Local Visa cardholders flying out of Hong Kong and overseas Visa cardholders1 travelling to Hong Kong will have a chance to win a dream vacation to any destination in Asia Pacific or worldwide and receive a special gift when they spend with their Visa cards at Hong Kong International Airport during the festive Christmas and New Year season.
The “Heart-Warming Winter” promotion runs from November 28, 2007 to January 8, 2008. During the period, Visa cardholders can instantly redeem rewards from a series of specially designed “heart-warming” gifts when they spend HK$500 or above with their Visa cards at Hong Kong International Airport’s Terminal One or Terminal Two. The eighth lucky traveler to redeem rewards at Terminal Two will receive a special prize – as will the 18th, the 28th, and that of subsequent numbers that end with 8. All overseas cardholders will also receive an additional gift upon each redemption.
In addition, for every HK$800 spent, Visa cardholders will receive one entry to the weekly lucky draw and will also be entered into the Grand Prize lucky draw. Weekly travel prizes include a five-day, four-night Asia Pacific travel package worth HK$50,000, while the Grand Prize will be an eight-day, seven-night travel package worth HK$200,000 to any destination worldwide. The Grand Prize drawing will be held on January 15, 2008.
Cardholders travelling with a Visa card can reduce the hassle and risk of carrying cash. Now, they can also have a chance to win instant prizes, and enjoy a dream vacation to any destination in Asia Pacific or worldwide.
Monday, December 31, 2007 PhilStar News
Reading in dim light won’t damage your eyes, you don’t need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won’t make the hair grow back faster.
These well-worn theories are among seven medical myths exposed in a paper published last week in the British Medical Journal, which traditionally carries light-hearted features in its Christmas edition. Two U.S. researchers took seven common beliefs and searched the archives for evidence to support them.
Despite frequent mentions in the popular press of the need to drink eight glasses of water, they found no scientific basis for the claim.
The complete lack of evidence has been recorded in a study published the American Journal of Psychology, they said.
The other six myths are:
• Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight.
The majority of eye experts believe it is unlikely to do any permanent damage, but it may make you squint, blink more and have trouble focusing, the researchers said.
• Shaving makes hair grow back faster or coarser.
It has no effect on the thickness or rate of hair regrowth, studies say. But stubble lacks the finer taper of unshaven hair, giving the impression of coarseness.
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Vibration analysis is becoming more and more well-known as a prognostic maintenance procedure as well as a support for machinery maintenance judgment and decisions. Generally, machines don’t fail, malfunction, or break down without showing some symptoms or warning, which is often shown by an amplified level of vibration. To find out the nature and harshness of the machine flaw, and to therefore predict the failure of the machine or equipment, vibration measurement and analysis should be conducted.
A machine has an overall vibration signal that comes from the several components and structures infused into it. Mechanical problems, however, create distinctive vibrations at varying frequencies. And these defects as well as the natural frequencies of different structural elements can be diagnosed by analyzing the frequency and time range and employing signal processing skills.
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