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Eyeglass prescription

2008-11-01T10:33:00.000-07:00

An eyeglass prescription is a written order by an optometrist or ophthalmologist to an optician for eyeglasses. It specifies the refractive power to which the eyeglasses are to be made in order to correct blurred vision due to refractive errors, including myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. It is typically determined using a phoropter or an automated refractor.

The values indicated in the "sphere" and "cylinder" columns of an eyeglass prescription specify the optical power of the lenses in diopters, abbreviated D. The higher the number of diopters, the more the lens refracts or bends light. A diopter is the reciprocal of the focal length in meters. If a lens has a focal length of 1/3 meters, it is a 3 diopter lens.

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A +10 diopter lens, which has a focal length of 10 centimeters, would make a good magnifying glass. Eyeglass lenses are usually much weaker, because eyeglasses do not work by magnifying; they work by correcting focus. The eye itself has a refractive power of 60 diopters.

Stacking lenses combines their power. A +1 diopter lens combined with a +2 diopter lens forms a +3 diopter system.

Depending on the optical setup, lenses can act as magnifiers, lenses can introduce blur, and lenses can correct blur.

Whatever the setup, spherical lenses act equally in all meridians: they magnify, introduce blur, or correct blur the same amount in every direction.

An ordinary magnifying glass is a kind of spherical lens. In a simple spherical lens, each surface is a portion of a sphere. When a spherical lens acts as a magnifier, it magnifies equally in all meridians. Here, note that the magnified letters are magnified both in height and in width.

The leftmost image above shows a Snellen eye chart as it might be seen by a person who needs no correction, or by a person who is wearing eyeglasses or contacts that properly correct any refractive errors he or she has.

The images labelled 1D, 2D, and 3D give a very rough impression of the degree of blur that might be seen by someone who has one, two, or three diopters of refractive error. For example, a nearsighted person who needs a -2.0 diopter corrective lens will see something like the 2D image when viewing a standard eye chart at the standard 20-foot distance without glasses.

A very rough rule of thumb is that there is a loss of about one line on an eye chart for each additional 0.25 to 0.5 diopters of refractive error.

The top letter on many eye charts represents 20/200 vision. Many people cannot read even this top letter without glasses. The definition of legal blindness is not based on vision without glasses. The U. S. Social Security administration, for example, states that "we consider you to be legally blind if your vision cannot be corrected to better than 20/200 in your better eye." In other words, what matters in evaluating legal blindness, and for many other purposes, is corrected acuity—which line of the chart can be read with proper lenses. One purpose in which uncorrected vision makes a difference is for receiving a driver's licence that is good without lenses; a person who needs lenses may receive one that requires them to wear the said lenses.

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Easy Payday

2008-08-04T20:06:00.000-07:00

What is a Payday Loan?

A payday loan provides you with an unsecured, short-term cash advance until your payday. Customers choose payday advances to cover small, unexpected expenses while avoiding costly bounced-check fees and late payment penalties.

How a cash advance payday loan Works

Personal Cash Advance makes finding a payday loan lender as simple as possible for our clients. In order to receive your payday loan (also referred to as a pay day loan or cash advance) all you need to do is:

1. Read and complete our online form (Personal Cash Advance does not charge for it’s services). It’s important that you answer each required question accurately to expedite your data being accepted by one of our service providers.

2. Your loan representative will contact you via phone or email to confirm your details and complete the processing of your application. In some cases, it may be necessary to fax in certain documents to support the information you submit online. This process is determined by the service provider that services you.

3. Once you have completed the process with your service provider, they will be able to deposit your payday loan electronically.

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Philippine Nursing Licensure Exam for June 2008 Results

2008-07-18T07:14:00.000-07:00

Republic of the Philippines
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION
Manila

NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION results to be shown here soon. Make sure to check back on the following days.

For the meantime, the last year’s results can be viewed here on my other tech blog.

Insurance Portal

2008-07-01T05:22:00.000-07:00

Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for a premium. An insurer is a company selling the insurance. The insurance rate is a factor used to determine the amount, called the premium, to be charged for a certain amount of insurance coverage. Risk management, the practice of appraising and controlling risk, has evolved as a discrete field of study and practice.

The technical definition of "indemnity" means to make whole again. There are two types of insurance contracts; 1) an "indemnity" policy and 2) a "pay on behalf" or "on behalf of"[3] policy. The difference is significant on paper, but rarely material in practice.

An "indemnity" policy will never pay claims until the insured has paid out of pocket to some third party; i.e. a visitor to your home slips on a floor that you left wet and sues you for $10,000 and wins. Under an "indemnity" policy the homeowner would have to come up with the $10,000 to pay for the visitor's fall and then would be "indemnified" by the insurance carrier for the out of pocket costs (the $10,000)[4].

Under the same situation, a "pay on behalf" policy, the insurance carrier would pay the claim and the insured (the homeowner) would not be out of pocket for anything. Most modern liability insurance is written on the basis of "pay on behalf" language[5].

An entity seeking to transfer risk (an individual, corporation, or association of any type, etc.) becomes the 'insured' party once risk is assumed by an 'insurer', the insuring party, by means of a contract, called an insurance 'policy'. Generally, an insurance contract includes, at a minimum, the following elements: the parties (the insurer, the insured, the beneficiaries), the premium, the period of coverage, the particular loss event covered, the amount of coverage (i.e., the amount to be paid to the insured or beneficiary in the event of a loss), and exclusions (events not covered). An insured is thus said to be "indemnified" against the loss events covered in the policy.

When insured parties experience a loss for a specified peril, the coverage entitles the policyholder to make a 'claim' against the insurer for the covered amount of loss as specified by the policy. The fee paid by the insured to the insurer for assuming the risk is called the 'premium'. Insurance premiums from many insureds are used to fund accounts reserved for later payment of claims—in theory for a relatively few claimants—and for overhead costs. So long as an insurer maintains adequate funds set aside for anticipated losses (i.e., reserves), the remaining margin is an insurer's profit.

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[Via: WikiPedia]

Online Stock Trading

2008-06-17T05:35:00.000-07:00

eMarket trading platform can be used to create any market by customizing built-in account, order, user management systems along with infrastructure to create an online market for selling/buying/exchanging their products. markets can be auction-based, over-the-counter or hybrid. eMarket trading platform is currently specialized for stock brokerages, that can be customized for any other business. eMarket Trading Platform also has feed receivers that can connect directly to NASDAQ and NYSE to receive real-time quotes and has infrastructure to distribute this data over internet. - cfd providers

An automated online stock trading platform is used both by trading system publishers, and the investors who subscribe to them. Using it, traders can track marked-to-market performance using several different metrics for verifiability.[1] In addition to tracking performance of these "black box" systems, the automated trading platform also provides a venue to permit the system's buy/sell signals to be executed to the subscriber's brokerage account automatically. Some of the automated trading platforms are completely broker-agnostic and permit an interface with almost any brokerage firm.

The immediate benefit to investors is that it allows them to have insight into various trading systems that are on offer, which may make claims of profitability. The platform "allows people or institutions that believe they can outperform the market to prove to the public in a verifiable way that they indeed can do so."[2] In the second stage of use, traders subscribe to one or more of these trading methodologies, and have the trades that are specified by the system executed automatically in a brokerage account.

Although turning over decisions and execution to a "black box" system requires the investor to give up an element of control, the automated trading platform does serve the purpose of allowing the trader to spend more time on strategy and on studying trends, rather than executing those strategies manually. - from WikiPedia

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Mesothelioma

2008-06-08T01:43:00.001-07:00

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or they have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos. Unlike lung cancer, there is no association between mesothelioma and smoking.[1] Compensation via asbestos funds or lawsuits is an important issue in mesothelioma (see asbestos and the law).

The symptoms of mesothelioma include shortness of breath due to pleural effusion (fluid between the lung and the chest wall) or chest wall pain, and general symptoms such as weight loss. The diagnosis can be made with chest X-rays and a CT scan, and confirmed with a biopsy (tissue sample) and microscopic examination. A thoracoscopy (inserting a tube with a camera into the chest) can be used to take biopsies. It allows the introduction of substances such as talc to obliterate the pleural space (called pleurodesis), which prevents more fluid from accumulating and pressing on the lung. Despite treatment with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or sometimes surgery, the disease carries a poor prognosis. Research about screening

[Via: Wikipedia]

Conference calling

2008-06-08T01:37:00.000-07:00

A conference call is a telephone call in which the calling party wishes to have more than one called party listen in to the audio portion of the call. The conference calls may be designed to allow the called party to participate during the call, or the call may be set up so that the called party merely listens into the call and cannot speak. It is often referred to as an ATC (Audio Tele-Conference).

Conference calls can be designed so that the calling party calls the other participants and adds them to the call. In most cases, the participants are able call into the conference call themselves, by dialing into a special telephone number that connects to a "conference bridge" (a specialized type of equipment that links telephone lines).

Usually, most companies use a specialized service provider who maintains the conference bridge, or who provides the phone numbers and PIN codes that participants dial to access the meeting or conference call.

Three-way calling is available (usually at an extra charge) for most customers on their home or office phone line. To three way call, the first person one wishes to talk to is dialed. Then the Hook Flash button is pressed and the other person's phone number is dialed. While it is ringing flash is pressed again. This will put the three people together. This option allows callers to add a second outgoing call to an already connected call. [Via: Wikipedia]

Conference calling, term used by business people for their meetings. The term is also often used in internet chatting, and video conferencing.

Nokia 5310 Vodafone Beatbox Man in Idol

2008-06-02T10:28:00.000-07:00

Yeah he is the same man in idol..great

Smart Newest: Me na Me Commercial

2008-06-02T10:26:00.000-07:00

The newest commercial from Smart Comms. Featuring Angel Locsin, Piolo Pascual, Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson

Jamario Moon's Top 10 Career Dunks 07-08 season

2008-06-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

Check out the Top 10 career dunks of Jamario Moon, who is the only rookie competing in this year's Sprite Slam Dunk contest. He's such a great highflyer!

Bynum vs. Shaq

2008-06-02T10:19:00.001-07:00

Shaq throws one on Bynum and Andrew taketh away from O'neal.

Phil Jackson acting gayish

2008-06-02T10:17:00.000-07:00

Is he just making fun of Andrew Bynum of means of mimicking him, or it's great epiphany moment for him?

Kobe Bryant Video Dissing Andrew Bynum

2008-06-02T10:16:00.000-07:00

Just watch how Kobe disses his Laker teammate Andrew Bynum. Enjoy :D

Andrew Bynum Cusses on Live TV

2008-06-02T10:15:00.000-07:00

1/11/08 - Bucks VS Lakers - Andrew Bynum throws out an F-Bomb during the post game interview.

Nicole Richie Wants To Have S** With Kobe Bryant

2008-06-02T10:14:00.000-07:00

I think she does like Kobe much..:D

Shaq curses on LIVE TV! (uncensored)

2008-06-02T10:13:00.001-07:00

See Shaq curses on Live television broadcast. I he just acting or what?

READ YAO'S LIPS

2008-06-02T10:11:00.000-07:00

Nice, just watch what he is saying..:D

YouTube Videos Playback Slow or Buffer

2008-05-14T18:51:00.000-07:00

"When I watch YouTube videos, they constantly pause and restart, the video keeps saying it is buffering. Sometimes YouTube videos say they are loading forever. How can I fix this?"

When I first started watching videos online, I used to wait forever because my Internet connection was simply too slow for smooth playback. Assuming you're watching YouTube videos on a cable or DSL connection, there should be no reason your connection can't keep up. Slow YouTube videos seem to be a common problem, with YouTube video loading wait times becoming a problem that Google should be able to stay on top of. Without doing some network forensics to rule out your particular connection as the source of the slowdown, there's one free tool that should help make watching YouTube videos a smooth experience. I recommend installing SpeedBit Video Accelerator for YouTube, which pre-buffers videos and makes them playback in a more reliable way. As an added bonus, if you also watch videos on places like MySpace and Facebook, you should see some improvement there as well.

[Via: Jake's Site ]

Batch FLV Converter - A superb free utility

2008-02-28T20:18:00.000-08:00

Batch FLV Converter is a rough piece of software to help batch convert FLV files to MPEG/AVI. You can then play the downloaded video in all common media players, such as Windows Media Player.

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[Source: XpressMusic Corner - My primary blog]

KeepVid - want it, keep it

2008-02-28T20:12:00.000-08:00

There are a million offers on the Internet for software to help you save, record, or rip video to your computer. Most of them cost money, and some of them bring malicious software with them. KeepVid offers a simpler solution, allowing you to download streaming video to your computer from a web page rather than using software that you must download.

The service allows you to enter the web address for videos from a long list of video sharing sites including Google, YouTube, iFilm, MySpace, Revver, and others. KeepVid also offers a bookmarklet that you can add to your browser’s toolbar to download videos while you are on video sharing sites. I did not try this and I can not vouch for the safety of installing the bookmarklet in your browser.

As with many video streaming sites today on the web, KeepVid is still inconsistent. I had to try a number of times (on a very high bandwidth connection) to download a YouTube video. The site is simple yet well-designed and has a helpful FAQ page for beginners.

[Source: Xeep]

Motorola Krzr Brings $85,000 Internet Bill

2007-12-13T20:54:00.000-08:00

Would you pay that much for browsing the web?

Do you think paying $85,000 for an unlimited connection to the Internet is the craziest thing you've ever heard of? If not, you should know that a Canadian resident is now forced to pay approximately $85,000 for an Internet connection after browsing the web using his Motorola Krzr, purchased from Bell Mobility.

Obviously, Piotr Staniaszek didn't actually know that he's going to pay that much for browsing the web, so he decided to fight against the mobile company to reduce the charges. But read the entire story:

It was a calm and nice day when Piotr decided to buy a new Morotola phone. He chose the Krzr model provided by Bell Mobility. After he bought the device, he connected it to the PC and started browsing the web. Nothing strange yet. But here comes the beginning of December when the phone company informed the Calgary man that he had to pay no less than $85,000 after having surfed the Internet the entire month. 'What the heck?' he probably said when he first saw the charges. I guess everyone would say something similar when receiving such a bill.

"I didn't know what to think. I thought there was probably a mistake", Piotr Staniaszek told CBC News. "The thing is, they've cut my phone off for being like $100 over. Here, I'm $85,000 over and nobody bothered to give me a call and tell me what was going on. I told them I wasn't aware that I would be charged for hooking up my phone to the computer. I'm going to try and fight it, because I didn't know about the extra charges. Nobody explained any of this to me."

Obviously, he can't afford to pay so much for an Internet connection, so he decided to fight against the charges. Meanwhile, the phone company analyzed his bill and decided to reduce the bill to approximately $5,000. But, it's still enormous for such a cheap service like the Internet.

"What happened is that the client used the cellphone as a modem linking it directly to the computer and downloading huge files, ... high-res movies for instance", spokesman Jacques Bouchard told the same source.

So, next time you decide to browse the web and download large movies, don't forget to unplug your mobile phone, close your windows, close your door, turn off your TV. Just to be sure nothing else can be charged for your web connection...

[Via Softpedia]

Nokia 5300 v5.51 Firmware

2007-12-10T19:39:00.000-08:00

You can get the latest firmware for your Nokia 5300 right here!

Changes and Additions

New icons in the call log menu
Switching from general to silent profile using the # key is now working
Onboard loudspeaker now sounds better - noticeable especially on rock songs
New music player icons
Music file tags in the music player are now displaying correctly
aacPlus playback is much clearer and louder

Update Links:

Online Update for unlocked phones(SIM-Free)

http://europe.nokia.com/A4176089

I already updated mine so I recommend this rather than an offline update. But only choose this method if you have a stable broadband connection. My phone update took for only 20 mins.

Offline Update for unlocked phones(SIM-Free)

Recommended for those who have an unstable or slow internet connections. Instructions:

Unpack this installation file to NSU “Documents and Settings” folder and NSU will update it.Please click on the link below to start the download.

CLICK HERE

DISCLAIMER: Do it at your own risk.

Philippine Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) Results 2007

2007-10-28T01:57:00.000-07:00

The Results are now out!

You can view the list of passers here.

Licensure Examination for Teachers (Elementary)

Licensure Examination for Teachers (Secondary)

Congratulations for all board passers!

New KD Player v0.8.6

2007-10-22T02:09:00.000-07:00

v0.8.6 (en)

Thanks GergQ Petorich!

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My first post here at Blogger!

2007-10-14T05:54:00.000-07:00

Hi to all Nokia Phone owners, fans and users!

This is my first post here at Blogger! Nice UI and user-friendly environment.

For the meantime, you can visit my first Nokia XpressMusic blog by clicking here.

Thanks for checking it out!