Wednesday, June 22, 2011

scarlet fever

scarlet fever


That's what Thomas Tsang, controller of Hong Kong Centre for health protection, said the outbreak of scarlet fever epidemic struck the region - killed a second child in Hong Kong - believed to be caused by a mutant strain of scarlet fever, which is resistant to antibiotics .

Certain features of the new strain likely to be infected, said Yuen Kwok-Yung, a professor of microbiology at the University of Hong Kong. He said the new strain resistant to antibiotics 60 percent, while 10-30 percent of the previous lines, he said. The 5-year-old boy who died of scarlet fever on Tuesday confirmed Wednesday. The 7-year-old girl who died in May was the first patient die of the disease in Hong Kong for at least a decade.

Hong Kong had 466 cases of scarlet fever reported so far this year, nearly double the full year. And the epidemic has spread to neighboring regions. Nearly 9,000 cases were reported in mainland China have doubled in recent averages, the Hong Kong Standard newspaper, citing health officials. Near Macau 49 cases, a jump of 16 in 2010, the Macao Daily Times.

Venus Williams

Venus Williams


Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick on Centre Court to play a top third Day in the 2011 Wimbledon Championships start Wednesday. Centre Court proceedings on five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, when faced with Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan, in his second round match-ups to the U.S. strongly favored to win. Venus, who on Monday with a splash to the catwalk in a prominent fashion, meet sister Serena Williams in the final round.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal also gone against Ryan Sweeting of the United States in the second game of the day Centre Court. After you beat Michael Russell in the first round, Nadal will be looking to take another American and the first core has a clear advantage Sweeting, who comes from the grueling five-set battle in the first round.

The last day of the relevant Centre Court, # 8 seed Andy Roddick will compete against Romania's Victor Hanescu. The Romanian has promised his best behavior this year, after unsportsmanlike behavior last year, in which a group of spectators spitting, when asked in the first match is suspended due to bad light was collected and then retire to meet in the next game.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami


Popular searches on the Internet on Tuesday, "DTE" after DTE Energy (DTE_) pledged 500 million dollars for the Pure Michigan Business Connect initiative. The $ 3000000000 initiative to invest in the local Michigan businesses, including the millions of dollars in revenue for start-ups in the region. DTE plans to spend $ 500 million in goods and services suppliers, many of which are located in Detroit. DTE representatives said that the number of partners in Detroit, the company's business interests, many of which will help to expand their local DTE.

"Takashi Murakami" is another popular search engine, Google was honored by the Japanese artist, after using two of their creators, as the website logo on Tuesday to celebrate the summer solstice. Murakami made ​​by the creators of Google, in a cartoon style known as "Superflat," a picture of summer scene, the other is a winter scene. A Superflat art movement led by Murakami, which seeks the international art scene to introduce various kinds of Japanese artists.

"Virgin Airlines" is a hot trend after news that Virgin Australia will return to the air much faster than expected. On Tuesday, Virgin cut flights from Melbourne to Sydney after a volcanic ash cloud drifted to the Chilean South Australia. But the airline now expects to return to flight in the air on Wednesday.
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