Fish Feel Pain.

Found this article here about how fish feel pain.  I knew that Birds, Cats and Dogs feel pain but there has long been a myth that fish don't feel pain.  Poor Earth.  Everything suffers.  Next they will say grass suffers.  Have a read.

Ila France Porcher is a self-taught, published ethologist and the author of "The Shark Sessions." A wildlife artist who recorded the behavior of animals she painted, Porcher was intrigued by sharks in Tahiti and launched an intensive study to systematically observe them following the precepts of cognitive ethology. Credited with the discovery of a way to study sharks without killing them, Porcher has been called "the Jane Goodall of sharks" for her documentation of their intelligence in the wild. She contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

Researchers at Yale Law School made headlines recently, when they suggested that people often fail to question their political beliefs in the face of scientific discoveries that contradict them. The study showed how people reason selectively, and interpret data in such a way that it conforms with their political vantage point.

This phenomenon is evident in the pseudoscience related to fisheries, a multi-billion dollar industry that has taken control of the planet's wild fish populations and the public's perceptions of these animals. Despite available facts, industry conclusions are always in favor of fishermen, not fish.

Though rigorous scientific research has established beyond all doubt that the pain system in fish is virtually identical to that of mammals, the fishing industry has maintained that fish are too simple-minded to feel pain. As a result, most people seem to believe the old fishermen's tale that no matter how you brutalize fish and sharks, they won't suffer, and the abuse continues with almost no public outcry or protest.

Yet no evidence has ever been produced to support the idea that an animal could live successfully, and survive, without the ability to feel pain, an important warning sensation. It would result in inappropriate behavior, and the fish would go straight into evolution's garbage can. Only a small percentage of fish who come into the world live to adulthood, and any weakness would doom them. [Do Fish Feel Pain? The Debate Continues ]

Neither do observations of fish behavior support the idea. Fish appear cautious and careful, and display cognitive behavior in their efforts to eat food, such as sea urchins, that could sting them. Indeed, the evolution of urchin defenses, as well as a host of other oceanic stingers, seem to have depended on the ability of fish to feel pain.

The subjective idea of fish feeling no pain has persisted, even though it fails to fit in with established science.

The study of pain in fish

Since animals cannot tell us how they feel, scientists have searched indirectly for evidence about their subjective experiences, in the studies of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and behavior. Researchers have developed strict criteria, all of which need to be met, before they can conclude that an animal can feel pain .

First, there must be nociceptors — sensory neurons that respond to tissue damage by sending nerve signals to the spinal cord and brain. There must be neural pathways from the nociceptors to higher brain regions, and the signal from the nociceptor must be processed in the higher brain, not in the reflex centers in the hindbrain or spinal cord.

There must be opioid receptors within the nervous system, and opioid substances produced internally. Painkilling drugs should relieve the symptoms of pain that the animal displays, and the animal should be able to learn to avoid a painful stimulus. This should be so important to the animal that it avoids the threat of pain right away. The painful event should strongly interfere with normal behavior — it should not be an instantaneous withdrawal response, but long-term distress.

Fish meet all of those criteria, as has been shown in a wide variety of experiments. Their nociceptors are nearly identical to those found in mammals and humans, and the nociceptors are connected to the brain through neurons. There are also connections between the different structures of the brain, including those that are considered crucial to the experience of pain. The whole brain of the fish is active during painful events.

In addition to neural activity, certain genes that are crucial to the experience of pain in humans are also found in fish, and they are active throughout the fish's brain during painful events. This activity of the brain, at both the molecular and the physiological level, indicates that these are not reflex reactions. If they were, such activity would not be seen in the higher brain.

How fish react to pain

Fish have displayed a variety of adverse changes in their behavior after the infliction of pain, such as an extreme increase in their ventilation (respiratory) rate, rubbing damaged body parts on the surrounding environment, rocking on their pectoral fins, trying to stay upright and no longer feeding. These, and other symptoms of distress, are relieved by the administration of morphine, which completes the circle and identifies pain as the cause of the change in behavior.

Like other animals tested in laboratory settings, fish have been shown to self-administer painkillers if they can — even if that means going into a location that they do not like — to bathe in water that medicates them. This is another clue that the fish were suffering, and found relief in the undesirable location.

Fish swiftly learn to avoid painful events, which researchers think indicates that they are conscious — they experience the pain so severely that they are strongly motivated to avoid feeling it again, even after just one exposure.

Though humans can override pain, at times, in certain heightened mental states — particularly when in danger — it seems that fish cannot do so. Studies have shown that after being hurt, fish become far less alert to danger, as if their pain is too overwhelming for them to ignore it, even to escape a predator. It is thought that due to their simpler neural design and mental states, fish lack the ability to think about their pain and put it in perspective as humans can. Pain for fish seems always to be an intense experience, which suggests that they may actually feel pain more intensely than humans.

When Rebecca Dunlop of Queensland University discovered that fish learn to avoid painful experiences, she wrote, "Pain avoidance in fish doesn't seem to be a reflex response, but rather one that is learned, remembered and is changed according to different circumstances. Therefore, if fish can perceive pain, then angling [fishing] cannot continue to be considered a noncruel sport."

Because of such findings, there has been meticulous research into the best way to relieve pain in fish during surgery. Because the pain system in fish appears to be the same as that in birds and mammals, veterinarians systematically use pain relief while performing surgery on fish. Given that they are conscious, and may suffer on an emotional level, fish welfare emerges as an important issue.

Yet while amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals have been protected from cruel treatment, fish and sharks have not, thanks to the domination of those who profit from killing them.



There was more to the article so check it out on the website if your interested.


Darcy Lee

Passionflower - Jon Gomm

Passionflower - Jon Gomm.

Adding this to Amazing Guitar and Music.  This guys cool and makes full use of his guitar.  I like the song its good.  Saw this on Facebook originally.

Darcy Lee

Zombie - The Cranberries

Zombie - Cranberries.  First heard this when I was about 16 and still at school.  Adding it to Music 2 because I used to know the words and it sounded real cool back then 20 years ago but it doesn't sound cool now.  It reminds me of war and people being turned into zombies.  I guess it's still alright but not something i'd listen to now.  It definitely had appeal 20 years ago.

In your head. In your Head.  (The Matrix)
Zombie Zombie Zombie.


Darcy Lee

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight.

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight.

Going to add this to Music 2 but might upgrade it tomorrow to Music 1.  It's a pretty groovy little song.  It's old as Phil Collins is old but it's kind of airy feeling is very cool.


Here are the lyrics:


"In The Air Tonight"

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord

Well, if you told me you were drowning
I would not lend a hand
I've seen your face before my friend
But I don't know if you know who I am
Well, I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off that grin,
I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord

Well I remember, I remember don't worry
How could I ever forget,
It's the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up,
No you don't fool me
The hurt doesn't show
But the pain still grows
It's no stranger to you and me

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord
But I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
But I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord
But I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord.

Nike Glow Shoes.

Found this picture on tumbler.  Nike Glow Shoes.  Now if they were solar powered and u could turn them on and off with your mind.

So matrix tech.  The future.  It exists right now. This Journal Blog represents that i was one of the first civilians to be shown this tech.  I haven't seen that much but it's definitely used on me to farm my thoughts and they cause quite alot of pain.

But no one believes this.  Now if it was good, this tech, the matrix virtual reality tech then why not just tell people about it.  Why is it kept secret from the everyone.  It's kept secret so that people can be farmed.  It's kept secret because it can control people.  It's kept secret because it has existed for so long now.  It must be used on quite a few different people by now.  People they see as scum.  Like myself.  This is in relative comparison to themselves of course.

It could be that they just enjoy the pain and suffering and misery that they put so greatly into my body and life.  Everybody's mind is wide open for the government to record and use on a computer database.  They just rip your thoughts.  They listen in on your thinking.

But this is to unbelievable.  The human body can't be this easily hacked.  I tell you they have been doing this since the early 80's.  At least.  Most likely way way earlier.

Brain Computer Interface.  This tech is where it's at.  Your mind on a computer.  Your thoughts recorded.  A picture H.U.D in you head.  It's a new type of warfare.  It's able to be used because it's secret.  If it wasn't secret tech then people could report it and be believed finally with out being written off as crazy.  They can make you crazy.  They can cause you unbelievable pain.  The govt.  It brings them pleasure.  Some of them.

And you the reader don't yet believe me.  It's 2014.  They have been working on this technology for a long time 24 hours 7 days a week.  They have succeeded.  The MATRIX exists.

You have been warned.  It's warfare..... they commit acts of war against the sovereignty of people.

They violate people.  Nobody is immune.

If the tech it's so good, why is it secret.  For so long,  Because it's being used against us.

Allow yourself to think mind control of the worst kind.  Nobody will believe you.  Nobody believes me.  But this happens every day to many people.  They can see what you see.


Darcy Lee
Leeda

One Republic - Counting Stars.

One Republic - Counting Stars.

Adding this to Music 2.  Listened to it a few times but don't think it's good enough to go into Music.

Darcy Lee
Leeda

25 Most Brutal Torture Techniques Ever Devised.

Video is 25 Most Brutal Torture Techniques Ever Devised.

Just watched this.  Very scary.  Torture is still rampant and practiced today.  Jesus underwent torture. But what makes his torture any greater than anyone else?  He had supposedly never broken a law?  Is that enough?  He had never sinned?  But then you have to define sin.

I really don't understand how this torture can happen.  Suffering has to be wrong.  For anyone. I'm finding the bible doesn't really cover alot of things.  There has been so much suffering.  What does it achieve.

Had someone I know say that Jesus and his suffering actually made the world a worse place.  So like you can suffer and nothing good comes from it. Jesus bought the church with his suffering but in this persons opinion the world was worse off and would be better if Jesus had never suffered because of all the wars of religion that the church committed.

Really suffering is terrible.  We need the light of life perhaps.  A light so burning so hot and bright. A light so as not to stumble in the dark.  This life light will show all things.  It will show the value of life and lead people out of great darkness to peace and security.

I can't really say what the light of life looks light but perhaps it illuminates giving guidance making free and bringing liberty.  I hope to have such life.  Life in abundance.  Brighter than the sun.  Life brighter than the sun or any other source of light.

We still wait for this great light.

Leeda
Darcy Lee

Another Couple of Funding Pages.

I made another page similar to my indiegogo.com page also trying to raise money for Warcraft. This time it's on a site called gofundme.com  I just wanted to post the link here as if that would help.

I'm actually quite rapt at the link cause it has worldofwarcraft in it.  Check it out.

http://www.gofundme.com/WorldofWarcraft

I'm adding this as an edit but i've also been able to make a page at another crowd funding place. This site is called rockethub.  So that's three sites I have pages at.  Indiegogo, Rockethub and Gofundme. I am also waiting on approval for one last page on Kickstarter.  You can follow the link to rockethub here:

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/49157-world-of-warcraft

Here is the Indiegogo link so there all in the same post:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/world-of-warcraft--5

World of Warcraft - Seeking Donations to Play. Indiegogo.

I recently just put up a page on indiegogo.com asking for money so that I can play World of Warcraft when the new expansion pack comes out Warlord of Draenor.  You can find the page here: Indiegogo Page

Below is the text included from my indiegogo page. Indiegogo is a site where you seek donations and people actually go there to give money.  I'm hoping for $1000 dollars.  Here is the text from the page:



As people may or probably may not know the new Expansion for World of Warcraft releases on the 13th of November 2014.  The new 9gb patch with major changes is about to hit probably in 2-3 weeks with a whole lot of new changes and is using up my 40gb cap as we speak.
I'm hoping to play this latest WOW xpac.  But it's a huge burden of my mum.  She pays for my subscription fees and will probably end up having to buy the new xpac from the shop (I collect the box) as well.  I've been trying for a house for a while on this site and this but haven't had any luck.  Now i'm going to try for something smaller.

I guess what i'm asking for in this DONATION PAGE is contributions towards World of Warcraft and myself playing.  I hope this is ok.  Perhaps not just WOW but general  day to day life operations.

Wow costs about $15 US or $19 NZ Dollars a month for the subscription.  The xpac I think will cost about $85 NZ Dollars to purchase.  When the xpac hits I'm hoping to be up and awake for about 48 hours or more in a row and be consistently playing for a couple weeks solid probably.  What this means is I need Food from the supermarket and also money for takeaways like Pizza, Kebabs, Mcdonalds, Indian, KFC.  I need as much up time as possible and  as least distractions as possible.  This means money.  Probably what will happen is I will remain poor though realistically.

 Of all things though it would be nice to have extra money for this game.  It would help me play.  I have about 300 days clocked up in this game over all my characters over about 5 years.  That's 300 days 7x24.  But I have done that time in like 1-12 hour stretches like I said over 5 years it's just the total time played added up from those 5 years.

Now i know it's illegal in NZ but I also like to smoke weed, it's the most expensive part of my life.  Please don't tell anyone like my MUM until I'm rich and famous and can support my own habbit.  Also don't tell the police.  Cause they suck.  I did ask for a licence to smoke as a reward, but it was only over NZ talkback radio and I can't confirm it.  This was only after making a phone call where I said "THEY DON'T THINK" three times in a row, then Yelled "WAR" declaring there was going to be one, then saying "THE THING" "THE THING", Then finally voicing a gleam in my eye.  2 Days later after that phone call the planes hit the buildings in America.  You can learn more from my website www.DarcyLee.com if your interested.

O yeah I trained myself for that Prophetic Phone call I made to the talkback radio where I yelled war.  I am a soldier.  Will you leave a soldiers request unanswered?
I'm not really a soldier though.  I'm just a weakling.  But I made a stand and defense during the phone call and it was perfectly spoken and timed and expressed.  LIke you have to hear it.

This is about my only claim to fame.  I believe the phone call is classified and most will say it doesn't exist but truly it's a Mona Lisa.  You don't destroy or delete a MONA.  It deserves it's place on YOUTUBE.com  But alas no.  It remains in government hands classified with no one knowing. It took intense suffering to make that phone call.

I need around $1000 dollars to live the dream for a little while playing the new xpac of World of Warcraft.  This will purchase the game for me get me 6 months to a year game time and provide food and weed for the first 2 or more weeks of playing the wow xpac.  It will possibly purchase a couple of fresh new 90s as well to level on different servers.

Anyway that's me Please Help.  Send money so I can continue to play World of Warcraft and can play the expansion pack without troubles.

Enough donations for a house would help all this as well of course.  But finding someone wealthy enough and willing is a challenge.  I having trouble with even one donation.



Here are my Characters in WOW:

In World of Warcraft I have a 4 Level 90's a druid, pally, mage, on ally, and a 90 priest on horde, I also have 84 Hunter, 81 Dk, 80 Rogue, 57 Shaman all ally, also 52 Monk and 44 Warlock on horde.  I also have a level 60 Priest on a Player vs Player server that i'm going to use as my free character boost to 90 that you get with Warlords of Draenor the Xpac.

The level cap for the xpac is being upped to 100 so 10 new levels.  All these characters have been hand leveled.  It kinda sucks for the poor like me now you can pay $65 dollars and get your char leveled to 90.  It takes me like 6-8 days played time to go from 1-90 so that's quite a low hourly rate but I have fun I guess.  Again that's like adding all time played across many days altogether.  So yep anyhow anyways if you can donate some money to me please do.

Love is kind so the bible says.  Be kind. Donate to me.

Thanks again.

Leeda
Darcy Lee





That's it.  Goto the page and have a look.  You can of course donate directly from the page this text is on by clicking the paypal button.  You now know my story.

Much Love.

Darc

Fallout Boy - Centuries.

Centuries - Fallout boy.  Heard this on the radio and thought it was cool.  Took a little while to learn the name to look it up.  Adding to Music.

Leeda
Darcy Lee

Tainted Love - Soft Cell.

Tainted Love - Soft Cell.

Adding this to Music 2.  Couldn't add the original video.  It's probably a bit better.  This is live.

Darcy Lee
Leeda

Fur Elise - Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Fur Elise - Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Adding this to Music 2 cause I like it but probably won't come back to it very often.

Leeda
Darcy Lee

Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It.

What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner.

Found myself coming back to this again.  I like most about this song but not all of it.  I guess I like it enough to post.  It's going under Music 2 though.

What's Love Got To Do With It.
What's Love But A Second Hand Emotion.


Leeda
Darcy Lee

Knocking On Heavens Door. Guns and Roses.

Guns and Roses - Knock Knock Knocking on Heavens Door.

Adding this to Music 2 as this was a favorite back when use your illusion 1 and 2 came out.  I would've been like 14 or 15 listening to this so 20 years ago.  It was cool.

Doesn't so much appeal these days though.  Only listened to this version once probably won't listen to it again.  12 minutes long.

Also this Post is this years 100th Post Yay.  This is a record amount of posts in one year for this blog and the year isn't over yet.  The reasons for more posts are I have been posting more of what I stumble across everyday.  Have also been posting more music videos this year and also forum posts that i've made.  That I guess is why I have a record amount of posts for the year.  The record for a month is 31 posts in August of this year.



Darcy Lee
Leeda

All You Need Is Love. The Beatles.

The Beetles - All You Need Is Love.

Adding this to Music 2.  Not that I've listened to it much.

As long as you have love perhaps.

Love Love Love.





Darcy Lee
Leeda

All About That Bass Meghan Trainor

All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor

Hated this the first time I heard it but it grew on me and I found myself listening to it.  Adding it but it can be still annoying I think.