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A Supervirus That Can Kill Everyone


Nothing is more terrifying than a supervirus with the potential to wipe out billions of people, but fortunately that’s the kind of stuff left to James Bond villains and shadowy corporations in movies. Or at least it was, until Ron Fouchier, a Dutch virologist, announced that he had created that exact virus in 2011.



The virus is a genetically altered version of the H5N1 virus, otherwise known as the avian virus, which is deadly among birds but has only accounted for around 500 human infections since 2002 (for comparison, the regular flu kills about 3,000 people per year). 



With a few minor tweaks to the virus, Fouchier and his team made it simultaneously more deadly and much, much more contagious, to the point where it killed approximately 50% of the ferrets used for testing. Ferrets are commonly used to test viruses because their bodies behave much like humans. 



In the tests, the virus was first transmitted between the ferrets manually, but after 10 generations it became airborne, and easily reached the entire population. And remember, this is a working model for how it would affect humans. Just imagine if that was released to bioterrorists. Oh wait, people already have – This has become one of the biggest controversies in the virology community, since Fouchier wanted to publish his entire method to the public.



Nanodrones

What’s more terrifying than a human shaped robot? How about nanodrones – flying drones as small as mosquitoes that can take pictures, record audio, and take DNA samples from you without your knowledge.



Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – and the government’s use of them – have been attracting widespread public attention for several years now. You’ve probably seen stories about the Predator drones on the news. 



Evidence for MAVs (micro aerial vehicles), on the other hand, hasn’t been provided quite so publicly, although some people claim that the government has been using them as domestic surveillance tools for years. It’s not as farfetched as it might sound: An MAV with a wingspan of only 3cm was unveiled at the 2007 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, and eyewitness reports of dragonfly-shaped MAVs came in from an antiwar rally that same year. 



An image of a mosquito drone with the ability to inject viruses through skin has beencirculating for a while, but the existence of that specific drone is still unverified.



AMAZING AND FUNNY EXPERIMENT WITH EGG AND VINEGAR 

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When you soak a raw egg into a vinegar over two days, the 

vinegar will dissolve the eggshell. Eggshell is mostly 

made up of Calcuim carbonate and that is the reason it is 

hard and vinegar contains acetic acid. So when vinegar 

gets mixed with the egg, the acetic acid which is present 

in the vinegar dissolves the shell ofthe egg and the egg 

becomes elastic. The egg turns out to be a funny one which

 looks like a Jelly. And if you do this same experiment with a

 boiled egg, the shell gets dissolved and the egg becomes 

elastic like a rubber ball.

In this picture you can see that an egg is being kept

 inside a jar filled with vinegar.

Pour 9 % of vinegar into a transparent glass and place the 

egg inside the glass. You will find that there is carbon 

dioxide formed immediately on the surface of the egg.

90 % of the shell of a birds egg is of Calcuim Carbonate 

and when the interaction takes place with the acid, the 

shell begins to disintegrate releasing CO2.
After 12 to 15 hours you can see that the calcuim carbonate 

from the surface of the egg gets disappeared and only a film 

between the surface and the egg remains intact.

Then Remove the egg from the glass of vinegar and rinse the 

egg under the running water.

When you campare both the eggs as shown in the image, the 

egg which was kept in vinegar gets slightly increased in its size.

There are no shells on this egg and you can play with this egg. 

The flim is very thin and and it can get torn if it is not 

handled properly.


The picture of a rubber egg.




Warning: Eating this Egg is Dangerous and Prohibited..!

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14 Interesting Facts About Google

#1

The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact it was noted that the submit button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.

#2

Due to the sparseness of the homepage, in early user tests they noted people just sitting looking at the screen. After a minute of nothingness, the tester intervened and asked ‘Whats up?’ to which they replied “We are waiting for the rest of it”. To solve that particular problem the Google Copyright message was inserted to act as a crude end of page marker.

#3

One of the biggest leap in search usage came about when they introduced their much improved spell checker giving birth to the “Did you mean…” feature. This instantly doubled their traffic, but they had some interesting discussions on how best to place that information, as most people simply tuned that out. But they discovered the placement at the bottom of the results was the most effective area.

#4

The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in trials it was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience. Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button.

#5

Orkut is very popular in Brazil. Orkut was the brainchild of a very intelligent Google engineer who was pretty much given free reign to run with it, without having to go through the normal Google UI procedures, hence the reason it doesn’t look or feel like a Google application. They are looking at improving Orkut to cope with the loads it places on the system.

#6

Google makes changes small-and-often. They will sometimes trial a particular feature with a set of users from a given network subnet; for example Excite@Home users often get to see new features. They aren’t told of this, just presented with the new UI and observed how they use it.

#7

Google has the largest network of translators in the world

#8

They use the 20% / 5% rules. If at least 20% of people use a feature, then it will be included. At least 5% of people need to use a particular search preference before it will make it into the ‘Advanced Preferences’.

#9

They have found in user testing, that a small number of people are very typical of the larger user base. They run labs continually and always monitoring how people use a page of results.

#10

The name ‘Google’ was an accident. A spelling mistake made by the original founders who thought they were going for ‘Googol’

#11

Gmail was used internally for nearly 2years prior to launch to the public. They discovered there was approximately 6 types of email users, and Gmail has been designed to accommodate these 6.

#12

They listen to feedback actively. Emailing Google isn’t emailing a blackhole.

#13

Employees are encouraged to use 20% of their time working on their own projects. Google News, Orkut are both examples of projects that grew from this working model.

#14

This wasn’t a technical talk so no information regarding any infrastructure was presented however they did note that they have a mantra of aiming to give back each page with in 500ms, rendered.

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Mutton Fry – Mutton sukka (mutton kothu kari)

Mutton Fry – Mutton Sukka Recipe

Ingredients:

• Mutton- 1/4 kg
• Onion- 1
• Tomato- 2
• Garlic- 2-3
• Ginger paste- ¼ tspn
• Chili powder- 1½ tspn
• Coriander powder- ¼ tspn
• Turmeric powder- a pinch
• Cinnamon- 1 inch stick
• Cloves- 3
• Cardamom- 2
• Curry leaves- few
• Black pepper- 1 tspn
• Fennel seeds- 1 tspn
• Cumin seeds- ½ tspn
• Salt and Oil- as required

Recipe:

1. Cook Mutton, Onion, Tomato, Garlic, Ginger paste, Chili powder, Turmeric powder, Coriander powder and Salt. (If you cook in a pressure cooker, Mutton will be done in 4 to 5 whistles). Make sure that mutton is well cooked.
2. Heat a pan and roast Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamom, Fennel seeds, Black pepper, Cumin seeds without Oil till it gets little brown.
3. Grind the fried items.
4. Heat Oil in a pan. Add Curry leaves, cooked Mutton (in step1) along with water you used to cook mutton and the grounded items. Fry till the water evaporates. Again fry for 4-5 minutes and sever hot.
5. The delicious mutton fry is ready to eat now.

Mutton kola (Mutton balls)

Ingredients:

• Mutton – 150 gram (finally chopped)
• Egg – 1 beaten
• Green chili – 2
• Small onion – 12
• Garlic – 8
• Mint leaves – 3 sprigs
• Corn flour – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – a pinch
• Bread crumbs – 1 plain brand (crumbled)
• Oil and salt- as required

Recipe:

1. Cook the finally chopped Mutton in a pressure cooker and keep it aside.
2. Chop Garlic, Green chilies and Onions into small pieces.
3. Heat 2 spoons of Oil in a pan.Add finely chopped Garlic, Green chilies, Onion and fry for 3 minutes.
4. Then Add finely chopped Mutton and fry for 5 minutes till the raw smell and water goes out.
5. Grind the fried items in a mixture grinder.
6. Mix the beaten egg, Corn flour and 3-4 finely chopped onions with the ground mixture.
7. Make small balls of it and coat it with bread crumbs.
8. Heat oil in a pan to fry the bread crumbs coated Mutton balls.
9. Fry the balls till it becomes blackish brown and serve the tasty Mutton kola.

Goes well with: Rice. 

Stress: 8 Reasons, 8 Remedies

Why does mess lead to so much stress? 

1. Clutter bombards our minds with excessive stimuli (visual, olfactory, tactile), causing our senses to work overtime on stimuli that aren't necessary or important.
2. Clutter distracts us by drawing our attention away from what our focus should be on.
3. Clutter makes it more difficult to relax, both physically and mentally.
4. Clutter constantly signals to our brains that our work is never done.
5. Clutter makes us anxious because we're never sure what it's going to take to get through to the bottom of the pile.
6. Clutter creates feelings of guilt ("I should be more organized") and embarrassment, especially when others unexpectedly drop by our homes or work spaces.
7. Clutter inhibits creativity and productivity by invading the open spaces that allow most people to think, brain storm, and problem solve.
8. Clutter frustrates us by preventing us from locating what we need quickly (e.g. files and paperwork lost in the "pile" or keys swallowed up by the clutter). 

Fortunately, unlike other more commonly recognized sources of stress (e.g., our jobs, our relationships), clutter is one of the easiest life stressors to fix. Here are a few ideas::

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1. Tackle de-cluttering as a family. If clutter has invaded your entire house, don't tackle the job alone. Get the whole family involved by starting with a room everyone uses and making each person responsible for a section. If you're on your own, start with one area at a time and finish de-cluttering that area before moving on to another. This will give you a sense of accomplishment as you see your successes little by little.
2. Create designated spaces for frequently used items and supplies so that you can quickly and easily find what you're looking for when you need it. However, try to make these designated spaces "closed" spaces, such as drawers and cabinets. "Storing" things on open shelves or on top of your desk does not remove those visual stimuli that create stress and lessen the amount of open space that your mind "sees."
3. If you don't use it, don't want it, or don't need it, get rid of it. You can toss it, recycle it, or donate it (one person's trash is another person's treasure), but don't keep it. If you use it, but only rarely, store it in a box in the garage (or if it's your office, in a high or low place) to leave easy-access space for things you use more often. Also, put a date on the box. With rare exceptions, if you haven't opened the box in a year, whatever is inside is probably not something you need.
4. When you take something out of its designated space to use it, put it back immediately after you're finished with it. Sounds simple, but it actually takes practice and commitment.  
5. Create a pending folder. A pending folder helps you clear off your work space while at the same time provides you with a readily accessible folder to centralize and easily locate pending projects. 
6. Don't let papers pile up. Randon papers strewn everywhere can be Public Enemy #1 when it comes to stressful clutter. We're inundated with mail, flyers, menus, memos, newspapers, and the like. The key is to be conscious of what you bring and what others bring into your spaces. Go through these papers as soon as you can, tossing what you don't need and storing what is necessary in its proper place.
7. De-clutter your primary work space before you leave it. It's normal to pull things out while you're working in a space, but make a habit of cleaning off your work space before you go. Not only will this give you a sense of closure when you leave, it will also make you feel good when you return to a nice, clean space. 
8. Make it fun! As you're going about and cleaning things out, put on some of your favorite tunes. The more up-beat, the better! Not only will you enjoy the tunes, the time will pass faster and you'll probably work faster than you would without the music.

Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that clutter doesn't only apply to our physical environment. Mental clutter can be just as stressful, if not more stressful than physical clutter. Although there is an entire article (at least) of suggestions I could offer for mental de-cluttering, one of the most basic and useful tips I can offer on mental de-cluttering is to focus on one project at a time without distractions such as cell phones, emails, and other electronic gadgets. You'll be amazed at how much more you'll accomplish when you focus on a project without allowing anything else to get in the way. And while I recognize that's hard to accomplish in today's day and age, it is do-able—and I think you'll agree, well worth the effort once you see how much you get done and how great you feel about it once the task is done.

Fast Food

Effects of Fast Food

What are the real effects of fast food intake? Can something that is so cheap, so plentiful and tastes so good, really be bad for you? Check out these fast food effects and decide for yourself.

Though they are everywhere and most of us eat them at least once in awhile, fast foods are getting an increasingly bad reputation. A simple definition of the effects of fast food intake is that it contributes to eating more quickly, eating a higher percentage of processed foods and eating a higher percentage of artificial foods. So how does that translate in terms of overall health effects? Though the list could be much longer, the primary effects of fast food intake are a higher risk of:

• heart disease
• digestive issues
• type II diabetes
• liver and gall bladders diseases (i.e. fatty liver)
• high blood pressure
• high cholesterol levels and, one of most obvious effects of fast food intake,
• obesity (especially visceral fat)

If you took a poll of customers in a fast food restaurant and asked them if they thought what they were eating was actually good for them, most would likely sheepishly grin and admit they could have made a better choice of where to spend their food dollar. But would they be right? Are the supposed negative effects of fast food intake real? Do fast foods really contribute to obesity? Let’s take a look.

Eating Quickly

If you take a look at the very name and nature of fast food, it is clear that one of the primary effects of fast food is that it generally leads to fast eating! One long-term diet tip that has recently earned some researched validity is to eat slowly and chew your food well. Simply slowing the rate at which you chow down produces some amazing health benefits:

• Helps reduce portion size-when you take the time to chew food well, it generally means you take better control over how much you eat
• Helps with food digestion-which leads to more complete breakdown and use of food components
• Helps with food enjoyment-chewing food more slowly can lead to increased awareness of and appreciation for the taste of food

Studies reported on Dr. Mercola’s Take Control of Your Health site show eating more slowly leads to:

• an increased release of hunger-regulating hormones
• an increased sense of satisfied fullness and
• a far reduced risk of becoming overweight.

The research lead one set of study authors to conclude:

“Eating until full and eating quickly are associated with being overweight in Japanese men and women, and these eating behaviors combined may have a substantial impact on being overweight.”

Eating Processed

Real food contains a multitude of nutrients, some we have yet to even discover. One of the primary effects of fast food is that you get less of the nutrients you need to maintain optimal health and wellness. Eating highly processed fast food means you are usually missing out on:

Fibre: refining strips fibre from foods such as grains, seeds, nuts, fruits and vegetables. That means the food contains less of the elements thathelp to keep you regular, help to bind with toxins and carry those toxins from the body and, extremely important in weight management, less of the food element that contributes to a sense of fullness.

Essential fatty acids: among other tasks, essential fatty acids—found in foods like salmon, nuts and seeds—help balance hormones and moods, deal with pain and inflammation, produce healthy hair and skin and help us release stored fat. Essential fats, however, don’t do well with the heat, light, oxygen exposure and refining that are part of most processed foods’ history; fast foods, therefore, contain very little of these beneficial nutrients. 

Vitamins and minerals: though there is often an attempt to replace some of the vitamins and minerals that are lost in the processing that gives us fast foods, there is never complete replenishment of the ingredients found in whole foods. That means less of the nutrients needed for optimal wellness and an absence of the health synergy created with whole foods.

Eating Fake

Intake of artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame™ (i.e. NutraSweet®) or Splenda®, artificial fats such as Olestra (i.e. Olean) and the abundance of chemical flavours, colours and preservatives that make up most fast foods can be a quick meal or snack choice. It is, however, quite simply a bad health choice.

And while, like the photo of aspartame, real foods too can be broken down to chemical components, hopefully seeing aspartame in graphic detail will have you think twice before indulging in a diet food or diet drinkcontaining this substance. 

According to experts such as Dr. Russell Blaylock  (Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills), the problem seem to be excitotoxins—toxic chemicals that excite brain cells to death—like glutamate (found in MSG) and aspartate (found in Aspartame™). Foods containing MSG or highly processed milk and soy protein—processing breaks down those proteins, releasing high levels of glutamate and aspartate—can damage an unprotected part of the brain that is responsible for controlling hunger and satiety. That makes aspartame seem an unlikely food choice if one is trying to manage hunger and sense of fullness in a way that will produce a healthy weight. 
The downside of eating ingredients that do not have a long history of use and that studies show have a wide range of negative health effects (i.e. migraines, digestive issues, skin rashes, tremors, obesity) is simply not worth the supposed convenience.  Short and sweet, by eating anything more than the very occasional intake of fast food you are doing your body, your health and your ability to maintain an appropriate weight, a huge disservice. 

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Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a therapeutic technique in which clinicians make suggestions to individuals who have undergone a procedure designed to relax them and focus their minds.

Although hypnosis has been controversial, most clinicians now agree it can be a powerful, effective therapeutic technique for a wide range of conditions, including pain, anxiety and mood disorders. Hypnosis can also help people change their habits, such as quitting smoking.

Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology

Understanding Hypnosis

• Hypnosis Today - Looking Beyond the Media Portrayal
  While you may think of hypnosis as something only in the movies, hypnosis is used in real life to help people with depression, gastro-intestinal disorders and other health problems. Because hypnosis can help people manage and, in some cases, recover from illness, it is becoming a more common part of treatment plans.
  
  

  Hypnosis today

  Hypnosis continues to show promise in reducing pain and soothing anxiety, although the research is still inconclusive about its success in smoking cessation.

Anger

Anger is an emotion characterized by antagonism toward someone or something you feel has deliberately done you wrong. 

Anger can be a good thing. It can give you a way to express negative feelings, for example, or motivate you to find solutions to problems.

But excessive anger can cause problems. Increased blood pressure and other physical changes associated with anger make it difficult to think straight and harm your physical and mental health.

Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology

What You Can Do

• Controlling anger before it controls you
  Anger is a normal, usually healthy emotion we all experience. But when anger gets out of hand, it can cause problems at home and at work. There are ways you can get control of your anger, instead of letting it control you.

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thought for the day - love

Love the heart that hurts you but 
never hurt the heart that loves you...

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jokes

Yo' Mama is so stupid, she put a ruler next to her bed to see how long she sleeps.
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What is bioinformatics?

Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management of biological information. Computers are used to gather, store, analyze and integrate biological and genetic information which can then be applied to gene-based drug discovery and development. The need for Bioinformatics capabilities has been precipitated by the explosion of publicly available genomic information resulting from the Human Genome Project. The goal of this project - determination of the sequence of the entire human genome (approximately three billion base pairs) - will be reached by the year 2002. The science of Bioinformatics, which is the melding of molecular biology with computer science, is essential to the use of genomic information in understanding human diseases and in the identification of new molecular targets for drug discovery. In recognition of this, many universities, government institutions and pharmaceutical firms have formed bioinformatics groups, consisting of computational biologists and bioinformatics computer scientists. Such groups will be key to unraveling the mass of information generated by large scale sequencing efforts underway in laboratories around the world.

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