#Apple Picks Instagram as the iphone App Of The Year#Instagram is the year end winner.
This year, the biggest winner on the apps front was Angry Birds, which ran away with the number one spot on the iphone and ipad-in all categories except top free iphone app,
#Angry Birds, which is available on ios as both a paid and free application, not only dominated the year-end lists as the number one download in several cases,
it also occupied additional slots on multiple lists for its spinoffs, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio.
1. Angry Birds 2. Fruit Ninja 3. Angry Birds Seasons 4. Cut the Rope 5. Tiny Wings 6. Angry Birds Rio
1. Facebook 2. Pandora Radio 3. Words with Friends Free 4. Angry Birds Free 5. Skype 6. Netflix 7. Angry Birds Rio
1. Angry Birds HD 2. Pages 3. Angry Birds Seasons 4. Garageband 5. Angry Birds Rio HD 6. Penultimate 7
Keynote Top Free ipad Apps 1. Angry Birds HD Free 2. The Weather Channel for ipad 3. Netflix 4. CNN App for ipad 5
. Angry Birds Rio HD Free 6. Kindle 7. Skype for ipad 8. Calculator for ipad Free 9. Pandora Radio 10.
#Turkey researchers working hard to build a better bird Eastern wild turkeys have that classic turkey look,
Meleagris gallopavo, the quintessential New world bird, was already an Old world favorite by the time colonists in North america first celebrated any Thanksgiving feasts.
Today s turkey researchers are investigating the big bird s genetic heritage and biology as part of an effort to improve several aspects of its cultivation.
and trying to figure out, are there traits in the original wild bird that might be useful for today s bird?#
The birds were established well as a food source by the time the Conquistadors arrived. The Spanish took the birds back to Europe,
and they quickly spread across the continent. Very quickly the domesticated turkey became, as far as I could tell,
they found large populations of wild birds that provided a reliable food source. Colonists eventually began raising turkeys,
but did not domesticate the wild birds. The commercial birds that we eat today were developed actually in the United states,
#said Long. But they were developed on stocks that came from Europe that originally came from Mexico.#
and can be used to illustrate differences between the animals. Once you have the baseline, which is the domestic turkey,
then you can have these birds again more resistant to the toxin, #said Dalloul. No natural matingeven the intended consequences of commercial turkey breeds have introduced complications.
Breeders developed birds with more white meat. The resulting turkeys, such as the broad breasted white, grow muscle quickly,
when the birds need to reproduce,##said Long. In the commercial turkey industry there are no birds that naturally mate.#
#The great majority of turkey farmers must therefore depend upon artificial insemination, said Long. She suggested that there may be rare exceptions among small farms raising older breeds of turkeys, called heritage breeds,
and female hens inseminated weekly. The amazing thing about the turkey hen is she s capable of keeping viable sperm cells for up to ten weeks after a single insemination,
#said Long. The best we can do and still maintain high levels of fertility is about six hours.#
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#Honeybees trained to smell TB Honeybees are such an amazing creature! New zealand biologists believe that honeybees can sense the faint floral odor on the breath of people infected with tuberculosis,
and are trying to find a way to train bees to help them diagnose TB
#says Max Suckling. Christchurch zoologists are training bees to associate the smell of the disease with a sweet treat
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including a bug named in honor of Gotham City but in a sense, these bees aren t new at all.
This highlights the need for additional studies of our major pollinators, #and not just honeybees, he told me.
One bee may look like another, but there can be subtle morphological and genetic differences that set them apart.
Four of the species that Gibbs identified are cuckoo bees, #which have lost the ability to build their own nests and collect pollen.
These species lay their eggs in the nests of other bees, which end up raising the invaders progeny.
That s the same sort of trick cuckoos pull in the bird world. Gibbs named one of the cuckoo-bee species Lasioglossum izawsum,
which is awesome.)Four of the species were found in the New york city area, including a specimen that was collected at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 2009.
That species was named Lasioglossum gotham, which led The New york times to declare that the Big Apple has a bee to call its own.#
Honeybees have been hard-hit by a mysterious phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder which experts suspect is caused by a combination of mites, parasites, viruses and pesticides.
Bumblebees are having problems, too. This discovery doesn t counter the idea that bees are told declining,
#Gibbs me. What it points out is that there are a lot of species we don t enough about to say whether they re at a stable level.#
and can solve whatever new problems this fledgling new industry blows their way. 18. Data Hostage Specialists Holding people as hostages is very messy.
Extinction Revivalists People who revive extinct animals. 38. Robotic Earthworm Drivers The most valuable land on the planet will soon be the landfills
because that is where we have buried our most valuable natural resources. In the future, robotic earthworms will be used to silently mine the landfills
and replace whatever is extracted with high-grade soil. 39. Gravity Pullers The first wave of people to unlock the code for influencing gravity. 40.
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#Grains of rice genetically modified to produce human blood Blood protein from genetically modified rice could ease demand for blood donations.
The use of a rice seed bioreactor could provide an economical and safe approach for the production of non-animal derived compounds.#
which sparked widespread concerns among animal welfare campaigners. The latest work to introduce human genes into rice is likely to inflame opposition to GM technology further amid fears over the safety of genetically modified crops
however, that the protein produced by the genetically modified rice was identical to Human Serum albumin found naturally in Blood tests on rats also showed it did not produce any adverse reactions.
They also treated rats suffering from cirrhosis with the protein and showed it was effective at relieving the symptoms
but so far they have validated only it in rats. The real test will be to show it is safe in humans,
#Invasive bugs eat invasive plant Invasive plants VS Invader bugs. The battle has begun. For 50 years, farmers, scientists,
Megacopta cribraria, an insect that hitched a ride to Atlanta on a plane from Asia in 2009, eats kudzu.
The kudzu bug could eat away a third of the kudzu covering several states within a decade#I m all for it#
But the bug is also chewing up soybean stalks, reducing some yields recently by as much as a quarter,
#Animals Adopting Animals Top 10 Crazy Stories 1.)Isabella, a golden retriever in Kansas who adopted 3 white Bengal tiger cubs and nursed them as her own.
Zookeepers Tom and Allie Harvey brought the cubs home, and their dog Isabella stepped right up...
2.)Rhodesian ridgeback dog, adopted an abandoned potbellied piglet in Aug 2009. Katjinga s owner, Roland Adam, found the piggy alone and cold
and brought it to his 8-year-old dog...3.)Pixie still had milk after giving birth to her 1st litter of pups few months earlier,
and she accepted the 3 squirrels without any qualms in Mar 2010. She nursed the homeless squirrels for 5 weeks at her NC home,
then an animal rehabilitation specialist carried on raising them till they were ready to be freed...
4.)The young elk pictured here was delivered from a flooding river by a farmer in South korea in July 2009.
This female dog eagerly adopted the elk and started breastfeeding and guarding him...5.)Chia, a Pomeranian in Emporia, Kan.
Allow 4 abandoned kitties nurse from her in Aug 2000. Chia, who had a 2-week-old puppy of her own at the time,
adopted the parentless kittens after they were found by her owner s boyfriend...6.)Koko the gorilla has loved cuddling
and nurturing kittens since 1984. Gorilla Foundation volunteer Janis Turner arranged to have a litter of orphaned kittens visit Koko in September 2009,
and Koko became especially enamored with a tiny orange kitten named Tigger, pictured here. Something fascinated her about Tigger,
#Turner told Peoplepets. com. Koko purrs. I get chills just thinking about it. She does this deep purr
#7.)Three baby pigs rest next to their adoptive mother, Sai Mai, an 8-year-old tiger, at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand in January 2010.8.)
) Wild long-tailed macaque monkey in Bali, Indonesia. He stunned animal lovers around the world
The monkey was spotted in a forest protectively nuzzling and grooming the ginger kitten, making sure no harm came to it.
The extraordinary sight was captured by amateur photographer Anne Young while on a holiday to the Monkey Forest Park in Bali s Ubud region...
9.)A Siamese cat named Amanda, owned by Debbie Girting of Beaver, Pa. is shown here nursing her two newborn kittens along with an orphaned litter of puppies in March 2010.10.
The Happy Families#exhibits at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand certainly aren t run-of-the-mill.
including families of baby pigs adopted by tiger mothers and families of tiger cubs adopted by mother pigs.
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#Live to the age of 100 by following 7 simple steps 90%of people could live to the age of 90 and even reach 100 by following these simple steps.
These problems mean that the longest survival time for pig organs in nonhuman primates to date ranges from a few days for lungs to around six to eight months for hearts,
#Just six years later, following the launch of the new Beetle, the company began its comeback.
or bird damage that leaves most apples somewhat marginalized. They may be perfectly good on the inside,
a number of related technologies have emerged giving the fledgling new industry a number of new options.
We have other types of molecules that make up plants and animals, but on the molecular level there is no such thing as vegetarian and non-vegetarian molecules.
headquartered in Santa fe, one of the nation s biggest cattle and horse-breeding operations. The fabled King Ranch of South Texas comes in seventh at 911,215 acres.
and offices are now creating information layers that will touch every plant and animal on our planet as well.
Each entry also includes recommended insecticides to keep your plants pest-free. Cost: $4. 99 4. Bugs and Insects Speaking of bugs, with a database of more than 900 pests, the Bugs and Insects app is a great resource for gardeners looking to determine the culprits who have been nibbling on their harvests,
or just identify frequent visitors. Users can create lists, tag favorite#bugs, or just flip through the entire database to satisfy a curiosity about entomology.
Cost: $0. 99 5. Botany Buddy Botany Buddy focuses solely on trees and shrubs and contains information on approximately 1,
These elaborate designs of people, houses, animals and even religious symbols capture the essence of life,
Thanksgiving Cat is grouchy#.#but still thankful...If Superman decided to play soccer rather than do comic books,
Adding zoo animals to your next game of street ball will definitely spice it up...
#Copy cat...We ve all been taught that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
Nothing say the fall season is here#quite like a frisky Bulldog running through a pumpkin patch...
#Most women are experts at knowing how to activate the monkey-part of the male brain.
They even use live monkeys to do their research...If this truly improves her looks, perhaps she should consider wearing a mask#an extra thick mask to keep the ugliness from seeping through...
After Yellow cab implemented their no pets#policy, some people were forced to get rather creative...Whenever I see floating whales,
I instantly turn around to see where the X-men are standing...Sometimes you just can t stop looking at the thing you most want to un-see#..
#European union is conducting $4. 3 million study on nutritional value of eating insects Love bug salad Would you like a bowl of scorpion soup?
Experts in Brussels believe insects and other creepy crawlies could be a vital source of nutrition
They have launched a three million euro (£2. 65 million) project to promote the eating of insects
while also asking national watchdogs like the UKS Food Standards Agency to investigate the issue.
Proponents of entomophagy#insect eating#argue that bugs are a low-cholesterol low-fat protein food source.
According to one study, small grasshoppers offer 20 per cent protein and just six per cent fat, to lean ground beefs 24 per cent protein and 18 per cent fat.
Crickets are said also to be high in calcium, termites rich in iron, and a helping of giant silkworm moth larvae apparently provides all the daily copper and riboflavin requirements.
There are even claims that bees boost the libido. Insects emit less greenhouse gases than cattle
and require less feed, supposedly making them environmentally-friendly. And supporters claim they could help feed the world
The European commission is offering the money to the research institute with the best proposal for investigating Insects as novel sources of proteins#.
By 2020, you will be buying insects in supermarkets. We will be amazed that in 2011 people didnt think it was going to happen.
I think it will start with ground-up insects in sauces and burgers. Grinding them up will make them look more palatable.#
#He said bugs were biologically similar to shellfish and that flying insects should be regarded as shrimps of the sky#.
#Old sources of protein will be feed insufficient to the growing world population, #he added. The price of regular meat will soar.
#However, Stuart Hine, a senior entomologist at the Natural history Museum, said insects still may not solve all problems.
and insect diseases can spread rapidly enough to kill a farms entire stock in a day.
Insects are fantastic, but they arent the ultimate solution if the world desperately needs food.
We would turn to something more efficient#like huge vats of nematode worms.##He also cautioned that they were eaten best cooked,
Surviving on insects when you cant cook them is one thing; but most cultures who eat insects,
cook them, #he added. In addition to the research project, the EU is also asking national watchdogs including the UK Foods Standards Agency to investigate current insect-eating habits to decide which,
if any, bugs will need safety assessments. This follows the recent emergence in the UK of a very niche market in edible insects,
prompted in part by the television series, Im a Celebrity#Get Me Out Of here!
in which contestants eat unpalatable bushtucker#meals. Todd Dalton, of Edible, which supplies insects for human consumption to Selfridges
and Fortnum & mason, said the EU interest in the area was unlikely to help. The EU is wasting taxpayers money.
People arent suddenly going to start eating insects because the EU is spending money researching. It would be great
but our eating habits wont change until our stigma about consuming insects is removed.##Previous attempts to achieve this have failed.
Those enjoying their Sunday lunch today may also wish to consider that some studies found so many insect fragments slip into food that we eat the equivalent of 500g of bugs per person, per year.
In 2008, the shuttle Endeavour astronauts were happy to serve as guinea pigs for a variety of new dishes,
With scars from the heyday of Webvan and Pets. com still fresh in the investor psyche, people are asking, Isnt this just a dangerous new bubble?#
maker of Angry Birds, is expected to clear $100 million in revenue this year (the company was nearly bankrupt
Worse still, radiation spread well outside the mandatory evacuation zone, nestling in hot spots#and contaminating the ground in what remains a largely agricultural region.
Later, Buddhist chants echoed the buzz of cicadas from nearby trees as Abe burned paper inscribed with the names of the dead, a ritual in
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#Beekeeping thrives in U s. cities There are more than 1000,000 bees in a hive on top of City hall in Chicago.
In the garden stand two beehives where more than 100,000 bees come and go in patterns more graceful,
Already this season, one hive has produced 200 pounds of surplus honey which is really a huge amount of honey,
#said beekeeper Michael Thompson after checking the hives one July morning. The state average is 40 pounds of surplus honey per hive.#
#The Chicago bees success could be due to the citys abundant and mostly pesticide-free flowers.
Not to mention the urban residents who are building hives at a brisk pace. Beekeeping is thriving in cities across the nation,
Honey from city hives makes its way into swanky restaurant kitchens and behind the bar,
The White house garden has beehives. The city of Chicagos hives#nine in all, on rooftops and other government property#are just part of the boom.
Ive seen hives set up on balconies and in very, very small backyards,#said Russell Bates, a TV commercial director and cofounder of Backwards Beekeepers,
a 3-year-old group that draws up to 100 mostly newcomers to its monthly meetings in Los angeles. The group is backwards
All their hives are populated by local bees theyve captured #or rescued#as the groups members like to say#from places theyre not wanted.
The Backwards Beekeepers group is working to legalize beekeeping in Los angeles. The mysterious disappearance of honeybees,
first reported in 2006 by commercial beekeeping operators who lost 30 to 90 percent of their hives,
The U s. Department of agriculture estimates about one-third of the nations diet directly or indirectly benefits from honeybee pollination.
The restaurant recently put six beehives on the roof of an academic building, and Doebel and his students will study the bees,
#Greg Fischer of Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery in Chicago has about 40 beehives in the city and another 60 in more rural areas.
Chicago resident Carolyn Ioder started hives two years ago after growing vegetables and raising chickens.
Her bees live in three hives in a community garden in a once-vacant lot near a fire station and elevated train tracks.
and their children have seen never animals or chickens or goats before.##Urban beekeepers may be biased, but they contend their honey tastes better than country honey
Natures greatest masterpiece is the elephant. Now if only we can change their political standing...
One tired bear...To her, life was a never-ending stream of irrational obsessions...All he wanted was to make an impact.
and other Superbugs Even more health benefits from honey are being identified. The Guardian reports that Welsh scientists are collecting honey to help identify new antibacterial drugs.
professor of microbiology at Cardiff University, sees tackling bugs such as MRSA with new plant-based products as an urgent matter.
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Pillow Pets The idea for Pillow Pets dawned on Jennifer Telfer after watching her young sons smash down their stuffed animals in order to sleep on them like a pillow.
So she set about creating stuffed animals that unfolded into plush pillows. Telfer and her husband, Clint, decided to wholesale the products themselves in 2003 through their company, CJ Products.
and totes to coffee mugs and dog leashes. And life sure is good now for Bert
head of the Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association, said she has seen not such widespread tree death since the emerald ash borer ravaged ash trees.
On one long block, accountant Henry Calderon welcomes older passers-by to rest in his air-conditioned lobby even if theyre not customers.
The companys future prospects have been damaged further by the Japan earthquake and the hack of its large Playstation Network.
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#Glass of milk can contain a cocktail of up to 20 chemicals Scientists found a host of chemicals used to treat illnesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and human breast milk.
A cocktail of up to 20 painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones, can be found in a glass of milk,
they found a host of chemicals used to treat illnesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and human breast milk.
mefenamic acid and ketoprofen#commonly used as painkillers in animals and people. It also contained the hormone 17-beta-estradiol, a form of the sex hormone oestrogen.
and others concerned about abusive animal conditions to once again eat meat, as well as feed the worlds hungry.
when simply returning to traditional animal raising methods would do the trick? Tuomisto is correct in her assumption that conventional animal raising methods have a terrible environmental impact.
But growing fake meat in a dish is hardly the logical next step in correcting the problem.
spawning deadly superbugs, #and ultimately making people and animals sick. In other words, if more farmers switch from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOS) to open pastures, there will be no need to grow imitation meat in a lab. Photo credit:
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#Swedenâ##s hotel of treehouses Tree Hotel in Sweden Swedens unusual Tree Hotel does standardized away with rooms
and instead puts guests up in a variety of design-y treehouses. A variety of architectural firms and the Tree Hotel partnered up to design distinct and unusual spaces all built in trees except for the ground-touching sauna.
Rooms include the Birds Nest, the UFO and the Mirrorcube, just part of the 25 different architectural flights of fancy planned for the hotel.
#Fishermenâ##s Hackles Become Latest Fashion Trend Hackles#the long, skinny rooster feathers fishermen use to make lures are the latest trend in hair extensions.
Jim Bernstein, a flly shop manager, was warned that hair stylists would come banging on his door.
Less than 24 hours later, a woman walked into the Eldredge Bros. Fly Shop in Maine
and made a beeline toward a display of hackles#the long, skinny rooster feathers fishermen use to make lures.
She brought a bunch up to the counter and asked if I could get them in pink,#
Feather extensions. Supplies at stores from the coasts of Maine to landlocked Idaho are running out
and some feathers sold online are fetching hundreds of dollars more than the usual prices. Im looking around the shop thinking hmmm,
bemoaning the trend in online message boards and sneering at so-called feather ladies.##Some also blame American Idol#judge and rocker Steven Tyler, who began wearing the feathers in his long hair.
It takes years and years and years to develop these chickens to grow these feathers.
And now, instead of ending up on a fly, its going into womens hair, #said Matt Brower, a guide and assistant manager at Idaho Angler in Boise.
I think thats the reason a lot of people are peeved a little about it, #he said. The feathers are not easy to come by in the first place.
They come from roosters that are bred genetically and raised for their plumage. In most cases
the birds do not survive the plucking. At Whiting Farms, Inc.,in western Colorado, one of the worlds largest producers of fly tying feathers, the roosters live about a year
while their saddle feathers#the ones on the birds backside and the most popular for hair extensions#grow as long as possible.
Then the animal is euthanized. As hair extensions, the feathers can be brushed, blow dried, straightened and curled once they are snapped into place.
Most salons sell the feather strands for $5 to $10 a piece. The trend has become so popular a company online even sells feather extensions for dogs.
The craze has also left hairstylists scrambling to find rooster saddle feathers as fly shops hold onto a select few for their regular customers.
The businesses will now ask if the feathers are said for hairdressing Shelley Ambroz, who owns Mirabella Salon and Spa in Boise.
If you go in and youre a woman, they wont sell to you, #said Ambroz, who started to eye her husbands fly fishing gear after stores ran out.
He told me to stay out of his feathers, #she said. Whiting Farms is harvesting about 1,
500 birds a week for their feathers and still cant keep up with its current orders,
said owner and founder Tom Whiting, a poultry geneticist. The company has stopped taking on new accounts.
Ive tried to withhold some for the fly fishing world because when the fashion trend goes away,
which it will, Ive still got to make a living, #he said. The company was the one that told Bernstein in Maine several months ago that rooster saddle feathers had somehow become the latest coveted hair accessory.
Bernstein said he scoffed at the notion that it could reach his shop along the coast of southern Maine.
#Bernsteins inventory of rooster saddle feathers has long been depleted. About three weeks ago, he dusted off a rooster neck with feathers that had been set aside for fly tying classes at the shop.
Its not uncommon to find a package of rooster saddle feathers that would have cost around $60 at a fly shop now priced from $200 to $400.
A package of the most popular fly tying hackle for hair extensions, a black and white striped feather called grizzly saddle
At the Boise salon, Ambroz has stowed away enough feathers to last about six months. On a recent Tuesday evening, Emilee Rivers, 16, sifted through a pile of rooster saddle feathers looking for the perfect strands to frame her face.
She picked out four and handed them to the stylist, who bonded them together with hot glue before clipping them into Rivers blond hair.
Brandi Wheeler, 16, was next. Theres only one other girl at Borah High school in Boise who has the feather extensions
the teenagers said. Now, they were joining the select few. Ive wanted to get them for quite a while,
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