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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Marco Simoncelli Died - Race In Peace

MotoGP Sepang Malaysia causing casualties. One of Honda Gresini team rider Marco Simoncelli had died from the deadly crash occurred at the circuit on Sunday (23/10). Crash occurred at the corner of 11-second lap. The Italian rider slipped and hit Edwards and Rossi, who cannot avoid the accident.

Marco Simoncelli Deadly crash

24-year-old driver helmet separated from his head when the crash occurred. Finally, Malaysia Sepang MotoGP series had stopped after the incident.

 Edwards and Valentino Rossi survived from the crash, but unfortunately not with Simoncelli. The whole worlds lost with the death of talented racer.

Marco Simoncelli became the most talked topics about on twitter. Saying grief over the death of Bad Boy in the MotoGP world continuous flow and summed up in a hash tag Race in Peace and Marco Simoncelli.
Rest in peace Marco Simoncelli. "The MotoGP will never be the same without Marco Simoncelli," Valentino Rossi said

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Muammar Gaddafi Death in Sirte

Currently no official confirmation from the U.S. and NATO about Muammar Gaddafi death in Sirte, Thursday, October 20, 2011. However, circulating images featuring someone like Gaddafi with a face full of blood. The photos were allegedly taken using a cell phone camera because the image resolution is very low. Gaddafi is very pathetic condition, his face and body full of blood.

Muammar Gaddafi Death in Sirte

Libyan National Transition Council (NTC) who first announced the death of Col Gaddafi said that the man who has led Libya for more than 40 years died of gunshot wounds. NTC official said Col Gaddafi shot in the head and both legs.

NTC said that Col Gaddafi body was on his way to a secret place by car now. This is for safety reasons, they said.

According to Reuters news agency, the news station Al Jazeera directly contacting a member of the National Transitional Council, Colonel Mostafa Noah, in Tripoli. Asked if the pictures of people who covered in blood is Muammar Gaddafi, Noah replied, "Yes, yes."

According to Al-Arabiya television, death man who believed Col Gaddafi death bodies will bring from Sirte to Misrata. The media will be able to see Gaddafi bodies immediately after arrived in Misrata.

image courtesy Al-Arabiya Television

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Art Clokey's 90th Birthday - Cute Doodle Clay Animated Characters

Today (Wednesday, October, 12 2011) on the largest search engine web pages, Google, commemorating the 90th birthday of Art Clokey's by displaying funny Google Doodle based on its animated clay characters.
Art Clokey's 90th Birthday

According to Wikipedia.org site, Art Clokey’s was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 12, 1921. The site was also mentioned that Art Clokey’s birth name is Arthur C. Farrington. His parents divorced when he was 9 years old and he lives with his father, Charles Farrington. Not to long, Art Clokey later lived with his mother in California because his father died in a car accident.

Then Art Clokey’s is adopted by Joseph W. Clokey at age 12 because his stepfather had no desire to raise the boys. Joseph W. Clokey teaching music at Pomona College, Carement, California.

Art Clokey is studying Geology and love to dig up fossils, according to Wikipedia.org, and his first film, Gumbasia, clay animation parody of Disney's Fantasia made in 1955. In 1957, for the first time The Gumby Show aired.

Gumby in top rating for 3 years when it first aired in the mid 90’s by Nickelodeon.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Steve Jobs and Pancreatic Cancer

Steve Jobs is a pancreatic cancer patient, such as Patrick Swayze, who died because of pancreatic cancer in September 2009. Here is a little about pancreatic cancer that quoted from Sol Goldman, John Hopkins Medical Center and WebMD. This article is part of the book Fat Loss Weight Loss Diabetes that will be release soon. Diabetes is associated with the pancreas.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Another thing that attracted me to share is because accidentally I learn marketing, so it is quite familiar with Steve Jobs figure, though not an Apple user. Steve Jobs health is interesting to observe, because Apple's stock price influenced by Steve's health rumors.

For example, when Steve looked unhealthy at a MacWorld show in 2009, Steve said, “he was in a hormonal imbalance". Then when he announced it would undergo treatment, Apple's stock price fell. Every time a rumor circulated, whether genuine or fake about Steve's health, then the share price will fall.

Steve Jobs is pancreatic cancer patient. And the following is a general description of pancreatic cancer.
The pancreas is a gland that tube shaped, about 15 cm long located at the back of the abdomen. The main task for the human body is to produce an enzyme that helps the intestines break down food, and produce the insulin hormone, which helps blood sugar regulation.

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading deaths cause of cancer both men and woman and is one of the most deadly cancers, also known in medical circles as the "silent killer" 38,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 34,000 of them will die of it.

This cancer can be treated if discovered in the early stages of cancer, but the problem is difficult to diagnose in early stage. In the early stages of cancer do not feel any symptoms. However, along with the magnitude of the growth of cancer, then it will feel pain in your upper abdomen that spreads to the back left.

The pain can be felt when eating or lying down. Another symptom that appears is jaundice alias yellow. Ability to survive for 5 years is 25 percent if the cancer surgery and put it when there is still small and has not spread.

Who is at greatest risk for pancreatic cancer? The following are the factors that influence the incidence of pancreatic cancer:
1. Heredity. If there are two or more relatives who suffer from pancreatic cancer.
2. Ashkenazi Jewish descent
3. BRCA mutations
4. Age above 50 years
5. Heavy smokers.
6. diabetes
7. Others, such as chronic liver disease, obesity, lack of exercise.

image courtesy AFP PHOTO / Kimihiro HOSHINO

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Low Quality of Life in UK

Quality of life in UK is the worst in Europe - even lower than in Poland. That is because high levels of crime, violence, and the soaring cost of living.

Westminster Abbey
A study put UK at the lower position of the 10 countries in Europe, although some of these countries have lower incomes. Welfare in Poland, France, Spain, and Italy is lower than the UK. However, generally they are happier. Only five percent of British people who claim to be happy, while another 10 percent wanted to migrate to other countries.

 The study include 16 factors, including net income, taxes, basic necessities price including fuel, food, and energy, and attention to lifestyle such as length of exposure to sunlight, proper vacation, hours of work, and life expectancy.

"Long working hours, low number off days per year, and the high number of retirees is a bleak picture for those who live in Britain," according to uSwitch.com, the price-comparison sites - which conducted the study. "We also feel food high prices and diesel fuel that is equivalent with gasoline price at the same time feels a little sunlight exposure."

As many as 59 percent of poll participants claimed to worry about a broken society as happened last summer with riot increasing in various cities and regions in the UK. Then, 49 percent said rising living costs as expenses, while 47 percent said they were concerned about levels of crime and violence.

Current household net income average are £ 38,547, higher than in France £ 31,767, £ 25,601 in Italy and in Spain 23 389. While in Poland only £ 8759. However, the quality of life in countries said to be better than in England.

France was on the top position for three consecutive years, followed by Spain and Italy. While Poland in seven positions.

UK people enjoy an average of 28 days holiday a year, while in France 36 days and in Poland and Sweden for 38 days. Spain is the highest with more than 39 days holiday per year.

While the average pensioner in Britain 63 years old, higher than in Poland are 59 and French or Italian about 60 year old.

Health costs in the UK 4.8 percent of gross domestic product, which means lower than the average from 10 other countries 5.54 percent. Instead of 7.6 percent in Sweden and in Denmark by 8.4 percent.

Average age in UK is 80.4 years, 81.4 years in France, in Italy 81.6 years and 81.9 years in Spain. Only in Poland is low, at 76.2 years.

image courtesy wikipedia.org

Monday, September 26, 2011

Boo - Dog with 2 Million Fans

He's not a television drama star, or actor or pop singer, he's only pet dogs, but has a fan in the fan page up to nearly 2 million, i.e. 1.79 million fans.

Boo - 2 Million Fans
Boo has a Facebook fan page since 2009. Initially, JH Lee made Facebook fan page for Boo, because the entire Lee friend has idolized Boo.

"My friends really liked Boo photos,” said Lee, as reported by Dailymail, Friday (09/23/2011).

However, Boo cute face attracts many Facebook users. In one day Boo Facebook, fan page like by thousands of people.

Even famous celebrities such as Ke$ha and Khloe Kardashian fell in love with five years Pomenarian dog. Last year, Boo images downloaded to Khloe personal blog. Meanwhile, Ke$ha, mentioned in a Twitter account, that Boo is her new boyfriend.

Boo is now busy promoting his own book entitled _The Life of the Cutest Dog in the world_. This book contains an exclusive Boo photo that does not appear on Facebook. Boo funny picture at rest, playing, or when visiting the countries in the world, all neatly organized by Lee in this book.

This book price is USD 8, 99 expected to be bestseller.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011

U.S. Drone Aircraft Attacked by North Korea

U.S Drone Aircraft
A U.S. drone aircraft attacked electronically by North Korea which forced an emergency landing during the war game last March, according to a source in South Korea, told AFP.

The sources said that aircraft global positioning system (GPS) distracted by an electronic signal when flying over Haeju and Kaesong in North Korea.

That drone aircrft took part in joint military exercises US-South Korea.

The incident was not disclosed in reports submitted by the Department of Defense of South Korea's to parliamentary defense committee members, Ahn Kyu-Baek.

Both the U.S defense ministry and South Korea defense ministry declined to comment on this report

Friday, September 9, 2011

Demanded reform, thousands of people gathered in Tahrir Square Cairo

Tahrir Square
Thousands of Egyptian people thronged the central city of Cairo, Tahrir Square. They demanded reform from military forces that rule the country now after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.

The protesters demanded the military to keep their promises to reform after the collapse of Mubarak. Despite the hot weather, they still gathered in Tahrir Square.

"It would embarrass Egypt if they forget their revolution, " said one orator, told AFP on Friday (09/09/2011).

One focus of this action is the dissolution of the military courts. After the fall of Mubarak, the courts have judged thousands of civilians.

“There is still injustice in this country,” orator said

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's re-trial even bedridden patients. 83 years old men was transported by ambulance.

Mubarak and his two sons and other Egyptian government officials on trial on charges of corruption and murder of hundreds of demonstrators. More than 850 people were killed in 18 days of the Egypt revolution that makes Mubarak overthrown after ruling for three decades.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Facts Behind 9/11 Attack

It’s ten years since 19 terrorists of Al-Qaeda hijacked four United States commercial passenger planes and hit them to World Trade Center (WTC) Twin Towers and Pentagon known as 9/11. (The fourth plane, which should be directed to the U.S. House of Parliament or the White House, crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania, killing all passengers).

9/11 memorial

 An estimated 3,000 people were killed and thousands injured in the incident that become the largest news in modern times. Behind all the tragic and frightening, there are facts that may surprise you:
Twenty survivors from under the building ruin.

 Twenty people survived through the rubble of buildings
Research on the WTC survivors mention, 20 people put it out alive from under the rubble. Among the survivors was John McLoughlin and William Jimeno, two police harbor. They were rescued after buried under rubble for 13-21 hours. They become characters in the 2006 Oliver Stone film "World Trade Center”.

The Second Largest Victims are UK citizens.
Not only Americans become victims of the attack on the WTC and the Pentagon. More than 80 countries who lost at least one of its citizens on that fateful day, including Japan, Ireland, England, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, India, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and Canada. Among the 372 foreign citizens were killed, including 67 UK citizens.

Ron DiFrancesco escaped from the WTC South Tower rubble.
DiFrancesco (37), a Canadian citizen, made it out of the WTC South Tower when the second plane hit between 77 and 85 floors. After struggling down to the ground floor, DiFrancesco managed to leave the building.

The fire lasted for 99 days.
It took 99 days to deal with the fires at Ground Zero until fully extinguished. On 11 September at 08:46 local time, the first plane hit the North Tower began to fire. The new fire completely extinguished on December 19, 2001.

There is the third building also collapse
WTC tower 7, 47 floors building and one of the largest buildings in central Manhattan, became the third building that collapsed. No media proclaimed it as the building collapsed because of the domino effect of the collapse of the Twin Towers.

A coded message sent online
Abu Abdul Rahman, one of the conspirators behind the 9/11, sending a love letter that contains the password via the Internet to a "girlfriend" a week before the attack. Apparently he was a colleague of one of the responsible person: Ramzi Binalshibh.

A company to lose two-thirds of employees
Global financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald may be become the only one compny that gets the worst effects of 9 / 11 attacks. The company headquarters are located on 101-105 floors on one of the WTC Towers lost 658 people from totally 960 employees, or two-thirds of total employees.

WTC steel ruins sale
Based on the "9 / 11 Research" site, largest steels has been sent to China and India. Chinese firm Baosteel purchased 50,000 tons at a price of $ 120 per ton. The remaining steel is used as a monument materia distributed in 50 countries.

One engine plane survived from the crash
To investigate the attack, the volunteered engineers to investigate the structure of the WTC buildings. According to the Federal Disaster Management Agency (FEMA), one engine plane crashed into the Twin Towers surprising not damage from the blast, blow, and the collapse of the towers.

 image courtesy of northjersey.com

Sunday, August 21, 2011

David Copperfield Apparently Already Have Children

Not only experts playing magic, David Copperfield is also good at hiding secrets of his personal life. David turned out to have a 16 months child.

David spokesman has also confirmed the news directly. Children named Sky is David's relationship with the French model, Chloe Gosselin in June 2010.

"Forget about the disappearance of the Statue of Liberty. Illusion David next is remove soiled diapers. It is much more practical to do," said the spokesman was quoted as saying by Contactmusic, Wednesday (08/17/2011).

The news was actually smelled when David was caught on camera with Sky and Chloe, they were seen walking in the area of ​​New York, Bahamas and Las Vegas last month.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Charlie Chaplin - From Gypsy Family

Charlie Chaplin known was born in London in 1889. But, eventually dismantle a secret letter that Chaplin was born in a caravan of gypsies.

Hannah, the girl who has the last name Hill, is a descendant of a gypsy family. She is known as a gypsy queen because it is very popular among his people. Hannah is a singer and actress with the stage name of Lily Harley.

She is believed to be Charlie Chaplin's mother. Hannah separated from her husband, Charles, when Chaplin was three years old.

Chaplin was probably embarrassed by his background of so manipulating its birthplace with the call itself was born in London. He probably had his childhood difficult as gypsies tramps. Chaplin had emigrated to America in 1910.
charlie chaplin

Charlie Chaplin became one of the most famous movie star in the world of silent films before the end of the First World War. His eldest son, Michael Chaplin, said the idea of ​​Chaplin as a descendant of a gypsy who was born in Smethwick, West Midlands, it does not bother him. Michael Chaplin sure have a reason now to keep the letter secret

Friday, August 19, 2011

Ponzi Scheme - No Product To Sell

No business without marketing and no marketing without product. It’s the principle that I hold and keep well in running the business, both online and offline.. At least I was in a secure area of the money game business or Ponzi scheme that often comes under the guise of investment.

I often get emails about investment business opportunity. I think you often get it. Different business name, the money invested was different too. The same just one, its business model both follow the pattern or Ponzi scheme.

Ponzi Scheme

Ponzi scheme is a term used by the world community to define an illegal pyramid business system, where the profits earned by someone who joined in a company (usually an investment company) is coming from new people who joined the company.

So that businesses with Ponzi scheme usually does not have a product, and therefore lead to more investment model. Cash flow to pay investors profits not from selling one product but from the new member registration fee. Always so on.

The longer run, this system will bear a greater burden. The more people join, the more benefits that should be given. To close it, it takes MORE NEW VICTIMS.

Clearly in this case there is no benefit at all to follow business with this Ponzi scheme. To better understand, you can read the economic analysis presented so well by brother Yohan Naftali on the Ponzi scheme, associated with the greatest Ponzi businessman who had just arrested some time ago, Maddof.

The term Ponzi himself was taken from the name of the character, namely Giovanni Pietro Carlo Guglielmo Tebaldo known as Charles Ponzi Ponzi. He is the first person who doing business with the scheme are as described above. You can search on google with “Ponzi Scheme” keyword, many site discuss about Charles Ponzi.

Berlin Wall - Cold War Symbol

Finally, exactly 50 years ago, August 13, 1961, the City of Berlin which is the capital of the Republic Federal of Germany, divided into two side with Berlin Wall: 1) The eastern side controlled by Soviet Union, 2) the western side controlled by three democratic nations, the United States (U.S.), English, and France.

Fifty years ago, the signs of Germany separation that will be divided into two side when East German army, under the leadership of Walter Ulbricht who supported the Soviet Union, put up barbed wire and bricks. They consider West Berlin was a "hole" in their country.

The next few years, then made permanent barrier called "Berlin Wall".Keep in mind, the Berlin Wall not only "simply" separating Germany into East Germany and West Germany, but also a symbol of the Cold War, which is laden with political and military rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Twelve years since the end of the Second World War (ie 1957), between 2.5 million to 3 million residents of East Berlin moved to West Berlin in search of a better livelihood. Earlier, in the middle of the building of the Berlin Wall, as many as 1,000 residents in East Berlin every day to flee to the West and East German economies cause decreasing (which is why the East German communist government, with Soviet approval, implement an automatic rifle and an armed guard sensors around the Berlin Wall to prevent the exodus.

On 9 November 1989, along with the fading Soviet domination, the people in East Germany decided to tear down the Berlin Wall.This event then support the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Arriving in Bali, Paramore Warmly Welcomed Hundreds of Fans

Bands from the United States, Paramore arrive at the Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, on Monday (15/08/2011) at around 15:30 pm. They were warmly greeted hundreds of fans who have called Parawhores.

Although the sun is very hot, fans are predominantly young women were seen keep the spirit. While waiting for Hayley Williams cs manifest themselves, they sing songs with compact Paramore hits.

Supposedly, some representatives of fans get the chance to welcome the three personnel Paramore with draping garlands to them. But because too many Parawhores at the airport, it is nevertheless carried out.

Dozens of security personnel leading Paramore personel coming out through a special door. Hayley Williams is seen wearing a red jacket, kept walking, looking down toward the waiting vehicle.

Fans who fail to meet in person was only able to scrutinize their idol through the car window.

Paramore will hold a concert on August 17 at GWK, Bali and at Carnival Beach Ancol, Jakarta on 19 August. To show at Ancol, Showmaxx Entertainment promoters prepare 2 thousand extra tickets Festival class C which sold for IRD 250 thousand.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Asian stock markets open lower

Stock markets in Asia opened lower affected of global conditions. Major Asian stock markets open lower on Monday (8 / 8) amid fears over uncertain global economic conditions. Japan Nikkei 225 stock index fell 0.9%. Meanwhile, the Kospi, South Korea, tumbled 1.5%. Similar conditions also experienced by stock markets in Singapore, Australia and Taiwan. Last weekend, the sale of shares plummeted around the world with the loss of trillions of dollars.

This situation is exacerbated by the decision of Standard & Poor's rating agency downgraded the debt of the United States. Economic Analysts said this condition making the stock market would not be stable in the next few weeks. "Downgrade (U.S. debt) is an unexpected situation," said Alvin Liew of Singapore's UOB Bank.

 "This situation gives the effect as seen in the outlook for U.S. economic growth is expected to weaken in two or two and a half years into the future, " he added.

Asian Markets

With the economic situation which is full of risks like this, then the investor has made many changes to their asset holdings. The result, investors are selling crude oil, with sales to the U.S. fell nearly 3%. This decision was made because of concerns about softening demand. While gold prices rose in Asian markets as investors look for assets that have the lowest risk.

Some analysts said the decline in the stock market has exceeded the limit and many investors see this condition as an opportunity to make a purchase. "This is a spontaneous reaction," said Arjuna Mahendran from HSCB Private Bank. Mahendran added that Asia's economic growth forecast is better than the United States and Europe.

So, investors turned their attention back to the regional market. "There will be rotation of the purchase in Asia. The money will flow from developed to developing markets," said Mahendran.

Crisis-hit Asian stock markets slumped in the U.S. and European economies. Meanwhile, governments and policy makers trying a number of measures to slow the economic crisis in the United States and Europe through a global movement. European Central Bank (ECB) said it would buy the bonds euro zone countries. ECB hopes this move will boost market confidence on the economy of European countries. So far the ECB did not mention which one to buy Treasuries, but it is thought the ECB will buy bonds from Spain and Italy.
In a separate statement, the G7 said it would react coordinated to maintain global financial stability. This statement came out after the Japanese government and central bank intervention into financial markets, last weekend. The conclusion is that the Japanese government's efforts to weaken the yen, Japanese exports rose and economic growth projections.

Asian stock markets weakened came after European stock markets first fell on Friday (5 / 8). Composite index of major European stock markets, including the FTSE 100 and Germany's DAX fell by 4%. This condition followed the U.S. stock market conditions that reached the worst point in the last two years. Although at the close of the market, U.S. market conditions stabilized and closed up 0.5%.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Mesothelioma - Caused by Asbestos Exposure

Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that develops from a protective layer that covers a lot of organs, the mesothelium. Mesothelioma usually caused by asbestos exposure.

Mesothelioma is often found in the pleura (the outer layer of the lungs and internal chest wall), but there are some cases occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity), the pericardium (the sac that surrounds the heart) or tunica vaginalis (the sac that surrounds the testicles).

Most people with mesothelioma are those who work and have been accustomed to inhaling asbestos and glass particles, or they have inhaled asbestos dust and fibers in other ways.
Washing clothes of family members whose jobs are directly related to asbestos or glass can increase the risk of someone contracting mesothelioma. Unlike lung cancer, no association between mesothelioma and smoking.
Mesothelioma

Those who have been exposed to asbestos exposure will have other health problems associated with diseases caused by asbestos, including mesothelioma. Is an important issue in the legal practice of mesothelioma is compensation via asbestos funds or lawsuits.

The symptoms of a person specially contracted mesothelioma include shortness of breath due to pleural effusion (fluid between the lung and the chest wall) or chest pain, and other common symptoms such as weight loss. Diagnosis using chest X-ray and CT scan, and confirmed with a biopsy (tissue sample) and microscopic.

A thoracoscopy (inserting a tube with a camera into the chest) can be used to take biopsies. This allows the introduction of substances such as talc to obliterate the pleural space (called pleurodesis), which prevents fluid and pressure mengumpulnya lungs.

Sometimes the ways of treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery, will bring a more severe impact. The experts conducting research on screening tests for early detection of mesothelioma is still ongoing.

Working with asbestos is the major factor in mesothelioma. In the United States, asbestos is the major cause of malignant mesothelioma and has been deemed "doubtful" associated with the development of mesothelioma. Indeed, the relationship between asbestos and mesothelioma is so strong that many consider mesothelioma "signal" or "sentinel" tumor. The history of asbestos exposure in most cases.

However, mesothelioma has been reported in some individuals without any known exposure to asbestos. In rare cases, mesothelioma has also been associated with irradiation, intrapleural thorium dioxide (Thorotrast), and inhaling other fibrous silicates, such as erionite. Several studies have shown that the simian virus 40 (SV40) may act as a cofactor in the development of mesothelioma.

Asbestos was known in antiquity, but it was not mined and widely used commercially until the late 19th century. Its use greatly increased during World War II. Since the early 1940s, millions of American workers have been exposed to asbestos dust. Initially, the risks associated with exposure to asbestos is not publicly known.

However, an increased risk of developing mesothelioma was later found among shipyard workers, people who work in asbestos mines and mills, producers of asbestos products, workers in the heating and construction industries, and other traders.

Currently, the official position of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and U.S. EPA is that the protection and the "permissible exposure limits" required by regulations of the United States, while adequate to prevent most of the asbestos-related non-malignant disease, they are inadequate to prevent or protect against asbestos-related cancers such as mesothelioma.

Likewise, the Government Health and Safety Executive UK (HSE) states formally that any threshold for mesothelioma must be at a very low level and it is widely agreed that if there is no threshold at all, then it can not currently be measured. For practical purposes, therefore, HSE assumes that there is no such "safe" threshold exists.

Others have also noted that there was no evidence of a threshold level below which there is no risk of mesothelioma. There seems to be a linear, dose-response relationship, with increasing doses of disease produces increased. However, mesothelioma may be associated with a short, low-level or direct exposure to asbestos.

Doses required for the effect seems to be lower for asbestos induced mesothelioma than pulmonary asbestosis or lung cancer. Again, there is no known safe level of asbestos exposure is associated with an increased risk of mesothelioma.

The duration of exposure to asbestos to cause mesothelioma is very short. For example, the case of mesothelioma was recorded, in just 1-3 months after exposure to asbestos a person will contract the disease. Using safety equipment such as masks, eye protectors can reduce the risk of exposure.

Original Source: wikipedia.org

Friday, July 8, 2011

Farm Animals Mutilation

In the mid-1970s, some ranchers in North America began reporting on the deaths of their farm animals mysteriously in mutilated condition. The case known as the Cattle mutilation then attracted the attention of the Government of the United States so the FBI was asked to intervene to investigate.

Cattle mutilation or mutilation of farm animals is a term given to the murder of farm animals in America and Europe with a mutilated condition in some parts of their body. However, the interesting thing is, the mutilation is done with incredible precision and seems to be done directly by a surgeon.

In addition to mutilations,others mysterious characteristic that is often seen in the farm animals carcasses is a dry blood and loss of organs inside the body mysteriously.

farm animals mutilation
According to records, similar cases of farm animals mutilations have actually occurred in England in the late 19th century. However, this case began to attract attention when it occurs in Colorado, United States, in 1967.

On September 7, 1967, Agnes King and her son Harry realize that their three years old horses named Snippy not return to the ranch as usual. The horse was missing for two days until found next on 9 September.

Snippy was found in deplorable conditions with loss of skin and flesh at the neck and head so that the white bones showing. Pieces of farm animals mutilations that looks so neat and clean. Strangely, no blood visible on the carcass of cattle or the land around it.

According to Harry, they could also smell strong drugs odor in that place.

The next day, Harry and Agnes returned to the discovery location of farm animals mutilation with his brother Mr.Berle Lewis and his wife. This time, they found a piece of skin and flesh of horses nearby. When Mrs.Lewis touch it, the farm animals meat were immediately issued a strange green liquid that causes burns to the hands Mrs.Lewis.

Apart from pieces of skin and flesh of farn animals, they also found signs of a puncture hole in the ground in a circle around the location of the discovery of carcasses Snippy which covers an area of 5000 square yards.

Mrs.Lewis then contacted the United States Forest Service and a ranger named Duane Martin was immediately sent to investigate farm animals mutilations. By using a measuring instrument Geiger, mr. Martin found an increase in radioactive activity at a distance of about two blocks from the site. However, he could not tell who the perpetrators of the farm animals mutilations.

Mutilation story about Snippy is then appointed by the Associated Press on October 5, 1967, making the farm animals mutilation phenomenon becoming known across America.

When this case started to happen in many farms in the United States,senator Floyd K. Haskell then contacted the FBI asking for help to investigate the phenomena of farm animals mutilations. So, the FBI had stepped in to investigate this case in 1979.

In the mid-1970s, farm animals mutilations have been reported in 15 states from Montana to South Dakota. And in 1979, an estimated number of farm animals that have reached thousands mutilated. This phenomenon is not stopped in the 1970s, but continued until now.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Mark Halperin

Mark Halperin, Time magazine's editor at large and its leading political journalist, is also a regular commentator on the MSNBC cable news network.

Halperin, a senior political analyst for Time magazine, veteran political reporter and the author of the best-selling Game Change was appearing on Thursday, January 30th on “Morning Joe,” a talk show that celebrates free-wheeling debate about politics.

Halperin took a deep breadth and called President Obama a “dick” on live tv. Scarborough's new executive producer had apparently failed to hit the 7-second edit button in time, despite Halperin’s warning and Scarborough’s egging his chief analyst on.


We are not friends of Halperin.

Mark Halperin
(image:latimes.com)

I have sympathy for anyone who says something stupid into a microphone — any politician, pundit, or nervous best man who makes an inane wedding toast.

Mark Halperin, Time magazine's senior political analyst and a frequent commenter on MSNBC, was suspended by the cable network this week for using a locker-room profanity to critique President Obama's latest press conference.

I once called a man who had survived a shooting in a shopping mall by the name of the man who had done the shooting. Every producer I've ever worked with has a favorite story about some idiotic thing that I've inexplicably said.

Mark Halperin apologized almost immediately. When Mr. Halperin delivers reasoned analysis, he gets a few thousand hits.

Newsweek Cover

The controvertial Newsweek cover of the latest edition of the magazine that is now on news stands features a digitally-aged Princess Diana. "Diana would have been 50 this month. if Princess Diana were alive today, she would be celebrating her 50th birthday.

Newsweek's most latest cover features Catherine Middleton at the side of a digitally- mature Princess Diana, and Editor-In-Chief Tina Brown recognize it's a slight eccentric

Brown told Joe Scarborough on today's "Morning Joe."
Diana was more than just a socialite, Brown notes, adding that she pioneered the practice of "leveraging the celebrity for the humanitarian stuff."

Newsweek Cover Diana

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Whitey Bulger

James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. (born September 3, 1929) is alleged to be a former crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang based in Somerville, Massachusetts, in the United States.

He also served as a top echelon informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a controversial arrangement that allowed him to continue his criminal activities. The disclosure by The Boston Globe and in various court cases of the corruption and illegal activities of federal agents involved with Bulger was a major embarrassment for the agency.

After being tipped off to a pending indictment, Bulger fled the Boston area and went into hiding in December of 1994. Bulger was listed as a fugitive on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.[10] He was wanted for racketeering (under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)), 19 counts of murder, extortion, money laundering, conspiracy and narcotics distribution.

On June 22, 2011, he was arrested at the apartment he had lived in for fifteen years in Santa Monica, California, along with his girlfriend Catherine Greig. He was 81 years old at the time of his arrest, and supposedly in poor health.

Subsequently, Bulger and Greig were extradited back to Massachusetts. They were brought under heavy guard to the waterfront federal courthouse in Boston, necessitating the closing of part of Boston Harbor. Greig was arraigned in the federal District Court of the First Circuit in Boston on charges of harboring a fugitive and is currently seeking release on bail. Bulger has not sought bail. He remains in custody at the Plymouth County House of Correction in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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