Pandemic is the highest level alert by WHO for a spreading disease. Earlier we had the Bird's flu, Anthrax which caused the bells to ring. But none has come closer to H1N1 since the days of smallpox or chickenpox. H1N1 , often termed as LEVEL 1 virus causes flu like symptoms . Humans have combated level 1 virus before and have triumphed in the end. Its much lower in order or alertness to LEVEL5 (H5N1 aka Bird's flu). Though both level 1 and 5 have strikingly similar symptoms but it is only the H5N1 that is hard to fight (the order of 1->5 indicates increase in the level of disease and hence much difficult to fight).
H1N1 can be well put to control by the use of TAMIFLU vaccine . H1N1 has a very low spreading rate in the lungs region and hence has low fatality rate whereas H5N1 is mutating virus and hence has been able to induce fatality even after so many years.
After much of research and study finally H5N1 is at the brink of facing its end as the vaccine is nearly ready to fight against its 'basic' form.
They say half of the battle is won before the real war even starts off. Same has been mentioned for movies nowadays - half of their story is well understood before you go and watch the movie. A few days back I had a chance to watch this exciting interview of Steve Jobs from Apple and Bill from MS. Both were sitting with each other and to me they answered the 'pepperd' and 'piping hot' questions in the best possible and both avoiding to become usurpers.
There were views taken on cloud computing, SaaS etc. Steve was pressing on the fact that how Apple has helped through innovation 'decoupling of the hardware and the software' while Bill was often noticed talking about projects to revolutionize or capture the markets. He often sounded glib than convincing and Steve sounded more practical and talked about retrenchment or eroding margins (timely praising ipod and iphone). Then there was this question on 'cloud computing'. The MS made it all clear by saying that they have taken it as a challenge. Now to the Developer community that MS has , it wouldn't be exaggerated to say that they had presaged the whole phenomenon well before 10 years time and were working for it consistently since then. In the last decade the was the coming up of 'VISUAL STUDIO' platforms which made the smaller players round the globe to make and sell softwares. While still keeping in mind the rising software prices by MS.
Steve was rather enjoying the whole concept of having going into partnership with other smaller companies to develop APPS ( Apple Apps store). This in a way also increase the customer participation and helps developing not only content for your software but also develops sentiment for it. This is exactly the point MS has missed out - they forgot to make the companies and software closer and in a way emotionally attached .
Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only....Ladies Forbidden'....and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter 'A'? A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All were invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... 'goodnight, sleep tight.'
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts.... So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.' It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'
Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice.
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
- Now....Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
'twitter' is the buzz word today. Be it on celluloid , marketing , stock market etc. Many have termed it as one of the most 'happening thing' after FACEBOOK and ORKUT. It has grabbed the attention of every internet user - some come to the site to find links to dowload free ebooks, some have to discuss their excursion. What makes it so popular? Answer is simple - simplicity of interface. Facebook has a labyrinth of applications , youtube videos etc . Twitter comes sans all these featuers and has one of the most simplest website interfaces . It is low bandwith user friendly and has revolutionized globalisation thru internet.There are softwares for this social networking cum microblogging site which help you o maintain your friend's list and add focused crowd to your profile. Final verdict - twitter is unique, simple and here to stay. http://hubpages.com/hub/Twitter-Effectiveness - on how to use it all levels personalk , business etc.
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