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Vision Problems: Living With Poor Eyesight
You don't see as well as you used to. Eye problems such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, cataracts, or diabetic retinopathy may be making it hard to work and manage many of your daily activities. But don't give up. There are lots of things you can do to adapt to low vision and make your life easier and safer.
- You can adapt your home by making changes to lighting, using contrast in objects that you use often and in structures such as door frames and light switches, labeling and marking medicines and food, and getting rid of potential hazards.
- If you wear glasses, keeping your lens prescription current can help you adapt to your vision problems.
- Visual aids and adaptive technologies can help you work, communicate, and travel. These include magnifying lenses, special video cameras to enlarge pictures or print, large-print books and newspapers, and adaptive appliances.
- Counseling, rehabilitation, and training can help you with managing your household, cooking, shopping, personal grooming, and other aspects of daily home and work life.
- If your low vision prevents you from driving, you can explore other ways to get around, such as riding with family and friends, using public transportation, or taking taxis. You can also see if your area offers low-cost bus or taxi service for people who have low vision.
- Building a personal support network can help you keep or improve your quality of life and cope with your vision problems.
To keep doing the things you enjoy, you will want to make a few changes to your lifestyle. The changes you need to make depend on how much vision you have lost, what kinds of activities you like to do, and your current lifestyle. Making changes may seem difficult and time-consuming, but be patient. You can keep your independence and continue the activities you enjoy.
Find your vision strengths
Contact your local or state organization for the visually impaired for a low-vision evaluation. It can help you find out the limitations of your eyesight and what changes might help you take advantage of your strengths. A low-vision specialist can help you train your eyes to look around your blind spots. For example, if you have lost central vision, you can train your eyes to look at objects from your outer vision areas.
Adapting your lifestyle to poor eyesight is sometimes challenging and can involve changes in the way you do the activities you enjoy. But if you use your vision strengths, you can continue to do most—if not all—of your usual activities.
There are also many vision aids that are specially made for people who have poor eyesight. These aids include magnifiers that enlarge printed materials and special papers with bold lines for writing checks. A good low-vision evaluation can help you find out which vision aids would be most helpful for you.
Test Your Knowledge
Poor eyesight should not prevent you from having a full and active life. The more vision adaptations, enhancing skills, and adaptive technologies you learn and use, the more independent and active you can be.
Although you may not be able to improve your vision, there are many tools that can help you to make the best use of your remaining vision. And they can make living with reduced vision much easier and safer.
Your eye doctor will be able to suggest specific changes you can make. These may include:
- Getting new prescriptions for corrective lenses, such as eyeglasses. Lenses don't treat or restore vision loss from some medical conditions. But corrective lenses can sometimes help you make better use of your remaining vision.
- Learning how to compensate for blind spots and other defects in your visual field. If, for example, you have lost central vision from macular degeneration, your doctor or a low-vision specialist may be able to help you learn to better use other areas of your vision. You can learn to focus your attention on objects that aren't at the center of your vision. These techniques may take some time to learn, though. And they don't work for everyone.
Test Your Knowledge
If I enhance my remaining vision, I will be less dependent on other people.
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If you enhance your remaining vision, you will be less dependent on other people. Poor eyesight shouldn't prevent you from having a full and active life. By adapting to your poor eyesight and enhancing it as much as possible, you can continue to work, live independently, and do the leisure and recreational activities that you enjoy.
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If you enhance your remaining vision, you will be less dependent on other people. Poor eyesight shouldn't prevent you from having a full and active life. By adapting to your poor eyesight and enhancing it as much as possible, you can continue to work, live independently, and do the leisure and recreational activities that you enjoy.
Some simple changes can help you use your remaining vision to its full potential and allow you to live as independently as possible. Here are some keys to success.
Making changes at home
Make simple changes
- Make a list (What is a PDF document?) of things you have trouble doing.
- Make simple accommodations at home that will help you manage your household chores and care for your personal needs.
- Use low-vision aids and adaptive technology, such as lenses and other devices, to enhance your remaining vision.
These are a few ideas on how to make living with low vision easier and safer. For more ideas, see a low-vision rehabilitation specialist.
Use lighting
- Position lighting so that it is aimed at what you want to see, and aimed away from your eyes.
- Add table and floor lamps in areas where extra lighting is often needed.
- Use window coverings that let you adjust the level of natural lighting.
- Make sure that potentially hazardous areas such as entries and stairways are well lit.
Use contrast
Contrast helps your eyes to distinguish objects and their surroundings based on differences in brightness or color, rather than shape or location. If you have low vision, you may need more light to be able to distinguish objects with similar brightness or color (low contrast).
- Place light objects against a dark background or dark objects against a light background. For example, if you have white or light-colored walls, use dark switch plates for your light switches. Or use lighted switches that glow softly. They are easier to identify.
- You can also use paint in a contrasting color to mark electrical outlets, oven dials, thermostats, and other items. This will make the items easier to find and use.
- Paint door frames in a contrasting color. For example, if the door is light, paint the frame with a dark color. Use dark doorknobs on light-colored doors.
- In your bathroom, use contrasting color for items such as cups, soap dishes, and even the soap.
Label and mark
- Use high contrast when you make labels, signs, and other markings. For example, use bold black lettering on a white background. Post signs at eye level. Use colored, high-contrast labels to "color code" medicines, spices, foods, and other items.
- Label any medicines you take so that they are easily and clearly identified. You can also wrap rubber bands around each of your medicine bottles. Use a different amount of bands for each medicine, and keep track of the number of bands on each medicine type. Then, feel for the number of bands when you need to take a certain medicine.
- Mark the positions of the temperature settings you use most frequently on your stove and oven controls, as well as the "on" and "off" positions.
- In the kitchen and bathroom, mark the settings for the faucets that provide the right water temperature. To prevent overfilling a sink or bathtub, mark the water level you want with a strip of waterproof tape or a waterproof marker.
- Mark the areas around stairways and ramps with paint or tape. A high-contrast color such as dark tape on light carpeting works best.
- Attach a safety pin to the labels of clothes that have similar colors.
Avoid potential hazards
- Replace or remove any worn carpeting or floor coverings. If you use throw rugs or area rugs, tape them down or remove them.
- Avoid smooth floor coverings. And don't wax kitchen and bathroom floors. Use nonskid, nonglare cleaners on smooth floors.
- Remove electrical cords from areas where you need to walk. If this isn't possible, tape them down so you won't trip over them.
- Arrange your furniture so that it doesn't stick out into areas where you need to walk. Keep chairs pushed in under tables and desks when they are not being used. Keep desk, cabinet, and bureau drawers closed.
- Keep doors either fully opened or fully closed, but not halfway. If doors stick out into a room or hallway, keep them closed.
- Make sure the handrails on stairways and ramps extend beyond the top and bottom steps. People often stumble when they miss a step at the top or bottom of an incline. Consider installing handrails in other potentially hazardous areas.
Using visual aids and other adaptive technologies
Learning to use low-vision aids and adaptive technologies may help you make the best use of your remaining vision.
Low-vision aids
Low-vision aids are special lenses or electronic systems that make images appear larger, such as:
- Magnifying lenses. These may range from simple handheld lenses for reading to special eyeglasses or magnifiers much like the lenses that jewelers use. Some lenses have a built-in light for better illumination. And some are mounted on stands so your hands are free. For distance vision, small handheld telescopes or lenses that clip onto your eyeglasses may be used.
- Video enlargement systems. These are electronic systems that can be used to send an enlarged image of print, pictures, or other items onto a screen where it is easier for you to see. Examples include a closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) or video camera. These systems can also sometimes adjust brightness and contrast to make the enlarged image easier to see. Some video systems have both the camera and screens built into a head-mounted device that looks like a pair of large goggles. This allows a person to move around while using them.
- Computer display and enlargement systems. Large screens and software that enlarge print, pictures, and other visual information are available. Computers also allow you to alter brightness, contrast, color, and other parts of the display. This can make it easier to see what is on the screen. Computers are sometimes used with video enlargement systems.
Diabetes aids
If your low vision is caused by diabetes, some aids that may help you include:
- Needle guides and other devices. They can help you locate and stick the needle through the rubber stopper on your insulin bottle and help you prepare mixed- or single-dose insulin injections. There are also bottle-holding devices that help you hold the bottle and syringe to safely withdraw insulin. There are devices to help you draw the same amount of insulin every time. Insulin pens that show the units by clicking or have large-print markings can be used to give insulin that comes in a cartridge. Other needle aids help you inject insulin with pens or syringes.
- "Talking" or large-print home blood sugar meters. A large-print meter can help you see your blood sugar result clearly. There are also some "talking" meters.
- "Talking" or large-print food scales. If you need to weigh your food, there are large-print or talking food scales. You can also estimate portion sizes by other means. For example, you can use your hand to judge portion sizes.
- Computerized blood sugar records. Most home blood sugar meter companies have computer software that allows your blood sugar results to be entered directly into a computer. Then you don't have to keep handwritten records. You can also print these in large print so that you can read the records.
- Tape recorder for record keeping. You can speak your daily blood sugar results and other information directly into a tape recorder.
Adaptive technology
Adaptive technology is used in devices or products that may not help you see better but can make life easier and safer. Many are designed to help you perform common tasks that may be harder when you have impaired vision. Examples include:
- Large-print items. Books, newspapers, magazines, medicine labels, bank checks, and playing cards are often available in large print. Many people with low vision also use audio versions of books and other printed materials.
- Special papers and writing aids. These may be something as simple as paper with extra-bold lines that help you write information on checks in the proper spaces.
- Adaptive appliances. These are common household items that have been adapted for use by people with low vision. Examples are clocks and watches with electronic voices that announce the time. Or you can find clocks, telephones, and home appliances with extra-large buttons and numerals that can be seen more easily.
- Speech software for computer systems. Special software allows computers to recognize spoken commands or to convert dictated speech into text. Speech synthesis software allows computers to speak text and read documents.
- Optical character recognition (OCR) software. OCR systems allow you to scan documents and convert them into computer text. Then the text can be enlarged for display or read aloud by a speech synthesis program.
Some of these measures are easy to build into your life. Others require big changes in the way that you do things at home, at work, or elsewhere. Some measures, such as computer programs or electronic systems, can be costly or may take time to learn to use properly. You will need to decide which ones will work best for you. If you are legally blind, you may be able to get help through your state's Commission for the Blind.
Getting around
Having low vision can lead to losing your ability to drive. It's hard to give up the convenience of going where you want whenever you want. But you don't have to be homebound. You have options for getting around safely.
- Ask your family and friends for help. If asking for help is hard for you, you could offer to pay for their time or gas to take you on errands.
- Use public transportation. Check with your local transit company for schedules. Also see if your area has paratransit services that can take you door-to-door where you need to go.
- Think about using taxis. It may sound expensive. But don't forget that it also costs a lot to own a car, buy gas, and pay for insurance and maintenance.
- Ask your eye doctor or counselor about organizations in your community that offer low-cost alternative transportation.
Getting support
There are many resources to help you meet the challenges of living with reduced vision and keep your quality of life.
Seek counseling, rehabilitation, and training
Look for low-vision specialists and groups and agencies that offer counseling, training, and other special services related to vision loss. Low-vision rehabilitation specialists can give you detailed practical information and training on managing your household and other activities of daily life that can be more challenging when you have low vision. These specialists can also help you find ways to cope with low vision in the workplace. Specialists may include:
- Rehabilitation counselors and teachers who can address specific needs.
- Occupational therapists.
- Orientation and mobility specialists.
- Low-vision specialists.
- Experts in technology adapted for people with visual impairment.
- Professional counselors. They can offer guidance and support in dealing with the emotional and psychological effects of living with impaired vision.
Build your personal support network
There are many resources available to help you overcome the challenges of living with low vision, to make the best use of the vision you do have, and to keep your quality of life. Your family and friends, as well as your health care and social services professionals, can help you.
Test Your Knowledge
There are many simple changes I can make that will help me take care of myself and do my household chores safely.
This answer is correct.
There are many simple changes you can make that will help you take care of yourself and do your household chores safely. For example, use dark switch plates for your light controls and mark the water level for your bathtub and sink.
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There are many simple changes you can make that will help you take care of yourself and do your household chores safely. For example, use dark switch plates for your light controls and mark the water level for your bathtub and sink.
Adaptive technology can improve my vision.
This answer is incorrect.
Products or devices that use adaptive technology don't help you see better. But they can make life easier and safer. Many are designed to help you perform common tasks that may be harder when you have impaired vision.
This answer is correct.
Products or devices that use adaptive technology don't help you see better. But they can make life easier and safer. Many are designed to help you do common tasks that may be harder when you have impaired vision.
Which of the following can help you cope with reduced vision and keep your quality of life?
Visual aids and adaptive technology
All of these answers are correct.
Low-vision aids and adaptive technology can help you make the best use of your remaining vision. You may also benefit from counseling, rehabilitation and training, and developing a support network to help you meet the challenges of living with low vision. All three answers are correct.
Counseling and training on how to live with low
All of these answers are correct.
Low-vision rehabilitation specialists can give you detailed, practical information and training on managing the activities of daily life. Visual aids and adaptive technology can also help you make the best use of your remaining vision. And building a support network can help you meet the challenges of living with low vision. All three answers are correct.
A personal support network
All of these answers are correct.
Your family and friends, as well as your health care and social services professionals, can help you meet the challenges of living with low vision. Visual aids and adaptive technology can also help you make the best use of your remaining vision. And counseling, rehabilitation, and training can help you learn how to manage the activities of your daily life. All three answers are correct.
Now that you have read this information, you are ready to find ways to adapt to your low vision so that you can continue to care for yourself.
Talk with your eye specialist
If you have questions, take this information with you when you visit your eye specialist.
If you need help finding vision aids, talk with your eye specialist about having a low-vision evaluation by a low-vision specialist. A low-vision specialist can help you find out which aids will enhance your remaining vision.
If you would like more information about low-vision enhancements, the following resources are available:
|American Foundation for the Blind
|2 Penn Plaza
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The American Foundation for the Blind is dedicated to helping people who live with vision loss. The website has information about eye conditions, independent living, employment, and technology.
|EyeCare America
|P.O. Box 429098
|San Francisco, CA 94142
|1-877-887-6327 toll-free
|(415) 561-8567
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EyeCare America is a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. This site aims to raise awareness about eye diseases and eye care. It has information about eye conditions, treatments, and general eye health. You can check to see if you qualify for a free eye exam.
|Lighthouse International
|111 East 59th Street
|New York, NY 10022-1202
|(212) 821-9200
|(212) 821-9707
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Lighthouse International is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping people of all ages to overcome vision impairment through vision rehabilitation services, education, research, and advocacy.
|National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
|Information Office
|31 Center Drive MSC 2510
|Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
|(301) 496-5248
|Web Address:
As part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the National Eye Institute provides information on eye diseases and vision research. Publications are available to the public at no charge. The Web site includes links to various information resources.
|National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, U.S. Library of Congress
|1291 Taylor Street NW
|Washington, DC 20011
(202) 707-5100
|(202) 707-0712
|(202) 707-0744
|Web Address:
The National Library Service has a free service for Americans whose low vision, blindness, or physical handicap makes it hard to read a standard printed page. Audio books, braille books and magazines, and similar materials can be mailed postage-free to people who are eligible for the service.
|Prevent Blindness America
|211 West Wacker Drive
|Suite 1700
|Chicago, IL 60606
|Web Address:
Prevent Blindness America assists the visually impaired and provides consumer information on vision problems and vision aids. Its website has information about eye health and safety for children and adults. Many states have local affiliates.
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The UD seems to be still broken, got really bored, so I decide to put some effort into some cards just to ease the urge of playing UD. :p
Narevaz has a very nice art and an interesting auto (tho seems gimmicky) that sets 2 units hp=0 under the condition cem = 0 cards.
Did some work on it, and tried it in single games. But I am not good at making concept files, so perhaps you smarter guys can help me out here.
Check here for most current file
Would replace with 1 more bringer (duh) and 1 more death embrace if I have the cards.
and also Set1 verlaat for 2nd SS
Edit: Woh dunno how that colossal pig went missing, too ugly to show up I guess.

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A could is a visible aggregate of minute water droplets or ice particles in the atmosphere above the Earth's surface. Clouds are classified according to their height above and appearance (texture) from the ground.
Clouds form when air is cooled to its dewpoint—or the temperature at which, if the air is cooled, it reaches saturation with water. Air can reach saturation in a number of ways. The most common way is through lifting.
As a bubble or parcel of air rises it moves into an area of lower pressure (pressure decreases with height). As this occurs the parcel expands. This requires energy, or work, which takes heat away from the parcel. So as air rises it cools. This is called an adiabatic process.
The rate at which the parcel cools with increasing elevation is called the "lapse rate". The lapse rate of unsaturated air (air with relative humidity <100%) is 5.4 °F per 1000 feet (9.8 °C per kilometer). This is called the dry lapse rate. This means for each 1000 feet increase in elevation, the air temperature will decrease 5.4°F.
Since cold air can hold less water vapor than warm air, some of the vapor will condense onto tiny clay and salt particles called condensation nuclei. The reverse is also true. As a parcel of air sinks it encounters increasing pressure so it is squeezed inward.
This adds heat to the parcel so it warms as it sinks. Warm air can hold more water vapor than cold air, so clouds tend to evaporate as air sinks.
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Cirrus cloud. (Source: NOAA)
|High-level clouds which form above 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) and are usually composed of ice crystals. High-level clouds are typically thin and white in appearance, but can create an array of colors when the sun is low on the horizon. Cirrus generally occur in fair weather and point in the direction of air movement at their elevation.
Nimbus cloud. (Source: NOAA)
|Nimbus comes from the Latin word meaning "rain". These clouds typically form between 7,000 and 15,000 feet (2,100 to 4,600 meters) and bring steady precipitation. As the clouds thicken and precipitation begins to fall, the bases of the clouds tend to lower toward the groun
Cumulus cloud. (Source: NOAA)
|Clouds look like white fluffy cotton balls or heaps and show the vertical motion or thermal uplift of air taking place in the atmosphere. The level at which condensation and cloud formation begins is indicated by a flat cloud base, and its height will depend upon the humidity of the rising air. The more humid the air, the lower the cloud base. The tops of these clouds can reach over 60,000 feet (18,000 meters).
Stratus cloud. (Source: NOAA)
|"Stratus" is Latin for layer or blanket. The clouds consist of a feature-less low layer that can cover the entire sky like a blanket, bringing generally gray and dull weather. The cloud bases are usually only a few hundred feet above the ground. Over hills and mountains they can reach ground level when they may be called fog. Also, as fog "lifts" off the ground due to daytime heating, the fog forms a layer of low stratus clouds.
Spectacular images of different cloud formation patterns across the planet. Source: Saikat Basu, own work
- National Weather Service — Clouds.
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- Also, see: Cloud Classification and Characteristics.


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26 U.S. Code § 1260 - Gains from constructive ownership transactions
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If the taxpayer has gain from a constructive ownership transaction with respect to any financial asset and such gain would (without regard to this section) be treated as a long-term capital gain—
(1) such gain shall be treated as ordinary income to the extent that such gain exceeds the net underlying long-term capital gain, and
(2) to the extent such gain is treated as a long-term capital gain after the application of paragraph (1), the determination of the capital gain rate (or rates) applicable to such gain under section 1 (h) shall be determined on the basis of the respective rate (or rates) that would have been applicable to the net underlying long-term capital gain.
(b) Interest charge on deferral of gain recognition
(1) In general
If any gain is treated as ordinary income for any taxable year by reason of subsection (a)(1), the tax imposed by this chapter for such taxable year shall be increased by the amount of interest determined under paragraph (2) with respect to each prior taxable year during any portion of which the constructive ownership transaction was open. Any amount payable under this paragraph shall be taken into account in computing the amount of any deduction allowable to the taxpayer for interest paid or accrued during such taxable year.
(2) Amount of interest
The amount of interest determined under this paragraph with respect to a prior taxable year is the amount of interest which would have been imposed under section 6601 on the underpayment of tax for such year which would have resulted if the gain (which is treated as ordinary income by reason of subsection (a)(1)) had been included in gross income in the taxable years in which it accrued (determined by treating the income as accruing at a constant rate equal to the applicable Federal rate as in effect on the day the transaction closed). The period during which such interest shall accrue shall end on the due date (without extensions) for the return of tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year in which such transaction closed.
(3) Applicable Federal rate
(4) No credits against increase in tax
Any increase in tax under paragraph (1) shall not be treated as tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining—
(B) the amount of the tax imposed by section 55.
(c) Financial asset
For purposes of this section—
(1) In general
The term "financial asset" means—
(2) Pass-thru entity
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "pass-thru entity" means—
(G) a passive foreign investment company (as defined in section 1297 without regard to subsection (d) thereof), and
(d) Constructive ownership transaction
For purposes of this section—
(1) In general
The taxpayer shall be treated as having entered into a constructive ownership transaction with respect to any financial asset if the taxpayer—
(C) is the holder of a call option, and is the grantor of a put option, with respect to the financial asset and such options have substantially equal strike prices and substantially contemporaneous maturity dates, or
(2) Exception for positions which are marked to market
This section shall not apply to any constructive ownership transaction if all of the positions which are part of such transaction are marked to market under any provision of this title or the regulations thereunder.
(3) Long position under notional principal contract
A person shall be treated as holding a long position under a notional principal contract with respect to any financial asset if such person—
(A) has the right to be paid (or receive credit for) all or substantially all of the investment yield (including appreciation) on such financial asset for a specified period, and
(e) Net underlying long-term capital gain
For purposes of this section, in the case of any constructive ownership transaction with respect to any financial asset, the term "net underlying long-term capital gain" means the aggregate net capital gain that the taxpayer would have had if—
(1) the financial asset had been acquired for fair market value on the date such transaction was opened and sold for fair market value on the date such transaction was closed, and
(2) only gains and losses that would have resulted from the deemed ownership under paragraph (1) were taken into account.
The amount of the net underlying long-term capital gain with respect to any financial asset shall be treated as zero unless the amount thereof is established by clear and convincing evidence.
(f) Special rule where taxpayer takes delivery
Except as provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, if a constructive ownership transaction is closed by reason of taking delivery, this section shall be applied as if the taxpayer had sold all the contracts, options, or other positions which are part of such transaction for fair market value on the closing date. The amount of gain recognized under the preceding sentence shall not exceed the amount of gain treated as ordinary income under subsection (a). Proper adjustments shall be made in the amount of any gain or loss subsequently realized for gain recognized and treated as ordinary income under this subsection.
(g) Regulations
The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including regulations—
(1) to permit taxpayers to mark to market constructive ownership transactions in lieu of applying this section, and
Source(Added Pub. L. 106–170, title V, § 534(a),Dec. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 1931; amended Pub. L. 108–357, title IV, § 413(c)(23),Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1509; Pub. L. 110–172, § 11(a)(23), (24)(B),Dec. 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 2486.)
2007—Subsec. (c)(2)(G). Pub. L. 110–172substituted "subsection (d)" for "subsection (e)" and inserted "and" at end.
2004—Subsec. (c)(2)(H) to (J). Pub. L. 108–357redesignated subpar. (J) as (H) and struck out former subpars. (H) and (I), which included foreign personal holding company and foreign investment company (as defined in section 1246 (b)) within definition of "pass-thru entity".
Effective Date of 2004 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–357applicable to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after Dec. 31, 2004, and to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within which such taxable years of foreign corporations end, see section 413(d)(1) ofPub. L. 108–357, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2004 Amendments note under section 1 of this title.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 106–170, title V, § 534(c),Dec. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 1934, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall apply to transactions entered into after July 11, 1999."
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Naruto's attempt at forming a Tailed Beast Ball fails, and is forced out of Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. Naruto tells Dodai that he needs to contact B and the Eight-Tails. As the Raikage suddenly attacks them, Dodai forms a rubber ball as a decoy to buy Naruto some time. Dodai contacts Inoichi Yamanaka, who allows Naruto to talk to B. Naruto tells B that he wants to talk to the Eight Tails. The Eight-Tails tells Naruto that when it and the Raikage fought they collapsed with both of their techniques in hand. The Raikage cuts the rubber ball in half and sees that Naruto isn't in it. He heads towards Naruto's location. Naruto goes in to Sage Mode and plans to use Frog Kata to sense the Raikage's attack faster. The Raikage attacks with a one-finger nukite, but Naruto dodges and hits the Raikage's arm with a Rasengan, knocking his attack into his own chest. The sealing team immediately seals the Raikage. Elsewhere, the Second Mizukage stands before an exhausted Gaara and asks him if that was all he is capable of.
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- Cokley, John; Patching, Roger; Scott, Paul
- Abstract
- Sports and research into sports journalism feature in only a tiny minority of international articles and conference papers at the academic end of the profession. This article looks at sports place in the research literature and its importance among journalistic practitioners and their audiences, and theorises that sports research in academic journalism has become unpopular for two measurable reasons: (1) gender; and (2) market forces.
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Caucasian goldenring (Cordulegaster mzymtae)
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Golden dancing-jewel (Platycypha auripes)
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Maathai's longleg (Notogomphus maathaiae)
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Groups representing state's doctors, nurses say action needed now to stave off health care crisis
The associations representing the state's doctors and nurses are jointly calling for Gov. Bill Haslam and the legislature to expand TennCare, the Medicaid program in Tennessee.
Dr. Chris Young, president of the Tennessee Medical Association, and Jill Kinch, immediate past president of the Tennessee Nurses Association make an economic argument for expansion. They are asking state leaders to make pragmatic decisions until future elections determine the final fate of the Affordable Care Act. The repercussions of not expanding Medicaid will affect Tennesseans of all incomes, they said.
"What we are really looking at are all the elements of an impending health care crisis," Young said.
The law is ending subsidies for hospitals across the state, including ones in rural counties, that treat large proportions of uninsured patients because the federal government will instead pick up the cost of expanding Medicaid. Other revenue streams for health care providers are simultaneously dwindling, putting hospitals in financial straits that will lead to closures and downsizing as well as doctors and nurses leaving Tennessee for other states, they said.
"I know that Medicaid expansion is a very controversial topic," Kinch said. "We're not saying this is the solution for the next 10 years, but we need answers and we need solutions for the next couple of years so that we can get through. The access-to-care issue is going to come to a crisis."
The federal government will pick up 100 percent of the costs of insuring new people brought onto state Medicaid rolls through 2016, as provided by the Affordable Care Act. It will then phase down to a permanent 90 percent matching rate in 2020.
Many Tennesseans are already paying higher federal taxes to fund Medicaid expansion and other components of the law.
"We need to keep those Tennessee tax dollars in our state," Kinch said. "If we don't expand Medicaid, those dollars are just going to other states that are opting for Medicaid expansion."
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Although doctors and nurses see patients dying of diseases that could have been prevented if treated earlier, Kinch and Young decided to focus on health care economics because they said it is a looming crisis in Tennessee that has been largely ignored.
"There is a reason why hospitals exist in counties," Young said. "People want a place to go to when they need hospital care. It is a burden to travel 100 miles to have a person in the hospital."
Kinch described the scenario of subsidies ending and revenues dwindling as a perfect storm without Medicaid expansion. The political battles over the law can wait until the next election, the two said, because practical, economic decisions are needed now.
"We have gone through the controversy over the Affordable Care Act and its passage," Young said. "We've gone through an election. We've gone through a Supreme Court decision. We've gone through a government shutdown. I think in some people's minds they thought this was all just going to go away," Young said. "The fact is the Affordable Care Act is the law. We are going to have to learn how to manage within the law for the foreseeable future — at least to the next presidential election."


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Battleplan for Search & Solr in Drupal 8
by Nick Veenhof
Contrib Search maintainers are committed to make Drupal 8 kick ass with Search API.
Search is a massively cool technology spectrum with loads of really tough problems such as language stemming, delivering search as a site scales and helping customers actually find what they want. However, solving these is not so easy. Let's look at the history of Search and Solr in Drupal.
Drupal 6
Drupal 6 got a great Apache Solr Search module, thanks to PWolanin and RobertDouglass. There was a 1.x and even a 2.x branch early on. The 2.x branch was loaded with cool ideas but only saw most of its conversion in real working code in the Drupal 7 branch. The 2.x branch got deprecated and now we have 3.x. This is a straight backport from the Drupal 7 branch. At its most successful time the 6.x branch of the module was installed on around 7000 Drupal sites.
Drupal 7
Drupal 7 was the big start for me personally to get deeply involved in Search for Drupal. I had a 6 month internship at Acquia to improve the Apache Solr Search module and Acquia Search platform. The Drupal 7 module got a complete overhaul, fixing many bugs, improving the developer experience, and adding features like entity support and much more. The module is now used on more than 9100 sites.
At the same time we saw the Search API module emerging. For a while now both modules solved similar use cases with a very different architecture. Each module focussed on different use cases and were the right tool for the right job for many. However, some of the architectural decisions made it very hard for the Apache Solr Search project and the Search API project to combine efforts. Search API is now used by 24,000 websites, and 6300 of them use Apache Solr.
Not everyone understood the differences between the Apache Solr Search and Search API and this has led to confusion. Due to these architectural differences, some problems were solved twice by the community. For example, modules such as the facetapi_slider and searchapi_ranges tried to solve the same problem, which was to create a graphical slider for facets, twice. This duplication is lost effort in our collective goal of making Drupal the world class product for your search solution; we are basically slowing ourselves down with these two completely separate codebases.
Combined efforts
During the last year combined efforts between the two projects took place, such as:
- Facet API was created to become the common way to show facets blocks.
- Presentations were given to show the difference and to encourage collaboration, for example the Solr Wizardry at Dev Days Barcelona 2012
- A common schema and solrconfig.xml were created with Acquia sponsorship . This effort made it much easier for users to switch between modules when trying them out on a shared hosting such as Acquia Search. It also offered many other benefits such as combined performance updates and more when we change something in solrconfig.xml. This change benefits more than just Acquia — it makes it easier for all hosting companies to support both modules.
- Both maintainers worked together and migrated the connection classes from the Apache Solr Search module into Search API.
Drupal 8
With the upcoming release of Drupal 8 we are at an important point in time to decide if we want to step up and have an even bigger shared roadmap. At DrupalCon Portland, we started thinking but things got really interesting when we had meetings at DrupalCon Prague. In one of the meetings, we tried to identify common parts in the two systems and to see what we could share in Drupal 8. We were still going somewhat our separate ways but decided we could at least share the views query class and some other components.
At a second meeting at the DrupalCon Prague Sprint between drunkenmonkey and myself, we tried to identify why we couldn't make a unified solution. I explained some of the architectural problems some websites encounter with Search API and why it can't be used for the same use cases the Apache Solr Search module had in mind. This meeting was a big step in helping us align visions and explain to each other what we wanted to achieve.
We then took some time to consider what we (as Acquia, but more importantly as a community) were going to do with the Apache Solr Search module for Drupal 8. Because we were able to see so much progress in sharing our vision and components, and to acknowledge and address some of the architectural challenges in the Search API, we decided to go fully on-board to make the Search API module a unified, kick-ass solution for search in Drupal 8.
All of the Apache Solr Search and Search API maintainers are aligned on this goal. There is a lot of work ahead of us if we want to make sure that all the good things of both worlds get combined and some bugs can be squashed. Naturally, we also have to get ready for the new way of working in Drupal 8, so it'll be a wild ride.
We have already started to fulfill this promise. We are working together with drunkenmonkey and the rest of the Search API crew to identify some of the current problems our customers have with Search API and to collaboratively solve those. If you want to see or help with some of these issues, I invite you to join the Search API issue queue, start reviewing, and chipping in. One of the issues that we are tackling is a better handling of the errors of indexing during cron runs. The solution that was proposed is to get rid of the Queue system, and while it sounds like a dramatic change, I can assure you it is not as dramatic as you'd think ;-).
There are some action items in order to move forward. I'm sure many more will be added in the course of the following months. There is already an issue in the Search API issue queue to list what is needed to upgrade Search API to Drupal 8. (https://drupal.org/node/2044421 and https://drupal.org/project/issues/search_api?version=8.x ). Here is a list of some of these issues that I think we need to have in Search API to make it a first-class search-solution.
- Add more flexibility in how we show data in an index. This data can come from sources outside of the Drupal site. This data is also not necessarily indexed by a Drupal application.
- Reduce the amount of code that unnecessarily relies on Drupal structure (for example, the field listing).
- Add more view modes support, even for content that is not an Entity. Boost multi-site search support massively.
- Make search pages faster by not loading the entities if not required. The data can live in the index.
- Allow multiple entity types to be selected when creating an "Index"
- Add more RDF support
- Add more multilingual support.
- …
If you have questions, comments, fireworks, please let us know below! And we hope to see you in the issue queue to make Drupal 8 kick ass with Search API!
This is one of the best bits of news I've read this year! For many of my clients, I've had to help them decide which module would better fit their use case, and almost always, either module would work fine, just one would offer a few more 'icing on the cake' features.
Because of this, my familiarity with either module was always a little thin, and my ability to jump into the issue queue and help out was impeded.
Kudos to both groups of developers for getting together on making an already great search solution for Drupal way better for Drupal 8!
Way to go! congrats!
Are you saying that you think that you can improve Search API to the point that a Drupal 8 version of apachesolr is unnecessary, or that you will be investing in both projects, but sharing as much code as possible.
Super duper news!
With the performance improvements in Solr 4 (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr /Major+Changes+from+Solr...) I've heard that it is now a reasonable NoSQL option. Has there been any discussion about using Solr as a field/entity storage back-end ala the MongoDB module (https://drupal.org/project/m ongodb) and thus eliminating the need to "index" altogether?
it would be could for this api to be agnostic,
so that we could also use elasticsearch, the other lucene
search engine please !
so much easier to administer rather than solr :)
I maintain the search_api_elasticsearch module and I'm committed to following the D8 Search API development process as close as possible. The search_api_elasticsearch module is currently under active development with the current goal being a full-featured test suite. Because my hosting company offers Elasticsearch as a premium add-on to our service, this module is a very high priority for me.
Some of my colleagues are developing and maintaining Elasticsearch Connector (https:// www.drupal.org/project/elasticsearch_connector). The D7 version is fully integrated with Search API, and the same is the goal for the D8 version in development.


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Well, we are getting down to the wire aren't we?
Today I spent the day Skyping with blog followers (scuironbroncos please add me if you want to chat) about life, the book, the journey, and everything that has gone on over the past few years…and it just left me filling fulfilled. I love talking to people and hearing about where they are at in life etc, and then being a part of the plan to get them from point A to point B. And I think that is really what tonight is about. What does that line look like from where you are now to where you want to get. Is it straight…squiggly…all over the place? It's a combination of all three. Please watch the next clip I am going to show you.
I can't say it any better than he did. But be unrealistic, overestimate yourself…so when you fall short/if you fall short, you become what you were meant to be. Big goals. Big dreams
Why 5?
After 6 months of work, endless readings, editing, writing, the works…everything is all set and ready to be shipped off to be converted to an e-book. As you know the book will be coming out January 10th of this year on Amazon and iTunes, and everyone from the blog/your friends too is invited to attend a party in Palo Alto CA on February 9th. But there was one major question left. How much are you going to price this?
I've had some great advice, some good conversation, and a lot of time to think about this question over the past few days. And then like most things, it hit me. Henry Ford once said that you should give the people the best quality product at the best price. Well, I am going to put this out there for the world to read…and if I truly want to inspire people to live powerful and impassioned lives, I have to put it out there for a price that everyone can access it at. Because it is not about chasing the paper, it is about chasing the dream. It is about living up to what you have dreamed about and envisioned. That fires me up. Not money…although I need to make a living. But goals. Talking to people. Speaking to an audience. Writing to an audience. That is my passion. That is why I am here. Funds will come. But dreams and opportunity to capture dreams only come around once in a lifetime.
That is what I am going with. I want the book to be shared, to be picked up by everyone, and for the world to read it. Because it isn't about being perfect, or being a superhero…it is about being honest with yourself and with others…about admitting your mistakes…about being fallible, but moving on past that towards your vision. Towards what your bones tell you. Listening to that little voice inside of you that says, "You are going to do great and it is all going to be fine." That is what matters. Not money. Not rolling in dough. There are going to be many many more books to come after this first one. That makes me happy and that keeps me going each day.
I need your support. I promise you one thing. If you pick up this book, you will join me on a journey with your own lantern. A lantern that will shine bright inside the deepest darkest caves. I know what it is like to be there. I have been there…I go back….I visit…but I do know what it is like to come out on the other side when I never thought I would ever make it. Together, all of us. Not me telling you how. But us walking in there together. Trust. Honesty. Courage past fear.
So I only ask one thing in return. Share. Share your emotions, stories, the book, the messages with people you love and care about. Not because it creates more book sales, but because it accomplishes something that I set out to do…to create an infecting idea that covers the world in love and passion.
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