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It’s the first total eclipse in 2007. In Taiwan, we only can watch the partial eclipse at dawn broken.

The Moon does not completely disappear as it passes through the umbra because of the refraction of sunlight by the Earth’s atmosphere into the shadow cone; if the Earth had no atmosphere, the Moon would be completely dark during an eclipse.

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The red colouring arises because sunlight reaching the Moon must pass through a long and dense layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, where it is scattered. Shorter wavelengths are more likely to be scattered by the small particles, and so by the time the light has passed through the atmosphere, the longer wavelengths dominate.

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It’s Your Life: Guest Article: Four Simple Healthy Lifestyle Habits May Extend Life, Lower Heart Risk For Older PeopleOn a personal note, I am happy to say I have stopped smoking 12 years ago, and I have also implemented all the other suggestions. And, I FEEL MUCH BETTER, MORE ENERGETIC, AND MY “NUMBERS” ARE MUCH BETTER.

Can adopting a healthier lifestyle later in life help — or is it too late? This was the question researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston wanted to answer. In the study results published in the July issue of The American Journal of Medicine, the researchers found that these middleaged people, ages 45 to 64, who added healthy lifestyle behaviors could substantially reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease and reduce their death rate.

According to Dr. Barry Sears

Important News That Could Affect Your Life: Have you heard about the “Anti Oxidant” study?

And, if you are into Health foods, you must have heard the results of this study.

Go to the above link and read all about why anti-oxidant pills are not beneficial (according to this study), but why the fruits bearing the anti oxidants are exactly what you need for a healthy heart!

Parents!!! Your Life!! Your kids are on their way to going back to school. So now you need to learn a whole lot of new things. One of these being an eye test for your kid. So, we all know what an Eye Chart looks like… do you know what it actually means?One concerned parent asked…

My son is 5 years old and has just had his first school eyesight test. We have been advised to take him to see an optician - which of course we will do but I just want to check what the following means.

The school test said that on the Snellen scale he is 6/6 (20/20) in his left eye and 6/9 (20/30) in his right eye. (This is in metric)

Can someone explain what this means and if it is anything to seriously worry about. Check it out here

Breathing and Exercise - This is something you should learn to manage right from the beginning.  If you do NOT breathe properly you will get tired fast and you will get light headed.

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