Beware Of The Summer: 5 Things About Skin Cancer
The presidential candidate John McCain had a skin spot, and removed from his face on July 28th, 2008. He wanted to share different message to Americans. Here are few important information that you need about skin cancer. Melanoma is deadly and more than 1 million people are diagnosed for skin cancer each year, and 8,000 U.S. residents die each year. But Melanoma is preventable. Exposure to the sun causes 90% of all skin cancers. Limiting mid-day exposure or covering up is the best way to avoid it.
Sunscreen is not a cure, since it only protects against UVB not against UVA. Men are more likely to work outside and have the highest exposure to the sun’s harmful rays than women. Tanning is not healthy, because UV rays fry inner layers of the skin, which causes the body to release melanin pigment to darken the outer layers as a protective measure.
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Solar Eclipse,August 1 2008
The eclipse will start around 8:30 a.m.(GMT) tomorrow in the eastern part of the arc, leading to totality in just under an hour. The eclipse will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern Canada, middle of Russia, western Mongolia and China. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially obscured. Total solar eclipses are rare events. Although they occur somewhere on Earth every 18 months on average. The last full solar eclipse took place almost a year ago on March 29, 2007. Next Total Solar Eclipse will occur on 22nd July, 2009.
Rich people use coupons often
A consumer research by CMS Inc. revealed that middle- to upper-class white shoppers are the biggest users of coupons. Coupon use increase with consumer education level, users with Bachelor’s and Master’s degree use coupons a lot. Also households with incomes of $150,000 or more use coupons regularly. In 2007 alone 302 billion coupons offered by manufactures, at an average face value of $1.28 each. Less than 1 percent of them redeemed. Thomas Stanley author of Best seller “The Millionaire Next Door
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Human Blood Vessels In Mice
Human blood vessels are grown in a mouse for the first time.This could help patients with heart disease. Scientists said that the research was promising, but it could help them to make lab-grown organs, and it can be implanted successfully. The ability to develop capillaries ( network of tiny blood vessels) would be a prize for scientists.
Midori Web based OS by MicroSoft
MicroSoft researchers are working on a new operating system code named Midori. Midori is said to be a web based operating system. With more and more web based applications taking the place of individual applications, client operating systems like Windows will become obsolete soon. It seems Microsoft is getting ready for that day. Although Microsoft won’t comment publicly on what Midori is, the company has confirmed that it exists. The current version of Windows Vista, has been poorly received by IT managers.
Professor Whose ‘Last Lecture’ Became Best-seller, Dies
Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University. His “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an internet sensation and a best-selling book. He died on Friday. “Brick walls are there for a reason,” he said. “They let us prove how badly we want things.”
Here is the video of his last lecture.
His Best Selling book is available on Amazon. The Last Lecture
China behind Cyber Attacks
Titan Rain was the U.S. government’s designation given to a series of coordinated attacks on American computer systems. Titan Rain hackers gained access to many U.S. computer networks, including those at Lockheed Martin, Sandia National Laboratories, Redstone Arsenal, and NASA. At the International Crime Science Conference held in London, UK security expert, John Walker, CTO of forensics consultancy Secure-Bastion, said that the Chinese government was behind the ‘Titan Rain’ attacks. The academic made his comments during a Q&A session when he was asked about state-sponsored terrorism. The attacks were identified as coming from servers in China, but the Chinese government has never officially been accused of being behind the assault. The International Crime Science Conference is organised by the Centre for Security and Crime Science at University College London.
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Pentagon Site hacked.
Hidden Date of Birth exposed in Facebook
A test run of new design by Facebook left the members’ hidden birth date information exposed. Earlier this month the full dates of birth of many of Facebook’s 80 million active users were visible to others. The flaw appeared to be fixed now. The flaw was first detected by Sophos, a world leader in IT security. Sophos has published a video, demonstrating the security hole:
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Cuil.com New Search Engine
Cuil is a brand new search engine, its only one day old. Cuil (pronounced COOL) provides organized and relevant results based on Web page content analysis. Cuil claims that it goes beyond today’s search techniques of link analysis and traffic ranking to analyze the context of each page. The team behind Cuil has an extensive history in search. The company is led by husband-and-wife team Tom Costello and Anna Patterson. Mr. Costello researched and developed search engines at Stanford University and IBM. Ms. Patterson was the architect of Google’s large search index. Cuil says it has indexed 120 billion Web pages, 3 times more than any other search engine. Will Cuil be a threat to Google?
Birth Weight Can Predict Future Health
Boys born small develop poor health later in life, say scientists. But no such problem was seen in low birth weight girls. When they tested child’s response to stress, problem in vascular resistance was observed. Vascular resistance is a property of blood vessels which makes it harder for the blood to be pumped through. This can lead to blood pressure problems in adulthood. After going through public speaking and mental arithmetic test designed to make them nervous, and increase heart-rate, boys who born smaller were more likely to have higher vascular resistance than those born bigger.
Risk Of Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis occurs when the body cannot replace bone calcium as fast as it is lost and it is very common among women.
Common risk factors for osteoporosis are:
* Getting older.
* Less weight-bearing exercises.
* Low estrogen levels especially after menopause.
* Low calcium or vitamin D in diet.
* hormonal imbalances.
*Heredity(white or Asian).
*Alcohol consumption and smoking.
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Green Or Blue Scrubs Over White
Why do health care professionals wear blue or green scrubs rather than any other colours? Although white is the color of cleanliness, in the early 20th century doctors switched their scrub’s colour from white to green. It’s been known that green or blue colours are easier on a surgeon’s eyes and help doctors to see better in the operating room due the opposite of red on the color wheel.
Looking at blue or green can refresh a one’s vision of red things, especially during surgery. If a surgeon looks at something red, he becomes desensitized to it. The red colour signal in the brain actually fades, and this could make the surgery difficult. Looking at something green will make the eyes more sensitive to red. By wearing a green scrub, doctors can also eliminate a green illusion of the blood (“after effect” illusion due to red).
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