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Jabnia Sanchez's plan to rush to the hospital came unraveled as she sped down Interstate 394 in Minneapolis.
Jabnia Sanchez held her newborn son, Enzi, who was born in a minivan on the way to the hospital Wednesday. At right is her two-year-old daughter, Kiomy.
Katie Herrera-Falksen knew there was little time to spare as she sped down Interstate 394 amid Wednesday morning commuters.
Her sister-in-law, Jabnia Sanchez, was lying across the minivan's back seat, ready to give birth. Sanchez's husband, Alejandro Herrera, was rushing from work to meet them at Hennepin County Medical Center.
But the contractions were coming quickly and getting stronger. "I wanted to scream," Sanchez said. But with her 2 1/2 -year-old daughter, Kiomy, in the car, Sanchez remained calm. Inside, she was freaking out. "I just wanted to make it to the hospital," she said.
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Let's face it, Los Angeles can be a less than clean city at times. Containing the largest population of people in the United States, this mass area of human traffic can have its effect on the environment and public art can be limited. It may be only a matter of time before that art piece may be tagged or tampered with. Yet as this metropolis continues to grow as a city that is inspirational for artists, one street artist has contributed her work into the cracks of the city that everyone either loves or hates.
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Geode is the name of the work and it basically is geometric shapes made of hard paper that resemble crystals one would find in rocks and caverns. Varying in color and size, the artist Paige Smith fits these crystalline structures into hidden parts in the city. She has placed twelve throughout Los Angeles and Hollywood so far and is hoping to do more in other cities.
A parallel aspect of these "geodes" in nature and in the city is they are always unexpected treasures. You might go hunting for treasures but you generally happen upon them during your adventures or casual interaction with the environment. I enjoy the fact that many people will not notice these, but some astute people will; that these will not last forever and the weather will affect them as naturally as it might in nature.
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While looking at my files, I realised that I had forgotten to post some of the pictures I took at Putrajaya while doing the photoshoot last two weeks. Putrajaya is really a nice place to take landscape pictures. Too bad the skies weren't that beautiful that day…
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9 11 2009Here is a picture of my girlfriend taken yesterday at Sunway Pyramid. Since she is rather camera shy, it will take a while before she gets warm up to my camera pointing at her. This is for you, dear.
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20 10 2009I was at Black Canyon Coffee with my girlfriend last Saturday. The place was recommended by Yeong since he said that the Internet connection is fast. And he was right. Unlike Starbucks, there weren't many customers using their laptop when I was there. This means that we can enjoy fast Internet surfing.
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11 10 2009While waiting for our food at Kie Kee chicken rice shop, I took out my camera and started taking pictures of my girlfriend. I always prefer if the subject is not looking at the camera as it gives a more casual feel to the picture. Anyway, here are two quick snaps of her.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Not-naked toes
These words of wisdom are oft repeated by a very good friend at this time of year... striking fear into the hearts of those of us who, at their peril, do not heed her advice and may well be called upon to account for the offending nakedness of their toenails in a social setting... !
We all have our own preferences. Some ladies are faithful to one colour all summer long, something classic like coral pink, or a sparkly Christmassy crimson. Some rotate between a select few "fashionable" colours, chosen to co-ordinate with their summer wardrobes. One of us is very very fickle and changes colours once a week. All summer long her toenails will stand testament to many and varied fleeting love affairs with a whole rainbow of crazy colours.
Ahem, that last one would be me. I'm such a nail polish tart ;)
I absolutely adore this new colour! My Mum bought this one in Melbourne during our recent trip away. Gorgeous, no? It is not white, or pink, not even pale pink, not grey or even beige, but a sort of combination of all of the above. A non-colour really. Like the colour of nothing.
Quiet. Peaceful.
And so perfect for my mood at the mo'. The pre-Christmas period is the craziest, most hectic time of the year, and painting ten little spots of a peaceful and quiet non-colour on the toenails is like ten tiny pearly pools of zen calm in my life right now.
Cassie and I bought different colours, and now I am kicking myself I did not get this one too at the same time, since I have fallen in love with it. Drats. It was much admired by my friends this morning too.
Double drats.
If I cannot find this polish locally I will have to invite Mum up, avec nail polish, for another stay!
So, let's talk colour... what is your hue of choice for the summer tootsies...? and do you play favourites; or like me, are you a woman of whimsy?
Nail varnish: Buttercream, by Kester Black
Sandals; Misano, from Marie-Claire
Disclosure, in case you are wondering: this is not an endorsement, and this was not a freebie; we saw and purchased our nail polishes at a craft fair, of all places! and paid full price.
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I love those pale colours on the toe nails, but me too, change the colour almost every week. Same goes to perfumes and lip colours. Not a very faithful woman, I know. That non-colour is great and I would be needing ten little spots of calm and quiet for the next two weeks!I've been avoiding the whole nail colour issue for my tootsies but now summer is here and so I have to face the decision so that I can wear my haviannas with pride.
I think a frosted pink or a green will be my colour for Christmas this year.
However I need a great tan on my tootsie before I scare the general public:)- AnonymousDecember 12, 2012 at 5:56 PM
I paint mine a Christmasy red. But not many people will see it because it's been thirty below zero outside.
ReplyDelete Someone please explain what is wrong with naked toe nails. I really hate using nail polish. Am I really backwards if I don't wear nail polish on toe nails? Does it really look so offensive? I had a friend tell me I needed to paint my toe nails on an evening out, I didn't, was that wrong. Should I conform? Just wondering.
Hope you don't mind the question carolyn, I am genuinely wondering.Replies- AnonymousDecember 13, 2012 at 5:39 AM
Your not the only one! I don't like the feeling of nail polish on my nails, and see nothing wrong with clean and well manicured polish-free toes!
Steph Ronniie; of course there is nothing wrong with unpainted toenails! and I am sure your friend was just offering what she hoped would be a helpful suggestion. Likewise, the joke about naked toenails within my group of friends is just that; a silly joke! and whilst we, her friends, get it; my friend would never embarrass another person about their unpainted toenails.
Anyway; fashion- and beauty-wise; personal choice is the "in" thing nowadays and anything goes :)
I sure hope anyone did not find this post offensive; it was intended to be light-hearted.
As it's -22 degrees C outside with windchill my toes won't be seeing the light of day for a bit (up north here in the wilds of Alberta). I'm a dedicated toenail painter myself. I switch among colours I like.....right now it's teal or lime green or this cool silver I have.....Adds a pop to my day, even when all I'm doing is putting on wool socks and wearing winter boots!
Thanks for this Carolyn, added to my day.I'm with you Carolyn. My daughter and I are crazy about different colours. She is into tealy blues at the moment (like about 5 different ones) and my latest love is green. I noticed it matched the shallots as I put the in the fridge on the weekend!! The staff at work are a bit bemused though. And no comments from the kids (high school teacher) which is MOST unusual.
ReplyDeleteHa! I did work experience with the lass, Anna, behind this brand. This was when I was studying fashion at TAFE last year and she was working (perhaps still) as a patternmaker.
She was GREAT, such a fantastic lass, so I'm pleased to hear you give her product such a good review.
And I never paint my nails - toes or fingers.
Sam- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2013 at 1:49 AM
I am a guy that is like the opposite of a Tomboy with a very strong feminine side. I get pedicures every two weeks and usually wear fire engine red polish on my toenails and women's sandals. When people see my red toenails, they know that I have a very strong feminine side and that I'm not afraid to express it. I try different colors but always go back to my fire engine red because it is classic, sassy, feminine, and looks great with my fair skin, Whenever I'm having a bad day, it really cheers me up to look down and see pretty red toenails peeking out of my sandals. I am also a nail polish tart like Carolyn.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousNovember 10, 2014 at 10:11 PM
To refine my comment, I am an anonymous MAN and eager toe kisser! So far I've heard nothing but appreciation. Do you ladies not know how attractive, sensual, erotic and arousing pretty feet and toes are? That's with or without polish. I promise you if you have pretty feet it's the FIRST thing a man will notice. Some call this a fetish. It's as much of a fetish as pretty eyes, hair and smile! If you'll send me directions I'll be there this morning with my little buddy.


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wow, i'm so happy w/ my weight loss this week. i praying for Gods strength to help me continue on this path once again. I'm loving the way I'm feeling physically and mentally. juices and smoothies are making up my main meals...along w/ a little cooked food a couple days but not much. my hubby is on board and can't believe my first days detox w/ my attitude...i surprise myself sometimes, but i told him i think it was definitely detox from sugar and cooked food. he said if he could not see that attitude again that he never wanted me to eat those foods again if it makes me like that! funny!! but i think he's finally understanding more about why i'm enjoying raw foods and not so much SAD foods. I think I finally have more of his support, which is what i've needed for a long time. my son is even more on board w/ me!! Thank you all for your support and inspiration as well!! Now.....let's see what Week #2 brings.
Second week still going strong....Lost 2 more pounds over the past 5 days. I know it will slow down a bit w/ the weight loss but still feeling amazing to see the scale go down!! And feeling amazing!!
wow! great job!
Good for you! Rawk on!
Thank you everyone for your kind words and thoughts and prayers.
With every week it is getting more and more awesome. After some time you will discover some things about yourself you even didn' t know. One of them - that you can feel SO , SO good, which you are already experiencing. And there' s a lot to discover in front of you.
Have a great and blessed second week. :)
That's great.........Week 2 will be even more awesome! Enjoy!
Dear Stephanie,
Without God, you can not do anything. It's great that you are actually giving honor to God for helping you lose 8 pounds, and God will continue to bless you the second week to come. I love you, sister.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ Jesus which strengthens me.
Hurray for you Stephanie - focus on all the positives you are achieving and keep being kind to yourself.
Good luck for your second week Stephanie you are doing really well.
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The prefered way to save power (for GPUs and CPUs) is ondemand / adaptive (i.e maximize idle time at low power by doing...
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Does not make sense anyway (no you can't save power this way).
Neither does any driver (well and no one uses openvg).
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Not a GTX 470 / 480 but it shows a rather nice boost.
Well he does in fact work for Intel now ;) (But he wrote DRI2 and AIGLX while being at Red Hat)
Shared Video is uncached memory so reading from it is SLOW (unless the movntdqa instruction is used but it a SSE4 instruction which is not available on all CPUs).
Well one factor is that the beta is shipping with a debug kernel build [1]
1: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelDebugStrategy
Compositing has nothing to do with 3D, that being said gnome-shell does indeed require OpenGl (and that is not supposed to change) but seriously the attitude should be "fix 3D" not "avoid 3D" ...
Super works (i.e pressing the windows key will toggle the overview)
It has supported wpa for a loooooooooooong time already ....
Well the solution is to fix 3D support not avoid it even in 2010 ...
Sorry should have had some coffee before replying to you (i.e my sarcasm detector failed ;) )
Because they spend there time improving the platform, writing code etc. .. doing releases is part of that.
Instead of wasting time on trolling (i.e like you do).
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2) No and you should not need to do so, if the compositor eats more power it is broken and needs to be fixed (ideally when using a cm it only redraws the parts that changed on screen so it...
Neither of them does decode the video, they just do colorspace conversation and scaling.
The problem was that software fallbacks are very expensive on G80+ hardware. Now almost all of XRENDER is accelerated in hardware.
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Anyone who remembers Captain Kangaroo probably remembers Slim Goodbody. It is never easy to forget a grown man in a form-fitting leotard (not to mention that hair!). Every part of this man's body is exposed, except that he has no genitals! The Adventures of Slim Goodbody in Nutri-City is a gem from 1977, which features a gatefold cover complete with lyrics, and follows the story of Slim and friends as they fight the enemies of good nutrition, including my favorite puppets, Gobbler and Stuffin. Several of the selections are featured here.
It appears Slim Goodbody, still played by John Burstein, is still preaching the good word today, although his "look" has definitely toned down. You can check out what Slim has been up to at: www.slimgoodbody.com.
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§ Mr. G. Johnson SmithA Committee chaired by Sir Harold Himsworth is examining the possible long-term medical effects of CS. His first report on the medical effects of CS was published as Cmnd. 4173 in October, 1969. Part II is expected shortly.
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§ Mr. G. Johnson SmithI assume that the hon. Member is referring to the CS 359W bursting grenade with which our forces in Northern Ireland are now equipped. This grenade is designed to provide a rapid dispersion of CS over a small area when the smoke has to be used. As regards the use in war of CS I would refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the Adjournment debate on 21st May.—[Vol. 817, c. 1768.]


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Two years ago, when California investigators inspected some Chinese patents imported into the United States, some of the medicines were found to contain higher-than-allowed levels of heavy metals, as well as some pharmaceutical drugs. More recently, several reports have surfaced in the news about the dangers of adulterated Chinese herbal patent medicines. Hundreds of ready-made herbal remedies are sold throughout China, serving a similar function to over-the-counter drugs sold in the United States.
What are Chinese patents?
Chinese patent medicines come in easy-to-use forms such as liquids or pills, and they're typically sold in glass bottles and packed in colorful boxes. The name "patent medicine" comes from the old practice of including secret ingredients in the formula. Because there was no way to secure an actual patent on the formula, the secret ingredients prevented competitors from copying a commercially successful remedy. Due to more stringent Chinese government regulations in recent times, this practice is no longer common. However, a more insidious "secret ingredient" has found its way into some patent medicines— pharmaceutical drugs. Along with the presence of heavy metals, this adulteration has become a serious problem for those who have come to depend on patent medicines as part of their alternative health care.
In some cases, as in the inclusion of pharmaceuticals, the adulteration is intentional. Products have entered the United States containing analgesic and decongestant drugs such as acetaminophen and pseudoephedrine, as well as powerful seda- tives, diabetes drugs, and other over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceuticals. When such a product enters the United States without the drug being disclosed on the label, it is unethical, illegal, and dangerous. Westerners who turn to Chinese patent medicines usually do so because they want to avoid drugs in favor of natural herbs. When their "herbal" products are adulterated with undisclosed drugs, they are ingesting chemicals they want to avoid. Even worse, they may have an allergy or hypersensitivity to the hidden drug, and interactions could occur with other herbs or drugs they're taking.
A source for high-quality patents
Mayway Corporation supplies unadulterated patent formulas from companies that adhere to good manufacturing practices. Mayway also ships the patents to analytical laboratories in the United States to test them for safety. You can contact Mayway at:
Mayway Corporation1338 Mandela ParkwayOakland, CA 94607(800) 262-9929www.mayway.com
Heavy metal contamination
Contamination with toxic heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, mercury, or cadmium is another safety issue when considering any natural product. This sort of adulteration is unintentional, but still creates serious health risks. It results from poor quality control. Factories in China with poor quality-control procedures may use unfiltered, polluted water to boil down the herbs, leaving excessive heavy metals in the final product. They may also skip important procedures that detect mold, bacteria, or pesticide contamination. These procedures are essential to prevent adult- erated products from entering the marketplace, whether that market is in the United States or China.
In 1998, the Food and Drug branch of the California Department of Health Services investigated adulteration of Chinese patent medicines with pharmaceuticals and heavy metals. In their report, Compendium of Asian Patent Medicines, they released the results of lab tests of 260 patent remedies. While some manufacturers' products had no contamination, others showed a consistent pattern of heavy metal contamination or adulteration with pharmaceuticals.
Finding safe Chinese patents
Fortunately, it's possible to find those Chinese patent medicines that are safe. Increasingly, manufacturers in China are employing strict quality standards known as good manufacturing practices (GMPs). These standards, which are also used by pharmaceutical companies, ensure that no adulterants are included during the manufacturing process.
When shopping for Chinese patents, select products from factories such as:• Lanzhou Foci• Guangzhou Qixing• Pangaoshou• Plum Flower
These factories are very careful to monitor and test for contamination with heavy metals, pesticides, bacteria, or molds. No pharmaceuticals are surreptitiously added to their products, and all ingredients are clearly disclosed in the labeling.
The best U.S. source for these high-quality, unadulterated patent medicines is Mayway Corporation, a large Chinese family-owned distributor in Oakland, California. They import patent remedies only from reputable GMP manufacturers, and they send out incoming shipments to analytical laboratories for further testing here in the United States.
According to Yvonne Lau of Mayway Corporation, "Chinese herbal medicines are for the most part safe, efficacious, and relatively low cost. The market for unsafe, low-quality patents is supported by practitioners and consumers who are unaware of quality-control problems perpetuated by counterfeit and fly-by-night 'mountain bandit' factories."
Lau says many safe, quality-controlled products are available from China by a number of internationally certified GMP manufacturers. "As people become more aware and begin to recognize and demand products from reputable brands and factories, we expect unsafe products to eventually be phased out," she says.
To contact Mayway, see "A source for high-quality patents" on page 44.
Finding a practitioner
Assuming that you have a reliable supply of safe patent medicines, there is another safety issue: choosing the correct remedy. Although it's possible to partially learn the art of prescribing Chinese medicines by reading books on the subject, the safest route is to receive a diagnosis from a qualified practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In the United States, licensed acu-puncturists are trained in the art of traditional diagnosis. Once you have a personalized and accurate diagnosis of your present condition, and a better understanding of your underlying constitutional state, choosing an effective patent medicine is much easier.
In California, all acupuncturists are required to be proficient in herbal medicine in order to receive their license to practice. In other states, practitioners can demonstrate their proficiency by passing the exam in Chinese herbal medicine administered by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. They have a searchable database of all nationally licensed acupuncturists at their website: www.nccaom.org.
Another way to find a licensed acupuncturist in your area is to check the website for the American Association of Oriental Medicine: www.aaom.org. In addition to providing a wealth of information, they maintain a referral list of their acupuncturist members, organized by state.
For more information about acupuncture and herbal medicine, try the website www.acupuncture.com. It contains lots of helpful information on Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, and other aspects of TCM.
Christopher Hobbs is a fourth-generation herbalist and botanist, an Herbs for Health editorial adviser, and a licensed acupuncturist. He is the coauthor of Vitamins for Dummies (IDG, 1999) and the author of Stress and Natural Healing (Botanica, 1997) and many other books.
Bill Schoenbart is the author of Pocket Guide to Chinese Patent Medicines (The Crossing Press, 1999) and Chinese Healing Secrets (Publications International, 1998). He practices Traditional Chinese Medicine in Asheville, North Carolina, and is a researcher and consultant in the field of medicinal herbs.
Additional reading
The following books are good places to learn more about Chinese patent medicines and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Beinfield, H., and E. Korngold. Between Heaven and Earth. New York: Ballantine Books, 1991.Fratkin, J. Chinese Herbal Patent Formulas. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Shya Publications, 1985.Hobbs, C. The Ginsengs: A User's Guide. Loveland, Colorado: Botanica Press, 1996.Kaptchuk, T. The Web That Has No Weaver. Chicago: Congdon & Weed, 1983.Naeser, M. Outline Guide to Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines in Pill Form. Boston: Boston Chinese Medicine, 1990.Schoenbart, B. Pocket Guide to Chinese PatentMedicines. Freedom, California: The Crossing Press, 1999.Taylor, Mark. Chinese Patent Medicines: A Beginner's Guide. Santa Cruz, California: Global Eyes International, 1998.Tierra, L. Healing with Chinese Herbs. Freedom, California: The Crossing Press, 1997.
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What can I do with this GPS that I just bought: Magellan GPS2000?
Let me preface this, I bought it for 2$. This is a wonderfully outdated (circa 1995) piece of technology that works and is in great condition. I downloaded the original manual for it from magellans website, put some new batteries (4 AA) followed the directions by inputting the coordinates for Gladwin and set it outside to lock into the satellites. It took about 20 minutes, but it initialized, locked in and found the position. It shouldnt take nearly as long from now on. Now, the question is, what should I do with it? I already have a nice Garmin Etrex Venture HC color screen handheld, so its not something I really needed. My first thought was that I could use it as a speedometer to mount on dirtbike/bicycle that I could leave on it in public without worrying about it getting stolen. What do you think? My friend already called me a horder for buying it. Also does anybody have any experience with these, somebody said on a different thread that it has the ability to get coordinates from google maps, but I'm not sure how because there are no ways to hook it up to a computer that I can tell. |
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I have the XL model of that. Bought years ago. It was my first experience using GPS. I learned how to calculate lat/long position on those maps with the tick marks on the edge of the map, using a special scale/ruler. Then I'd use the GPS units coordinates of where I was at and figure out that location on the map to see my position.
Or I would determine the coordinates of certain points/landmarks/road intersections on the map at home, write those on the map, then when out in the field/on the trail, I could use the coordinates of my current position that the GPS was giving me to compare with those points I had predetermined at home and get a general idea of where I was at. It's a far cry from what units can do today. Its accuracy is pretty good tho. Years ago I had predetermined at home, the coords for Baldy Lake in the Sargents trail system in Colorado, a high mountain lake I wanted to get to and see. It was kind of early in the season to be riding those trails, and about 3/4 of a mile before reaching it, the trail became obscure and unfollowable from 2 feet of snow. Well, I had come too far to turn back without seeing it, so I leaned the bike against a tree and set out on foot. I had the coords for the lake in the GPS. I just followed the heading pointer pretty much in a straight line towards where it said the lake was. Took me right too it. I think the unit also does a bread crumb track. Been a while since I've messed with it.
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They'll do what a GPS is built for.. tell you where you are and how fast & in what direction you're going.
Up till last year I was riding with a Garmin GPS12. Really the only thing I didn't like about it was the 1024 trackpoint limit. Dropped digital breadcrumbs, talked to my computer, stored enough waypoints (although the 6-character names were always a bit cryptic). If you have something that needs a GPS receiver (Datalogger, computer with Google Earth, APRS rig, etc) it'd make a great receiver for that. Power and serial data's all you need out of it... turn it on and let it spit out data.
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I got mine new in '95. It was pushed all the way back the storage bin by my newer models throughout the succeeding years but this thread prompted me to dig it out and see if it still worked...
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If it displays position in Lat/ Lon give it to cheapskate snotty yachty that doesn't have a GPS but hopefully can plot positions on a chart. May just save his tupperware wrapped butt from running aground...hopefully.
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Autofocusing and edge detection schemes in cell volume measurements with quantitative phase microscopy
Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 8, pp. 6476-6486 (2009)
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We have proposed and demonstrated a very sensitive volume measurement scheme for a live cell with a quantitative phase microscopy (QPM) utilizing auto-focusing and numerical edge detection schemes. An auto-focusing technique with two different focus measures is applied to find the focus dependent errors in our live cell volume measurement system. The volume of a polystyrene bead sample with 3 μm diameter has been measured for the validity test of our proposed method. We have shown that a small displacement of an object from its focusing position can cause a large volume error. A numerical edge detection technique is also used to accurately resolve the boundary between a cell and its suspension medium. We have applied this method to effectively suppress errors by the surrounding medium of a single red blood cell (RBC).
© 2009 Optical Society of America
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(100.2000) Image processing : Digital image processing
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(170.1470) Medical optics and biotechnology : Blood or tissue constituent monitoring
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Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
Original Manuscript: December 22, 2008
Revised Manuscript: March 12, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: March 27, 2009
Published: April 3, 2009
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Seungrag Lee, Ji Yong Lee, Wenzhong Yang, and Dug Young Kim, "Autofocusing and edge detection schemes in cell volume measurements with quantitative phase microscopy," Opt. Express 17, 6476-6486 (2009)
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A series of changes that are remaking Ameriprise Financial Inc. more along the lines of a pure wirehouse are angering some long-time employees and causing some turmoil at the advisory giant.
In its latest move, the Minneapolis brokerage giant is switching its rules to make it much harder to go from being an employee to being a franchisee. Amerprise employees now must meet steep qualifications, such as working for the company for 10 years, before becoming a franchisee, or face paying high fees to set up their own shops.
For decades, Ameriprise, which has the fourth-largest advisor network in the nation, has inhabited a kind of gray area between being a wirehouse and an independent broker-dealer.
But out of the market upheaval of the past year, a new Ameriprise is emerging: one that is moving away from the branded-franchise business toward a business built on employee-advisors, many drawn from the wirehouses. One casualty of the remaking of Ameriprise may be the company's much-vaunted financial planning training program, which is shrinking as the company brings on fairly experienced brokers.
"Me and some of the advisors that have been here are unhappy and angry," says one Ameriprise employee, who asked not to be named.
High barriers
Ameriprise advisors and former Ameriprise advisors, all of whom asked to remain anonymous, say that the changes are unpopular and that they are resulting in advisors leaving the company because of the high barriers to franchise ownership – a beacon of sorts because it pays significantly higher payouts
But the changes are intended to be helpful to both the advisor and to his company, says Patrick O'Connell, senior vice president, Ameriprise Advisor Group.
"If someone wants to migrate into the independent channel, we have a good perspective on what someone needs to succeed," he says. "We made the change because of our experience of 10 years in running multi-platforms" suggests that people starting with this foundation have better odds of success.
Ameriprise will continue to service franchisees and use them as an important platform, O'Connell says. There's just a shift in emphasis in growing the company by hiring successful brokers, he adds. See: How Ameriprise used its franchise system to snare a Smith Barney breakaway
As of November, a staff broker at the Minneapolis-based broker-dealer must first have $200 million of gross dealer concessions and $20 million of assets under management to apply for the independence of franchise ownership. The Ameriprise employee must also have been an advisor with the company for 10 years.
Previously there were no such bright-line tests in place at Ameriprise.
Another unpopular aspect of the Ameriprise's changes: If an advisor chooses to become a franchisee ahead of their 10-year anniversary, they must hand over a fee to Ameriprise that equals 15% of their revenues their first two years as a franchisee.
Feeder system
Ameriprise is determined to get a better return on its training dollar, says O'Connell. "Very simply, we realized that on the employee side that we were running a feeder system to the franchise business" of Ameriprise, he says.
The company has faced a talent drain not only from brokers become franchise owners, but from franchise owners bringing employees under their umbrellas.
To further discourage franchisors from preying on the talent of Ameriprise with impunity, the company will now charge them a fee equal to 2% of the breakaway employee's assets under management. Employees say that the fee was previously 1%. O'Connell says it ranged from 1% to 1.5%. A franchisor has two years to pay the fee after bringing the Ameriprise advisor aboard.
This move is intended to be certain that the effort and expense poured into advisors by Ameriprise stays at the company.
"Very simply, we realized that on the employee side that we were running a feeder system to the franchise business" of Ameriprise, O'Connell says.
One Ameriprise staff broker says that he and some of his co-workers are very concerned about this doubling [in his case] of what it would cost to go to work for a franchisee. He hopes that he and his colleagues will be able to convince Ameriprise to grandfather them in at 1%. "This may be my last chance," he adds.
Questions and concerns
O'Connell says these kinds of concerns are not widespread. "We've had a small number of people who had questions and concerns," he said.
However, the head of sales at one asset custodian said the number of people dismayed by the changes is bigger than O'Connell may realize, and the efforts to lock employees in place could backfire. So dissatisfied are many of the employees that entire Ameriprise staff offices are talking to the custodian en masse, the sales director says.
Meanwhile, Ameriprise is in the midst of efforts to reshape its advisor force. Just in the past year, it has hired 500 financial advisors from other firms, an amount that increases the total 20% to 2,500 total employee advisors in what is known as the Ameriprise Advisor Group. Ameriprise has more than 7,000 franchisees.
Ameriprise expects 2010 to be a very big year for hiring successful advisors with books of business, O'Connell says.
The company is particularly targeting wirehouse brokers with $30 million or $40 million of assets under management, the executive adds.
Ameriprise [NYSE:AMP] could use a winning strategy to help boost its shares, which closed yesterday at $38.92. The shares closed at $38.91 on Nov. 7, 2005, shortly after American Express spun off its advisor unit as a separate firm.
But in its bid for a more profitable business model, Ameriprise may be upsetting its famed financial planning culture because its hires come from such a strong sales background.
Select few
"Some are okay," one Ameriprise advisor says. "But financial advice just isn't the world they come from. We train some of them [in financial planning] but it's a select few" who are receptive to it.
Some of the new hires have been with the company for less than a year and they simply need time to adjust to the new culture, O'Connell says.
With new hires abounding, Ameriprise's vaunted training program has shrunk, according to the Ameriprise executive.
"It's not that we've abandoned novice hiring," he says. "It's just that we've slowed it down dramatically."The new strategy is to train 50 to 100 "very talented" novices rather than several hundred prospects with a lower median level of talent, according to O'Connell.
The emphasis on creating a strong employee-based system while de-emphasizing franchisees is sensible, according to Robert Ellis, senior analyst of the securities industry for New York-based Novarica.
"You have this group of franchise advisors out there that requires extensive compliance management and are not exactly large producers," he says. "Why not bring the better ones into the firm as employees – keep relatively high payouts and cut their expenses – and squeeze out the franchise model over time?"Facilitating franchisees is counterproductive, all things equal. "Why allow employees to go in the opposite direction and increase their payouts?" Ellis asks.
Arbitrage move
Indeed, one of the reasons so many employees wanted to become franchisees, or grow their Ameriprise franchises by hiring Ameriprise employees, is the higher payouts. Bringing employees over to a franchise is a simple arbitrage move: employees get payouts of 25% to 50% at Ameriprise versus payouts closer to 80% on its franchise side, he says. [Employees told me 25% and an Ameriprise spokesman told me payout were closer to 50%.]
Ameriprise has an advisor force of 12,500 in the wake of its acquisition of Brecek & Young, which brought 300 advisors, and an additional 950 advisors from its H&R Block purchase, according to the company's 2008 annual report.
It's yet another brand under the Ameriprise unbrella that may serve as a template, Ellis says.
"Ameriprise also owns Securities America, which is doing quite well," he says. "Securities America represents a better growth model than the branded franchise model."


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MeeGo Extends Call for Proposals
You have until Friday, August 26 to submit additional proposals.
MeeGo Community Manager Dawn Foster announced that the call for proposals for the first-ever MeeGo Conference had been extended to August 26.
"We've had a great response to the MeeGo Call for Proposals with over 150 sessions submitted as of a few minutes ago, and I expect we'll see more today from the procrastinators who waited until the last day to submit," Foster said via a message to the MeeGo mailing list.
Foster highlighted four areas of interest that could use additional submissions:
Birds of a Feather (BOFs): There is no separate submission process for Birds of a Feather sessions. Tag BoF session proposals with "BOF" to designate it from regular proposals.
Project Leadership: Foster's same message mentioned a lack of product leadership submissions from key roles within MeeGo Governance. She suggested a "Meet the Team" BOF, as a good way to acquaint attendees with the team responsible for the project.
Middleware: Middleware includes a wide range of services including telephony, VOIP, Bluetooth, WebKit, 3D graphics with OpenGL, audio, UPnP, sensor framework, backup and restoration utilities, and codecs.
In-Vehicle Infotainment: With the recent announcement from GENIVI that MeeGo would become the de facto operating system for In-Vehicle Infotainment, IVI is hot right now for MeeGo.
The submission page can be found at conference2010.meego.com/program. The MeeGo Conference takes place November 15-17, in Dublin, Ireland.
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We promise to beat any price by 5% - Try our Price beaterWhole Egg Powder is a spray-dried, non-instantised, fine yellow powder produced from pasteurised hens' eggs.
Whole egg powder is a high protein food that can contribute to the growth and maintenance of muscle mass.
Whole Egg Powder is suitable for anyone looking to increase their dietary protein intake. A number of our customers use Whole Egg Powder to supplement protein into their cooking, or to add extra protein to a shake or smoothie.
Add 100ml of water or milk into our shaker (the less liquid the thicker the shake will be). Then add 30g, shake and consume. Use 2-3 times daily.
Note: We advise that all servings are measured using an accurate set of scales. While we make every attempt to provide an accurate equivalent measure using our Myprotein scoops, these are only approximate and are not a substitute for using a standardised measuring device.
Do not exceed the stated recommended daily dose. This product is a food supplement and therefore should not be used as a substitute for a varied diet and a healthy lifestyle. Store in a cool dry place, out of the reach of young children.
For allergens, see ingredients listed in bold. Made in a facility that also handles Milk, Soy, Gluten and products thereof.
Unflavoured: Whole Egg Powder (100%)
Serving Size - 1 Scoop (30g)
Servings Per Container - 33 (1kg)
Per 100g | Per Serving | *RI | ||
Energy | 2669 kJ/645 kcal | 724 kJ/174 kcal | 9% | |
Fat | 38 g | 11 g | 16% | |
of which saturates | 38 g | 11 g | 16% | |
Carbohydrates | 3.6 g | 1.1 g | 0% | |
of which sugars | 0 g | 0 g | 0% | |
Protein | 48 g | 14 g | 29% | |
Salt | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
* Reference intake of an average adult (8400 kJ/2000 kcal)
The nutritional information is based on the Unflavoured version, when choosing an alternative flavour the nutritional values may vary by up to 10%
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"mix it choc flavour, oats & maltodextrin. tastes great, can't have whey products (lactose) please please please just make a bloody all in one with no whey in it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I am from Pakistan give me contact number I will buy
The product is exactly as described and is a very effective way to keep protein intake up while avoiding whey. I must admit it taste's pretty bad but i'm sure i'll get used to it.
Taste is not expected to be great and its works so fine by me.
It does the job of giving a gluten free protein boost. Taste is not very nice (had to hold nose) but no worse than expected. Only slight lumps left after using protein powder shaker.
Geat to have in your food storage for scambled egg. Omelettes and for cakes ect. I really enjoyed it. My scrambled egg made with this powder. Great keep in times of need. Goes Well With:all the above
This Whole Egg Powder mixes easily and is a dense powder. It does taste like egg but not in a bad way.Goes Well With:cocoa powder, coconut or almond milk, stevia
Whole Egg Powder helped me gain mass. I would consider buying it againGoes Well With:Instant oats
As a newcomer to MyProtein I must say that the price, service and delivery times were excellent. This Whole Egg Powder is second to none. It's easy to mix and very palatable. Compared to others that I have used in the past, this whole egg powder is without doubt the best I have used.
I have only used this Whole Egg Powder for baking. It is an excellent substitute for shell eggs, as everyone discovered during the last war. To reconstitute - 1 tablespoon of egg powder: 2 tablespoons water - mix well! Powder can be used dry - just increase the amount of liquid in recipe.
We are only using this product for baking. So the taste of this product is immaterial! as we're not using it as a protein drink. The effectiveness of this product as a real-egg substitute is great. BUT 1 negative point: can anyone tell me what quantiity (grammes) of this Whole Egg Powder equates to 1 real egg?! As this is not stated on either the packaging of this product nor on this webpage :-( This is about the only 'down' point I can make about this product. We really need to know this info in order to be able to bake/prepare egg-dishes with this subsitute-egg product.
"This used to taste ok, very eggy, infact it reminded me of the taste of protein powder from the 80's and i did'nt mind it but now they have changed it, it is bright yellow in colour and tastes just awful. It was a good product but now it is disgusting in taste and almost impossible to drink on its own. Why change it?"
"If you bake as I do then having whole dried egg on hand allows all manner of baking without worrying if there will be enough eggs around; also great for pancakes, waffles et al. I did try as scrambled eggs but do not recommend alone as said by others best if mixed in 'something' else."
Good nutrition however it tastes foul! Need to find something to mix it with to make it bareable even when downed.
As a few others have pointed out this is a nutritionally complete powder however it really cant be added to much because of its very eggy taste and smell. My recipe to make this edible is 250mls of natural yoghurt 250mls of orange juice and 2 scoops of whole egg powder blended up this is bearable but not for everyone.
Exellent and essential product for those on high fat/low carb diets (4.5 stars because it does contain a small amount of carbs). It dosent taste great but the idea is to put on mass not have a nice drink
Perfect nutritional profile but I cannot for the life of me drink this stuff!
"The protein benefits are GR8 BUT!! The taste it is bad to say the least, I had to mix it with some chocolate powder to get it down me."
"Eggy, as you'd expect, but after mixing with some "Impact Whey Protein" and some milk, you'll get something resembling eggnog delicious."
"this is ok mixes well if you mix in small amount of water first, very smooth unlike hemp and brown rice protien which has grittyness"
I love this product, however I personally think this product is a little overpriced. I know you pay extra because its in powder form but 1 KG of this powder is roughly 35 fresh eggs.


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Sarah Brightman is the most well-known performers in the genre who is going to organize October concert in Korea. It is expected that this concert will be the top orchestras around the country. Sarah Brightman is diva and attractions of this world with the concert "with the orchestra played the top of Japan."
'The Angel of Music' Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. Sarah Brightman was born in Berkhamsted, a small market town outside London in the year 1960. Broadway star Sarah Brightman was the inspiration behind such stage hits as Phantom of the Opera and Requiem which was written in her honor by ex-husband Andrew Lloyd Webber. More than 2 million DVDs and over 30 million albums were sold worldwide. She started her career as a member of the dance troupes Pan's People and Hot Gossip and also released several disco singles as a solo performer. She made her musical theatre debut in Cats in the year 1981.
On October 26, with a 60-member orchestra the songstress will perform on stage at the "Sarah Brightman – in Concert with Orchestra" held at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul. This year's concert is third time for her to perform in Korea. Her first concert was held in the year 2004. Several disco singles was released by Sarah Brightman. She also played a role of Christine Daaé in several Broadway musicals including The Phantom of the Opera.
Sarah Brightman Orchestra Concert Tour dates:
10/12 (Tuesday) Tokyo: Tokyo International Forum Hall A
10/14 (Thursday), Nagoya: Japan Gaishihoru
10/15 (Friday) Kanazawa: Ishikawa Sports Center
10/17 (Sunday) Tokyo: Tokyo International Forum Hall A
10/18 (Monday) Tokyo: Tokyo International Forum Hall A
10/20(Wednesday), Osaka: Osaka Castle Hall
10/21 (Thursday) Tokyo: Tokyo International Forum Hall A
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A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically
"Kay Hymowitz has written a fascinating and important book—one that should be read by every man, woman and man-child in America. So put down your Wii controller, click off the Tucker Max blog, and pick up Manning Up. You won't regret it."
Pamela Paul, author of The Starter Marriage
"With spot-on detail and zero dogma, Kay Hymowitz has written a smart, incisive analysis of the woes troubling today's young men, oft saddled with the dreary label, 'adultescents.' Anyone interested in the state of the sexes will want to read Hymowitz's wise, accessible and compassionate take."
William J. Bennett
"Manning Up is an important portrayal of the disintegrating covenant that once existed between the sexes. And few can do this better than Kay Hymowitz. She untangles the complex forces threatening marriage for even the most privileged young Americans."
Caitlin Flanagan, author of To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife
"In her fascinating, brutally honest new book, Kay Hymowitz describes an unintended consequence of the successes of feminism: the creation of a huge generation of aging frat boys, men who have discovered—in the spray tanned, bikini-waxed wonderland of post-feminism—a shangrila they are only too happy to inhabit. Freed from the old tests of manhood, such as the ability to marry and provide for a woman and children, they are biding their time, and leaving many of the best and brightest young women wondering, 'where did all the good men go?' Manning Up is an important book for parents, educators and most of all, for today's young women."
Neil Howe, co-author of Millenials Rising: The Next Great Generation
"Kay Hymowitz is a brilliant observer of cultural and social trends in America. Manning Up moves in a crescendo of accelerating energy from first chapter to last. Any reader who has ever wondered about changing gender roles and the purpose of marriage in the lives of our friends and relatives—or in our own lives—will be impressed and amazed. If you are between age 20 and 50, reading this book may cause you to re-plan your own life. Whatever your age, it will certainly cause you to rethink our collective future."
Richard Whitmire, author of Why Boys Fail
"Kay Hymowitz does an exacting job describing the growing flock of man/children we're seeing, and she lays out the disturbing reality of the 'marriageable mate' dilemma that once affected only black women but has now become a broader phenomenon. Not only are there fewer college-educated men to marry, but many of those men who are available are little more than man/children—not anyone you would want your daughters to marry!"
Mark Bauerlein, author of The Dumbest Generation
"If you're curious as to why university admissions officers have to scramble these days to keep their entering classes at less than 60% female, or if you find that a sports bar on a Saturday afternoon sounds like a high school locker room, Kay Hymowitz's Manning Up provides an illuminating response. It's not because feminism has emasculated men, or because the media parade one man-boy after another (Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, The Man Show . . .). It's because of the Knowledge Economy. Manhood used to happen through marriage and fatherhood, boys becoming men by assuming caretaking responsibilities, usually by taking jobs in manufacturing. It made them grow up. The Knowledge Economy delays the process. It keeps them longer in school, and many of the jobs it offers favor women (design, communications). Drawing evocatively from films and novels, video games, blogs and research reports, female despair and male slackerdom, Hymowitz derives a fresh and pointed take on the Mars-and-Venus gender gap. This is the startling and persuasive news she imparts, an unintended consequence of the knowledge boom. More prosperity and innovation and media—but at a profound cost to family and society: the immaturity of men."


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How will the EU cookie directive impact the digital media industry?
What's the EU cookie directive I hear you ask? And who cares about biscuits (something my mum might ask)? In simple terms this new law which will come into force in May will require all websites to ask their 'visitors' if they can store information about them. For those of you whom I might be confusing I'll play this out in real life. When you're browsing a website, information will be stored as a text file (a cookie) on your computer so it can remember who you are. This is important for instance if you are filling out a form and make a mistake. The website will remember everything you've entered so that when you refresh the browser it doesn't force you to have to enter all your information again. Cookies make your web experience a lot more practical and seamless. Without them you would find using the internet a pain in the derrière.
So what's the issue with this I hear you ask? And are the biscuits gluten free I hear my mum echo? (okay okay, I'll stop with the rabble). Well this isn't really what people are getting flustered about. Websites also collect data so they can re-target you with advertising. For example, if you happen to be browsing for a flight or a hotel somewhere, the travel website you're on will store this data and send you advertising when you're on another website telling you to pay for the bloody trip to Malaga that you've been scouting for the last few weeks. This might be annoying to some and very useful to others. And herein lies the conundrum for advertisers. We don't want to upset those who don't want to be re-targeted, but we do want to find people who might need reminding that a trip to Malaga is much much cheaper than our competitors (why I've chosen Malaga as an example destination I'll never know, I've not been there myself, I hear it's quite boozy).
Adding to this already complex affair, many media technology companies are collecting data around the web and selling this to advertisers so they can target existing or new consumers (these are often called 3rd party cookies, where a website is allowing another company to collect data on its behalf). What this means in real terms is that when you visit The Sun website for instance, and are reading about Jordan's new face lift, you might be categorized as somebody who is interested in plastic surgery. This media company will then sell this data so that advertisers can send you advertising telling you that cheek implants would really help sort out your love life (I kid of course). This is called 'behavioural targeting' at 'digital media HQ'. These same media technology companies are not only collecting online data but also offline data from the likes of Experian. They can therefore match your offline purchasing habits to your online behaviour, and hey presto, you're seeing gambling adverts based on the fact that you spend a hell of a lot of money on lottery scratch cards (I've got to stop buying those pesky 'Rich for Life' ones which look so shiny).
People have therefore become weary about how much data is being collected and what is being done with it. The fact of the matter is that the web wouldn't work without cookies. However, there is a feeling that consumers should be given the choice as to whether their data is collected or not. The EU directive will mean you will be seeing prompts on websites or in online adverts asking you if you would like to switch off cookie targeting. You can easily delete cookies from your PC now with a few simple clicks. However, this needs to be done on a regular basis. People invariably forget or choose not to do this. There are also many tools out there which you can download (Ghostery being one) which tell you who is collecting your data.
My feeling is that having prompts on all websites and adverts will interfere with our online experience. It should be made easy for us to opt out of targeted advertising without having to do so each time we visit a website or see an ad for plastic surgery (I dread to think what categories I've been labelled with).
Agencies have a duty of care to protect their clients from being caught out by the cookie directive. This means firstly auditing the data they are collecting and who is collecting it. It means making sure all the publishers you are negotiating with on behalf of your client are compliant. It means presenting clients with best and worst case scenarios with regards to their marketing efforts and advising them on a best practice approach which is both compliant and consumer friendly. It means helping your client understand exactly what data is being collected on their behalf and its level of 'intrusion'.
I really don't believe like other cynics* that this will mean the end for behavioural targeting online. The government has clearly stated that they want a 'business friendly'** approach. Ultimately consumers want transparency and if we can provide that whilst providing a richer online experience we should all be happy. I shall remain optimistic (for once!)
Related articles
- New recommendation on cookie use – browser settings rather than banners (universityusability.wordpress.com)
- EU cookie laws could cause unwary firms to get their fingers burnt (guardian.co.uk)
- Website cookie laws – what you need to do now (simplybusiness.co.uk)
- The EU cookie directive and chartbeat (chartbeat.com)
- New EU Cookie Law? (ebiztechs.wordpress.com)
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Charlotte Haeger / Jan 18 2012
We have been looking into this issue for quite some time now and have had similar reflections around the Cookie Law as you. After discussing this between us we came up with an solution, have a look cookielaw.org
Please contact me on my email and we can discuss this further
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Chris Peckham / Jan 24 2012
Thanks for your article Nathan – I think you are right that we have concerns about what data is collected about us, and how it is used.
I'm a web developer and it is interesting to see some of the proposed compliance solutions that are only just starting to appear (like the Cookie Law one above, or Civic UK's Cookie Control (http://www.civicuk.com/cookie-law/). Although the UK Government would like a "business friendly" approach, compliance with the law introduces complexities that can be glossed over until actual implementations are investigated, which I think is what we are seeing in this first generation of compliance tools.
Remembering that the Cookie Directive is opt-in, I have only seen compliance implementations that offer an all-or-nothing choice. A freedom of information request to the ICO showed that visits tracked with cookies dropped by 90% when the ICO implemented this approach on their own site. It is fairly easy to understand why, and it is difficult to see how this will not have a significant effect upon, amongst other things, behavioural targetting online.
The International Chamber of Commerce UK Cookie Guide stresses the importance of a common vocabulary and categorisation for describing cookies and their uses. As the number of web sites that comply with the Directive increases, we will be presented each time with some kind of opt-in, and without a consistency of presentation, this will become very tiresome. Client side privacy plugins such as Ghostery unify this kind of thing for the major trackers, and also allow me to review my choices. The Cookie Directive requires server side privacy, which is no privacy when outside of the jurisdiction of the EU. The opt-in is one-time (first time) and on shared clients (a web browser used by a family, for example), subsequent visitors will be unaware of the choices made by the original consenter. Since privacy choices are recorded on each individual web server, there is no way to review this choice once made (we can inspect the cookie, but we don't know what it means), and there is no provision in the Directive for 'reminders'.
I'm not optimistic about the current approach and I think we can be sure to see some big changes as we grapple with these issues. I believe that a technical solution is needed, along the lines of P3P:


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Each time that I sit down to write an article, I never really know how it will turn out or whether it will be published. That sense of unknowing always takes me back to junior high school when I was always convinced that my papers just wouldn't measure up to expectation. So far, I have been fortunate and almost every article I submitted here has been accepted (with the sole exception being an article I wrote about sex and money which, as Jeffrey explained it to me, was just too boring — a comment that troubled me for about six months after he shared it with me!)
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Wildfires - June 2005
Fire activity increased dramatically during June, as numerous large fires developed across the Southwest and Great Basin regions,with activity concentrated across Arizona and Nevada. As reported by the National Interagency Fire Center, over 2.1 million acres had burned across the U.S. by the end of June. The number of acres burned had surpassed 3 million as of mid–July, with fire activity spreading eastward into New Mexico and Colorado.
So far this season the most significant of the large fire activity occurred in the Southwest and southern Great Basin areas, where numerous fires continued to burn into July. The locations and extent of wildfire activity in the western U.S. through the month of June can be seen on the active and burned area map from 30 June 2005 MODIS fire detections. Significant fire activity was also observed across interior parts of Alaska during June.
Drier than normal conditions in the Southwest U.S. in late spring and summer have contributed to extremely low dead fuel moisture levels. Fine fuels remained extremely dry across the Southwest and the Great Basin, with early–July 10–hr fuel moistures below 5% across most of this region.
As of June 30, 2005 | Nationwide Number of Fires | Nationwide Number of Acres Burned |
2005 | 30,217 | 2,173,746 |
2004 | 38,622 | 1,673,557 |
2003 | 27,286 | 767,018 |
10–year Average | 46,441 | 1,984,885 |
Medium to larger fuels dried out across the region during June (i.e. the June 30th 100–hr and June 30th 1000–hr fuel moistures), with 1000–hr fuels below 10% over most of Arizona by the end of the month. The observed fuel moistures at the end of June were a dramatic change from those measured at the end of May, at which point the area of extremely dry fuels (below 5%) was confined to the lower Colorado River valley for both the medium (May 31st 100–hr) and large (May 31st 1000–hr) fuels.
The Keetch–Byram Drought Index (KBDI), a widely used index for fire risk, had the largest potential for fire activity in the contiguous U.S. at the end of June across the southern Plains and Gulf Coast region.
The potential for large fire development was also evident in the fire danger classification at the end of June, which remained very high to extreme across most of Arizona and New Mexico.
Additional Wildfires Links
- NOAA Fire Products
- NOAA Fire Imagery
- NOAA Economics
- U.S. Drought Monitor
- National Interagency Fire Center
- U.S. Forest Service Fire Maps
- Wildland Fire Assessment System
- InciWeb
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With New York Fashion Week just a few short days away, Fall '13 collections are rolling in at a fast pace. Lover just released its Fall '13 lookbook, showing off its gorgeous ladylike-meets-cool offerings. Zeroing in on its love for mixing leather with lace, the Aussie-based brand showcased body-conscious lace dresses and separates, chic laser-cut leather tops, along with a sharp mix of tailored blazers and trousers. The results? Pieces we can't wait to slip into come Fall. Read below for our top looks from the collection, then peruse the complete lookbook in the slideshow and tell us which is your favorite in comments.
- This sleek all white ensemble is proof that you can wear white in the Winter — and with a seriously chic effect at that.
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A perfect candidate for contraceptive has been developed by a U.S. tech start-up MicroCHIPS. The device is a wireless, remote-controlled implant that can be switched on and off with the help of a button.
Pre-clinical testing of the device will begin in 2015, and if the device proves to be a success, then the device will be made available in the market by 2018.
Gwen Kinkead at MIT Technology review explained that the device is just 20 x 20 x 7 mm, which is small enough to be implanted under the skin of the buttocks, upper arm, or abdomen and that it uses a synthetic hormone called levonorgestrel, which is already featured in many current contraceptives, and it dispenses 30 mg of it per day via a special heat-activated seal.
Kinkead said, "MicroCHIPS invented a hermetic [air-tight] titanium and platinum seal on the reservoirs containing the levonorgestrel. Passing an electric current through the seal from an internal battery melts it temporarily, allowing a small dose of the hormone to diffuse out each day." The president of MicroChips Robert Farra had mentioned that the idea of using a thin membrance like an electric fuse was the most challenging and creative problem that they had to solve.
A replacement will be required only after 16 years as the device has enough hormones to last that long. The biggest unique selling point of the device will be that once the woman decides that she wants to conceives, all she will have to do is to switch off the device. And if she wants to start the hormones again, all that is required is for her to switch on the device with the help of the remote control. Another advantage of the device would be that the woman wouldn't have to remember to take her pills every day. Changing the dosage of the chip can be administered by the doctor.


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Other Ingredients
Gelatin capsule (gelatin, FD&C red no. 3, FD&C red no. 40), sesame oil, tricalcium phosphate, caramel color, ink (shellac, propylene glycol, sodium hydroxide, povidone, titanium dioxide, FD&C yellow no. 5), gelatin, polysorbate 80. Contains soy and wheat ingredients.
Not intended for use by persons under 18. Do not use if pregnant or nursing. Discontinue use and consult a medical doctor if you experience unusual symptoms. Consult a medical doctor before use if you have been treated for, diagnosed with or have a family history of any medical condition or if you are using any prescription or over-the-counter drug(s), including blood thinners. One serving (2 capsules) of this product contains up to as much caffeine as three cups of coffee (325 mg). Caffeine sensitive individuals may experience the following symptoms including, (but not limited to), restlessness, nervousness, tremors, headache, anxiety, palpitations, increased heart rate, or difficulty sleeping. Do not combine with other sources of caffeine. Consult a medical doctor before starting any diet or exercise plan. Do not exceed recommended serving. Improper use of this product will not improve results and is not advised. Use only as directed. Do not use if packaging has been tampered with. Store in a cool, dry place (60ºF to 80ºF). Keep out of reach of children.
Supplement Facts | ||
Serving Size: 2 LiquiTech Capsules | ||
Servings per Container: 60 | ||
Amount Per Serving | % Daily Value | |
Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid) | 7 mg | 12% |
Calcium | 50 mg | 5% |
Hydroxycut Hardcore Pro Series Blend | 680 mg | † |
Epidyne | ||
Caffeine anhydrous (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine) | † | |
Oleic acid | † | |
L-leucine | † | |
L-methionine | † | |
L-proline | † | |
HydroxyPro | † | |
Alchemilla vulgaris extract (frauenmantle) (leaf) | † | |
Olea europaea extract (wild olive) (leaf) | † | |
Cuminum cyminum extract (komijn) (seed) | † | |
Mentha longifolia extract (wild mint) (leaf) | † | |
Lipidrol | † | |
L-tyrosine | † | |
Trans-ferulic acid | † | |
Capsicore | † | |
Capsicum annuum (cayenne) (fruit) | † | |
† Daily Value not established |