The Bombay Blood Group

Long time, isnt it folks?
Well, I wont disappoint you! :D
AS is obvious, we only know about 4 Blood Types:-
1)A(+/-)
2)B(+/-)
3)AB(+/-)
4)O(+/-)

Most of us are not aware about another blood group’s existence on this planet.

INTRO

The Bombay blood group is a rare group except in parts of India where a frequency of 1 in 7,600 has been observed. It is know as such because of its origin in Bombay, where it was was first discovered by Dr. Y.M. Bhende in 1952. A high level of consanguinity has been observed among the parents of the Bombay phenotype(8). Individuals with the Bombay phenotype fail to express ANY A, B, or H antigen on their red cells or other tissues (8,39)

ORIGINSThe discovery of Bombay Blood Group was made more than 50 years ago with a patient who was admitted to KEM Hospital and required blood transfusions.  A sample of blood was sent to the Blood Bank for grouping as is the usual practice.  The red cells grouped like O group and hence O group blood was administered.  The patient developed haemolytic transfusion reaction, and therefore transfusion had to be stopped.

A detailed study of the patients blood revealed a rare genotype (blood group), which was neither ‘A’ nor ‘B’ nor ‘AB’ nor ‘O’.  Blood from a Bombay Blood Group individual only should be transfused to a Bombay Blood Group patient.

MORE ABOUT IT
The cause of this antigenic absence is that the individuals produce no H glycosyl transferase ( FUT1). There is no H enzyme activity detected on the individuals red cells or in their serum.It is now known that the precursor protein from which all blood groups are formed is termed as the ‘H’ Antigen.  The ‘H’ Antigen either translates into ‘A’ Antigen (the blood group is then called ‘A’) or it translates into ‘B’ Antigen (the blood group is then called ‘B’) or it translates into both ‘A’ and ‘B’ Antigens (the blood group is then called ‘AB’) or it remains as ‘H’ (the blood group is called ‘O’).  Earlier the detection of ‘O’ was on the basis of absence of both ‘A’ and ‘B’. In the case of Bombay Blood Group, there was an absence of the ‘H’ Antigen itself.  Therefore ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘AB’ and ‘O’ which are all different manifestations of ‘H’ are all alien for persons with Bombay Blood Group.  The Bombay Blood Group is termed as ‘OH’, which means absence of ‘H’.

OCCURENCESAlthough the group is more likely to occur in East Indians, it is a very rare group even here. It is not restricted to East Indians but found in Caucasians, Japanese, etc.
IN MOVIES AND OTHER SIMILAR MEDIA1)In the 2007 Indian Telugu film Okkadunnadu, both the protagonist Kiran (Gopichand) and the antagonist mafia don Sonu Bhai (Mahesh Manjrekar) are the only two carriers of the Bombay blood type. Kiran's heart is sought after by Sonu Bhai's henchmen for an urgent heart transplant required by Sonu Bhai.2)In real life, the actor Charlie Chaplin was accused in a paternity suit naming him as the father. Upon investigation it was revealed that the resulting child had the Bombay phenotype, and therefore Mr Chaplin could not be the father because he was found not to be a carrier of the gene. Unfortunately, he was still found guilty and ultimately he provided support to the child. It was said that he lost his case because so very little was known at the time about the workings of genetics, which affected the jury in their determination of the outcome of the case.

IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY, THAT A PERSON WITH BOMBAY PHENOTYPE CAN STAY ALIVE IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS OR BLOOD LOSS OF ANY KIND, OR OPERATIONS.

SAD, BUT TRUE. :(

Akrit Jaswal has been a surgeon since he was 7.

Akrit is now 17 years old, and is currently working on his master’s degree. That means, he’s not a real doctor. However, he has been performing surgery in India since he was 7 years old, when he operated on a burn victim’s hands. Akrit says that he hopes some day to come up with a cure for cancer. He is considered a genius, having learned to talk at 10 months old, to read at 2 years old, and to read English (Shakespeare!) at 5 years old. He also entered college at the tender young age of 12!

The Day Stars !!

Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

try this...

 

To those who haven't tried this...

You want to turn Google Translate into a beat-box? If you go to Google Translate and type in "pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk" from German to German and press the listen button, it sounds like someone is beat boxing. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

happy durga puja

some facts about the famous Hindu festival..

In the months of Ashwin and kartik, Hindus observe a 10 day ceremony of fast, rituals, celebrations, fiests to honor the mother Goddess and triumph of Lord Rama over Demon Ravana. Dussehra also symbolizes the triumph of warrior Goddess Durga over the buffalo demon, Mahishasura. Thus, it is a celebration of victory of good over evil. 

This celebration starts from Navratri and ends with the tenth day festival of “Dussehra”. Navratri and Dussehra is celebrated throughout the country at the same time, with varying rituals, but with great enthusiasm and energy as it marks the end of scorching summer and the start of winter season.

The tenth day after Navratri is called Dussehra, on which number of fairs are organized throughout the northern India, burning effigies of Ravana.It is also called “Vijayadashmi” as this day marks the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana. VijayaDashami is considered to be an auspicious day for the Indian householder, on which he worships, protects and preserves 'Shakti' (power). According to Scriptures, by worshipping the 'Shakti' on these nine-days the householders attain the threefold power i.e. physical, mental and spiritual, which helps him to progress in life without any difficulty.

The 'Ramlila' - an enactment of the life of Lord Rama, is held during the nine days preceding Dussehra. On the tenth day (Dussehra or Vijay Dasami), larger than life effigies of Ravana, his son and brother - Meghnadh and Kumbhakarna are set to fire.

The theatrical enactment of this dramatic encounter is held throughout the country in which every section of people participates enthusiastically.

In burning the effigies the people are asked to burn the evil within them, and thus follow the path of truth and goodness, bearing in mind the instance of Ravana, who despite all his might and majesty was destroyed for his evil ways.

Dussehra is also known as Vijaya Dasami, because of the victory of Ram over Ravana. On this day in Satya Yug, Ram (the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu), killed the great demon and king of Lanka, Ravana.

Puranas also opined that in this day warrior Goddess Durga defeated and killed the buffalo demon Mahishasura.

Dussehra is the last day of Navratri; it falls on the 10th day of the waxing moon during the Hindu month of Ashvin (around September or October).

School : Study Funny Money !

In Denmark, you get paid to go to school!

The student grant loans are for secondary and tertiary schools in Denmark. They are administered by the Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Higher Education.

The universal grants are known as SU, or Statens Uddannelsesstotte; state educational support grants. All students 18 and older are entitled to a free grant. The grants are regulated partly

 by the income of the recipient’s parents if they are below 20 years old. The basic rate for students 20 years old and older is about $960 USD per month!

Once a student starts at a university or other high education institution, they are entitled to an SU for six years. With the exception of medicine, university degrees take five years. This gives each student a year extra to change degrees or study more things with the extra year. Get this, all education in Denmark is free of charge. Yes, from grade school up to college and any official higher education is completely free.

Facebook Fact : UPDATE THAT SMILES

Facebook now allows smiley faces in comments also..!!

!!!The Bahrain World Trade Center...!!!

It is the first skyscraper to have wind turbines integrated into the structure of the building...!!

Three large wind turbines are suspended between two office towers. The towers are aerodynamically

tapered to funnel wind and draw air into the turbines.

This airfoil tapering allows the wind to enter the turbines at a perpendicular angle and increases air speed as much as 30 percent in each of the 95 ft wide

turbine rotors.

The turbines supply about 15 percent of the electricity used by the skyscraper - approximately the same amount of electricity used by 300 homes..!!

A Childhood Friend's Secret

The lion used in the original MGM movie logo killed its trainer and two assistants the day after the logo was filmed.

Clouds in a room: Its not photoshop this time.

That's right, kiddies.
They are real clouds in rooms.

MAGICAL, SIMPLY MAGICAL!

Every cloud has a silver lining and Berndaut Smilde’s clouds have made him famous, quite literally taking the art world by storm. 

Smilde uses a fog machine to make the actual clouds, but also carefully regulates the humidity and temperature. Even so, these installations exists for a mere moment before dissipating inside the room. If you're not there in the moment, then you only get to experience these brief scientific sculptures as photographs.

Often drawing on a nebulous concept of the “physical presence of transitional spaces,” on one hand Nimbus I(shown above) was visible only for a few minutes at Hotel MariaKapel, while Nimbus II was captured for Probe, an online gallery.

The lone cloud installations defy boundaries and bring a fantastical element to these rooms.

7Up !

The soft drink 7Up was named for the number of its ingredients.,The 'spot' on 7Up comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was Albino. Namely,Charles Leiper Grigg.

All about love

LOVE
Said to be the most powerful thing on earth by almost everybody.
Paris and Helen, Shiva and Sati, Laila and Majnoo, and who not!
Love is a strange feeling, difficult to explain.
It is said "You can not spell love, you can just feel it."
True that^
What you dont know is that.....
Love actually has an effect on you're whole way of existing.
Lets see how.

Love does not just exist in the heart, but in the head. Both the left and right hemispheres play a role in love and relationships.
The right brain helps us sense emotions and display empathy, whereas our left brain provides us with rationale for our feelings and assigns meaning to actions that we interpret as love.

When you are in love your cells band together and produce a milky substance between them (no one knows what this is). Therefore, your body changes quickly with the emotion of love. You feel strong, proud and able to conquer the world.

Four Main Changes with Emotions:

1.) Psychological: Your feelings of longing and love affect your mind and the way you think. When you are in love you want to go out there and conquer the world. You long for that person and take actions you normally wouldn't do. Your psychological feelings create passion where rationality doesn't always work.

2.) Metabolic: When you're in love your heart races faster, your blood starts moving and you begin to have clouded judgment. This is in part due to the strong emotions. There is only a slight difference between love and fear. Both of these emotions can create major reactions in your ability physically handle the situation.

3.) Molecular: Your cells cling together then you are in love and become erratic when you have sadness. This is why when people are in love or in grief they may act odd. For example, a person in love feels powerful while a person with sadness feels weak.

4.) Interpersonal: When you are in love you are naturally nicer to people. You feel good and this in turn helps you to feel for other people. You aren't so rude when you feel good. However, when you are in sadness you shy away from people and don't want them to talk to you. You stay in the shadows and lick your wounds.

Scientists have identified three chemicals at play: Vassopressin, Endorphins and Oxytocin. They are secreted when we feel that initial attraction to someone and function like an amphetamine, keeping our mood elevated, senses extra alert, and giving us the urge to bond and attach to others. As these secretions increase, our attraction to the object of our desire intensifies, and we get more and more of those dizzy feelings:-
1.)Oxytocin-deemed the “hormone of love”, binds to the limbic centers of the brain (Janov, 2000). Oxytocin is released during sex, which causes feelings of physical and emotional bonding between partners in an intimate relationship.
2.)Vassopressin is also involved in bonding and monogamy. It is said to inhibit dopamine and norepinephrine, which are the key neurotransmitters in an initial attraction to a mate. Because vasopressin hinder these neurotransmitters, relationships can morph into solid, intimate partnerships that are based on more than lust.
3)) Endorphins, which are released during sex, are responsible for the euphoric feelings of joy that two people feel when in an intimate relationship.

LOVE IS A GREAT FEELING. FALL IN LOVE, AND YOU LL SEE, BECAUSE I HAVE. AND I KNOW WHAT ITS TO BE! ^_^

SUSTAIN The Space Marines !

The military developed technology to drop marines into location from space!

SUSTAIN, or Small Unit Space Transport and Insertion, was first proposed in 2002 by the US Marine Corps. The idea is simple. Deploy Marines anywhere in the world within two hours by first sending them into space and then dropping them back down. Project Hot Eagle began developing the suborbital spacecraft necessary for the operation.

It would use a craft that would launch from a suborbital trajectory in two stages, first launching into space, then ceasing orbit in the proper location and lowering back down. The only problem is extraction, which would have to be done in a different way because the aircraft would have to be launched on a special runway.

Future possibilities for this technology are numerous, such as launching an entire army into space before releasing them all at once in an enemy territory.

Accelerating Ariel Atom

THE ARIEL ATOM

world's fastest accelerating car : 2012

Specifications

• 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h): 2.8 seconds (manufacturer's claim)
• Top speed: 155 mph, 250 km/h
• Power: 245 bhp (183 kW; 248 PS) @ 8200 rpm (300 bhp supercharged)
• Torque: 210 N·m (150 ft·lbf) @ 6100 rpm
• Weight: 612 kg (1350 lb)
• Transmission: Honda six-speed with reverse or General Motors six speed with reverse
• Price: £30,000/£45,000 supercharged (cost in the US is $39,203.12 base price)
• Engine: 2.0L Honda K20A1, 4 cylinder, i-VTEC or 2.0L supercharged, or General Motors 2.2L supercharged or 2.4L Ecotec 4 cylinder
• Manufacturer: Ariel Motor Company Ltd
• Length: 3,410 mm (134 in)
• Width: 1,798 mm (70.8 in) / 1,828 mm (72.0 in) with 225 Tyres
• Height: 1,195 mm (47.0 in)
• Track: 1,600 mm (63 in) front and rear
• Wheelbase: 2,345 mm (92.3 in)

 

Manufacturer	Ariel Ltd
Production	<100 per year
Engine	2.0 L 245-300 bhp Naturally Aspirated or Supercharged Honda K20A 3.0L 500 bhp Ariel V8
Transmission	6-speed manual 6-speed sequential manual
Length	3.41 m (11 ft 2 in)
Width	1.798 m (5 ft 11 in)
Height	1.195 m (3 ft 11 in)
Curb weight	1,350 lb (612 kg)
Designer(s)	Nik Smart

Hamilton In Hindustan

Sounds as Light !

If you collapse an underwater bubble with a sound wave, light is produced, and nobody knows why!!

Holy Thieves ! :D

The world's best-selling book is the Bible ! It is also the most shoplifted book in the world !

A Real Doll ! The Flower Fairy

19-year-old hair stylist uses extreme makeup techniques and costumes to transform herself into a real-life anime character. "I'm not a like a doll, a doll is like me," 'Flower fairy' -Anastasiya Shpagina.

Bugs Bunny Was ACTUALLY Afraid Of Carrots !

That's All Folks

Mel Blanc, who is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, the Tasmanian Devil, and many of the other characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons, was allergic to carrots !

Man with 1000 Voices

The "PURPLE YODA"

You heard it right, people.
NO!
ITS NOT A JEDI MASTER FROM THE STAR WAR MOVIES!

Discovered a new type of acorn worm, scientists have. Named it after Yoda, they did.

Yup its a WORM, a purple one though!

DEFINITELY NOT A JEDI KNIGHT!

The reddish-purple worm was found about 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, and has large lips on either side of its head region that reminded researchers of the floppy-eared Stars Wars character. Its full scientific name is Yoda purpurata, or "purple Yoda."

Researchers found the worm during the ECOMAR research program, which uses a remotely operated submersible to search for new animals along the seafloor at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Iceland and the Azores.

DISAPPOINTED? THERE ARE LOADS TO COME! DO VISIT US FOR MORE! 

You littlle evil evil thing! >:(

YOU LITTLE EVIL EVIL THING!

Yup, this is the first thing that will come to your mind, when I tell you of Clocky, the alarm clock.

YOU LITTLE EVIL EVIL THING!

"TABLE JUMPING IS FUN"

This little wonderful wheeled alarm clock started as an engineering student's project. Having trouble waking up herself, Gauri Nanda developed Clocky to shriek annoyingly and effectively, waking you up. The fun doesn't end there, kiddies. When the alarm sounds, Clocky will start beeping. You can set him to run away immediately the alarm sounds, or you can set it to snooze once for your chosen number of snooze minutes and if you don't get up, Clocky will start beeping again and run away. His aim is to jump off your bedside table first, so he won’t be easy to catch once, he’s hit the floor. He then scurries away and beeps at you until you get up and catch the little critter.Now you have to get out of bed and hunt the little bugger down to turn it off.

Seriously annoying, yes, but so was your mother when she was getting us up to go to school. And look where that got us. Oh wait, NOWHERE.

iphone 5 : FROM THE MAKERS

iNTRODUCING iPHONE 5

* enjoy the show *

Well, here is an exclusive intro from the makers of iPhone 5 

New app that can hack your smartphone camera and spy on you

US military experts have demonstrated a new smartphone app that can turn your mobile's camera into a spying tool for cyber criminals, secretly beaming images of you

r house, chequebook and other private information back to them.

The software can even build up a 3D model of your house, from which the hackers can inspect your rooms, potentially gleaning information about valuables in your home, calendar entries as well as spying on you.
The app 'Plaice Raider' was created by US military experts at Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana, to show how cyber criminals could operate in the future.

The creators even demonstrated how they could read the numbers of a cheque book when they tested the Android software on 20 volunteers.
As long as the app could be installed on the users phone, it can instantly begin beaming back images from the phone when it senses the right conditions, and software on the other end can then re-construct maps of the visited room.

The team gave their infected phone to 20 individuals, who did not know about the malicious app, and asked them to continue operating in their normal office environment.
The team said they could glean vital information from all 20 users, and that the 3D reconstruction made it much easier to steal information than by just using the images alone.

Researcher Robert Templeman said their app can run in the background of any smartphone using the Android 2.3 operating system.
Through completely opportunistic use of the phone's camera and other sensors, Placed Raider constructs rich, three dimensional models of indoor environments.

"Remote burglars can thus "download" the physical space, study the environment carefully, and steal virtual objects from the environment (such as financial documents, information on computer monitors, and personally identifiable information)," researchers said.
Plaice Raider will silently take photographs, recording the time, location and orientation due to the sensors within most modern smartphones.
It will then delete any blurred or dark shots, before sending the rest back to a central server, which can reconstruct the user's room, based on information such as phone orientation.
Then the hacker can explore the user's property at will - for instance, scanning the room for calendars, private details on computer screens, and cheque-books or card details.

"We implemented on Android for practical reasons, but we expect such malware to generalise to other platforms such as iOS and Windows Phone," Templeman said.

THE END ? Mathematics says..HELL NO !

Technically the world should have ended around January 2012 according to the Mayan calendar because it didn't account for leap years!

DECEMBER 21, 2012 : THE END !

The one-of-a-kind piece of art! :)

THE Beauty

The 2012 Lamborghini Aventador J officially unveiled to the world at the  at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.

It is a radically open automobile – exterior and interior meld into each other in an attempt to obtain a 
two-seat sport-bike effect.

No climate control.

Forget the infotainment/ navigation system.

The designers and engineers in Sant’Agata Bolognese have not only dispensed entirely with the roof, but also with the front windshield.

Lambo Aventador J

It uses a new type of carbon fiber fabric called “Carbonskin” made of woven carbon fibers soaked with a very special epoxy resin that stabilise the fiber structure and keeps the material soft.

 It gets the 6.5 liter V12 with 700hp power rating and the same 1,575kg dry weight as the Lamborghini Aventador.

The J Roadster you see here is for sale. How many more will be produced? None. It's a one-off, one-run deal, and put away your pocketbooks – it's already been sold for a cool 2.1 million euros. 

Hell of a machine! :D

Middle Finger !

Italian philosopher and scientist Galileo Galilei's middle finger can be found on display at Italy's Museo di Storia del Scienza :P

The Bapu You Never Knew

On the eve of M.K.Gandhis birthday, we would like to let you know some facts about the birthday boy!

• Yes it’s a truth that Mahatma Gandhi did wrong things like eating meat and lying to his mother about it. He used to smoke and he himself admitted that he was a jealous husband. But he stopped them as soon as he realized it was wrong. When he lied to his mother about eating meat he felt guilty and promised to himself that he will never take meat again. Before going to London he took a vow that he will never touch wine, women and meat.  He lived up to his promises though many of his friends encouraged him to eat meat as they were concerned about his health. He may did wrong things in the beginning of his life as we all do but he stopped his mistakes and thus became a great soul.

• Gandhi was afraid of public speaking. He was very shy. He gave up a case because he did not have the courage to speak. Because of his shyness it was becoming hard for him to continue his practice as a barrister. Later on, in South Africa Mahatma Gandhi was able to overcome his shyness.

• Gandhi did great experiments with his diets. When he went to London initially he was a vegetarian because of the vow he had taken. But later on he seriously believed in being a vegetarian.  He had a strong power to eat simple food. According to Gandhi, food should be eaten for the sake of survival and not for enjoyment.

• Later on in life Gandhi decided to pursue brahmacharya (self restraint) . Initially, it was difficult for him and he failed to achieve it. But with continuous effort he got power over this lust. He written in his book “that after some period he founded joy in pursuing brahmacharya.”

• He had a passion to serve others. Though he was a lawyer but he gave his heart to public service.

• Gandhi was highly religious. He gave a lot of time studying religion. Besides India’s freedom his aim was self purification.

• Gandhi believed in living a simple life. At his farewell he was given expensive gifts including gold watch and necklace but Gandhi returned all those gifts because he believed in living life simply. His concept was to supersede these temptations.

Definitely he was a great soul (Mahatma) because he got above his inner weaknesses and did what he believed in.