Monday, December 6, 2010

Celebrities With Herpes?

I can't verify the authenticity of the list. Herpes is an embarrassing disease for many people. It's quite a controversy if some famous person, a celebrity or a politician has the disease. Anyway, I saw this list on a blogspot blog. (http://farnham.blogspot.com/2006/12/celebrities-with-herpes.html)

Here's the list of celebrities with Herpes:


David HasselhoffBill ClintonMobyTony BennettRobin WilliamsJustin WhalinJason KiddFred DurstJoshua JacksonBilly IdolColin FarrellLauren HuttonSheryl CrowPamela AndersonLucie ArnazJanet JacksonTawny KitaenBritney Spears (uses Zovirax)Alyssa MilanoKristanna LokenJoumana Kidd

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SocialSpark Is Live

SocialSpark is now live. SocialSpark is a new money making program for bloggers. It’s great program even for new website owners. It’s an Izea innovation to help bloggers, monetize their blogs. What this program does is to make opportunities that bloggers can take, talk about in their blogs and get paid. Noteworthy is the fact that it recognizes the important of page ranks and in this connection has implemented the “no-follow” attribute in all it’s tasks.

In addition, SocialSpark is also a community site where members make friends with other members. As a social community, bloggers can meet other bloggers, visit each others blogs through member profiles, thus helping create traffic.

A blogger’s profile contains the member’s blog, the category that blog is under, the blog statistics and the alexa rank and other important factors concerning that particular blog. Here’s an example of a blogger profile. This one is my blog’s profile. Other members can give me a prop if they like my profile. They can also leave comments if they want to.

Both for money making or for social networking’s sake, SocialSpark is a good place. I like SocialSpark, however the only thing that I don’t like at all is the long 30 days of waiting before they pay it’s members. It would be better if the site pays every week or every 2 weeks, at least every blogger gets compensated faster for the efforts he puts in.

This post is sponsored by Payperpost and implements the "no-follow" attribue in all the links.


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Mesothelioma and Where to Get Help

Mesothelioma is a serious cancer disease that is caused by exposure to asbstestos. It is often acquired by people whose jobs expose them to asbestos particles and dusts. An employee who acquires Mesothelioma from his work, can file a Mesothelioma Lawsuit against his employer. As long as the disease is work related or is obtained by means of his work, the employer is liable.

Cancer in whatever form is cancer and it is a killing disease. If you have Mesothelioma, you can’t just sit there and worry about your health. Do something about it. Let the people responsible, answer for what you are going through.

Any lawsuit involving a Mesothelioma requires a good Mesothelioma Attorney who will fight for your right and help you get what’s due to you. There are few Mesothelioma Lawyers out there that you can count on. Take for instance the SimmonsCooper Law Firm. It’s been helping people with Mesothelioma for more than a decade. It has intelligent lawyers who are more than equipped to help you win your case. SimmonsCooper is dedicated to helping you win, and even help in finding a cure for your disease.

Yes, that’s right. As a matter of fact, it has pledged $10million to support SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University.

Now as for the cost of the lawsuit, this is something you shouldn’t worry about. SimmonsCooper won’t charge you a dime to investigate your claim and in the filing of your lawsuit. It will only collect money from you the moment you already get your settlement. This is how committed this law firm is in helping you first. You don’t have to worry about your case, your disease, and where to get the money to pay for these competent lawyers who will represent you.

Another good thing about this law firm are the free information in their website about Mesothelioma, ranging from the medical aspect like what this disease is all about, what are the cures available, etc and the legal aspect on suit filing, etc.

This law firm is representing many people across the United States. If you are from Missouri, you can find Missouri Mesothelioma Lawyer to help you or if you are from different state, SimmonsCooper can represent you. It doesn't really matter where you live. SimmonsCooper wants to help!


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Can't Watch Korean Movie!

I just finished watching the movie "What Happens In Vegas".I had fun watching the film. I love Cameron Diaz. Anyway, the movie is great. It has a light story, a little comedy and of course the romantic twist. I am scheduled to watch another film. It's a korean movie. But unfortunatel, my dvd rom won't read the dvd. I play the movie in my laptop but I don't know why it ejects everytime I push the play button. I know there's not a problem with the movie itself nor with the DVD-ROM.

According to a friend, perhaps theres a problem with the codec in the dvd or with the region thing. I don't know much about this. Perhaps i will just use an ordinary dvd player so that I can watch the movie.

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Movie Time

I just came home from shopping. I bought a lot of things ranging from soaps, shampoos, lotions, tissue papers, etc. I also paid my internet monthly bill. But above all of these, I bought some dvds, about 5 of them. I really want to see a movie today. I've been longing to spend the rest of the week just watching, watching, and watching different movies.

Here are the movies I am scheduled to watch today:

1. What Happens in Vegas
2. How to Rob a Bank
3. Mega Snake
4. Teeth
5. Pathfinder- I've seen this one already but will watch again.

I will start watching later. I will prepare some food first and will have to check my emails and update my blogs..


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Tooth decay to be a thing of the past? Enzyme responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth deciphered

ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2010) — The Groningen professors Bauke Dijkstra and Lubbert Dijkhuizen have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the glucansucrase enzyme that is responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth. This knowledge will stimulate the identification of substances that inhibit the enzyme. Just add that substance to toothpaste, or even sweets, and caries will be a thing of the past.

The results of the research have been published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

The University of Groningen researchers analysed glucansucrase from the lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus reuteri, which is present in the human mouth and digestive tract. The bacteria use the glucansucrase enzyme to convert sugar from food into long, sticky sugar chains. They use this glue to attach themselves to tooth enamel. The main cause of tooth decay, the bacterium Streptococcus mutans, also uses this enzyme. Once attached to tooth enamel, these bacteria ferment sugars releasing acids that dissolve the calcium in teeth. This is how caries develops.

Three dimensional structure

Using protein crystallography, the researchers were able to elucidate the three dimensional (3D) structure of the enzyme. The Groningen researchers are the first to succeed in crystallizing glucansucrase. The crystal structure has revealed that the folding mechanism of the protein is unique. The various domains of the enzyme are not formed from a single, linear amino acid chain but from two parts that assemble via a U-shaped structure of the chain; this is the first report on such a folding mechanism in the literature.

Functional mechanism

The unravelling of the 3D structure provided the researchers with detailed insight into the functional mechanism of the enzyme. The enzyme splits sucrose into fructose and glucose and then adds the glucose molecule to a growing sugar chain. Thus far the scientific community assumed that both processes were performed by different parts of the enzyme. However, the model created by the Groningen researchers has revealed that both activities occur in the same active site of the enzyme.

Inhibitors

Dijkhuizen expects that specific inhibitors for the glucansucrase enzyme may help to prevent attachment of the bacteria to the tooth enamel. Information about the structure and functional mechanism of the enzyme is crucial for developing such inhibitors. Thus far, such research has not been successful, states Dijkhuizen: 'The various inhibitors studied not only blocked the glucansucrase, but also the digestive enzyme amylase in our saliva, which is needed to degrade starch.'

Evolution

The crystal structure also provides an explanation for this double inhibition. The data published by the Groningen scientists shows that glucansucrase proteins most likely evolved from amylase enzymes that degrade starch. 'We already knew that the two enzymes were similar', says Dijkhuizen, 'but the crystal structure revealed that the active sites are virtually identical. Future inhibitors thus need to be directed towards very specific targets because both enzymes are evolutionary closely related.'

Toothpaste and sweets

Dijkhuizen points out that in future glucansucrase inhibitors may be added to toothpaste and mouthwash. 'But it may even be possible to add them to sweets', he suggests. 'An inhibitor might prevent that sugars released in the mouth cause damage.' However, Dijkhuizen doesn't expect that toothbrushes have had their day: 'it will always be necessary to clean your teeth.'

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily or its staff.

Story Source:

The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by University of Groningen.

Journal Reference:

A. Vujicic-Zagar, T. Pijning, S. Kralj, C. A. Lopez, W. Eeuwema, L. Dijkhuizen, B. W. Dijkstra. Crystal structure of a 117 kDa glucansucrase fragment provides insight into evolution and product specificity of GH70 enzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007531107

Note: If no author is given, the source is cited instead.


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Probability Marketing

SPOC
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"SPOC" stands for Suspect / Prospect / Opportunity / Customer. Using campaign data, we can begin to predict (assign a probability to) how leads will progress from the Suspect zone all the way to the Customer zone. We call this transition percentage, a "Conversion Rate." Once calculated (or estimated for early campaigns), we can determine a sales and marketing budget that will generate a positive ROIm as well as the most efficient marketing mix.

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