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Reading 3: A Political Life in an Era of Crisis
Franklin Roosevelt was elected governor of the state of New York in 1928, while Al Smith lost the presidency to Herbert Hoover. He was sworn in as governor on January 1, 1929 in Albany, New York. In October 1929, the New York Stock Exchange crashed and the nation entered the Great Depression. Between 1930 and 1932 the number of unemployed Americans rose from four million to 12 million. Foreign trade dropped to a third of its normal level, farm foreclosures accelerated, and many banks failed. President Hoover was confident that this was a temporary condition.
As governor, Roosevelt had to respond to the economic crisis in hard-hit New York. Speaking from Warm Springs, Georgia, in May 1932, Roosevelt said, "Clearly it is a duty of government in an emergency to prevent any man, woman, or child from starving."1 His progressive or liberal ideas became the framework for social and economic reforms for New York. He was the leader in supporting state unemployment insurance, improving workers' compensation laws, and promoting hydroelectric power so the state could electrify rural areas and supply affordable electricity to homes and factories.
The Democratic Party nominated Roosevelt as its presidential candidate for the 1932 election. In his acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Roosevelt declared, "I pledge myself to a New Deal for the American People. This is more than a political campaign. It is a call to arms."2 Roosevelt's New Deal was a framework for national relief, much of it based on the reforms he had implemented in New York, targeted to help the "forgotten man."
On November 8, 1932, Roosevelt cast his vote in the little Town Hall of Hyde Park, New York, and chatted with some of the townspeople, as was his custom, before continuing on to the Democratic Headquarters in New York City to learn the outcome of the election. He had won the election, but now faced the daunting crisis of a still-deepening Great Depression. The new administration's first objective was to alleviate the suffering of the unemployed. Within the first hundred days after the inauguration, dozens of agencies were set up to dispense emergency and short-term governmental aid. These agencies became known as the "alphabet agencies." Once the banking problems were given attention, the other relief efforts were set in motion.
One of the most well known and long-lived plans was the CCC, the Civilian Conservation Corps. This agency gave work to the thousands of young unemployed men between the ages of 17 and 28. Their assigned tasks involved conservation work such as planting trees in national forests and parks and providing fire protection for those areas. Many states have benefited from other CCC work by having beaches improved, as well as recreational parks, wildlife areas, and campgrounds created.
Once the unemployed youth received support, the administration turned its attention to unemployment at large. The agency most responsible for this relief effort was the WPA, the Works Progress Administration.
Employees of the WPA built civil projects in communities from coast to coast including post offices, hospitals, roads, airports, and schools. They worked for school lunch programs and health clinics. Many cultural programs sponsored by the WPA enabled the nation to preserve and retain oral folk traditions in written transcripts. WPA projects gave unemployed artists, writers, and musicians employment as well. WPA artists painted murals on the walls of public buildings such as post offices, schools, and federal offices. Writers produced many informational books for the government including a highly regarded series of guides to every state and territory. Actors, singers, and musicians brought plays and concerts to communities who had never seen a concert or play until then. These cultural programs are the forerunners of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Once the work relief programs were underway, attention was given to FDR's long awaited vision of electricity for every community in the nation. From that vision the TVA, the Tennessee Valley Authority, was created as a way to reclaim the poverty-stricken Tennessee Valley basin, which extends through seven southern states. In time, the TVA built a series of dams and hydroelectric projects to provide flood control and supply electric power to the valley's farms, factories, and homes. There was a great deal of criticism of this plan, yet the people it served welcomed the TVA, which brought both electricity and an improved standard of living to one of the poorest regions of the country. The TVA became a model of national improvement for countries around the world.
President Roosevelt won a landslide victory in the 1936 presidential election. Although voters approved of the New Deal, adverse Supreme Court decisions, weakening congressional support, partisan conflict, labor unrest, and a sharp business recession in 1937 challenged Roosevelt and his vision for social and economic reform. The United States did not fully recover from the Depression until the labor demands of wartime industries and the armed services during World War II produced full employment.
By the end of Franklin Roosevelt's second term, international crisis began to dominate his attention. Chancellor Adolf Hitler, also elected to office in 1932, had rebuilt German military power and formed the Axis alliance to pursue a foreign policy of aggression and expansion. Roosevelt recognized America's need for national war readiness. With the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the fall of France the following summer, Great Britain stood alone against Hitler. Roosevelt realized the United States had to send military equipment to Britain if it were to survive. Yet, Roosevelt knew that the American people had become isolationist as a consequence of their experiences in World War I. Roosevelt's persuasiveness and American aid through Lend-Lease enabled Britain to withstand Germany and avoid defeat in the days before America actively entered the war.
Roosevelt privately pondered whether to run for a third term, defying the political tradition begun by George Washington, limiting a president to two terms. " 'I do not want to run,' he told Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr., 'unless...things get very, very, much worse in Europe.' "5 Developments in Europe did, indeed, get much worse with the German invasion and occupation of France. By June 1940, Roosevelt decided to run again and was re-elected by a five million-vote margin over his opponent, Wendell L. Wilkie.
In 1944 in the middle of the global crisis of World War II, Franklin Roosevelt ran for an unheard of fourth term, against the advice of his doctors, family, and friends. His health was failing, but his goal was to see the United States to the end of the war and shape the post-war peace. "If the people command me to continue in this office and in this war," he said, "I have as little right to withdraw as the soldier has to leave his post in the line."6 Roosevelt won his fourth presidential election by more than 3 ½ million votes over his opponent, Thomas E. Dewey.
Questions for Reading 3
1. Franklin Roosevelt was Governor of New York during the beginning of the Depression. Describe some of the state programs that his administration developed, which later became the foundation of the federal relief programs during his presidency. What evidence can you provide that shows a connection between his early life in Hyde Park and the later development of relief programs during the Depression?
2. After becoming president, Franklin Roosevelt stated that the primary task at hand was to put unemployed people to work. Name some of the Depression-era federal agencies, which were created to achieve that goal. How did these programs assist people?
3. By the end of President Roosevelt's second term, the crisis of the Depression was replaced by the crisis of Axis aggression in Europe and Asia. What country did Roosevelt believe most needed the help of the U. S. at that time, and why? Look up and explain the Lend-Lease Program. Find out what events were leading the world into war in the 1930s.
4. To how many terms as president was Franklin Roosevelt elected? What events helped to convince him to run again, breaking the two-term tradition? Do you agree or disagree with his choice, and why? When was the constitutional amendment passed which limited presidents to two terms?
Reading 3 was compiled from Frances Perkins, The Roosevelt I Knew (New York: The Viking Press, 1946); Sadybeth and Anson Lowitz, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Man of Action (New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1933); and Russell Freedman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (New York: Clarion Books, 1990).
1Sadybeth and Anson Lowitz, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Man of Action (New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1933), 204.
1Sadybeth and Anson Lowitz, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Man of Action (New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1933), 204.


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Before meeting Paul, I never ate much pork: definitely bacon, but not much else. Beef has become a bit too heavy for my taste. I can only eat so much chicken. And we are too carnivorous a bunch to entertain vegetarianism, so pork has taken a starring roll in our regular rotation of meals. This sounds as if pork has a utilitarian role in our family, that is not so. We LOVE pork: carnitas, loin, chops, sausages, ribs, salami, prosciutto, and of course bacon. Pork is my family's meat of choice.
Mexican cuisine, hip to the wonders of pork, puts out so many great pork dishes. Whenever we go out for Mexican food, Carnitas is the family favorite - the simple preparation is a great way to enjoy the porky deliciousness.
A few times a year we make our own carnitas, using Paul's mom's easy recipe. This time, on top of homemade tortillas we added chopped watermelon radishes, avocado, cilantro, salt, and lots of lime juice.
- 3-4 pounds pork shoulder
- 1 large yellow onion, roughly chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- handful of coriander seeds
- dozen whole black peppercorns plus a bit of ground pepper
- 1 whole dried red pepper chopped
- salt
Generously salt pork the night before cooking.
Place all ingredients in large pot (again we use the Le Creuset dutch oven). Completely cover pork with water. Cook several hours, about 4, until fork tender. Remove from heat.
Preheat oven to 400.
After pork is cool enough to handle, remove from water and discard excess fat (leave on some fat that will caramelize in the hot oven). Place manageable carnitas chunks on a baking sheet, or ceramic baking dish. Place pork in hot oven until it is warmed through and sizzling. You may even want to stick the carnitas under the broiler briefly to insure crispy edges.
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A stylist who didn't take a day off sick in 35 years is now bed-bound after being struck down by a mystery illness that leaves him temporarily paralysed from the neck down.
Ian Norris, 53, lived life to the full - playing squash, clay pigeon shooting and even riding 30ft water slides - but he's now unable to even get himself up in the morning. He's left doctors baffled with his symptoms, which have forced him to sell his beloved business to provide for his family after only being eligible for £73 a week in income support allowance. Dad-of-two Ian, from West Winch, Norfolk, said: "I am a shadow of my former self and my life has effectively been put on hold until I know what is wrong with me.


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Elegant Party Food Recipes
Quinoa Salad Stuffed Artichoke Recipe
Our family's just back from our wonderful trip to Europe. Our last stop was in Paris and I have to stay I might have overindulged on delicious pastries from my favorite boulangerie, Moulin de la Vierge. Their croissants are to die for. As a result, now that I'm home I'm preparing light, healthy meals.
For this recipe, I stuffed tomato and corn quinoa salad into jumbo artichokes and served them during our quiet July 4th weekend.
I want to thank the people who stopped by during my booksigning event at Barnes & Noble Blossom Hill. I'm going to be repeating the fun next Saturday at Barnes & Noble Eastridge, so if you live in the Bay Area, please mark your calendar!
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Creme de Betterave (Cold Beet Soup Recipe)
We just picked our last large batch of beets from the garden. I steamed the candy striped beets, red beets and golden beets and blended them with a mixture of bean and rice porridge (I used mung beans). I've started introducing new foods to my 9-month old baby Aria, and the natural sweetness from the beets works well for infants.
It's pretty nutritious and filling for adults too, so I served the same dish for the family dinner but with a twist. I added pistachio paste for extra flavor and coarsely crushed pistachios for crunch. And for the dinner presentation, I topped the thick soup with goat cheese-infused cream. Who said "baby" food can't be delicious?
There are still a few more days to enter the giveaway and maybe win a Teflon BBQ grill pan. All you need to do is enter your email address. I'll pick a winner on Monday, August 13th at 12AM. It's very easy to participate. Also make sure you're a fan of PhamFatale Facebook fan page and Teflon, or follow @phamfatalecom and @TeflonBrand and tweet about this giveaway. To make it easy, you can just copy and paste this tweet if you'd like: "The #giveaway is live! Enter to #win a BBQ grill pan from @phamfatalecom! What's your favorite meal to #grill?: http://bit.ly/MvWiVG" Good luck everyone!
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Beet Cream with Goat Cheese
I've used the combination of beets and goat cheese several times, and I think that it works incredibly well. The color is so vibrant it only makes sense to use it as an appetizer. To brighten up the purée, I added marinated artichoke as a garnish and covered it in crumbled goat cheese as a hint of what's inside. Just serve it in small shot glasses along with some tasty black sesame crackers, and you'll have an easy appetizer that still brings the wow factor.
It also goes great alongside the hummus that I published yesterday, so mix and match and have fun!
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How to Make Hummus
Hummus is very easy to make, plus it can be prepared in advance. All you need are garbanzo beans, oil, lemon and a few other ingredients. I made a batch today, and after whipping it together, I served the hummus in tiny cups and garnished it with roasted bell peppers and lemon crackers.
If -like us- you host a lot of dinner parties, you might feel a little pressed for fresh appetizer ideas. My criteria for the perfect appetizer, besides being incredibly delicious, is that it doesn't take an insane amount of time to prepare. I love to cook, but it's (usually) more fun to spend time with your guests! All you need is a simple recipe, the right ingredients and attractive, small containers to show them off.
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Tomato Risotto Recipe
This version of tomato risotto has a decidedly Indian sensibility. I flavored the rice with tomato chutney as I recently did with an Indian-inspired asparagus pie. The flavors from the chutney are so bold that no other spices and very little salt are needed. I just added chopped sun-dried tomatoes as garnish.
Making risotto takes a little bit of practice to begin with, but once you've worked on your fundamentals, you can start to use the basic recipe and create dozens of different variations. I've stuffed artichokes with risotto, paired pistachio pesto with celery risotto, stuffed it in zucchini flowers, made a roasted beet and ricotta cheese version, and also a rather unconventional risotto with bamboo; the list of adaptations is truly endless.
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Jake Peavy can dominate opposing hitters
as well as he can dominate the disabled list.
For 90 pitches or so, anyway.
Peavy said his start against the Cubs on Wednesday night was a struggle, and not just with catcher A.J. Pierzynski, whatever that was. But he battled, he gave the Sox a chance to win, and he didn't get injured. Hat trick.
So, as long as Peavy is part of the plan, the White Sox will have to stick with a six-man rotation.
He's too good for five or six innings not to find a spot for him. Problem is, Peavy isn't healthy enough with any regularity to gamble that you can move anyone in the rotation to the bullpen or to another team.
If you put, say, Edwin Jackson in the pen and pitch Peavy every fifth day, history says you'll be bringing Jackson back to the rotation in Peavy's spot. I'd rather see a six-man rotation that might delay the next Peavy injury than see moreLucas Harrell.
Never mind,
Alfonso Soriano
Cubs fans aren't the worst when it comes to booing players. But I'm sure they'll have the chance to earn that honor by the end of Sorianos' contract.
Adam Dunn
said his slump is so bad he stopped answering his phone. But I'm sure opposing pitchers left messages about when to expect the limo.
Fans don't boo because
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End of the first inning,
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And then later scored
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Lillibridge also drove in a run
with a squeeze that was not only terrific execution, but also a wonderfully timed call by Sox manager Ozzie Guillen because the Cubs seemed unfocused, perhaps as stunned as everybody else that Pierzynski tripled one batter before.
If Koyie Hill
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How come the the
American League team can play small-ball better than the National League team, Mike Quade?
Interleague Hall-of-Famer Mark Buehrle
doesn't think the city series has generated buzz this year, which is what happens when aggravating baseball meets bad weather meets inflated prices.
But say this for two bad baseball teams:
They played three good games.
Sergio Santos struck out five of the seven Cubs
he faced in the series. The Sox will see your Marmol and raise you a Santos.
Doug Davis is just good enough
to get you beat, as compared to James Russell, who is bad enough to get you beat early.
Good for Len Kasper.
A pro who will be one of the few long-term contracts to work out for the Cubs.


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With many smartphone apps these days that take the role of a bike computer, along with mapping, many are wishing to mount their phones on the handlebars for easy view. This Minoura iPhone holder uses a ratcheted side-grip, making it near universally compatible with the ubiquitous rectangular smartphone shape.
As part of the delivery for the Minoura Live Training package, which includes the iOS app, this holder was designed primarily with the iPhone in mind. Referred to as a 'phone grip' in the packaging however, and with the way in which the phone is held, it should suit many others. Basically, the phone is clamped from the sides by means of two claws that slide on ratchets. To mount the phone, you place it on a foam center pad - centered by a lower lip - then push the clamps in together - that simple. We had the 'M' size on test, which can range in width from 28-35mm - able to fit an iPhone and hardcase. A 'S' is also available: 22-29mm.
The phone is then supported by three points: bottom-left, left and right. Testing with my iPhone 4, this proves to be an extremely secure hold, due to the grippy padding used on the back plate and grips; the phone isn't going anywhere without the clamp in tow. The iPhone 4 is a uniform shape throughout, allowing maximum grip contact area. I'm not sure the hold would be quite as tight with some of the curved phones on the market, but with the clamps clawing around the top slightly, I shouldn't imagine it would be a problem. An additional rear pad is included to thicken it out if necessary.
If you're using this with the Live Training package, you'll no doubt have the ANT+ dongle too. It just about fits into the dock connector, around the lower support point. Other phones, with USB connectors on the side, may have difficulties running with accessories in this mount however.
The clamping mechanism is attached to the gripper with a single bolt, between a toothed interface for angle adjustment. The bolt is tightened prior to inserting the phone, so if you want to sit the phone at a specific angle, you'll be juggling between the two. Once tightened, it is solid with zero play.
The clamp itself is a robust metal job, with a Kilner jar style lock. Clamp diameter is adjusted by means of a bolt on the opposite side, adjusting the pivot location. I found it quite hard to adjust, because of how much extra shortening the lock adds. There is a silicon strip for grip, but it doesn't have much give in it like the rubber gasket of a Kilner jar. Secondly, because the diameter is adjusted on the opposite side of the circle, you end up with a slight oval, rather than a circle. Once I did get it right, the clamp was secure and didn't wiggle or rotate on the bars - fairly essential given the weight, bulk and value of most phones.
With a clamp range of 28-35mm, I believe it is intended for the bars. Due to the length of smartphones and inevitable overhang though, I found this a really bad place. Riding out of the saddle was impossible due to my knee clipping the bottom edge and to me it just looked vulnerable - especially considering the clamp release button is located on the underside of said edge. Taking a leaf from Garmin's book, I managed to clamp t to my stem instead, by maxing out the range of the clamp and rotating the platform 90deg. It worked well in this position, apart from the odd drips of sweat.
Minoura's iH-100 is a solid smartphone holder, which ticks all the boxes and one which I do not doubt with the security of my iPhone. The only flaws I can find are ones which are inherent to mounting a phone to a bike's handlebars: the bulkiness of a smartphone compared to a bike computer and the lack of protection from the elements.
If you're looking for a bike clamp for your phone, you'll have already decided this isn't a problem for you though, and if that is the case, I can thoroughly recommend Minoura's.
A bulky thing to have on the handlebars - but it is very secure.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Minoura Phone Grip smartphone holder
Size tested: Medium
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
A smartphone handlebar mount, primarily designed with the iPhone in mind for use with Minoura's various iOS apps, it will fit many others.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
Holds a smart-phone, cellphone or GPS
Phone is securely supported at 3 points (wings and bottom hook)
Softly padded for protecting phone surface
Just pull a small lever on backside for detaching phone
Lightweight and rustproof alloy clamp
Quick release type clamp allows mounting only when you need it
No tool required for installation/removal
A good solid build, with well designed clamping mechanism. There is no play once everything is clamped down - just what you want.
As above, I was impressed by how well held the phone is. There was no doubt in my mind as to the phone falling out.
I can't see any chance of things breaking here.
Fairly weighty due to the bulky metal clamp. An alternative plastic clamp version is available however, if this is a concern to you.
A RRP of £24.95 seems honest in my opinion; about what I would expect to pay.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
No problems really: the phone goes in and out quickly and easily, is held securely with no wobble and angle can be adjusted.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The ease of inserting and removing the phone from the holder.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
The fiddly to set up and get right clamping.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? No - for me, I'd prefer to use a purpose built bike computer than risk using my bulky phone
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes - if they were intent on mounting their smartphone to their handlebars.
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
A great handlebar mount, just consider whether using your smartphone on the bars is a sensible option for you or not.
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Age: 23 Height: 184cm Weight: 66kg
I usually ride: Orbea Onix (Carbon) - Summer, Orbea Asphalt (Alu) - Winter My best bike is: Orbea Alma G10
I've been riding for: Under 5 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Semi pro
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Older hospital patients who have low thyroid hormone levels may face higher odds of dying, according to a new study.
The thyroid, a gland in the neck, produces hormones that regulate the body's temperature, oxygen consumption and metabolism. The gland produces two hormones -- triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) -- that travel through the blood to spur activity in various tissues.
The findings were to be published in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
"When older individuals have low levels of thyroid hormones, particularly T3, it reflects that the body is weak and more susceptible to the harmful effects of disease," study author Dr. Pedro Iglesias, of Hospital Ramon y Cajal in Madrid, said in a journal news release. "As a result, older individuals who have a reduced ability to synthesize T3 hormones have a higher rate of mortality, both in the short- and long-term."
The study included 404 patients, aged 65 and older, who were admitted to a hospital in Spain in 2005 and followed until 2012. During the follow-up period, 323 of the patients died. Low levels of thyroid hormones, particularly T3, tended to be a predictor for death from all causes, although the study did not establish a direct cause-and-effect relationship.
The researchers also found that patients with the lowest levels of T3 and thyroid-stimulating hormone -- which activates the thyroid gland -- also had higher rates of death from cardiovascular disease.
"T3 could be a useful measure for gauging an older individual's chances of surviving an acute illness requiring hospitalization," Iglesias said in the news release. "The reduced ability to synthesize the hormone observed in this group of patients could be related to the severity of the disease and its prognosis."
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Welcome back to the CORE Team blog. Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) is an automated feature that allows you to update clustered servers with little or no loss in availability during the update process. Cluster updates are obtained using one of three methods: Connecting to the internet and downloading patches from Windows Update\Microsoft Update Connecting to an… Read more


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→ Through the MIDI protocol, you can link any SOFTWARE, HARDWARE or even other iPad Apps.
You can connect and control any MIDI enabled audio or video software (Ableton Live, Reason, Modul8, etc.) and map BEATSURFING as simply as with any MIDI controller on the market.
Through a wired MIDI interface
This will be the most accurate use of the App regarding latency. You will need to connect your computer to the iPad via a physical MIDI interface.
→ Connect your computer via a wired MIDI interface.
Through Wi-Fi (MAC or PC)
This is the lightest way to connect your controller to a computer. It's not going to give you the best latency ever, but will allow you to play with Beatsurfing without breaking out the wires.
→ Connect to your MAC.
→ Connect to your PC.
You will need a MIDI output for your iPad: this requires a physical MIDI interface.
You simply connect the MIDI wires to the MIDI IN connectors on your hardware (Sampler, Synth, MPC, etc.).
BEATSURFING is ready to send MIDI information to other iPad Apps too.
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Every day, there are new reports of some sort of roadblock to the eventual solution to the city of Detroit's bankruptcy case.
And every day, there is a new revelation about another solution to this complicated financial jigsaw puzzle that is the city of Detroit.
That the city and the bankruptcy case have gone this far — and accomplished so much — is nothing short of miraculous.
We, the residents of Southeast Michigan, have to tip our hats to the accomplishments of Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr thus far. The journey is nowhere near over, but I am in awe that it has gotten this far without a major explosion.
And we all have to congratulate the new mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan, for understanding the financial crisis that he is in the midst of and being willing to work with the emergency manager. It really doesn't matter how it's working inside. To the outside world, it is working well. They understand the end game and are doing a fine job together.
There are still plenty of potholes and roadblocks from all sorts of interested parties and troublemakers. There are plenty of folks with IOUs who are hoping for a few more dollars.
Orr has not faltered from his mission. He has not gotten into a public squabble with any of the debtors. He understands what he has to do, and he is on track to get it done.
When Orr is finished, he will not have any extra time to contemplate his next move. The clock is ticking and there will be not a minute extra when it expires.
The mess in Detroit was not created overnight. It has been brewing for decades, and the leadership of the city can take credit for compounding the problems and "kicking the can down the road."
Ever since the days of Mayor Coleman Young, this city has been mismanaged and full of corruption.
We now have a great opportunity to not only set our financial house in order but end up with a remarkably clean balance sheet.
The challenge still remains, after Orr leaves, to build economic development. Without the growth and jobs for this city, it is frighteningly possible to spiral back into the same abyss as before.
If anyone thought that Orr's job was tough, they're right. But Mayor Duggan will have an equally challenging and far more precarious job in the future.
It is truly amazing so much as been achieved. But it's only the beginning of a long journey.


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Before 14 August 2003, the page described functional programming as a style that emphasized the use of functions. For example on 14 October 2001 the entire page was 220 words long, and began:
Functional programming is a style of programming that emphasizes the evaluation of functional expressions, rather than execution of commands. The expressions in these languages are formed by using functions to combine basic values.
A functional programming language is a language that supports and encourages functional programming. The oldest example is LISP. More recent examples include Scheme, ML, Haskell, Erlang, Clean.Lisp is identified as the first functional language, and Schema, ML and Haskell are on equal footing.
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Functional programming is a programming paradigm that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions. In contrast to imperative programming, functional programming emphasizes the evaluation of functional expressions, rather than execution of commands. The expressions in these languages are formed by using functions to combine basic values.
Functional programming is a programming paradigm that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions. Functional programming emphasizes the definition of functions rather than the implementation of state machines, in contrast to procedural programming, which emphasizes the execution of sequential commands. A purely functional program does not modify state to produce values (as is done in imperative programming), it constructs new values from (but does not overwrite) existing values.
There is still a distinction between (ordinary) functional programming and the "pure" form of functional programming, which avoids the use of mutable state. At this point there was a small but significant change, in the middle of the night, with no fanfare, by an unknown person. At 01:07 on 29 May 2006 it was changed to read:There is no uniform agreement on what constitutes functional programming or a functional programming language. Often considered important are higher-order and first-class functions, closures, and recursion. Other common features of functional programming languages are continuations, Hindley-Milner type inference systems, non-strict evaluation (i.e. "laziness"), and monads.
Functional programming is a programming style that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions and avoids state and mutable data. Functional programming emphasizes the definition of functions, in contrast to procedural programming, which emphasizes the execution of sequential commands.
Functional programming relies on concepts from the lambda calculus, Lisp, and more recently Haskell. Frequently mentioned are the avoidance of state and side-effects (which provides for referential transparency), higher order functions, recursion, and closures.
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In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions and avoids state and mutable data. It emphasizes the application of functions, in contrast to the imperative programming style, which emphasizes changes in state.[1] Functional programming has its roots in lambda calculus, a formal system developed in the 1930s to investigate function definition, function application, and recursion. Many functional programming languages can be viewed as elaborations on the lambda calculus.[1]
In practice, the difference between a mathematical function and the notion of a "function" used in imperative programming is that imperative functions can have side effects, changing the value of program state. Because of this, they lack referential transparency, i.e. the same language expression can result in different values at different times depending on the state of the executing program. Conversely, in functional code, the output value of a function depends only on the arguments that are input to the function, so calling a function f twice with the same value for an argument x will produce the same result f(x) both times. Eliminating side effects can make it much easier to understand and predict the behavior of a program, which is one of the key motivations for the development of functional programming.
[1] Paul Hudak. 1989. Conception, evolution, and application of functional programming languages. ACM Computing Surveys volume 21, issue 3 (September 1989).What are the implications of this? How did this change come about? Are we in the midst of a (small) scientific revolution? Who is behind this?
According to the new definition ML and Lisp are no longer functional languages. It is possible to write some some in a functional subset of these languages. The first requirement is avoiding the use of "ref" types in ML, or the use of assignment and structural mutation in Lisp languages. However, this is not enough, because many of the standard libraries for ML and Lisp languages have side-effects. This is especially true of any libraries for IO. As a result, the range of program that can be conveniently written in a functional style is fairly limited.


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STATEN ISLAND, New York, Sept. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Members of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, the nation's largest network of women and men testifying to the harm they endured from abortion, will today publicly share their stories of abortion and the subsequent pain and trauma they suffered.
The event, featuring the testimonies of ten women and one man who regret having aborted their children, will begin at 12:30 PM at the Northwest corner of 6th Avenue and 49th Street. Accompanying the speakers will be demonstrators from the SNMAC carrying signs saying that they regret their abortions.
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Since the launching of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign in 2003, 2,326 women and men have shared their testimonies publicly at 189 gatherings in 44 states and six countries where more than 15,000 spectators have heard the truth about abortion's negative aftereffects, and millions more via television and radio. More than 4,100 people are registered to be Silent No More. Raising awareness about the hurtful aftermath of abortion and the help that is available to cope with the pain are two of the Campaign's goals.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College softball team (31-12, 11-7 PBC) had its six-game winning streak snapped by Columbus State University (26-18, 8-10 PBC) in the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday at the Peeler Complex. The opening game 9-4 win allowed the Bobcats to become the first Peach Belt Conference (PBC) PBC team with 20 home wins, while a last-inning Cougar rally spoiled the Bobcat sweep attempt.
In the first game, the Bobcats rallied from a 2-0 deficit and scored nine runs in their last two at-bats for a 9-4 win. Freshman Carly Lewis (Seymour, Tenn.)(15-7) went the distance from the mound allowing seven hits with seven strikeouts.
Leading the way for the Bobcats was sophomore Taylor Campbell (Warner Robins, Ga.) and freshman Danielle Bernstein (Cumming, Ga.), who each recorded a pair of hits and runs, with the latter adding a stolen base. Sophomore Abi LeRoy (Dublin, Ga.) and junior Kristen Humphries (Columbus, Ga.) accounted for five RBI, with the former getting three.
In the second game, the Bobcats took a 3-1 lead into the last inning, the Cougars rallying with a three-run seventh that left Georgia College on the short end of a 4-3 score. Sophomore Marisa Boyette (Marietta, Ga.) (11-5) pitched 6 1/3 innings and allowed seven hits with five strikeouts.
Senior Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.) was the only multi-hit performer and scorer for the Bobcats with a pair of hits and runs. Bernstein and LeRoy registered the only RBI for Georgia College.
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How to better connect storage to the business
We can learn from manufacturing processes and use a supply chain to storage to better align it with strategic business goals. To implement this model, a storage services plan needs to be multidimensional and encompass performance, availability, data protection, data movement and migration, and data retention.
- James Damoulakis, GlassHouse Technologies
How to better connect storage to the business
Storage managers can learn how to streamline processes by emulating manufacturing process efficiencies.
Not too long ago, I toured BMW's impressive manufacturing facility in Spartanburg, SC. For each built-to-order car, subassemblies travel separate lines where assorted components are installed. Country-specific features and various customer-requested options intermingle on these lines and, despite all the diversity, the subassemblies create the finished vehicle in a nearly flawless manner.
Manufacturers have made substantial investments to perfect their assembly, quality control and assurance processes. They've also incorporated efficiency methodologies such as just-in-time delivery. The BMW factory stocks remarkably little inventory, and suppliers are required to supply components within days or even hours.
At the core of the modern manufacturing process is the concept of the business supply chain. Each link adds value, with an interdependency among the functions that lets the output of each workflow feed into others, forming larger supply chains.
IT plays a role in virtually every business workflow. The primary point of connection between IT and the various workflow functions is the application. In many cases, applications have become the hub of a given process.
What is storage's relationship to the supply chain? As shown in the diagram "Storage and the business services supply chain" (at right), storage sits deep within the IT infrastructure. Its customers are internal groups and others that are externally focused on customers. While there's talk of aligning storage with business, storage typically doesn't interact directly with the actual business workflow but with the business apps critical to that workflow.
The weakest link?
Being near the bottom of the supply chain doesn't equate to being low in value. On the contrary, almost every function and workflow is dependent on storage services. But there can be a misalignment between storage and its ultimate customer at the top of the chain. At the upper end, the focus is on enabling a business workflow as efficiently as possible. Often, decisions are made that don't adequately consider the impact on data management and the storage infrastructure.
An area of particular weakness is often long-term data retention. We all know that some data needs to be retained for legal, regulatory and business reasons, but most organizations are grappling with how to identify, segregate, store and manage that data. The logical, and often only, place to enable data aging and management policy is within the app; however, few apps provide that mechanism, resulting in the problem of being overrun with inactive data on primary storage. Because the storage group is under pressure to control costs, it has to figure out how to address the problem. This can result in unintended, costly consequences and shortcomings in some supply-chain planning and design.
A supply chain is only as effective as its weakest link. Therefore, service metrics must be clearly defined and understood for each link in the chain. For the business service to be delivered effectively, each component supporting it must perform to required levels. There's little to be gained if one link substantially overdelivers other links.
Each link must understand its interdependencies and perform its responsibilities in proper sequence. Just as in manufacturing, where subassemblies must meet in the right sequences, storage depends on areas like networking and servers; it also needs to provide provisioning and data recovery services to support databases and applications.
Architecting a Service Oriented Infrastructure
As noted earlier, storage impacts many business workflows. To support a wide range of requirements, an effective service architecture must provide the following:
- Responsiveness to business workflow demands
- Tight integration with infrastructure and operations
- Flexibility, scalability and efficiency
- Adherence to standards wherever possible
At the technology infrastructure level, a service provider model lends itself to a similar concept called a Service Oriented Infrastructure (SOI). An SOI is based on the concept of "publishing" a set of services that can be "subscribed" to by those requiring the services. Implicit in the model is the concept of a supply chain. A service is provided to a functional area that can leverage that service's capabilities to provide a function to a higher level within the organization.
Let's look at the attributes of an SOI. The results of the service are visible to the requester, but not the details of how the service is provided. In storage, this means distinguishing between service attributes and the delivery method.
Processes play a major role in an SOI. External processes manage the interaction with customers, focus on customer satisfaction and demonstrate performance; internal processes handle the method of operation, and focus on efficiency and quality of service.
Because of the large number of consumers of SOI-provided services and the desire to leverage the most effective technology options available, adherence to standards is another key attribute. A proprietary solution doesn't fit with the demands for flexibility.
The range of technology components required to fully realize an SOI are evolving at differing rates. Within the IT infrastructure, the three basic components are networks, servers and storage. Networking can be considered the ubiquitous element upon which everything else depends. Bandwidth and reliability are enabling factors and, for the most part, networking technology has evolved to expand predictably on a demand basis. In the server realm, with the adoption of virtualization and tools to better manage virtualized environments, technology is maturing to a level needed to support SOI.
Storage lags servers and networks in its ability to offer an entirely resource-based set of services. One reason is that once a unit of data is moved or processed in a network or server it can be "forgotten"; with storage, data is persistent and must be managed for years. A services-based approach to storage needs to be multidimensional and encompass performance, availability, data protection, data movement and migration, and data retention.
In the manufacturing supply chain, the primary goal is to achieve a quicker time to market by eliminating nonvalue-add functions, cutting lead times and improving communications. The result has been high quality and lower costs. In IT, and particularly in storage, we can learn a lot by emulating these concepts.


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By: Noura Wazani
Jordanian officials denied on Tuesday a report charging that Russian crime syndicates and military officers have used Royal Jordanian RJ Airlines cargo facilities in illegal operations.
The report, published by the NBC News on April 9, claimed customs and Royal Jordanian (RJ) officials in addition to foreign diplomats were bribed to collaborate with the crime lords in facilitating weapons and drug smuggling operations.
A senior official at the Jordanian Customs Department, who requested to remain unnamed, stated that "the report is more likely baseless," refusing to comment any further.
A source at Jordan's interior ministry told Albawaba.com on condition of anonymity they "have no idea about the report, and when they stand on facts, an investigation will be immediately opened since the issue affects national security."
RJ officials were not available for comment.
Quoting CIA officials, the report said that the planes were cleared for transit under diplomatic cover originating from a Spanish-speaking embassy.
According to the NBC's report, a CIA official close to the investigation said the Russians "are using diplomatic authority to get that stuff in and if they're not using a [diplomatic] pouch, they're using diplomatic authority to clear the shipment. This is a big operation. There are a lot of people involved - it's literally an industry."
The CIA officials refused to specify which embassy was involved, said the report.
The intelligence officials told NBC News the Russian-built IL-76 cargo planes take off from various airstrips in Russia and Ukraine laden with anti-aircraft missiles, small arms and ammunition.
The report claims that the planes, roughly the size of Boeing 707s and a mainstay of the modern cargo industry, stop in Amman to refuel then they bypass normal Jordanian customs with the help of corrupt foreign diplomats and bribed local officials.
After crossing the Atlantic, the cargo jets use remote landing strips or parachute air-drops to deliver their cargo to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The guerrilla group is challenging the authority of the US-backed Colombian government, and its guerrillas provide security to Colombia's cocaine cartels.
The planes, according to the report, then return loaded with regular shipments of up to 40,000 kilograms of cocaine.
Some of this is distributed as payment for the arms to the diplomatic middlemen in Amman.
The report alleged that the majority of the cocaine shipments continue on to Russia and Ukraine, where it feeds the growing appetite for the drug, or is sold in other lucrative markets in Europe and the Persian Gulf.
The rest is flown back to the former Soviet Union for sale there, in Europe and in the Persian Gulf. The repot quoted CIA officials as saying that such operations threaten to overwhelm the Colombian government and turn the U.S.-backed fight against the Colombia cocaine cartels into a losing proposition.
While most of the weaponry goes directly to Columbian guerillas, the report went on to say, a smaller amount is parceled off to other guerrilla groups.
"Among them is Hizbollah, the Iranian-backed movement best known for its guerrilla activities in southern Lebanon.
"US intelligence officials say the group has set down roots among the Arab immigrant communities of Paraguay, Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazil and frequently uses legitimate business operations to cover illegal arms transfers" the report added.
MSNBC.com includes the full text of the report.
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summit daily news
Authorities with Colorado State Patrol say a recent reorganization that shifted posts in the High Country will not reduce the number of troopers based in Summit County.
A captain formally assigned to the station in Frisco will be relocated, but eight troopers will continue to operate out of the local office, which will remain open to the public.
Eagle/Vail-based troopers will provide additional support for local troopers, who will now serve communities in Summit and Lake counties and will no longer be sent to calls in Idaho Springs, according to a statement from State Patrol.
Authorities say the reorganization will improve efficiency along Interstate 70.
"The Colorado State Patrol understands that change can be challenging for everyone, from county residents to uniformed officers," a recent release from CSP stated. "However, the reorganization will align Colorado's state law enforcement agency along the well-traveled I-70 corridor, providing improved public safety with previously unrealized efficiency."
CSP will continue to offer hazardous materials and motor carrier safety units in Summit and Lake counties as well.
Captain Rich Duran of Glenwood Springs will now oversee the Frisco office. The agency will have a single commanding officer and leadership team heading up its forces in Summit, Eagle and Lake counties rather than supporting different captains in each county.
The Frisco troopers' area of responsibility now extends westward from the west side of the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Colorado State Patrol has primary jurisdiction over all traffic accidents on public roads outside of local municipalities, including on I-70 and Highways 6 and 9.
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After every 10 minutes waiting servers and waiting client are disconnected.
do_repeater_wait in in socket_functions.cpp outputs to log
recv -1
I added printout after that and found that error was
10038 An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.
It looks like after every 10 minutes sockets are destroyed, socket handles become invalid and recv returns this error.
I added timeouts printouts after socket creation using procedure below.
This prints out 0 so it looks like socket timeouts are infinite.
I tried ultravnc server running in same computer as repeater and enabled keepalive. This server gots also disconnected so it looks like this is not router issue.
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static void veateade_TIMEO(char *txt, SOCKET sock)
// code from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15213-f00/unpv12e/sock/sockopts.c
struct timeval timer;
int optLen = sizeof(timer);
timer.tv_sec = timer.tv_usec = 0;
optLen = sizeof(timer);
if (getsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (char *)&timer, &optLen) != 0)
debug("veateade_TIMEO(SO_RCVTIMEO): ");
debug("veateade_TIMEO() => SO_RCVTIMEO = %ld.%06ld\n", timer.tv_sec, timer.tv_usec);
timer.tv_sec = timer.tv_usec = 0;
optLen = sizeof(timer);
if (getsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, (char *)&timer, &optLen) != 0)
debug("veateade_TIMEO(SO_SNDTIMEO): ");
debug("veateade_TIMEO() => SO_SNDTIMEO = %ld.%06ld\n", timer.tv_sec, timer.tv_usec);


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Delivering another "Eff you!" to the Man, this time to His accepted-as-norm pricing schemes, Super Meat Boy's creators have revealed that they'll launch their arcade platformer already on sale, then raise the price of the Xbox Live Arcade game later.
It might just be crazy enough to work. See, Team Meat's plan is to drop the original 1200 Microsoft Points price point to just 800 MSP at launch, slashing a cool five bucks from the cost of owning Super Meat Boy at launch. If you're sick of the $15 USD price of your XBLA games, this early Christmas gift is for you.
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Obama & Christie: A Sandy love story
BRIGANTINE, N.J. —It was like Valentine's Day on Halloween.
President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cemented their new-found mutual admiration society on Wednesday, as the men gushed with praise for one another while touring damage from Hurricane Sandy on the devastated Jersey Shore.
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After days of effusive comments from Christie — who's been a top Mitt Romney surrogate throughout the campaign — the president wasted no time returning the favor.
"At the top of my list, I have to say that Gov. Christie throughout this process has been responsive. He's been aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this incredible storm and I think the people of New Jersey recognize that he has put his heart and soul into making sure the people of New Jersey bounce back even stronger than before," Obama said as he stood alongside Christie during a brief press statement Wednesday afternoon near a largely destroyed marina. "So, I just want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership."
"We are here for you and we will not forget, we will follow up to make sure you get all the help you need until you rebuild," Obama added.
( Also on POLITICO: Christie aide denies rift with Mitt)
During the press statement and and earlier appearance at a nearby storm shelter, Christie publicly thanked Obama at least six times for his dedication to getting help and supplies to the Garden State.
"I'm pleased to report that he has sprung into action to help get us those things immediately," the governor said. "It's been a great working relationship to make sure that were doing the job people elected us to do.
"I cannot thank the president enough," added Christie, who's statement drew a hearty handshake and a "Good job, Chris" from the president as he stepped to the microphone.
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As they dropped by the shelter earlier, Obama also went out of his way to salute Christie's leadership.
"I want to just let you know that your governor is working overtime to make sure that as soon as possible everybody can get back to normal," Obama told those being housed at a community center northeast of Atlantic City. "The main message I wanted to send is the entire country has been watching what's been happening. Everybody knows how hard Jersey's been hit."
Christie assured the storm victims that Obama's promises of aid could be counted on. "I know he means it," the governor said.
Obama's trip here comes at the end of a four-day hiatus from the campaign trail brought about by Hurricane Sandy. Instead of stumping in swing states, the president presented himself as a man in charge, with the White House releasing photos of him directing the federal storm response in the Situation Room in between visits to the Red Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters.


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Retinal laser photocoagulation is a type of laser
surgery that uses an intense beam of light to burn small areas of the
retina and the abnormal blood vessels beneath the
macula. The burns form scar tissue that seals the blood
vessels, keeping them from leaking under the macula. By sealing the leaky blood
vessels, laser photocoagulation slows down:
Laser surgery may be done in a doctor's office or eye
clinic using a local anesthetic that affects only the eye area. The surgery
itself is painless.
Laser photocoagulation does not
involve a hospital stay. You will need someone to pick you up at the doctor's
office or clinic. Your pupils will be widened (dilated) for the surgery. And
they will remain dilated for several hours. Wear sunglasses to keep bright
light out of your eyes while they are dilated.
Your vision may be
blurry. And your eye may hurt a little for a day or two after the
Laser photocoagulation is used to
wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) only. But only about 15 out of 100 cases can be effectively treated with laser photocoagulation surgery.1
The surgery works best when the abnormal blood
vessels (choroidal neovascularization) are clustered close together in a
specific area. Blood vessels that are scattered over a wider area are much
harder to treat. Surgery is also less helpful after the abnormal blood vessels
reach the center of the macula (fovea).
By finding the exact location of
the abnormal blood vessels and scar tissue using a
fluorescein angiogram, your doctor will decide
whether you might benefit from treatment.
Laser surgery will not restore
vision that has already been lost because of macular degeneration. But it can
sometimes slow down or delay further damage to a person's
central vision. The growth of fragile new blood
vessels in wet AMD recurs in about half of people within 3 years after
surgery.2 Even repeated treatment is not usually
effective over the long term in preventing some loss of central vision.
You will return for follow-up exams to make sure that the blood vessels
have not started to leak again. At home, check for changes in your vision by
using an Amsler grid.
The most serious drawback to
laser surgery is that the laser damages some of the nerve cells in the macula
that react to light. This causes some vision loss. Sometimes the vision loss
that could result from surgery is just as bad as or worse than the vision loss
that could result from not treating the eye. But in other cases, laser surgery
may make vision worse at first but prevent more severe loss of vision over
Your doctor will help you weigh the risks and benefits of
laser surgery based on your history, the results of your exams and tests, and
his or her own experience in treating the disease.
There is a
great deal of interest in whether laser photocoagulation of
drusen in people who have
dry AMD may help prevent severe vision loss. Drusen are yellowish white
deposits that build up under the retina. The evidence from research is
conflicting. Some evidence shows that laser treatment may eliminate drusen and
decrease the rate of severe vision loss after 2 years. But there is also some
evidence that this treatment may actually trigger the growth of abnormal blood
vessels (choroidal neovascularization), which causes wet AMD.2 This potential treatment for dry AMD is still being studied.
Complete the surgery information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you prepare for this surgery.
CitationsRosenfeld PJ, et al. (2009). Age-related
macular degeneration. In M Yanoff et al., eds., Ophthalmology, 3rd ed., pp. 658–673. Edinburgh: Mosby
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Courts: Next president will reshape judiciary from top to bottom
WASHINGTON — The next president will tip the courts, one way or another.
Supreme Court openings are all but guaranteed, and that's just the start: 44 trial and appellate federal judicial vacancies already await filling. There will be more.
Consider this: President Bush has placed 316 judges on the bench during his two terms. One out of three federal judges now owes a lifetime-tenured job to the current president. Whoever replaces Bush will be likewise recasting courthouses, top to bottom.
"The proper role of the judiciary has become one of the defining issues of this presidential election," Republican presidential candidate John McCain said in May. "It will fall to the next president to nominate hundreds — hundreds — of qualified men and women to the federal courts, and the choices we make will reach far, far into the future."
In truth, many polls suggest, relatively few voters consider the federal judiciary a defining issue. But those who do care, care a lot.
On Monday, timed to the opening of the Supreme Court's new term, the conservative Judicial Confirmation Network will begin running on ads Fox News Channel attacking Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
"It's kind of a sleeper issue in this election, with so much else going on," said Wendy Long, counsel for the Judicial Confirmation Network, but "our internal polls show people do care about the issue."
McCain used his May speech at Wake Forest University to drive home what his campaign terms his own "vision for the courts." This includes homage to a "strict constructionist philosophy" and a commitment to appoint Supreme Court justices like John Roberts and Samuel Alito.
Obama, a former part-time University of Chicago law lecturer, takes a different direction. While praising their legal qualifications, Obama voted against both Roberts and Alito. In doing so, the Harvard Law School graduate shed light on his own judicial inclinations.
"Legal process alone will not lead you to a rule of decision," Obama declared during debate over the Roberts nomination. "In those difficult cases, the critical ingredient is supplied by what is in the judge's heart."
Tellingly, Obama cited affirmative action, reproductive rights and the rights of the disabled as among those legal questions requiring judges to posses "empathy." It is now commonly assumed in Washington legal circles that Obama is bound to appoint a woman and/or a person of color to high court if given a chance.
Either candidate is bound to put his standards into practice. By next September, six of the nine Supreme Court justices will be at least 70 years old. Justice John Paul Stevens turns 89 in April.
"The Supreme Court is on the ballot this fall, and the stakes could not be higher for Americans," said People for the American Way President Kathryn Kolbert in a statement released Wednesday.
In some ways, the advocacy groups are out ahead of the public at large.
The Supreme Court and the federal judiciary didn't even crack the top 20 issues considered important to voters, a late-September ABC/Washington Post survey found.
A recent Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey asked voters why they had negative impressions of either McCain or Obama. Only 1 percent cited the courts. This was less than the number who claimed that Obama was "not Christian" or that McCain was "too old (or) could die in office."
Moreover, no president can unilaterally impose judges. The Senate, too, has a say. Consequently, stark campaign declarations tend to soften amid the real-world confirmation requirements on Capitol Hill.
Every one of the 48 U.S. District Court judges confirmed during the current Congress has swept through the Senate by a unanimous or voice vote. Appellate vacancies tend to be more controversial. They shape lasting constitutional interpretations and they cover multiple states. Even so, eight of the 10 federal appellate judges confirmed during this Congress secured a unanimous or voice vote.
Obama is on the Senate Judiciary Committee and McCain isn't. But when controversy over judicial nominations threatened to cause a Capitol Hill showdown, it was McCain who played the far more active peacekeeping role.
Frustrated over Democratic impediments to GOP judicial nominees, Senate Republicans in the spring of 2005 contemplated changing the rules to make it easier for the majority to end filibusters. McCain was part of a bipartisan "Gang of 14" senators who opposed this so-called nuclear option, flying in the face of his party's most adamant conservatives.
"I think it's a very dangerous course to embark on," McCain said at the time.
McCain also had voted for both of President Clinton's Supreme Court nominees, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
However, McCain is far more likely than Obama to flog the Supreme Court with immoderate rhetoric for decisions he doesn't like.
McCain, in June, denounced the court for "an assault" on law enforcement after the justices struck down Louisiana's law permitting execution of child rapists. He called "outrageous" a 2005 decision allowing governments to seize private property for economic development. He called a 2008 ruling extending constitutional habeas corpus rights to Guantanamo Bay detainees "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country."
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Kia has been working to recreate its image over the last few years. With a whole new lineup and styling buzzwords like "tiger nose" they have been on a mostly successful rampage.
So far, I've been a fan of pretty much everything that has been released. And then we have this: The Kia Cross GT. Kia, you were doing so well!
From what I can tell from this INCREDIBLY detailed drawing is that the Cross GT has four doors, a sloping roofline, and a tiger nose. It looks like it could be Kia's competitor to high volume sellers like the outrageously gorgeous BMW X6 and the now discontinued Acura ZDX, a car that was so popular Acura had to stop making them because they wanted someone else to have a chance.
I have to say that I do like the tiger nose and the narrow headlights. It's sinisterly attractive. Or attractively sinister. It's something.
The Cross GT will make its debut at the Chicago Auto Show next month as a concept. That means they might build it for real.


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Jim Carrey, 49, declares his love for the 22-year-old Emma Stone in this video love letter. Carrey seemed to fall off the sanity wagon when he and Jenny McCarthy split last year. After the split, he sent out nonsensical Tweets and seemed to be having a breakdown via social media.
Now he turns to the web with this odd profession — that appears to be anything but a joke.
This has us wondering in the newsroom: what's the strangest, most grandiose thing you've done for love — or a chance at love?
Me? In high school I wrote a letter to my crush, declaring just how awesome I was. Thing is, I signed it someone elses' name (attempting to make it look like a reference). Needless to say, that didn't work.


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Ancient Evil Awakens
In a long-buried tomb, a grave robber restores a death-cult leader to life, and his cloud of evil spreads across the land. Left behind are the broken Scepter of Faiths and a litany of shrines to restore the weapon. But the evil one and his minions wait to destroy any who try...
Temples of faith, bastions of evil
Splinters of Faith is a collection of 10 adventures for characters of levels 1 to 15 that can be played individually or as part of an epic campaign to restore the Scepter of Faiths. Adventure in 10 fully detailed temples such as the Shield Basilica of Muir or the dwarven city of Anvil Plunge, and conquer the nightmarish Nether Sepulcher to restore the balance of good.
Ten complete adventures for low- to high-level characters, usable separately or as a massive linked campaign.
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Seven years ago, three films from the "Golden Age" of Cambodian cinema (1960–1975) received their first public screenings in decades at the Berlinale Forum. Filmmakers Ly Bun Yim and Tea Lim Koun were there in person. Only around 30 of the 400 films made in these 15 years survived the rule of the Khmer Rouge. Coming to terms with this terrible era, which took the lives of more than 1.7 million people, is the central theme of the films of director Rithy Panh, to whom we are dedicating a ten-film retrospective from November 1-23.
We are focusing on grand gestures for this month's Magical History Tour - on films located in the space between excess and opulence, whose exuberance is manifested either by the director's unlimited personal involvement or by an unfettered artistic vision. However, opulence and excess are by no means an end in themselves, but instead represent the expression of a desire for change asserting itself against manifold constraints and obstacles. Our program features films committed to absolute realism alongside ones that find their appropriate form in extreme stylization.
Established in 1895, Gaumont isn't just the first ever film concern to be founded worldwide.
With over 1500 titles, Gaumont also possesses one of the largest catalogues of French films, including works by Abel Gance, René Clair, Louis Feuillade, Jean Renoir, Max Ophüls, Robert Bresson, Georges Franju, Jean Grémillon, René Clément, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Doillon, Jean-Luc Godard, Maurice Pialat, Jean Vigo, and Louis Malle.
From November 29 to January 31, a guest exhibition will be hosted at the Maison de France of the Institut français at Kurfürstendamm 211 entitled "Gaumont: Since There Was Cinema". The exhibition is an invitation to take a journey through the history of the company and film history itself, presenting original props, costumes, film posters, film music, and film excerpts. A "hackathon" workshop to be held from November 19th -25th also offers eight participants the opportunity to digitally reinterpret Gaumont classics, with the results to be shown afterwards at the exhibition.
As part of the French Film Week from November 28th to December 4th, Arsenal is accompanying the exhibition by screening a selection of classics from French film history together with some of the firm's more recent productions. A comprehensive program of titles from the Gaumont catalogue will follow in February.
On November 21, arsenal distribution is releasing QUERÊNCIA (Homing) by Helvécio Marins Jr., which received its world premiere as part of this year's Forum programme.
The film tells of Marcelo de Sousa, a cowboy in the Brazilian pampa. After he's unable to prevent a vicious raid on the ranch, which results in a hundred cattle in his charge being stolen, nothing is the same. He becomes depressed and gives up his job. Luckily, he has good friends and a big passion, blossoming in his role as the master of ceremonies at rodeo shows. His rousing rap-style announcements pay homage not only to the cowboy culture but also to the solidarity of the rural community, which has little trust in the country's political leadership.
The director will be present for screenings in Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin.
Lecture by Sabine Nessel: Filmarchiv / Musikarchiv: Les Blank / Chris Strachwitz (in German language)
*Chulas Fronteras Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz USA 1976
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*Del Mero Corazón Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, Guillermo Hernandez, Chris Strachwitz USA 1979 16 mm OV 28 min
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Road to Life Nikolai Ekk USSR 1931
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Outspoken Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco is the latest NFL star to join the "Dancing with the Stars" fray, but while the competition doesn't start for two more weeks, he's already got a message for the judges.
"From what I've learned in watching these shows, those judges can be a little harsh," Chad told Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson when she stopped by his rehearsal with professional partner Cheryl Burke on Tuesday in Los Angeles. "They have to remember, I am out of my element. Don't judge me like I'm a professional."
And Chad had a special message for one of the judges; the one he calls the "Simon" of the group.
"Len Goodman, I'm gonna say this to you and I'm gonna say it to you early before the show even starts: 'Please do not step on my toes, because I will fight back. Thank you,'" Chad noted.
Thanks to the success of Season 3 winner Emmitt Smith, a former NFL star who won with Cheryl, and Jason Taylor's runner up success in Season 6 with Edyta Sliwinska, incoming football stars to the celebrity reality competition become early favorites for "Dancing" success. Cheryl said Chad, however, hasn't yet become a stand out in their seven days of rehearsal.
"He has the potential to be [as good as Emmitt], if he works hard," Cheryl said. "It's only the first week, but he's made a lot of progress."
Included is that progress is getting used to ballroom shoes.
"You know what? I love 'em," he told Shaun. "I had to get used to it because I'm a man…. When I got the shoes, it had the little heel on the bottom, but what I've been able to do is… to magnify my sway."
Beyond the shoes, Ochocinco revealed that one of the things he is working on in his dancing is his posture.
"In football, you're never [standing] right up. That's how you get killed," he said. "Everything is about being low… and now I'm outside of my element where I have to stand tall.
"I have to continue to tell myself to get in touch with my feminine side… 'cause I got on the heels and I have to… be upright and it's hard because I'm not used to this," he added.
While Chad is used to wearing spandex on the field, ballroom dancing outfits are far more fanciful. But the wide receiver revealed he's ready to push things with his choice of reality show wear.
"I'm thinking outside of the box," he said.
"He wants something see-thru he said," Cheryl said straight-faced. "I mean, this is a family show!"
"It's a family show, but listen, they need to know I'm edgy," Chad responded as Cheryl laughed. "I'm trying to [make] my costumes 50% Lady Gaga, 50% Rihanna, and then with the help of [Cheryl], when I put it together with the dancing and the costumes with the heels? I mean… What?!"
Chad said he has been avoiding the calls from his Bengals teammates as he gets into his "Dancing" groove, but he's getting ready for some boyish ribbing when they finally get through. And there's one man in particular he expects to tease him the most – Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer.
"My quarterback is gonna kill me," Chad said. "My quarterback, he's one of the biggest jokers on the team and I can see him putting high heels on in the locker room. It's coming. I'm prepared for it."
But Chad has no regrets.
"This is an opportunity I couldn't pass up – especially to work with the beautiful Cheryl Burke," he said.
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You may recall, in 2009, I started working behind the bar on a semi-regular basis. Guest bartending at Alembic Bar once a month for our Savoy Cocktail Book nights, and occasionally working at Heaven's Dog, either as a fill in bartender or on Sunday nights.
As the end of 2011 approached, some regular bartending shifts at Heaven's Dog opened up, and I talked to the bar manager about covering them.
I could either pass on the opportunity, or take a chance on finding out what it was like to work more nights a week as a bartender.
So, in November and December, in addition to my full time job at UCSF and Savoy Nights at Alembic, I started working three nights a week at Heaven's Dog, going straight from one job to the other.
On one hand, this was a crazy amount to work, basically 9AM until Midnight 3 nights a week, but on the other, even Mrs. Flannestad noticed that I seemed to be "happier", if tired-er. Well, not to mention, in the food service world, these aren't even crazy hours; many of the cooks, barbacks, and dishwashers in the restaurant easily bested me for hours worked for those two months.
As December wore on, though, it was starting to get apparent that I couldn't keep doing this indefinitely, and if I wasn't careful, the hours were going to take a toll on my health and my relationship with Mrs. Flannestad.
In my head, I looked towards the UCSF Winter break as my finish line, and started mentioning to Mrs. Flannestad the idea of doing one thing or the other, but especially bartending.
I've done lots of different things in my life. I've worked as a line cook, I've delivered coffee, I worked as a janitor, worked as a dish washer, tested video games, maintained computers, etc. For over the last 15 years, I've worked in the Information Technology field, which is a long time for any job in my life. Maybe it was time to try something different. Find inspiration elsewhere.
I have always loved food and drink, maybe that was the way to go.
We came to a decision, and I gave notice at UCSF, my last day would be the last day before the Winter Break.
Visit family for the holiday, come back, maybe work part time for a month or two while I regroup and gather my thoughts, but hopefully make a living in restaurants once again.
Of course, nothing is quite that simple, when I gave notice at UCSF, they countered with an offer to stay on temporarily at half time in the New Year.
As I hadn't yet organized full time hours as a bartender, it seemed like a safe bet to take.
That's where I am now, I've completed my first month as a part time tech worker and part time bartender.
As far as I can tell, I've got a couple more months of this, feet in both worlds, before I absolutely have to start looking for new opportunities, but I'm excited. A new year, a new start, interesting new challenges.
As Mrs. Flannestad said to me, "This is the first time, in a long time, that I can remember you actually being excited about a job."
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Verizon Wireless customers and, in some cases, critics have been signing a petition at a torrid pace, asking the company to go contract-less.
The petition on Change.org now has approximately 94,000 signatures, roughly 56,000 supporters shy of its goal of 150,000. The petition, created by "longtime Verizon customer" Mike Beauchamp of Wichita, Kan., has called the petition, simply, "Verizon: Get rid of contracts for wireless service."
"Getting rid of carrier contracts is a win for customers. Verizon's CEO, Lowell McAdam, has already expressed his willingness to do away with them if consumers speak loud enough about it," Beauchamp writes. "So here's your chance: Sign this petition to tell Verizon to end carrier contracts and create an affordable way for consumers to purchase their devices."
The petition really gained steam yesterday after Verizon announced its earnings. In a matter of hours, thousands of people signed the petition, and hundreds more have done the same in the few hours I've been watching it.
The petition, which was created earlier this month, comes as T-Mobile says that it will do away with contracts and subsidized pricing in what it calls a better deal for customers. Customers in the wireless industry are increasingly turning to no-contract options, so they have the wiggle room they desire to get a new phone or carrier whenever they want.
Verizon hasn't said that it wouldn't change its contract terms. In fact, Verizon's McAdam has already said that T-Mobile's move could be "a great thing" for the industry, adding that it wouldn't take much for his company to follow T-Mobile's lead.
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At Level Water, we believe that every child should have a great start in sport. We teach disabled children to swim by providing one-to-one lessons across England and Wales. Without one-to-one lessons, most children with disabilities will not learn this life changing skill. Having equal access to swimming lessons allows each child to build strength, coordination and balance. During our lessons children learn to swim, but also build essential skills like confidence, resilience and self-esteem.
Every week, Level Water provides one-to-one lessons for 485 children at 66 pools across the UK. Level Water is thrilled to be the official charity partner of IRONKIDS 2019. With your fundraising support, you can give the gift of sport to a child that at the moment is excluded and upset that they do not have equal access to sport. With your support, we can help more children across the UK access swimming for the rest of their lives. Help a child fulfil their sporting potential and fundraise for Level Water.
Meet Ethan… Ethan swims with Level Water and has cerebral palsy. Swimming is great exercise for his overall strength. In 2018, Ethan took part in his first triathlon. He also tells everyone that he wants to be a swimming instructor [for children with disabilities] when he is older and be in the Paralympics! You can help more children like Ethan get a great start in sport. If you fundraise for Level Water, we will send you training kit, support you with your fundraising and be your personal cheering squad at the event! To find out more, email [email protected] now!


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Good friend and awesome photographer George F. Williams has sent us too many photo shoots to count, and now we can add this yellow Aventador to the list. We can see why Missy will sue for one.
The many faces of the new big Lambo can get lost in urban scenes, but in this shoot out in the country the car absolutely shines.
You can find the full photo set of this thing going grand touring on the GF Williams Photography Facebook page. You won't be disappointed.
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Cloud-Seeding Plan by Jon Verney
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After graduating from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2010, Jon Verney emigrated to Florence, Italy, where he worked as a teaching assistant and darkroom technician at a small art school. During the three and a half years he was there, his work was heavily influenced by the entropic grandeur of his surroundings, as well as the historical role of the artist as both a craftsman and scientist.
The works in this exhibition are part of his current research dealing with subjects ranging from deterioration of memory, cloud-seeding and data-driven generative art practices. He is currently pursuing an MFA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.


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This year, on January 31, 2012, Clinton Ron Walker will celebrate his 21st birthday in heaven.
In honor of his memory we are asking all friends of The Clinton Ron Walker Foundation and Youth 4 Healthy Hearts to donate $21.00 dollars by January 31st.
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On February 7, 2008 we experienced the worst loss of our lives when our 17-year son Clinton Ron Walker died due to an undetected congenital heart defect. Out of this pain our family decided to develop a scholarship fund in his memory and to educate people especially the youth about the importance of testing their hearts thoroughly for any defects especially if they are involved in sports.
The Clinton Ron Walker Scholarship Fund Inc was created to honor and remember him in a way that continues his legacy of service. With your contributions members of the Stockbridge High School Class of 2009 and deserving Georgia students can receive scholarships that help them continue on with their college education. All of your donations are tax deductible as this fund is a non-profit 501c 3 organization.
Students can apply for The Clinton Ron Walker Scholarship by writing an essay or a poem on friendship that is 150 words or less and filling out the application.
Our son started playing basketball in the 5th grade and despite all the physicals he endured, we were never made aware that there were any issues with his heart. Even when Clinton began to have seizures and various medical issues, his heart was never thoroughly examined. We believe that with the right type of physical examinations, ones that include an Echocardiogram, we can make sure that another child does not slip through the cracks and another family does not suffer this type of loss.
To help with this goal, we intend to plan events that bring awareness to heart health as well as friendship which was so important to our son.
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