Kim decided to focus his service project around the Lunar New Year, which he compares in importance among many Asian Americans to Christmas and Thanksgiving. The holiday, which is based on the lunisolar calendar, is observed by people of Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean descent in America. This year, the holiday began Friday..

Even with frequent applications of sunscreen, the millions of people now enjoying their summer outdoors may be putting themselves at increased risk of melanoma, the most serious skin cancer.Some visible light, as well as a wide range of ultraviolet (UV) light, may fuel a series of changes in skin cells, leading to melanoma, says Richard B.He and his collegues use specially bred fish to study the effects of different types of light on cells that contain melanin, the skin pigment that colors moles brown. These studies have provided concrete evidence that not only UV B the rays with wavelengths between 280 and 320 nanometers that cause sunburn but also light with longer wavelengths can induce cancer, says Setlow.The fish are a cross between a swordtail and a hybrid of a swordtail and the platyfish, two popular tropical aquarium pets. When young, these heavily pigmented fish fit easily into the thimble size glass tube of a spectrometer, which provides light of single wavelengths, and develop tumors after just one exposure to this light, Setlow explains.

Ergonomics seems to have become part of mainstream marketing lingo, with many businesses claiming to subscribe to an ergonomic culture. Ergonomic furniture is gaining popularity as more and more companies are recognizing the practicality in investing on their employees’ comfort and well being. They are fast realizing that this type of investment yields significant returns employee productivity, retention and savings on medical and insurance expenses..

“Ray is someone who fits us as a shooter,” he said. “His championship pedigree fits us at a really high level. With James (Jones), Mike (Miller) and LeBron here, I think he feel comfortable with our group. The week of January 8 has items of possible interest to residents of district 2 at the Finance Committee, the Plan Commission, the City County Homeless Issues Committee, the Transit and Parking Commission, the Urban Forestry Task Force, and the Joint Discussion: Common Council MPD Policy Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee. The city meeting agenda items are open for testimony from the public should you be interested in weighing in. I also appreciate hearing from you on any items on which you have a particular interest or concern so please send me an email or give me a call..