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WILLOUGHBY, Ohio — This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way.
Of the 10 states weighing in on Tuesday, Ohio offers the hottest contest. And with its diverse population, reputation as a presidential battleground and preoccupation with the same economic worries that nag the nation at large, Ohio seems destined to foreshadow the shape of the campaign as it heads toward November.
Despite the vast territory in play across the country, from Alaska and Idaho to Vermont, Virginia and Georgia, Romney will sleep in Ohio every night until Tuesday. It's that important to him.
Even so, the race was playing out in similar fashion in the other states with contests Tuesday. The former Massachusetts governor and his allies were flooding the airwaves, outpacing his rivals in every Super Tuesday state except in North Dakota, where Santorum was alone on the air but spending less than $8,000. Romney campaigned in Washington on Friday, the day before the state's caucuses, as he closed a Western swing.
Romney has much of Ohio's Republican establishment behind him after years of courting the party's county chairmen and donors.
"When a party chairman gets a call early on from someone perceived as the frontrunner and they ask you to sign on as a county chairman, it's easy to say yes and it's hard to say no," said Mark Munroe, the Mahoning County GOP chief who is leading Romney's efforts in the northeastern Ohio county. "We've seen the Romney campaign in action since late last year. He was able to start early and that makes such a huge difference."
Romney's camp insists he does not need to win Ohio to get the presidential nomination or even to keep alive the expectation that he eventually will.
Losing here, however, would drive persistent doubts about the strength of Romney's candidacy. His campaign's schedule — along with TV advertising commitments — shows Ohio is his priority on a day when Republicans in other big states also make their choice. Figures provided to The Associated Press show Romney's campaign is spending more than $1.5 million in television ads this week in Ohio and his allies are on the air with almost $1.5 million. In total, Romney and his supporters planned to spend more than $3.8 million on cable and broadcast television ads.
His rivals dismiss the spending.
"The Romney organization is nothing more than money," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, an early Romney backer who defected to Santorum just as the former Pennsylvania senator's late rise captured the interest of conservative leaders who were lukewarm, at best, about Romney's record.
Santorum and his allies are only spending $796,000 in total on Ohio. Yet a Quinnipiac University poll released Friday found Santorum with a slim lead over Romney in the state, 35 percent to 31 percent.
Ohio's Republican electorate is similar to that of the most recent hard-fought state of Michigan, containing both blue-collar, rural voters as well as churchgoers focused heavily on social issues. Here, as in that fellow Rust Belt state narrowly won by Romney, the economy dominates voters' concerns, and Romney and Santorum both were playing to them.
"We've got the same problems as everyone else does," said Gary Green, a 56-year-old Chillicothe business owner who attended a Santorum event Friday but still is leaning toward Ron Paul. "We need jobs."
Sen. Rob Portman, a Romney supporter who plans to campaign with him at four events on Saturday, said Romney "doesn't have to win in Ohio but it sure would help."
"I don't think people in Ohio thought this primary was going to be a big deal," said Portman added "They thought this thing would be wrapped up in Florida."
It isn't clear Santorum has any paid staff on the ground, though. As is the case elsewhere, Santorum is relying on volunteers and local leaders such as DeWine to power his campaign. Santorum's top aides still don't have a national campaign headquarters. Highway rest stops and advisers' hotel rooms are the base of their ragtag — yet oddly durable — operation.
Santorum planned a rally in Willoughby, along Lake Erie, late Friday evening, hoping to generate the enthusiasm that helped him win the Iowa and Minnesota caucuses, as well as the Colorado primary and Missouri's nonbinding primary.
Ohio's primary allows only Republicans to vote, meaning Romney won't be able to count on the support of independents and Democrats who tend to vote for him over Santorum when they're allowed to take part.
Gingrich is short on cash and has been camped out in Georgia trying to prevent an embarrassing home state loss on Tuesday. But he's still a player of sorts in Ohio, where he plans one day of campaigning as well as a 30-minute, policy-thick cable television commercial about energy on a cable station, an ad costing him $2,750 to run five times through Monday. The poll that found Romney and Santorum vying for the Ohio lead put Gingrich at 17 percent.
Paul, the favorite of the libertarian wing of his party, had 12 percent support in the poll. He planned no television ads or serious campaigning yet was sure to draw his fervent supporters to the polling stations for a campaign that has yet to win a state.
Gingrich planned to visit Ohio on Saturday to appear in a forum with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and give remarks to a National Rifle Association event in Findlay and a GOP dinner in Bowling Green.
Campaigning in Savannah, Ga., Gingrich called Romney the "inside, establishment candidate" who would go to Washington "to manage the decay," and said Santorum would not change the status quo, either.
"We're not worried about losing Georgia," said Rick Tyler, a former Gingrich aide who is with a pro-Gingrich political committee that is spending almost $740,000 in advertising in Georgia. "But at the same time, he has to do well in Georgia." Tyler described the state as "a lot like South Carolina," where Gingrich pulled off his only victory to date.
In Bellevue, Wash., Romney implored supporters to come out for the Saturday caucuses, promising them "it won't take a long time, it'll just make a big difference." His Western campaigning included stops in North Dakota and Idaho. Massachusetts, Oklahoma and Tennessee are among the other Super Tuesday states.
Elliott reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Kasie Hunt in Bellevue, Wash., Ken Thomas in Savannah, Ga., and Julie Carr Smyth in Chillicothe, Ohio, contributed to this report.


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Alternative NamesThiamine deficiency; Vitamin B1 deficiency
Definition Return to top
Beriberi is a disease in which the body does not have enough thiamine (vitamin B1).
Causes Return to top
There are two major types of beriberi:
Beriberi is rare in the United States because most foods are now vitamin-enriched. If you eat a normal, healthy diet you should get enough thiamine. Today, beriberi occurs mostly in patients who abuse alcohol. Drinking heavily can lead to poor nutrition, and excess alcohol makes it harder for the body to absorb and store thiamine.
A rare condition known as genetic beriberi is inherited (passed down through families). People with genetic beriberi lose the ability to absorb thiamine from foods. This can happen slowly over time and symptoms occur when the person is an adult. However, because doctors may not consider beriberi in non-alcoholics, this diagnosis is often missed.
Beriberi can occur in breast-fed infants when the mother's body is lacking in thiamine. The condition can also affect infants who are fed unusual formulas that don't have enough thiamine.
Getting dialysis and taking high doses of diuretics raise your risk of beriberi.
Symptoms Return to top
Symptoms of dry beriberi include:
Symptoms of wet beriberi include:
Exams and Tests Return to top
A physical examination may show signs of congestive heart failure, including:
A person with late-stage beriberi may be confused or have memory loss and delusions. The person may be less able to sense vibrations.
A neurological exam may show signs of:
The following tests may be done:
Treatment Return to top
The goal of treatment is to replace the thiamine your body is lacking. This is done with thiamine supplements. Thiamine supplements are given through a shot (injection) or taken by mouth.
Other types of vitamins may also be recommended.
Blood tests may be done after you are given thiamine supplements to see how well you are responding to the medicine.
Outlook (Prognosis) Return to top
Untreated, beriberi is often deadly. With treatment, symptoms usually improve quickly.
Heart damage is usually reversible, and a full recovery is expected. However, if acute heart failure has already occurred, the outlook is poor.
Nervous system damage is also reversible, if caught early. If it is not caught early, some symptoms (such as memory loss) may remain even with treatment.
If a patient with Wernicke's encephalopathy receives thiamine replacement, language problems, unusual eye movements, and walking difficulties may go away. However, Korsakoff syndrome (or Korsakoff psychosis) tends to develop as Wernicke's symptoms go away.
Possible Complications Return to top
When to Contact a Medical Professional Return to top
Beriberi is extremely rare in the United States. However, if you feel your family's diet is inadequate or poorly balanced, and you or your children have any symptoms of beriberi, call your health care provider.
Prevention Return to top
Eating a proper diet that is rich in thiamine and other vitamins will prevent beriberi. Nursing mothers should make sure that their diet contains all vitamins and be sure that infant formulas contain thiamine.
People who drink heavily should try to cut down or quit, and take B vitamins to make sure their body is properly absorbing and storing thiamine.
References Return to top
Brust JCM. Nutrition- and Alcohol-Related Neurologic Disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 443.
Chenoweth WL. Vitamin B Complex Deficiency and Excess. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 46.
Kane AB, Kumar V. Nutritional Deficiencies. In: Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, eds. Robbins and Coltran: Pathologic Basis of Disease. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2005:chap 9.Update Date: 7/12/2008 Updated by: Linda Vorvick, MD, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder (neurological disorder) in which nerve cell activity in the brain becomes disrupted, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations and sometimes loss of consciousness.
Seizure symptoms can vary widely. Some people with epilepsy simply stare blankly for a few seconds during a seizure, while others repeatedly twitch their arms or legs.
About 1 in 26 people in the United States will develop a seizure disorder. Nearly 10 percent of individuals may have a single unprovoked seizure. However, a single seizure doesn't mean you have epilepsy. At least two unprovoked seizures are generally required for an epilepsy diagnosis.
Even mild seizures may require treatment because they can be dangerous during activities such as driving or swimming. Treatment with medications or sometimes surgery can control seizures for about 80 percent of people with epilepsy. Some children with epilepsy may also outgrow their condition with age.
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SAN BERNARDINO – Chanting "some cuts don't heal" and "this is about patient care," about 100 nurses and other employees of St. Bernardine Medical Center and Community Hospital of San Bernardino picketed Thursday morning over what they said will be staffing and procedural changes that take effect Sunday night.
The protest was held in front of St. Bernardine Medical Center. Many of the protesters were members of the California Nurses Association-National Nurses United.
Layoffs were not on the list of concerns voiced by the group.
Rather, it was a decision to shift all nighttime nurse's aides to the day shift, leaving registered nurses at night to pick up the aides' duties as well as their own.
Another concern was a new procedure that would require RNs from the floor to leave their post and take patients from the emergency room, said Carol Koelle, a charge nurse on a floor with heart patients.
"This is a 30-minute trip and it means that other RNs will need to cover additional patients and their own," Koelle said.
In a statement Thursday, hospital officials said, "We are disappointed by the California Nurses Association decision to conduct informational picketing at St. Bernardine Medical Center and regret any inconvenience this might cause our patients, physicians and staff.
"Our hospital places the care and safety of our patients first at all times. St. Bernardine Medical Center, like all Dignity Health hospitals, represents a vital source of care in our communities. We will continue to provide excellent care our patients expect and the hospital will remain open with all services available to meet the needs of the communities we serve.
"St. Bernardine Medical Center and our parent company, Dignity Health, value our employees and the contributions they make to our patients and community.
"We remain eager and willing to resolve contract issues in a respectful and professional manner.
"St. Bernardine and Community Hospital meet all mandated staffing levels, as required by the state of California," said Kimberly VandenBosch, director of marketing, communications and political advocacy.
Leslie Curtis, a California Nursing Association labor representative for the two hospitals, said "we want to have the time to be able to take care of our patients. We want to be able see if there is something wrong."
In December, a spokesman for the two hospitals said the long economic recession and the subsequent increase in uninsured patients, coupled with cuts to government insurance programs and declining patient counts, were forcing some difficult staffing decisions.
Several nurse's aides said Thursday morning that they were concerned that their hours would be cut with so many working daytime shifts.
"I think management has the mistaken idea that all patients do at night is sleep," said Patricia Woods, a nursing aide at Community Hospital.
Both St. Bernardine and Community Hospital are owned by San Francisco-based Dignity Health.
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There were Bastille Day fireworks on stage 10 of the Tour de France on Monday as Alberto Contador abandoned following a crash and Vincenzo Nibali reclaimed the yellow jersey with a tremendous victory at La Planche des Belles Filles.
Contador crashed on the 161.5-kilometre 10th stage from Mulhouse and, after struggling on for 20km in an effort to play catch-up, gave up and withdrew to his Tinkoff-Saxo team car.
The Spaniard's departure deprives the race of another previous winner after 2013 champion Chris Froome (Team Sky) withdrew with fractures to his left wrist and right hand on stage five last Wednesday.
Andy Schleck (Trek Factory Racing), who inherited the 2010 title from Contador following an anti-doping infringement, quit the race with a knee injury last Tuesday, although the Luxembourg rider is a shadow of his former self.
None of the remaining riders have won the event, but Nibali took a significant step in his bid to succeed Froome in Paris on July 27.
The action was expected to ignite on the concluding climb ahead of Tuesday's rest day and Nibali, who relinquished the lead on stage nine to Frenchman Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol), surged to a second Tour stage win to take control of the race.
Gallopin struggled, losing the maillot jaune after a one-day stint.
Stage 11 takes place on Wednesday as the race heads for the Alps with the 187.5km route from Besancon to Oyonnax.
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) was 15 seconds behind Nibali in second on the stage, and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) third.
Gallopin, who began the day one minute 34 seconds ahead of Nibali, trailed in 33rd, 4mins 46secs behind.
Nibali holds a lead of 2:23 from second-placed Richie Porte (Team Sky), who was 25 seconds behind in seventh on the day.
Valverde is third, 2:47 behind and Gallopin fifth, 3:12 adrift.
The day saw the Tour lose another leading protagonist after Mark Cavendish's crash on day one and the exits of Froome and Schleck.
Contador crashed on the descent of the Petit Ballon as he approached the third of six categorised climbs, the Col du Platzerwasel, on a damp day in the Vosges Mountains.
He received strapping to his right knee, swapped bikes and lost four minutes as a result of the delay, falling nine minutes behind the day's breakaway, which held a five-minute lead on the peloton.
Nibali's Astana team led the main bunch and did not increase the pace on the 7.1km, category one ascent as Contador's team-mates dropped back to help him.
Contador, winner of the 2007 and 2009 Tours, began the day in ninth place, 4:08 behind Gallopin.
But the Spaniard struggled to reduce the arrears and quit with more than 80km of the stage remaining.
The finish at La Planche des Belles Filles was a reminder to Britons of the absent Froome and Sir Bradley Wiggins.
Froome won at the summit of the 'climb of the beautiful girls' in 2012 as Wiggins took the yellow jersey he held until Paris, when he became the first British winner of the race. Nibali finished third two years ago.
Contador's withdrawal could see him refocus on the Vuelta a Espana, which begins in Jerez on August 23. Both Froome and Wiggins could also ride the Tour of Spain.
Contador expressed disappointment when Froome abandoned and the Kenya-born Briton did likewise on Monday, while hinting at his own possible participation in the Vuelta.
Froome wrote on Twitter: "Big loss for the TDF today. Recover well @albertocontador & I hope to see you at the Vuelta."
At the front of the race the breakaway riders were hunting King of the Mountain points, while Sunday's stage winner Tony Martin attempted to lead his Omega Pharma-QuickStep team-mate Michal Kwiatkowski into the yellow jersey.
The Polish rider was the highest-placed of the escapees at the start of the day but was left alone on the ascent of the penultimate climb of the day, the Col des Chevreres, when Martin fell away with 20km to go.
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) followed Kwiatkowski as more than two minutes behind them Gallopin was toiling behind Nibali and company.
Kwiatkowski was in front on the descent ahead of the day's concluding climb, but Rodriguez attacked on his own with 5km to go.
Nibali, in the Italian champion's jersey for the first time since taking the maillot jaune in Sheffield on stage two, attacked with 3km to go, leaving Valverde and Richie Porte (Team Sky) and others in his wake before surging past Kwiatkowski.
Only Rodriguez was up ahead of the Astana leader as Porte led the counter-attack.
Nibali, the 2012 Tour runner-up and 2013 Giro d'Italia champion, could see a slowing Rodriguez up ahead of him.
The pair were together with 1.2km to go, but Rodriguez faded and Nibali went ahead alone to claim a supreme victory.
Contador went for scans and it was reported he had suffered a fractured tibia (shin bone).
If it was a bad day for Contador, it was a good one for Porte.
The Australian told ITV4: "I think I was the only one that responded (to Nibali's attack).
"If Vincenzo goes you have to respond. He's got enough time already so you don't really want him to get any more.
"It's a shame to lose Alberto like that. I think it's definitely going to change the dynamics of the race.
"I think it probably would've been a harder finale had Saxo been there."
On his own chances of a podium place, Porte added: "We'll take it day by day. I think we're in a pretty good position going into the first rest day."


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AURORA, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a 79-year-old northeast Ohio physician is accused of molesting children since the late 1990s.
Dr. Mark Shaffer Jr., of Aurora, is being held with a $100,000 bond following his arraignment in Portage County earlier this week. He was indicted Friday on two dozen related changes, including rape and gross sexual imposition.
Aurora police said the investigation of Shaffer began when the U.S. Postal Inspection Service discovered child pornography being mailed to his home. More was discovered during a search Nov. 28.
Aurora Chief Seth Riewaldt said Shaffer told officers that "for several years he had engaged in sexual activity with numerous children."
Shaffer has been fired from his job at the University Hospitals medical office. Attorney information was not available.


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When the stock market hits new highs, the mood tends to be one of celebration. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting new highs, the media are practically breaking out champagne. If and when the S&P 500 follows though to new highs, I almost expect a national day of celebration to be declared. I am a natural contrarian and as the party ramps up, questions pop up in my mind. What should I be selling right now? What has been driven to levels that my long positions are now overvalued? Are any stocks bid up to the point that I may want to establish some chicken shorts?
Call me crazy, but I do not like exciting markets that are hitting new highs as that is an indication that the greed part of the cycle is dominating. I have never seen that end particularly well for investors.
Additional questions I always examine as markets hit new highs include: What is not working as the market surges forward? Where are the fallen angel stocks that have experienced steep declines as the market rallied? Are any of them too cheap not to own at current prices -- regardless of the market's direction? Are there any bargain issues likely to buck the trend if the market does decline? Is there any useful information in the collective fallen angel stocks and sectors?
This morning I screened for stocks that have not participated in the rally and have gone down big over the past year. I set the screen to find those "falling knife" stocks that have gone down at least 50% over the past year. Research has shown that these stocks are often excellent candidates for contrarian investors -- especially if they are cheap on valuation and have a good chance of survival. I haven't had time to run all the necessary credit scoring tests yet, but some things are evident right away.
One of the first findings of note is that all the stuff that comes out of the ground is getting cheap. If you mine it, it has gone down over the last year. Stocks of gold miners, silver miners and rare earth diggers have sold off by huge amounts, even as the market has climbed higher. Coal, oil, and gas companies are also on the list of biggest losers. If you use to make stuff or provide energy, it is being tossed out by investors. So are the companies that ship basics, such as petroleum products, grains and coal.
This raises some interesting questions in my mind. Although I know that the low natural gas prices play a role in this pricing is it really possible to have an economic recovery that eventually justifies higher stock prices without the energy and materials stocks participating? Although the steel and aluminum stocks are not yet in the falling knife category they are also down over the last year and I just wonder what it is they we are making that does require metals and energy?
This curiosity drove me to see what has been working and which stocks have soared in the past year for a clue as to what is actually happening in the world. The list of top-performing stocks is dominated by the financials. This makes sense as they were incredibly cheap and distressed over the past few years but I am not sure we can base our economic future on selling each other pools of distressed mortgages. The real question is this: Will the improving condition of the financial stocks, especially banks, eventually lead to an economic recovery that provides the type of demand that lifts the metals, miners and energy companies?
Although the political situation will provide some interesting twists and turns, I think the financial system will eventually improve, which will lead to real demand and economic recovery. It may take a few years, but keep in mind that I started buying the battered financials that dominate the top performers list today four years ago. Energy and raw materials stocks are now in the sweet spot of my time frame.
I have a list of 360 stocks that have dropped by 50% or more on the past year. Here is the breakdown:
- 68 are currently profitable,
- 97 are expected to be profitable next year,
- 168 trade for less than book value.
- 33 are from China (and go straight into the garbage can),
- 123 are seeing some type of positive insider buying activity and
- 55 are seeing some insider selling, even as their prices plunge, and are best avoided.
I have now begun the process of looking for those stocks on the falling knives list that will be worth buying. They must be safe and cheap and make good additions to long-term portfolios. I will also be keeping an eye out for longshot gems that offer opportunities for huge long-term payoffs. I will start reporting my findings on Thursday.


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Hey guys,
I just got my hands on a Z60T (type 2511), upgraded the RAM, and put on Windows 7 Enterprise. Everything is working great, with the exception of the Video Controller. I tried to download and install the drivers from the IBM/Lenovo Support site, but they do not work and tell me that it can't find the applicable hardware or I'm using the wrong operating system. I really like this laptop and I want to use it, so is there a video driver available for Windows 7 on this particular model?
- Jeff
What's the full 7-character model number of your Z60T, 2511-???
I am also having the same problem with video contorller in windows 7
My machin was Thinkpad Z60t model no is 2513-MCU
can anybody give the solution..?
I'm afraid that solution might not be that simple. Intel integrated graphics used on these machines are not deemed powerful enough to run Vista or W7, not with Aero enabled anyway.
Vista included the driver, try Windows Update to check whether W7 driver is available there...
Good luck.
On another topic, I have searched the Internet and yours is one of the few references to a Z60t and Windows 7. How is that working out for you? My Z60t with 1G of RAM went down this summer. I had it wiped clean professionally and then put it on the shelf in favor of a newer machine. Xmas is hard this year. My teenager wants a portable for school, etc. I will be starting from scratch to build the machine back up. I had thought about moving to Vista or even Windows 7 but there does not seem to be a lot of support for that. Could a moderately computer savvy person do it? If not, then I will stick with XP. -D-
Welcome to the forum, BaltoMan!
You'll need 2GB of RAM to get a decent performance in W7. I'd suggest staying away from Vista altogether.
These machines will run W7, with an occasional driver issue. If I owned one of them right now, and needed reliability, I'd stick with XP.
My $0.02 only...
You are a good soul for responding, George. It is Xmas eve. I am trying to do something for my teenager for his Xmas wish. I just feel like this Z60t is a much better machine than the newest low-end laptop that I could afford--design, keyboard, screen, fast enough chip. I did put an extra G of memory in so now it has 2G. Even then, I can save quite a few hundred dollars just getting the Z60t up and running. Like so many people, this has been the worst year of business for me. So, today, after figuring out that Trend Micro was the cause of my wireless connecting problem, I am looking at something like 32 critical Microsoft updates as a next step. I was going to ask the forum if I wanted to try to load Windows 7, should I skip the clutter of updates or go ahead and download them first? In the back of my mind was the eventual wrestling with the video controller update, etc. The machine was wiped by the Geek Squad this past summer, including most Thinkpad software, so it is running pretty pure XP and looks great. Maybe I should leave well enough alone and thus avoid the perpetual teenage lament. "Dad, why doesn't this work....." He can learn a little basic XP mechanics---like the old days when you could work on your car in the driveway. If you have any other recommendations on what to do next, I am appreciative. There are hardware driver updates out there, and I dread going to Lenovo for updates, for fear of clogging the machine again. You know, I have a client in cyber security who says he just buys a new machine every two years. It is easier to start fresh than to try to unclog a computer of all the stuff you accumulate over two years. Thanks, Doug
If all of the important hardware is working properly in XP, stay there. It will be supported until at least 2014, and hopefully all of us will see years better than this one by then...
Any missing drivers, or hardware issues, please post and we'll try to offer some guidance...
Good luck.


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Disney announces that it is bringing back The Lion King to theaters and homes in 3D. A special two-week theatrical run kicks off September 16, 2011, showcasing the hit animated film on the big screen in Disney Digital 3D for the first time ever. On October 4th, The Lion King makes its home entertainment debut, celebrating the Diamond Edition release of the movie in high-definition Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D.
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Goldman Sachs: Never Mind the Volcker Rule, Look at the IPOs
In what may be a delayed reaction to the release of the final draft of the new Volcker rules yesterday, shares of Goldman Sachs (GS) have dropped today, joining Morgan Stanley (MS) JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) in the red.
But how bad will the Volcker rule really be? Not as bad as it could have been, says Susquehanna's Doug Sipkin. He writes:
The most notable positives to us were permission to continue to trade sovereign bonds for proprietary purposes, permission to invest in non-covered entities such as wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures, and acquisition vehicles such as business development companies, and the ability to hedge risk related to individual as well as aggregated positions of the banking entity. The timeline is also a positive. The rules become effective April 1, 2014 and the conformance period starts on July 21, 2015. Within our space, [Goldman Sachs] followed by [Morgan Stanley] are most impacted by the rule.
Investors shouldn't underestimate the ability of Goldman Sachs to turn a profit, Sipkin says. He writes:
Despite some adverse consequences from the rule, we still believe GS can generate reasonable long-term returns driven by greater capital efficiency, potential wider bid-ask spreads, and leading positioning within investment banking. We believe 4Q13 will likely serve as some indication as it looks as if GS is beginning to execute on its best banking pipeline in five years driven by a torrid pace of equity issuance in the quarter. Year-to-date, GS has 11.8% share of equity issuance, up from 8% during the same
period in 2012. The equity business in 4Q13 is likely seeing its best quarter since prior to the credit crisis.
Goldman Sachs has dropped 1.2% to $167.79 at 3:12 p.m., while Morgan Stanley has fallen 1.7% to $30.24, JPMorgan has declined 0.9% to $56.17 and Bank of America is off 2.2% at $15.23.


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HeroClix players look back fondly on the Giant-Size X-Men expansion set from last year (see our review HERE) for its great selection of characters and highly effective figures that continue to see plenty of use in games everywhere. Its no secret that comic book fans love mutants, and this set filled in lots of gaps in the ranks of X-Men and Brotherhood while also providing much needed updates to figures either out of date or hard to find. Fast forward a little more than a year and we find that players are just as eager for more mutants. Well WizKids has listened and available everywhere today is a new Giant-Size X-Men Fast Forces pack: The Uncanny X-Men! An epithet often used of the X-Men, this set brings back six GSX figures with all new dials: Professor X, Cyclops, Beast, Wolverine, Rogue, and Iceman. Of course, no Fast Forces pack would be complete without a new double-sided map, and this one will also give you a new set of uncanny dice!
WizKids has standardized the Fast Forces packaging in a display thats both functional and attractive. A sturdy clamshell displays the six figures while a decorated sleeve behind them holds all of the paper contents: map, character cards, etc. The uncanny mutants in front of a giant yellow X symbol background thats sure to catch your eye when youre looking for it at your local comic book or game store. Below the figures is an insert featuring Cyclops looking pensive and the sets name. The sides of the package give you a breakdown of its contents while the back has a more detailed description and an image of Wolverine. Pop open the clamshell to free the figures from a plastic tray, but be very careful opening the sleeve; you have to cut open either side and you dont want to damage the contents within. Also, dont forget about the dice tucked in below Iceman!
While GSX brought players a ton of X-Men, the Fast Forces set could only include six. The chosen few dont necessarily have anything specific in common, but theyre a good cross-section of mutant heroes. You cant have X-Men without Professor X, the worlds most powerful telepath and the man whose dream started the whole thing. Three of his First Class team are present in their modern incarnations: the ever-serious and carefully plotting leader Cyclops, carefree Iceman, and resident expert on anything and everything Beast. Joining them are two latter-day X-Men who are no less popular: the power-stealing Rogue and everyones favorite Canadian berserker Wolverine!
When they first appeared in the Giant-Size X-Men set, these figures ranged in rarity from commons (Cyclops, Beast, and Wolverine) to uncommon (Rogue) and rare (Professor X and Iceman). Just like their powers, each mutant has a unique look that captures his or her character. Bobby Drake, known for his sense of humor, gives a thumbs up as he chills with a nameless mook encased in ice. Beast and Rogue get into the fight directly, the former leaping over a rock while the latter flies with a mighty fist outstretched. Professor X and Cyclops attack from range via Cerebro-enhanced telepathy and optic blasts, and Wolverine dares anyone to approach with his claws popped and ready. Along with the sculpts, the paint jobs are mostly identical to those from the main set GSX figures, especially with regards to Cyclops, Beast, and Wolverine. On the other hand, I find some of the colors to be more vibrant on the Fast Forces versions like Xaviers shinier green jacket. The new Rogue has much better eyes than my original and interestingly the new Iceman has a bright white almost glow-in-the-dark color versus the bluish tint in GSX. Maybe its just me, but somehow all of these figures just look better on the new oreo bases as well.
And now for the part that everyones been waiting for... what are the dials like? In GSX these figures varied somewhat in point cost and power from Beast at 95 points to Rogue at 128. The uncanny versions on the other hand are a uniform 75 points. Thats right, each one is an Experienced version of the character at 75 points making it about as easy as possible to create teams. For a standard 300 point game all you have to do is grab any four of them! Naturally, this means that the Fast Forces figures are going to be somewhat less powerful than their GSX incarnations, but theyve got some neat special powers and tricks up their sleeves.
Professor X gives up his fearsome Cerebro power for Telepathic Confusion sharing Shape Change with allies and trades Stealth and Perplex for Outwit but otherwise has similar powers. Cyclops is still the ranged powerhouse of the team with Energy Shield/Deflection to boost his late dial defense and Enhancement to help out the Professor or Iceman. Beast seems like a lower level version of his GSX figure with most of the same powers scattered around his dial, though this one adds some Support (he is a doctor even without the MD). Wolverine retains his massive damage-dealing potential with Indomitable, Flurry, and Blades/Claws/Fangs while staying in the game with Super Senses, Combat Reflexes, and Regeneration. Rogue too is definitely on track to become her GSX version with Charge, Super Strength, Toughness, Combat Reflexes, and a power stealing special combined with Outwit. Finally, Iceman is a slightly different animal starting with Running Shot, Toughness, and a cool new special Outwit power that slows down enemies. Later he dabbles in Incapacitate, Leap/Climb, Energy Shield/Deflection, Enhancement, and even end-dial Regeneration! And when you play your X-Men together the three original members (Cyclops, Beast, and Iceman) can utilize a special power they each have to use Probability Control on friendly X-Men attacks! All six figures naturally have the X-Men team ability and the X-Men keyword (among others) in common as well.
Other than the great reissued sculpts and new dials, the Uncanny X-Men also come with a brand new map! One side is the Starcore Space Station, a science installation orbiting the Earth that has had several run ins with the X-Men over the years. The map is a comprehensive indoor space station; at one end is a sunken command center (complete with Stark Industries logo on the floor) and at the other a quartet of semi-enclosed control rooms and two reactor cores. Notably, on the reactor side the starting area is split into two sections: the yellow and black caution areas in either corner. The map has a lot of different terrain with walls, blocking, hindering, and elevated areas making for quite a maze if you dont have movement powers. On the other side is another indoor map, the Abandoned Weapon X Facility! Like the Starcore Station, this battleground has lots of interesting terrain. The player on the snowy side has to enter through a four square wide corridor with walls/blocking terrain on either side, and in the middle of the map are blocking sections that choke all movement through three narrow passes. At the other end is a sunken drainage area; the two separated starting areas are on either side. Overlooking this half of the map are elevated control areas with more hindering terrain while the center of the facility has broken machinery that looks very similar to a certain Weapon Xs tank...
Enough time has passed since the Giant-Size X-Men set came out that these figures will be welcome additions to a lot of players collections. Theyre great, popular characters still featured in comics today, and these highly playable versions are super easy for team building especially for new players; grab a pack and youre ready to play with cool new maps and even dice! There's even a sheet included that gives you three suggested builds with some tips on how to play them. The Uncanny X-Men Fast Forces pack is available this week so look for it at your local comic book/game store. Head over to HeroClix.com for more info as well as downloads of rules and maps.
I hope youve enjoyed our exclusive previews of the War of the Light and Uncanny X-Men Fast Forces sets this week. Look for more HeroClix previews and reviews on Figures.com soon!
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I have a PXI chassis with, among other modules, two PXI-2350 switches. Using the Switch Soft Front Panel, it seems the names assigned in the Active Device list ( the two 2350's in this case ) are backwards to what I expect. Is there a way to reassociate these names to the physical 2350's ?
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Can you better explain your question on the problems that you are seeing with you 2530 modules? You can identify and rename the devices in Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX) to better suit your needs.
Under MAX ( Measurement and Automation Explorer ), the names are correct and we have many test sequences that expect the names as presented in MAX. Thus, our test sequences are able to properly access the 2350's.
The problem is when we're using the Switch Soft Front Panel ( for experimentation ), the names in the list are backwards. Now, that's not a huge issue as long as everyone's aware of it, but it is nonetheless incorrect and confusing to a newcomer.
Because MAX has the proper assignment and the Soft Front Panel does not, it suggests that MAX and Soft Front Panel do not use the same "name-to-module" configuration. The question then is, how can the names be reconfigured for the Soft Front Panel only. Is there a config or ini file somewhere that Switch Soft Front Panel uses to make this association ?
The NI SWITCH Soft front panel pulls the names of the devices in Measurement and Automation explorer and organizes the names of the devices alphabetically. In max, these devices are organized by their position in the PXI Chassis, however the names should be the same. For example, in the image below you will see a snippet of the devices that I have simulated in max and are placed in the order they were created (or for a real device, in the slot number of the chassis). However, the soft front panel organization is slightly different and is based on the alphabetized name of the device.
Is this what you are seeing? If so renaming the devices in max alphabetically will allow the representation in max and the soft front panel to be identical. Since this might break current teststand functionality, I would leave it as is since the order does not affect operation of the devices.
If this is not what you are seeing, can you provide screenshots??
So, if I understand your pictures, our Soft Front Panel should be accessing our two different switch modules using the same names as MAX. What's troubling, however, is that Soft Front Panel is somehow selecting the wrong 2530 module. We verified this by routing a power source through the switch then over to a 4071 DMM.
Using MAX, we can select a route that connects the power source to the DMM using "Switch 1" ( for example ), and we can see the voltage reading show up on the 4071 Soft Front Panel as expected. If, however, we use the Switch Soft Front Panel and make the same connection using "Switch 1", we read nothing on the DMM. If we instead select "Switch 2" and connect the route ( which SHOULD be the incorrect 2530 module ), then the connection is made. It's as if the Switch Soft Front Panel is getting the two devices mixed up ... as if the way it associates the Active Device to a physical device in the PXI chassis is somehow out of whack.
From what your previous post stated, however, both MAX and the Soft Front Panel should be using the same name-to-device association. We're not seeing that.
That is an interesting issue that I have never seen before, your devices in Soft Front Panel should be linked to the devices as labeled in MAX. I was wondering, when you say "Using MAX, we can select a route that connects the power source to the DMM using "Switch 1" ( for example ), and we can see the voltage reading show up on the 4071 Soft Front Panel as expected", what exactly do you mean? If you were to select your hardware device and click test panels, the NI Switch Soft Front Panel loads. Are you saying that when selecting test panels and loading Switch Soft Front Panel from max works as expected, however opening the application outside of MAX does not work?
Or are you talking about the Test Panels that you open up within NI Switch Executive? The test panels for NI Switch Executive refer to the NI Switch Executive virtual device name, not the DAQmx device name. If you had named the NI Switch Executive Virtual device name in a similar manner, this could be part of the confusing problems that you are seeing. See images below:
NI DAQmx Test Panel Selection Brings this up.
NI Switch Executive test panel brings this up. If these device names are similar, I can see how this could be confusing.
03-23-2012 08:45 AM - edited 03-23-2012 08:46 AM
Thanks for the explanations Frank. Due to being a bit new to this, I admittedly don't understand it real well and as such I've mangled some of the explanations. A colleague who does understand our setup, however, read your replies and he said your post above explains what we're seeing. Thanks for the time you put into this.


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When the Mormon Tabernacle Choir announced its upcoming Easter concert, the reaction that occurred wasn't expected. Fans jumped at the opportunity and tickets were gone in just 7-and-a-half minutes, leaving many people disappointed.
Those left without tickets shared their suggestions and feelings throughout the Internet, including on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Facebook page.
"Please, please move this concert to the Conference Center and/or broadcast it. I was so looking forward to attending, but couldn't get tickets," Kelly Anderson wrote.
"Please, please broadcast this for those of us who don't live in Utah. I live in Chicago and would LOVE to see this amazing event," Rachael White Walker also commented.
Although the choir staff anticipated excitement over the announcement, they didn't expect passionate reactions from fans.
"We knew that having the choir and orchestra do a full production of 'Messiah' was going to be very, very well received in the community," said Scott Barrick, general manager of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "I don't think any of us knew that these tickets were going in 7-and-a-half minutes."
After listening and brainstorming, the choir staff went to action to bring their concert to the many people who showed interest.
A news advisory from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir shared the other options that will be offered for people who would otherwise be unable to attend.
In addition to the Easter concerts, "Messiah" will be simulcast to the Conference Center Little Theater on the days of the concerts, April 18 and 19. Ticket requests will begin Tuesday, March 18, at 6 p.m. online at lds.org/events.
The concerts will also be simulcast to the Legacy Theater in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Tickets for this venue are available through a random ticket selection. Additional details are online at mormontabernaclechoir.org/messiah.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir website additionally says there will be standby tickets available. People are also invited to the Easter concert dress rehearsal on Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. Seats are available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and patrons may come and go as they choose.
The most accessible option for interested viewers will be a live-stream of the Friday concert at 7:30 p.m. on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's website and available on-demand at mormontabernaclechoir.org/messiah.
The concerts will also be posted online to YouTube after the Friday concert and available through the Easter weekend.
The choir and orchestra are now excited to share their "Easter gift to the entire world."
"We just feel enormously blessed to be able to have the opportunity to share this magnificent music with our community and really, by the virtue of this live stream, with the world," Barrick said. "We're also looking forward to significant opportunities next year to be able to have this recording the hands of so many families and not just here in the USA but worldwide."
Alison Moore is a writer for the Faith and Family sections at DeseretNews.com. She is studying journalism and editing at Brigham Young University. EMAIL: email@example.com


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|HIV Infections
|Biological: SCBaL/M9
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Development of an Oral Prime-Boost AIDS Vaccine to Elicit Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies Against HIV-1
- Safety, as judged by the lack of an immune response to CD4 epitopes or other significant adverse events as defined by the HVTN toxicity tables [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- Neutralizing antibody response against HIV-1 [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
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Biological: SCBaL/M9
Oral recombinant Salmonella typhi HIV-1 gp120 vaccine
Detailed Description:
The transmission of HIV-1 by both sexual and parenteral routes makes it likely that a successful preventive vaccine against this virus will need to induce protective immunity in both mucosal and systemic compartments. The long-term objective of this program is to develop an HIV-1 vaccine that elicits protective immunity in both the mucosal and systemic compartments.
The study will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an oral recombinant Salmonella typhi HIV-1 gp120 vaccine (SCBaL/M9) in healthy human volunteers. This will be the first study in volunteers to use an intracellular bacterium to deliver a recombinant vector vaccine mucosally. The study will also develop an Env immunogen that elicits a broader spectrum of neutralizing antibodies than gp120 and that can be delivered by Salmonella typhi or as a soluble protein immunogen.
This is a Phase I dose-escalation study of two vaccine components that will be combined in a larger prime-boost protocol should the desired safety endpoints be obtained. Both components use a conformationally constrained gp120 that expresses epitopes recognized by broadly neutralizing antibodies. The priming immunogen will be the conformationally constrained gp120 gene delivered orally by live attenuated Salmonella typhi. The boosting immunogen will be a soluble subunit protein comprised solely of the conformationally constrained gp120.
All participants in this study will receive the vaccine. Participants will be randomized to different vaccine doses. Participants will have eight study visits over 20 weeks. Study visits will include brief medical interview, physical exam, blood and urine tests, and counseling on avoiding HIV infection and pregnancy. Participants will be tested for HIV infection 3 times during the study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
- HIV uninfected
- Low risk sexual behavior
- Negative for Hepatitis B surface antigen
- Negative for Hepatitis C viral sequences and antibody
- Availability for follow-up for planned duration of the study (12 months)
- Acceptable methods of contraception
Exclusion Criteria
- Receipt of HIV vaccines or placebo in a previous HIV vaccine trial
- History of immunodeficiency, chronic illness, autoimmune disease, or use of immunosuppressive medications
- History of cancer unless there has been surgical excision followed by a sufficient observation period to give a reasonable assurance of cure
- Medical or psychiatric condition or occupational responsibilities which preclude compliance with the protocol
- History of suicide attempts, recent suicidal ideation, or psychosis
- High risk behavior for HIV infection as determined by screening questionnaire
- History of injection drug use within 12 months of study entry
- Live attenuated vaccines within 60 days of study entry. Medically indicated killed or subunit vaccines (e.g., influenza, pneumococcal) are not exclusionary, but should be given at least 2 weeks away from HIV immunizations.
- Use of experimental agents within 30 days of study entry
- Receipt of blood products or immunoglobulin within 6 months of study entry
- Active syphilis
- Active tuberculosis
- History of anaphylaxis or serious adverse reactions to vaccines
- History of serious allergic reaction to any substance, requiring hospitalization or emergent medical care (e.g., Stevens-Johnson syndrome, bronchospasm, or hypotension)
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00062530
|Contact: George K. Lewis, PhD
|410- 706-4688
|United States, Maryland
|Institute of Human Virology
|Not yet recruiting
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
|Principal Investigator:
|George K. Lewis, PhD
|Univesity of Maryland
|Responsible Party:
|Greg K. Lewis, PhD, University of Maryland
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00062530 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P01AI047490 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|June 9, 2003
|Last Updated:
|September 25, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
HIV seronegativity
HIV preventive vaccine
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Even though the summer league games a still a little while away, I wanted to start a thread to keep track on who is on our summer roster and other information regarding summer league. So far, here are the people that are most likely going to be on our roster:
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Josh McRoberts
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AJ Price
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My girl and I got invited by a friend to go on a ~ 4 hour trip with him and his girl to this tourney. It's 1 day round with a 2nd round of night golf. I'm stoked, but we have to get up at the ass crack of dawn so we have time to eat and get to Gander Mountain before we meet them to pick up little LED fishing accesories to put on our discs. (Him and I only have 1 glow roc each...)
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mjcole 2423428
Feb 07, 2012
When I was moving I used the 5 gallon pails to pack my China in,,sturdy and stack able. The guys would stack them and nothing got broke,I still have these pails and they come in use quit often,a ice chest,,cooler,, is good for moving your China tooo
Feb 04, 2012
I would like to see pics also. You have pics of everything else why not the buckets?
colleenrobert1 241 0776
Jan 31, 2012
Would really like to see photo's of the completed buckets. Visual aid is always so helpful. Thank You
katieandjoni 08287 14
Jan 29, 2012
I found them to be perfect for brining pickles this past summer - it took two for a bushel of cucumbers.
wndymansfield 4020 531
Jan 29, 2012
It would be good if I could see the photo's !!Please?
wandhalt 2498331
Jan 29, 2012
I love the idea to make the child's stool. Does any know where I can buy these buckets cheap?
crshwms 8369234
Jan 29, 2012
Try your local bakery. they may sell them for a nominal price. Or try a home improvement store. They carry them but you may have to paint them.
katieandjoni 08287 14
Jan 29, 2012
Try a grocery store with an in store bakery. Our Price Chopper is delighted to give them away. Somestimes they do run out, so I try to call ahead.
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Jan 31, 2012
try your local restaurant they may have some and I know the place I work at if you ask for one we give them away at no charge.
Ro Ro
Feb 03, 2012
I use cat litter buckets for lots of different things. If you don't have a cat I,m sure you know someone who does. Getting them to part with their buckest might be hard though.
Apr 16, 2011
Because I have a large selection of kitchen utensils, they no longer fit in the crock that I had for them. I went to the Dollar Tree store and found a Hallmark metal Easter pail (it was white with tiny solid pastel colored eggs on it). It holds all my utensils with room to spare and is easy to clean. Not bad for a dollar!
Apr 04, 2010
has anyone ever thought to use a pot for a plant as a salt spredder in the winter? It has holes in the bottom and its just the right size for the hand. Just scoop the salt from the bag and shake side to side on your sidewalk or driveway.
Jan 26, 2010
I have also used a small storage tote foe a foot stool covered the lid with batting fabric. It makes for a great duel purpose ottoman!
Jan 16, 2010
I use three and five gallon buckets as containers for planting. I've grown tomatoes, lettuce and herbs in them so far. I use one in the garage to hold rags and another stores wheat for my grain mill. I thought about making a footstool from one, but haven't... this inspires me to do it! Has anyone successfully painted them?
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DETROIT - Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday declared Detroit's financial problems too deep for the city to fix on its own and said he believes an emergency manager is the best way to reverse the downward spiral.
Calling it a "sad day" but also one of promise, Snyder said he concurs with a review team report released last week that concluded Detroit is in a state of financial emergency.
"It's not hard to justify that conclusion," the governor said during a town hall meeting Friday.
Snyder said he has an emergency manager candidate in mind but would not name that person, noting the city has a 10-day window to appeal that ends March 11. A hearing for a possible appeal has been set for March 12.
Snyder credited city leaders for trying to fix the problem, but said it's clear a consent agreement forged in April hasn't worked.
Today "is a day to call all hands on deck to say there's been too much fighting, too much blame, not enough resources, not enough people working together," he said. "The key answer I believe all of us want to get to is growing the city of Detroit."
Snyder said the city's elected leaders will be able to define their own path on how they operate moving forward. He called it "a great opportunity to be involved." But he's not interested in city leaders yelling and saying things don't work.
"I wouldn't expect they aren't going to have a lot of influence on decisions," Snyder said of those who seek to obstruct progress.
Snyder said he believes an emergency manager can put Detroit on the right financial path within 18 months. After that time, the city council can vote to remove the EM under state law.
The governor said he understands not all problems will be fixed within 18 months, but he wants Detroit to be on that path and then be able to transition out of an emergency manager.
"There are some structural problems that have made this much more difficult and stopped the solutions," Snyder said.
One Detroit resident outside the town hall said she was disappointed by the announcement.
"I don't think it's right at all," Angela Woodmere, 37, said Friday outside the Maccabees Building. "We elected Detroit politicians and Snyder shouldn't be dictating how they run the city."
But another city resident said he sees progress ahead after Snyder's announcement.
"I'm glad to have a light at the end of the tunnel," said Detroiter Tim Gelletly, 34, who has owned a home on the west side for the last 11 years. "There is a real need for an increase in the quality of services for residents and this could be that need met."
Union leaders blasted the idea of emergency management in Detroit.
"When times are tough, it is especially important that decisions are made democratically and locally," the metro Detroit AFL-CIO said in a statement. "Today's announcement by Governor Snyder recommending an emergency manager does a disservice to every Detroit citizen. It will lead to cuts in vital services, which will benefit out of town creditors and make our communities less livable."
Friday's decision marks a watershed moment in Detroit's historic collapse, which has been decades in the making.
Last week, a state review team concluded Detroit's financial crisis requires state intervention "because no satisfactory plan exists to resolve a serious financial problem."
The review team found Detroit's cash-flow deficit is nearly $100 million. That's on top of an accumulated deficit of $327 million. The city also has $14.9 billion worth of unfunded pension and employment retirement liabilities, according to the review team report. In five years, it needs $1.9 billion to begin making payments on the debt.
Once the nation's fourth largest city, Detroit was hailed as an industrial hub with nearly 2 million people. Today, after a half-century of population loss, chronic mismanagement and inadequately funded city services, the move solidifies the city's standing as a model of urban decline.
"In this particular case, you have to in some degree look at it as a hostile takeover," said David Bositis, of the Joint Center for Political Studies, a national think tank in based in Washington, D.C.
"Detroit is a very democratic city and it's being taken over by a very Republican and conservative state government. It's not a good day, but things can change."
Earlier, Detroit City Council members called the decision to appoint an emergency manager premature and said they are doing everything they can to avert the takeover.
"It would be irresponsible for us to not provide some response," Councilwoman Saunteel Jenkins said of a plan council members are compiling to send to Snyder." If they don't accept it, they don't accept it. We have to do everything we can to try to stop (emergency management) from happening."
Councilwoman JoAnn Watson reiterated her stance that the city should pursue a legal challenge of emergency manager law.
"We should not be going and begging. That would be a big mistake," Watson said. "The citizens would not know who to trust."
Greg Bowens, a political expert and former press secretary for former mayor Dennis Archer, said an emergency manager would be a devastating blow for the morale for the people of Detroit.
"In the end, it means the governor does not have the faith in the people of Detroit to govern themselves in a responsible manner," Bowens said. "It means that in some measure a failure of the system to be able to produce the kind of leaders that is needed to hold a city together. The impact that it will have on everything from the elections to the outlook that people have about the future could not be overstated."
Friday's decision makes Detroit the only major city in the country to operate under some sort of state control.
"Emergency management means the death of democracy in Detroit. It also means disaster for Detroit with the track record of the emergency manager," said the Rev. D. Alexander Bullock, president of the Detroit Chapter of the Rainbow Push Coalition. "There should be a hearing on this. The governor should reconsider."
Municipal bankruptcy expert Douglas Bernstein said the step toward reaching fiscal stability has to be made. Detroit can no longer allow the financial problems to go on forever, he said.
"The present situation is intolerable," said Bernstein, an attorney with the Plunkett Cooney law firm in Bloomfield Hills. "(Steps to get finances in order) is recognition you've got a problem and you're on the road to fixing it, rather than continuing to dig a deeper hole."


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The pilots of Pinnacle Airlines ratified a bankruptcy restructuring contract on Tuesday, thereby avoiding what could have proved a messy court battle with management and potentially saving the Memphis-based regional from liquidation. Eight-five percent of the pilots who cast ballots voted in favor of the agreement.
"The pilots were given a stark choice between holding on to our current contract and seeing Pinnacle wound down or accepting drastic cuts to our pay and work rules in order to save the airline and the jobs of employees in all areas of Pinnacle's operations," said Tom Wychor, chairman of the Air Line Pilots Association's Pinnacle Airlines bargaining unit. "I am proud of our pilots for making this difficult decision to preserve the company and to move forward as a group. Now we must work to protect our investment by continuing to provide our passengers with safe, reliable and professional service."
The new seven-year agreement includes, among other cuts, a 9-percent reduction in pay for all pilots, along with longevity caps to all pay scales that will further cut the pay of more than half of Pinnacle's pilots by as much as another 16 percent. In addition to almost 25-percent pay cuts, the deal increases health-care costs for all pilots while reducing retirement benefits by more than 50 percent for Pinnacle's most senior pilots.
"Management failures are responsible for Pinnacle's current financial crisis," added Wychor. "But only this sacrifice by the pilots could preserve a future for the airline and its employees. In that future, we will seek out new employment opportunities for our pilots who no longer see a viable career path at Pinnacle while we protect and shore up the restructured contract for those who remain."
In return for the concessions, the contract includes a bridge agreement that provides a one-time longevity transition payment and guaranteed hiring for many Pinnacle pilots at Pinnacle's sole mainline code-share partner, Delta Air Lines.
Earlier last month Pinnacle Airlines and its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into a series of agreements that would provide a path forward for the company to emerge from Chapter 11 under the ownership of Delta or an affiliate. The centerpiece of the new plan takes the form of a deal with Delta to fly another 40 dual-class Bombardier CRJ900s, an order for which it placed in December.
The plan calls for Pinnacle to begin receiving a new batch of 40 regional jets this fall and take the last by the end of 2014, giving it 81 of the 76-seat jets in total. Meanwhile, Pinnacle would have to remove all of its 140 fifty-seat CRJ200s from operation "over the next two or three years" as part of Delta's plan to shed all but 125 of the type from its entire regional network.
iflyplanesforfun (not verified)
January 16, 2013 - 10:02am
ALPA has to say the usual "management wrecked the airline" bit to save face, but the fact is pilots are overpaid across the board. This will help reduce Delta's regional costs at all carriers and help make them competitive. The pilots took the deal to save their skins, not the airline. Don't buy the martyr story....
matt (not verified)
January 16, 2013 - 4:40pm
Pilots overpaid across the board? The next time you complain to congress about the standard of safety with the regionals I hope you remember your comment. You get what you pay for!
James (not verified)
January 17, 2013 - 4:27pm
Wow! What an ignorant statement from somebody that obviously doesn't have a clue. Regional pilots are among the lowest paid in the industry. You would call making $20,000.00 and 14-16 hour days overpaid? How about topping out around $90,000.00 for somebody that has been there 20 years or half of that at 10 years? Still overpaid I suppose according to you. Go back to playing with your toys.


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Is it Necessary to get a Crown?
I had a root canal on the bottom last molar. The tooth was severely comprimised after the procedure (a bit of a long story and several visits to a 2nd dentist and endodontist later). I am about to have the temporary filling removed and a permanant filling placed in. I am not sure if I want to spend the money on a crown though. I will speak with my dentist about their opinion, but is it really necessary to do this considering the condition and location of the tooth. If the tooth does crack down the road, I would not be upset with having it extracted and a implant placed instead....
Crowns are recommended after teeth have had endodontic procedures because losing vitality increases the risk of fracture. Certainly, extraction and implants are an option if the tooth fractures. The benefit to risk of crowning needs to be decided on an individual basis.
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The Ohio State University


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Impact of Incision Size and Architecture on Wound Stability and Astigmatism in Cataract Surgery: an Exploratory Study (INCISIONS)
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One of the most recent advances in cataract surgery is microincisional phacoemulsification (MICS). Through small incisions of 2.0 mm and less the lens material is emulsified either bimanually or with a thin single coaxial hand-piece. The possible advantages are lower induced corneal astigmatism1, 2, possibly a lower incidence of infection due to higher resistance of the wound to deformation3 and a lower risk of complications such as iris prolapse during surgery in patients at risk such as with intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS). Additional factors that have to be taken into account are the construction and the position of the incision and the influence of the extraocular force on the wound morphology.4 Another effect that may influence the wound architecture is stromal hydration at the end of surgery.5 Wound architecture has recently been assessed6-9 using optical coherence tomography. Elkady et al.10 observed the wound architecture in MICS cases focusing on corneal thickness and the incision angle. However, none of these studies observed the effect of the wound architecture on post-operative astigmatism. Furthermore, all observations in the past have been performed in the post-operative period only and information concerning the wound architecture intra-operatively is missing. A recently launched CE-marked intra-operative OCT allows observing the wound architecture intra-operatively.
One aim of the study is to assess the influence of the intra-operative wound architecture using a similar grading system as used by Calladine and Packard (2007)7 on the resistance to deformation of the wound and the surgically induced astigmatism in MICS and small incision cataract surgery (SICS). In a second part of this exploratory study the effect of a hinged incision with a pre-cut should be assessed along the same line
|Procedure: MICS-group Procedure: SICS-group Procedure: SICS pre-cut Procedure: SICS stab-incision
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|Impact of Incision Size and Architecture on Wound Stability and Astigmatism in Cataract Surgery: an Exploratory Study
- o Correlation between a wound architecture score (developed during the study) and the post-operative astigmatism for the "MICS", the "SICS", the "SICS pre-cut" and the "SICS stab-incision" group [ Time Frame: pre-operatively to one day post-operativly ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: MICS-group
Procedure: MICS-group
Micro incision cataract surgery is done
|Active Comparator: SICS-group
Procedure: SICS-group
small incision cataract surgery is done
|Active Comparator: SICS pre-cut
Procedure: SICS pre-cut
Small incision cataract surgery with pre-cut is done
|Active Comparator: SICS stab-incision
Procedure: SICS stab-incision
Small incision cataract surgery with stab-incision is done
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age-related cataract
- Age 21 and older
- written informed consent prior to recruitment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy (pregnancy test will be taken pre-operatively in women of reproductive age)
- Any ophthalmic abnormality that could compromise the measurements
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01778998
|VIROS - Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgers - Departement of Opthalmology - Hanusch Hospital
|Vienna, Austria, 1140
|Principal Investigator:
|Oliver Findl, MD, MBA
|VIROS - Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery
|Responsible Party:
|Prim. Prof. Dr. Oliver Findl, MBA, Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Findl, MBA, Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01778998 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 25, 2013
|Last Updated:
|February 7, 2014
Keywords provided by Prim. Prof. Dr. Oliver Findl, MBA, Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery:
wound architecture
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lens Diseases
Eye Diseases
Refractive Errors
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The luxury cars sit in the parking lots. The crack of ball hitting bat is distinct in the mornings. The pop of the glove smacks as the sun shines.
While parts of the country still are covered in snow, Arizona and Florida should be mostly sunny Monday as pitchers and catchers start to report to spring training. And that means baseball is back.
Spring training lasts about seven weeks this year thanks to the World Baseball Classic, and over that time we will watch plenty of story lines unfold:
Eyes on Miami
We aren't talking about the Marlins. Outside of Giancarlo Stanton, they aren't worth much attention. But the defunct Biogenesis clinic that once lived in the area is definitely attention worthy for fans, several players, teams and Major League Baseball.
We've already heard the big names like Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and Gio Gonzalez, but will more be linked to performance-enhancing drugs through the clinic's documents? This was one of the more intriguing stories of the offseason and it will continue to be during spring training.
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Spring training 2013: Reporting dates for all 30 MLB teams
Glitz, glamour and money in Hollywood
The Los Angeles Dodgers are officially National League powers; at least we think so. They've spent the money but the players have to produce to prove the dollars were well spent.
The quick criticism of the Dodgers by casual fans last season was that their trade with the Boston Red Sox that brought on a quarter of a billion dollars in salary and some big names was a total waste because the team didn't play well after it happened and missed the postseason. That is an unfair assessment since the team only had Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett and Nick Punto for a little more than 30 games, and they never got to experience Carl Crawford since he was injured the entire time.
This spring the Dodgers will have their homegrown stars—Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw, Andre Ethier—plus the ones they traded for last season, including Hanley Ramirez, and their big offseason free-agent acquisition, Zack Greinke. Those players now have all of camp to jell heading into the first real on-field test of the new ownership group's big spending.
Canadian glory
Appearing for the first time since their mega-makeover, the Toronto Blue Jays now have to prove they are totally healthy and that the big trade acquisitions will pay off.
The Jays are now a player in the American League East, and possibly the favorites. Fulfilling those expectations starts in camp, and that's part of the reason so many people will pay attention to Dunedin, Fla.
Another reason is Melky Cabrera. The Jays signed him as a free agent after he was suspended for 50 games last season for a positive test for synthetic testosterone. His name is also listed in the Biogenesis documents, so for the first time in front of a media horde, Cabrera will have to answer for his transgressions. What he says will be news.
Will the king get his ransom?
Many people were surprised that Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez would agree to a long-term contract extension with the club now; he is one of the game's best pitchers and the Mariners don't look to be anywhere near contending in the AL West. But his $134.5 million extension would make him the game's first $175 million arm.
The deal, though is reportedly being held up because of an elbow issue that sources say arose during Hernandez's physical and caused him to pull out of the WBC. Neither side sees it as a major roadblock, however.
Well, that was also the original sentiment when the Boston Red Sox first found out about Mike Napoli's hip problems. The resulting renegotiation ended up being one of the sagas of the winter.
Teams with money to spend in the next couple years will keep an eye on how Hernandez and the Mariners handle this blip.
Another star in Orange County
The Angels have a gaggle of standouts on their roster, and they spent $125 million over five years to add another one, Josh Hamilton. For the second consecutive season, their free-agent moves weakened the Texas Rangers, a chief rival in the AL West.
Hamilton isn't looked at as a franchise savior, and that is a good thing for him. He never wanted that role; piling those expectations on him was a concern for other franchises that considered paying him a hefty sum. With the Angels, Hamilton is just another important cog along with Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Mark Trumbo, Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson.
All those players have to produce, or that payroll will net them nothing more than an expensive 162 regular-season games.


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