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Recently, after making a journey of more than 2 billion miles taking three and a half years, NASA's spacecraft MESSENGER made its first flyby of the planet Mercury on Jan. 14. And it sent back more than 1200 close-up images and other scientific data of the planet. My first impression was "hey, that looks alot like our moon". After viewing some of those images, my second thought was "Earth is indeed a beautiful to call home". I have yet to find a planet any where nearly as beautiful as our planet Earth, even when viewed from space. The vibrant colors of our planet make it shine way above all other planets that we have seen so far through NASA's space exploration. It makes me appreciate Earth even more.

There was a news article on the British Ministry of Defense site, about the loss of a laptop containing a large quantity of personal data. As I read the article for more detail, it was shocking to find that the personal information of about 600,000 people was on that laptop. Information that includes passport details, national insurance numbers, family details and doctors' addresses for people who submitted an application to the forces, and even bank details for some 3500 people.