Random thoughts

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loved,still do ..

CINEMATIC UNIVERSES

Goodbye X-Men—You Flawed, Frustrating Cinematic Revolution
BY PETER RUBIN
Eighteen years ago, X-Men taught audiences that comic books could live onscreen, as vast and rewarding as they were in their original form.

 

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urban feral vs rural mmmmm
dont hold out much hope for either, unfotrtunately

It's meow or never: Seoul's street cats fight for love
GlobalPost

June 07, 2019 · 9:30 AM EDT

By Kelly Kasulis

Two cats purr and rub heads in Shiloh’s Sanctuary, an unofficial shelter for street cats in Seoul, South Korea. Cats are associated with bad luck in South Korea, but the city of Seoul is trying to change that.

 

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Random thought: if you say I mean no disrespect, I’m not a racist, I’m not a sexiest the next thing you’re I’ll say will be disrespectful, sexiest or racist.

 

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Bela Szandelszky/AP
Stop Stressing Out Your Dog
You’re racing to meet a deadline, dinner is scorched and suddenly your dog piddles on the floor. Coincidence? Maybe not.

A Swedish study of canine pets and their owners found stress in the dogs closely mirrored anxiety levels in their human companions.

The research measured residue of the stress hormone cortisol in hair from the dogs and humans across several months, and checked it against their personality traits.

Dog cortisol levels over time seemed to mirror the stress and personality characteristics of their owners – much more closely than they reflected personalities of the dogs themselves.

Read more about how stress can be contagious across species.

Bonus: Learn what veterinarians think about soothing skittish pets with CBD oil or other marijuana-derived treatments.

Andrea D'Aquino for NPR
Heavy Kids Need Support, Not Judgment, From Their Doctors
NPR's Health and Media Fellow Mara Gordon is also a doctor – a family physician at a university clinic in Washington, D.C. -- and some of the young patients she treats struggle with obesity.

Gordon cringes at the memory of what happened recently when she tried to bring up a teen’s weight with the girl and her mom during a check-up.

“I still think about the look of shame on my patient's mom's face, as if her daughter's obesity were a personal failing,” Gordon says.

Meanwhile the teen slumped in stony silence, embarrassed and unable to hear any advice as helpful.

Read more about the ways doctors often contribute to obesity’s stigma, and hear the tips Gordon learned that parents can use, too.

Bram Sable-Smith for NPR
He Finds The Person Within The Patient
In 2013, a Veterans Affairs hospital in Madison, Wis., turned to poet and therapist Thor Ringler to help its doctors and nurses better connect to their patients.

What was missing from medical records, Ringler realized, wasn’t scientific data. It was each patient’s life story.

"If you were to try to get a sense of someone's life from that record, it might take you days," Ringler says.

So he started interviewing patients – getting salient details about their life history, passions, values, and fears.

The result of his work, and that of other interviewers, is a mini-biography of each patient, now a part of their electronic medical record, along with test results or a list of symptoms.

Read more about how sharing your life story could improve your hospital care.

More of this week’s health stories from NPR
What you need to know about the new tick in town

Which states have passed early abortion bans?

How insurance plans skimp on mental health coverage

 

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WHY THESE STUDENTS ARE BOMBING THEIR COMMUNITY ... WITH SEEDS

IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE, MORE THAN 20,000 SEED BOMBS HAVE BEEN DROPPED IN BIHAR

Branches of a Myrobalan Tree are seen above, while the Banyan tree below is an example of the trees being grown in Bihar.

SOURCE SHUTTERSTOCK

 

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smile
NO LAUGH
never thought of that
think it might spew it straight back at us saying
we dont want your bloody rubbish
leave mother nature alone

now to read the article haha


ENVIRONMENT
Why don't we just throw all our garbage into volcanoes?
Because it's a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll

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Why don't we just throw all our garbage into volcanoes?

Because it's a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll.

Why don't we just throw all our garbage into volcanoes?

 

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TORONTO | MAY 2019
The Walrus Talks Trash: Lisa Erdle
Part of a panel on marine plastic pollution and how Canadians can help drive solutions, Erdle talks about the presence of microplastics in our food and water supply.
BY LISA ERDLE

 

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Deaths spike on Mt. Everest

 

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TRAVEL
Jupiter Will Be So Close This Month, You Can See Its Moons Using Binoculars


By DUSTIN NELSONPublished On 06/05/2019
@dlukenelson

SSPL/Getty Images
For obvious reasons, it's the best time of the year to be stargazing. If you head out to peer up at the sky, one thing you should definitely be on the lookout for is Jupiter. This month, Jupiter will be at its biggest and brightest in the night sky.


We're still a great distance from the gas giant, but it's a great time to bust out a pair of binoculars to see the third brightest object in the night sky. As NASA notes in its monthly "Skywatching Tips," Jupiter will be up all night, so you don't have to slip out at a specific time in order to be able to spot the planet.


The biggest planet in our solar system is visible to the naked eye even in many cities, but NASA suggests using binoculars or a small telescope this month because you'll get your money's worth. Not only will the colorful planet look gorgeous, but you may also be able to spot the planet's four biggest moons. You might also catch "a hint of the banded clouds that encircle the planet," says NASA.


As with meteor showers or other celestial events, you'll get the best view by getting far from city lights. You'll also want to give your eyes time to adjust to the darkness. Translation: put your phone away. (Maybe just after you use your stargazing app to locate Jupiter and other attractions in the sky.) It's a great opportunity for some casual stargazing since you can do this anytime, and it doesn't take a master's degree to participate.


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vibrationzzzzz deleted his account.

I hope he's doing well.

 

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Elephants May Sniff Out Quantities With Their Noses
Understanding how the endangered mammals smell the world could help with their conservation, researchers say.


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RILOBITES

Meet the Deep-Sea Dragonfish. Its Transparent Teeth Are Stronger Than a Piranha’s.
Researchers say the tiny crystalline structures in the predator’s fangs could inspire strong, see-through materials.

like trees
we have no right to be destructive kill/burn etc

WISH V well,as well
time to go/dissapear, yes/whenever/however

 

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Some days I just need to listen to a lot of music. It's as though my soul requires hearing certain things to become at ease.

 

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had a lot of hope for ARGENTINA
from the mid teens
esp with its catte/beef ..
all gone now
succsseive very poor government mismanagemt i geuss
not even thinking of there oil resources

 

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NZ icon/parrott without a doubt


NEWS
Fat, flightless kakapo hit by fungal infection
Just six weeks ago, New Zealand scientists were celebrating a successful breeding season. Now, they are facing the prospect of widespread deaths due to a fungal infection.

New Zealand's highly endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, enjoyed a bumper breeding season, but a fungal infection could be ruinous.

At least seven of the nocturnal parrots have died in recent weeks, suffering from a respiratory infection caused by a common airborne fungus.

With just 142 adult kakapos alive in the wild, scientists have asked for donations to help move the surviving birds to a safer area.

The birds have to be helicoptered out of their remote island homes for treatment on the mainland.

"Kakapo need our urgent support. We are currently managing an aspergillosis outbreak affecting many of the kakapo on Whenua hou," the Department of Conservation said in a statement.

"Detecting and treating birds with this potentially fatal disease is extremely difficult. Birds are flown by helicopter to mainland New Zealand for CT scans, and if affected face several months or more of intensive treatment."

Scientists have shared their upset over the outbreak on Twitter.

\\Read more: New Zealand's frisky 'spokesbird' Sirocco comes out of hiding

Outpouring of donations

Kakapo supporters have donated at least NZ$100,000 ($66,000 or €58,000) to help their recovery, with more than half of donations coming from overseas.

At least 36 have been sent to veterinary hospitals with suspected cases, local media reported. Nine of those have reportedly been given the all clear. Seventeen are being treated for aspergillosis, Radio NZ reported.

More than 100 scientists helped ensure the successful breeding season, with the remaining 50 females producing 249 eggs, of which 77 successfully hatched.

The population reached a nadir last century when numbers of living parrots hit just 50, thanks to predation by introduced species. They have bounced back due to isolated, predator-free islands.

The birds typically only mate every two to four years when the native rimu trees are full of fruit.

aw/msh (dpa, AFP)

Fat, flightless kakapo hit by fungal infection | DW | 12.06.2019

 

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Guinea Go

Henr

Slates Morning

 

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Claude Shrid

Terrace City

Rubrum Uchi

Gaybird

We LOVE gardening!

 

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important health info

right bastards those ticks
taking a beautiful peaceful neekid swim in Au pretending to be one with nature when had to BURN two of them hungry m
f....ers off me
and i never use that word
imagine beautiful Au rural very hot day/rare creek with enough running water for a swim, then that

Graham Hickling, Center for Wildlife Health, University of Tennessee
Asia's Longhorned Tick Takes Its First Documented Bite In The U.S.
The parasite carries potentially lethal pathogens in Asia as well as Australia and New Zealand. Now it's in North America. We ask tick specialists to weigh in.

Why South Korea Is Sending $8 Million In Food Aid To North Korea
Facing the worst drought in nearly four decades, the country is grappling with food shortages that affect 40% of its population. The donation has humanitarian -- but also diplomatic -- aims.

The Queen Honors Two Women Who Seek To End Female Genital Mutilation
They're Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali -- both named Officers of the Order of the British Empire at Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours Ceremony.

WHO Weighs Declaring Global Health Emergency As Ebola Spreads To Uganda
On Tuesday, a 5-year-old boy who traveled with his family to Uganda from Congo died from the disease. On Thursday, it was announced that his grandmother had also died.

 

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char siu as good as
bowl of plain unhealthy whie rice
and 6thats sufficient for a measl
- i said mmmmm

 

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Largest Animal Epidemic in History Is Due to Industrial Farming

The African Swine Fever outbreak, which has now spread to China, could result in the slaughter of 200 million hogs this year, in an effort to get the disease under control. Rob Wallace of the Agroecology and Rural Economics Research Corps outlines the causes and possible solutions