tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41338043791890193582024-03-21T18:32:15.948+05:30Twining StreamA clear stream of reasonlahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-58608067540408989382013-10-31T23:26:00.000+05:302013-10-31T23:27:38.051+05:30Pseudo Prefix<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Prefixes are important in biology. Now, it is not a distortion of perception but it is a reality. If you believe that words are pseudo <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ca/sanmateoissues/Key00492.html" target="_blank">realities,</a> you are wrong. Now the word pseudo. Pseudo word is very important in science. Such is the power of prefix pseudo that if it gets associated to the word science it becomes a pseudo science. And, the meaning is reversed.</div>
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Pseudo-stratified epithelium is an epithelium that appears to be layered but it is not actually. Every cell in the layer manages to touch the basement membrane on which they are resting. </div>
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Pseudo-genes are dysfunctional relatives of certain functional genes that fail to express themselves as they do not code for proteins. Multiple mutations in the genes makes them dysfunctional or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudogene" target="_blank">pseudo-genes</a>. </div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-37579320714212298122013-05-03T22:30:00.001+05:302013-05-04T00:34:23.761+05:30Singing Insects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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must have heard the shrilling sound of certain insects at night in the rainy
season that passed by. Ever wondered where they have gone these days? Have they
died or gone somewhere?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Many
insects like crickets and grasshoppers are heard during the rainy days, i.e.,
late summer and early autumn. They make sounds and it is hard to locate the
source of sound. It can irritate a person and they leave you with no other
option than to tolerate their song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">During
winter the grasshoppers and crickets slow down their activities and hide
themselves in a suitable place such as cracks and crevices in the rocks etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Insects
do not have the ability to regulate their temperature by generating body heat
so they are ectothermic. They take on the temperature of their surroundings. You
avoid going out of your home to play when it is very cold outside. Similarly
these singing insects too find a quite place for themselves and stop activities
to conserve heat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">In
many cold countries, where winters are longer and freezing, adults and nymphs die.
But how do they appear all of a sudden when the temperature rises? Yes, because
when the winter ends, their eggs hatch into new crickets and grasshoppers. And
they survive the winter season as eggs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">How
will you know that the song whose source you are unable to identify is of a
grasshopper hopping around outside or of a cricket’s? Well, crickets sing
during the night and the grasshopper during the day. In movies to portray a
scene of night, a background shrilling sound of cricket, called <i>jhingur in</i> Hindi is played.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Every
cricket and grasshopper is not a singing insect. Only males sing to call
females for mating or warding off other males. So when they sense the correct
time for mating they start singing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Now
the big question is how do the singing insects sing? Do they have vocal cords
in their necks as we do? It is strange but the sound which they produce is not
generated by some vocal cords. They sing by rubbing together their two parts of
the body. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Crickets
rub together roughened parts of their wings. Grasshoppers rub their legs
against their forewings. The legs of a grasshopper have a row of ‘tiny-pegs’ on
them which they rub against the hard vein on their forewings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">What
is even more strange is that these singing insects have ears on their first
pairs of legs or on either side of their abdomen!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Singing
of crickets is considered a sign of good luck in China. They are popular pets
there and kept in cages. In some European countries particularly in Iberian
Peninsula, Mexico, South East Asia people use ‘cricket fighting’ as a gambling
sport. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">What
do the singing insects eat, do you know? Like different people eat different
things, some prefer to eat non-vegetarian food and some eat vegetarian food.
Similarly different singing insects eat different things. Grasshoppers are
vegetarian but crickets eat small insects, plants and moulds. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-63094624234763264322013-05-03T22:24:00.000+05:302013-05-03T22:34:09.936+05:30Turtles and Tortoises<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Humanoid
Turtles are seen in action cartoons telecast on a TV Channel and are shown to
display behaviour opposite to the turtles found in nature. Contrary to the
wise, careful and slow- turtles and tortoises, found in nature that survive
harsh conditions by acclimatizing; Ninja turtles are aggressive, trained with
ninja skills and act as saviors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Turtles
and tortoises are recognized by the hard, rounded shell that they carry on
their backs. They have four legs and a tail. They have scales on their bodies,
females are egg laying and they do not have capability to generate body heat. They
retract their limbs inside their shells to survive in the chilling weather and
move out in the sun to get heat. They are cold blooded and are reptiles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Ever
wondered despite having similar traits, why turtles and tortoises have
different names? Well, it is a matter of fact. Similar looking turtles and
tortoises are different on account of their body size, structure and habitat,
they dwell in. Turtles are aquatic while tortoises are land dwelling. The
turtles that live in fresh water bodies- rivers and streams and seas and oceans,
have streamlined shells, webbed feet and long claws. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">But, the tortoises have
relatively rounded shell and bent legs with short and sturdy feet, as they live
on land. The small sized turtles feed on frogs, shrimps, snails and aquatic
plants but tortoises that are large sized are vegetarians.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">The shy turtles and tortoises are
animals in armour. They never strike like a warrior does, but they withdraw
their heads and limbs when threatened. The upper part of their shell is called ‘carapace’
which means shield and the lower part is called ‘plastron’ which means breast-plate.
Both the parts are connected by bridges. Despite having these basic
differences, they are similar in that they have common ancestors and are
endangered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">The loss of their habitats and
nesting sites, pollution and poaching has led to the decline in their numbers. Human
encroachment for activities like fishing etc, have led to decline in their
numbers due to destruction of their eggs in their nesting sites on the beaches.
Orissa is famous for the nesting site of Olive Ridley Turtles along the
Rushikulya beach. Female turtles congregate on the beach for mass nesting in
the month of February, annually in large numbers. The turtles that come out of
eggs leave for the seas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">We come to hear of news reporting
their plight and environmental campaigns that are organized to protect them,
frequently. Like, in the last December, railway police seized a consignment of
115 turtles being poached from Varanasi to Kolkata. This was a serious offence
as such activities can lead to extinction of many species.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Turtles and Tortoises are an
integral part of our environment. We need to protect them. India Turtle
Conservation Program (ITCP) is a program, jointly hosted by Turtle Survival
Alliance (TSA) and Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT). It is being implemented
in partnership of World Wild Fund (WWF) and other organizations repute so as to
ascertain the global mission of TSA to reduce the turtle and tortoise extinction
to zero. International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recognized
them as vulnerable and put them into red data list. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Turtles and Tortoises are
considered endangered and are put under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act,
1972. That means, it illegal to keep an Indian species of turtle or tortoise as
pet or indulge in turtle and tortoise trade. You can’t make them pets and keep
them in your homes to call upon them when you are back, but you can do one
thing for sure and that is you can adopt them as celebrities do. Just pay the
agencies for sustaining an animal and they will take care of your subject.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-2781198576069964532013-05-03T22:13:00.002+05:302013-05-03T22:34:50.781+05:30Honey Makers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">“Hello
honey bunny”, a ringtone being popularised on television by a mobile company,
is as sweet as honey but at the same time it is funny too. Honey is a tasty
little treat by little insects who work together to live together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Now,
what insects are the honey makers? Bees, is the most common answer. But that is
not true. Every bee does not make honey, only honey-bees make honey. And, there
are certain ants, e.g., honey-ants and wasps, e.g., polistine wasps, which make
honey. But only honey-bees make honey sufficient to be extracted for human use.
Honey produced by honeybees is a good food rich in nutrients but honey produced
by other insects can be toxic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Such
is the spirit of working as a team that these honey making--social insects
visit scores of flowers to collect nectar and store them in their nests, that
is after a certain period of time, processed into honey. The worker bees store
honey to feed the larvae and keep it as a food reserve for the bee-colony for
winters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Honeybees
live in a colony with a gradation of labour. Every member living in the colony
has a specific and an important role to play. Queen is both the heart and sole
of the colony. She builds the colony and is the only fertile female. Other
females in the colony are sterile. Generally,
she is the mother of the colony and her job is to lay eggs and keep the colony
together by secreting pheromone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Pheromones
are chemicals that sensitize the sense of smell of other insects of the same
colony; secreted to attract males called drones, and to keep other females in
the colony infertile. The fellows in the colony recognize this distinct smell
of their colony and keep on working together. The workers make the nest, defend
the nest from predators and take care of the brood or the larvae that will
mature into adults. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Drones’ or the males’ only job is to fertilize the queen’s eggs.
Eggs, that are fertilized become females, and that are left unfertilized
develop into males or drones. Drones don’t have stingers unlike workers in the
colony. The stringers in the bodies of the workers are actually modified
ovipositors, or organs to deposit pollen and are barbed. Whenever a worker is
threatened, she stings her stinger into the victim and tears off her abdomen in
the process to pull it out, and dies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Honey
bees, popularly called as ‘<i>Madhu-makhi</i>’
is not a <i>makhi</i> or a fly, in fact. As,
bees have two wings on the either side of their bodies unlike flies that have only
one. Wasps like bees have two wings on either side of their bodies. Wasps and
bees appear to be similar. But it is easy to identify them. Wasps have
elongated bodies and slim waists and bees have hairy bodies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">The
honeybees are pollinators actually. They visit flowers to suck nectar and in
the meantime transfer pollen grains from one flower to another, like
butterflies (titlee) and bumble-bees (bhanwara). The sterile females or worker
bees store pollen and nectar in their nest or beehive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">The cells in the
bee-hive is made up of bees’ wax, unlike the nests of other social insects like
hornets, paper-wasps, yellow jackets and ants that are made up of processed
wood pulp or mud. Inside honeycombs or cells specified to store honey in the
hive, nectar is stored and transformed into honey by the action of certain
enzymes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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amount of honey stored in the cells of the beehive is significant to be
extracted for human use. Apart from making honey they also secrete ‘royal
jelly’ from specific glands in their bodies which are fed to larvae in their
initial days. A virgin queen feeding on the royal jelly after certain days
develops to be the queen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">When
the colony has two queens, either of the two leaves the hive with some members
of the colony to establish the colony in a different place. The quest for a new
suitable place is carried out by the workers in different directions which
report to the queen at a certain place and justify the place by communicating
through a dancing gesture called ‘<i>waggle
dance</i>’. When the enthusiastic bee manages to convince her fellows, the
beehive is established on the spot that she suggested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Honeypot
ants are unique insects as they store liquids in their bodies. When food is
scarce, they regurgitate the liquid stored, after their antennae being stroked
by the worker ants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The
honey making bees are reared to extract honey. Beekeeping or the rearing of
bees to obtain a produce of honey is called apiculture. Apiculture is carried
out in an apiary or a place where beehives are kept. Handling honeybee colonies
can be difficult as the workers bees by habit defend their hives and sting but
for the sweetness and profit that beekeeping yields, the vocation is carried
out.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-79572818950271367052013-05-03T22:10:00.001+05:302013-05-03T22:33:20.565+05:30Cockroaches!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">If anybody known to
you would choose to have cockroach as pet, what would you say? Weird! People
have a general dislike for cockroaches. Only a person who has deep interest in
study of insects or entomology would prefer to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cockroaches can make
life unbearable by merely appearing in the dream. The thought of a cockroach in
the shoe to be worn, in the plate or flying in the room at night can irritate a
person. How little they take to make life unbearable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some say cockroaches
are evil, some say they are disgusting. But the reality is they are smarter
than many animals, because of their survival strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They are the most
resilient species on earth. And are constantly under estimated by human beings.
People like cartoonists and painters, have noticed them. Their images in comic
books, magazines and other records tell us how they prevail in the cultures
across the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They are fascinating,
sometimes we don't even realize. The cockroach poses a special challenge to our
capacity to feel compassion, like we feel for other animals specially the wild.
Do they need our sympathy? Certainly not, as they have already survived for 300
million years, or so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When anybody who loves
cleanliness, would enter into kitchen and see cockroaches around, he/she would
shake head and say, "of what on earth are cockroaches made of?" They
are relentless; they will survive after every attempt you take to get rid of
them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cockroaches feed on
dead and decaying plant and animal matter, trash, dung, wood and leather etc.
They are scavengers basically. They help in cleaning our environment. But then
also, they are disliked. Yes, because they are pests. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They harbor in our
homes and feed on human and pet food. They do not act as hosts for diseases but
they do passively carry microbes on their body which can cause disease. They
leave an offensive odour and allergens in their excreta and body-parts also
called ‘roach dust’ can cause allergy and asthma to those who are allergic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These pests are enormous in number and spread
on the whole of the earth. Cockroaches thrive in hot and humid environment and
hide in cracks and crevices. They are nocturnal in their habits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cockroaches are very cautious and hide after
feeling vibrations of human feet in the night. They can feed on anything and
everything. It is said that only a cockroach can survive after a nuclear
holocaust!<br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So if you don’t want to have cockroaches
establishing their homes in yours, you would have to clean up. If you have a
filthy kitchen or toilet, they will spread the whole of the filth in your
house. Keep your surrounding clean and never think of making cockroach your
buddy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">Cockroaches are smart
creatures in the manner they have survived. We can relate their survival
strategies so that we can celebrate life. As every life that survives on earth
is a proof of unremitting willingness to live. We must adhere to do what we are
supposed to do at that moment.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-84253519862955737862013-05-03T21:49:00.002+05:302013-05-03T21:54:23.418+05:30Coral Reef<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Sprawling
apartments has been phenomenal in the growth and development of Ranchi.
Similarly in the marine waters, growing coral reefs are apartments to diverse
animals. Do you know what a coral reef is? Well, it is a ridge or elevated part
of a relatively shallow area of the sea floor approaching the surface of the
sea. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Coral
reefs are massive wave resistant structures built largely by coral and
consisting of skeletal and chemically precipitated material. These are made by
polyps i.e. animals belonging to the Coelenterata. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">There
are basically three types of coral reefs: Fringing reefs, Barrier reefs and
Atoll. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The fringing reefs develop along the shoreline and from the shoreline
and form a channel or lagoon between the reef and the shore. The atolls are
island made of corals.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Lakshadweep
is called a ‘coral island’. Do you know why it is called so? Well, because the
whole landmass has been generated by piling up of dead polyps, layer by layer
and the formation has taken many years!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">The
coral reefs are most complex ecosystems found on the planet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">These are found in
great concentrations between 4 degrees north and south latitudes in western
portions of all major oceans. They generally extend to about 30 degrees north
and south of equator. They develop at a temperature not less than 20 degrees
Celsius. This is the reason why they are not found in very cold seas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Coral
reefs are very important as they are home to many sea dwelling creatures like
colourful fishes, conch, squids, octopuses, crabs etc.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Coral reefs form important
ecosystems. They also provide food to different animals like star fish. These
support fish production up to 2.5 lakh tonnes per year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Coral
reefs control the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the lower atmosphere and
in the sea water.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Coral
reefs check sea waves against going towards sea coasts by reducing their speed.
</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">They
are helpful in controlling Greenhouse Effect as they absorb carbon dioxide.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Not
only do the reefs help in maintaining ecological balance in the marine waters,
they also provide different types of raw materials for industries. Coral is
used in making jewelry, in repairing bones. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Coral Reef is an example of
symbiosis between animals and plants. Many algae grow in the corals, algae
provide food to them and they provide shelter. The algae- zooxanthellae and the
coelenterates exchange gases. To reach for light corals grow to occupy vast
expanses in the oceans and seas. Coral reef is the largest living structure
visible from the space!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">The multiplying coelenterates
lead to the increase in the mass of the coral reef. But in doing so, the coral
reef is exposed to physiological stress. The stress is caused by conditions
such as light, temperature of water and non-availability of nutrients. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">When exposed to stress corals
expel the algae out and turn white. This is called coral bleaching. It is not that only warm water causes coral
bleaching cold water also has the same effect. Coral bleaching is evidence that
the corals are experiencing stress and if they are further stressed, they can
die. It is matter of great concern worldwide.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-79030686425982519542013-02-11T17:33:00.002+05:302013-02-11T17:37:41.927+05:30Publication 2/11<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The article that was published today is on snails and slugs. You may read it <a href="http://epaper.jagran.com/epaperimages/11022013/10rch-pg12-0.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-24121378244702105582013-02-04T10:22:00.000+05:302013-02-04T10:22:36.375+05:30Publicaton 2/4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today the article that was published is on Turtles and Tortoises. I am not happy as some unusual errors have crept into it. Like my name is not appearing beneath my picture, a word is missing & a word has been misplaced. You can read it here. I hope the next article will be designed well. Anyways, you can read it<a href="http://epaper.jagran.com/epaperimages/04022013/03rch-pg24-0.pdf" target="_blank"> here</a>. Disappointing, it really is!</div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-75777942762964940202013-01-28T09:26:00.001+05:302013-01-28T09:29:56.431+05:30Publication 1/28<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Who are the honey makers among insects? The most generalized answer is Bees. But every bee does not make honey. Only honeybees make honey. And, only honeybees make honey sufficient to be extracted for human use. The article was published today in Juniour Jagran, you may check it here.<br />
<a href="http://epaper.jagran.com/epaperimages/28012013/27rch-pg13-0.pdf" target="_blank">Honey Makers</a></div>
lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-27331426192888944982013-01-24T14:16:00.003+05:302013-01-28T09:34:09.799+05:30Thesaurer Thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><b>Langerhans Cells & Islet of Langerhans</b></u></div>
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Langerhans Cells are not related to Islet of Langerhans. Both were discovered by Paul Langerhans, physician and anatomist from Germany.</div>
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<b>Langerhans Cells</b> are dendritic cells found in skin and mucosa, all layers of epidermis and are most prominent in stratum spinosum (a layer of epidermis characterized by presence of desmosomes and keratinocytes that synthesize cytokeratin). <a href="http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/25698.html" target="_blank">Langerhans' Cell Histiyocytosis</a></div>
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<b> Islets of Langerhans</b> are cells scattered throughout the pancreas which include cells that sense sugar level. in the blood. They are approximately<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islets_of_Langerhans" target="_blank">1-2% </a>of the entire organ. In Type I Diabetes body's immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys these cells, thereby making the body incapable of producing Insulin</div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-44354488664536861382013-01-21T09:48:00.003+05:302013-01-28T09:28:31.420+05:30Publication 1/ 21<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is Monday again, the story day! Well the article published was on <a href="shttp://epaper.jagran.com/epaperimages/21012013/20rch-pg24-0.pdf">Insect Architects</a>: Social Wasps. Wasps are incredible architects. They are blessed with instinct to build such wonderful structures using their little brains. Read it<a href="http://epaper.jagran.com/epaperimages/21012013/20rch-pg24-0.pdf" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br />
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-48311699609496493382013-01-20T10:37:00.002+05:302013-01-20T10:38:12.003+05:30w/, w/o, w/i, w/w<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So many dubloos :)<br />
If you are familiar with them then no problem but if you are not, you may continue reading.<br />
w/ means with<br />
w/o means without<br />
w/i means within<br />
w/w has nothing to do with 'with'. It has to do with chemistry instead, it means weight by weight. There are many others like V/V, W/V, V/W. <a href="http://www.thechemicalblog.co.uk/what-do-vv-ww-wv-andvw-mean/">Chemical blog </a>has explained it nicely. :)</div>
lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-53981382226800846042013-01-19T22:15:00.005+05:302013-01-28T09:34:09.804+05:30 Neurohormones,Neurotransmitters, Neuromodulators & Neuroregulators<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>The terms are commonly confused. I am trying to clarify using reference books that I have and material available on internet.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Neurohormones </b>are hormones secreted into the peripheral circulation from nerve terminals in the posterior pituitary gland. e.g., Vasopressin, oxytocin and hypothalamic releasing factors (GnRH, CRH,GHRH)<b> or </b>inhibiting factors (e.g., SST) are released into a specialized pituitary portal vasculature as neurohormones that direct secretion of anterior pituitary hormones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Neurotransmitters</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They conduct information synaptically between neurons. A peptide released from the fiber terminal of one neuron into the
synaptic cleft to act on the membrane of another neuron is a
neurotransmitter. This action is relatively fast and short
lasting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/lsergio/4505_Topic4.pdf">Excercise on Neurotransmitters </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>N<span style="font-size: small;">euromodulators</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They affect the response of a neuron to other neurotransmitters released from some or other neurons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In neuroscience, <a href="http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Neuromodulation.aspx"><b>neuromodulation</b></a> is the process in which several classes of neurotransmitters in the nervous system
regulate diverse populations of neurons (one neuron uses different
neurotransmitters to connect to several neurons). As opposed to direct
synaptic transmission, in which one presynaptic neuron directly
influences a postsynaptic partner (one neuron reaching one other
neuron), neuromodulatory transmitters secreted by a small group of
neurons diffuse through large areas of the nervous system, having an
effect on multiple neurons. Examples of neuromodulators include dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine, histamine and others.(paragraph <a href="http://www.brainexplorer.org/neurological_control/neurological_neurotransmitters.shtml">courtesy</a> )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Neurotransmitters vrs Neuromodulators</b></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Neurotransmitters:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>elicit the changes in membrane potential<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can be small MW classic neurotransmitters or
neuropeptides or gaseous nt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rapid, brief action</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Neuromodulators:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>typically, they do not affect membrane potential themselves, but
modulate (enhance or suppress) the effects of
neurotransmitters at the synapse </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>typically neuropeptides; one particular
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role at another synapse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>slow, prolonged action</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>small MW neurotransmitters and peptide
neuromodulators often coexist and corelease </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Neuroregulators</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Neuropeptides such as endorphins distributed throughout the CNS are expressed at many levels of the neuroaxis and act as neuroregulators via opiate receptors and function as analgesics.<b>Opioid peptides </b>e.g., Methionine enkaphaline, leucine enkephalin and β-endorphins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Q: How can one single peptide (neurotransmitter) affect the
function of a complex network (i.e., modulate a complex neural function)?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> Ans:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a <u>neurotransmitter</u>
at a strategic point in a neural network.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="houtnormal" style="text-indent: 40.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Inhibition of the peptide action
suppresses the activity of the network.</span></div>
<div class="houtnormal" style="text-indent: 40.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stimulation of the peptide
action increases the activity of the network.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="houtnormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an <u>endocrine</u>
agent present in the blood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="houtnormal" style="text-indent: 40.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The peptide triggers the action
of the neuronal network<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">®</span></span> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">®</span></span>
complex response</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As both an <u>endocrine</u>
agent triggering and a <u>neurotransmitter</u> sustaining the function of a
network.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="houtnormal" style="text-indent: 40.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>opioid peptides in pain suppression</span></div>
<div class="houtnormal" style="text-indent: 40.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cholecystokinin in the regulation of feeding</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div>
<div class="houtnormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://web.williams.edu/imput/I.html">Synthesis and Storage of Neurotransmitters</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.brainexplorer.org/neurological_control/neurological_neurotransmitters.shtml">Neurological Control</a></span></div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-19433803031396995212013-01-19T11:20:00.001+05:302013-01-19T11:30:35.770+05:30Eyes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"An Eye for an Eye makes the whole world blind"-Mahatma Gandhi.<br />
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This post, as the quotation cited above might be suggesting, is not for peace promotion but it is on the diversity of eyes. How eye has evolved into being a complex organ in more complex organisms from its relatively simpler counterparts in simpler organisms. <a href="http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/eyes_02">Read it here.</a></div>
lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-57629871661154272912013-01-17T10:41:00.000+05:302013-01-28T09:34:09.808+05:30Thesaurer Thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I found an interesting article in my mail. I am sharing it with you. Source is<a href="http://ezinearticles.com/"> Ezine Articles</a>.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bear these tips in mind to avoid the bear baring his teeth. Don't know which bear? It's the one bearing the bared tray.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Much of language is learned through hearing and
practice - through conversation. We rely on context to give meaning, but
what happens when we're led astray by what we hear?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Misused words and poor grammar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No problem - we've got the remedy! Discover the
true meaning and maintain a keen eye on your articles for this batch of
misused words:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>e.g. vs. i.e.</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>e.g.</b> - Latin abbreviation for
"exempli gratia," which means "for example." Use this abbreviation when
providing examples that's not a finite series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: Greg is a huge fan of cyborgs, <span style="color: red;">i.e.</span>, the Terminator, Inspector Gadget, and RoboCop.
<span style="color: green;">Correct</span>: Greg is a huge fan of cyborgs, <span style="color: green;">e.g.</span>, the Terminator, Inspector Gadget, and RoboCop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>i.e.</b> - Latin abbreviation for
"id est," which means "that is." Use this in place of “in other words,”
when you’re making something more clear, or when providing a finite
series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: Standing behind a horse can result in broken ribs, <span style="color: red;">e.g.</span>, you’re more likely to get kicked.
<span style="color: green;">Correct</span>: Standing behind a horse can result in broken ribs, <span style="color: green;">i.e.</span>, you’re more likely to get kicked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>accept vs. except</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>accept</b> - to consent to receive; to agree to undertake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: I <span style="color: red;">except</span> your challenge.
<span style="color: green;">Correct</span>: I <span style="color: green;">accept</span> your challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>except</b> - not including; other than; to exclude; a conjunction that conveys an exception.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: "I can resist everything, <span style="color: red;">accept</span> temptation." -- Oscar Wilde
<span style="color: green;">Correct:</span> "I can resist everything, <span style="color: green;">except</span> temptation." -- Oscar Wilde</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>advice vs. advise</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>advice</b> - information; guidance or recommendations typically given by an expert.*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: Need <span style="color: red;">advise</span>? We've got answers!
<span style="color: green;">Correct</span>: Need <span style="color: green;">advice</span>? We've got answers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Tip: Advice is a noun that can be singular or plural, like moose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>advise</b> - to offer suggestions; to recommend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: We can <span style="color: red;">advice</span> you on all of your legal needs!
<span style="color: green;">Correct</span>: We can <span style="color: green;">advise</span> you on all of your legal needs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>bear vs. bare</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>bear</b> - to carry (i.e., physically or mentally); a mammal with thick fur and a short tail (e.g., grizzly bear, teddy bear, etc.).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: <span style="color: red;">Bare</span> in mind, you should never trust a bear.
<span style="color: green;">Correct</span>: <span style="color: green;">Bear</span> in mind, you should never trust a bear.</span></div>
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<a href="http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2013/01/top-misused-words-part-v.html" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img align="right" border="0" style="cursor: move;" title="bearing vs. baring" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>bare</b> - not clothed or covered; to uncover; to expose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: My <span style="color: red;">bear</span> hands turned blue in the cold.
<span style="color: green;">Correct</span>: My <span style="color: green;">bare</span> hands turned blue in the cold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: From that day <span style="color: red;">fourth</span>, Gerald never looked at eggplant the same way.
<span style="color: green;">Correct</span>: From that day <span style="color: green;">forth</span>, Gerald never looked at eggplant the same way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Incorrect</span>: A <span style="color: red;">forth</span> of the sales can be attributed to cats.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As always, we are on the hunt for more and more
commonly misused words to help you achieve 100% error-free articles. If
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-72179279878788597922013-01-14T09:53:00.000+05:302013-01-14T13:28:47.910+05:30Publication: 1/14<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Spiders are crawly creatures and not insects. Many spiders spin web but every spider does not. My article about spiders was published in Dainik Jagran. <a href="http://epaper.jagran.com/epaperimages/14012013/13rch-pg11-0.pdf">To read it click the link.</a></div>
lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-8669866788922920672013-01-10T09:49:00.000+05:302013-01-28T09:34:09.813+05:30Thesaurer Thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><b>Toxin,Venom and Poison</b></u></div>
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Toxin, I have talked about earlier, is an antigenic poisonous substance that is produced within the living cells e.g., bee sting venom. In this post we will see the difference between toxin, venom and poison.</div>
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<b>Toxins</b> are produced in the living cells, and <b>venoms</b> are toxins that are injected by a
bite or sting to cause their effect. <b>Poison</b> is a substance which is chemically and biologically produced but absorbed through the epithelial lining of the gut or skin.</div>
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It is seen that there are certain venomous animals and there are others that are called poisonous animals but not venomous. <b>What is the difference between a venomous and a poisonous animal?</b></div>
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Well, it all depends on how the the biologically produced poisonous thing or the toxin is delivered. If the toxin is injected in the vein of the animal by the other animal which produces it and resorts to the aggression for self defence, it is called a venom. But if the harm is caused upon eating or touching anything of plant or animal origin, the plant or animal is called poisonous.</div>
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Examples of Poisonous Animals. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poisonous_animals" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-61184872713614910512013-01-07T07:55:00.000+05:302013-01-14T13:29:23.117+05:30Publication: 1/7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today my article was published in Dainik Jagran. It is on insects that sing. You can read it here. <a href="http://epaper.jagran.com/story1.aspx?id=56281&boxid=102288320&ed_date=07-jan-2013&ed_code=212&ed_page=24" target="_blank">Juniour Jagran</a></div>
lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-19883727324678370312013-01-03T20:37:00.001+05:302013-01-28T09:34:09.791+05:30Thesaurer Thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We encounter words that cause confusion or are used incorrectly, almost daily. We can make stupid mistakes if we don't know the correct usage of the words that are commonly mistaken. </div>
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For example 'toxin' is a word that is misused. Toxin is toxic and poison is toxic but mark poison cannot be a toxin. Many lifestyle journalists use the word 'toxin' incorrectly. Toxin is biologically produced and not generated by artificial processes.<br />
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'Thesaurer Thursday', will be a regular feature that will appear on Twining Stream on every Thursday. It will be a treasure trove of properly understood words.</div>
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<u><b>Toxin, Hapten and Antigen</b></u><br />
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Toxin, antibody and Hapten evoke immune response but can't be used interchangeably.</div>
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<b>Toxin</b> is an antigenic poisonous substance that is produced within the living cells e.g., bee sting venom. Poisonous substances which are synthesized using chemical process are not toxins, but are<b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxin" target="_blank">toxicants/toxics</a></b>. </div>
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<b>Antigen</b> is <b>anti</b>body <b>gen</b>erator. It evokes the production of one or more antibodies. And the antibodies produced bind to a specific antigen. Like a key fits into a lock antigen binds to the antigen binding site of the antibody. Antigens are of two types self and non-self, self antigens are tolerated by the body.</div>
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<b>Hapten</b> is a molecule that attaches to a protein which acts as its carrier and illicits immune response. The small protein which acts as the carrier is incapable of generating immune response. <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-hapten.htm" target="_blank">Hapten</a> is incapable of acting as an antigen and thereby stimulating the production of antibodies without its association with the carrier protein.</div>
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Toxin is a fictional character in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxin_%28comics%29" target="_blank">marvel comics universe</a>.</div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-44024678413474019502013-01-01T15:50:00.002+05:302013-01-01T15:53:26.456+05:30Myth: Mobile Radiation Causes Cancer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There is an article in <a href="http://www.ias.ac.in/resonance/November2012/p1048-1053.pdf" target="_blank">Resonance </a>by Shri Vasant Natarajan about the myth that mobile phone radiation causes cancer. Go through the article if you too support that all mobile phone towers should be removed from the residential area.</div>
lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-50930217867749269642013-01-01T13:18:00.002+05:302013-01-02T18:26:19.434+05:30Green Leafy Vegetables<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Everybody is told to eat green leafy vegetables in their childhood. Many mothers create stories to tell, so that their child could develop the habit of eating green leafy vegetables.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> In India, GLV's are called '<i>saag</i>'. <span style="font-size: small;">P</span>alak saag (spinach), sarson ka saag (mustard leaves), methi saag (fenugreek leaves) are some common leafy greens. Many people after learning the dietary benefits of this food start loving to have them in their plates.</span></span></div>
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Leafy Vegetables is an important component of cuisine worldwide. Every
culture has its own method of eating them. They are either eaten raw in
the form of salads, boiled or cooked differently with variations in the
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Dietary Benefits of GLV's</b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ideal for weight management:</b> they are low on calories and rich in fiber content.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Prevents constipation:</b> The fiber helps the food in the digestive tract to move well and delays the absorption of fats and cholesterol.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Improves vision:</b> The phytonutrients (carotenoids: lutein and zeaxanthin) in
dark GLVs are concentrated in the eye lens and macular region of the Retina
and play a protective role in the eye. They protect against both
cataract and age-related macular degeneration, the major cause of
blindness in the elderly.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Helpful to people with diabetes: </b>The GLV's have low glycemic index and rich magnesium content. It is helpful to those with diabetes type II.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reduces the risk of cancer, cardiovascular diseases and heart diseases</b>: Lutein and
zeaxanthin may help reduce the risk of certain types of cancer (
breast and lung cancer)<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">P</span>resence of phylloquinone or precursor of vitamin K<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">in GLV's </span></span></span></span>contribute<span style="font-size: small;">s</span> to the prevention of heart
disease and stroke .</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Rich Source of Vitamins and Minerals</b>: They are rich in folic acid,
vitamin C, potassium and magnesium, as well as containing a host of
phytochemicals, such as lutein, beta-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, and
beta-carotene. They contain typical plant nutrients, specially vitamin K, as they are photosynthetic tissues. Phylloquinone or the precursor of vitamin K, which is anticoagulant in animals is directly involved in photosynthesis.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>They help in reducing the risk of osteoporosis in the elderly and the pregnant women</b>: They are rich in iron<span style="font-size: small;"> and calcium content<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></b></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Popeye, the sailor man, a popular cartoon character is shown to gain strength after drinking his spinach soup. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> It is because the high fiber content of the food hinders proper exploitation of the nutrients present. And the intelligent sailor who was aware of the health benefits overcome the obstacles by extracting the juice.</span></span><br />
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-18366103853059758692012-12-21T11:57:00.002+05:302013-04-01T02:57:54.335+05:30For the Joy of Writing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "<i>Why do you want to write</i>?", asked a person to a little girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The little girl could not come up with a clear answer. And there was a pause. The person who had asked the question answered, "<i>Ok! I understand, it is because you want to be famous". </i>The girl answered<i>,"no I don't feel like I wish to be famous or admired</i>". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<i>This is only because I wish to write, I like to put words together see how sentences are made, how paragraphs are generated, this is it</i>", she answered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With his right hand on chin raised to an angle and his left hand tucking his waist, startled he concluded, <i>"so you like fiddling around with words".</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>"Yes, it is a kind of joy for me, it is more like playing, it is not a study thing. I enjoy it, my creativity oozes out, it is like building a sand apartment on the sea shore. You know, the joy of seeing it would last for minutes only. Till the time the rising tide is not in the scene on the shore. But you know, building it once will make your hands more skilled and the mind sharper for shaping sands in your next attempt in house building on the shore</i>", she explained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<i>So, it is for the joy of writing that I write</i>". The man was satisfied and said, "<i>but once you have written something, you must have readers for the stuff you've written"</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>"Yes, but I am in practice stage, I am a novice. I will come on road when I feel I can drive confidently. A confused driver makes the driver approaching him/her from the other side indecisive. It could invite an accident, </i>she smiled as she spoke.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<i>But you need to come on road, to check you can drive well. I mean will you learn driving for the sake of driving itself. It has to have a purpose. It must lead you somewhere. You understand what I say.</i>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<i>Um hmm</i>", said she.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<i>So you must start a blog</i>", suggested the man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And you know what this is why many girls start writing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I read an article in The Hindu which quoted <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/jeffrey-archer-what-the-reader-wants-is-a-simple-story/article4219633.ece" target="_blank">Jeffrey Archer</a> to have said that people wanted a simple story and he does not write sex or violence but he sells.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is seen that generally people look for a title in which such things are dramatised. But it must be a challenge for a writer to write such things, as it can put the writer's image at stake. For the sake of selling, you can't let others question your morality. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whatever, everything is abstract.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgZwJX7W9mTwXhoOQJ2kF8EirUMrh0QJOXH-udqaU6O2hcZjYr6Heg37_o7bloaFqbEggIaMxTHcIuFEh0UgEak-t74AkVQXSa-wTaWgFN4w9Tx8rKTujfKsmMLcKwDmcKixhXU9wLZw/s1600/Photo0620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgZwJX7W9mTwXhoOQJ2kF8EirUMrh0QJOXH-udqaU6O2hcZjYr6Heg37_o7bloaFqbEggIaMxTHcIuFEh0UgEak-t74AkVQXSa-wTaWgFN4w9Tx8rKTujfKsmMLcKwDmcKixhXU9wLZw/s320/Photo0620.jpg" width="240" /></a>If fiction is abstract, so are the sciences. It doesn't mean that science is not real and it does not exist. Science is eternal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Science like love, emotions, feeling, ideas, theories, studies, memories is hard to decry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My opinion matters, at least for my blog. During my training as a
journalist in the leading english national daily of North India, I was told that I should
not give my opinion on issues written for public but views should appear
from among the public in general, in the form of quotations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was told that my job as a reporter was
only to frame sentences and decide people whose quotations mattered. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once, I was mocked down by my seniour. He said that I should write academic books instead of writing reports. Later I did realise, reporting was not my niche'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is my nest, constructed with twines, scrappy little things. It is
cozy. It has warmth, feels good to me. It is so familiar and it smells like me.
Love this blog. Hope you love it too. </span></div>
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lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-51298970974494873932012-12-17T12:02:00.000+05:302013-01-14T13:29:38.985+05:30Publication 12/17<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://epaper.jagran.com/epaper/17-dec-2012-212-edition-Ranchi-Page-24.html" target="_blank">Today my article was published in the newspaper</a></div>
lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-39110502917862167442012-12-10T17:01:00.000+05:302013-01-14T13:29:53.025+05:30Publication 12/11<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/epaper/index.php?location=6&edition=2012-12-10&pageno=11#id=111756883972633768_6_2012-12-10" target="_blank">I got published today!</a></div>
lahratika mishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637300462040076018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133804379189019358.post-91449600424163257872012-12-06T15:42:00.004+05:302012-12-11T14:58:47.350+05:30Eggs & Sperms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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'<b>Egg</b>' for a biology student can be the <b>female gamete</b>* (*A mature haploid germ cell that is able to unite with
another of the opposite sex) that is called 'ovum' and also '<b>zygote</b>' which is the ovum fused with the 'sperm' or the male gamete. </div>
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Eggs, the female gametes have always got lots of bags and baggage (in the form of cytoplasm), they are non motile unlike the male gamete which is highly motile, energetic (mitochondria or the powerhouse of the cell finds a unique modification in the form of acrosome and cytoplasm is<a href="http://www.embryology.ch/anglais/cgametogen/spermato05.html"> negligible</a>). (Refer the link to see how sperms are formed, their structure etc.,)</div>
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One among the faculty members at Department of Zoology, Ranchi University is a great teacher. He explains everything very nicely. Sitting in his class can be a wonderful experience. Main Point: EGGS. I have a habit of straying away from the topic.<br />
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Never mind this is going to help for our better understanding of steps. He says egg/ovum is a miniature girl and sperm is miniature boy. </div>
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Now, in India, girls are clad with jewellery in the form of earrings, rings, chains etc, they have considerable amount in their purses and whenever they will go out of station they will take with them as much that can be taken :D.<br />
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But guys, they prefer moving with their hands without goods. Traveling without goods makes them much motile, they can have easy movement, contrary to the girls who have to take a good care of their goods. This has got an opposite side too, girls make sure that they have enough of everything so that they can sustain themselves but boys cannot.</div>
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This aspect can be observed in social structure too. Example is the institution of Marriage. Girls move to live with the boys family. So it is she and her family, in most of the cases who are responsible socially for the initial supply of resources from money to everything (house hold goods, comforts etc) for the formation of a social entity- the family.</div>
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The entire earth can be seen in a grain of sand. It does not matter how small a thing is. You can hold infinity in a second. If you wish too.</div>
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In next blog post I will discuss, 'Eggs in Invertebrates.'</div>
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