CNN) -- Most people have had dreams of flying. Graham Hawkes had dreams of flying -- underwater.
The Deep Flight Super Falcon made its maiden voyage in San Francisco Bay in September.
Hawkes has been in the business of building underwater craft for more than a decade. In the early days, his company, Hawkes Ocean Technologies, built vehicles for researchers and moviemakers.
But in the past few years, the ultrarich have increasingly looked for cool playthings for their ocean adventures.
What better toy to have on the end of your 200-foot yacht than a submarine capable of diving to 1,500 feet below the sea's surface?
Whoops. Did we say submarine? It's a submersible that can "fly" underwater.
The Deep Flight Super Falcon looks like a fighter jet, with its thin body, two seats, two sets of wings and two tail fins.
"We just had to tear up everything we knew about submersibles and start again on winged subs -- underwater flying machines," Hawkes said.
He said Deep Flight submersibles are designed to be more agile than any creature living in the ocean -- with the exception of dolphins. The company says that because of the wings, the Super Falcon can go barrel-rolling with dolphins while traveling at speeds much faster than other private submarines.
CNN -- Matthew Baron is one of those gizmo guys, the kind who covets all toys new and shiny.
The slumping economy has more consumers holding on to older gadgets while holding off on shiny new purchases.
But the Brooklyn, New York, attorney, like so many other American consumers who are watching their bank account balances, is reassessing his gadget habit.
"If I'm going to buy something, I want it to count. I want it to last," said Baron, who incidentally goes by "OMG! Ponies!" when he posts comments on Gizmodo, a popular tech and gadget blog.
So, even though he'd like to upgrade his 4½ -year-old HDTV, this cowboy's holding back the reins. And while the latest iPhone was a "must have" for Baron, he said he's "waiting to pull the trigger" on that camera he's been circling. "I just can't go out and spend $400 right now."
Ignoring what you want. Recycling the old. Fixing what can be saved. Is this the new American way when it comes to tech toys and electronics -- an industry in which new gadgets can become outdated within months?
Many consumers are hoping to make products last longer, which is keeping businesses that repair and refurbish computers and other gadgets and electronics as busy as ever
- Öğün arasında düzenli olarak abur cubur atıştırmak
- Sıkıntılı ve stresli durumlarda yemeğe yönelmek
- Davet ve ziyafetlerde ikramları reddedememek
- Akşam yemeğinden sonra yatıncaya kadar yemeğe devam etmek
- Yemekte çatal ve bıçağı hiç bırakmamak
- Hızlı yemek yemek
- Özellikle çalışan kişilerde eve gelince atıştırıp, arkasından yemek yemek
Yemek davranışını geliştirmek için uygulanması gereken basit ama sağlıklı birkaç öneri:
- Yenmemesi gereken ya da az tüketilecek besinleri satın almamak
- Televizyonda yemek programlarından kaçınmak, çünkü çok iştah açıcılar
- Yenmeye hazır besinlerden uzak durmak, lütfen biraz emek!
- Aç karnına alış verişe gitmemek
- Yiyecek alış verişine giderken mutlaka liste yapmak ve listenin dışına çıkmamak
- Evde abur cubur bulundurmamak
En önemlisi kilo verme sürecinde sabırlı olmaktır. Kilo çok kısa zamanda alınan, ancak vermesi uzun vakitler gerektiren, sabra dayalı ve güç bir yoldur. Eğer kilo almak istemiyorsanız, tüm tehlikeli besinleri yemeden önce, onu yakmak ve vücudunuzdan atmak için, ne kadar uğraşmak zorunda kalacağınızı düşünmelisiniz. Bu sizde görünmez bir caydırıcı etki yaratacaktır
Gecesi yaklaşık 30 bin YTL olan ve dubainin ünlü palmiye adası üzerinde yer alan otelde Güney Pasifiğin eşsiz deniz altı manzarası eşliğinde uyumak mümkün
Palmiye adası ve Atlantis oteli çevrecilerin eleştirilerine hedef olsa da otelin açılışı yarın gerçekleştiriliyor
Otelin akvaryum manzaralı yatak odaları Atlantis'e adına yakışır bir hava katıyor
Otelin açılışından önce Atlantis'e davet edilen gazeteciler watozları izliyor
Banyonuzu 65 değişik balık türü ve yunuslar arasında alabilirsiniz
Oteli inşaa eden Kerzner International yetkilisi 15 milyar dolarlıklık böyle bir projenin herhangi bir yere inşaa edilemeyeceğini söylüyor
sanki cennetten bir parçabizede ancak seyretmek düşüyor tabi uzaktan
Domuz, kuş ve insan grip virüslerinin birleşiminden oluşan yeni tipin insandan insana hızla geçebilmesi, endişeleri arttırıyor.
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Meksika'dan dünyaya yayılan domuz gribi, sürekli değişme özelliğiyle uzmanları şaşırtıyor. Domuz, kuş ve insan grip virüslerinin birleşiminden oluşan yeni tipin insandan insana hızla geçebilmesi, endişeleri arttırıyor. Domuz gribi aslında normal bir solunum yolu hastalığı. Domuzlar da insanlar gibi grip hastalığına yakalanıyor. Hastalık bulaşıcı, ancak ölüm vakalarına ender rastlanıyor.
Peki, şu an gündemdeki domuz gribini bu kadar tehlikeli yapan ne?
Tüm grip virüsleri gibi domuz gribi virüsü de sürekli değişme özelliğine sahip.Domuza aynı zamanda hem domuz, hem kuş hem de insanlardan grip virüsleri bulaşması durumunda genler arasında bir etkileşim oluyor ve böylece ortaya yeni bir virüs tipi çıkıyor.
Yiyeceklerden bulaşmıyor
Amerikan salgın hastalıklarla mücadele dairesi, domuz gribi virüsünün yiyeceklerden bulaşmadığını belirtiyor. Ancak domuz gribi çok hızlı bir şekilde yayılabiliyor. Virüsler domuzdan doğrudan insana ya da insandan domuza bulaşabiliyor.
Alman Sağlık Bakanlığı'na bağlı Robert Koch Enstitüsü'nün Başkanı Jörg Hacker, domuz gribinin ciddiye alınması gerektiği uyarısında bulunuyor:"Durumu büyük endişeyle takip ediyoruz. Hastalığa yol açan, insanlarda, kanatlı hayvan ve domuzlarda görülen virüslerin bir bileşimi. Yani yeni bir çeşit ve bu virüsün insandan insana hızlı bir şekilde geçebildiğini görüyoruz. Çok endişe verici bir durum."
'Salgın potansiyeli var'
Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Genel Direktörü Margaret Chan, yeni domuz gribi vakalarının bir salgına dönüşme potansiyeli taşıdığı uyarısında bulunarak, bu virüse karşı bağışıklığın insanlarda henüz gelişmemiş olduğunu belirtti.
Tedaviye yanıt alınıyor
Şimdiye kadarki domuz gribi vakalarından, normalde gribe karşı daha zayıf olan çocuk ya da yaşlıların değil, daha çok genç, sağlıklı yetişkinlerin etkilenmiş olması da dikkat çekiyor.
Hacker, bunun nedenini henüz açıklayamadıklarını kaydediyor. Meksikalı yetkililerin, hastalığa yakalananların yüzde 60'ının tedaviye yanıt verdiğini ve durumlarının iyiye gittiğini açıklaması ise olumlu bir gelişme olarak görülüyor.
Robert Koch Enstitüsü Başkanı Jörg Hacker şunları söylüyor: "Enfeksiyonun tedavi edilebiliyor olması iyi bir haber. Normal grip vakalarının tedavisinde kullanılan ilaçlar, Amerikalı meslektaşlarımızdan bildiğimiz kadarıyla, etkili oluyor. Nörominidaz inhibitörleri olarak adlandırılan alt grubun etkili olduğu görülüyor. İkinci bir nokta, ABD ve Kanada'da hastalığın seyrinin Meksika'dakinden daha yumuşak olması."
Ellere dikkat!
Mevcut virüsün değişime uğrayarak tedavi edilemez hale gelmesi ise en büyük endişe kaynağı.Hacker, virüslerin değişime uğraması olasılığının göz ardı edilemeyeceğini, bu konuda beklemekten başka yapacak bir şey olmadığını belirtiyor. Virüse karşı korunmada en önemli yöntem hijyen.Ellerin temizliği büyük önem taşıyor. Virüsün öksürme, hapşırma, yakın mesafede konuşma gibi hava yoluyla bulaştığı da bilinmeli. Ateşin 38 derecenin üzerine çıkması, şiddetli öksürük, eklem ağrıları, iştahsızlık gibi belirtiler görüldüğünde derhal doktora başvurmalı." alıntıdır
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As technology makes life richer and easier, we leave a trail of information that is susceptible to prying eyes
Within the next four months, a major Bay Area supermarket chain plans to introduce a payment system that uses biometric fingerprint authentication to verify customers' identities. Under this system, shoppers in checkout lines won't need to use cash, checks, debit cards or credit cards. Instead, they can place their fingers on scanners that read fingerprints, and once the device links to their bank or credit card accounts, they can buy groceries, get cash back and do everything else shoppers do. The system is already used in cities around the United States, including Portland, Ore., and Chicago, where one shopper says it has changed his life for the better. Linc Thelen, a 37-year-old interior designer, says the fingerprint system -- known commercially as Pay By Touch -- is convenient to use and expedites his way through grocery lines at Jewel-Osco, where he shops. Thelen says the system lets people leave their wallets behind, so they don't have to worry about being robbed or losing their credit cards.
"I had no reservation," Thelen said in a phone interview. "It's a safe way to store information."
But no system is 100 percent foolproof.
Despite the fact that armed men guard the computers that store the customers' virtual fingerprints, despite the fact that Bank of America's former security chief now heads Pay By Touch's security division, and despite the fact that Pay By Touch hires people to try to expose vulner abilities in its computer system (so those vulnerabilities can be eliminated), Pay By Touch President John Morris acknowledges that "it's not impossible" for computer hackers to figure out how to tamper with its information.
And therein lies one of the 21st century's most vexing problems: More and more of our personal data are captured and stored by corporate and government interests, and are potentially available to anyone with the technological, legal or financial means to access that information.
Whether it's phone calls we make, library books we check out, CDs we buy on the Internet or divorces we finalize in court, we leave a trail of information that becomes susceptible to prying eyes. For the price of a bus pass, you can pay a company to supply anyone's address, phone number, political affiliation, estimated income and property history. For $20 more, you can find out if that person is married or divorced, has a criminal record, and what sort of jobs he or she has worked.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., says she will introduce a "privacy bill of rights" because identity theft and security failures of personal records have become "one of the most important issues facing us as individuals and as a nation."
The availability of personal information -- downloadable onto laptop computers, which are increasingly being fitted with fingerprint technology -- is changing the culture in ways that may seem trivial but are really benchmarks for a new society already in its formative stages.
A small example: Unbeknownst to the men who date her, Judy runs background checks on all of them, using a private investigator to dig out any "red flags" that would presage troubling behavior. A businesswoman in Southern California, Judy, 50, uses a company called DateSmart, whose client base has boomed in the past five years as more people confront the perils of online dating.
"I'm glad the information is out there," says Judy, who did not want her last name used because of concerns her suitors would read this article. "The men I'm talking to online are complete strangers. And I have absolutely no knowledge of their character other than what they're saying in their profiles. I need to feel comfortable knowing that they're not an ax murderer. The people you meet might be well dressed, but you never know if they have any criminal history. It's for (my) safety."
Background checks are nothing new. What's changed are the speed with which you can obtain them, their relatively small price (some companies advertise free checks) and their growing public acceptance. The information revolution has transformed the background check into a common and casual tool, and those being scrutinized probably don't have a clue. More obvious are the security cameras embedded in nearly every major American city, including New York, Milwaukee, Chicago , Atlanta, Los Angeles and, yes, San Francisco, where lenses record people's activities in such crime-ridden neighborhoods as Bayview- Hunters Point and the Western Addition. The spread of these cameras is championed by authorities, who say it reduces criminal activity, and criticized by the ACLU, which says the equipment is an unnecessary intrusion into public spaces.
Civil liberties groups have joined the widespread outcry against the government's monitoring of Americans' phone-call records. Two weeks ago in federal court, the ACLU challenged the legal rationale behind the National Security Agency program, arguing that the NSA's actions -- involving "data mining" of records provided by AT&T and other t elephone companies -- violate Americans' rights to free speech and privacy as guaranteed under the First and Fourth Amendments. Last week, privacy experts raised questions about the U.S. government's monitoring of international bank transfers -- previously secret data surveillance officials say is justified by the fight against terrorism.
Americans' rights to privacy will be tested even more in the next few years as biometric technology creeps increasingly into everyday arenas. For example, on the campus of
The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper in Shanghai, China. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the hotel component containing 174 rooms and suites. On opening, this hotel will become the highest in the world, surpassing the Grand Hyatt Shanghai on the 53rd to 87th floors of the neighboring Jin Mao Tower.
On 14 September 2007 the skyscraper was topped out[6] at 492.0 meters (1,614.2 ft)[7] and became the second tallest building in the world; as well as the tallest structure on mainland China, including Hong Kong. It is currently the world's tallest completed building by roof.
On 28 August 2008, the SWFC officially opened for business. On August 30 the Observation Deck opened with a view from 3 levels. The highest view is at 474 m (1,555 ft) above ground level.
