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Jaimee Lee and Dr John welcome Barbara Hand Clow to the program tonight. Barbara Hand Clow is an internationally recognized Mayan Elder, Ceremonial Teacher, and Cherokee Record Keeper. She is the author of over ten books including: ?The Mayan Code.

Jaimee Lee and Dr John welcome Barbara Hand Clow to the program tonight. Barbara Hand Clow is an internationally recognized Mayan Elder, Ceremonial Teacher, and Cherokee Record Keeper. She is the author of over ten books including: ?The Mayan Code.

January Jones welcomes back the popular Humorist Bobbe White discussing "Turkey Talk" for the upcoming Thanksgving Holiday. Bobbe shares her thoughts on "Downsizing Thanksgiving" with humor and hope for everyone.

Fred Williamson; actor, director, producer and former football player joins the show today. Fred has stared numerous films, Three The Hard Way, Bronx Wariors, Orginal Gangstas and Starsky & Hutch. Fred has also starred in the TV series The Cloud Miners and Star Trek. He is also being inducted into the Kansas City Hall of Fame and has a new movie titled: "The Last Ounce of Courage".

Follow those eggs over easy riders Garrison and Scot with this week's guests: Mike Vaughan, former Director of Marketing for Kawasaki Motors Corp USA and former CEO of Triumph Motorcycles America and indie singer-songwriter Ainjel Emme.

From the people who brought you such introductions as 'Barbara Streisand', 'Dream Come True' and the 'Julia Child' rose, Karen Kemp-Docksteader from Weeks Roses joins Rose Chat Radio to preview their 2013 rose introductions.

Does money make you happy? Do your kids, family and your work make you happy? Do you live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution? Kardec Radio interviews Roko Belic, the director of the "Happy" movie.

Paul Gant's GO4IT (@goforitgant) will be joined by Indianapolis Colts DB Sergio Brown, who will discuss the season and more. Also, Hall of Famer Willie Roaf will stop by to discuss all things NFL.

Laura Jane has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in the business, such as Latin Superstar Enrique Iglesias, Dave Matthews Band and Kelly Clarkson. Joy Keys chats with Singer Laura Jane about her second album Everything Changes.

Cooking it up in the Callywood Nation Chef Darrell "Das" Smith from Food Network's: Next Food Network Star; Season 6. Food is life -literally. Come tune in to see what's cooking!

In Hour One: Chris Cope is the CEO of SlimWare Utilities and the Chief Technology Correspondent! He presents new and exciting Tech products for your computer! In Hour Two: Ralph brings the latest stories and Tech gadgets in the world of Computers!

Join Take 2 Radio as they make their debut. Pam, Dawn & Jay, bring you up close and personal to some of the best actors, and artists in the entertainment industry. Always entertaining & the hottest show around, Take 2 Radio the show you won?t want to miss!

join hosts The Bad Seed and Nadine Michel as they welcome Queensbridge representer and 25 to life member Imam Thug to the show. Imam discusses the drama between prodigy and havoc which led to the group mobb deep's demise. He also talks Noreaga and Tragedy.

Today, Fernando Hernandez, author of "The Cubans" joins Canto Speaks. Sylvio and Fernando will discuss the story of Roberto Goizueta the Chief Financial Officer of Coca Cola.

Vicki Vann returns to Jammin Jukebox Radio Show to kick off their holiday music season. Jammin' Jukebox chats with Vicki about her holiday release and then you're in for a real treat as they feature some of her holiday music to get you in the holiday spirit!

Independent game developer, Jacques Montemoi?o, is interviewed by GaminG4Respect with his new title (Jake Konoichi: Butterfly Legend) being released this weekend. Jacques is one of only five Hispanic-American's to be the Head of a game development studio. Jacques' studio is called Gideon Games, and he has achieved much, much more.

Host Sonia Fitch of Variety Topics Talk welcomes author celebrity trainer spokesperson and Fitness Hall Of Famer Kathy Kaehler. For thirteen years, she appeared on the TODAY Show as the fitness correspondent while training celebrities such as Julia Roberts and more!

Tune in to listen to Season 1, Episode 2 of Verses and Flow Spoken word by Thea Monyee and David Banner Brought to you by Lexus

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Smokers may fare worse after colorectal surgery

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking has long been linked with slower recovery in general from injuries and surgeries, and now a new study finds that smokers face more complications and higher chances of death following major surgery for colorectal cancers and other diseases.

"We wanted to see if smoking has a specific effect on these patients... and really wanted to know if patients who stopped smoking had better results," said lead author Dr. Abhiram Sharma, who was at the University of Rochester in New York during the study.

Smoking constricts the flow of blood throughout the body and is thought to prevent oxygen from getting to tissues that are trying to heal, according to the authors.

In September, a review of surgeries to repair knee ligaments found that smokers tended to have worse outcomes, including not being able to get back full knee function. (See Reuters Health article of September 26, 2012: http://reut.rs/Xqf6is)

For the new report, published in the Annals of Surgery, Sharma and his colleagues studied patients included in a nationally representative database of U.S. surgeries between 2005 and 2010.

Overall, 47,574 patients were included in the analysis. All had part of their colon or rectum removed, a surgery known as a colorectal resection, either because of cancer, diverticular disease or inflammatory bowel disease.

About 60 percent of the patients had never smoked, 19 percent were former smokers and 20 percent were current smokers.

The researchers looked at the 30 days after surgery to see how many patients in each group suffered either a major complication - such as severe infection, heart or breathing problems or death - or a minor complication, such as an infection at the surgical site or in the urinary tract.

Sharma's team found that current smokers had a 30 percent greater risk of having a major complication compared to patients who never smoked, and an 11 percent greater risk than ex-smokers.

Among 9,700 current smokers, for example, there were 1,497 major complications and 1,448 minor ones, whereas the 9,136 ex-smokers had 1,374 major and 1,386 minor complications. Never smokers, the largest group numbering 28,738, had 3,316 major complications and 3,462 minor ones.

Current smokers were also 1.5 times as likely to die within 30 days of surgery as never smokers.

In addition, the longer someone had smoked - that is, the greater their number of "pack years" - the stronger their chances of complications, the researchers note.

"We were not completely surprised (by the results). We know smoking is not good and there have been other studies that show smoking is a problem," Sharma said.

There were, Sharma's team acknowledges, some limitations in the study.

For example, ex-smokers were defined as patients who had not smoked in at least one year, therefore some more recent ex-smokers may have been included with current smokers, leading the benefits of quitting to be underestimated.

Nonetheless, Sharma told Reuters Health, the results show it's never too late to stop smoking.

"The sooner the better," he said.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/XqnA9h Annals of Surgery, online October 10, 2012.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/smokers-may-fare-worse-colorectal-surgery-225921839.html

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Lockheed Martin ousts CEO-to-be over relationship

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) ? Lockheed Martin Corp. has ousted its president and future CEO over a relationship with a subordinate.

The defense company said Friday that its board of directors asked for and received the resignation of Christopher Kubasik from his role as vice chairman, president and chief operating officer. The 51-year old had been scheduled to become CEO in January.

Lockheed Martin says an ethics investigation confirmed that he had a close personal relationship with a subordinate employee. That violates the company's code of ethics and business conduct.

The company's board elected the executive vice president of its electronics systems business to take his role. Marillyn A. Hewson, 58, will serve as president, chief operating officer and director immediately and take over as CEO in January. She joined the company in 1983.

Hewson will also retain her current role in the electronics systems business area until the end of this year.

"I regret that my conduct in this matter did not meet the standards to which I have always held myself," Kubasik said in a statement.

Kubrick said the departure in no way reflects on the strength of Lockheed Martin and he remains confident in the future of the company, where he had worked for the past 13 years.

Lockheed Martin said that the company's operational or financial performance has not been affected by the matter.

"While I am deeply disappointed and saddened by Chris' actions, which have been inconsistent with our values and standards, our swift response to his improper conduct demonstrates our unyielding commitment to holding every employee accountable for their actions," Robert J. Stevens, chairman and CEO said in a statement.

Lockheed Martin's board also elected Stevens to serve as executive chairman beginning at the start of the year.

The news had no immediate impact on Lockheed Martin's shares. The company's stock rose 6 cents to close at $89.98.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article_2012-11-09-Lockheed%20Martin-CEO/id-97d7880742084fc28aca506dffecad5d

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Homeowners insurance does not cover damage from floods

Hurricane Sandy?s treatment of the East Coast offers a warning?that floods aren?t just located in Florida and Louisiana.

It?s also a reminder?that?homeowners need a separate flood policy to cover the damage.

Flood insurance?is available in the form of a separate policy from both the federal government?s National Flood Insurance Program and from a few private insurers. Properties situated in a designated flood zone generally have flood insurance policies covering them, according to the Insurance Information Institute.

Hurricane Irene generated nearly $1.3 billion in insured flood claim payouts in August 2011, making Irene the fourth costliest flood event in this nation?s history.? Hurricane Katrina caused more than $16 billion in insured flood damage after Katrina made landfall in August 2005.? Katrina remains by far the costliest flood event in U.S. history.

The NFIP policy provides coverage for up to $250,000 for the structure of the home and $100,000 for personal possessions. The NFIP policy provides replacement cost coverage for the structure of a home, but only actual cash value coverage for possessions.

Replacement cost coverage pays to rebuild a home as it was before the damage occurred. Actual cash value is replacement cost coverage minus depreciation. The older someone?s possessions are, the less they?ll receive in compensation if there?s damage. There may also be limits on coverage for furniture and other belongings stored in a basement.

There is a 30-day waiting period before this type of coverage takes effect so as to discourage last-minute flood insurance policy purchases.

Excess flood insurance is also available from some private insurers if you need additional insurance protection over and above the basic NFIP policy or if your community does not participate in the NFIP.

Depending on the amount of coverage purchased, an excess flood insurance policy will cover damage over and above the limits of the federal program on the same basis as the federal program?replacement cost for the structure and actual cash value for the contents.

Excess flood insurance is available in all parts of the country wherever the federal program is available?in high risk flood zones along the coast and close to major rivers, as well as in areas of lower risk.

It can be purchased from specialized companies through independent insurance agents or from regular homeowners insurance companies that have arrangements with a specialized insurer to provide flood coverage to their policyholders.

For an in-depth look at flood insurance, see our story ?When the waters rise: The need for flood insurance.??

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Source: http://www.consumerinsuranceguide.com/home_insurance/homeowners-insurance-does-not-cover-damage-from-floods/

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David Shaffer, MBA '80 - Graziadio School of Business and ...

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Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012

Posted by Jaime Quigley

David was recently added to ManagingAmericans.com?s expert panel. ManagingAmericans.com is an online community designed to mentor professionals, improve workplace communication and break down departmental silos. David, who serves the company as the senior consultant for MAP consulting, now offers online advice, facilitates discussions and answers to member questions regarding executive leadership and general management issues. He will also contribute unique training articles on these subjects.

David has held positions that range from CEO, managing director of business process improvement and information systems services for international consulting and accounting firms. He has also held roles as VP of sales, COO and general manager. He has assisted companies from executive strategic planning through operational and business process improvement opportunities to the selection and integration of management information systems solutions.

Davie earned a bachelor of science degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He later went on to earn an MBA from Pepperdine University?s Graziadio School of Business and Management.

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Worker: Japan nuke crisis crew not told of danger

IWAKI, Japan (AP) ? The operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that went into a tsunami-triggered meltdown knew the risks from highly radioactive water at the site but sent in crews without adequate protection or warnings, a worker said in a legal complaint.

The actions by Tokyo Electric Power Co. led to radiation injuries, said the contract worker, who was with a six-member team working at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant's Unit 3 reactor in the early days of last year's crisis.

The worker gave a rare public account of what happened at the plant during the accident. He spoke to The Associated Press on the condition that he be identified only as Shinichi, his given name.

Shinichi, 46, described a harrowing scene of darkness and fear, wading with headlamps into a flooded basement through steaming radioactive water that felt warm even through workers' boots.

"It was outrageous. We shouldn't even have been there," he said.

He said his six-member team was sent to lay electric cables in the basement of the Unit 3 turbine on March 24, 10 days after its reactor building exploded, spewing massive amounts of radiation into the environment. Their mission was to restore power to pumps to inject cooling water into its overheating spent fuel pool.

Shinichi said TEPCO and its primary subcontractor never warned them even though water leaks had been found elsewhere at the plant.

Asked about Shinichi's allegations, TEPCO spokesman Yoshimi Hitosugi said the plant was aware of water leaks elsewhere but couldn't anticipate the water problem in Unit 3's basement.

Shinichi's radiation exposure that day alone exceeded half the government's annual exposure limit, and he had to stop working on plant jobs soon afterward.

Out of fear of harassment of his family due to the tendency of some Japanese to stigmatize those perceived as different or as troublemakers, Shinichi agreed to speak with the AP and several Japanese reporters on condition his face not be photographed.

On Tuesday, he filed a complaint with a labor standards office in Fukushima, asking authorities to confirm TEPCO's safety violations and issue improvement orders. He also is seeking penalties ? up to six months in jail or fines of up to 500,000 yen ($6,250) under the Industrial Safety and Health Act ? against the company that supervised him.

Shinichi's direct employer ? the subcontractor for TEPCO ? stopped calling him for jobs in March, just telling him to stand by. He now works on radiation decontamination of "hot spots" in Fukushima prefecture.

"So I decided I've had enough of this unjust treatment. That's why I decided to come forward," he said.

On the morning of March 24, 2011, Shinichi's team gathered at Fukushima Dai-Ichi's emergency command center to be briefed about the day's work. They donned double-layer coveralls underneath waterproof hazmat suits, charcoal-filtered full-face masks and double-layered rubber gloves.

Each picked up a pocket dosimeter, with an alarm set to 40 times the dose detected the day before, expecting only a moderate increase of radioactivity. The actual reading was 400 millisieverts that day ? high enough to cause a temporary, but not life-threatening, decline in white blood cells.

The March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami destroyed power and crucial cooling systems at the plant, sending three reactors into meltdowns and releasing massive amounts of radiation. Tons of cooling water were pumped into the overheated and damaged reactors and leaked right out, pouring into the basements of the buildings housing them and nearby facilities.

Shinichi recalls a simple instruction: Just go in and connect the first floor and basement electrical switchboards. The radioactivity might be a bit high, but shouldn't be a problem.

"There was no mention of the water," Shinichi said.

So the men wore whatever boots were available ? only two wore knee-high rubber boots, and four others, including Shinichi, wore short ones.

With only headlamps on their helmets to light the way, they entered the building from a hole cut into the wall, since the electric door was still inoperable. Three men hired by two other contractors went into the basement, while Shinichi and his two colleagues waited on the first floor. Looking down, he saw water, with steam rising from the surface, and heaps of debris and mangled equipment.

"It was eerie," he said. "If you're a nuclear plant worker, you know that water on the floor is bad news. You just don't touch it."

The dosimeter alarms ? set to beep five times before reaching a maximum ? sounded several times shortly after they entered the site.

Seconds after the three workers started going into the basement, the dosimeters began ringing loudly and then went silent, a sign the intended limit was exceeded, though the team's leader said it must be an error. The three workers in the basement waded through the ankle-deep water to check the wall-mounted switchboard and came back up, saying the water felt warm through their rubber boots.

Another team sent in to do other tasks rushed back out without doing any work, ignoring Shinichi's team, after measuring dangerously high radioactivity in the basement.

But his group stayed, making several more trips into the flooded basement. Two workers wearing short boots got their feet soaked and suffered beta-ray burns which were not life threatening. The three men who stayed there the longest were exposed to about 180 millisieverts ? nearly four times the annual safe limit, according to a government report released in July. Shinichi refused to help tie up the dangling cable in the basement because of his short boots, and a colleague wearing long boots volunteered to do it instead, saving Shinichi from injury.

TEPCO spokeswoman Mayumi Yoshida said the team leaders later told officials that they decided to stay because they took their mission very seriously and that they might have been too occupied to think carefully about the water. But TEPCO should have thought more carefully given the unpredictable plant conditions, she said.

Shinichi's radiation exposure from 13 days of working at the plant was just over 20 millisieverts, not considered a serious health risk, though he still worries.

His lawyers, who are representing several nuclear plant workers in other cases, say TEPCO and its top contractor Kandenko illegally sent him and five other men into areas with radioactivity far exceeding the allowable limit without full protection.

"Just sending the workers into the harsh environment and putting them at risk of exposure to dangerously high radiation is a labor safety violation," said Taku Yamazoe, a lawyer representing Shinichi. "Even if TEPCO didn't anticipate the consequences of all that water it had pumped in, it clearly lacked consideration for the workers' safety."

Shinichi's experience was typical of the inadequate protection received by workers laboring in the extremely harsh conditions at the plant, though Yamazoe said the multi-tiered subcontracting system used at nuclear plants can obscure who is directly responsible in case of an accident.

Investigations by the government, parliament and private groups have faulted TEPCO for inept crisis management, inadequate emergency training and miscommunication with authorities.

The parliamentary investigation took TEPCO to task for failing to deal with leaking contaminated water until the two workers suffered beta-ray burns in Unit 3, concluding that the operator was fully aware of the consequences of massive spraying and pumping of water into the reactors and spent fuel pools from the very beginning.

Shinichi said that when he finished work at the nuclear plant each day, he would take off his clothes before entering his home to minimize the risk of radiation exposure for his 5-year-old son. He would toss the clothes into the washing machine and immediately rush into a bath.

Many other nuclear workers face the same worries, he said.

"I don't have education, and I'm already over 40. There is little choice," he said. "I was dumped. I worked hard, sacrificed my family and my child and this is how I ended up."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/worker-japan-nuke-crisis-crew-not-told-danger-005613591.html

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