Blausen Human Atlas App is an application made by Blausen Medical communications which helps in communicating medical conditions and procedures to patients who have limited medical knowledge.The new 2.0 version of the Blausen Human Atlas application aims to help providers with this type of communication. This app allows medical professionals access to a vast library of 3D video animations and images that aid in explaining medical conditions to laypersons.
The Human Atlas app has three basic features which can be used for navigation: 3D human figure, medical glossary, and videos.
Advantages of this App
A vast library of medical information
Aesthetically pleasing 3D animation videos do a fantastic job of explaining medical conditions and procedures in laypersons’ terms to patients.
Patients enjoy looking and listening to the concise videos.
Pictures are very functional and show different pathologies
The glossary contains definitions for procedures as well as basic medical terms.
Every major specialty is targeted (cancer, circulatory, digestive, ear, endocrine, eye, immune, muscular, nervous, pediatric, reproductive, respiratory, skeletal, skin, and urinary)
In my academic life at the university of Dar es salaam i had a great moment meeting people with great minds, people with great visions and ambitions. I managed to make many good friends who i sincerely admire and who real inspire me. They are many in number and i won't be fair if i try to mention a few. One of the greatest men i met is SOVELLO HILDEBRAND MGANI a man from NJOMBE who graduated in the year 2010.
Mr. Sovello is a software developer who has established his own company called FUGIT CONSULT (see www.fugitz.com), the company is located in Njombe. Fugit is dealing with software development and customization, network design and computer trainings. I have learned many things from his inspirations and initiatives. I wish you all the best brother, you inspire me a lot. Keep on the spirit i know sky is the only limit. FUGIT CONSULT will grow and you will achieve your goals.
In pursuit of its mission, Youth Technology Initiative designed a computer skills competition which will be conducted annually. During the competition students are provided with practical tasks which students will be required to do then the winner is going to be awarded.
YTI-computer skills competition started on 18th July and ended in 21st july where the winner was awarded a brand new laptop, each participant was given a football and each school which participated was provided with 6 footballs.Mr.Seleman Hemed emerged to become the winner of the competition. The young star who is a form three student from Loyola High school has a strong desire of becoming a computer engineer, Seleman believe that it is through IT that people's problems can be solved. He continues by giving an example of a theft problem, he says he wishes to develop a software which will ensure maximum security to the society, the one that will prevent theft. Although he hasn't known yet on how he is going to make that software but he strongly believes that it will work.
Seleman Hemed
However YTI was honoured to have Mr.Gadi Kalugendo the program manager at UN-HABITANT in issues related to youths as the guest of honour, Mr.Gadi addressed the importance of ICT to the society and how the society can not survive without it, ICT is applied everywhere and therefore every person should equip himself/herself with ICT skills. UN-HABITANT offered 80 footballs to the participating schools where each school got 10 balls. These schools were Loyola High School, Majani ya chai secondary school, migombani secondary school, Kibasila High school, Azania High school, Kisutu High school, Zanaki High school and Ilala secondary school.
Mr. Gadi Kalugendo, the second from right putting more emphasis on How important is ICT to the society
Nevertheless, students were highly motivated by the competition since they never had one, the experience of sharing their goals with their fellows was very amazing and gave them an excitment that could be seen on their faces. Getting the opportunity to visit the University of Dar es salaam, learn about ICT entrepreneurship and software development at their young age made them so happy and excited.
ENVAYA and FUGIT consult supported YTI's effort by accepting to offer their experts to train the young students ICT Entrepreneurship skills and Software development arena respectively, it was a big honour for YTI to have such big organisations in the competition.
With determined people everything goes just fine, the trainings were awesome the competition was of its own kind, it was just perfect. Every participant enjoyed the 4 days of YTI's trainings. Many congratulations should go to every person who contributed to the success of the Event. YTI is looking foward to conduct a very huge and exciting competition next year. Join YTI in the second season the YTI-computer skills competition 2013. All the best.
Mr.Seleman Hemed shakes hands with the guest of honour before he receives his gift
The Guest of honour Mr.Gadi Kalugendo handling Laptop o the winner of the competition mr.Seleman Hemed
mr. Gadi kalugendo handling the laptop to Seleman Hemed, the winner of the YTI-computer skills competition 2012
This luxury gadgets is coming from the designer Stuart Hughes. It’s the world’s most expensive cell phone unveiled in 2009. Goldstriker iPhone is encrusted with 271 grams of 22 carat pure solid gold. More than 200 diamonds added on the cell phone. Apple logo on the back features 53 gems and home button is covered with a single 7.1 carat diamond. The iPhone 3GS Supreme decorated as well in a chest carved from granite and Kashmir gold along with a lining made from top Nubuck grain leather.
2. GoldVish Le Million: $1.3 million
Goldvish LeMillion is designed by Emmanuel Gueit. The uniquness of this cell phone is certified by Guinness World Records in 2008. The cell phones use a VVS1 (only microscopically flawed) diamonds with 18 Carat of white gold. The features of the cell phone is pretty standard with 2 GB storage, FM radio, digital camera, MP3 playback and bluetooth are the internal features of the cell phone. This cell phone just available by individual order.
3. Diamond Crypto Smartphone: $1.3 million
This cell phone is produced by JSC Ancort that originally designed by luxury accecories designer Peter Aloisson. This expensive smart phone is encased with a platinum base and has 50 diamonds and 8 of them is a rare blue diamonds. The navigation key and the Ancort logo are of 18 Carat of rose gold. This cell phone was built on Windows CE.
Stars are born in nebulae. Huge clouds of dust and gas collapse under gravitational forces, forming protostars. These young stars undergo further collapse, forming main sequence stars.
Stars expand as they grow old. As the core runs out of hydrogen and then helium, the core contacts and the outer layers expand, cool, and become less bright. This is a red giant or a red super giant (depending on the initial mass of the star). It will eventually collapse and explode. Its fate is determined by the original mass of the star; it will become either a black dwarf, neutron star, or black hole.
Irene M. Pepperberg is an associate research professor at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and teaches animal cognition at Harvard University. She is head of the Alex Foundation and author of The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots.
The physicist Albert Einstein did not directly participate in the invention of the atomic bomb. But as we shall see, he was instrumental in facilitating its development.
In 1905, as part of his Special Theory of Relativity, he made the intriguing point that a large amount of energy could be released from a small amount of matter. This was expressed by the equation E=mc2 (energy = mass times the speed of light squared). The atomic bomb would clearly illustrate this principle.
But bombs were not what Einstein had in mind when he published this equation. Indeed, he considered himself to be a pacifist. In 1929, he publicly declared that if a war broke out he would "unconditionally refuse to do war service, direct or indirect... regardless of how the cause of the war should be judged." (Ronald Clark, "Einstein: The Life and Times", pg. 428). His position would change in 1933, as the result of Adolf Hitler's ascent to power in Germany. While still promoting peace, Einstein no longer fit his previous self-description of being an "absolute pacifist".
Einstein's greatest role in the invention of the atomic bomb was signing a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt urging that the bomb be built. The splitting of the uranium atom in Germany in December 1938 plus continued German aggression led some physicists to fear that Germany might be working on an atomic bomb. Among those concerned were physicists Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner. But Szilard and Wigner had no influence with those in power. So in July 1939 they explained the problem to someone who did: Albert Einstein. According to Szilard, Einstein said the possibility of a chain reaction "never occurred to me", altho Einstein was quick to understand the concept (Clark, pg. 669+; Spencer Weart & Gertrud Weiss Szilard, eds., "Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts", pg. 83). After consulting with Einstein, in August 1939 Szilard wrote a letter to President Roosevelt with Einstein's signature on it. The letter was delivered to Roosevelt in October 1939 by Alexander Sachs, a friend of the President. Germany had invaded Poland the previous month; the time was ripe for action. That October the Briggs Committee was appointed to study uranium chain reactions.
But the Briggs Committee moved very slowly, prompting Einstein, Szilard, and Sachs to write to FDR in March 1940, pointing again to German progress in uranium research (Weart & Szilard, pg. 119+). In April 1940 an Einstein letter, ghost-written by Szilard, pressed Briggs Committee chairman Lyman Briggs on the need for "greater speed" (Weart & Szilard, pg. 125+; Clark, pg. 680).
Research still proceeded slowly, because the invention of the atomic bomb seemed distant and unlikely, rather than a weapon that might be used in the current war. It was not until after the British MAUD Report was presented to FDR in October 1941 that a more accelerated pace was taken. This British document stated that an atomic bomb could be built and that it might be ready for use by late 1943, in time for use during the war (Richard Rhodes, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb", pg. 377+).
Einstein biographer Ronald Clark has observed that the atomic bomb would have been invented without Einstein's letters, but that without the early U.S. work that resulted from the letters, the a-bombs might not have been ready in time to use during the war on Japan (Clark, pg. 682-683).
The atomic bomb related work that Einstein did was very limited and he completed it in two days during December 1941. Vannevar Bush, who was coordinating the scientific work on the a-bomb at that time, asked Einstein's advice on a theoretical problem involved in separating fissionable material by gaseous diffusion. But Bush and other leaders in the atomic bomb project excluded Einstein from any other a-bomb related work. Bush didn't trust Einstein to keep the project a secret: "I am not at all sure... [Einstein] would not discuss it in a way that it should not be discussed." (Clark, pg. 684-685; G. Pascal Zachary, "Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century", pg. 204).
As the realization of nuclear weapons grew near, Einstein looked beyond the current war to future problems that such weapons could bring. He wrote to physicist Niels Bohr in December 1944, "when the war is over, then there will be in all countries a pursuit of secret war preparations with technological means which will lead inevitably to preventative wars and to destruction even more terrible than the present destruction of life." (Clark, pg. 698).
The atomic bombings of Japan occurred three months after the surrender of Germany, whose potential for creating a Nazi a-bomb had led Einstein to push for the development of an a-bomb for the Allies. Einstein withheld public comment on the atomic bombing of Japan until a year afterward. A short article on the front page of the New York Times contained his view: "Prof. Albert Einstein... said that he was sure that President Roosevelt would have forbidden the atomic bombing of Hiroshima had he been alive and that it was probably carried out to end the Pacific war before Russia could participate." ("Einstein Deplores Use of Atom Bomb", New York Times, 8/19/46, pg. 1). Einstein later wrote, "I have always condemned the use of the atomic bomb against Japan." (Otto Nathan & Heinz Norden, editors, "Einstein on Peace", pg. 589).
In November 1954, five months before his death, Einstein summarized his feelings about his role in the creation of the atomic bomb: "I made one great mistake in my life... when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made; but there was some justification - the danger that the Germans would make them." (Clark, pg. 752).
Dr. Vincent Muli Kituku, CSP works with organizations and individuals who want to increase their productivity, stay focused and have a sustained desire to make success a habit, but not an act. A master motivator and a catalyst for unlimited results, Dr. Kituku has been described as a research-based motivational speaker/trainer whose storytelling skills have won awards for both spoken and written words. He is one of the less than 7% speakers to earn the coveted Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) recognition, the highest designation presented by the National Speakers Association.
Wherever he speaks, people from all backgrounds agree that words cannot describe Vincent but that he must be experienced. His ability to captivate audiences with content, interaction and entertainment has made him not only a sought after speaker but an annual presenter for key organizations. No one is ever the same after listening and applying Dr. kituku’s strategies and wisdom into their work and life endeavors.
The impact of Dr. Kituku’s memorable speeches and workshops has propelled him into a league of his own. He has given presentations to Fortune 500 Companies, Workforce Development Agencies and Chambers of Commerce, Realtors, and National and International associations. He has been the motivational speaker for the successful Boise State University Football Team since 1998—the alumni of BSU selected him the 2003 Homecoming Grand Marshal.
A scientific researcher and experienced corporate America student, Dr. Kituku, a native of Kenya, Africa, draws on his rich cultural heritage and his in-depth experience in corporate America to help others apply the strategies of personal and professional success to their lives. Vincent offers individuals and organizations the necessary spears to overcome and thrive beyond their buffaloes. Since establishing Kituku & Associates in 1995, Dr. Kituku has done research on the challenges and expectations of every group he has worked with, whether the project was a 60-minutes keynote or a two-day leadership development camp. He then uses the data/information to develop and present a customized presentation audiences can relate to and apply in whatever they do to make success a continuous experience.
What, however, is unleveled is Vincent’s story of triumph over adversities. He refused to be held back or live a life that is defined by the deaths of five siblings, chronic malaria and stomach illnesses, being forced to spend six years in three grades or growing up in a dysfunctional family. With his signature positive altitude (blessed man), big dreams and hard work, Vincent knew he would be somebody someday. These losses and setbacks made Dr. Kituku believe that each individual has the potential to soar to new heights if only they knew how.
Dr. Kituku is a widely read influential writer in business, inspiration and education. Using his exuberant, concise and riveting style, Vincent has created CDs, books and articles of substance that are eminently readable, with authentic clarity and relevancy. He is an inspirational, family and professional expert whose columns appear internationally in numerous daily, weekly and monthly publications of both traditional and electronic venues. Dr. Kituku hosted “Buffaloes in Our Lives," a weekly radio program that was aired in the Northwest area on KBOI 670 AM. He is chief editor of the “Buffaloes in Our Lives" newsletter.
Dr. Kituku received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nairobi and both his Masters and Doctorate from the University of Wyoming. He has worked extensively with both government and private sectors.
1) Respect “the genius of a place.”
Olmsted wanted his designs to stay true to the character of their natural surroundings. He referred to “the genius of a place,” a belief that every site has ecologically and spiritually unique qualities. The goal was to “access this genius” and let it infuse all design decisions.
This meant taking advantage of unique characteristics of a site while also acknowledging disadvantages. For example, he was willing to abandon the rainfall-requiring scenery he loved most for landscapes more appropriate to climates he worked in. That meant a separate landscape style for the South while in the dryer, western parts of the country he used a water-conserving style
2) Subordinate details to the whole.
Olmsted felt that what separated his work from a gardener was “the elegance of design,” (i.e. one should subordinate all elements to the overall design and the effect it is intended to achieve). There was no room for details that were to be viewed as individual elements. He warned against thinking “of trees, of turf, water, rocks, bridges, as things of beauty in themselves.” In his work, they were threads in a larger fabric. That’s why he avoided decorative plantings and structures in favor of a landscapes that appeared organic and true.
3) The art is to conceal art.
Olmsted believed the goal wasn’t to make viewers see his work. It was to make them unaware of it. To him, the art was to conceal art. And the way to do this was to remove distractions and demands on the conscious mind. Viewers weren’t supposed to examine or analyze parts of the scene. They were supposed to be unaware of everything that was working.
He tried to recreate the beauty he saw in the Isle of Wight during his first trip to England in 1850: “Gradually and silently the charm comes over us; we know not exactly where or how.” Olmsted’s works appear so natural that one critic wrote, “One thinks of them as something not put there by artifice but merely preserved by happenstance.”
4) Aim for the unconscious.
Related to the previous point, Olmsted was a fan of Horace Bushnell’s writings about “unconscious influence” in people. (Bushnell believed real character wasn’t communicated verbally but instead at a level below that of consciousness.) Olmsted applied this idea to his scenery. He wanted his parks to create an unconscious process that produced relaxation. So he constantly removed distractions and demands on the conscious mind.
For example, his designs subtly direct movement through the landscape. Pedestrians are led without realizing they’re being led. If you’ve ever gotten lost on one of Prospect Park’s paths, you’ll understand the point. It’s a strange sensation of feeling lost yet completely confident that you can easily return to your starting point.
5) Avoid fashion for fashion’s sake.
Olmsted rejected displays “of novelty, of fashion, of scientific or virtuoso inclinations and of decoration.” He felt popular trends of the day, like specimen planting and flower-bedding of exotics, often intruded more than they helped.
For example, he contrasted the effect of a common wild flower on a grassy bank with that of a gaudy hybrid of the same genus, imported from Japan and blooming under glass in an enameled vase. The hybrid would draw immediate attention. He observed, but “the former, while we have passed it by without stopping, and while it has not interrupted our conversation or called for remark, may possibly, with other objects of the same class, have touched us more, may have come home to us more, may have had a more soothing and refreshing sanitary influence.”
Ever since childhood, Kim Ung-Yong has shocked the world with his super-genius IQ; an unbelievable 210. At the age of six months, he was able to speak and converse with ease.At twenty-four months - when most children barely begin talking in sentences - he was reading effortlessly in four languages: Korean, Japanese, German and English. To further the impression, he began attending a University two years later, in which he was solving calculus problems the majority of us wouldn't take a stab at. He was gifted from the beginning, and continued to excel from then on with an IQ matched by none other than himself.
Super-Genius invited to NASA.
As the world began to see Kim Ung-Yong's remarkable potential, he began receiving a great deal of attention. He was featured on Japanese television and soon after got invited to work for NASA at the age of 8. Able to solve any problem given to him while working for the company, he continued his education and received a Ph.D. in Physics at the age of 15; the age of a high school sophomore.
It seemed that no matter the difficulty, nothing seemed to hold the super-genius back. It is unknown what gave Kim Ung-Yong this inspiring motivation. Some argue it may have been the simple thirst for knowledge, but none know for sure. These years as a teen, in which life was fast-paced, was a short segment of his life. The next portion was something no one expected.
Kim Ung-Yong and his life goal.
Learning was definitely one of the passions of the Guinness record holder for the "Highest IQ", but there was still something he hadn't accomplished. It was a goal that everyone sets for themselves; the goal of happiness. But this didn't include a career in Physics; the major he first received a Ph.D. in. This consisted of focusing his time to become a Civil Engineer (which he later earned a Ph.D. in) and joining the business planning department at Chungbuk Development Corporation.
Many people who expected Kim Ung-Yong to become something "extraordinary" such as a government elite, felt disappointed. But as the super-genius proved, the act of being "extraordinary" was determined by the eyes of the beholder.
To him, life had been fulfilled. He had found true joy in life. A life in which he followed his own desires, not that of others.
The Heat death is a possible final state of the universe, in which it has "run down" to a state of no free energy to sustain motion or life. In physical terms, it has reached maximum entropy.
The heat death of the universe will occur when all particles of matter ultimately have the same average kinetic energy and exist in a state of maximum disorder.
Perhaps the biggest visionary of all time, Leonardo foresaw everything from the helicopter to the tank to the submarine. Modern engineers have proven that many of his designs, including bridges, hang-gliders, transmissions, parachutes, and more would have worked had they been built. There have been few individuals in the history of engineering who have designed so many revolutionary devices that actually worked. For having this remarkable vision and intelligence, Leonardo qualifies as the most remarkable engineer of all time.
2. Thomas Edison
Edison is the most prolific inventor in history, holding a record 1,097 patents. He developed the phonograph, incandescent light bulb, stock ticker, motion picture camera and projector, and hundreds more. He also created the first electrical plant and distribution infrastructure. Without these inventions, modern life is almost inconceivable.
3. Henry Ford
Henry Ford realized that he would a more efficient way to mass produce cars in order to lower the price. He looked at other industries and found four principles that would further their goal: interchangeable parts, continuous flow, division of labor, and reducing wasted effort. Ford put these principles into play gradually over five years, fine-tuning and testing as he went along. In 1913, they came together in the first moving assembly line ever used for large-scale manufacturing. Ford produced cars at a record-breaking rate forever changing the automobile industry.
4. Wilbur and Orville Wright
Before Wilbur and Orville discovered what would later become the safest mode of transport, they were bicycle mechanics with a passion for kite-flying. The crucial insights from both fields would later propel them to victory in the race to the sky.
Most prototypes of the time could not stay in the air long enough after taking off. The Wright brothers however understood that stability was crucial in overcoming this challenge. After several experiments using kites and gliders, they created a pulley system that altered the shape of the wing in mid-flight, increasing and decreasing the speeds. The Wright brothers were also the first to look at propeller design and aerodynamics, profoundly changing the world.
Hero of Alexandria
This man could have started the Industrial Revolution in 50 AD with the invention of the Aeolipile, a form of steam or jet engine where jets of steam spin a ball. However, he failed to realize what the device could do, and thought of it as nothing but a toy. Some have speculated that the abundance of slave labor negated any need for a labor-saving device, so no one applied his device in the manner of the Industrial Revolution. Hero also wrote many works on subjects ranging from pneumatics to mathematics to physics.
The sun, like all active stars, is a massive hydrogen-burning furnace producing huge amounts of light, heat and radiation, about 4 x 10^26 watts every second. The sun, in fact, is the origin of all energy on the earth, even fossil fuels. The process by which the sun creates and releases energy is called fusion.
Hydrogen Fusion Progression
Hydrogen is the lightest, most simple element in the universe, consisting of just one proton and one electron. At low temperatures, the positive charge of the hydrogen nuclei repel each other, preventing fusion. However, as a young star condenses, increasing its temperature and pressure, four hydrogen atoms will come in close enough proximity to fuse together into a single atom of helium. In the process, some mass is converted into energy. Hydrogen fusion can begin at 8 million degrees Kelvin. As hydrogen fusion progresses, the star reaches higher and higher temperatures which allow it to fuse heavier elements. Three atoms of helium fuse into a single atom of carbon-12 at 100 million degrees Kelvin.
Layers of the Sun
The energy released by fusion is in the form of gamma rays, small but highly energetic waves of radiation. Their high frequency but small wavelength makes them dangerous to living cells. Fortunately, most fusion occurs in the core of the sun, and before the gamma rays can be released into space, they must pass through the outer layers of the sun. Immediately surrounding the core is the radiation zone, a region so dense that it takes on average 171,000 years, and up to several million years, for energy to escape it. The next layer is the convection zone, where hot plasma close to the core rises while cooler plasma sinks. In the convection zone many gamma rays are further slowed and propagate as photons, particles of visible light, as the energy moves to the surface of the sun.
What Reaches Earth
The photosphere is the region of the sun that contains the visible light. Its temperature is still between 4,500 and 6,000 degrees Kelvin but is significantly cooler than the inner layers. The outermost part of the photosphere is called the corona and is where sunspots and solar prominences occur. Of the energy reaching Earth, about half is visible light and half is in the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. But the most dangerous is the small amount of ultraviolet radiation. Energy escaping the photosphere moves at about the speed of light, taking about eight minutes to reach Earth
1.Hang Mioku: the korean plastic surgery addict who injected cooking oil into her own face
One of the most famous cases of awful plastic surgery gone wrong, Hang Mioku, a 48 year-old woman from South Korea, became so addicted to plastic surgery that she was left unrecognisable after her obsession led her to inject cooking oil into her face. She had her first plastic surgery procedure when she was 28. Following operation after operation, her face was eventually left enlarged and disfigured, and the surgeons she visited refused to carry out any more work on her and one suggested that her obsession could be a sign of a psychological disorder. So Hang resorted to injecting cooking oil into her face. It became so grotesquely large that she was called "standing fan" by children in her neighbourhood - due to her large face and small body.
As Hang's notoriety spread she was featured on Korean TV, viewers seeing the report took mercy on her and sent in enough donations to enable her to have surgery to reduce the size of her face. During the first procedure surgeons removed 60g of foreign substance from Hang's face and 200g from her neck. After several other sessions her face was left greatly reduced but still scarred and disfigured, a true challenge for korean plastic surgery.
2.Jocelyn Wildenstein: a US$4 million monster
Known by the press by the nickname of "The Bride of Wildenstein" --a reference to The Bride of Frankenstein--, Jocelyn Wildenstein has allegedly spent almost US$4,000,000 on cosmetic surgery over the years, ending up as one of the worst and most famous cases of plastic surgery addiction. But who did that happened?
Once upon a time, in the late 70’s there was a beautiful women named Jocelyn Wildenstein. Jocelyn really had it made. She was a fresh-faced mother of two and married to an extremely rich art dealer. That is until she caught her husband in bed with a 21 year old Russian model. Now, any normal person would just leave her husband and take all of his money with her, right? Not Jocelyn Wildenstein! Instead she decided to win back her husbands love and make herself more beautiful by going under the knife. Well, her husband left her anyways, but Jocelyn will always have her plastic surgeon.
3.Michael Jackson: more than 10 nose surgeries
Does this really need to be explained? It’s incredible to forget how absolutely normal Michael Jackson looked back in the 70’s and 80’s, attractive even, before turning into the sideshow freak that he is today. He is rumored to have had more than 10 nose surgery procedures on his life.
4.Pete Burns: famous singer, spent almost all of his life savings on reconstructive surgery
Pete Burns, former frontman of the British band Dead or Alive --famous for their single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"--, has had extensive polyacrylamide injections into his lips, along with cheek implants, several nose re-shapings and many tattoos. He revealed in early 2006 that he had spent almost all of his life savings on eighteen months of reconstructive surgery after a procedure on his lips went horribly wrong.
5.Dennis Avner: the Catman
Dennis Avner, also known by "Catman" or his native american name of "Stalking Cat", has undergone incredible extensive surgery in order to look like his totem animal, the tiger. Modifications include extensive tattooing, transdermal implants to allow whiskers to be worn, subdermal implants to change the shape of the face and the filing and shaping of the teeth to make them look more like a tiger's.
6.Eric Sprague: the Lizardman
Born Eric Sprague in 1972, the Lizardman was one of the first people to have a split tongue and in some circles is seen to be wholly responsible for the recent popularity of this particular modification. This 37 year old man has transformed himself into a reptile via 700 hours of tattooing, five Teflon horns implanted beneath the skin of his eyebrows, filing down of his teeth into sharp fangs, bifurcation of his tongue, and stretching of his septum and earlobes.
According the The American Board of Plastic Surgery’s website:
“ Plastic surgery deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, external genitalia or cosmetic enhancement of these areas of the body… The plastic surgeon uses cosmetic surgical principles both to improve overall appearance and to optimize the outcome of reconstructive procedures. Special knowledge and skill in the design and surgery of grafts, flaps, free tissue transfer and replantation is necessary… Anatomy, physiology, pathology, and other basic sciences are fundamental to the specialty… Competency in plastic surgery implies an amalgam of basic medical and surgical knowledge, operative judgment, technical expertise, ethical behavior, and interpersonal skills to achieve problem resolution and patient satisfaction.”
Cosmetic vs. Reconstructive
There are two main types of plastic surgery: cosmetic plastic surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery. Cosmetic surgery seeks to improve the patient’s features on a purely aesthetic level, in the absence of any actual deformity or trauma. On the other hand, the purpose of reconstructive surgery is to correct any physical feature which is grossly deformed or abnormal by accepted standards---either as the result of a birth defect, congenital disorder, illness, or trauma. Often, reconstructive surgery addresses not only a deformed appearance, but also seeks to correct or improve some deficiency or abnormality in the function of the body part in question.
Wi-Fi is derived from the decades old term Hi-Fi that stands for the output’s type produced by quality music hardware. WiFi Technology is WIRELESS FIDELITY and stands for all those technologies that fall under the specifications of IEEE 802.11 including 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g. The association of the term WiFi with various technologies is merely because of the promotions made by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
For those whose laptops and cell phones do not have a built-in wireless transmitter then you could purchase a wireless adaptor and inject it into USB port. A Wi-Fi hotspot is automatically discovered and connected by the transmitters. The presence of Wi-Fi in public places makes it convenient to stay connected to your official tasks or to the social networking.
Wi-Fi is also associated with 802.11 networking. The reference is derived from IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers uses the numbering system for classifying a range of technological protocols.
Wi-Fi steps into the boots of TV and radio in order to transmit data through radio waves. The two-way radio communication: the wireless adapter translates data into a radio signal then transmits it via antenna; and the signal is received and decoded by the wireless router that uses a tangible wired Ethernet connection to send information to the internet. The equation is reversed when wireless router receives data from the internet and translates it into a signal where the wireless adaptor receives the signal and decodes it.
The purpose of life is simply to live a life of purpose. With no reason to get up in the morning life can start to really get you down. Watch out retirees! Make sure you retire to something instead of from something. (Ricky K., 33)
There are no things or powers in life that can offer you a hand to your dreams except meeting new people who are better than you. You always can learn something from them. (Dmitry, 16)
Dream big dreams, believe in yourself, trust in God, and work hard so that those dreams can be a reality. (Natalia, 20)
My life experience is that I am learning to become more of myself rather than comparing myself with other people. Other people expect me to be like them, but I don't want to be like them, I just want to be more of myself and to accept myself for who I am. (Sharon N., 39)
China's supercomputer is currently the world's fastest: it can run at a sustained 2.5 petaflops (a petaflop is a thousand trillion floating point operations per second) thanks to its 186,368 cores and 229,376GB of RAM.
While the horsepower comes from off-the-shelf Intel and Nvidia chips, the New York Times says that the Chinese machine's speed is down to its interconnect, the networking technology that connects the individual nodes of the computer together, which is twice as fast as the InfiniBand technology used in many other supercomputers.
It's located in Shenzhen's National Supercomputing Centre, where it's used by universities and Chinese companies.
2. The one with a quarter of a million cores: Jaguar
Jaguar, a Cray XT5-HE supercomputer located at the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has quite a few cores: TOP500 says there are nearly a quarter of a million since its most recent upgrade.
Jaguar's 224,162 cores come courtesy of a whole bunch of six-core Opteron chips, and its performance is a hefty 1.76 petaflops. Oak Ridge says it's the world's fastest supercomputer for unclassified research.
3. The other slightly mysterious Chinese one: Dawning Nebulae
When it launched in early 2010 the Chinese Dawning Nebulae supercomputer was the world's fastest, with performance of 1.27 petaflops, but it's already in third place thanks to Jaguar and China's own newer, faster Tianhe-1A. Like its sibling Nebulae is in the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen.
Much has been made of the rise of Bill Gates, who dropped out of Harvard to create what would eventually become Microsoft. Philip Emeagwali dropped out of school in Nigeria at the age of 14 and went on to become a renowned computer scientist and mathematician, whose computational skills are being translated into such practical uses as the recovery of additional oil reserves in OPEC nations.
Philip Emeagwali, the oldest of nine children, was born in 1956 in the town of Akure, Nigeria. The family was poor; his father James was a nurse and his mother Agatha was a homemaker. Philip showed an early talent for mathematics. By the time he got to high school, his mathematical skills were so evident that his classmates gave him the nickname "Calculus."
Unfortunately, the family could not afford to send Philip to school after he turned 14, so he was forced to drop out. This did not keep him from studying, however. Making use of his local public library, he taught himself advanced math, physics, and chemistry. He passed a high school equivalency exam at 17.
Soon afterward, Emeagwali was awarded a scholarship to Oregon State University, where he majored, not surprisingly, in mathematics. He received his bachelor's degree from Oregon State; he later received two master's degrees from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (in ocean/marine engineering and civil/environmental engineering), and a master's from the University of Maryland in applied mathematics. He earned his Ph.D. in scientific computing from the University of Michigan.
Emeagwali's most important contribution to computer science is his work with supercomputers. He proved that supercomputer research could be conducted by remotely programming a supercomputer using the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET). What Emeagwali proved was that users could hook into many smaller computers instead of one supercomputer to access information or solve complex computational problems. In 1989, he used the Internet to access more than 65,000 computers in order to perform a complex calculation--which he did at three times the anticipated speed of a supercomputer. He discovered that this was possible by using the earlier calculations of a German scientist, Paul Fillunger. Fillunger had been unable to prove his calculations correct, but Emeagwali reexamined them and was able to solve key equations to do prove Fillunger's calculations.
Emeagwali used these equations to help map petroleum reservoirs in simulation. By using complex calculations, he showed how oil engineers could more accurately track oil flow underground and get the maximum amount of oil out of any reserve. Experts expect that the new technology could eventually increase oil revenues by billions of dollars.
Emeagwali has received several awards for his discoveries, including the Gordon Bell Prize and the National Society of Black Engineers' 1996 "Pioneer of the Year" award. He is married to Dale Brown Emeagwali, herself a noted microbiologist; the couple have a young son. Emeagwali's hobbies include exploring the Internet, but he also plays tennis, swims, and runs.
It doesn't matter where you come from, what you path through in life doesn't matter, what matters is who you become, remember it is always the end that justifies the beginning.
Today lets look at Les Brown's biography and get something useful from it.
As a renowned professional speaker, author and television personality, Les Brown has risen to national prominence by delivering a high energy message which tells people how to shake off mediocrity and live up to their greatness. It is a message Les Brown has learned from his own life and one he is helping others apply to their lives.
Born a twin in low-income Liberty City in Miami, Florida, Les and his twin brother, Wes, were adopted when they were six weeks old by Mrs. Mamie Brown. Mrs. Brown was a single woman who had very little education or financial means, but a very big heart.
As a child Les’ inattention to school work, his restless energy, and the failure of his teachers to recognize his true potential resulted in him being mislabeled as a slow learner. The label and the stigma stayed with him, damaging self-esteem to such an extent that it took several years to overcome.
Les has had no formal education beyond high school, but with persistence and determination he has initiated and continued a process of unending self-education which has distinguished him as an authority on harnessing human potential. Les Brown's passion to learn and his hunger to realize greatness in himself and others helped him to achieve greatness. He rose from a hip-talkin morning DJ to broadcast manager; from community activist to community leader; from political commentator to three-term legislator; and from a banquet and nightclub emcee to premier keynote speaker.
Today, as one of the world’s most sought-after motivational speakers, Les Brown presents to Fortune 500 companies and organizations all over the world. His “heart-felt” style and tremendous passion for speaking leaves his audiences with a larger vision for their lives and the motivation to take the next step.
After getting his PhD in 1977, Shamir worked as a researcher at MIT and eventually returned to a his alma mater, Israel’s Weizmann Institute, for a professorship. He also taught courses at the Ecole Normale Supeieure in Paris. While Shamir plays a major role in computer science academia, he also helped develop some major cryptography algorithms that made him quite wealthy. Patents on the RSA algorithm, Feige-Fiat-Shamir identification scheme and a variety of digital signatures and voting systems have netted him hundreds of millions (if not over a billion) over the past few decades. It also earned millions more in royalties for the Weizmann Institute.
HENRY SAMUELI
Today, Henry Samueli is the co-founder, senior vice president and CTO at the Broadcom Corporation — but he didn’t always work in the business world. After receiving his PhD in electrical engineering from UCLA, Samueli began working as a professor there. It was not until a decade later, in 1991, that he decided to found Broadcom Corporation with a former student, each putting in a modest investment $5,000 invest. This paid off for the professor, and by 1998 he retired from his academic position and focused on the business full time. Today, Samueli has a net worth estimated at $2.3 billion — a big step up from his UCLA salary.
DAVID CHERITON
Professor David Cheriton has taught computer science at Stanford since 1981 and taken part in some amazing research into operating systems. He’s also won numerous accolades for his work. Yet he is best known for his investments in budding technology companies. In 1995, he put money towards a nascent Google, a smart move that has earned him just over a billion to date. The professor also invested in a number of other technology companies, and is now worth around $1.8 billion total. While notoriously frugal with his money, Cheriton has been quite generous with giving back to the academic community, donating $25 million to the University of Waterloo and another $2 million to the University of British Columbia.
ROBERT S. LANGER
An engineer and David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT (one of the highest honors the school offers), Langer is one of the leading academics working in the fields of biomedical and chemical engineering today. Known for his biotech research on drug delivery systems and tissue engineering, Langer holds over 760 patents in the medical and engineering worlds. It is these patents, as well as his work as a director at multiple medical research and pharmaceutical companies, that have helped make him one of the wealthiest academics today. Langer not only has a generous net worth of his own, but directs over $10 million in grants for his MIT research lab – the largest biomedical example in the world.
STEPHEN HAWKING
One of the best-known names on this list, Stephen Hawking is a legend in cosmology and theoretical physics — not to mention of the most renowned academics of all time. Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for 30 years, retiring in 2009. Throughout his career, he received numerous awards and made major breakthroughs in our understanding of black holes, general relativity and quantum gravity. An academic celebrity, much of Hawking’s wealth comes from the popularity of his books, including the runaway best seller A Brief History of Time. Today, the retired Hawking is estimated to be worth about $20 million.
Well, the mind of an entrepreneur is the mind of madness because what you are doing is that you are going against the grain. Everybody is telling you that you can't do it
