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    Barack Obama’s current war powers can be traced back to the time of FDR

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    In September, a great deal of the debate over the potential for U.S. intervention in Syria centered on President Barack Obama’s ability to take action without consulting Congress. While many argued that this consultation was necessary, modern presidencies have been characterised by a lack of constraints where national security is concerned. Richard Moe traces the President’s current war powers back to the re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for a third term in 1940. He writes that FDR’s leadership at the onset of World War II led to an expansion of the President’s war powers that continued for the following seven decades

    Pleistocene Terraces of The Atlantic Coastal Plain

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    Pleistocene terraces on the Atlantic Coastal Plain have been recognized since the late 1800\u27s, and from four to seven terraces have been described throughout Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. These terraces are now named Brandywine, Coharie, Sunderland, Wicomico, Penholoway, Talbot or Chowan, and Pamlico; and they are defined by relatively concordant shorelines at altitudes of 270-, 215-, 170-, 100-, 70-, 42-, and 25 feet above sea level. They have been correlated with respect to the glacial ages and substages and corresponding eustatic changes in sea level. The Various hypotheses regarding the origin of the terraces are: 1. Marine, with a cycle of marine deposition, uplift and erosion, and submergence with a continuous fall of sea level: 2. A dominantly fluvial origin; and 3. A combination fluvial-marine origin. No one hypothesis has been accepted completely, although the second marine hypothesis and the fluvial hypothesis have had more support than any other

    A Genetic Approach to Tuning Compact Trie Clustering

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    The Compact Trie method for document clustering is sensitive to the kind oftext it is applied to, but contains various parameters that may be tuned foradaptation to specific applications. We implement a genetic algorithm foroptimizing these parameters and apply it to a corpus of texts to demonstratethe feasibility of using genetic algorithms for tuning

    Dress Code Discrepancies in Middle School

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    Optimal lipids, statins, and dementia: Reply

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    Long Term Consequences of the Fontan Procedure and How to Manage Them

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    In 1971, Fontan and Baudet described a surgical technique for successful palliation of patients with tricuspid atresia. Subsequently, this technique has been applied to treat most forms of functional single ventricles and has become the current standard of care for long-term palliation of all patients with single ventricle congenital heart disease. Since 1971, the Fontan procedure has undergone several variations. These patients require lifelong management including a thorough knowledge of their anatomic substrate, hemodynamic status, management of rhythm and ventricular function along with multi organ evaluation. As these patients enter middle age, there is increasing awareness regarding the long-term complications and mortality. This review highlights the long-term outcomes of the Fontan procedure and management of late sequelae
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