Monday, May 31, 2010
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Too much harm to eat pickles | Healthy eating information
Pickled foods is through the smoked fish marinated poultry, soy marinated vegetables and fruits after food made of fermented, such as pickles, salted fish, salted egg, bacon, etc..
Pickles, pickle, is small in Japan, North Korea’s traditional food; bacon flavor is characteristic of many countries. As a traditional food, preserved foods have long been hailed as ordinary people standing on the family table food, and some even long-term consumption of pickled foods, and formed a habit.
Pickled side dishes to eat a little breakfast, could give a refreshing feeling, but excessive consumption of pickled foods is detrimental to human health, will bring a lot of health problems.
Problems brought pickles 1: a lot of eating pickles, prone to human vitamin C deficiency and stones
Pickled vegetables in the process, vitamin C has been a lot of damage. After curing, the composition of vitamin C almost “the whole army was collapsing.” Eat a lot of pickles, a lack of human vitamin C. Therefore, appropriate to eat pickles can be adjusted appetite, increased appetite, but if eat pickles into addiction, it is not desirable. If long-term consumption, it is easy to cause diseases.
Pickled sauerkraut contains more oxalic acid and calcium, because of its high acidity, not after consumption of the formation of calcium oxalate in the intestine was removed from the body, which will be a lot of absorption of calcium oxalate crystal deposition would be the formation of stones in the urinary system.
For example, Guizhou Province County as a higher incidence of urinary tract stones, reasons, mainly the local bias addicted to pickled mustard green.
Problems brought pickles 2: cancer-causing substances – “nitrite amine”
Pickled foods should be limited to food because it is added during processing will be a lot of salt. Salt contains impurities, such as nitrite, nitrate, may produce harmful substances such as ammonium nitrite.
In the curing process, preserved foods susceptible to bacterial contamination. If less than 15% of adding salt, vegetables may be microbial reduction of nitrate into nitrite. Cured 1 hour nitrite content increased, reached a peak after two weeks, and sustainable 2 to 3 weeks.
Consumption of pickled foods such serious cases can cause nitrite in the body when faced amines, amine nitrite produces a carcinogenic substance. So eat pickled foods on the body adversely, can induce cancer.
Such as radish, Brassica juncea, Chinese cabbage and other vegetables, contain a certain amount of natural non-toxic nitrate. If the pickles when the temperature is high, less than 10% salt, pickled less than 8 days, will result in large population of bacteria, but also to the reduction of toxic nitrate nitrite. Pickle pickle 9 days, nitrite started to decline, down to 15 days after the safety of nitrite dose range.
Pickles such as pickled bad dishes directly with nitrite amine carcinogens. Eat pickles crude unsanitary, there is potential carcinogenic risk.
In addition, the pickled foods have higher amounts of nitrate and nitrite, with meat in the synthesis of secondary amine amine nitrite, leading to the direct cause of gastric cancer.
Another type of food such as sausages, preserved ham, pickled other animal food, for hair color, flavor enhancing, anti-corrosion and other processing needs, artificially joining forces with nitrate as a food additive, has also increased nitrite production amine possibilities, so to control the intake of such foods.
Problems brought pickles 3: Salt affected by high mucosal system. (On the stomach of harmful lead to hypertension, renal overburdened, leading to nasopharyngeal carcinoma, easy to ulcers and inflammation)
As food in the curing process, requires a lot of salt, the sodium content of food would lead to such excessive, often caused by eating preserved foods kidney burden, increased risk of hypertension.
In addition, food in the curing process can produce large amounts of carcinogens nitrosamines, leading to the risk of nasopharyngeal cancer increased.
High concentrations of salt would seriously undermine the gastrointestinal mucosa, Guchang were eating pickled foods, gastrointestinal inflammation and ulcer incidence is higher.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Ninjas save German student from alley robbery in Sydney
Published: 20 May 10 08:37 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100520-27311.html
Australian ninjas have rescued a German medical student being robbed in an alleyway in Sydney, media reports said on Wednesday.
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The 27-year-old German had just gotten off a train when three men followed and attacked him in a Kingswood alley, New South Wales police told the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
But the assault happened to take place just behind the Ninja Senshi Ryu warrior school, where a person leaving a martial arts class witnessed the scuffle and called for backup from a teacher and three other pupils, the broadcaster said.
"We looked around to see what was happening and there were three blokes on this guy just kicking him and punching him in the head," Ninja sensei Kaylan Soto told ABC.
"We started running towards them and they took off. They would have seen five of us in ninja gear...all in black with our belts on, running toward them,” he added.
ABC reported that police later picked up 16-year-old and 20-year-old suspects. Both men have been charged with the robbery, but officers are still looking for a third suspect between 15 and 17-years-old.
"I think they're probably still running if I'm not mistaken," Soto told ABC.
According to news agency AP, the German victim sustained minor injuries, and his assailants managed to make off with his mobile phone and iPod.
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Source: Chicago firm linked to P & G trade
By Michael Baron, TheStreet
The unusual trading in Procter & Gamble (PG) stock believed to be at the center of the market's most volatile moments on Thursday is thought to have originated from Terra Nova Financial (TNFG), a Chicago-based provider of prime brokerage and clearing services, a person familiar with the situation told TheStreet.
Terra Nova issued a statement late Sunday saying it's "not aware of any link between Terra Nova and the unusual trading activity and wide market price changes" in P&G's stock. There is no indication of wrongdoing on Terra Nova's part at this time.
The exact circumstances of the trading action on Thursday are still unclear but sponsored direct-market access -- the practice of broker-dealers essentially leasing their credentials out to non-broker-dealer customers so they can trade directly with an exchange -- is said to have played a central role.
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a rule in January that would ban the practice, which is often referred to as "naked" or "unfiltered" access, and the potential for an erroneous trade to come through this way was addressed by the SEC when it proposed Rule 15c3-5 in January.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Microsoft shows off Internet Explorer 9: says 'yes' to HTML5, 'no' to Windows XP
Microsoft is having a good old time at MIX10, showing off all sorts of new things. New things like... Internet Explorer 9, which has just been previewed at the developer event, and here's what we've gleaned about it so far. First off, as expected it will support HTML5 video, boast a new Microsoft JavaScript engine which is codenamed "Chakra," and it'll support new-fangled web technologies like CSS3 and SVG2. Microsoft says one of its main goals with IE9 is to provide a faster browsing experience -- always good news -- though they don't have things cranked quite as high as the competition just yet (remember, this is still early). Preliminary ACID3 tests on the preview show the IE9 scores a 55/100, up from IE8's dismal 20/100 -- a huge leap forward no doubt, but still a far cry from the Chrome, Opera, and Safari scores of 100. In both PCMag's and ZDNet's SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark test, the preview performed competitively as well. Microsoft has also confirmed that IE9 will not support Windows XP, but the preview Microsoft is showing off plays nice with Vista SP2 and higher, meaning the shipping version will probably do the same. No shockers there, really. Microsoft's also made the first developer preview of Internet Explorer 9 available for download today -- hit the source link to check that out. Full press release is after the break.
Update: Chrome, Opera, and Safari do indeed score 100/100 in ACID3 testing, not "nearly" as previously stated. Thanks commenters for pointing out the obvious.
Update: Chrome, Opera, and Safari do indeed score 100/100 in ACID3 testing, not "nearly" as previously stated. Thanks commenters for pointing out the obvious.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
C++0x - the next ISO C++ standard
C++0x is the next ISO C++ standard. Currently a draft is available for comments. The previous (and current) standard is often referred to as C++98 or C++03; the differences between C++98 and C++03 are so few and so technical that they ought not concern users.
The standard is expected to be ready for national votes in 2010. After that there will be more work -- and most most likely a further 18 month of various delays -- before the comments have been addressed and the ISO bureaucracy satisfied. No features (even very minor ones) are expected to be added or removed after March 2010. The name "C++0x" is a relict of the days where I and others, hoped for a C++08 or C++09. However, to minimize confusion, I'll keep referring to the upcoming C++ standard with the feature set defined here as C++0x. Think of 'x' as hexadecimal.
If you have comments on C++0x, please find some member of your national standards body -- or a member of any standards body -- to send your comments to. That's now the only way and will ensure that the committee doesn't have to deal with many very similar comment. Remember, the committee consists of volunteers with limited time and resources.
All official documents relating to C++0x can be found at the ISO C++ committee's website. The official name of the committee is SC22 WG21.
Caveat: This FAQ will be under construction for quite a while. Comments, questions, references, corrections, and suggestions welcome.
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Purpose
The purpose of this C++0x FAQ is
To give an overview of the new facilities (language features and standard libraries) offered by C++0x in addition to what is provided by the previous version of the ISO C++ standard.
To give an idea of the aims of the ISO C++ standards effort.
To present a user's view of the new facilities
To provide references to allow for a more in depth study of features.
To name many of the individuals who contributed (mostly as authors of the reports they wrote for the committee). The standard is not written by a faceless organization.
Please note that the purpose of this FAQ is not to provide comprehensive discussion of individual features or a detailed explanation of how to use them. The aim is to give simple examples to demonstrate what C++0x has to offer (plus references). My ideal is "max one page per feature" independently of how complex a feature is. Details can often be found in the references.
The standard is expected to be ready for national votes in 2010. After that there will be more work -- and most most likely a further 18 month of various delays -- before the comments have been addressed and the ISO bureaucracy satisfied. No features (even very minor ones) are expected to be added or removed after March 2010. The name "C++0x" is a relict of the days where I and others, hoped for a C++08 or C++09. However, to minimize confusion, I'll keep referring to the upcoming C++ standard with the feature set defined here as C++0x. Think of 'x' as hexadecimal.
If you have comments on C++0x, please find some member of your national standards body -- or a member of any standards body -- to send your comments to. That's now the only way and will ensure that the committee doesn't have to deal with many very similar comment. Remember, the committee consists of volunteers with limited time and resources.
All official documents relating to C++0x can be found at the ISO C++ committee's website. The official name of the committee is SC22 WG21.
Caveat: This FAQ will be under construction for quite a while. Comments, questions, references, corrections, and suggestions welcome.
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Purpose
The purpose of this C++0x FAQ is
To give an overview of the new facilities (language features and standard libraries) offered by C++0x in addition to what is provided by the previous version of the ISO C++ standard.
To give an idea of the aims of the ISO C++ standards effort.
To present a user's view of the new facilities
To provide references to allow for a more in depth study of features.
To name many of the individuals who contributed (mostly as authors of the reports they wrote for the committee). The standard is not written by a faceless organization.
Please note that the purpose of this FAQ is not to provide comprehensive discussion of individual features or a detailed explanation of how to use them. The aim is to give simple examples to demonstrate what C++0x has to offer (plus references). My ideal is "max one page per feature" independently of how complex a feature is. Details can often be found in the references.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Buffett supports Goldman at Berkshire meeting
Warren Buffett grasp his ukelele at Annual Shareholders Meeting of Berkshire Hathaway 2010 in Omaha.
By JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer Josh Funk, Ap Business Writer – Sat May 1, 5:13 pm ET
OMAHA, Nebraska – Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett declared his support for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein Saturday, and said he has no plans to sell his company's stake in the bank.
Buffett and Berkshire vice chairman Charlie Munger praised Goldman before a crowd of about 40,000 at Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting. Both executives said they're happy with Blankfein's leadership and said they don't view the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil fraud charges against Goldman as a strike against him.
"There's really no reason to think about somebody else running Goldman," Buffett said when asked whether someone besides Blankfein should be leading the investment bank. The charges filed April 16 have raised questions about Blankfein's tenure.
Buffett previewed his company's first-quarter earnings report at the meeting at Omaha's Qwest Center. He said Berkshire rebounded from last year's first-quarter loss and earned $3.6 billion as the economic recovery began and Berkshire absorbed Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.
The full report will be released Friday. In the first quarter of 2009, Berkshire lost $1.5 billion.
The addition of Burlington Northern more than doubled Berkshire's regulated businesses unit income to $555 million in the January-March period. The unit also includes utilities, which, along with railroads, operate under government regulations.
Buffett said Berkshire's quarterly results show the economy is improving because manufacturing and retail income grew 85 percent to $477 million.
Berkshire's assortment of businesses, including clothing, insurance, furniture, utility, jewelry and corporate jet companies, gives Buffett insight into the health of the overall economy. Berkshire also has big investments in companies including Coca-Cola Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.
Last year's loss included $241 million on the sale of investments. Berkshire also took a $1.9 billion charge from writing down a ConocoPhillips investment.
Buffett has been one of Goldman's biggest supporters before and since the SEC filed its civil lawsuit against the bank. The government charged that the investment bank misled investors about a deal involving complex mortgage-related investments that later plunged in value.
During questioning by shareholders, Munger noted that the SEC vote to file the charges was 3 to 2. He said that if he had been a member of the SEC, he would have voted against the suit.
Buffett and Munger both expressed confidence in Blankfein.
"There are plenty of CEOs I'd like to see gone in America, and Lloyd Blankfein is not one of them," Munger said.
On Friday, Goldman stock plunged 9 percent on reports that the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation of Goldman.
Buffett said Berkshire's $5 billion of preferred stock in Goldman is a good investment because it generates 10 percent interest a year. He said the investment includes warrants that can convert the preferred shares into regular stock at $115 a share, a discount from Goldman's current price of $145.20.
"We love this investment," Buffett said.
Buffett and Munger also discussed the financial overhaul legislation now before Congress. Munger said the regulatory system should be changed to be much less permissive for investment banks.
The House has passed a version of the bill, which among other things would limit the kinds of lucrative trading that banks including Goldman Sachs do. The Senate has yet to begin debate on its version.
Berkshire has objected to one provision of the financial overhaul that could require companies to post collateral on existing derivative contracts. Derivatives are complex investments that have been blamed in part for the 2008 financial crisis and the recession. Banks lost billions of dollars on derivatives, and that and the recession led the government to bail out hundreds of financial companies.
But Buffett said he doesn't believe the bill, as it's written now, would require Berkshire to post any additional collateral on its 250 derivatives because the company is unlikely to be considered a threat to the system.
"If the bill passes tomorrow ... we would not have to put up a dime," Buffett said.
Buffett also talked about the European debt crisis. Negotiations were continuing this weekend on a bailout package aimed at helping Greece avoid default on loans that are coming due May 19.
Buffett said Greece sets its own budget, but can't print its own money because it shares the euro currency with 15 other countries. So that limits its options and keeps them from printing money to help with its credit problems.
"I don't know how this movie is going to end," Buffett said. "This will be high drama in my view."
A growing concern for Berkshire shareholders is who will eventually replace the Buffett, 79, and Munger, 86. Buffett did not offer any new clues Saturday about the plan he's discussed previously, to split his job into three parts: a chief executive, chairman and several investment officers.
Both Buffett and Munger remain in good health and have not announced any plans to retire.
Many shareholders, like Dave Taylor of Minneapolis, don't seem worried about losing Buffett's leadership someday.
"The companies he bought aren't going to go away," Taylor said. "He's got so many smart people working for him. They may not have his personality, but they might have his smarts."
Buffett showcased BNSF by doing interviews in front of an orange cardboard BNSF locomotive and playing with a model BNSF train set.
Railroad CEO Matt Rose looked on while Buffett was mobbed by reporters and shareholders. Rose said the transition into Berkshire went smoothly.
Buffett also grabbed his ukulele to perform a version of "I'll Be Working on the Railroad" with the Quebe Sisters Band at the Justin Boots booth before the meeting started.
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On the Net:
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com
By JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer Josh Funk, Ap Business Writer – Sat May 1, 5:13 pm ET
OMAHA, Nebraska – Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett declared his support for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein Saturday, and said he has no plans to sell his company's stake in the bank.
Buffett and Berkshire vice chairman Charlie Munger praised Goldman before a crowd of about 40,000 at Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting. Both executives said they're happy with Blankfein's leadership and said they don't view the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil fraud charges against Goldman as a strike against him.
"There's really no reason to think about somebody else running Goldman," Buffett said when asked whether someone besides Blankfein should be leading the investment bank. The charges filed April 16 have raised questions about Blankfein's tenure.
Buffett previewed his company's first-quarter earnings report at the meeting at Omaha's Qwest Center. He said Berkshire rebounded from last year's first-quarter loss and earned $3.6 billion as the economic recovery began and Berkshire absorbed Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.
The full report will be released Friday. In the first quarter of 2009, Berkshire lost $1.5 billion.
The addition of Burlington Northern more than doubled Berkshire's regulated businesses unit income to $555 million in the January-March period. The unit also includes utilities, which, along with railroads, operate under government regulations.
Buffett said Berkshire's quarterly results show the economy is improving because manufacturing and retail income grew 85 percent to $477 million.
Berkshire's assortment of businesses, including clothing, insurance, furniture, utility, jewelry and corporate jet companies, gives Buffett insight into the health of the overall economy. Berkshire also has big investments in companies including Coca-Cola Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.
Last year's loss included $241 million on the sale of investments. Berkshire also took a $1.9 billion charge from writing down a ConocoPhillips investment.
Buffett has been one of Goldman's biggest supporters before and since the SEC filed its civil lawsuit against the bank. The government charged that the investment bank misled investors about a deal involving complex mortgage-related investments that later plunged in value.
During questioning by shareholders, Munger noted that the SEC vote to file the charges was 3 to 2. He said that if he had been a member of the SEC, he would have voted against the suit.
Buffett and Munger both expressed confidence in Blankfein.
"There are plenty of CEOs I'd like to see gone in America, and Lloyd Blankfein is not one of them," Munger said.
On Friday, Goldman stock plunged 9 percent on reports that the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation of Goldman.
Buffett said Berkshire's $5 billion of preferred stock in Goldman is a good investment because it generates 10 percent interest a year. He said the investment includes warrants that can convert the preferred shares into regular stock at $115 a share, a discount from Goldman's current price of $145.20.
"We love this investment," Buffett said.
Buffett and Munger also discussed the financial overhaul legislation now before Congress. Munger said the regulatory system should be changed to be much less permissive for investment banks.
The House has passed a version of the bill, which among other things would limit the kinds of lucrative trading that banks including Goldman Sachs do. The Senate has yet to begin debate on its version.
Berkshire has objected to one provision of the financial overhaul that could require companies to post collateral on existing derivative contracts. Derivatives are complex investments that have been blamed in part for the 2008 financial crisis and the recession. Banks lost billions of dollars on derivatives, and that and the recession led the government to bail out hundreds of financial companies.
But Buffett said he doesn't believe the bill, as it's written now, would require Berkshire to post any additional collateral on its 250 derivatives because the company is unlikely to be considered a threat to the system.
"If the bill passes tomorrow ... we would not have to put up a dime," Buffett said.
Buffett also talked about the European debt crisis. Negotiations were continuing this weekend on a bailout package aimed at helping Greece avoid default on loans that are coming due May 19.
Buffett said Greece sets its own budget, but can't print its own money because it shares the euro currency with 15 other countries. So that limits its options and keeps them from printing money to help with its credit problems.
"I don't know how this movie is going to end," Buffett said. "This will be high drama in my view."
A growing concern for Berkshire shareholders is who will eventually replace the Buffett, 79, and Munger, 86. Buffett did not offer any new clues Saturday about the plan he's discussed previously, to split his job into three parts: a chief executive, chairman and several investment officers.
Both Buffett and Munger remain in good health and have not announced any plans to retire.
Many shareholders, like Dave Taylor of Minneapolis, don't seem worried about losing Buffett's leadership someday.
"The companies he bought aren't going to go away," Taylor said. "He's got so many smart people working for him. They may not have his personality, but they might have his smarts."
Buffett showcased BNSF by doing interviews in front of an orange cardboard BNSF locomotive and playing with a model BNSF train set.
Railroad CEO Matt Rose looked on while Buffett was mobbed by reporters and shareholders. Rose said the transition into Berkshire went smoothly.
Buffett also grabbed his ukulele to perform a version of "I'll Be Working on the Railroad" with the Quebe Sisters Band at the Justin Boots booth before the meeting started.
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On the Net:
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com
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