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Lazy square roots of power series
$$(f(x))^2 + (f'(x))^2 = 1$$where f' is the derivative of f. This equation has a couple of obvious solutions (f(x) = 1; f(x) = sin(x)) and a bunch of not-so-obvious ones. Since I couldn't solve the equation symbolically, I decided to fall back on power series. Representing f(x) as a0 + a1x + a2x2 + ... one can manipulate the power series and solve for a0, a1, a2, etc. In fact, this is exactly the application for which mathematicians first became intersted in power series. The big question is "once you have found a0, a1, etc., do these values correspond to a real function? And for what x does the power series expression actually make sense?" This question, springing from a desire to solve intractable differential equations, motivates a lot of the theoretical mathematics of the last hundred and fifty years.
# Perl my $series; $series = node(1, promise { scale(2, $series) } );This is perfectly well-defined code; it runs fine and sets $series to be the series [1,2,4,8,16...]. In Haskell this is standard operating procedure:
-- Haskell series = 1 : scale 2 seriesBut in Perl it's still a bit outré.
Similarly, the book shows, on page 323, how to calculate the reciprocal of a series s. Any series can be expressed as the sum of the first term and the rest of the terms:
s = head(s) + x·tail(s)Now suppose that r = 1/s.
r = head(r) + x·tail(r)we have:
rs = 1This shows (equating the constant terms on both sides) that head(r) = 1/head(s). And equating the non-constant terms then gives:
x·(1/head(s))·tail(s) + x·tail(r)·head(s) + x2·tail(r)tail(s) = 0and we win. This same calculation appears on page 323, in a somewhat more confused form. (Also, I considered only the special case where head(s) = 1.) The code works just fine.
To solve the differential equation f2 + (f')2 = 1, I want to do something like this:
$$f = \sqrt{1 - {(f')}^{2}}$$so I need to be able to take the square root of a power series. This does not appear in the book, and I have not seen it elsewhere. Here it is.
Say we want r2 = s, where s is known. Then write, as usual:
s = head(s) + x·tail(s)as before, and, since r2 = s, we have:
(head(r))2 + 2x head(r) tail(r) + x2(tail(r))2 = head(s) + x·tail(s)so, equating coefficients on both sides, (head(r))2 = head(s), and head(r) = √(head(s)).
Subtracting the head(s) from both sides, and dividing by x:
2·head(r) tail(r) + x·(tail(r))2 = tail(s)and we win. Or rather, we win once we write the code, which would be something like this:
# Perl sub series_sqrt { my $s = shift; my ($s0, $st) = (head($s), tail($s)); my $r0 = sqrt($s0); my $r; $r = node($r0, promise { divide($st, add2(node($r0, undef), $r)) }); return $r; }I confess I haven't tried this in Perl yet, but I have high confidence that it will work. I actually did the implementation in Haskell:
-- Haskell series_sqrt (s0:st) = r where r = r0 : (divide st (add [r0] r)) r0 = sqrt(s0)And when I asked it for the square root of [1,1,0,0,0,...] (that is, of 1+x) it gave me back [1, 0.5, -0.125, -0.0625, ...], which is indeed correct.
The Perl code is skankier than I wish it were. A couple of years ago I said in an interview that "I wish Perl's syntax were less verbose." Some people were surprised by this at the time, since Perl programmers consider Perl's syntax to be quite terse. But comparison of the Perl and Haskell code above demonstrates the sort of thing I mean.
Part of ths issue here, of course, is that the lazy list data structure is built in to Haskell, but I have to do it synthetically in Perl, and so every construction of a lazy list structure in Perl is accompanied by a syntactic marker (such as node(...) or promise { ... }) that is absent, or nearly absent, from the Haskell.
But when I complained about Perl's verbose syntax in 2005, one thing I had specifically in mind was Perl's argument acquisition syntax, here represented by my $s = shift;. Haskell is much terser, with no loss of expressiveness. Haskell gets another win in the automatic destructuring bind: instead of explicitly calling head() and tail() to acquire the values of s0 and st, as in the Perl code, they are implicitly called by the pattern match (s0:st) in the Haskell code, which never mentions s at all. It is quite fair to ascribe this to a failure of Perl's syntax, since there's no reason in principle why Perl couldn't support this, at least for built-in data structures. For example, consider the Perl code:
sub blah { my $href = shift(); my $a = $href->{this}; my $tmp = $href->{that}; my $b = $tmp->[0]; my $c = $tmp->[2]; # Now do something with $a, $b, $c }It would be much more convenient to write this as:
sub blah { my { this => $a, that => [$b, undef, $c] } = shift(); # Now do something with $a, $b, $c }This is a lot easier to understand.
There are a number of interesting user-interface issues to ask about here: What if the assigned value is not in the expected form? Are $a, $b, and $c copied from $href or are they aliases into it? And so on. One easy way to dispense with all of these interesting questions (perhaps not in the best way) is to assert that this notation is just syntactic sugar for the long version.
I talked to Chip Salzenberg about this at one time, and he said he thought it would not be very hard to implement. But even if he was right, what is not very hard for Chip Salzenberg to do can turn out to be nearly impossible for us mortals.
[ Addendum 20071209: There's a followup article that shows several different ways of solving the differential equation, including the power-series method. ]
[ Addendum 20071210: I did figure out how to get Haskell to solve the differential equation. ]
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There are years where one facility has a bad year but usually the others do well enough to make up for the loss. Unfortunately early on this year not just one but, several of the captive breeding facilities were having difficulties. Birds weren't laying eggs, eggs that were laid were turning out infertile or were being broken before they could be collected from the cranes. Some birds shut down and molted early, a sign that breeding season is over, and some females were very late in starting to lay eggs, shortening the length of their egg production season and ultimately the number of eggs they would produce. Captive production was looking grim. It's all a bit of a guessing game or a crystal ball prediction as Tom Stehn, leader of the recovery team likes to say and unfortunately the crystal ball predictions were coming up short, way short, of the number of chicks that were desired. So the recovery team convened again on the phone and through email to make a revised allocation strategy given the low production.
Based on years of captive breeding records we calculate that 25% of the hatched chicks won't make it to fledging or release. As I said before, being a whooping crane chick is difficult. Of course there are some years where survival is much better than 75% and other years where it's worse. The recovery team wanted us to end up with at least 12 chicks so they allocated 16 hatched chicks to start out. Of course this number was lower than what we hoped for but that's just the way it was.
Luckily as time went on there was a bit of a late season rally. More fertile eggs were available than initially thought and with extremely high hatchability at Patuxent this year there are currently 18 hatched chicks being raised for the Louisiana reintroduction project. Additionally there are 2 final eggs that will hatch this week. Of those 20 chicks 2 will likely be held back in captivity due to their high genetic value leaving us with 18 hatched chicks and so far they're apparently healthy and doing well. We still can't count our chicks before they fledge but things are definitely looking better than we predicted earlier. If all goes well we hope to welcome as many of those 18 chicks as possible into the 2011 cohort that will be shipped to Louisiana later this fall. Stay tuned for additional updates.
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Forests are usually seen as a positive force when it comes to greenhouse gas calculations. On average, an acre of forest can absorb around 2.5 tons of carbon dioxide per year. But what happens if all those trees suddenly were to die?
In parts of Canada, forests are being hard-hit by an outbreak of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Though the beetles are small -- under a third of an inch long -- they are very hungry, boring through the wood of a variety of pine tree species, especially ponderosa, lodgepole, Scotch and limber pine. The severe outbreak of the beetles in Canada is killing enough trees that ecologists are worried that forests in British Columbia could change from being a 'carbon sink,' absorbing carbon dioxide emissions and sequestering them, to a 'carbon source,' releasing stored up carbon dioxide as the trees die and decompose or burn in forest fires. Warming temperatures are allowing the beetles to spread into new territory, threatening more forests.
"The current outbreak in British Columbia, Canada, is an order of magnitude larger in area and severity than all previous recorded outbreaks," researchers wrote this week in the journal Nature. One outbreak of the beetle alone released enough carbon dioxide to equal five years worth of emissions from transportation sources in Canada, the researchers found. We'll talk with one of the researchers involved with the study about the work, and how a tiny beetle could have a significant impact on the carbon balance in North America.


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Jesper Parnevick, the golf star who introduced Elin Nordegren to Tiger Woods has opened up about the guilt he feels for setting his fellow Swede up with Woods.
In a new interview with ESPN's "Outside the Lines, airing on Sunday, Parnevick, said in the wake of the scandal that has rocked Woods, he feels remorseful about stumping for the golfer to his former nanny, Nordegren, in 2001.
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"I vouched for the guy," Parnevik said. "I told her, 'This is the guy that I think is everything you want. He's true, he is honest, he has great values, he has everything you would want in a guy,' and I was wrong."
Parnevik also offered his insight into how Nordegren might be feeling in the wake of the headlines being garnered by her husband and his many alleged mistresses.
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"I'm sure she felt very lonely and very small in this whole hoopla and chaos when her whole world was just turned upside down in pretty much 24 hours," Parnevik said. "I was just shocked and pretty much very disappointed in the whole thing and I just really, truly felt for her and the situation she all of a sudden ended up in."
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Colorado State volleyball rises to No. 13, big week concludes with home match vs. No. 6 Badgers
Colorado State's volleyball team (3-0) has risen to No. 13 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association rankings and has a big week ahead, with matches at Northern Colorado Wednesday and then at home against Florida A&M Friday and No. 6 Wisconsin on Saturday.
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What to Expect at the Lucky Rice Grand Feast, May 3rd
The fourth annual Lucky Rice festival is around the corner. It starts April 29th and runs to May 5th, but culminates May 3rd, when twenty-two chefs gather in the ballroom of the Mandarin Oriental for the Grand Feast. There, chefs will serve food inspired by Asian cuisines as guests mingle and enjoy the view of Central Park from the Mandarin's 36th floor.
Chef Tae Goo Kang of Gaonnuri, located on the 39th floor of a K-Town highrise, is familiar with elevated cuisine. He'll be offering four dishes at the Grand Feast. One is Sam-Gye-Tang (pictured above), his interpretation of chicken soup with chestnuts and dates. "I want the guests to taste authentic Korean food," he said, "and given the setting of Grand Feast, I'll be deconstructing certain dishes so the guests will be able to approach the food in a comfortable way."
Sakamai is doing a food and cocktail pairing for Grand Feast. Shingo Gokan, Sakamai's resident bartender, has created a Bombay Sapphire East-based drink (Bombay Sapphire is sponsoring Lucky Rice) to pair with chef Takanori Akiyama's duck buns (pictured above). "The way the party is setup," Akiyama says, "it makes sense to serve finger food. We were going to do the bun with fish, but ginger, soy sauce—the Asian flavors were always there."
Grand Feast is not limited to chefs who run Asian restaurants. Alain Allegretti will be serving red shrimp tartare a la Bisto la Promenade, Cedric Congerichten of Perry St. is serving pan-seared shrimp with jade sauce and asparagus, and chef Mario Hernandez of Mexican restaurant Ofrenda is serving pork buns with kimchi—the pork for which he'll be braising in habanero and coconut milk.
Take a look at the full lineup of chefs, dishes, and cocktails is below.
The Tasting Menu
Chef Foon Green Assorted signature Betel leaves
Bistro la Promenade
Chef Alain Alegretti Red shrimp tartare: rice wine vinegar-pickled fennel & cucumber and daikon radish chips with lemongrass oil
Chef Brian Ray Tuna tartare spring rolls with crispy shallots and ponzu
Cherrywood Kitchen East Coast Oysters, bloody mary relish
Ember Room Spicy Tamarind Shrimp Southern Thai-style, fried shallots, bok choy
Chef Tae Goo Kang Yukhoe: sesame oil & soy sauce marinated beef tartare with Korean pear Bossam: steamed pork with spicy kimchi Jun-Yu-Hwa: Korean pancake sampler Sam-Gye-Tang: fresh ginseng chicken soup stuffed with chestnut and dates
The General
Chef Hung Huynh Cinderella Rice: Shiitake and Beechwood mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, truffle, chives, parsley, aleppo
The Hurricane Club
Chef Craig Koketsu Chili lobster rolls
Chef Khamla Vongsakoun Hot and Sour Clam Soup: turmeric, King Oyster mushrooms, dill
Chef Jehangir Mehta Tamarind glazed pineapple bacon chicken satay
Chef Masaharu Morimoto Eel and foie gras steamed buns
Chef Hong Thaimee Pomelo papaya salad
Chef Mario Hernandez Pork Bun: habanero and coconut braised pork shoulder, pork belly, corn bun, kimchi apple slaw
Perry Street
Chef Cedric Vongerichten Pan-seared shrimp with jade sauce, asparagus and market greens
Chef Brad Farmerie
Qi Thai Grill
Chef Pichet Ong Eggplant, chicken & shrimp salad
Rhong Tiam
Chef Andy Yang Spicy tuna miamgkum deconstructed Baked cherry tomato pork belly namprik ong
Chef Takanori Akiyama Roasted duck marinated with ginger soy, lardo Iberico de Bellota, foie gras mayonnaise
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Bryan S. Emperor Tatsuta: Specialty marinated chicken wings, tangy grated radish Wagyu Croquette: Katsu sauce, foie gras center Kinchaku Dumpling: Miso-marinated cream cheese, sweet red crab
Spot Dessert Bar Matcha Azuki: green tea mousse with red bean filling and green tea ice cream
Doron Wong Crisp taro and turnip cake with ma la pork
Zengo House ground meatball with tomato makrut lime and Cotija cheese
The Cocktail Menu
Grand Feast will have beer, wine, champagne, and sake in addition to the following cocktails.
Bombay Sapphire East
Snake in a Glass: Bombay Sapphire East gin, lemongrass-infused snake shochu, cinnamon-infused Martini Rosso, fresh mandarin juice, mandarin-spiced tea
Lemongrass and Elderflower Collins: Bombay Sapphire East gin, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup, St-Germain, lemongrass
Gin & Tonic Re-imagined: Bombay Sapphire East gin, Fever Tree tonic, orange bitters
Ma Grude: Makrut lime and Thai Chili-infused Bombay Sapphire East gin, raw coconut water, ginger honey, lime juice
Punch157: Bombay Sapphire East gin, Junmai Sake, homemade lychee-cello, grapefruit juice, rose water
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One of the tricky things about asthma is that you can't always avoid your triggers. Pollution, pollen, mold, and other allergens are often in the air you breathe.
Even if you're breathing OK, an asthma flare-up could be just around the corner. How can you tell? Doctors sometimes want people to use a tool called a peak flow meter as a way to predict flare-ups.
A peak flow meter is a portable device that you blow into like a balloon. It can measure how well your lungs are working. Knowing that can help you and your doctor control your asthma better.
If you can't blow out as much air as usual, it might mean that you'll have an asthma flare-up soon. How soon? It could be in the next hour or even 2 or 3 days away. But knowing this ahead of time can help you take steps to prevent a really bad flare-up.
Readings from a peak flow meter also can help doctors check how well someone's asthma medicine is working. Peak flow meters also can help some people figure out what's triggering asthma symptoms by taking readings before and after being exposed to a suspected trigger, such as animal dander.
Using a peak flow meter is simple. Set it to zero. Then stand up, take a deep breath, hold it, then blow as quickly and strongly into the device as you can. Record the number that the meter reads. Repeat this three times and use the highest recorded number as your reading.
That number alone isn't the whole story. You'll want to compare today's reading with your "personal best." That's the best reading you've ever had. Your doctor will help you establish your "personal best" early in your treatment.
Your doctor will help you set up three zones of peak flow meter readings:
Not everyone needs to use a peak flow meter regularly. Your doctor will let you know if it should be part of your regular asthma management schedule. For example, if you take asthma medicine every day, your doctor may want you to use your peak flow meter once or twice a day.
Your doctor might ask you to record peak flow meter results and bring them with you to your appointments. This gives the doctor helpful information so he or she can decide the right treatment for you.
It might feel like a hassle to have to take peak flow readings, especially when you aren't having breathing problems. But it's much worse to have an unexpected flare-up that could ruin your day or your plans for the evening.
For all their hard work, what do peak flow meters ask of you? Just to be kept clean. Wash yours regularly with mild soap and hot water.
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Much of the subject material of kids music is lyrical fluff, and that's not a bad thing: kids need all the playful silliness and sweet sleepytime nothings that hip moms and dads with heart can bring them. On the other hand, play and sleep alone aren't enough, and kids ain't gonna grow up by themselves. The bigger they get, the more we have to show and tell them the right ways to move through the world.
Thankfully, song is an especially effective way to pass along morals and messages. That's partially because a spoonful of sugar really does make the medicine go down, I suppose. But it's also because children see music as coming from everywhere. As such, using music to pass along values helps universalize a message, making it less about "Daddy's way" and more about the right way to do things.
Folksong has a long history of carrying morals to and for cultures. That doesn't make all folksong successful: as with all styles of music, performing songs which mean is much more difficult. Far too much kidsmusic that tries to say what needs saying ends up sounding sappy and preachy. Happily, a few musicians get it right, making something which manages to be both musically powerful and lyrically meaningful. The best songs of this type stick in the soul, planting valuable seeds which compliment our most deliberate parenting on our best days.
Today, then, some covered kidsongs which take a lighthearted approach to some very serious subjects, from inner life to external behavior, from the social to the ecological. Your kids may not notice the messages as they hear them, of course. But if the true affection that these modern singer-songwriters have for these old songs tells us anything, it is that years from now, these songs will be remembered. And that's not nothin'.
- Moxy Fruvous, Green Eggs and Ham (orig. Dr. Seuss)
- Ann Percival, I Don't Want To Live On The Moon (orig. Ernie)
- Taj Mahal, Don't You Push Me Down (orig. Woody Guthrie)
- Willie Nelson, Rainbow Connection (orig. Kermit)
- Rex Hobart, It's Not Easy Being Green (orig. Kermit)
- Jack Johnson, The 3 R's (orig. Bob Dorough)
- Dan Zanes, We Shall Not Be Moved (trad.)
- Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters, This Land Is Your Land (orig. Woody Guthrie)
- Lynn Miles, Everybody Cries (orig. Jim Cuddy)
- Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Teddy Bears' Picnic (Bratton/Kennedy)
Sadly defunct folkband Moxy Fruvous makes a popcult-heavy, anti-commercialist folk-rap out of this Dr. Seuss classic. A repost, and out-of-print, but relevant.
Moral: How do you know you won't like it if you won't even try it?
If it were up to my littlest one, we'd never leave the house. This is her favorite song, and she always asks for it when we first get into the car. She likes Ernie's original, but I think contradance chanteuse Ann Percival makes it more palatable for the whole family. From The Sweetest Hour, which is.
Moral: The imaginative world is fun to visit, but there's no place like home.
A reggae beat, the classic kidsong rasp of bluesman Taj Mahal, and a message originally intended both to help kids learn how to play fair and, later in life, to feel justified in standing up for what they believe in. Via Sing Along with Putumayo.
Moral: Leave your sister alone.
An especially poignant take on this old Muppet standard. I've got nothing against Dixie Chicks twang and Sarah McLachlan dreampop, but of all the covers of this song I've got kicking around, it's Willie Nelson who really brings the fragile, shortlived nature of the subject to life.
Moral: Wishes come true. Never stop dreaming.
I've posted this track before too, but it bears repeating. From The Bottle Let Me Down -- kids like indiecountry, right? Bonus points: the lyrics are almost open enough for you to use this song to talk with your kids about "being green" in the more post-millenium, save-the-earth way.
Moral: Celebrate diversity; be who you are.
This half-cover from mellow surfer and fratfolk god Jack Johnson is based on jazzman Bob Dorough's old Schoolhouse Rock standard Three Is A Magic Number. Johnson gets bonus points for helping me sit through Curious George for the tenth time.
Moral: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Dan Zanes remakes this old protest song with banjo and spunk; like Elizabeth Mitchell, Zanes knows how to speak to adults and kids about what really matters. Warning: side effects may include strong-willed children.
Moral: Stand your ground. Together, we shall not be moved.
Technically, this one isn't a kidsong either. Kind of socialist, too. But I learned it as a kid, and so did you. And who wants kids who grow up thinking this land isn't theirs to care for? From Funky Kidz, an amazing new compilation of classic kidsongs by a dozen of New Orleans' best and funkiest; proceeds benefit music education in New Orleans and nationally.
Moral: This land was made for you and me.
There are a surprising number of songs out there which address this subject, but Cuddy's is as comprehensive as it comes, and Lynn Miles makes a gentle yet powerful case for buying into the complexities, and growing into responsibility. I promise this is the last song I'll share from the incredible kidfolk compilation Down At The Sea Hotel.
Moral: Life isn't always easy, but it's worth it. Try, fail, and try again; I'll always be there to hold you.
An always-successful bedtime selection, given the teddy bear motif and the mellow voices and mandolins of Garcia and Grisman's Not For Kids Only. But have you ever really listened to the lyrics?
Moral: Teddy bears are scary. If you must go in the woods, bring a buddy.
If this list seems heavy on the Jim Henson and protest songs, it's not just you. After all, like me, many of these artists grew up in the early days of PBS, back when kidculture refused to speak down to us, and our parents were just emerging from a feelgood sixties adolescence. We may have cut our hair since then, but the values we found in those old songs still matter.
So click on the links above to buy these albums direct from the artists and labels, just to show your kids how to best support the music that matters. And once the CDs arrive, play 'em early and often. But take good care of them, too, so one day, you can pass them down to your children's children. Because somehow, I can't see the greatest hits of Barney or Dora the Explorer having this kind of credibility when our kids grow up to become folksingers.


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Penn study finds delayed side effects of head and neck cancer treatments go unreported
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Results reinforce need for improved 'survivorship care' to encourage patients to seek help for their symptoms
CHICAGO – New data from an Internet-based study show that patients with head and neck cancers (HNC) may be at risk for significant late effects after their treatment, but they're unlikely to discuss these and other survivorship care issues with their doctors. The findings, from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will be presented Monday, June 4, at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago. The research team says the study reinforces the need to improve survivorship care for patients as they complete their active treatment, better educate patients about late effects they may experience, and encourage them to report these problems to their healthcare providers so they can be addressed.
Data from nearly 4,000 cancer survivors were gathered between April 2010 and October 2011 via patients who completed LIVESTRONG Care Plans via OncoLink, Penn Medicine's online cancer resource. Approximately four percent of those patients had been treated for a primary head or neck cancer. Of those, nearly 88 percent reported having undergone radiation, 73 percent surgery, and 67 percent chemotherapy. Many patients reported late effects such as difficulty swallowing/speaking (83 percent), decreased saliva production (88 percent), thyroid problems (33 percent), decreased neck mobility (60 percent), concerns regarding cognitive function (53 percent), or vision deficits. However, since results show that patients only discuss the survivorship care plans they created on the site with their healthcare providers in 55 percent of cases, the researchers are concerned that many of these symptoms are not being reported or treated. The most common reasons for patients not sharing their survivorship care plans with healthcare providers were, "I did not think they would care," and "I did not want to upset or anger them."
"The fact that only about half of patients who create care plans are discussing them with physicians indicates a need for further development of patient counseling and survivorship care so we can deliver higher quality care to cancer survivors of all kinds," says lead author Christine E. Hill-Kayser, MD, an assistant professor of Radiation Oncology in the Perelman School of Medicine. "Our study indicates that as many as 45 percent of these late effects are going unreported, so it's possible that HNC patients may be at a higher risk for post-treatment side effects than we thought. But without understanding the true incidence of these problems, we can't properly screen for these problems or intervene to help patients when they develop them."
Patient-reported data were gathered from HNC survivors voluntarily using the LIVESTRONG Care Plan, a free Internet-based tool used to create survivorship care plans. The tool, available at www.livestrongcareplan.com and through the OncoLink website, allows survivors to enter data regarding diagnosis, demographics, and treatments, and provides customized guidelines for future care and screening. Using this tool, HNC survivors were asked about any late effects they experienced following specific treatments. The authors say data reported in the new study may help shape future studies examining outcomes after HNC treatments, as well as patient counseling and survivor care plans.
Penn's Living Well After Cancer (LWAC) Program, for adult and childhood cancer survivors, is a LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence. This designation, awarded by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, reflects excellence in clinical care, research and education. Within the LWAC Program, the same nurse practitioners who care for patients during their diagnosis and treatment help them develop an individualized survivorship care plan at the end of their treatment that guides patients if and when they transition back to their primary care or specialty provider for follow-up care.
"There's a very clear lack of communication between patients, oncologists and primary care physicians, which can ultimately have a major impact on our patients' long-term health and well-being, particularly if they are experiencing significant late effects of treatment," said Hill. "It's vital to our patients' long-term survival and our ability to provide guidance to them that physicians better educate patients about what they might experience following treatment and encourage patients to raise any concerns or health issues they experience."
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Stan Hollen expects credit union members eventually will embrace digital wallets in large numbers.
But the CO-OP Financial Services CEO says credit unions shouldn't focus on developing their own digital wallets, because only a small segment of their membership would embrace that option.
Rather, credit unions should urge more members to primarily use the credit and debit cards they issue, for both traditional and electronic purchases. Less than 15% of the membership base at most credit unions exercise that option, according to Hollen.
"The key is to have the credit union member choose to put their credit union card top of wallet—first choice," says Hollen, who this week presided over CO-OP's Think 14 Conference in New Orleans. "That keeps the credit union relationship strong and it preserves interchange income, which is very important for a credit union."
Hollen elaborated on digital wallets and other emerging payments methods during exclusive interviews with Credit Union Magazine.
CU Mag: What payment method do you think credit unions should aggressively adopt right now?
Hollen: EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa "chip cards") absolutely would be at the top of the list; second is probably mobile access in general, followed by person-to-person payments (P2P).
CU Mag: The Target breach accelerated adoption of EMV. What role will chip cards play in preventing breaches and fraud?
Hollen: EMV is certainly going to help fight fraud, but it won't do anything for card-not-present transactions. Nothing. That's a misconception. Aside from the data breach—and that is an area where EMV cards will be an improvement, because you won't have to reissue them—fraud control right now is so good, between the analytics, online transaction monitoring and other tools, that fraud losses have been better contained. So the payback—the return on investment, if you will—on EMV is not robust. It's just time that it came."
CU Mag: What about critics who contend we should bypass EMV and move on to cloud and mobile solutions?
Hollen: EMV is going to have a magnetic stripe on it for 10 years. Most transactions, for quite some time, will still go through a mag stripe, until the merchants catch up and deploy EMV units, and then it'll transition over to that.
There's a case to made for, 'Well, that's nice, it's about time we got EMV, but shouldn't we just leapfrog to the next thing—maybe smartphones?' Well, consumers just aren't ready for that. Merchants aren't ready. Consumers aren't either.
CU Mag: How should credit unions approach digital wallets?
Hollen: We see a lot of interest in, and attention to, digital wallets. It's no different than a [traditional wallet.] You have one, and you have cards in it. When you go to buy something at a store, you decide which card you're going to use: debit, store card, Visa, or MasterCard?
We do encourage credit unions to offer an electronic wallet—V.Me from Visa, MasterPass from MasterCard, for example. But the key thing is the credit union is not going to choose the wallet for members. They might pick Google, or any of the other options out there; Apple might come out with a wallet with the iPhone.
CU Mag: Why aren't consumers more readily embracing these advancements?
Hollen: Sometimes you see technology chasing a solution. There are ways to do things technologically, but will consumers adapt to it? A great example would be NFC. Near-field communication was supposed to be a big deal: You'd pass your phone near a terminal and it would transmit [a transaction]. NFC is dead. Technologically, it works. Consumers really weren't ready for it.
Electronic wallet is coming—you'll see more of that. You're eventually going to make enough of your payments through a smartphone. But today, go try to do that. You can't do it. Almost nowhere.
Sometimes you're too close to the forest to see the trees. Sometimes we [financial institutions, technology firms, etc.] get so wrapped up in thinking about the technological answer, but it's the consumer who's going to make the decision.
CU Mag: If not digital wallets, where should credit unions focus their payment strategies?
Hollen: Person-to-person payments is going to have a lot more play short-term, and really take off. Say I buy baseball tickets from the neighbor. You can transfer $80 to his phone, he'll get a notice and go on his phone. He'll activate the account and create either an ACH—or, in the case of our Sprig product, if he happens to be a member of a credit union that's in shared branching or touches our switch, it'll transfer immediately. That's very useful.
CU Mag: What's the one point you hope every CO-OP Think 14 Conference attendee takes back to their credit union?
Hollen: That what they see and hear is enlightening, gets them charged up to make something happen. How many times do people go to conferences and have a nice trip, but then nothing happens? This is different. This is really a motivational kind of conference.


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Offer group educational, social, or physical activities that promote social interactions, regular attendance, and community involvement among older adults
Administrative license suspension/revocation laws
Enable law enforcement to immediately take the license of a driver who fails or refuses to take a chemical test for alcohol
Adult vocational training
Support acquisition of job-specific skills through education, certification programs, or on-the-job training, often with personal development resources and other supports
Alcohol outlet density restrictions
Limit increases in the number and concentration of alcohol outlets by area or by population through licensing or zoning regulations
Alcohol taxes
Increase the price of alcohol via regular adjustments to taxes levied for beer, wine, and liquor purchases
Alternative high schools for at-risk students
Provide educational and social services in an alternative setting for students at-risk of dropping out of traditional high schools
Attendance interventions for chronically absent students
Support interventions that provide chronically absent students with resources to improve self-esteem, social skills, etc. and address familial and school-related factors that can contribute to poor attendance
Automated speed enforcement cameras
Use devices such as speed cameras, laser devices, radar, etc. to enforce speed limits; devices can be permanent fixtures or be used manually by law enforcement officers
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The Cameron University Department of Music, the Lawton Schubert Music Club, Fort Sill's New Post Chapel, and the Cameron University/Lawton Civic Chorus are pleased to present the 71st annual presentation of Handel's "Messiah." The annual Lawton tradition will take place on Saturday, December 8, at 8 p.m. at the McMahon Auditorium, located at 801 Northwest Ferris Avenue in Elmer Thomas Park. Admission is free.
The Lawton Schubert Music Club initiated the first performance of "Messiah" in December 1941. The event has become a performance tradition during the Christmas season in the Lawton/Fort Sill area. The performance will be approximately one hour in length and will feature soloists and a professional orchestra which accompanies the volunteer chorus. Soloists for this performance include sopranos Debbie Wood and Johnna Miller; mezzo-sopranos Dale Nomura and Cameron student Melissa Delgado; tenors Mark Stoneman and Doug Snook; and baritone Troy Hamilton, a Cameron alumnus.
For the 26th consecutive year, the chorus and orchestra will be conducted by Doris Lambert, director of choral music at Fort Sill's New Post Chapel and adjunct music instructor at Cameron. Kathryn Hickman, president of the Lawton Schubert Music Club served as accompanist for rehearsals, which started in October, and will play harpsichord for the performance.
For more information, contact the Cameron University Department of Music at 580-581-2440.
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Great product! Very easy to install, east to understand instructions, and no parts missing. Now, the truck handles much better than anticipated and it definitely instills more confidence in the trucks abilities to handle corners and emergency situations. I would recommend this product to anyone wanting to upgrade the handling on any of the their vehicles.


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Setting Up Users and Defining Roles in the Parallels Small Business Panel
As an administrator in the Parallels Small Business Panel, you can create users and assign roles to them. The roles you assign define each user's permissions on the server.
After creating a user, that person can log in to the control panel and manage settings from the My Services tab. Even if no permissions are assigned, users still have access to their personal file share and any shared files that other users have uploaded into the shared directory. They can also view the user names and email addresses of other users on the system.
Understanding Permissions
The permissions you assign to user roles let you specify access levels. For example, you can assign permissions that allow the webmaster in your organization to publish files to the Web, and manage websites and domain names.
Refer to the role descriptions below to determine which permissions you should assign.
- Manage users:
- Add new and modify existing users. Delete any user, except the admin and their account.
- Manage roles:
- Add new and modify existing user roles. Delete user roles if there are no users assigned.
- Manage websites and domains:
- Add new domains, create and publish websites, create databases, modify DNS, manage site files, and perform any task related to the creation and management of a website.
- Change server settings:
- Manage the server. Includes configuring the server, adding SSL certificates, performing backups, restarting the server, modifying file sharing settings, clearing application cache, modifying firewall settings, mail settings, and more.
- Install and manage applications:
- Install new applications and manage existing applications.
- Manage mail:
- Create new email addresses, manage existing email addresses, and manage and create mailing lists.
- Update personal information:
- Update portions of personal information. Without this permission, users cannot change their contact name and contact details. Users can only modify their password and manage their email forwarding preferences if this permission is not assigned.
- Publish files on the Web:
- Access Public Files on the Files tab. This lets a user publish files available for public consumption, such as those you might want to distribute to clients.
Managing Users and Roles
Creating users lets you to give other people access to your network. When you create a user, you assign an email address and a role. You can create an email address based off a domain you added, or, you can use another email address. The role you assign the user affects the access to the control panel. Add your user roles first, and then add users and assign roles to them.
To Add a User Role
- Log in to the control panel and click Users.
- Go to the User Roles tab and then click Create User Role.
- Enter a name for the role, and then select the permissions you want to assign.
- Click OK.
To Delete a User Role
- Log in to the control panel and click Users.
- Go to the User Roles tab, and then select the user role you want to delete.
- Click Remove, and then click Yes.
To Add a User
- Log in to the control panel and click Users.
- Click Create New User Account.
- Complete the fields, making sure to assign the correct user role.
- Click OK.
To Delete a User
- Log in to the control panel and click Users.
- Select the user you want to delete.
- Click Remove, and then click Yes.


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You might have thought we were putting all our metaphorical eggs in one basket when we announced that we're giving away six Friendly Planet Travel tours to our Facebook fans, but we have something up our sleeves for Philadelphia locals too.
If you go to The Philadelphia Inquirer Travel Show at The Pennsylvania Convention Center this weekend, you have the chance to win a trip for two on Friendly Planet Travel's Exotic Ecuador tour, a $3,000 value.
Friendly Planet Travel will be exhibiting at booth #416, where you can enter to win our trip to Ecuador. The Friendly Planet Travel team and I will be at the booth answering questions, offering travel tips and advice, and distributing information too, so there will be a lot going on. All you have to do is stop by for your chance to win! This is the second year in a row we're giving away a trip to travel show attendees. Last year, we gave a trip to China to Larry and Wendy Kleeman. See their reactions!
I'm also honored to be presenting at the show again this year. I'll be discussing the "Top 10 Affordable Destinations of 2012" on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 12 p.m. I'll share the must-visit destinations for 2012 that promise to inspire even savvy travelers, without breaking the bank. And I'm proud to be the only local tour operator licensed to offer legal educational tour programs to Cuba, so I'll delve into how to visit Cuba legally and at an affordable price.
All this, and entrance to the show only costs $10 ($8 if you pre-register)! I'm looking forward to sharing my advice and talking to travelers in person, so I hope I'll see you there!


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More information has been coming out about how Airbnb is used to convert San Francisco apartments into tourist rentals — including an interesting study reported by the San Francisco Chronicle last weekend — in advance of next month's hearings on legislation to legalize and regulate short-term rentals.
But questions remain about why the city agencies in charge of regulating such "tourist conversions," which have long been illegal under city law, have done so little to crack down on the growing practice. For more than two years, we at the Guardian have been publicly highlighting such violations, which have finally caught fire with the public in the last six months.
Even Mayor Ed Lee — who has helped shield Airbnb from scrutiny over its tax dodging and other violations, at least partially because they share an investor in venture capitalist Ron Conway — has finally said the city should pass legislation to regulate the company, as Sup. David Chiu is trying to do.
But attorney Joseph Tobener, who has represented clients evicted to facilitate Airbnb rentals and has brought a number of such lawsuits on behalf of San Francisco Tenants Union, still can't get city departments to issue notices of violation even for the most egregious offenders that he's suing, an administrative prerequisite to filing a lawsuit.
"The Department of Building Inspection and the Department of Planning need to start shutting these violators down by enforcing the existing laws, or we need stricter laws that allow us to pursue our claims without City approval. Two months ago, we sent our requests to pursue landlords on behalf of the SFTU. Then, radio silence. Two months of utter inaction. Someone in charge does not want to see us close the loophole that is allowing landlords to take units out of our housing stock," Tobener said.
The Chronicle investigation found that in San Francisco, 1,278 Airbnb hosts in San Francisco were managing multiple properties (Chiu's legislation would limit hosts to their primary residence for just 90 rental nights per year), including 160 entire homes that tourists appear to be renting out full-time. Overall, the paper counted 4,798 properties for rent in San Francisco through Airbnb, 2,984 of which were entire homes, belying the "shared housing" label favored by the company and its supporters.
And even though groups like the San Francisco Apartment Association and SFTU say they have been actively trying to get the city departments to crack down on such illegal uses over the last year, representatives for DBI and the Planning Department say they've received few complaints and therefore issued few violations, while also saying they need more resources to regulate the problem, something Chiu's legislation would begin to help address.
"Our enforcement process is complaint based and we investigate each complaint that is received by our Department (more than 700 per year). Complaints regarding short term rentals that result in the loss of housing are prioritized for enforcement," Planning Department spokesperson Gina Simi told the Guardian.
She said that property owners are given the opportunity to correct a violation before being cited, something that she said happens in about 80 percent of cases.
"A case is opened for every complaint received. Since March 2012, we have had approximately 120 enforcement cases for Short Term Rentals. In each case, notices were sent to the property owner and approximately half (54) have been abated and half (66) are active cases. Many of these (approximately 30) were received since the beginning of April 2014," she told us when we inquired about the issue last month.
As for Tobener's charge that city agencies are dragging their feet and making it difficult for his clients to pursue relief from the courts, she said, "The ability for interested parties to pursue the matter through civil action (for injunctive or monetary relief) following the filing of a complaint and determination of a violation is a process outlined in Chapter 41A, which is enforced by the Department of Building Inspection. Enforcement under the Planning Code does not allow for interested parties to seek civil action."
But DBI spokesperson William Strawn said his department hasn't received many complaints, claiming to have gotten just three total through the end of last year.
"A few weeks ago, per Mr. Tobener, we did receive seven complaints, with documentation, that the Housing Division is still reviewing; and, per [DBI Chief Housing Director Rosemary] Bosque, we also recently received an additional seven complaints – for a current total of 14 – that also are under review and being scheduled for administrative review hearings, as required by Chapter 41A," Strawn told the Guardian.
But he also pointed his finger back at the Planning Department as the agency that should be handling problems related to the short-term stays facilitated by Airbnb.
"Given that these 'duration of stay' issues are Planning Code matters – a point we have made to Supervisor Chiu, and which I know you discussed with the Planning Director {John Rahaim] during Supervisor Chiu's media availability on this issue a few weeks ago – the role of the Building Department in the enforcement of these types of complaints in our relatively new Internet Age will require guidance from the City Attorney," Strawn told us.
Indeed, in response to a Guardian question about why the Planning Department seems to have ignored violations facilitated by Airbnb, Rahaim said that his department hasn't had the resources, tools, and authority to address the problem, even though, "This is an important issue we've been hearing about for quite some time."


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|From left to right Michael Skillicorn,
Umesh Bhuju and Heather Rice at Zumi's
in Ipswich, MA.Photo by Stephanie Francis
(This story appeared Feb. 15, 2013, in the online edition of the Boston Globe, Your Town.)
Bhuju feels that people should consume healthy and fair trade food, and desired to give people the opportunity to do so. He hopes to change the perception that organic doesn't necessarily mean breaking the bank.


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Crosby scores twice, but Islanders beat Penguins 4-3
- The Islanders beat the Penguins 4-3
- Sidney Crosby scored two goals in the first period for Pittsburgh
- Kyle Okposo scored the winning goal for the Islanders
PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby's night became the New York Islanders' game because the Islanders embraced the chaos theory of hockey.
Coaches always say good things happen for teams that get pucks to the net. That was true for the Islanders Friday as they poured 42 shots on goal, and took advantage of fortunate bounces and defensive confusion, to down the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 and to tie up their Eastern Conference quarterfinal.
"You saw a little bit of a different team than we saw in Game 1," said Islanders coach Jack Capuano. "Our work ethic was there tonight. Our physicality was there tonight and our battle level was there tonight."
BOX SCORE:Islanders 4, Penguins 3
Kyle Okposo spoiled Crosby's return from injury by breaking a 3-3 tie at 12:23 of the third period with a goal that looked more like a billiards shot than a hockey blast. Okposo's long drive struck the boards behind the net, caromed out and kissed off the back of goalie Marc-Andre Fleury's pad before trickling over the goal line.
"We were trying to get pucks to the net," Islanders center John Tavares said. "So far in the playoffs, there have been a lot from goals scored from guys going to the net. There's been a lot of scrambles and we know (Fleury) likes to challenge."
Tavares said the Islanders' game plan was keep pressure on the Penguins defensive coverage. "We were moving our feet," Tavares said. "Everyone was joining the play, we had three-, four- and five-man rushes. We were tough to cover."
The best-of-seven series is now tied 1-1 going into Game 3 in New York on Sunday afternoon.
"Hopefully we realize now how we need to play to have success," Capuano said. "We had to get pucks to the hard areas of the ice."
It took Crosby 34 days to recover from a broken jaw and about four shifts to recover his status as the world's most dangerous offensive player.
Crosby scored two goals in the first 7:22 of the game to help the Penguins build a 3-1 first period lead. It was the sixth multi-goal game of Crosby's NHL playoff career.
Crosby had not played since suffering a broken jaw, facial laceration and lost teeth on March 30 as a result of being hit by teammate Brooks Orpik's shot from the point.
The crowd gave the Penguins an early boost, but the crowd advantage seemed gone when the score was tied 3-3 and the Islanders had out-shot Pittsburgh 34-25 after two periods.
"We know that we didn't play the way we need to," Crosby said. "Obviously, they got some bounces. But I don't think we feel we did enough to deserve a win."
Crosby said the Penguins allowed the Islanders to play too much in the Penguins' end of the ice. "We have to learn from this one pretty quickly," Crosby said. "It's not the way we want to play."
CANADIENS:Even series against Ottawa
Crosby said he wasn't where he wanted to be after missing 13 games with an injury.
"Definitely a little bit of rust," he said. "There isn't a lot of time. I have to find a way to create things out there."
The Penguins had built a 3-1 lead on goals by Evgeni Malkin at 43 seconds, and the pair of goals by Crosby at 3:19 and 7:22. The second Crosby tally had come just 18 seconds after Matt Moulson was credited with an Islanders' power play tally. At 5:12 of the second period, Islanders defenseman Andrew McDonald scored to cut Pittsburgh's lead to 3-2.
On every New York goal, the Islanders seemed to create their own luck by driving toward the net and taking advantage of a bounce.
Islanders left wing Matt Martin had converted a cross-ice feed from Josh Bailey to tie the game 3-3 at 10:37 of the second period.
"They worked hard. They deserved their bounces," Pittsburgh forward Jarome Iginla said. "…we had a great start, but we didn't stay as focused as we needed to be."
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New stock in! Due to storage restrictions, I will be shaping to order. Please visit my Instagram page and Highlights for current unshaped stock. Or do send me an email to find out what I have available. Many thanks.
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Extra large bolga basket, approximately 38cm diameter, with beautiful inky blue-black tones in a striking pattern. Perfect to store children's toys, to use as a planter, or simply as an attractive storage solution.
These beautiful, genuine, Fair Trade Bolga Baskets, or "Tehei" are handmade by skilled artisans in Bolgatanga, in the northern region of Ghana, from which they take their name. Taking around three days or more to make, it is often the female villagers who use the abundant veta vera (or elephant grass) to weave, using traditional methods. The grass is picked from the top, leaving the stalk, meaning it's a sustainable source of vital supplementary income for this subsistence farmer population. Goat leather is hand tanned and dried in the sun and then skillfully attached around the handles.
We ensure the talented workers are paid a fair wage to make these stunning, durable baskets. Each is unique, differing in size, shape and pattern.
Due to their handcrafted nature, imperfections and blemishes may be present, but reflect their back-story and authenticity. The dying process means the colour of your basket will evolve over time. If you wish to maintain its colour, keep away from sources of bright light.
Should you need to reshape your basket, simply soak or spray with water for 30 seconds (avoiding the leather handle). Shake off the excess before shaping to your preference by hand and leave to dry.
To echo the biodegradable and environmentally sustainable nature of these baskets, all packaging is recyclable and made from recycled or biodegradable goods.
Keep basket away from all heaters, fires, flames, stoves, fireplaces campfires or sources of heat.
Please note; it is important never to leave a baby or child alone with a basket, as they are not designed as toys. Due to their handmade nature, natural materials, natural and commercial dyes used, the baskets SHOULD NOT be put in the mouth. Regular inspection should be made to ensure no parts have developed sharp edges, or broken into smaller pieces (which could pose a choking hazard), or become damaged in another way.
We cannot guarantee that the basket does not pose a risk to children if used in an inadequate way. Therefore, ALWAYS supervise your child when playing with the basket.


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If you've followed our annual trend reports, you'll know that light Nordic blonde is a great color. However, many other colors are in vogue too, including vibrant pinks and purples, and on the other end of the spectrum- black. But what about red? Fiery and fresh, red and copper tones are always on trend. The women who can pull these shades off the best will have freckled skin or cool pink tones in their complexion. On occasion, warm complexions can pull red hair off too, but they tend to suit shades that are more orange in appearance.
If you have red hair or are thinking of getting red hair, check out these fresh styles for an instant image update.
Stefanie Scott looks fabulous in her fiery long red hairstyle. She has a square face shape, so the jagged layers and beachy waves work well with her angles and compliment her fine hair type as well. But the real star of this hairstyle is that awesome red color! Stefanie is flaunting a fashion-forward take on red here, with a deep copper base and pink-red highlights. This gives her an all-over glossy sheen while adding depth and dimension to her 'do. Stefanie has a warm undertone to her complexion (as you can see from her neck and shoulder area), but she has used makeup to make her facial area more 'cool'. She achieved this by using cool pink blush and lipstick to harmonize well with her coppery hair shade.
Jane Seymour is looking ravishing in red here, which is perfectly suited for the spring and summer. This light strawberry blonde shade looks fabulous with her medium skin tone and really brings out those blue eyes. Jane is also rocking an arched fringe, which is a fabulous option for women with square or angular face shapes, or for those who simply want a softer looking fringe. Jane's color is a light copper shade with blonde highlights throughout, giving this hairstyle an overall radiant red sheen.
Here, Kate Flannery is looking elegant in a rich red bob. For a chic Sixties effect, Kate has flipped her ends out and paired it all up with some cool black frames. This rich auburn shade is perfect for women with cool complexions and light eyes. Keep your makeup soft and neutral like Kate for best results.
Finally, we have Emma Stone who, even though she is natural blonde, is the perfect redhead. Her fair and freckled complexion looks amazing with red hair, and she is often spotted wearing a deep red or auburn hair color. Here, however, she has lightened up for spring and summer and is working an ombre' hair color that goes from an medium reddish brown at the roots to a strawberry blonde shade at the tips. This is a great way to make your hair visually interesting while adding extra shine to your 'do - strawberry blonde is an awesome color for picking up and reflecting light. Emma's soft waves and layered fringe complete this trendy, casual look.
As you can see, red hair is ever so versatile and can achieve you any look you want. From young and trendy to elegant and sophisticated, red hair can do it all!


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I have only recently begun using Linux as my primary OS on my laptop. I previously ran Windows 7 on it, which generally had decent performance in 3D applications. However, I've noticed a considerable slow down in their native Linux counterparts, so I've started poking around for updated drivers.
Is there any surefire way to ensure that I get the upgrades? Google-ing around leads to suggestions of adding external repositories, occasionally accompanied by stories of ruining their builds in various ways. Also, I've checked under Preferences→Software Sources→Additional Drivers, which reveals an empty list. Any idea where I might go from here?


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A bill currently making a swift path through Congress would give the federal government yet another way to keep tabs on U.S. Citizens: though our cars. As Paul Watson of InfoWars reports, Section 31406 of Senate bill 1813, known as "MAP-21," would require all new vehicles to come pre-loaded with "mandatory event recorders," or black boxes, which keep track of a wide variety of information about the vehicle and how it's driven.
All information collected "or transmitted" by the "event recorders" remains the property of the car's owner, according to the legislation. Though the bill does outline a number of different scenarios in which the data may be shared with the government or other third parties.
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(2) PRIVACY- Data recorded or transmitted by such a data recorder may not be retrieved by a person other than the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle in which the recorder is installed unless–
(A) a court authorizes retrieval of the information in furtherance of a legal proceeding;
(B) the owner or lessee consents to the retrieval of the information for any purpose, including the purpose of diagnosing, servicing, or repairing the motor vehicle;
(C) the information is retrieved pursuant to an investigation or inspection authorized under section 1131(a) or 30166 of title 49, United States Code, and the personally identifiable information of the owner, lessee, or driver of the vehicle and the vehicle identification number is not disclosed in connection with the retrieved information; or
(D) the information is retrieved for the purpose of determining the need for, or facilitating, emergency medical response in response to a motor vehicle crash.
Event data recorders (EDRs) are nothing new. In fact, many cars have them already. Both General Motors and Ford have already begun including EDRs in many of their newer vehicles. According to EDR proponents, the devices are not meant to spy on drivers; they are to keep everyone safer on the road.
"It is essential that decisions on important safety issues be supported by the best available data, and we are convinced that EDRs can help that process," said Michael J. Robinson, Vice President of Environment, Energy and Safety Policy at GM, in a statement made lin 2010. "We agree with those who called for mandatory installation of and greater use of the data from EDRs during recent Congressional hearings."
EDRs can record a vast array of data, with most of it collected in the moments just before, during, and after a collision. Types of information collected by EDRs include vehicle speed, engine speed, force of impact, airbag deployment, and whether or not seat belts were in use. In general, this information is used to determine whether or not the vehicle performed properly during an accident. According to the legislation, all mandatory EDRs must "capture and store data related to motor vehicle safety covering a reasonable time period before, during, and after a motor vehicle crash or airbag deployment, including a rollover."
To find out whether or not your car includes an EDR already, click this link, and select the "Do You Have One?" option.
While it is completely understandable – even wise – to be skeptical of government-mandated use of technology, especially technology that records the things we do in our homes or cars, EDRs are not quite as nefarious as skeptics might want you to believe. In fact, a wealth of studies show that they really can help make hurtling yourself and your family down the road in a two-ton contraption at 65 MPH safer than it currently is. That said, there's no telling exactly how this type of technology could be used in the future, especially if EDRs become a required component in our vehicles.
As for this bill becoming law – it looks likely. The Senate passed the legislation last month, and it is expected to breeze through the House soon.
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So I decided that it is time for... a makeover. I am that person who always waits way too long to make a trip in to the salon. I wait until my hair is screaming out for help from it's frizz ball state to trek it in there. Because, really- who wants to take three kids to the salon? Or it seems that every time I try to make an appointment, one of the darlings ends up sick and vomits on my feet on my way out the door.
But it is happening this Saturday. I made an appointment for a cut AND a highlight. (Cause I'm feeling spunky!) It's been years since I had any color and I'm feeling like my mop in a little on the mousy side and needs to be perked up. I have yet to decide if I'm going to add in lighter highlights or darker highlights. (Wait! Is that what they call low lights?) I don't know- either way, I want to come out of the salon looking very different than when I went in.
I'm researching some options for new do's and I'm having a tough time making a choice. Here are the cuts I've narrowed it down to:
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