Sales tax

This is a tax on business transactions and is collected from all the registered dealers, who, in turn collect it from consumers. It has been replaced by VAT. It is value added tax. It has come in to effect in India from 1 April 2005.it is a multistage levy and is collected in transactions involving the sale of goods each time they change hands or value. It reduces the cascading the effect of taxes by providing for set-off of taxes that have already been paid or collected.

Sleep terrors and genetics

Children are often prone to night terrors. During that time they begin to scream. According to recent study it is slightly inherited. The results show that there is a firm effect of genetic factor in the sleep terrors, though no specific genes behind the phenomenon have been identified. It has also been found that this condition may disappear in the later years. Another condition is the walking in the sleep, it also is a condition which is arrived from the genetics. The onset of the sleep terror is very abrupt and frightening. At this time children seem to be confused and restless.

Not all fats are bad

Fat is considered as a bad thing when diet is taken into account but the truth is not all the fat sources are bad for obesity.fat is responsible for obesity this belief exists in the world as of now. Only the white fat is bad for health and it causes obesity. The brown fat is very useful for staying healthy. This brown fat is used to treat obesity. This acts by destroying the white fat. Therefore the white fat is in turn converted into heat for the body.

Volcanoes and tropics

A volcano eruption occurs in places where the tectonic plates are not proper. A volcano erupts through by opening in the earths surface. They can also be found where there is a thinning of the earth’s surface. Mantle plumes are also a reason for the volcanoes. The magma which is erupted from the volcano consists of 50%-60% of silica. Researchers have found in the recent study that the volcanic eruptions have cooled the tropics by throwing the particles high in the sky so that the sunlight gets reflected and results in the reduction of the heat of the planet.

Body Posture

Posture is defined as the position of the parts of the body with respect to one another. It may change periodically depending on the person’s activity. But there is a specific way of holding and moving the body and that is known as good posture. We should keep our shoulders relaxed and the spinal column in the neutral position. Keep the chest upright and the abs tucked in, the neck and the head should be aligned with the spine.

Sensation of touch

The mechanism to know exactly where we touch is known as proprioreception.This is similar to the thoughts phenomenon. The skin has various receptors like pacinian corpuscles, end bulbs of krouse, tendons. The parietal cortex is responsible for understanding the movement of hand, position and objects we touch. Even the sense of direction and orientation of space are found by parietal cortex.

Potatoes are the blame holders

The Chinese celebrate special years for cat, mouse, snake and the monkey, we also celebrate special days. But the Potato has a whole International year reserved for it. A news report mentioned that the Indian government has a central research institute in Shimla since 1935.All of us know that the dieticians have made it out to be a villain and a criminal, as if it is only responsible for obesity in the country. The main reason lies in the fried preparations but not the potatoes. The real culprit is the oil which we are using to make the dishes. And also a variety of dishes can be made from the potatoes.