Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
India elects first woman president
NEW DELHI: Pratibha Patil was elected India's new president on Saturday, the first woman to hold the office in the nation's six decades of independence.
Monday, July 16, 2007
The Most Successful Product Intro of the 21st Century
“Apple’s iPhone could emerge as the most successful product introduction of the 21st century, new research suggests.” Conducted by Lightspeed Research, “the research findings are staggering,” reports Jonny Evans (Macworld). “Nearly 90 percent” of the respondents had heard about iPhone, and 32% of those who didn’t already own one intend to purchase one. In a separate survey, Lightspeed Research also learned that “nearly half of those who would like to own an iPhone stated that the benefits of having music, movie, internet and wireless all in one was the top reason.”
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
World's tallest man marries
Monday, July 9, 2007
Ritek Health Board
White tiger
Kimi Raikkonen wins British Grand Prix
Love the place you're in
1. You need to earn the median income for your neighborhood.
It's true that money doesn't buy happiness, but you'll never feel secure if you don't earn as much as the people around you. You're much more likely to feel that the amount you earn is fine if it's as much as your friends and neighbors earn. And if you earn the most in your neighborhood, you'll probably feel like you're pretty well off. Money is relative.
This explains why the year my tax return showed that I had an income of about $200,000, I often felt like I was living just a few short steps from homelessness. And I'm not alone -- New Yorkers talk about that phenomenon all the time.
2. Remember that you'll change careers at least three times.
Your job isn't stable, and neither is your career, so be careful about picking a location just because it's good for your work right now.
In a family with two people who have jobs outside the house, it's impractical to relocate every time one of them takes a new job. So it makes sense to think in terms of picking a location largely independent of your career.
Do you care a lot about schools? Or being near the beach? These are things to weigh heavily when picking a location, and then figure out what kind of work to do when you get there.
The act of choosing a place to live requires you to balance a lot of competing factors, but don't give work too much weight. There's little evidence to show that a good job makes you happy -- only that you need to limit the detrimental factors that come with some jobs, because things like a long commute and a crazy boss can really hurt your chances of being happy.
3. More choices don't make you more happy.
In fact, the more choices you have, the harder it is to make good decisions. You don't need to have a lot of bars to choose from in order to go out with your friends at night, and more restaurants don't bring you a sense of well being.
People mistakenly believe that more choice is good in most cases, but in many instances it makes life more complicated for no good reason. So before you tell yourself that you need to live somewhere with multitudes of opportunity and excitement, consider that no location has everything, and other factors will give you a lot more bang for your buck in the happiness department.
4. There's no free lunch when it comes to schools.
The nature of public schools in the United States makes finding an inexpensive city with a top-ranked school system pretty much impossible. If you want your kids to be in a school district that ranks high for academic achievement, then study the rankings before you move.
Once you live somewhere, it's human nature to tell yourself that whatever school district you're in is fine for your kids. Before you move, you'll be much more able to objectively evaluate the school possibilities.
5. Live where the people you love live.
Where you live has about the same influence on your personal happiness as what you do for work -- that is, much less than your personal relationships. The biggest thing you can do to create happiness in your life is to cultivate and maintain intimate, reliable relationships with people.
If you have friends you see once a week, you'll live longer. If you have friends at work, you'll like your job. If you have friends who provide emergency child care, you're likely to be a happy working parent.
Friends can change your life, if you have them. So live where your friends and loved ones live, and the other issues won't matter so much.
Federer joins elite with Wimbledon win
Sunday, July 8, 2007
THE NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD
In short - vote for Chichén Itzá, because it symbolizes - Worship & Knowledge!
In short - vote for Petra, as it is a great symbol of - Engineering & Protection!
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Stretch your talents as a condom tester..
"Got what it takes to be an official condom tester?" asks an advertisement launched by Durex Australia next to a photo of a busty young woman in a revealing nurse's outfit.
"With this job on your CV, it really will be a chance to brag to your mates about the special skills you possess, not to mention that your new role will work wonders with the opposite sex," Durex Marketing Manager Sam White told local media.
The "bed-testing" position is unpaid, but 200 selected testers would be up for free pack of Durex products, plus a bonus prize of A$1,000 ($854) for one lucky winner, White said.
In return, testers would have to report back on the feel and performance of the company's products.
Only Australians need apply, and would-be testers will be asked to explain why they should be considered. Humor would help in the application, Durex said.
"To apply, simply explain why you think you're right for the position (missionary is acceptable) and you could be eligible for the employee bonus of $1,000," said the ad on Web site www.durex.com.au.
Singapore may be spared from haze this year: NEA
Avril Lavigne faces lawsuit over hit song Girlfriend
Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer alleged in a lawsuit filed in US District Court that Lavigne and her co-writers lifted their 1979 song I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, which was originally performed by new wave band The Rubinoos.
'We are not so naive as to chalk it up to some sort of cosmic coincidence,' Dunbar said on Thursday.
'The lyric, the meter, the rhythm - they're identical,' he said.
The first court date has been set for Aug 28 in Oakland.
Burger King sets 2008 target for oil switch
Friday, July 6, 2007
World Rishest Man
Sentido Comun said the Mexican billionaire's wealth had rocketed past Gates following the red-hot performance of his telecommunications firm, America Movil.
US-based Forbes magazine, renowned for its rankings of the world's wealthiest individuals, updated its listings in April to rank Slim as the second richest individual in the world, as he bested the legendary US investor Warren Buffett.
The Mexican financial website said Slim's lead over Gates amounted to billions of dollars.
"Thanks to a 26.5-percent rise in the shares of America Movil during the second quarter, Slim, who controls a 33-percent interest in Latin America's largest mobile phone company, is substantially richer than Gates," Sentido Comun said.
"The difference between their two fortunes is around nine billion dollars in favor of Slim," the financial website claimed.
It said it had based its calculations largely on the share price movements of companies controlled by Slim.
The website said soaring performances from Slim's other business interests had also helped propel him past Gates.
Aside from America Movil, Slim controls the INBURSA financial group and the Grupo Carso industrial firm with interests spanning retail stores, coffee shops and restaurants.
One reason for Slim's meteoric rise might be because he is also still working.
Gates stepped aside as Microsoft chief in 2000 to devote his energies to the philanthropic foundation he runs with his wife, Melinda.
Forbes in April had pegged Slim's wealth at a staggering 53.1 billion dollars, and said Gates was sitting on a 56-billion-dollar fortune.
Slim, the son of Lebanese immigrants, has had business in his blood from his early days when he helped out in his father's shop, "The Star of the Orient."
The 67-year-old started out in real estate and was already affluent enough when he graduated from university with an engineering degree to buy stakes in a stock brokerage and a bottling firm.
During the crippling Latin American economic crisis of the early 1980s, Slim snapped up and reformed a number of distressed businesses, banking massive profits for Grupo Carso.
Carso gained its name from the first three letters of Slim's name and the first two of his late wife's, Soumaya Gemayel.
Analysts say one of Slim's smartest and most lucrative deals occurred when he took control of Telefonos de Mexico (Telemex) in 1990 as the then government moved to privatize the sprawling monopoly.
Slim oversaw a 1.8-billion-dollar investment to take over Telemex, but he then overhauled the company and expanded its service as the telecom firm became the star of the Mexican stock exchange and more than returned Slim's initial investment.
The Mexican billionaire has also made some savvy stock picks.
In 1997, he bought about three percent of Apple Computer at 17 dollars a share shortly before the company launched its hit iMac computer. Twelve months later, Apple's shares topped 100 dollars.
Despite his vast riches, Slim reportedly shuns corporate jets and flashy offices and sported a plastic watch during the 1990s.
Widowed in 1999, Slim has boosted his philanthropic presence and overseen his three sons' careers within his business empire.
Like Gates, he has developed a strong profile on the philanthropic front.
Earlier this month he allied himself with the foundation of former US president Bill Clinton and with Canadian mining magnate Frank Giustra to launch an anti-poverty campaign in Latin America.
Fifty-three percent of Mexico's population of 104 million live in poverty, which is defined as living on less than two dollars a day, World Bank data show.
PM Abdullah: Malaysia wants more investments from China
Tevez: United move would be 'spectacular'
Kobe Bryant apologizes to Lakers GM
Global warming blamed for vanishing lake
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Oil prices strike ten-month peaks
Four percent of American adults never had sex
"Approximately 96 percent of adults age 20-59 years have had sex, with the age group 20-29 having the lowest percent (91 percent)," the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report.
Eighty-eight percent of Mexican-American adults have had sex, a lower percentage than any other ethnic group.
The report also said 16 percent of adults first had sex before the age of 15, while 15 percent abstained from sex until age 21 or older.
The data was compiled between 1999 and 2002, the Atlanta-based CDC said.
Russian resort Sochi wins battle for 2014 Winter Olympics
High altitude flights spark symptoms
Transformers
Zebra Horse
Nepal 'living goddess' loses status
Man United close on Tevez?
Independence Day
電池爆炸 手機殺人
中國甘肅省酒泉市金塔縣一名電焊工人,在工廠作業時,將手機放在胸前口袋,疑因高溫引發手機電池爆炸,當場將這名工人的肋骨炸斷,刺破心臟而死。
炸斷肋骨刺破心臟
這宗命案,成為中國、相信也是全球第一宗因手機電池爆炸而死亡的個案。
數天前,廣州才傳出手機電池爆炸,炸傷使用者胸部和鼻樑的事件,6月19日甘肅省又傳出手機電池炸死人個案,讓喜歡在中國買便宜非原廠手機電池的消費者十分憂慮。
手機爆炸案死者肖金鵬(22歲),是金塔縣雙城鎮的營盤鐵選廠的電焊工。
他于端午節當天中午,戴著面罩作業時,將手機裝在胸前的口袋裏,突然一聲巨響后,肖金鵬就倒在血泊中。
警方勘查現場並驗屍后初步認為,肖金鵬是因手機電池在高溫下爆炸,被炸斷肋骨刺破心臟身亡的。
出事的手機是死者親屬從外地購買,當局正檢測手機及電池品質是否有問題,死者家屬則獲電池商賠償約5萬令吉。
品管總局查肇因
針對甘肅發生手機電池爆炸致人死亡事故,品管總局有關官員表示,該局已注意此事,有關方面正著手調查相關情況,以徹底弄清是因手機素質出現問題,還是因環境等因素造成后再處理。
手機公司:最好用原廠貨兇機或用雜牌電池
報導此案的中國記者指爆炸的手機為一款名牌手機,但由于爆炸損壞嚴重,目前還無法得知該手機屬于哪款型號、是否為水貨或改裝機。
該手機公司駐中國分公司的傳播與公共事務部總監,拒絕向記者證實此次出事手機是否其公司產品,只表示目前正等待當局的調查結果,將認真嚴肅配合。
他說,過去從未接到有關該公司手機、電池發生爆炸事故報告,但曾聽聞有消費者在該公司的手機中使用雜牌電池出事。
專家:疑電池短路造成
受訪專家估計,手機電池爆炸命案,是手機電池短路造成。
在電池短路過程中,產生氣體膨脹,雜牌電池的劣質保護裝置,未能及時釋放壓力而突然爆炸,估計約達100磅爆炸力。
香港理工大學機械工程學系工程師盧覺強指出,手機電池短路時會產生氣體膨脹,電池保護裝置可及時釋放膨脹的壓力,“砰一聲爆發,好像放屁,電池就會爛,最多只灼傷皮膚”,但雜牌電池則未必設有此類保護裝置。
受訪的醫生則表示,肋骨非常接近心臟,只要插入半吋至一吋,即直入心包膜及心臟。
另一方面,消費者委員會研究及營商手法事務總主任鄭躍年表示,按國際標準,手機電池要設有短路保護裝置,短路後表面溫度不能高于150℃。
他提醒消費者購買原廠電池,電池出現變形即應停用。
二手機便宜一半
據一名在蘭州最大的二手機經營場所──亞太通訊二手機超市的女東主介紹,由于二手機的價格,普遍在名牌機的一半左右,因此大受低收入消費者歡迎。
購機者大多只關心手機的功能及接聽清晰度,對電池的要求並不高。
一名正在購機的男士表示,以前曾聽說手機電池爆炸傷人事情,但那應該與不正確的使用方法有關,自己選購二手機主要看功能和通話質量。
長期經營手機配件的深圳訊聯通訊有限公司蘭州代理趙建旗先生表示,現時市場上流通的手機電池分為原裝、品牌、禮包及翻新電池,原裝及品牌一般不會發生質量意外。
他說,由于禮包電池均是商家附帶贈送,所以質量較差,較容易發生事故。