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Welcome to MNMN Sunblock where we've taken the 
guesswork out of picking the correct sunblock or sunscreen for you and  your family. We've tested and reviewed every major brand of sunblock and sunscreen available on the market today.

Are you looking for sunblock or sunscreen? It's important to know that there is a difference between the two. If you're looking for complete UV protection from the sun (you don't want a tan), you're looking for sunblock. If you're looking to get a tan, you're looking for sunscreen. That's the short and sweet of it all. Below you'll find the top products in both categories.

TOP 3 Sunblocks:

RM180

1. Loving Naturals Organic SPF 30 Sunscreen Zinc Oxide 4 oz

We rated the Loving Naturals Organic SPF 30 Sunscreen our #1 sunblock of 2011. Although Loving Naturals advertises and promotes this product as a sunscreen, it’s actually a sunblock. We found this sunblock to be the best all around sunblock due to it’s organic ingredients.

RM160

2. Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunblock, SPF-85, 3-Ounce Tubes (Pack of 2)

We rated Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunblock SPF 85 our #2 sunblock of 2011. Neutrogena makes some excellent products and the Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch collection are ranked near the top of their porfolio.

RM120

3. Fallene Total Block UVA/UVB Complete Full Spectrum Sun Protection, SPF 65 Clear

We rated the Fallene Total Block UVA/UVB Complete Full Spectrum Sun Protection our #3 sunblock of 2011. The reason we didn’t rate it any higher is mainly due to the fact that it’s difficult to rub the product into our skin once applied, leaving a pasty look on our face.

Sunblock And Sunscreen Are The Same, Right? Wrong, Says Report

Many people don't realize there's a difference between sunblock and sunscreen. True to its name, sunblock reflects the sun's ray, thereby blocking them from reaching your skin. Sunscreen absorbs rather than reflects ultraviolet (UV) radiations, explains a new edition of Skin Care and Repair, a Harvard Medical School report.


Sunblocks, such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, are highly effective in protecting against both UVA and UVB rays, the types of UV radiation that cause sunburn and skin cancer. Sunblocks often appear white on the skin. Sunscreen tend to be less visible on the skin. They usually contain benzophenones, which protects against UVA, and cinnamates and salicylates, which protect against UVB. You'll see these ingredients listed as oxybenzone, octyl salicylate, or octylmethoxycinnamate. to name a few. A major drawback of these sunscreen ingredients is that they often break down after several hours of exposure to sunlight, which means you need to reapply them.



But two new sunscreens Anthelios SX and Helioplex provide longer-lasting protection against UVA and UVB rays. Research shows that Anthelios SX, which was approved by the FDA in 2006, retains 80% of its UVA protection and 90 % of its UVB protection five hours after application.


The American Academy of Dermatology recommends using sunscreen with an SPF rating of at least 15. People with fair skin or at high risk for skin cancer may want to go higher. The higher a sunscreen's SPF rating, the longer it protects against sun exposure. Products labeled "broad spectrum" often contain several different sun protection ingredients in order to cover a broad range of UV radiation.

*http://www.family-health-and-nutrition.com/sunblock-vs-sunscreen.html

Facts About Sun Exposure

The sun radiates light to the earth, and part of that light consists of invisible ultraviolet (UV) rays. When these rays reach the skin, they cause tanning, burning, and other skin damage.

Sunlight contains three types of ultraviolet rays: UVA, UVB, and UVC.

UVA rays cause skin aging and wrinkling and contribute to skin cancer, such as melanoma. Because UVA rays pass effortlessly through the ozone layer (the protective layer of atmosphere, or shield, surrounding the earth), they make up the majority of our sun exposure. Beware of tanning beds because they use UVA rays as well as UVB rays. A UVA tan does not help protect the skin from further sun damage; it merely produces color and a false sense of protection from the sun.
UVB rays are also dangerous, causing sunburns, cataracts (clouding of the eye lens), and effects on the immune system. They also contribute to skin cancer. Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, is thought to be associated with severe UVB sunburns that occur before the age of 20. Most UVB rays are absorbed by the ozone layer, but enough of these rays pass through to cause serious damage.
UVC rays are the most dangerous, but fortunately, these rays are blocked by the ozone layer and don't reach the earth.
What's important is to protect your family from exposure to UVA and UVB, the rays that cause skin damage.

*http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/doc/sunscreen.pdf

Types Of Information System

For most businesses, there are a variety of requirements for information. Senior managers need information to help with their business planning. Middle management need more detailed information to help them monitor and control business activities. Employees with operational roles need information to help them carry out their duties.

As a result, businesses tend to have several "information systems" operating at the same time. This revision note highlights the main categories of information system and provides some examples to help you distinguish between them.

The main kinds of information systems in business are described briefly below:

Executive Support Systems
An Executive Support System ("ESS") is designed to help senior management make strategic decisions. It gathers, analyses and summarises the key internal and external information used in the business.

A good way to think about an ESS is to imagine the senior management team in an aircraft cockpit - with the instrument panel showing them the status of all the key business activities. ESS typically involve lots of data analysis and modelling tools such as "what-if" analysis to help strategic decision-making.

Management Information Systems
A management information system ("MIS") is mainly concerned with internal sources of information. MIS usually take data from the transaction processing systems (see below) and summarise it into a series of management reports.

MIS reports tend to be used by middle management and operational supervisors.

Decision-Support Systems Decision-support systems ("DSS") are specifically designed to help management make decisions in situations where there is uncertainty about the possible outcomes of those decisions. DSS comprise tools and techniques to help gather relevant information and analyse the options and alternatives. DSS often involves use of complex spreadsheet and databases to create "what-if" models.
Knowledge Management Systems
Knowledge Management Systems ("KMS") exist to help businesses create and share information. These are typically used in a business where employees create new knowledge and expertise - which can then be shared by other people in the organisation to create further commercial opportunities. Good examples include firms of lawyers, accountants and management consultants.

KMS are built around systems which allow efficient categorisation and distribution of knowledge. For example, the knowledge itself might be contained in word processing documents, spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations. internet pages or whatever. To share the knowledge, a KMS would use group collaboration systems such as an intranet.

Transaction Processing Systems
As the name implies, Transaction Processing Systems ("TPS") are designed to process routine transactions efficiently and accurately. A business will have several (sometimes many) TPS; for example:

- Billing systems to send invoices to customers
- Systems to calculate the weekly and monthly payroll and tax payments
- Production and purchasing systems to calculate raw material requirements
- Stock control systems to process all movements into, within and out of the business

Office Automation Systems Office Automation Systems are systems that try to improve the productivity of employees who need to process data and information. Perhaps the best example is the wide range of software systems that exist to improve the productivity of employees working in an office (e.g. Microsoft Office XP) or systems that allow employees to work from home or whilst on the move.

*http://tutor2u.net/business/ict/intro_information_system_types.htm

Introduction To Information System

Methods of data storage

Data storage is the holding of data in an electromagnetic form for access by a computer processor. There are two main kinds of storage:
Primary storage is data that is held in random access memory (RAM) and other memory devices that are built into computers.
Secondary storage is data that is stored on external storage devices such as hard disks, tapes, CD's.

Hard disks
Often called a disk drive, hard drive or hard disk drive, this method of data storage stores and provides relatively quick access to large amounts of data. The information is stored on electromagnetically charged surfaces called 'platters'.
Floppy disks
A floppy disk is a type of magnetic disk memory which consists of a flexible disk with a magnetic coating. Almost all floppy disks for personal computers now have a capacity of 1.44 megabytes. Floppy disks are readily portable, and are very popular for transferring software from one PC to another. They are, however, very slow compared to hard disks and lack storage capacity. Increasingly, therefore, computer manufacturers are not including floppy disk drives in the products as a built-in storage option.
Tape storage
Tape is used as an external storage medium. It consists of a loop of flexible celluloid-like material that can store data in the form of electromagnetic charges. A tape drive is the device that positions, writes from, and reads to the tape. A tape cartridge is a protectively-encased tape that is portable.
Optical disks
An optical disc is a storage medium that can be written to and read using a low-powered laser beam. A laser reads these dots, and the data is converted to an electrical signal, finally converted into the original data.
CD-R
Compact Disc-Recordable ("CD-R") discs have become a universal data storage medium worldwide. CD-Rs are becoming increasingly popular for music recording and for file storage or transfer between personal computers. CDR discs are writing-once media. This means that - once used -they cannot be erased or re-recorded upon. CD-R discs can be played back in any audio CD player or CD-ROM drive, as well as many DVD players and drives.
CD-RW
Compact Disc-Rewritable (CD-RW) disks are rewritable and can be erased and re-recorded upon over and over again. CD-RW discs can only be used on CD players, CD-ROM drives, and DVD players and drives that are CD-RW playback-compatible.
DVD
A DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a high density optical disc with large capacity for storage of data, pictures and sound. The capacity is 4.7 GB for single sided, singe layer DVD disc - which is approximately 7 times larger than that of a compact disc.

*http://tutor2u.net/business/ict/intro_information_data_storage.htm

How It Related To Me

Basically I was "touched" by the song, the lyrics itself resembles the life I lead. I'm not a brat to whine bout the stuffs i've been through and telling the world that my life is harder than others, just a gesture to share my journey through life. I've been in the dark, in the deep, in some places that none of us would not rather be. I bet we have all been there. I'm the last in my family, the youngest out of 4 children, and some might say the most loved one. Despite all of that, we were treated the same, both my brothers and my sister have been more successful than my parents would have asked for. Now all eyes are on me, this somehow little by little have put a lot of pressure on me and that's when I discovered this lovely song. Yes, i may look like the tough guy on the outside, but in the inside, im no more than a guy who wanted to have some time to please my ownself, this lyrics says it all;




"it may sound absurd, but don't be naive
 even heroes have the right to bleed
 I may be disturbed but won't u concede
 even heroes have the right to dream
 it's not easy to be me..."

Five For Fighting-Superman

I believe not many young Malaysian out there knows the down-to-earth band Five For Fighting. But some of them would know their song, Superman. The song is the ost of the high rated tv series Smallville. Anyhow, I am not here to write about Smallville, but to spread my thoughts about the band. Five for Fighting is the stage name of American singer-songwriter John Ondrasik. He is best known for his piano-based rock, such as the Top 40 songs "Superman (It's Not Easy)", "100 Years", and "The Riddles". John Ondrasik was born on January 7, 1965, in Los Angeles, a child of a musical family. In his early years, Ondrasik learned the piano, and in his teens he learned to play the guitar and started to write music. While he also learned to sing opera briefly, he soon decided that he would like to be a singer/songwriter. Ondrasik went to college at UCLA and graduated with a degree in applied science and mathematics, while continuing to pursue music in his spare time. He adopted the name "Five for Fighting," which is an expression in ice hockey, which he used to play, when a player receives a five-minute penalty for fighting. Ondrasik is a life-long fan of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings.

Background information
Birth name	Vladimir John Ondrasik
Also known as	Five for Fighting
Born	January 7, 1965 (age 46) Los Angeles, California, US
Genres	Rock, heartland rock, pop rock
Occupations	singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Nettwerk (1997) EMI (1997) Columbia Records (2000-2008) Aware Records (2000-present) Wind-Up Records (2009-present)
Website	FiveForFighting.com

*note to readers-five for fighting is a one-maned-band