Beautiful shining hair is akin to beauty & health. However, many people experience unjustified loss of hair loss, which negatively affects their social life and self perception. Hair loss can be attributed to several reasons including hormone changes, dandruff, exposure to chemicals, side effects of strong medications, side effects of radiation, etc. Sometimes hair loss can be the most visible aspect of some serious diseases, inadequate nutrition, or serious physical conditions.
Causes of Hair Loss
Stress & associated hormone changes
Side effects of some medicines
Ill health of liver, kidney and other internal organs
Radiation
Dandruff & other skin diseases
Incomplete nutrition – lack of proteins, minerals (like zinc) & vitamins
Exposure to chemicals
Excess use of shampoo, soap
Application of too much or too little oil
Kinds of Hair Loss
Hair loss can be classified into different kinds according to the nature of hair loss.
Alopecia areata is characterized by loss of hair in circles. This is mainly induced by stress and mental trauma. Certain physical conditions like Systematic Lupas Erythematosus (SLE) can also be a cause of this condition.
Alopecia totalis is characterized by total loss of hair from the head, leaving behind a bald head and even barren eyebrows. The skin of head turns smooth.
Diffuse alopecia condition has unhealthy, thin and short hair.
Trichotillomania is another condition, prevalent among children, characterized by the children pulling their hair and eating it. Children do this without their conscious knowledge and the hair they eat can remain in the stomach as a ball of hair, leading to pain.
Androgenetic alopecia is the most common type of hair loss found among men. This is caused by excess activity of androgen, a hormone. Women too can suffer from this problem.
Holistic Food to Prevent Hair Loss
Every nutrient that helps in normal body functioning is also required for proper hair growth. Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids (fat), minerals and vitamins play important roles in body functioning and hair growth as well. Inadequate nutrition also first reflects on the hair.
The Essential Food Items to Take to Prevent Hair Loss
Include in your diet a good mixture of everything listed below. Take a mix of everything in moderation. Curcuma longa, cumin seed, etc are good spices to prepare food. Similarly, gooseberry (Embellica officinale), dried grapes, pea (small green pea), etc also promote good physical health and hair growth.
Green and colored vegetables
Wholegrain rice and wheat
Carbohydrate rich root items – tapioca, sweet potato, etc
Egg
Milk and dairy products
Fruits – especially orange, grapes, and other slightly sour fruits
However, the quality of the atmosphere, ground, etc under which the plants grow also affect the quality of the food you take. Food crops grown with excess use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, etc have very limited quality.
Food Items to Avoid
If you care about your hair and physical health, avoid the following items.
Soft drinks
Fast food
Overly cooked food
Processed food (canned, packaged)
Agreed, these items are good for your tongue. However, what is good for your tongue may not be good for your body, blood and hair.
Hair Care Precautions
Note the following points to take good care of your hair.
Gently dry your hair with a clean towel after bathing
Always use a clean comb
Don’t comb wet hair
Don’t comb your hair too often
Comb your hair in the direction of its growth and not against it
Don’t use shampoos that contain chemicals – better option is natural shampoos prepared from hibiscus leaves, henna, grounded small green pea, etc
Apply enough oil on hair 30 minutes before bathing – coconut oil, sesame oil, etc are enough
Be gentle on your hair. Don’t rub your hair violently and use hair dryer sparingly. Shampoos that contain chemicals actively destabilize your hair. You can prepare natural herbal shampoo from materials available from your backyard itself and it is better than any shampoo that you pay big prices for.
Ayurvedic Means of Hair Care and Hair Growth Measures
Ayurveda suggests different hair oils for healthy hair growth. Amalaki (Emblica officinale) is a major component of Ayurvedic hair oils. Massage your scalp with these oils and you can see healthier hair growth.
Treatments for Hair Loss
Allopathy medicine has quite a few treatments for hair loss, which are listed below.
1. Minoxidil – this medicine prescribed for blood pressure is prescribed for hair loss too. Apply the medicine on your scalp. Effectiveness is 10-20%. Hair loss will come back once you stop using the medicine.
2. Finasteride – this medicine usually prescribed for prostrate enlargement is handy treatment against hair loss. Temporary loss of libido and lowered quality of semen are the usual side effects of using this medicine. Women shall not use this, as it can cause the women to give birth to handicapped child.
3. Hair transplantation – hair from one part of the head is transplanted to other parts of scanty hair growth. Strip incision, laser grafting, punch grafts, etc are the main types of hair transplantation treatments. The possibility of hair fall in two-three years and the scars at the areas where hair is taken are to be taken care of.
4. Scalp Reduction – a kind of plastic surgery, where skin of hairless area is removed and the skin from hairy area is stretched. The success depends on hairless area of head and the elasticity of skin.
5. Hairpiece or toupee – wigs are attached to the skin, without being noticed. Can wear and tear in the long run.
In case of hair loss, cure is almost impossible and even prevention is difficult. Put your focus on better physical and mental health than worrying about lost hair. Follow
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Questions Surround Fannie, Freddie – By NICK TIMIRAOS – … Mahesh Swaminathan, senior mortgage analyst at Credit Suisse, said the firms could use their increased capacity to purchase delinquent loans from pools of mortgage-backed securities that they guarantee. … Others said the new flexibility means that Fannie and Freddie could replace the Fed as a big buyer of mortgage-backed securities, especially if weak demand for mortgage-backed securities from private investors drives rates higher. … – Wall Street Journal
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Expect More Bailouts in 2010 – Daryl Montgomery – has a list of all that will be in line – Seeking Alpha
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Fannie, Freddie, and full faith – Paul Krugman – … But I think it adds to our understanding if you think of Fannie and Freddie as being, in effect, in the same business as the Fed these days. That is, if you think about what the Fed is doing when it engages in “quantitative easing” — expanding its balance sheet by buying unconventional assets — you realize that it’s part of a broader provision of credit to the private sector by governmental or quasi-governmental agencies, which are ultimately financed or at least backstopped by public debt. … – NY Times
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The Price for Fannie and Freddie Keeps Going Up – By PETER J. WALLISON – Barney Frank’s decision to ‘roll the dice’ on subsidized housing is becoming an epic disaster for taxpayers. – Wall Street Journal Opinion
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VIEWPOINT: Treasury Updates GSE Support, and the Mainstream Misleads – By LINDA LOWELL – … More to the point, given the central role Fannie and Freddie now play in sustaining home sales and refinancings as well as in preventing liquidations through foreclosure (the force weighing on housing markets around the country), the Treasury had no choice but to lift the caps. Too much is at stake, for taxpaying homeowners, to leave outstanding even a small “tail risk” that one of the enterprises would penetrate the cap. … – long article, lots of good points – HousingWire
Public-health-related bans are set to take effect with the New Year in a bunch of states. Here’s a sampling:
California restaurants will be banned from using trans fats. Starting tomorrow, restaurants won’t be able to use “oil, shortening, or margarine containing specified trans fats,” according to the text of the legislation. In 2011, the bill will expand to prohibit restaurants from serving “any food containing artificial trans fat.” Certain exceptions will apply, and some school cafeterias will be exempt. Eating trans fats increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. California is the first state to ban restaurants’ use of trans fats, the San Francisco Chronicle says, though some cities (including New York) have similar bans in place.
Smoking will be banned in North Carolina bars and restaurants starting Saturday. Yes, dozens of states already have smoking bans in place. But this one’s noteworthy because North Carolina is a big tobacco state, and home to cigarette giants like R.J. Reynolds (Camel, Winston) and Lorillard (Kent, Newport). “Even as recently as a decade ago, this was unthinkable,” a UNC prof told the Charlotte Observer.
Texting while driving will be banned in New Hampshire, Oregon and Illinois, the Associated Press reports. That will bring the number of states that ban the practice to 19, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, which publishes this handy chart of state laws that limit the use of cell phones while driving.
Astonishingly, the AP found a 42-year-old woman who said for the record that she didn’t plan to stop texting while driving in New Hampshire, where the fine for getting caught will be $100. “I’d better start saving my money,” she told the AP.
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Well these latest goggles won’t open your world to some type of Virtual Reality experience like the Vuzix, but they will make your TV screen seem bigger than ever. The iTVGoggles are video glasses that project a big screen in front of your eyes making you feel like you are alone in a movie theater. There are two little LCD screens in the glasses that when worn over your eyes, will mold together to appear as one big screen. You can choose from two different pairs of glasses that will create this image for you of simulating a 50 inch or 80 inch big screen. “iTV Goggles is a fun and convenient way to watch movies on-the-go,” says Doug Pircher, the general manager of International Supplies, the leading worldwide distributor in digital electronics. “Because iTV Goggles is a completely private experience, it is great when traveling in an airplane, or on the road with kids whom you want to keep busy. Not to mention that these high-tech goggles can be hooked up to almost anything that plays video, from your video iPod to a portable DVD player to your favorite video game system. You can finally stop family members, especially your kids, from hogging the TV. Plus, you can even watch 3D movies from the 80 inch virtual screen model. iTV Goggles truly is your own personal theatre.”
Both the 50 inch and 80 inch virtual screen models come with stereo ear buds, the volume is adjustable, a light shield to protect your viewing experience from bright lights, USB charge cable, etc… At full charge, the iTV Goggles will last approximately four to five hours. They are compatible with anything that has an AV output, such as the iPod/iPod Video, DVD players, VHS players, DVR recorders, Tivo, Nintendo Wii, PS, PS2, PS3, Xbox, and Xbox 360. The iTV Goggles featuring the 50 inch virtual screen runs about $180 and the goggles featuring the 80 inch virtual screen costs around $310.
2009-1961: Annual Temperature Averages (Australian BoM).
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The Mophie Credit Card Reader
Jack Dorsey’s Square, Incase, Verifone and now Mophie — these companies’ credit card readers are turning the iPhone/iPod touch platform into an e-commerce engine.
Mophie, a Los Angeles-based company that makes accessories for the iPod/iPhone devices will release a credit card reader at CES in January 2010. The device is going to have a reader and a software that would allow small businesses to take credit cards. No more details are available just yet.
I, for one, would like to see Mophie or one of these other startups come up with a way for me to scan my own credit card to enter it into an app or web site. Even better, I’d love it if they married their hardware with the functionality of something like 1Password. In doing so, they could enable e-commerce via the iPhone apps. Think of it as iEconomy.
I know, I know — it’s easier said than done, considering it would need some deep, system-level mucking around, and Apple isn’t going to let that happen. But it should! By opening up, it would make the iPhone into an even more useful platform. While I can understand Apple’s hesitation at opening up the iPhone, it can start with iPod touch, which is not tethered to a wireless phone company’s network.
By focusing on the consumers, these companies can also overcome two things: somewhat finite number of likely small business customers and get scale, which would allow them to get cheaper. And this would also help them overcome the slower adoption rates normally encountered when chasing the small business market. In fact, companies such as Visa, MasterCard and large banks should be trying hard to figure out how they can put these kind of readers in the hands of both merchants and consumers, thus shifting even more transactions into the electronic realm.
The Verifone Card Reader
OK, you can see I am just way too excited about this stuff. Why not? I am encouraged to see such experimentation. It ties in with my big belief: the marriage of computing and connectivity without the shackles of being tethered to a location is the the biggest disruptive force of our times, and it will redefine business models for decades.
For a long time, companies like Symbol Technologies, a division of Motorola, have been making point-of-sale and handheld computing devices for non-office environments such as retail locations and warehouses. It is becoming obvious by the day — they are amongst those being disrupted.
I am looking forward to more Mophies and Squares!
This article also appeared on BusinessWeek.com.
This community has the smartest tech people around, and is a good place to pose a problem one of our readers needs to solve. I will let Sanjay speak for himself:
I am an avid reader of jkOnTheRun from India (New Delhi) for the last few years and visit the site daily….I am just moving into a large house (9000 square feet over two floor with lots of concrete) built on a 3 acre plot of land…..
Wanted your help or suitable link to a resource on whats the most powerful Wifi Router to use so that I get coverage on both the floors of the house ….. i have a 8 mbps DSL line from my telecom service provider…
Thank you in advance
What is the best way to cover such a large, multi-story dwelling made of concrete? I am confident we’ll get the best solutions for Sanjay to consider, even though it’s a pretty big problem. Leave your suggestions for Sanjay in the comments.
2009-1900: Trend in Global Annual Temperature 1900-2009, 1910-2009, 1920-2009, 1930-2009, 1940-2009, 1950-2009, 1960-2009, 1970-2009 (Australian BoM).
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Looking for something to pass the time this New Years weekend? Once you’re all caught up with AndroidGuys news, you should take a few minutes to make your own Android doll and phone holder! The process seems simple enough and, depending on what shade of green you get, looks 100% authentic and adorable!
Check out the quick tutorial video below for a simple walkthrough of the process.
If you decide to make one of these, send us a picture!
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Most turnaround professionals predict a hard slog toward economic recovery in 2010 as businesses weighed down by debt hit rough patches and credit markets shun them.
Nearly half (49 percent) the respondents to the Turnaround Management Association’s distressed industries forecast think durable economic improvement is unlikely until at least the second half of 2010.
About three out of 10 think the worst is over, but nearly 20 percent suggest the economy has yet to hit rock bottom.
Industry Outlook
Three out of four respondents think the commercial real estate industry will fare the worst in 2010 as debt matures and lenders remain reluctant to refinance.
Retail again garnered the second highest proportion of responses, 35 percent, down from 52 percent last year.
Automotive, at the top of last year’s predictions list for most troubled industries, slipped to third (31 percent) during a year in which the federal government brokered restructurings of two of the big three automakers.
Technology appealed to nearly 30 percent of respondents as the industry most likely to improve in 2010, and energy and health care ranked nearly as high.
Commercial banks, which ranked third among industries most likely to improve in 2009, slid to fourth place.
Persistent Economic Trouble
Nearly all (92 percent) said economic conditions pose the greatest threat to struggling industries, and the most hard pressed will contend with too much debt compounded by lack of access to capital, according to 78 and 52 percent of respondents, respectively.
Industries likely to fare better in 2010 will do so mainly because of increased demand for products and services (59 percent) and an improved economy (52 percent).
Joblessness Cures
If the economy recovers without sufficient job creation, most respondents suggest the unemployment rate could be lowered through tax incentives for hiring, capital spending, and technology investment.
To a lesser degree, respondents think stimulus spending to create public works and youth employment projects and repatriate manufacturing jobs could help absorb some of the millions of out-of-work Americans.
The Chicago-based Turnaround Management Association has more than 9,000 members in 46 regional chapters who comprise a professional community of turnaround practitioners, attorneys, accountants, investors, lenders, venture capitalists, appraisers, liquidators, executive recruiters and consultants.
Alternative-energy companies not only compete with each other, they also compete in a sense with oil firms. While it’s easy to overstate the inverse relationship that oil prices have with the demand for and investment in green companies, it’s also helpful to keep an eye on them.
So where are oil prices heading now? Higher in […]
It’s December 31, the last day of the 2000s. It’s always fun, and often quite moving, at times like these to take a look back and remind ourselves how far we’ve come, to recall where and what we were and how and why we are different now. These exercises can seem a little cheesy, but I think they’re quite useful. Some change comes so gradually that you hardly recognize it’s occurring at all. With a little self-reflection you can acknowledge that real change has occurred, be proud of it and own it, and then commit to further personal growth.
I was inspired by this Mark’s Daily Apple forum thread. In it forum user bonesheal asked, “What did YOU learn this year?” Seeing that Mark’s Daily Apple may have played a small part in raising the consciousness of the people that responded makes the experiment that is MDA all worth it. I started MDA over 3 years ago now with the goal to, as I say, empower people to take full responsibility for their own health and enjoyment of life by investigatng, discussing and critically rethinking everything we’ve assumed to be trued about health and wellness. I’m thrilled to see that people are doing just that. And I look forward to continuing to provide the resources and this forum for change.
At this time I’d like to echo bonesheal and ask, What did you learn this year? List and share your thoughts in the comment board.
I’ll be choosing one lucky commenter at random to win the Primal Holiday Package. This contest ends when the Primal Holiday offer ends – Dec. 31, midnight.
Check back tomorrow for an all new contest! Grok on!
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which offers top performance in combination with a minimum footprint. With its Intel Atom and Core 2 Duo processors, the device offers differing clock frequencies in a range of 1.2 – 2.26 GHz and hence the precise adjustment of performance to differing needs. The control device is available with two different housings, the smaller of which has a volume of around 1.5 liters and therefore only requires minimal space. The larger version has two integrated PCIe slots and thus facilitates the installation of customized extension cards. In this way existing proprietary hardware may be used further and links can be established with external components via Profinet RT, Ethernet/IP or CAN. Data can be conserved in the easily accessible internal CF or SSD memories, or be stored via an SD interface located on the front side of the housing. As a result of the use of non-rotating memory, the data is better protected than on standard hard disks. An integrated, two-line LCD facilitates the issue of messages during start-up and ongoing operation, while an on-board graphic card with DVI interface allows connection to an external display. Peripheral devices can be connected to the two USB 2.0 interfaces (high-speed) and the controls networked via the two gigabit Ethernet connections. Two real time Ethernet interfaces permit the linkage of I/Os, sensors and drives, either via SERCOS III or EtherCAT. KeControl C3 offers an especially robust aluminum housing, which is foreseen for simple DIN rail installation without screws.
According to a new report from Cambridge University (PDF), students aren’t interested in being able to read eBooks and eJournals on their mobile phones. Instead, users are far more interested in opening hours, location maps, contact info, and access to the library catalog. Most respondents were also far more interested in getting alerts by text message than being able to use library resources over the mobile web.
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According to the researchers, libraries that serve colleges should invest in text alerting services, and text reference services instead of mobile web services. With text alerting services, users could receive alerts when books are due, for example, while text reference services would give students access to the library reference desk over SMS. The report also advises libraries to allow mobile phone use in their buildings, “as long as they are set to silent or to flight mode.”
It is important to note that the researchers only surveyed users at Cambridge University and the Open University, so these results are somewhat skewed and only apply to the U.K., where text messaging is even more prevalent than in the United States.
The report, however, also found that users of more advanced phones like the iPhone are far more inclined to read e-books on their phones than users of feature phones (no surprise there, given the difference in screen estate and quality). In the end, though, the report argues that it is currently “not worth libraries putting development resource into delivering content such as e-books and e-journals to mobile devices at present.”
While these recommendations seem reasonable based on the survey data, we agree with Lorcan Dempsey, a library blogger and Vice President of OCLC, who argues that with the advent of better eReaders and the iPhone, these survey results will probably look very different in just a few years from now.
As Sarah Bartlett from the Panlibus blog points out, the recommendations in this report are anchored in the past (getting SMS alerts about due books, for example), while now would be a good time to “re-imagine the library and its services.”
While some libraries are often conservative when it comes to adopting new technologies, we would think that starting to adopt some of these technologies like e-books and better mobile services now would help these institutions to remain relevant in a future where those large buildings in the middle of campus are already turning more into places for study groups to meet up and grab a cup of coffee than centers of academic research.
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After canceling a earlier deadline of December 31, General Motors has given potential suitors until January 7 to come up with a bid for Saab or the storied Swedish brand will go the way of the dodo. On a business level, the move to rid itself of Saab makes sense. Saab is a perennial money loser and it has never quite figured out how to handle the brand. At this point, about the only possibility for Saab to escape the guillotine is for Spyker Cars or another bidder to somehow come up with a satisfactory last minute bid- or is it?
The brand enthusiasts at Saab History are trying to stage a last minute rally of their own – only instead of a bid for the company, these fans are looking to rally at GM’s Renaissance Center headquarters in Detroit, hoping that a show of force will help keep the doors open in Trollhättan. The goal is to assemble an impressive show of force just hours prior to the General’s January 7 board meeting that will determine the fate of the brand. The directions are simple. Get to GM headquarters, park your Saab, get some group photos and talk to the press.
The hope of the rally is that GM’s board members will see the outpouring of support for Saab and somehow push harder to make a deal a reality. While that sounds nice – and probably fun – like the hoped-for agreement with Spyker itself, it remains to be seen whether the plan can be seen through. After all, the rally suggestion was floated just yesterday, and thus far plans are in their infancy. That said, we’ve seen car enthusiasts scrap together more with less, so this is something worth keeping an eye on. Interested in learning more? Click on the link below.
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Nevada solar power plant will use molten salt to store heat energy in event that solar panels reduce their power output. The reserve heat will continue to drive steam turbines and generate electricity due to the thermal conductivity of molten salt. …
… “SolarReserve, a California-based company that says it has the answer: technology that uses salt to store the sun’s energy. And it is making its debut in the form of a solar plant just outside of Tonopah, Nevada. ” …
Via msnbc: Solar energy plant
SolarReserve Molten Salt Solar Technology: “The heated molten salt then flows into a thermal storage tank where it is stored, maintaining 98% thermal efficiency, and eventually pumped to a steam generator. ”
A roundup of economic news from around the Web.
Two travel bloggers, Steven Frischling and Chris Elliott received friendly visits from the Department of Homeland Security this week. Why? Because both published SD-1544-09-06, the document that showed us what to expect when we flew in scardeyplanes from now on. A reaction to the pants bomber, the document essentially outlined a few points including the directive to prevent passengers from using their electronics during the last hour of a flight (I mirrored it below.)
Anyway, both Elliott and Frischling apparently received the document from an anonymous Gmail account and told the government as much. In a Danger Room interview, Frischling reports that DHS agents went through his Blackberry and laptop, including driving to Wal-Mart to buy a hard drive onto which to copy his files. They couldn’t get the copy to work so they seized his laptop for a while, presumably to hit up the Geek Squad for help.
It’s hard to side with the TSA agents here. They sent the directive to tens of thousands of people and organizations and, ostensibly, it’s a unclassified item. The TSA is clearly depending on some permutation of security through obscurity here and it’s just not going to cut it.
Here’s hoping Elliott and Frischling don’t get in trouble for sharing the truth.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security AdministrationAviation Security Directive
Subject: Security Directive
Number: SD 1544-09-06
Date: December 25, 2009EXPIRATION: 0200Z on December 30, 2009
This Security Directive (SD) must be implemented immediately. The measures contained in this SD are in addition to all other SDs currently in effect for your operations.
INFORMATION: On December 25, 2009, a terrorist attack was attempted against a flight traveling to the United States. TSA has identified security measures to be implemented by airports, aircraft operators, and foreign air carriers to mitigate potential threats to flights.
APPLICABILITY: THIS SD APPLIES TO AIRCRAFT OPERATORS THAT CARRY OUT A SECURITY PROGRAM REGULATED UNDER 49 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR)1544.101(a).
ACTIONS REQUIRED: If you conduct scheduled and/or public charter flight operations under a Full Program under 49 CFR 1544.101(a) departing from any foreign location to the United States (including its territories and possessions), you must immediately implement all measures in this SD for each such flight.
1. BOARDING GATE
1. The aircraft operator or authorized air carrier representative must ensure all passengers are screened at the boarding gate during the boarding process using the following procedures. These procedures are in addition to the screening of all passengers at the screening checkpoint.
1. Perform thorough pat-down of all passengers at boarding gate prior to boarding, concentrating on upper legs and torso.
2. Physically inspect 100 percent of all passenger accessible property at the boarding gate prior to boarding, with focus on syringes being transported along with powders and/or liquids.
3. Ensure the liquids, aerosols, and gels restrictions are strictly adhered to in accordance with SD 1544-06-02E.2. During the boarding process, the air carrier may exempt passengers who are Heads of State or Heads of Government from the measures outlined in Section I.A. of this SD, including the following who are traveling with the Head of State or Head of Government:
1. Spouse and children, or
2. One other individual (chosen by the Head of State or Head of Government)3. For the purposes of Section I.B., the following definitions apply:
1. Head of State: An individual serving as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth, or any other political state (for example, King, Queen, and President).
2. Head of Government: The chief officer of the executive branch of a government presiding over a cabinet (for example, Prime Minister, Premier, President, and Monarch).
2. IN FLIGHT
1. During flight, the aircraft operator must ensure that the following procedures are followed:
1. Passengers must remain in seats beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination.
2. Passenger access to carry-on baggage is prohibited beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination.
3. Disable aircraft-integrated passenger communications systems and services (phone, internet access services, live television programming, global positioning systems) prior to boarding and during all phases of flight.
4. While over U.S. airspace, flight crew may not make any announcement to passengers concerning flight path or position over cities or landmarks.
5. Passengers may not have any blankets, pillows, or personal belongings on the lap beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination.AIRCRAFT OPERATOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT: The aircraft operator must immediately provide written confirmation to its assigned PSI indicating receipt of this SD.
AIRCRAFT OPERATOR dissemination required: The aircraft operator must immediately pass the information and directives set forth in this SD to all stations affected, and provide written confirmation to its PSI, indicating that all stations affected have acknowledged receipt of the information and directives set forth in this SD. The aircraft operator must disseminate this information to its senior management personnel, ground security coordinators, and supervisory security personnel at all affected locations. All aircraft operator personnel implementing this SD must be briefed by the aircraft operator on its content and the restrictions governing dissemination. No other dissemination may be made without prior approval of the Assistant Secretary for the Transportation Security Administration. Unauthorized dissemination of this document or information contained herein is prohibited by 49 CFR Part 1520 (see 69 Fed. Reg. 28066 (May 18, 2004).
APPROVAL OF ALTERNATIVE MEASURES: With respect to the provisions of this SD, as stated in 49 CFR 1544.305(d), the aircraft operator may submit in writing to its PSI proposed alternative measures and the basis for submitting the alternative measures for approval by the Assistant Administrator for Transportation Sector Network Management. The aircraft operator must immediately notify its PSI whenever any procedure in this SD cannot be carried out by a government authority charged with performing security procedures.
FOR TSA ACTION ONLY: The TSA must issue this SD immediately to the corporate security element of all affected U.S. aircraft operators.
FOR STATE DEPARTMENT: Retransmittal to appropriate foreign posts is authorized. Post must refer to STATE 162917, 201826Z Sep 01, Subject: FAA Security Directives and Information Circulars: Definitions and Handling, for specific guidance and dissemination.
Gale Rossides
Acting Administrator
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