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Research Links Tameness of Animals with Neural Crest Deficits

July 15, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

Adam Wilkins from the Humboldt University of Berlin and co-authors Richard Wrangham of Harvard University and Tecumseh Fitch of the University of Vienna have proposed a hypothesis that begs much contemplation.
They suggest that the cuteness and the tamed attitude of domesticated animals is a disadvantage. The have created an association of the docile traits in domesticated animals with a group of embryonic stem cells called the neural crest.
More than 150 years ago the genius in Darwin coerced him to ponder why domesticated animals were so different compared to their wilder cousins. Thus, the neural crest hypothesis may finally provide an etiological explanation for why.
Today, our pets are definitely tamer, they have floppier ears, softer – less menacing – jawlines and have a relatively docile look. The explanation that the neural crest hypothesis suggests is that the stem cells are formed near the spinal column and during the initial development stages and they affect jaws, teeth, skin pigment, ears and the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands are linked with flight or fight responses and as a consequence of taming are curtailed or diminished.
Wilkins suggests that when humans started breeding these animals to become more docile they may have unintentionally selected animals with small neural crest abnormalities or deficits. That in turn would result in slow maturing adrenal glands which would limit their aggression and make them more resourceful for humans in multiple ways.

 

It is a rather interesting scientific hypothesis and if we are lucky it may reveal something further regarding mammalian genetics in general. It must be noted though, that it is rather reductionist. It doesn’t take into account environmental factors or slow behavioral conditioning that animals received as result of their interactions with humans. It does point out some cogent connections between breeding, genetics and resulting characteristics and is thus inherently valuable.
It also calls for a more philosophical contemplation of our relationship with animals, and how tremendously we have changed them and their lives. Domestication of animals has contributed in incalculable ways to civilization but a moral question comes to mind, are they only here as a resource for humanity or do they have independent existences?

Filed Under: Tech & Science

LG to Release a Roll-able TV Screen

July 15, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

When you hear about roll-able TV screens you know that the future you have been waiting for has perhaps already arrived. LG electronics announced a rather different kind of OLED TV on Friday, which can be rolled up like a newspaper or in to a tube. It has an incredibly flexible, 18 inch screen with a resolution of 1200 x 810 and it can fascinatingly be rolled into a cylinder measuring 3 cm across.

The company has revealed that the high flexibility is due to high molecular substance based polyimide film. As if that even remotely helps us understand how it works! Regardless, the fact that we can say with certainty that something like this will be available for use in the near future is exciting.
LG has said that it will be able to manufacture and release a 60 inch, semitransparent ultra-HD TV by 2017.

 

Even though price speculation this early is pointless, we can shed some light regarding its potential uses.
First things first, it will most probably look incredibly attractive and futuristic. But be that as it may, it also has a number of genuine uses. It’ll allow users to carry a TV in their bags and perhaps even their pockets. It will also save you the cost and physical stress of moving since it should be the very definition of portable. So the only additional expectation that we have from LG is that they release is sooner, because it seems like it’s going to be amazing!

Filed Under: Tech & Science

Gomphotheres – Bones of Elephant reveals a new History

July 15, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

The bones of two huge animals similar to elephants are found in an ancient place of Mexico El Fin del Mundo known as End of the world as well. These bones ornaments were one of the oldest sites founds in the subcontinent till now since it was 13 to 14 thousand years old.

The discovery provides a proof that there used to be a distinct culture named CLOVIS who prey on elephant like giant animals referred as gomphotheres. Scientist found several things on that site for example the kind of animal they hunt who had gone when the man arrived in North America.

This not only gives us insight about what they people eat but they also tell us about the culture of Clovis. It was the first most extensive local culture however; it is arguable from when this culture is originated. This discovery put a question mark on the previous one of TEXAS 1988 which was judged as more than 13,400 years old.

Now, scientist realized that it was wrongly theorized and if they were somehow right than this Clovis culture is way older than the Texas one. These facts uncovered from El Fin del Mundo presents us more information on native culture for instance this Sonora Clovis site is now a desert but there was a time when it had spring flood which gave fresh water to them.

Filed Under: Tech & Science

Suicide at the Utah Festival Bonfire

July 15, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

A man, later identified as Salt Lake City resident Christopher Wallace, died over the weekend at a bonfire at an Utah Festival. The police are pursuing the case as one of suicide which seems to be the rational conclusion as the man, as it appears, deliberately jumped in to the flames.
The shocking incident occurred at 11p.m on Saturday at an annual Element 11 festival which took place in Grantsville.
Element 11 is a non-profit organization which aims to ignite a culture of creativity and self-expression. It seems to be a counter culture community which claims to see art in all ways and in all people.

J.P. Bernier, a spokesman for Element 11 informed the Deseret News that there was no negligence or malpractice on part of anyone from the organization or otherwise. “He was very fast; he was very motivated.” he said. Regardless, firefighters tried to somehow douse the flames but remained unsuccessful.

Lt Steve Barrett from Grantsville police said that Christopher Wallace had informed some of attendees of what he intended to do. Furthermore, there seems to be reports that suggest that any form of drugs or alcohol were involved. Relatives of Wallace could not be reached on Monday.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Hackers Break into US Military Data, No intelligence Agency Seems to be Safe now

July 12, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

Chinese Hacker breaks in the US military database to steal a large amount of data on the military and aircraft as stated by the Justice Department on Friday. This Chinese Hacker is deemed to be the businessman Su bin in collaboration with two undercover Chinese agents, who spent years of collecting data about the Boeing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Although the investigation department did not say anything about the involvement of Chinese government in this attack or about any classified information getting stolen from this attack.

In the previous months as well, US military database was affected by the Chinese hackers which resulted in the leaking of the confidential information about the government employees. For this attack the justice department condemned 5 Chinese official for breaking in the US steel, Westing House electric and other big companies to hack the data.

During the investigation of the hack, it was found out that Mr. Bin is a businessman and the owner of the Chinese aviation company Lode Tech having its offices even in Canada. But he is now under arrest and expected to have a hearing by the end of the month.

According to the spokesman of Justice Department, Marc Riamondi, the cyber theft has become a major threat to the country by the government has made it clear that it will take all measures within its access to strengthen cyber security and punish the cyber-crimes severely.

The cyber hacking has been going on for a long time now as disclosed by Edward snowden as well that NSA has been breaching the privacy of the users for a long time so yes this is high time for the government of USA to control the hacking as efficiently as possible to gain trust of their people.

Filed Under: United States

Gaza Strip Under Attack by Israel, Shakes Up Economy as Death Toll Increases

July 12, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

Ramadan is the month of peace and blessings for the Muslims that helps people to become better Muslims but war in this Holy Month creates anxiety and terror which leads away people from the Holy Spirit of the month as being done in Gaza.

Severe airstrikes are being experienced in the city creating terror and resulting in hundreds of killings making it really difficult for the people of the city to survive in the country. This Holy Month they are experiencing a rush of hardships as there is a shortage of food due to which Muslims of Gaza are not breaking their fasts even after the sunset.

 

These drone attacks were started at the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan when two Palestinian fighters got killed and wounded in the Gaza Strip. Since then they have fired rockets in the Gaza strips, killing almost 800 innocent people.

Due to these drone attacks the economy of the state has come to an abrupt halt as Gaza do not have enough cash to pay the workers or even partly pay the workers and these excessive attacks on the innocent people have affected the business life of the city, shutting down the major ATMs making it difficult for the fasting Muslims to spend in this Holy Month.

Muhammad Ahmad, a fruit seller was interviewed in this regard discussing how his business was going on in the season. He said that war and terror in this Holy Month has left his business in jeopardy. He added that he used to do business of 1000 shekels per day in this Holy Month of Ramadan but due to these attacks he is only earning a mere 50 shekels leaving him with almost nothing profit.

Israel attacks are still going on leaving the people unprivileged of even their basic needs. The economy of the state has been shaken up badly and there seems to be no end to it. Let’s see how the city handles the economic disaster in the coming days of this Holy Month.

Filed Under: Headlines

Hackers Break into US Military Data, No intelligence Agency Seems to be Safe now

July 12, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

database to steal a large amount of data on the military and aircraft as stated by the Justice Department on Friday. This Chinese Hacker is deemed to be the businessman Su bin in collaboration with two undercover Chinese agents, who spent years of collecting data about the Boeing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Although the investigation department did not say anything about the involvement of Chinese government in this attack or about any classified information getting stolen from this attack.

In the previous months as well, US military database was affected by the Chinese hackers which resulted in the leaking of the confidential information about the government employees. For this attack the justice department condemned 5 Chinese official for breaking in the US steel, Westing House electric and other big companies to hack the data.

During the investigation of the hack, it was found out that Mr. Bin is a businessman and the owner of the Chinese aviation company Lode Tech having its offices even in Canada. But he is now under arrest and expected to have a hearing by the end of the month.

According to the spokesman of Justice Department, Marc Riamondi, the cyber theft has become a major threat to the country by the government has made it clear that it will take all measures within its access to strengthen cyber security and punish the cyber-crimes severely.

The cyber hacking has been going on for a long time now as disclosed by Edward snowden as well that NSA has been breaching the privacy of the users for a long time so yes this is high time for the government of USA to control the hacking as efficiently as possible to gain trust of their people.

Filed Under: United States

Gaza Strip Under Attack by Israel, Shakes Up Economy as Death Toll Increases

July 12, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

Ramadan is the month of peace and blessings for the Muslims that helps people to become better Muslims but war in this Holy Month creates anxiety and terror which leads away people from the Holy Spirit of the month as being done in Gaza.

Severe airstrikes are being experienced in the city creating terror and resulting in hundreds of killings making it really difficult for the people of the city to survive in the country. This Holy Month they are experiencing a rush of hardships as there is a shortage of food due to which Muslims of Gaza are not breaking their fasts even after the sunset.

These drone attacks were started at the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan when two Palestinian fighters got killed and wounded in the Gaza Strip. Since then they have fired rockets in the Gaza strips, killing almost 800 innocent people.

Due to these drone attacks the economy of the state has come to an abrupt halt as Gaza do not have enough cash to pay the workers or even partly pay the workers and these excessive attacks on the innocent people have affected the business life of the city, shutting down the major ATMs making it difficult for the fasting Muslims to spend in this Holy Month.

Muhammad Ahmad, a fruit seller was interviewed in this regard discussing how his business was going on in the season. He said that war and terror in this Holy Month has left his business in jeopardy. He added that he used to do business of 1000 shekels per day in this Holy Month of Ramadan but due to these attacks he is only earning a mere 50 shekels leaving him with almost nothing profit.

Israel attacks are still going on leaving the people unprivileged of even their basic needs. The economy of the state has been shaken up badly and there seems to be no end to it. Let’s see how the city handles the economic disaster in the coming days of this Holy Month.

Filed Under: Headlines

Low-Carbohydrate Vegan Diet Could Reduce The risk Of Heart Disease

June 27, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

According to the study conducted by the team of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada head by Dr. David Jenkins, a low-carbohydrate vegan diet – named as “Eco-Atkins” is effective for weight loss.

Now the team found out that the “Eco-Atkins” may also reduce the risk of cardiac disease by 10% over 10 years.

Dr. Jenkins research resulted that many low-carbohydrate diets have been associated with weight loss. But he notes that most of these diets include eating animal proteins and fats, which can increase cholesterol.

But the diet having high vegetable proteins and oils have been allied with a reduced risk of heart disease by reducing low-density lipoprotein (LDL the “bad cholesterol”. LDL cholesterol builds up in the walls of blood vessels narrow the walls and cause blockages, resulting increases the risk of heart disease.

Eco-Atkins diet – It consists of low carbohydrates and high vegetable proteins and oils food, the team wanted to see whether it could reduce heart disease risk.

Eco-Atkins diet

Experiment:

The researchers evaluated 39 overweight men and women between April 2005 and November 2006.

They were divided into two groups:

Group A- followed the Eco-Atkins diet for 6 months.
Group B- followed a high-carbohydrate low-fat diet for 6 months.
Those who followed the Eco-Atkins diet have to eat around 60% of their estimated caloric requirements that should be consumed each day to maintain their current weight.

Group A were told they should intend to get 43% from fats, 31% from proteins and 26% of calories from carbohydrates. Mainly from vegetables and vegetable oils.

Observation:

At the end of the research tenure, the team found that Group A, who followed the Eco-Atkins diet had 10% lower cholesterol and lost an average of 4 pounds extra weight, compared with Group B, who followed the high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet.

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Conclusion:

The team calculated the reduction in cholesterol and weight as a 10% reduced risk of heart disease over 10-year period.

Dr. Jenkins and team stated that, “We conclude that a weight-loss diet which reduced carbohydrate in exchange for increased intakes of vegetable sources of protein, such as gluten, soy and nuts, together with vegetable oils offers an opportunity to improve both LDL cholesterol and body weight, both being risk factors for heart disease.

Further trials are warranted to evaluate low-carbohydrate diets, including more plant-based low-carbohydrate diets, on heart disease risk factors and ultimately on heart disease.”

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High-fiber food:

Oats and barley, formed part of the Eco-Atkins diet, as did low-starch vegetables, including okra and eggplant. Sources of protein came from vegetables, nuts, cereals, gluten and soy while the main fat sources were vegetable oils, nuts, and avocado and soy products.

Filed Under: Health

Post-Sandy Second Summer – Jersey Shore Hopes High

June 24, 2014 By Cristopher Hall Leave a Comment

It’s been a year and a half to Super storm Sandy and the affected areas are still rebuilding. On the Jersey Shore, which is also reconstructing, the Memorial Day weekend thrills the peak tourism season.

Business owners rushed to reopen in last summers and they succeeded. But homeowners wriggled to repair and rent their properties.

In July, Long Beach Township Mayor Joe Mancini said, “He thought the weekly rental market in his area of the shore was down about 30 percent. Many tourists were confused about the level of damage at each area along the shore. You know, every time they showed that roller coaster in the water off of Seaside, they thought that was the entire Jersey coast, but it’s not.”

News was not that bad, the majority of countries affected by the Sandy, saw modest gains in the amount tourists spent last year and the main credit goes to the recovery effects, said by the professor of hospitality and tourism management at Richard Stockton College in Atlantic County, Mr. Brian Tyrrell.

Tyrrell said, “We actually saw some increase last year, particularly early in the year. He further continued, “We’re fully expecting that it’s going to be a real banner year this year for the Jersey Shore, I think that there’s a lot of communities are really ready and well prepared to see visitors coming back.”

Realtor Matt Schlosser local entrepreneur says, “Things are looking up after Sandy cut his business in half last summer, mainly because so many people hadn’t finished fixing their houses yet. I don’t think we’ll be on track for 2012 numbers. The demand is there, but if we have 20 percent less homes, we can’t do those types of numbers”.

The real estate agent with Prudential Zack Shore Properties, Ms. Elaine Atlee says, “Rentals on Long Beach Island last summer started slow, but eventually picked up.” So she is very much expectant about this season.

Atlee says, “Overall, driving around, it really doesn’t look like there was a storm anymore. Everything looks good, in order.” She continued, “There’s a handful that will be ready for next summer, so the inventory will increase again next year.”

The houses are now newer, bigger and more expensive, which helps the house owners to make up some of the lost revenue and every week, more homes are available to rent as people finish repair work.

Some people are renting out their homes for the first time, because of the storm including Atlee. When construction on her new house is done, renters will move in before she does. She’s already fully booked for August.

Filed Under: Business, Headlines

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