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While the Fitbit Ultra Wireless Activity Tracker isn't anything new in the U.S, it just hit Europe and is now available in France, Germany, Spain and the UK. The Fitbit Ultra is this kind of totally unspectacular nobody has a use for until you used it. From this point you don't want to miss it anymore and it's becoming your daily companion. As a matter of fact, the Fitbit Ultra monitors your all-day activity to provide real-time feedback on steps, distance, calories burned, and stairs climbed. While this sounds pretty much like a sports-tracker, it's not a sports-tracker at all but Fitbit's goal is to encourage customers to walk more and be more active. It's designed for the average user, not for the sport's-pro.
The new Fitbit Ultra Wireless Activity Tracker, which was released back in October last year in the U.S. in v2, features a 3D motion accelerometer, a new altimeter, a battery saving OLED display and ANT+ wireless for wireless synchronization. It comes with a belt holster, an ANT+ compatible base station and charger as well as a sleep wristband.
When worn the Fitbit Ultra tracks all the daily steps, number of stairs climbed, distance traveled, calories burned, and the overall intensity of the activity level. The compact design of the Tracker makes it easy to wear tucked into pocket, clipped to a belt or bra while the OLED display informs the user in real-time about the daily progress.
Activity index and time
Steps and distance walked (in kilometers or miles)Calories burned and floors climbed
Furthermore, Fitbit Ultra allows to track the sleep by wearing the sleep wristband to monitor how long and how well the sleep war. It monitors when a user fall asleep and how many times he/she woke up throughout the night to provide a sleep efficiency index.
The ANT+ compatible base station and USB charger can be connected with a Windows PC or Mac and charges the Fitbit Ultra as well as it is used to configure it. If not used for charging, it acts as a wireless base station and every time the Fitbit Ultra is in range of around 5 meter, it receives the latest stats and uploads it to Fitbit.com which holds the users statistics and details. Fitbit.com provides insights into daily, weekly and monthly fitness and sleep levels with free online graphs and charts. Furthermore, Fitbit.com gives fitness badges for certain activities to motivate users even more but also allows to connect with friends to share and compete on fitness goals.
Users can dive even deeper in the fitness and health logging by manually adding enjoyed food and workouts to Fitbit.com. Fitbit says its database has over a 100,000 specific food items which users can select from. Fitbit's Food Goal feature shows users the range of calories they should stick to every day to reach their weight loss goals and dynamically adjusts based on their day's activities. It even allows to track weight and other health indicators like blood pressure, glucose, and heart rate.
However, logging these kind of activities can't be done from a PC only but Fitbit is also offering an iPhone and Android app which allows to log food and activities wherever and whenever a Fitbit Ultra user is. With the app's Food Plan feature, users can even set daily calorie targets that adjusts when activities are manually logged.
Furthermore, the app shows the activity level including walked steps and climbed floors, like the Fitbit.com site shows, extending the log to a smartphone.
Final Conclusion
When I first got offered a Fitbit Ultra to review it on the::unwired, I was a little bit skeptical because I had no idea for what I should use it. Counting my steps, logging my climbed stairs? For what? I roughly know how much I walk each working day and it turned out pretty soon that the Fitbit Ultra isn't a sports-tracker at all I could potentially use for biking. However, this sleep-tracker caught my attention and therefore I took one right before I flew to Seattle last month since I thought it might be interesting to track how a heavily jetlag'd sleep differences from my regular sleep at home. Interesting enough, right from the first day, tracking my sleep activity was only one component I was interested in but I also became very interested to monitor my daily activity level and counting my steps, distance walked, stairs climbed! The Fitbit Ultra became pretty soon one of these accessories I don't want to leave the home without, like my smartphone.
Well, like most of us, I'm not really walking too much on an average day without any events or appointments. I stand up, walk to my car, drive to the office, sit the whole day in front of my PC, walk to the coffee maker, walk back to the car, drive home and ending up the day in a restaurant or on the couch. This might be a successful day in terms of my job but for sure not in terms of my healthiness. I already knew before that I'm not walking enough, even if I try to actively avoid elevators but try to use stairways instead. But now, this little Fitbit-thing on my belt reminds me every single minute, every single hour that I was pretty inactive, really giving me a bad conscience. Maybe it's very much human, to know that we are acting wrong but not changing anything until we see it black on white - or in this case blue on black. And every evening, if I either have a look on the display or log into my Fitbit.com account, I see how many more steps I should have done this day, how many more stairs I should have taken, now regularly resulting in walking more the next day or just having an extra walk around the block in the evening.
Thankfully I don't have any problems with my weight anyway, therefore I'm not using the food tracking functionality but from others I've talked to about the Fitbit Ultra, I've heard that they were pretty interested in the info how many calories I burned that day.
And while I'm not using the weight and calories feature of the Fitbit Ultra, I'm using it each night to track my sleep and my personal findings were rather disappointing too. I thought I sleep much longer and more intensive but I found out that I sleep at least an hour less than I expected. While my sleep seems to be pretty deep, I think it's too short, something I have to improve next.
Altogether, the initial setup and use of the Fitbit Ultra is pretty simple and straight forward. After the Fitbit Service Manager was installed on a Windows PC or Mac, the Fitbit Ultra connects with Fitbit.com where a user has to create an account. There, the Fitbit Ultra can be configured and allows to either show the imperial or metric system. If everything was configured, the Fitbit Ultra is ready to be used and synchronizes automatically with the personal log, as soon as it is close to the docking station. Since the battery easily lasts 5 to 7 days, the Fitbit Ultra hasn't have to be recharged too often and for short trips, the base and charging station hasn't to be taken away. Especially not because the Fitbit Ultra is able to store up to 7 days before it starts to overwrite older logs with newer.
While the Android app is pretty useful for logging activities and food, it unfortunately doesn't allow to upload stats from the Fitbit Ultra to Fitbit.com. This is too bad, especially because the Fitbit Ultra is using ANT+ as its wireless transmission technology which is also supported by a handful of smartphones, as available from Sony and HTC. Would be a very handy addition to make the smartphone a base station too, therefore I could also upload my activities while travelling, without carrying the USB base station, which is nevertheless required to charge the Fitbit Ultra - sooner or later. But so far, I never went out of battery and therefore it hasn't missed a single step I took in the past 30 days.
The Fitbit Ultra isn't doing anything except reminding you to be more active and honoring your activity level with virtual badges you can purchase anything for. But that's good enough and that's exactly what it was designed for: Keeping the eye on our activity we often have no eye for. And it does it so successful but inconspicuous, that it's hard to ignore it. It really helped me to improve my activity level and therefore it's definitely recommended of office workers and couch potatoes!
The Fitbit Ultra is now available in selected European countries, as well as in the U.S. for 99.99 Euro and comes in two different colors: black/blue and black/plum.
Cheers ~ Arne
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As I travel across the country for the third time in the last week, I can only imagine what my babies are doing to keep busy under the watchful eye of Aunt Sara. It was cold and raining when I left this morning, so I envision many little ones – eight to exact, including my two nephews – running around indoors, shirtless and shoeless, as my boys often are.
I have many ideas running through my head, as I begin to plan out the next several weeks of school, with my notebook here in front of me. Lessons, field trips, and many more wintery weather activities will take place, before the sun decides to stay out from behind clouds and begins to shine again.
When my plane was preparing for departure on the tarmac of the Denver runway the other day, I noticed that it began to snow. A beautiful sight for this California girl, who doesn't much witness snowfall, let alone study snowflakes. I sat in awe as I began to really see the flakes of frozen water drawn to my window like magnets. Beautiful white specks, displaying the individuality of their Creator.
Sitting there I began to notice that, although each flake was unique and beautiful, each had six points – something I had known to be true, but was now witnessing first-hand. Of course, I immediately googled snowflakes and began reading about these little flakes.
Now, I vaguely remember being taught all about snowflakes when I was of elementary school age, but I just sat in awe of God and the little flakes of frozen water. Flakes that can blow through as a blizzard, trapping families in their homes. Flakes that, when falling ever so slightly, can be one of the most beautiful natural occurrences.
It was at that moment, sitting there in my seat, that I decided that my children needed to see the beauty of snowflakes. A perfect topic for a fun wintery weather activity! I recalled how, when I was little, I was shown pictures of the remarkably shaped flakes and proceeded to recreate images of snowflakes by cutting shapes in to a folded piece of paper. Seems simple enough, but not living near the snow, it never really occurred to me how fun this would be to do with my own kids.
So, I decided that next week, when I am home from my travels, the kids and I will study snowflakes. If not real ones, the idea of them.


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I've always been a fan of Lana Del Rey, from the first time I happened across her song Video Games while listening to the UK top 100 (don't ask). I needed to know who this vintage siren was who understood my nostalgia towards life gone by while remaining fully present, in the present.
When I got Born To Die and I listened to it from start to finish I said "This is the most amazing sh*t I have listened to in ages!" Then came Paradise, or Born to Die – Paradise Edition. Again, amazing tracks. I was full and in love with the poetry, vocal stylings, controversy and audacity of an actual songwriter cooing about her life, love, her dreams and of course her flavored vagina! I wasn't expecting her to release anything for a while and I resigned myself to that. Then West Coast came out all of a sudden and I bought it as soon as I saw it on iTunes.
West Coast touched me in a way none of her other tracks did before. The dual styled song within a song speaks to the sentiment of what the West Coast (California) represents to Americans but for me, it spoke to the West Coast of my little island and how I feel whenever I'm there – hopeful, ambitious, gifted, revered and almost worshipped. Life DOES get better, on the West Coast.
Ultraviolence as a title tickled me. I first saw it on her Instagram while trolling through my feed, I said "yaaaaaassssss bitch! Give it to me!" Upon regaining my composure I said I must get the album when it came out.
Hearing Ultraviolence was like hearing my unwritten journal entries being sung out loud by a voice that wasn't mine. Here were my innermost thoughts and secrets being aired and reverberating through my bed from my subwoofer. I can relate to the album a little too much, more than even my closest friends will realize.
The toxic relationships, the unwavering love in the face of apathy, emotional retardation, indifference and general melancholy reminded me of my dedicated love, like St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes, that still lives on to this day. A love that haunts, overwhelms and envelops.
F*cked My Way Up to the Top has replaced Cola in my mind's default Tourette's like song outburst. The gall of her! She is definitely controversial but it doesn't feel deliberate. It's simply honest and unapologetic (Hey Rihanna) and she makes real music about real life and real experiences. Some literal, some metaphorical, some lived and some witnessed.
The me of today feels about Lana Del Rey's music like how the me of the 90s felt about Alanis Morissette. Having grown darker and more honest with myself and my pathology, Lana Del Rey is my new drug of choice.
And to the one person who won't read this – Old Money is the song I dedicate to you, even if you change your mind I'll come, come come.


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Close Encounters.
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Hopefully it doesn't suck.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
New Series
Posted by Rot at 9:48 PM
Labels: paranormal, tv, ufo, unexplained
4 comments:
- Willow Cove said...
Yeah, I'm gonna check it out.
- February 13, 2014 at 6:44 AM
- Adam said...
great. just great
- February 13, 2014 at 5:33 PM
- Rot said...
there was some other show on last night...some silly thing with a UFO team...forget the name...sensational, but it had some folks talking about UFOs over Lake Michigan...and the two families interviewed had alien encounters in their homes after the sightings. And the face of the alien was horrifying to look at. Worse than the cover of COMMUNION. Worse.
- February 13, 2014 at 6:18 PM
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The overuse of drugs in large-scale agriculture poses a variety of risks to human health. But one that played out in India and the surrounding countries was remarkably indirect: an overabundance of rotting cow carcasses. Thanks to repeated government interventions, the root of that problem—plunging populations of vultures—may finally be on the mend.
The problem started with an anti-inflammatory drug, diclofenac, that was being mass-produced after the patents on it had expired. It found widespread use in veterinary settings in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. From there, it made its way to the vultures. These birds normally scavenge a large number of cow carcasses that would otherwise end up rotting in the open. Unfortunately, as the drug ended up building up in the vultures, it caused fatal kidney toxicity. Populations of some species plunged to one percent of their historic levels—and the bodies of dead cattle began festering in the countryside.
A perspective in today's issue of Science tracks the efforts involved in saving the vultures. Several of the countries first banned diclofenac in 2006, but that turned out to be only a partial solution. Doses of the drug intended for humans were repurposed for the agricultural market, so further interventions were needed before the contamination problem ended up dropping significantly. Since then, the four nations involved (which are not always on the best terms) have agreed to cooperate to prevent further threats to the vultures.
The effort seems to be working. Although there are number of additional identified threats, the population declines appear to have slowed or halted in most vulture species. A few of them are even showing signs of a potential rebound. It's nice to celebrate a success story, but this perspective does make it clear the success took a lot of work—including threat identification, repeated government interventions, and international cooperation.
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REDUX: Since several people have asked, here is one of the posts that explain the name of this blog. Its from a year and a half ago. [comments imported too]
Very occasionally (why? [indeed, see above – ed]) I feel the need to restate why it is that I use the word trinketization to refer both to the dessication of all life to mere commodities, and as a word for a critique of the poverty of theorizing that remains at the level of fascination with those commodities. Remembering that Marx in Capital only starts with commodities to tell us they are the fetished and occulted manifestation of social life – the 'erscheinungsform' in which wealth appears on the stage of the market etc… there is a need to cotextualise and theorise beyond this mere appearance. Hence 3 volumes of Kapital, and a further 3 vols of Theories of Surplus Labour, and then a subsequent effort of theory via Lenin, Lukacs, Adorno, even Debord (thanks Jeff and Tom)….
So, this trinket thing has been my double refrain for a long time now – a critique of those who stop at commodity (who have only read the first chapter) and who eschew any attempt to comprehend, and change/destroy/kill, capitalism. Grinning at the shiny trinkets ain't enough – even a theory of trinkets will not be enough, and certainly my collecting them for display is only a first step… So, maybe I should start to gather it all together a bit more. Some early formulations:
In the draft intro to a special section on music and politics in the journal Postcolonial Studies, summarizing a joint article written with Virinder Kalra, we described it as:
"Focusing on, Madonna, an overworked cultural icon, who's recent Eastern turn has attracted wide attention, this chapter compares and contrasts her trinketization to the diasporic music offerings of a more local flavour. By highlighting the theoretical dead end that all identity posturing postulates, the paper argues for a critique based not on spurious ascribed/described/pronounced subjectivities but rather on a not so fashionable materialist analysis"
This was eventually relegated/rendered in print as:
"a discussion of musical appropriations of Asian culture as 'vogue', offering a critique of trinketizing exoticisms and questioning the politics of identity in the context of racial conflict and imperial power structures" (Postcolonial Studies, Vol 1 No 3, 1998:355)
And this sort of line was developed a little, in a critical assessment of dearest comrade Crispin Mills of Kula Shaker fame, in a piece in the book Travel Worlds:
"It should at least be clear that the concern with 'authenticity' that leads to a critique of (Kula Shaker style) trinketizing exotic versions of South Asian musics is not one which insists upon the purity of traditional forms or the relativistic egalitarianism of an anthropology blind to material inequality. The danger is always that the worries about appropriation and commercialization are contradictory insofar as authenticity critique may sometimes slide into less savoury valourizations of cultural boundedness, nationalisms and conservatism. Instead, the critique of inauthentic and aestheticized versions of South Asian cultural production should be geared towards clearing a space for hearing the 'secret omnipresence' of resistance to which Theodore Adorno refers".
A still less generous use of the term crops up in an early draft of a piece that eventually made it into our book on Diaspora and Hybridity, but in this case reaching back to my long-term interest in a critique of budget travellers:
"'Going native' persists in taking the most mundane forms especially where otherwise intelligent gap-year university students return from their travels adorned with the flotsam and jetsam of the trinket markets of the world".
Ideally though, there will be better formulations than these. Here from a draft of my chapter in the book Celebrating Transgression:
"The trouble with fieldwork as taught in the credentializing system of the new teaching factory is that it relies primarily upon the assemblage of anecdote-trinkets. Theoretical gestation and contemplation – slow moving – is not well suited to the imperatives of pass rates and research assessment calculation. Trinketization of culture here assigns the politics of interpretation to a place of fast and loose generalities – ritualized reflexive moves that surprise no one".
The main working out of trinketization as double play was done however in what became the book Bad Marxism. The first version of this published in the journal Critique of Anthropology, in an article called 'Clifford's Ethnographica'. Catty it was. Ah well. Still, the phenomenal success of Clifford's book 'Routes' meant that I figured lucky Jim could handle a few snipes when, as I showed, he got Marx wrong (exchange does not determine production, production determines exchange) and went on about that 'mind-boggling' bird of paradise headdress and office tie ensemble worn by James Bosu, as seen on the cover (and cropped, the larger version inside showing James with a stubbie of beer too. If Clifford had gone to visit PNG, instead of a quick sprint through a museum in London – the Museum of Man- his 'boggle' might have been less offensive). Anyway:
"The problem is that even if Clifford was not limited to descriptive trinketization in his collecting practice, it is very difficult to imagine how he might want to respond to the complexity of the world. Reading his varied statements on culture, trade, power and so on it becomes possible to wonder what would be needed to provoke an attempt to intervene? What set of circumstances would be necessary to provoke even a preliminary essay on what is to be done? Meekly anguished fascination at the phantasmagoric vista before him seems all we will ever be offered" (Critique of Anthropology Vol 18, No 4, 1988:364 – also appeared in Bad Marxism 2004).
There is more of this to come. To be filed under terminological morass.
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Renegade Eye Says:
April 28, 2007 at 6:11 am eDuring the sixties, the radicals used the word coopt all the time. It meant as turning Afro-American militants wearing their hair Afro style, into a way for capitalists to introduce new lines of hair grooming products. Is that similar to what you're saying?
John Hutnyk Says:
April 29, 2007 at 8:38 am eYep. I guess examples like that might be considered under the category of subsumption (real or formal?), though perhaps its more symptomatic than systemic as old Beardo had intended it. Certainly there can be discussion of how Capital today manages to turn everything and anything into product – a kind of hybridizing commerce, adapting and adapted to selling all differences all the time, everywhere (battering down all Chinese walls). Perhaps also relevant is Adorno note that every product strives to convince us of its uniqueness, which is always the same. Hair products for every imaginable style – the artist Sonia Boyce would be relevant here too, once forcing the Manchester anthropology department to handle bits of her collection of off-cuts from various black hairstyles. A dry and wry provocation.
Suyi Says:
September 30, 2007 at 5:20 pm eHmm… I thought you used the idea of 'trinketization' even earlier (albeit if a slightly different way). From McKenvie Wark's review of The Rumour of Calcutta:
"Here Hutnyk practices another kind of tourism, an intellectual one, "trinket collecting" in high theory. His sources are the writings of Georg Lukacs and Martin Heidegger, who were concerned with the effects of commerce and contraptions on our ways of seeing and thinking. What Hutnyk takes from them is a thorough kind of materialism. Every perception that we have is the product of an act of labour, an effort shaped by particular tools".
John Hutnyk Says:
September 30, 2007 at 7:37 pm eyep, trying to be consistent, though that rumour book was more than ten years ago now.
Lukacs though, I am reading more carefully these days. – j


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Since then, the stock has made a relatively important low, and it's seen a nice corrective rally that amounts to $17.50 so far. I still believe Baidu has some upside potential -- because, as you can see on the weekly chart below, some of the prior rally swings have amounted to anywhere between $35 and $51.82.
But if you did not get in at lower levels, where the risk was extremely well defined, what can you do now? You certainly don't want to buy at the current price -- if you did, your risk would go all the way down below the $89.40 swing low!
What we can do at this point is to create a new trade setup in the direction of the bigger-picture trend. Let's take it down to a 60-minute chart, and I'll give you some levels you can consider for entry. I will also define your risk.
On the chart above, I consider the bullish pattern intact as long as the price continues to hold above the Dec. 31 swing low of $97.50 swing low. What I want to do here is to focus on any key support decisions that come in above this key low, so I've run multiple Fibonacci price relationships -- and have identified a possible value area between $100.23 and 102.79. If Baidu retreats near this area in this next session or so, this is where you want to be a buyer. Your risk would be defined below the $97.50 swing low, so that's where some traders would place a stop.
You may prefer simply to do this. But, for myself, I will use a lower-time-frame chart -- such as a 5-minute chart -- for a trigger to suggest that the decline is actually terminating around that key zone. I find that using triggers helps to filter me out of quite a few bad trade entries.
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Terry Findley—the last lecturer in the highly-successful Beginner's Course in Ottawa on March 21st—gave his lecture on "Local Resources".
As I listened to his lecture, I wondered how many of the sixty or so people who were there had actually done any research on their family histories.
Roughly three-quarters of the attendees were what we would call "first timers". That is, they hadn't done any research at all, so, naturally, they were very interested to hear about the facilities that Terry was about to mention.
The first place he spoke about was the Canadian Genealogy Centre (CGC) - www.collectionscanada.gc.ca.
He called it the "jewel of family history in Ottawa", and went on to explain that the Canadian Genealogy Centre has databases (for example - census, Canadian Passenger Lists, First World War papers), books, and now even a presence on YouTube.com and Flickr.com.
The CGC is located within the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) at 395 Wellington Street. A research pass is required for access to the rooms which hold the records.
He talked about the Mormon's Family History Library on Prince of Wales Drive, and its many holdings.
It is a welcoming place, where you might run into fellow researchers who might be related. It happens a lot at the FHL!
While you are there, feel free to order microfilm—for a nominal fee—from their main library in Salt Lake City. The knowledgeable volunteers will be glad to assist you.
The Ottawa Court House—located at the corner of Laurier and Elgin Streets, right next to Ottawa City Hall—was a surprise to many because they didn't know that it is where you find land records and might even discover some wills there, also.
The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa is located next to Christ Church Cathedral on Bronson Avenue, in the northwest part of the city.
It has such records as the BMDs of Ottawa. Its website is www.ottawa.anglican.ca/Archives.html.
One thing Terry said—which was a surprise to him when he was doing his research—was that it also contained BMDs of other religions, so if you can't find them in anywhere else in Ottawa, you should go there because they may have it.
The Ottawa Public Library www.biblioottawalibrary.ca has the Ottawa Room, where you will find newspaper indexes for such local newspapers as the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Journal.
He said that it will be closed for the next month while they renovate it (they are making it bigger), but it has a wealth of materials there. It's a good place to check for finding more on the social history of the city.
And, lastly, he talked about the city archives, located in the old city hall on Sussex Drive www.ottawa.ca/residents/heritage/archives/index_en.html.
It houses the libraries of the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS), the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO), as well as the C. Robert Craig Memorial Library (a specialized railway library).
The archives is moving to a new building in the spring of 2011 near Algonquin College in the city's west end.
He gave us each a great piece of advice when going to these places to do research.
First, contact the facility to check where it facility is located (in case it moved, as noted above), what the facility has for holdings, its available parking, their hours of operation, if there are any researcher restrictions, if they have copy services, and so on.
By being prepared in advance, it will make your visit much more pleasant.
Don't forget to ask lots of questions to the staff and volunteers who man these facilities - you just may be delightfully surprised by the answers you receive! Terry punctuated this fact (the whole lecture, actually) with many well-told (and well-received) anecdotes.
Terry Findley is a lecturer and former BIFHSGO Director of Conferences and Programs. Credit: J.M. Lapointe, CD


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ResourcesBy Peter Henig
The Efficient Frontier: AXA Financial Inc.
"When I got here, the whole model of asking for money was based upon what I referred to as 'emotional appeal.' Whoever screamed the loudest usually ended up with the most," says Paul Bateman, 50, and in his fourth year as director of enterprise governance for AXA Financial Inc. AXA hired Bateman from Citigroup in April 2000 to tackle its IT free-for-all. At AXA, the $7.6-billion U.S. subsidiary of AXA Group, the Paris-based financial-services conglomerate, IT had long been seen as a competitive differentiatorand remains sobut at $300 million, the company's 2000 IT budget would soon equal 70 percent of its total net income.
Like so many businesses, AXA had a great fin de siecle. Entering 2000, AXA's revenues soared as the financial markets boomed, and the company took in $2.4 billion in cash (and $5.6 billion in stock) for the sale, to Credit Suisse Group, of its 71 percent stake in Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. Yet by the end of 2001, things had changed dramatically.
Though AXA Financial's revenue reached $7.8 billion for 2001more than $1 billion ahead of the previous yearearnings fell off a cliff. With the economy contracting, but especially in the aftermath of Sept. 11, reported net income declined more than 80 percent, from $2.4 billion in 2000 to $425 million in 2001. AXA's insurance firms not only faced claims against losses in the terrorist attacks, but AXA Group itself owned a 25 percent share of American Airlines that morning.
Early in 2002, Henri de Castries, AXA Group's chairman and CEO, reassured shareholders that AXA would continue to pursue its overarching strategy of combining its global scale, management expertise and extensive IT to sell mutual funds, say, to its annuities customers. But, internally, the status quo wouldn't do. The message was out: The firm needed to do more with less. And efforts launched in the spring of 2000 to bring greater order to AXA Financial's array of IT projects took on renewed urgency.
"When I took an as-is snapshot of what the lay of the land looked like," Bateman recalls, "I discovered there were a number of projects behind schedule and over budget and, more important, that all projects were created equal. There was no hierarchy of improvement. There was no sense of how these projects related to our vision, mission, long-term, short-termany kind of objective you wanted to define."
To better understand where AXA spent on IT, and to link its budgets to strategic, rather than emotional goals, Bateman bet on a more empirical, logical approach to IT oversightthe much-hyped, oft-misunderstood technique of portfolio management.
"What appealed to us about portfolio management was that we needed a disciplined approach to our IT projects," recalls Charlie Curcio, AXA Financial's CFO for IT. "If you have spending on the rise, such as we had in the late nineties, when e-business was booming, you need a new way to focus on the true value of all of your projects."
Some of the initial stages of IT managementtaking an inventory of existing projects, and assessing budget and on-time completiondidn't require more than spreadsheets. But as the cost-budget analysis of pending projects got more complex, Bateman turned to New York City-based software company UMT (United Management Technologies), whose approach to portfolio management has its roots in the theories of Nobel Prize-winning economist Harry Markowitz. Whereas some portfolio-management programs are little more than project management on steroids, UMT supports managing IT in much the same way that a fund manager does an investment portfolio. As such, it offered Bateman a way to decide not only how to optimize the performance of existing projects, but which projects should be approved in the first place. And it allowed him to evaluate any area within IT where money is managed and returns on that money can be optimizedparticularly when he had to choose between a range of alternatives and make trade-offs. If I invest in X, for instance, what will be the impact of not investing in Yand will I or won't I be best able to execute on strategy Z?
"As the market continued to contract," Curcio says, "portfolio management became increasingly valuable, because of the emphasis it places on getting the most out of the same resources."
If Curcio's endorsement sounds familiar, that's because portfolio management is enjoying something of a vogue. "Consumer goods and automobile companies are starting to use portfolio management," says Doug Lynn, a vice president at META Group Inc. "Big pharma has done it intuitively, but they haven't used it to the extent they will in the future. And aerospace and defense are very big on this because they need to make sure projects are finished on time and on budget." Lynn's firm is quite bullish on portfolio management, predicting that the market will likely double, to $350 million, this year. Moreover, the benefits in terms of cost savings and efficiencies are reported to be remarkable.
"Leaders in IT portfolio management have demonstrated ways to cut IT costs by 2 to 5 percent, improve productivity 25 to 50 percent, and shift 10 to 15 percent of their IT budget into more strategic projects," claims Eric Austvold, a research director at AMR Research Inc.
And yet, when Bateman, Curcio and a few others at AXA selected UMT's approach, it wasn't such an easy sell. Sure, it helped that people at AXA understood investment portfolios, asset allocation, risk management and the like, but not everyone saw its appeal right away. Swift results, however, helped Bateman gain traction.
"I bet we saved $5 million to $10 million in the first year alone," Bateman says, "on projects that would have automatically gone through before. But now the business units knew what could get killed, so they killed it first. It just became immediately apparent how much junk we weeded out of the system."
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In France, AXA Group has brand recognition similar to IBM Corp. or Citigroup. AXA Financial, however, is somewhat less well-known in the U.S. Coming in to work on Sixth Avenue in New York City, Bateman didn't have a clear sense of what the culture of the place would be like, or if his new colleagues would be receptive to the changes he'd been hired to execute. He's in charge of provisioning IT for several multibillion dollar companies at once, and while some of them didn't have to be convinced of the need for change, others, the cash cows, wondered why Bateman wanted to repair what wasn't broken. Right away, it became obvious that without then-chairman and CEO Ed Miller's buy-in, no one would have paid him any heed. "If I didn't have the CEO's endorsement, forget it," he says. "I wouldn't even have been able to compete with Sisyphus."
Fortunately, Bateman got the endorsement, and if Miller got the ball rolling, Christopher "Kip" Condron, who replaced Miller in May 2001, has been the one to take portfolio management to the next level. Condron formed, and chairs, a corporate oversight committee composed of executive vice presidents and C-level executives, and the committee uses UMT's software.
"IT portfolio management is not just another market category that vendors or analysts dreamed up to sell more software," says AMR's Austvold. "In fact, it is part software, part organizational discipline. It is an evolutionary improvement for all project management software, adding capabilities to judge an entire collection or portfolio of projects on their relative health, importance, return and risk."
Before any evolutionary leaps could be made at AXA, Bateman first gathered the best intelligence he could get from each of AXA's six U.S. business units. Bateman describes how the process used to work: "At first, the vice president of the field group would come in and ask for one thing, then the product guy would come in and demand another thing. So whoever had the most passion behind their pleas generally got the higher levels within the budget." Not only were executive vice presidents asking for different things, but IT essentially had no clue what the various business units were trying to achieve. For example, if a sales unit was moving toward a model requiring more customer self-service, could there be a cheaper, more efficient, off-the-shelf investment, as opposed to one developed internally? IT had never asked, and sales had never volunteered its business intentions.
So the first step of Bateman's approach to IT management was to take an inventory of each business unit's IT needs as they related to its individual business objectives. At the same time, Bateman asked Condron to clarify each division's strategic objectives. Then the corporate-level objectives had to be defined and identified in a empirical wayspecific targets had to be set so that the goals could be plugged into AXA's new prioritization, valuation and optimization model for IT investments. Each executive vice president, and his or her respective group, was asked to determine the level of impact each project might haveextreme, strong, moderate or low. Would a proposed IT project, for example, have a strong or moderate impact on the overall goal of reducing costs 10 percent? Increasing sales by 20 percent? Improving customer satisfaction by 5 percent? Does upper management share all of those objectives? If not, does management value one project more than the others?
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Interestingly, what first appeared wasn't just one list of projects and weightings for each business group, but two. One was the executive vice president's own list and assessment of the impact of each project; the second list was one compiled by each executive vice president's direct reports. At each step in the processtaking inventory of proposed projects, evaluating them against alternative projects, measuring their impact against business objectives, and then prioritizing the results as aligned against business objectivesUMT's software provided the basic platform and pre-programmed algorithms for Bateman and company to plug all of their data into one comprehensive model. Once the inventory, business objectives and impact conclusions were entered into UMT's applications, Bateman was able to show the head of each group a "strategic alignment report" for each list. If the two reports didn't match up, the vice president had more than an IT or budgeting problem on his hands. "If he sees his alignment results are far different than those of his [business unit], he's got a communication problem as well," Bateman says. "Either he didn't explain what he wanted, or they didn't get it."
Running the lists through the system again, Bateman generated a report to determine which projects had the highest priority for budget approval. At the same time, IT would give rough estimates on what it would cost to develop each project. With the prioritization reports and the IT estimates, UMT's software model could then apply budgetary constraints against the prioritization report. For example, what happens when there's only $40 million in the budget for a product group, when the budget was $80 million? Having loaded AXA's financial constraints into the model, out would come a list of all the projects, showing the highest potential for return in terms of ROI and business value based on the $40 million limit.
Based on his analytics, Bateman supported a new life insurance product but curtailed a customer self-service offering. "At the time," he says, "a high emphasis was placed on new products versus new service programs."
Though UMT's automated rules for prioritizing might seem rigid, the portfolio-optimizer software is flexible enough to force a project back into the system that it may have initially declined, but only if the executive vice president can argue that such a project is of greater short-term value, or fulfills a clear regulatory requirement.
Ultimately, Bateman says, the most difficult part of the process wasn't getting AXA, as an organization, to understand what he was trying to do, but rather getting everyone to accept it. "The difference was challenging a mentality and culture that was used to saying, 'Oh, our competitors are doing it, therefore let's do it,' without worrying about the financial repercussions or payback."
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Three years later, AXA now appears ready to make the next evolutionary leap, moving forward to the highest level of what UMT CEO Mike Gruia calls the "portfolio management maturity model." Bateman's first move had been to install a system of governance structures; his second was to convince the organization that portfolio prioritization not only works, but is non-negotiable if the company wants to achieve its stated business objectives.
Now, he's in a position to apply the model not only to IT, but across the organizationasking everyone, in effect, "What are you capable of?"
"All sorts of trade-offs and alternatives can be plugged into the model based on different sets of strategic objectives," says UMT's Gruia. In other words, just as a broker might consider the risks of one set of investments as compared with another, Condron and upper management can ask Bateman to determine the best set of IT investments if they want to pursue a strategy of top-line growth, or a more conservative, bottom-line approach, or one emphasizing cash flow.
Management can obtain a different prioritization report for each set of strategic objectives. As the company changes, the model can change with it, creating an ever-expanding set of scenarios based upon the growth, stability or retraction of the company.
In terms of cost savings, Bateman doesn't have an exact figure. In addition to the $5 million to $10 million he figures AXA saved the first year, he cites several intangible gainsfar better levels of communication, information flow and alignment of resources with overall business objectives. "There are ways that [portfolio management] has helped that I couldn't even put a dollar amount on, because in a way it's actually changed the culture of the way we operate," Bateman says.
What's next? Beyond rolling out the latest version of UMT's dashboard, Bateman envisions a centralized repository of all data as it relates to an IT portfolio, a company's investments and resources, where a CIO could go to his or her desktop and centrally manage everything from within that one model. Of course, that would be the brass ring for bridging corporate governance and IT.
"It gives you the ability to look at any aspect of your portfolio, whether it's people, whether it's timing and launch, whether it's actuals versus plan or approved rates, or return on investment," Bateman says. "Everything from end to end, the holistic process viewed through one microscope."
Portfolio management can't address all the challenges that AXA Financial and its parent, AXA Group, face. Though its proposed acquisition of New York City-based MONY Group Inc. gained approval in May, AXA's share prices have slipped slightly, from a 52-week high of $24 in January to $20 as of May 26. Securities analysts say AXA is benefiting from higher insurance prices and rebounding equity markets, but they complain that the company hasn't reported its financial results clearly, and analysts worry about the firm's estimated $1.1 billion in asbestos and environmental liability.
Many of these concerns are well beyond Bateman's immediate control; portfolio management, he says, has made AXA more effective at what it can controlmaking the company more efficient. In fact, Bateman confesses surprise that IT portfolio management has only recently caught on. "I'll be honest with you, I don't know why it's taken so long. Maybe it's because people are so caught up in changing platforms and consolidating servers and building the latest operating system," Bateman says. "To think there are companies not even in the infancy stage of this is mind-boggling."
Peter D. Henig is a contributing writer at Option- etics.com. He's also written for Forbes ASAP, Venture Capital Journal, Red Herring, The Economist Intelligence Unit and The Daily Deal.
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Strong cash generation and a historically high equity ratio.
Strong cash generation and a historically high equity ratio.
Follows successful placing of a USD 200m green bond in 2018
The original power contract between the companies dates from the year 1975.
Net debt continues to decrease and the equity ratio strengthens.
The assets and transfer of the shares have negligible effect on the balance sheet and operations of Landsvirkjun.
Jónas Þór Guðmundsson re-elected chairman of the board.
S&P Global Ratings revises Landsvirkjun's rating outlook from stable to positive on improved financial position.
Landsvirkjun owns 64.7% of Landsnet.
The Green Bond Pioneer Awards are the premier annual recognition of achievement by organisations, financial institutions, governments and individuals who have demonstrated leadership through pioneering initiatives and green issuance and have provided positive examples of climate resilient and low carbon investment in a diverse range of nations and markets.
Another record year for power generation and operating performance.
Operations have already begun in Blönduós and construction work to expand the data center is currently underway.
Revenue, EBITDA and profit increase between periods.
Landsvirkjun is number three on Creditinfo's list.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has concluded that state guarantees for Landsvirkjun's hedging derivatives did not involve state aid.
European Commission (EC) competition approval process has taken longer than anticipated.
Revenue, EBITDA and profit increase between periods.
Landsvirkjun has prepaid a loan with a state guarantee of collection with a nominal amount of 34 million USD.
Highest revenue quarter recorded in financial history of the Company.
The buyback reflects Landsvirkjun's strong financial position and is a part of reducing the company's debt, interest expenses and foreign exchange risk.
" The current economic situation has shown us that supporting innovation and improving the utilisation of natural resources in Iceland is more important than ever" says Kristín Linda Árnadóttir, Deputy CEO of Landsvirkjun.
Landsvirkjun, Norðurorka (Utility Company), Húsavík Energy and SSNE have signed a new contract to continue their cooperation on the EIMUR innovation project which was formally established in 2017.
Landsvirkjun has started the process of developing a hydrogen production facility at Ljósifoss Hydropower Station.
Acceptable first quarter results under challenging external conditions.
At Landsvirkjun's board meeting, on April 20, 2020, the board of directors agreed on a new dividend policy for the company.
Landsvirkjun has exercised an issuer call option to redeem a bond on 28 October 2020 of the amount of USD 50,000,000.
Landsvirkjun's contribution to reigniting the economy.
Jónas Þór Guðmundsson re-elected chairman of the board.
Landsvirkjun and MýSilica join forces to support innovation and development in the Mývatn area.
The offering was very well received, with an order book which was multiple times oversubscribed.
Landsvirkjun will deliver 100% certified renewable energy to the high-performance computing data center.
The visitor center is temporarily closed due to COVID-19. This is only a precautionary measure.
The ratings apply to long- and short-term commitments, with and without the guarantee of collection.
Acceptable results in challenging external conditions.
A dialogue between the companies amid challenging conditions in aluminium markets.
An open meeting presenting the details of a new action plan.
Landsvirkjun's results for the first nine months of the year 2019.
According to Moody's, the upgrade reflects the continued improvement in the company's credit profile.
Outstanding companies build their business on a strong foundation and are focused on the interests of investors and shareholders.


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So, please let me offer a "Happy Thanksgiving!" to our American Cousins! (I have first cousins in Maine, first cousins once removed in Texas, and first cousins three times removed in California).
Canada, in 2005, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants, and is still going strong <www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canms/canada.html>.
There are four "colonies" in the country (in Toronto, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Alberta), with the Canadian society being the first formed outside of the United States.
They published a book for their 25th anniversary detailing their history, and it has many pictures which cover the events and meeting of their four colonies.
The site, which has had over 20,000 visitors since the website first started eight years ago, has an index on Mayflower Research Articles, Mayflower Families Corrections and Additions, and Upcoming Events & Society Meetings.
There is a List of Mayflower Passengers Who Left Descendants, Society Dues & Fees, and Application Procedure & Documentation Requirements.
They have also put online Reports of our Past Guest Speakers, Mayflower Research Articles (Index), and Mayflower DNA Projects.
For a change of pace, please read this interesting article entitled, "Were Cats and Dogs on the Mayflower?", at <http://www.petplace.com/cats/were-cats-and-dogs-on-the-mayflower/page1.aspx?utm_source=catcrazynews001et&utm_medium=email&utm_content=petplace_article&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter>.
And finally, for a bit of fun, knowing that watching football is paramount in any household this weekend (we watch it, too!), visit our Canadian Thanksgiving page at <http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-thanksgiving.html> and check the graphic at the bottom.


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I was terribly flattered when my food blogging inspiration, Maki of Just Hungry/Just Bento, recently asked me to contribute a guest post to Just Bento. I've learnt so much from her and am really glad to be able to share something with her too.
I decided to write about my general approach to bento-ing, which you can read here on Just Bento. It's thanks to Maki that I made the effort to collate and summarise the basic principles that inform what I do and so fundamental are these to my blog that I have also included the information here as a series of "bento primer" tips.
One year and ten months since I started Main-Main Masak-Masak, and things seem to have come full circle :). This blog has matured and my food journey has slowed down, no longer the hectic, frantic pace to find ways to deal with my food sensitivities and the excitement of sharing new discoveries on this blog. I now know what works for me and there are reliable strategies and recipes I can turn to repeatedly. Hence the lower frequency of postings of late, but I will continue to add notes and ideas that are worth sharing — time permitting also!
I've loved the cooking and the world of ingredients, perhaps even the challenge of working around of food restrictions, but these things have now become internalised and my journey of food discovery has reached a plateau (for now). However, instead of having my mental and emotional energy consumed by thinking about food, I can turn my time and life to other pursuits. I was going to say 'I got my life back' but food & cooking is a still a wonderful and treasured part of my life, something I wish I could slow down and savour more *^_^*.
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CO — Researchers at the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Duke University and Andrews Air Force Base, MD, joined forces for a $2.8-million study of risk factors for a common knee injury among athletes and service members.
The prospective cohort study enrolled 1,600 Air Force cadets this summer. During the next four years the study will examine the human movement risk factors involved in injuries to the knee's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Most ACL injuries are sports related and occur when there is no direct physical contact between athletes, but ACL injuries are also common in military training.
"We need to not just know how to repair ACL injuries; we also need to know how to prevent them," said Major Dr. John Tokish, an orthopedic surgeon and lead investigator for the four-year study. "This study will give us that knowledge."
Similar studies have been initiated at the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Military Academy.
"A common protocol is being followed across all three academies, so all the data can ultimately be combined," said Major Tim Mazzola, the co-lead investigator for the study.
The ability to enroll many physically active men and women makes the study possible, Mazzola said. Investigators can track any ACL injuries over time because all injuries will be treated in the academy's central orthopedics department.
Funding for the study comes from the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disorders, a component of the National Institutes of Health. The American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine provided funds for a preliminary "pilot" investigation conducted in 2002 to 2003.


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Britney Spears is dropping new music and she's hoping "3" is a charm with fans.
The pop star's new single debuted on the Elvis Duran & The Morning Show on New York's Z100 Tuesday morning. Brit recorded "3" with longtime producer Max Martin ("…Baby One More Time," "If U Seek Amy").
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Pop Princess Britney Spears
"3" is off the pop star's "The Singles Collection," which will be released on November 24, celebrating the 10th anniversary of her recording debut.
The 17-track set will come in two editions – a standard version and the massive Ultimate Fan Box Set, which includes each of the star's 29 singles in its own slip sleeve case plus a DVD collection of her music videos.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: See Hot Shots Of Britney's 'Circus' Tour Opening Night
On Sunday, the pop star ended the North American leg of "The Circus Starring Britney Spears" tour in Las Vegas. She is set to continue the show down under, when she takes "Circus" to Australia in November.
To hear Britney's new single, "3," CLICK HERE!
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What better place to watch the sunset than with your loved one beside the sea. These handmade silver sunset couple earrings capture a beautiful moment shared by two as they watch the sun set over the shoreline. The sun and sand, inlaid with 22ct gold inlay, to highlight their beautiful golden colour. Hallmarked sterling silver.
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Bravo to 1Up for getting Capcom's Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter series, to reenact this gem from M. Bison's hilariously awful dialogue in 1994's Street Fighter: The Movie. He dropped by their offices last week to talk Street Fighter X Tekken.
We'll remind you that Ono-san is not an English speaker, so this is a phonetic recitation of the lines, which makes them sound much more sincere than Raul Julia's hammy delivery 18 years ago.
Street Fighter Movie Reenactment with Capcom's Yoshinori Ono [1Up]


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Terror suspect arrested near U.S. Capitol in FBI sting
WASHINGTON -- Police say a terrorism suspect has been arrested in an FBI sting operation near the U.S. Capitol while planning to detonate what he thought were explosives.
U.S. Capitol Police say their officers and FBI officials arrested the man Friday in a sting operation.
Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd said the suspect was closely monitored by law enforcement, and the purported explosives were deactivated, so the public was not in danger.
Two people briefed on the matter told The Associated Press he was not arrested on the Capitol grounds, and the FBI has had him under surveillance around the clock for several weeks. They spoke on a condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.
A U.S. law enforcement official said the person arrested was canvassing the U.S. Capitol with violent intentions. He was not believed to have any known connections to al Qaida. It was not immediately clear whether he was a U.S. citizen.


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If conversations are a catalyst of innovation, then the Digital Health Summit nailed it in spades. Thanks again for making this year's summit even more seminal than the last. We look forward to seeing YOU in 2015 and at our San Francisco Summer Summit!
Thank you.
Digital Health Brand building kicked off Digital Health Summit 2014 in a big way! Reaching Brand Nirvana brought together leading experts from Shine America (Producers of "Biggest Loser"), General Mills, BioBeats/Basis, and Digitas Health for a provocative discussion resulting in the motto "Never Ignore Your Brand." And, yes this applies to digital health companies as much as Coke and Pepsi!
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, new opportunities in digital health are arising at warp speed. "The Empowered Consumer" and "It's a Healthcare Coup" sessions helped clarify the opportunities while covering the controversies and improvements of our new system. While there are always rough waters with change, the new opportunities are there for the taking.
….and we gave you the proof in five moving and REAL stories. Words can't describe this so please take a look. PS: you won't want to miss the last 7 minutes.
Prevention is the new name of the game in healthcare, but how do we intrinsically motivate someone to be healthy? How is government getting in on the action with the Affordable Care Act? Chris Wasden, PwC, lead key experts and innovators through a discussion that integrates prevention into the workplace, into insurance programs, and into our personal lives. Finally, preventative medicine is getting the attention it deserves.
Meaningful use made it's big debut at the Digital Health Summit and focused on the importance of understanding how meaningful use is directly benefiting the consumer. Abbe Don, Epocrates, delivered an extremely informative session that you'll have to see for yourself. And then direct from Washington DC, Lygeia Ricciardi, ONC/HHS, gave us an insiders look at the upcoming launch of Blue Button.
Do What They Do Best E-patients (aka loudmouth patients) grabbed the megaphone this year and talked about the ability for consumers not only to have a voice in their care, but influence policy through social media outlets. Their poignant and meaningful stories were an inspiration to us all.
It's Invisible Wearables were incredibly trendy at CES 2014, with good reason! Digital Health Summit brought together some of THE MOST innovative companies and thinkers to enlighten us on everything from flexible sensors in pharma & cosmetics, to the true proliferation of sensors within every facet of our health. David Schie of Linear Dimensions delivered a captivating keynote exhibiting predictions of the future intersections of technology and health.
We received a glimpse into the future of our healthcare system with our "brain trust" speakers from "The Digital Health Manifesto" and "The Radical Hospital". These two panels questioned the hypotheticals and demonstrated the realities of what care can be in the future. Both sessions were standing room only, and when you watch the videos you will see why.
Sensors are ubiquitous in our healthcare technology. Our speakers from the "The Sixth Sense is Digital" and "The Bionic Man" demonstrated the beautiful and innovative technologies that are on the marketplace to make our lives simpler and more connected than ever before.
The Name of the Game Using the right business model is important to any company, but building the right model to keep your employees healthy is an entirely different matter. Our special keynote from Wainwright Fishburn, Cooley LLP, and our speakers from "Brace Yourself: Your New Trainer is Your Boss" tackled this topic head on in a vibrant combination of sessions.
85% of the US population is suffering from back pain. Our speakers from Neubac and Omnimount, lead by Veronica Combs, took the stage to discuss the new and cutting edge technologies that are striving to aid our own support systems.
Everywhere When your health is a moving target, it is difficult to stay informed and on track when you see your doctor so infrequently. With the help of technology our speakers from "Point of Care Everywhere" and "Track-a-holism" revealed new methods to keep us healthy wherever we go and "almost" whenever we want it. These impactful sessions demonstrated how the path to 24/7 health is coming to fruition.
If conversations are a catalyst of innovation, then the Digital Health Summit nailed it in spades. Thanks again for making this year's summit even more seminal than the last. We look forward to seeing YOU in 2015 and at our San Francisco Summer Summit!


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AAC M10: 03.05.14 EditionPosted by Will Tucker on March 5th, 2014
- Temple is set to compete in the 2014 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic against Duke, Stanford and UNLV, organizers announced on Tuesday. The tournament will take place in the Barclays Center on the nights of November 21-22, with each game airing on truTV. "It is an honor to be participating in such a prestigious tournament as the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic," coach Fran Dunphy said in a statement. "[T]o be playing in this tournament is not only great for our team and our fans, but also helps to continue to raise awareness and money to combat this deadly disease." For Dunphy's Owls, the event also represents an opportunity to showcase their program's return to college basketball's upper echelon after a forgettable rebuilding year. With Big 5 rival Villanova and a rematch with Kansas in the Wells Fargo Center already on tap next season, Temple appears set to play a very challenging non-conference schedule, perhaps timely given that the AAC schedule is poised to take a step back next year.
- Heading into a senior night match-up with the defending national champions, SMU coach Larry Brown says his team is "capable of beating anyone" right now. "We still don't have the look in our eye yet and that doesn't happen overnight," Brown qualified, adding, "We need to get to the point where we have the look in our eye that when we take the floor we know we're going to win. We're just not at that point yet." While previous home wins over Memphis, UConn and Cincinnati have had more of an impact in terms of building a tournament resume and generating enthusiasm among the SMU fan base, there's a certain element of celebrity to hosting Rick Pitino's Cardinals that isn't lost on Brown. "I think we could get 20,000 people if we played at American Airlines Center. I don't know if everyone would come to see us but I think we could get 20,000 people." Expect the bandwagon in Dallas to grow exponentially if the Mustangs can top off their resurgent season with a win over Louisville.
- After a few days of reflection, it sounds like Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin has no regrets about his high-profile confrontation with official Ted Valentine during last weekend's loss to UConn. Being covered in the news for any reason, he remarked facetiously, can enhance a coach's visibility and name recognition on the recruiting trail, which Cronin recalled was an issue for him when he first arrived at Cincinnati. "I talked to Coach [Rick] Pitino about his beard situation, keeping Louisville in the limelight," Cronin joked, "so my goal is to make sure Cincinnati stays on the ESPN.com front page." Adopting a much more serious tone, Cronin also criticized the AAC for arranging the Bearcats to close out their regular season with a Thursday night home game against Memphis followed by a Saturday noon tip-off at Rutgers. "I voiced that to them through our athletic director when the schedule came out. My thing to them was there is a chance we could be playing for a conference championship and how fair will that be?"
- Louisville coach Rick Pitino stirred up a minor controversy on Tuesday with comments he made on "The Dan Patrick Show" about class of 2014 recruit Trey Lyles. Asked whether he had ever been told by a recruit that he intended to leave college after one season, Pitino responded that Lyles, who ultimately signed with Kentucky over Louisville, "said to me he wanted to stay in college one year. I said, 'Well, you shouldn't make that decision. I certainly couldn't make that decision. You should let the pros make that decision.'" Responding to the interview, Lyles' father gave a different account of the conversation in question to The Indianapolis Star, maintaining that while the NBA was discussed, "it's not accurate to say Trey told him he's going to be one-and-done." In fact, Tom Lyles said, "part of the recruiting pitch from [assistant coach Kevin] Keatts was that Trey could be Pitino's first one-and-done player… that he could break that stigma that Pitino doesn't get one-and-done players." The two versions seem so fundamentally opposed that some revision must have taken place on one, if not both, ends.
- For UConn's Shabazz Napier, Niels Giffey and Tyler Olander, tonight's senior night represents the beginning of the end of four years in Storrs that began with a national championship. The trio helped guide the Huskies program through a period of major transition and upheaval, helping to earn 95 career wins under Jim Calhoun and Kevin Ollie. "We needed those guys to stay, and they stuck with us," reflected Ollie, whose tenure as head coach began with a one-year postseason ban in 2012-13. "That loyalty, what they showed the program in the midst of adversity, the character that they showed, the leadership that they showed in a difficult time really means a lot to me." Napier, who described playing at UConn as "kind of like utopia" and leaves behind the most illustrious legacy of the three, is currently fourth all-time in program history in career assists (606) and eighth in career scoring (1,755 points). Read the rest of this entry »


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Pupils from Coppull Primary School have helped to lay some of the bricks for the first properties at new housing development.
Around 20 children were invited to Morris Homes' Highwood Grange estate in Clancutt Lane, Coppull, which will have 28 homes once complete.
The year three to six pupils were given a tour of the site and were then taught about the construction of the homes and the types of bricks used, following which they were invited to help lay some of the bricks themselves.
The activity marks a new partnership with Coppull Primary School, and Morris will invite the group back to the development to see the different stages of the build as it progresses.
Janet Solan, sales manager at Morris, said: "It was fantastic to welcome the children from the school to the site and teach them all about how the homes are being built at Highwood Grange.
"The children showed a keen interest in learning about the construction process, and they really enjoyed getting the chance to lay some of the bricks themselves."
Michael Chambers, co-headteacher, said: "The children had a wonderful time visiting Highwood Grange to look around the development and take part in the bricklaying activity.
"They were really keen to learn all about how the houses are being built and especially enjoyed the practical bricklaying lesson.
"We are really looking forward to returning to Highwood Grange in a few months to see how the build has progressed."


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One of the interesting things about reenactors is that they have to devote extensive attention to questions that would never occur to the rest of us—even those of us who are fascinated with history. Questions involving facial hair, for example.
For the eighteenth century, the answer would seem to be simple, at least at first glance. In depictions of gentlemen from this era, facial hair is practically unheard of. Hence this admonition from a Rev War reenacting group:
18th century men did not wear beards, goatees, soul patches or long sideburns. (Yes, some German troops did sport waxed moustaches and Edward Teach, the infamous pirate wore a trademark black beard early in the century – but these are rare exceptions which had purpose in what they did.) Whatever you may have seen in movies – or even on reenactors – men simply didn't wear beards during this era.
The German exception is an interesting one, and has always puzzled me. Some Hessian units did indeed sport mustaches, and facial hair was also de rigueur in certain European hussar and grenadier units. I've never understood why. Whenever I see a film clip or painting with Continentals going toe-to-toe against mercenaries with Super Mario Bros. mustaches, it always looks odd.
For most soldiers and civilians, however, going clean-shaven was the ideal. But in terms of what actually happened on campaign, of course, things were probably quite a bit more complicated. For one thing, the fact that officers were telling their men to shave regularly doesn't mean the men were actually doing it. If you look at Rev War orderly books, you'll notice that commands regarding the troops' appearance were repeated over and over again with ever-increasing tones of irritation, indicating that soldiers weren't too compliant about this sort of thing. Indeed, in his magnificent book on the Continental Army, Charles Royster states that "the most common of the soldiers' signs of independence were hair and hats." This refers chiefly to the length of the hair on top of the head, but given this kind of independent streak there were probably a few oddballs in camp who were letting their chins get stubbly just to be ornery.
More importantly, and probably more commonly, the exigencies of warfare meant that soldiers were periodically unable to keep up their usual routines. In December 1776, as retreating American troops crossed the Delaware River into Pennsylvania, Charles Wilson Peale remembered one soldier who approached him "in an old dirty blanket jacket, his beard long and his face full of sores," and it turned out to be his own brother. His appearance was so ragged that Peale didn't recognize him at first—probably the most sobering testimony to the harsh conditions in Washington's Army that I've ever read.
Of course, this sort of hairiness must have been unusual, or else Peale probably wouldn't have noted it. It was neither condoned nor typical, so Rev War reenactors are doubtless correct in discouraging facial hair for new recruits.
Still, this raises larger issues for reenactors that go beyond specific matters like facial hair to suggest some of the difficulties of trying to depict history as it was lived. Do you try to portray the ideal soldier, or do you indicate some of the minor infractions and hardships that arose from time to time? Should each member of the unit try to be as "typical" as possible, or should you try to suggest some of the diversity that must have been present? And if you're going to try for the latter, how much is too much?
Reenacting, when done properly, is therefore a difficult enterprise, fraught with unique and delicate challenges. I think serious reenactors deserve the respect of anyone who researches or teaches history.
By the way, just a few days ago I ordered a used copy of Franklin and Mary Wickwire's book on General Lord Cornwallis. It still has a sticker from the "Cottonwood Senior High" library, wherever that is. By a remarkable coincidence, it arrived today, as I was typing this post, and apparently some student at Cottonwood High thought eighteenth-century armies needed a little more facial hair, because this is what the cover looked like when I opened it:
Doesn't look half bad, actually.


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On Monday we showed you The 12 Most Embarrassing Photos of 2008. Today, as we prepare to enter a New Year, we asked our readers to show us what next year's list might look like. As an added bonus, if our readers are psychic as we've long suspected, we'll have one less article to find pictures for next year.
The winner is below, but first the runners up.
by Saccharin
by baredevil
by joscott
by baredevil
by baredevil
by jpkny
by Senor_Taco
by Lope
by laterali
by spandit
by Senor_Taco
And the winner is...
by sickandtired
Congrats, sickandtired. You win money.
Want in on this?
You'll have another chance. Your theme is:
If Everything In Life Came With a Warning Label
And we mean everything. Jobs, relationships, friends, religions, hobbies... anything that we'd be better off if warned ahead of time about. The best entry gets $50 but please note that if you pluck some lady's picture off Facebook and paste a "WHORE" label across her, we won't be picking yours for the winner.
If you'd like to see the entries from this week that didn't make it, see them here. Or check out 25 Awesome Ways to Break Bad News. And for pictures too strange to make up, but not too strange to make fun of, check out The Daily Craption Contest.
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Diabetes and Older Adults
Diabetes is a serious disease. People get diabetes when their blood glucose level, sometimes called blood sugar, is too high. Diabetes can lead to dangerous health problems, such as having a heart attack or stroke. The good news is that there are things you can do to take control of diabetes and prevent its problems. And, if you are worried about getting diabetes, there are things you can do to lower your risk.
What Is Diabetes?
Our bodies change the food we eat into glucose. Insulin helps glucose get into our cells where it can be used to make energy. If you have diabetes, your body may not make enough insulin, may not use insulin in the right way, or both. That may cause too much glucose in the blood. Your family doctor may refer you to a doctor who specializes in taking care of people with diabetes, called an endocrinologist.
Types Of Diabetes
There are two kinds of diabetes that can happen at any age. In type 1 diabetes, the body makes little or no insulin. This type of diabetes develops most often in children and young adults.
In type 2 diabetes, the body makes insulin, but doesn't use it the right way. It is the most common kind of diabetes. You may have heard it called adult-onset diabetes. Your chance of getting type 2 diabetes is higher if you are overweight, inactive, or have a family history of diabetes.
Diabetes can affect many parts of your body. It's important to keep type 2 diabetes under control. Over time it can cause problems like heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, nerve damage, and circulation problems that may lead to amputation. People with type 2 diabetes have a greater risk for Alzheimer's disease.
Many people have "pre-diabetes." This means their glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be called diabetes. Pre-diabetes is a serious problem because people with pre-diabetes are at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. If your doctor says you have pre-diabetes, you may feel upset and worried. But, there are things you can do to prevent or delay actually getting type 2 diabetes. Losing weight may help. Healthy eating and being physically active for at least 30 minutes, 5 days a week is a small change that can make a big difference. Work with your doctor to set up a plan for good nutrition and exercise. Make sure to ask how often you should have your glucose levels checked.
Some people with type 2 diabetes may not know they have it. But, they may feel tired, hungry, or thirsty. They may lose weight without trying, urinate often, or have trouble with blurred vision. They may also get skin infections or heal slowly from cuts and bruises. See your doctor right away if you have one or more of these symptoms.
Tests For Diabetes
There are several blood tests doctors can use to help diagnosis of diabetes:
- Random glucose test—given at any time during the day
- Fasting glucose test—taken after you have gone without food for at least 8 hours
- Oral glucose tolerance test—taken after fasting overnight and then again 2 hours after having a sugary drink
- A1C blood test—shows your glucose level for the past 2–3 months
Your doctor may want you to be tested for diabetes twice before making a diagnosis.
Managing Diabetes
Once you've been told you have type 2 diabetes, the doctor may prescribe diabetes medicines to help control blood glucose levels. There are many kinds of medication available. Your doctor will choose the best treatment based on the type of diabetes you have, your everyday routine, and other health problems.
In addition, you can keep control of your diabetes by:
- Tracking your glucose levels. Very high glucose levels or very low glucose levels (called hypoglycemia) can be risky to your health. Talk to your doctor about how to check your glucose levels at home.
- Making healthy food choices. Learn how different foods affect glucose levels. For weight loss, check out foods that are low in fat and sugar. Let your doctor know if you want help with meal planning.
- Getting exercise. Daily exercise can help improve glucose levels in older people with diabetes. Ask your doctor to help you plan an exercise program.
- Keeping track of how you are doing. Talk to your doctor about how well your diabetes care plan is working. Make sure you know how often to check your glucose levels.
Your doctor may want you to see other healthcare providers who can help manage some of the extra problems caused by diabetes. He or she can also give you a schedule for other tests that may be needed. Talk to your doctor about how to stay healthy.
Here are some things to keep in mind:
- Have yearly eye exams. Finding and treating eye problems early may keep your eyes healthy.
- Check your kidneys yearly. Diabetes can affect your kidneys. A urine and blood test will show if your kidneys are okay.
- Get flu shots every year and the pneumonia vaccine. A yearly flu shot will help keep you healthy. If you're over 65, make sure you have had the pneumonia vaccine. If you were younger than 65 when you had the pneumonia vaccine, you may need another one. Ask your doctor.
- Check your cholesterol. At least once a year, get a blood test to check your cholesterol and triglyceride levels. High levels may increase your risk for heart problems.
- Care for your teeth and gums. Your teeth and gums need to be checked twice a year by a dentist to avoid serious problems.
- Find out your average blood glucose level. At least twice a year, get a blood test called the A1C test. The result will show your average glucose level for the past 2 to 3 months.
- Protect your skin. Keep your skin clean and use skin softeners for dryness. Take care of minor cuts and bruises to prevent infections.
- Look at your feet. Take time to look at your feet every day for any red patches. Ask someone else to check your feet if you can't. If you have sores, blisters, breaks in the skin, infections, or build-up of calluses, see a foot doctor, called a podiatrist.
- Watch your blood pressure. Get your blood pressure checked often.
Be Prepared
It's a good idea to make sure you always have at least 3 days' worth of supplies on hand for testing and treating your diabetes in case of an emergency.
Medicare Can Help
Medicare will pay to help you learn how to care for your diabetes. It will also help pay for diabetes tests, supplies, special shoes, foot exams, eye tests, and meal planning. Be sure to check your Medicare plan to find more information.
For more information about what Medicare covers, call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) or visit their website, www.medicare.gov.
For More Information
Here are some helpful resources:
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
1-800-342-2383 (toll-free)
National Diabetes Education Program
One Diabetes Way
Bethesda, MD 20814-9692
1-888-693-6337 (toll-free)
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3560
1-800-860-8747 (toll-free)
1-866-569-1162 (TTY/toll-free)
For more information on health and aging, contact:
National Institute on Aging
Information Center
P.O. Box 8057
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057
1-800-222-2225 (toll-free)
1-800-222-4225 (TTY/toll-free)
Visit www.nihseniorhealth.gov, a senior-friendly website from the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine. This website has health and wellness information for older adults. Special features make it simple to use.
Todays blog is from the National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health®
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Design considerations
SKF housings are typically designed for self-aligning ball bearings, spherical roller bearings and CARB toroidal roller bearings. These bearings are chosen because they are insensitive to initial misalignment, which normally occurs when the housings are spaced far apart.
Two-bearing housings have inherently aligned bearing seats and therefore can accommodate rigid bearings such as deep groove ball bearings, angular contact ball bearings and cylindrical roller bearings.