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From a glance at the outside, the two Altadore infills look like a matched pair — both two-storey, modern houses with stonework, stucco and Hardie Board siding.
But a closer look at the one on the left reveals significant differences from the beautiful home on the right.
Built in co-operation with Avalon Master Builder, SAIT Polytechnic and the Holmes Approved Homes program, the Discovery 5 house is Avalon's fifth green research home and third completely net-zero home.
Such houses are designed to produce as much energy as they consume in a year.
The Discovery 5 also includes a water collection and filtration system to reduce reliance on the municipal water system.
Homeowner Chris Williams is passionate about the details.
"Our energy bill in August was a $185 credit for electricity," says Williams, general manager of Avalon Homes.
"We used 45,000 litres of rainwater in laundering clothes this summer. That kind of stuff I find exciting.
"In July, August and September, there weren't many days that we weren't making two to three times the electricity we were using.
"Just with LED lighting and really energy-efficient appliances, our basic house loads are really low. It's fun to log in remotely from the office and see that I'm generating six kilowatts of electricity and using one kilowatt."
Williams and his wife, Susan, moved into the 1,817-square-foot, two-bedroom home in February.
They are opening their doors to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11, to showcase the technologies.
The Discovery series of homes was not only created to test various green technologies, the company's long-term vision is to build all Avalon homes as net-zero homes at no additional cost to buyers.
The home features a green roof to help retain storm water, reduce heat and improve air quality.
Raw rainwater is collected, pre-filtered and stored in a large cistern under the back deck. The water is further filtered and cleaned for use in toilets and laundry.
Solar energy is collected through a 10-kilowatt solar panel system on the roof and garage, with excess electricity fed back to the traditional utility grid.
While this particular home is not optimally oriented for maximal solar collection, it tests the efficiencies of different types of installation of solar panels — from lying flat on the roof to being held in a specific position on a rack.
Keeping the dining nook fresh is a living wall, which consists of a green patch of plants carpeting a wall. Williams is excited about being able to water it remotely from an app on his cellphone.
Radiant in-floor heating warms the concrete floors in the basement and main floor, while electric baseboard heaters individualize the temperature of the bedrooms and bathrooms on the upper level.
A solar chimney absorbs heat from the west-setting sun, as well as preheating cold city water before it reaches the domestic hot water tank to reduce energy consumption.
The main entrance features floor-to-ceiling closets, maximizing storage space. A small sitting room that functions as an office makes use of the front window.
The kitchen features energy-efficient stainless-steel appliances, with a glass backsplash, dark cabinets and a large quartz-topped island with a dual undermount sink.
The floors are exposed, polished concrete. Glass walls separate the stairwell, creating sightlines and a sense of space.
The great room features sliding glass doors to the back deck, and a fireplace with wooden mantle made from a truss from the original garage.
Upstairs, the spacious master bedroom opens through sliding glass doors onto a width of grass that feeds into the water system.
The ensuite has a large rectangular soaker tub, separate shower and a long, dual vanity. A walk-in closet completes the master suite.
A laundry room is off the main hall, as is the main four-piece bathroom and a secondary bedroom. Light spills in from the skylights above the stairwell, making the hardwood floors — crafted from wood salvaged from a Talisman Centre renovation — glow.
The Discovery 5 home is worth about $850,000, while the infill next door by Avalon Master Builder, which is more of a standard home, is worth $650,000, says CEO and president Ryan Scott.
The site of the Discovery 5 has a personal connection to Williams because it was the location of his family's home.
Built by his grandfather in the 1950s, his father and aunts grew up in it. Williams sold the original house, which was moved to another location, and the land was subdivided to make room for the two infills.
To remove the old house, two trees in the front yard had to be cut down. The elm and birch were milled into planks on site and dried in a solar kiln.
"The main use for the wood will be as stair treads. The second use will be to finish the basement," says Williams.
Central to the basement's decor will be a 14-foot runabout boat that Williams' father and grandfather built together in the 1960s.
Just before the house was moved from SAIT, the boat was lowered into the basement, after which the house was craned on top.
The boat has a beautiful piece of mahogany over the bow that Williams wants to showcase when the basement is finished. "It's going to be the upper cabinet of the bar," he says.
The bottom of the boat will be flat on the wall, with the area where people used to sit in the boat consisting of glass shelves, he says.
These touches are what make this home feel connected to its roots. "The energy-efficiency side is cool, but my family comes in and can look at all those things that are from the original property and it's a pretty amazing feeling," says Williams.
Builder: Avalon Master Builder in partnership with SAIT Polytechnic and the Holmes Approved Homes program of TV celebrity renovator Mike Holmes.
Model: The Discovery 5.
Area: Altadore in southwest Calgary.
Price: About $850,000.
Directions: The house is at 2009 48th Ave. S.W. From Crowchild Trail, turn east on 50th Avenue S.W. Turn north on 20th Street S.W. and east on 48th Avenue S.W.
Hours: Discovery 5 is a private home that is only open to the public for viewing Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Information: Visit the website at discovery5house.com.
Avalon Master Builder began building in central Alberta in 1983, expanding to the Calgary market in 1992.
It focuses on constructing condo apartments, townhomes and single-family homes. Its focus is to eventually build all its homes as net-zero energy models at no extra cost to the customer.
Visit avalonmasterbuilder.com/d5_about.html
The Holmes Approved Homes program is being led by TV celebrity renovator Mike Holmes.
Through eight site inspections during construction, it ensures certain building standards are met, including foundation wrap to prevent moisture from coming in contact with the concrete, and insulation to a level that ensures soundproofing as well as a warm, comfortable home.
For more information, visit holmeshomes.ca/home-designs/holmes-approved
• For a related story, see Net zero adds up for homebuilder
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Forge's new update this week will make it free-to-play
Dark Vale Games has announced that its massively multiplayer online action role-playing game Forge is going free-to-play. The change will come via an update this week.
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FORGE 1.04 update now available, is on sale for 66% off on Steam
Dark Vale Games has announced that update 1.04 is now available for FORGE. It adds: a new Training Zone vs. A.I. controlled bots, Pre-Game Lobby, server browser, group matchmaking, expanded ability Focus System with 30 new abilities and more. The developer also announced that new classes such as the Ravager and the Tinker, multiplayer maps, […]
FORGE now available on Steam, other digital outlets
FORGE, the multiplayer-only PC title from Dark Vale Games, is now available on Steam and other online retailers. You can also make use of the two-for-one deal going on through Steam, Amazon, and GamersGate, as well as the game's official website. The game will run you $19.99. Check out the launch trailer below.
Forge to release in December, purchases net an extra copy
Forge, Dark Vale Games' PC multiplayer game will release next month via digital distribution, and those who drop $19.99 for it will gain a second copy to hand over to a pal.

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"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
"I dont want no fatty bumbum, i want a lean mean shagging machine" anon
"I'm sweet and wholesome with a little bit of filth thrown in"
What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
black gloves,green socks......purple hair
It is better to be hated for who you are than loved for who youre not.
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock
Definition of poi- A Hawaiian food made from the tuber of the taro that is cooked, pounded to a paste, and fermented.
Ahnold discussing poi - "It is naht a toober!"
I've never seen a supernova blow up, but if it's anything like my old chevy nova it'll light up the night sky!
"I don't know what you are talking about"
"Cardinal!!! Poke her... with the SOFT CUSIONS!!!!"
"Its not working my lord!"
"Have you got all of the stuffing on one end?!"
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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Ani DiFranco
I was touched by His Noodly Appendage
I give hope to others but I keep none for myself.
Every Day I add another name to the list of people who piss me off
The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.
[color:red] Knee Assault !!!!!!!!!!!!! [/color]
"This dark place planet Earth, orbits one star,
Come from afar, far away state of mind,
open up your third eye, black helicopters in the sky"
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed


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Manual describing methods for handling embryological materials available at Woods Hole, MassachusettsCreated: 1957
100 Years Exploring Life, 1888-1988: the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole
In 1988 the Marine Biological Laboratory celebrated its centennial. In this well-researched, sometimes humorous, always human "biography" of this eclectic institution, historian of science Jane Maienschein catches a glimpse of what it is that has made the MBL so special to all who have spent any time there.Created: 1989
The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 1935
1 black and white video; sound (musical accompaniment only); reformatted digital
By the 1930s, the MBL had become "the" place to go during the summer for biological research and training. Luminaries such as Frank Lillie, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Edwin Grant Conklin, and Thomas Hunt Morgan took their students, packed up their families and research labs, and headed to the MBL. They worked in labs, ate together in the Mess, and they often lived in the limited on-campus housing. Life at the MBL was a life where fun, family, and science intertwined. This film, taken in 1935 by B. R. Coonfield of Brooklyn College, captures snippets of life at the MBL.Created: 1935


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It's amazing how popular the idea of roofing in an entire city was in the 20th century. The concept of one day controlling the weather was likely exciting because it meant absolute domination over nature and one's environment. I suspect to conquer weather was the penultimate in shaping humankind's destiny, while the ultimate was likely immortality. (Someone's still working on that one, right?)
This illustration from the August 28, 1949 San Antonio Light (San Antonio, TX) depicts the future New York City skyline. The picture accompanies an article from Prof. A. M. Low, which we'll take a look at in the coming weeks.
CLIMATE "TO ORDER" — One of the things to come, Professor A. M. Low points out, is likely to be the weather-controlled city. Using the famous New York skyline as a "model," the artist's conception, above, embodies some of the best scientific thinking of our time. "Roofs" like the one pictured may be constructed over cities and linked to skyscrapers to provide scientific control of weather. Open cross section of "roof" shows weather experts busy controlling temperature, etc.
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In the growing struggle to curb stormwater pollution fouling urban streams and the Chesapeake Bay, one of the most promising tools could turn out to be the humble radish.
On a vacant lot in Northeast Baltimore, a researcher from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County is testing the potential of daikon or forage radishes to turn badly compacted city dirt into a natural sponge for rainwater.
Stuart S. Schwartz, a senior scientist with UMBC's Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, hopes the experiment, dubbed B'more Rad, can find out whether cities could benefit from a plant that farmers in Maryland and elsewhere are increasingly raising as a cover crop to reduce polluted runoff from their fields.
With help from a local nonprofit and Baltimore City, Schwartz scattered a mixture of radish, clover and oat seeds this month on a tenth of an acre that until recently held rowhouses. He returned a couple of weeks later to find little round radish leaves poking through the straw laid over the bare ground after the seeding.
"See that little leaf in the center there?" he asked. "That's the first secondary leaf coming out. ... You can tell by the clumps here I went a little overboard."
Daikon radishes, a long, white variety of the red ones that often grace salads, can grow taproots as big as a person's arm. When farmers plant them after a late-summer harvest, their roots bore down through the soil, loosening it. Then, after winter frosts kill the plants, the roots decay, leaving behind deep openings that allow rain to soak in.
"It's very hard to measure runoff where you've planted the radish, because it all goes in the hole," said Ray R. Weil, a soil scientist at the University of Maryland, College Park who has been promoting the plant as a cover crop for a decade.
The radish not only loosens the ground, Weil said, it "fixes" or consumes nitrogen in the soil that might get washed off by rain or snow melt. The nutrients are then returned to the soil to fertilize the next crop as the radish plant dies and decays.
Schwartz said Weil's work with the radish on farmland inspired him to try it in an urban setting.
City and most suburban soil is badly in need of aeration, Schwartz said. He and other researchers have found that even grass-covered ground, just below the surface, is often as dense and impermeable as concrete. Anything heavier than a light rain runs off, washing fertilizer, organic matter and other pollutants into storm drains and nearby streams.
A few years ago, at Yorkwood Elementary School in Northeast Baltimore, Schwartz used another time-tested farm technique, subsoiling, to rip up playground soil that had previously been covered with asphalt. He showed there that treated soil absorbed water much more readily.
But such deep tilling of urban soils is labor-intensive, costly and difficult, with rocks and building rubble often lurking beneath the surface that can break the blades churning the soil.
The deep-rooted radish offers a relatively low-cost, low-tech way to break up urban soil, according to Schwartz, who spent only about $50 for the seed mix. The vacant lot on Perlman Place was provided through a partnership with the city and with Civic Works, a nonprofit that runs Real Food Farm nearby in Clifton Park. The lot is one the city is leasing to Civic Works for expanding its urban agriculture initiative.
"If they do it right, it ought to work," Weil said.
A volunteer with the group ran a Bobcat with a tiller attachment over the vacant lot before the planting, but Schwartz said the ground was so hard it only scratched the surface. The seeds got a layer of compost and straw to help retain moisture, and the city sprayed the lot once with a water truck to spur germination.
Kimberly Burgess, surface water management director for the city's Department of Public Works, said her agency is helping with the experiment because "we want to see creative, community-based programs that help Baltimore manage runoff and contribute to the greening of the city."
Baltimore's Office of Sustainability helped Schwartz find someplace to test the radishes because it fits with the city's Growing Green initiative, a broad effort to make neighborhoods greener, reduce stormwater runoff and make vacant lots less of an eyesore as the city works to promote eventual redevelopment.
"We're not sure what's going to happen, but we think it's worth trying," said Mark Cameron of the sustainability office. "We know things have to change, and it's better to start from the ground up.
If the experiment works, city officials are eager to try it elsewhere, Cameron said.
"We don't want lots that look like this," he added, pointing to an adjoining weed- and rubble-strewn field. "We want more green."
Schwartz said the radishes got in the ground on Perlman Place a bit too late to provide a good test of their soil-loosening ability. The best time for planting is in late summer, he said, but he wanted to find out what tilling of the ground might be needed to get the seeds to take root and grow. He said he hopes to do more plantings next year, including trying the radish on a state highway median, and to follow up by measuring runoff from the test plots.
Cameron said he's freelanced an experiment of his own, scattering some radish and grass seed mix Johnny Appleseed-style on another vacant lot that wasn't tilled at all. He also tossed some on a patch of his own backyard.
"I just wanted to see if it would grow," he said. Though it's a little spotty, he said, "I do have radishes coming up."


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Virtual Tech Lets You Swap Bodies
Google Street View already offers virtual tours of Rome, Paris and London. But imagine if virtual travelers could feel the sun beating down on their faces as they toured the Colosseum? Or could feel the burn in their quads as they walked up the Eiffel Tower? Or could smell the old tapestries hanging in Westminster Abbey?
If Ikei Laboratory has anything to say about it, that soon may be no stretch of the imagination. A part of the Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of System Design, the lab is developing so-called "virtual body technology."
Revealed at the Digital Contents Expo 2012 in Tokyo, the system will engage all five senses and make users feel as if they're inhabiting another person's body, the designers say.
Ikei Laboratory's system includes a vibrating chair that leans back and forth, a 3-D monitor, headphones, a fan for odors and breezes and foot pedals that replicate the sensation of walking and running. How taste enters the picture remains unclear. Perhaps it's on the tip of their tongue?
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"The chair will move to provide directional and vestibular sensations," Professor Yasushi Ikei said in a promo video. "The legs will move to create a sense of actually walking or running and a sense of moving in parallel or up and down, or to create a sensation as if the feet are touching the ground. Extremely large vibrations are felt when you are running, so it is possible to create vibrations from the shins to the knees. When you walk in the city there are various scents and breezes, and these are also recreated."
It will be the next best thing to going there.
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I blog. I get sick of writing about me! I want to get to know you! I have three questions.
Don't think, just answer!
- What was your favorite childhood book?
- What 'fictional character' do you admire?
- What color is your kitchen?
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- The Snowy Day.
- Dana Scully. (The X-Files)
- "Buttercream." (yellow!)


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It's being called the "Hollywood Baby Boom," but in my opinion it's the "Hollywood Baby Explosion!" Is there something in the Cristal because it seems like pregnancy has gone viral in Hollywood?
Today a celebrity baby bump is all the rage and announcing your preggers when you're a celebrity is a lot bigger (pardon the pun) than announcing your latest movie project.
2011 has barely begun and People Magazine has already featured 23 celebrities who are expecting babies and 2010 wasn't lacking in the baby mill either! It kind of makes you wonder, is having a baby a more chic accessory than a Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Handbag? I know that's terrible, a baby is NOT an accessory, but you can't deny this growing trend in Hollywood.
At first the road to Hollywood Parenthood seemed to be all about adopting babies from out of the country, but that is so Angelina Jolie 2007! Now it really doesn't matter how you have a baby in Hollywood: adoption, surrogate, or just the good ole' fashion way of getting "knocked up." Anyone else out there not like this term, but absolutely loves that movie?
Okay, I digress, like I was saying it doesn't matter how you have a baby in Hollywood, all that matters is the sweet bundle of joy that comes in the end, and that you'll get to pose with he or she on the cover of some celebrity magazine once they have finally arrived. So anyhow, with all this said, it really is quite amazing how many celebrities are actually coming up pregnant today in Hollywood.
Now I was joking earlier about Hollywood babies being a chic accessory, however, in harsh reality there are people who believe that this is exactly why celebrities are having babies. Those people are skeptical to why such a large number of celebrities are turning up pregnant all at once. Is it really just the fashionable thing to do in Hollywood and a great way to get some publicity? Or is it just a mere coincidence?
I have a difficult time believing a celebrity would have a baby just to get some publicity, especially when so many of them are A-List celebrities and they don't even need the publicity. However, isn't that part of the reason why Joan Crawford adopted her children in 'Mommie Dearest?'…And perhaps I am naive to say that an A-List celebrity does not need the publicity, when really publicity is what keeps their careers thriving. Regardless though, I still don't think this is why so many celebs are having babies right now.
So here is my theory on why I think so many celebrities are getting pregnant in Hollywood. I think it's because a lot of celebrities are having unprotected sex, that's why. Duh! Were you expecting something deeper or more complicated?
We all know that some of these Hollywood pregnancies were planned, while others were not. So perhaps in some of the cases of those that were not planned, there was something in the Cristal that contributed to them getting pregnant after all…
It's called alcohol.
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Below are the Top Gynaecology Hospitals in allahabad with options to book your first appointment FREE. Check Reviews, IVF Cost, IVF Success rates, Fees, Address, Contact Number for all treatments they offer. Find details to affordable test tube baby costs.
Male infertility can be caused by a condition known as non-obstructive azoospermia or by obstructive azoospermia. Non-obstructive azoospermia is a state where there are no sperms in the ejaculate due to reduced sperm production whereas obstructive azoospermia is a condition where there is normal sperm production but the passage of sperms is blocked by the obstruction in Epididymis, Vas deferens or Ejaculatory duct. TESE centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad are able to treat these conditions by extracting sperm cells directly from the testicles. The treatment is performed efficiently with a team of doctors, counselors and infertility specialists who diagnose and analyze sperm concentration and health. If the sperm count and concentration are low in ejaculation, the andrologists may perform Testicular Sperm Extraction (TESE). TESE Centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad are able to provide the best services and perform the extraction of the healthiest sperms cells to help male infertility patients successfully conceive a child.
TESE is a method of surgically removing the sperms from men suffering from Non-Obstructive Azoospermia (NOA) or low sperm count. A surgeon performs a surgery on the testicles to locate seminiferous tubules structures where sperm is produced. In micro-TESE, the same method is followed under an operating microscope. In this procedure, a small part of the testicle tissue is removed from the area of active sperm production using advanced instruments and high-grade microscope. This maximizes the yield of spermatozoa while minimizing the amount of testicular tissue required and reducing vascular injury. TESE centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad practice this procedure using advanced devices to ensure the best semen sample is collected.
During the procedure, a surgeon makes a very small incision of about three to four centimeters in the midline of the scrotum. The patient is kept under general anesthesia while the surgeon opens the testicle through an incision and look under a high power-operating microscope for seminiferous tubules that could be swollen and have sperms. An andrologist is also present in the operating room who analyzes seminiferous tubules for sperm.
The next step is to take tissue samples from one side of seminiferous tubules. Sometimes, the procedure is also repeated on the other seminiferous tubules to ensure high-quality sample. These tubules are then processed in the laboratory and checked for the presence of sperms, which are either used immediately in the following treatment to fertilize eggs or are frozen for later use. In case of excessive bleeding, the bleeding is first stopped and the testis is closed with fine stitching.
All the layers of tissues in the scrotum are closed and left to heal. In TESE centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad, the opening is stitched with a thread that dissolves on its own so there is little or no scarring. In order to determine the presence of sperms in the tissue sample, an embryologist takes the sample and examines it under a microscope.
In TESE centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad, the treatment is recommended to male infertility patients who have a low sperm count or no sperm in the ejaculate. Low sperm count during ejaculation may be due to several reasons:
If there are no findings in the genetics of the patient a test is performed to determine to examine the hormonal situation. The strategy of the surgical tissue sampling is based on the medical history and current hormonal situation. Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH), secreted from the pituitary gland, and inhibin B, produced in the testicles, are particularly important to find out sperm production. If the levels of both hormones are within the normal range, tissue samples can be taken from the testicle. However, if there are deviations or imbalance in the hormones, several biopsies are performed, before the TESE procedure.
TESE is a treatment that has very high odds of success as viable sperm cells are obtained in about 75 percent of cases. However, the likelihood of success is mostly determined by the cause of infertility and the lack of sperms in the ejaculate. Various examinations are performed on the patient allowing the doctors to predict the odds of success for TESE.
In TESE treatment centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad, patients are required to consult a urologist or andrologist who specialize in male infertility. A consultant examines and conducts appropriate tests, such as hormone analysis, chromosome analyses, and virology screening. On mutual consent, the TESE treatment program is decided and surgery is conducted.
Before the surgery, the patient is required to take a bath and clean shave the operational area. The patient is also not allowed to eat or drink for six hours before the operation. The doctor suggests wearing loose trousers on the day of surgery as the pressure on the testicles can cause pain after the operation.
Things to remember on the day of the procedure:
Micro TESE is an effective method for sperm retrieval from men with non-obstructive azoospermia. In TESE centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad, the treatment begins with a dose of general anesthesia to put the patient to sleep during the procedure. The surgeon performs microdissection of testicular tubules to identify sperm containing areas before removal. This involves direct examination of individual seminiferous tubules. In TESE centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad, the ability to find spermatozoa is considerably high after the introduction of the microTESE technique. The procedure is more effective and improves the chances of retrieving healthy sperms. The treatment either is done as a scheduled procedure or is coordinated with their female partner's egg retrieval.
Here are some of the reasons to choose TESE Centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad:
After the procedure is complete and the sperms are retrieved, one must follow these instructions for better health and recovery.
The treatment may lead to infections in the scrotum therefore proper care is needed.
TESE surgery is generally performed during the day and the patient is allowed to go home on the same day of the operation. In some cases, TESE procedure is performed on the day of the egg retrieval and the fresh sample is used for ICSI. Most of the times, the suitable sperms are frozen and stored for use during IVF or ICSI.
The tissue samples retrieved using TESE treatment, are immediately prepared, processed and examined by the andrologists. If viable sperm cells are found, they are generally cryopreserved for treatments in the future. The sperms obtained from TESE procedure are low and incapable of fertilizing the eggs with IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) or regular IVF treatments; therefore the women's oocytes are usually fertilized using an Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI).
TESE treatment is a painless procedure performed under general anesthesia; therefore, the patient does not need to worry about it. However, after the procedure, the patient might feel some discomfort. The incision can take about a week to heal so taking precautions as recommended by the doctor is necessary.
The ability to find spermatozoa in sperm tissues tremendously increases from 45 to 63 percent after introduction of the micro incision technique. In an average male with non-obstructive azoospermia, only 64,000 spermatozoa are found in standard biopsy whereas microdissected samples yield an average of 160,000 spermatozoa, which has more potential of fertilizing an egg.
TESE centres in Thornhill Road, Allahabad are reliable and efficient in every case of infertility. The chances of finding viable sperms with TESE are better than 60 percent in Thornhill Road, Allahabad. Various tests on the patient are conducted such as hormone analyses and genetic tests prior to the procedure, which allows predicting the odds of success for the TESE as well as a pregnancy.
After TESE, patients usually go for IVF or ICSI treatment for higher chances of fertilization and ultimately pregnancy.
It depends on the tests and medications required during the procedure. Also, TESE treatment is not a final solution for infertility as a number of treatments such as IVF and ICSI must be performed following the treatment. TESE also requires freezing of semen samples in case the fresh sample fails to fertilize the eggs. This requires additional cost that adds on to the TESE treatment fees. The cost of Micro-TESE is more than regular TESE as it involves the use of high-powered microscope during the treatment.
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South African theatre company Isango Ensemble is premiering La Boheme - Abanxhaxi in London this week. Director Mark Dornford-May is working on the adaptation with musical director Pauline Malefane [pictured], who plays Mimi.
The film will shoot in Khayelitsha Township near Cape Town later this year as the first film under the F&ME/Isango banner. F&ME chairman Stephen Daldry will executive produce.
Mike Downey and Sam Taylor of F&ME will produce, in one of 16 films on the company's packed slate.
"The production is a unique partnership with charity The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria." says F&ME's Mike Downey.
Daldry, Downey and Taylor produced Dornford May/Isango's last movie, Son of Man.
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Next to shoot are the $4.5m UK-Georgia project Epic written by Ben Hopkins and Pawel Pawlikowski; the $4.4m Cassy And Jude to be shot in Wales; and then in 2013 Srdjan Dragojevic's The Porcupine (his follow up to hit The Parade).
The other films on the slate are Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's Staying Alive, Children of the Revolution: This is Rio by Julien Temple, doc Streekids United II – Brazil 2014, Ineke Smits' N.N., Rajko Grlic's Miracle at Vipers Glen, Finnish children's fantasy Rolli and the Golden Key, Antonio Nuic's The Butcher's Heart, and Fatmir Koci's tentatively titled England On My Roof from Albania.
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Chris Brown, of Smart Football, has written a book.
I caught wind of it in a blurb by Doug Farrar, and bought it. I, for the most part, recommend the book. It's an easy long afternoon read, and there is plenty to digest. Chris has forgotten more offensive football than I'll ever know, but on the other side of the ledger, defense, his acumen isn't quite as sharp. The essay I have issues with is also posted on Grantland, and the central passages that bother me are as follows. The first is an explanation of the defensive reaction to the T formation.
Defenses needed an answer. The response was the "5-2 Monster" defense, which essentially dominated football for the next two decades. The 5-2 Monster involved five defensive linemen, each playing a 2-gap technique over a specific offensive lineman. This allowed linebackers to roam free and match the offense's ball carriers. The "Monster" referred to the safety who came down and created one of the first true eight-man front defenses. The combination of five two-gapping defensive linemen with three second-level defenders, each attacking the ball and following the potential runners, helped counteract the T formation offenses' misdirection.
In the NFL, defenses varied more owing to the need to stop passing teams, but even those variations typically relied on Monster-based principles.
This whole quote is misleading in the extreme. Bud Wilkinson is the father of the 5-4, as he called it, also known as the Oklahoma. As he wasn't coaching at Oklahoma until 1947, the T had been around for at least 7 years before any sign of the 5-4 ever appeared (there is, for example, no mention of the 5-4 in Dana Bible's book, copyright 1947, but plenty of mention of the 'T'). Further, the 5-4 was essentially a college defense, favored in particular by the Big Eight conference.
In the pros, the first move was to Clark Shaughnessy's 5-3 or perhaps to Earle Neale's 5-2-4 double eagle. Steve Owen then started experimenting with the 6-1 "Umbrella", because his team received a windfall of good defensive backs (including one Tom Landry) when the AAFC collapsed (Dr Z, New Thinking Man's, Chapter 6). This then evolved into the 4-3 defenses that dominated pro football from the middle 1950s into the early 1980s, when the 3-4 became fashionable.
The most common pro 4-3 defenses from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s were the 4-3 Inside and the 4-3 Outside. Exhaustive coverage of the line positions and linemen responsibilities of these two defenses are a part of the set "Vince Lombardi on Football", and it doesn't take good eyesight or the brain of a rocket scientist to note that these are one gap defenses.
Therefore, the whole premise of the above quote is flawed. The 4-3 of the 1960s isn't a 5-2, and doesn't partake of the two gap tendencies of Bud Wilkinson's creation.
As we pointed out here, the 4-3 Flex is derived from the Inside and the Outside, and thus is also a one gap defense. The flex can be described as a 4-3 inside on the weak side of the formation, and a 4-3 outside on the strong side of the (offensive) formation.
So, now that Chris has "proven" that professional 4-3 defenses are two gap defenses, he then goes on to claim:
Johnson's response was to reinvent the 4-3 defense with an almost entirely new underlying framework. And although this new 4-3 began at Oklahoma State, it is now known for the school Johnson brought it to next: the University of Miami. The 4-3 had been around for a long time. Legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry even had his own variant named after him, the "Landry 4-3 Flex"; but Johnson concocted his version as anti-wishbone medicine. Instead of telling defensive linemen to 2-gap and watching them get fooled by the option on every play, he switched entirely to a 1-gap system.
The premise, is, more or less, that 2 gap football is all that existed until Jimmy Johnson invented the 1 gap defense out of the blue. Except, of course, no one else says that, and they don't say it because 1 gap 4 man line defenses were both popular and in common use since the middle 1950s, as the New York Giants won a championship with one in 1956.
Now, if the context is narrowed to Big Eight football, then all the discussions begin to make sense. The Big Eight was the hotbed of the 5-2, and it was Big Eight coaches that brought the 5-2, in the form of the 3-4, into professional ball. In the Big Eight, two gap approaches were popular, and Jimmy Johnson coming up with a penetrating one gap scheme must have been quite a shock to his opponents.
And that's the flaw of the essay. It starts with a Big Eight centric view and expands it to cover the whole of football. But the whole of defensive football from the 1940s to Jimmy Johnson's innovative 4-3 is more than Bud Wilkinson's 5-4, and this essay doesn't present it in that way.
Consequently, this whole non-discussion could have been better. It could have dug deep into the specific assignments of the Miami 4-3 on a per position basis and shown us just how it differed from previous 4-3s. But the article ducks all that by a sleight of hand, by pretending that if you know the Monster 5-2, you know all you need to know about NFL style 43 defenses.
Now, back to Belichick's front: Is it as innovative as Chris claims? I'll note that odd front 4-3s were often seen in the 1960s, particularly by AFL teams, the Kansas City Chiefs being one of them. How do we know, in the absence of good video study, just what kind of scheme Buck Buchanon was playing? The answer is, we don't. And I'll save that thought, as money is tight, and I'm not quite sure where to get a copy of Kansas City Chief highlights just yet.
Further, by the early 2000s, the kind of Tampa 2 style defenses that teams like Dallas, under defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer were running had a odd front. The nose tackle was a 2 gapper, a strong side 3 technique tackle was covering one gap. And whether the ends were 1 gap ends or 2, they're just one assignment away from the alignment Chris talks about as so brilliant.
And this isn't to take anything away from Chris's final diagram of Belichick's 4-3, which is pretty cool. The symmetry is dynamically pleasing. But the history of football defense he concocts is so mangled as to deserve not only comment, it deserves to be condemned.
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Have you been using the 'live view' function with your 60D Jac?
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Have you been using the 'live view' function with your 60D Jac?
Yes. After our afternoon lesson, I have used it for manual focusing a lot more. Thanks for the tip.
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Very very nice shot Knightpfhor. Full marks.
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It almost makes me want to go there. I do know however it would still be 25 C at night.
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Silo Park looks like a map on Steampunk FPS. Sniper tower, mined, only used in CTF games. Playground, weapon spawn point. Carpark, hand weapon spawn point, zombies lurking. Ladders on silos form intricate maze which must be navigated to get around the satanic ritual playing out below, and locks which have to be turned to stop the machine before it kills us all.....
Julie Cross, in reply to
This installation in Canberra came alive at night. Stabiliser: the glass window.
thanks for the breathing tips. Somewhere in the deep recesses I know that... I think I just push the boundaries of handheld because I am too lazy to haul my heavy manfrotto around. Or I'm getting shaky in my middle age.
I used a Tripod for this shot.
Yeah, let's give the unsung heroes their dues!
Lilith __, in reply to
Any chance of dumping them on a memory stick, or something? Would be lovely if you could contribute some shots too. ;-)
Aw, thanks Jack, working on it! PC desktop with files on, Macbook online, only medium that goes on both is a disc and I tried writing some jpgs on a disc and now the damn Macbook can't see them. Portable backup drive is Windows-formatted. Trying to get the stupid desktop to detect the wireless network but suspect it must be missing a receiver or something as have tried everything but percussive maintenance....
Lilith __, in reply to
Thought a tripod might steady things a bit. But it's such a bitch of a thing to operate. (Oops! Are we allowed to swear on here?). Have fallen over it's legs twice.
I've used my tripod so much I've developed a sort of reflexive tango-step to avoid tripping over the legs. :-)
Tripods vary so much. I've found a lot of them are unnecessarily stiff and awkward to adjust – the manufacturers seem to expect we all have big hulk-man hands! But my lightweight ball-head Manfrotto is just right. And you can pull out the post and slot it in sideways, which is also very handy for some shots (for instance when you want to point downwards without getting the tripod legs (or their shadows) in the shot.
Lilith __, in reply to
Sofie and Julie -- more great shots! I love how atmospheric these are.
I don't have a Manfrotto. I'm jealous now.
Night all, and keep the photos coming.
PS. Sorry for causing such technical angst Lilith.
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Sorry for causing such technical angst Lilith.
Oh I don't think it's your fault my PC won't connect ;-)
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Oh I don't think it's your fault my PC won't connect ;-)
Have you tried a connection over ethernet direct to the router?
Ben Canales does interesting stuff exploiting the higher iso settings of newer DSLRs, with often breathtakingly stellar results. And sometimes not.
He's very generous with his tech know-how - if I had the gear I'd probably give it a go.
JacksonP, in reply to
Ben Canales does interesting stuff exploiting the higher iso settings of newer DSLRs
Thanks Joe. His Time lapse Demo Reel is un.be.lievable!
Capturing the Long Dark Night of the Soul...
Every World Press photo winner 1955-2011
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- but, not to be forgotten either...
as subjects we can do better
Lilith __, in reply to
Have you tried a connection over ethernet direct to the router?
That would work, but my flatmate's computer already has that spot. I can't quite believe that a PC less than a year old doesn't have a wireless receiver....
Lilith __, in reply to
His Time lapse Demo Reel is un.be.lievable!
How do you think he did the travelling shots? With a video camera you could use a dolly, but a timelapse?? And the shot moving up the tree-trunk?
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image - mega theory um...
And the shot moving up the tree-trunk?
Koala cam?
night lights...
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I have gotten away with exposures of a few seconds by putting the camera-strap round my neck, holding the camera out with both hands so the strap is pulled taut, elbows braced against my sides
Because I don't often carry around the tripods I have been given over the years (I'm now down to "the good one" and "the light one" and have stopped saying "If you don't want it any more...") instead I carry a string bipod in my camera bag. A central bolt that fits the attach point on the camera, then two lengths of string the right height for me to stand on the washers attached to the ends making the string taut to steady the camera. The camera strap pulled taut against the neck forms the third axis of the tripod.
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instead I carry a string bipod in my camera bag
David that's bloody brilliant!! (Where did you get the bolt?)
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Two Worlds, One Climate
Forget Kyoto. There's a much better way to persuade the developing world to fight climate change.
Climate change, we are often told, is everyone's problem. And without a lot of help containing greenhouse gas emissions from rapidly growing emerging market countries (not to mention a host of wannabes), the prospects of avoiding disaster are small to nil. Now you tell us, retort policymakers in the have-less countries: How convenient of you to discover virtue only after two centuries of growth and unfettered carbon emissions. Since you were the ones to get us into this mess, it's your job to get us out. (The United States' what-me-worry posture on climate change does not, of course, make the West's efforts to co-opt the moral high ground any more convincing.)
This clash of wills is a bit more nuanced than that, but not much. Almost all the net growth in greenhouse gas emissions for the last two decades — and more than half the total emissions today — is coming from the developing world. What's more, most of the cheap opportunities for reducing emissions are to be found in the same countries. But as a matter of equity, it's hard to argue with "you've had your turn, now it's ours." And it's equally hard to see how the stalemate will be resolved before the world goes to hell in a plague of locusts (in some places, literally).
The carbon emissions stats by country are startling, and would be even more startling if we had comprehensive numbers for years since 2009. Carbon emissions from OECD countries grew by 8 percent between 1990 and 2009, while emissions from the rest of the world grew by 73 percent (albeit from a smaller base). Breaking down the latter by country: China's emissions were up 207 percent, India's by 173 percent, Indonesia's by 165 percent, Vietnam's 563 percent (!!) and the Middle East's by 171 percent.
If you have any doubts about where the emissions containment opportunities lie, consider this: In 2009, non-OECD countries generated four times as much carbon emissions per unit of GDP (at prevailing exchange rates) as OECD countries. Granted, these numbers don't look as bad if GDP is calculated in terms of purchasing power rather than exchange rates. But this is one of the few instances in which GDP comparisons at international exchange rates probably make more sense, because they offer better insight into a future in which consumption patterns across countries are likely to converge; that not-so-distant day when Indians drive cars to work instead of riding bicycles, and virtually everyone who experiences winter in emerging-market countries takes the chill off with central heating.
But those focused on social justice rather than efficiency point to yet another set of numbers. While most developing countries waste fossil fuel because their heating, cooking, lighting and motorized transportation depend on older, fuel-guzzling technologies, they are still too poor to consume enough in total to leave much of a carbon footprint. Indeed, emissions per person in non-OECD countries are just 30 percent that of OECD countries.
Bolivians, for example, emitted 1,300 kilos of CO2 per person in 2009, compared to 16,900 kilos per person in the United States. Resident of tropical Nigeria emitted a mere 266 kilos each, compared to 9,000 each in tropical Singapore. All told, those living in poor- and middle-income countries do emit more than half of all carbon emissions — but only because there are so many of them.
There's another element here that distinguishes developed from developing countries. If, as expected, climate change brings rising sea levels and more severe weather of every sort — droughts, floods, hurricanes, tornados — the rich countries will muddle through with dykes, crops redesigned to survive drought, more air conditioning and the like. It will be expensive, but manageable, unless global warming triggers truly destabilizing changes, like the release of vast quantities of methane gas from now-frozen arctic tundra.
But the rich countries' travails may well be poor countries' damnation: the inundation of Pacific islands, catastrophic storm surges on the Bengal plain, the collapse of farm yields in semi-arid parts of Africa, and the spread of insect-vectored disease in the warmer, wetter parts. So, fair or not, poor countries have every reason to make emissions priority-one, right?
Maybe, and maybe not. The iconoclastic, Nobel Prize winning economist Tom Schelling has long argued that our interests diverge from theirs. What poor countries need most, he says, is to invest in economic growth, which will give them the income to mitigate the consequences of climate change. Roads must be paved to prevent the isolation of rural areas in heavy rains; sea walls must be built to protect coastal cities; canals must be dug to irrigate drought-prone land; emergency infrastructure must be created to minimize loss of life in weather-related disasters. So poor countries would be foolish to divert scarce capital to emissions containment, which has only a "second-order" impact on their own welfare. Spending a dollar would, in effect, generate two cents' worth of benefits for themselves, and 98 cents' worth for the rest of the world.
If all this sounds like a recipe for righteous posturing and diplomatic delay, go to the head of the class. Environmental policymakers and pundits, who once expected to build on the foundation of the Kyoto Treaty to create a truly collective effort to contain emissions, are now thinking smaller. The European Union, for example, is going its own way, investing heavily in emissions reduction in hope that others will be shamed into following its lead.
The containment part is more or less working: European emissions declined by 12 percent between 1990 and 2009. But the shame part isn't. China is reducing emissions per unit of GDP, mostly as a consequence of adding productive capacity that is far more energy-efficient than "legacy" capacity. But it is nonetheless widening its lead as emitter number one because the GDP is growing so rapidly. And there is no sign that the other big emerging market economies are planning to mend their emitting ways.
Must we then just accept the reality that the developing half of the global economy won't lend a hand in climate change containment? The rich countries might bully where blandishments fail, by imposing tariffs, for example, on imports that are less than green. Might, but probably won't: The United States, in particular, is in no position (geopolitical or financial) to complicate its relationships with either China or India. Besides, it's far from clear that such tariffs would meet the standards of the World Trade Organization.
A more plausible option — one that appeals in terms of both economic efficiency and social justice — would be to buy their cooperation. Europe already has in place incentives for businesses to invest in emissions-sparing activities in developing countries: For example, paying landowners in Africa to sequester carbon by growing trees on scrubland. By the same token, one could imagine western governments paying their counterparts in the tropics to lock up forest land that would otherwise give way to logging and grazing.
But the scale of such initiatives is probably limited by the inherent accounting ambiguities. How would you know, for example, that the forest wouldn't be preserved, anyway? Even more to the point, how would one verify that a government, paid to build natural-gas-fired power plants rather than coal ones, would have gone that way without the incentive?
Arguably, the most promising approach to gaining the cooperation of emerging market countries lies in innovation. It wouldn't take much persuasion to get developing countries to adopt technologies that are climate-friendlier if they are also cheaper than emissions-as-usual. One could certainly imagine government-subsidized R&D that cut the cost of solar panels by 90 percent, or transformed the hydrogen-producing artificial leaf into a viable source of fuel.
The idea of a global grand bargain in which emerging market countries would join the west in an ambitious, cost-minimizing containment program is dead. The best hope, at least for now, is a pragmatic search for common ground, one that appeals to the angels but relies on self-interest.
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FLASHING LIGHTS (cont'd)
Wait. I'm the racist? So says the guy on twitter yesterday who called me the n-word, a "monkey", a "thug," and suggested I kill myself.
Many more had similar reactions and used language that was just as disturbing. There were plenty of others I've heard from on social media and blogs in the past 24-48 hours who didn't use such colorful language but were in agreement that I'm racist and/or ignorant for daring to suggest that race has anything to do with any officer's decision to pull someone over, to stop and frisk someone, or how the officer treats a citizen after making contact. Of course, there is an abundance of stories, cases, and studies that also suggests racial profiling is real. At the same time, people on the other side will point to data, or the lack thereof, to fit their narrative that anyone alleging racial profiling is wrong.
There are intelligent and worthwhile conversations to have on the national and local level about racial profiling. However, I fear I didn't help that conversation along one bit.
I initially tweeted the phrase "driving while black" after I had been pulled over Monday morning. If I had told my full account of what was happening without ever using that phrase, many people would have undoubtedly drawn that conclusion and used the phrase themselves. But, since it came from me, the phrase unfortunately became the headline, the focus, and the lighting rod in media accounts and the dialogue that followed. In a split second, with that phrase, passions were immediately inflamed and people immediately took sides, as is often the case when matters of race come up in this country.
A big part of the reason I left CNN to start "Don't Sleep" was to lead thoughtful, civilized, and respectful discussion on a variety of difficult topics. But my use of those three words (driving while black) set off a discourse that, in large part, has been uncivilized and disrespectful. That was the exact opposite of my intent, and it's incredibly disappointing.
My hope would have been that another young man would read about my experience and could have taken from it: 1) how to respectfully deal with police during a stop, 2) how to get through the moment even when you think you're being wronged, and 3) perhaps how to fight back when the moment has passed. However, any lesson or message has been muddled. Despite my personal feelings about why I was stopped, voicing that opinion publicly set off the wrong conversation. Though, I understand why many African Americans think it was appropriate and necessary for me to use the phrase thereby using my voice and platform to highlight the issue.
I never had any intention of naming the officer involved or even the police department. I don't want to make him or the department a media focus or the focus of attacks. Through an attorney, I have sent formal letters of complaint to the appropriate authorities, and I look forward to a dialogue with the department and perhaps even the officer who stopped me.
We'll never know what's in an officer's heart when he stops someone unless he tells us. I doubt we'll start hearing officers confess. But, as long as there's no admission of bias, there's no way to end it. And, of course, every time a white officer stops a black driver, it's not a case of racial profiling. But, the root of many African Americans' suspicion of police is worthy of our examination as well.
Many have suggested I didn't give the officer the benefit of the doubt. Actually, I did. Admittedly, that benefit of the doubt faded when I learned his reason for stopping me. It's clear that the officer didn't give me the benefit of the doubt. Whether that was based on my race is something we may never know. But, it is possible that race had absolutely nothing to do with the stop. It's also possible that it did. In these instances, it's almost impossible to bridge the gap between what we can prove and what we believe.
Once again, I fear I let a so-called teachable moment pass. Here, the only thing we've learned is that we still have a long way to go in this country.
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Updated In punishment for running a story about Dutch ultra-nationalist Geert Wilders, Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, has been attacked, and forum and moderator credentials published.
The information has been posted to the Anonymous-branded "Pastebin lookalike" Anonpaste.me, and is reported here at Cyberwars.
The attacker used the Twitter handle @Phr0zenM to announce the attack, stating that the attack was carried out "for giving a platform for Geert Wilders to spread hatred". The attack was apparently in response to this Lateline interview between presenter Tony Jones and Wilders.
The Register notes that during the interview, Jones frequently challenged Wilders on factual details, and on his understanding of Australia's Muslim population.
As a result of the attack, nearly 50,000 users – most of whom have nothing to do with the ABC except as part of its audience – have had personal details published, including their names, posting nicknames, e-mail addresses, and (where this has been captured) location in the form of geographic coordinates.
The Register has sought comment from ABC Corporate Affairs, but at the time of writing has not received a return call.
Update: The ABC has owned up, here. The broadcaster says the vulnerable site was associated with a 2010 program, Making Australia Happy. It did not return The Register's call.
It gets worse, however. In this blog post, Microsoft security architect Troy Hunt blogs that the password hashes were unsalted and very easily recovered. ®


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Do you remember decorating shoe boxes in elementary school? Then each student would bring cards and we'd go home with a box of Valentine's Day wishes?
Do you remember making cards with white and/or red dollies in the shape of hearts or circles? And trying to cut wonderful hearts out of red construction paper? These special ones always went to our grandparents and parents?
Do you remember making dozens of rolled cookies? Heart shaped, of course. And decorating them with red (really pink) and white frosting? And trying to write on them with a frosting filled cone? These would go to neighbors and friends.
Do you remember those little heart-shaped candies with words on them? And sorting through them in order to make a sentence and then put them on a little plate for a parent? Or a friend? Or a spouse?
And now, I look through dozens of cards, to find the perfect one for my husband of many+ years, in order to let him know how much I love him.
Happy Valentine's Day to all.


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Proposed Consent Agreement In the Matter of Fajilan and Associates, Inc., also doing business as Statewide Credit Services, a corporation, and Robert Fajilan, individually and as an officer of the corporation, File No.0923089
March 7, 2011 Hon. Donald S. Clark Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 Via Electronic Filing Re: In the Matter of SettlementOne Credit Corporation, et al., File No. 082 3208 In the Matter of ACRAnet, Inc., File No. 092 3088 In the Matter of Fajilan and Associates, et al. File No. 092 3089 Dear Mr. Clark: Advantage Plus Credit Reporting, Inc. appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC") proposed settlements in the three above-referenced matters. Background on Advantage Plus Credit Reporting, Inc. Advantage Plus Credit Reporting, Inc. was founded in 1994 as a credit reporting agency (known to you as a "reseller" in Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") terms, servicing the consumer reporting needs of Mortgage Lenders, Property Managers, and Employers, and Consumers. My company is very similar to the respondents' companies referenced above. As a "reseller" of consumer reports, we obtain reports from the three nationwide consumer reporting agencies and create combined, or "tri-merge", and other specialty hybrid consumer reports for specific Mortgage Lenders, Property Leasing and Employment Screening needs. I take the duty of being a good steward of the consumers' data within my control very seriously and have never neglected my obligation to safeguard the consumers' information. I agree with the FTC's statements about problems associated with identity theft and for that reason I have devoted significant corporate resources, including investment in sophisticated technology systems, to protect consumer data within my control. The FTC's Statement about the Respondents I notice that the respondents in these matters did not admit to any of the complaint allegations. Each company made a business decision to settle on the terms of the negotiated order, rather than incur the significant legal fees and expenses of defending an FTC enforcement action. For that reason, I find troubling FTC's press release and particularly the statement of Commissioner Brill, joined by the Chairman and Commissioners Rosch and Ramirez (the "Commissioners' Statement"). These FTC statements are not a reflection of the efforts that I take in protecting the consumers' data and I find them derogatory and inflammatory in nature. I believe that these types of messages are likely to give the public an inaccurate impression of my industry and our compliance with Federal laws. Despite the impression created by the FTC's press release and the Commissioners' Statement, each of these three resellers had implemented and maintained an information security program that was reasonably designed to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer information, as required under the GLBA Safeguards Rule. Each reseller maintained reasonable procedures to limit the provision of consumer reports to end-users who had a permissible purpose for the reports in accordance with the FCRA. Moreover, each reseller required its end-users to agree by written contract that they would implement and maintain adequate information security systems, controls and procedures, including firewalls and other appropriate data security measures. These written agreements provided that an end-user's violation of these contractual obligations could result in suspension of the end-user's access to the reseller's portal or termination of the agreement. By implementing vigorous internal security measures and contractually mandating that end-users act similarly, the resellers met their legal obligations under the FCRA and the GLBA to protect consumer information. The Missing Parties in the Proposed Orders None of the unprotected computer systems involved in the data breaches that led to these enforcement actions were within the ownership or control of these resellers. The FTC's complaints allege that the breaches occurred because the end-users lacked adequate firewalls or other security controls. Thus, the alleged failures of these independent third parties, and not the resellers' actions, contributed to the security breaches. These end-users apparently did not meet their own legal obligations under the FCRA and the GLBA, and they appear to have breached their contractual obligations to the resellers. For these reasons, I believe that the Commission's enforcement actions targeted the wrong parties in these matters. The proposed orders essentially require the respondent resellers to comply with their legal obligations under the GLBA and the FCRA – obligations that the resellers had endeavored to meet even prior to the FTC's enforcement actions. Because the end-users are not subject to these consent orders, the FTC's enforcement actions will not protect consumers with respect to the security and confidentiality of consumer information held by these end-users. It is important to understand that, as Mortgage Lenders, Property Managers and Employers these end-users receive and maintain consumers' identifying information and highly confidential financial information from applications, financial institutions, employers and others, in addition to consumer reports from resellers. These end-users are subject to the same GLBA and FCRA laws as the resellers. Yet, the FTC's orders will not require these end-users to implement any measures to comply with these laws. Clearly, the FTC has brought the wrong parties under order. The Commissioners' Statement Despite the fact that the FTC's orders apply only to the resellers, the Commissioners' Statement asserts that "these are the first cases in which the Commission has held resellers responsible for downstream data protection failures." This statement is at odds with the terms of the consent orders and, for the most part, even the complaint's allegations. As an owner of a consumer reporting agency, I am deeply troubled by the Commissioners' apparent plan to hold resellers responsible for the potential failures of independent third parties to protect consumer data. There is no basis in the FCRA or even the GLBA Safeguards Rule for this kind of liability. Further, the Commissioners state that they will seek civil penalties in future cases involving "resellers – indeed, all of those in the chain of handling consumer data" based on their "legal obligations to proactively protect consumers' data." The FCRA imposes certain legal requirements on resellers in providing reports to end-users with permissible purposes. However, FCRA does not require resellers or others in the chain of handling consumer data to "proactively protect consumers' data." Resellers' data security obligations with respect to consumer information are governed by the GLBA Safeguards Rule, which does not provide for civil penalties for violations of its requirements. The FTC can best promote the important objective of protecting consumer information by focusing on entities that are best able to provide this protection. The Commission should hold resellers responsible for consumer information and access to that information within their control, but the Commission should also hold end-users responsible for their own data security. In this case, the FTC ignores end-users altogether and instead would require resellers to assume responsibility for third parties' internal data security measures. Not only will this impose an unfair and unworkable burden on firms such as mine, it would also create a system that leaves consumers more vulnerable than they would be if the FTC required each entity to take responsibility for its own data security systems. Thank you again for the opportunity to comment on these matters. Sincerely, Delia G. Zuniga President


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The first month of 2017 is already behind us. I hope the year is off to a good start for you.
I appreciate you checking out my random thoughts. Feel free to share yours diplomatically and concisely!
Mr. Panda, our blind shar-pei buddy that we housed for periods of times over the past years, crossed the "Rainbow Bridge" earlier this week.
The beautiful and strong little guy would have turned 14 at the end of March.
As you may recall, he lived in Chicago, was a rescue, and lost his eyesight many years ago to glaucoma. Even though he spent the last half of his life sightless, he was still a happy, loving, crazy little critter!
The news of Mr. Panda crossing the "Rainbow Bridge" comes near the anniversary of us saying goodbye to my precious golden, ABBA.
I can't believe it was five years ago today!
Here are the two of them on a spring walk when Miss ABBA decided she was going to be Mr. Panda's "seeing eye dog".
The photo I posted ended up making the sports section of the "Geneseo Republic" thanks to my good friend and columnist, Dan Dauw.
Miss ABBA, I still think of you daily, but it's with smiles now instead of tears.
Here's a look back at her beautiful, golden life.
And, on we go…
I'm going out on a limb here and say that most of us have been in relationships — successful ones and failed ones.
Lack of communication is probably to blame for a number of the failed relationships and it's likely at the heart of the problems in the successful ones, too.
We build walls around our heart and it causes friction, insecurity, miscommunication, and eventually, hate.
While those walls are emotional, the talk of building physical walls between people and countries is at all-time high.
Check out this incredible airlines commercial from Aeromexico driving home the message that ideological and physical barriers hurt people!
It's a proven fact that most of the murders here in the United States are committed by people of the same race — white people are mostly killed at the hands of other white people, black people are mostly responsible for killing black people, etc.
The reasons for the senseless murders are many: domestic problems, drugs, robbery, stupidity, etc.
Last Sunday, police say this white man walked into a Quebec City (Canada) mosque, opened fire, and killed six people and injured eight others.
When I heard this and the words "mosque" and Canada came up, the first thing that crossed my mind is that this wasn't a "suicide bombing" by a Middle Eastern group attacking its own people.
Last summer, when news broke about a gunman storming into the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and hurting 53 others, I didn't think it was an LGBT person going in with a vendetta.
And, when nine African Americans were massacred in a downtown Charleston, South Carolina, church, I didn't think the shooter was another black person .
In all three of these incidents, I instantly thought the motivation was hate. Today, I still feel certain it was.
The accused Quebec City shooter is reported to have "far-right, nationalist views" and publicly supported Donald Trump and the French rightist party led by Marine Le Pen.
Th man behind the Pulse shootings was disgusted by gay people and might even have been a self-hating gay man himself, and the Charleston shooter is a self-proclaimed white supremacist.
Notice I didn't use their names. They don't deserve any more publicity! We know the hateful things they did or are accused of doing.
I'd love to say that people will be nicer and things will get better. But, I'm a realist and I'm saddened and scared for our future — our intolerance of people that look or act different than us.
I'm thinking about this even more after listening to all of Mariah Carey's albums again.
On her 1990 self-titled debut, she had a song called "There's Got To Be A Way".
It features the chilling lyrics, "In another land they still believe/color grants supremacy/I don't understand how there can be/regulated bigotry".
Sadly, in this day and age, you don't even have to go to another country. It's alive here in America and now those people don't even have to hide under sheets in the darkness of night or behind a computer screen.
Optimistically, Mariah sings on, "Some of us don't even wonder/some of us don't even care/couldn't we accept each other/can't we make ourselves aware".
Let's hope!
On a much brighter note, we're now only six weeks away from the live action version of Disney's remake of "Beauty and the Beast".
The final official trailer came out earlier this week.
It gives us a comprehensive look at the movie and we finally hear Ariana Grande and John Legend's remake of the Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson's theme song.
I'm excited even more for the March 17, 2017 premiere.
The original "Beauty and the Beast" in 1991 made $425 million and it was the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. (It lost to "The Silence of the Lambs".)
Only 0.4″ of snow officially fell in the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois, for the month of January.
There have only been two other winters on record that date back to the 1870s where less snow accumulated in January.
Only a trace of snow fell in January 1989 and January 1944.
This January ties 1973 as the third least snowiest on record.
While this winter is rather skimpy on snow, six years ago today we were digging out of the "Groundhog Day Blizzard".
Snow started falling on January 31, 2011, and by the time the storm departed February 2, 2011, the Quad Cities tied the record for a single snowstorm with the one from January 11-13, 1979 at 18.4″!
The bulk of the snow in 2011, 14.8″ fell on February 1st, with 1.7″ the day before that, and 1.9″ the day after the big snow. If you look at those totals, the 16.7″ that fell on February 1st and 2nd set the record for the most snow in 24 hours in the Quad Cities!
Days later, Gretel and I took advantage of the snow by playing snow zombie attack and Ray helped us dig a tunnel, which ABBA loved.
Come on "Old Man Winter", I want one more big snow this winter!
As I've stated many times, I read books, mostly autobiographies, biographies, or real life events, while walking on the treadmill.
Occasionally, I check out some fiction. I just finished Fiona Barton's "The Widow" and a Swedish book translated into English, "The Hypnotist" by Lars Kepler.
After reading Jo Nesbo's "The Snowman" in 2015, I've come to realize that Scandinavians love their violent novels.
"The Hypnotist" picks up after a vicious and savage attack on a family leaves the mom, dad, and their little girl dead and in pieces. The only survivor was a teenage boy stabbed hundreds of times.
Detectives are in a race against time to talk to the boy because he is the only one that saw the killer(s). They learn that he has an older sister not living at home and the killer could be after her next.
The only way they can reach the boy's memories of the brutal attack is to use hypnosis by a discredited doctor.
The use of hypnosis opens up old wounds from ten years ago and brings forth a new crime spree as detectives race to catch the savage murderer and a newly discovered serial killer.
A great read! Now, I need to find the hit 2012 movie based on the book.
Since I mentioned Nesbo's "The Snowman", I'm ecstatic since I learned the movie based on the book comes out this fall!
Actually, it debuts on my birthday, October 13th, with my dreamboat Michael Fassbender in the lead role.
Until there's an official trailer, here's what I wrote about the book in July 2015 if you want to check it out.
"Normally, the books I read are about real people and real events. Just before I jumped on the train [Paula Hawkins' "The Girl on the Train"], I read "The Snowman", a 2007 crime thriller by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo. It's the seventh book in the Detective Harry Hole series.
"Time" magazine featured an article years ago about Scandinavian authors that may achieve the success of Stieg Larsson and his "Millennium series" ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl Who Played with Fire", and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest".)
I wrote Nesbo's name and "The Snowman" down on a piece of paper and finally got the book and it was incredible.
Detective Harry Hole is on the trail of Norway's first serial killer. And, is there a connection between the season's first snow, the appearance of a snowman, and the victims?
Another must-read if you like crime novels!
There is talk of a movie adaptation of the book. Legendary director Martin Scorsese was once attached to it, but now director Tomas Alfredson ("Let The Right One In" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") is set to direct it."
LeAnn Rimes is back this week with "Remnants", her 13th studio album! While it's just now coming out in the U.S., it was released last fall in the U.K.
Here at home, Rimes is best known for many huge country hits that kicked off with 1996's "Blue". Those hits continued through 2004-2006 when she scored three Top Ten Country smashes from her "This Woman" album.
She also scored huge pop hits with "How Do I Live" and with tracks from the "Coyote Ugly" soundtrack ("Can't Stop the Moonlight").
Rimes also had amazing, but less commercially successful, albums like "Twisted Angel" (2002) and "Whatever We Wanna" (2006). I highly recommend both!
She's currently in the Top Ten on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart at #6 with "Long Live Love" from the new "Remnants" album.
With all the craziness in the world, make it the best in your little part of it!