Malaysian Airline shot down by surface to air missile in Russia-Ukraine Border

Ukarine News: Malaysian airline flying above 33,000ft (10Km) was shot down by surface to air missile.

A Malaysian airline carrying 295 people has crashed/shot down in the border of Russia and Ukraine today according to Interfax and Reuters. No words yet about the number of casualties as at the time of this report. The flight, Boeing 777 left Amsterdam for Malaysia this morning and crashed in eastern Ukraine.

The Interfax report said the plane came down 50 km (20 miles) short of entering Russian airspace. It "began to drop, afterwards it was found burning on the ground on Ukrainian territory," the unnamed source said.

The plane appeared to have come down in a region of military action where Ukrainian government forces are battling pro-Russian separatists.

A separate unnamed source in the Ukrainian security apparatus, quoted by Interfax, said the plane disappeared from radar at a height of 10,000 metres after which it came down near the town of Shakhtyorsk.

Fist-bumping reduces the transmission of bacteria by about four times, compared with shaking hands.

W. Thomas McClellan, a plastic and hand surgeon in Morgantown, West Virginia, was talking with two colleagues about MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), a difficult-to-treat, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection prevalent in hospitals.
"When you go into a room with a patient with MRSA, you put on a gown and wash your hands," he said. "Meanwhile, the patient's family is there without any of that on, and you go shake their hands, which probably have MRSA on [them]." So McClellan had an inspiration, prompted by how he greets his young kids: "Hey, how about a fist bump?" We asked him to elaborate on the merits of fist-bumping.
Aside from use in hospitals, do you think fist-bumping should be adopted in daily life?
I do. And I'll tell you why. One, MRSA is really rampant in the community. When you go to Whole Foods or something like that, you wipe your cart handle down with an antibacterial cloth. We have alcohol sanitizers in hospitals. Well, that stuff is ineffective against some bacteria. When you think about the kinds of pathogens you are exposed to in the community, it makes a lot of sense to limit your exposure.
What part does hand-washing or hand-sanitizing play in fist-bumping?
You can't fist bump and never wash your hands. The one thing about fist-bumping is that it's not the usable surface of your hand. If you shake someone's hand, you then eat with that part of the hand. Fist-bumping protects that usable surface. You need to wash your hands; you need to limit exposure; and you need to use alcohol sanitizers.
The holiday season is approaching, which means there will be a lot of physical contact—hugging, kissing on the cheeks. Is fist-bumping the safest kind of greeting?
I'm not saying that everyone should be going around fist-bumping, but people should have an awareness of what they're doing. If you're shaking hands and about to sit down for a meal, you should wash your hands. If you have an open wound on your hand, you should definitely be washing your hands more frequently.
Are you planning any related research in the future?
This study did not address viruses. Viruses are much more easily transmitted. I think viruses are much more communicable than bacteria, particularly with the rise of H1N1, bird flu, and other viral pathogens.
Do you fist bump more now?
Yes, I fist bump everybody now! I still shake hands in meetings. But in the hospital, I don't. It's caught on at the hospital because it's catchy and people understand it. The number of hospital infections has decreased since we presented our study. I can't directly attribute it to our research, but it could be just be an increase in awareness.

Courtesy: NGC

GSLV-D5 / GSAT-14 Mission - Launch Called-Off

The Launch of the GSLV-D5 scheduled for 1650 hrs today (August 19, 2013) is called off, as a leak is observed in the UH25 fuel system of the liquid second stage during the pre-launch pressurisation phase on the vehicle just two hours before the scheduled lift-off.

The propellants are being drained from the Cryogenic Stage, Liquid Second Stage and the four liquid Strap-ons of GSLV-D5. The vehicle will be moved back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for further actions.

The revised launch date will be announced after a detailed assessment.

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Jelly Bean 4.1 (6.2.A.0.200) for Xperia S

After a long waiting and fighting with Sony, Sony has rolled out Jelly Bean 4.1 (6.2.A.0.200) for Xperia S mobile. With stunning new UI, applications, system with new features, themes, etc.

Android version: Google Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Latest available software: 6.2.A.0.200

Release date: 2013-05-29

New features with some screens 

Firmware Details

Home Lock screen:

Unlock Home Screen with blinds view. We found this view in Sony Mobile Developer World few months ago. It adds  special look to JB.

Other New applications and features.

Album: New look with "Pictures" Images that are shot in cameras and downloaded pictures  and "My Albums" linked to online albums.

Power Management:

      Most Android users are concerned about their battery power management, This JB release has their own power management to minimize battery use during stand by time. It Optimize battery life by auto power off data usage and other applications during standby mode. Xperia users No need to go for third party power management app in google play.

Account: 

      Lists all accounts signed in different applications in settings page, There is no need to open different apps to remove or add an account.

WALKMAN:  Sony has its unique name in market for their products (sound and video), They also implements some of its new features in WALKMAN too. its much more attract music lovers.

       Clear Audio+ - Unique sound settings with clear audio.

       Clear Stereo - Reduce cross talk between the right and left channels.

       Clear Phase - Automatically adjust the sound quality.

       Dynamic Normaliser - Minimize volume diff between songs and videos.

       Others - Repeat mode ,Shuffle, Playlist view.

Movies:

       Categorized to Movies, TV Shows, Devices and Sony Unlimited.

Camera: In Video and photo there is no words to say about Sony products. They also Implemented lots of new features. It will attract movie and photo shooters.

       Different Picture effects like Partial Color, Filter, Nostalgic, Harris Shutter, Fisheye, Miniature, Kaleidoscope Sketch, Vivid.

        Different Scene selection Soft snap, Landscape, Night Portrait, Beach snow, Party, etc.,

        Front camera recording.

Hangouts: Stay connected always any where any time with video and voice. 

        Google talk is updated to hangouts, to sync with Google+ with various additional features such as making calls directly to phone via hangout.

Sound Recorder: Audio recorder to record external sound with audio level meter to measure pitch level.

Xperia Link: To connect to other Sony devices directly with out any manual configuration settings.

Voice search: New improved google voice reorganization with search.

Google Book self: Access you google books online.

And much more features.

Partial Lunar Eclipse- April-26-2013 Seen in chennai

The full moon will get a tiny bite taken out of today as it undergoes one of the shallowest and shortest partial eclipses of this century.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth, and moon align. During total lunar eclipses, the entire moon is engulfed in Earth's darkest shadow. But during partial eclipses, the moon never completely goes dark or turns red—only a portion of its disk appears to go dim.

Northern Hemisphere observers can watch Lunar Eclipse Friday

The full moon will get a tiny bite taken out of it tomorrow as it undergoes one of the shallowest and shortest partial eclipses of this century.

While North America will be left out of the sky show, much of the Eastern Hemisphere can see Earth's shadow brush across the outer half of the moon's surface over the course of the four-hour event. 

All the stages of the eclipse will be visible across the Indian Ocean, central Asia, western Australia, Africa, and Europe.

Because only a tiny fraction of the moon's disk will dip into the darkest shadow cone, the entire partial eclipse phase will be a challenge to observe, lasting less than a half hour for viewers, Hammergren said.

"This eclipse is distinguished, or undistinguished, by being the second shortest partial eclipse of the moon in the 21st century, lasting only about 27 minutes," he said.

When is best to watch?

The most readily visible part of the eclipse will begin at 3:54 p.m. ET (00:30 AM IST Aprox), just as the moon is straight overhead for observers in the Indian Ocean.

The deepest and most interesting part of the eclipse—during which Earth's shadow will fall on less than 2 percent of the tiny sliver of the moon's disk—occurs at 4:07 p.m. ET (00:40 AM IST Aprox.) and leaves the umbra at 4:21 p.m.

The last time such a small partial lunar eclipse occurred was in 1958, and another one like it won't occur until 2034.

But don't fret: Later this year, two more partial lunar eclipses will be visible on May 25 and October 18.

Courtesy: NGC