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I've had an amazing opportunity lately to be a part of a local artist-run cultural centre as an intern for the school year. Part of my responsibilities as a programming assistant is putting together a hands-on free workshop for January. I racked my brain trying to think of ideas. I wanted something that would be appealing to a wide range of people - art students, and anyone else. I also wanted to do something a bit unique. There have been some amazing workshops over the last couple of years at the space, and I wanted mine to be amazing among them. I decided on needle felting. It's a process that can yield two- or three dimensional projects, and can result in really "crafty" looking results, but also more "fine art" applications, depending on how the artist approaches their work.
I was first introduced to felting in 2005 when I was studying textiles in London (Ontario). The process uses wool fibres and a special needle which pulls the fibres together to fuse them. As research for the workshop, I've decided to work on a few projects over the next few weeks to use as examples. The first was directly taken from this post on A Beautiful Mess, aptly titled "Needle Felting 101".
I scaled the DIY down from a blanket to a scarf (no way doI have time to needle felt an entire blanket right now) and I decided to go with simple black-on-white for my Swiss cross pattern.
In this first image, you can see my stencil laid on the white wool scarf, and the tufts of black wool on top, ready to be pressed in with the needle.
This cross is about three quarters of the way felted. It's still a little puffy, but it's getting there. Each cross takes about fifteen to twenty minutes to complete, and the cross pattern is three inches long.
It's getting there! This project is perfect to work on while watching tv. I'm still only about halfway done, but I hope to finish it over the next few days so I can get to work on some three-dimensional projects.
That's all for now. I really hope to get to some more art shows over the next week or two, particularly David Bowie Is at the AGO and David Cronenberg at the gallery at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.


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Super Smash series is considered one of the greatest hit of flash games. This game came into existence in 2006, with Super Mario Bros. Now, when the second version of the installment has hit the market, you should taste the epicenes of this amazing flash series game. Of course, there are similarities in the second version; you can say it is the continuation of the Smash Bros.
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If you got some experience, and have been playing this Super Smash Flash 2 game here, you should either go with the two-player mode along with your friend or dip into the online world to get someone facing you in this epic fighting game of this generation.
The real players from all over the world play this online game, and you should only dig into this if you are an experienced player.
You can create either your own room with a password, and invite others to join your private room, or you can join any public room, it is upon you what you like.
So, the only motto of the game to hit very hard to your opponents, or they will hit you down to hunt you. The damage meter introduced in the second installment of the game is a superb idea, you get to know when you will get down so that you could get something to be alive.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Sunny day
The day started with the bright sun in the sky. I always feel energetic and enthusiastic if there is a sunny day. Cooked some Okay okay breakfast. With the onion prices sky rocketing, managed with a single onion for the breakfast. I wonder how can we survive without the onions. Earlier the onion was considered non
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used to have a little of it. My granny still observes no onion days 4 days a week!. While taking the dogs for the walk found some
in the sideways. Plucked some and put in the vase.
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A corporate coach based in the US helps us to understand the importance of meetings in the US business place. A few tips from the video are:
- Respond in a timely way (within a few hours to a day) to each meeting request. If you are unable to come, let them know.
- Prepare – How can you contribute to the meeting? Prepare a few points you can respond to or talk about.
- When do you show up? Do not show up at the exact time or after the time. Come at least 5-10 minutes early.
Unfortunately, the video that was originally showcased here is no longer available.
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Is This The End?
Well, here we are at the end. This time it will really happen – or it has happened already. Of course, if you're in Australia all this is old news. We've had a mild but wet spell recently but as the end draws nigh it's getting colder again. The sky is clear though so I'm not sure if the snow that we've been promised will be able to make it. I have a feeling that it received several invitations for the party tonight and it's not sure which it will go to.
As you can see, we have a picture of a seagull today. With the Solway Firth 'just over there' you'd think that they would be regular visitors but we don't actually see that many, perhaps there are other, more delightful, delights between us and the sea and they get side-tracked before they reach us. It's also possible that they've heard how important these next couple of days are in Scotland and have decided that it would be better if they left the country until things quieten down. It's all that singing, you know – seagulls find what passes for song among humans, raucous harsh and outlandish. Not at all like the soft melodious song of the seagull.
Having arrived at this point, I suppose that the only thing left is for me, Jackie and The Dog, to wish you a very happy New Year.
See you, over the page, in 2013.
A Bit Windy
Here's a rook, sitting in the top of a tree. I think the trees are rather ticklish – they are finding the, current fairly strong, winds hilarious and are shaking and roaring with laughter. The noise is loud enough to make it hard to get to sleep at night, and when you step out into the back garden, which is between the house and the woods, the sound hits you like a body blow. It reminds me of walking in front of a loud speaker at a rock festival in the sixties. Today, of course, you'd have to be wearing ear defenders to be allowed that close to the stage. Perhaps the wind should come with a Government Health Warning.
I tried to take some photos of the rooks fighting against the wind as they stagger from tree to tree, thinking that, as they were flying into the wind, they would be easy to keep in the view finder. But no, I think that there just isn't enough light to do long distance focusing and in the end I had to resort to waiting until they landed to get a shot.
It's not just the trees that are having a great time in the wind. Notice that little blue bit in the photo. Quite a few of these are dashing round all over the sky today, in and out of the clouds like a bunch of tiny tots at a children's party who are all on a sugar high.
Or whatever the latest excuse for children's high spirits is.
Noah, of course, was the expert on raindrops. He only had forty days and forty nights of it – I don't know how he would have managed with the amount we have had this year. Those poor pigeons would still be flying around looking for an olive branch. Come to think of it, we don't have that many olive trees around here, I wonder if they are allowed a second choice – maybe a nice bit of oak, or a pine cone, or a piece of ivy?
I seem to remember that the climate was going to change and we were all going to be living in desert conditions and so needed to plant cactii (or cactuses). To help things along they planted olive trees at Kew Gardens, so if you see a pigeon looking a bit lost you might like to point it in the direction of Kew.
I always understood that The Flood was a legend that pre-dated Noah, and that he was modelled on one Gilgamesh of a few centuries earlier. I thought I'd mention it here. When I went to check Gilgamesh's story, we take as little for granted as possible, I found it to be quite a different kettle of fish.
The story that mentions The Flood is the story of Gilgamesh's exploits, true. But he did a great deal of exploiting. He killed off monsters and magic bulls and had arguments with assorted Gods and Goddesses. While doing all this he stopped to chat to a guy called Utanapishtim and Utanapishtim told him the tale of how he (Utanapishtim) had been commanded by his God to build a great raft and fill it with people and animals etc.
So it isn't all Gilgamesh's fault, at all. Next time I see him I must apologise.
Every now and then, as The Dog and I wander aimlessly along, we find some mushrooms. The first thing that comes to mind, always, is, I wonder if it's poisonous? So we take a picture and we trot back home to have a word with our old friend Google. Now, Google knows a lot of stuff, but sometimes it is very hard to get him to understand the question. The problem is he just doesn't listen and he's in too much of a hurry. You start typing in your question and before you're more than a few characters in, he starts listing stuff that he thinks is probably the answer. You get the distinct impression that he has important people asking him serious questions that are really interesting – and he just doesn't have time to bother with these trifling enquiries about puff something or other.
However, we are persistent and we don't give up and click off somewhere to buy puff pastry or powder puffs or any of the other things he thought we should do first before we bother him with any more of our silly questions. Puffballs was what we typed in and information on puffballs was what we wanted. Quite often, as soon as he realises we are in one of those moods, he will give up and concentrate on solving our problem. In this case, this is a Common Puffball, and it has a hole in the top where the fine mist of spores were blown out by the wind or some passing vibration – like being kicked, for instance. No, it is not poisonous but this one is far too old to be edible. They are edible when they are young. Google did mention that when they are young they are very difficult to distinguish from the young form of various poisonous and highly poisonous types of mushroom.
That's interesting, isn't it?
Instinctive Reaction
We went out, one morning recently, into a darkly overcast and mist-filled day. Just as we came round the corner my eye was drawn to a cloud of rooks right at the edge of visibility. These are the one and two year-olds. I must mention here that the rookery, or at least the large group of trees where most of the rooks nest, is half a mile or so in the other direction. So this bunch of eighteen to thirtys had chosen to be well away from home. As you can see, the purpose of the meeting was quite simply to be able to indulge in beach barbecues and mud wrestling etc. away from adult supervision. It all happens at this time of year.
Did you see that the latest research at Stonehenge and various other Henges, has turned up a surprisingly large litter of well gnawed pig bones? Those deeply religious processions and services to the Moon or Sun or whoever, beloved of archaeologists, may possibly have taken place but the congregations would have been small, most of the attendees were there to have a party. Serious eating and drinking were the main attraction. If the people in those far off days were anything like their modern-day cousins, there was probably a fair amount of mingling and extending the gene pool going on too.
Then there are all those cast-away amphorae that litter the beaches near the tin mines way down in the south-west of Britain. Some of them appear to date back to the Phoenicians. I'm sure that one of the reasons they came was for the tin.
But after a few thousand years of 'The Stonehenge Experience' – we Brits do know how to give a good party, you know.
Happy Christmas
The Dog would like to mention that she thought that The End Of The World was going to be a bit more, sort of, well – she thought that something was going to happen. As it was, we actually missed it. We were busy around eleven o'clock on Friday when the Galactic Centre clicked into alignment and Planet X put in its closest approach, I think we were just finishing breakfast or looking out of the window wondering if it was time for a train yet, or something else that was more important than the mere ending of the world.
I suppose we should make a point of writing down somewhere exactly what we did at the moment it all came to an end. If we don't, we'll be sorry in twenty or thirty years when our descendants ask us "What did you do at the end of the world?" In fact, take the opportunity now, and start working on something that sounds really good.
The Maya, of course have been avidly awaiting the great day. They were expecting tens of millions of visitors over the period (I hope they took the precaution of asking them to pay in advance). It's a bit of an anticlimax for them now, they have to wait until someone chisels out another calendar wheel before they can use up all the leftover tourist tat.
So on that note, it just remains for me to say A Very Happy Christmas from me and A Very Happy Christmas from her.
Keeping Our Fingers Crossed
This Ash tree stands between the village notice board and the post box. As you can only tell if it has this ash die-back thingy when it starts to grow next year, we are keeping our fingers crossed for it at the moment. The fungus, or whatever, is spread via the leaf mould and while young trees are being destroyed if they have it, the government has decided that older trees found to be infected should be left alone, as long as they're safe, as even a dead tree is important to wild life.
Norse mythology has an Ash Tree called Yggdrasil, with humanity living beneath one of its roots, in one of the nine worlds. The whole business is very confused and no one seems to be too sure what the other worlds are. When you think of the way many of the Norse peoples lived, in isolated pockets of aggressive humanity in the company of the wild snow and ice and the, perhaps, even wilder seas, you can easily believe that a coherent theology was probably not at the top of their survival priorities.
Ash wood is not much good in external use as it soon rots away, but it does make very good bows, bats, tool handles, Morgan sports cars and World War One fighter aircraft.


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Disclaimer of Warranty. This site and the information, services and materials contained on this site are provided on an "as is" basis and your use of this site is at your own risk. Vitagene and its affiliates make no warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or non-infringement, or warranties arising by course of dealing or custom of trade. Neither vitagene nor its affiliates warrant that the information on this site is accurate, reliable or current. Neither vitagene nor any other content providers make any warranty or representation, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the data from which the information is compiled or the accuracy of the information itself, nor the compatibility of the information with any hardware and systems. Vitagene also makes no representations or warranties that your access to and use of the site (1) will be uninterrupted or error-free, (2) is free of viruses, unauthorized code, or other harmful components, or (3) is secure. You are responsible for taking all precautions you believe necessary or advisable to protect you against any claim, damage, loss or hazard that may arise by virtue of your use of the site. vitagene and any third-party supplier assume no responsibility for any product, brand, method, information or services on this site in any way, and there is no warranty or any assurance that the products or services contained or described on this site will satisfy any requirements that you may have. By using this site, the user acknowledges that it is at the user's sole risk and the user assumes full responsibility for all risk associated with use of this site. Neither vitagene nor its affiliates nor any third party supplier can be assured that the user, in using this site, has selected an appropriate service provider. Again, you should use this site for general informational and educational purposes only and should direct any further inquiries to a professional health care provider. Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties. Therefore, only if required by applicable law, some or all of the exclusions or limitations above may not apply to you. You may have other rights from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Exclusion of damages. as consideration for user's opportunity to use the general information and processes provided on this site, user agrees that under no circumstances whatsoever will vitagene or anyone associated with vitagene or this site be liable in any way to you or any other entity for any action or inaction taken by user in reliance upon information or services provided through this site. Neither vitagene nor anyone associated with vitagene shall be liable in any event for any direct, indirect, special, consequential, incidental or punitive damages that result from or relate in any manner whatsoever to (1) your use of the site, or reliance on the content, or (2) errors, inaccuracies, omissions, defects, untimeliness, security breaches, or any other failure to perform by vitagene or its content providers. The foregoing exclusion shall apply regardless of whether vitagene has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of certain types of damages. Therefore, only if required by applicable law, some or all of the exclusions above may not apply to you. You may have other rights from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Limitation on liability. If, notwithstanding the other terms of this agreement (or any other agreement between you and us), we (or our content providers or others associated with this site) should have any liability for any loss, harm or damage, you and we (on behalf of ourselves and our content providers and others associated with this site) agree that such liability shall under no circumstances exceed $1,000. You and we (on behalf of ourselves and our content providers and others associated with this site) agree that the foregoing limitation of liability is an agreed allocation of risk between you and us (and our content providers and others associated with this site) and reflects the fees, if any, we charge you to use this site, the services and the content. you acknowledge that absent your agreement to this limitation of liability, we would not provide the site, the services or the content to you.
13. Foreign Access or Use
Vitagene operates solely in the United States. Vitagene is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. The servers that host this Website are located in the United States, and any Personal Information you provide to us will be processed by Vitagene in the United States. By using this Service, your data will be in the United States.
14. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Vitagene harmless against any losses, expenses, costs or damages (including its reasonable attorneys' fees, expert fees and other reasonable costs of litigation) arising from, incurred as a result of, or in any manner related to (1) your breach of these Terms of Use, (2) your unauthorized or unlawful use of the Site, and (3) the unauthorized or unlawful use of the Site by any other person using your IDs.
15. Termination
Your right to access and use the Site immediately terminates without further notice upon your breach of these Terms of Use. Vitagene may terminate this agreement and/or your right to use the Site at any time, with or without cause. Vitagene reserves the right to discontinue or make changes to the Site at any time.
16. Assignment
Vitagene may assign these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion. You may not assign your rights under these Terms of Use without the prior written permission of Vitagene. Any attempt by you to assign your rights under these Terms of Use without the permission of Vitagene shall be void.
17. Waiver
The waiver by Vitagene of a breach of any provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other or a subsequent breach of the same or a different kind.
18. Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
19. Governing Law
This Site is controlled under the laws of the State of California and the United States of America. Any claim relating to this Site or Services provided through this Site will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without giving application to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
20. Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use contain the entire agreement between you and Vitagene relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any other oral or written communications relating thereto. These Terms of Use may not be amended or supplemented by (1) any purchase order or similar form originated by you relating to the subject matter hereof, or (2) statements of any Vitagene employees.
21. Miscellaneous Information
You agree to use this Site for legal and proper purposes. If you no longer agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, you agree to immediately cease use of the Site.
22. Return Policy
Cancellations may be made by reaching out to customer support at email@example.com and providing your order information and reason for cancellation.
For Kit Cancellations/Returns:
You cannot cancel Kits once purchased. If there is an issue with the Kit you are entitled to a refund if a customer service representative feels that is justified.
For Supplement Subscription Cancellations:
You may cancel your supplementation order at anytime by reaching out to support. The moment the representative cancels the subscription, the system will not send out or bill any more supplements. However, in the case that a supplement order has already been sent to the supplement vendor for the upcoming shipment, you will be charged for that order.
23. Acceptance of Terms and Conditions
You acknowledge that the provisions, disclosures and disclaimers set forth above are fair and reasonable and your agreement to follow and be bound to them is not the result of fraud, duress or undue influence exercised upon you by any person or entity. There are no representations, promises, warranties or undertakings by Vitagene contrary to those set forth above.
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, the practices of this Website, or your dealings with this Website, including any bugs or actual or potential threats to the security of our Website and protection of your personally identifiable information please contact us at email@example.com.
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy — Vitagene, Inc.
1. Introduction:
A.Vitagene, Inc. ("Vitagene," "we," or "us") knows that you care how Personal Information about you is collected, used, shared and stored. "Personal Information" means information that personally identifies you, including your Enrollment Information, Family History, Lab work, Health Goals, Medical History, Genetic Data, and Enrollment Form. A large portion of the Personal Information we collect, use, share, and store is sensitive in nature, including, any and all medical information for example Genetic Data & Other Personal Information.
B. This Privacy Policy explains what Personal Information will be collected by Vitagene when you use our Website: www.vitagene.com, and Service: Vitagene (the "Service"), how Personal Information will be used, and how you can control the collection, correction and/or deletion of Personal Information.
C. This Privacy Policy should be read along with our Terms of Use above ("Agreement"), and all other operating rules, policies and procedures and additional terms and conditions published on our Website of which we provide you notice and all of which are incorporated by reference and govern your use of our Website and Service. Capitalized terms, if not defined in this Privacy Policy, are defined in the Agreement.
2. Mobile Privacy:
We offer you the ability to connect with our Website, or use our applications, services, and tools using a mobile device through a mobile application. The provisions of this Privacy Policy apply to all such mobile access and use of such devices.
3. Based in the United States:
We operate in the United States. Vitagene is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. The servers that host this Website are located in the United States, and any Personal Information you provide to us will be processed by Vitagene in the United States. By using this Service, your data will be in the United States.
4. Personal Information We Collect or You May Provide:
A. You can visit our Website without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself.
B. You provide us Personal Information when you register to use the Service on the Website:
1) To create an account and enroll Your name Your email address; Your physical addresses; Your telephone number(s); Your credit card information is collected by our third party payment processors. Your credit card numbers are not stored on our database or servers; Date of Birth; Gender; Unique user name and password
2) To use the Services in addition to Enrollment Information ("Genetic Data & Other Personal Information"): Genetic Data resulting from your genotyping or whole genome sequencing. Medical information which means, by way of example, your biometrics, medications, procedures, lab work and health records. Family history that includes information about you, your parents, grandparents, other relatives, siblings, uncles or children. Lifestyle information which means, by way of example, your nutrition, activities, sleep, stress, smoking/alcohol, relationship, confidential history, and environmental factors).
C. Vitagene integrates genomic and clinical data with behavioral analysis to engage patients with their Health Care Provider and help Health Care Provider create a detailed action plan uniquely suited to the patient including supplementation routines and other recommendations. You decide if and how you want to disclose your Personal Information to third parties other than your physician or medical professional.
D. We may also collect Personal Information from you as a result of your email communications with us, requests for information, products or services, your posts on our Website, completion of surveys or to apply for employment.
E. Any Personal Information you post on a community forum or the public pages of our Website are available to the public without any expectation of privacy or confidentiality. Copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored this Personal Information even if you remove it. To request removal of your Personal Information from these areas of our Website, contact us firstname.lastname@example.com.* *In some cases, we may not be able to remove your Personal Information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
F. You are required to enter your Personal Information as opposed to a third party on your behalf. You promise the Personal Information will be current, accurate and complete to your best knowledge at the time provided and will use reasonable efforts to update all Personal Information as appropriate. Vitagene disclaims any legal duty to verify the accuracy of any Personal Information you provide to us.
G. We display personal testimonials on our Website in addition to other endorsements. With your consent we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us email@example.com.
5. How We Use Your Personal Information:
We compile, save, use and analyze your Personal Information in both a personally-identifiable form and an aggregated, non-personally identifiable form, to operate, maintain, improve, and provide to you the Service and to conduct our business. We use this information to: Register you as a user and to identify you when you sign-in to your account; Administer your account; Provide Recommendations; Respond to your inquiries, customer service requests, complaints or your job application; Verify activity as we deem necessary; Send you a newsletter or other promotional communications; Conduct research and analyze data for our business purposes and to improve our Service or customize our communications with you; Communicate with you;
6. How We Share Your Personal Information with Third Parties:
A. We will share your Personal Information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy. We do not sell your Personal Information to third parties.
B. We share: (i) Your Personal Information with your Physician or other medical professionals under your direction (ii) Your Personal Information: With business partners or service providers (e.g. credit card processors or our contracted genotyping laboratory) to process and/or store the information in order to help us provide, understand or improve our Services. These companies are authorized to use your personal information *only as necessary to provide* these services to us. As required by law, such as to comply with reporting requirements, a subpoena, or similar legal process in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity or as we believe reasonably necessary to protect or enforce our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others. With any third party with your prior consent to do so.
C. For genotyping, you will be instructed to send your saliva sample to our third-party Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory partner ("Laboratory"). The sample will be labeled with the unique barcode and no other identifier. To protect your privacy, receiving personnel at the laboratory will remove and discard any identifying information (e.g. name, address) included with saliva samples before testing personnel receive the samples for genotyping. Receiving personnel do not perform testing, and testing personnel only handle samples labeled with the unique barcode. DNA samples are destroyed after 25 years or until the sample is depleted. DNA belongs to the customer. Customers can request that we remove the data, but keep the DNA stored. Customers can request that we keep the data, but do not store the DNA. Customers can request that we remove the data and do not store the DNA. Vitagene acts per the customer's instruction.
The laboratory securely sends the resulting Genetic Data to us along with your unique barcode. Genetic Data is encrypted and stored securely; the laboratory also stores your Genetic Data, but labeled only with a sample barcode.
D. Some of our pages utilize framing techniques to serve content to from our service providers while preserving the look and feel of our site, such as when you enter credit card information. Please be aware that you are providing your personal information to these third parties and not to firstname.lastname@example.com. This Privacy Policy does not govern the privacy practices of these third parties.
E. We may also share your Personal Information in the event that the business of Vitagene is transferred to another entity by way of merger, sale of the company's assets, or otherwise. In such event, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website of any change in ownership or uses of your Personal Information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your Personal Information.
7. How We Store and Protect Your Personal Information:
A. We may store Personal Information in locations outside our direct control (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).
B. We use Security Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology to encrypt sensitive personal information (such as your Genetic Data and Profile and Vitagene login credentials) before it travels over the internet. Credit card numbers are never stored on our database or servers.
C. The security and protection of your Personal Information is important to us. We have implemented physical and technical security safeguards that reasonably and appropriately protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the electronic protected health information we receive, maintain and transmit. Ultimately, security is a shared responsibility with the users of Vitagene. Protecting your Personal Information is also your responsibility. You are responsible for safeguarding your password, secret questions and answers, and other authentication information you use to access Vitagene. You should not disclose your authentication information to any third party and should immediately notify Vitagene of any unauthorized use of your password. Vitagene cannot secure Personal Information that you release on your own or that you request us to release. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Website, you can contact us email@example.com.
8. Compromise of Personal Information:
Personal Information, once released or shared, can be difficult to contain. We will notify promptly those affected by a security breach. Notwithstanding, Vitagene: (a) is not responsible or liable for any consequences that may result because you have released or shared Personal Information with a third party; and (b) does not accept liability for any unintentional disclosure or a disclosure that occurs due to a security breach of our systems or facilities.
9. User Access and Choice:
A. You may, of course, decline to submit Personal Information to us; in which case, you may not be able to use certain Services.
B. You are free to access your Personal Information by contacting our Customer Service department by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can request your Personal Information be modified by sending an email to us email@example.com with the words "UPDATE MY INFORMATION" in the subject line. We will not delete your Personal Information to the extent that it may be used in an aggregated, non-personally identifiable form to improve our Service. At any time, Vitagene may require you submit additional Personal Information to verify your identity or to protect your security and privacy. For your information, please note that it is our practice to monitor and in some cases record calls for staff training and quality assurance purposes. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
C. If you no longer wish to use Vitagene, you may close your account by sending a request to email@example.com. When closing your account, your Personal Information will be stored in accordance with this Privacy Policy and will be used as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements. In the future, your Personal Information may be used for recommendations made available through Vitagene in an aggregate, non-personally identifiable form to improve our Service. Our contracted genotyping laboratory may also retain your Genetic Information as required by local law.
10. Notification, Electronic Communication and Opt-Out:
A. You consent to our using your email address and other forms of communication to send you Service-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail. You may not opt out of some Service-related communications.
B. Upon registration, or on other areas of the site, you may opt-in to receive periodic messages from us, including changes to features of the Service, newsletters, promotions and special offers. If you wish to subscribe to these emails and other forms of communication, we will use your name, email address, and/or phone number to send them to you. Out of respect for your privacy, you may choose to stop receiving our newsletter, marketing emails, or sms notifications by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails and notifications. Opting out may prevent you from receiving messages regarding updates, improvements, or offers.
11. Children's Privacy:
Vitagene is for use by adults only. If you are not over 18 years of age, do not use this Website. Vitagene is committed to protecting the privacy of children. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from any person we actually know is under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 18, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any Personal Information from a child under 18, please contact us at email@example.com.
12. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Similar Technologies
Our website uses "cookie" and "web beacon" technology. We use cookies and web beacons to identify your device, provide website user authentication, conduct fraud prevention and management services, distinguish you from other visitors, record your IP address and understand your use of our site, and identify the name of the Web site from which you linked to Vitagene. This information is used for fulfilling contracts with our business partners, and to help us serve you better by improving our website design, as well as our products, services, and promotions. We do not otherwise track any information about your use of other websites. Information obtained through cookies and web beacons may be shared with or obtained by service providers on our behalf.
A cookie is a small data file that is placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a website. A "session cookie" expires immediately when you end your session (i.e., close your browser). A "persistent cookie" stores information on the hard drive so when you end your session and return to the same website at a later date, the cookie information is still available. A web beacon is a small string of code that represents a clear graphic image and is used in conjunction with a cookie.
When you visit our website, we may use both a session and a persistent cookie. This Vitagene-placed cookie may contain information (such as a unique user ID) that is used to track your usage of our website and in some cases, your e-mail address. Your e-mail address is only saved in this Vitagene-placed cookie if you register with us. A web beacon allows us to capture certain additional types of information about a visitor's actions on a web site, such as a visitor's cookie number, the time, date, duration and number of page views, a description of the page where the Web beacon is placed, and details about any items that were purchased.
If you register with us, this Vitagene-placed cookie allows us to recognize you when you return to our website and provides you with access to your account information. If you save your information with or order from us, we may also use cookies to monitor and maintain information about your use of our website. If you have not saved your information with or ordered from us, we may monitor and maintain information about your use of our website in a manner that does not identify you. You can disable cookies at any time by using your browser options; however, if you turn off cookies, we will not be able to track your order or enable you to make a purchase from our website. In addition, we will not be able to recognize you as a registered user to allow you access to your account information.
13. Links to Other Websites, Blogs/Forums and Social Media Widgets:
A. Our Site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Vitagene. When you use a link to go from our Website to another website, such as that of our payments processors, the privacy policy for the other website governs. We encourage you to carefully read and understand the privacy policy of any Website you visit.
B. Our Website may offer a publicly accessible blog. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be displayed publicly and read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog, contact us firstname.lastname@example.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why. C. Our Website includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Website, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
C. Among the vendors whose services we employ may be companies that help us deliver online advertisements such as banner ads. These companies may collect and use information you provide to us to better understand the offers, promotions, and types of advertising that are most appealing to our customers. After the information is collected by these third parties, it is aggregated so it is not personally identifiable or tied to you or any other user. If you would prefer that these companies not collect your information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
14. English Language:
The English version of this Privacy Policy governs. All disputes, claims and causes of action (and related proceedings) will be communicated in English.
15. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update, change, modify or otherwise alter this Privacy Policy at any time. If any material changes are made to this Privacy Policy, Vitagene will notify you by posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Services or notifying you through the Services. ANY ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICES BY YOU AFTER THE CHANGES GO INTO EFFECT SHALL CONSTITUTE AND BE DEEMED YOUR AGREEMENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Accordingly, we encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy and the Services in order to keep apprised of our current privacy practices. If you do not want to be bound by this Privacy Policy, do not use or access any part of the Services. set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices in general, contact us at:
Vitagene, Inc
415 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Consent for Research
Vitagene's Consent for Research
Here at Vitagene, we are passionate about the future of healthcare.
We believe that by leveraging science and data, we can not only fulfill our mission of helping our members reach and maintain their own peak health, but we can also change the landscape of the healthcare industry. This is where you come in. Vitagene's comprehensive suite of tests, lifestyle recommendations, and clinical input means that you'll have a 360-degree picture of your health and a deeper understanding of what makes you, well, you. Learning what makes you so unique and, conversely, what makes you similar to others is not only fascinating; it's also incredibly impactful, both for informing your personal wellness and for driving advancements in scientific research.
Our team of scientific researchers collects and analyzes data to discern trends, draw connections, and separate what's working from what's not. Our goal is to use these results to improve our supplement, lifestyle, and health recommendations and to help you reach and maintain the best health of your life.
As a Vitagene customer, you get the first opportunity to participate in our exciting research program. The consent form below allows you to opt-in to these studies and offers you all the basic details.
Here are a few answers to common questions:
Q: Is my privacy protected?
A: Absolutely. Your privacy is our number one priority.
All data used for research purposes is aggregated and de-identified. That means your identifying data is removed and that your remaining data is collected among many other data points and studied as a whole. None of your private information, such as name, address, or email, is associated with this aggregated data. Vitagene may use this collected, anonymous data to publish exciting scientific discoveries that result from your contribution (and others!).
Q: What happens if I opt out?
A: Your decision to join the research study or not does not impact any aspect of your Vitagene order, medical care, or relationship with your physician.
Q: Can I opt-in at a later time?
A: Yes! You may opt-in or out at any time. You can update your opt-in/opt-out status in your account settings. Whether or not you decided to participate in the research now, or if you decide to withdraw later, your decision will not result in any penalty or loss of benefits to which you are entitled.
Q: If I opt-in, what is expected from me?
A: Nothing! Upon opt-in, there's nothing further you need to do to contribute to this research program.
Vitagene Protocol #001: Retrospective and Prospective Analysis of Clinical, Laboratory and Interpretative Data (VITA study)
001 WIRB® Protocol # 20152041
Vitagene Inc.
Dr. Reza Malek 415 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94107.
Clinical Research Coordinator 877-MYVITAGENE (9:00 am to 5:00 pm PT, Monday to Friday)
If you provide your consent, your personal data will be linked to a randomly generated number and stored in our research database. There will be no direct link between your data and any published research that may come from your participation in the study. Only members of the study staff will collect the data. The data will be kept on our secure cloud services, which will be linked to each customer only via a unique study identification number. The list linking the customer and the unique study identification number will be stored on a password-protected file.
Participation in this study involves minimal risk to participants. A potential risk to customers is the highly unlikely accidental disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI). However, all research staff have been trained on Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) to guide appropriate use and disclosure of PHI. Since this is only a chart review, we do not anticipate any direct risks to the customers.
This study is unrelated to your personal medical history or any related health treatments. Your condition(s) may not get better or may get worse during this study.
You will be told about any new information that might change your decision to be in this study. You may be asked to sign a new consent form if this occurs.
You will not benefit directly from your participation in this research. Customers may benefit from improvements that are made to the Vitagene supplement recommendation database as a result of this research. Additionally, customers may indirectly benefit from any discoveries made from any published research that is generated from the data we use for research.
There are no costs directly related to participation in this study.
You will not be paid for being in this study.
This is not a treatment study. Your alternative is not to be in this study.
Vitagene will pay for any costs associated with this research study.
Contact Vitagene (24 hours) for any of the following reasons:
- If you have any questions about your participation in this study
- If you have questions, concerns or complaints about the research
- If you have questions about your rights as a research subject
If you have questions, concerns or complaints about the research, you may contact:
Western IRB
1019 39th Avenue SE Suite 120
Puyallup, Washington 98374-2115
Telephone: 1-800-562-4789 or 360-252-2500
E-mail: email@example.com
WIRB is a group of people who independently review research. WIRB will not be able to answer some study-specific questions, such as questions about appointment times. However, you may contact WIRB if the research staff cannot be reached or if you wish to talk to someone other than the research staff.
I have read this consent form (or it has been read to me). All my questions about the study and my part in it have been answered. I freely consent to be in this research study.
I authorize the release of my medical and research records for the purpose of this study. By signing this consent form, I have not given up any of my legal rights.
What information may be used and given to others?
The study staff will receive your personal and medical information. For example:
- Genetic information
- Research records
- Blood work information
- Lifestyle data
- Any information from fillable forms during the registration process
- Any additional fillable forms or information you provide to us during your time as a Vitagene customer
Your Credit card information, home address, and phone number will not be included as part of the research record.
Who may use and receive information about you?
The study doctor and the study staff may use your information. The research team may also use your anonymous research information for published studies in the future. The sponsor of this research may receive information about you. "Sponsor" means any persons or companies that are: working for or with the sponsor, or owned by the sponsor. Your information may also be given to: Western Institutional Review Board® (WIRB®).
Why will this information be used and/or given to others?
- To do the research
- To study the results
- To assess if the research was done right.
If the results of this study are made public, information that identifies you will not be used.
May I review or copy my information?
Yes, but only after the research is over.
May I withdraw or revoke (cancel) my permission?
You may withdraw or take away your permission to use and disclose your health information at any time. You do this by sending written notice to the study doctor. If you withdraw your permission, you will not be able to stay in this study. When you withdraw your permission, no new health information identifying you will be gathered after that date. Information that has already been gathered may still be used and given to others.
Your participation in this study may be stopped at any time by the study doctor or the sponsor without your consent for any reason, including:
- If it is in your best interest
- If you do not consent to continue in the study after being told of changes in the research that may affect you
This permission will be good until December 31, 2060.
California law, under Health & Safety Code Section 24172, requires that anyone who is asked to be in a research study (medical experiment), or who is asked to agree for someone else to be in a research study, has the right to know the following, in a language in which the person is fluent:
- Both the nature and reason for the research study or experiment.
- What will happen during the research study, and what drug or device will be used.
- Any expected discomforts and risks from taking part in the research.
- Any possible benefits to being in the research.
- The risks and benefits of any non-experimental medical procedures, drugs, or devices that could be used instead of being in the research.
- How research related complications will be treated during and after the research study is over.
Questions can be asked about the research and about anything that will be done during the research study. The research subject can stop taking part in the research study at any time for any reason without penalty or loss of benefits. No one can pressure, force or unduly influence any person to take part in research.
WIRB California Experimental Subject's Bill of Rights 051310
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Thursday, 27 January 2011
Polytunnels decision vindicated
I commented on 2 August 2010 on the permission granted by the Court of Appeal for an appeal to be brought against the first instance decision in R (Wye Valley Action Association Ltd) v. Herefordshire Council (see "EIA for polytunnels"). Following a hearing in the Court of Appeal in November, judgment was delivered yesterday (26 January) - [2011] EWCA Civ 20 - and the first instance decision was overturned, thus restoring the local planning authority's original decision.
It was not the visual impact of the development which was directly in point in this litigation, although there are many who think that the visual effect of such an extensive area of polytunnels does have a significantly damaging impact on the landscape in question. The case turned on the interpretation of the phrase "projects for the use of uncultivated land or semi-natural areas for intensive agricultural purposes" as used in the European directive on environmental impact assessment and in the corresponding UK regulations.
What was in dispute, therefore, was the Council's screening opinion, determining that this was not a case in which EIA was required. The land in question was clearly not 'uncultivated', and the case turned on whether it could be described as 'a semi-natural area'. The Court of Appeal drew attention to the relevant guidance note on the interpretation of these phrases issued by the European Commission and to corresponding guidance issued by Natural England, and placed particular reliance on the advice that "some semi-natural areas may have been subject to low levels of cultivation (e.g. some semi-natural hay meadows and wetland may have been subject to low levels of farmyard manure)". The guidance note from Natural England gives further examples, including species-rich hay meadow (upland and lowland), unimproved grassland (including calcareous, acid and neutral grassland), coastal and floodplain grazing marsh, scrub consisting of self seeded wild shrubs and trees, fen, marsh and swamp, dwarf shrub heath (i.e. moorland and heathland), peat bogs, bracken, land above the tree-line (i.e. usually over 600 metres above sea-level) and standing water and canals.
The guidance note goes on to say that semi-natural areas are defined largely by the plants and wildlife they support (as detailed in Annex 1 to the note). Often they will not have been subject to active cultivation for many years. However, they may in the last 15 years have been subject to low levels of physical cultivation (e.g. chain harrowing may have caused some disturbance of soil, but there will not normally have been any sub-surface cultivation such as ploughing, discing or heavy harrowing), or to low levels of chemical cultivation (e.g. to replace nutrients lost through hay-cutting or water leaching, as often happens in the traditional management of semi-natural meadows and wetland). The Court of Appeal placed particular reliance on a statement in Annex 1 that "All 'Arable and Horticulture' and 'Built-up areas and gardens' are excluded from the semi-natural habitat definitions."
The primary question, therefore, was whether the Council correctly understood the meaning of the expression "uncultivated land or semi-natural areas". Richards LJ, giving the leading judgment, could see nothing to support the view that it misunderstood the expression or, therefore, that it fell into legal error at this stage of the analysis. The deputy judge (at first instance) considered that the Council erred in its screening opinion by relying only on the fact that the land was already cultivated, thereby failing to appreciate that land which has been the subject of cultivation can still be semi-natural. That was an unfairly narrow reading of the reasons given in the screening opinion. As Richards LJ read the screening opinion, the point being made, albeit in a compressed way, was that the extent of existing cultivation (with a mixture of arable and turf production) was such that the land did not come within the description "uncultivated land or semi-natural areas" in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2 to the regulations. This revealed no legal error concerning the meaning of the expression.
The Court went on to find that in applying the expression to the facts, the council reached a rational conclusion. The Court saw see no difficulty whatsoever in the view that the application site, consisting as it did of actively managed farmland already in use for the production of soft fruit, arable crops and turf in rotation, was neither uncultivated land nor a semi-natural area. Even if there had been any doubt on the point, it would be difficult to brand as irrational a view reached on an issue of this kind by council officials familiar with the site and the surrounding area.
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Addicted - The Following
Recently Billy and I started watching The Following and it's SO GOOD. It's creepy in the best possible way and so suspenseful. The show is about a convicted serial killer who has been in prison for many years and has developed a 'following' of people who have now come out of the wood work to help him...and they are all as crazy as he is. Kevin Bacon is the good guy if you didn't already guess. Seriously, if you're cool with scary stuff, watch this one!
Other shows we're obsessed with - Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, Homeland, and True Blood. Oh, and if Billy is working, then I get caught up on Downton Abbey, Mad Men, and my plethora of teen dramas that I'm embarrased to admit I love. Any other shows we should be watching?
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I love the Walking Dead! I also like Shameless, Californication, Nurse Jackie and Girls, and a few teen dramas too lol!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh Californication is so good! We've only seen the first season or so but loved it! And I love Girls but Billy hates it, ha ha. The others have been added to my list! :)Delete
Prison Break was awesome as was the British spy drama Spooks. And I've just discovered Brothers & Sisters which is totally watchable in a different kind of way. Might have to give Sons of Anarchy a go, heard good things about it.ReplyDeleteReplies
I LOVED Brothers & Sisters! Discovered it right after I had Ben and devoured the whole series...so good!Delete
you turned me onto Mad Men so I take your recommendations VERY seriously. I'm thinking of starting on Downtown Abbey or Sons of Anarchy - which would you watch first?ReplyDeleteReplies
Ooooh, that's so tough! They are both amazing but in such different ways!Delete
Downton Abbey is such good drama, slow paced but intense, so it may be more in keeping with the gloriousness that is Mad Men. I warn you, it took me about 5 episodes to really get hooked. I wanted to get sucked in from day one but didn't...but now I AM ALL IN.
I refused to watch Sons of Anarchy for two seasons. Billy said it was the best show in the world, and I was certain that a show about bikers was the epitome of all things NOT interesting to me. And that kind of is true, but the story of Sons of incredible. There is however some violence, some bad stuff...it's not for everyone. But it's SOOOOO GOOD. For real.


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New potatoes boiled with fragrant herbs
Photo by Tamara West
Warren Elwin digs up some new-season potatoes.
- Scrub, but do not peel, new potatoes and place them in a wide pot. Add plenty of aromatic herbs and spices, salt and enough cold water to just cover the spuds.
- Cover and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer until tender when pierced with a skewer. Remove from heat and rest in the water for 5-10 minutes. Drain and serve with lots of olive oil and freshly chopped herbs, or a herb butter, or a lemony creme fraiche.
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If your Sun sign is Gemini, your mind is your best asset. Adaptable, curious, logical and decidedly communicative, Gemini's are usually highly intellectual and always busy. Considered the toddler or youngster of the zodiac, Gemini's are learning about the world in an ongoing dialogue. Think about the never-ending questions of a toddler, the inability to sit still, the fidgeting and the constant fun and games required to keep them stimulated and interested. This is the Gemini archetype, the perpetual adolescent, the eternal youth.
If Taurus is about personal comfort, Gemini questions why we need comfort…."but why? Why do we need to be comfortable?" (said whilst jumping on the couch, with earphones on, plugged into loud music, with the television blaring, simultaneously reaching for a cup of milk perched precariously on the coffee table nearby…)
Humorous, witty and tricky, Gemini is ruled by the planet Mercury. Playful and somewhat glib, Gemini's function is to use language, ideas, concepts and thoughts to communicate with others and make sense of our reality. The need for knowledge and to have curiosity satisfied is a strong desire for true Gemini's. An admirable flexible attitude towards life's continued changing of circumstances, Gemini has the ability to analyse behaviours and adapt accordingly with good humour and lively mental inquisitiveness.
Objective and non-judgemental to a fault, Gemini can be very inventive and imaginative, but they must learn to apply these skills and not become bored or disinterested quickly. Often Gemini will gain the knowledge, but will seldom address the deeper ethical or emotional portion to an issue. To Gemini a fact is a fact and that is that. Ideas are sought and admired for sheer mental stimulation, rather than for a subjective reason. Gemini's challenge lies in integrating ideas and thoughts and understanding the broader meaning. To gain not just knowledge but also perspective.
As Gemini is a dual sign (along with Libra and Pisces), this can often make them seem inconsistent, changeable and indecisive. Gemini also rules the area in the chart that relates to siblings.
A famous Gemini was Marilyn Monroe. Mercurial and difficult to pin down, Marilyn Monroe was typecast as the 'dumb blonde' and this frustrated her as there was no room for versatility or freedom to express herself. Monroe spoke of her acting ambitions, telling the New York Times, "I want to grow and develop and play serious dramatic parts. My dramatic coach tells everybody that I have a great soul, but so far nobody's interested in it". Many actors often have dual signs actively in their charts, this is because duality suggests the ability to pretend or to 'lie', either to oneself or to an audience. Marilyn Monroe had both, one an affliction and one a talent.
Flighty and inconsistent, she represented the shadow side of Gemini; flaky, unreliable and nervous. Privately she was known for her intense intelligence and publicly was commended regularly in regards to her great comic timing and wit. Thus the duality of Gemini. Marilyn Monroe was clearly out of her depth and much to forward thinking and acting for the 1950s, which was an era of 'oughts' and 'shoulds' and conformity, things that Gemini's particularly distain and rebel against.
I always believed Marilyn Monroe to be an honorary Cancerian, with her hypersensitivity, emotional delicacy, mother issues and watery nature. And I am partly right. Although her chart holds little indication of a dominant Cancerian nature, the strong planetary influence of Neptune and strong elementary water, means that she was much more sensitive, idealistic and prone to addiction than the typical Gemini thick-skinned, rational archetype would suggest.
Given that Marilyn Monroe had the double impact of dual signs (Gemini and Pisces) within her chart, she would have been battling four different personalities within herself at any one time. Her desire was to form strong mental and emotional connections, both professionally and personally but unfortunately was unable to accomplish either fully. Her Gemini nature was unable to support her sensitive Pisces side or address deeper, more important issues within her psyche. Uranus (the planet of surprise) and Mars (the planet of violence) both in the sign of Pisces (addiction, karma) located in her 8th house (death and rebirth) is the suggestion of her sudden and early demise.
(Read Cancer and Pisces here to find out more)
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