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Some of the busiest airports in the United States will soon begin to test experimental radar system designed to detect flocks of birds and to assist pilots to avoid the kind of shot down a plane crash that the company made U.S. Airways almost two weeks.

The sectors to point out that air traffic controllers could someday use the technology to stop-offs, new routes and schedule might warn pilots about the presence of birds to take actions in order to evade them.


The new technology uses an inexpensive communication antennas maritime radar, such as those used in fishing vessels and a computer program designed to track the birds as they gather and fly distances of up to 10 kilometers (six miles) from an airport.

The dangers of the birds are fully illustrated since January 15 when a U.S. Airways plane lost power in both engines apparently after hitting a flock just 90 seconds after leaving LaGuardia Airport. The pilot managed acuatizar the plane in the Hudson River, saving the 155 people on board.


Managers to detect Inc., a company dedicated to producing radar to detect birds, based in Panama City, Florida, say such systems one day prevent such mishaps, to enable flight controllers to know when groups of birds near the aviation routes.

Other experts and the Federal Aviation Administration said that these technologies are not proven and require years of refinement. However, they have demonstrated the potential for the agency to conduct more tests.

Brazilian striker Adriano was punished with a suspension on Monday for three days to give a punch to an opponent in the match that his club Inter Milan on Sunday before the disputed Sampdoria by the Italian League.

Adriano scored the goal that gave Inter the 1-0 victory, a result that allowed the nerazzurri regain the status of leaders of the lone Serie A.


The sporting judge Gianpaolo Tosel determined that Adriano beat Daniele Gastaldello treacherously to Sampdoria in the stomach, for 38 minutes shortly before the Brazilian anotase s goal to extend the first time.

The penalty was imposed after analyzing television images that show when Adriano hit the tip, which was not appreciated by the arbitrator.


According to a communique from the Italian league, the judge found "clear and irrefutable" Adriano intends hitting the opponent, "with the clear potential to cause injury."

Rafael Nadal became the first preclasificado on Monday to the quarterfinals of the Open by defeating Australia 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4 here at the end of 2007, Chilean Fernando Gonzalez.

Spanish in 22 years was down a service break in the third set but recovered to win five games straight.


Gonzalez, who beat Nadal in the quarter-finals here on his way to the finals two years ago, took third round due to the difficult recovery from a disadvantage of two sets to overcome French Richard Gasquet 12-10 in the fifth .

Nadal, the current champion of the French Open and Wimbledon, looking to reach her first final in the first Grand Slam of the year. In his next engagement will face French Gilles Simon, who benefited from another retirement, when his friend and compatriot Gael Monfils quit after three partial.


"I'm playing well, but one never knows whether it will be enough," said Nadal, who had 33 winners and only 11 hits not forced errors.

Simon had the advantage 6-4, 2-6 and 6-1 when Monfils had to retire with an injury appeared in the arm or hand.


The fourth preclasificado Andy Murray was eliminated by Spanish Fernando Verdasco, 14th preclasificado with a partial 2-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-4.

The Scot saved two match points after being with regard to 40-0 against, but could not avoid the third, stars a setback in the network.


Verdasco was a key player in the triumph of Spain in the Davis Cup final in Argentina, and said he could benefit from the experience, said the title when recovering from a disadvantage in September after doing the same in the first confrontation.

"I think that the Davis Cup final, made me stronger mentally," said Verdasco. "And this season I worked really hard. So today, I really believe in me, he could win the match," he added.


American Serena Williams moved on Monday to the quarterfinals of the Australia Open after his opponent in the fourth round, the Belarussian Victoria Azarenka, withdrew due to an undisclosed discomfort immediately.

Azarenka won the first partial and Williams had a 6-3 advantage in the second set 4-2 when Azarenka, who seemed to falter when trying to provide a service, finally retired, thus ending the meeting.


Azarenka, 19, serving with regard to 30-30, walked staggering toward the shadows at the back of the court, holding her face and trying to contain the tears while trying to recover.

Had taken a medical time out before the September and left the arena game. He returned for one game and a half, but could not continue and was helped to leave the pitch shortly afterwards by two assistants.


"I just want to come and see that it is good. I feel so bad. She was playing very well," Williams said in an interview on the court. "There are many more great Australia Open for her," he added.

Executives said they were experiencing dizziness and an unspecified illness. "


Azarenka said he felt sick all morning.

"I woke up at six o'clock and I was throwing up all morning and I just felt weak," he said. "As I got to the stadium to see a doctor, I felt a little better.

"I am very disappointed because I played well and I could not hold a little longer because games were actually closed," he added.

Williams also had to be reviewed by a doctor in the second part, due to an ankle problem.

Now face the winner of the U.S. Open in 2004, the Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, who went to the next round when his opponent, China's Zheng Zie, he hurt his wrist and was withdrawn.

Carla Suarez Navarro, the Spanish for 20 years who dropped to a seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams in the second round on Monday over his compatriot Anabel Medina Garrigues (preclasificada 21) with partial and 6-3, 6 -- 2.

In his next commitment, Suarez will face the Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva, the Russian fourth preclasificada happened to the quarterfinals for the first time in 11 years at Melbourne Park after winning by 6-2, 6-2 to Slovak Dominika Cibulkova.

The Macintosh computers are preparing to celebrate his 25 years with youthful vigor and Peter Friess remember like it was yesterday, the day he received his first 'Mac' in the hands of Steve Jobs, the legendary owner of the firm.

At that time, some twenty years, Peter Friess classified antique clocks for the Deutsches Museum in Munich (Germany), when he learned that Apple's nascent company, founded in 1976, had built a computer.


"The German was the biggest science museum in the world and not a single office was equipped with a computer at the time," says Friess, 49, now president of the Tech Museum of Innovation in Silicon Valley, south of San Francisco ( California).

"I called Apple to tell them in Munich that really needed a computer."


Jobs was right in Munich. It was not until the museum with a computer to Friess and one for the director.

"I was just a craftsman working in the basement, perhaps the most modest museum employee, and Steve Jobs gave us, me and the director, computers, still wonder Friess. "I gave him a hand. I do not know if you remember, but I do. I still have this computer."


When the first Macintosh-baptized, the legend, in homage to the variety of apples for your favorite co-inventor Jef Raskin left-market, the 24 January 1984, Apple, founded in a California garage by Steve Jobs and Wozniak, even gave his first steps.

The signing marked the departure of its first product for the general public with a publicity became legendary, and was inspired by the novel'1984 'by George Orwell, and that symbolized the emergence of a revolutionary innovation in a totalitarian and uniform universe .


Among the new Macintosh was the mouse, which led to move a cursor on the screen, and icons to activate various functions: it was the first graphical interface for users, avoiding having to type a long series of numbers and letters, and put the computers accessible to non-specialists.

Preserving its technology, Apple continued to produce Macintosh, which were adopted by creatives, whose quality is only matched by its price, then too high.


Several hundred miles further north, signing a couple of programs, Microsoft sells its systems under license for exploration and other programs that allow other manufacturers to market computers at a price more accessible.

In 1985, Jobs was ousted after a bid for power and did not return until 1997, during which time the brand has suffered a major setback.


Since then, Apple released news that led to changes in consumption of media, with digital players like iPods, iTunes Store online and mobile phones iPhones to rejuvenate the brand.

In addition, Apple made its products compatible with Microsoft software, thus removing a major obstacle to convert new believers.


Apple released on Wednesday a quarterly profit récors of 1610 million dollars, with a 9% rise in sales of Macintosh, which is 2.52 million copies (of a total of about 77.3 million computers sold worldwide ).

In the U.S., Apple is in fourth place in sales with a market share of 7.2%, according to marketing firm IDC.

A producer of Hong Kong to attract viewers to the cinemas which ensures that it will be the first erotic movie in 3D world, reported local media on Sunday in Hong Kong.

Stephen Shiu Junior, president of One Dollar Productions, said it will use special effects to make it as realistic as possible'3 D Sex and Zen, "a production of 30 million dollars hongkoneses (3.85 million dollars).


"This erotic film in 3D is probably the first of the kind in the world," said the Sunday Morning Post newspaper in Hong Kong.

"Just imagine that you watch the film as if they were sitting next to the bed," he explained.


The film is loosely inspired by a work of Chinese erotic literature of the seventeenth century.

Thanks to the effects of 3D, the spectators, who will have to get special glasses, have the impression that the actresses are just a few inches of them, said the producer.


The start of filming is scheduled in April, with Japanese and Taiwanese actresses. It is expected that the film comes out in China next to Christmas, according to the press.

In recent years, many Hong Kong movies have closed since the usual spectators preferred to stay home to watch movies on DVD.

Noting behavioral disorders and also in the academic performance of students, teachers of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina faced an investigation to determine consumption of drugs. And there was a marked influence drug advertising industry.

The study showed that the drugs used are the central nervous system and the musculoskeletal system. According to July Lotero professional in charge of the work for students relieved intake of drugs is synonymous with health.


Among the respondents, 84% recognized that once consumed drugs influenced by advertising, the vast majority are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics.

Lotero noted here that, with this trend, there is a high consumption of NSAIDs, a substance that could lead to the emergence of significant adverse effects, particularly in the gastrointestinal tract.


The investigation looked at 100 students, 20 of each year of the race. Data were extracted by monitors through a structured survey with closed and open. The variables considered were age, sex, year course, which consumes any medicine, therapeutic, who recommended him and the influence of advertising.

Among the women surveyed had evidence the use of a dangerous psychotropic drugs, the clonazepam. On one occasion was taken anxiolytic, on the advice of relatives.


The professionals in charge of the study indicated: They should assess the reasons for the use of psychotropic drugs in order to determine the reasonableness of its use because it has the potential to affect cognitive ability and performance in the psychophysical for dental student large manual that training on their journey unfolds.

Such conduct has created a problem for public health and society as a whole, called the medicalization of health, Lotero explained.


He also mentioned that the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes and accepts the self. But when it is responsible. And they illustrate the use of medications free access (without prescription) for the relief of symptoms little serious ailments such as mild sore throat, stomach or heard, and if this does not replace self-professional contact with the patient.

In autoprescripción is left to one side to the doctor and the patient who decides what medicine to take and contrasts autoprescripción or indiscriminate use of drugs without supervision or optional indication, the experts concluded.

A man from Guizhou Province, southwest China, was infected with bird flu and is in serious condition in hospital on Sunday, announced the Ministry of Health.

This is the sixth case of bird flu in humans reported to be in China this year. The Chinese Ministry of Health said on its website (www.moh.gov.cn) the latest victim is a man of 29 years apellidado Zhou, who fell ill on January 15.


In recent weeks, four people have died from bird flu in China.

"The epidemiological tests indicate that the patient had previous exposure to poultry in markets," the ministry said in a short statement.


None of the people who were close to Zhou has shown symptoms of the disease, added the ministry.

Even before the report of his case, health officials were urging Chinese to step up surveillance this month because it is assumed that the winter season helps the virus to spread.


Other recent victims fell ill in areas where there were no known poultry outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain.

The H5N1 strain remains mainly a virus is in birds. But experts maintain that there is a possibility that the virus mutate to a version that allows easy human-to-human infection, which could cause a pandemic that would cause death to millions.


Including the latest case, at least 36 people have been infected in China and 24 have died due to H5N1 to date.

The Paraguayan government on Saturday admitted the existence of a dengue epidemic, but low-intensity andalusia confirmed 35 individuals out of 360 patients treated in public hospitals, and in Bolivia reported an increase of evil in Santa Cruz.

According to the Bolivian authorities, just over 3,000 people came to the hospital so far this year with symptoms of dengue fever in this eastern city.


Meanwhile, Ivan Allende, director of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Public Health in Paraguay, told reporters that the majority of infected people live in the interior and the same amount in just three quarters of Asuncion.

"Of the 360 suspects, after laboratory tests out to 146 people but continue to study the blood of 179 other subjects," he said.


The doctor explained that "the epidemic of dengue fever is low, it means that we are on alert and worried but still can not declare a state of national emergency."

Symptoms of the disease are high fever, headache, diarrhea, nausea and severe pain mainly bones.


Between February and May 2008, the previous government of President Nicanor Duarte declared a national emergency andalusia checked more than 1,300 cases of patients of which eight were fatal shunt.

In Bolivia, the Health Minister Ramiro Tapia, who reported in 3233 across the country were positive cases, of which 2800 were filed in Santa Cruz until January 20.


Last week, his office confirmed the two deaths by dengue hemorrhagic fever in Santa Cruz.

Dengue fever appears in the rainy season in tropical areas. The bearer of evil encuba mosquito larvae in stagnant water. If the treaty is not a bad time can lead to dengue haemorrhagic fever, causing death.

Pope Benedict XVI since Friday has its own channel on YouTube, the Internet site to share digital videos, to report directly, without mediation malignant on the activities of the papacy.

The site http://it.youtube.com/vatican was symbolically named by the Pope, who admitted that "the new digital technologies are creating fundamental changes in human relationships, especially among young people." The Pope has always welcomed the new technologies, which he described as "a true gift to humanity."


Despite this, the pontiff urged "to monitor who is in the service of all people and all communities, especially those most needy and vulnerable" in a message released Friday at the World Day of Communication Social.

The conference was opened with the launch of the video site of the Vatican on the Internet. "We will reach a large audience, overall, to have contact with everyone, beyond the Catholic environments," said Vatican spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi to present the initiative.


The Holy See now has a website in several languages (www.vatican.va), as well as an international broadcaster (Vatican Radio) and a television production center that covers all activities of the Pope. "We wanted to take another step" in YouTube, said Lombardi, who aspires to become "a large network in the Network."

In the video portal can be admired stories in Italian, English, Spanish and German and will be "a credible source and continuing to understand the message of the Pope, the spokesman said the pope.


The internet can see from this Friday a dozen videos of two minutes, including the conclusion of the Angelus last Sunday January 18 from the Vatican, the pope faces the window.

The number of Internet users worldwide has exceeded 1,000 billion and China is the country with most Internet users, reported Friday that the digital research company comScore Inc.

"Overcoming 1000 million users is a significant mark in the history of the Internet," said executive chairman of comScore, Magid Abraham, in a statement.


"The next one billion will be connected before you realize, and one billion more will come even faster than the previous ones," said Abraham. ComScore says that the Asia-Pacific owns 41% of users, followed by Europe (28%), North America (18%), Latin America (7%) and Middle East and Africa (5%).

China is the country with most Internet users with nearly 180 million people networked in December, followed by U.S. with 163 million, Japan with 60 million, Germany and Britain with almost 37 million each and France with 34 million.