Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Very First Lady of the United States!

Image
The First Lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House . The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the President of the United States . The First Lady is not an elected position; it carries no official duties and receives no salary. Nonetheless, she attends many official ceremonies and functions of state either along with or in place of the president. Origins of the title The use of the title First Lady to describe the spouse or hostess of an executive began in the United States. In the early days of the republic, there was not a generally accepted title for the wife of the president. Many early first ladies expressed their own preference for how they were addressed, including the use of such titles as “Lady”, “Mrs. President”, and “Mrs. Presidentress”; Martha Washington was often referred to as “Lady Washington.” One of the earliest uses of the term “First Lady” was applied to her in an 1838 newspaper article that appeared in the St. Jo...
Read more

About Flash Video

Flash Video  is a  container file format  used to deliver  digital video  content (e.g.,  TV shows ,  movies , etc.) over the  Internet  using Adobe Flash Player  version 6 and newer. Flash Video content may also be embedded within  SWF  files. There are two different video file formats known as Flash Video:  FLV  and  F4V . The audio and video data within FLV files are encoded in the same manner as they are within SWF files. The F4V file format is based on the  ISO base media file format  and is starting with Flash Player 9 update 3. [1] [2] Both formats are supported in Adobe Flash Player and developed by Adobe Systems. FLV was originally developed by  Macromedia . In the early 2000s, Flash Video used to be the  de facto  standard for web-based streaming video (over  RTMP ). Notable users of it include  Hulu ,  VEVO ,  Yahoo! Video ,  metacafe ,  Reuters....
Read more

The Danger of Antibiotic Overuse

Image
Every year, your family probably faces its share of colds , sore throats, and viruses. When you bring your child to the doctor for these illnesses, do you automatically expect a prescription for antibiotics? Many parents do. And they’re surprised, maybe even angry, if they leave the doctor’s office empty-handed — after all, what parent doesn’t want their kid to get well as quickly as possible? But your doctor could be doing you and your child a favor by not reaching for the prescription pad. How Antibiotics Work Antibiotics, first used in the 1940s, are certainly one of the great advances in medicine. But overprescribing them has resulted in the development of resistant bacteria , that don’t respond to antibiotics that may have worked in the past. Plus, whenever kids take antibiotics they run the risk of side-effects, such as stomach upset and diarrhea or even an allergic reaction. To understand how antibiotics work, it helps to know about the two major types...
Read more