General Knowledge Updates

What Is Colorado "Amendment 64"

2012-11-07T11:17:00.003-08:00

Colorado Amendment 64 is an amendment to the Article 17 of the Colorado state constitution to adopt a progressive marijuana drug policy. Section 3 will allow the "personal use and regulation of marijuana".

For adults 21 and over. Section 4 addresses legal commercial cultivation, manufacture, and sale. The intent is that marijuana be regulated in a manner similar to alcohol.Proposed initiative 2011-2012 .30 was submitted on January 4 and found sufficient by the Secretary of State on February 27 to appear on the general ballot for November 6, 2012.The measure passed on November 6, 2012.

Who Was "Bram Stoker"?

2012-11-07T11:10:00.000-08:00

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.

Stoker was born on 8 November 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland.His parents were Abraham Stoker (1799–1876), from Dublin, and Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley (1818–1901), who came from Bally shannon, County Done-gal Stoker was the third of seven children.Abraham and Charlotte were members of the Church of Ireland Parish of Clontarf and attended the parish church with their children, who were baptised there.

Stoker was bed-ridden until he started school at the age of seven, when he made a complete recovery. Of this time, Stoker wrote, "I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years." He was educated in a private school run by the Rev. William Woods.

After his recovery, he grew up without further major health issues, even excelling as an athlete (he was named University Athlete) at Trinity College, Dublin, which he attended from 1864 to 1870. He graduated with honours in mathematics. He was auditor of the College Historical Society and president of the University Philosophical Society, where his first paper was on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society".

After suffering a number of strokes, Stoker died at No. 26 St George's Square on 20 April 1912.Some biographers attribute the cause of death to tertiary syphilis, others to overwork.He was cremated, and his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders Green Crematorium. After Irving Noel Stoker's death in 1961, his ashes were added to that urn. The original plan had been to keep his parents' ashes together, but after Florence Stoker's death, her ashes were scattered at the Gardens of Rest. To visit his remains at Golders Green, visitors must be escorted to the room the urn is housed in, for fear of vandalism.

"Spiders Eyes"

2012-11-01T11:21:00.001-07:00

Have you ever wanted eyes in the back of your head? Spiders have eight eyes, compared to our two. They can boast of better vision than ours on some counts; sharp, color vision that extends into the ultraviolet. Their ample set of peepers allows for division of labor: the main pair in front helps them see detail, while the smaller eyes wrapped around their heads warn them of looming threats. Stephanie Pappas wrote about spider eyes on Live Science recently.

That was actually a quote from Skye Long, a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, who decided to test and find out what the extra eyes are for. She outfitted an enclosure for her 46 jumping spider subjects and used paint to "blindfold" the principal eyes on a third of them, and the adjacent, smaller eyes (anterior lateral pair) on another third, leaving one third blindfold-free. (Don't worry about the spiders; the paint could be easily removed.)
Then she used an iPod Touch to create images of a black dot growing or shrinking in size. When seeing the "looming threat," the spiders backed up quickly and raised their front legs in defense, as if they felt scared -- even when the principal eyes were covered. This means the anterior lateral pair are crucial for alerting the spider to potential dangers. What are the other four eyes used for? That's what Long wants to find out next.

This would have been a "pretty cool" Halloween animal story, featuring a nice, experimental science project, had not Skye Long wandered off into evolutionary tale-telling

Right. No matter how cool or well-designed the adaption, just say it evolved. It's a "really cool step in evolution." It's a "different pathway evolution has taken." The blind, aimless, purposeless process of natural selection gave spiders a "very extensive visual system." Turn in your paper and get an A.
Here's a better way. Look what researchers at the Optical Society of America are doing with spiders. Incredible as it sounds, they are taking spider silk and using it for fiber optics. Spider silk is already prized as an ideal material: it's strong, flexible, and biodegradable. Now, a team has found it can also transmit and guide light almost as well as glass fibers.

One team is using it as a light guide in photonic chips, while another is trying to imitate the proteins in silk from spiders and silkworms to be able to manufacture it. This second team has already made a silk-based "plastic" that can be used for everything from biodegradable cups to implantable devices that dissolve in the body. Fiorenzo Omenetto presented his work in a superb TED Talk that raised the audience to their feet without him once mentioning evolution. And he is getting grants from the NSF!

Evolution is a straw scarecrow whenever it appears in biological research. The whole story is intelligent design, in the animals and plants studied, in the experiments devised to gain knowledge about them, and in the applications they lead to. Animal tricks become science's treats.

What Is "Ash Tree"

2012-11-01T11:15:00.002-07:00

is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45-65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen.

The tree's common English name, ash, goes back to the Old English æsc, while the generic name originated in Latin. Both words also meant "spear" in their respective languages.The leaves are opposite (rarely in whorls of three), and mostly pinnately compound, simple in a few species. The seeds, popularly known as keys or helicopter seeds, are a type of fruit known as a samara. Rowans or Mountain Ashes are unrelated to true ashes and belong to the Genus Sorbus though the leaves and buds are superficially similar.

Full Moon Dates 2012

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Full Moon Dates 2012

Year	oMnth	Day	Time	Day of Week
2012	Jan	9	07:30	Mon
2012	Feb	7	21:54	Tue
2012	Mar	8	09:39	Thu
2012	Apr	6	19:19	Fri
2012	May	6	03:35	Sun
2012	Jun	4	11:12	Mon
2012	Jul	3	18:52	Tue
2012	Aug	2	03:27	Thu
2012	Aug	31	13:58	Fri
2012	Sep	30	03:19	Sun
2012	Oct	29	19:49	Mon
2012	Nov	28	14:46	Wed
2012	Dec	28	10:21	Fri

What is chloroform?

2012-11-01T10:58:00.000-07:00

regarding health Breathing about 900 parts of chloroform per million parts of air (900 ppm) for a short time can cause dizziness, fatigue and headache. Breathing air, eating food, or drinking water containing
chloroform long enough can damage the liver and kidneys. The contact of the skin with large amounts of chloroform can cause ulceration. not known whether chloroform effects on the reproductive system or cause birth defects in humans. Studies in animals have shown abortions in rats and mice that breathed air containing 30-300 ppm chloroform during pregnancy and also in rats that ate chloroform during pregnancy. Offspring of rats and mice that breathed chloroform during pregnancy were born with birth defects. Abnormal sperm were found in mice that breathed air containing 400 ppm chloroform for a few days. could kill a person: if how long: depends on the amount can range from a few minutes to just over an hour where you buy: no if you do not have a medical card stating you aaaaaaaaaaaa and Chloroform is also toxic, combustible, explosive and prolonged use causes liver cancer.

What is TNT "Trotyl"

2012-11-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, TNT ), (NO 2 ) 3 C 6 H 2 CH 3 - an organic chemical compound , nitro widely used as crushing explosive .
TNT melts at 80 ° C, giving off a burning smoky, black, toxic smoke. Decomposes above 295 ° C.
Boiling point: 245 ° C at a pressure of 50 mmHg. Practically insoluble in water (0.15% at 100 ° C). Dissolved in organic solvents.
In the tons of TNT ( kilotons , megatouch ) expresses the force of nuclear explosions , equivalent to the explosion of TNT sufficient (ie the equivalent of a nuclear explosion trotylowy for which shall be 1 ton TNT = 10 9 inch = 4.184 × 10 9 J ).

TNT Germany discovered Wilbrand Julius Franz Joseph in 1863, though as the explosive substance used some thirty years later. For the first time TNT produced on a commercial scale in Germany in 1901

What Is "Synesthesia" and How Its work

2012-10-26T22:31:00.002-07:00

Synesthesia is typically a gentle touch in a performance, an artistic device that lies beneath the surface but adds a slight feeling to certain colors or sounds.

This is not the case for the Blue Man Group. When it performs, colors, sounds and feelings combine into one sensory overload that is sustained from the show’s beginning to its end. The audience simultaneously sees the sound as

rolling drums spit neon paint into the air and feel it as the seats quake from show’s new age, bass-heavy soundtrack.
Last week, on October 17th, the group opened its doors to Boston’s universities for the group’s famous College Media Night performance. Hosted at the Charles Playhouse, as it is throughout the year, the theater was full of eager college students and adults, which produced a surprisingly intimate and exciting atmosphere for the three blue men to do their work.
Running just over 90 minutes, the show used the entirety of the stage and held the crowd rapt throughout, even when it was silent. The show was divided into different segments and styles of entertainment, but no matter how they performed, the blue men produced a riveting and impressive show.
The most significant aspect of it all was the organic musicality of the blue men. The performance opened with the group drumming on large metal barrels, and showcased a rhythm that continued throughout, as the blue men continued to beat on a variety of objects with perfect timing.
Accompanying the blue men’s own numbers and playing some of their own was a neon-clothed band that sat above the stage. Together, they created the same sort of musical atmosphere that one might expected from a full-fledged rock concert, with hands clapping and feet tapping to the beat of the drums. Throughout the musical interludes the blue men never broke character, staring into the crowd even as they drummed on thin pieces of piping. Not once did it feel like the group was unaware of its surroundings.
After all, the performers’ interaction with the audience is largely the hallmark of any Blue Man Group performance. Seats and rows were left unfilled so the blue men could prowl through the theater and make the audience feel even closer to the performers. The luckiest members of the crowd were those who were pulled up on stage and got to actively participate in sketches or be painted blue with everyone watching. Every moment of those interactions added to the theatre’s vibrant and intimate atmosphere.
When the blue men weren’t playing music or spraying food into the audience, they were using props to create fantastic scenes that poked fun at modern culture and the use of technology today. At the College Media Night, giant i Pads dropped down from the ceiling and the sketches that followed proved to be the most fun anyone could ever have while watching someone use an iPad. This modern addition was inventive, creative and absolutely hilarious.
In every portion of the show, the visuals and the sounds added a layer that was unparalleled as far as other performance troupes go. The thumping drums were coordinated perfectly with the light displays, and they all worked in tandem to produce the feeling of a modern sensory bubble even in a rather antique theater.
In toying with the audience’s senses, perhaps where the blue men succeed the most is in making college students act and feel the way children do when presented with such visual displays. Twenty-year old sat on the edge of their seats, followed the blue men in pumping their fists and jumped out of their chairs to punch balloons back into the air. The same smiles and emotions you would expect to see on seven-year old after the show were the ones worn by college kids attending the event.
The blue men succeeded in their comedy without even speaking, and this created a show that someone of any age can enjoy. The bright colors mixed with the booming bass and blended with the perfectly choreographed motions of the performers give new meaning to the saying “feeling blue.”

What Is Brain function And How its WoRk

2012-10-26T05:49:00.001-07:00

Brain function is performed through pure energy billion neurons act as transmitters

The brain has the enormous task of controlling all the activities each of the organs of our body but is also responsible for developing all functions that distinguish us from animals. These include the language, thought, reasoning, learning, memory, attention, and many more.
It is not easy to describe and understand how it does because it works with pure energy you use to send messages.
Energy is the capacity of the brain matter to manifest as work, motion, force, sound or heat. To achieve employs two types of energy, chemistry and electricity .

In the brain there are two very important functional areas, one of the processes that allow us to learn and another of unconscious processes, ie those who do not realize that happen.

There is also an area called subconscious, it is kept all that we have learned and we do not use every day, but when we need that knowledge comes quickly.

In this area, also developed one of the most important qualities of the human being is the creativity, something very important to succeed in life and we all have, auque in each person is different depending on their interests and tastes.

The brain is amazing, never tires of learning and has a huge capacity to do so, especially during the first years of life, but if information is not provided and is used to produce, create, build, intelligence does not develop and remember that what distinguishes us from other animals is precisely our intelligence.

The brain and intelligence are developed thanks to the information we receive through our senses, and when we took it to learn, produce, create, love, correct, properly interact with others and build, we can see its enormous power, not only in our body but in the use and control of everything around us.

Our brain is the center of intellectual activity that allows us to speak, think, remember. Coordinates and regulates every move voluntary or involuntary, conscious or unconscious of our body.

We need to breathe, to convert food to eliminate waste, for the heart to function, to feel. Without the brain can not live.

We can also have consciousness and thus her awareness of ourselves and the world around us.

Brain comes pleasure, creativity, joy, laughter, tears, excitement, fatigue, sorrow, pain, fear and tranquility.

When the brain stops functioning, although some bodies still "alive", the person actually has left to live, and that falls into what is known as brain death.

What Is "Spinal cord" How Its Work

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(The spinal cord is one of the most important parts of the nervous system, is connecting the brain to the body)

It's like a big nerve cord, white and cylindrical whose main function is to drive through the nerves that transmit electrical current sensations back to the brain and nerve impulses that carry brain responses to the muscles.

The spinal cord is housed in the whole interior of the spine and into it are so important cells such as stem cells.

Any signal that is produced in the body comes first to the bone and then is transmitted to the brain. For example, if someone on fire finger, the skin sensory nerve transmits the signal of danger to the bone and this immediately sends a command to the motor nerves to the hand to remove the danger.

This movement is a reflex and running before the person burning and pain.

Reflexes in the brain does not intervene unless we program, for example if we are going to sting with a needle to inject, the brain allows the needle reaches our body without run for the hills.

The spinal cord is very delicate, if any of the nerves in it comes to injury, lost contact with the brain and can not transmit signals, the nerves are like very thin wires if they break, they can not transmit signals.

If the injury is severe the damage is irreversible, is not hopeless, nerves will not function anymore and they did, which may be motor, ie the movement or sensory, or to feel something, it becomes to perform. So we must guard much and act with care and responsibility to avoid any accidents.

What Is "Autonomic Nervous System" How Its Work

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The autonomic nervous system coordinates the activities of the body that are not voluntary

Another subsystem, which is the system Autonomic Nervous , is responsible for controlling the involuntary muscle movements, ie those made without us we program, such as the heart, bowel and other internal organs.

The autonomic nervous system performs two important functions that complement one another to accelerate and to curb the activities inside the body. This is very important because if not, the body might lose control.

For example, during exercise the heart races to carry more oxygen and nutrients to the muscles, but the heart can not keep that pace all the time because "explode", so the other function of this system is to stop it when you stop exercising and allow to regain its normal rhythm.

The functioning of the whole body depends on the nervous system as a whole, none of the organs and "systems" that comprise it works in isolation, if one fails, the others fail.

Involuntary functions are coordinated by the autonomic nervous system, which in turn is divided into two systems, the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic system performing opposite actions of the same function.

For this, the sympathetic nervous system acts in emergencies and stress causing various reactions as the quickening of the pulse and respiration, slows digestion, increases blood pressure and makes the blood reaches the brain in greater quantity, legs and arms, also increases the level of blood sugar.

All this is done to prepare the person to use the most of your energy and can act in particular situations.

The parasympathetic however, stores and conserves energy and maintains the normal rhythm of the body's organs and glands. After a shock, trauma, pain or any special body, the parasympathetic is responsible for everything to return to calm and normal.

Of these two, the parasympathetic is obviously the most important for survival, otherwise normalize the functions, the body could not endure them.

Sympathetic nerves originate from different parts of the spinal cord while the parasympathetic nerves originate in the cranial and spinal.

Most parasympathetic nerve fibers in a nerve are called "vague" that reaches all the internal organs of the body.

Some of the functions performed by these two systems are:

- The sympathetic eye pupil opens, closes the parasympathetic.

- The friendly stimulates the production of saliva, inhibits the parasympathetic.

- The sympathetic causes the heart to beat too fast and strong beats parasympathetic and decreases in intensity.
- The sympathetic relaxes the muscle to be able to urinate or defecate, the parasympathetic them terminate the contract.

How to Care for the nervous system

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Many factors can affect the proper functioning of the nervous system

Caring nervous system sometimes not so easy since their functions are so complex and they have to do so many factors that it is a little difficult, but not impossible.
Some of the factors that protect are:

- Self-esteem, as this is more valued life and struggle to meet goals. Also when you want is easier to deal and solve everyday problems.

- The development of personal values such as tolerance, respect, love, solidarity and others to maintain a high level of mental health.

- Staying healthy and productive through behaviors and habits.

- Feeding well, doing physical exercises, resting and taking care of personal hygiene.

- Establish and healthy loving relationships with others, which are the basis of a quiet life in society. The problems must be solved always someone through dialogue, tolerance and sometimes we have to give in, agree or win. Violence and hatred, envy, jealousy or complex, threatening mental health.

- Avoiding accidents that can harm the nervous system in all its parts.

- Relaxing a bit during the day and sleeping at least 8 hours a day.

- Do not consume snuff, alcohol or other drugs that affect the functioning of the nervous system and can cause serious mental illness and even death from brain damage.

What Is "Central Nervous System" How Its WoRK

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The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord

The brain plays a central role in the control of most bodily functions, including awareness, movements, sensations, thoughts, speech, and memory. Some reflex movements can occur via spinal cord pathways without the participation of brain structures.
The spinal cord is connected to a section of the brain called the brainstem and runs through the spinal canal. Cranial nerves exit the brainstem. Nerve roots exit the spinal cord to both sides of the body. The spinal cord carries signals (messages) back and forth between the brain and the peripheral nerves

Cerebrospinal fluid surrounds the brain and the spinal cord and also circulates within the cavities (called ventricles) of the central nervous system. The leptomeninges surround the brain and the spinal cord. The cerebrospinal fluid circulates between 2 meningeal layers called the pia matter and the arachnoid (or pia-arachnoid membranes). The outer, thicker layer serves the role of a protective shield and is called the dura matter.

The basic unit of the central nervous system is the neuron (nerve cell). Billions of neurons allow the different parts of the body to communicate with each other via the brain and the spinal cord. A fatty material called myelin coats nerve cells to insulate them and to allow nerves to communicate quickly.

What is Central and Peripheral Nervous System How its Work

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The nervous system has two major divisions: the central and the peripheral.

The nervous system begins to form within a few days after the fertilized egg implanted in the uterus of the mother.

It is so important that it is the first body part that is formed and from that moment, begins to perform most of its functions and continues to grow and develop.At about the seventh week of pregnancy, the brain and spinal cord that are its main parts, are easily recognizable by ultrasound.

The nervous system is composed mainly of the brain, which is the "engine of the body", the spinal cord and all the millions of nerves that reach every part of the body.

This system is very complex, to perform many functions in turn divides into two "systems" that are:

-The Central Nervous System (CNS) consists of the brain and spinal cord.

-The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS ), composed of a vast network of nerves that leave the central nervous system and are branching out to the body.

These two systems work in perfect coordination, peripheral nervous system is responsible for carrying messages to the central nervous system and the Central sends his instructions through the peripheral and record what happens inside and outside the body.

What Is "Nervous system" How Its Work

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The nervous system controls all functions of the body, the sensory, integrative and motor
For something as complex as our body to function well, there must be a command center that controls all movements, needs, feelings and problems.
This consists of the brain is the command and control center of our body and is so incredibly beautiful and complex, which coordinates perfectly everything that happens in the body and an endless network of nerves for all the signals coming from each body to the brain and brain to every organ.

The nervous system has three main functions: the sensitive that we can incorporate into our mind every detail of our surroundings, the integrator that allows the development of memory, intelligence, reason, language and motor , which allows us to perform all the movements of our body.

This system is related to every system and every organ of our body, especially the endocrine system, which produces hormones and other substances that act as chemical messengers and are also involved in the regulation of body functions.

The nervous system is very complex and consists of two major subsystems, the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system and others who have specialized in bringing more detailed control and are the sympathetic nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system, the Skeletal Nervous System and the Autonomic Nervous System.

Peripheral Nervous System

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There are mainly two types of nerves: cranial and spinal

The peripheral nervous system consists of all the nerves that leave the central nervous system and are branching out to reach all parts of the body.
There are mainly two types of nerves: The cranial and spinal.
Cranial nerves are connected directly to the brain, are twelve pairs and belong to the eyes, ears, nose, palate and tongue.

These nerves allow instant transmission to the brain of what we see, hear, smell, and taste. Mandan warnings about "dangers" that we face and this allows the brain to respond immediately and send orders to serve and protect.

The 31 pairs of spinal nerves exit the spinal cord to the right and left sides of our bodies, are large and organized teams that perform different tasks like running the heart, lungs, skin and all the rest of the body.

The spinal nerves are also other system, the Nervous Skeletal responsible for controlling all movements voluntary muscle movements, ie we do when we want, like walking, running, writing, or chew.

Cranial nerves and spinal work in coordination so that the body can react quickly. For example the cranial nerves of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch send some warning signs and act quickly to spinal react protecting us from danger.

What is "Connective tissue" reticulated?

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'the connective tissue is characterized by filling the intracellular spaces of the body and the interphase between the other important tissue, giving them support and assembly.

Morphologically, presents great amount of extracellular material (matrix) consisting of a portion nonstructural , called structural amorphous substance (SFA), and another fibrous

portion.

amorphous substance: primarily composed of water, proteins and polysaccharides. Can assume rigid consistency, for example, in bone tissue, and more liquid, such as blood plasma.

Fibers: a protein nature, are distributed as tissue, particularly:Collagen fibers → Frequently tissue conjunctive, formed by the protein collagen of high strength (whitish); Elastic fibers → fundamentally formed by the protein elastin, possessing considerable elasticity (yellowing); Reticular fibers → with reduced thickness, formed by the protein called reticulin, similar to collagen. So besides the function of filling the spaces between the organs and maintenance, all the diversity of tissue in an organism plays an important role in defense and nutrition. Major types in vertebrates can be divided into two groups, based on a classification considering the composition their cells and the relative volume between the elements of the extracellular matrix: tissue itself (the loose and dense), and the special tissue (adipose, the cartilage, the bone and blood).

Loose Connective Tissue is characterized by abundant intercellular substances presence and relative amount of fiber loosely distributed. In this tissue are present all the typical connective tissue cells: fibroblasts active in protein synthesis, macrophages with high phagocytic activity and plasma cells in antibody production.

Dense Tissue Called fibrous connective tissue, features lots of collagen fibers, forming beams with high tensile strength and low elasticity. It is typically found in two situations: forming tendons, mediating the connection between muscles and bones, and ligaments, joining bones together. organization of the collagen fibers in this class of fabric allows it to distinguish: not modeled when the fibers are distributed in a diffuse (scattered), and patterned, if ordinates.

Tissue Blood (Reticular) This fabric has the function of producing the typical cells of blood and lymph. There are two variations: hematopoietic tissue myeloid and lymphoid hematopoietic tissue. myeloid: It is found in bone marrow red present inside the cancellous bone of the medullary canal, responsible for the production of red blood cells (RBCs), certain types of white blood cells and platelets. lymphoid: You are in isolation in structures such as the lymph nodes, spleen, thymus and tonsils;'s role is to produce certain types of white blood cells (lymphocytes and monocytes)

Adipose Tissue The adipose tissue is rich in cells that store fat, with essential function of energy reserves. In birds and mammals (warm-blooded animals), aids in thermoregulation (insulator) being distributed beneath the skin which is the hypodermis.

Tissue Cartilaginous tissue cartilage devoid of blood vessels and nerves is formed by cells called chondrocytes and chondroblasts. The chondroblast synthesizes large quantities of protein fibers, and gradual reduction of their metabolic activity, is now called chondrocytes. Bone Tissue Far more resistant than the cartilaginous tissue, bone tissue is composed of a rigid matrix, composed mainly of collagen fibers and calcium salts and various cell types: osteoblasts, osteocytes and osteoclasts. Osteoblasts are bone cells young existing in regions where the bone tissue is in process of formation, resulting osteocytes which store calcium. Osteoclasts in turn, are giant cells that promote the destruction of bone matrix.

What is the pineal gland?

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"The pineal gland is a center of higher power, associated with the third eye, the vision of the Cyclops, the Horus eye, the power of God. Biologically, as a gland secretes melatonin. activation method pineal gland proposed here is, undoubtedly, a cutting-edge tool: Science and Spirit come together to allow the man to go beyond that just 10% using their brain power ", promotes the book Heaven is open to Fresia Castro.

Here's how it has begun to appear, or activities related to the benefits offered by the pineal gland. Among them it is said that promotes cell regeneration, regulating sleep, stress reduction and cure of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, AIDS and Alzheimer's.

But what is it and what can we really do? "The pineal gland or epiphysis is a structure located in the back of the base of the brain that is the size of a bean, weighs 130 mg., And is responsible for producing the hormone melatonin," says Dr. Miguel Dominguez Clinic endocrinologist German.

The epiphysis is formed by sympathetic nerve fibers that transmit light information captured by the retina. She is active and produces melatonin when there is no light, hence the idea that makes sense to call third eye, although that name is also because it is believed that the ancestors of vertebrates this gland was an eye that complemented the other two, in fact some reptiles have a small dorsal medial eye.

According to Dr. Dominguez, the light is so predominant that produce this hormone blind all day. "Melatonin acts regulating agency activities related to the day-night cycle."

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Properties that are assigned to handle the cases related to the action mechanisms of this hormone, but according to the endocrinologist, "nothing has been scientifically proven. proven only serves to ingest melatonin for jet- lag "(syndrome suffering people who travel by plane several time zones).

t is said that in addition to regulating aspects associated with day-night, such as body temperature, and seasons, and cycles related to reproduction hormone, melatonin is a powerful antioxidant that protects cells against damage caused by free radicals, inhibit DNA synthesis in certain tumor cells and cell death (apoptosis) in the thymus gland responsible defenses. Production levels decline with age. Therefore, anti-aging and anti-cancer properties would.

In contrast, Dr. Dominguez holds that melatonin has been shown that high doses has an effect of producing tumors.
On the other hand, explains the characteristic winter discouragement by high secretion of melatonin, because it is made based on serotonin and lower your brain, it would affect mood. States that even two weeks suffice light failure in individuals predisposed to reduce both the levels of serotonin, a depression occurs.

According to him, what is clear is that until now we only know that the only element that activates the pineal gland is darkness. Then therapy could only be addressed in this regard. "Maybe special exercises can relax and feel good, but the gland activate?, Not proven".

Anyway, Dr. Dominguez gives the benefit of the doubt to the properties assigned to melatonin: "By now we know that human health changed little, but maybe after we realize other features".

t is said that in addition to regulating aspects associated with day-night, such as body temperature, and seasons, and cycles related to reproduction hormone, melatonin is a powerful antioxidant that protects cells against damage caused by free radicals, inhibit DNA synthesis in certain tumor cells and cell death (apoptosis) in the thymus gland responsible defenses. Production levels decline with age. Therefore, anti-aging and anti-cancer properties would.

In contrast, Dr. Dominguez holds that melatonin has been shown that high doses has an effect of producing tumors.
On the other hand, explains the characteristic winter discouragement by high secretion of melatonin, because it is made based on serotonin and lower your brain, it would affect mood. States that even two weeks suffice light failure in individuals predisposed to reduce both the levels of serotonin, a depression occurs.

According to him, what is clear is that until now we only know that the only element that activates the pineal gland is darkness. Then therapy could only be addressed in this regard. "Maybe special exercises can relax and feel good, but the gland activate?, Not proven".

Anyway, Dr. Dominguez gives the benefit of the doubt to the properties assigned to melatonin: "By now we know that human health changed little, but maybe after we realize other features".

"Human Ken": 90 surgeries to be the boyfriend of Barbie

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Barbie, the doll was perfect and led to numerous controversies in the ideal of beauty that power has a "boyfriend" historic, Ken. It's a boy muscled torso and abs in the style washboard. Jedlica Justin, a young New Yorker, 32, is determined to be the human version of the legendary doll. Such is their obsession, which operated 90 times to achieve a greater resemblance.

As reported by Huffington Post, the thirtysomething spent over $ 100,000 on their visits to the operating room. In the last ten years, it operated as many as the buttocks, chest, abdomen, biceps and triceps, lips and nose, according to La Vanguardia.

And says he does not think surgery stop: although silicone can end up being detrimental to your health, said it was "a small price to pay in exchange for a perfect body."

In female version

A few months ago, three young revolutionized the web with your pictures and videos where they show their resemblance to the famous Barbie. Dyed and combed her hair, wear contact lenses, makeup, dress and pose as criticized in the style of the wrist. One is Dakota Rose, better known as Kotakoti. looking photos.

What IS "Meteor shower"

2012-10-20T22:29:00.000-07:00

A meteor shower is..........
a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth's surface. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor outbursts and meteor storms, which may produce greater than 1,000 meteors an hour.

what is "Igneous rock"

2012-10-11T22:53:00.005-07:00

Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire) is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. Igneous rock may form with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks. This magma can be derived from partial melts of pre-existing rocks in either a planet's mantle or crust. Typically, the melting is caused by one or more of three processes: an increase in temperature, a decrease in pressure, or a change in composition. Over 700 types of igneous rocks have been described, most of them having formed beneath the surface of Earth's crust.

What Is "Liquid nitrogen"

2012-10-11T22:50:00.003-07:00

Liquid nitrogen is nitrogen in a liquid state at an extremely low temperature. It is produced industrially by fractional distillation of liquid air. Liquid nitrogen is a colorless clear liquid with density of 0.807 g/mL at its boiling point and a dielectric constant of 1.43.Liquid nitrogen is often referred to by the abbreviation, LN2 or "LIN" or "LN" and has the UN number 1977.

At atmospheric pressure, liquid nitrogen boils at −196 °C (77 K; −321 °F) and is a cryogenic fluid which can cause rapid freezing on contact with living tissue. When appropriately insulated from ambient heat, liquid nitrogen can be stored and transported, for example in vacuum flasks. Here, the very low temperature is held constant at 77 K by slow boiling of the liquid, resulting in the evolution of nitrogen gas. Depending on the size and design, the holding time of vacuum flasks ranges from a few hours to a few weeks.

Liquid nitrogen can easily be converted to a solid by placing it in a vacuum chamber pumped by a rotary vacuum pump. Liquid nitrogen freezes at 63 K (−210 °C; −346 °F). Despite its reputation, liquid nitrogen's efficiency as a coolant is limited by the fact that it boils immediately on contact with a warmer object, enveloping the object in insulating nitrogen gas. This effect, known as the Leidenfrost effect, applies to any liquid in contact with an object significantly hotter than its boiling point. More rapid cooling may be obtained by plunging an object into a slush of liquid and solid nitrogen rather than liquid nitrogen alone.

Nitrogen was first liquefied at the Jagiellonian University on 15 April 1883 by Polish physicists, Zygmunt Wróblewski and Karol Olszewski

Revolutionary work in quantum optics leads to shared Nobel prize

2012-10-11T22:45:00.005-07:00

Two scientists, one of whom who once described his engineering research on single photons and charged atoms as a "parlor trick," have been awarded the Nobel prize in physics. As an added bonus, David Wineland and Serge Haroche will also get to share $1.2 million for their individual work, considered by some as a revolutionary path towards the future of desktop computing.According to the BBC, the study of quantum optics by Wineland and Haroche could have far-reaching implications for communications and computation. The two researchers have spent years working with light and matter on a microscopic level, moving away from scientific theory and establishing the idea of quantum mechanics into a solid experimental base.

Ingenious methods

"Single particles are not easily isolated from their surrounding environment, and they lose their mysterious quantum properties as soon as they interact with the outside world," said the Nobel committee. "Through their ingenious laboratory methods Haroche and Wineland, together with their research groups, have managed to measure and control very fragile quantum states, which were previously thought inaccessible for direct observation. The new methods allow them to examine, control and count the particles."

The latest recipients of the Nobel prize may come from two different sides of the Atlantic but their ideas have drawn praise from peers who appreciate that what Wineland, American, and Haroche, French, have done is worthy of scientific recognition. In laymans terms, the research has developed a way to manipulate photons and ions on an individual basis, giving the scientists the chance to work with objects that seemed to be in two places at once.

"The Nobel laureates have opened the door to a new era of experimentation with quantum physics by demonstrating the direct observation of individual quantum particles without destroying them," said the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awarded them the prize and the money. "Perhaps the quantum computer will change our everyday lives in this century in the same radical way as the classical computer did in the last century."

Groundbreaking engineering research

Without succumbing to hyperbole, some members of the scientific community believe that Wineland and Haroche have opened a door in quantum mechanics that was previously the realm of science fiction writers. Business systems across the world currently rely on atomic clocks but this experimental research, described as "groundbreaking" by the panel that awarded the prize, could see these replaced by far more precise instruments, while quantum computers, that investigate every possible scenario at the exact same moment, could become a reality.

According to Reuters, both scientists were shocked to receive the award. Haroche was walking along a French street when he received a phone call to tell him that he had won, while Wineland, who was asleep at his home in Colorado, was told by his wife who took the early-morning call from Stockholm.

"First I called my children, then I called my closest colleagues, without whom I would never have won this prize," said Haroche. "I hope the prize will give me a platform that will allow me to communicate ideas, not just in this field of research but for research in general, fundamental research".

Wineland, who his research colleagues have described as a "realist," has dedicated his time to experimentation in quantum mechanics by perfecting the parlor trick that led to the Nobel prize, while keeping his feet firmly on the ground.

"You can find debate on this, but I'm not sure we're so special in the universe," he said, and he is optimistic that his work might advance similar research, but he "wouldn't recommend anybody buy stock in a quantum computing company."

Do not respond to calls from numbers starting with +92, #90 or #09

2012-10-08T17:10:00.004-07:00

BSNL has issued a fresh warning to users to not respond to calls from numbers starting with +92; #90 or #09, since if they do they may fall prey to a bout of SIM card cloning. Although still not confirmed, BSNL and intelligence officials have been claiming of susceptibility to SIM card cloning if users happen to respond to missed calls from such numbers, reports The Times of India. The report further added that, "Cloning a SIM card requires physical access to it or the interception of the communication between the caller and his or her cellphone operator's network."

In what comes as a rather shocking revelation, the report has stated that so far, this scam has managed to victimize one lakh subscribers. Intelligence agencies, too have reportedly confirmed to the service providers, especially those in the UP West telecom division of an ongoing scam as such. Quoting an intelligence officer, the report adds, "We are sure there must be some more similar combinations that the miscreants are using to clone the handsets, including SIM, and all the information stored in them."

BSNL, however, and as confirmed by the General manager of BSNL, RV Verma, has issued alerts to all broadband subscribers and now they're sending SMS alerts to other subscribers, as well.

Quoting one of the victims as saying to BSNL at their office in Moradabad, last week, the report adds, "It usually starts with a missed call from a number starting with +92. In case the subscriber takes the call before it is dropped as a missed call then the caller on the other end poses as a call center executive checking the connectivity. The caller then asks the subscriber to press # 09 or # 90 call back on his number to establish that the connectivity to the subscriber was seamless.The moment I redialled the caller number, my account balance lost a sum of money. Thereafter, in the three days that followed every time I got my cell phone recharged, the balance would be reduced to single digits within the next few minutes."

The report further elaborated that although SIM card cloning was possible through a hardware tool, capable of reading and copying information from it, doing so " wirelessly or remotely intercepting information contained within the SIM," is very difficult, though possible.

There have been instances of subscribers receiving missed calls from numbers starting from +375 and this been on a rise in the recent past. These instances are alarming because if one tries to call back, then they’re charged a whopping $15 - $30 for that call. +375 is an international code, more specifically belonging to Belarus.

Several forums across the Internet have been flooded with worried, duped subscribers venting their frustration at the situation. One such forum, called WhoCallsMe, had several users coming forward with similar complaints. One user said, “I got a call from +375297298451,” with other users voicing similar sentiments.

Instances of subscribers receiving missed calls from suspicious looking numbers are neither novel, anymore nor are they few in number. Early January, this year, we had reported about several Vodafone subscribers, especially in Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Uttar Pradesh (East and West) complaining of receiving missed calls from dubious ISD numbers, like +22455xxxxx. What was even more worrying was that those who tried to call back on these numbers were charged a whopping Rs.45 per minute. Airtel users, too, had complained of a similar incident before this, wherein users complained of receiving missed calls from numbers starting with +92.

Scores of BSNL subscribers, too complained of receiving missed calls from dubious looking ISD numbers, and on calling back were charged a whopping Rs.50/ minute. The missed calls, especially were from numbers starting with - +263xxxx and +960xxxxx. Users mostly in the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu telecom circles had been facing this issue.

An advisory on Airtel, asking people to stay alert if they happen to receive missed calls from numbers starting from +375, reads, “We would like to issue a general advisory to caution Indian telecom customers who are being arbitrarily targeted by calls fraudulently claiming the recipient customer as being a Prize/Lottery Winner. In these types of phone frauds, the customer returns a missed call to a +92 or +375 country code and inadvertently reaches a fraudster pretending to be representative of airtel or another Indian mobile operator and informs the customer of having won some lottery/prize money. The fraudster then attempts to trick the customer into divulging sensitive personal information and to pay a commission to receive the winnings. Such commission is usually asked to be paid via an international DTH operator’s recharge vouchers.”

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"What is VY Canis Majoris"

2012-10-07T04:39:00.001-07:00

VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa) is a red hypergiant in the constellation Canis Major. It is one of the largest known stars by radius and also one of the most luminous of its type. It is approximately 1,420 ± 120 solar radii(6.6 astronomical units), about 1,975,000,000 kilometres (1.227×109 mi) in radius, and about 1.2 kiloparsecs (3,900 light-years) distant from Earth.

VY CMa is a single star categorized as a semiregular variable and has an estimated period of 2,000 days. It has an average density of 5 to 10 mg/m3.

If placed at the center of the Solar System, VY Canis Majoris's surface would extend beyond the orbit of Jupiter, although there is still considerable variation in estimates of the radius, with some making it larger than the orbit of Saturn.

Nature of VY Canis Majoris

The first known recorded observation of VY Canis Majoris is in the star catalogue of Jérôme Lalande, on 7 March 1801, which lists VY CMa as a 7th magnitude star. Further 19th-century studies of its apparent magnitude demonstrate that the star has been fading since 1850.

Since 1847, VY CMa has been known to be a crimson star. During the 19th century, observers measured at least six discrete components to VY CMa, suggesting the possibility that it is a multiple star. These discrete components are now known to be bright areas in the surrounding nebula. Visual observations in 1957 and high-resolution imaging in 1998 showed that VY CMa does not have a companion star.

VY CMa is a high-luminosity M star with an effective temperature of about 3,000 K, placing it at the upper-right hand corner of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram and meaning it is a highly evolved star. During its main sequence, it would have been an O star with a mass of 15 to 35 M

Measuring the distance

Stellar distances can be calculated by measuring parallaxes as the Earth orbits around the Sun. However, VY CMa has a tiny parallax with a high margin of error, which makes it unreliable to calculate its distance using this method.

In 1976, Charles J. Lada and Mark J. Reid published the discovery of a bright-rimmed molecular cloud 15 minutes of arc east of VY CMa. At the edge of the cloud bordered by the bright rim, an abrupt decrease in the CO emission and an increase in brightness of the 12CO emission were observed, indicating possible destruction of molecular material and enhanced heating at the cloud-rim interface, respectively. Lada and Reid assumed the distance of the molecular cloud is approximately equal to that of the stars, which are members of open cluster NGC 2362, that ionize the rim. NGC 2362 has a distance of 1.5 ± 0.5 kiloparsecs as determined from its color-magnitude diagram.VY CMa is projected onto the tip of the cloud rim, suggesting its association with the molecular cloud. In addition to that, the velocity of the molecular cloud is very close to the velocity of the star. This further indicates the association of the star with the molecular cloud, and consequently with NGC 2362, which means VY CMa is also at a distance of 1.5 kpc.[14] A more recent measurement of the distance to NGC 2362 gives 1.2 kpc.

Recent VLBI direct measurements of the parallax of VY CMa give a distance of 1.1–1.2 kpc.

Size

University of Minnesota Professor Roberta M. Humphreys estimates the radius of VY CMa at 1,800 to 2,100 solar radii.To illustrate, if Earth's Sun were replaced by VY Canis Majoris, its radius might extend beyond the orbit of Saturn (about 9 AU). Assuming the upper size limit of 2100 solar radii, light would take more than 8.5 hours to travel around the star's circumference, compared to 14.5 seconds for the Sun. It would take more than 1.2×1016 Earths to fill the volume of VY Canis Majoris,of which the average volume (VY Canis Majoris) is 1.414×1037 cubic meters.

If the Earth were to be represented by a sphere one centimeter (0.39") in diameter, the Sun would be represented as a sphere with a diameter of 109

Luminosity

In 2006, Humphreys used the spectral energy distribution distance of VY Canis Majoris to calculate its luminosity. Since most of the radiation coming from the star is reprocessed by the dust in the surrounding cloud, she integrated the total fluxes over the entire nebula and showed that VY Canis Majoris has a luminosity of 5.6×105 L

More recent estimates of the luminosity using a variety of methods give lower values of around 3×105 L

Circumstellar nebula

As mentioned above, VY Canis Majoris is surrounded by an extensive nebula that shows condensations that were taken as companion stars[11] and that has been extensively studied with the aid of the Hubble Space Telescope, showing a complex structure with filaments and arcs caused by past eruptions, with a structure similar of the one surrounding the yellow hypergiant IRC+10420, something that have led some astronomers to suggest that VY Canis Majoris will become an object similar to the former,and later a Wolf-Rayet star.

Controversy

VY Canis Majoris ejects huge amounts of gas during its outbursts.

There have been conflicting opinions of the properties of VY CMa. In one view, the star is a very large and very luminous red hyper giant The various larger estimates of the size and luminosity fall outside the bounds of current stellar theory, both beyond the maximum predicted size of any star and far cooler than a star of its luminosity can become. In another opinion (such as Massey, Levesque, and Plez's study),the star is a normal red super giant with a radius around 600 solar radii and falling comfortably inside models of stellar structure and evolution. More recent papers produce intermediate values for radius and luminosity, falling at the very extreme for the expected size and luminosity of red super giants (or hyper giant based on its emission spectrum and high mass loss rate).

VY Canis Majoris also illustrates the conceptual problem of defining the "surface" (and radius) of very large stars. With an average density of 0.000005 to 0.000010 kg/m3, the star is a thousand times less dense than the atmosphere of the Earth (air) at sea level. It is also undergoing strong mass loss with the outer layers of the star no longer gravitational bound. The definition of the boundary of such stars is based on the Ross-eland Radius, the location at which the opacity is one. In cases such as VY CMa, the radius may be defined on a different opacity value or on an opacity at a particular wavelength.

Life expectancy

The star has been discovered to be very unstable, having thrown off much of its mass into its surrounding nebula. Astronomers, with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope, have predicted that VY Can-is Major-is will explode as a hypernova within the next 100,000 years[citation needed]. Theoretically, a hyper nova would cause gamma ray bursts that could damage the contents of the local galaxy, wiping out any cellular life within a number of light years; however, no hyper-giant is located close enough to Earth to pose a threat. The star is large enough to create an enormous black hole.