Die Mondfinsternis

Es gibt Sachen, die man einfach nicht verpassen darf und das unikate Ereignis der Sonnen- oder Mondfinsternis ist eines von denen. In der Mittwochnacht hatten die Himmelbewunderer eine Möglichkeit, die bis 2010 letzte totale Mondfinsternis zu beobachten, mit winzigen Erscheinungen am Saturn und dem leuchtenden Stern Regulus auf einer Seite des verdunkelten Vollmonds. Sie konnte aus Nord- und Südamerika gesehen werden, wobei in Europa und Afrika sie vor dem Sonnenaufgang am Donnerstag sichtbar war. Wie kommt es zu einer Mondfinsternis? Üblicherweise erfolgt sie dann, wenn der Vollmond in den Erdschatten tritt und dadurch vor Sonnenstrahlen, die ihn normalerweise beleuchten, blockiert ist. Die Sonne, die Erde und der Mond befinden sich in einer Linie, wobei der verdunkelte Mond für die Beobachter auf der nächtlichen Halbkugel sichtbar bleibt. Der Mond wird nicht vollkommen dunkel, da indirektes, durch die Erdatmosphäre strahlendes Sonnenlicht ihn noch immer erreicht. Für viele Leute in den Vereinigten Staaten stellt das Wetter einen Faktor dar, der sie von der Beobachtung der Monfinsternis abbringen könnte, aufgrund der Tatsache, dass bewölkter Himmel durch den Nationalen Wetterdienst vorhergesagt wurde, auch mit einer Wahrscheinlichkeit des Schneefalls im Landesinneren bis die Ostküste. Jack Horkheimer, Gast der PBS Show "Star Gazer", nannte das Ereignis "die Finsternis des Monds, des Herrn der Ringe und des Löwenherzens." Man erwartet, dass das astronomische Ereignis am Mittwoch gegen 19.00 Uhr beginnend an der Westküste und um 22.00 Uhr an der Ostküste stattfinden und ungefähr eine Stunde dauern wird. Man kann es ohne Augenschutz beobachten. Trotzdem empfehle ich eine spezielle Brille für die totale Sonnenfinsternis, die heuer in August stattfinden wird. Genießen Sie es!


Written by Barbora Haramiova Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
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Hacker wanted

Without any scruples now hackers even post ads on underground channels. If you were wondering what for are they posting, then you should know that they are looking for computer virus writers who are fluent in Mandarin, Russian or Portuguese. It is wired at a first look that they actually look someone knowing these languages, but in fact they are genius. These malicious code designers focus on programmers with foreign-language skills in order to launch country-specific attacks, according to security vendor McAfee Inc. Their main means, web pages and spam e-mails, used to trick people into download viruses or reveal personal information like credit card numbers, must be compelling and grammatically correct. Thus they now localize their targeting better software and sites popular in specific countries like peer-to-peer network applications in Japan, online gaming sites in China, and so on and so forth. Another factor that they keep in count by localizing is a country with lax law enforcement. McAfee Inc reported that due to the fact that 67 percent of spam is now written in English, they deduct a broadband penetration of attacks in non-English languages. The financial earnings make hackers more and more sophisticated about the baits that will work on their targets. David Marcus, security research and communications manager with McAfee, acknowledges that hackers are getting better and better and they are expanding their business to a global level. Therefore it is not surprising for them to have recruitment pitches that often take two forms: hackers looking to employ virus-writers to design spam and Web sites in local languages, and those wanting to trade malicious programs in different languages. It takes a lot of time to create a perfect malicious program and what is scary is that they are getting closer and closer to perfection and they are always looking for better ways of penetrating a user life. Take care don't download, nor read emails, unless they are from people you know. Stay connected and find out what is the best way to protect your computer.


Written by Claudia Sonea Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

Carburanti preturi culminante

Urmatorul obiect de lux va fi masina, avionul nici ne mai intrand in discutie. La rata cu care creste pretul carburantilor, ne vom permite din ce in ce mai putin sa facem plinul. In ciuda faptului ca joi un raport de guvern aratand ca proviziile nationale de petrol crud au crescut mai mult decat se asteptau a dus la o usoara scadere a pretului carburantilor, pretul benzinei a crescut cu mai mult de 3 procente peste noapte. Confomr Departamentului de Administrativ de Informatie al Energiei inventariile la petrol crud au crescu cu 4.2 milioane de barili saptamana trecuta, ceea ce e peste cele 2.9 milioane prezise de analisti intervievati de Dow Jones Newswires, in timp ce rezervele de distilate au scazut la 4.5 million barili. Parerile sunt impartite cand vine vorba de pretul carburantilor, daca multi analisti cred ca datorita cresterii proviziilor si a cererii scazute remarcate in ultimele rapoarte preturile vor scadea, sunt altii care tin cont de faptul ca preturile din ultima vreme s-au mai dezumflat ca urmare in cadere si care se asteapta ca preturile sa atinga noi culmi mult peste recordul din mai de $3.227 un galon. Cum Tim Evans, un analist la Citigroup Inc. sin New York, a spus-o divergenta de opinii duce la o piata instabila. La bursa de carburanti din New York petrolul pentru luna aprilie a cazut light, $1.47 fixandu-se la $98.23 barilul, in vreme ce pentru luna martie a atins limite record de $100.74 si un nou record de schimb de $101.32 inainte de a expira miercuri. Mai mult AAA si Serviciul de Informatie al Pretului Carburantilor a dezvaluit ca pretul benzinei la pompa a crescut 3.3 centi joi la o medie nationala de $3.086 pe galon, im mare parte datorita schimbarii de la benizna de iarna la cea de vara mai costisitoare (cea de vara creata impotriva poluarii mai mare cu 15 centi). Tom Kloza, editor si analist sef pe probleme de petrol la Serviciul de Informatie a Petrolului in Wall, N.J, declara ca vanzatorii nu incearca decat sa compenseze diferenta sis a se asigure ca pompele si tancurile lor sunt complet golite de benzina de iarna pana la 1 iunie cand statul cere vinderea celei de vara. Rzervele de benzina au crescut la un nou record cu benzina din martie fixandu-se la un pret de $2.522 galonul pe Nymex joi, ceea ce ar putea limita crestereas de primavara. Cea din aprilie s-a fixat la $96.24 barilul in Londra la bursa ICE Futures. Totul ne avertizeaza ca trebuie sa dam mai multa atentie unde mergem si cat de mult ne va costa, intreaga viata fiind conditionata de carburanti si preturile lor.

Written by Claudia Sonea Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
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My, Myself and ?@&!$

If you are living in United States and being called O'Xyz, Al-Xyz or D'Xyz or having a space in your name or another for English unusual symbol it can be pretty difficult sometimes as computers and computer systems don't recognize apostrophes, gaps or hyphens. In the world where you don't have to do almost anything because we have technologies and devices that allow us to lead much more comfortable and convenient life, it's such a big deal when your name is not plain, apostrophe/gap/hiccup/whatever-free. Actually, it's much more worse in Europe I guess. Just think how many nations and nationalities with specific languages and rare alphabets and different grammar you can find here. And being from Slovakia, having Slovak name with all that special letters I know what the Americans are complaining about. Even in my passport there is not the right version of my name to make it a little bit easier for others. Once I cross the borders of my own country, I am not myself anymore. All over the world the computer keyboards vary from country to country. And in the most of countries the letters necessarily required for my name to be right written just miss. I have seen so many forms of my name! Some characters are missing, and some are brand new (such as $@& etc), making my own last name indistinguishable even for me, its proud owner! And it's not only about losing myself, it's about permanent fear of not be allowed to board the plane, of being requested to pay for something I have already paid, all of that just because of the wrong transcription of my name.

Written by Kamila Moravcikova Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
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Oil prices rocket high

The next luxurious thing will probably be a car, not to mention the plane. If we take a closer look at the increase rate of the oil prices, we can see that we will afford less and less to fuel our car. In spite the fact that on Thursday a government report showing that the nation's crude oil supplies rose more than expected last week led to a slight fall in oil price, gas prices rose more than 3 cents overnight. According to the Energy Department's Information Administration crude oil inventories rose by 4.2 million barrels last week that is above the 2.9 million barrel increase forecasted by analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires, while supplies of distillates fell by 4.5 million barrels. Opinions on the oil price increase are divided, if many analysts think that due to the rising supplies and the falling demand noted in a number of recent reports oil prices are bound fall, there are others take into account that prices have spiked in recent days on buying fueled in part by investors attracted to the oil market by the falling dollar, therefore they expect gas prices to peak this spring well above last May's record of $3.227 a gallon. Like Tim Evans, an analyst at Citigroup Inc. in New York, says it, the difference of opinion leads to an unstable market. On the New Yorl Mercantile Exchange light, sweet crude for April delivery fell $1.47 to settle at $98.23 a barrel, while March oil reached a record high of $100.74 and a new trading record of $101.32 before expiring Wednesday. Furthermore, AAA and the Oil Price Information Service revealed that retail gas prices rose 3.3 cents Thursday to a national average of $3.086 a gallon, mostly due to the switch over from winter-grade gasoline to the more expensive summer-grade gas (summer grade gasoline designed to reduce pollution trades as much as 15 cents higher). Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service in Wall, N.J, states that retailers are just trying to make up the difference and to assure that their pumps and tanks are completely clear of winter-grade gas by June 1 when the government requires summer fuel to be sold. Gasoline supplies rose also to a 14-year high with March gasoline futures settling at $2.522 a gallon on the Nymex Thursday, which could limit spring price increases. April Brent crude futures settled at $96.24 a barrel in London on the ICE Futures exchange. All this warns us to pay more attention to where we go and how much it will cost us, all our lives being nowadays conditioned by oil and gas.


Written by Claudia Sonea Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
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How to be a successful businessman

Since July31 2007 Mr Rupert Murdoch is the new owner of the American publishing and financial information firm Dow Jones & Company. He spent $5 billion to gain the publisher of the The Wall Street Journal and now hopes to extend its worth even more. Murdoch is a well-known businessman and the owner of many newspapers all around the world such as The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, web page MySpace, The Twentieth Century Fox and many others. He studied Politics and Economics at the Oxford University, after his studies started to work as a managing director of News Limited and gradualy became one of the most influential men in the world. As he says, one of the most important things in business is to be motivated: "In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved." If you wonder what I the secret to success, Murdoch says "I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.

Edited by Katarina Rastocna

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Genius inside

Steve Jobs is worldwide famous businessman, who is more than just a manager. He is great visionary and he always thinks of future even before we all do. Although he made some mistakes during his business career, he is an amazing strategist and creator. If he didn't try to prototype something, he wouldn't be able to see the success or deficiency of his products. Anyhow he was able to create and kept the Apple empire up for decades. He started to do computer business in the time he was very young but he had visions and strategies for the future. He is unpredictable and aggressive player who lives for his ideas. He is innovative and fearless CEO of his lifetime kid Apple that was forged by him from the top to the bottom. He takes an example by the saying someone has told him long time ago: "Manage the top line, which is your strategy and your people and your products and the bottom line will follow." Another example of his business rules he takes from the Beatles who were able to produce breathtaking music even not all the members were as good as their final music was. He is saying that "Total is greater than some of the parts and great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team." That is the strategy for Apple that has special place in the world technique market for years. Steve Jobs doesn't try to compete with Microsoft anymore; he creates his own marvelous devices such as iPod and his new iPhone that mean revolution in the computer industry. He is going his own way just like he always did and this way made him the most successful manager in the nowadays world.

Edited by Katarina Rastocna

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.