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Facts About Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in both men and women. An estimated 173,700 new cases of lung cancer and an estimated 160,440 deaths from lung cancer will occur in the United States during 2004.

The rate of lung cancer cases appears to be dropping among white and African-American men in the United States, while it continues to rise among both white and African-American women.

There are two major types of lung cancer: non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. Non-small cell lung cancer is much more common. It usually spreads to different parts of the body more slowly than small cell lung cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma are three types of non-small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer also called oat cell cancer, accounts for about 20% of all lung cancer.

• What Causes Lung Cancer?
• How Is Lung Cancer Detected?
• How Is Lung Cancer Treated?
• How Can You Prevent Lung Cancer?
• Lung Cancer Treatment Decision Support
• Lung Cancer Fact Sheet

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Search Engine Optimization Tips

Search engine optimization can be difficult and confusing. Knowing this we decided to put together some tips to help you with the process. They cover everything you need to know about optimizing your web pages for the search engines quickly and easily.

Search engine optimization tips listed in order of importance:

Potential site design/set up problems.

Selecting the correct keywords.

Your title tag.

Your copywriting.

Your meta tags.

Your images "alt" attribute.

What you should not do....

How long it takes to get listed.

Additional search engine optimization tips:

These tips are here because they can be useful to those that can implement them on their web site, but they are not necessary to achieve good listings in the search engines.

Hyperlinks.

Headings.

For further reading:

Need more information on optimization? If so, read Shari Thurow's new book Search Engine Visibility. It covers everything from search engine friendly design and keyword selection to link popularity and much more.

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About Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is one of the deadliest diseases known to man; the average life span of an inflicted person from the time of diagnosis until death is less than 24 months. It’s a disease that strikes approximately 3,000 United States citizens each and every year; hard working people who have labored for a lifetime to provide for their families, doing the work that keeps this country running and a great place to live. They worked in factories, at shipyards, in mines, for the US military, as engineers, as pipefitters, as steel workers, as auto mechanics, and in so many other professions. They came home to their loved ones exhausted and covered in dirt and dust; tired, but content that they had a job and were providing for their family. Content that they were putting food on the table and a house over their loved one’s heads. Content that they were working to make a better life for their families in this generation and the next...

But what they didn’t know was that while they were working so hard, they were not only slowly killing themselves, but those that they were working so hard to help; their family, their loved ones.

Mesothelioma is a disease that is almost 100% preventable; the only known cause is via exposure to the deadly mineral Asbestos. It comes from inhaling the particles of dust as the asbestos degrades; eating away at the lining of your lungs and developing into a deadly cancer. Dust that was inhaled in clouds of white powder, dust that was carried home on the clothes of the men who built this country, dust that was cleaned from the clothes by the wives and children who supported their sole provider at home, dust that was packed around the heating systems in houses and offices and schools, dust that carried a deadly price; and dust made a fortune in blood money for the companies that produced it.

Unfortunately, the effects of asbestos on the human body were known to be deadly for years by the companies who employed the ‘greatest generation’ and made hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars off of their backs. But instead of taking simple steps to alleviate the problem and save the lives of thousands of their workers, they choose to do nothing and continue to make a “healthy” profit with a “deadly” product. Many even went so far as to hide the truth from their workers and their families. And because the normal latency period for Mesothelioma (The time from exposure until the patient falls ill) is 20 to 30 years, many got away with this for years. We are only now beginning to see the full effects of the disease, and feel the terrible outcry of the people against those who put profits before human lives to a degree that is simply unfathomable.

MesoLink.org is a site created to provide you with up to date information on the deadly disease Mesothelioma. We strive to provide the most complete overview of the disease and all aspects of it. This includes general information on the disease, breaking news on the search for a cure and perspective legislation designed to limit you as well as all other news on the subject, links to other sites and online resources that can provide important and in-depth Mesothelioma and cancer related information, and a legal guide to help you with the complex legal issues involved with Mesothelioma.

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10 websites you should know about

Recently a ton of great sites have popped up on the internet. Many of them you may not have heard of, that is the main point of this post. I've decided not to list popular well known sites such as flickr and others (although it could be disputed what is well known and what isn't). Without further ado here are the top 10 sites you should know about:

#1 http://www.meebo.com - A small upstart company that has brought trillian (http://www.trillian.cc) like features to the web. You can access Yahoo! Messanger, Jabber, Gtalk, AIM, ICQ and MSN directly through the web in a desktop like enviroment that supports multiple connections to different IM networks much like trillian.

#2 http://www.rememberthemilk.com - Another cool web 2.0 creation. If you are like me you tend to forget to do things. Also if you are like me you are connected to the world in some fashion no matter where you go (my cellphone has yet to leave my side in years). Remeberthemilk is excellent because it supports reminders via cellphones, email and instant messaging.

#3 http://www.blinklist.com (Site might be down) - Blinklist is another bookmark management site competing for attention ever since the success of del.icio.us. However Blinklist has a snazzy look and a bunch of awesome features that make del.icio.us dull in comparison. Make sure to check this site out to see all the different features it sports.

#4 http://www.digg.com - Some might call digg.com the slashdot.org killer. It might well be. Digg.com is an excellent technology news source that has put editorial control back in the hands of users. Digg is worth a look, or a blink (see #3).

#5 http://www.clusty.com - Clusty.com is a nifty little search engine that will most likely always live in Google's shadow but is worth a look all the same. Clusty like its name implies clusters your search results into different categories which makes finding the desired information you are searching for easier. There are a bunch of other small features that make this search engine worth checking out.

#6 http://www.writely.com - Word processing on the web? It was bound to happen eventually. Writely is the perfect for firing up that word document in the library or ... well I'm not sure how often you run into a computer without word processing. Regardless of its usability it still is pretty cool.

#7 http://www.last.fm - Last.fm is kind of hard to describe. It is part social music tagger, part personal radio and well I guess you have to check it out to figure out the rest. Basically if you find yourself listening to lots of music while you are at your computer Last.fm might well become your best friend... well a new site you check out lots at least.

#8 http://www.pixel2life.com - Is the haven for all things tutorial. Its huge database offers a range tutorials on anything from ColdFusion to Microsoft Outlook. The tutorials are all computer related (you won't find out how to install the plumbing here).

#9 http://www.blummy.com - Blummy.com offers a unique approach to keeping and sharing bookmarks (something that seems to be all the rage recently). Check it out if you have more bookmarks then you know what to do with.

#10 http://pandora.com - Pandora is an excellent music discovery site.

Here are some other sites that are also worth taking a look at:

http://www.hipcal.com - Hipcal is a web 2.0 online calendar and to-do list (formely known as mypimp).

http://www.reddit.com - News site similar in concept to digg and newsvine. As with both digg and newsvine it has its own style and set of features.

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Science's 10 most beautiful experiments

This list was ostensibly the creation of a New York philosophy professor who recently asked physicists to name the most beautiful scientific experiments ever conducted. Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

How to preload your Windows desktop before login!

How would you like your computer to load all of your startup items before you ever have to enter your login password? You could press the button to power up your system and go get a cup of coffee. Five minutes later, you come to your desk and type in your password. BAM! Instantly dropped to the desktop!

f you don’t use any Windows XP login security, then you can skip this article. Otherwise, if you are like many Windows XP users who have to enter a password every time their computer sluggishly boots up, then read this!

Ok. Here’s the scenario:

You have to wait 2 minutes while your computer turns on. You have to sit in front of your computer during this whole time because once it finally gets to the login screen, you have to type in the password. The computer then crunches numbers for another 2 minutes while it loads a wide variety of programs (MSN messenger, your Norton Antivirus, your Microsoft Office shortcut bar, etc…). Finally, after like 5 minutes, you have access to your desktop.

How would you like your computer to load all those programs *before* you ever have to enter your password? You could press the button to power up your system and go get a cup of coffee. Five minutes later, you come to your desk and type in your password. BAM! Instantly dropped to the desktop! Your programs are already running and all systems are a go!

Here’s how to do it:

Download Microsoft’s free TweakUI tool and install it.
Click your Start button, go to your Programs menu, and select Tweak UI from the “Powertoys for Windows XP” folder.
In the TweakUI window, double-click the “Logon” item in the left-hand column to expand it.
Click on the “Autologon” item underneath the “Logon” section.
Check the box that says “Log on automatically at system startup”
Click the “Set Password” button and enter in your windows login password
Click OK and close Tweak UI.
Download this .reg file and run it. When it asks you if you want to merge it with your registry, choose “Yes”.
NOTE: If you feel queasy about merging a reg file with your registry, you can also add it by hand. Go to Start > Run and type in “regedit” and press OK. Browse to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and create a new String Value. Name it “Lock Computer on Startup“, and set the value to “rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation“

Presto! You’re done!

Now, when you boot up your computer, it will automatically log you in to your desktop and start up your programs. However, it will still secure your system, requiring you to enter your password to access it. Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

First Web Server

This machine is a server. DO NOT POWER IT DOWN!! Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

Change the Text on the XP Start Button!

Change Text on XP Start Button For Windows XP Home and Professional Versions Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

Top 100 essential downloads

Check out top-100 essential downloads of free software & freeware for Windows XP all in one page.. Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

A 20-minute Mental Workout

Researchers say the mind can be strengthened with regular training and rigorous practice. Here's a sample brain warm-up for a quick mental recharge. If you feel you're a bit sluggish, try repeating similar exercises daily to get your brain back in shape. Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

File Swap site

You upload 1 file, and you get 1 random file in return. Check this site Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

internet services for free

boinc.ch offer free internet services, including (but not limited to) shell, webpage with php, e-mail, development tools and cvs repository. For additional information see www.boinc.ch. The server runs OpenBSD3.8 and the architecture is 64-bit UltraSPARC-IIi. Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

Test your hand-eye coordination

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Find almost any song for download!

Check this site for any song you would like to hear.... Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

Make any website a mobile site, with Google

It seems that Google has a page that will optimize any website for viewing on a mobile phone or PDA, similar to Skweezer and IYHY. http://www.google.com/gwt/n Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

Will AJAX Replace Java and .NET?

"...what AJAX has done in the space of the last few years has been to set into motion what looks to be a major, perhaps even tectonic, shift in the way that we build applications, providing the necessary critical link to turn Services Oriented Architectures (SOAs) from being a convenient marketing term into being something far more significant."

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The Most Powerful Bomb Ever Constructed

"On October 30, 1961, the most powerful weapon ever constructed by mankind was exploded over the island of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Sea. The device was code-named "Ivan," and it was a multi-stage hydrogen bomb which was built in only fifteen weeks by engineers in the USSR, using off-the-shelf nuclear weapon components."
It was intended as a display of Soviet superiority during a period of grave tension between the USSR and the United States. The Russians had erected the Berlin wall only two months earlier, and they had just ended a shaky, three-year moratorium on atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. Before Ivan, the largest explosion the world had seen was an incredible 15 megatons, an event which caused a mushroom cloud five kilometers across. Ivan's explosion was over three times more powerful, despite the fact that the device was deliberately prevented from operating to its full potential.

The completed weapon weighed 27 metric tons, and though it was technically "aircraft-deliverable," it was too large to fit inside the bomb bay of the largest soviet bomber of that era, the Tu-95. Consequently, a Tu-95 was specially modified for the task, including the removal of the bomb bay doors to allow the bomb to protrude from the plane, and a coating of a special reflective paint to minimize the heat damage it would sustain from the fireball. Ivan was also attached to a parachute to prevent it from descending too rapidly, thereby giving the bomber adequate time to get out of range of the blast.

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Photos of an Atomic Blast taken at 1/1000,000,000 of-a-second

These Photos are of an Atomic Blast prior to any Mushroom Cloud forming. We rarely see these kinds of images. Harold Edgerton is famous for taking photos using High Speed Cameras to capture what the Human Eye alone, cannot see. Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

Five Things You Didn't Know About Windows Vista

"Some of the more offbeat angles surrounding Microsoft's upcoming operating system involve guessing its launch date, finding where to go to get a Vista-related job, and seeing who's got the name registered as a trademark. "

What's the official Windows Vista launch Date?

That's been a moving target for years (in 2002, the launch of Longhorn, the original code name of Windows Vista, was scheduled for 2004). Last year, Microsoft settled on 2006 as the ship date. In his recent CES keynote, Bill Gates re-emphasized that Windows Vista will ship this year. But he didn't provide a specific date.

Therein lies the apparent seeds of Microsoft's "Guess the Launch Date Contest" contest. Unfortunately not open to U.S. residents, it's hosted on Microsoft's EMEA site and is aimed at residents of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Winners get a trip to the international Vista launch event in the USA, whenever and wherever that may be, along with three nights in a four-star hotel. Interestingly, second through fourth prize winners might consider themselves even luckier, since they win a new Xbox 360 system.

Want to work on Vista?

Like the Vista beta 2 so much you want to work on the OS for real? You're in luck. Microsoft's career site has posting for nearly 200 jobs which have at least something to do with Windows Vista.

Positions range from hard-core software developers to "architect evangelist" where you'll "be responsible for dreaming, designing and building new top-level user-centric Windows experiences."

For some informed perspective on working at Microsoft, Rob Relyea, a program manager in the Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly, Avalon) group and an eight-year Microsoft veteran, has blogged about his job-search experiences at the company.

What's a quick way to learn to write Vista-aware code?

On his blog, Tim Sneath, a Microsoft Windows Vista Technical evangelist, suggested setting up a series of developer challenges (essentially, coding tests), which would help programmer familiarize themselves with some of the different parts of Vista. Responses have included some nifty code listings aimed at showing off short bits of code that make use of XAML and WinFX.

Additional information on so-called "developer challenge" code is available on the Road to WinFX community site.

Where are the games?

In a world where many PC users are heavy secret Solitaire players, curiosity abounds as to what games will come with Windows Vista. Two sites (here and here) have posted screenshots, apparently obtained at Microsoft's September 2005 Professional Developer's Conference, exploring this recreational angle. Along with old stalwarts Minesweeper and Solitaire, Vista is apparently getting an updated chess game featuring a tilted board. Mah Jongg (called "Shanghai Dragons" in the Microsoft screen shot) and a kids' arcade-style game are also included.

Did you know that Microsoft isn't the only entity that's registered 'Windows Vista' as a trademark?

Microsoft is certainly covering all its legal bases when it comes to protecting the Windows Vista name. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Microsoft has registered Windows Vista at least seven times as a trademark. On March 22, 2005, Windows Vista was registered to Microsoft for use as a trademark for computer software and operating system programs. But Microsoft has also registered Windows Vista as a mark for use in online tutorials. "for arranging and conducting trade shows in the field of computer operating systems," and for use in "posters, magnetic boards, memo pads, binders, staplers, paperweights, paper coasters, calendars, notebooks, book covers, sticker books and greeting cards."

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Run Windows Update from within FireFox !!

No more excuse to run IE just for windows update. Now, you can do that from within FireFox browser !! Enjoy..

IE Tab, an extension from Taiwan, features Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.

This extension is derived from the famous extension IE View, but they are quite different.
While IE View always open IE-only pages in newly launched windows of Internet Explorer, IE Tab can open them in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.

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v1.0.7 What's New?

Back, Forward, Refresh, and Stop button can be used in IE Tab.
You can operate IE Tab from the File/Edit/Go Menu now.
The address-bar is not updated to show the change in URL was fixed.
Some locales using Alt-Gr key / Russian keyboard problem was fixed.
Open URL in filter-list have to load twice problem was fixed.
New popup windows from IE could be opened correctly in tabs.
Add a menuitem to personal bookmark context menu.
Support CTRL+LeftClick on IE Tab Button to open URL in External Application.
Use better method to solve the security hole in previous version.
Automatically set focus to embedded IE when you select a tab.
Support total 22 localizations.

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History of Computer Security

"This list of papers was initially distributed on CD-ROM at NISSC '98. These papers are unpublished, seminal works in computer security. They are papers every serious student of computer security should read. They are not easy to find. The goal of this collection is to make them widely available."

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