TATTOO CONVENTION 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
m y a n m a r
TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA
TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA
This is very wonderful Burmese percussion performance played at a donation ceremony in Meiktila city (This city belongs to Mandalay division). Saing Waing is Myanmar traditional Orchestra. Pat-waing is one of the main percussion instruments in the orchestra. This is composed of 21 small drums and plays a musical scale. In this video, Pat-waing player Mr. Ta Bo Thin shows very wonderful performance.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
HUMANIMALS
Discusses topics covering furries, therians, body modification, and related stories.
7: Dog-man (performance artist "Oleg Kulik")
6: Leopard Girl (tattoo fanatic "Beki Buelow")
5: Animaltronic Wolf (fursuit hobbyist "Wolftail")
This is Animal Planet's new series Weird, True and Freaky. "Humanimals" Season 1, Episode 4.
7: Dog-man (performance artist "Oleg Kulik")
6: Leopard Girl (tattoo fanatic "Beki Buelow")
5: Animaltronic Wolf (fursuit hobbyist "Wolftail")
This is Animal Planet's new series Weird, True and Freaky. "Humanimals" Season 1, Episode 4.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
u n i t e d k i n g d o m
HOW BROCCOLI CAN PROTECT YOUR ARTERIES
Posted 2009/09/04 at 11:03 am EDT
HOW BROCCOLI CAN PROTECT YOUR ARTERIES
Posted 2009/09/04 at 11:03 am EDT
LONDON, Sep. 4, 2009 (Reuters) — It's long been thought that broccoli is good for your heart, and now British scientists think they know why.
[Farm workers of the D'Arrigo Brothers Company harvest broccoli in Salinas Valley, often called the 'Salad Bowl of the World', in the central coast region of California April 3, 2008. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi ]
Researchers at Imperial College London have found evidence a chemical in broccoli and other green leafy vegetables could boost a natural defense mechanism that protects arteries from the clogging that can cause heart attacks.
In a study funded by the British Heart Foundation charity and conducted on mice, the researchers found that sulforaphane -- a compound occurring naturally in broccoli and other brassicas -- could "switch on" a protective protein which is inactive in parts of the arteries vulnerable to clogging.
"We know that vegetables are clearly good for you, but surprisingly the molecular mechanisms of why they are good for you have remained unknown for many years," said Paul Evans of the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College.
"This study provides a possible explanation for how green vegetable consumption can promote a healthy heart."
Scientists already know that arteries don't clog up in a uniform way, but that there are bends and branches of blood vessels -- where blood flow is disrupted or slower -- which are much more prone to the build-up of fatty plaques that cause heart disease.
Evans said his research found that in the more vulnerable areas, a normally protective protein known as Nrf2 is inactive.
"What our study showed was that sulforaphane can protect those regions by switching on the Nrf2," he said.
The research, reported in the journal Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, was conducted using purified sulforaphane, not broccoli. Researchers said the next step was to test the effect of the chemical as it is found in vegetables.
"We now need to go and test this with broccoli smoothies, as it were, and compare that with the effect of purified sulforaphane," Evans said, adding that if the vegetable form proved less effective, there could be an argument for taking sulforaphane in pill form.
(Reporting by Kate Kelland. Editing by Ralph Boulton)
[Farm workers of the D'Arrigo Brothers Company harvest broccoli in Salinas Valley, often called the 'Salad Bowl of the World', in the central coast region of California April 3, 2008. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi ]
Researchers at Imperial College London have found evidence a chemical in broccoli and other green leafy vegetables could boost a natural defense mechanism that protects arteries from the clogging that can cause heart attacks.
In a study funded by the British Heart Foundation charity and conducted on mice, the researchers found that sulforaphane -- a compound occurring naturally in broccoli and other brassicas -- could "switch on" a protective protein which is inactive in parts of the arteries vulnerable to clogging.
"We know that vegetables are clearly good for you, but surprisingly the molecular mechanisms of why they are good for you have remained unknown for many years," said Paul Evans of the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College.
"This study provides a possible explanation for how green vegetable consumption can promote a healthy heart."
Scientists already know that arteries don't clog up in a uniform way, but that there are bends and branches of blood vessels -- where blood flow is disrupted or slower -- which are much more prone to the build-up of fatty plaques that cause heart disease.
Evans said his research found that in the more vulnerable areas, a normally protective protein known as Nrf2 is inactive.
"What our study showed was that sulforaphane can protect those regions by switching on the Nrf2," he said.
The research, reported in the journal Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, was conducted using purified sulforaphane, not broccoli. Researchers said the next step was to test the effect of the chemical as it is found in vegetables.
"We now need to go and test this with broccoli smoothies, as it were, and compare that with the effect of purified sulforaphane," Evans said, adding that if the vegetable form proved less effective, there could be an argument for taking sulforaphane in pill form.
(Reporting by Kate Kelland. Editing by Ralph Boulton)
M A X I C O
ALIEN INVASION?
ALIEN INVASION?
Mexican TV revealed the almost unbelievable story - in 2007, a baby 'alien' was found alive by a farmer in Mexico. He drowned it in a ditch out of fear, and now two years later scientists have finally been able to announce the results of their tests on this sinister-looking carcass.
At the end of last year the farmer, Marao Lopez, handed the corpse over to university scientists who carried out DNA tests and scans. He claimed that it took him three attempts to drown the creature and he had to hold it underwater for hours.
Tests revealed a creature that is unknown to scientists - its skeleton has characteristics of a lizard, its teeth do not have any roots like humans and it can stay underwater for a long time.
But it also has some similar joints to humans. Its brain was huge, particularly the rear section, leading scientists to the conclusion that the odd creature was very intelligent. But it has seemingly left experts stumped. And in a further mystery, Lopez has since mysteriously died.
According to American UFO expert Joshua P. Warren (32), the farmer burned to death in a parked car at the side of a road. The flames apparently had a far higher temperature than in a normal fire!
Now there are rumours that the parents of the creature Lopez drowned were the ones who in turn killed him out of revenge. There are frequent UFO sightings and reports of crop circles in the area where the creature was found. Perhaps it was left behind deliberately by aliens.
Mexican UFO expert Jaime Maussan (56) was the first to break the story. He claimed it was not a hoax. Farmers also told him that there was a second creature but it ran away when they approached. The puzzle has caused intrigue amongst BILDs readers. Some say it is a mutant, others wonder why aliens would leave a baby behind - and one reader asked why aliens don't wear clothes.
And the bizarre story has reached as far as South Korea and China!
Mexico isn't the only hotspot of apparent extra-terrestrial activity, either - Germany has had 366 UFO sightings this year!
At the end of last year the farmer, Marao Lopez, handed the corpse over to university scientists who carried out DNA tests and scans. He claimed that it took him three attempts to drown the creature and he had to hold it underwater for hours.
Tests revealed a creature that is unknown to scientists - its skeleton has characteristics of a lizard, its teeth do not have any roots like humans and it can stay underwater for a long time.
But it also has some similar joints to humans. Its brain was huge, particularly the rear section, leading scientists to the conclusion that the odd creature was very intelligent. But it has seemingly left experts stumped. And in a further mystery, Lopez has since mysteriously died.
According to American UFO expert Joshua P. Warren (32), the farmer burned to death in a parked car at the side of a road. The flames apparently had a far higher temperature than in a normal fire!
Now there are rumours that the parents of the creature Lopez drowned were the ones who in turn killed him out of revenge. There are frequent UFO sightings and reports of crop circles in the area where the creature was found. Perhaps it was left behind deliberately by aliens.
Mexican UFO expert Jaime Maussan (56) was the first to break the story. He claimed it was not a hoax. Farmers also told him that there was a second creature but it ran away when they approached. The puzzle has caused intrigue amongst BILDs readers. Some say it is a mutant, others wonder why aliens would leave a baby behind - and one reader asked why aliens don't wear clothes.
And the bizarre story has reached as far as South Korea and China!
Mexico isn't the only hotspot of apparent extra-terrestrial activity, either - Germany has had 366 UFO sightings this year!
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