Now, I'm no geneticist, but :
A few years ago i did a story where I
made fun of Richard Dawkins and played
up the planet of the apes, all with the
message that DNA research had not
reached what I would call it's
piece de la resistance.
If we humans are 95% like the common
mouse, then DNA, as we know it, is
not the answer to life. There's got to be more.
Well, here's the proof. As always, it's in the
stuff that everybody threw away as junk.
checkit: from Hang the bankers
Scientists discover “junk” DNA has uses
07 Sep 2012
by Jacque Fresco
For decades more than 98 percent of our genetic code was dismissively labeled “junk” DNA. But a massive new study shows that it actually plays a crucial role – a discovery that could revolutionize science and medicine.
We know that only 1.2 per cent of our genetic code contains specific instructions for how to synthesize proteins that create the cells that make us who we are.
As for the rest? It was assumed to be useless baggage, or at the very least, its function wasn’t obvious.
In 2003 a $120 million project called Encode was launched to find out what, if anything, is happening in the rest of the DNA. It united more than 400 scientists in over 30 labs all around the world.
The results were published in 30 different scientific papers this week, and have blown up our understanding of the gene.
The rest of the DNA may be regulatory elements, or using a simple metaphor, switches.
“Regulatory elements are the things that turn genes on and off,” says Professor Mike Snyder of Stanford University, a principal investigator in Encode “Much of the difference between people is due to the differences in the efficiency of these regulatory elements. There are more variants, we think, in the regulatory elements than in the genes themselves.”
“I don’t think anyone predicted that would be the case,” says Dr. Bradley Bernstein, an Encode researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Encode claims that 80 percent of all DNA seems to have some biological function.
“These parts of the DNA have important implications for the growth and development of embryos and foetuses during pregnancy. These are the kinds of elements that make your tissues and organs grow properly, at the right time and place, and containing the right kinds of cells,” says Anne Ferguson-Smith of Cambridge University.
They also regulate the predisposition towards illnesses like cancer, diabetes and Crohn’s disease.
Tim Hubbard of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge gives an example: “We know that breast cancer is not one disease but there’s multiple types of breast cancer with all sorts of different mechanistic processes going wrong.”
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
tattoo wearers are not necessarily sane
so they wear them like a wrinkley shirt? so what?
As I said in an old entry, the ones who get a tatt,
and then a second and then do their whole back,
are not cool. They're as demented and anal
as the "normal" people that they make fun of.
Here's a case. This guy's stuck on Miley Cyrus.
He needs to check his head.
the video, from a German show
(can't find My Tattoo Addiction):
As I said in an old entry, the ones who get a tatt,
and then a second and then do their whole back,
are not cool. They're as demented and anal
as the "normal" people that they make fun of.
Here's a case. This guy's stuck on Miley Cyrus.
He needs to check his head.
the video, from a German show
(can't find My Tattoo Addiction):
Saturday, 24 November 2012
check, please
we're getting out of this all-trusting all-globalising
heads the US wins, tails, you lose, game.
We want our gold back.
Apparently the UK is willing to cover all bank
losses from infinite re-hypothecation, as Brown did
in the Brown's Bottom Show. He covered the banks
when the evil Germans decided to ask for their gold
back.
I wonder why they don't trust those Brit re-hypothecators.
I would. pfffffffft
Just because the UK government lost money, prestige and gold
doesn't mean that the banks learned their lesson. If the re-hypo
laws were not changed, that means the UK wants the banks
to stack up their gambling so that they're too big to fail.
checkit: Zerohedge
heads the US wins, tails, you lose, game.
We want our gold back.
Apparently the UK is willing to cover all bank
losses from infinite re-hypothecation, as Brown did
in the Brown's Bottom Show. He covered the banks
when the evil Germans decided to ask for their gold
back.
I wonder why they don't trust those Brit re-hypothecators.
I would. pfffffffft
Just because the UK government lost money, prestige and gold
doesn't mean that the banks learned their lesson. If the re-hypo
laws were not changed, that means the UK wants the banks
to stack up their gambling so that they're too big to fail.
checkit: Zerohedge
It Begins: Ecuador Demands Repatriation Of One Third Of Its Gold
Holdings
One week
ago, when we reported the news that the Bundesbank had secretly pulled
two thirds of its gold from London years ago, we said the following:
...
Germany has done nothing wrong! It simply demanded a reclamation of what is
rightfully Germany's to demand.
And here
is the crux of the issue: in a globalized system, in which every sovereign is
increasingly subjugated to the credit-creating power of the globalized
"whole", one must leave all thoughts of sovereign independence at the
door and embrace the "new world order." After all this is the only
way that the globalized system can create the shadow cloud of infinite repo-able
liabilities, in which we currently all float light as a binary feather, which
permits instantaneous capital flows and monetary fungibility, and which guarantees that there will be no sovereign
bond issue failure as long as nobody
dares to defect from the system in which all collateral is cross pledged and ultra-rehypothecated...
for the greater good. Until the Buba secretly defected that is.
And
this is the whole story. Because by doing what it has every right to do, the
German Central Bank implicitly broke the cardinal rule of true modern monetary
system (never to be confused with that socialist acronym fad MMT, MMR or some
such comparable mumbo-jumbo). And the rule is that a sovereign can never put
its own people above the global corporatist-cum-banking oligarchy, which needs
to have access to all hard (and otherwise) assets at any given moment, on a
moment's notice, as the system's explicit leverage at last check inclusive of
the nearly $1 quadrillion in
derivatives, is about 20 times greater than global GDP. This also happens to be
the reason why the entire world is always at most a few keystrokes away from a
complete monetary (and trade)
paralysis, as the
Lehman aftermath and the Reserve Fund breaking the buck so aptly showed.
We
are confident that little if anything will be made of the Buba's action, because
dwelling on it too much may expose just who the first country will be (or
already has been) when the tide finally breaks, and when it will be every
sovereign for themselves. Because at that point, which will come
eventually, not only Buba, but every other bank, corporation, and
individual will scramble to recover their own gold located in some vault in
London, New York, or Paris, or at your friendly bank vault down the street, and
instead will merely find a recently emptied storage room with humorously
written I.O.U. letters in the place of 1 kilo gold bricks.
It
appears that the story, which has refused to go away, was not covered
sufficiently fast, and precisely the worst case scenario - at least for the
"asset-lite" status quo - is slowly but surely starting to
materialize. From Bloomberg:
Ecuador’s
government wants the nation’s banks to repatriate about one third of their foreign
holdings to support national growth, the head of the country’s tax agency said.
Carlos
Carrasco, director of the tax agency known as the SRI, said today that
Ecuador’s lenders could repatriate about $1.7 billion and still fulfill
obligations to international clients. Carrasco spoke at a congressional hearing
in Quito on a government proposal to raise taxes on banks to finance cash
subsidies to the South American nation’s poor.
So
yesterday: Germany... today: Ecuador... tomorrow: the World?
Because
while Ecuador, with its 26.3 tonnes of gold, may be small in the grand scheme
of gold things, all it takes is for more and more banks to join the bandwagon
and demand delivery in kind from official repositories (i.e., New York and
London), and the myth that is the overcollateralization of hard money by central banks will
promptly come to an abrupt, bitter and, likely, quite violent end.
we gotta see the penguin
When a pimp says he's got money for your poor school to give
to kids, I think you oughta hold your morals and buy those kids
some books with the pimp's money.
I guess Greeks are more moral than desperate, since they turned
down the Madame of the Hour, who came to save the local kids
from becoming illiterate, drug-addled, uhm hookers.
She's the boss
Read 'em: guardian
to kids, I think you oughta hold your morals and buy those kids
some books with the pimp's money.
What?
The Greek government is more moral?
I got it! The Troika is moral.
I'm having difficulty with this.
I guess Greeks are more moral than desperate, since they turned
down the Madame of the Hour, who came to save the local kids
from becoming illiterate, drug-addled, uhm hookers.
She's the boss
Read 'em: guardian
Greeks wary of brothel owners bearing gifts after school
donation
Parents protest after needy school in port of Patras is
forced to return madam's €3,000 cheque
Helena Smith in
Athens
Friday 9 November 2012 19.42 GMT
Soula Alevridou in one of her brothels. Greek authorities
said of her donation: 'What is legal is not necessarily moral'. Photograph:
John Kolesidis/Reuters
In a country ravaged by recession, Soula Alevridou stands
out, in more ways than one. Where other Greek entrepreneurs have fallen on hard
times, her business is booming – so much so that she has been forced to open new
premises to meet demand.
With success has come largesse, but in a nation where few
can afford to give – or are too busy stashing their ill-gotten gains abroad –
her generosity has touched a nerve.
Alevridou, owner of two brothels in the central Greek town
of Larissa, is at the centre of a furore after local officials insisted that a
primary school return her donation to cover the costs of textbooks and a
photocopier.
This is not her first brush with notoriety: she recently
bailed out her local football team, and players now proudly – if awkwardly –
wear bright pink jerseys advertising Soula's House of History and Villa
Erotica, the two brothels that have made her rich.
"I am a Greek woman, and I love my country," said
the petite 67-year-old, who has a penchant for stacked shoes and small dogs.
"If we don't help our scientists and athletes, where will we be?" she
said last month after announcing she would sponsor the cash-strapped team.
It seemed only natural, then, that when a primary school in
the western port city of Patras became insolvent – with bankrupt local
authorities making clear they were in no position to provide books or even a
photocopier for the school – the self-styled philanthropist would come to the
rescue again.
Moved by an appeal last week from the school's parents'
association, Alevridou immediately wrote a cheque for €3,000 to cover the costs
of the photocopier and a small library.
At first the school was grateful. "She was the only one
who tried to help," the town's deputy mayor, Theohari Massaras told the
Guardian.
"Schools, now, are totally under-funded. Local
municipalities are in charge of their finances and there's no money, not even
to buy aspirin for the kids," he said.
"Parents who have badly affected by all the austerity
measures are desperate. Many of them can't afford to buy textbooks for their
children."
The gesture would have been a footnote in the economic
crisis bedevilling the debt-stricken country had news of it not got out. As
soon as local media ran with the story, Alevridou found herself at the centre
of a furious row over the propriety of a brothel madam stepping into a gap
created by fiscal recklessness and state profligacy.
Although prostitution is legal in Greece – where in 2006 its
ability to spur economic activity prompted the government to revise its GDP
calculations on the basis of tax earnings from the profession – it is frowned
upon. Authorities have been quick to denounce Alevridou for using philanthropy
to promote her establishments.
"Donations reveal the depths of sensitivity of our
society … and as such schools are allowed to accept them especially when they
come through parents' associations. But we must not forget that primary school
teaches new members of our society, it dictates their value system and stance
towards life," said Giorgos Panayiotopoulos, the provincial director of
education in western Greece.
"Exploitation of a school, and by extension its
children, by different businesses is unacceptable and should be denounced in
the strongest possible way, especially when the principles of the business in
question are not in keeping with the principles of education," he said,
demanding the donation be returned to the brothel owner. "What is legal is
not necessarily moral. We must protect our children."
Alevridou admits that her brothels – run out of pastel
coloured bungalows in Larissa – have fared better than most, but vehemently
rejects accusations that her latest act of goodwill is aimed at self-promotion.
"She is very upset and very disappointed and doesn't want to talk,"
said an employee speaking on her behalf. "She has told me to tell everyone
she was only trying to help. This whole thing has been distorted."
At the Patras primary school, teachers and parents are
fuming. With the donation returned to its sender, the school remains without
books or a photocopier to get children through the term. "It would have
been much cleverer had the school simply taken the donation and not said who it
was from," said Massaras. "This way everyone has been left with
nothing. It's tragic."
bernie walks up to the corporation & pokes it in the eyes
That proves that corporations are people.
if you can poke them in the eyes, then
that's a person.
Bernie Sanders, freshly elected by the people
of Vermont, walks up to corporations and
pulls their underwear over their heads.
The video, maestro:
if you can poke them in the eyes, then
that's a person.
Bernie Sanders, freshly elected by the people
of Vermont, walks up to corporations and
pulls their underwear over their heads.
The video, maestro:
they're more like us. I can vote for that
All us racist whites have always traded on our racism when it comes
to things that cannot be traced back to us.
Now, it's not necessary in the US. It seems that black folk
are willing to become white in order to curry our vote.
Take Barrack Obama. He even had a white mother. How
sneaky is that?
golf. a small family with a father, one father for all the kids.
visiting and helping blacks in the 'hoods
Here's proof that he's one of us:
the video, please:
NOTE:
the use the words "us racist whites" is only for rhetorical purposes, i.e. it
is designed to suck in,or make fun of, white racists, because I'm not one of them.
to things that cannot be traced back to us.
Now, it's not necessary in the US. It seems that black folk
are willing to become white in order to curry our vote.
Take Barrack Obama. He even had a white mother. How
sneaky is that?
golf. a small family with a father, one father for all the kids.
visiting and helping blacks in the 'hoods
Here's proof that he's one of us:
the video, please:
NOTE:
the use the words "us racist whites" is only for rhetorical purposes, i.e. it
is designed to suck in,or make fun of, white racists, because I'm not one of them.
this is what I call commuting
I've got some awesome ideas for commuting that
I've been mulling over. I'll put them on my tech
blog when I have time to flesh them out.
You gotta bring fun to commuting to get
self-centred assholes to leave their cars at home.
So, for those who don't mind sweating before they
get to work, here's a biker's dream commute.
Let's cut to the video:
I've been mulling over. I'll put them on my tech
blog when I have time to flesh them out.
You gotta bring fun to commuting to get
self-centred assholes to leave their cars at home.
So, for those who don't mind sweating before they
get to work, here's a biker's dream commute.
Let's cut to the video:
that's not prediction. all they had to do was wait
The Yes Men, those purveyors of borderline
illegal pranks, tried to tell New Yorkers
about their risk of being flooded because
of global warming.
Now, they did this in 2009 and played
the smart asses because they thought
it was bound to happen.
Well, it did. Just recently, half of
Manhattan, bought for some trinkets,
was flooded and without power.
I don't think the Yes Men were prophets.
All they did was wait. How could they
have known?
I'll tell you how. They're awesome and
their pranks are first class. Intelligent
and prophetic.
let's cut to the video:
read 'em: NBCNewYork
Fake New York Post Turns Red Paper Green
Liberal group sends up Post as part of environmental message
By Hasani Gittens | Monday, Sep 21, 2009 | Updated 6:49 PM ESTView Comments (0)
Yes Men print and hand out 1 million copies of a New York Post ripoff to call attention to climate change WATCH
Fake NY Post
Hits the Streets More Photos and Videos We were fooled -- for a moment.
The blaring headline makes you think you're just picking up the same ol' rag that's always shouting about something.
"WE'RE SCREWED" screamed the front page of the alleged "New York Post," we picked up on the corner of 49th and 6th Avenue, from a guy who actually didn't look like the kind of person who would be selling the Post. The fact that it was free was nothing alarming, they're always trying to move copies one way or another, maybe the newspaper audit numbers were coming out soon.
But it was a phony, a fake newspaper, completely based on Gotham's favorite tabloid. They got it right down to the last detail: the American flag billowing on the front page, the wood (that's newspaper-speak for "front page" font) and a Page Six bug to boot.
The cover's story, however, is decidedly non-Post-like. "What you're not being told: Official City report predicts massive climate catastrophes, public health disasters."
Sure, the real Post loves gloom-and-doom, so you might be fooled, but members of the News Corp. empire tend to be squarely in the "global-warming doesn't exist" camp (Although Uncle Rupe himself did have a famous change of heart a few years ago). And this paper is all about the impending dangers of global warming.
illegal pranks, tried to tell New Yorkers
about their risk of being flooded because
of global warming.
Now, they did this in 2009 and played
the smart asses because they thought
it was bound to happen.
Well, it did. Just recently, half of
Manhattan, bought for some trinkets,
was flooded and without power.
I don't think the Yes Men were prophets.
All they did was wait. How could they
have known?
I'll tell you how. They're awesome and
their pranks are first class. Intelligent
and prophetic.
let's cut to the video:
read 'em: NBCNewYork
Fake New York Post Turns Red Paper Green
Liberal group sends up Post as part of environmental message
By Hasani Gittens | Monday, Sep 21, 2009 | Updated 6:49 PM ESTView Comments (0)
Yes Men print and hand out 1 million copies of a New York Post ripoff to call attention to climate change WATCH
Fake NY Post
Hits the Streets More Photos and Videos We were fooled -- for a moment.
The blaring headline makes you think you're just picking up the same ol' rag that's always shouting about something.
"WE'RE SCREWED" screamed the front page of the alleged "New York Post," we picked up on the corner of 49th and 6th Avenue, from a guy who actually didn't look like the kind of person who would be selling the Post. The fact that it was free was nothing alarming, they're always trying to move copies one way or another, maybe the newspaper audit numbers were coming out soon.
But it was a phony, a fake newspaper, completely based on Gotham's favorite tabloid. They got it right down to the last detail: the American flag billowing on the front page, the wood (that's newspaper-speak for "front page" font) and a Page Six bug to boot.
The cover's story, however, is decidedly non-Post-like. "What you're not being told: Official City report predicts massive climate catastrophes, public health disasters."
Sure, the real Post loves gloom-and-doom, so you might be fooled, but members of the News Corp. empire tend to be squarely in the "global-warming doesn't exist" camp (Although Uncle Rupe himself did have a famous change of heart a few years ago). And this paper is all about the impending dangers of global warming.
smile you're on Stars of CCTV
If you think that being recorded by cameras above you
in public is not a problem, because you're not doing
anything illegal, well think again.
What if a private individual filmed you. Would that
get the point across?
Apparently, in London, you get tracked by 3000 cameras
in an average day.
See how these people love the limelight.
I'll provide my new invention for handling
cameras, in a future story. Let's not steal
this guy's thunder.
Let's cut to the video
in public is not a problem, because you're not doing
anything illegal, well think again.
What if a private individual filmed you. Would that
get the point across?
Apparently, in London, you get tracked by 3000 cameras
in an average day.
See how these people love the limelight.
I'll provide my new invention for handling
cameras, in a future story. Let's not steal
this guy's thunder.
Let's cut to the video
Jehovah's Wankers
I wonder how it would be possible to tell
deaf people about Jehovah and his belief
that wanking is evil, while not yourself
making wanking symbols with your hands.
I don't know, but it sure looks funny.
Don't try this at home. Jehovah is looking.
Let's cut to the video:
sorry, it's been removed
here's where it used to be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ZFSss6YAY&feature=youtu.be
the world moves so quickly these days
One day Barry Ritholz is pissing himself laughing
and the next day, the Jevvies get all self-conscious
and do the wet blanket thing.
Don't they realise that any publicity is good
publicity. Saves them knocking on doors.
deaf people about Jehovah and his belief
that wanking is evil, while not yourself
making wanking symbols with your hands.
I don't know, but it sure looks funny.
Don't try this at home. Jehovah is looking.
Let's cut to the video:
sorry, it's been removed
here's where it used to be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ZFSss6YAY&feature=youtu.be
the world moves so quickly these days
One day Barry Ritholz is pissing himself laughing
and the next day, the Jevvies get all self-conscious
and do the wet blanket thing.
Don't they realise that any publicity is good
publicity. Saves them knocking on doors.
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