巴拿馬衛生部長維加拉今天證實，巴國已出現第一起感染H1N1新型流感致死的病例，死者為一名9個月大的嬰兒。

維加拉（Franklin Vergara）說，死者是於3個星期前從中部地區的哥克列省（Cocle）安東市（Anton）被送至巴拿馬市的兒童醫院治療疝氣，但當時並未出現現感染新型流感病毒的症狀，但有嚴重營養不良的情況。

死者是在接受外科手術治療之後才被發現感染新型流感病毒。到底是在何處被感染，衛生部正在調查。

維加拉特別呼籲民眾，不要降低對新型流感的警戒，因為這種病毒的傳染速度非常快，預期今年稍後會有第二波的傳染潮。

衛生部並未停止訓練醫護人員及推廣預防傳染的工作，同時準備應付今年第二波流行所需的醫藥供應。

據衛生部統計，目前巴國累計發現541起新型流感確診病例，其中88%的患者已痊癒，回復正常的生活。

The Continuous Risk Management Guidebook was written with professionals in mind who are directly involved in software-intensive projects (program managers, lead engineers, software engineers, etc.). It may also be of interest to professionals from other disciplines (e.g., quality assurance, hardware engineering, testing) involved in software-intensive projects, and sponsors, change agents, technology transition agents, and software engineering process group members in organizations that want to improve.

The Continuous Risk Management Guidebook describes the underlying principles, concepts, and functions of risk management and provides guidance on how to implement it as a continuous practice in your projects and organization. Risk management can be used to continuously assess what can go wrong in projects (i.e., what the risks are), determine which of these risks are most important, and implement strategies to deal with these risks. The guidebook is based on proven practices confirmed through research, field testing, and direct work with clients.

The Continuous Risk Management Guidebook was developed to help a project or organization establish continuous risk management as a routine practice and then continue to improve this process. It is organized so that different users can read different parts of the book and get different benefits. For example, technical managers and lead engineers can read the book to learn how to build a risk management process that is tailored to their specific project or organization; software engineers can use it to understand how to perform the risk management methods and use the tools described in the guidebook; and change agents (such as members of software engineering process groups) can read it to understand why continuous risk management should be used and how to get projects to tailor it and start using it. In addition, all users of this guidebook will gain a greater understanding of continuous risk management.

Although the Guidebook deals primarily with performing continuous risk management in a software development environment, it can easily address systems, hardware, and other domains.

IQONS (iqons.com) is a new on-line fashion community that aims to have the same impact on Fashion as MySpace had on music. Today, at a press conference held in London, IQONS was officially launched. The site has had a ‘soft launch’ over the last two months with events in Paris and New York and has already attracted thousands of members.

IQONS is a free on-line community focused on fashion and style for everyone from star designers, stylists and fashion photographers to fashion fans and consumers.

These members have already found, and connected with, fashion retailers, models, manufacturers, and like-minded people around the world. It has rich, timely content generated by its members and has a structure committed to providing support to new talent around the world in partnership with established fashion leaders.

In cellular service there are two main competing network technologies: Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). Cellular carriers including Sprint PCS, Cingular Wireless, Verizon and T-Mobile use one or the other. Understanding the difference between GSM and CDMA will allow you to choose a carrier that uses the preferable network technology for your needs.

The GSM Association is an international organization founded in 1987, dedicated to providing, developing, and overseeing the worldwide wireless standard of GSM. CDMA, a proprietary standard designed by Qualcomm in the United States, has been the dominant network standard for North America and parts of Asia. However, GSM networks continue to make inroads in the United States, as CDMA networks make progress in other parts of the world. There are camps on both sides that firmly believe either GSM or CDMA architecture is superior to the other. That said, to the non-invested consumer who simply wants bottom line information to make a choice, the following considerations may be helpful.

Coverage: The most important factor is getting service in the areas you will be using your phone. Upon viewing competitors' coverage maps you may discover that only GSM or CDMA carriers offer cellular service in your area. If so, there is no decision to be made, but most people will find that they do have a choice.

Data Transfer Speed: With the advent of cellular phones doing double and triple duty as streaming video devices, podcast receivers and email devices, speed is important to those who use the phone for more than making calls. CDMA has been traditionally faster than GSM, though both technologies continue to rapidly leapfrog along this path. Both boast "3G" standards, or 3rd generation technologies.

EVDO, also known as CDMA2000, is CDMA's answer to the need for speed with a downstream rate of about 2 megabits per second, though some reports suggest real world speeds are closer to 300-700 kilobits per second (kbps). This is comparable to basic DSL. As of fall 2005, EVDO is in the process of being deployed. It is not available everywhere and requires a phone that is CDMA2000 ready.

GSM's answer is EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), which boasts data rates of up to 384 kbps with real world speeds reported closer to 70-140 kbps. With added technologies still in the works that include UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone Standard) and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), speeds reportedly increase to about 275—380 kbps. This technology is also known as W-CDMA, but is incompatible with CDMA networks. An EDGE-ready phone is required.

In the case of EVDO, theoretical high traffic can degrade speed and performance, while the EDGE network is more susceptible to interference. Both require being within close range of a cell to get the best speeds, while performance decreases with distance.