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Asian air pollution

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:41:09 +0900

Asian air pollution is focused on again. It is thought that the factor of freak winter weather of North America. Some researchers report that high levels of air pollution emerged from Asia resion, mainly China. In Janualy, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing recorded hazardous levels of particulate matter in the Chinese capital's air, at 18 times the recommended amount by the World Health Organization(WHO). Residents were warned to stay indoors. Some researchers say pollution in the Asia cities is becoming a global problem. Fossils fuel burning and pethrochemical processing in Asia's rapidly developing economies lead to a bulid-up of aerosols formation is thought of as the antithesis to global warming, it cools our Earth's climate.

thoughts reading

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:28:49 +0900

Do we think that the thoughts and images in our brain are totally private? Scinece may change that. Over the last few years, resarchers have made significant strides in decoding out thoughts bassed on brain activity. There are several limitations on thoughts reading directly from the brain. We need good mathematical models of brain function and high-speed computing. And the biggest challenge now is measuring brain avctivity. Today scientists can measure electrical activity with EEG and changes in blood oxygen use with fMRI.

Tweaks in Facebook Privacy Settings.

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:22:43 +0900

Facebook is testing minor privacy settings changes in their services.

Facebook engineering manager Raylene Yung said people will commonly just write "privacy" when asked what they want to improve. It may be a little strange, because it is thought that Facebook users are seemed to be generous to sharing privacy.

Facebook knows giving users worrying about privacy a sense of control is key to keep them from leaving the service.

A Painter formered known as U.S. President

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:32:50 +0900

A self-portrait of former President Georfge W. Bush and a portrait Bush painted of his farther, former President George H.W.Bush, is on display Friday, April 4, at the Gerorge W. Bush President Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas. George W. Bush has started to paint portraits 2 yeasr ago. Then he painted many world leaders including Blair, the former British Prime Minister, Putin, Russia President, Koizumi, the former Japanese Prime Minister. The former first lady Laura Bush said "he was looking for past time. He' a very good painter."

People worry about money power on Politics.

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:59:20 +0900

The United States Supreme Court ruled that cap on amount a person can spend to influence political process. No money nor connections are needed to get fair shake in justice system. Many people think that even with previous restrictions, money had a corrupting influence on democracy. A Federal Election Survey found that 82% of Americans were worried about special interests buying elections. 60% of Americans thought Congress was already more llikely to vote in ways that please their financial supporters. 20 % of them thought that Congress votes in the best interest of constituents.

this write based on article by Sally kohn April 2, 2014.