I don’t normally write about men’s tennis, but sometimes there are things happening on the men’s side that impact the women’s game. Most of the time it is about the issue of equal prize money, which often reflects the sexism and misogyny that permeate tennis coverage by men who grew up in an era when men dominated in professional tennis and the women’s game was an afterthought.
Unless you were living under a rock the recent exposing of white supremacist beliefs espoused by some male American tennis players has found its way into women’s tennis. Ever since the election of Donald Trump as President, some tennis fans, who have long held the view that most of the white men that play professional tennis are racists and misogynists, have had their concerns confirmed by the writings and commentary espoused via social media by John Isner, Ryan Harrison and now Tennys Sandgren.
Someone needs to tell Mr. Sandgren that when you come for Serena, you basically take on all of tennis. I will not use this medium to defend Ms. Serena Jameka Williams, first of her name, because goodness me the woman is quite capable of doing that all on her own as she has been doing all her life.
As a case in point, Mr. Sandgren chose to issue a general apology today and Ms. Williams responded https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js“>in kind.
What I wish to address is the clear lack of PR training that seems to go on in men’s tennis. Gone apparently are the days when media training seemed to be an essential tool in selling men’s tennis. Today, you find all kinds of views being espoused by all and sundry. It used to be that one would only know a racist by their behaviour, but through social media these men openly declare their racist, homophobic, and sexist views through their interactions with those holding such views. It has become another space for players to reveal themselves.
This morning (24 January), John Isner labelled people who cite racism, sexism and homophobia as victims. This is the same John Isner who felt betrayed because people in New York City chose to cheer for Frenchman Gael Monfils in a match against him. To compound that issue, his good friend, Mr. Sandgren felt the need to declare that New York City, the greatest City (apart from Kingston, Jamaica) that was ever built, probably should not have the privilege of hosting a Grand Slam event. Who is the victim in this scenario?
The world has been watching what has been happening in the United States, a country previously defined by its generosity of spirit as it welcomed people with open arms, begin to close its borders. Men, ugly inside and outside, whose families have benefitted from the largesse of immigrants from countries who helped to build that great nation are suddenly making policies that benefit only people of a certain colour.
Tennys Sandgren traces his roots back to South Africa, a country so steeped in apartheid and racial segregation that once the back of that oppressive regime was broken, most white people who still believed that black people were inferior to white people and that apartheid was God given made their way to places like the United States, Canada, and England. I can tell you first hand that some have tried to make their home in the Caribbean, but without success. These people espouse a doctrine and a belief that is an anathema to social equality. Yet, they have found comfort in espousing these views in certain corners.
While many who cover tennis continues to make excuses for Tennys Sandgren, citing his age etc (hello Nick Kyrgios), they are also revealing their feelings about equality. It is important for all of us to listen very keenly to the excuses that are being made about Mr. Sandgren and his social media leanings. It is important for us to listen very keenly as journalists try to construct a narrative of excuses for a young man who clearly grew up in a home that lacked diversity and an understanding of its value. We need to take note as they defend a man who felt it was ok to denigrate minorities on a social media platform and then retreat into talks about his Christian beliefs and about following Jesus’ teachings when his beliefs were challenged.
Well, Mr. Sandgren, let me tell you about Jesus, because I am also a Christian. I am not just a warmer of benches on Sundays, but I follow the teachings of Christ to the letter. The Jesus that I know and love and which many people, including Serena Williams, know and love were taught to love everybody, no matter their race, gender, sexual orientation or country of origin. We love all equitably. If you wish to know that Jesus, you are welcome to come to my church and join us so that you too can know this Jesus.
I missed last night’s match with Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova but I intend to watch it today. I have no idea what happened but I am sure that Karolina Pliskova and her coach are also wondering what happened.
In the other quarter final, Angelique Kerber seems to be finding her groove. Madison Keys had no answer, but it was good to see her smiling even during her loss. It can’t have been a happy outing for her. Caroline Wozniacki suffered another scare when it took her 3 sets to take out Carla Suarez-Navarro and Elise Mertens absolutely demolished Elina Svitolina. Svitolina has cited a hip injury for her loss, but we all know that even if she didn’t have that hip injury she was being outplayed from every part of the court. A good hip would not have saved her.
I will be back later today with my semifinal write up and Spin’s Picks.
I never like to write about players who seen hell bent on trying to change the narrative of their careers. Whether it is trying to get to the top ranking, trying to break into the elite of elites and win a Major or even the simple act of trying to break into the top 10. I have always maintained that players already have it hard with the pressure that they place on themselves that they don’t need armchair pundits like myself adding to the pressure.
I have tried not to talk or write about Wozniacki because she does seem to be on a mission. Whether that mission is to claw her way back to the top of women’s tennis or whether it is trying to win that elusive Major, Wozniacki has been hitting the ball as well or even better than when she was the top ranked woman in women’s tennis.
Don’t get me wrong her ability to play long grueling rallies during matches is still there but she is much more forceful on her forehand side and her serve which while good has never been outstanding has gotten even better. It would seem that with all the coaching changes that Team Wozniacki has experienced over the years they have taken a little bit of all those coaches to build a better tennis player. Wozniacki has now become Frankenwoz. Last night she was hitting from everywhere on the court with a 6-3, 6-0 drubbing of Rybarikova.
Her performance puts her into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The first time she has reached this round since 2011 when she made the semifinals. With her performance last night picking against Wozniacki might not be the best thing to do right now.
61, 6-3 and it wasn’t even that close. I got up this morning and saw the scoreline and thought to myself, well at least the second set was relatively competitive, except it really wasn’t. I did want to mention that ever since Sharapova returned from her doping suspension, she has looked slow, unsure around the court and not as fired up as she was pre-meldonium ban. Without a doubt Kerber has improved this season, but Sharapova, title notwithstanding this year is a shadow of her former self. Caught behind the baseline for much of the match, Sharapova kept lunging after balls and there seems to be no improvement whatsoever to her game. She still can’t hit a traditional volley and while before she was known as the queen of 3 sets, now she appears exhausted after a straight sets match. As someone opined elsewhere the fear factor, if there was ever one in the locker room no longer exists.
However, the match of the day was the 2 hour and 45 minute wonder that was the third set of Halep/Davis. Who knew that 2 players who barely scrape 5 ft, 6 could make an entire stadium rise to its feet in appreciation. After 3 hours, Lauren Davis held 3 consecutive match points on the Simona Halep serve. She failed to take any of them. Simona Halep by extension had to serve for the match 4 times before finally earning her first match point. There was a medical time out drama (broken toenail), heat exhaustion, mental issues, but both women kept going and going and going.
After listening to Pam Shriver bemoan the many breaks of serve in women’s matches, it was a bit of karmic justice that one of the best matches of this year’s Australian Open featured a match where neither player had a big serve, and neither player was able to serve out a match until Halep through sheer willpower managed to do so.
I was late for church this morning as I ended up watching my new favourite player, Su Wei Hseih do her thing. In her match this morning against Radwanska, Hseih took control of the match from first to last ball. I don’t know what is going on with Radwanska but her body appears to be broken. In most if not of all her matches so far this year she has had to call the trainer to treat some injury or other. I dubbed her match against Hseih Ninja v. Ninja, but it was like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Just no competition.
Naomi Osaka with a new coach and looking fitter and leaner than I have ever seen her shut down the crowd on Margaret Court Arena by taking out Australia’s last female hope in singles in straight sets. She served well but returned even better. Her shot selection was on point and her attitude on court was sublime.
One of the more popular pieces that I have ever written for this blog is a how to guide about covering women’s tennis. I am linking it again as a reminder to commentators and sports journalists alike that women’s tennis is not the forgotten stepchild of tennis, but is a professional endeavour undertaken in the same rigorous manner like the men. It is not to be ridiculed and frankly, it is not an aside or prelude to the main event, i.e. a men’s match.
Last night there were some matches that were so entertaining that for a minute I wondered at the lack of tennis enthusiasts, commentators and journalists providing play by play commentary via social media. The first match on Rod Laver Arena featured qualifier Luksika Kumkhum and comeback queen Petra Martic. It was a match with its ups and downs, but the shotmaking was absolutely incredible. It is true that the match was slow going at first, but once Kumkhum took the second set, we all knew we would be in for the ride of our lives in the third set. Kumkhum played exceptionally well, so much so that at one point she had the fans in the stands on their feet with her athleticism, especially in the forecourt. During that match there was such a dearth of commentary on social media, I wondered whether I was the only person watching it.
What made the match so exceptionally good was the fact that it was really hot, but you would never know it, apart from each player taking a little bit of time in the shade. Neither player made the heat an issue. Meanwhile, there was a men’s match being played at the same time, and from what I saw on social media, neither man was able to contend with the heat. One sports journalist suggested the quality of play was poor as the men were just trying to survive.
Another match that provided great entertainment and is the focus of my commentary today is the match between Jelena Ostapenko and Annett Kontaveit. At the tail end of the first set, that doyen of women’s tennis, Pam Shriver spoke about the many breaks of serve in the women’s match, while comparing the fact that the men’s match only had 3 breaks of serve over 3 sets. The inference to be drawn is that the men’s game either had better serves or the quality of play was much better than the women’s match. Nothing could be further from the truth. Breaking your opponent’s serve is a part of the sport of tennis. You can’t win a tennis match if you don’t break serve, whether it is during a set or even during a tiebreak. At some point you have to lose serve. Why breaking serve is misinterpreted as a defect in the women’s game is beyond my comprehension.
Therein lies the rub for me. If commentators influence how people, who are scrolling through channels, view the women’s game, then the WTA is going to be hard pressed to build momentum for its sport. Rather than talking about the inability of the women to hold serve, how about we talk about the competitiveness of matches? Why cast a feature if the game in such a negative light?
Another narrative that has raised its head is how many women have the ability to leave the Australian Open wearing the No. 1 crown. Rather than spinning it as instability at the top, how about framing it as an indication of the depth of talent on the women’s tour? Would we rather see a Tour that increasingly relies on the fortunes of 2 players (Federer/Nadal) to gain large tv audiences, or would we rather have a Tour that has a slate of multiple players pushing each other forward. Once Federer and Nadal have left the men’s Tour (and yes hard to believe but they will eventually retire), the men’s Tour will be left with a group of men who will most likely jockey for position each week, even if some are devoid of personality and have already earned the ire of tennis journalists everywhere. Will we suddenly see a valuing of having a chase for number 1 among more than two players?
We have to move away from using the men’s game as a measuring stick for the women. The women’s game can be measured based upon its own merits, which may very well include the fact that women are capable of breaking each other’s serve.
Would we rather see a Tour that increasingly relies on the fortunes of 2 players (Federer/Nadal) to gain large tv audiences, or would we rather have a Tour that has some amount of stability to take it forward. Once Federer and Nadal have left the men’s Tour (and yes hard to believe but they will eventually retire), the men’s Tour will be left with some men who are devoid of personality and who have already earned the ire of tennis journalists everywhere.
One of the reasons why I cover the Slams moreso than regular WTA tournaments is because at the Slams you will see players that you normally never get to see during regular WTA events. Part of the problem is that the WTA product is not on tv on a regular basis, but part of it is that sometimes you just don’t have the time to watch many tennis matches.
The Majors allow you the opportunity to either watch matches when you get home in the evenings (the Australian Open) or in the early mornings (French Open/Wimbledon) before you leave for work. In addition, the Slams provide wall to wall coverage, with many courts being covered.
As a result of that I got to see a player who I have only ever thought of as a doubles specialist, play tennis in a way that in my view is under appreciated. Su Wei Hseih is relatively small compared to other players. I think she stands about 5 feet, 2 inches and probably weighs about 100 pounds soaking wet. She has no name brand clothes, and her tennis is for want of a better word unusual.
Last night in a match played on Rod Laver Arean, Hseih took apart the game of a 2 time Slam champion in Garbine Muguruza. I know that when most tennis writers talk about that match they will inevitably pull the Muguruza was injured card, but for me watching that match, Garbine was simply out played. Hseih used Muguruza’s power and athleticism against her. She redirected the ball every chance she got and she got Muguruza moving. Not afraid of the net herself, Hseih came in when the opporutnity presented itself and on the rare occassions when she was caught in long baseline rallies, she stepped up and hit cross court backhand winners that left Muguruza flat footed.
It was a fantastic match and shows everyone that you can win tennis matches if you employ guile and a deft touch.
Another player who did that last night was Aga Radwanska. In a match that she should have lost, Radwanska used all her considerable guile to outplay Lesia Tsurennko. It was a very disappointing end to the tournament for Tsurenko who actually served for the match and failed to get it over the line.
I have not yet had a chance to see the replay of the Barty/Giorgi match but it seems as if the player with the more nuanced game won. Hopefully Giorgi will not be too disappointed and will continue to improve.
As I write I am currently watching a replay of Halep/Bouchard and play and I will update this post.
I have been watching, as has everyone with a social media handle and television set the rise of the MeToo and TimesUp movement. The movement has been happening in journalism, entertainment, movies and now it has found its way into sport, most notably in women’s gymnastics. Larry Nasser the doctor who treated female gymnasts at the USA Gymnastic facility has been convicted of numerous counts of sexual assault. He is currently awaiting sentencing. Currently we are hearing and reading about his victims as they take the stand at his sentence hearing to give their Victim Impact Statements. The stories these women are telling are chilling, but it reminds me about tennis’ own MeToo and TimesUp movement that happened not too long ago.
It started with allegations against a Hall of Famer and it took months of reaching out to tennis personalities (including former players) before the authorities in South Africa even did any investigations. Recently, after Ilie Nastase made his racist remarks about the colour of Serena’s baby, Pam Shriver spoke about how Nastase had wanted to know if she was still a virgin.
I wondered recently when tennis would have its own MeToo and TimesUp moment. Surely no one thinks that many of these young men and women who have had to leave their families, some from very poor circumstances to go to training academies, where sometimes they don’t even speak enough English, and wonder if some ne’er do well coach has not used the opportunity to play fast and loose.
Tennis, being the insular, incestuous, secretive sport that it is, I doubt if we will ever hear of anything like this happening, in the same way that USA Gymnastics is about to have its own moment of reckoning. As will be the case a lot of people will say that these things do not happen, but if you have not already done so, you can read Jelena Dokic’s book or read about Mirjana Lucic-Baroni and know that while these instances of abuse were happening, no tennis journalist covering the sport at the time, or indeed any players came out in defence of any of these women. In the same way, if these things are happening at academies, no one will ever speak out against it, because that is how tennis works.
Clearly, tennis now needs its own #MeToo and #TimesUp moment.
Kanepi v. Suarez-Navarro (Kanepi is one of my favourite players to watch. Hits cleanly and crisply. If you can just listen to the sound that the ball makes coming off her racquet. Suarez-Navarro has been playing well, but don’t know if she has what it takes to take down Kanepi.
It must hard to be Serena Williams. I imagine it must be even harder to be Venus Williams.
Venus was the first of the Williams Sisters to make a Grand Slam final. She was the first to join the WTA Tour. She was the first to play with beads in her hair. She was the first to hit a swing volley. She was the first with a serve that was clocked the fastest in the world ever hit by a woman. There is a lot of firsts for Venus.
This year she was the first top seed to lose at the Australian Open. I am sure that is not something that Venus would like to herald from the mountaintop. The player who took her down in straight sets, went out in the same way to unheralded Kumkhum, a qualifer from Thailand. Most of us first became aware of Kumkhum when she took out Petra Kvitova in the first round of the US Open some years ago.
When Bencic took the court at Rod Laver arena to play Venus she brought the holdover swagger from winning the Hopman Cup. She had confidence and she let Venus know that despite the age difference and despite the fact that Venus was a top player, she was here not only to play but play to win. And she did just that.
I watched Bencic’s match against Kumkhum from start to finish. I expected her to pull a rabbit out of a hat, especially on her break chances. I expected her to win those long deuce games. I expected her to use her power and guile against Kumkhum in the same way she did against Venus. Instead, what I saw was the petulant, entitled Bencic who clearly needed someone to come down court side and hold her hand.
I sometimes do not wish to use the narrative that players play their best against Venus and Serena, but after watching last night’s performance, there is no other way to spin what can only be termed a disastrous showing by Bencic.
I went to bed during the second set of Wozniacki’s match against Fett. I woke up this morning to hear that Wozniacki came back from 5-1 and 2 match points to beat Fett 7-5 in the third. I have not seen the third set, but no doubt I will try and take the opportunity to see what happened. It was my first time seeing or even hearing about Fett, and apart from her unusual service toss which always makes me think she is going to double fault, there is a lot to like about her game.
In another match that finished very late Australia time, Gavrilova, up 5-0 in the first set, would go on to lose that set 7-5 to the always dangerous Elise Mertens and then end up losing the match in straight sets. I don’t know what Gavrilova needs to take her game to the next level, but bouncing around the court and trying to get the home crowd on her side against her opponent is not it.
Day 2 is now done and dusted. The final match of the ladies first round saw a really good match between Barty and Sabalenka. The match showcased the raw talent that is Sabalenka who mixed it up quite nicely, coming in at every opportunity. It also showcased a player that I really enjoy watching, and that is Ashleigh Barty. Composed and skilled, Barty showed us why the great Justine Henin took her under her wing a few years ago in an effort to develop her talent. It is great to see her back on Tour and playing with such panache.
I barely watched any matches last night and it makes no sense to DVR the matches that happen overnight simply because ESPN prefers to showcase men’s matches and if they do feature women’s matches, it is usually some “marquee” name that I have no interest in watching.
Last night was no different as the featured match once ESPN came on air was Sharapova v. Maria. Clearly this caused social media to go all in on the fact that Sharapova was playing herself, a fact many people found quite funny. Chris Fowler and Chris Evert had the call and prior to my switching to something else, the consensus from Chris Fowler was that it was a poor look for tennis to actually have someone returning from a doping violation, a doping violation that was incurred at this event 2 years ago, to take part in the draw ceremony. He felt that it sent the wrong message. Chris Evert, ever the wannabe peacemaker opined that Sharapova had served her suspension. Fowler took the view that it was not a good look for the sport. He further went on to mention how tepid the response was by the fans in the stands when Sharapova was announced. Fans, despite what people might think are not being lead as sheep to slaughter.
Day 2 matches had little or no surprises. There wasn’t any match that stuck out to me. Petra Kvitova lost to Andrea Petkovic in what must have either been an error filled match or some clean ball striking. I have not yet had the opportunity to watch the match on replay.
It wouldn’t be a Slam if some idiot didn’t call out the women’s game for grunting. This time around it is Todd Woodbridge, bygone doubles player from an era when tennis wasn’t even on tv. Mr. Woodbridge, during the match against Aussie Ashleigh Barty and Belarussian Sabalenko, tweeted that until the women stop grunting perhaps the time has come for their matches not to be shown (or words to that effect). In effect, he felt that the grunting was reason enough for tv to switch from showcasing a match featuring two talented women.
I know I say it all the time and I suspect I will have to keep saying it but tennis needs more women at the top of the sport where it counts. We need more women in the commentary booth who are willing to call out the sexism when it happens in our sport. Rather than enjoying the spectacle (which made me late for work), Mr. Woodbridge felt that the women (even one of his own) should be punished because someone was grunting during a match. I suspect that Mr. Woodbridge will next be calling for the dismissal of the tournament announcer who felt it was his duty to mock Ms. Barty’s opponent after the end of the first set.
Continue being you tennis. Continue being you.
These are the words that let tennis fans know that a match is about to start. For Venus Williams, she was like most of us who hear the alarm clock, decide to hit it and say just one minute more please.
There is no doubt that Venus’ first round opponent, Swiss Miss Belinda Bencic was on her game. We saw that during her Hopman Cup matches. Her net game was much improved. she was fitter than before she had her injury layoff but what impressed a lot of people was her return of serve. Prior to her injury layoff, Bencic would routinely lose matches and one key stat was her inability to return serve. One cannot forget her suffering through 15 aces by Sharapova at the Australian Open in 2016.
Venus on the other hand could not get a read on Bencic’s serve. She had multiple break point opportunities to get even in the first set and while most of those opportunities had to do with Bencic serving her way out of trouble, it also had to do with Venus’ sluggishness.
Last year another great champion got taken to task for skipping the whole clay season to focus on the grass season. This was a decision that paid off in the end as Federer ended up winning Wimbledon. Perhaps the time has come for Venus to start scheduling smarter. I am sure that Serena was quite upset about not being able to defend her title here this year but she took the view that it was better that she return when she is able to compete effectively rather than just seeking to defend points.
Venus needs to take that same view. The Australian Open is a tournament at which Venus has had some shocking losses. She has made the finals twice in her long and storied career and frankly I would not miss her if she never played it again. I think Venus and her team need to take the long view when it comes to her schedule. She is not a young player. She has health issues and in my honest opinion, if Venus expects to win big tournaments or any tournament she needs to schedule better. If that means dropping tournaments that are too close to the end of the season or too close to the start of the season then she needs to drop them. I believe she should start her season in the spring by playing smaller tournaments to get match fit.
They kept dropping like flies. Sloane, Venus, Coco, Falconi, Kenin, and Townsend. The men were not to be left out as both Jack Sock and John Isner were both sent packing (MAGA). Even Ryan Harrison barely made it through as Dudi Sela served for the match, but failed to do so.
Sloane Stephens has not won a match since winning at the US Open last season. In her match against Zhang, Stephens served for the match at 5-4 in the second set but would go on to lose the set in a tiebreak, get broken early in the third set and seemed to tire at the end. Reduced to chasing balls and being pulled from side to side, Stephens would try drop shots that did not make their over the net, and the constant looking at her coach for guidance became the hallmark of the rest of the match.
As someone else has opined elsewhere, the worst thing to ever happen to Sloane Stephens was winning the US Open. It is a travesty that similar to Kim Clijsters who returned to the Tour in 2009 rested and refreshed only to win the US Open that year, Stephens returned to the WTA Tour, recovering from a knee injury and returned refreshed and renewed.
Usually, I never write about these things because I find it quite tiring but I have to register my disgust with the Australian Open App. It does not work. No live scoring. No results. No schedule. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Millions of dollars have been spent. A draw ceremony that left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. Maybe the Australian Open has lost its way. Hopefully, the same amount of effort that went into getting Sharapova to stand there and smile and answer questions about “returning” to the Tour will be made into getting an app that actually does what it is supposed to do.


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LAFS.4.RI.1.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining and when to drawing inferences from the text.
LAFS.4.RI.1.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
LAFS.4.SL.1.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.LAFS.4.RI.4.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational text, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
LAFS.4.RF.4.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
SS.4.A.3.8 Explain how the Seminole Tribe formed and the purpose for their migration.
SS.4.A.3.9 Explain how Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty) became a U.S. territory.
Provide references to details and/or examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when explaining inferences drawn from the text.
Provide an explanation of events in a historical text including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
Provide a statement that integrates information from two texts on the same topic.


Who Rejected Google Voice for iPhone? AT&T: Not Us. Google: REDACTED. Apple: We're "Studying" It, Not Rejecting It.
Question 1. Why did Apple reject the Google Voice application for iPhone and remove related third-party applications from its App Store?
The application has not been approved because, as submitted for review, it appears to alter the iPhone’s distinctive user experience by replacing the iPhone’s core mobile telephone functionality and Apple user interface with its own user interface for telephone calls, text messaging and voicemail. Apple spent a lot of time and effort developing this distinct and innovative way to seamlessly deliver core functionality of the iPhone. For example, on an iPhone, the “Phone” icon that is always shown at the bottom of the Home Screen launches Apple’s mobile telephone application, providing access to Favorites, Recents, Contacts, a Keypad, and Visual Voicemail. The Google Voice application replaces Apple’s Visual Voicemail by routing calls through a separate Google Voice telephone number that stores any voicemail, preventing voicemail from being stored on the iPhone, i.e., disabling Apple’s Visual Voicemail. Similarly, SMS text messages are managed through the Google hub—replacing the iPhone’s text messaging feature. In addition, the iPhone user’s entire Contacts database is transferred to Google’s servers, and we have yet to obtain any assurances from Google that this data will only be used in appropriate ways. These factors present several new issues and questions to us that we are still pondering at this time.
1(a). What role, if any, did AT&T play in Apple’s consideration of the Google Voice and related applications?
AT&T had no role in Apple’s consideration of Google Voice or related applications.
1(b). What role, if any, does AT&T play in consideration of iPhone applications generally?
The Apple App Store is owned, operated and controlled by Apple, not AT&T, and Apple makes the decisions regarding the specific applications that are approved for use on the iPhone or included in the Apple App Store. AT&T does not participate in Apple’s day-to-day consideration of specific applications, nor does Apple typically notify AT&T prior to including applications in the App Store. Apple also does not usually advise AT&T after specific applications have been added to the App Store, which reportedly contains more than 65,000 applications. AT&T has had discussions with Apple regarding only a handful of applications that have been submitted to Apple for review where, as described below, there were concerns that the application might create significant network congestion.
That satisfy your curiosity? Doesn’t satisfy mine, either.
There is a provision in Apple’s agreement with AT&T that obligates Apple not to include functionality in any Apple phone that enables a customer to use AT&T’s cellular network service to originate or terminate a VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) session without obtaining AT&T’s permission. Apple honors this obligation, in addition to respecting AT&T’s customer terms of service, which, for example, prohibit an AT&T customer from using AT&T’s cellular service to redirect a TV signal to an iPhone. From time to time, AT&T has expressed concerns regarding network efficiency and potential network congestion associated with certain applications, and Apple takes such concerns into consideration.
It is widely recognized by economists and jurists that parties to strategic alliances in competitive markets may enter into contracts to promote and protect their respective business interests and to refrain from taking actions adverse to those interests.12 Consistent with such lawful, economically efficient practices common among parties to strategic alliances, including participants in the mobile wireless marketplace,13 AT&T and Apple agreed that Apple would not take affirmative steps to enable an iPhone to use AT&T’s wireless service (including 2G, 3G and Wi-Fi) to make VoIP calls without first obtaining AT&T’s consent. AT&T and Apple also agreed, however, that if a third party enables an iPhone to make VoIP calls using AT&T’s wireless service, Apple would have no obligation to take action against that third party….AT&T indicated to Apple that it does not object to Apple enabling VoIP applications for the iPhone that use Wi-Fi connectivity (including connectivity at more than 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots operated by AT&T that may be used by iPhone customers for no additional charge) rather than AT&T’s 2G or 3G wireless data services….we plan to take a fresh look at possibly authorizing VoIP capabilities on the iPhone for use on AT&T’s 3G network.


The King never actually appears in the original Chambers stories. Although he is described by the narrator of 'The Yellow Sign' as having "opened his tattered mantle," this is not something he sees. Given that this takes place when the watchman breaks into the artist's studio, is it the King manifesting through his servant, or a delusion of the watchman assuming the form of his King? Again, we never really know, the experience being intensely personal to the narrator. The victim of 'The Court of the Dragon' only hears his voice, whispering to his soul. Given this, it's very hard to work out a description of what (or who) the King is, and how he appears.
"The ambition of Caesar and of Napolean pales before that which could not rest until it had seized the minds of men and controlled even their unborn thoughts," said Mr Wilde. "You are speaking of the King in Yellow," I groaned with a shudder. "He is a king whom emperors have served."
Dialogue between Castaigne and Wilde is frequently veiled in the trappings of their conspiracy, which may be, to varying degrees, delusional or may be completely independent of their madness. This is the first line of Chamber's book that tells us anything about the King, actually telling us little, but implying much. As a king whom emperors has served, presumably unknowingly, it is worth considering whether this is a mix-up of hierachy, or whether the title 'king' is less to do with rank than it is a sense of grandeur or power. Perhaps the role is purely to conform to an archetype.
In terms of kings and emperors, it might be argued that the former is much 'closer to the people' than the latter, and a Kingdom much more centralised (and controlled) than an Empire. Emperors are often seen as warriors, Kings more as noblemen (in very basic terms - Kings are born, Emperors struggle to be something greater).
And yet the King in Yellow 'could not rest until it had seized the minds of men and controlled even their unborn thoughts', which suggests the King might have the urges of conquest and control usually equated with an Emperor. It might be that the realm of the mind, of conscious and unconscious thought (or some aspect of it), is 'his' rightful Kingdom. It's also interesting to note that the phrase is set in the past tense. The King has already seized minds and controlled unborn thoughts. Obviously not all minds, so the relevance of the quote must lie elsewhere (unless truly the ramblings of a madman). Might it hint at some distant time when the King was first able to manifest some power in this world? Or might it relate to those who have fallen beneath 'his' rule in alien worlds, much like Carcosa?
Of course, all talk of Kingdoms and Empires might be misleading. If the King insteads represents a parody of ruling nobility, or a metaphor for power (and control) the borders of his 'Kingdom' are unmarked and may be ever changing.
It is a diadem fit for a King among kings, an Emperor among emperors. The King in Yellow might scorn it, but it shall be worn by his loyal servant.
Another allusion to Kings and Emperors, suggesting that the King in Yellow is just as much an Emperor as a King (note the use of capital initials), but also suggesting his distaste for the trappings of royalty, highlighting his more subversive role. Castaigne, the narrator, has no such objection. In many ways there is a parallel with the opinion some religions have of material possessions. In this way, Castaigne is only human and, by clinging to the trappings of power (rather than the power itself) fails to grasp the transcendent messages of his God. Perhaps this preoccupation on mortal concerns (in particular, the usurping of his cousin's throne) that leads to his downfal.
It's interesting to note that, aside from his own misguided understanding, Castaigne seems relatively unplagued by the King. Whilst most of the characters in the Chambers stories fear the play (potentially attracting the King with their fear), Castaigne's fear is tempered but his loyalty to the King. Does the King favour Castaine for his loyalty, fail to notice him at all for his lack of terror or just allow him free reign to exercise his own madness? Of course, it's always possible that the whole story takes place after Castaigne has been cursed by the play and the King, and his miserable fate in the story is an inevitable conclusion.
"The scalloped tatters of the King must hide Yhtill forever," he muttered, but I do not believe Vance heard him.
A descriptive piece that suggests that the King may well dress the part of the King, even if 'he' chooses not to keep them from becoming ragged. Or, again, the clothing is a parody of regal dress.
As for what Yhtill is, we never know. Whether it is the name of a place (a city?), a person (the King?) or something else entirely isn't clear, and this is the only time in Chamber's book the name is used.
It is also curious to note that the King's tatters 'must hide' Yhtill. Does this mean they must EVENTUALLY hide Yhtill to achieve the King's grand plans or that they must CONTINUE TO hide Yhtill to avoid incurring the King's wrath (or the threat of something else)? Or is it the less likely suggestion that these tatters must SURELY hide Yhtill just because no-one has ever found 'it', and have next to no chance of doing so. This idea, of course, reduces Wilde's words to casual observation rather than words of portent.


What is an illness insurance policy? Critical illness insurance covers you in case you are diagnosed with a serious or life threatening illness. You would be financially protected by a tax free lump sum payment. Illnesses that qualify for this insurance include; cancer or a heart attack. The type of illness covered depends on each individual insurance company and their products.
After your doctor has diagnosed the illness, then the insurance policy will pay you a tax-free lump sum that can be used to cover your financial overhead and monthly bills. Having this type of insurance helps bring the policy holder peace of mind in the sense that they will not be stressed out about money. Critical illness insurance is often combined with term assurance; this kind of policy pays out on whatever happens first.
Below are a few short descriptions of advantages and disadvantages of being insured under a critical illness policy.
The insured policy holder receives a cash lump-sum after the illness is diagnosed. Within a certain time frame, usually a thirty-day period once a formal diagnosis has been made, the policy will pay out a tax-free cash lump-sum payment to the policy holder.
The policy provides family protection, critical illness insurance guarantees that the policy holder and family are protected and are able to take care of financial necessities, such as rent, bills and general living expenses.
The policy covers a comprehensive list of illnesses. The individual illnesses that a critical illness policy covers will vary for each insurer and policy. These policies can cover over 35 different medical conditions. A good policy should always cover illnesses like heart conditions, strokes and cancer and most policies do.
The insurance policy has the option of guaranteed premiums. Some insurance premiums are reviewable and at the time of taking out a policy, these premiums will be less expensive. The consumer has the option to take out a policy with guaranteed premium, so that the premiums do not rise over time, and the amount per month or year is locked in. Reviewable premiums might be less expensive, however it is better to ask for guaranteed premiums as reviewable premiums usually will rise at the insurers discretion.
Additional costs can be a financial burden for a family. Those families who are struggling financially and are barely unable to meet the cost of the premiums find it difficult to afford the policy. Critical insurance is often more expensive than life insurance because of the amount of illnesses it covers and their insurance companies risk the insurer is taking on.
The policy may exclude certain diseases. Always check a critical illness policy thoroughly and read all of the fine print. The illnesses that it covers can vary significantly. Perhaps the family are aware of Crohn’s disease in their medical history, and they may be after a policy that covers it, some policies do not. While this may not be a deal breaker for some, a person with Crohn’s disease within his or her family runs a twenty percent chance of contracting the illness, which is why some policies carry this illness and others do not.
The policy probably will not cover life threatening illnesses if the consumer has already have suffered a certain disease in the past. If the illness is within the family’s medical history, then this illness may be excluded from the policy. The policy holder may have had a brush with a nasty kidney infection or someone in the family might have kidney trouble. Any illness relating to the kidneys may not be covered. It was reported some time ago that breast cancer and prostate cancers were being eliminated from some policies because the survival rate for both of these cancers is so high now.
The underwriting process once the insurer has gathered all of the information for the policy can be tough. The insurer will assess the policy bases on what information they are given. If the consumer is over weight, or a smoker or a heavy drinker, all of these bad habits will raise the premiums, so much so that the consumer may think that it is not affordable. This can also happen if there is a history of serious illness within their family.
If the consumer can afford to take out a policy, then it is probably in their best interest, especially if there are serious illnesses lurking within the family. No one wants to be struggling financially when they are seriously ill and trying to recover. Critical illness cover is something you as a consumer want to consider to protect themselves and their family. Premiums and illnesses covered will vary from insurer to insurer, so it’s important to shop around for the best deal.


Historically, Polish is known to be an important language, both diplomatically and academically in Central and Eastern Europe.
Polish was a lingua franca from 1500–1700 in Central and small portions of Eastern Europe, because of the political, cultural, scientific and military influence of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.), contains the earliest known sentence written in the Polish language: Day, ut ia pobrusa, a ti poziwai (pronounced originally as: Daj, uć ja pobrusza, a ti pocziwaj, modern Polish: Daj, niech ja pomielę, a ty odpoczywaj or Pozwól, że ja będę mełł, a ty odpocznij, English: Come, let me grind, and you take a rest), written around 1270.
The largest concentrations of Polish speakers reported in the census (over 50%) were found in three states: Illinois (185,749), New York (111,740), and New Jersey (74,663).


Is there a way to change the order of execution of hook_form_alter in Drupal 7 without changing a module's weight or hacking Drupal Core?
I am trying to alter the element added in translation_form_node_form_alter from the translation module. When debugging the form I can't find the element so I assume my hook is being executed before the one in the translation module is.
I don't think so. translation_form_node_form_alter() implements hook_form_BASE_FORM_ID_alter() which I believe is called after hook_form_alter(), so even changing the module weight wouldn't be enough. I think your two options are to use a hook_form_BASE_FORM_ID_alter() and ensure you have a high enough module weight, or use hook_form_FORM_ID_alter() (if possible).
Also worth mentioning, there is a new drupal 7 API called hook_module_implements_alter() which lets you alter the execution order for a given hook WIHOUT altering the module weights table.
This also works when the other module has provided a form_alter hook in the variation: hook_form_FORM_ID_alter. (they explain that in the documentation: hook_module_implements_alter).
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Highlighting the benefits of an MDM program from both technical and business perspectives is essential to gaining support for funding.
How can MDM project proponents gain the funding needed to get it off the ground?
MDM -- master data management -- is an approach to the management of commonly used data. That approach must start at the strategic level, as part of the development of an enterprise information management strategy. It should describe the vision for commonly used data (customer, product, location) and for all reference data. In addition, a strategy should outline the reasons for having an enterprise approach to MDM, the current challenges faced without an MDM approach and the benefits that would be realized with an MDM initiative. These challenges and benefits should be viewed from both technical and business perspectives.
The business case for an MDM program should be based on actual situations in which the organization either suffered a loss or could not gain an advantage due to a lack of managed master data. Was the company unable to close a big deal because it could not connect several divisions together to show that in total, the organization had spent much more money on products than anticipated -- and did they not get the "preferred company discount"? Is the company spending excessively and unnecessarily on postage for mailings to prospects with bad addresses, no intention to buy, etc.? Is the company paying fines for robocalling names on a prospect list that has never been synchronized with a "do not call" list? All of these examples can be included in a business case for MDM. If the sponsor feels sufficient pain from these costs, funding for the MDM initiative may be granted, provided the rest of the proposal is technically sound.


Systematic reviews seek to bring together the evidence from research that already exists, to answer the question for the review. In many cases, the aim is to combine the findings of the research studies in a meta-analysis, thereby increasing statistical power and precision of the effect estimate and supporting the conduct of additional analysis, such as the investigation of the effects in different subgroups. Even if there is no desire to combine the results of the studies, reviewers might wish to compare and contrast the included studies, to explore the effects of clinical and methodological heterogeneity. However, these intentions are often thwarted by inconsistencies in the outcomes that were measured and reported in the individual studies. It might not be possible to compare, contrast or combine the results of the individual studies because those results are presented for different outcomes. This contributes to waste in research . It means that many reviews which would otherwise be able to pool results and generate robust effect estimates are unable to do much more than summarise the findings of each of the eligible studies as a separate piece of information. This, in turn, makes it difficult for readers to use the review to make informed decisions and choices about health and social care.
One solution, which would also help with streamlining the systematic reviewing process , is for all trials in a particular topic area to measure and report a standardised set of outcomes and for these outcomes to be used in the review. This would not limit the ability of researchers to examine other outcomes that might be of particular interest for their research but would mean that every trial could contribute useful data to the analyses of the key outcomes. One means to achieve this is through the development of core outcome sets, and we present the case for greater involvement of the systematic review community in their development and implementation in this commentary. It builds on an earlier commentary, encouraging greater use of core outcome sets in trial registries .
Core outcome sets are an agreed standardised collection of outcomes that should be measured and reported for a specific area of health. These sets represent the minimum that should be measured and reported in all clinical trials of a specific condition and are also suitable for use in other types of research and clinical audit . Although there are examples of core outcome sets going back more than 30 years , and some well-established ones such as Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) for rheumatoid arthritis , they are still relatively rare. A systematic review, with searches up to 2013, found just under 200 in the published literature, across a wide range of areas but with many notable gaps, including for common conditions such as diabetes . In some areas of health and social care, researchers might have already reached a stage where all (or almost all) studies measure more or less the same set of outcomes, but a formal process of agreeing on a core outcome set might still help to cement this informal consensus. This could also reinforce the important point that the standardisation which is achieved with a core outcome set is not intended to stifle innovation . The outcomes in the set should represent the minimum to be collected in all trials, and researchers should continue to measure and report additional outcomes of particular relevance to their topic. Likewise, systematic reviewers should continue to seek data on those outcomes of particular relevance to their review, above and beyond those in the core outcome set.
If core outcome sets are to contribute to improvements in health and social care, by helping patients and the public, practitioners and policy makers to make better decisions about interventions, they need to contain the outcomes that really matter to these stakeholders.
They need to be developed in a collaborative way, with appropriate representation from key stakeholders, including practitioners, patients and others users of health and social care services; as well as researchers, policy makers and those who fund services and research . Systematic reviewers from the relevant area of health or social care should be among these stakeholders in the development of core outcome sets. They may be able to help in relation to the review of outcomes previously measured in studies in the particular area and bring to the consensus process the perspective of the researchers who might have struggled most with inconsistencies in outcomes in the existing literature. Their involvement may facilitate the incorporation of these views into the process and help to identify ways to overcome some of the problems encountered by reviewers when selecting outcomes for their reviews and by users when reading reviews. Furthermore, explicit engagement of systematic reviewers in the development of core outcome sets may encourage subsequent uptake of these sets by this group of researchers.
In order to facilitate the positive impact of core outcomes sets on health and social care, the COMET (Core Outcome Measures for Effectiveness Trials) Initiative (www.comet-initiative.org) is seeking to support others in the development and uptake of core outcome sets across all areas of health and social care . Since its launch in 2010, COMET has compiled resources to help people developing core outcome sets and a freely accessible database of published core outcome studies, drawing on the aforementioned systematic review  and subsequent updating using the same search strategy . Furthermore, recognising the challenges that people reading reports of a core outcome set face when trying to decide whether to adopt an existing core outcome set or develop a new one, work is underway to develop a reporting guideline, using an international consensus process . It is also important to note that the development of a core outcome set which focuses on the what to measure may need to be followed by decisions about how and when to measure. Heterogeneity in how outcomes have been measured or the timing of those measurements can undermine efforts to facilitate the work of systematic reviewers who are trying to compare, contrast and combine the results of multiple studies even if the outcomes themselves are consistent across the studies. This is an area of ongoing collaboration between COMET and COSMIN (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments) .
Currently, the explicit use of core outcome sets in systematic reviews seems rare. For example, a survey of all Cochrane Reviews that were first published in full in 2007 (387 reviews), 2011 (401), and 2013 (439) did not identify any that cited a core outcome set as influencing the choice of outcomes to investigate in the review but found that these 1227 reviews included a total of nearly 9800 outcomes [12, 13]. Considering the new reviews from 2013 only , the number of specified outcomes in each review ranged from just one in three reviews to 62 in a review which examined different types of dietary advice for women with gestational diabetes and specified short- and long-term outcomes for both mother and child . The median number of outcomes was 7. The 439 reviews specified a total of 3644 outcomes in their methods sections. After excluding the 65 reviews that did not have any included studies, 68 % (2134/3142) of these specified outcomes were reported in the “Results” section of the review. Of the 1008 non-reported outcomes across all reviews that had studies in them, 77 % (775/1008) had not been reported because they were not measured in the studies included in the review or insufficient data were available. No clear reason was found in the text of the review for the non-reporting of the remaining 23 % (233/1008) .
One of the ways in which core outcome sets might be particularly useful for Cochrane Reviews  and other systematic reviews is in the selection of outcomes to include in the Summary of findings tables developed by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) working group to summarise the results for important outcomes and the quality of this evidence . For Cochrane Reviews, it is recommended that these tables include seven or fewer outcomes, and they have been shown to improve readers’ understanding and speed of retrieval of the findings of the review . They were introduced to Cochrane Reviews in 2008 and were included in 112 (31 %) of the 361 full reviews published for the first time in 2011 and containing at least one included study, rising to 57 % (216 of 375 new reviews) in 2013 .
An important opportunity for systematic reviewers to make use of core outcome sets, and to be clear about doing so, is when choosing the outcomes to assess in their review. They can make this explicit in the protocol for their review and in its prospective registration. Since its inception, Cochrane has required authors of Cochrane Reviews to have their proposed review approved by the relevant Cochrane Review Group and then prepare and publish the protocol for their review. Since 2011, it has been possible for all systematic reviewers to register their review at their outset in PROSPERO, a free-to-use registry for systematic reviews developed and run by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination in the University of York, UK . PROSPERO recorded its 10,000th entry in 2015, and as in the protocols for Cochrane Reviews, reviewers are able to list the outcomes that they will attempt to assess in the included studies in their registry entry. They could mention their intended use of a core outcome set, as we have suggested for trial registries such as International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN) . It would also allow the reviewers to specify any additional outcomes that they are interested in. Specifying the outcomes from the core outcome set, and using the terms for these outcomes that were used in that core outcome set, would facilitate searching of PROSPERO and the protocols for Cochrane Reviews. Another benefit from considering the core outcome set in the design and registration of their review is that this might help reviewers to choose the outcomes to include in a Summary of findings table. This might also help to focus their subsequent actions, including the seeking of data that are not available in the reports of eligible studies so that they obtain information that is as complete as possible for these outcomes. When others inspect the registry entry for a review, the explicit use of a core outcome set will help them to decide if the eventual review is affected by selective reporting bias because the review authors have not included all the outcomes from the core outcome set when presenting their results .
Systematic reviewers are often the researchers who struggle most because of inconsistencies in the outcomes that have been measured and reported in trials of health and social care. This hampers their ability to resolve the uncertainties that they seek to address in their reviews. They can help to overcome these problems by becoming involved in the development of core outcome sets and then using them as a foundation for the outcomes to include in their review and summaries, such as the Summary of findings tables . We welcome comments on these suggestions and those that we made earlier for trial registries , with the overall intention of helping reviewers and other researchers achieve their ultimate aim of improving health and well-being through improving health and social care.
COMET has received funding from the Medical Research Council Methodology Research Programme (grant number MR/J004847/1) and European Union Seventh Framework Programme ([FP7/2007–2013] [FP7/2007–2011]) under grant agreement n° 305081.
MC and PW are members of the COMET Management Group and co-applicants on grants to support COMET and related work.
MC drafted the initial version of this manuscript, based on discussions with PW and others, and prepared the first revision in accordance with feedback from the journal. PW critically reviewed the initial version and revised the manuscript. Both authors read and approved this final manuscript.


College of Southern Nevada vs. University of Nevada-Reno -- Which college is safer?
According to the data provided, College of Southern Nevada -- Main Campus is safer than University of Nevada-Reno -- Main Campus. College of Southern Nevada -- Main Campus beat University of Nevada-Reno -- Main Campus in Woman's safety, Drug and Alcohol abuse, Weapons Crime.
College of Southern Nevada is safer for women than University of Nevada-Reno. College of Southern Nevada had 2 total reported incidents in the last year of report compared to University of Nevada-Reno having 4. Domestic Violence was highest on College of Southern Nevada with 2.
College of Southern Nevada is safer for Drug and Alcohol Abuse than University of Nevada-Reno. College of Southern Nevada had 20 total reported incidents in the last year of report compared to University of Nevada-Reno having 597. Drug was highest on College of Southern Nevada with 17.
University of Nevada-Reno is safer for Drug and Alcohol Abuse than College of Southern Nevada. University of Nevada-Reno had 3 total reported incidents in the last year of report compared to College of Southern Nevada having 3. Weapon was highest on University of Nevada-Reno with 3.


Why in the field of vision does one see a pattern of some black colour design? Is it due to some kind of defect in vision. Are they bubbles in the liquid in eye ball?
Dear Sanjay, thank you for your question. The symptoms you are describing sound typical of floaters.
In general, floaters are part of the normal degenerative process of the eye. As you grow older, the vitreous humor degenerates and creates debris or clumps of gel within the eyeball. The debris and clumps float in the vitreous cavity and catch light that enters the eye; the shadows that are cast on the retina are seen as floaters. They can take on a variety of shapes and sizes, including dots, circles, lines, flies or cobwebs floating across your vision.
Floaters are usually associated with posterior vitreous detachment and are therefore mostly harmless. However, an increase in floaters can sometimes indicate the presence of a retinal detachment. If you notice any change in your 'usual' floaters, you should consult an ophthalmologist to have your retina examined.
I had cataract surgery three (3) weeks ago and now my vision is worse. I can see the lens, itself on the right side of my eye and feel the lens scratching on the left. I cannot see clearly/focus near or far with that eye and now also have double vision. My doctor stated on my 2nd post-op visit that I will now have to get "special" glasses containing prisms and I am to see a "specialist" solely for that. Will I ever again regain the scope of vision I once had? Also I have a cataract "maturing" in my other eye and I am terrified now to get anything else done.
Dear Robin, thank you for your question. I am sorry to know that you are experiencing problems after your recent cataract surgery. I am assuming that you had routine phacoemulsification cataract surgery which went well without any complications during surgery.
Having a scratchy sensation after surgery is quite common. It is likely to be due to the eyelids rubbing against the cataract surgery wounds as the wounds heal. These will take time to heal, and in some people, may take up to a few months. Although annoying, it generally does not cause any long-term visual problems and will eventually settle without the need for any additional treatment.
Your visual symptoms may be due to cystoid macular edema (CME), which is a well-recognized complication after cataract surgery. In CME, fluid accumulates at the macula (central part of the retina that is important for seeing detail), thereby affecting your visual acuity. To hasten recovery from CME, I normally prescribe my patients with a 1-month course of steroid eye drops (such as prednisolone), in combination with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory eye drops (such as ketorolac). Cases resistant to treatment may require an injection of steroid around (sub-tenon) or into (intravitreal) the eyeball, or even oral steroids.
My suggestion is to hang tight for now and not to fit any prisms or undergo any further surgery just yet. 3 weeks may seem like a long time, but from the eye point of view, it is still only a short period of time after surgery. See how it goes over the next few months. Things may settle more and eventually 'click' into place.
As for the other eye with a cataract, I would consider surgery only if you are having problems with your vision. If you are managing well with your current level of vision, then just leave things be. There is no need to remove the cataract just for the sake of it. Only have it done if you really need to improve the quality of vision in that eye.
My grandson (6) has dislocated lenses and I was wondering why this cannot be rectified. If the lens can be replaced then surely it must also able to be relocated and anchored where it should be?
Dear Brent, thank you for your question. I am sorry to hear that your grandson has dislocated lenses. Please allow me to explain a bit more.
In general, when someone has cataract surgery, the natural crystalline lens in the eye is removed and is replaced by a plastic intraocular lens. The natural lens is held in position within the eye by the capsular bag and its zonular attachments. It is this bag that the plastic intraocular lens is inserted into, so that it can be kept in place in the correct location. The intraocular lens remains in the eye permanently.
When doctors say that the lens is dislocated, it usually means that the capsular bag and its zonular attachments have also dislocated along with the lens. Therefore, the natural mechanism for keeping the lens (whether natural or plastic) in the correct position within the eye has been lost.
In your grandson's case, it is likely that the dislocated lenses (and the capsular bag) are in the vitreous cavity of the eyeballs. They certainly are not missing. The lenses are still in the eyes, but just not where they are meant to be. Unfortunately, it is not a simple matter of finding the lens and then stitching it back into place.
Firstly, removing the dislocated lens itself requires major surgery. The procedure (vitrectomy) is similar to retinal detachment surgery, which of course, comes with its own set of risks, including retinal detachment.
Secondly, it is not possible to 'anchor' the dislocated lens and its capsular bag into its correct position without causing damage to other eye structures. Even if retrieved, the dislocated lens is usually discarded because it can no longer perform its natural functions.
For adults in this situation, an intraocular lens is often placed in the anterior chamber (anterior chamber intraocular lens). However, this is not a good option for children because of the risk of developing glaucoma and uveitis, both potentially causing irreversible blindness. Also, because the eye is still developing and growing, it is likely that the implanted intraocular lens will no longer be correct for the eye after a few years.
This is a difficult and complex case. Unfortunately, I don't have the answer as to what is best for your grandson. Perhaps obtaining a second opinion from a pediatric ophthalmologist - an ophthalmologist who specializes in eye diseases in children - may be of benefit.
My best wishes to you and your grandson.
I am reaching out because today the Ocular Nutrition Society (ONS) issued a statement regarding the need to educate Americans about the role of nutrition in supporting eye health. Given your section on eye maintenance, I thought this may be of interest to you and your readers. We hope that you will post the statement or include in this section as an effort to increase awareness of this important issue.
Below is the press release and consensus statement, which was reached by a panel of eyes in ophthalmology, optometry, diet and nutrition, and primary care. Should you have any questions or would like to speak with Dr. Jeffrey Anshel, president of the ONS, about this important issue, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Dear Carly, thank you for letting us know about the Ocular Nutrition Society consensus statement. I fully agree that at present, education on the role of nutrition in eye care among the public is sorely lacking. Without doubt, this is an important issue that needs to be urgently addressed. One of the problems is that there is (paradoxically) too much information out there, and it can be difficult to discern between actual scientific evidence and marketing hype (which usually sounds very convincing) from those with vested interests. Perhaps this is an area that the ONS can focus on.
Please keep up the great work - I am in full support of your efforts in promoting ocular nutrition to the public.
I had cataract surgery of my right eye four days ago. I still have some minor problem focusing with the operated eye, i.e. slight double vision, particularly in the mornings or reading the paper. It seems that the left eye sees sharper images. How long would it take for normal vision to return to the operated eye?
Dear Mike, thank you for your question. In general, an eye that has just been operated on for cataract can take up to a few weeks to settle down. How quickly the eye settles also depends on how easy (or difficult) cataract surgery was, the type of intraocular lens inserted, as well as whether there were any complications during surgery. To a certain extent, the health of your eye (particularly the state of the macula) before surgery also plays a role.
What you have said sounds quite typical for some patients after cataract surgery, and certainly you have not described any symptoms that would make me unduly worried. My suggestion would be to keep going with the eye drops as instructed by your ophthalmologist (the drops will reduce inflammation and prevent infection) and to keep the eye clean. Give it a few weeks and you will find that the symptoms will gradually improve over this time.
What would be a cause for concern would be severe pain, significant reduction in vision or purulent discharge from the eye. If that happens, you may have developed endophthalmitis (severe infection of the eye). This is an emergency and will require urgent treatment from your ophthalmologist.


There is little doubt that of all unsolved problems of mathematics the most widely known and most often attempted is that known as Fermat's Last Theorem.
J111 The integer $M$ consists of 100 threes and the integer $N$ consists of 100 sixes. What digit occurs in the product $MN$?
J101 In $n$ is a positive integer other than $2,3$ or $5$, any square can be dissected into $n$ smaller squares.


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You’ll find two different techniques of online marketing namely the Pull as well as the Push method. Are generally essential and their particular number of benefits and disadvantages. I am likely to be speaking about for both inside the preceding sentences.
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The main downside of this pull method of online marketing is the customer may miss out on good info which arrives by way of pop-ups, once the customer features a pop-up blocker. And when the ads released by entrepreneurs aren’t attractive enough, they might lose out on some business.
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Therefore, while choosing for online marketing advertising online techniques you need to always choose the method of marketing very carefully. But do choose this if you want to impress people of genres.


My system in finally cycling. I have levels of Nitrites and Nitrates present, but my ammonia and ph are still pretty high.
Is this good, bad, normal? Should I do anything at this point? The system has been running for about 4 weeks.
are you cycling with or without fish?
If Fishless, stop Dosing you may have gone too far but you should probably just stand by instead of doing water changes.
Your ammonia level is high. Now this is kinda normal for cycling but if it gets too high it will kill fish and too high can also slow the cycling process. I don't like to be over 3-4 ppm of ammonia even for fishless cycling personally. If you have fish you may need to do water changes to bring the ammonia level down to avoid killing them.
Nitrates, having any nitrates just means the process is starting to convert some of the nitrite to nitrate. Nitrates can go quite high and not be a problem.
Once you have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite and your able to feed your fish the desired amount without spikes, then you are cycled up to your fish load. Any time you add fish or make major changes there is risk for spikes so always do water tests when upping the feed or adding fish etc.
So things didn't go so well.
I lost most of my fish. I still have five hardy little guys swimming about. Ammonia has dropped to almost 0, nitrites are still pretty high, but dropping too.
How long can I withhold food before I end up starving the fish to death? Will the nitrites cycle out of the system by themselves or should I take steps? I added some salt, but not being sure how much I should use, I was pretty conservative about it.
Fish can go weeks without food unless they are just fry or tiny starving fingerlings, it which case they may tend to eat each other before they starve to death.
Once your nitrite drops below 1 you may be able to start giving tiny amounts of food as long as the nitrite keeps dropping.
Then you will be able to slowly ramp up the feeding as you monitor your ammonia and nitrite levels making sure you keep them below .25-.5. Ideally they should eventually drop to 0 and stay there while you are able to ramp up feeding to as much as the fish will eat completely in 5-10 minutes.
pH continues to soar. It's climbed to about 8.6 or even higher.
I did find a dead and rotting lizard at the bottom of the tank. Maybe that was it, but it's gone now.
Nitrites are also still very high.
Ammonia is almost at zero.
Should I assume the lizard was the problem and give it more time to level out?
On a positive note, everything is growing like crazy. I'll have veggies ready for the dinner table any week now.
Hopefully now that the dead lizard is removed, things will return to normal. Something dead in a tank can certainly mess things up.
Good news. After a few weeks of looking grim, my levels have dropped to almost 0. It's hard to believe how dramatic the change has been.
My pH levels are dropping too, but it's still a bit on the high side.


The basis weight refers to the weight in pounds of 500 sheets of paper when it has been cut to that paper's standard basic size. For example the basic size for Bond paper is 17 x 22 inches. If 500 sheets (a ream) of Bond is cut to its basic size of 17 x 22 inches and weighs 20 pounds, it is classified as 20 lb. bond. If a 17 x 22" ream of Bond paper weighed 24 pounds it would be called 24 lb. Bond, and so on. The chart below contains some common paper types and their basic size.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has established standards for paper sizes based on the metric system (millimeters). The standards have been grouped into three different series of requirements: "A-series", for general printing, "B-series", for posters, and "C-series", for envelopes, postcards, and folders. The "A" series is the most commonly used with sizes ranging from A0, which is the largest, down to A8.
The A-series sizes are all represented as a part of the area of one square meter with a length to width ratio of 1.414. The size A0 is equivalent to the area of a square meter with each smaller size being 50% of the size of the preceding one. A1 is 50% of the area of A0, A2 is 50% of A1, and so on. Another way to look at it is that when an A0 sheet is cut in half, two A1 sheets are produced, and when an A1 sheet is cut in half, two A2 sheets are produced. Some of the sizes for the A-series are shown in the illustration below.
Although the ISO size standards are common in many parts of the world where the metric system is the established standard for measurement, North American sheet sizes are based on inches and are shown in the illustration below.
The paper rolls shown below are the standard widths used on web presses. The illustration also shows the standard ISO sheet sizes and the standard North American sheet sizes that can be obtained from each roll width.
The chart below shows the actual thickness of various weights and grades of paper. The readings are taken with a caliper or micrometer gauge, which measures the thickness of the paper in thousandths of an inch.
The finish refers to the surface characteristics of the paper such as how the paper feels...is it smooth such as glossy cover or rough with an antique finish? Does the paper have a glossy appearance such as coated glossy papers or is it dull like bond paper. Does the paper enhance the look of the printed piece similar to watermarked paper or is it purely functional like newsprint? Does the paper have a high ink absorption rate as does Vellum or poor absorption such as on coated papers?
Finishes can be applied to paper during the manufacturing process or produced offline. A finish such as Laid can be created while it is being manufactured with the use of a marking roller that forms the pattern in the paper while it is still wet. Paper finishes provided offline are usually accomplished with steel rollers that press the pattern into the paper. The offline finishes are known as embossed finishes. Some common paper finishes are described below.
Cockle - A cockle finish simulates characteristics of hand made paper with a wavy, rippled, puckered finish. The effect is obtained by air drying the paper under minimum tension.
Felt - Felt is a soft texture on uncoated paper that is created during the papermaking process with a either felt covered roller or with a rubber roller with a felt pattern that creates the finish. It can also be accomplished as an offline process. The felt finish does not affect the strength of the paper.
Gloss - A gloss finish produces a shiny and reflective surface on one or both sides of certain coated papers. A higher gloss is usually seen on higher quality coated papers. The gloss finish is produced from compounds added during the paper making process.
Laid - A laid finish has the appearance of translucent lines running horizontally and vertically in the paper. It is produced during the papermaking process with a special roller that creates the pattern in the wet paper.
Linen - Linen finished paper resembles linen cloth and is usually produced after the papermaking process as an offline embossing process.
Matte - A finish on certain coated papers that is smooth but gives a dull appearance. A matte finish, as well as other types of coated paper, are good choices for print jobs in which high quality is required.
Parchment - A paper finish that has an old or antique appearance and is the result of washing sulfuric acid over the paper and then quickly neutralizing the acid wash. This process melts the outer paper fibers which fill the voids in the rest of the paper. Parchment is very durable and grease resistant.
Smooth - A smooth finish is the result of the paper passing through sets of rollers during the papermaking process. This process is known as calendering.
Vellum - A vellum finish has an eggshell appearance and is consistent and even but not as much as a smooth finish. Vellum is one of the most popular uncoated finishes and paper with this finish has a high ink absorbency rate.
Wove - An even finish in uncoated paper with a slight texture made by a felt roller covered in woven wire.
The grain of the paper refers to the direction of the fibers in a sheet of paper. Long grain paper refers to paper in which the fibers run in the same direction as the longest measurement of the paper. On rolls of paper for web presses, the grain runs along the length of the web. Short grain paper refers to paper in which the fibers run in the same direction as the shortest measurement of the paper. When paper is torn, it will tear easier and straighter when torn parallel with the grain. It will also fold easier parallel to the grain and produce a cleaner fold than if folded across the grain. Laser printers require long grain paper for the best results. Short grain paper may not feed properly into a laser printer and the heat produced by a laser printer may result in the sheets curling as they come out of the printer.
The whiteness of paper is the measure or its ability to reflect the colors of light equally. The more evenly a paper reflects all colors of the spectrum, the whiter the sheet. Some papers may reflect slightly cool colors back to our eyes and give the illusion that the sheet is actually brighter than white paper. If white paper has a slight warm appearance it will not appear as bright as a sheet that reflects a cool color, however warm colors printed on a warm sheet will appear stronger than when printed on a cool sheet. Cool colors printed on a cool white sheet are also enhanced in the same way. There is no such thing as a pure white sheet of paper, since the white that we see is always influenced by the lighting of our environment and the reflections from surrounding objects.
Opacity is the measure (percent) of the amount of light passing through a sheet of paper. Some papers have more fibers and/or fillers and as a result are more opaque than others. Papers containing more fibers and fillers have the ability to hold a printed image without showing through to the backside as easily as papers without as many fibers and fillers. Just because a paper is thicker does not guarantee that it is more opaque than a thinner paper. Some thinner papers may be more opaque because there are a greater number of fibers and/or fillers in their composition.
The smoothness level is a measure of the surface characteristics of paper. The flatter or more even the surface, the higher the level of smoothness. With a smoother surface, the stock can provide a fully shaped ink dot resulting in a sharper and higher quality image.
Holdout refers to the property of ink remaining on the surface of the paper rather than soaking in. A coated glossy paper has a high holdout rate while a paper stock such as newsprint or 20 lb. Bond has a high absorption rate or a low holdout rate.
The pH (potential for Hydrogen) measurement of paper determines the degree of acidity and alkalinity in the stock. The pH scale has readings of 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral. Readings below a pH of 7.0 are acidic and above are alkaline. Each single digit actually equals a measure of 10, so a stock measuring 4.0 pH is 20 times more acidic than one measuring 6.0 pH. Paper can have an acid base, an alkaline base or it can be neutral with a pH of 7. Most paper manufactured in the 20th century was of an acid base. Acidic papers deteriorate in a relatively short period of time, and should never be used for printed items that are intended to last for many years. Since the 1970's, most of the paper used for book publishing and other printed materials where permanence is of importance, has been alkaline paper, which lasts much longer than acid based paper. Alkaline paper is manufactured with fillers such as calcium carbonate, which bring the pH above 7. An acidic paper like newsprint has a pH around 4.5 which becomes lower once it is printed. The acid level tends to break down the paper and it can deteriorate rapidly, which is why newspapers tend to yellow and fall apart in time. Alkaline paper (a pH above 7) is said to be permanent, but papers that have a neutral pH are still best for preserving items like photographic albums and as matte boards for artwork.


1) [8 points] a) Describe the experimental observations that together indicate that calcium ions mediate a regulatory step after fertilization of animal eggs.
b) What events do Ca++ ions cause in the fertilized egg?
2) [10 points] Suppose the following proteins are required for a particular signal transduction pathway. a) Indicate the sequence in which they probably act after perception of a signal.
b) At what location in the cell would you expect to find each of these proteins?
3) [20 points] a) On the following diagrams of Xenopus embryos at two different stages, indicate i) the blastocoel, ii) the location of cells that will give rise to the stomach, iii) the location of cells that will give rise to the heart.
b) On the following diagrams of human embryos at two different stages, indicate i) the blastocoel, ii) the location of cells that will give rise to the stomach, iii) the location of cells that will give rise to the placenta.
4) [23 points] An experimentalist isolates stem cells from adult mouse skin and wants to grow them in culture. However, she finds that as soon as she isolates them they differentiate spontaneously into skin cells.
a) Can you suggest a strategy to keep the stem cells in an undifferentiated state and therefore amenable to experimentation?
b) If she can prevent them from differentiating spontaneously, how might she then treat them to induce them to differentiate into a mesodermal cell type?
c) Suppose she wants to study how gene expression changes during differentiation of these cells into skin. Suppose she has a microarray with spots for 20,000 mouse gene sequences.
i) How many of these genes do you expect will change in expression during the transition from stem cell to skin?
ii) How many hybridization experiments would you have to perform to obtain the result in part i if you used Northern hybridization? Explain your answer.
iii) How many hybridization experiments would you have to perform to obtain the result in part i if you used a microarray? Explain your answer.
d) Suppose that you have available a gene whose promoter drives expression specifically in the skin stem cells. Diagram a DNA construct that you could use to express GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) in skin stem cells.
e) Outline the steps you would perform to make transgenic mice carrying this construct.
f) Outline experimental steps by which you could use these transgenic animals to determine which genes are expressed in skin stem cells in a mouse.
Suppose you wanted to test whether Wnt11 is indeed the candidate signal that induces dorsal mesoderm formation. Describe experiments you could use to test i) whether Wnt11 is present in the right time and place to be the signal; ii) whether Wnt11 activity is sufficient to induce a dorsal axis in intact embryos; and iii) whether Wnt11 is necessary for dorsal mesoderm formation in intact embryos. In each case, describe the methods you could use and what results you might expect to obtain.
6) [24 points] a) Diagram the general structure of human skin. (You may ignore the hair.) Indicate in your diagram the skin stem cells, which cells are most differentiated, and which cells are alive.
b) In the inherited predisposition to skin cancer Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), a mutation in any of several genes can cause predisposition to cancer. In any given family, this condition is inherited in a similar manner as Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC).
What biochemical or signaling event(s) do wild-type XP proteins carry out in normal cells?
c) Why do patients with XP preferentially develop skin cancer instead of other cancers such as colon cancer?
d) What is likely to be the first event leading to skin cancer in someone with the inherited predisposition to XP?
e) Sketch a patch of skin in someone with a predisoposition to XP in which a cancer is developing. i) Indicate which cells are different from the corresponding cells in part a. ii) How are they different?


I need warranty info on my kenmore elite washer. how do I get it?
The warranty for this washer is provided in the owner's manual. The image below shows the warranty information for this washer. Here is a direct link for the full owner's manual: Owner's Manual . If you need service under that warranty, you can call Sears at 1-800-469-4663 (1-800-4MY-HOME).
Since your washer is older than 1 year, the full warranty is expired but there is still a limited warranty on the exception parts described below. You would have to pay for the labor of diagnosis and replacement of those parts but you would not be charged for the covered parts. Refer to the details of the warranty for specific provisions and restrictions.
What does F 28 mean on my He2 plus washer?
The "F28" fault code indicates the communication between the Central Control Unit (CCU) and the Motor Control Unit (MCU) cannot be sent correctly.
Loose wiring connection between the CCU and the MCU.
Loose wiring connection between MCU and motor.
Intermittent failure within the CCU.
Intermittent failure with the MCU.
Loose or no grounding connection.
The top panel is removable in order to access the CCU and the rear panel is removable in order to access the MCU. NOTE: Disconnect the power cord from the power source before removing the top and rear panel. Check for any loose connections at the MCU and CCU. If no loose connections are found and your washer continues to display F28 then I recommend calling a service technician to diagnose and repair your washer.


Prince Charles has stressed that green building designers must concentrate on delivering energy efficient and sustainable buildings which do not rely too heavily on “highly marketed techno-fixes”.
Prince Charles is a supporter of green technology when used appropriately and earlier this year a report on the Sustainability Account for the Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall highlighted how he has installed biomass boilers, solar panels and energy efficient boilers at the Highgrove estate.
But, in a foreword to a green supplement in House & Garden magazine he said: 'Why, I must ask, does being 'green' mean building with glass and steel and concrete and then adding wind turbines, solar panels, water heaters, glass atria - all the paraphernalia of a new 'green building industry' - to offset buildings that are inefficient in the first place?
Paul King, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, said: 'In a way he is right - there are examples of high-profile buildings being passed off as 'green', when the most important thing is to reduce environmental impacts through good design in the first place.


Text, transformations, characterisation, the personal, and the political: 3.
I have no doubt that Albus Dumbledore, had he been a Muggle, should have been a Liberal, then an SDP member, then a Lib Dem. He had his Grindelwald moment, and then went back to schoolmastering.
Harry had his Grindelwald moment, and then remained at the sharp end.
Yes, there are Brian Paddicks. Yes, particularly in the politicised Met consule Tony, and with ACPO succumbing, as public employees’ unions always do, to rent-seeking, there were Ian Blairs. But the odds are that a senior officer of the Forces, a spymaster, or a Chief Constable – and being head of the Aurors is congruent, surely, to one of those three things – shall be, on retirement and unmuzzled, a Conservative (or a Crossbench peer, although that means never being PM), and at any rate not a Lib Dem and not Labour. See also, Lord Dannatt, Lady Neville-Jones, Lady Manningham-Buller, Dame Stella Rimington, Lord Byng, Lord Trenchard…. In American terms, what was Wesley Clark’s one selling point as a Democratic candidate for his party’s presidential nomination? That he was one of vanishingly few senior officers not to be a Republican.
And so, in Bezique, I made Harry a Tory in the Muggle world; on other occasions, a Conservative local councillor when dealing with Muggle neighbours. I think this plausible. You may not. I should be delighted were others to remix these ideas and plausibly make him otherwise. And a criticism that, This is not convincing to me, and these are the reasons why, is perfectly valid and perfectly welcome.
I am absolutely asleep and not quickly skimming with a view to rereading later when more awake. However, while I cannot see Harry as a NeoCon, I can absolutely see him as a classic Conservative who would maintain pensions for the aged and national health at the same time as being absolutely fine with work for the dole schemes and possibly even national service. Someone who would both for protecting the rights of farmers to tell people to frack off and for making contraception free at clinics in a bid to lower the incidence of teen pregnancy.
Personally, were he to vote, I see him changing his vote not infrequently in response to the changing needs of the nation and his changing desires to strangle certain party leaders.
Which is pretty much how I wrote him.
The trouble is that, at least on LJ, certain persons (particularly those with starred and striped blinkers thanks to their geographic location) persist in the identification and conflation of everything that calls itself Conservative with reactionary morons in the Todd Akin mould, or with images of Maggie Thatcher down on all fours, rabidly ripping the throats out of Argentinian babies or what-have-you.
And Harry definitely isn't that, which is possibly why their sickeningly blinkered minds go into hatred overdrive whenever it's suggested that maybe, just maybe, he ticks the Tory box whenever there's a Muggle election.