Wednesday, September 1, 2010

True Blood Season 3 Episodes 10


Television programme or television show is a segment of content broadcast on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or part of a periodically recurring television series.

Television series that is intended to be broadcast as a finite number of episodes is usually called a miniseries or serial (although the latter term also has other meanings). A short run lasting less than a year is known in the United States and Canada as a season and in the United Kingdom and (not necessarily) the rest of the PAL countries as a series. This season or series usually consists of 13–26 installments in the United States, but in the United Kingdom there is no defined length. United States industry practice tends to favor longer seasons than those of some other countries.

A single instance of a program is called an episode, although particularly in the USA this is sometimes also called a "show" or "program", and in Great Britain and Ireland a "programme". A one-off broadcast may, again particularly in the USA and USA-influenced countries, be called a "special", or particularly in the UK a "special episode". A television movie or in the UK a television film ("made-for-TV" movie) is a film that is initially broadcast on television rather than released in cinemas or direct-to-video, although many successful television movies are later released on DVD.

The terminology used to define a set of episodes produced by a television series varies from country to country.

In North America the term used to describe a regular run of episodes is a television season or simply, season. For example, it is typical for a show's season to comprise 13 or 20–26 consecutive episodes between August and September or December and January. This is done to take advantage of the Nielsen Ratings system which calculates viewer numbers during these times. Often this type of release is referred to as a "non-stop season," which are usually used for serial television series, example 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and True Blood.

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

The oldest house in UK


It is not exactly a superior house but the remains of what archaeologists believe is UK's oldest house has nevertheless been described as a sensational discovery that could fundamentally alter perceptions from our ancestors.

Evidence of the round residential property, which is thought to date back to 8,500 BC when Britain was still attached to the continent, has been unearthed at the Star Carr site near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, the BBC reports.

Archaeologists also discovered a platform made from timber slats, thought to be one of the earliest examples of a carpenter's handiwork in Europe.

Teams from Manchester and York universities believe the house was built from a circle of wooden stakes set around a sunken floor. The roof and walls could have been thatched or covered with animal hide.

Dr Nicky Milner from the University of York, who co-directs the Star Carr dig, said the find could change the perception of hunter-gatherers.

"There was a view of them as being very nomadic, highly-mobile people - but now we're seeing them as much more settled and sophisticated," she quoted.

Other items recovered from the Star Carr site since its discovery in the 40s include arrow tips, masks crafted from red deer skulls and antler head dresses.

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Natural - Raw Foods

Raw food by contrast is replete with everything that enabled it to sprout and grow in the first place - life force, enzymes, water, oxygen, hormones, vitamins and minerals and so much more besides. Untouched, untainted, raw food is quite literally honest food - what you see is what you get. No hidden ingredients, nothing messed around with, just pure delicious fresh live food that we are designed to eat - living food for living bodies. And the good news for you is this: when you start dabbling with more raw food, you don't just understand this conceptually, you actually start to "get it" and also helps for your skin care, experientially as your whole body cheers, shifts up a gear and the concept of what real food, health and nutrition is really all about starts to take on a whole new meaning.

What foods are raw?


Apricot kernels and Cacao Liquor these are some types of raw and organic certified food.

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WaterOz Mineral Waters are made by a highly technical process that turns pure minerals into a Ionic/Water Soluble solution. The water used for the suspension is drawn from a subterranean spring for purification and processed by reverse osmosis then treated with ozone gas before the mineral solution is added to produce the finished product.

To give you a brief overview of what raw food means in real terms, here's a list of the 20 different raw food groups:
  1. Fresh fruits
  2. Vegetables
  3. Salad vegetables
  4. Leafy green vegetables
  5. Herbs and wild greens
  6. Nuts
  7. Dried fruits
  8. Beans - pulses and legumes (sprouted)
  9. Grains (sprouted)
  10. Seeds - Sprouting seeds
  11. Indoor greens
  12. Vegetable seeds (sprouted)
  13. Edible flowers
  14. Mushrooms
  15. Sea vegetables
  16. Algaes
  17. Oils
  18. Stimulants (e.g. chilli, ginger, onion)
  19. Spices
  20. Superfoods -Flavourings and natural sweeteners (e.g. agave nectar, stevia).

How to keep it interesting?
When you're new to raw food it's easy to assume that salads, soups and smoothies is as good as it gets when you're watching the clock. While it's true that the more elaborate recipes often do take more time and energy, there are always short cuts and whipping up a delicious dressing, dip or even a nut "cheese" or veggie pate takes literally seconds and can totally transform a meal!
As mentioned before, the raw food journey never ends, but it does get increasingly rewarding and exciting! Not only is there a whole new world of food and drink waiting for you (which is growing fast), but raw food tends to attract some pretty amazing people and takes you on an exciting adventure in terms of getting more in touch with your body and your whole self generally.

Identifying organic food

Processed organic food usually contains only organic ingredients. If non-organic ingredients are present, at least a certain percentage of the food's total plant and animal ingredients must be organic (95% in the United States, Canada, and Australia) and any non-organically produced ingredients are subject to various agricultural requirements. Foods claiming to be organic must be free of artificial food additives, and are often processed with fewer artificial methods, materials and conditions, such as chemical ripening, food irradiation, and genetically modified ingredients. Pesticides are allowed so long as they are not synthetic.

Early consumers interested in organic food would look for non-chemically treated,non-use of unapproved pesticides, fresh or minimally processed food. They mostly had to buy directly from growers: "Know your farmer, know your food" was the motto. Personal definitions of what constituted "organic" were developed through firsthand experience: by talking to farmers, seeing farm conditions, and farming activities. Small farms grew vegetables (and raised livestock) using organic farming practices, with or without certification, and the individual consumer monitored. As demand for organic foods continued to increase, high volume sales through mass outlets such as supermarkets rapidly replaced the direct farmer connection. Today there is no limit to organic farm sizes and many large corporate farms currently have an organic division. However, for supermarket consumers, food production is not easily observable, and product labeling, like "certified organic", is relied on. Government regulations and third-party inspectors are looked to for assurance.

Nutritional value and taste of Raw and Organic Foods
In April 2009, results from Quality Low Input Food (QLIF), a 5-year integrated study funded by the European Commission, confirmed that "the quality of crops and livestock products from organic and conventional farming systems differs considerably."

Specifically, results from a QLIF project studying the effects of organic and low-input farming on crop and livestock nutritional quality "showed that organic food production methods resulted in some case:

  • Higher levels of nutritionally desirable compounds (e.g., vitamins/antioxidants and poly-unsaturated fatty acids such as omega-3 and CLA)
  • Lower levels of nutritionally undesirable compounds such as heavy metals, mycotoxins, pesticide residues and glyco-alkaloids in a range of crops and/or milk.
  • A lower risk of faecal Salmonella shedding in pigs." but also showed no significant difference between traditionally grown foods on other studies.

The QLIF study also concludes that "further and more detailed studies are required to provide proof for positive health impacts of organic diets on human and animal health."Alternatively, according to the UK's Food Standards Agency, "Consumers may choose to buy organic fruit, vegetables and meat because they believe them to be more nutritious than other food. However, the balance of current scientific evidence does not support this view." A 12-month systematic review commissioned by the FSA in 2009 and conducted at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine based on 50 years' worth of collected evidence concluded that "there is no good evidence that consumption of organic food is beneficial to health in relation to nutrient content."Other studies have found no proof that organic food offers greater nutritional values, more consumer safety or any distinguishable difference in taste.

Regarding taste, a 2001 study concluded that organic apples were sweeter by blind taste test. Firmness of the apples was also rated higher than those grown conventionally. Limited use of food preservatives may cause faster spoilage of organic foods. Such foods in the stores, on the other hand, are guaranteed of not having been stored for extended amounts of time, still being high in decaying nutrients that food preservatives fail to preserve. Organic food may also potentially have higher amounts of natural biotoxins, like solanine in potatoes, as to compensate for the lack of externally applied fungicides and herbicides etc. However, in current studies, there have been no indications of difference in amounts of natural biotoxins between organic and conventional foods.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Police fear as many as 10 protected birds of prey might have been poisoned


Police who swooped on an Invernesshire sporting estate yesterday fear that up to 10birds of prey may have been poisoned there.

The raid on the 25,000-acre Moy Estate 10 miles south of Inverness by 25 officers was triggered when the signal from a satellite-tagged red kite, which was adopted by a local primary school, indicated it had stopped moving.

Houses, outbuildings and vehicles were searched throughout yesterday and estate staff were interviewed.

At one point, police officers removed several large plastic evidence bags from a house next to the old A9 road at Moy village.

It is understood that items removed included bird carcasses and weapons.

Officers also searched a gamekeeper’s house and kennels on the estate, the seat of the chief of the Clan Mackintosh, which hosts the Highland Sports and Leisure Fair every August.

No one from the estate could be contacted for comment yesterday.

Police said they acted after receiving intelligence about the area, and red kites and other birds of prey had been found dead at Moy in recent weeks.

A dead grouse found there some days ago tested positive for poison. Poisoned bait was also found two to three weeks ago at Moy, it emerged.

Officers would not confirm which other species were discovered, describing them only as “protected birds of prey”.

It is believed they included merlins and sparrowhawks.

The dead birds will be sent for analysis at specialist laboratories.

Northern Constabulary’s Inverness area commander, Chief Inspector Andy MacLean, said he could not say how many birds were involved as investigations were ongoing.

He said: “Red kites and other birds of prey have been found on this estate during the past month and are known to have been poisoned.

“The birds will be sent for analysis and the results will form part of the investigation.”

He added that the raid, and the large number of officers involved, was a sign that the force took wildlife crime very seriously.

He described it as a “blight” on the environment.

He added: “As far as we are concerned, if there is evidence of a crime on this estate, we will make inquiries as to who is responsible for that.

“If there is evidence to charge somebody, we will do so.”

The police went to Moy in a fleet of vehicles supported by 20 representatives from the RSPB, Scottish SPCA, Scottish Natural Heritage, the National Wildlife Crime Unit, and the Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspectorate.

RSPB Scotland director Stuart Housden said: “Serious crimes against our most spectacular birds and wildlife are utterly deplorable, and do major harm to our reputation as a country that values and cares for its wildlife and natural environment.

“There is a growing body of compelling evidence which abundantly demonstrates the scale and impact that illegal poisoning is having on the populations of iconic birds of prey such as the red kite and golden eagle.

“The perpetrators of these crimes must be pursued with the full vigour of the law.

Estate owner Celia Mackintosh, the widow of Lieutenant Commander Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh, was one of 200 Scottish estate owners who signed a letter last month publicly condemning those who illegally poison birds.

The letter was sent to Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham after the remains of three golden eagles, a buzzard and a sparrowhawk were found on or near the grounds of Skibo Castle, near Dornoch in Sutherland.

Police are trying to establish if they were poisoned.

Lt Cdr Mackintosh, the former clan chief, died on Christmas Day 1995 and his widow continues to run the estate. The couple’s son, John Lachlan, is the current clan chief and is understood to live in Singapore.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Wild garden birds prefer non-organic food to organic


British researchers found that birds such as robins and house sparrows "instinctively" preferred non-organic seeds to the more naturally grown varieties as it appeared to provide them with greater nutritional value through the cold months.

When offered both varieties of wheat seed, they were able to discern between the two and ate up to 20 per cent more of the conventional grown variety than the organic.
That worked out at about 70 grams more a week per garden.

Even when the grain in the feeders were switched around, the birds soon were able to spot the difference and again settled on the more intensively farmed seeds.

Dr Ailsa McKenzie, lead researcher based at Newcastle University's School of Biology, said the findings are likely to add to the debate over the relative merits of consuming organic food.

"Our results suggest that the current dogma that organic food is preferred to conventional food may not always be true," she said.

"We have long lost our instinctive ability to know which food is the most nutritious for us but birds have not. They instinctively chose the non-organic food."

To carry out the three-year study the Newcastle team set up feeding stations in more than 30 gardens across the North of England.

Organic and non-organic wheat seeds (both of the same variety) were placed in adjacent bird feeders and then the rate at which the birds ate the different seeds was monitored over a six-week period.

Half way through the experiment the feeders were swapped around.

The experiment was repeated in a second winter with different wheat samples.

The birds showed a strong preference for the conventional seed, eating significantly more of this than the organic.

When the feeder positions were switched, the birds learnt the new position of the conventional seed and continued to select it in preference to the organic.

Analysis of the wheat found the conventionally grown seeds to have an average 10 per cent higher protein content than the organic seeds.

This the researchers said was common in most foods as chemical fertiliser was much more efficient than natural fertilisers such as manure.

"Protein is an essential nutrient in the diet of all birds and mammals and getting enough of it – especially in winter – can be hard," said Dr McKenzie.

"We showed that when given free choice, wild birds opt for the conventional food over the organic, and the most likely explanation is its higher protein content.

"This study is only looking at one aspect of the organic food debate – it does not take into account the long-term health implications of using chemical fertilisers and pesticides, or the often negative environmental impact of conventional farming; for example, other work has shown that pesticides can strongly reduce availability of seeds for birds.

"But it does raise questions about the nutritional benefits of organic food and what consumers are being led to believe."

Global demand for organic produce is increasing by £4 billion annually – the organic market now accounts for between two and three per cent of food purchased in Europe and the US.

One key reason why consumers buy organic food is because they consider it to be better for human and animal health.

While this may be the case, these are not necessarily the only factors governing food choice in animals and birds.

Other differences between the samples – such as mycotoxin levels, grain size, energy content or pesticide residues – could not explain the preferences shown by the birds.

The garden bird work was confirmed by laboratory studies on canaries, also showing a significant preference for conventional over organically grown seeds.

Dr McKenzie said: "Conventionally grown crops tend to contain significantly higher levels of protein than those grown organically due to the application of inorganic nitrogen fertilisers in conventional farming systems.

"This makes our findings potentially applicable across many food types and suggests the issues surrounding organic food are not as cut and dried as some might think."

The findings are published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

A spokesman for the Soil Association said: "The UK Government’s own advisors found that bird life is up to 50% greater on organic farms showing that most birds do choose organic. Animals like chimpanzees and even rats have been shown to prefer organic food. This study has absolutely no bearing on whether organic food is better for human health or not."

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