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The GRAMMY-Nominated Long Night Moon packaging features Glow In The Dark ink, with hidden images and messages, secret codes and all kinds of other goodies. Plus, comes with it's own coordinating LED UV light! It's difficult to do the design justice with a flattened image, but included below is our best shot at it. Click on the images for larger view.
The 12-panel poster fold-out insert features a vintage-style lunar map with invisible glow-in-the-dark art hidden throughout. Each of the moons encircling the Lunar Map represent a date of relevance to Reckless Kelly and Long Night Moon, with the specific moon that graced the night sky on that very date, the Shoshone Indian name for that moon phase, and the GPS location of the event. Hidden within the design is a code to unlock the chords to all the tracks on the record, a story created from mixmatched lyrics from the record, an explanation of what the Long Night Moon is, a Homeric Hymn, constellations and a link to visit for unlocking ALL the secrets online.
Little known facts:
1. The stars included in the artwork are not randomly placed – but rather, in their true astronomical alignment to one another. If you know your constellations, you may likely find them, throughout.
2. The moon phases on the lunar map that line the outer rim represent the actual moon phase that lit the sky on that specific date and place.
3. The numbers within the 'swirls' of the lunar map also represent a secret code.
4. The moon phases included on the back cover represent the moon phase from the date that each track was written. The dates for these are included on the Lunar Map.
5. Along the bottom of the inner spread, you can find the Austin city lights on the left with headlights departing toward the mountains on the far right. This, as well as the entirety of the packaging design is a nod to the traveling theme of the record, and the lyrics of "Long Night Moon": Sleepless nights where the stars above are drowned out by the city lights / and I wonder why I keep torturing my soul beneath this urban sky / but in my mind I know I'll be home soon / surrounded by the winter beneath the Long Night Moon.
6. The Long Night Moon for 2013 is December 16th.
7. If you have the physical copy of the packaging, you can visit RecklessKelly.com/CrackTheCode to . . . crack the code.
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Now that we have seen Battle Cat...
We know Panthor will be coming soon, and probably flocked, if SDCC09 is any indication.
What do you think are the chances we'd get a Clawdeen based on BC?
Also, do you think BC will be used as "parts" for Grayskull's Lion beast?
Edit: Would you like to see Catra's animal version based off BC as well?


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This email popped into our tips inbox just a little while ago:
Subject: EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & QOUTE of NY Giants Will Blackmon with New XLVI Ring
Hi Drew/Gawker,
Wanted to see if you would be interested in posting this exclusive of my client, NY Giants CB, Will Blackmon today before heading elsewhere with it.
They are exclusive photos from Will getting his XLVI Super Bowl ring last night at Tiffany's in NYC.
Photos and quote below. Please let me know ASAP.
Thanks much!
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"It means everything. It's what I signed up for since I was five years old. After getting released from Green Bay when they won that same year and winning it now with the NY Giants the year after is a blessing.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." -Muhammed Ali
Side Note: Will is presently an unsigned free agent and in between modeling and continuous training he is awaiting his next signing. www.willblackmon.com
Tell you what, Jonathan: We've decided to publish one of the photos. Cropped, ever so slightly.
SEE ALSO: PR Guy Who Offered Exclusive Pics Of Some Player And His Super Bowl Ring Wants Us To "Get A Grip And Obviously A Life!!!"


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Harvard is looking for its third road victory of the season at Princeton Saturday (Photo Courtesy: Justine Agaloos).
The Particulars
Coming off its second victory of the 2012 season, the Harvard men's soccer team returns to conference play when it travels to Princeton to take on the Tigers Saturday afternoon. The Princeton game represents the third of five-straight road contests for the Crimson.
Series History
While there are plenty of Ivy League standings implications at stake in Saturday's game, Harvard and Princeton will also be fighting for the all-time series edge. After 86 matchups from 1909 to 2011, the Crimson and Tigers stand tied with a 39-39-8 series record. The first contest, played in Cambridge in 1909, went to the Crimson by a score of 1-0, but Princeton has taken the three most recent matches, all by one-goal margins. Harvard's last win at Princeton came in 2008 when the Crimson posted a 3-1 victory.
Last Time Out
What started as a familiar overtime scene ended in a dramatic road victory as Zack Wolfenzon's double-overtime tally lifted the Harvard men's soccer team to a 2-1 win over local rival Boston University Tuesday night. Oliver White got the Crimson on the board with his third goal of the season just four minutes into the second half. Harvard withstood an offensive barrage from the Terriers, as BU held a 16-1 edge in corners and a 27-8 for the game. Freshman goalie Evan Mendez did well to turn away eight shots in his second victory.
About Harvard
Both of Harvard's wins this season have been against non-conference opponents, so the Crimson is looking to make a jump in the league standings with a result against Princeton. White has been a force off the bench for Harvard, grabbing the team points lead with his goal against the Terriers. Wolfenzon is close behind with five points (2g, 1a), while Jake Freeman and Hiroki Kobayashi both have a pair of goals each on the year. David Barna has proven to be the free-kick specialist, picking up two assists on the year, both off set pieces.
Mendez and classmate Joe Festa have seen nearly equal time in goal this season. Mendez has been in net for both Harvard victories this season, while Festa holds the better goals-against average at 1.50 goals allowed per game.
Scouting Princeton
The Tigers are one of three unbeaten teams in Ivy League action, boasting a 1-0-2 league mark to go with a 5-5-2 overall record. Princeton will be playing at home for the first time in three games, as the Tigers played to a 0-0 draw with Columbia Oct. 13 and fell to Adelphi, 1-0, Oct. 17. Princeton is 2-1-1 in its last four home games, with victories coming over Farleigh Dickinson and Dartmouth.
Thomas Sanner has had his hand in eight of the team's 13 goals on the season, and leads the squad with 11 points on three goals and five assists. Matt Sanner is next in line with eight points on three goals and two helpers, and Cameron Porter and Mark Linnville are tied for second with three assists each on the year. Seth MacMillan has seen the majority of action in goal for Princeton this season, and brings a 0.82 goals against average and 4-2-2 overall record into the Harvard contest.
Up Next
The road trip continues for the Crimson as it travels to Hanover, N.H., to take on Dartmouth Oct. 27 in a 3 p.m. contest.


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In the span of about 24 hours HBO has set the tubes ablaze with trailers for two of the most hotly anticipated TV series of 2010, Treme" and "Boardwalk Empire."
"Treme" comes from David Simon, a man who has made arguably more great television than anyone else currently working. From "Homicide: Life on the Streets" to "The Wire" to "Generation Kill," Simon has shown a gift for character development, story arc and an eye for talent unmatched by his peers.
Simon's latest is set in New Orleans and kicks of three months after Hurricane Katrina has laid waste to the city. The show, which stars Steve Zahn, Rob Brown, Melissa Leo, Khandi Alexander, Kim Dickens, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce and John Goodman, is set to premiere on April 11.
U.S. & World
The first episode of "Boardwalk Empire" is being directed by Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese, who is also serving as executive producer. The show was created by Terence Winter, who worked as a writer and producer on "The Sopranos," penning 25 episodes.
The show is based on Nelson Johnson's book, "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City," and stars Steve Buscemi in the lead role of Nucky Johnson, the notorious gangster/politician who was instrumental in making the New Jersey town what it is today.
HBO has said that "Boardwalk," with a cast that also includes Gretchen Mol, Michael Shannon, Michael Pitt, Michael K. Williams and Dabney Coleman, will debut in the fall.


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Sandy Carter will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of her latest work, Extreme Innovation: 3 Superpowers for Purpose and Profit.
[Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.]
Primary Entry: Music Badge, Platinum Badge, Film Badge, Interactive Badge
Format: Book Signing
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Faber's Imago+ cooker hood seems like a glimpse into the near future where every available gizmo in your household is some kind of electronics-packed entertainment system. It's first and foremost an extractor fan/filtration system that inhales the fumes from your cooking so you don't have to (at 870 cubic meters per hour). But it's actually loaded up with a multimedia PC too.
On its front there's a 19-inch widescreen LCD, and the Linux-driven PC's also got an analog/digital TV tuner built-in so you can browse the web for recipes, pop on a movie or watch your fave cooking show.
Since it's also got a webcam function, you can even video call: perfect for Skyping the kids in their rooms to tell them dinner's ready. Legs... so overrated don't you think? No price or availability info is available, but I think you could probably expect to pay "luxury" prices for a luxury kitchen gadget like this. [Gizmodiva via NewLaunches]


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The Reebok RL 1500 is a well made elliptical that can help you achieve a variety of fitness goals with it's many workout options. The guide rails for the pedals ensure you get a smooth comfortable ride while the 350 lbs user capacity means it's built to last.
- 10 personal trainer workouts including aerobic, weight loss and performance
- 12 levels of silent magnetic resistance for a stable frictionless ride
- Heart rate monitor gives an idea of how your body is performing
- Clear high profile console has detailed information throughout your workout
Reebok RL 1500 Elliptical Review
Reebok have become a famous brand for their sports wear especially sneakers. But this is one of their high end ellipticals which they take as much care of the manufacture as they do their sneakers. It's a solid elliptical with many workout features to help you get the most out of in home fitness. It should replace the visit to the local gym totally for a convenient workout in the home.
The 12 levels of resistance are more than enough for all fitness levels and are spaced out well. The low levels are ideal for beginners, long duration or weight loss workouts. The higher levels are a tough ride that will build shape and tone muscle. The levels are easily chosen on the console as each is given a button so you can go directly to the level of your choice.
There are 12 personal trainer workouts. These are displayed on the console as a diagram on the button and all 12 are displayed. This means you can easily identify the one you want and go directly to it. They're divided into aerobic, weight loss and performance and are designed to give maximum results depending on the workout chosen. They also get harder as you progress so they can stay with you as your fitness improves.
There are 2 heart rate programs. These are used with the heart rate sensors in the handlebars. As you ride the resistance changes to keep your heart are at the optimum level. This is displayed on the console and is a very effective way of working out. If you want to get the most from your workouts in the smallest amount of time these heart rate programs are the ones for you.
For weight loss workouts there's the option of choosing a number of calories to burn and the machine tracks your progress to your target number. As you workout there are 2 workout fans which give you a comfortable breeze. Overall the Reebok RL 1500 elliptical with it's many features and strong build makes an excellent choice for in home fitness for the whole family.


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Publications: Linke, Thea
Journal Article
Calver, M.C.ORCID: 0000-0001-9082-2902, Fontaine, J.B.ORCID: 0000-0002-6515-7864 and Linke, T.E. (2013) Publication models in a changing environment: bibliometric analysis of books and book chapters using publications by Surrey Beatty & Sons. Pacific Conservation Biology, 19 . pp. 394-408.
Linke, T.E., Platell, M.E. and Potter, I.C. (2001) Factors influencing the partitioning of food resources among six fish species in a large embayment with juxtaposing bare sand and seagrass habitats. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 266 (2). pp. 193-217.
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Valesini, F., Hourston, M., Wildsmith, M., Coen, N., Tweedley, J.ORCID: 0000-0002-2749-1060, Hallett, C.ORCID: 0000-0002-8844-3388, Linke, T. and Potter, I. (2011) Classifying estuarine habitats and predicting their fish faunas – tools for managers and ecologists. In: 48th Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Science Association, 3 - 7 July, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Finn, H., Chabanne, D.ORCID: 0000-0002-8391-7505, Bejder, L., Linke, T., Salgado, C., Holyoake, C., Stephens, N. and Allen, S. (2011) Conserving dolphins in the Swan Canning River System: an ecosystem based approach. In: Swan River Trust Forum, 2 November, Perth, Western Australia.
Linke, T., Potter, I., Twomey, L. and Valesini, F. (2009) Comparisons of the food web structure in two estuaries with differing hydrological regimes in south-western Australia. In: AMSA2009 46th Annual Conference for the Australian Marine Sciences Conference, 5 - 9 July, Adelaide, Australia.
Linke, T., Potter, I.C., Twomey, L. and Valesini, F. (2009) Trophic interactions in the Swan-Canning Estuary. In: 8th Indo Pacific Fish Conference and 2009 ASFB Workshop and Conference, 31 May - 5 June 2009, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Linke, T., Potter, I., Twomey, L. and Valesini, F. (2009) Trophic interactions in the Swan-Canning Estuary. In: Swan Canning Research and Innovation Program Showcase, 19 August, Perth, Western Australia.
Linke, Thea (2011) Trophic interactions among abundant members of the fish fauna in a permanently-open and a seasonally-open estuary in South-western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University.
Valesini, F.J., Hallett, C.S.ORCID: 0000-0002-8844-3388, Cottingham, A.ORCID: 0000-0002-4157-1972, Hesp, S.A., Hoeksema, S.D., Hall, N.G., Linke, T.E. and Buckland, A.J. (2011) Development of biotic indices for establishing and monitoring ecosystem health of the Swan-Canning Estuary. Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia.
Holyoake, C., Finn, H., Stephens, N., Linke, T., Daniel, C., Allen, S., Smith, H., McElligott, D. and Bejder, L. (2011) Toxicant exposure, population genetics, and trophic associations of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Swan River. Murdoch Cetacean Research Unit, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
Holyoake, C., Finn, H., Stephens, N., Duignan, P., Salgado, C., Smith, H., Bejder, L., Linke, T., Daniel, C., Lo, H.N., Ham, G.S., Moiler, K., Allen, S., Bryant, K. and McElligott, D. (2010) Technical report on the Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) unusual mortality event within the Swan Canning Riverpark, June-October 2009. Murdoch University
Valesini, F.J., Coen, N.J., Wildsmith, M.D., Hourston, M., Tweedley, J.R.ORCID: 0000-0002-2749-1060, Hallett, C.S.ORCID: 0000-0002-8844-3388, Linke, T.E. and Potter, I.C. (2009) Relationships between fish faunas and habitat type in south-western Australian estuaries. Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Final Report, July 2009. Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University


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I'm implementing AES in C++, and, inspired by the way words are handled in SHA, I decided this time to handle the state as a one dimensional array of 4byte unsigned integers as opposed to a two dimensional array of bytes. To get the bytes out of each of word, I use shifts and mod. E.g. to get the first byte in state[0], I would retrieve byteA = (state[0] >> 24); and to get the second, byteB = (state[0] >> 16) % 256;
In the mix columns and substitution steps, I have to extract and replace bytes from the word, but in the shift rows and add key steps, I can operate on an entire row at once, eliminating the need for 4 extra iterations per row.
Unless this would be very specific to my implementation, I'd appreciate some input on which might be faster.


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The Geebs That Is A Mod wrote: »oh christ this is the worst oh nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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YOLO (full name: You Only Live Once) motto and voice of a generation, was found dead at Flip-Flops, a nightclub in Atlanta earlier this morning. It was a 14 months old.
Born Nov. 1, 2011, to Aubrey Drake Graham, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. and Tyler "T-Minus" Williams, the phrase inspired countless numbers of young Americans and Canadians to live a life of reckless abandon and to embrace the concept that human beings don't live more than one time.
The term was found swaddled in a song called "The Motto." It was introduced via the chorus:
"Now she want a photo, you already know, though
You only live once: that's the motto, [n-word], YOLO
And we bout it every day, every day, every day
Like we sittin on the bench, [n-word], we don't really play
Every day, every day, *bleep* what anybody say
Can't see 'em cause the money in the way, real [n-word], what's up?
Bryan "Baby" Williams, a New Orleans keeper of exotic birds, weighed in on the impact the phrase made upon arrival. "Whoadie, I can think of like three terms that have straight up affected the general lexicon of an entire section of pop culture, and that's one of them. Rappers be tryin' to make terms happen all the time, but it's like that white broad said in (2004 Lindsay Lohan vehicle) 'Mean Girls': You can't MAKE a term happen.' Don't even deny the outright linguistic impact the boy Drizzy unleashed on the world. He got the innanet goin' nuts. Brrrr!"
Interestingly enough, the song YOLO was featured on actually isn't a part of the "Take Care" album. It was packaged as a "bonus track" on iTunes. Some have argued that not being included on "Take Care" drove YOLO to strive to become greater than its siblings. Through sheer willpower (and some payola to radio stations, who are we kidding?), the song sold hundreds of thousands of copies (124,000 alone in the first week!). The results speak for themselves: "The Motto" is nominated for a Best Rap Song Grammy in 2013. "Make Me Proud" is nowhere to be seen.
To say the phrase became immensely popular would be an understatement. A report from a social media analytics company reports that the term was tweeted just south of 40 million times in 2012 alone. Articles on the phrase have been featured in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, ABC News, the Associated Press and The Huffington Post. Teen heartthrob-turned cult leader Zac Efron got a tattoo of the phrase. Hundreds of retailers scrambled to put the phrase on T-shirts, hats, sweatbands and pregnancy tests. (Full disclosure: The writer owns a shirt with the phrase on it and wore it proudly throughout the summer of 2012). It was truly the golden era of flipping the bird to the concept of reincarnation.
But why? Why did this phrase gain mass adoption while other terms such as "Totes" died a horrible, poo-covered death? Some have speculated that the innocence (and bravado) of youth lit the flame for the term to spread. When you're young, you truly believe that you're invincible. Death is a foreign concept, so why worry? "Of course I'll inject that Four Loko in to my arm, YOLO!" "Who needs a condom? YOLO!" "Be right back, I'm going to vote in Florida! YOLOOOOO!" It replaced "Geronimo" as the go-to statement uttered by people young and old who were about to do something dumb.
Like most things in popular culture, there was a gradual backlash. After a Canadian teen tweeted the term just moments before his death, the phrase started to take a beating at the hands of cultural critics, cynical journalists and people who just don't like anything that didn't come out in 1993. It began a downward spiral that included appearances in Wal-Mart and those tacky gift stores at the beach where you can get a T-shirt adorned with the name of the town you're currently in.
Mr. Nate Gleason of Snellville was taken into custody after murdering the phrase shortly after uttering it no less than 26 times while trying to convince his friends to take a bunch of shots he purchased from a waitress he was trying to impress shortly after 1 a.m. Dec. 31. The waitress was reported as having no interest in him.
A few hours ago, Mr. Graham released a statement: "Before YOLO went out into the world, I lit a bunch of candles and wept into a tape recorder for three days. It got popular and spread its wings around the globe and now joins Aaliyah in the heavens above. The Young Money/Cash Money/OVOXO family asks that you respect our privacy at this very sensitive moment. We appreciate the crew love. Trust me, they know. They know. They know."
In lieu of a funeral, Graham has asked mourners to "print the lyrics out and have a bleepin' read-along."
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By COLLEEN LEDDY
Maddie was here and gone in a flash it seemed, but she made great use of her time...at least as far as the Observer is concerned. ...or maybe I made great use of her time.
All of our poor kids have suffered through Observer work one way or another while growing up, mostly proofreading pages, but Maddie has probably been roped into doing the most. She's often entered check register information into our accounting program, Quicken, and this visit I had an entire eight months waiting for her.
She often asks questions as she's working in Quicken, trying to decipher my handwriting or figure out which category an expense belongs in. This session, I believe she made her first observation.
"I should be a plumber," she said.
She had just entered the check amount for Rupp's Plumbing and was impressed with the amount Ed earned.
I've often wished one of my children would become a plumber—we have the slowest toilets known to humankind and our showerhead has a mind of its own. It would be mighty handy to have a plumber in the family.
Maddie hasn't shown any inclination to go down that path, though. She hasn't shown any inclination to go down the path she's currently on either, but sometimes life—like our showerhead—has a mind of its own.
More likely, lack of a hard, firm plan plays a greater role. When you don't particularly care how you'll earn money, when you're not too picky, when you don't have a well-defined career path...it's easier to fall into a job. And when you have a pretty good network of friends, it's easier yet.
Maddie worked for her friend Sam's aunt before she left for near west (Wyoming), way west (California), and way, way, western (New Zealand and Australia) travels. When she returned in late August, his aunt was ready to hire her back and even provide lodging at her home.
But then Maddie's friend Natasha offered her a living-wage job in Chicago—where she is now, about to move into an apartment with two girls who live above a bar. She found them on Craig's List. One actually works in Maddie's office building—for Groupon—and the other is a Swedish chef. Too bad Maddie doesn't like meatballs.
Or writing. She hates writing just about as much as I do—probably more. And her job title? Copywriter. She's working for a company like Groupon and has to write convincing copy to make people want to buy the special offer she's writing about.
We all, even Maddie, find this hilarious. She's a really good writer, but if her high school writing career is any indication, she's going to have some agonizing days ahead of her.
Back then, she used to write one sentence, one beautiful well-formed sentence and then six hours later, add another beautiful well-formed sentence. Of course I exaggerate. But blood and turnips always came to mind whenever I saw her at the computer working on an assignment from Mrs. Walker.
I think part of her job involves actual research in which, as David says, "she gets paid to party." She will go to bars and clubs and other such places and then write about them. I think that's what her job is.
I've been concentrating more on her pursuits to buy a bed. She's short on cash, but rather than using the twin bed of her childhood, she thinks she should get a full size one. And, so, she's grossing me out by searching on Craig's List.
I talk bedbugs and she talks free delivery—she lives within the area the bed owner is offering to deliver to. I tell her the disadvantage of him bringing it to her is that she doesn't see the house it's coming from.
Then she tells me she just asked if she can come test it out first. Oh, Lord, where will this end, I think.
"I found him on facebook," she writes. Looks like a nice kid. Went to DePaul. Might be a personal trainer. I think trainers shower a lot so that's good."
Need an apprentice, Ed?


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"I don't know anything about cars," he told Bloomberg yesterday. "A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. I'm not that old, and I think the business principles are the same."
Despite that drawback, Whitacre has been appointed the new boss of General Motors. For the company's sake, let's hope that "Big Ed" doesn't set off another political firestorm like he did at his last job, where he single-handedly kickstarted the US war over network neutrality.
Back in 2005, Whitacre was asked about companies like Google and whether they posed any threat to AT&T. He said, "How do you think they're going to get to customers? Through a broadband pipe. Cable companies have them. We have them. Now what they would like to do is use my pipes free, but I ain't going to let them do that because we have spent this capital and we have to have a return on it. So there's going to have to be some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they're using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?"
It was breathtakingly arrant nonsense, as every consumer and business that pays its monthly Internet service bill knows full well, but it boiled down to a simple creed: we will squeeze money from any resource that we control and that you need, logic and fairness be damned. Of course, after a public outcry and the passing of the FCC's four "Internet freedoms," AT&T didn't try to block websites or charge them more for access.
At GM, Whitacre won't even be in the position of making such threats. GM's products aren't particularly desirable at the moment, and there's plenty of competition in carmaking. One imagines that if there weren't, however, Big Ed might push a leasing model in which customers make monthly payments, get a vehicle that drives about half the speed of the rest of the developed world, and face additional fees for having the gall to drive to popular destinations.


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Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering: Notice of Designation – Designation of Nauru and Ukraine as Primary Money Laundering Concerns
Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers of All National Banks, Federal Branches and Agencies, Department and Division Heads, and All Examining Personnel
This bulletin transmits a notice of designation of Nauru and Ukraine as Primary Money Laundering Concerns. Bank Secrecy Act section 5318A, as added by section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to designate a foreign jurisdiction, institution, class of transaction, or type of account as being of "primary money laundering concern," and to impose one or more of five "special measures."
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) places these jurisdictions, and those with whom they have dealings, upon notice of its intent, after appropriate consultation, to follow this designation with the imposition of special measures authorized by section 5318A(a). With respect to Nauru, Treasury intends to impose the special measure described in section 5318A(b)(5), which will prohibit financial dealings by U.S. financial institutions with any Nauru-licensed institution, unless otherwise excepted. Under the terms of section 5318A(a)(2)(C), this special measure can be imposed only by promulgation of a rule. Treasury intends to initiate a rulemaking shortly.
With respect to Ukraine, Treasury intends to impose one or more of the information-gathering and record-keeping requirements of the special measures described in section 5318A(b)(1) through (4). Those special measures can be imposed by an order, which is limited in duration to 120 days, and which may be extended indefinitely through a rulemaking (see section 5318A(a)(2) and (3)). Treasury intends to issue an order while simultaneously initiating a rulemaking to impose special measures on Ukraine.
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HOST: Welcome to Diving Deeper where we interview National Ocean Service scientists on the ocean topics and information that are important to you. I'm your host Kate Nielsen.
Today's question is….How do we respond to oil spills?
Oil spills can happen in our rivers, bays, and the ocean. Spills are often caused by accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, and even refineries. These accidents usually occur when the oil is being transported to us.
To help us dive a little deeper into this question, we will talk by phone with Amy Merten on oil spills. Amy is the NOAA Co-director of the Coastal Response Research Center with NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration. Hi Amy, welcome to our show.
AMY MERTEN: Hey Kate, thanks a lot for inviting me here today to talk to you and your listeners – I'm really excited to talk to you about oil spills and how NOAA responds to these events.
HOST: Amy, before we get into how we actually respond to oil spills, it would be great to talk about why oil spills happen in the first place.
AMY MERTEN: Well, they happen mainly because we are so dependent on oil in the U.S. We use about 700 million gallons of oil every single day. And how do we use oil? We're heating our homes, we're fueling for our cars, we use oil to make plastics for you name it – toys, radios, computers, and even medicines. Oil's a fundamental part of our economy and our way of life.
If we continue to need oil, we're going to continue to have spill risks. We have oil moving around the country in high volumes – in ships and barges and pipelines and trucks – so that oil is getting to us minute by minute. So the ships have the potential to cause these larger spills that we think about and we see on TV, but really the biggest source of oil to our waterways is from nonpoint source, kind of the small spills in parking lots from you and me and everyone else is actually contributing to more oil pollution in the water than a big ship would.
HOST: Thanks Amy, I didn't know that the amount of oil that runs off of land from our daily activities is actually a bigger source of oil in our waterways than the oil that we typically think of after ship collisions with some of these larger oil spills. What does oil do once it is released into the environment?
AMY MERTEN: Well Kate, most of the time oil is going to be less dense than water, so it's going to float on top of the water.
Oil, once it hits the water and because it's lighter it's going to spread out on top of the water, and if you did this in a laboratory it would spread out uniformly, but since we have wind and currents in the environment, it's going to spread out in a patchy way.
As it continues to spread out, it's going to get thinner and thinner and thinner and so when you look at it, it will look like almost a rainbowy sheen, and so you might be familiar with seeing these things after a heavy rainstorm on a parking lot or on the roads. So it looks like that on the water too when you're looking at it from a helicopter for example.
HOST: Amy, that's interesting that these same sheens that we see in our parking lots from oil is how oil on the water looks if you're up in the air in a helicopter looking down. How does oil impact plants and animals?
AMY MERTEN: Well, oil spills can be really harmful to plants and animals particularly birds, not necessarily just marine birds, but if we have a spill inland, birds and mammals are very vulnerable. And I'll talk a little bit about that in a minute.
Fish and shellfish may not be exposed right away, but again might be exposed if that oil becomes entrained in the water column or somehow interacts at depth versus just staying on the surface, that'll happen from a wind situation or a stormy situation, or depending on what the oil type is it might be light enough that it'll disperse into the water column.
I'm sure your listeners have seen dramatic photos of oiled birds and oiled otters and things of that nature. And what happens is the oil, it's not really a chemical response that happens, the oil gets on the feathers and fur and it makes it so the animal can no longer insulate itself from the cold in the water, so it loses all of its ability to repel water so it basically ends up dying from hypothermia. It will try to get the oil off its feathers or its fur and it will start preening and then it will start ingesting oil and then there is a toxic component to it and basically they end up dying from dehydration. So feathers and fur do not do well with oil.
HOST: Thanks Amy, I think so many of us have seen these horrible images, on the news following a spill, of birds and wildlife covered in oil, but we don't often think about what happens, we just feel so bad when we see these poor little guys covered in oil like that.
AMY MERTEN: Yeah, it's really dramatic. And you know one thing I do want to mention is, as part of our response community, we actually have specialists that are trained to deal with oiled wildlife so only professionals go out and capture oiled birds and oiled seals and otters. And they know exactly how they're going to clean them, where they're going to take them to to try to clean them up. Sometimes they are able to totally rehabilitate them and put them back out in the environment. I just wanted to make the point that, we have those veterinarians and trained volunteers and specialists that work with us side by side.
HOST: It's wonderful that there's a team out there just to handle the impacts of oil to wildlife and to really be able to respond and clean them up and maybe even return them then back in the wild and just save them. Amy, what is the biggest oil spill in U.S. history?
AMY MERTEN: Kate, the biggest oil spill in U.S. history is the Exxon Valdez that occurred 21 years ago just last week. So, if you remember the spill, it happened in Prince William Sound, Alaska when an oil tanker ran aground and lost almost 11 million gallons of crude oil.
While this sounds like a lot, it is only a small fraction – less than two percent – of the total amount of oil that we use in one day, so pretty amazing. Just to try to give you guys an idea of what 11 million gallons would look like, try to think about, 11 million gallons would fill up nine school gyms or approximately 430 classrooms. So again, we're talking about a large volume that's really hard to imagine in the environment.
After the hurricanes of 2005 – Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and I think probably everyone's familiar with those – Louisiana experienced over eight million gallons of oil, so fairly large amounts of oil were lost to the coastal marsh environment.
But I would like to make the point that smaller spills also have impacts too. So, if you have a small spill next to an area where birds are nesting or migrating to, you can have a really large impact. Or you can have a smaller spill on a really nice day in a city environment and have large impacts to how tourists are seeing that place and impacting people's ability to get to the water. So large spills have dramatic impacts, but small spills also can have some dramatic effects as well.
HOST: Thanks Amy for your point that no matter how big a spill is, there are still dramatic impacts. When these huge volumes of oil enter the environment, how does this affect our economy?
AMY MERTEN: We definitely do know how it impacts us economically, I'll just give you a few examples. There was a barge spill on the Mississippi River and it closed the major thoroughfare of the Mississippi River for several days, so you can imagine that was costing millions and millions of dollars as a lot of our energy supply, our food supply goes through the Mississippi corridor. There was also a spill on the Delaware River, Delaware Bay area, several years ago and they had to close down a nuclear power plant and could not produce power for millions of people in Delaware and Pennsylvania and New Jersey so you can see how that would also cause significant loss in economic revenues, so again that was several millions of dollars lost.
I would also like to point out that anyone that's working on the water, so fishermen are always severely impacted by spills and their ability to go out and fish and even the perception of should they go out and fish is always a really big issue. So spills affect lots of components of the economy.
HOST: Thanks Amy. These are really startling numbers, really startling statistics that you're sharing with us today – both on the incredible volume of oil that can spill after a ship collision, but also these huge impacts to our economy. How do we clean up after oil spills occur?
AMY MERTEN: Well we have a couple of tools that we can use to start cleaning up a spill after they occur. It really depends on what type of oil gets spilled, as I mentioned, all oil's different and it's made up of lots of different other chemicals so it behaves differently sometimes than what you might expect. The weather really impacts what we can do, so if it's a stormy day, there's not a lot we can do. It depends on how far away the spill is from bird and animal resources, how far away it is from people, on what we can actually do.
So we tend to use a few key tools that we've been using for a long time. So kind of our first approach is trying to use things in a mechanical capacity, so we use booms, which are floating barriers that keep the oil contained. So you can put a boom around a vessel or you can put a boom to block an inlet or a wetland area so the oil doesn't go into that area, making it harder to clean up. And we also have these specialized boats that skim the oil off of the surface, so taking advantage of oil floating on water. Skim it into a container and then take it back and offload it and recycle it and reuse it.
So that's kind of what we like to do if we can, but we have some other things we can do. We can burn oil in place, so right there on the water, if we can get it thick enough, we can actually burn it there. We can burn it in a marsh. We can also use things called dispersants and what dispersants are they're chemicals that actually break the slick up into smaller droplets. It doesn't remove the oil from the environment, it just makes it smaller, gets it off the surface. So you might use that if you're trying to protect birds so if you have a lot of birds in the area and you're going to trade off that resource and put the oil into the water column. So, we don't use those very much, but we do have them available.
HOST: What are some of the benefits or disadvantages for all of these different cleanup options?
AMY MERTEN: Yes, there's definitely pros and cons to all of those options. Once the oil's in the water, we know we have a bad situation, so what we're trying to do is to minimize that situation and try to use things that get it out of the environment as fast as possible, but also in an environmentally sound way.
So we sometimes don't remove all of the oil from a shoreline, we don't get it squeaky clean and the reason for that is if you blast a rocky shoreline, for example, with high pressure hot water, and this was actually done in the Exxon Valdez, you change the physical and chemical makeup of that substrate. So the organisms that were there, can't recolonize because it's now different. So it actually impacts recovery, if we get rid of the bulk oil and then leave some residual oil, nature will take care of that.
We do sometimes burn oiled marsh areas because you can't actually put people and equipment into a marsh because you do definitely more damage then because you put the oil down into the substrate, into the mud and the sediments, and then it can't naturally recover.
HOST: I imagine that this will vary for each spill, but approximately how long does it take to clean up after a spill? Are we talking days or weeks or even years?
AMY MERTEN: It really, really depends. It depends on how much is spilled, and it depends on what environment, how far resources are to get there, and under what conditions – what weather conditions. So, just to give you an example, there was a big spill a few months ago, 450,000 gallons, which is a relatively large spill today, in the Houston Ship Channel and the cleanup was relatively easy because most of the oil, there was response equipment very close, so people could act on it really fast, but most of the oil was contained with booms and also hardened shorelines. The weather was relatively good and calm, so it made skimming really effective.
But for an example there was a spill in Alaska in Aleutian Islands in December several years ago, and storms came in after the spill and we weren't actually able to start cleanup until the spring. So in that situation, a lot of the oil was not recovered, basically because we couldn't get people out there safely to clean it up until spring and then years after.
HOST: How do we respond to spills in the Arctic when oil spills happen in ice?
AMY MERTEN: Well in the Arctic we would use the same methods that I described, it just will take us longer to get there in the Arctic, at least the way we're structured and where people live right now. In the Arctic, it's all predicated on being able to actually get to the spill and get to the spill safely. So if we can't get there because it's too foggy or stormy or icy, then the spill is going to sit there until we can get there.
HOST: Amy, can we determine how successful we are at cleaning up an area after an oil spill?
AMY MERTEN: Sure. We definitely try to do a mass balance and what that means is that we have some ways of understanding how much got spilled, so we might know the tank size of the tank that got ruptured and how much oil entered the water from that tank or potentially entered the water from that tank.
We know how much skimmers pick up, they're pretty good at calculating how much they're recovering. We also have models to estimate how much of the spill was lost to things like evaporation, or dissolution – so chemicals coming off of the oil and into the water, or photooxidation – so that's the sun breaking down chemicals in the oil.
On the shoreline, we spend a lot of time trying to figure out how much oil is on the shoreline. We estimate the bulk of oil on the shore and then we go back after cleanup and estimate how much is still there.
We also work with our injury assessment and restoration specialists to monitor how long it's going to take for the environment to really recover after the spill.
HOST: Amy, how do we learn from past spill response and test out new cleanup techniques?
AMY MERTEN: We as NOAA really try to apply science to the cleanup methods that we're recommending and we try to follow how those cleanup methods work in how long it takes things to recover so that we can apply that better in the next situation. So we spend a lot of our time, when we're not on a spill, working with our colleagues in industry and the Coast Guard and academia on talking about our lessons learned from those spills and what could we have done better and what were the things that worked really well, what are the things we need to try in the future.
So we do have an R&D component where we know we want to improve our models for example or we want to improve some of our assessment techniques so we work with the academic community to help us move those forward. We also spend a lot of time holding training, so we help people understand the best science for cleaning up spills. We also participate in drills, so in that situation we spend a lot of time with the people we would be responding with, talking through some of what would we like to try if a spill happens in this marsh, what types of things are we learning from other countries that we might apply in the U.S. So those types of conversations happen a lot.
HOST: Amy, can you talk more about an oil spill drill and why it's important?
AMY MERTEN: We just participated in a major exercise, it's called the Spill of National Significance. The reason it's called that is because the spill scenario was so large that one region couldn't clean it up so we had to bring in equipment and people from all over the country to help deal with the scenario and so we played it like that. So we had people come to a real Command Center, we set it up the way that we would use it in a real spill so the responsible party was there, the Coast Guard, all the state agencies, local communities, NOAA, were all there working together. And what was so important about that is we were establishing a working relationship – it's easier to go work with someone on a spill if you already know them, so that's our huge part of the drill just making sure that you understand the other person's point of view, you understand who they are, what they need, and then we work through the situation – it does feel like you're on a real spill.
HOST: It's great that time is invested to prepare before a spill, getting everybody together because this will help things run more smoothly in the event that a spill actually happens. Amy, what's the role of the National Ocean Service in responding to oil spills?
AMY MERTEN: Well, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are actually the first federal responders for a spill. So, the Office of Response and Restoration, which sits in the National Ocean Service, along with staff from other offices in NOAA work to support the federal on-scene coordinators – the Coast Guard and EPA. So what we do, in the Office of Response and Restoration for a spill, is we first provide trajectory models, so forecasts of where the oil is going to go.
We actually get on-scene and conduct overflights to assess the extent of the spill and ground truth our models, so we have a lot of experience doing that. We spend a lot of time coordinating shoreline assessment surveys and spending a lot of time walking shorelines and calculating how much oil is there. And then we work with the Coast Guard and the responsible party to evaluate what the cleanup options are available and again we try to do this in the most practical and environmentally sound way, so we jointly develop a plan on how to actually do the cleanup.
HOST: Can you explain the trajectory models that you just mentioned?
AMY MERTEN: Sure, so trajectory models are computer models that take into account the winds and the currents during the time of the spill to help forecast where that spill is going to move. So our oceanographers actually run this model in real time and get it to the Command Center so people can start understanding what resources are at risk, what protection strategies need to get put into place.
So the models help the responders get ahead of the spill so they know where we think it might be going, they can put equipment, so they can put some boom out, and prevent it from actually hitting the shoreline in that area.
The ocean has buoys and sensors in it and we know where those are so it's part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System and we actually can stream in that information real time – we can stream in weather information, we can stream in tide information, current information, and all of that gets pulled in to run these trajectory models to make them more accurate and predictable.
We actually have a computer program, it's actually a Web site, called the Environmental Response Management Application, that actually gives you the picture of these different pieces being streamed in and then you can put the oil trajectory model into this picture and then you can see your shorelines that have resources at risk.
HOST: It's great that we have the data and expertise to forecast where oil will move and even be able to do something as you mentioned like placing a boom in an area to prevent it from spreading further and causing even more damage. Sounds like there are so many roles that your office and really so many other agencies play in response and cleanup from an oil spill. Is there anything our listeners can do to help support this?
AMY MERTEN: Sure. Yeah, Kate there is. I think the main role for listeners is that we do all have a part to play maybe not so much in responding to the spills, but in helping to prevent them. We can avoid dumping oil and oily waste into the sewer or the garbage and we can also do some other things that reduce our use of oil in the first place, so we may take more walks or use our bikes more or take the bus rather than using our car, so all of those things that we can do that reduce the use of oil actually leads to less oil being transported, and therefore a reduce of the risk of a future spill. So we all have a responsibility for spills because we're all using oil and we all can make a difference and find solutions to the problem.
HOST: Thanks Amy, these are great examples of actions that we can really all take to help us reduce our use of oil and in some cases things we could every day. Do you have any final closing words for our listeners today?
AMY MERTEN: Sure. Thanks for the opportunity. I really like talking about my job and although spills are not fun things to deal with, it is nice to be able to participate and be able to see recommendations go into action and actually help the environment. Here at NOAA we spend a lot of time and effort being prepared to respond to all different types of oil spills in all sorts of different areas including internationally. We really spend a lot of time understanding the science beyond oil spills and training people on the science behind oil spills – and that's really what we're trying to bring to the response community, so that when we are responding, we do it in the best way possible and we can clean up and restore our coastal communities.
HOST: Thank you Amy for joining us on today's episode of Diving Deeper and talking more about the impacts of oil spills to our environment and the economy, how we respond to these, and even what we can all do to help. To learn more about oil spills and response efforts, please visit response.restoration.noaa.gov.(OUTRO)


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McDonald's U.S. sales topped $30 billion last year, outstripping the next-closest competitor, Subway, by $20 billion. If Subway were suddenly to merge with Burger King and Starbucks, McDonald's would still rank No. 1 on QSR's annual QSR 50 rankings, by a margin nearly equaling the systemwide sales of Dairy Queen.
Skinner recently observed to investors that McDonald's captured 11.3 percent of the "informal eating out market," or more than $1.10 of every $10 that's spent in a limited-service establishment. But the real poke in the eye for competitors is a sense that the brand is unstoppable, even by the Great Recession.
U.S. comparable store sales increased in 2008 and '09, as they had for the five years before. The gains of 4 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively, came as overall industry sales were in significant decline. The biggest, some muttered, was getting even better at outperforming everyone else.
"They deserve a lot of credit in a very tough environment," says Mark Kalinowski, an analyst who tracks McDonald's and a number of other quick-service chains for Janney Montgomery Scott in New York City. "Out of all the national and the big regional chains, McDonald's is putting up the best numbers of any of them."
The underlying factor, according to Skinner, is the Plan to Win, the credo that was implemented seven years ago after a rare and nearly disastrous period of drift for the chain. At its heart are the general areas of focus known in every nook and cranny of the organization as the Five P's—People, Products, Place, Price, and Promotion. Also stated are such goals as serving more customers more often in ways that enhance brand loyalty and profitability.
The Plan was conceived as a way of governing the strategy to keep Brand McDonald's on course regardless of how the business climate or marketplace might shift. Efforts to improve the business would be guard-railed within the Five P's, as would investment. In that way, McDonald's bet, the system would stay fixated on better serving customers and improving operations, with only the how's left as variables.
Skinner acknowledges the content of the Plan is less important than its role as a touchstone for an enormous, multifaceted company with diverse operations around the globe. Every team in every market in every nation has its own adaptation of the Plan, setting out its responsibilities in what rolls up into one grand strategy, hopefully aligning everyone from crewmembers to Skinner himself.
"We use the Plan to Win to set up our business plan for each of our units, so it goes all the way down to the individual restaurant," says Susan Chrisman, a six-store franchisee in Louisiana.
"We could have put any nine things up there—'Best place to eat, drink,' whatever the platitudes," Skinner says during an interview with QSR at McDonald's Oak Brook, Illinois, headquarters. The "key to the enlightenment of the organization" was "the focus on the customer and the restaurants, and the absolutely relentless focus on improving existing restaurants."
The results are plainly reflected in McDonald's standout financial results, Kalinowski says. "Their marketing is working (read Promotion and Products), they're offering value (those P's again, plus Price), and they're executing well at the restaurant level."
But what do the P's foretell for the future? As Kalinowski says, "It's always a struggle to remain relevant to the consumer."
Skinner stresses that the Plan isn't some Ouija board that indicates operators should add a new Snack Wrap today and flat-screen TVs next month. Rather, he asserts, it ensures the organization will spot the next big thing because it keeps the focus on customers and what they want.
"One of my big concerns for the organization, when it sort of thought the business was rocket science, was, could we get back to where we'd realize it was not rocket science?" Skinner says. "We didn't need a lot of people with intellectual fiber to figure out that faster service, hotter food, greater value, in a relevant environment that our customers loved and wanted to come back to, is the answer to any question you have about the restaurant business."
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What is retinopathy of prematurity?
What causes retinopathy of prematurity?
Who gets retinopathy of prematurity?
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David W. Johnson, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
Retinopathy of prematurity is a disease of the retinal blood vessels that can occur in extremely premature infants. The retina is the inner lining of the eye that consists of specialized nerve cells necessary for sight. Blood vessels in the retina develop first from the optic nerve area at the very back of the eye, with growth of blood vessels within the retina toward the front of the eye. The normal process of retinal blood vessel growth is stopped in premature infants, leading to the formation of abnormal blood vessels and scar tissue.
Researchers have discovered several risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity. One of the most significant risk factors is prematurity (born before 34 weeks of pregnancy). Another risk factor is low birth weight (less than 1500 grams or approximately 3 pounds). In the past, extremely high levels of oxygen therapy necessary for the survival of premature infants were thought to contribute to retinopathy of prematurity. However, with the precision of modern oxygen monitoring techniques now available, it is unlikely that excess oxygen causes this disease. Retinopathy of prematurity also has been reported in infants who receive no supplemental oxygen. In experiments, retinopathy of prematurity has been produced in animals by conditions simulating low-oxygen levels.
Infants weighing less than 1250 grams have an approximately 50% chance of developing some retinopathy of prematurity. As birth weight decreases, the likelihood of retinopathy of prematurity increases. More than 90% of infants weighing less than 750 grams develop retinopathy of prematurity. The same trend holds true in relation to when an infant is born. Approximately 30% of infants after 32 weeks of pregnancy develop retinopathy of prematurity, and greater than 80% of infants less than 28 weeks of pregnancy develop retinopathy of prematurity.
The growth of normal retinal blood vessels may be stopped, with normal vessels only growing to the middle of the retina. Beyond this, the retina has no blood vessels. Most likely, a chemical signal is then sent out that stimulates the remaining retina to grow new blood vessels. The new blood vessels are abnormal and frail, and they can bleed and scar easily. If enough of this scar tissue is present, it can pull on the retinal tissue, causing a traction retinal detachment. If the situation progresses further, a total retinal detachment can occur, leading to vision loss and, possibly, loss of the eye.
An ophthalmologist experienced in the examination for this condition can diagnose retinopathy of prematurity. A set of dilating drops is placed in each eye to dilate the pupil. The infant is examined with an instrument to keep the eyelids open (called a lid speculum), and the retina is inspected with an ophthalmoscope. The eyeball may be manipulated to complete the examination.
The area (zone) of retinal involvement and the severity (stage) of the disease define retinopathy of prematurity.
Zone I is a circular area, roughly equivalent to the optic nerve and macular area in the center of the retina. Zone II is a larger circle surrounding this area, roughly equivalent to the middle of the retina. Zone III is the remaining anterior (or front) retina and represents an area of near maturity of the retinal vessels. Severe retinopathy of premature occurs most often in Zones I and II.
Stage I is defined as a line found at the border of the normal retina and the retina without blood vessels. Stage II is defined as a thickening of the line to form what is called a ridge. These stages probably represent growth of immature retinal cells. Stage III involves growth of new abnormal blood vessels, both on the ridge and elevated above the ridge into the vitreous (clear, gelatinous material between the retina and the lens) area. When Stage III blood vessel growth reaches a certain level, it is best treated by laser. Stage IV involves traction and detachment of the retina. This stage is divided into Stage IV-A, or detachment not involving the macula (area near the center of the retina where vision is most clear), and Stage IV-B, or detachment involving the macular or central retina. Stage V is defined as a total tractional retinal detachment for which there is often no effective treatment.
Plus disease is defined by abnormal vessels that are very tortuous, along with the findings listed above, usually indicating a situation that may require immediate treatment. Rush disease indicates unusually fast progression (1- to 2-week period) from no retinopathy of prematurity to disease that requires treatment.
Most retinopathy of prematurity does not require treatment and resolves on its own. The risk of developing disease that requires treatment is highly related to low birth weight and prematurity. In infants weighing less than 750 grams (approximately 1 1/2 pounds), 15% to 20% of infants developing any retinopathy of prematurity do go on to disease that requires treatment. For infants weighing greater than 1250 grams (approximately 2 3/4 pounds), only 2% of infants developing retinopathy of prematurity go on to disease needing treatment. Some retinopathy of prematurity that develops in the remainder of the infants ultimately resolves on its own.
Earlier studies found a beneficial effect of cryotherapy (freezing treatment) to the peripheral areas of the retina (areas without blood vessels) in healing retinopathy of prematurity. Now, cryotherapy has been replaced largely by laser treatment. In both treatments, the peripheral areas of the retina are destroyed, leading to a decreased demand for the growth of new blood vessels. The abnormal new blood vessels then are seen to shrink away, leaving no further effect on the retina.
The ophthalmologist delivers the laser treatment through the dilated pupil with an indirect ophthalmoscope system (similar to the setup used for examination). The treatment generally takes 30-45 minutes per eye, and it often is performed in the neonatal intensive care setting. Intravenous (IV) sedation and pain relief commonly are used, and a breathing tube sometimes is necessary.
The infant usually is reexamined at 2-4 weeks. Re-treatments of problem areas occasionally are necessary. Progression of severe retinopathy of prematurity can occur despite successful cryotherapy or laser treatment. A small percentage of eyes continue on to traction retinal detachment despite adequate treatment.
Continued retinopathy of prematurity with traction retinal detachment and loss of vision is the final outcome in some cases, although this risk is reduced greatly with well-timed treatment. Even if retinopathy of prematurity resolves on its own or if treatment is required, certain outcomes are common, including nearsightedness (difficulty seeing things far away). Other possible complications include amblyopia (weakened vision in one eye) or strabismus (misalignment of the eyes) with an eye deviating in (esotropia) or out (exotropia) when compared to the other eye. A pediatric ophthalmologist can address all these conditions in the follow-up stage.
Complications of laser treatment or cryotherapy include corneal burns or swelling (edema), lens burns or cataract formation, and vitreous hemorrhage or bleeding into the center cavity of the eye. As mentioned above, retinal traction and detachment can occur despite treatment.
No proven treatment exists to prevent the occurrence of retinopathy of prematurity in infants who are at an increased risk. Careful monitoring of oxygenation status and examination of high-risk infants at 6 weeks after birth effectively identifies cases of retinopathy of prematurity that may need additional treatment. No correlation exists between lighting conditions in the nursery and the development of retinopathy of prematurity.
The effect of supplemental oxygen on infants with Stage III is being studied in the STOP-ROP (Supplemental Therapeutic Oxygen for Prethreshold Retinopathy of Prematurity) trial. The initial results from this study indicate no firm beneficial effect of increasing oxygenation in Stage III of this condition. The multicenter CRYO-ROP (Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity) study continues to observe infants in a phase III long-term follow-up study.
The American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Web site has additional information on retinopathy of prematurity at http://www.aapos.org.
Informational brochures are available from The American Academy of Ophthalmology Web site at http://www.eyenet.org.
The Committee Classification of Retinopathy of Prematurity. An international classification of retinopathy of prematurity. Arch Ophthalmol. 1984 Aug;102(8):1130-1134.
The International Committee for the Classification of the Late Stages of Retinopathy of Prematurity. An international classification of retinopathy of prematurity. II. The classification of retinal detachment. Arch Ophthalmol. 1987 Jul;105(7):906-912.
Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group. Multicenter trial of cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity. Preliminary results. Arch Ophthalmol. 1988 Apr;106(4):471-479.
Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group. Multicenter trial of cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity. 3 �-year outcome-structure and function. Arch Ophthalmol. 1993 Mar;111(3):339-344.
About the Author
David W. Johnson, MD, is an ophthalmologist in private practice specializing in vitreoretinal surgery. He currently holds a teaching appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Dr. Johnson actively participates in the diagnosis and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity at several Denver area hospitals.
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NEW YORK -- Kelly Johnson's versatility was a major selling point for the Yankees this offseason, and with so much uncertainty lingering on the club's depth chart, the veteran said he will be prepared to serve as the Opening Day third baseman if needed.
Johnson signed a one-year, $3 million deal last month with the Yanks, who were attracted to his left-handed power as well as his ability to bounce around to several positions, something he exhibited last season with the Rays.
"My thinking coming in is to be prepared, work my butt off and get my work in," Johnson said. "I'll get my early work in at third, go to second, go everywhere. I've got to think that I'm going to play in a lot of different places. That's my thinking. I'm definitely not going to come in making any assumptions."
Johnson, who turns 32 in February, batted .235 with 16 home runs and 52 RBIs in 118 games for Tampa Bay last year. He has seen the bulk of his professional action at second base and had not played a big league inning at third base until last season, when he saw action in 16 games there.
That's a position of need for the Yankees, who learned Saturday that Alex Rodriguez will be suspended for the entire 2014 season, including the postseason. Johnson currently projects as the leading candidate to handle the starting duties.
Rays manager Joe Maddon said last summer that Johnson had exceeded expectations at the position. Reminded of that comment, Johnson laughed and said, "I think I was scared. I was scared every pitch."
"I was definitely reacting and living in the moment," Johnson continued. "To be honest with you, that probably played a part in playing pretty well and being adequate over there, being more in the moment and focusing on being ready each and every pitch.
"I enjoyed it, it definitely got my heart going and kept me on my toes a little bit, but at the same time I thought my skills transitioned over there fairly well. In the infield, you've got to catch the ball first and make a good throw. It's all the same fundamentals."
Johnson said that he spoke recently to manager Joe Girardi, who advised Johnson to come to Spring Training ready to continue working at different positions. Johnson played 53 games in left field last year, 22 at second base and three at first base.
"I have to come in this spring and find the infield coaches and drag them out there to have them hit me ground balls," Johnson said. "It doesn't come as easy for me as it does for others, so I always have to work twice as hard as everyone else to be really good in the infield. That's fine, I have no problem putting in the work."
Johnson will find a few familiar faces in the clubhouse. New Yanks catcher Brian McCann, a former teammate with the Braves, is one of Johnson's best friends in baseball. Johnson said that he also got a chance to get to know Mark Teixeira during their time together in Atlanta.
"The guys that I know that have been there, they've said so many nice things about their time there," Johnson said. "Aside from it being the Yankees and all their tradition, in terms of the clubhouse and Joe and the atmosphere, I'm excited."
Girardi has described Johnson as a player who "changes the game fairly quickly" and "is productive in the amount of at-bats he gets." The owner of 124 career homers, including a career-high 26 in 2010 with the Diamondbacks, Johnson said that he is eager to see what effect Yankee Stadium's short right-field porch will have on his power numbers.
"It's easy to picture that fence. It's going to be interesting to see how I handle being on a field that has that enticing you," Johnson said. "There might be a little angel or devil on your shoulder telling you, 'Yank it, wrap it over that fence.' You've still got to do the same things, put together good swings, and hopefully some of those balls to the warning track will get out."