Tubmlr To Display Paid Advertisement

You can start serving for free  but can't proceed no longer. The fast growing blogging platform Tumblr went through a similar situation. Initially the founder of the service Mr. David Karp was against displaying ads on his platform, now he seems to be diverting from his previous stance.  "Tumblr could monetise itself immediately by displaying Google's advertising, but that this would be "a complete last resort", said Mr Karp in an interview with Ad Age.  

                                                Fast growing blogging service, Tumblr.

The stance was strong when Tumblr was not

An interview to Los Angles Times  in 2010 he said "i am opposed to advertisement on such platforms". Later he even used harsh words against his rivals google and Facebook for displaying paid advertisement, calling them "devoid of creativity". Some people think that this attitude of Mr. Karp was just a formula for attracting more users, otherwise ads free services make no sense for a platform like Tumblr. Now Tumblr has attained the position were it is serving millions of bloggers, Mr. Karp, like any other businessman was expected to take back his previous words.

Space for ads

Ads will be displayed within the dashboard. Ads will appear on in the pre-existing "radar" slot which is currently used to display popular posts from different users.

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Yahoo To Buy Tumblr-Deal Approved For $1.1bn

Yahoo has approved a deal to buy the blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 bn, US media reports.  The final announcement is expected as early as Monday.

                                Founder of Tumblr David Karp. Getty images photo.

Tumblr is a blogging service based at New York. The service is run by a young New Yorker, David Karp who founded it in 2007. David Karp however is expected to remain in his office with his current role. Tumblr has attracted a huge crowd of bloggers due to it's unique design of amalgamating social services with blogging platform. According to Tumblr's home page it is know offering services to about 108 million blogs worldwide. 

Downing Yahoo Grips Rising Tumblr

Yahoo in spite of being an Internet giant, has faced several ups and downs throughout 2012. In 2012 alone it discarded 1000 jobs. Yahoo was also seemed confused weather to focus on content or tools and technologies. Yahoo earns through advertisement revenue. On the other hand Tumblr is getting more and more popular, covering millions of bloggers. To retain the quality of it's services it also cancelled a decision of placing adds on it's blogs. The deal between Yahoo and Tumblr has worried many who are using an advert free Tumblr. Gokhan Acar, head of a blogging community at Istanbul told infocables that a possible advert on Tumblr may slow down the speed with which it is getting popularity.

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South Korea Critisizes Japan Over North Korea Visit

South Korea has criticised Japan over an unexpected visit of official to North. Adviser to Prime minister Shinzo Abe visited North Korea on Thursday. The official reached Pyongyang on 14th of May on an undeclared visit. The purpose of visit is unclear however South voices concerns over Japan's possible intentions to mend frosty relations with North. 

  Adviser to Japanese Priminister Isao Iijima (L) meets with North Korean officials- Photo from presstv.com

 

   Foreign ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young's remarks came 2 days after Japanese adviser to Prime minister Shinzo Abe reached North Korea on a surprise visit. Commenting on the visit North Korean official said that the move will undermine establishing a united front against North in response to the communist country's war rhetoric and it's hostile programme of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). 

Talking to reporters Cho said,

  "It is important to maintain a close coordination, among the Republic of Korea (South Korea), the U.S. and Japan, toward North Korea, In that sense, we think that the visit by Iijima to North Korea is unhelpful,". Cho further said that Japan has informed that Jimia is due north on an official visit and expressed regret over late notification.

According to the North Korea's state media, Iijima met with with Kim Yong-il, the secretary of the North's Central Committee of the Workers' Party, on Wednesday, the media however didn't explain any special purpose of the visit. The visit has received condemnation from South, calling it an unhelpful move in establishing an opposition to North's Nuclear programme. Japan itself is highly opposed to the missile programme of North Korea and considers it a continuous threat to the region. It to be noted that Japan and North Korea don't have any diplomatic ties.

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United Nation's Report Urges People To Eat Insects

The Food and Agriculture organisation of the UN in a report urges people around the world to eat insects in order to fight against hunger and Mal nutrition. It further says that the use of insects could also boost nutrition, reduce hunger and pollution all over the world. The organisation is of the view that it is much easier and beneficial to use insects as food as insects reproduce quickly, have high feed to growth conversion rate. "Insects are everywhere and they reproduce quickly, and they have high growth and feed conversion rates and a low environmental footprint," the report says.  Millions of people in countries like china have already been using insects in their food recipes. According to a report, total number of people using insects as a regular food is 2 billion.

                      Fried crickets ready to serve. Photo by Photograph: KHAM/REUTERS

Nutritional value
Various researches have revealed that insects are rich in proteins, minerals and fats. It is said that insects may be further useful for undernourished children. The idea of using insects as food has something to do with the protein production efficiency of insects. As compared to livestock, insects need much lesser feed to produce the same amount of proteins. Crickets need 12 times less feed to produce the same amount of proteins than cattle.

Eating insects is disgusting
No matter what the nutritional value of insects is, it is still disgusting to eat insects like wasps, beetles, bumble bees and house flies. Some people call the report really funny and illogical. The balance of nature set by the nature itself has certain boundaries and regulations. Chickens and livestock are meant for food purposes whereas insects are designed to carryout pollination and other natural processes. Experts say that the there is no shortage of food in the world but people are jobless and don't have money and this is due to un necessary wars. Markets are teeming with variety of foods everywhere but people don't have money to buy things. In spite of urging the people to eat house flies and cockroaches, the United Nations must take steps to stop wars and hence the destruction of humanity. 

More about the topic

• Workers in Chinese silk factories after processing silk worm cocoons often take pupae home for dinner.
• In China tens of different species of insects are included in the food list.
• Insects have been a special source of food for humans centuries ago.
• Most common edible insects include wasps, locusts, beetles and grasshoppers.

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A Syrian Rebel Cuts Out Soldier's Heart And Bites Into It

A video recently posted on the Internet shows a Syrian rebel allegedly cutting out the heart of a dead Syrian soldier and bitting into it. The whole process was intentionally taped and published on the web. The rebel first slices out the heart in front of the camera and then eats it. "I swear we will eat from your livers and hearts" the rebel says referring to the Syrian Arab Army.

                                                      Image taken from the video screen.

Identification of the rebel

 The rebel has been identified as Abu Sakkar, founder of a militant wing Farouq brigade, says Peter Bouckaert, an activist from New York Human Rights Watch. Abu sakkar has been seen in other videos and identified with his black jacket and rings on his fingers.

Unedited version of the video
In the unedited version of the same video Sakkar is recorded ordering his soldiers to cut out the hearts of Syrian army soldiers to eat them. The video has created outrage around the globe, people condemning the hineous war crimes of the foreign backed militant groups in Syria.

Content Warning! This video may not be suitable for people below 18, those who have proplems related to heart and psychology.

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US Led Based Hit By A Heavey Bomber

One of the US led largest military bases in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand has come under attack by a heavily armed bomber, official say. Attacks on the U.S led military forces in Afghanistan have gained new momentum in 2013. Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 U.S has faced failure in attaining it's military goals.

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Turkis Military Lost Communication With Fighter Jet

              A Turkish F-16 Fighter jet- in the southern Turkish city of Adana July 3, 2012. (Reuters)

Turkish military officials said on Monday that they have lost contact with one of their F-16 fighter jets near Osmaniye, about 50 km from the boarder with Syria. Initially reported by the Arabian famous English news TV, Al Arabiya. NTV has know reported Turkish military officials as saying that the fighter jet was crashed accidentally and the pilot has already contacted them about a possible ejection.

 Last June the Syrian Military had shot down a Turkish F-4 fighter jet inside Syrian air space. However the Turkish government had rejected the statement saying the plane was shot within the international air space. The relation between Turkey and Syria are deteriorating continuously since the Turkish government started open support to the rebels frightening against Syria. Turkish officials have also raised their suspicion of the involvement of Syrian secret services in Sunday's bombing in the Turkish city of Hatay, which killed about 45 people. Syria however has rejected the allegation in a statement on Monday.

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The Spectacular Wisteria Tunnel Japan

Wisteria tunnel in Japan is one of the top spectacular places on the planet. The tunnel is located in Kawachi Fuji garden in the city of Kitakyushu. The name Wisteria comes from the name of the flowering plants Wisteria, surprisingly about 150 different wisteria plants can be seen in this park. Passing through the wisteria tunnel, decorated with wisteria flowers, breathtaking flowers hanging just above your head for hundreds of meters, walking through this frangnant and colourful tunnel means, having the experience of paradise before death. We will be discussing further on the, how to reach from capital? and best time to visit later. But first me take you through the tunnel and garden.

                             A walk through the Wisteris tunnel. Photo by udivitelno.com

                    Another awesome view of the empty Wisteria tunnel-Photo by udivitelno.com

                           An eye catching road side in Wisteria garden-Photo by udivitelno.com

How to reach from the Capital Tokyo?
By Train
According to google maps and other sources, the garden is located at a drive of about 6 hours from the capital Tokyo. The total distance between Tokyo and Kitakyushu is km. Total time taken by Nozomi train is 5 hrs and the total cost for one way trip is 21,500 yen. Japan rain pass holders however can't use Nozomi trains, they need to use Hiari and Sakura trains which take almost 6 hours to Kitakyushu.
By air
Several different flights on multiple times serve the travels from Tokyo to Kitakyushu. The main three companies are JAL, ANA, and Starflyer. One way cost on JAL and ANA is round about 37000 yen, Starflyer is comparatively cheaper with a regular one way fare of about 33000 yen. Several discounts can also be found many times.

More about the topic

• Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in pea family.
• The largest wisteria garden is located in California, United States.
• Best time to visit Wisteria garden of Japan starts from April up to mid May.
• Wisteria garden is a private park and fee can be charged.
• A wisteria festival is held from 25-27 of April every year.
• Official website 
• Wisteria garden is among the world's top spectacular places.

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Glowing Plants-Hope Of A Future Wonderland

What about glowing plants instead of the streetlights in your city streets? Think about having a cute green glowing plant on your study table instead of a lamp! Imagine a whole garden with glowing plants, flowers and grass. It's seems absolutely mythical! but not anymore_a plant from a wonderland is going to be designed by our marvellous scientists.

                                              A glowing plant model published by project team.

About the project

A team of Standford-trained PhDs have so far promised their backers for the delivery of seeds by next may. The scientist are raising funds for the completion of the mythical project. Backers and customers have already crowded the mythical market of their dream glowing plants. With a month still to go, the project has successfully raised $243,000, it's initial goal was $6500. Team leader and project manager Antony Evans said that DNA sequence for the project has been developed, the money will be used to print the sequence and insert it into a prototype and then grow it in the laboratory.

Inspiration and methodology

Nature has been the ultimate provider of amazing ideas to minds. The idea of glowing plants has been taken from the firefly. "Inspired by fireflies... our team of Stanford-trained PhDs are using off-the-shelf methods to create real glowing plants in a do-it-yourself bio lab in California," said project leader Antony Evans. The methodology includes the insertion of a florescent gene into a small plant called arabidopsis. The transfer process will be carried out by a type of bacteria called agrobacteria which are already widely used in biotechnology. Agrobacteria is able to transfer genes between itself and a plant.

The  idea is not new

The idea of glowing plants is not brand new rather it was discussed and even experimented so far. A team of scientist at the university of California had created a glowing tobacco in 2008. Followed by a team of scientist at Cambridge university who enabled a bacteria in 2009. But ideas make the difference and the new project is a step a head of the previous ones.

Known team members

• Antony Evans-Project Leader and manager.
• Omri Amirav-Drory-Synthetic biologist.
• Kyle Taylor-Plant scientist.
• George Church-Professor of genetics at Harvard University, backing the project.

What is irritating?
The irritating face of the project, specially for the backers is the lack of discussion on the project. Theo Sanderson, member of the 2010 project at Cambridge says,"Nobody can deny that the idea of walking down a path lit by glowing trees is pretty enticing... what has disappointed me has been the lack of discussion as to what the team actually plan to do with the funds raised, and whether the science stacks up".

More on the topic

• The glowing effect according to a researcher, will also be inserted into roses.
• An important component is Luciferase, an enzyme common in fireflies, glowing fungi and bacteria.
• The method used in DNA transplant is under the branch of science called 'Synthetic biology.

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Ancient Bone-headed Dinosaur Discovered

Canadian researches have discovered a new species of dinosaurs called bone-headed dinosaurs. These dinosaurs according to the researches had a dome shaped bony head, about 10 centimetres thick. Dubbed Acrotholus audeti, the dog sized creature was discovered and unveilded on the basis of both previously discovered and recently found fossils. Acrotholus literally means high domed, which refers to the high dome like bonny skull of the new species.The part audeti's link goes back to 2008 and refers to Roy audet,the Alberta rancher,on who's land the best specimen of the creature was discovered. 

What the newly discovered specimen reveals?

The recently discovered Acrotholus is the oldest bone-headed dinosaur ever found in the world. According to a report published by BBC, the history of bone headed-dinosaurs revealed from the study of the discovered specimen goes back to 85 million years. The specimen also reveals fruitful information about the anatomy, physiology and living behaviour of the creatures. The creature waled on two legs, was a vegetarian and weighs up to 40 kilo grams. It is believed that the dome like bony skull was possibly used in the combat grounds. Dr. David Evans of the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum said “Acrotholus provides a wealth of new information on the evolution of bone-headed dinosaurs. Although it is one of the earliest known member of this group, its thickened skull dome is surprisingly well-developed for its geological age. More importantly, the unique fossil record of these animals suggests that we are only beginning to understand the diversity of small-bodied plant-eating dinosaurs".

More info about the topic

• Researchers say that there have been about 16 different types of bone-headed dinosaurs.
• The dinosaur was about the size of a large dog, among the smallest dinosaurs ever found.
• The specimen may further reveal information about the rise and fall of dinosaurs.
• The specimen further reveals that the society of mighty dinosaurs also had smaller organisms living with them.

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Eye Safety During Solar Eclipse

 Solar eclipse is fascinating

Solar eclipse is considered as one of the most fascinating things in nature. People love to enjoy such strange events in which occur in our mighty universe. This astronomical event is even valuable for scientists, students and professional photographers. You might know the important contribution of solar eclipse in formulating the Einstein's theory of relativity. He has been waiting anxiously for a solar eclipse for many months to study the slight bending of light from stars due to solar gravity. 

                       A fascinating view of a solar eclipse- Photo from flickr

Direct viewing of sun during solar eclipse

Why it is un advisable to look at solar eclipse with naked eyes? As we all know that it is harmful to look at the bright sun. It is because sun light contains some high intensity wavelengths like ultra Violet(UV) and infra red which can affect the retina. Continuous exposure of the light sensitive retina to intense light damages the light sensitive rod and con cells. This light triggers certain chemical reactions which disable the cells to respond to visual stimulus. Over exposure of high intensity light can also permanently damage the photo sensitive cells and can cause a permanent blindness. This is caused by a solar injury, the high intensity light literally cooks the cells and creates a permanent damage. Also our eye is not designed in a way to bear the overall light intensity of bright sun.

 When it comes to solar eclipse, there are some serious warnings from astronomers and physicists. Clear questions can be raised in this case, because during the solar eclipse the intensity of sunlight is highly reduced and as a result the damaging effect must be minimum. Instead it is advised to be more careful during solar eclipse. The reason behind is firstly some amount of infra red and ultra Violet rays may still be coming from the small glaring portions of the sun. The radiations when fall directly on the retina can have damaging effects. Secondly, when we look at a dark area the aperture of our pupil automatically expands to let enough light to enter. In the same way when we look at the solar eclipse, the aperture expands to allow maximum light to pass through it, as the eclipse don't take any longer time, a beam of bright sunlight may suddenly fall. In such a case enough light will have been already fallen on the retina before aperture limits the amount of light. In other words, the sun may surprise us by suddenly throwing it's first beam of light during the eclipse. 

Safety measures

According to a NASA report, which says "The only time that the Sun can be viewed safely with the naked eye is during a total eclipse, when the Moon completely covers the disk of the Sun. It is never safe to look at a partial or annular eclipse, or the partial phases of a total solar eclipse, without the proper equipment and techniques."

To view the sun directly during a solar eclipse is safe only when solar filters are used. These filters always have a thin layer of chromium alloy or aluminium deposited on their surfaces which attenuates both visible and infra red radiations. One of the most widely available filters is a welder's glass which can easily be obtained from a welder supply store. 

                             A type of Welder's goggles- Photo taken from http://us-forge.com

Another cheap alternative is aluminized Mylar used mostly for solar observations.

                           Your eye is your everything, protect this priceless gift of God.

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Labour Day And It's Origin

Labour day is celebrated as a Holiday around the globe to praise the achievements of the labours. It is celebrated on different dates in different regions of the world. 

                   Labour Union at Mill, passaic (LOC)   Date of the photo is unknown

A touch from history

Some countries have their own historical reasons for celebrating the labour day, but the common origin of labour day goes back to 18th century. In 1800's during the industrial revolution in the united states, an average labour worked for 12 hours a day, 7 days a weak. In spite of this hard working period a worker was just able to earn not more than his food. Children of ages shockingly reaching up to 5 years were subjected to work in industries and fields under the same working conditions. Under this system, poor citizens were mostly exploited by the rich class.

As the industrial and agricultural systems in the united states were revolutionised, the working class gained enough strength to form a union and protest for the harsh working hours and the unjustful pay. With the passage of time they become more and more vocal. They managed protests and rallies and compelled employers to review their working hours and pay. In conjunction to the same movement, the Hay market Riot incident occurred in 1886 in which many labours and policemen were killed. On 5 September 1882, the labour union staged a long march from City Hall to Union square in New york City, marking the first labour day on the page of the history. These events finally enable the working union to make their legal and justful stance accepted. Since then the first Monday of September in the united states is celebrated as Labour day.

Labour day in other regions

Labour day in Asia

Labour day in Asia is a public holiday, celebrated for the same reason of praising the achievements of labour group. It is observed on the 1st of May every year.

Labour day in Australia
In the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia labour day is celebrated on the first Monday of October every year. But in both Victoria and Tasmania it is the second Monday of the same month. The celebration in Australia is again a public holiday.

Labour day in Canada
In Canada labour day is celebrated on the first Monday of September every year. The celebration is observed as a public holiday. The history of labour day in Canada goes back to 1872, when a parade was staged to support the Toronto typographical unions strike for a 58 hours of weekly working time. The supporters were initially subjected to suppression and torture.

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Bhudist Extremists Set Fire To Mosques And Houses In Myanmar

                 A man is walking through the debris of destroyed Muslim houses   (photo from press TV)

Hundreds of Buddhist extremists attacked the Muslim populations in Myanmar, setting two mosques and 100s of houses to fire. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Okkan, almost 70 miles from the country's former capital Yangon. According to the sources about 400 hundred Buddhist extremists attacked the locality where Muslims were already under fear of being killed and expelled. The residents ran into the nearby forests, leaving everything belong to them to be burnt. At least one reported killed and 10 others injured as a result of the deadly incident. 

 Rohingya Muslims living in the western Myanmar are now considered as the most neglected people on the glob by the international community. The are subjected to murder, immolation, suppression and expulsion from their homeland just because they are Muslims. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas are expelled and thousands are killed this year alone. The Government of Myanmar is continuously refusing to accept the minority as citizens of Myanmar in spite of the fact that they have been living there of centuries. According to some reports, Myanmar military is also supporting the extremist mobs with weapons and petrol to burn the Muslim villages and their property. In spite of the pressure from various human rights organisations and international community, the government of Myanmar has not taken any steps to safeguard the Muslim minority.

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