Nepal police seize smuggled gold bound for India

Nepal police seized 35 kilograms (77 pounds) of gold on Wednesday, smuggled over the border from China and bound for India, where demand for the precious metal was soaring, officers said.

The shipment, worth two million dollars on the black market, was the biggest ever seized by police in Nepal in what is an increasingly lucrative cross-border smuggling racket, the officers said.

The gold, 35 bars weighing one kilogramme each, was discovered in a truck in the capital Kathmandu after police trailed the vehicle following a tip off, superintendent Uttam Kumar Karkee told AFP.

"We were tipped off about this a few days ago. On Wednesday, we followed the vehicle from the Tibetan border for several hours and seized the gold which was hidden inside a container," Karkee said.

The seizure comes after 16 kilograms of gold was seized in Kathmandu on May 16 also from neighbouring Tibet in China, said Nepal Police spokesman Nawaraj Silwal.

"Wednesday's seizure is the biggest so far. We have found that a huge amount of gold is being smuggled from Tibet to India via Nepal," Silwal said.

He said that smugglers have been using land routes after authorities stepped up customs inspections at airports.

Karkee said the 24-year-old driver of the vehicle has been arrested and police were looking for two of his accomplices.

India, the world's top gold consumer, raised import duty on the precious metal last month to stem surging demand and reduce the country's ballooning current account deficit.

Gold and silver imports in India jumped nearly 90 percent in May from a year earlier, thanks to a slide in global prices and frenzied buying of the metal for wedding presents and other gifts.

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War arose recently, anthropologists contend

Study of hunter-gatherers finds few lethal raids on opposing groups

By Bruce Bower

Web edition: July 18, 2013

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A cross-cultural analysis found that nomadic hunter-gatherer populations rarely organize to attack other groups, with the exception of members of Australia's indigenous Tiwi society (shown).

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A battle has broken out among scientists trying to untangle the origins of war.

The fighting is over whether hunter-gatherer communities in recent centuries have tended more toward war???defined as banding together in groups to kill people in other populations???than toward one-on-one attacks within their own communities. A second front has broken out over how to extrapolate from modern behavior to the Stone Age. Some? anthropologists regard? the nomadic groups as helpful if imperfect models of Stone Age human behavior. Others suspect that too much evolutionary change and irregular contact with outsiders make hunter-gatherers unreliable signposts of the past.

Lethal attacks on one community by another rarely occurred during the 19th and 20th centuries, according to a new analysis of data previously gathered from nomadic hunter-gatherer populations. Murders of one person by another in the same group accounted for a majority of intentionally caused deaths, anthropologists Douglas Fry and Patrik S?derberg of ?bo Akademi University in Vasa, Finland, report in the July 19 Science.

Ten of the hunter-gatherer groups? had no recorded killings involving more than one attacker, effectively making those societies no-war zones, Fry and S?derberg say.

The new evidence suggests that humans have evolved a tendency to avoid killing in general, the researchers contend. War originated only within the past 10,000 years, in their view, with armed conflicts intensifying as the first states expanded between 6,000 and 4,000 years ago.

?Fry and S?derberg go against the popular tide in science ... and win hands down,? says anthropologist R. Brian Ferguson of Rutgers University in Newark, N.J.

Archaeological evidence from Europe, the Middle East and western Asia contains relatively few signs of murder and war until after 10,000 years ago, he says.

But the new study has attracted fire from other investigators. ?Fry and S?derberg use the hunter-gatherer record inappropriately to push the idea that because many modern hunter-gatherers were not seen to have war, ancestral hunter-gatherers also did not often have war,? says Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham.

Wrangham and others say that the new paper ignores relatively high homicide rates previously documented in hunter-gatherer groups, including some in the study. Critics also point to reports of regular fighting among neighboring hunter-gatherer communities; the groups that Fry and S?derberg studied were largely isolated. From critics? perspective, war probably goes back tens of thousands of years and stoked the evolution of intense cooperation within, but not between, human groups.

Murders cause more deaths than war in both traditional and modern societies, with exceptions coming during the 20th century?s two world wars, says Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker. Given war?s rarity, researchers are unlikely to observe raids and other attacks on rival groups when studying small hunter-gatherer samples such as those in the new study, he says. Rates of violent death are higher among hunter-gatherers and in other non-state societies than in state societies, he adds.

Fry and S?derberg?s finding that mobile hunter-gatherer bands infrequently organize warlike attacks does not surprise anthropologist Polly Wiessner of the University of Utah. But raiding and war does take place in a few such groups, as well as among sedentary hunter-gatherers that live year-round in bountiful settings near coasts or rivers. The great unanswered question, Wiessner says, concerns ?how different societies harnessed and tamed aggression to build larger societies throughout human evolution.?

Fry and S?derberg identified data on 148 killings in 21 mobile hunter-gatherer groups. Just over half of those killings were committed by lone perpetrators. Almost two-thirds resulted from disputes within families, executions of group members, competition among men over women and other conflicts within groups.

About one-third of killings involved attacks by one group on another. Reasons included disputes over resources, thefts of women and revenge attacks for past stealing or other offenses.

Australia?s Tiwi had an exceptionally large number of killings, 69, and accounted for most of the lethal attacks across groups.

Economist Samuel Bowles of New Mexico?s Santa Fe Institute criticizes Fry and S?derberg for choosing relatively peaceful groups, including the Tiwi, that mostly live in places where state-run armies discourage intergroup conflict. In his 2009 analysis of eight hunter-gatherer societies, the Tiwi ranked near the bottom in estimated rates of war-related deaths. None of the other seven groups he studied were part of Fry and S?derberg?s work.

A handful of reports have likewise found fairly regular, usually low-level warfare among neighboring hunter-gatherer societies, Wrangham says. In those cases, hunter-gatherers had little or no contact with more powerful farming communities that could have discouraged fighting. Warring groups had different customs and spoke different languages or dialects. Fry and S?derberg mainly addressed conflicts between bands of hunter-gatherers with common customs and languages, which reveal little about the evolution of war, Wrangham contends.

Wrangham considers periodically warring hunter-gatherer groups to be the best available models of Stone Age practices. In a 2012 paper, he and a colleague proposed that ancient people in groups such as these evolved a tendency for males to band together and opportunistically kill members of rival groups ? much as chimpanzees do.

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351706/title/War_arose_recently_anthropologists_contend

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Which Whey Protein Supplement Should You Use? ~ Weight Loss ...

Given that it's January, there are thousands of guys around the world joining gyms and asking how to build muscle. Lots of them are jumping into the world of supplements. But how do you know which whey protein is best for you?

As thousands of people begin new keep-fit ventures at the start of the year, it's almost impossible to miss the array of health and fitness products being promoted by supermarkets and local stores looking to cash in on the trend. However, to avoid wasting your hard earned money you need to take a few seconds to establish what you're actually looking for.

One of the biggest misunderstandings in the health and fitness industry is the importance played by dietary supplements. If you are to believe everything you read on the packaging, you'll undoubtedly begin feeling as if you need to be taking dozens of products in order to achieve any results. This is far from the truth.

However, while the industry itself may thrive upon confusing consumers in a bid to get them to part with more cash each month, the actual information at the foundation of each product is quite straightforward and simple. Much like a muscle building routine, not much has changed over the last 20 years despite the scientific advancements which have been made.

Everybody's different. We all have different body types and goals, so when every product claims to be the best thing ever to hit the market you should take that claim with a pinch of salt to say the least. The three points below will teach you what to look for.

* Is the first ingredient hydrolized, isolate or concentrated whey?

* How much protein is provided in each serving?

* How many carbohydrates are in each serving?

Understanding the three points above will go a very long way to helping you skip past the hype surrounding the products you'll see in your local supermarket and online. Firstly, which blend of protein is the first item listed in the ingredients?

For a protein supplement you'll see one of the three blends of whey listed first. It will read either hydrolized, isolate or concentrate. The difference between these blends is the speed they are digested into the muscles after a workout. Naturally, you want to provide your body with nutrition as quickly as you possibly can when you finish up in the gym, so hydrolized would be the perfect choice. However, hydrolized is usually the most expensive because of these added benefits. If you are on a budget and can only afford to purchase a concentrate formula don't be put off, it is still excellent and it still gets the job done. The actual difference in the performance of the three different blends doesn't justify the huge difference in prices.

How much protein is provided by each shake? Science tells us that our body can only handle between 20 and 30 grams in any one sitting, so all of those products which boast about hitting you with 40-50 grams tend to lead to unwanted fat gain.

The carbohydrate content of a product will tell you whether it's designed for somebody trying to bulk up or get leaner. If your product has a large carbohydrate content you can expect to put on size relatively quickly, whereas if it stays under the 10 gram mark it's designed with lean muscle in mind.

Now that you know the three most important factors in a supplement, you'll be able to figure out which whey protein is best for you using the simple steps shown above. If you are about to delve into the supplement market for the first time you will now be able to do so in confidence.

Source: http://weightlossand-fitness.blogspot.com/2013/07/which-whey-protein-supplement-should.html

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Lovefilm updates Wii application with better search and watchlist features

When sitting down to watch a lovely film on your Wii, you can now take advantage of Lovefilm's updated streaming app for the console. Users will notice improved search functionality, a more Wii-friendly user interface and, for the first time, watch lists. You'll also be able to pick up where you left off on other devices thanks to the new homepage which shows previously watched titles. Yup, this is what you're getting instead of game rentals.

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Slacker Radio

Slacker Radio just keeps getting better. The thirteen-million song strong service still offers an oh-so-sweet mix of customizable, curated channels, playlists, news and sports talk, and on-demand streaming, but adds a recent redesign, the information-filled Music Guide, and content from The Weather Channel. Slacker continues its forward push to become your all-inclusive streaming audio service.

A Softer Interface
The recently revamped Slacker ditches the slick, black design that's been the service's face since its 2007 debut for a mostly white page that's interspersed with a soft blue. Although Slacker now looks like it could be "baby's first streaming music service," there are benefits to the new design. If, like me, you spend the majority of your day staring into the white void that is Microsoft Word, glancing over to a white Slacker is easier on the eye than the black one.

The tabbed area that contained the "Home," "Now Playing," "Create Your Own," and "Devices" sections are no more. Slacker has a new panel-driven interface that features large, square icons that make identifying items far simpler. The upper-most section that houses album art, song title, and playback controls crib elements from the Slacker Apple iPad?app's original design. The area is larger and easier to read, but it has a few issues. The volume control is positioned a bit too close to the "Up Next" preview square that lets you take a peek at an upcoming track. I'd sometimes preview instead of adjusting the volume as a result.

On the upside, I like that you can view artist info or lyrics by clicking the artist name or song title, respectively, but that requires some exploration to find. Unlike Slacker's previous design, the new build lacks an identifying icon.

Customization and Discovery
Slacker Radio has three main areas: "Slacker Stations," "Music Guide," and "My Music." Visiting/logging into Slacker takes you to Music Guide by default?don't worry, you can still play tunes there. Music Guide is an information hub that fills you in on the latest music happenings and points you toward cool content. For example, Prince?at the time of this writing?was the Artist of the Week due to The Purple One turning 55 years old. Slacker created a channel that not only highlighted his rich music offerings, but those who inspired him as well.

Slacker Stations houses the services many news, talk, comedy, and music channels and displays them as large panels with eye-catching art design. There are over 40 top-level (including Alternative, Blues, Chill, Comedy) and multiple sub-genres within each. You can, of course, key in an artist name or song title into the search engine. Typing "Hendrix" and then clicking the search icon returned numerous results, but I liked that I could filter by artists, album, song, or station by clicking a tab to the right of the results.

My Music is where you'll find your playlists, custom stations, and recently played stations. The playlists and custom stations areas have large, hard to miss icons that let you build fresh playlists and custom stations. A diagram displays how you go about build either when you click the respective icons.

I fine-tuned my "The Wind Cries Mary" channel by clicking the "Fine Tune" icon, which is now located in the same area as the playback controls (the old Slacker design buried it in the settings menu). The fine tune options include a keyword stream that displays an artist's most popular songs and their relative number of songs based on the popularity and size of the keyword (color represents popularity and size represents number). Like the SiriusXM MySXM beta I recently tested, Slacker Radio has sliders that you can use to tweak playback metrics in the related artists, favorite songs, popular songs, and new/older song categories. Unlike SiriusXM MySXM, Slacker's sliders remained the same from station to station. Still, the additional customization options open the door to more tightly crafted custom stations.

As always, clicking the "Ban" icon prevents a song/artist from appearing. Clicking the heart-shaped "Favorite" icon, however, gave a song extra weight, causing Slacker to play it more frequently. You can also turn on/off Slackers DJ, ABC News, and ESPN updates.

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Investors Are Wont To Follow - Data From Seedrs Shows Equity-Based Crowdfunding Is No Different

In a blog post published today, Seedrs, the UK site that makes it easy to invest in early-stage startups, sheds some light on what it takes to reach the required tipping point to get funded through its equity-based crowdfunding platform.

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Kim Kardashian & Kanye West To Sell North West?s Baby Photos For Millions

Kim Kardashian & Kanye West To Sell North West’s Baby Photos For Millions

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are planning to sell the first pictures of their newborn daughter for charity. The couple, who welcomed baby girl North West into the world five weeks early, have reportedly decided to share an intimate snap of the newborn in a million-dollar magazine deal. An insider said that Kim, 32, hasn’t ...

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