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Saturday, November 15, 2008
US space shuttle Endeavour lifts off...
Nov. 15 - U.S. space shuttle Endeavour soared off its seaside launch pad on Friday (November 14) on a mission to upgrade the International Space Station for an expanded six-person crew.
The shuttle carries two new sleeping compartments and a water recycling system so station crew members can purify urine and other waste water for drinking. Endeavour also carries the station's first refrigerator, new exercise gear, and perhaps most important for a growing crew -- a second toilet.
It was NASA's first launch in nearly six months and the 124th in shuttle program history.
Just nine more launches remain before NASA is scheduled to mothball the shuttles so it can develop safer and less expensive spaceships that will return astronauts to the moon.
The shuttle carries two new sleeping compartments and a water recycling system so station crew members can purify urine and other waste water for drinking. Endeavour also carries the station's first refrigerator, new exercise gear, and perhaps most important for a growing crew -- a second toilet.
It was NASA's first launch in nearly six months and the 124th in shuttle program history.
Just nine more launches remain before NASA is scheduled to mothball the shuttles so it can develop safer and less expensive spaceships that will return astronauts to the moon.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Influenza, commonly known as the flu.flu trends, google flu trends, google flu, flu, flu tracker google
is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). The name influenza comes from the Italian: influenza, meaning "influence", (Latin: influentia). In humans, common symptoms of the disease are chills and fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort.[1] In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly in young children and the elderly. Although it is sometimes confused with the common cold, influenza is a much more severe disease and is caused by a different type of virus.[2] Influenza can produce nausea and vomiting, especially in children,[1] but these symptoms are more characteristic of the unrelated gastroenteritis, which is sometimes called "stomach flu" or "24-hour flu".[3]
Typically, influenza is transmitted from infected mammals through the air by coughs or sneezes, creating aerosols containing the virus, and from infected birds through their droppings. Influenza can also be transmitted by saliva, nasal secretions, feces and blood. Infections also occur through contact with these body fluids or with contaminated surfaces. Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 °C (32 °F), and for much longer periods at very low temperatures.[4][5] Most influenza strains can be inactivated easily by disinfectants and detergents.[6][7][8]
Flu spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands annually — millions in pandemic years . Three influenza pandemics occurred in the 20th century and killed tens of millions of people, with each of these pandemics being caused by the appearance of a new strain of the virus in humans. Often, these new strains result from the spread of an existing flu virus to humans from other animal species. A deadly avian strain named H5N1 has posed the greatest risk for a new influenza pandemic since it first killed humans in Asia in the 1990s. Fortunately, this virus has not mutated to a form that spreads easily between people.[9]
Vaccinations against influenza are usually given to people in developed countries with a high risk of contracting the disease[10] and to farmed poultry.[11] The most common human vaccine is the trivalent influenza vaccine that contains purified and inactivated material from three viral strains. Typically, this vaccine includes material from two influenza A virus subtypes and one influenza B virus strain.[12] A vaccine formulated for one year may be ineffective in the following year, since the influenza virus changes rapidly over time, and different strains become dominant. Antiviral drugs can be used to treat influenza, with neuraminidase inhibitors being particularly effective
Typically, influenza is transmitted from infected mammals through the air by coughs or sneezes, creating aerosols containing the virus, and from infected birds through their droppings. Influenza can also be transmitted by saliva, nasal secretions, feces and blood. Infections also occur through contact with these body fluids or with contaminated surfaces. Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 °C (32 °F), and for much longer periods at very low temperatures.[4][5] Most influenza strains can be inactivated easily by disinfectants and detergents.[6][7][8]
Flu spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands annually — millions in pandemic years . Three influenza pandemics occurred in the 20th century and killed tens of millions of people, with each of these pandemics being caused by the appearance of a new strain of the virus in humans. Often, these new strains result from the spread of an existing flu virus to humans from other animal species. A deadly avian strain named H5N1 has posed the greatest risk for a new influenza pandemic since it first killed humans in Asia in the 1990s. Fortunately, this virus has not mutated to a form that spreads easily between people.[9]
Vaccinations against influenza are usually given to people in developed countries with a high risk of contracting the disease[10] and to farmed poultry.[11] The most common human vaccine is the trivalent influenza vaccine that contains purified and inactivated material from three viral strains. Typically, this vaccine includes material from two influenza A virus subtypes and one influenza B virus strain.[12] A vaccine formulated for one year may be ineffective in the following year, since the influenza virus changes rapidly over time, and different strains become dominant. Antiviral drugs can be used to treat influenza, with neuraminidase inhibitors being particularly effective
U.S. missile shield row heats up,Iran test-fires new missile.act scores act student actstudent.org flu tracker act.org american humanist association
Nov 12 - Iran tests its Sejil missile as Russia firms its stance still further over the proposed U.S. defence shield.
The Iranian missile test came as Moscow rejected U.S. proposals to ease its concerns over a planned missile shield in Europe but said it would try again to resolve the row when Barack Obama takes over at the White House.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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Sunday, November 9, 2008
The psychology behind minimum payments to avoid credit card bailout..
Researchers in Coventry, England, are saying a small segment of the population who, when presented with the option of making only the minimum payment instead of more, choose to do so. Earth-shattering, right?
According to University of Warwick psychology researcher Dr. Neil Stewart, whose research will be published in "Psychological Science," "the mere presence of a minimum payment is enough to reduce the actual amount many people choose to pay on their bills, leading to further interest payments." In a nutshell, Dr. Stewart is saying that some people don't understand the long-term implications of not paying off their credit card balances in larger chunks. Stewart calls this psychological phenomenon "anchoring."
An anchor, as Stewart's research implies, is an element that discourages rather than encourages higher payments on outstanding balances. When conducting studies to support his research, Stewart's team found that when some participants were presented with credit card bills with no minimum payment information and others were presented credit card bills with minimum payment information, the participants paid more on the bills with no minimum payment information.
The good news is that more than half of the study participants (55 percent) chose to pay off their credit card balances in full. Unfortunately, however, there appeared to be no consideration of the participants' current financial situation, which would, it seems, have some influence over how much was paid. Stewart's conclusion was that while minimum payments protect the small number of people who would choose to make no repayment on their credit card debt, they have an adverse effect on those who only pay a portion of the balance. In essence, "helping people understand how much different possible repayments will cost them in the long term should help protect them from anchoring on minimum payments," says Stewart. That is exactly what the U.S. Federal Reserve proposes in its Regulation Z revisions, which seek to require installment credit issuers to include disclosures warning consumers of the implications of only making minimum payments on their accounts -- namely, it will result in you paying more interest over a longer period of time.
In an article about the study, Stewart says, "These results should be of real concern to credit card companies. Virtually all credit card statements include minimum payments. But this consumer safeguard has an unexpected negative consequence: Minimum payments distort the behavior of many customers in a way that increases interest charges and increases the duration of their debt."
Not to make light of Dr. Stewarts research, but I think credit card companies have been privy to this anchoring phenomenon for a long time, and they most likely appreciate this bit of reaffirmation.
According to University of Warwick psychology researcher Dr. Neil Stewart, whose research will be published in "Psychological Science," "the mere presence of a minimum payment is enough to reduce the actual amount many people choose to pay on their bills, leading to further interest payments." In a nutshell, Dr. Stewart is saying that some people don't understand the long-term implications of not paying off their credit card balances in larger chunks. Stewart calls this psychological phenomenon "anchoring."
An anchor, as Stewart's research implies, is an element that discourages rather than encourages higher payments on outstanding balances. When conducting studies to support his research, Stewart's team found that when some participants were presented with credit card bills with no minimum payment information and others were presented credit card bills with minimum payment information, the participants paid more on the bills with no minimum payment information.
The good news is that more than half of the study participants (55 percent) chose to pay off their credit card balances in full. Unfortunately, however, there appeared to be no consideration of the participants' current financial situation, which would, it seems, have some influence over how much was paid. Stewart's conclusion was that while minimum payments protect the small number of people who would choose to make no repayment on their credit card debt, they have an adverse effect on those who only pay a portion of the balance. In essence, "helping people understand how much different possible repayments will cost them in the long term should help protect them from anchoring on minimum payments," says Stewart. That is exactly what the U.S. Federal Reserve proposes in its Regulation Z revisions, which seek to require installment credit issuers to include disclosures warning consumers of the implications of only making minimum payments on their accounts -- namely, it will result in you paying more interest over a longer period of time.
In an article about the study, Stewart says, "These results should be of real concern to credit card companies. Virtually all credit card statements include minimum payments. But this consumer safeguard has an unexpected negative consequence: Minimum payments distort the behavior of many customers in a way that increases interest charges and increases the duration of their debt."
Not to make light of Dr. Stewarts research, but I think credit card companies have been privy to this anchoring phenomenon for a long time, and they most likely appreciate this bit of reaffirmation.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Paloma becomes Category 4 storm, heads toward Cuba.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Paloma became an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane early Saturday, dumping wind and rain on the Cayman Islands and threatening to strike hurricane-ravaged Cuba as a major storm, forecasters said.
The late-season storm had top sustained winds of near 140 mph (225 kph) and was expected to bring total rainfall accumulations of 5 to 10 inches over the Cayman Islands as well as central and eastern Cuba.
The new forecast from the National Hurricane Center in Miami called for Paloma to make landfall in Cuba as a major hurricane late Saturday or early Sunday with maximum-sustained winds of at least 111 mph (178 kph).
Cuba already is suffering from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, which struck the island earlier this season and together caused an estimated $9.4 billion in damage.
"It's not like it's new to them, unfortunately," said Dave Roberts, a U.S. Navy hurricane specialist.
Cuban official newspaper Granma, recalling past late-season hurricanes such as a 1932 storm that killed about 3,000 people, said Paloma poses "a potential danger for the island."
At 7 a.m. EST, the center of Paloma was just southeast of Cayman Brac and moving toward the northeast near 8 mph (11 kph). The storm's center was expected to move away from Little Cayman and Cayman Brac on Saturday morning and was about 165 miles (265 kilometers) southwest of Camaguey, Cuba.
The Cayman Islands government asked all hotels to remove guests from the ground and first floors. Nearly 40 people were already staying in the islands' seven shelters.
Water service across Grand Cayman was turned off, and power would likely will be cut as the storm neared, hazard management director Barbara Carby said.
"We have asked everybody to come off the streets and to be home and safe right now," she said.
Earlier, stranded tourists watched dark clouds gather and saw the storm whip up 10-foot (3-meter) waves from their hotels or beachfront restaurants.
"It was a real surprise," said Rick Douglas, 50, of Toronto, who checked weather Web sites before flying to the Caribbean. "It just said there was a tropical depression starting, but I didn't think it would turn into anything serious."
His wife, Susan Douglas, was confident they would be safe as long as they follow orders.
"Grand Cayman has been there and done that, so they are prepared," she said.
Havana's communist government activated the early stages of its highly organized civil defense system. In central and eastern Cuba, people were advised to stay tuned to state media for news of Paloma's progress and be ready to evacuate.
Paloma was aiming toward the central-eastern city of Camaguey, which was particularly hard-hit by Hurricane Ike in September.
Ike and Hurricane Gustav, which struck the island in late August, together caused an estimated $9.4 billion in damage. Nearly a third of Cuba's crops were destroyed, causing widespread shortages of fresh produce and prompting authorities to order the planting of vegetable greens and other short-term vegetables.
Forecasters expect Paloma to weaken into a tropical storm after striking Cuba and then steer south of Florida through the Bahamas and into the Atlantic.
Cayman Islands Gov. Stuart Jack said Friday that a British Royal Navy ship was on the way and would be available to provide humanitarian assistance if needed.
The airport closed Friday morning after extra flights were added to fly out some people late Thursday.
Muniran Charran, a construction worker from Guyana, said he first heard about the storm Thursday night over the radio.
"We didn't really have any time to prepare because the banks and the stores all closed so early today," he said.
He was drinking beers with friends in the downstairs lobby of their beachfront apartment complex.
"What we've been seeing all day is just a lot of rain and strong winds," Guyana native Shik Khan said. "We hope that when we wake up, everything is fine."
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