Great white shark can make history and become the first to cross the Atlantic

A great white shark, named Lydia, like going down in history as the first of its kind to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The animal, a female of 4.4 meters, has toured more than 30.5 million miles since it began to be monitored through a scientific project, in March 2013.

Currently, the shark will be near the Atlantic rift, about 1,600 miles off the coast of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, and Ireland â€" which also puts the animal near the Spanish and Portuguese coast.

If you continue to swim at the speed that the average has done, Lydia could reach the British coast soon, thus becoming the first white shark crossing the Atlantic way monitored.

The animal has been followed through the Ocearch project, which aims to gather data about moving, biology and health of sharks. The project aims to then use the information to not only protect animals but also to promote education and public safety.

See the current location of Lydia, which, moreover, the Ocearch do you think you're pregnant.

"Technically, the Lydia crossed the Atlantic to cross the Atlantic Ridge, which hasn't done," Gregory Skomal indicates, one of the researchers involved in the project. However, the investigator believes that the shark is closer to Europe than North America.

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USA: agriculture wins more and more money, but he didn't get in the pockets of farmers

Last year, the US Department of Agriculture â€" species of Ministry of Agriculture of the United States â€" has compiled some data about the sector, a census held every five years.

The first conclusion of the study explains that American agriculture increasingly wins money. In 2012, the American farmers sold $ 250 honorarium billion (R $ 927 billion) in products, 33% more than in 2007. In fact, this number is not surprising, since prices are higher, but the study questions who's really making money in this sector â€" some experts say it is not in the pockets of farmers that this money is in â€" and that explains some of the remaining data in the report.

The study draws attention to the growth of large agricultural estates and medium farms disappeared. The number of small farms has remained in line with the 2007 numbers, but the truth is that these are not making money. Almost half â€" 1 million-2.1 million of u.s. farms rely on a family member the full time, but even these don't make money, even in more prosperous agricultural.

On the other hand, the number of people who identified other occupation aside from agriculture fell 9% compared to 2007, but these numbers are not positive. "I think that this number reflects the lack of jobs in rural communities," explained the Civil Eats Katherine Ozer, Executive Director of the National Family Farm Coalition.

Farmers are older

The Census found that the American farmers are older, with an average age of 58 years, and that this number has been growing for 30 years. Still, the number of farmers between 25 and 34 years has risen.

"The number of young farmers is growing, but the range between 35 and 44 is lower," said Traci Bruckner, of the Center for Rural Affairs.

The number of agricultural farms too is decreasing in relation to 2007 â€" 4%-as well as male farmers (4%) and women (6%). Still, there are more women who say that the farmer is their only job (125 thousand against 122 thousand in 2007). "There are more and more women to follow a career in a farmer," said Bruckner.

Interestingly, these women are older, mostly between 55 and 75 years. Which means you can are entering agriculture as a second career or to cultivate some land inherited.

Agriculture as an obligation

According to the Guardian newspaper, Americans Cook less and less and Cook became a hobby â€" people cook with the chefs on TV. The loss of cooking skills means that American citizens are increasingly distant from farmers and, on the other hand, about 40% of their meals are lonely.

On the other hand, Americans don't see the agricultural career with good eyes, and those who choose to are, almost always, obliged to do so.

All these data have a meaning: that still make more money, the agriculture sector, in the United States, goes through a period of major challenges and will have to reinvent itself quickly. As in Europe, in fact.

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Cat lover spends € 25,200 to transform the House into a playground for cats

A Californian, who remains anonymous, decided that his home belonged to him as much as to their 18 cats and decided to spend € 25,200 to make housing more suitable for the cats. The remodeling was done by a specialized company and includes airfare for cats, poles for cats sharpen their nails and artificial vegetation for the cats hide.

More costly changes, referred to Inhabitat, involved the introduction of a spiral staircase that spans two floors and several uneven running through shelves several divisions, allowing the animals to follow people from room-to-room.

Despite all the additions to improve the comfort of the felines, housing looks normal from the outside, with a garden and several trees. Once inside, the House is completely adapted to the cats but also to humans, thereby facilitating the coexistence of the two species.  In the remodeling of housing was also introduced a ventilation system that ensures the circulation of air amounts sufficient to prevent unwanted odors.

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Environmental documentary inspires California to ban concerts of orcas

Inspired by the controversial documentary River Blackfish, which explores the history of orcas in captivity and death of a handler of Seaworld, in 2010, the Democrat Richard Bloom has proposed legislation to ban the shows of orcas in California â€" specifically, at SeaWorld San Diego.

The proposed law, which was known on Friday, also proposes a ban on the import and export of orcas, according to UT San Diego.

"There is no justification for the continued maintenance of orcas in captivity, for the sake of entertainment," explained Bloom. "These beautiful creatures are too big and clever to stay confined in small cement tanks throughout their lives," he continued.

The draft law will allow all orcas withdrawals continue to be visited by people, but not for entertainment activities, defined as "all the public views with timetables and that are characterized by music or other sound effects, with choreography or training, or even unprotected contact between humans and orcas".

Whenever possible, keep the document, orcas should be drawn to the sea. The proposal needs a simple majority to pass, but this should not be easy, said the UT San Diego.

Since the release of the film River Blackfish, which was first seen at Sundance festival, the Sea World has already been boycotted by musicians and other artists.

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Saint Petersburg has a new sustainable airport

Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, is already working. Designed by Grimshaw Aechitects, the space maintains the characteristic traits of the atelier â€" practicality and details of construction, associated with sustainability.

The new space has a cover that resembles a wooden origami and the interior spaces are spacious and bright, taking advantage of the natural light as much as possible. The Pulkovo airport is the first phase of a larger project to improve the transport infrastructure of Saint Petersburg and make the city as a gateway to Russia.

The Grimshaw Architects have won an international competition, in 2007, to design the Pulkovo airport. The new terminal is expected to receive 12 million passengers per year, referred to in Inhabitat. However, when the second phase of the project is completed in 2017, the space must be capable of an annual volume of 17 million passengers.

The design of the new airport was inspired by the city of St. Petersburg, with interconnected areas that are reminiscent of the Islands and the bridges of the city. The roof and the roof were designed to withstand large temperature fluctuations. The facades and Windows were optimized to capture as much light and prevent overheating in the summer. Some of the facades also include panels that allow you to control the amount of sunlight.

"This building represents a starting point for the Grimshaw. We are known for our significant structures and by attention to detail. Here, we wanted to keep all these elements, and our interest in sustainability, but also trying to make the building into a more defined and spacious, "said Mark Middleton, project manager of the Grimshaw.

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Achim Steiner re-elected executive director UN Environment program

Achim Steiner, executive director of the program for the environment of the United Nations (UNEP), was re-elected for a term of two years, starting in June this year.

Steiner was re-elected by the Assembly of the UN unanimously and with the recommendation of the current Secretary General of the Organization, Ban Ki-moon. The current executive director was chosen for the post for the first time in 2006, referred to a statement issued by the UN.

Before joining the Organization's environment program, Achim Steiner, German and Brazilian nationality, was director-general of the International Union for conservation of nature and natural resources between 2001 and 2006.

During the previous mandate, Steiner launched the Green Economy initiative, in 2008, established the first scientific-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystems and adopted the Convention of Minamata for mercury.

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Interactive toys interfere with the development of children?

It is common to see a child talking to legos, Barbies and Action Man or nenucos. However, these toys do not respond or interact in any way. But this reality is changing.

The advent technology brought a new reality for children when it comes to jokes. Interactive programs already exist, with various characters, who keep dialogues with children or programs, in the form of animals, which are very real. But these programs are beneficial or harmful to children's development in the 21st century?

For a new generation of children, this type of interactive toys can be the future of games. Although, in the future, we can watch many of the scenarios that we used to watch science fiction movies, there are other more immediate concerns. Since it has been hard to study the side effects of this new trend among toys, nobody knows exactly how these objects can affect a child's development-for better, worse or have a neutral effect.

To better understand these impacts, which are not yet scientifically proven, the Mashale spoke with several builders of toys and child development specialists.

This type of toy is aimed mostly at children in the early stages of mental development and, although there is no scientific evidence, theories about how the interactive toys can affect children are many.

Oren Jacob worked at Pixar for more than 20 years. Later, after leaving the company, created with a friend, who also worked at Pixar, a company, the Toy Talk. The most famous toy is Winston Show, a interactive program in the form of a cartoon that listen to children and interacts with them. According to Jacob, this toy can stimulate language development â€" which translates into extra points when it comes to persuading on the purchase of the product. Once children start talking love to have conversations, even meaningless, the program allows them to talk about what you want the cartoon will listen and always respond. "You can express yourself out loud and have a game partner that responds always and never tires is a very attractive option," says Jacob. "That's how you learn to speak".

Lauren Sherman, researcher, agrees that this kind of toys can help to a certain extent. This researcher working in the Children's Digital Media Center, in Los Angeles, a research lab that focuses on the effects of digital media on the development of children and young people. While recognizing the benefits of these toys, Sherman notes that interact with a program is not the same thing as interact with people, then that is not entirely advisable to replace human contact by contact with interactive programs.

Kaveri Subrahmanyam, associate director of the same laboratory, indicates that children tend to form ties with the characters and interactive programmes, the investigator, considers that these emotional ties may interfere with the "informational development of empathy", since contact with a wide range of emotions is smaller. Despite the benefits and harms of interactive toys are not fully proven, researchers advise parents to regrarem the use of these toys for children.

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