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In his Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Executive Budget, Governor Paterson has confronted these challenges and addressed difficult issues. Yet, there was one proposed spending cut that will impact working families across our state and ultimately hinder our economic recovery for years to come.
Governor Paterson called for a $71 million cut from the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP.)
With a family income cap of $80,000, TAP is designed to benefit students from low-and moderate-income families and provide them with the financial support they need to earn a college degree. Last year, over 315,000 students in New York State received support from this vital program, with 58 percent of TAP funds go to families making under $20,000 annually.
During this recession, families such as these have been hit the hardest. According to a study commissioned by Northwestern University, families in this demographic bracket have an unemployment rate of nearly 20 percent, double the already high national average.
The economic consequences of the recession are not limited to only this group; on average, TAP eligible families experience 30 percent higher rates of unemployment and underemployment than their more affluent counterparts. They need the support that TAP provides the most, and Governor Paterson's cuts, while well-intentioned, will only serve to deny them this critical resource.
Access to higher education is one of the most effective means of generating continuous economic growth. In an Arizona State University study, it was discovered that workers with a four-year college degree earned 62 percent more than a full-time worker with a high school diploma. Workers with college degrees are more likely to find and retain a job, and over the course of a lifetime will contribute nearly double the amount in taxes than their counterparts without a degree.
Moreover, as the global economy adopts a more knowledge-intensive focus, a college-educated workforce is integral to ensure our continued competitiveness in a rapidly changing world.
We have been blessed with an entire generation of bright, motivated young people who are willing and able to learn but can't make the most of their God-given talent for want of money. Higher education is the key to unlocking the human potential that will better our lives, cure the diseases that shorten our lives, and ultimately create jobs so that we can all equally share in the good life.
During these times of hardship, it makes sense to invest in what will lead us to continued progress and prosperity, and I can think of no better investment than our students.
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Check out Mitch Baranowski and Raphael Bemporad's article, Five Secrets to Engaging Aspirational Customers, in Fast Company's Coexist.
Aspirationals are 39% of all people, and, while not deep greens, they care about sustainability. They are a curious mixture of "materialism, sustainability and cultural influence." They seek to consume less, but love to shop. According to the authors, they are the most critical audience if your want sustainability to go to scale.
Baranowski and Bemporad offer five ways to reach aspirationals:
"Manifesto: Give them something to believe in." Make your brand stand for something.
"Badge: Give them something to belong to." Let your brand be their badge of identity.
"Megaphone: Amplify their voices." Give them a way to co-create with you.
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"Rally: Give them a platform for action." Provide ways for them to participate in changing the world.
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This week in What the Hell Happened To, we go back to the 1980s to remember Carlos Clark. Carlos was drafted in the 4th round of the 1983 draft out of the University of Mississippi and was considered a real long shot to make the team. The Celtics were loaded with guards with Dennis Johnson, Danny Ainge, Quinn Buckner, Rick Carlisle, and ML Carr. But head coach KC Jones loved Clark's defensive intensity and he made the team. He'd win a title with the Celtics in 1984.
In 1985 his odds were even more difficult as the Celtics had drafted Michael Young from the University of Houston with their first round pick. But Clark made the cut again, sticking around for the season.
Carlos wouldn't be so lucky for the 1986 season as Rick Carlisle would make the team over him. The Celtics had tried to orchestrate a trade to the Chicago Bulls to keep Clark in the league because they really thought he was good enough to play in the NBA. The deal fell through though. Once Clark cleared waivers he signed on with the LaCrosse Catbirds of the CBA, who were coached by Flip Saunders. Right when he thought he had a deal in place with the Sacramento Kings, and was waiting to board his plane, he received a page from Saunders saying Bill Russell (the Kings GM at the time) reneged on the deal last minute with no explanation. Russell never bothered to contact Carlos either (not the first instance in which a WTHHT player complained about how they were treated by Bill Russell; Zaid Abdul-Aziz mentioned it in his autobiography as well.)
Clark would never play in the NBA again. He'd get cut in the Bucks training camp during the 1987 season and then after one year in the WBL where he played for the Calgary 88s, he'd head over to Europe. He played in the Belgium league for the following 9 seasons after that (meaning his playing career was pretty long!) and make 7 all star teams while averaging 26 points per game.
I remember I had a Star basketball card of Carlos Clark growing up. He was in his warm-ups sitting on the bench.
Today Carlos is the head high school boys basketball coach at Barron Collier High School in Naples Florida. Their team has a website here as well. He lives in Naples with his wife Barbara and their son Deion who is a star basketball player at Barron Collier HS.
***9/13*** Addendum: It looks as if Carlos was fired from his position as head coach at Barron Collier HS and there's some controversy regarding his departure:
Based on the comments there, it sounds like this Rosenbalm guy didn't have much of a reason to fire Carlos. Did the program use Carlos for his star son, Deion? Deion now plays for Old Dominion, which is impressive.Clark said he was fired by Barron Collier athletic director Mark Rosenbalm on Monday. The coach, who led the Cougars to back-to-back district titles for the first time, told his players at a team dinner Monday.Rosenbalm would not confirm that Clark was fired or clarify the situation when asked by a Daily News reporter Tuesday."Carlos is a great guy, and I wish him all the success in the future," Rosenbalm said. "We decided to part ways and move in a new direction."Rosenbalm would not elaborate or say why he wanted to part ways with Clark. When asked if there were specific problems with Clark the athletic director did not respond.Clark told the Daily News that Rosenbalm said there were communication problems between the two but would not elaborate. Rosenbalm informed the coach he would not be retained at his annual evaluation, Clark said."Today I was fired as basketball coach at Barron Collier for no apparent reason," Clark said. "I did not resign. I was fired."
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New Orleans
Ville de La Nouvelle-Orléans
Orleans Parish
|City of New Orleans
Location in the U.S. state of Louisiana
|Present Country
|United States
|Former Country
|Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Spain, French Republic
|• Mayor
|Mitch Landrieu (D)
|• City and Parish
|350.2 sq mi (907 km2)
|• Land
|180.6 sq mi (467.6 km2)
|• Water
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New Orleans is a city in the state of Louisiana in the United States. It is the largest city in Louisiana, and the 51st-largest city in the U.S. It is the capital of Orleans Parish.
The city was first built by the French before it became a territory of the United States when President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. It was built at the mouth of the Mississippi River. It has been one of the World's greatest seaport cities for many years. All the land is low, originally just a short vertical distance above sea level. In the last three hundred years, the city has sunk slowly into the marshy soil. Large portions of New Orleans are now below sea level. A system of many pumps, dikes, sea walls, and levees were built.
The Battle of New Orleans was fought here in 1815. The capture of New Orleans in 1863 was an important step in the defeat of the Confederacy in the American Civil War
Over half of the grain that is sent by ship to other countries, comes first by barge through the Port of New Orleans. The grains are grown in the farming states bordering the Mississippi River, the Missouri River, and Ohio Rivers. Much of the crude oil that is made into gasoline and diesel fuel is brought to New Orleans for oil refinery and distribution to other parts of the United States by barge or oil pipeline. Also, there are many oil well platforms nearby, in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Katrina
On August 29, 2005, New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina which destroyed over 80% of the city when the cities levees broke. The nation's weather services forecast that it would be very dangerous and very close to New Orleans. The very low barometric pressure gave the storm unusual strength. The special systems built to protect this under water city failed in several ways. Water came over the dikes, seawalls, and levees at six places. The engines on the pumps failed as the water rose above them. It is estimated that more than three quarters (3/4) of New Orleans was under water in early September of 2005. The very deep water caused failure of sewer, phone, electric and fresh water systems. Many people drowned. Many homes were completely covered with water. Many important records, some from the French period of the 1700s were destroyed.
Many people believed that a flood in New Orleans would happen. They spoke openly about this concern for many years. A very serious flood happened several hundred miles upstream, on the Mississippi River, when heavy rains fell in 1927. The severe hardships from this flood led many people to move away. Many moved to Chicago.
Effects of Hurricane Katrina
After Hurricane Katrina, many people who lived in the flooded city moved to other places in the US. Many people were afraid to move back. Their jobs and homes were gone and their possessions were lost. The people who could move back spread to many other states. Texas received the most flood victims. Many volunteers and charities are helping the flood victims to relocate to new homes and, at the same time, repair homes and services in this city. Several years after Katrina, New Orleans still had much fewer people than it did before the hurricane.[2]
- ↑ "City and Town Totals: Vintage 2011". http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2011/index.html.
- ↑ Mildenberg, David. "Census shows a far less populous New Orleans". washingtonpost.com. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/04/AR2011020406198.html. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
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So a few weeks back I managed to win a little know competition called the brewers cup. As a result I was awarded with a Bunn Trifecta amongst many other fun and nifty pieces of equipment. It quickly became one of the most amazing yet most neglected prize I have ever won.
Sadly, the machine is bigger than my fridge, looks ridiculous on my kitchen counter, requires plumbing (impossible due to my apartment), and, is in general, overkill for my own personal home use.
Thus I have decided to sell off this pretty interesting piece of kit at a rather nice discount.
It is brand new, the brew counter feature has 80 brews recorded, testing and so on, is sparkling clean, comes in original packaging ( a rather large and boring brown box) and a full guarantee (I am guessing this is activated by registering with Bunn).
I spent a bit of time looking around online at various prices and decided that I am quite comfortable leaving it go for around €2,000. Pricey enough but this matches the cheapest prices I could find online and if you happen to be looking for one new then a damn good deal considering the retail price.
This is negotiable (slightly) and I will consider lowering if it is available cheaper new somewhere else. If you are interested we can discuss this further in private.
If you are interested we can then discuss shipping/pickup etc? I am in Dublin myself.
I have yet to put this up for sale on any site, I'd prefer to have it go to someone who will get full use out of it, as I do have a bit of sentimental attachment to it. I'll leave it up here for a few weeks before I move it somewhere more public.


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The 23rd of February 2016, the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy took place in Geneva, assembling hundreds of activists, human rights promoters, former political prisoners from China, Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, among other countries, international human rights NGOs and interested listeners. This ceremony is held every year to lay the cards on the table ; to examine the international current situation ; to address actual human rights violations ; to listen to testimonies of true human rights heroes; to promote democracy and freedom ; to join forces so as to find solutions and, most important, to make the world a better place to live.
During the conference, an interesting discussion came up: Over the past decade, totalitarian authorities have raised and gained more power internationally, repressing the growth of democracy and undermining the population's rights and values. It might be assumable that humanity, after more than three million years of evolution since the Australopithecus apheresis Lucy, has reached a great level of evolution and promotion of the values of human rights. However, the reality of the global arena seems to point into the opposite direction. Is the world coming back to authoritarianism? Read the rest of this entry »
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"Even though awareness of X issues is good, and designers do their best to follow coding guidelines to avoid X-state bugs, we still face the challenge of eliminating all X-related silicon bugs with traditional verification methods," said Meng-Han Hsieh, director of Design Platform Division, MediaTek Inc. "The Questa X-value verification solution has proven to be of immense value in catching X bugs which would have been difficult to detect otherwise."
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Fundamental differences exist in the way that an X-value is interpreted in RTL simulation versus how it is treated by synthesis. The synthesis interpretation of X, as don't care, can result in a silicon circuit that behaves differently than it does in RTL simulation, where X is interpreted as unknown. Simply eliminating all X-values from RTL simulation is not practical, as not all storage elements in today's large designs can be reset directly, especially those in the data path.
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X-optimism is the more dangerous of the two risks associated with X-values. This effect causes unknown values to act as though they were deterministically known values in RTL simulation. This can mask bugs, since the design is not being simulated with all the signal values that it will experience in silicon.
The Questa Verification Platform now includes a mode with silicon-accurate semantics for X-propagation in both the simulation and formal verification engines. This X-propagation mode defeats the threat of X-optimism by allowing X-values to propagate to assertions or testbench checkers, where they can be detected. The Questa fully automatic formal solution can detect storage elements that have been initialized correctly, but could later be corrupted by X-values in their fan-in logic. In addition, X-value debug is expedited with X-trapping that pinpoints the source of X-optimism in the design, and with X-tracing capabilities which aid in tracking down the source of unexpected X-values.
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NSA Denies Everything About Latest Intercept Leak, Including Denying Something That Was Never Claimed
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The recent leaks published at Glenn Greenwald's new home, The Intercept, detailed the NSA's spread of malware around the world, with a stated goal of sabotaging "millions" of computers. As was noted then, the NSA hadn't issued a comment. The GCHQ, named as a co-conspirator, had already commented, delivering the usual spiel about legality, oversight and directives -- a word salad that has pretty much replaced "no comment" in the intelligence world.
The NSA has now issued a formal statement on the leaks, denying everything -- including something that wasn't even alleged. In what has become the new "no comment" on the NSA side, the words "appropriate," "lawful" and "legitimate" are trotted out, along with the now de rigueur accusations that everything printed (including, apparently, its own internal documents) is false.
Recent media reports that allege NSA has infected millions of computers around the world with malware, and that NSA is impersonating U.S. social media or other websites, are inaccurate. NSA uses its technical capabilities only to support lawful and appropriate foreign intelligence operations, all of which must be carried out in strict accordance with its authorities. Technical capability must be understood within the legal, policy, and operational context within which the capability must be employed.First off, for the NSA to claim that loading up "millions" of computers with malware is somehow targeted (and not "indiscriminate") is laughable. As for its "national security directive," it made a mockery of that when it proudly announced in its documents that "we hunt sys admins." Targeting telco and ISP systems administrators goes well outside the bounds of "national security." These people aren't suspected terrorists. They're just people inconveniently placed between the NSA and its goal of "collecting it all."
NSA's authorities require that its foreign intelligence operations support valid national security requirements, protect the legitimate privacy interests of all persons, and be as tailored as feasible. NSA does not use its technical capabilities to impersonate U.S. company websites. Nor does NSA target any user of global Internet services without appropriate legal authority. Reports of indiscriminate computer exploitation operations are simply false.
Last, but not least, the NSA plays semantic games to deny an accusation that was never made, calling to mind Clapper's denial of a conveniently horrendous translation of a French article on its spying efforts there.
NSA does not use its technical capabilities to impersonate U.S. company websites.This "denial" refers to this portion of The Intercept's article.
In some cases the NSA has masqueraded as a fake Facebook server, using the social media site as a launching pad to infect a target's computer and exfiltrate files from a hard drive...The NSA's own documents say that QUANTUMHAND "exploits the computer of a target that uses Facebook." The man-on-the-side attack impersonates a server, not the site itself. The NSA denies impersonating sites, but that's not what The Intercept said or what its own documents state. This animated explanation, using the NSA's Powerpoint presentation, shows what the attack does -- it tips the TURBINE servers, which then send the malware payload before the Facebook servers can respond. To the end user, it looks as though Facebook is just running slowly.
In one man-on-the-side technique, codenamed QUANTUMHAND, the agency disguises itself as a fake Facebook server. When a target attempts to log in to the social media site, the NSA transmits malicious data packets that trick the target's computer into thinking they are being sent from the real Facebook. By concealing its malware within what looks like an ordinary Facebook page, the NSA is able to hack into the targeted computer and covertly siphon out data from its hard drive.
When the NSA says it doesn't impersonate sites, it truly doesn't. It injects malware by beating Facebook server response time. It doesn't serve up faux Facebook pages; it simply grabs the files and data from compromised computers. The exploit is almost wholly divorced from Facebook itself. The social media site is an opportunity for malware deployment, and the NSA doesn't need to impersonate a site to achieve its aims. This is the NSA maintaining deniability in the face of damning allegations -- claiming something was said that actually wasn't and resorting to (ultimately futile) attempts to portray journalists as somehow less trustworthy than the agency.
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ANN ARBOR (AP) - Nik Stauskas took the pass in transition only to find himself caught under the basket with a defender next to him.
No problem: He dropped a nifty no-look bounce pass to a teammate for a dunk.
On Michigan's next offensive possession, the freshman from Canada made an open 3-pointer from the left wing. Later, he moved to the left corner for a 3 and followed that with a driving layup. Then it was back to that same corner for another 3. And another. And another.
The Wolverines were playing a regional final, and Stauskas was making it look like a pregame shooting drill.
'My shot felt good,' Stauskas said. 'So I was just letting them fly.'
Michigan is heading to its first Final Four since 1993, and it was that 3-point barrage by Stauskas on Sunday that sealed a spot for the Wolverines. Stauskas made all six of his attempts from beyond the arc, scoring 22 points in a 79-59 win over Florida. The 6-foot-6 guard is shooting 45 percent from long range this season and his performance against the Gators was a reminder of how good Michigan can be when everybody is contributing.
Stauskas is part of a talented class of freshmen that also includes forward Glenn Robinson III and emerging big man Mitch McGary. The other two probably arrived with more fanfare, but it was Stauskas who turned heads immediately.
A month into the season, Stauskas was 27 of 46 from 3-point range, fitting seamlessly into Michigan's perimeter-oriented offense. He wasn't going to maintain that torrid shooting, but he needed only seven games to work his way into the starting lineup.
By the time the NCAA tournament arrived, opponents were aware of Stauskas. He shot a more normal-looking 36 percent from beyond the arc against Big Ten opponents and went 2 for 12 in Michigan's first three NCAA tournament games. And when Stauskas isn't contributing with his outside shooting, Michigan looks a lot more beatable.
He went scoreless at Ohio State in mid-January in Michigan's first loss of the season. In a loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament, Stauskas went 1 of 8 from the field and scored only four points.
But the potential for a breakout was always there.
'He really works at it, and that's rare with a freshman,' coach John Beilein said. 'A freshman may have an off night, he may talk about, `I'm not getting the shots, I'm not getting the looks.' That's not Nik. Nik works at his game to be ready, because his teammates can pass, and they know where he is all the time.'
They didn't have to look around much against Florida. The Gators, apparently more concerned with Michigan guards Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. - not to mention McGary - kept leaving Stauskas open in that left corner.
As shot after shot went in, Stauskas' confidence grew along with Michigan's lead.
'Nik didn't have to do anything, he was just standing in the corner and we were finding him,' Hardaway joked. 'That was the corner shot that he was working on all pregame, so our big men did a great job of just rolling to the basket and collapsing defense and us guards were just finding him on halfcourt and on fast breaks.'
This is Michgan's first Final Four team since the Fab Five era, and of all the current Wolverines, Stauskas may be the one who does the most to bring back the swagger of those early-1990s teams.
McGary is Michigan's most demonstrative player, but that's mostly a result of his boundless, unscripted energy. Stauskas, on the other hand, exudes confidence and isn't afraid to show it, whether he's putting imaginary goggles over his eyes with his hands (each holding up three fingers) or just smiling his way back downcourt after a big shot.
'Being a shooter, you never get down on yourself when you're missing shots,' Stauskas said. 'Keep shooting.'


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Apple will take orders Oct. 26
Apple Inc. is refusing to stoop to the level of its rivals in the tablet market -it's pricing its new, smaller iPad well above the competition.
On Tuesday, the company revealed the iPad Mini, with a screen that's about two-thirds the size of the full-size model, and said it will cost $329 and up.
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Apple starts taking orders for the new model on Friday Oct. 26, said marketing chief Phil Schiller at an event in San Jose, Calif. Wi-Fi-only models on Nov. 2. Later, the company will add models capable of accessing "LTE" wireless data networks.
The screen of the iPad Mini is 7.9 inches on the diagonal, making it larger than the 7-inch screens of the competitors. It also sports two cameras, on the front and on the back, which the competitors don't.
The iPad mini is as thin as a pencil and weighs 0.68 pounds, half as much as the full-size iPad with its 9.7-inch screen, Schiller said.
The screen resolution is 1024 by 768 pixels, the same as the iPad 2 and a quarter of the resolution of the flagship iPad, which starts at $499.


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CBO: Extending Unemployment Benefits Would Cost $100K Per Job Created
Today, the Congressional Budget Office released a report informing readers that extending unemployment benefits for a year, an outlay which would cost the federal government $30 billion, would, because of its allegedly stimulative impact, generate 300,000 jobs.
Even if true, neither the CBO, nor the Associated Press in covering the report, noted that this result works out to a cost $100,000 per job. Bravely assuming that each new job created pays $40,000 per year, that's a $60,000 loss in value received compared to money spent. The government's tax take at all levels on that amount of earnings is likely about $10,000 or so. All of this is apparently considered pretty smart by the AP's Sam Hananel and a quoted leading Democrat:
Extending the current level of long-term unemployment benefits for another year would add 300,000 jobs to the economy, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office.
The analysis released Wednesday from the nonpartisan office estimates that keeping jobless benefits would cost the government $30 billion. But it would also lead to more spending by the unemployed, boosting demand for goods and services and creating new jobs.
Federal long-term unemployment benefits are set to expire on Dec. 29 for more than 2 million workers unless Congress approves an extension. Democrats have called for reauthorization of extended benefits, but Republicans generally oppose more jobless aid without additional spending cuts to offset the cost.
"This report is more evidence that extending help to those who are seeking work is a better investment for our economy than extending tax breaks for those resting comfortably atop the economic ladder," said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Since the government has been "stimulating" the economy to the tune of about $5 trillion in deficits during the past four years, Doggett's and the CBO's twisted "logic" would predict that the economy should have created 50 million jobs by now. Note that this hasn't happened.
Nevertheless, big government fans continue to trot out this dreck, and its press lapdogs relay it unskeptically. What a sick colossal joke.
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thank you so much for the sweet shout out! I NEED some of that fabric… is there anymore left at the store? Do you think they'll ship it to me? I look forward to seeing what you make with it. That cheater fabric is adorable. oh sigh… xo amy
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any ideas where the Lecien fabric is available? it's perfect for a quilt i'm about to make for my niece…
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Love those Lecien fabrics. Will be buying some soon. I would especially like that pattern for my large amout of Amy Butler. I've been collecting for a long time. Some pieces worth more money than I paid. Look forward to it. Thank you.
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Oh I wish I could buy a few of the Old New Lecien fat quarters. :o) I have been looking on line and you are right, I can't find anything!!
I am building fabrics for my Swoon quilt and these would be ideal. :o)
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Under normal circumstances, microwave cheesecake would be an ideal summer dessert for the sole reason that it doesn't require you to turn on your oven.
However, this summer has been anything but normal.
So, instead, I'm going to tell you that these little cheesecakes are ridiculously easy, super tasty and highly transportable and those are three very fine reasons to consider trying it out. And, hey, if the forecasters are right and we're going to sail through the rest of August on a heat wave, then feel free to use not wanting to turn on your oven as an excuse, too.
The more rationale, the better, I say.
Not that cheesecake should require any rationale.
These ones certainly don't.
Now, I'm not going to lie. If you're looking for a silky smooth cheesecake with nary a crack marring the surface, lovingly cooked in a water bath and chilled overnight in the fridge, this isn't the recipe for you.
If you're looking for something you can whip up in seven minutes — including cooking time — that sits in the fridge for an hour and then can be devoured, giving you the same tart lime cheesecake taste as the regular kind with almost the same amount of smoothness, then this is the recipe for you.
It was for me.
The hardest part was waiting for it to chill enough.
And the best part was because I used mason jars, I could just slap on a lid and take it with me, which would be ideal for picnicking or making an office lunch a little more luxurious.
I used two one-cup (250 mL) mason jars to make the cheesecakes and had a little bit of batter left over. In hindsight, I can tell you I filled the jars a bit too full.
At some point, I may want to sit down and reexamine the subject of portion control. At the time, though, it seemed like a good idea. After all, the recipe said it makes two to four cheesecakes, so two seemed more than reasonable.
Please take my suggestion and make at least three, for a few reasons: 1: These jars are pretty giant and the cheesecake is, naturally, a bit rich and may be better in a slightly smaller dose. 2: Three or four cheesecakes means you can share more easily with more people. That or you can spread them out over several sittings.
3: You won't be watching anxiously through the microwave door as the cheesecake mixture souffles up and over the jars' edges, threatening to spill all over the rotating tray.
As it was, all that fretting was for nothing. They didn't spill, but I think it would have been better without the panic.
Out of the microwave, they settled nicely into a slightly concave top.
I filled that with whipped cream — purely for esthetic reasons, of course. But later I thought some fresh fruit would have been nice.
I liked the slightly tart taste of limes countering the richness of cheesecake, but suspect this recipe can be easily adjusted to suit other flavours, such as lemon (by switching the zest and juice to that fruit) or a straight-up vanilla cheesecake by omitting the citrus and adding a teaspoon or so of vanilla extract. That would be particularly delicious topped with summer berries or a fruit compote.
After all, it only takes about seven minutes to try a new variation. The tricky part will be waiting the hour to see how it tastes.
Microwave Lime Cheesecake
- 3 tbsp (50 mL) butter, melted
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) graham cracker crumbs
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) sugar
- 8 oz (250 g) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) sugar
- zest of one lime
- 2 tbsp (25 mL) fresh lime juice
- 1 egg
Combine the graham cracker crumbs with melted butter and 1 tbsp (15 mL) sugar. Divide between two to four 1-cup (250 mL) jars or ramekins and press into the bottom.
Mix the rest of the ingredients until smooth. Divide evenly into jars or ramekins with crumbed bottoms.
Place in microwave for 2 minutes. The top of the cheesecake should appear dry when cooked. If it doesn't look quite done, microwave at 30-second intervals until the tops appear dry. (For my extremely full jars, I needed 2 minutes and 30 seconds.) If you don't have a rotating microwave tray, cook for 1 minute then turn the jars or ramekins and microwave for another minute.
Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour. Garnish with whipped cream or fresh berries and serve.
This story first appeared in the Real Life section in the Calgary Herald. For more delicious recipes, visit CalgaryHerald.com/life.


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I have the following function: we have to topological spaces, $\mathbb{R}$ with the standard topology and $S^1$ with the subspace topology from $\mathbb{R}^2$. I am asked to show that the map $f:\mathbb{R} \to S^1, f(t)=(\cos(2\pi t), \sin(2\pi t))$, is not closed.
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Morning Brief — Monday, May 13
Yesterday on the LAT's Jacket Copy blog, Carolyn Kellogg talked about Newpages.com, a site that provides "news, information and guides to independent bookstores, independent publishers, literary magazines, alternative periodicals, independent record labels, alternative newsweeklies and more."
Ryan Sholin of Invisible Inkling links to a number of media bloggers.
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Deputies on Monday identified a man found dead in Alamance County more than a week ago.
Kenneth Joel Clapp, 47, was found dead around 9 a.m. March 29 in the 300 block of Louis Graham Road. Clapp's last known address was Ivey Road in Graham.
Clapp was identified by tracking down a receipt found on his person, deputies said.
Deputies believe Clapp wasn't killed where his body was discovered.
A property owner found Clapp's body about 30 yards from the road and about 20 yards from an abandoned building. The victim had experienced "significant" trauma, deputies said.
Investigators are pursuing more leads but still have no suspects in the case.
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Ina Fried at AllThingsD reported earlier today that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had removed Andy Lees as the President of Windows Phone division. Terry Myerson, who has led the engineering effort for Windows Phone 7 and 7.5, will take over Lees' duties. Ballmer's memo was later posted on Microsoft's News Center.
This news comes as surprise to me. Microsoft just completed a successful rollout of the latest Windows Phone update, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. At the same time, Nokia just started selling their devices in Europe and Asia and are on the cusp of making their highly-anticipated return to the United States. In other words, it is a crucial time for Microsoft's Windows Phone leadership to ensure the device sales pick up pace and that the boat is not rocked too much.
One way to look at this change is to think that Lees was relived of his duties because he was unable to get Windows Phone sales to a level that could make the platform count. Although, if that were the case, I'd argue that it would be cause for firing him than just moving him out of his leadership role. In this case though, Ballmer has revealed that he is moving Lees to a different position under him, for a time-critical opportunity focused on driving maximum impact in 2012 with Windows Phone and Windows 8. Interesting choice of words. I'll get back to this point later.
Moving the operations of the division under an engineering person implies Microsoft is now shifting itself to be more engineering-led rather than business/marketing. Back in February 2011, Ballmer had reportedly planned to put more engineering-focused executives in a management shuffle. This move may be in fact be in line with that vision. I like that general realignment strategy because I believe Microsoft needs to get a bit more focused on delivering the vision than just painting the broad strokes.


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Man accused of killing brother in East Pittsburgh
Andre Rankin charged with shooting Dearto Dion Rankin to death
A man died in a hospital Saturday morning after being shot earlier in the day in East Pittsburgh, allegedly by his brother.
Allegheny County police said Dearto Dion Rankin, 29, of Verona, was shot in the 600 block of Linden Avenue shortly after 9 a.m.
Officers found the victim after responding to 911 calls about a disturbance involving a gunshot.
Police said they will file a homicide charge against Andre Rankin, who turned himself in Saturday afternoon.
Andre Rankin repeatedly said, "Sorry," as police walked him to a car to take him to the Allegheny County Jail.
According to the criminal complaint, Andre Rankin told police that he took a gun from his uncle and went to his brother's apartment, where the two men argued and the gun went off during the struggle.
In June 2007, Andre Rankin's young sons, Andre, 6, and Azquel, 5, died along with three other children in a house fire in Larimer.
In 2004, Andre Rankin's mother, Carolyn Rankin, was found dead in Wilkinsburg. Police said the woman had been fatally beaten.


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With the start of another year, many are reflecting on personal and familial habits that may need to be re-examined. For families, the top slot on this list is often the family budget.
The budget tends to burst at the seams comes January. December can bring, "It's little much, but it's such a perfect gift for ----," and, "We can't stick to the grocery budget, it's the holidays and we've got things to bake/cook and memories to make."
Every January we sit down with the budget and cut the fat. It's not that difficult of a job. We know what we've comfortable spending in each category and it's easy to see where we are falling short. We look at the numbers and plan out the next year for our family. We think about each month and what our needs will be and everything runs smoothly, until we get to the summer months and one budget category jumps out.
That category: Vacation. Should we take a family vacation?
No matter how much (or little) money there is, we're frugal. It's just how we live. What we have we save because we know there'll be a time of need. There are student loans that could be paid or a home that could be saved for. Do we spend a large chunk of money over the course of one week in the summer?
The answer for this family is a resounding YES! For us, a vacation is a necessity and something that needs to be budgeted into our lives.
A few years ago my husband, who struggles with a chronic health issue, had a complication after a surgery and I had to rush him to the hospital. There was serious question as to if he would live or die. I called a few friends to sit and pray with me as the doctors worked and I waited. During that time I didn't think of our budget, the student loans or if I'd gone over on cell phone minutes. Instead, I was I was haunted by something my husband had recently shared with me,
"My favorite thing in this world is when we're traveling and you all fall asleep in the van. I love to drive my sleeping family."
This memory was interrupted when the doctors came to tell me they had found the problem and that my husband would make it. My friends smiled and looked at me for tears or leaps of joy.
There were tears, but the only thing I could think of to say was, "I want to go on vacation for our anniversary."
Our favorite things are important, especially if they help bond us as a family unit. For us, they are the thoughts that haunt us when we are reminded that this life is temporary and they are the first memories of our very young children.
There is something to be said about cramming five people into a mini-van and living out of a cooler for five days every summer – if it's done together.
We're not millionaires over here, so it vacations mean other sacrifices throughout the year. We can do vacation on a dime. My husband and I even play "fun games and challenges" to help ensure vacation is possible for our family. You can make dinner for five out of a cooler for consecutive nights and those "free weekend if you take our timeshare tour" trips are actually really fun - and they serve lunch.
Taking his three daughters to Disney World is my husband's dream. Old age isn't likely for him, so I'm determined to make it happen sooner rather than later. We even have a code phrase for the dream in our home. "Someday, when we go to the Mouse's House" we say as we dream while attempting to not tip off the children. It's a bit early to share our dream with them. We'll wait until the vacation category in the budget can grow. Until that time, vacation will always have a place in our budget, even if it is a small one.
Does your family have a "Mouse's House" dream vacation? Does your family have a favorite vacation spot you want to recommend?
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Adam opens the show talking with Alonzo Bodden about indicators that will tell you how crappy your town is. He also talks about a homeless woman who turned down chicken, and why it's okay to messily share beef jerky but not other foods. Adam also answers audience questions about driving fast, being someone's 'freebie', and the ingredients of Plumpy Nut.
Alison begins the news with an update on the news anchor that lost his job after cursing on air. They discuss the strange phenomenon of how messing up can now make you famous, and they also talk about Gwyneth Paltrow being named the most beautiful woman in the world. As the show wraps up, Adam recalls trying to keep the kids awake so they wouldn't fall asleep in the car, and the guys discuss Zach Braff's kickstarter, and Williams-Sonoma's pressure cookers.
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Here's a re-post of the boy bag tutorial in case you missed it!
Confession: I didn't take a single picture when I was making the Boy Booty Bag. It took me until two days before the deadline to find a project idea I liked and I was rushing.
So, we're going to do a couple of things. First, we're changing the name of the bag to something more general. Let's face it, if you don't happen to feature a pirate on the bag, a "booty bag" is maybe not the best name.
Here's a tutorial, then, for the
Boxy Boy Bag
This time we're featuring dinosaurs. I'll be showing you how I made the bag using a whole piece of fabric. It's pretty much the same method as I used for the booty bag, only I had to cut up the suit coat and piece it together to get the size I am using in the pictures.
Don't feel like sewing your own? A couple of these dino bags are available in my etsy shop.
Plan the size of your bag:
Picture your bag as a box. Decide the height, width and depth you desire.
Now you're going to take those measurements and turn it into a pattern. Here is the drawing I made for my bag. (This isn't to scale, so don't enlarge it and use it like a pattern).
You will be taking your box measurements and adding them all together on your pattern. You'll need to add some extra length for seam allowance. I added 1/2" or 1" seam allowance- whatever worked up to an easy measurement to cut.
One important thing to remember is to include your depth measurements for all four sides of your bag (they are shaded in the picture).
I made this Curious George bag to hold the ViewMaster my son received for his birthday a few weeks ago. You can see that I forgot to account for depth in my flap measurement and George's picture folds funny because part of it becomes the top of the bag when the bag is full.
In addition to the bag pattern, you will need to decide on the size of strip you will need for a strap. I cut mine to be 31"x4". You will also need a few pieces that look something like this for the magnetic closure:
And any pockets you plan to include. Plan for those too.
Once you have your plan, it's time to get your supplies. You will need:
Fabric for the outside of the bag
Fabric for the lining
Interfacing, if desired when using thin fabric
1 magnetic closure
extra fabric, straps, buttons, embroidery floss, etc, for decorating your fabric.
The plan is the hard part. Once you have that, it will be smooth sailing...smooth-er sailing, at least.
To start your bag, cut out your pieces. Cut your pattern piece from the inner and outer fabrics (and interfacing, if used)
Cut a strip of fabric for the strap and any you plan to use for pockets.
I added all my pockets and decorations before sewing the bag. You can add them later, if that's easier.
Take one of your large fabric pieces and fold the bottom up, right sides together Sew up the sides. Do the same to the other piece of fabric.
Pinch the bottom corners of each side together. Measure down as far as you need to go to give you the width you desire. After sewing, you can cut off the excess corner piece. The outside will look like the picture on the right.
You will want to do the same thing to the lining.
At this point, you want to work on your magnetic closure.
I used the following things:
My fabric strap pieces, interfacing, magnetic clasp and a few small pieces of felt.
Attach the magnetic closure according to the directions on the package. I also like to put an extra piece of felt in there to help reinforce the fabric strength.
Sew around the strap. Clip the curves and flip inside out. Toptstitch.
There are a few ways you can sew on your strap. When I made the booty bag, I had a big pocket so I tucked the end of the strap under the pocket.
With the other bags, I just folded the raw edge under and sewed it on.
Place the other side of the magnetic clasp on the front of the bag. Keep it near the top, but leave room for sewing.
Now you'll need your strap. If you are sewing a strap, take your strap fabric, fold it right-sides-together, and sew up the long edge. Flip it right side out, press and topstitch the sides. I added some embroidery floss to mine, for fun.
Once you have your strap, pin it right-sides together to the outer fabric of your bag, centering it with the side seams. Baste it into place.
Tuck your outer fabric into your lining, right-sides together. Pin the flap and top of bag together. Sew all the way around, leaving a few inches open for turning. Be sure to clip those 90 degree angles where the flaps start before you turn it inside out.
Turn the whole bag right side out and topstitch all around.
Now, if you want to give the bag a "boxy" look, follow this next step. Pull the lining back out of the main part of the bag. This step will only be done to the outer piece of fabric. Pinch the fabric together to form a line between the corner of the bottom of the bag to the top corner. This will kind of be like making sides to your box. Sew up the side of your fold about 1/4" from the edge. Do this 4 times, once for each side.
I had some embellishments in the way for the dino and booty bags, so I didn't make the boxy seams on the bottom of the bag, but I did for the monkey bag. I really like the extra boxy look.
Boom. You're Done! And you're ready to send your little guy off on an adventure.


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Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kries was more than familiar with his Supplemental Draft haul on Tuesday. Of the three selections, two had participated in a combine held by RSL in December at the home of their youth academy in Casa Grande, Ariz.
RSL added goalkeeper Jeff Attinella (South Florida) in the first round, midfielder Drew Cost (Penn State) in the second and forward Nick Love (Gonzaga) in the third. The week prior, they picked up midfielder Jarad vanSchaik (Portland) in the SuperDraft.
"The [Cost] and [Love] picks were essentially borne out of our combine that we did in December," Kreis said. "These were two players that we didn't know much about, but having them in our own combine, we feel like we benefitted a great deal. We were able to learn more about them as individuals and see them up front and personal."
Attinella was a fairly highly rated goalkeeper coming into the draft. However, RSL already have two backup 'keepers fighting to be Nick Rimando's understudy in Tim Melia and Kyle Reynish. Though it's likely RSL will carry three goalkeepers on their 30-man roster in 2011, competition will be tough for the rookie.
"It's just hard for a college goalkeeper to come in and make a big impression," explained GM Garth Lagerwey, a former MLS goalkeeper. "You are going to be taking them purely on potential and upside."
In addition to that, RSL are hardly a club oozing with opportunity for young players.
"We have 24 guys under contract," Lagerwey said. "We think we're going to go into the season with as many as 26 guys, and so there are one or two roster spots open on our club – more likely one."
However, Lagerwey explained that the opportunities for the Supplemental picks were the same as for SuperDraft pick vanSchaik.
"They are all going to come in and battle for an apprentice spot and we'll see if any of them make our team," Lagerwey said.
Cost, an athletic right-sided player who usually plays in the midfield, will compete for a right-back spot, just as the left-footed vanSchaik will challenge for a place on the other side of the back four.
Converting midfielders into outside backs is hardly novel. After all, all three of RSL's current mainstays at outside back —Chris Wingert, Robbie Russell and Tony Beltran — played at midfield in college, although Wingert finished his NCAA career on the back line.
As for Love, Lagerwey admitted he had a good shot at making the cut.
"Love is a forward, and that is a position where we might potentially add a young player. We'll see if athletically he can fit in."
RSL open preseason camp in earnest next week in Arizona, so all three supplemental picks will get their chance to show their talents in short order.


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WISE Finds Few Brown Dwarfs Close to Home
NASA's WISE telescope has discovered that there are fewer brown dwarfs in our solar neighborhood than previously thought.
Transcript:Davy Kirkpatrick: Astronomers are interested not only in the bright stars in our neighborhood which are easily seen here around the sun, but also the small, dim objects we can't readily see. Finding these is one of the prime objectives of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
As we move further away from the sun, we focus only on our neighbors within 26 light years. Within that volume, we increase the brightness of the faintest, reddest stars to make them more easily visible. These objects, known as M dwarfs, are the most common type of star in the solar neighborhood.
Now, viewing from a distance of 30 light years, we circle all the known brown dwarfs: faint objects with too little mass to shine stably as stars do. The blue circles show all of the previously-known brown dwarfs while the red circles show the ones that WISE has identified for the very first time.
This updated census of our solar neighborhood now shows that brown dwarfs are much rarer than stars, there being roughly 6 stars for every known brown dwarf.


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I'M no Shakespeare scholar but I found a quote from Romeo and Juliet quite apposite this week.
In Act Two, Juliet tries to tell Romeo that it doesn't matter what his name is and she would love him anyway. The famous (often misquoted) line is "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But I think Juliet is wrong, very wrong. Names do matter.
If they didn't, why would companies spend a small fortune on marketing and branding? Why is so much care and attention lavished on names that convey the essential attributes of a company or a product?
Just look at what happens when you get it wrong, when something is lost in translation. The first two are old favourites of mine, the third I came across only recently.
When General Motors launched the Nova car in Spain, they failed to realise that the name could be taken to mean 'won't work' and, going the other way, I always smile when I see Bimbo bread in Spanish supermarkets.
The third example of extra and unintended meanings being attached to a name came about with the ill-fated American car the Pinto. Ford, looking to the burgeoning market in Brazil, were surprised when sales fell way below expectation. Not so surprising when it was revealed to Ford executives that pinto was Brazilian street slang for small male private parts.
So yes, I think names do matter.
On a personal level, your name is a sign to others, conveying subtle signals about your age, background and maybe your ethnic origin.
The reason names are on my agenda is that newspapers and websites keen to fill space in the summer 'silly season' have been publishing the annual baby names bulletin by the Office for National Statistics.
Obviously, the list is for 2013 and in many ways it doesn't really offer much of a change from the previous year, with most of the top 10 most popular names for boys and girls in England and Wales remaining the same.
George got a bit of a boost thanks to a certain royal baby.
In the girls' list, Amelia, Olivia and Emily occupy the top three spots, while for the boys, Oliver, Jack and Harry were the most popular names last year.
Back in the days when I was in the position of having to choose baby names with my wife, the popular names for girls were Victoria, Rebecca, Katie and Louise. These days three of those don't figure at all and Katie sneaks in at 79.
If you meet someone called Rebecca these days, there's a good chance she's a thirtysomething.
And pity the poor Keiths out there.
It's a long, long time since Keith figured on anyone's list of favourite names. And it plumbed the depths when the name Keith figured in an episode of the anarchic television cartoon comedy Family Guy.
The question asked of 'hero' Peter Griffin was: "What's the most unattractive male name?" And the answer was, of course, Keith.
I wonder if we are given an unusual or 'posh' name we live up to it. You don't see many kids called Tarquin, Tobias or Rupert hanging round street corners where I live, and rumour has it that Gideon was too posh even for our very own Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.
According to the fount of all human knowledge, Wikipedia, Mr Osborne was originally named Gideon Oliver, and changed his name to George when he was 13.
In an interview in July 2005 he said: "It was my small act of rebellion. I never liked it. When I finally told my mother she said, 'Nor do I'. So I decided to be George after my grandfather, who was a war hero. Life was easier as a George; it was a straightforward name."
And this from a member of one of the oldest Anglo-Irish aristocracies and heir apparent to the Osborne baronetcy.
If Mr Osborne took the decision to change his name, one wonders what those babies lumbered with some of the more ludicrous names last year will be doing when they are 13.
Inspired (if that is the right word) by popular TV series Game of Thrones, last year saw 50 girls called Khaleesi and four called Daenerys. There were 187 Aryas, five Sansas and three Catelyns. For boys there were 11 Gregors, six Tyrions, four Brandans but, perhaps most surprisingly, 11 Theons (Theon is a rather treacherous and unpleasant character).
I suspect the department that handles name changes by deed poll may be quite busy in 18 years or so.


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Surgical Procedures for Glaucoma
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When it is not possible to lower the intraocular pressure adequately with eye drops or oral drugs, eye surgery may be advised. In some situations, you and your doctor may decide to try surgery instead of using drops. There are two types of surgery: laser surgery and incisional surgery.
Laser Surgery
This is performed in a doctor's office or an eye clinic. In laser surgery, the surgeon uses a concentrated high-energy beam of light to make changes to the eye to help relieve the intraocular pressure.
The three types most frequently used are:
Trabeculoplasty —This procedure is most often used to treat open-angle glaucoma. Using the laser, the surgeon will make many small microscopic burns in the drainage area of the eye. This will allow the aqueous fluid to drain more freely. The procedure takes 10-20 minutes, and you can resume normal activities right after it. It takes about 2-3 weeks before one can see the maximum effect from the surgery.
Iridotomy —This surgery is frequently used to treat angle-closure glaucoma or to prevent it in patients who have very narrow drainage angles. Using the laser, the surgeon will make a small hole in the iris. This will allow the aqueous fluid to flow more freely inside the eye and help to widen the drainage angle between the cornea and iris.
Cyclophotocoagulation —This procedure is usually reserved for more advanced or aggressive cases of glaucoma that are refractory to other treatments. Using either the laser or a freezing probe, the surgeon will destroy selected areas of the ciliary body—the part of the eye that produces fluid. This will reduce the production of aqueous fluid.
Description of the Procedure:
The surgeon will place eye drops into your eyes to numb them. You will sit facing the laser machine. Using a special lens held to the front of your eye, the surgeon will focus the high-energy beam of light at specific structures in your eye. You may see flashes of bright green or red light. The process often takes just a few minutes.
You cannot rub your eyes for at least 20 minutes or until the numbing eye drops have worn off. You may experience some local eye irritation. You may need someone to drive you home after the procedure, but most people can resume their normal activities within a day after the procedure. Your vision will probably be blurry for one to two days after the procedure.
Mechanical shunts —In advanced cases, sometimes a a placement of a mechanical shunt is the best option. Shunts are small silicone tubes that are inserted into an eye to help drain the aqueous fluid.
Incisional Surgery
Also known as filtering surgery, or trabeculectomy, incisional surgery involves the use of tiny instruments to make a tiny hole in the sclera, or white of the eye where it meets the cornea. The aqueous humor can now drain out through the hole and be reabsorbed into the bloodstream. This reduces the pressure in the eye. In some cases, the surgeon may place a valve in the eye through a tiny incision. These valves act as a regulator for the buildup of fluid within the eye, allowing fluid to flow out and be reabsorbed.
Description of the Procedure:
Incisional surgery is usually performed in an operating room with local anesthesia. The surgeon will make the small incision in the eye to allow for a slow release of aqueous fluid. If necessary, the surgeon will place the tiny valve in the eye through an incision. The surgeon will also often cut out a small hole in the iris to help prevent the iris from blocking the hole.
You will need someone to drive you home after the procedure. In addition, you may need to wear a patch and use eye drops following surgery. Avoid activities that expose your eye to water, such as swimming and showering, as recommended by your doctor. Also avoid strenuous activities, as recommended by your doctor.
American Academy of Ophthalmology website. Available at: http://www.aao.org/ .
The Glaucoma Foundation website. Available at: http://www.glaucomafoundation.org/ .
Lichter PR, Musch DC, Gillespie BW, et al. Interim clinical outcomes in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study comparing initial treatment randomized to medications or surgery. Ophthalmology. 2001;108:1943.
Minckler DS, Vedula SS, Li TJ, et al. Aqueous shunts for glaucoma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006;CD004918.
National Eye Institute website. Available at: http://www.nei.nih.gov/ .
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