http://merolinks.com Your Source for Social News and Networking Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:08:00 -0600 en http://merolinks.com/sports/bbc-sport-rugby-union-all-blacks-bring-in-star-players/ http://merolinks.com/sports/bbc-sport-rugby-union-all-blacks-bring-in-star-players/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:08:00 -0600 raghu SPORTS http://merolinks.com/sports/bbc-sport-rugby-union-all-blacks-bring-in-star-players/
1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/entertainment/vaction-packages/ http://merolinks.com/entertainment/vaction-packages/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:01:07 -0600 raghu ENTERTAINMENT http://merolinks.com/entertainment/vaction-packages/ Vacation Packages
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1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/health/heart-dieses-and-stroks/ http://merolinks.com/health/heart-dieses-and-stroks/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:55:55 -0600 raghu HEALTH http://merolinks.com/health/heart-dieses-and-stroks/
1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/health/bbc-news-uk-scotland-older-addicts-lose-will-to-live/ http://merolinks.com/health/bbc-news-uk-scotland-older-addicts-lose-will-to-live/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:42:16 -0600 raghu HEALTH http://merolinks.com/health/bbc-news-uk-scotland-older-addicts-lose-will-to-live/
The Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) said older drug users need more support.

Of 55,000 chaotic drug users in Scotland, 15,000 or more than 25%, are believed to be 35 or over but they have said services often ignore their needs.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/health/bbc-news-health-thyroid-risk-from-pre-eclampsia/ http://merolinks.com/health/bbc-news-health-thyroid-risk-from-pre-eclampsia/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:36:52 -0600 raghu HEALTH http://merolinks.com/health/bbc-news-health-thyroid-risk-from-pre-eclampsia/
Teams from the US and Norway found those with the condition had a raised risk of an under-active thyroid, which can lead to fatigue and depression.

They say women showing signs of pre-eclampsia need thyroid checks as well as standard heart and kidney checks.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/health/bbc-news-health-30/ http://merolinks.com/health/bbc-news-health-30/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:29:32 -0600 raghu HEALTH http://merolinks.com/health/bbc-news-health-30/ Alcohol 'protects men's hearts'
Drinking alcohol dramatically cuts the risk of coronary heart disease in men a study suggests, but experts remain critical.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/technology/bbc-news-science-environment-how-to-explore-mars-and-have-fun/ http://merolinks.com/technology/bbc-news-science-environment-how-to-explore-mars-and-have-fun/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:27:41 -0600 raghu TECHNOLOGY http://merolinks.com/technology/bbc-news-science-environment-how-to-explore-mars-and-have-fun/
A Nasa website called "Be A Martian" allows users to play games while at the same time sorting through hundreds of thousands of images of the Red Planet.

The number of pictures returned by spacecraft since the 1960s is now so big that scientists cannot hope to study them all by themselves.

The agency believes that by engaging the public in the analysis as well, many more discoveries will be made.

The new citizen-science website went live on Tuesday at http://BeAMartian.jpl.nasa.gov.

The site is just the latest to use crowdsourcing as a tool to do science.

Players at Be A Martian can earn points in one game by helping Nasa examine and organize the images into a more complete map of the planet.

Another game gets users to count impact craters to help scientists understand better the relative age of rocks on Mars' surface.

Nasa hopes the mix of real data and fun will also inspire the planetary scientists of tomorrow.

"We really need the next generation of explorers," says Michelle Viotti, from the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which oversees Mars missions.

"And we're also accomplishing something important for Nasa. There's so much data coming back from Mars. Having a wider crowd look at the data, classify it and help understand its meaning is very important."

Software giant Microsoft has been a major contributor to the technology powering Be A Martian.

The website was built on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform, using the company's Silverlight interface and its "Dallas" service to house all the information.

"The beauty of this type of experience is that it not only teaches people about Mars and the work Nasa is doing there, but it also engages a large group of people to help solve real challenges that computers cannot solve by themselves," said Marc Mercuri from Microsoft.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/technology/bbc-news-tiny-chip-could-diagnose-disease/ http://merolinks.com/technology/bbc-news-tiny-chip-could-diagnose-disease/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:25:55 -0600 raghu TECHNOLOGY http://merolinks.com/technology/bbc-news-tiny-chip-could-diagnose-disease/
A tiny drop of blood is drawn through the chip, where disease markers are caught and show up under light.

The device uses the tendency of a fluid to travel through small channels under its own force, instead of using pumps.

The design is simpler, requires less blood be taken, and works more quickly than existing "lab on a chip" designs, the team report in Lab on a Chip.

It has a flexible design so that it could be used for a wide range of diagnostics.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/technology/bbc-news-technology-16/ http://merolinks.com/technology/bbc-news-technology-16/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:21:13 -0600 raghu TECHNOLOGY http://merolinks.com/technology/bbc-news-technology-16/
1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/all/dibya-dates-bhawana-at-the-bakery-cafe-teku/ http://merolinks.com/all/dibya-dates-bhawana-at-the-bakery-cafe-teku/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:54:51 -0500 raghu all http://merolinks.com/all/dibya-dates-bhawana-at-the-bakery-cafe-teku/

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/celebrity/artists-to-get-royalty-in-foreign-tours/ http://merolinks.com/celebrity/artists-to-get-royalty-in-foreign-tours/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:47:09 -0500 raghu CELEBRITY http://merolinks.com/celebrity/artists-to-get-royalty-in-foreign-tours/
1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/nepal-news/-diarrhea-claims-seven-in-rukum/ http://merolinks.com/nepal-news/-diarrhea-claims-seven-in-rukum/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:32:48 -0500 raghu NEPAL NEWS http://merolinks.com/nepal-news/-diarrhea-claims-seven-in-rukum/

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://merolinks.com/nepal-news/-kidnappings-brutalizing-nepal/ http://merolinks.com/nepal-news/-kidnappings-brutalizing-nepal/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:26:54 -0500 raghu NEPAL NEWS http://merolinks.com/nepal-news/-kidnappings-brutalizing-nepal/
SUNDAR KHANAL
KATHMANDU, July 9: An upsurge in kidnappings and a growing mistrust of new faces in the neighborhood have brutalized our society and a vigilante culture has emerged in which people no longer have faith in the administration but take the law into their own hands and lynch strangers in the name of defending their children.




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