Vitamin Knowledge 101: Water-Soluble Vs. Fat-Soluble

A basic knowledge of vitamins is essential to a healthy lifestyle but there is commonly confusion s
urrounding the subject of vitamins. There are many types of vitamins and minerals that are essential to the healthy function of the body. These vitamins and minerals are also referred to as micronutrients, which are naturally present in only a meager sum in the human body. These micronutrients serve many purposes in the body including increasing cellular activity, aiding in proper cell and tissue growth, enhanced digestion of food, aiding mental functions and increasing the power of concentration, and most importantly, to aid the human body in becoming resistant to and fighting off contagious diseases. Vitamins and minerals also act as catalysts by aiding in making the chemical reactions needed by the body to start certain functions. Vitamins and minerals are very different from proteins as they are not to be burned like fats but are generally used to create different types of energy.... more>>

Does a Full Moon Influence Human Behavior?

The Moon is known to have a huge effect on the ocean's tides. The mechanism, in simple terms, goes like this: While the moon's gravitational force causes the water to rise up, the earth is also pulling downwards, causing tides. Water levels are dependent upon the force of the moon. So with a full moon comes the high tide. And from this observation, the concept of the moon affecting human behavior evolved. This is because the human body is 80 percent water. It is believed that just like the ocean, when the moon is full, there will also be an upset of water balance in the human body, causing a person to behave irrationally... more >>

Pica: An Eating Disorder that Involves Ingestion of Non-Food Items

There are people who love experimenting with their food. Like mixing popcorn with ice cream for example, or bananas on bread topped with ketchup. It's kind of unusual but they do enjoy it. Odd cravings and food combinations are typical, especially for pregnant women. No matter how you blend the food together as long as it's edible, there is nothing wrong with that.

However, in a condition called Pica, cravings go beyond normal... more>>

Issue Resolved

So the issue with the UniSIM site seems to be resolved already... after about a week or s. And even than the method of delivering (admitting that the site was attacked) was in a peculiar way. It's a scrollling marquee across the top saying " Important Notice" and you can download the file only when you click on the moving text... which is so... not user friendly.... -_-"

UNISIM has left me speechless

Trying to log into the school's portal for the past 1 week, and what I and many others (as I googled) discovered that it appeared to either be hacked in someway or the other.

Using FireFox to get to the website and this appears:












While a Google search displays:













Among many others. Just try search terms like “unisim attack site”, “unisim firefox problem”, etc... and you'll get loads of interesting serach results... Not so helpful when you have notes to download and assignments to handup. The school did not even bother to inform the students of what is happening!

The school finally sent an email today saying:

IT dept has resolved the issue. Please use Microsoft Internet Explorer & access www.unisim.edu.sg directly.

However, as to most of the forum posts, have noted that while you will be able to access the site using Internet Explorer, their AVs (Avira, NOD32, among others) detected a virus on the site... which leaves me somewhat baffled... if it's really safe..

So what works:
IE
Safari

What doesn't:
FF

Authentic Mexican Dessert Recipes

If you love Mexican food then authentic Mexican dessert recipes should be part of your repertoire. For the most part they are not difficult to make, use ingredients that are easy to find, and just add that perfect ending to a great meal of Mexican food... more>>

The Shopping Seach Engine

ShopWiki.com is one the places that have made shopping online a breeze, and unlike conventional shopping sites which will only show you store that have paid for placement. And that means that it offers more by showing everything for sale on the web. The way it works is just like Google, except that it's for the sole purpose of shopping. And the possibilities seem endless!

Searching for a new wireless router has never been simpler. With just a simple search text of wireless router, many search results were displayed. And that was certainly useful! A tool I definitely use when looking for things to buys online.