Study: Pacific coast becoming more acidic

CORVALLIS, Ore. (UPI) -- Scientists aboard a U.S. research ship have discovered high levels of acidified ocean water within 20 miles of the West Coast shoreline.

The international team of researchers aboard Oregon State University's research vessel Wecoma surveying the waters of the continental shelf off the West Coast of North America said their finding raises concern for marine ecosystems from Canada to Mexico.

The scientists said they also discovered the corrosive, acidified water that's being "upwelled" seasonally from the deeper ocean is probably 50 years old. That suggests future ocean acidification levels will increase, since atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide have increased rapidly during the past half century.

"When the upwelled water was last at the surface, it was exposed to an atmosphere with much lower CO2 levels than today's," said OSU Associate Professor Burke Hales. "The water that will upwell off the coast in future years already is making its undersea trek toward us, with ever-increasing levels of carbon dioxide and acidity.

"The coastal ocean acidification train has left the station," Hales added, "and there's not much we can do to derail it."

Results of the study appear in the online journal Science Express.


Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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Having Acne Problems

My sister have been experiencing problems about Acne. Until now she is still having it. She has been to a lot of dermatologist back in the Philippines but still the Acne problem was not solved. Her face really look so bad especially if she accidentally scratch those acne during her sleep. Sometimes blood even comes out. Really bad!!

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Titanium doors to increase soldier safety

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say the next generation of combat vehicles will be equipped with titanium alloy doors to provide increased safety for soldiers.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers said the doors would be made using low-cost titanium powders in a non-melt consolidation process they developed that will reduce the amount of energy required and the cost of manufacturing titanium parts from powders by up to 50 percent.

"We recently exhibited the new low-cost titanium alloy door made by ORNL for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, which is a next-generation combat vehicle," said Bill Peter, an ORNL researcher. "By using a titanium alloy for the door, BAE Systems was able to reduce the weight of its vehicle yet, at the same time, decrease the threat of armor-piercing rounds."

Instead of using conventional melt processing using titanium powders, with the new method the powders remain in their solid form during the entire procedure, Peter said. "This saves a tremendous amount of energy required for processing, greatly reduces the amount of scrap and allows for new alloys and engineered composites," he said.

The researchers expect lightweight corrosion-resistant titanium alloys to make their way into many other products.


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The Importance of Dental Hygiene

One of the most important hygiene that we must do to our body is the dental hygiene. It is not a fun having pains on our teeth. Sometimes you can't even sleep due to tooth ache. I already experienced that before when I was young.

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Researcher: Burmese pythons moving out

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (UPI) -- Burmese pythons are multiplying rapidly in the Everglades and moving north in Florida and south to the Keys, a University of Florida researcher says.

Frank Mazzoti said the pythons can live anywhere alligators can, which would include all of Florida and swamp areas in Georgia and Louisiana, Science Daily reported.

"People might argue the ultimate boundaries, but there's no part of this state that you can point at and say that pythons couldn't live here," he said. "We really need to be addressing the spread of these pythons. They're capable of surviving anywhere in Florida, they're capable of incredible movement -- and in a relatively short period."

Burmese pythons are popular pets in spite of being one of the world's largest snakes. They became established in the Everglades when owners released them as they became too big to handle, and one biologist estimates there are now 30,000 in the Everglades National Park.

Mazzotti said the snakes are difficult to eliminate because females can continue to produce young years after a mating.


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Did the title of the Smashing Pumpkins third album have any special significance?

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Band leader Billy Corgan described the album's title as "just another one of those pretentious Pumpkin album titles continuing the long line of pretension." When asked about other possible album titles that were considered, the band joked, Sad and Sadder, The Phoenix Meets the Dwarf, Basketball Land, and Baseball City.


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How devastating was Hurricane Rita?

Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005.

Rita made landfall on September 24 between Texas and Louisiana, as a Category 3 hurricane before continuing on through parts of southeast Texas. The storm surge caused extensive damage along the Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas coasts and completely destroyed some coastal communities. The storm killed seven people directly; many others died in evacuations and from indirect effects.


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Today's Word "perspicacity"

perspicacity \pur-spuh-KAS-uh-tee\ (noun) - Clearness of understanding or insight; penetration, discernment.

"Such a horse gives its rider discernment and perspicacity, if not clairvoyance. It will save you from being surprised by your enemies." -- Sudhin N. Ghose, 'Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India'

Perspicacity comes from Latin perspicax, perspicac-, "sharp-sighted," from perspicere, "to look through," from per, "through" + specere, "to look."

What is My IP Address

There are still a lot of internet or cyberspace words that are foreign to me. I always heard about them but I really don't know what they mean. One of them is IP address or known as the Internet Protocol.

According to Wikipedia, the dictionary in internet, IP means a network layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite and is encapsulated in a data link layer protocol (e.g., Ethernet). As a lower layer protocol, IP provides the service of communicable unique global addressing amongst computers.

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Dinosaur tracks found on Arabian Peninsula

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (UPI) -- A Dutch-led team of scientists has announced the discovery of the first dinosaur tracks to be found on the Arabian Peninsula.

Led by Anne Schulp of the Maastricht Museum of Natural History in the Netherlands, the researchers found evidence of a large ornithopod dinosaur, as well as a herd of 11 sauropods that apparently had been walking along a Mesozoic coastal mudflat in what is now Yemen.

"No dinosaur trackways had been found in this area previously. It's really a blank spot on the map," said Schulp, who conducted the study with Ohio University paleontologist Nancy Stevens and Mohammed Al-Wosabi of Sana'a University in Yemen.

The finding included preserved footprints of 11 small and large sauropods traveling together at the same speed.

"It's rare to see such a big example of a dinosaur herd," Schulp said. "This is interesting social behavior for reptiles."

Wosabi said the rocks in which the dinosaur tracks are preserved are some 150 million years old.

The Yemen Geological Survey implemented protective measures to preserve the trackways and to improve their accessibility to tourists, the scientists said.

The research appears in the online journal PLoS One.


Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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ESA ready to assist NASA's Phoenix mission

PARIS (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says it is ready to help the U.S. space agency monitor the Phoenix spacecraft's descent and landing on Mars this weekend.

The ESA said its Mars Express mission control team has completed major preparations for supporting the entry, descent and landing phases of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Phoenix mission. The ESA's Mars Express orbiting spacecraft will be pointed toward Phoenix's planned entry trajectory and will record signals broadcast from the lander as it plunges into the Martian atmosphere.

That recorded data, ESA scientists said, will serve as a useful and potentially crucial back-up for NASA to compare Phoenix's planned and actual descent profiles. Landing is planned for 7:53 p.m. EDT Sunday.

The European Space Agency said the mission marks the first time NASA has asked for operational support from the ESA's two deep-space tracking stations, located in Cebreros, Spain, and New Norcia, Australia.


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Wordless Wednesday

the ICE-InterCity Express train in Germany....a very fast train ....like an airplane????donno!!hehehe..have a great Wednesday to all!!! this photo was taken last June 2007 in Munich during our escapade to Austria.

will try to post the WW logo tomorrow...don't know what happened!!

Help for Tired Feet

Health and Beauty Tip

If your feet are hurting after a long day, try this: soak your feet in warm water mixed with bath salts for about ten minutes. Don't just dry your feet off afterwards, though -- wash them with soap and water, then apply some moisturizer.

Change needed in end-of-life dementia care

MILTON KEYNES, England (UPI) -- British researchers say many improvements are needed in the care provided to people in the final stages of dementia.

Open University Professor Jan Draper and Clinical Nurse Specialist Deborah Birch reached that conclusion after reviewing 29 published studies conducted in nine nations during the past 10 years.

"We must act now to stop people with dementia from suffering from protracted, potentially uncomfortable and undignified deaths" said Draper. "Our review has reinforced the importance of providing appropriate palliative care to individuals suffering from end-stage dementia and clearly identified some of the barriers to extending such provision."

The recommendations include: communicating the diagnosis of dementia in a sensitive way; acknowledging the potential influence on treatment decisions on the beliefs and values of members of the healthcare team; and reconsidering aggressive medical treatments that have limited benefits and might cause further discomfort to dying patients.

The review appears in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.


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Polar bear listed as threatened species

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday he will order the polar bear to be listed as a threatened species.

Kempthorne said he is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act.

Officials said scientific evidence shows the ongoing loss of sea ice threatens, and will likely continue to threaten, polar bear habitat. The loss of habitat, officials said, puts polar bears at risk of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future, the standard established for designating a threatened species.

"I am also announcing that this listing decision will be accompanied by administrative guidance and a rule that defines the scope of impact my decision will have, in order to protect the polar bear while limiting the unintended harm to the society and economy of the United States," Kempthorne said.

He said his decision was based on three findings.

"First, sea ice is vital to polar bear survival. Second, the polar bear's sea-ice habitat has dramatically melted in recent decades. Third, computer models suggest sea ice is likely to further recede in the future."


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It's Joke time

Acronyms and What They Mean

PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

ISDN It Still Does Nothing

SCSI System Can't See It

DOS Defunct Operating System

BASIC Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control

IBM I Blame Microsoft

DEC Do Expect Cuts

CD-ROM Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months

OS/2 Obsolete Soon, Too.

WWW World Wide Wait

MACINTOSH Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs


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Advantage of High-Technology for Businesses

I remember last Friday, my brother-in-law had experienced web conferencing with a future employer. He had a job interview so instead of driving long distance especially that it is getting very hot here in Las Vegas, he had a web conference with the company he applied for.

We can experience now the high technology we have especially in internet. Instead of travelling far distances to have interviews, meetings or other appoinments, you can already have it at the comfort of your home.

I believed this is one of the greatest invention of all times, web conferencing in internet. This is especially very advantage to all businesses who have branches and subsidiaries around the world. They don't need to travel anymore but instead do it through web conferencing. It is a big cost saving for their travel expenses.

Wirered.com offers services like web and video conferencing. They provide best quality software for web conferencing for all types of businesses ranging from small to medium enterprises to multi-companies.

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