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Saturday 14 November 2015

Neutron beam aimed at 'un-burning' bone

close-up photo of bone fragmentsResearchers from Portugal are using a neutron beam to study the molecular changes that occur when bones burn.
The experiments, under way at the Isis facility in Oxfordshire, are aimed at solving a problem for archaeologists and forensic scientists.
When bones get hot they shrivel, making the age, sex and size of their original owner much more difficult to establish.
By bouncing neutrons off human bone samples, burned and unburned, the team hopes to get a fix on those changes.
"The problem... is that when a skeleton is subjected to high temperatures, like in a plane crash or a bushfire, the bones are altered by the fire. One of those alterations is a change in dimensions," said David Gonçalves, a bone specialist from the University of Coimbra.READ MORE-BBC LINK-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34779136

Sunday 8 November 2015

SHEEP I.D.

THEY SAY FARMERS KNOW THIER SHEEP BUT THIS IS BEYOND.FARMERS RECOGNISED 116 OUT 151 SHEEP ,NO TAGS OR MARKINGS THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN BY A RUSTLING GANG ,THIS WAS BY A ID PARADE.

FOOD -WHAT A WASTE.

HERE IS A SMALL GUIDE TO WHY NOT THROW AWAY FOOD.USE-BY-DATE-IF YOU HAVE FRESH FISH ,READY MADE SALADS,MILK,YOGHURT THIS IS ITEMS THAT GO OFF QUICKLY.BEST -BY -DATE-THIS IS MAINLY FOR TEST AND TEXTURE EATING AFTER EXPIRY DATE IS GENERALLY FINE IF STILL SMELLS AND TASTES OK.SELL -BY-DATE-NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED ,NOT INTENDED FOR CUSTOMERS ,JUST TO HELP STAFF WITH STOCK CONTROL.SO THINK BEFORE YOU EAT.

STAR TREK ON T.V IS BACK.

STAR TREK IS COMING BACK AS A SUBSCRIPTION SHOW.THIS SERIS IS  SEPARATE FROM LATEST FILM-STAR TREK BEYOND -AND WIIL BE PART OF US.A SERVICE C.B.S ALL ACCESS .

MARS NEWS.

A PHENOMENOM  CALLED  VOG  HAS BEEN FOUND ON MARS.THIS IS A VOLCANIC ACID FOG EATING AWAY AT THE ROCKS ON THE PLANET THIS IS ALSO FOUND ON EARTH IN HAWAILI.

OLD TREE CHANGES SEX.

THIS IS A 2,0000 YEAR OLD TREE CALLED THE FORT INGALL  YEW.THIS TREE RESIDES IN PERTHSHIRE AND  WAS CLASSIFIED  MALE  BUT HAS BEGUN TO SPOUT FEMALE BERRIES IT IS ALSO BRITIANS OLDEST TREE.

Saturday 7 November 2015

The Karate Grading System-British Combat Karate Association

The Karate Grading System
The grading system for Karate, like all Japanese, derivative martial arts is very formalised. In 1924 Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan Karate, adopted the Dan system from Judo founder  Jigoro Kano, using a rank system with a limited set of belt colors. Kano himself adopted the Dan ranking system, which was invented by Honinbo Dosaku a professional go player in the Edo period. Dosaku valued the then highest title holder, Meijin at 9 Dan.
In modern Japanese martial arts, holders of dan ranks often wear a black belt. Dan ranks are still given in arts such as the strategy board games  Go and Renju, the art of flower arrangement (ikebana)and tea ceremony. The character of Dan (段 dan) is used in Japanese to mean step or grade, and is commonly equated with degree. However, the origin of the Chinese character, pronounced duán in modern Pinyin, was used to mean “phase”. Dan rank is often used along with the lower rank system, Kyu(級 Kyū) rank. Kyu is a Japanese term used in martial arts, go and ikebana, such as Japanese traditional culture, and academic tests and in other similar activities to designate various grades or levels or class of proficiency or experience.
Other Okinawan teachers also adopted this practice. In the late 1800s, even Kano had no external differentiation between yūdansha (black belt ranks) and mudansha (those who had not yet attained a grade). Kano began the custom of having his yūdansha wear black obi (belts) in 1886. These obi were not the belts karateka and jūdōka wear today—Kano had not invented the  judogi (judo uniform) yet, and his students were still practicing in kimono. They wore the wide obi still worn with formal kimono. In 1907, Kano introduced READ MORE-http://britishcombatkarate.co.uk/karate/gradings/