Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Hyperthymesia

Scientists scratch their heads over hyperthymesia

“Those with hyperthymesia have a bigger area in the brain to preserve long-term memories. The brain stores memories as proteins, so such people’s brains have the capacity to store more proteins, but that does not necessarily make them intelligent. They just have the capability to recall the events that they had personally experienced,” expounds Dr. Mukherjee.

Such prodigies leave one wondering about the ‘how’ of the development of such extraordinary brains. Well, scientists too do not have an answer to this yet. “Researches on the ‘Super Memory Syndrome’ are at a nascent stage, perhaps because not many cases have been detected to conduct an elaborate study. And uncovering the science behind such syndromes will not only be a pathbreaking step in the field of science, but will be another big leap for the human mind’s intelligence as well,” concluded Dr. Mukherjee. But studies indicate that hyperthymesia is neither hereditary nor a genetic disorder. Such rare cases provide scientists a chance to delve into and discover the various types of antics that the brain can play.

Therefore, UC Irvine invites those who feel that their brain can perform this unusual antic, to conduct studies on them and analyse the ‘how’ of the sparks floating in such brains... and, with this, to take science and research to a whole new paradigm.


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Monday, November 19, 2012

BIHAR POLITICS: INFIGHTING

Coordination body to calm down rebels seeking Modi's head
 
A section of the party had been targeting Modi after two senior ministers from the BJP were dropped from the Nitish Kumar Cabinet and the portfolios of two more were changed.

BJP in-charge Kalraj Mishra, who led the talks with party MLAs in Patna, Modi and Radha Mohan Singh are camping in New Delhi. Senior MLA Nityanand Rai has been gunning for Modi, blaming him for the “rot”. But senior leaders say personal vendettas will not be allowed to rock the boat, and nothing can be solved by replacing one leader with another. The counter fire is equally strong. Thunders Rai, a powerful backward leader from Haijpur: “He has been acting like a dictator and humiliating senior party leaders. We are merely slaves, expected to be at his beck and call.” All this has left the BJP’s central leadership in a bind. Their Catch-22: With general polls just a year away giving in to dissidents’ would give all the wrong signals. Not heeding the powerful backward rebels will mean constant friction and deviation from the main task in hand: winning the next polls.


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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Money game

Millions of dollars are pumped into election by billionaires

T he emergence of billionaires does not remain confined to the developed world. Their growing presence, influence and interest in politics of world’s richest individuals raises many questions especially in developing countries. Can money and billionaires make politics more people friendly when people in developing countries hate politics? Or will it mark the return of ‘billioanophobia’?

A close analysis of the role and impact of billionaires’ interest in politics in developed world can help illustrate the point. Russian & Ukrainian billionaires kept close ties with both communist and pro-western parties which divulged their ideologies, political aims to common citizens. However, the trend has become evident when American billionaires started donating or raising funds for democrats and republics openly. George Soros, the hedge fund billionaire has donated over $5 billion to various political and philanthropic groups in last three decades.


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Monday, November 12, 2012

To bypass US, make a US of us...

The Tatas with near hundred companies have created a captive economy which can sustain in lean times by supporting each other. India needs to emulate the same to avoid pinpricks of global recessions...

The US is nowadays the favorite whipping boy of the world. If it does well in it’s economy, it is blamed for its carbon emissions and replacing the cultivation of foodgrain with the production of biofuel. Therefore when the economy of the US starts faltering, ideally the world should be happy as it gives the right kind of opportunity to dethrone the sole remaining superpower of the earth. A slowing American economy is also a harbinger for reduction in the level of carbon emissions as bankrupt Americans coupled with more bankrupt banks would consume less thereby consuming lesser fuel. But alas, even in it’s demise, the world abuses it. When it booms, the Americans are asked, ‘Why are you booming?

Your consumptions and insatiable appetite would someday ruin the world’, while at the first impression of a slowing down in the American economy, it is then abused again, ‘Why the hell are you slowing down? Why can’t you manage your own backyard properly? Don’t you realize that many millions across the world would be unemployed if your economic machine stops rolling?’ One should pity the Americans. It’s like damned if they do and damned if they don’t. But why is it that for all the hype of emerging economies all across the developing nations, the world’s well being is still dependent on the consumption pattern of 300 million Americans? And for a change, is it possible to forgive the poor Americans and think about alternatives so that the world can be relieved of the typical cycle of recession and boom while out rightly relegating the FIIs to oblivion for their ‘fair weather friend behavior’ and the habit of pulling the carpet beneath the feet and catching nations off guard especially when they are about to celebrate their newfound economic well being? Look at India. While everyone was expecting that the sensex, after having a stupendous run for quite sometime and having breached the magic figure of 20,000 would embrace 30,000 soon, things went awry.


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Saturday, November 10, 2012

SAMSUNG: MARKET EXPANSION

Will the 3-pronged plan work?

It has also cracked exclusive contracts with 40 Nokia distributors, with an aim to create a dent in the market leader’s strong position. Shushmul Maheshwari, CEO, RNCOS also thumps for the positive as, “Samsung’s launches will benefit from its enhanced distributor network, and the distributor agreements will prove advantageous.”

The company hopes that these moves would help it double market share to 15% by December 2008 as Jagdeep Kapoor, CMD, Samsika sounds upbeat as he professes, “Air is being created by Aamir and ground is being covered by their improved robust distribution network. This dual force will surely improve its market share.” What would also play to its advantage is also its planned ‘bundled’ launches with Airtel, BSNL and Idea. At the same time, Nokia’s slew of new and upgraded product releases and other marketing strategies will have to be kept note of if Samsung wants to narrow the gap, while at the same time getting ahead of others. For now though, Samsung has a one-up as Maheshwari asserts, “The strategies will definitely help Samsung and will force Nokia to reconsider its market-centric strategy.”


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