Iris Registration: The New Breakthrough In Lasik Eye Surgery

The Wavefront technology in LASIK eye surgery has been touted as the greatest advancement in LASIK eye surgery for the past year or two. But a new innovation has revolutionized the field of LASIK eye surgery which promises to be bigger and better than the Wavefront innovation. This is iris registration.

Before we go into the details of what iris registration is let us first understand how a LASIK surgery is performed.

It takes about five to ten minutes to complete the operation. First a mild anesthetic will be administered. Also eye drops are used to numb the eye and avoid pain during the operation. Though the operation is pain free there have been patients who have complained of discomfort. Once the eye is numb, a little device known as the microkeratome is attached to a suction ring placed on the eye. The microkeratome has a blade which cuts a thin flap on the surface of the cornea. The doctor will next fold back the flap and expose the stroma which is basically a layer of tissue. The stroma is searched for debris and is then dried. Now the surgeon will ask you to focus on a fixed spot while he, with the aid of laser mends the corneal tissue according to results of pre-operation examination. Once through, the flap is put back to position and an eye patch is provided to allow it to heal.

Today the microkeratome has been replaced by Intralase where instead of the metal blade cutting the flap, the job is performed by a computer guided laser.

So what is iris registration? Previously, lasers followed the patient’s eye moving up, down, left or right. Therefore as long as you move your eye left or right or up or down the laser beam can track the movement of the eye fine. However, there are other ways in which you can move your eye. For example, you can you’re your eye closer to the laser or away from it. Iris registration can track such movements and relay them to the laser so that the operation becomes more accurate. So is the case with you eye rotating. You can rotate you eye clockwise or anti-clockwise, which previous lasers wouldn’t have tracked. But Iris registration doesn’t fail here too. This is truly a remarkable progress in the field of LASIK eye surgery.

Nearsightedness

Nearsightedness occurs when the eye is too long and light rays focus in front of the retina, instead of focusing on the retina. Some of the symptoms of nearsightedness are blurred distant vision, eyestrain, and squinting, along with having a difficult time seeing at night.

Although nearsightedness can be easily fixed with glasses or contact lenses (when not too severe), many people don’t like to hassle with either one. With this new lasik procedure, folks will now be able to have pure vision.

Summer in Turkey

turkeyWith much enthusiasm for our native countries, Bengi Korkmaz, MBA 2, Christos Stergiou, MBA 2. and I organized a trip to Turkey and Greece this past summer. While we wanted the trip to give an opportunity to GSBers to explore the history, culture, food, nightlife, and beaches of both countries, our only constraint was time. Of course this was nothing new to GSBers, so we planned an itinerary that covered Istanbul, Bodrum (a popular summer destination on Turkey’s West Coast), and Patmos (the famous Greek Island where Sir Christos Stergiou renews his soul.
On the 3rd of September, the official start date of the trip, I was very excited. Nonetheless, the idea of hosting 25 curious, hyperactive GSBers in my country made me nervous. The first day of the trip, Bengi and I were bombarded with questions about the history of every building, stone, or dish we ran into. We then decided to memorize the guidebook. However, realizing that some people on the trip, like Abbas Hasan, MBA 2 actually knew more than the guidebook, we decided to hire a guide who, unlike us, actually knew what he was talking about.
In the limited time we had in Istanbul, we tried to see most of the “must see” places including the ancient grandeur of Ayasofya (Hagia Sofia); the Ottoman architectural piece of Sultanahmet Camii (the Blue Mosque); the lavish home of the Sultans, Topkapi Palace; the Middle-Eastern atmosphere of Kapali Carsi (the Grand Bazaar) and Misir Carsisi (Spice Bazaar); the Byzantine mosaics of Kariye Camii (Church of St. Saviour in Chora) and Reina, Angeliquebuz and Pasha (the must visit clubs of the city).
During our stay in Istanbul, people were most surprised by the followings startling facts:

* The number of mosques in the city (yes, there are about 6000 mosques but given 99% of the Turkey’s population is Muslim this should not be so surprising)
* One meal in Istanbul can be equivalent to three meals in other places (or five Arbuckle meals)
* People in Spice Bazaar can say “Turkish Viagra, 5 times a night” in 10 different languages in 30 seconds
* Good negotiation skills are required in the bazaars (Turks should teach Negotiation Class at the GSB)
* People are good looking. I guess the trip members were not convinced by the Turkish representation in our class.

After three hectic days in the city, we set off to Bodrum. As summer was coming to an end, Bodrum was relatively empty. So we chose to relax on the beach, eat a ton, and swim a lot. One day we took a boat trip, which really excited the male members as they made friends with the topless women on the other boats in the bay.
After two peaceful days, the moment of truth hit Bengi and me, as we had to hand the reigns of our 6-day hegemony to Christos. While we were on the boat on our way to Patmos, Christos delivered a touching speech, which can be summarized as “from now on, do what I tell you to do.” During our two days in Patmos we pretty much did what he told us to do.
What we learned in Patmos:
* The scenery is amazing, especially its sunsets and its moonlit nights
* Jeff Kuo is an amazing singer. We recorded him singing so wait to see it yourself
* Christos’ mom is a great cook, hence his growing stomach is well-justified
As our wonderful trip came to a close, I left Patmos with a heavy heart, but not without a promise to return. On my journey back to Istanbul, I thought to myself how wonderful it was to have shared my country’s culture and landscape with my friends.

Withdraw Paypal ke Bank Indonesia

Setelah lama tidak update dengan keadaan diinternet ternyata saya sudah ketinggalan jauh, salah satu yang mengalami perubahan besar adalah Paypal. Bagi yang belum tahu apa itu paypal, ini adalah definisi paypal yang terdapat pada Wikipedia Indonesia :

PayPal adalah bisnis internet yang menyediakan jasa mentransfer uang di antara pengguna email, menghindarkan metode tradisional yang menggunakan kertas seperti cek dan money order. PayPal juga melakukan proses pembayaran untuk “vendor” e-commerce, situs lelang, dan pengguna perusahaan lainnya, yang dikenakan biaya. Markas perusahaan ini di San Jose, California.

Sumber: Wikipedia Indonesia

Pada awalnya paypal sudah support dengan Credit Card yang ada di Indonesia, namun dikarenakan terjadi masalah dengan banyaknya fraud (dalam arti : penipuan kartu kredit) dari Indonesia akhirnya Paypal pun memutuskan hubungan dengan Indonesia.

How to extract multi-part zip files

Have you ever seen these file ?

  • zipfiles.zip
  • zipfiles.z01
  • zipfiles.z02
  • zipfiles.z03
  • ……
  • zipfiles.z10

These are the multi-part of zipped files, which mean  one big file are to big to make archive so it should split  into several files. These files were created by winzip. Probably for many people (included me) it such a weird file, and they don’t know how to extract the file archives.

After my research in whole google how to extract it, here i want to share to you how to extract it.

For window platform
There are so many software has support for these extension such as winzip, winrar, 7-zip, and many other, put those file in one folder, and then just click with your supported software above, and whala…. the file  extracted.

For linux platform
The problem for newbie user in linux is they don’t now how to combine the command within. I got the problem too with these platform, but that’s why i like most with this platform, it challenged me to know. Alright then here the command for solve this problem.

hendra-k@server $ cat zipfiles.* > zipfiles-full.zip
hendra-k@server $ zip -F zipfiles-full.zip
hendra-k@server $ unzip zipfiles-full.zip

here the description for these command above :

hendra-k@server $ cat zipfiles.* > zipfiles-full.zip
= merging those file into one full zipped file

hendra-k@server $ zip -F zipfiles-full.zip
= Fixing the archive of the overall zipped files

hendra-k@server $ unzip zipfiles-full.zip
= Extract the full zipped fil

Hope this tutorial is usefull for you

American Gangster

American GangsterHarlem, 1968. Frank Lucas, black gangsters and “sought”, loves family, pray in church and the guard Bumpy Johnson, a “godfather” who receives petitions in Harlem and distributes turkeys on Thanksgiving Day. Richie Roberts, jew and incorruptible detective in the county of Essex, is divorziando by his wife, he forgot to say prayers and hunts to malavitosi and distributors of turkeys. On the death of Johnson, Lucas, more modern management of the old godfather, succeed in its activities, eliminate opponents and become in a few years a powerful drug bosses. Scavalcando mafia families and rifornendosi heroin directly into south-east Asia, Lucas earn a fortune and attracted the attention of Richie Roberts. Their paths, and parallel opposed, will meet in the ring match of the century: Ali-Frazier. Only one will remain standing, winning the points.

Lion Air – jokes

This is your captain speaking

Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your captain speaking.
Welcoming both seated and standing passengers on board of L**n Air.
We apologize for the four-day delay in taking off, it was due to bad weather and some overtime I had to put in at the bakery.

Hemorrhoids: What To Do Now

If you are suffering from hemorrhoids you are definitely not alone. This is a problem that plagues people from all over. The good thing is that there is a lot of hemorrhoid information available, and treatment options are beginning to advance as well.

Hemorrhoids are also sometimes referred to as piles, and they are nothing more than small lumps of fiber, muscle, and blood vessels. As far as the location of hemorrhoids, they are always found just past the anus, in the anus canal.

The majority of people that seek out hemorrhoid information are the ones that are actually suffering. In most cases, hemorrhoids plague men and women that are in the 45 to 65 year old age; but with that being said they can show up in anybody regardless of age.

The good thing about hemorrhoids is that they are not as dangerous as you may think. Sure, they are quite painful if you have them, but unless they bleed on a consistent basis you do not have to worry about them having too much of a negative effect on your overall health.

Generally speaking hemorrhoids are caused by a bad diet as well as straining too hard during constipation. If you can avoid these two things, then you can avoid getting hemorrhoids. And this is what you want to do because treating them can be more difficult than simply avoiding them.

To find hemorrhoid information you can go to the doctor or simply head online. Either way you should be able to find plenty of information.

Hemorrhoid Laser Treatment: One Way To Go

If you have hemorrhoids, one way that you can get rid of them is with hemorrhoid laser treatment. Even though this is not always necessary, especially for mild cases, it can still go a long way in helping some people out. If you think that this treatment may be able to help you out, the best thing to do is speak with your doctor. He or she will be able to tell you if your case is severe enough to need hemorrhoid laser treatment.

The process of hemorrhoid laser treatment is quite simple. A beam of light is used in order to cut the hemorrhoids away from the tissue. In turn this leaves you hemorrhoid free without having to undergo any sort of major surgery. In addition, with hemorrhoid laser treatment there is little to no bleeding because the laser also does an excellent job in cauterizing the area.

Since hemorrhoid laser treatment does not require any incisions, the recovery time is much quicker. This makes it easier for people to get back to both their normal life and their normal diet. After the procedures there are no stitches that need to be removed either.

Overall, hemorrhoid laser treatment may be right for you if you are suffering from this problem over and over again. Your doctor will be able to set you up with this treatment, and from there you should be back to normal in no time at all. Almost 100% of the people that undergo hemorrhoid laser treatment comment that they were happy with the end result.

Conditions Disabilities » Allergies » How to Know If You Have Hay fever

On average, 20 percent of individuals in the United States suffer from hayfever. Hayfever is caused by an allergic reaction mainly to different forms of pollen and ragweed. Hayfever has different effects on every individual depending on how severely they suffer from allergies. Some individuals may experience slight discomfort whereas the pain can be practically unbearable for others. So how do you know if you have hayfever? The following is a list of categories to consider in order to determine whether or not you are suffering from hayfever:

When Does It Occur?

Hayfever is a seasonal reaction which often starts in early June and continues through to the middle of July. Whenever pollen and ragweed season begins (usually near the beginning of seasons) is when you are most likely to start experiencing the symptoms.

Symptoms

There are many symptoms which may indicate you are suffering from hayfever. The most common symptoms are listed in categories below:

1. Eyes – An individual suffering from hayfever will experience many difficulties with their eyes. Itchy, watery eyes are an indication of hayfever as well as swollen red eyes. The best way to prevent yourself from scratching your eyes is to use Visine or some other form of eye drops. These drops will also reduce the redness your eyes may be experiencing.

2. Nose – Sneezing, running and stuffy noses are usually a good indication that you may be experiencing hayfever. Sinus problems (especially a plugged nose) can potentially cause severe headaches. To treat these symptoms use any form of nasal spray to clear your nose as best as possible.

3. Breathing – If you have hayfever, you may find it difficult to breathe. You may also notice wheezing or tightness in you chest. These symptoms are often identified as the same symptoms of asthma. They can be treated with the same forms of treatment for asthma sufferers. Possibly a puffer.

Suffering from hayfever can make it difficult to work and function on a daily basis. Unfortunately, hayfever tends to strike at the most inappropriate times such as when exams are being held for college or university students. It can also greatly affect your appearance and performance at work. There are easy ways to treat hayfever; the most appropriate perhaps is to visit your doctor who will prescribe medication to help you cope with your symptoms.

How To Get Relief During The Fall Allergy Season

Not only do temperatures and weather conditions change as the fall season approaches, but those annoying allergies you get every year, around this time, are likely to hit again. But don’t worry just yet, there are ways to fight the annoyance so you can be as allergy-free as possible this fall.

Sometimes it is hard to distinguish whether the symptoms you are experiencing are due to a cold or allergies. The clear difference between the two is colds usually tend to be short-lived whereas allergies can run for weeks or even months. The most common allergy is pollen (also called hay fever), which causes symptoms to flare-up due to the pollen grains floating through the air. Allergies tend to occur when the seasons change and you may notice your allergies approaching at almost the exact same time every year.

There are many things you can do to help ensure you do not get allergies this fall season, and here are some of the most effective prevention tips:

• Close Your Windows – keep your windows closed in both your house and your car especially at night. This will prevent pollen and mold spores from entering your house and into the air you breathe.

• Stay Indoors – staying indoors (with your windows shut) is probably the best way to ensure you don’t get allergies this season. Most of the pollen is found outdoors, so eliminate this allergic element as much as possible.

• Use Your Air Conditioner – Turning on your air conditioner provides relief by cleaning, cooling and drying the air in your home. Dehumidifiers or air filters will also help in these situations.

• Use Air Ionizers& HEPA Filters – These products remove particulates from the air you breathe.

• Protect Yourself – If it is necessary for you to go outside to do yard work (or for other reasons), protect yourself by wearing a mask or a cover-up of some sort to keep you from breathing in the “contaminated air”.

• Take Showers and Baths – If you are outdoors for extended periods of time, take either a shower or a bath when you return home. Showers and baths will wash away some of the pollen that is left on your body. Changing your clothes when you come in from being outside is also a good idea.

If none of these things work for you and you find yourself suffering from allergy symptoms anyway, there are treatments which can help. Nasal Sprays, oral antihistamines and decongestants are all great for allergy relief. For itchy and watery eyes there are many forms of eye drops like Visine which you can purchase at any drugstore.

Immunotherapy (an allergy shot) is also a great way to help with your allergies this season. Check with your doctor before using any medications or treatments since some can potentially cause harmful side effects.

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