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Restoring Americans' Privacy in Electronic Commerce Symposium - The Legal and Policy Framework for Global Electronic Commerce: A Progress Report
Joel R. Reidenberg, Fordham University School of LawFollow
Berkeley Technology Law Journal
Privacy, self-regulation, European Union, O.E.C.D., PICS, P3P, W3C
In the United States today, substance abusers have greater privacy than web users and privacy has become the critical issue for the development of electronic commerce. Yet, the U.S. government's privacy policy relies on industry self-regulation rather than legal rights. This article argues that the theory of self-regulation has normative flaws and that public experience shows the failure of industry to implement fair information practices. Together the flawed theory and data scandals demonstrate the sophistry of U.S. policy. The article then examines the comprehensive legal rights approach to data protection that has been adopted by governments around the world, most notably in the European Union, but finds that difficulties implementing these laws for online services pose important challenges for the effective protection of citizens' privacy. The lessons show that safeguarding citizens' rights requires a combination of law and technology and that a legal incentive structure is necessary to stimulate the rapid development and implementation of privacy-protecting technologies. The article concludes with a recommendation for a framework privacy law in the United States modeled on the O.E.C.D. guidelines that includes a safe harbor provision for policies and technologies and that creates a U.S. Information Privacy Commission to assure the balance between citizens' privacy, industry needs, and global competitiveness.
Joel R. Reidenberg, Restoring Americans' Privacy in Electronic Commerce Symposium - The Legal and Policy Framework for Global Electronic Commerce: A Progress Report, 14 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 771 (1999)
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Q: Sounds stop on Windows 10 after a while When I play music on my Laptop, it keeps playing for about 20 seconds then the sounds stop completely. I've checked the sound drivers and updated them to the latest version but didn't change anything. I could only listen to music using headset. What's the problem?
I've already tried restarting Windows Audio Services, disabling and re-enabling the Audio Device and reinstalling the Audio Driver but they didn't work.
I'm 90% sure it's a software problem.

A: I'm not sure that it's not a software problem. I list:

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*You have tried both Microsoft and Realtek hardware drivers and experienced
the same problem with both. The generic driver installed by deleting the device
in Windows and rebooting didn't work at all.

*This happens with all audio formats and with all programs.

You have done everything possible with software except one: Reinstalling Windows.
It's up to you to decide whether you wish to Refresh or Reset Windows.
But if you do, then first better
backup all drivers.
Otherwise, perhaps you should suspect hardware. You could first examine all
the connectors relating to audio on the motherboard and try to better reseat them,
then perhaps try another audio device (if possible with your hardware).
If the computer is recent enough to still be under warranty,
the simplest solution would be to use the warranty
(after backing up all your personal data).

A: I had a similar problem and had found that disabling windows audio, then reenabling helped. To find that, you can click the start button and simply type services and hit enter and it should open. Then look for "Windows Audio" and restart it. If that fixes the issue then you need to do a windows repair, this should fix that service. At least it did in my situation.
Please let me know if this works.

A: In my case after some moments (about 20 seconds) audio was disconnected completely in Windows 10, independently of HW or whatever. I just stopped "Bluetooth Audio Gateway Service" and audio was back again ("someone" activated it but perhaps you just need to restart it).

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Axiom Epic Midi 125 Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann | Jun 27, 2013 | 9 comments
Epic Midi 125 Speaker System
EP125 v3 Subwoofer
Price: $1,786 (updated 1/28/15)
At A Glance: Distinctive cabinet shapes • Revealing voicing • Sold factory direct
Merriam-Webster.com defines a cabal as "the artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)," or "a group engaged in such artifices and intrigues." For the past 30 years, Axiom Audio has been part of a Canadian cabal of loudspeaker manufacturers secretly united in a plot to overturn bad sound—ironically, with government support. The Ontario-based company is one of several brands that sprouted from Ottawa's National Research Council facilities where Axiom founder and president Ian Colquhoun learned the art and science of speaker design under the legendary Dr. Floyd Toole.
Why do we say "secretly united"? Axiom is one of those well-kept secrets of the audio world, and that's partly our fault. The company has been designing and manufacturing its products in Canada, right under our North American noses, yet this is the first review we've done on an Axiom product in about 20 years, despite the accolades the brand has attracted in the interim. So we're playing catch-up with this review of Axiom's Epic Midi 125 5.1-channel speaker package, which includes two monitors and a center in the front, dedicated diffuse surrounds, and a subwoofer. Let's just say the secret is out.
Test Report: SVS Ultra Tower Surround Speaker System
Brent Butterworth | Jun 24, 2013 | 3 comments
Two years ago, SVS changed ownership, and you could say it's simultaneously a remarkably unchanged yet very different firm. It's unchanged in that many old hands are still with the company, and the concentration on high-performance home theater products remains.
Tannoy Precision Speaker System
Tannoy TS2.12 Subwoofer
Price: $4,414 At A Glance: Coaxial driver array • Pinpoint-precise imaging • Clean, wellmannered subwoofer
If you read a lot of British novels, eventually you'll run across a reference to an announcement "on the Tannoy" in a train station or airport. In the U.K., the birthplace of Tannoy Ltd., the loudspeaker brand is a synonym for public-address system. No other speaker manufacturer in the world enjoys this distinction, though it comes at a price: The Tannoy people are constantly firing off letters to publications that make the mistake of using tannoy generically, without the proper cap-T to indicate its trademark status.
Trivia buffs may be surprised to discover that the firm was founded in 1926 as the Tulsemere Manufacturing Company in England. Not until 1932 did the brand name become Tannoy, an abbreviation for tantalum alloy, a material used in the electronic guts of its early products. Tannoy relocated its design and engineering center to Scotland about a half-century later, and for the past decade has been owned by the Denmark-based TC Group.
Phase Technology V52 Speaker System
V52 Speaker System
Power FL-10 Subwoofer
Price: $1,880 At A Glance: Innately musical monitors • Bipole/dipole surrounds • Powerful subwoofer
Phase Technology is one of the great American loudspeaker makers. The man behind that achievement was Bill Hecht, a genuine first-generation audio pioneer. This review can't begin without noting his passing last fall at age 89, the end of a life devoted to bringing movies and music into both the public and private realms.
Hecht began his career as an expert in Cinemascope Stereophonic Sound, installing systems at New York's Radio City Music Hall and other pleasure palaces. His company United Speaker Systems (USS) launched in 1955 as he hand-built speakers, including drive units, in his garage. USS got a boost when Avery Fisher offered a commission to build the first Fisher loudspeakers. Hecht earned several patents, most notably for developing the soft-dome tweeter. He also patented a self-damping woofer voice coil, a manufacturing process for flat piston drivers, silicon-injected drivers for resonance damping, and a basketless midrange/woofer mounting system.
KEF R900 Home Theater Speaker System
KEF R900 Speaker System
KEF R400b Subwoofer
Price: $9,400 At A Glance: Sweet, clean highs • Big, generous soundstage • Flawless fit and finish
If you've been passionate about audio for more than a few years, or can name five loudspeaker companies with names that don't rhyme with rose and begin with a B, you've certainly heard of KEF. In the late 1980s, KEF introduced a new concentric driver that placed the tweeter in the throat of the midrange cone. Dubbed Uni-Q, the design has been continually refined for over 20 years and remains the centerpiece of most KEF loudspeakers.
KEF today is part of a Hong Kong conglomerate...
Cambridge Audio Minx S325v2 Speaker System
Minx S325v2 Speaker System
X300 Subwoofer
Price: $1,449 At A Glance: Second-gen high-end compact satellites • Mix of flat and cone drivers • Incredible dispersion
Compact cube speakers are an intriguing subset of the satellite/subwoofer speaker genre. Though not invariably high performers, cubes have achieved iconic status, and some manufacturers have made a fortune marketing them to folks whose significant others look at the diminutive geometric forms and say, "Bingo. That's what I want your speakers to look like. Now get those big tombstones out of our den."
Cambridge Audio has tapped into the cube mystique with its Minx sat/sub sets. In fact, the Minx has done so well that it is now a separate division of the company. Part of the Minx suc- cess story is, believe it or not, performance. The first-generation Min 10 (single cube) and Min 20 (double cube) earned rave reviews all over the place, and the single- cube version found a coveted perch on our Top Picks list.
GoldenEar Aon 2 Speaker System
Aon 2 Speaker System
Price: $3,000 At A Glance: Broad dispersion • Good power handling • Powerful subwoofer
A review is more interesting when it tells a story. How should the story of the GoldenEar Aon 2 begin? There's the technology angle: The Aon 2 is among the few speakers on the market with an unusual pleated tweeter design that uses a squeezing motion (as opposed to a piston motion) to generate the changes in air pressure that we hear as sound waves. Because the benefits—wide horizontal dispersion and vivid imaging—are easy to describe, that would be a good way to begin. And then there's the human interest angle: GoldenEar is the third brand to be cofounded by Baltimore-based loudspeaker impresario Sandy Gross, whose genuine love for audio is balanced by his love for gourmet food, Expressionist canvases, and ancient statuary. The only thing wrong with these angles is that reviewers hither and yon have used them so often in the past. That leaves the musical angle. Here I believe I have a variant that might qualify as an exclusive.
Boston Acoustics M25 Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann | Apr 03, 2013 | First Published: Apr 02, 2013 | 0 comments
M25 Speaker System
MSubwoofer
Price: $3,345 At A Glance: Leather-like enclosure finish • Beefy subwoofer • Easy-listening, aggression-free treble
The question "what speakers should I buy?" is increasingly giving way to the more provocative "why should I buy stand-alone speakers at all?" Loudspeakers have to argue for their very existence in a world where consumers are logging fewer listening hours with component systems. Instead, stylish music sources such as tablets and smartphones are driving listeners toward equally stylish all-in-one wireless/docking systems and headphones. Today, the poor old loudspeaker has to work harder to attract attention. It has to convince you to buy it—oh, and one of those pesky audio/video receivers to power it.
Sonus faber Venere 2.5 Speaker System
Michael Fremer | Mar 05, 2013 | 0 comments
Venere 2.5 Speaker System
REL T-7 Subwoofer
Price: $5,493 At A Glance: Shapely Italian styling • Exceptional soundstaging • Surprisingly affordable
Could this sleek, lacquer-finished, curvaceous new Sonus faber Venere loudspeaker have originated anywhere other than in Italy? Well, no and yes. With its soothing, elegant curves and glossy finish, Venere whispers "Italy," but the scant $2,498/pair price tag of this 43pound, 3.5-foot floorstander shouts "China."
In fact, this new Sonus faber speaker is truly an international product. It was designed in-house at Sonus faber's Arcugnano factory near Venice, Italy—a building as stylish as the designs emanating therefrom—using bespoke drivers designed by Sonus faber.
The midwoofer and woofer cone material is curv, a proprietary self-reinforcing 100-percent polypropylene composite manufactured by Germanybased Propex, while the dome tweeter is of silk over which is applied a multi-layered Sonus-spec'd coating manufactured by DKM in Germany. Final driver production is done in China.
Test Report: Klipsch HD Theater 600 5.1 Speaker System
Daniel Kumin | Feb 13, 2013 | 0 comments
Everybody loves small speakers, and why not? Smaller is — often — easier to afford, easier to schlep home, easier to place, and easier to live with. Smaller also has certain acoustical advantages in achieving smooth response and in yielding the broad, even spread of sound that favors good imaging and an open, believable tone color.
But how small is too small? Some say there's no limit, and at least one manufacturer (Bose) has had success with subwoofer/satellite designs whose sats are smaller than a pepper mill, let alone a breadbox. But as the front satellites of a speaker system become smaller, their ability to reproduce bass low enough to bridge effectively with the practical upper limits of a single subwoofer, at around 150 Hz (and ideally lower), becomes questionable.
Klipsch thinks it has found the sweet spot with its HD Theater 600 system
MartinLogan Motion 40 Speaker System
Dynamo 1000 Subwoofer
At A Glance: Folded Motion tweeters • Dual 6.5-inch aluminum cone woofers • Custom five-way bi-wire tool-less binding posts
A couple of years ago, I took a tour of the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Waterbury, Vermont. Whilst there, I heard the tour guide refer to Ben & Jerry's ice cream as super-premium. I was intrigued because: 1) I'm thinking about using it as a nickname for myself; 2) I'd never heard the term used in reference to ice cream before; and 3) I wondered if there were additional levels of premium-ness. (Ultra-super premium? Super-duper premium? Maximum-ultra-super-duper premium?) I was disappointed to discover that, although the FDA sets standards for the use of nutrient descriptors. Less air and more butter fat promotes higher premium-ness—all the way up, I assume, to the heart-valve-clogging, airless, 100-percent pure, frozen-block-of-butter-fat variety.
In the case of loudspeakers, it's the opposite. More air and less fat—no one likes tubby bass—results in super-smooth, premium sound.
Gallo Nucleus Classico CL-2 Speaker System
CL-2 Speaker System
CLS-10 Subwoofer
Price: $2,888 At A Glance: 180-degree cylindrical tweeter • Stable, wide-open sound • Tilted sub driver
Shape is destiny for Anthony Gallo Acoustics. The company is best known for its spherical and cylindrical speaker enclosures, made of metal and tough as tanks. But the Classico Series is the first Gallo product to use a plain rectan-gular box—for consumers, the company says, who prefer a more traditional look. Though not as curvaceous as other Gallo lines, the Classico is still available in a beautiful Cherry veneer finish, along with the more staid Black Ash veneer of our review samples. Note that the speakers are sold only through the Gallo Website: roundsound.com. The more conventional construction and factory-direct approach make the Classico models among the most affordable Gallo speakers ever.
Pioneer SP-PK22BS Speaker System
SP-BS22-LR Speakers
SW-8MK2 Subwoofer
Price: $450 At A Glance: Affordable designer speakers • Second gen with improved parts • Clearer, meatier sound
Looking for a great sounding set of home theater speakers but on a tight budget? Read on and find out why Pioneer's newest speakers might be just what the doctor ordered and learn how gifted designer Andrew Jones met the challenge of building a high-performance speaker ensemble that can be had for only $500. Even he can't believe it.
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B&W 802 Diamond Speaker System
802 Diamond Speakers
W DB1 Subwoofer
Price: $32,000 At A Glance: Clear, sparkling highs • Tight, extended bass • Broad, deep soundstage • Stunning fit and finish
If you're unfamiliar with the British speaker company Bowers & Wilkins, perhaps that's because it's more commonly known simply as B&W. Founded in the mid-1960s by John Bowers and Roy Wilkins, it's now one of the most respected loudspeaker manufacturers in the world, with products ranging from budget-priced to Olympic.
The 800 Diamond series is the third generation of Bowers & Wilkins's most sophisticated range, with iconic looks that date back to the late 1990s. The 802 Diamond is one step down in price from the company's current flagship, the $24,000/pair 800 Diamond. And while B&W's lower-priced speakers, like most, are manufactured in China, the 800 is built in the company's facilities in England.
Wharfedale DX-1 HCP Speaker System
DX-1 HCP Speaker
DX-1 subwoofer
Price: $799 At A Glance: Sweet but detailed mids • High-gloss finish • Great sats, OK sub
One of your best friends calls up to announce that she is about to wed someone rich and powerful. He owns a shipyard that manufactures exceptionally luxurious yachts. You're happy for her, but you worry, too. Would living with such a strong personality, a guy with all that money and all that power, be good for her? Would it make her stronger or weaker? A few years later you run into her, and after a few hours of conversation, you conclude that she's in great shape internally as well as externally. There's a serenity beneath the tan. Her husband is affectionate and faithful, a child is on the way, and she's never been happier.

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The Bellagio Center in Italy offers a quiet setting conducive to focused work and a thought-provoking, collegial environment. The Residency Program allows for one-month of disciplined work, uninterrupted by the professional and personal demands of daily life, in a diverse and stimulating community of fellow residents. Residents include scholars, scientists, journalists, writers, artists, non-governmental organization practitioners and policymakers from around the world who have strong records of accomplishments. In addition to time for writing, creativity and reflection during the day, collegial interaction with other residents is an integral component of the Bellagio experience. Meals and informal presentations of residents' work afford an opportunity for dynamic discussion and engagement with each other. During special dinners, residents interact with participants in international conferences hosted on the Center's property. The Foundation welcomes projects in all disciplines, but is especially interested in projects related to one or more of its current focus areas: Social & Economic Security, Basic Survival Safeguards, Urbanization, Climate and Environment, and Global Health. Collaborative residencies for two to four persons working on the same project are also welcomed.
Competitions are biannual and take place each fall and spring with deadlines in early December and early May, respectively. To learn more about the program, please visit http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagio-center.
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When it comes to uniforms for emergency medical services staff (EMS), things continue to change and evolve. In the past, these first responders wore more of a medical type of uniform or more of a para-military style of uniform depending on the specifics of the service.
Today, thanks largely to changes in technology and manufacturing of fabrics, EMS uniforms can be selected to assist in protecting the first responder as well as providing more practical and user-friendly options in pants and shirts.
One of the latest trends in all brands of EMS uniforms is the addition of specialized pockets on both pants and shirts. Historically, the khaki style of cargo pant was considered ideal, but today specialized compartments for everything from pens and scissors to packaged medical supplies make it easy to have just what you need in an easy to reach location.
There are many different styles of uniforms that are a good match for EMS services. They can be more casual or more formal and military-looking in their design. Many agencies now use the short sleeved polo shirt for summer wear, offering a comfortable and breathable option for staff.
Long sleeved shirts and vests or lightweight jackets are typically required for winter EMS uniforms along with the multi-pocket pants. This is a practical and versatile option and, with wrinkle resistant fabrics, they look crisp and neat throughout the shift.
Other factors to look for include a natural stretch in the fabric, particularly in the pant. This makes it more comfortable for bending and lifting, all essential components of the job.
Additionally, consider the type of fabric. There are now fabrics that are highly stain resistant and are also naturally resistant to microbial contamination. These provide additional safety for both the EMS responders as well as patients.


It's Karen Lynch, Owner and Director of Studio 8 Gallery; I'm sending you this message to let you know that Studio 8 Gallery will be closing its doors on August 31st. I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our resident artists Norma Torti and Rosalie Cuticchia, for sharing their talent with us and for their dedication to the success of Studio 8. Thanks as well, to my husband Bob for his patience and support and to my friend Jayne Ferguson from Paper Moon Artisan Gallery for all her help and advice. And of course, sincere thanks to our many artists who shared their beautiful work with us over the last two years and to all our wonderful customers and collectors who have supported us.
Here's where you can find us after August 31st.
We will be holding an "Artist's Studio Clearance Sale" starting July 29th and continuing until the Gallery closes on August 31st; an opportunity for our artists to share some of their work at greatly reduced prices and a rare chance for art collectors to add to their collections at amazing discounts!
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Q: How to query only date (not time) in cloud firestore? I want to query firestore collection on timestamp field but only on date (NOT TIME). For example I have three records in my database like these:

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*7 July 2019 at 06:40:00 UTC+5:30

*9 July 2019 at 03:58:00 UTC+5:30

*11 July 2019 at 07:00:00 UTC+5:30

when I try to query with 07/07/2019 to 09/07/2019, result showing only 1 record, instead of 2. I think its due to time.
I checked this link (Firestore query by dates and times separately) but its not related with my query.
My query in code:
Date dateFrom = "21/07/2019";
Date dateTo = "24/07/2019";
Query MyQuery = mFirestore.collection("students")
.whereGreaterThanOrEqualTo("entered", dateFrom)
.whereLessThanOrEqualTo("entered", dateTo);

I think this is due to different time in database. Please help me to solve this issue.

A: The problem is that when you pass date in query, it automatically append 00:00:00 time. So if you want to query with 07/07/2019 to 09/07/2019, I will advise you to try to add 1 day more to your last date. So in this particular example you should set 07/07/2019 to 10/07/2019. Or maybe another solution is to append on second date 23:59:59 timestamp.


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Distasteful But Not Illegal, Say The Lords
The House of Lords ruled today that the Serious Fraud Office didn't break the law when it stopped its investigation into bribery allegations involving BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia.
In April this year the High Court in London slammed the SFO's decision. In its appeal to the Lords, however, the SFO argued that then-director Robert Wardle was justified in shutting down the investigation because of national security concerns. Wardle said he believed the Saudi threats to stop sharing anti-terrorism intelligence with the U.K government put British lives at risk.
All five law lords hearing the case agreed that the SFO acted lawfully. One of the Lords, Baroness Hale, said it was "extremely distasteful that an independent public official should feel himself obliged to give way to threats of any sort." Nevertheless, she said, the SFO's Wardle didn't break the law. And Lord Bingham said Wardle "was confronted by an ugly and obviously unwelcome threat." But because he believed British lives to be at risk, his action in stopping the investigation was justified.
The High Court in April rejected the SFO's argument that it was powerless to resist the Saudi threats. "So bleak a picture of the impotence of the law invites at least dismay, if not outrage," the court said. It added that to give in so easily "merely encourages those with power, in a position of strategic and political importance, to repeat such threats, in the knowledge that the courts will not interfere with the decision of a prosecutor to surrender."
U.S. authorities are continuing their investigation of BAE's sales to Saudi Arabia.
BAE has denied breaking any laws.
View our prior posts about BAE here.
Post Tags: BAE Systems, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Serious Fraud Office


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Continue to Rising Canadian Stars Maria Aragon, The Tenors among musical highlights at CMHR's opening ceremonies - Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Rising Canadian Stars Maria Aragon, The Tenors among musical highlights at CMHR's opening ceremonies
Rising Canadian Stars Maria Aragon, The Tenors among musical highlights at CMHR's opening ceremonies Rising Canadian Stars Maria Aragon, The Tenors among musical highlights at CMHR's opening ceremonies
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Winnipeg - September 11, 2014 –
YouTube sensation Maria Aragon and platinum‐selling audience favourites The Tenors will perform live during the Canadian Museum for Human Rights' official opening ceremonies on Friday, September 19, the Museum announced today.
"Maria Aragon and The Tenors are globally conscious, socially aware Canadians who are as committed to causes in the community as they are to their many fans," said Museum President and CEO Stuart Murray. "Maria and The Tenors have delighted audiences around the world, and we're exceptionally pleased they will be part of the Museum's official opening."
Winnipeg's Maria Aragon soared to fame in 2011 at the age of 11 when her cover of Lady Gaga's "Born this Way" captured international attention, garnering some 58 million YouTube views, appearances on The Ellen Show and Good Morning America, and special performances for audiences including the Prime Minister of Canada and HRH Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and HRH Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge.
Aragon has performed for Free the Children's We Day in Winnipeg at the MTS Centre in 2013, at numerous charity events, and last winter recorded and donated proceeds of a special fundraising single to families devastated by the 2013 typhoon in the Philippines.
Aragon is completing recording her debut album, produced by multi‐Grammy Award‐winning producer Narada Michael Walden, and has just released her first single to radio, titled "Nothin' But A Beat."
"The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is really important to me because it gives young people a voice and it's a reason for hope," said Aragon. "Issues like bullying are universal with youth throughout the world, but the Museum is a place where everyone is equal and where we can find solutions to even the world's biggest problems."
Currently in the studio working on their new album to be released in 2015, The Tenors have performed on the Oprah Winfrey Show, at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, the opening ceremonies of Vancouver's 2010 Olympics and for the NBA, MLB and NHL all‐star games. They've shared stages with artists ranging from Paul McCartney to David Foster and have even shared a private tea with Her Majesty The Queen.
The Tenors are involved in humanitarian and philanthropic initiatives around the world. The group recently filmed a documentary in Bulembu to bring awareness to the plight of children impacted by the HIV/AIDS crisis in Swaziland, South Africa and have performed alongside the Dalai Lama at Free the Children's We Day and continue to support these causes around the globe.
Performing at the Museum's opening ceremonies will mark a homecoming of sorts for the Tenors: in the fall of 2012 they donned safety vests and hard hats to deliver the first‐ever musical performance inside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights when the building was still under construction.
"We were thrilled to be the first‐ever performers at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and we're thrilled to come back to perform at the Museum's official opening ceremonies," The Tenors said in a statement. "This Museum is unlike any other in the world, and it's a place that celebrates the incredible power of music and culture to break down barriers and change lives."
The Museum's official opening ceremonies will be broadcast live at 10:30 a.m. CDT on Friday, September 19. Canadians can watch the live broadcast on City TV Winnipeg, nationally on APTN or OMNI TV or live online at humanrights.ca. Additional details about the opening ceremonies program will be unveiled next week.
From September 22 to 26, a number of special events will be held including private visits by people whose stories are portrayed in the Museum. The CMHR is honouring their courage and giving them a chance to see the exhibits in privacy during these few days. In addition, the Museum will welcome senior Canadian travel and tourism officials for familiarization tours. Regular operations, with paid admission and public access to all Museum galleries, begin Saturday, September 27.
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CMHR official opening ceremonies
Friday, September 19, 10:30 a.m. CDT
The public is invited to watch the opening ceremonies live on CityTV Winnipeg, nationally on OMNI TV and APTN, or live online on humanrights.ca.
RightsFest
Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. CDT
From skateboarding to the symphony, RightsFest will feature more than two dozen free performances, activities and events all weekend long on multiple stages in and around The Forks.
Free public preview tours
Saturday, September 20, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. CDT and
Sunday, September 21, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. CDT
The Museum will offer free, hour‐long tours through four of its galleries to give as many people as possible a look inside the Museum during opening weekend.
The preview tours are now fully booked.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights Concert
Saturday, September 20, 6:30 p.m. CDT (or watch live beginning at 7 p.m. CDT on CityTV, OMNI TV and APTN, or live online via the Museum's website).
The Museum invites the public to a free outdoor concert featuring top Canadian talent including A Tribe Called Red, Bruce Cockburn, Ashley MacIsaac, Marie‐Pierre Arthur, Shad and Buffy Sainte-Marie.The show will be capped by a unique grand finale at 9 p.m. (CDT).
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The consultation will run until Thursday 30 June and will allow everyone – from relevant organisations, to interested members of the public – to contribute and have their say on how these changes should best be implemented.
Currently, two thirds of people who apply to become a nurse aren't accepted for training.
The proposed changes will create up to 10,000 more nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals training places by the end of this parliament, allowing universities to accept more appropriately qualified applicants than they currently do.
Since the wider reforms to higher education our universities are offering more places and those from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to access an undergraduate degree.
Our proposed reforms will extend these benefits to nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, who have so far been excluded from these benefits. It is vital that the changes are implemented in the right way, which is why I would encourage as many people as possible to contribute to the consultation.
The proposed changes will also offer students typically around 25 per cent or more financial support while they study.
Although the number of nurses in the NHS has been steadily increasing, it is clear that further work needs to be done so a proposal to offer training for more nurses, midwives and allied health professionals needs to be carefully considered.
Questions have been asked about the impact the policy may have, which is why this public consultation is important to ensure any change is implemented in the best possible way. I would encourage all nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to consider the recommendations made and contribute to the consultation.
The changes are part of the Government's plan to ensure the NHS can adapt to the changing needs of our population, train more nurses in England, and reduce the reliance on agency and overseas staff, and follow the reforms to wider education funding. Since those changes, university application rates have risen to an all-time high, and there have been more applications from disadvantaged students than ever before.
Health Education England is responsible for ensuring the NHS has the right people with the right skills, values and behaviours in the right place at the right time. This mission remains unchanged by the new funding arrangements for nursing and allied health professional university fees which have the potential to increase the number of graduates available to the NHS by more than is possible under the current arrangements.
Our job, with Universities and with the NHS is to ensure that we continue to recruit high quality graduates to the service to support patients with safe, high-quality services in the future. We encourage everyone with an interest in delivering these services to patients in the future to make their voices heard in response to this consultation.
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As Dhadak' mints Rs 8.71 cr on Day 1, Bollywood lauds Janhvi, Ishaan
"Dhadak", which marks the much-awaited Bollywood foray of Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter, registered an opening day collection of Rs 8.71 crore, making a record for a Hindi movie with newcomers in India, according to its makers.
"'Dhadak' wins hearts all over, making a new record for a film with newcomers. Thank you all for so much love." Apoorva Mehta, CEO of Karan Johar's Dharma Productions which has produced the movie, tweeted.
He thanked director Shashank Khaitan, as well as Janhvi and Ishaan, the two actors whose performance in the movie has elicited a positive and welcoming in the Indian film industry.
Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar watched the movie, and tweeted: "Loved it. Both Janhvi and Ishaan are unbelievably excellent. Brilliant is too timid word for them. Janhvi, you are really a worthy daughter of a worthy mother. Lots of love."
Janhvi is the daughter of producer Boney Kapoor and late iconic actress Sridevi, while Ishaan is the son of veteran actress Neelima Azeem. He made his film debut with Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's "Beyond The Clouds", but "Dhadak" has marked Ishaan's Bollywood entry.
Actrors Suniel Shetty and Bhumi Pednekar are mighty impressed with their performance.
"Very well done Janhvi and Ishaan! Absolutely outstanding performance in 'Dhadak'. Karan Johar, you have once again given Bollywood its two new rising stars guided brilliantly by Shashank Khaitan," Suniel wrote.
Bhumi tweeted: "Janhvi and Ishaan you both are special. The ease and beauty with which you've performed is magical. Shashank Khaitan, Karan Johar, really enjoyed watching 'Dhadak'. Fallen in love with the love they have.The end broke my heart. What a love saga."
An adaptation of Marathi hit "Sairat", the film, also backed by Zee Studios, touches upon honour killing. - IANS
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE FROM MOUSE, TRUNCATED 37 RESIDUES FROM THE C-TERMINUS, TO 1.6 ANGSTROM RESOLUTION
7odc, resolution 1.60Å
7odc is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Lk3 transgenic mice. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:
Activity: Ornithine decarboxylase, with EC number 4.1.1.17
Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum
BACKGROUND: Pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP) dependent enzymes catalyze a broad range of reactions, resulting in bond cleavage at C alpha, C beta, or C gamma carbons of D and L amino acid substrates. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is a PLP-dependent enzyme that controls a critical step in the biosynthesis of polyamines, small organic polycations whose controlled levels are essential for proper growth. ODC inhibition has applications for the treatment of certain cancers and parasitic ailments such as African sleeping sickness. RESULTS: The structure of truncated mouse ODC (mODC') was determined by multiple isomorphous replacement methods and refined to 1.6 A resolution. This is the first structure of a Group IV decarboxylase. The monomer contains two domains: an alpha/beta barrel that binds the cofactor, and a second domain consisting mostly of beta structure. Only the dimer is catalytically active, as the active sites are constructed of residues from both monomers. The interactions stabilizing the dimer shed light on its regulation by antizyme. The overall structure and the environment of the cofactor are compared with those of alanine racemase. CONCLUSIONS: The analysis of the mODC' structure and its comparison with alanine racemase, together with modeling studies of the external aldimine intermediate, provide insight into the stereochemical characteristics of PLP-dependent decarboxylation. The structure comparison reveals stereochemical differences with other PLP-dependent enzymes and the bacterial ODC. These characteristics may be exploited in the design of new inhibitors specific for eukaryotic and bacterial ODCs, and provide the basis for a detailed understanding of the mechanism by which these enzymes regulate reaction specificity.
Structure of mammalian ornithine decarboxylase at 1.6 A resolution: stereochemical implications of PLP-dependent amino acid decarboxylases.,Kern AD, Oliveira MA, Coffino P, Hackert ML Structure. 1999 May;7(5):567-81. PMID:10378276[1]
Antizyme Inhibitor
NADH quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1) with inhibitor dicoumarol
Ornithine decarboxylase
Quinone reductase
↑ Kern AD, Oliveira MA, Coffino P, Hackert ML. Structure of mammalian ornithine decarboxylase at 1.6 A resolution: stereochemical implications of PLP-dependent amino acid decarboxylases. Structure. 1999 May;7(5):567-81. PMID:10378276
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Categories: Lk3 transgenic mice | Ornithine decarboxylase | Coffino, P | Hackert, M L | Kern, A D | Oliveira, M A | A/b-barrel | Chemotherapy target | Group iv decarboxylase | Lyase | Obligate | Ornithine | Parasitical | Plp | Polyamine | Putrescine | Pyridoxal-5'-phosphate


After a jam packed weekend, more than 350 Population Connection activists were galvanized and ready to take action. On Monday morning, participants stormed the Capitol with the goal to advocate for a greater U.S. investment in global reproductive health and family planning and support for the Global HER Act. Representing 34 states, first time activists teamed with seasoned participants and visited nearly 200 congressional offices.
Armed with the knowledge from the weekend, advocates put pressure on their elected officials to stand up for family planning. In the meetings, advocates asked for an investment of $1.2 billion dollars for international family planning assistance, including $65 million for UNFPA. Advocates also asked for support of the Global HER Act (H.R 161 and S. 210), a bill which would block Trump's Global Gag Rule and prevent a future president from reinstating it.
Nearly 90 advocates from Ohio filled a room in a meeting with Senator Sherrod Brown's office. Advocating for the Global HER Act, participants shared their personal stories in the hope of gaining support. Large groups from North Carolina, Colorado, and Arizona also filled their Senate and House offices. Their efforts were rewarded with an additional representative signing onto H.R 161 the Global HER Act.
This year's event began on Friday night with the 3rd annual "Empower Her, Empower Humanity" award ceremony. This year's honoree was Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Accepted by her legislative assistant, M. A Keifer, the award pays tribute to Congresswoman Lee's strong commitment to reproductive rights and family planning.
Throughout the course of the weekend, participants strengthened their advocacy skills with a variety of workshops led by experts in the field.
Dianah Nalwanga of Uganda's Conservation through Public Health (CTPH), shed light on population, family planning, and conservation. . CTPH works with volunteer and community health teams in protected areas of Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda to provide family planning and family planning education and to promote public health practices and conservation. CTPH was founded to protect the mountain gorilla population in Uganda threatened by human population growth in the area. Their important work directly and vividly illustrates the intrinsic link between family planning and environmental sustainability.
You can help keep up the momentum by adding your name to the petition and calling on your own legislator to support the Global HER Act. More than 6,200 activists have already urge Congress to #Fight4HER and permanently repeal Trump's Global Gag Rule.
No matter where your members of Congress stand, they need to hear from you that family planning and reproductive health matters!
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A Deepened "West and The Rest" Divide?
After last week's launch at The Hague Institute of the report of the Commission of Inquiry into human rights violations in North Korea, the divide between "the West and the rest" appears to have deepened – again.
Two days ago, again here in The Hague, Russia's fellow BRICS members (Brazil, India, China and South Africa) responded with a statement of support regarding Russian participation in the Group of 20 meeting. They reacted to the Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop who raised the possibility that Putin might be barred from that summit after its recent annexation of Crimea.
This is not the only support that Russia has received since its annexation of Crimea. After more than a decade of rule of law assistance and other aid from the West, Afghanistanjoined Syria and Venezuela in publicly supporting Russia. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a tempestuous ally of Western countries, released a statement saying: "[We] respect the decision the people of Crimea took [sic] through a recent referendum that considers Crimea as part of the Russian Federation".
A spokesman of Mr Karzai explained the annexation as a "legitimate move" and expressed the view that "Afghanistan always respects the free will of nations on deciding their future." Afghanistan's support apparently coincides with investment by Russia in "relics of the Soviet occupation", while promoting "its own political and culturalprowess," by delivering new equipment to old Soviet factories, building a Russian Cultural Center in Kabul, and rehabilitating rundown housing complexes. Afghanistan, which thereby became the first Western-backed democracy to express support for the widely denounced referendum in Crimea, might thus have made its first strategic move to tap into this new source of funding.
Soviet Russia was, of course, also a key player in the emergence of the North Korean state. The commission of inquiry has shed fascinating historical light on conversations on the status of DPRK between Josef Stalin, Kim Il-sung and Zhou Enlai, amongst other senior officials, held in September 1952. Citing a Soviet Union verbatim record of a conversation amongst this group, the Commission indicates how Kim Il-sung conveyed to Stalin that during the Armistice negotiations, North Korea had only acknowledged holding 7500 South Korean prisoners of war despite the real number of captive soldiers being almost five times higher.
Today, the pro-Russian response to the Crimean situation from a number of states is in stark contrast to the response to the North Korea inquiry of democratic states who once fell under the Soviet orbit. Albania, itself an erstwhile member of the Soviet bloc, strongly supported the findings of the Commission of Inquiry. Its Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, Ms. Prifti, reminded the body that: "Isolation and totalitarianism are not unfamiliar to Albanians; stubbornness of the regime not to cooperate with the international community and not to allow visits is also not a surprise – the regime has much to hide to its own citizens".
In addition to Albania, Poland, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic have also called for a Security Council referral of the North Korean case to the ICC. Indeed, thirty-seven countries publicly expressed their backing for the findings of the Commission of Inquiry in the Human Rights Council, according to the Commission's chair Judge Kirby. Arguing that they always oppose individual country reporting, however, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and North Korea disagreed with the findings of this unprecedented Commission of Inquiry that came into being without a vote.
This is an important time for states that still have to deal with their pasts, not least because Russia has made a claim to historical justice through its annexation of the Crimea.
Both the reflexive backing of Russia by both fellow BRICS countries and new or aspiring client states and the opposition from some countries to UN Security Council involvement in the North Korea case might suggest a return to realpolitik and a weakening of international norms and human rights standards. Nevertheless, the reaction of democratic states in Eastern Europe – many of whom provide useful models of transitional justice and historical reckoning in their own right – to both the illegal annexation of Crimea and the North Korea Commission shows that significant progress has been made in the advancement of norms of human rights and non-aggression.
The voices of those who have suffered the costs of authoritarianism, yet emerged from it, provide a powerful rejoinder to those who see a new era of arbitrary rule in international affairs, whether internally – as in North Korea – or through a disregard for territorial integrity, as in Ukraine. The challenge is to leverage the lessons of the democratic transition in Eastern Europe, rather than resigning ourselves to fatalism in the face of attempts to dismantle an international order based on the rule of law.
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Jennifer Aniston: Flamenco Dancing Flirt
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Enjoying a fun-filled evening, Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler were spotted at the Flamenco Room in Madrid, Spain last night (March 30).
The "Friends" babe spent most of her night tearing up the dance floor while the "P.S. I Love You" stud watched from afar.
Jen and Gerard hit the dance party following the big Madrid premiere of their film "The Bounty Hunter" earlier in the evening.
They've been all over Western Europe promoting the flick, including stops in Paris, France and Berlin, Germany.
Amanda Seyfried V. Jennifer : It's A Sequin Showdown
Both gals opted for similar little black dresses for their premieres! Which look is your fave?
Amanda Seyfried braved the rain in London for the premiere of her latest flick, Dear John, sporting a sexy fall 2010 Doo.Ri sequin mini dress sans tights and Pierre Hardy heels, while Jennifer Aniston stepped out sporting a sparkling little Valentino dress in Madrid! Amanda went for full on glamour, completing the screen siren look with soft bouncy curls and red lips. Her little frock was super sexy while still being chic, and the starlet looked amazing. Even though she isn't always an easy favorite on the red carpet, I'm always excited to see the starlet show up because she loves taking chances in interesting high fashion frocks (and usually opts for pretty dresses!) — something that Jennifer Aniston is still learning!
For the last European premiere for The Bounty Hunter in Mardrid, Jen went back to black on the carpet in a strapless, sequin Valentino pre-fall 2010 mini with her signature 'do. With a sequin panel down the front and a flounce skirt, the dress was pretty yet still kind of plain. Don't get me wrong, her figure looked flawless in the LBD, but I would expect to see this dress on a younger starlet. Even though Jen looked lovely, this look fell short if you ask me — it just wasn't interesting enough! What do you think? Who has premiere perfect in their sparkling LBD?
Candids Of Jen And Gerard Leaving The Flamingo Club
I've updated the gallery with high quality photos of Jennifer and Gerard leaving the Flamingo club last night (March 30th) in Madrid, Spain.
Scans Of May Issue Of Harper's Bazaar Added To Gallery!
I've updated the gallery with high quality scans from the May, 2010 issue of Harper's Bazaar UK magazine. Enjoy!
Jen Tells Harper's Bazaar: No Botox!
Jennifer Aniston may be 41, but life has begun again, the actress told the British edition of Harper's Bazaar.
"The last five years have been about spring cleaning for me," she told the mag's May 2010 issue. "Now it's time for my rebirth. I love trying new things. I can't just be put in a box."
The future, however, isn't likely to include Botox.
"I could do it, and I mean these lines are getting deeper every day, but when I tell you what's happened to me — these lines are just about living," the actress said. "Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated. My advice: just stop eating sh** every day."
Jennifer, who is currently starring alongside pal Gerard Butler in "The Bounty Hunter," revealed she is inspired by other strong women in Hollywood, including the head of Flower Films.
"I love what Drew Barrymore is doing with directing. It's so much about a rebirth for her, and I love it when people are living in the now, like her. I hate it when people look back and regret what they haven't got," Jennifer said. "That's how I feel about my own life now. And my God, let's talk about how much I love Demi Moore as well. What kind of Kool-Aid is she drinking?"
The actress also revealed that she's proud of what women have achieved in her lifetime.
"I grew up admiring strong women like journalist Barbara Walters and super-agent Sue Mengers, who represented Ali McGraw," she said. "But now look where we've got to as women. We've had a woman run for President. There is nothing like our power."
Jennifer And Gerard Travel To Madrid, Spain!
Jennifer and Gerard continue promoting 'The Bounty Hunter' with a photo call in Madrid, Spain on March 30th. I've updated the gallery with high quality photos!
Gerard Butler Grabs Jennifer Aniston's Booty
That's cheeky!
Gerard Butler grabbed Jennifer Aniston's booty while posing for pics for fans on the River Seine in Paris Saturday night, according to TMZ.
The flirty co-stars — who are in France promoting their new flick, The Bounty Hunter — had just finished a dinner cruise with 20 guests.
Their PDA continued Sunday night when they hit the red carpet for their comedy.
Aniston — in a bright pink silk Christian Lacroix haute couture gown — wrapped her arms around Butler, 40, and smiled brightly.
The film's director told UsMagazine.com earlier this month they were "flirting" all throughout filming.
They play ex-lovers reunited for a crime caper.
Aniston has joked that she blames Butler for start "rumors" that they're hooking up.
But the actress — who got cozy with Butler in a hot tub at her 41st birthday party in Mexico — doesn't exactly deny them.
"Gerry is the best," she recently said. "He's funny and handsome. Nice combo!"
Butler agreed. "We have a natural chemistry," he recently said. "You can see it in our [W] magazine shoot and the film. We have a great time together."
Besides Aniston's derriere, there's another body part Butler can't get enough of. "Jen actually does have the best legs in Hollywood!" he said at the New York City premiere of The Bounty Hunter.
Audition For Movie Extras Draws Thousands In Maui
Thousands of people turned out in Maui for a chance to appear in the Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston movie "Just Go With It."
Maui Film Commissioner Benita Brazier says more than 3,000 people showed up Saturday at the Kihei Charter School to apply to be extras in the film. Some people say they stood in line for nearly three hours before being called for their chance.
Movie officials have said they need "hundreds" of people to act as resort patrons, sitting around a pool, enjoying a luau and eating in restaurants.
Officials say most extras will be paid $100 for 10 hours of work, but those cast in special roles, such as hula dancers and "bikini girls," will get more.
The movie is scheduled to begin shooting next month for four to six weeks in Wailea.
Jennifer Aniston: Slammed By Fashion CriticsJennifer Aniston: Slammed By Fashion Critics
She's normally praised for her stylish looks, but critics are slamming Jennifer Aniston for wearing a salmon-colored gown over the weekend in Paris, France.
Stepping out for the red carpet premiere of "The Bounty Hunter," the beautiful actress showed up in strapless Christian Lacroix Haute Coutre gown and unfortnuately did not impress fashion critics.
For starters, Stylist.com called it a prom dress "gone bad" followed by, "We're just not that into it, Jen."
While an E! News fashion critic wrote that "as much as we think mixing it up is better than playing it safe, sometimes taking a risk can go awry and, well, this one did."
According to uk.stylist.com, "To pull off a Lacroix gown, you need tons of attitude, otherwise the dress wears you rather than you wearing the dress, which is precisely what's happening in this case."
Jen Rocks The Red Carpet In Berlin!
I've updated the gallery with high quality photos of Jennifer looking stunning at the Berlin premiere of 'The Bounty Hunter' held on March 29th!!


Used as an in-car hands-free system, Siri causes a high level of mental distraction while driving, according to research conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. In a thorough study [PDF] that measured the cognitive workload of 45 drivers completing in-car tasks using various voice-based technologies, Siri's high complexity and low intuitiveness resulted in some of the highest levels of mental distraction.
Using a five-category rating system, researchers measured Siri-based interactions like sending and receiving text messages and emails, updating Facebook or Twitter, and modifying calendar appointments. Various measurements to record distraction were taken during three separate experiments, in-car on residential streets, without driving, and in a driving simulator.
Researchers tested Siri on an iPhone 5 with iOS 7, using a microphone and voice commands to make the setup both hands-free and eyes-free, with drivers unable to look at or make contact with the phone.
Siri was found to produce the highest mental workload on the researchers' scale, and use of Siri in a car even resulted in two crashes during the simulator study. It was also given the lowest rating of intuitiveness along with the highest rating of complexity, due to its lack of consistency and its inflexibility when it came to voice commands.
Common issues involved inconsistencies in which Siri would produce different responses to seemingly identical commands. In other circumstances, Siri required exact phrases to accomplish specific tasks, and subtle deviations from that phrasing would result in a failure.
When there was a failure to properly dictate a message, it required starting over since there was no way to modify/edit a message or command. Siri also made mistakes such as calling someone other than the desired person from the phone contact list. Some participants also reported frustration with Siri's occasional sarcasm and wit.
According to the researchers, interactions with Siri may improve over time as the voice assistant is able to learn accents and other characteristics of a user's voice, but many commands resulted in overly complex interactions that could be fixed via "improvements to the software design."
Though the AAA study looked at the distraction level when using Siri directly on an iPhone, it did not look at CarPlay, Apple's new in-dash system that the company says is a "smarter, safer way to use your iPhone in the car." Other similar in-dash systems did, however, result in high levels of cognitive workload in a companion study, but cognitive demand varied highly based on the number of comprehension errors and the number of steps required to complete an action.
Early CarPlay reviews have suggested that the system's Siri integration is improved compared to Siri on the iPhone, as it was judged to be easy to use with simple menus and navigation.
The study comes ahead of a set of voluntary guidelines the AAA is planning to create, encouraging users to minimize their cognitive distraction by cutting back on the use of voice-based technologies while driving. According to the AAA, voice-based interactions within a vehicle result in "significant impairments" to driving that may "adversely affect traffic safety."
well there is your problem. Was the applicant FAMILIAR with Siri?
i turned off siri as soon as i took my phone out of its packaging.
Don't forget to put tin foil on your head.
Why did i never see a study like this on SYNC by Microsoft or Android Auto?
I prefer people don't even talk on the phone while driving (even bluetooth)... no matter what you say, it's an unnecessary distraction.
Seriously? THAT'S what you tested? The only thing on that list I would actually do in the car is send a text, which is extremely easy. "Tell Bob I'm on way."
Why not test map navigation, which is equally simple? "Take me to Panera Bread" or "Take me home"
Why not test music? "Play my Driving playlist"


I Typo in elliptical orbit energy derivation?
... and not as shown in the following?
Looks like a typo to me.
It would depend on what is the angle. Or where. It says it is the polar angle, right?
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Saeid Khatibzadeh, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman
The Iranian Foreign Ministry says the country's nuclear activities are fully in line with its commitments under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Saeid Khatibzadeh, Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on Tuesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been supervising Iran's nuclear sites and that Iran's reduction of its nuclear curbs has been done according to mechanisms within the JCPOA.
Khatibzadeh said Iran's scaleback measures have been taken within the framework of the JCPOA and in response to the widespread violation of the landmark deal and Resolution 2231 by the United States in addition to the lack of full compliance of other parties to the accord, especially the three European countries.
Reaffirming the civilian and peaceful nature of the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tehran will fully reverse its remedial measures if all the signatories honor their commitments and the US verifiably removes all its sanctions.
The remarks were made after the IAEA said in a report on Monday that Iran has made progress in its work on enriched uranium metal, with Tehran saying the process is aimed at producing a reactor fuel plate.
Iran has produced 200g of 20%-enriched uranium metal: UN nuclear agency
The UN nuclear agency says Iran has produced 200 grams of uranium metal enriched up to 20%.
Iran's representative to the international organizations in Vienna said in July that the Islamic Republic would soon produce enriched uranium metal and that the country had earlier informed the United Nations nuclear watchdog of the move.
The JCPOA was reached between Iran and six world powers, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China in 2015. However, the deal was ditched by former US President Donald Trump in 2018 in spite of Iran's full compliance with its contractual obligations.
Washington then began to put enormous pressure on Iran through sanctions, in what it called a "maximum pressure" policy, in order to force Tehran to negotiate a "better deal," prompting Tehran to take remedial measures by gradually reducing its nuclear commitments under the deal.
Since April, representatives from Iran and the remaining signatories to the JCPOA have been holding face-to-face talks in the Austrian capital aimed at bringing the US back to compliance and putting the deal back on track.
So far, six rounds of negotiations have been held in the Austrian capital, as a result of which, according to participants, "significant progress" has been made in the course of the "constructive" and "businesslike" talks.
Iran's enriched uranium metal production serves peaceful purposes: Foreign Ministry
Iran asserts that its pending production of enriched uranium metal is in line with peaceful purposes.
However, disagreements have persisted over a number of issues, including how to sequence the US sanctions removal, with Tehran arguing that since Washington was the party that violated the terms of the agreement, it should take the first step back into compliance with the deal by removing its unilateral sanctions.
The date for the resumption of talks in Vienna on a potential revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, which was suspended amid a power transition in the Islamic Republic following the June presidential election, has yet to be specified.
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We welcomed our first batch of SUTD-Duke-NUS Special Track students on 2018. Hear what they have to say about the programme and the unique healthcare-related courses and activities.
"It was an eye-opening 2-day Healthcare IAP at CGH, as we were able to get a glimpse of the healthcare system from 2 perspectives - engineers and doctors. We were shown how engineers were using technology to create more efficient systems and medical procedures in hospitals, and also shadowed doctors during their rounds and clinics to learn more about the life of a doctor in the hospitals. This allowed me to understand the importance of this partnership between engineers and doctors to provide for the needs of patients.
The idea of "healthcare engineering" came to life during my UROPs as I was given the opportunity to be involved in the development of a medical device and, was also able to learn more about healthcare analytics. This kept me up-to-date on the current healthcare issues faced and the work that is being done to address them. It also gave me further insight into the relevance and application of what I was studying in my undergraduate degree to the healthcare field, giving me a head-start in pursuing my interest in healthcare engineering."
Gan Hui Ting, Class of 2021 (Bachelor)
"Being in this special track have certainly presented us numerous exciting opportunities. Warmly held by Changi General Hospital (CGH), the healthcare IAP we had undertaken remains one of the most memorable. Apart from receiving insights and future projections of Singapore's healthcare development by CGH's senior doctors, guided tours were tailored to let us in on how various departments collaborate to deliver high-quality healthcare. Granted with the privilege to shadow consultants, we were offered a glimpse of the multiple roles a doctor plays beyond a clinician, that of a team-leader and mentor-figure.
Back at SUTD, the dynamic faculty and environment enable convenient access to research opportunities. Guided by faculties and their research teams, my UROP has presented me with the platform to develop lab skills and a practical understanding of cancer cells. Besides the fun and fruitful experience, I am appreciative that such exposure to research has cultivated great friendships."
Gan Yu, Class of 2021 (Bachelor)
"Having embarked on the SUTD-Duke-NUS Special Track for a year already, I am slowly changing my perception towards medicine as a career, in that healthcare transcends patient contact. My experience in UROP requires me to understand the malaria treatment procedures in developing countries, and thereby how best to effectively implement MASK-RCNN (a computer vision technology) - it makes me understand that being a doctor-engineer would offer me a vantage viewpoint of a healthcare problem, and has convinced me to take on the role of a communicator bridging the two unlikely roles in future projects."
Loh De Rong, Class of 2021 (Bachelor)
"I am fortunate to be given opportunities such as the Healthcare IAP at Changi General Hospital and UROP, which were challenging and empowering to me as a budding engineer-physician. From shadowing doctors to conceptualising designs, these experiences prime me to take on the world of MedTech and Medicine head-on.
In my UROP I saw different disciplines coming together to generate elegant healthcare solutions. By applying principles from light spectroscopy to ergonomics to circuitry, a blood detection device was created that could accurately signal to nurses when a patient is bleeding (and not sweating due to different light properties!).
This programme has pushed me to see issues from many new angles and to apply best clinical practices observed by our mentors. I believe that having this broad approach towards patient care would help make any SUTD-Duke-NUS student an effective engineer and physician in the future."
Abu Bakar Bin Othman, Class of 2021 (Bachelor)


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The main technique is keeping things simple. Simple writing is persuasive. A good argument in five sentences will sway more people than a brilliant argument in a hundred sentences. Don't fight it.
Here are 50 more tips for good writing.
One thing I'm thinking more about is humor writing. It's hard to write humorously about serious topics.
A lot of times, it's harder to write in an easy-to-read and simple style! That's actually one thing that blogs are good at teaching writers–how to create short articles that focus on only one thing.
When I was younger, my mother (Selling to Big Companies expert Jill Konrath) read that the best business writing is written at a level that a 5th grader could understand. As I was in 5th grade at the time, I became her guinea pig!
But it does work. My mom has had amazing success with her book, newsletter, and blog because everyone can understand how to use her material. She doesn't need to try to sound smart because people can quickly see the value of her work.
Tickling readers come naturally if we can shed our conceit and display our natural dumb selves. Result would be formation of instant fan club since most readers would have anyway done dumber things. In effect, just mirror them and become one !
Gordon Kirkland (worship him before you can say humor) always allowed his readers to laugh with him, at him, and by extension at themselves.
He wrote once about undergoing that medical procedure that involved inserting a camera into your inner sanctum. Bad enough as that event was to endure, he had a "what if" thought as he wrote about it.


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kWh in August this year, which is 147.76 won per KWh (based on the exchange rate of 1,111 won on Friday). California, which is a new and recycled mecca, is 20.56 cents (228.42 won), which is about twice that of Korea. In other words, Rep. Lee is urging the government to raise the level of California in the long run.
Since the 베트맨 party's leadership is drawing a line, chances are slim that Lee's claim will become reality right away. However, there is a consensus among the ruling party that it is necessary to revise electricity bills such as industrial charges and progressive systems. According to the Daily survey, 11 out of 12 Democratic Party lawmakers (Hong Eui-rak, Kwon Chil-seung, Kim Sung-hwan, Park Beom-gye, Park Jung-hyun, Baek Jae-hyun, Song Kap-seok, Woo Won-sik, Wi Sung-gon, and Lee Hoon) agreed on the fare change.


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Intouchables (1:48, 2010, 8.6, 75|93%) is a French drama based on the real events of a rich quadriplegic and his unlikely, tough immigrant caregiver. A strange name, but this is just because the original French title was left untranslated (meaning "untouchables"). This is a nod to how both the disabled and immigrants are often looked upon by the rest of society, be it due to disgust or to uncertainty, or to a well-meaning but ultimately too-gentle-to-be-useful approach. This review marks the first non-sports themed movie I'm reviewing, but the elements it touches on are clearly the same ones seen in the world of sport and exercise psychology, so this theme is conserved.
The movie starts with an endearing clip of Driss, a black Frenchman with a no nonsense attitude, barging in on the interview process of potential caregivers for the white quadriplegic, Philippe. Dismantling racist attitudes, you'd think right away, would be at the core of this movie — especially this idea of someone from the 'hood turning the white collar life of the local rich suburb upside-down. Not so.
Sincerity: often the missing element in therapy. Here, Driss does his share to fix the problem.
Returning to The Intouchables, Driss ends up getting hired, going through some typical growing pains — as expected from the vast difference between his before and after socioeconomic statuses, and — outside some sexism, a surprise homosexual twist, and a few otherwise cheesy elements, does his caregiver job extremely well. The issue of countertransference isn't brought up at all, but then Driss isn't a trained professional. Still, his form of sincere therapy, and of not babying his patient, is what I found most worth noting in this film. After working in physical rehab for close to ten years, this is the biggest element I find missing from it all.
Ratings? ★★★. Character and plot development are fairly stereotypical, so only half a point across the two. Complexity and originality also suffer, receiving only half a point each, with an additional half-point because it's in French, which is always fun hearing. Recommendability? A full point — another great family night favourite, or something for a high school or junior year university health studies class.


What John Legend will don when he plays the son of God in NBC's upcoming "Jesus Christ Superstar Live" is definitely not something your parents would let you wear to church on Easter Sunday.
The first photos of Legend in costume as Jesus Christ were revealed by People in February, and if you were wondering whether or not that white t-shirt, matching joggers and snazzy kicks (shown in the picture below) were it, well, so were we.
TheWrap checked in with NBC to find out if this ultra casual look was Legend's official costume for the upcoming TV musical. A person with knowledge of the production told us the final costume will be similar to this look. Make of that what you will.
To be fair, this is not our first hint at what the singer would be wearing come the big night, as his wife Chrissy Teigen swooned over his costume to Jimmy Fallon last month.
And the musical's costume designer Paul Tazewell was the one who brought that "hip Jesus" look to life.
Oh, we should probably note that Legend gave his input on this design.
"John definitely offered his opinions in response to what David Leveaux and I had discussed, and we have always seemed to be on the same page together with how we envisioned his version of Jesus," Tazewell said.
Legend is playing opposite Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene, Alice Cooper as King Herod and Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas in the rock opera.
See People's first look at Legend's costume below.
"Jesus Christ Superstar Live" will air Easter Sunday, April 1 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.


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