to know about your illness, but how much is enough?
How much is enough? Enough information is enough so that you understand as fully as possible how your disease operates in your body, what the next steps are that the disease will take if you get no treatment at all. You need to understand the different treatment that are available to you, which almost by necessity in this day and age means that you need to talk to at least one other physician about your course of treatment. Then you need to understand the tradeoffs of different treatments that you're choosing between.
Sometimes there's no alternative to the treatment that's recommended, but it's really important that you know that that's true. It's really important that you also know the consequences of not getting any treatment at all. You're the one who's going to bear the consequences one way or the other of whatever choice you make, and this is really important information for you to know and to weigh and to understand and then to make a decision about.
One of the best places to get information is from your doctor. How should you prepare for a doctor's appointment to get the most out of it?
I think doctors' appointments take on this aspect of a Broadway show in some ways for those of us who have busy specialists, and they require that we really get psyched up for them, because we know that we don't have this busy person's attention for long, and we know that we want to use the time as well as possible. It took me a while to figure that out. I didn't understand how it was my responsibility to get myself together and get my questions together so that I could really understand what was puzzling me.
The most important things to do are to continually be writing down questions. What is it you notice? What symptoms do you have? What do you not understand? There is no question that you can't ask, but you have to be prepared to ask those questions if you're going to be able to use the time well. It's a rare thing to have an oncologist who will just sit there with us until we have asked every last, blessed question that we have in our little heads. So it's important to think ahead.
I've often found it very helpful to talk with somebody else about the questions that I was planning to ask. In some cases because I actually knew the answers already and I could eliminate them and sometimes because I wasn't being clear about what the problem was.
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What about bringing a friend to take notes? Because I know when I was first diagnosed, I was just out of it. I was not acting the way I normally act.
I think that's a very important point. I would highly recommend it. In the book, one of the things that I have is a job description for the person who comes along with you for that appointment.
Where would you suggest people go to get accurate information about their condition?
I think that there are some very straightforward, Web sites that people should look at as their first look at their disease. The American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute both have excellent telephone information lines. They can send you materials in the mail. Your local American Cancer Society can also offer you some background information. It really depends on the depth of the information that you're looking for.
At the beginning, the kind of information that you need is fairly general. Later on if you're curious, your physician can help point you to some more sophisticated information, or you can use your own Web skills to find that. But in the beginning look for the general stuff.
Getting people to help out, to put their concerns into action is a great way to segue into step three of life with cancer: get the support you need. And you often hear, "What can I do?" from friends and family after a diagnosis. How does a patient harness all that goodwill into actual, positive support?
That's a tough question for many people, and I'm sure your listeners have thought both about how people have been both incredibly wonderful and how sometimes they've been failed by people.
I personally think that being very explicit and specific about what it is that you need is helpful to other people. Saying, "What I need right now are not cookies and not casseroles. I need somebody to pick my kids up from school, and that's 3:30 every day. That's really what I need right now."
Or the other thing is to give people choices about things that could really be helpful to you. One woman I know put together a deck of cards of things that would be really helpful to her: milk delivered every Saturday; kids picked up from day care at 11:30 on Thursday; an evening of babysitting; grocery shopping once a week. And then when people would say, "Can I help you in some way?" she'd show them the deck of cards and say, "Here are the things that I need. Is there something in here that you can help me with?"
That's actually a great idea.
Now, we touched on this earlier, but if a patient is going to ask for help, then they're going to have to tell people about their illness. What are some of the different kinds of reactions they can expect? And if they're going to have to tell children, what's the best way to talk with them about having cancer or having a devastating diagnosis?
People respond very differently to hearing that someone has cancer. It's a big shock for them as well. Some people respond really nicely and appropriately and say, "I'm sorry. We'll be thinking about you, and please let me know if I can help you." And then they'll follow through on that. And then other people really struggle with it.
Then some people say things that are really tactless and difficult. And those of your listeners who have gone through this know exactly what I'm talking about. I heard this wide range of responses repeated again and again and I recount them in the book, things like, "God doesn't give us anything that we can't handle," or "You're so brave, I don't how you do it," or "You must have done something terrible to deserve this." There's a wide range of things.
The interesting thing was that for every person who was just so annoyed by a response, I would find somebody who found that just so helpful and so supportive. So, if there are people listening who are wondering what to say, I would say err on the side of elegance, "I'm so sorry to hear your bad news. I will be thinking about you."
How about children? That's a tough one.
Do you have kids, Kelly?
I do. I have one son and another one on the way.
So you know this can be quite a touchy and difficult topic. Some parents don't want to tell their children at all. I know lots of parents, particularly women, who are older, who didn't want to tell their adult children because they didn't want them to worry, and they didn't want them to disrupt their lives.
I think that the main point that you want to think about with regard to kids is that they're going to know that something is going on and you have to tell them, because if you don't tell them, they'll think that they've done something wrong. They need to know that you are sick and that your sickness wasn't caused by them. It wasn't caused by their misbehavior or your anger at them but that you are doing your best to get better and take care of yourself, and you're going to be right there and that you love them very much. That's the core message. And you know two minutes later they're going to ask you what they can be for Halloween. But kids always know that there's something wrong.
So if we were going to summarize and have a brief laundry list of the best ways to organize support for yourself, what might be some of the things on this checklist?
Involve the people who you care about and trust to be with you on this journey. Be open and explicit about what it is that you need and what you don't need. Don't feel pressed by the notion that there's a right way or a wrong way to do this. This is your life, and you get to make a choice about this.
When you're telling family or friends about a diagnosis, sometimes there can be the bizarre reversal and you actually have to comfort the friend you tell. What's the best way to disengage from that type of situation?
I talked to a number of people who felt that way, and I have felt that way myself on a couple of occasions. One woman talked about just saying to the friend, "I need some time without you in my life right now, because I just cannot take care of you. I have to take care of myself and my son." I think a straightforward approach, while it can feel painful to say that kind of thing, is really the thing that will allow you to get what you need at that moment.
What if you reach out for support from a family or friend and then this person drops the ball and creates this emotional turmoil for you?
This happens frequently. People who haven't been ill, particularly who haven't had cancer, don't realize that their dropping the ball, as you say, has incredible emotional consequences, far beyond what's normal for someone just forgetting something.
There is not anything that you can do to repair this at this point. You can't hold a grudge or hold onto your disappointment or your anger at one person. You've just got to let that one go. If you want to talk to the person about it and you feel like doing it at that point, then do it. But otherwise you'll have time later if that's important.
For many people, step four of life with cancer is the process of actually putting together a treatment team. What's the best way to put a medical team together?
This is a tough thing. Usually when you're starting your treatment, you have a sense that your oncologist or your radiologist is going to be in charge. This is not always the case. It's important for you to recognize both the strengths and the communications amongst the professionals who you will be working with. In many cases, this means that you are going to have to be the one that communicates the results of the diagnostic tests and the treatment notes from one professional to another in order to make sure that the information goes to the right person. Many people don't have a huge number of physicians treating them and that can be a simpler thing.
I think the more important point to make in putting together your treatment team is that you've found physicians who you feel like you trust, who you like and who you feel are competent and capable and smart and who have your best interest in mind. Those are the physicians you want on your team. Managing the communication between them and among them is a series of tasks that you may have to do more or less, but that feeling that you have found people who are on your side and they're going to do the best for you is the critical piece of your treatment team.
Are second opinions necessary? And if they are, at what point should you get one and how should you go about getting one?
Second opinions are very, very important. They didn't used to be so important when there weren't so many options, but now it's a rare thing when people don't have more than one way of both receiving treatment, when they receive it and what order they receive it. So it's a critically important thing for people to receive a second opinion. Usually you can get a second opinion that both reviews your diagnosis and the test results that led to your diagnosis and then gives you a sense of what the treatment options are for you.
I know that for me as well as for many, many of the people I talked with, the notion of getting a second opinion was a great one, we just couldn't figure out how to do it because we didn't want to tell our doctor that we wanted a second opinion. I actually I felt like I was slapped a little by my doctor for even raising that issue.
There are many people who will tell you, "Oh, well if the doctor doesn't offer or say that you should get a second opinion or if he's threatened by you getting a second opinion, that's no good doctor." But you also want a doctor who is really confident that he has looked at your material and is making a really good decision about your care.
What should you be bringing to this doctor for your second opinion? It's not your entire medical history, is it?
No, there's a very limited set of things you need to bring for a second opinion. That includes the tests that led to your diagnosis and any treatment notes that you can get from your original physician. Sometimes we get a second opinion without notifying our first physician, because many times you don't actually need a referral from your first physician to get a second opinion. And many times people just go ahead and get a second opinion and then they compare notes and make a decision themselves.
Sometimes physicians say – and this is a rare thing, but it's a good thing "I'd like you to get another opinion, and let me give you the names of three physicians and I would be happy to call whichever one you'd like and try to set up an appointment for you because I want you to be really confident that you are making the right decision for yourself." And this person may have a different idea about how to treat your disease. That doesn't happen that often. That's what you want to have happen.
But if it doesn't happen and you feel like you need to tell your physician that you want a second opinion, you can say to your physician, "You know, my family insists that I get another opinion, and so I'll be doing that, and I will call and let your office know what I decide to do." There are a number of other ways that you can handle this in a way that's tactful that doesn't leave you feeling like you have violated some principle, especially if you want to go back and see this initial physician as your primary treatment doctor.
You write about it's important to set expectations with the doctors you see. What do you mean by that?
I think that there are expectations about how you want to be treated and how you want to communicate and the information that you want to have. When I see a new physician, it's not like I say, "I'd like to get some expectations straight here." I demonstrate to that person that this is the kind of thing that I'm interested in talking about. This is the kind of patient that I am. I will ask questions. I will not call you in the middle of the night. I know that I am going to have questions in the future, and I want to know how I'm going to get those questions answered. A lot of it has to do with setting the parameters of how you're going to interact with one another.
Many physicians will take the lead on this. They'll basically tell you how they're going to interact with you, and unless you say, "This is how we should interact together," you are going to be interacted with in the way that that physician has laid out the law for you.
You write that finding the right hospital can be as important as finding the right doctor. Can you give us a few examples as to why a hospital is so important?
Hospitals vary widely in experience with caring for different kinds of surgeries and different kinds of patients. Some hospitals are excellent at care for heart disease and see relatively few cancer patients. When you are in the hospital, you're cared for by the staff of that hospital, and your physician really supervises but is really rarely there. You are cared for by the nurses, by the nurse's aides, by the orderlies. And you want a hospital that's clean, that's competent and that has cared for people with your condition before.
There are a number of hospital comparative quality rating tools available on the Web, and if you are thinking of choosing a hospital as opposed to choosing a doctor, it's well worth looking at the difference between going to the University the Wisconsin for your care as opposed to going to a Milwaukee hospital.
What are your suggestions for patients at step five, the point when patients have to actually say, "Okay, I've got the information. Now I've actually got to put together a treatment plan."
That's a really tough stage in this very early part of a cancer diagnosis, because up until this point, you have been processing what it means to have cancer. Now you have this information, and it's a big decision.
Sometimes the decision is not so big of a step, because you've gathered information and you put things together to actually make a commitment to one way of treating your condition. And hopefully you've done enough information-gathering to understand what this means in terms of how long it's going to take, how disabling it's going to be, what it's going to mean to your family life, your work life, your spiritual life and you've thought that through and you're ready.
You've got to walk into this with your eyes open as much as possible and know that not everybody gets all of those side effects, but that they are a possibility. It makes it an easier path for you knowing what's coming ahead.
We're going to go to some of our questions now. The first question we have is, "How can I get my three sons, who are all in their 20s, and my husband, who is in the medical profession, to try and understand the after effects of having chemo, especially chemo brain. They say I'm nuts. I try, but I just cannot finish even one small housecleaning task and it takes me all day to get out of the house. Any suggestions, any places to go for help near northwest Mississippi?"
That chemo brain is something else, isn't it? That's what I think. And one of the things that's so interesting and tough about it is it just sneaks up on. You don't know that your judgment is gone and yet all of a sudden there you are, not being able to get out of the house. How did that happen? There's growing medical literature on this. If you have access to the Web, I think it's worthwhile going to breastcancer.org and downloading some of the material on chemo brain. It's not something that you are experiencing alone; people all over this country with all kinds of chemotherapy are experiencing it. [Editor's note: Please also see the HealthTalk webcast, Chemo Brain – It Isn't All in Your Head, aired on December 19, 2006]
This is not you alone, this is not your personal problem, this is just as much of your cancer and your cancer treatment as your chemotherapy is. And if they accepted that as part of keeping you around, then chemo brain is part of it too.
We've got an e-mail from Saddle River, New Jersey. This person writes, "My brother has just had prostate surgery because of a cancer diagnosis. His daughter, age 33 and a Ph.D., doesn't seem to understand the seriousness of his situation. I've always been her confidant. Should I discuss his situation with her or leave that up to my brother and his wife?
I think young people think of prostate cancer and breast cancer as chronic conditions, like getting diabetes. And on some level I suppose it is a little bit like having diabetes, but on another level it's not.
I do, however, think that if the daughter's cavalier attitude bothers her mother and father, they should be the ones to talk about it. It's not for you to decide. That's an intimate mother-father-daughter issue that they'll resolve, and you get to watch.
We have an e-mail from Cynthia from Reno, Nevada. She writes, "From an M.D. Anderson network volunteer and cancer survivor, please understand the importance of a second opinion. Newly diagnosed patients think they have to hurry. They didn't develop cancer overnight. They have time to do the one most important thing: Get it right the first time. Have pathology reviewed out of the area. Get a second opinion out of the area. Get all the information you can before anybody cuts on you, medicates or radiates you. The wrong treatment may be no better than no treatment in the end. A second or even third opinion is a different conversation. It's additional information. It's so important going into cancer treatment to believe that you've made a rational choice. That's powerful medicine, I know. Had I listened to the first opinion I was given, I wouldn't be here today."
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Now, this does sound like great advice, but what if people can't go out of the area? What do they do then?
I agree completely. It's an excellent comment. Getting an out-of-the-area opinion is a very important notion. Physicians have social networks that are very powerful. Within a community you can find physicians who don't want to contradict opinions of someone who is their golf partner, their Rotary companion, whatever. And this is something that we wish wasn't true; it just happens to be true.
So if it's at all possible, you need to get out of the area. And out-of-the-area can mean someone in the neighboring town, a specialist in a neighboring town. You want someone who's independent of both the medical network and the social network of the physician who originally saw you.
We have an e-mail from Arkansas. This person writes, "I know a friend that plans to treat his cancer with diet alone. How successful is this?"
There is no evidence that diet alone cures cancer or treats cancer. But the question raises another point that's very important and that is that of the autonomy of the person who is making the decision. As I was talking about before, these are your own decisions. This is your life, and you get to make these decisions in the way that you think is best for you, in the way that you believe is best for you. And one of the things that we do as people who love people who have cancer is to tell them what we think and then to tell them that we support them in whatever decision they make, because that's our job.
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The next question is from Oklahoma. The person writes, "I'm currently undergoing treatment for cervical cancer. I recently learned that I have suspicious ovaries, perhaps a cyst of some sort. I will be examined next week. What are the questions I should ask to get a layman's understanding of the cause, effect and possible treatments?"
You don't want to go too deep into this because you don't know enough about it. It's entirely possible that it's an obscure problem that you probably are not going to be able to find a lot about. I think that your best bet is to look on some of the big cancer Web sites. Look at the American Cancer Society Web site. Look at the Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Web site. The ASCO Web site has a wonderful evidence-based information source just for patients, just for questions like this.
But most important is for you to think of the questions that you want to ask. It's unlikely that the specificity that you want to hear about will be answered by any Web site. The answers that you get from your physician will be tailored to your needs.
I want to thank Jessie Gruman and you, the audience, for joining us. Jessie's book is "After Shock: What to Do When the Doctor Gives You or Someone You Love a Devastating Diagnosis." Jessie really wrote this for people who are in the midst of crisis. It's easy to read. You can find out more and read the introduction at www.aftershockbook.com.
Before I go, Jessie, any thoughts, any last things you'd like to leave our listeners with?
The first few weeks of a cancer diagnosis is just such a hard time. The book that I wrote is not a hard or a dark book. It's a book about moving forward taking the next step with dignity and with grace and with a sense of confidence that you're doing the best thing for yourself. And that's something that I wish for all of the cancer survivors and all of the people who have a new cancer diagnoses and people who are listening tonight.
For HealthTalk, I thank you for joining us, I'm Kelly Guenther.
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Geje Eustaquio vs. Kentaro Watanabe among four fights added to ONE FC: 'Era of Champions'
Taking place next month in Jakarta.
By James Goyder@JamesGoyder May 21, 2014, 5:30pm EDT
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A potential flyweight eliminator bout between Geje Eustaquio and Kentaro Watanabe is among four fights which have been added to the ONE FC: "Era of Champions" card which is set for the Mata Elang International Stadium in Jakarta on June 14, 2014.
Eustaquio (5-2) is coming off a win over Eugene Toquero and the FIlipino is one of ONE FC's top flyweight contenders, while Watanabe (10-4) is a Shooto veteran who holds a notable knockout win over Kosuke Suzuki, who is also set to make his promotional debut in Jakarta.
ONE FC's roster continues to expand and among the four matchups announced yesterday is a bantamweight bout between another pair of promotional newcomers in the shape of Indonesia's Yohan Mulia Legowo (7-2) and Ev Ting (6-2) from New Zealand.
Another Indonesian will be in action when veteran welterweight Zuli Silawanto (6-7) looks to snap his two-fight losing streak against an Iranian Taekwondo specialist known only as Barbod who will be competing in mixed martial arts (MMA) for the first time.
The fourth bout to be revealed is one that was originally slated for ONE FC: "Rise of Heroes" earlier this month but was nixed when Boston based Burmese fighter Aung La Nsang (14-9) couldn't get a travel visa. He will now be facing Egypt's Mahmoud Salama (4-4) on June 14 in a middleweight matchup.
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Sometimes it's hard to be a gamer on the road.
This is the time of year when fans of all stripes travel to their favorite meccas to mingle with like-minded individuals, view and sometimes purchase some small sampling of that which made them fans in the first place.
The San Diego Comic-con is in full swing and it's no surprise that folks are looking to see what's happening next to their favorite characters, not only in print, but on the large screen. You'd have to be living under a rock to not notice how big an influence cartoons and comics have had on hollywood. And the toy industry is making inroads as well, as seen by last year's successful Transformers movie and the upcoming GI Joe film.
My favorite show is Gencon, where the largest collection of gaming geeks converge to talk, play, buy, play and play more games. Gencon has been going through some changes lately, but it's still going on in Indiana. Rumor has it that it might be moving back to it's original home in Wisconsin. I won't be able to get away to this year's show, but I'm hoping to visit next year.
So that's some of the things you might be missing this summer. What are you up to?