Flu season has Boston declaring health emergency

Four-year-old Gabriella Diaz sits as registered nurse Charlene Luxcin, right, administers a flu shot at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as the city tried to deal with a harsh flu season and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Four-year-old Gabriella Diaz sits as registered nurse Charlene Luxcin, right, administers a flu shot at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as the city tried to deal with a harsh flu season and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A vial of flu vaccine at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as the city tried to deal with a harsh flu season and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Registered nurse Charlene Luxcin administers a flu shot to a patient at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as the city tried to deal with a harsh flu season and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Vials of flu vaccine are displayed at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as the city tried to deal with a harsh flu season and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

(AP) ? Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as flu season struck in earnest and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far.

The city is working with health care centers to offer free flu vaccines and hopes to set up places where people can get vaccinated. The city said there have been four flu-related deaths, all elderly residents, since the unofficial start of the flu season Oct. 1.

"The best thing you can do to protect yourself and your family is to get the flu shot," said Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

The city was experiencing its worst flu season since at least 2009, Menino said, with about 700 confirmed cases of the flu, compared with 70 all of last season.

Massachusetts was one of 29 states reporting high levels of "influenza-like illness," according to the most recent weekly flu advisory issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC said the proportion of people visiting health care providers with flu-like symptoms climbed from 2.8 percent to 5.6 percent in four weeks. By contrast, the rate peaked at only 2.2 percent during the relatively mild 2011-12 flu season.

The estimated rate of flu-related hospitalizations in the U.S. was 8.1 per 100,000 people, which is high for this time of year, according to Dr. Joe Bresee, chief of the epidemiology and prevention branch of the CDC's influenza division.

Barbara Ferrer, director of the Boston public health commission, said the emergency was declared in part to get residents' attention. She said that the 700 confirmed cases represent only those reported to the city and that thousands of other people may be ill.

Boston hospitals had counted about 1,500 emergency room visits since December by people with flu-like symptoms. Menino said people with symptoms shouldn't go to work or school.

LaKeisha Davis, 23, was at the Whittier Street Health Center on Wednesday for treatment of unrelated pain when she heard about the flu emergency being declared in Boston.

She took a flu vaccine on the spot, fearing that if she got the flu her 4-year-old daughter might catch it as well.

"I love her more than anything in the world and I don't want anything to happen to her," Davis said.

Frederica Williams, president of the community health center in the inner-city Roxbury neighborhood, said her facility had opened a special flu clinic and was using social media and sending letters to residents urging them to come in and get flu shots. Williams estimated that the number of patients coming to the clinic with flu-like symptoms was triple that of a year ago.

Hospitals around the state were also taking precautions to protect patients and staff members from exposure to the flu.

Baystate Health, which operates Baystate Medical Center in Springfield and two other hospitals in western Massachusetts, announced it was changing its visitor policy. The hospitals will no longer allow visitors younger than 14 and are recommending no more than two people visit a patient at once.

"This is the worst in several years," said Dr. Sarah Haessler, an infectious disease specialist at Baystate. She said the flu outbreak has strained the hospital's resources and helped to fill its beds to capacity.

City, state and federal officials have all identified a Type A influenza known as H3N2 as the predominant strain reported so far this season. The strain, historically associated with more serious illnesses, is among those covered by the current vaccine.

"No vaccine is 100 percent effective," cautioned Kevin Cranston, head of the state bureau of infectious diseases. Some people, for example, might be vaccinated but get the flu in the 10 days to two weeks it takes for the immunity to take hold.

"There are any number of reasons why people could have done all the right things and still get the flu," he said.

High flu rates were being reported all over Massachusetts, Cranston said, and while he didn't have specifics on the 18 statewide deaths, he noted that the flu is most dangerous for the young, the elderly and people with other chronic health conditions.

"I hate needles, and I got (a shot)," Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday, adding that he wasn't aware of any shortages of vaccine in the state. He also reminded residents to use common sense, such as washing their hands and sneezing into their sleeves.

The CDC said 18 children have died from the flu so far this season. While the CDC doesn't keep a tab of deaths overall from the flu, it estimates that 24,000 Americans die each year.

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Associated Press writer Rodrique Ngowi in Boston contributed to this report.

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Puregear?s Retro Game Cases Justify Covering Your iPhone 5

You don?t really need a case for your iPhone 5, but that was before PureGear unveiled its line of awesome Retro Game cases. Obviously, this changes everything. They will be available in three different versions: a traditional boxy maze, a circular maze and a pseudo-pinball machine that works more like The Price Is Right?s Plinko.

They look about a hundred times more addictive than Angry Birds, don?t require a Wi-Fi connection, Bluetooth or a battery. And they?ll help keep your iPhone 5 from getting all dinged up when you get frustrated at navigating that tiny ball and throw your smartphone across the room.

You can buy them for $US30 a pop when they become available in February.

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Green Blog: A Bit of Relief on Food Prices

World food prices ended the year with a slight decline, and for 2012 as a whole they were 7 percent below prices of 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported on Thursday.

Food prices have been one of the most troubling aspects of the international economic situation for several years now, so this is a spot of good news. But prices, driven by rising demand in developing countries and supply constraints that include climate change, remain well above levels of the 1990s. The price run-ups in recent years, particularly in 2008 and 2011, have led to the biggest increases in world hunger in decades.

The 2012 declines reported by the F.A.O. were concentrated among some of the higher-value commodities like sugar, oils and dairy products. The most important and politically sensitive prices, for the grains that supply most human calories, were down only 2.4 percent in 2012 from the previous year.

Grain prices soared in the summer, in large measure because of a drought in the United States that cut farm output, then declined modestly toward the end of the year as the overall global supply situation became somewhat clearer.

It?s early in the year, of course, but prospects for 2013 are murky at best. The extraordinary heat in Australia, which is in the heart of its growing season now, is not going to help, and a continuing widespread drought in the United States could spell trouble when planting starts this spring.

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Milder temperatures ease Australian wildfire fears

Wildfire smoke rises from hills behind the village of Numeralla in New South Wales state on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Wildfires raged across much of southeast Australia. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Wildfire smoke rises from hills behind the village of Numeralla in New South Wales state on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Wildfires raged across much of southeast Australia. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

In this photo provided by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service a wildfire near Deans Gap, Australia, crosses the Princes Highway Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Firefighters are battling scores of wildfires in southeastern Australia as authorities evacuate national parks and warned that hot, dry and windy conditions were combining to raise the threat to its highest alert level. (AP Photo/NSW Rural Fire Service, James Morris)

John O'Reilly takes refuge in the cool water behind a waterfall of a fountain in central Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, as the temperature reaches 42 degrees Celsius (107.6. degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures across much of New South Wales state are expected to reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) creating severe wildfire conditions. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

John O'Reilly takes refuge in the cool water behind a waterfall of a fountain in central Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, as the temperature reaches 42 degrees Celsius (107.6. degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures across much of New South Wales state are expected to reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) creating severe wildfire conditions. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

John O'Reilly takes a dip in the cooling water of a fountain in central Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, as the temperature reaches 42 degrees Celsius (107.6. degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures across much of New South Wales state are expected to reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) creating severe wildfire conditions. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

(AP) ? Temperatures cooled from record highs across much of southern Australia on Wednesday, reducing the danger from scores of wildfires that have blazed for days.

Australia recorded its hottest day on record on Monday with a nationwide average of 40.33 degrees Celsius (104.59 degrees Fahrenheit), narrowly breaking a 1972 record of 40.17C (104.31F).

The Bureau of Meteorology will calculate later Wednesday whether Tuesday's average was even hotter. With Wednesday's cool-down, the national capital, Canberra, dropped from a high of 36C (97F) on Tuesday to 28C (82F) and Sydney dropped from 43C (109F) to 23C (73F).

No deaths have been reported, although around 100 people haven't been unaccounted for since last week when a fire destroyed around 90 homes in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, east of the state capital of Hobart. On Wednesday, police spokeswoman Lisa Stingel said it's likely most of those people simply haven't checked in with officials.

"There are no reports of missing persons in circumstances that cause us to have grave fears for their safety at this time," Tasmania Police Acting Commissioner Scott Tilyard said in a statement.

Thousands of cattle and sheep as well as wildlife are suspected to have been killed.

In Victoria state, north of Tasmania, a fire injured six people, destroyed four homes and caused the evacuation of the farming community of Carngham, Country Fire Authority operations officer Ian Morley said.

Cooler conditions on Wednesday had brought relief to firefighters who would work through the day to build earth breaks to fully contain the fire ahead of warmer temperatures forecast for Friday, Morley said.

"We have had very mild, cool conditions overnight which is a great help to the fire suppression effort," he said.

North of Victoria in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, firefighters were battling 141 fires, including 31 that had not yet been contained.

Fires have burnt through more than 131,000 hectares (324,000 acres) of forest and farmland since Tuesday, but the Rural Fire Service has reported only one home destroyed there.

A fire was burning out of control in the Kybeyan Valley east of the town of Cooma.

Police knocked on doors to advise residents of the danger, with the blaze predicted to move toward the villages of Dangelong, Numeralla and Countegany.

Rural Fire Service Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers said the cool reprieve was expected to be short-lived, with temperatures forecast to climb again by the end of the week.

"We don't need new fires today," he said.

The fires have been most devastating in Tasmania where at least 128 homes have been destroyed since Friday.

Hundreds of people remain at two evacuation centers in the state's south, as fires continue to burn more than 80,000 hectares since last week.

"People have lost everything. We can't comprehend that devastation unless we are in their shoes," Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings said.

The fires have consumed over 80,000 hectares (198,000 acres) in Tasmania since last week.

Wildfires are common during the Australian summer. Fires in February 2009 killed 173 people and destroyed more than 2,000 homes in Victoria state.

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Associated Press writer Kristen Gelineau in Sydney contributed to this report.

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Home Based Businesses ? The Recipe For Success ? Bnr.Co

The house based business industry holds a lot of recipes for several different good results circumstances. Folks are becoming noticed via the internet these days in order for them to turn out to be the so referred to as well-known individual. They are starting to construct their only way to escape the economic errors they possibly might be having. The recipe for success is most a mixture of finance and other non economic values, like family and love.

The purpose why I have deemed the home based organizations to be one place where the recipe for good results can be located, it?s because right here there are no doors needed to build for chance to knock, but rather generating nets to catch these possibilities. This kind of enterprise is recognized for one great factor, and that is that all financial problems that a individual may have is given hope. There is so a lot prospective from these companies, that each person is enlightened to see a feasible light to monetary freedom.

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Study: Billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way

This artist rendering released Monday Jan. 7,2013 by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows the different types of planets in our Milky Way galaxy detected by NASA?s Kepler spacecraft. A new analysis of Kepler data found there are at least 17 billion planets the size of Earth. (AP Photo/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

This artist rendering released Monday Jan. 7,2013 by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows the different types of planets in our Milky Way galaxy detected by NASA?s Kepler spacecraft. A new analysis of Kepler data found there are at least 17 billion planets the size of Earth. (AP Photo/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

(AP) ? Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests. That's more than two Earth-size planets for every person on the globe.

Just how many are located in the sweet spot where water could exist is "simply too early to call," said Francois Fressin of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who presented his work at an astronomy meeting Monday.

It's the first reliable tally of the number of worlds outside the solar system that are the size of Earth, but the hunt for our twin is far from over.

Despite the explosion of exoplanet discoveries in recent years, one find remains elusive: A planet that's not only the right size but also in the so-called Goldilocks zone where it's not too hot or too cold for water to be in liquid form on the surface.

The sheer number of Earth-size planets gives astronomers a starting point to narrow down which ones are in the habitable zone.

Fressin and his team came up with their figure by conducting a fresh analysis of data collected by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, which was launched in 2009 to track down other Earths. They estimated at least one in six stars in the galaxy hosts a planet the size of ours, translating to at least 17 billion Earth-size worlds.

Using a different method, a team from the University of California, Berkeley and University of Hawaii separately came up with a similar estimate. They calculated 17 percent of distant stars have planets that are the same size as Earth or slightly larger.

The findings were presented at the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, Calif.

Meanwhile, the Kepler spacecraft continues to spot planets as they pass between Earth and the star they orbit. It found 461 new candidate planets, bringing the total to 2,740 potential planets, said mission scientist Christopher Burke at the SETI Institute.

Most of the new Kepler finds were driven by discoveries of Earth-size planets and super-Earths. Four of those are thought to reside in the Goldilocks zone, but more observations are needed.

Fressin said it's clear that rocky planets abound outside the solar system.

"If you look up on a starry night, each star you're looking at ? almost each one of them ? has a planetary system," Fressin said.

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5 Ways Small Retailers Can Compete - Business Insider

A few months ago, I read a conversation on the discussion boards of The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA).

In the discussion, an owner of a small toy store was recollecting a conversation between two young shoppers she had overheard in her store.

The couple, upon seeing a toy they really liked, scoffed at the price and mentioned that they had seen the same toy at a larger retailer for considerably less. The storeowner allowed the couple to leave without engaging or purchasing anything, and then took to the discussion boards to express her discontent with suppliers for bending to the whims of her big-box competitors and failing to "help" small specialty stores like hers.

As the co-founder of Wild Creations, a developer and supplier of toy products, I took issue with the discussion. We sell to both small and large retailers, and, sure, we give better pricing based on volume. It's Business 101. We are, however, a small company ourselves and deal with the same pricing pressures as the retail stores we supply. I would never expect our suppliers to treat us like a charity, so our strategy is to differentiate ourselves on something other than price.

We compete on experience.

I am shocked at how many small retailers fail to see this opportunity. Small retailers, quite simply, cannot compete with the likes of Walmart or Amazon on price?and expect to survive, no matter how you slice it. Like Wild Creations, they need to compete on experience.

One of my favorite examples of how a specialty retail store competes on experience is Wonder Works of Charleston, South Carolina. A small chain of four toy stores, it is run by a vibrant and excitable entrepreneur, Christine Osborne. When I take my six-year old son for a visit, we don't expect to get deals from a clearance rack. We expect to have an experience.

Here are five things small retailers can learn from Wonder Works in order to compete on something other than price.

1. Provide Incentive

When you walk into a Wonder Works store, there is typically someone there with a bright smile to greet you and shove a toy in your hands. The stores are small, but there is always room to sample products and interact with others. It's a playground, and kids (and, admittedly, I) love it. As well, Wonder Works regularly holds events, such as outdoor festivals, sidewalk sales, and fundraisers to encourage people to visit.

2. Offer Value

Wonder Works doesn't hide the fact that prices are probably higher. Instead, they create value by providing an experience when you visit. As well, regular patrons are rewarded with frequent specials through e-newsletters and social media. Unlike most small retailers, they put experience ahead of keystone.

3. Differentiate Products

Because large retailers rarely take chances on new products or new developers, specialty stores have the first opportunity to offer exclusive new items. Wonder Works was one of the first stores to offer our Wild Creations'?EcoAquarium, and it continues to be one of their best selling products. Now, they are one of the first stores we engage to test new products and ideas.

4. Get Online

Although Wonder Works is still small by comparison, they offer a fantastic toy catalogue and website to support the in-store experience. It should be no secret that online shopping will continue to become a preferred method of shopping, so offering your clients this convenience will be a key to success.

5. Go Social

Wonder Works excels at attracting and, more important, retaining fans, especially on a local level. A playful newsletter, constant updates to their website, and social media channels, and an owner that is ubiquitous in Charleston and throughout the toy industry, assures that customers and fans are engaged constantly. No matter how small your retail company, you need to be engaging your customers through social media.

For any small business, competing with large competitors with vastly greater resources is always daunting. For specialty retail stores, the challenge is ten fold. To succeed, retail business owners need to work hard...plain and simple. Wonder Works' Christine Osborne is one of the hardest working individuals in the toy industry, but if there is one thing you will learn from her and Wonder Works it never seems like work!

Do you have a success story about a small retail business that is beating the odds and succeeding? Please share below!

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Supreme Court signals blood tests protected by Fourth Amendment

By M. Alex Johnson, staff writer, NBC News

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Nicole Saharsky of the U.S. solicitor general's office joined Missouri officials in asking the court to allow law enforcement to order blood tests from suspects without a warrant.

Justices indicated Wednesday that the dangers of drunken driving don't trump the Fourth Amendment, peppering lawyers for the state of Missouri with objections to their request that the Supreme Court allow law enforcement to order blood tests for DUI without suspects' consent.

The case, Missouri v. McNeely, is seen as a landmark that could clear up almost 50 years of uncertainty over the constitutionality of blood tests that are conducted without a warrant. Legal scholars say it could rewrite drunken-driving laws in all 50 states.

The case hinges on how you interpret a 1966 opinion by then-Chief Justice William Brennan, who wrote (.pdf) that law enforcement should get a warrant before taking a blood draw without a suspect's consent, except in a few very limited circumstances that rise to the level of an emergency.


Missouri wants the court to declare that the dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream is, on its face, an emergency allowing officers to get a blood test immediately and without a warrant.

But justices indicated that they firmly believed that taking someone's blood was an intrusion that in most cases constituted a government "seizure" subject to protection of the Fourth Amendment and requiring the subject's permission or prior approval from a judge.

"How can it be reasonable to forgo the Fourth Amendment in a procedure as intrusive as a needle going into someone's body?" Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked John Koester, a prosecutor in Jackson, Mo., who represented the state Wednesday.

Related: Full preliminary transcript of Wednesday's arguments (.pdf)

Sotomayor said that if the court ruled Missouri's way, it would be giving law enforcement free rein to "use the most intrusive way you can to prove your case," which wouldn't always be the most constitutionally sound way.

The officer who arrested Tyler McNeely acknowledged that he didn't seek a warrant when he told a hospital lab technician to draw McNeely's blood after a DUI stop in 2010 because he believed he didn't need to, not because he didn't think he couldn't get one in time.?

That troubled several justices, who wanted know how a suspect's fundamental Fourth Amendment rights could be overshadowed for the convenience of law enforcement.

"Why should the Fourth Amendment permit the search to take place without the warrant when it could have been obtained?" Justice Samuel Alito asked Nicole Saharsky of the U.S. solicitor general's office, who joined Koester in arguing Missouri's side.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, "It was and I think still is the main rule that if you can get a warrant, you must do that."

Even Antonin Scalia, the court's most law-and-order justice, questioned Missouri's argument, telling Koester, "Once we say that you don't need a warrant, you know, even if things improve, the game's up, right?"

"Why don't you force him (McNeely) to take the Breathalyzer test, instead of forcing him to have a needle shoved in his arm?" Scalia asked.

Justices' questions during arguments don't always signal how they will vote; the justices often pose hypotheticals designed to crystallize or clarify a contrary position.

But Lyle Denniston, a Supreme Court expert writing on Scotusblog, said it seemed clear that "the court is not going to let police across the nation order ? on their own authority ? the taking of blood samples from those suspected of drunk driving."

"Two impressions were dominant throughout the argument: the Justices generally do regard the use of a needle to take a blood sample as quite an intrusive gesture by the government, and the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement should not be cast aside for all cases of drunk driving when officers decide to order a blood draw," he wrote.

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Tips: Behind Satellite TV - ninacordey's posterous

It is with no doubt that technology has become an integral part of your living. The sights and sounds of your everyday activities are remarkably enhanced due to the contributions of the different innovations and inventions. But do you ever wonder how these magnificent developments come into being? Come with and venture behind the scenes of the globally encompassing science of satellite television.

Satellite television or simply satellite TV is brought right at the very center of your living room via communication satellites situated around the planet. The feed from these satellites are received by a satellite dish and a set-top box. Viewing entertainment and information means are made possible because of this technology especially in areas around the globe that are not reached by your known cable TV providers. Take a step back and look at how this technological breakthrough came into life. It all started on that fateful year of 1962 when Telstar satellite of Europe gave North America its first satellite television signal.

Then things started to pick up. 1963 saw the launching of Syncom 2. It was considered the first geosynchronous communication satellite. Commercial satellite communication made its way through the Intelstat I on April 6, 1965. It was tagged as the Early Bird. The Soviet Union which was s technological power during this time sent the Orbita flying to the skies in 1967. This marked the beginning of satellite TV in a national network. Its technology worked on the concept of Molniya satellite which delivered TV signals towards stationed links on the ground.

The Canadian Anik 1 which took off in 1972 was recognized as the first carrier of television in North American homes. Two years later the ATS-6 became the first direct broadcast satellite. In this year the Soviet struck again by boosting a geostationary satellite that can direct-to-home television. Its name was Ekran.

After browsing the history pages let?s move forward to how things rack up in satellite television. Television signals are powered through your homes by utilizing satellites that are either highly elliptical or in geostationary orbit. These satellites are situated on top of the equator of the Earth. Transmission is made possible by uplink facilities. These facilities have antenna that carry the transmissions.

There are uplink satellite dishes that can have diameters as huge as 30 to 40 feet. The large size is necessary in order to facilitate precise aiming and stronger signal to the satellite. A certain satellite and an uplink dish are oriented face-to-face. A specific frequency range is then set and it is up to the transponders placed on the satellite to make communication possible.

The transponders function by redirecting signals back to the earth this time using a different set of frequency band. This method is called as translation. It is used in order to prevent interference with an uplink signal. The downlink that you may be familiar of is known as the path of signal received by the planet from the roaming satellite. Basically there are about 32 transponders for your typical satellite. These transponders work in bandwidths ranging from 27 to 50 megahertz.

Technology comes in different shapes and sizes that is why it is important for you to somehow have familiarity in how things work. Don? just be contented on knowing what?s behind satellite television go on and explore more.

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