Google Commemorates The Birth Of Robert Noyce

Google commemorates the birth of Robert Noyce, Intel co-founder and inventor of the integrated circuit, which gave birth to a microchip. Noyce findings, along with Jack Kilby, who later gave birth to this personal computer revolution.

Therefore, to commemorate the work of Noyce, Google put up a picture doodle chip on the main page of its search engine.

Noyce was born on December 12, 1927 in Iowa is one of the founders of Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and leading chip company, Intel, in 1968. With the development of the chip industry, the technology industry was developing in one area in California.

Later, the area became known as Silicon Valley. Thanks to this technological world Noyce Noyce earned the nickname: The mayor of Silicon Valley.

Graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology who also holds patents on a number of discoveries about the structure and semiconductor devices.

Noyce died in 1990 in Austin, Texas, at age 60. His family was later established Noyce Foundation, the foundation's development of teaching math, science, and literacy in U.S. schools.
source: viva

Honda announced several changes, executive , Ranks designed to strengthen its North American regional

Honda yesterday announced several changes in its U.S. executive ranks designed to strengthen its North American regional operations to further speed decision-making and increase efficiency and competitiveness within the region.

Tetsuo Iwamura, President of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Chief Operating Officer of North American Regional Operations and a Senior Managing Officer of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., will be promoted concurrently to Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, effective April 1. Iwamura will remain as President and retain all his responsibilities as head of American Honda and Honda's North American Region. His appointment to the Board as Representative Director of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., will be pending approval at the company's annual shareholder's meeting in June.

Erik Berkman will become President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc., (HRA) with major centers in Ohio, California, North Carolina and elsewhere in North America, effective April 1, 2012. He will be responsible for all design and product development. Since 1991, Honda R&D has fully developed more than 20 Honda and Acura models in the U.S. Berkman joined Honda in 1982 and worked at HRA from 1991-2008 where he led the development of a number of leading Honda and Acura products. He is currently Vice President of Corporate Planning and Logistics for the Automobile Operations Division of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., and President of Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD), Honda's racing company in North America. He will succeed Hiroshi Takemura who will return to Japan as Deputy Director of Automobile Operations.

Art St. Cyr will succeed Berkman as Vice President of Corporate Planning and Logistics for the Automobile Operations Division of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., and President of HPD on April 1, 2012. St. Cyr is currently Chief Engineer and led the development of the all-new 2011 Odyssey at Honda R&D Americas, Inc. Ohio Center.

Brian Newman, will become President of Honda South Carolina Mfg., Inc. (HSC), in Timmonsville, South Carolina, where Honda produces all-terrain vehicles. Newman, who has been with Honda for 32 years including 21 years with Honda of America Mfg. Inc. (HAM), in Ohio, is currently Senior Vice President of HSC.

Charles Ernst has been named Chief Engineer of the Powertrain Function at the North American Engineering Center at HAM, where he will be responsible for expanding Honda's new engine technologies for its North American operations. Ernst joined Honda in 1985, working at the HAM Anna Engine Plant, in Anna, Ohio. He is currently Senior Vice President at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC, responsible for engine and vehicle manufacturing operations.

The genius of Jeremy Lin

That one simple act changed the Knicks for the better last night as Lin, the Ivy League point guard, pulled off the shocker of the NBA season with an electrifying performance that neither Deron Williams nor all of Madison Square Garden will soon forget.
Lin, the league’s first Chinese-American player, scored a career-high 25 points and added seven assists and five rebounds as the Knicks ended a two-game losing streak by beating the Nets, 99-92, Saturday night.


For 36 memorable minutes, Lin’s ability to penetrate and get into the lane created better scoring chances for him and his teammates. The added bonus is that he outplayed Williams, the point guard free agents such as Dwight Howard are lining up to play with.
“It hasn’t really sunk in yet,” said Lin, who was released by the Warriors and Rockets before being signed by the Knicks on Dec. 27. “I am still in shock about everything that happened.”
Lin’s career night included 10 field goals, or one more than the combined total of Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire. He was the game’s high scorer while becoming the latest Knick to be immortalized at the Garden by having his name chanted. Melo honored him by bowing after Lin converted a fourth-quarter layup as he was fouled.
How improbable was the performance? Lin’s previous career high was 13 points. He had never played more than 20 minutes in an NBA game and he had scored a total of 32 points in nine games with the Knicks. Also, the 6-3 product of Northern California had recorded nine DNPs since arriving in New York. He was inactive for one game and missed three others during a one-week stint in the D-League.

Water trapped in your ears can have a painful aftermath

It's the dance of summer. The swimmer's jig. You see it wherever humans brave the water – people shaking and jiggling their heads to one side to expel any water that's entered their ear canals. Sometimes they pull their ear lobes at the same time.
They might look silly but there's method in their madness, says ear nose and throat specialist Dr Michael Jay.
Water trapped in your ears can have a painful aftermath – a skin infection known as an outer ear infection. Because it's common in swimmers, it's also known as "swimmer's ear".
While these infections can occur year round, they peak in the warmer months when more of us take to the water, says Jay who works at Royal Adelaide Hospital and in private practice.

But trapped water isn't the only cause of swimmer's ear. Other causes include infected hair follicles, eczema and chemical irritation from products like hair dyes.
Sometimes a build-up of dead skin cells and dirt is to blame.
"The ear has a nice self cleansing mechanism which in most people works very efficiently. But in some, it may not," says Jay.
It's a source of frustration to him that many cases arise from mismanagement of a substance that's vital to ear health: earwax.
"People think earwax is revolting and they want to get rid of it. But it actually protects the ear canal. It's water resistant so it's a barrier to penetration of water. It's sticky so it traps dust and dirt and pollen. And it's also acidic, so it inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungi."
Remove your wax and you're not only removing a protective substance. You're also likely to cause trauma to the delicate skin lining the ear canal, leaving little scratches or sores that are a perfect place for microbes like bacteria or fungi to get in and multiply.

Narrow canals for instance make it more difficult for trapped water to come out. And people who spend a lot of time in cooler water, such as keen surfers, can develop abnormal bone growth deep within their ear canals where water can be trapped. (This is known as known as exostosis or 'surfer's ear'.)
If you're planning to spend a lot of time in the water, it's important to know the symptoms of swimmer's ear so you can seek early treatment from a doctor. These may include
• Itching or irritation inside the ear
• Pain
• A sensation your ear is blocked
• Decreased hearing
• Redness and swelling of the skin around the ear
• A discharge of pus
If not adequately treated, the infection can escape from the ear canal and infect the face or even the bones and cartilage of the skull. Occasionally fungal infections can also cause a hole in the eardrum – although this usually heals by itself.
For prevention, you could try ear plugs for swimmers but they may not block water entry if you stay in the water for a long time.
Over-the-counter alcohol-based preparations can be useful to dry the soggy skin of your ear canals after a swim. But Jay suggest you use them only if you've had a recurring problem – and then, sparingly – as too much can cause irritation (which can predispose to infection).

The world's largest trees in california( General Sherman)

Sequoia National Park, in California has the tallest and oldest trees in the world. General Sherman name.

The world's largest sequoia tree is located in the Giant Forest, the forest in the area of Sequoia National Park, Tulare, California.General Sherman. General Sherman is the oldest tree in the world, she's already more than 2,000 years.

In addition to the oldest, the tree also became the world's largest tree. Just imagine, reaching 83.3 meters height and diameter of about 11.1 meters. If the total, this tree has a volume of about 1500 cubic meters!

In 1879, the tree is named after a captain in the war in America named William Tecumseh Sherman. General Sherman is almost as large as the General Grand Tree in Kings Canyon National Park, California. After than, General Sherman finally crowned the world's largest tree in 1931.


General Sherman was a sight that attracted many tourists. How not to kokohnya tree stands among the other trees. Diameter trunks over the human body. Beyond the trees around the trunk.

Whitney Houston fans in Harlem remember singer at the Apollo

Whitney Houston was no stranger to Harlem - and for that, local residents felt a strong connection to a booming voice that captured the hearts of the world.

Many even danced and sang her hits outside of the State Office building in Harlem on Monday night.

"She was one of the greatest singers of all-time," the Rev. Calvin Butts told his congregation at Abyssinian Baptist Church on Sunday as he remembered the fallen singer, who began singing at her hometown church in Newark.

“She was also a great gospel singer,” Butts said, recalling the Jan. 16, 1983 night when Houston performed at the W. 138th St. church with her mother Cissy in a gosepl event hosted by the National Council of Negro Women Inc.

Butts said his church also joined with Houston’s mother to pray for the singer, who struggled with drugs, during her lowest times.

Apollo Theater historian Billy Mitchell also shared fond memories of the 48-year-old singer.

Houston's legacy has also impacted many of the performers of the Apollo talent show, Amateur Night.

"A lot of the songs that these Amateur Night contestants sang, they were Whitney Houston songs...her vocals were what they wanted to achieve.”

Houston also once surprised her friends BeBe and CeCe Winans, who were performing at the Apollo.

Whitney touched everybody.”

Harlem singer Alyson Williams, whose recording career took off in the late 1980s, remembered a young Houston, performing with her mother in Upper West Side clubs, like Sweetwater’s and Mikell’s.

Williams, 50, who also struggled with drugs, said the loss hits home.