Tornado

Today, 2 pm a tornado wannabe formed off the Pasir Panjang coast.

Tornados do not usually occured this part of the world.

Waterspouts are more common. They formed due to warm temperatures in the lower atmosphere along with high humidity.

The differance between a waterspout and a tornado is that a tornado is on land, a waterspout is over water.

A tornado is more dangerous. Waterspouts are generally not as dangerous although boaters should seek safe shelter immediately.

Cancer No Entry

Dr. Mehmet Oz  known on TV as Dr Oz have just made everyone's day.

He put the question: which is better to prevent Cancer: beer or milk ?

The answer is beer because it protects against bacteria that has be linked to Stomach Cancer and Ulcers. 

He cautioned to say that 2 or more drinks a day can increase other types of cancer though, so limit yourself to 1 glass of beer a day!

Doctor Oz also bring comfort to those who drink coffee.

Just 2 daily cuppas can reduce your chances of getting Colon Cancer and Uterine Cancer.

Tau Huay

Tau Huay 豆 花 is a Chinese dessert made from Soybeans, most likely Genetically Modified.

Queques for the many brands are commonly seen around Singapore.

What is GM ? To put it simply, GM foods have had their DNA altered in a way that does not occur in nature. The technology was invented to produce plants that would have increased resistance against plant diseases, insects and herbicides.

Critics have declared they are not safe to eat as they had foreign genes forced into their DNA, such as bacteria and viruses, which have never been in the human food supply.

In lab tests, GM soy altered mouse liver cells. The changes reversed after their diet switched to non-GM soy.

Author Jeffrey Smith puts it this way: "A pig can mate with a pig and a tomato can mate with a tomato. But there is no way that a pig can mate with a tomato".

 

silky smooth soya beancurd

USA, the world's leading soybean producer estimate soybean production for this year at 83 million tons, a large part Genetically Modified. They approved GM cultivation in 1994.

Brazil, world's No. 2 producer expected to match or exceed the US. Also a large portion of the crop is GM.

Surprisingly China imports soybeans.

Japanese longevity is well known hence they are alarmed as 50,000 tofu shops across Japan greatly relied on the American soybeans and have launched a variety of campaign groups opposing GM foods.

It's X'mas Again

Once again, at super speed in a super world, Christmas is here upon us.

It's also the time to be joyous

 

It's also the time to be nostalgic

And it's also time to be dancing

Bone of Contention

The phenomenal explosive growth of keeping pet dogs is common causes of friction between neighbors. 

The reason ? Barking dogs.

In bursting at the seam Singapore, neighbourliness is gone with the wind.

Computer Headache

Have you ever encounter instances when you want to resize the window in your PC or laptop and found a black border and not able to see the window as it is being resize ?

You could have unintentionally made changes to the graphics or settings recently.

Here’s how to rectify the situation.

note the black border

 Click anywhere in the desktop. Then Properties.

Next click Appearance.

Then Effects.

 

Lastly, check "Show window contents while dragging" Then OK.

And Windows is back to normal. Or is it ?

At the next startup and the same problem repeat itself, the culprit could be the broadband USB modem.

It disables "show window contents while dragging" and messes with Windows Media Center too.

There do not seem to be a solution to this hiccup. And Huawei the maker of such device, has this to say.

This is our intentional setting to avoid some problems.
It's not only foy your version, every mobile partner has this feature. I think this 'issue' will not bring you much trouble when you use it surf the Internet.

Made In Japan

Japan television makers are in troubled water.

Sony is cutting 10,000 jobs and selling assets after racking up hugh losses selling TVs.

Sharp lost a record US$5.6 billion and said there is “material doubt” about its survival.

 

Panasonic will post a loss of US$9.5 billion and retrenching 36,000 of its workforce.

  

In the 1980s Japan thrashed the US television makers to become the global leader.

Ironically they are now at the mercy of the Koreans, particularly Samsung.

The wheel of fortune is still turning.