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The present invention relates to computer networks, and more specifically, to computer networks based on lossy channels.
In computer networks, it is necessary for applications to access files located on network servers. When an application tries to access a file over a network, a file system call 109 is sent by the application, which resides in a client, to a network server. Microsoft� (MS) networks have components at the file system level. Microsoft also has proprietary protocols at the file system level to help get the files over the network. Protocols define how computers identify one another on a network, the format by which the data is sent, how the data should be processed once it reaches its final destination and procedures for handling lost or damaged transmissions or "packets."
File system calls, in MS-networks, go through an installable file system manager (IFSMGR), a Microsoft� component. The IFSMGR handles all calls from all of the applications-including 32 bit, 16 bit, and DOS applications. Multiple file system providers may be installed on the system. One file system provider is a default file system provider, which is a Microsoft� network redirector. Each call is routed by the IFSMGR to the MS-network redirector, which constructs a network request and sends the request over the network. The MS-network redirector also encodes requests and decodes responses. The MS-network redirector works serially, which means that the redirector will send one request, wait for a response, and once it receives the response sends the next request. This system of processing file system calls is synchronous with application request as well. In synchronous communications, each party is required to wait a specified interval before speaking-in contrast to asynchronous communications where both parties can talk whenever they like.
Microsoft� uses a Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. SMB is a message format used by DOS and Windows to share files, directories and services. The MS-network redirector encodes the file system request into SMB format and sends it through Network Basic Input Output System (NetBIOS) on Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). NetBIOS is an application programming interface that augments DOSBIOS by adding special functions for Local Area Networks (LANs). Thus, the actual transfer of data is done over TCP/IP.
A characteristic of TCP/IP is that every TCP packet must be acknowledged, which creates traffic in the reverse direction. In protocols having slotted architecture, each slot may have two nodes, node A and node B, such that when node A is transmitting, node B is receiving and vice versa. Therefore, when TCP/IP is used to transmit data, some bandwidth must be allocated in the slot for the reverse channel to accommodate the traffic in the reverse direction, which lowers the amount of bandwidth that can be allocated for the forward channel.
Thus, network performance is lowered by the requirement of bandwidth for a backward channel and the system of processing file system calls being synchronous with application requests.
A method and system for improving networking performance in networks based on lossy channels are described. In one embodiment, a selected file system call 109 is redirected by sending a file request to a server over a first protocol. Data is received from the server in response to the file request over a second protocol.
The present invention is illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements.
FIG. 1 is a system architecture of one embodiment of a client having improved networking performance in networks based on lossy channels;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram one embodiment of an improved networking performance system in the client of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of one embodiment an improved networking performance system of a server;
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a recovery mechanism for an improved networking performance system in a client;
FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a recovery mechanism for an improved networking performance system in a server.
FIG. 6A is a flow diagram of another embodiment of an improved networking performance system in a network client.
FIG. 6B is a flow diagram of another embodiment of an improved networking performance system in a network server.
A method and system for improved networking performance in networks based on lossy channels are described. In one embodiment, a selected file system call 109 is redirected by sending a file request to a server over a first protocol. Data is received from the server in response to the file request over a second protocol.
In the following detailed description of the present invention, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form, rather than in detail, in order to avoid obscuring the present invention.
Some portions of the detailed descriptions that follow are presented in terms of algorithms and symbolic representations of operations on data bits within a computer memory. These algorithmic descriptions and representations are the means used by those skilled in the data processing arts to most effectively convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. An algorithm is here, and generally, conceived to be a selfconsistent sequence of steps leading to a desired result. The steps are those requiring physical manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, or the like.
It should be borne in mind, however, that all of these and similar terms are to be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities. Unless specifically stated otherwise, as apparent from the following discussion, it is appreciated that throughout the description, discussions terms such as "processing" or "computing" or "calculating" or "determining" or "displaying" or the like, refer to the action and processes of a computer system, or similar electronic computing device, that manipulates and transforms data represented as physical (electronic) quantities within the computer system's registers and memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer system memories or registers or other such information storage, transmission or display devices.
The present invention also relates to apparatus for performing the operations herein. This apparatus may be specially constructed for the required purposes, or it may comprise a general purpose computer selectively activated or reconfigured by a computer program stored in the computer. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as, but is not limited to, any type of disk including floppy disks, optical disks, CD-ROMs, and magnetic-optical disks, read-only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), EPROMs, EEPROMs, magnetic or optical cards, or any type of media suitable for storing electronic instructions, and each coupled to a computer system bus.
The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer or other apparatus. Various general purpose systems may be used with programs in accordance with the teachings herein, or it may prove convenient to construct more specialized apparatus to perform the required method steps. The required structure for a variety of these systems will appear from the description below. In addition, the present invention is not described with reference to any particular programming language. It will be appreciated that a variety of programming languages may be used to implement the teachings of the invention as described herein.
FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate an improved networking performance system for a client of a network. Client 100 includes a variety of applications and an installable file system manager 110. The applications may include, for example, DOS applications 101, Windows� 32 bit applications 102—such as media player 104, internet explorer 105, network neighborhood 106, and other Windows� 32 bit applications 107, and Windows� 16 bit applications 103 including 16 bit applications 108. File system calls 109 from the various applications 101, 102 and 103 are sent to the installable file system manager (IFSMGR) 110. The IFSMGR is connected to a file system hook 170, as shown in FIG. 1.
As shown in FIG. 2, the file system hook 270 sits between the IFSMGR 210 and network redirector 220, which is a Microsoft� network redirector, in this case. In FIG. 2, the file system hook 270 checks to see if the file call 109 should be passed on to the Microsoft� network redirector 220 or redirected to a compliant server (not shown). A compliant server is one that is configured to interact with the file system hook 270 according to the present invention, as described below, for example with regard to FIGS. 3 and 5.
When the IFSMGR transmits the file system call 109, file system hook 270 intercepts the file system call 109 before it is forwarded to the MS network redirector 220. The file system hook 270 then determines if there is a compliant server to which the file system call 109 is directed. The file system hook 270 also determines whether the file system call 109 is for a read file request.
If the file system call 109 is not a read file request or if the file system call 109 is not directed to a compliant server, the file system call 109 is passed on to the Microsoft� redirector 220. The MS redirector 220 then encodes the file system call 109 in server message block in block 221, and sends the encoded packet to NETBIOS using TCP as a transport protocol in block 222. The NETBIOS 223 sends the encoded file system call to the lower layer network components and Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS) wrapper 230. The lower layer network components and NDIS wrapper interfaces with the media access control layer 235.
However, if the file system call 109 is a read file request and a compliant server is present, the file system hook sends the file system call 109 to be encoded in a proprietary in block 271. The file system call 109 is sent as a control packet encoded in TCP in block 272. The control packet is sent to transport driver interface (TDI) 273. The TDI sends the control packet to the lower layer network components and NDIS wrapper 230 and MAC (NDIS driver) 235. The TDI receives data from the lower layer network components and forwards the data it receives in block 274. The data is received in block 274 on user datagram protocol (UDP). UDP does not require acknowledgment for data sent. If there are any lost packets, the client performs a recovery mechanism in block 275. Because the client receives the data on UDP, the client does not need to send an acknowledgement (ACK) for each data packet sent. Thus, it is possible to maximize the bandwidth for the forward channel and minimize the backward channel.
The client 100 also includes a cache (not shown) for storing read-ahead data, as illustrated in 6A and 6B. In FIG. 6A, a client sends a request, in step 610, to a server to indicate a new file transfer. In step 620, the client begins receiving data and stores the data in a cache in step 630. At the same time, applications will consume the data at the rate at which the applications require the data. The client will check if the cache is reaching full capacity by checking for a first particular level, or HIGH watermark. If the client decides, in step 650, that the cache has reached the HIGH watermark, the client will send a STOP_PUMPING request to the server in step 660, or else the client will continue to receive data in step 620. If the client sends the STOP_PUMPING request, the server will stop sending data. The applications will continue to consume the data, and the client will check, in step 670, if enough data has been consumed that a second particular level, or a LOW watermark, has been reached. If the client decides, in step 670, that the LOW watermark has been reached, it will send a RESUME_PUMPING request to the server in step 690, or else the client will continue to check for a low watermark in step 670. If the client sends a RESUME_PUMPING request in step 690, the client will continue to receive data in step 620, and continue repeating the steps in FIG. 6A as necessary until all the data has been received.
FIG. 6B illustrates a server that is compliant with the client of FIG. 6A. The server receives a New_Request in step 611. The server opens the requested file and starts sending data from a specified offset in step 621. If the server receives a STOP_PUMPING request in step 661, it will stop sending data in step 661, or else the server will continue sending data in step 622. If the server receives a STOP_PUMPING request and stops sending data in step 661, the server will check if a RESUME_PUMPING request has been sent in step 691. If a RESUME_PUMPING request has been received, the server will continue sending data in step 622, or else the server will continue checking for a RESUME_PUMPING request in step 691. The server will repeat the steps of FIG. 6B as necessary until all the data has been sent.
Thus, the server may send data at a faster rate than the application requesting it can consume it. Thus, if an application is consuming data at a low rate, the network performance will not be lowered by the server sending data at the same low rate. The cache will continue storing data until the cache starts reaching full capacity.
FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of a server and its improved networking performance system. When the lower layer network components 330 receive a network request through NETBIOS 323, the server processes the request and sends the response over the transmission control protocol (TCP) in block 324. However, if the lower layer network stack components 330 receives a file request from the file system hook 270 (in FIG. 2) through TDI 373, the TDI 373 sends the command packet through TCP in block 376 to the command packet handler in block 377. The common packet handler encodes the response packet and sends it to the client in block 378 over UDP in block 379. As discussed with regard in FIG. 2, the client receives the data.
Another aspect of the improved performance is the recovery mechanism, as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 shows the client recovery mechanism. The client maintains packet window 350, which is split into two segments 351 and 352 by a threshold value. The window may have a size of, for example, 1,000 packets and the threshold may be 500 packets. Thus, the first segment 351 will contain packets 1 to 500 and the second segment 352, will contain packets 501 to 1,000. Thus in step 381 of FIG. 4, the client receives packets through, for example, UDP. When the window has crossed the threshold of 500 packets, for example, to 501 packets in step 382, the client will check to see if any packets have been lost in the first segment 351. If packets have been lost, the client will send a retry request in step 383 to the server for all the missing packets. Thus, with regard to FIG. 2, in block 275 the recovery mechanism will send a request to block 274 to encode the retry request in the proprietary protocol. The proprietary protocol is TCP for control packets, which will be encoded in block 272. The retry request will be transmitted by the server through TDI 373. TDI 373 will send the retry request through TCP in block 376 to the command packet handler 377.
The command packet handler will send the retry request through TCP this time in block 376 through TDI 373 to the client. The client will receive the packet over TCP in block 272, which it will send through block 274 to the file system hook 270. The client will then check to see if all the packets have been recovered in step 384 of FIG. 3. If not all the packets have been recovered the client will send a retry request through step 373 of FIG. 3.
Once all the packets have been recovered, or if no packets had been lost, as determined in step 382, the client will send an ACK signal for the first segment 351 in step 385. Then, the client will forward the window by the threshold amount in step 386 such that the first segment will contain packets 1,001 to 1500, for example, and the second segment will contain packets 501 to 1,000. The client will then, after the new threshold, for example, 1,000 has been crossed, examine if any packets are missing in the second segment 352 in step 387. If any packets are missing, the client will perform step 383 and 384 as needed until all the packets have been recovered.
The server, as illustrated in FIG. 5, maintains a packet window 460 similar to that of the client and having the same packet size and threshold value. The server packet window 460 is also split into two segments, segment one 461 and segment two 462. In step 491, the server starts sending the packets of data over UDP. When the server reaches 1,000 packets, for example, or the end of the window, the server checks, in step 492, to see if an acknowledgement (ACK) has been received for the first segment 461 of the data sent over UDP. If no ACK has been received for the first segment 461, then in step 493, the server will wait for an ACK to arrive. The server will continue to check for an ACK in step 492 until one has been received.
Once the ACK signal has been received the server will advance the packet window by the threshold amount. In this case, the threshold amount is 500 packets, so that the first segment 461 will contain packets 1,001 to 1500 of the data to be transmitted. The server will also advance the window threshold by the threshold amount so that the new window threshold is 1,000 (or 500+500). Once the new window threshold of 1,000 has been crossed, the server will check if the second segment has been acknowledged in step 495. If the second segment has not been acknowledged, the server will wait in step 496 for an ACK for the second segment 462. The server will continually check for an ACK, and in step 495, once an ACK has been received, the server will again advance the window by the threshold amount and advance the window threshold by the threshold amount such that the new window threshold will be 1500 in step 497.
Once packets 1501 to 2,000 have been sent, the server will check in step 492 if the first segment 461 has been acknowledged. If the first segment has not been acknowledged, the server will wait in step 493 for the ACK for the first segment to be received, as described above. The server will continue to send packets and ensure that ACKs for each segment have been received until all the packets have been sent.
Because the underlying MAC protocol 235, takes care of reliable data transfer, the RETRY commands will not be used frequently, thus increasing the network performance. In case of RETRY, an ACK is sent after all the packets are recovered on the TCP channel.
Whereas many alterations and modifications of the present invention will no doubt become apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art after having read the forgoing description, it is to be understood that the various embodiments shown and described by way of illustration are in no way intended to be considered limiting. Therefore, references to details of various embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the claims which in themselves recite only those features regarded as essential to the invention.
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Very Pleasing
It's just too good. Has all the attributes to making a not so good day into an assured happy one.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I have...almost no words
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This was incredible.
I could hear vocals, I could feel the chords as if they were actually physically pulling on my heartstrings.
This was a SONG.
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Frequent Fox Guest Sheriff Clarke Responds To Mothers Of Police Violence: "Where Are The Dads?"
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CNN's Dylan Byers reports that former Fox News Executive Vice President Michael Clemente has left the network "days after Roger Ailes departure from Fox News."
CNN reported that Clemente's departure "was unrelated to the recent sexual harassment allegations surrounding Ailes," which continues to plague the network with new reports of widespread sexual harassment at the network. Clemente's number two, Peter Boyer also left the network. CNN noted "that Clemente showed no signs of leaving the network prior to the scandal":
Michael Clemente, a longtime executive vice president of News at Fox who was effectively demoted earlier this year, has left the network, spokespeople confirmed. Peter Boyer, a former New Yorker writer who recently served as Clemente's number two, has also left.
Clemente's departure, first reported by TVNewser, was approved by 21st Century Fox co-chairman Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch. Network insiders say the move was unrelated to the recent sexual harassment allegations surrounding Ailes, though it's also true that Clemente showed no signs of leaving the network prior to the scandal.
Michael Clemente's exit from Fox follows reports from New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman, who stated Fox News executives had helped Ailes "cover up" sexual harassment allegations, as well as Good Morning America's report that there was a "culture inside Fox News" of sexual harassment.
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Pastor Kenneth Adkins Previously Photoshopped A Government Official Onto Pornographic Images, Said Victims Of Orlando Massacre Got "What They Deserve"
The Florida Times-Union reported that pastor Kenneth Adkins plans to protest presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton outside of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this week. The paper's June 22 report failed to provide any context on Adkins and his well-documented history of rabid anti-LGBT extremism in political protesting, which includes photoshopping a government official's face onto pornographic images and most recently tweeting about gay people "gett[ing] what they deserve" after the June 12 mass shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, FL.
Adkins rose to prominence in local media earlier this year due to his extreme antics in protest of a proposed LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance in Jacksonville, FL. The pastor opposed the ordinance on Twitter with graphic and inflammatory images. He said the definition of the ordinance was "Giving Civil Rights to men who engage in Anal Sex with each other," called Jacksonville City Council Member Tommy Hazouri the "anti-Christ" for supporting the ordinance, and photoshopped Hazouri's face onto pornographic images:
Last month, Adkins again made pages of the the Times-Union when he responded to the June 12 massacre at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, FL, with a tweet saying, "been through so much with these Jacksonville homosexuals that I don't see none of them as victims. I see them as getting what they deserve." Adkins later attempted to deny that the tweet had anything to do with the Orlando shooting, though it came after a string of other tweets he wrote about the mass shooting.
The Times-Union's July 22 report on Adkins' planned protest of the Democratic convention failed to mention any of Adkins' past tweets or extremist protest tactics:
When Democrats gather in Philadelphia to nominate Hillary Clinton as their party's presidential candidate, Jacksonville-area pastor Ken Adkins plans to be outside, protesting their decision.
Adkins said Friday he's part of a slate of black and Hispanic activists scheduled to represent the conservative Douglass Leadership Institute and the Coalition of African American Pastors at a press conference Monday denouncing the former secretary of state for "hypocrisy and deception" on a range of topics.
A release from event organizers puts a sharp point on that, contrasting the effects of crime and arrests among minorities with the Justice Department's decision not to seek charges against Clinton for security lapses on the personal email server she used as secretary of state.
"Secretary Clinton has thwarted the law and perverted justice. Minorities are filling up jails at alarming rates for petty crimes and Hillary Clinton is not even indicted," the release said. "We are tired of the lies of the Democrat Party whose goal is to keep minorities enslaved and in mental deterioration by fostering government dependency that perpetuates generational poverty."
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CNN law enforcement analyst Harry Houck promoted a video that calls for President Obama to "ban niggas" in order to reduce violent crime, continuing Houck's long history of peddling racist tropes about the African-American community.
On July 25, Houck posted a link to a video on his Twitter account featuring Atlanta radio host and men's rights activist Tommy Sotomayor, in which Sotomayor said that Obama should "ban niggas" because black men commit more violent crimes than other groups. Houck tweeted the video with the comment, "He knows what he's talking about!":
Houck has used his platform on CNN to repeatedly suggest that African-Americans are prone to criminality and to blame black victims of police violence. Houck on Twitter has often warned about "black thugs," referred to Black Lives Matter as a "thug group," and even tweeted a link to a white supremacist website.
Houck continues to be employed as a law enforcement analyst by CNN. He most recently appeared during the the July 17 edition of CNN's Reliable Sources, where he attempted to link the shooting of three police officers in Baton Rouge to protests regarding the death of Alton Sterling.
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The media has spent years hurling sexist attacks at presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. From attacks on her appearance, her cleavage, her sexuality, her "PMS," the tone and volume of her voice, her laugh, her emotions, her age, being a grandmother, being called a "bitch,""castrating" and a "vaginal American," the claim that she's only successful because of her husband and more, it's hard to overstate the barrage of sexism Clinton has faced during her time as first lady, senator, secretary of state, and presidential candidate.
Now that Clinton is set to become first female presidential candidate for a major party in U.S. history, the media should avoid falling into this inexcusable cycle of rampant sexism and misogyny in their general election coverage.
James Edwards Celebrates Going "Mainstream" By Appearing At RNC With "All-Access" Media Credentials
Several members of Congress and a Trump campaign official gave pro-Trump interviews to white nationalist leader James Edwards and his "pro-white" radio show The Political Cesspool during the Republican National Convention. Edwards is a David Duke acolyte and "has probably done more than any of his contemporaries on the American radical right to publicly promote neo-Nazis, Holocaust deniers, raging anti-Semites and other extremists," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Edwards pointed to his attendance at the convention as evidence that he and his radio program are going "mainstream."
Following the ousting of former Fox CEO Roger Ailes amid allegations that he sexually harassed former network anchor Gretchen Carlson, The New York Times reported that a culture of sexual harassment and intimidation in Fox News may extend beyond Ailes. According to the Times, interviews with current and former Fox News employees revealed "instances of harassment and intimidation that went beyond Mr. Ailes and suggested a broader problem in the workplace."
On July 21, Fox News' parent company announced that Ailes would be resigning his position at Fox News but would receive $60 million and continue to work "as a consultant" with 21st Century Fox. Ailes' ousting from the company follows a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson. According to The Washington Post, 25 women have come forward to make similar harassment claims against Ailes.
The New York Times reported on July 23 that Fox News may have "a broader problem in the workplace," that extends beyond Ailes after at least "a dozen women" told the Times that "they had experienced some form of sexual harassment or intimidation at Fox News or the Fox Business Network, and half a dozen more who said they had witnessed it. Two of them cited Mr. Ailes and the rest cited other supervisors." From the Times' report:
The investigation by Fox News's parent company, 21st Century Fox, focused narrowly on Mr. Ailes. But in interviews with The New York Times, current and former employees described instances of harassment and intimidation that went beyond Mr. Ailes and suggested a broader problem in the workplace.
The Times spoke with about a dozen women who said they had experienced some form of sexual harassment or intimidation at Fox News or the Fox Business Network, and half a dozen more who said they had witnessed it. Two of them cited Mr. Ailes and the rest cited other supervisors. With the exception of Ms. Bakhtiar, they all spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing embarrassment and fear of retribution. Most continue to work in television and worry that speaking out could damage their careers.
They told of strikingly similar experiences at Fox News. Several said that inappropriate comments about a woman's appearance and sex life were frequent. Managers tried to set up their employees on dates with superiors.
The women interviewed by The Times described similarly troubling experiences at Fox News and the Fox Business Network, a sprawling operation with about 2,000 employees on several floors of News Corporation's headquarters on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.
The networks were run with an iron fist by Mr. Ailes, the founding chairman and a former Republican strategist, who established the channels as a lucrative profit center and an influential voice in conservative politics.
It is difficult to know exactly how much Mr. Ailes set the tone. The investigation into his conduct revealed findings troubling enough to compel 21st Century Fox executives to move quickly and arrange his exit. Beyond inappropriate language, Mr. Ailes was also accused by employees of kissing and intimate physical contact, according to three people briefed on the investigation, and of making propositions that included quid pro quo arrangements.
Female staff members told of problems with other supervisors as well. One current employee said that she was with a male supervisor in a closed-door, one-on-one meeting in 2009 when she asked to work on an assignment. He turned to her and said, "Sure," then conditioned it on oral sex. The woman said she laughed it off, thinking that she would face retaliation and be demoted if she told him that the comment was inappropriate.
Media figures explained how Democratic vice presidential pick Sen. Tim Kaine's (D-VA) Spanish language fluency will enable him to be "a hell of a good surrogate" for presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton with Hispanic voters.
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Skip to comments.New Voters: Powerful and Mysterious? (registering people with developmental disabilities)
Posted on 10/14/2004 11:42:07 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
FIRST-TIME VOTERS like Raput and Maples are emerging as the most mysterious and possibly the most crucial group of voters in this years hard-fought election. Over the summer, both campaigns mounted extensive voter registration efforts targeted primarily at young people who were either too young or too indifferent to cast a ballot in 2000. Registration drives have recruited absentee voters, immigrants who recently became citizens and, for the first time, people with developmental disabilities. That has led to record numbers of registered voters. In Fairfax County, 6,723 new voters registered in the month of September, according to the State Board of Elections, a 6.9 percent increase.
In Loudoun County, the number of new voters increased 31.8 percent. Much of that increase is due to Loudoun's explosive population growth, said Diana Price, secretary of the Loudoun County Electoral Board.
In both Fairfax and Loudoun counties, the number of voters who registered in the past four years is higher than the margin of victory in the 2000 election.
Statewide, 382,248 new voters registered between the 2000 election and Oct. 1 of this year. In 2000 Bush carried the state by 220,200 votes.
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Can people with down syndrome and mental retardation make an informed decision about choosing an elected official.
True there are many people who will vote who aren't informed but registering developmentally disabled people doesn't seem proper.
Didn't the million mom marchers collect institutionalized people to swell their numbers back when they first started doing their thing?
"I'm an excellent voter...ex, exe, excellent voter..."
My sister has Down's Syndrome, and I wouldn't dream of letting her anywhere near a polling booth. She doesn't understand either the issues or the responsibility.
I attended a meeting (social) recently at an Independent Living Center where they were signing up persons with disabilities. I had to wonder if they would pick up these folks and "help" them vote.
I am sure a "freindly" Democrat will "help" them to "choose" their candidate.
Developmentally disabled doesn't necessarily mean mentally retarded. I serve on the board of a human services organization with a developmentally disabled indivdual - who has a B.S., works as a magazine editor, has been married and divorced - basically just like you and me. ;-)
then she is capable of adult functioning and of registering herself to vote, and people like her always have been. In their cases it wouldn't even be an issue.
I know that's why I listed Down's Syndrome and mental retardation. Who makes the call?
Thank you. I'm sorry I spelled it wrong.
"Intent of the voter"...
Do I need to remind you that HALF of the people vote for the party that wants to tax them into oblivion.
This is not a new development. I was taught this trick thirty years ago while taking Special Education classes.
Fortunately, it is not new, and should already be factored into all elections.
I was responding specifically to your statement that, "registering developmentally disabled people doesn't seem proper."
I feel as though it's entirely proper, and I am supportive of the effort.
I understand that. What of the others?
BTW- I recall FRee Republic covering this topic back in my lurking days, after the last election. Couldn't find the thread, but here is an excerpt and link to an old Boston Globe report touching on the subject:
Voting Rights Of The Mentally Ill
December 11, 2000
BOSTON (Boston Globe) In Maine, if a resident has a guardian because he or she is mentally retarded, has Alzheimer's disease, or is severely brain damaged, that person still can vote. But if they have a guardian because they are mentally ill, the right to vote is denied.
Maine is not alone in its restrictions. Forty-three other states - including Massachusetts - also in some way prohibit the mentally ill from voting. Most state constitutions restrict voting rights of people who have guardians or have been declared incompetent, but 12 restrict the rights of people using arcane and ambiguous 19th-century definitions such as "idiots" and "lunatics." In New England, only New Hampshire allows every mentally ill person to vote; in Massachusetts, anyone who has a guardian cannot.
Nationally, the exact number of people affected by these restrictions is unknown, but the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill estimates it to be as high as the tens of thousands.
As the election saga in Florida reminds Americans just how much one vote can count, fundamental questions over whether the mentally ill should retain the right to vote is beginning to enter the public arena.
More: http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/305674.html
Thank you.
Will their vote be challenged if they show up with a guardian?
Too many syllables. "Retarded" works just fine.
My (limited) understanding is, and the details of the law vary from state to state, is that if the guardian is present, then there can be no challenge. Now, how this applies to individuals in group homes, is beyond me. I have been told that the residents of a home in my location, are bussed to the poll, and someone is there to help them (individual guardians?, or, as I have heard of cases where this has happened, simply the bus drivers?, or, someone from the facillity?). In any event, some of these poor people don't know the day of the week...
Post #9: *** Down's Syndrome and mental retardation***
That is wrong.
Let me answer your question with a question: What about individuals with Infantile cerebral palsy or Spina bifida? Your statement that you don't think that developmentally disabled individuals should recieve assistance to register to vote would include these individuals as well? Do you propose some sort of IQ test before allowing Americans to enter the voting booth? Or, should we ignore the rights of 4 milllion Americans because you're not comfortable with it?
I'm sorry if my post has offended you somehow. It was not my intent.
No apology is necessary. Rights of the disabled is a topic that I am somewhat passionate about. Perhaps some of that passion came across as anger - also not my intent. I think we must agree to disagree on this topic. ;-)
> Registration drives have recruited absentee voters,
> immigrants who recently became citizens and, for the
> first time, people with developmental disabilities.
First time? I thought that that was the Democrat's core constituency.
I take care of a 16 yr old autistic boy and I have actually considered registering him absentee when he turns 18 and helping him vote.I could do it and get away with it BUT ITS JUST WRONG.
In my opinion, there needs to be clearly defined lines of which people with disabilities should exercise their right to vote. A 34 year old with the mental capacity of a 3 year old certainly should not be at the polls, however, someone with a physical disablilty and not a mental impairment should be assisted in whatever way possible at the booth, or given an absentee ballot to cast from home. Voting, like many other parts of being an adult is a huge responsiblity, and if someone is not capable of handling responsibility, then he or she should not be entrusted with this very important one. There is a world of difference between someone with a physical problem, and someone with a mental problem. Anyone that is close to a person with mental redardation knows that.
Well, it's wrong to register them as Democrats, when you read how the Democrats make fun of the retarded, as the Tennesse Congressional candidate did and the way Al Gore made fun of Downs syndrome back in 1994.
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WIMBLEDON, England -- As the trainer kneaded his fingers deeply into the quadriceps muscles above Rafael Nadal's right knee during a break in the fourth set, the expression on the player's face was grim.
Even when he lost two of the first three sets in a second-round match to Robin Haase, Nadal remained the favorite in many minds to win a second title here at the All England Club.
What are we to think now?
Nadal was pressed to the limit for the second straight match Saturday, but rallied -- again -- to beat determined German Philipp Petzschner 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3. The match ran 3 hours and 45 minutes and, even as Rafa was issuing a relatively restrained punctuating fist pump, the questions began.
Petzschner is a talented shot-maker with a reputation for folding under duress -- and that's sort of what happened against Nadal. Still, the 2008 champion looks more like the player who was beaten in the fourth round of the French Open a year ago and forced to skip Wimbledon when the tendinitis in his knees flared.
There were times in the fifth set when Rafa -- who never thinks any ball is beyond his reach -- stood flat-footed as Petzschner ripped several winners.
Not only did Nadal ask for the trainer for an assessment of his left biceps and forearms muscles in the third set, but the fourth-set massage triggered all kinds of fears that Rafa's monstrously physical game had exacted another price. Do not forget that he retired in the third set of his Australian Open quarterfinal match with Andy Murray with a right knee injury. This would have made him two for three.
Afterward, Nadal admitted he was concerned.
"Sure, I am a little bit scared about the knee," he allowed. "But, you know, it happen. I had a treatment after Monte-Carlo. So I had the problem. I didn't say anything before. I had the problem against Roddick in the semifinals of Miami.
"I don't like to say nothing in that moment because when you lose, always looks like an excuse. But I can say now I had the problem after I played in Monte Carlo with a little bit of pain on the knee, on the left knee. After Monte Carlo, I didn't play Barcelona because I had to do a treatment."
Was Rafa really hurt?
Boris Becker, in the BBC commentary box, questioned whether Nadal was seriously hurt. So did U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe after Nadal broke Petzschner by running down two balls in breathtaking fashion in the fourth game of the fourth set for a 3-1lead.
"Nadal breaks injury?" McEnroe tweeted. "Doesn't look like it."
Petzschner seemed to agree with them.
"I thought he was moving great," the German said. "I only could say if I would be injured like this once I would be happy [to be moving that well]. No, but I don't know. Maybe he had something. Maybe it was just a clever part to take a timeout there. I don't know."
Nadal denied that his calls for help were merely gamesmanship.
"Everything is fair to think what they want. I never call the [trainer] when I don't have nothing, not one time in my career. If I call the [trainer] today, it was because it was bothering me a lot, the knee, no?
"The last day, it starts a little bit, and I didn't call the [trainer] because I can't resist that. But today I needed to take little bit time. I have the quadriceps muscle very tight and I need to relax it a little bit. Maybe with this relaxation, the knee works a little bit better."
Not to be outdone, Petzschner called for trainer after the fourth set with what appeared to be a lower back or hamstring injury.
The fifth set -- like Rafa's 6-0, 6-3 conclusion to the Haase match -- was predictably Rafa-centric. A weak backhand service return from Petzschner that drifted wide gave Rafa the match.
And here is the curious thing: For all his apparent physical issues, Nadal hasn't lost at Wimbledon in nearly three years. That was in a five-setter in the final to Roger Federer. Rafa ran the table the next year to win the 2008 title, skipped the tournament a year ago and is now 3-0 heading into Monday's fourth round.
When he won his first Wimbledon title, Nadal had just turned 22 and was playing an ambitious schedule. He won clay-court events at Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Hamburg, Roland Garros and Queen's Club before beating Federer in one of the most memorable Wimbledon finals ever.
This year, as a concession to wear and tear, Rafa elected to skip his beloved Barcelona tournament -- and he went out in the quarters at Queen's Club, which gave him some additional downtime. And yet, he clearly is not 100 percent.
Now he has a day off before meeting Paul-Henri Mathieu on Monday and, ominously, the prospect of seeing Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals.
"I'm happy to be in the fourth round," Nadal said. "I'll try to be better for Monday."
Greg Garber is a senior writer for ESPN.com.


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