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Need More ZZZ’s? Sleep Retreats Are a (Glorious) Thing
This latest wellness trend tackles a problem facing 30 percent of people.

At Canyon Ranch, in Tucson, Arizona, palm trees and massive cactuses are guests’ closest neighbors. The serene 150-acre wellness resort offers desert-view yoga and peaceful hikes through the Santa Catalina Mountains. Dramatic scenery is a key selling point for the Southwest escape, but it’s not the only one. Some of Canyon Ranch’s most life-changing experiences happen when your eyes are closed.

Sleep tourism, like Canyon Ranch’s physician-led sleep enhancement program, is the latest trend in the lucrative wellness industry. Given that 1 in 3 adults doesn’t get enough sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and that wellness travelers reportedly spend nearly 60 percent more than the average international tourist, it was only a matter of time before sleep tourism took off. The wellness tourism industry was a $639 billion market in 2017, a figure that’s expected to top $900 billion in 2022.
 
had 2 then 1
for little fella we brought up
wouldent now of course
funny/odd/weird what one got up to in the 80s
pets... not the thing now huh
we are,still naughty
not knowing,is not really an excuse

Axolotl genes
The secret to regeneration? Scientists say it lies in the axolotl genome.


Possibly the cutest creature known to man, the axolotl is more than just a pretty face. These little salamanders are capable of regenerating not just limbs, but organs and even their brains. Scientists have been trying to find out how — and theymight’ve just found their answer.


“Building off of previous work using CRISPR/Cas9, Flowers and colleagues were able to imprint regenerated cells with a kind of genetic barcode... They identified two genes related to the axolotls' tail regeneration; specifically, the catalase and fetub genes. Although the researchers stressed that many more genes were likely driving this complicated process, the finding does have important implications for human beings — namely that humans also possess similar genes to the two identified in this study.”
 
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“If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five percent of the population of Oceania, could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated. The Party could not be overthrown from within. Its enemies, if it had any enemies, had no way of coming together or even of identifying one another.

Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possibly it might, it was inconceivable that its members could ever assemble in larger numbers than twos and threes. Rebellion meant a look in the eyes, an inflection of the voice; at the most, an occasional whispered word.

But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They need only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it.”

1984 - George Orwell.
 
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this tome,our biblical fiends huh

Locust swarms plague East Africa as wildfires burn Australia
Strengthened by climate change, the Indian Ocean Dipole has made Australia drier while countries such as Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia become wetter and more hospitable to desert locusts.

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rom Somalia to DRC, Sudan to Tanzania, heavy rain has fallen across East Africa since October, bringing severe floods that have displaced millions and encouraged locust growth. It is part of a pattern of near-apocalyptic weather events turning lives upside down across the world.

Across the Indian Ocean, in Australia, wildfires raging since September have laid waste to an area larger than Portugal, killing at least 30 people and an estimated one billion animals. The smoke has choked citizens and rained ash down on cities, reaching even as far as South America.

While East Africans and Australians have long been familiar with flash floods and wildfires respectively, few were expecting their recent severity.


Australia's wildfires have been made worse by climate change

What's more, the weather in both regions is driven by the same climate phenomenon: the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), a surface temperature difference in the Indian Ocean. In its positive state, where waters closest to Africa are warmer than those near Australia, warm moist air blows westwards, which can bring rain to East Africa and drought to Australia. Last year the IOD saw one of its strongest positive states on record.

"One of the main drivers of this stronger state is climate change," said Abubakr Salih Babiker, a Sudanese climate scientist at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.

About 93% of the heat generated from global warming has been absorbed by the oceans, and the western part of the Indian Ocean heated faster than any other part of the tropical oceans, a study published in the Journal of Climate found in 2014.


Firefighters and forest workers in Australia have fought to keep wildfires at bay

In Australia, which in 2019 experienced its hottest and driest year on record, the lack of moisture in plants and trees meant fires spread, unchecked, over vast areas of land at speeds faster than humans can run. In East Africa, heavy rain increased the amount of vegetation that swarms could feed on and moistened soil, improving breeding conditions for locusts, which avoid laying eggs in dry soil.

Unchecked locust plagues, which can take years to control at a cost of up to hundreds of millions of dollars, threaten hunger, particularly in regions struggling with food security.

A 2400 square kilometer (930 square mile) swarm was measured in Kenya in January, according to the FAO, which is large enough to consume as much food in a single day as 85 million people. Put another way, the FAO says a swarm the size of Bamako, Niamey or Paris chews through as much in a day as half the population of Mali, Niger and France, respectively.

"The locusts are eating the trees, the grass. It is affecting the lives of not only humans, but animals also," said Ahmed Abdi Bakal, a regional coordinator for the Red Crescent in Somaliland, where many people are nomadic and their prosperity tied to livestock. "If some action is not taken immediately, animals will die."

Rich in protein and considered a delicacy in many countries, locusts are sometimes eaten in the aftermath of swarms, once crops have been destroyed and livestock starved. "Funnily enough, we are not eating them [here]," said Maalim, the farmer in Kenya. "Some communities eat locusts, but not in this part."



Plagues of locusts and raging wildfires have led to descriptions of a climate apocalypse

Scientists project East Africa's locust swarms and Australia's wildfires will continue over coming months. In the long-term, extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts and floods are set to become stronger without sharp cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.

There are early signs that extreme weather in these regions may further public understanding of climate change.
 
Property losses likely in NSW as fires combine to create their own weather systems
Fire crews are being stretched thin and the Rural Fire Service warns homes may be lost this afternoon and tonight as several blazes combine in the Bega Valley to create their own weather systems.



Analysis: Scott Morrison has been gifted an alibi right when he needs it
The first weeks of 2020 have had the feeling of biblical punishment for the Federal Government — and that's before the unforced errors plaguing Scott Morrison are taken into account, writes Laura Tingle.



The messy reality of tiny homes
They look beautiful online, seem to offer a way to escape the mortgage trap and to downsize your possessions, but how simple is real life in a tiny house?



Bushfire black turns green as the Australian bush wakes up
After months of fires, there are areas in some of Australia's most popular national parks where nature's recovery is already underway. The bush is waking up.




Out-of-control bushfire closes Monaro Highway, rural communities cut off from Canberra
The New South Wales towns of Michelago, Colinton and Bredbo are under threat after a blaze sparked by a bushfire burning in the ACT's Namadgi National Park spotted across the border.

 
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[Warm ocean water has been discovered underneath a massive glacier in West Antarctica, a troubling finding that could speed its melt in a region with the potential to eventually unleash more than 10 feet of sea-level rise.

The unprecedented research, part of a multimillion-dollar British and U.S. initiative to study the remote Thwaites Glacier, involved drilling through nearly 2,000 feet of ice to measure water temperatures in a narrow cavity where the glacier first connects with the ocean. This is one of the most difficult-to-reach locations on Earth.]
 
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Brits loe there beavers
cool,nice to see

just as Aussies love there Platypus

Dam fine: estate owners across UK queue up to reintroduce beavers


Beavers can regenerate landscapes, encourage wildlife and prevent flooding – and they have friends in high places


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A female beaver with kits in Devon. Photograph: Michael Symes/Devon Wildlife Trust/PA
The must-have accessory for every English country estate was once a gothic folly, a ha-ha or a croquet lawn. Now it is a pair of beavers.

Landowners and large estates are racing to acquire licences to reintroduce the water-loving rodents, which were hunted to extinction in Britain 400 years ago.

Natural England has issued 13 beaver licences since 2017, and beavers are breeding and roaming as wild as they can in large fenced “trial” enclosures in North Yorkshire, Cornwall, Essex, Devon, Somerset and Gloucestershire. This year, beaver pairs will be returned to Cumbria, Norfolk, West Sussex and Dorset.

This week, a pair of beavers were released onto pools above an old watermillon the 12,500 acre Holnicote estate on Exmoor, the first National Trust property to take them. Approval has just been granted for beavers to be added to the Knepp estate in West Sussex, the former dairy farm that has been rewilded by Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree.

But beaver-loving landowners face delays with a waiting list to acquire the herbivorous animals, which are now sourced from the wild population in Scotland, where the beaver was officially recognised as a native species once again in 2016.

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“We are worried about how we will get hold of them because there are so many people who want them, which is incredible,” said Isabella Tree, whose book, Wilding, has driven a surge in interest in rewilding.

A YouGov poll this week found overwhelming public support for reintroducing beavers into Britain, with 76% of people supporting the idea, by far the most popular mammal for reintroductions ahead of the wild cat, wolf and lynx.

One ecologist described showing a group of wealthy landowners around one new beaver project. He said: “They were a shooting and fishing fraternity, made their money out of banking. By the end of the day, they all wanted beavers.”

The beaver has yet to be officially recognised – and given legal protection – as a native species in England, but new research revealing the beneficial impact of their dam-building is currently being considered by the Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra).


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Beavers can be secretive and nocturnal but they are also placid, slow-moving animals, which can be watched swimming in summertime. Photograph: Cain Scrimgeour/PA
While licenses only permit beavers to be placed in large “trial” enclosures, escapees from privately owned collections have created a burgeoning population of truly wild beavers on the River Otter in east Devon.

Dam fine: estate owners across UK queue up to reintroduce beavers


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Bees
Help bees by not mowing dandelions, gardeners told


Plants provide key food source for pollinators as they come out of hibernation

The age of extinction is supported by

Each dandelion head has up to 100 individual flowers. Photograph: Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images
Gardeners should avoid mowing over dandelions on their lawn if they want to help bees, according to the new president of the British Ecological Society.

Dandelions – which will start flowering in the UK this month – provide a valuable food source for early pollinators coming out of hibernation, including solitary bees, honey bees and hoverflies.

Each dandelion head contains up to 100 individual flowers, known as florets, which contain nectar and pollen. There are 240 species of dandelion in the UK.

Help bees by not mowing dandelions, gardeners told
 
thank you DW

10 forgotten humanitarian crises worldwide
In its latest Suffering In Silence report, CARE International lists the most underreported humanitarian crises of the past year and explains why global media attention is so selective.



Madagascar

Armyworms, which originate in the Americas, arrived in Africa as an invasive species a few years ago. The insects have since spread to the island of Madagascar. El Nino-induced droughts, and armyworm infestations, have decimated rice fields, maize and cassava crops on the island.

In late 2019, Madagascar suffered a severe drought, which reduced crop yields. The island's armyworm infestation further exacerbated the food shortage. Roughly a fourth of the island's population — over 916,000 people — were dependent on food donations. Three-quarters of the population live on just €1.70 ($1.90) per day.

Madagascar has the world's fourth-highest chronic malnutrition rate — every second child below the age of 5 is malnourished. This adversely affects children's cognitive and physical development and increases their risk of contracting diseases. In early 2019, the Indian Ocean island also suffered a major measles outbreak with 127,000 confirmed cases. Madagascar has also seen seasonal plague outbreaks.

Although Madagascar's humanitarian situation is evidently dire, it barely made international headlines. CARE International, therefore, lists it among the 10 most underreported humanitarian crises of 2019 in its latest Suffering In Silence report.

Read more: Billions of locusts swarm over East Africa


Cyclone Enawo and a severe drought two years later left nearly a million people starving

Central African Republic (CAR) and Burundi

A similarly overlooked crisis presented itself in the Central African Republic (CAR), according to CARE. The latest internal conflict in CAR broke out in 2013 and intensified in 2017. Many people were displaced by the fighting. Though a peace agreement was signed in early 2019, the country's security situation remains tense. Half of the population, some 2.6 million people, rely on humanitarian assistance.

The people of Burundi, meanwhile, have been suffering from political instability, poverty and a precarious human rights situation. This has been compounded by natural disasters, malaria epidemics and the danger of an Ebola outbreak. Many people were forced to flee. This situation, too, has gone underreported.

Currently, 326,000 people from Burundi are seeking safety in neighboring Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many of those in exile lost their land. And currently, there are more than 106,000 internally displaced people in Burundi.

Read more: EU's Africa aid money tied to migration restrictions: Oxfam

Why is global media attention so selective?

Why are severe humanitarian crises like these not receiving the media attention they deserve? Sabine Wilke, director of communications and advocacy at CARE Germany, explains that "countries and crises of great political interest — especially the Middle East — receive significant media attention." She says greater attention is therefore also devoted to the humanitarian situation in these regions.

Wilke says regions visited by international heads of state and government tend to be reported on much more than others. And, she says, a country's geopolitical significance matters as well. Smaller media outlets, meanwhile, often only begin reporting on humanitarian crises once major media outlets have taken the lead.

Read more: AI, Blockchain technology to rescue modern slaves

Zambia, Kenya, Chad and North Korea

According to CARE International, 9 of the 10 most underreported humanitarian crises of 2019 occurred in Africa. For instance in Zambia, climate change has caused heat waves and drought, destroying crops and causing food shortages. Kenya, meanwhile, also faced droughts along with floods. Countries on Lake Chad are confronted with the serious consequences of sinking water levels. CARE International's report lists North Korea's dire humanitarian situation as the only overlooked non-African crisis.


Several African countries continue to struggle with drought conditions which have caused food shortages

Limited media coverage

While Africa does feature in western and especially in European media reports, this coverage is limited. Wilke explains that "the continent's numerous struggles mean news desks stop covering further crises." Africa's Ebola outbreak made international headlines, for example, she says. This meant media outlets then shied away from reporting on other African problems, she notes, out of a kind of disaster fatigue.

10 forgotten humanitarian crises worldwide | DW | 02.02.2020
 
smile
where would we be without pork
meat lovers or not
feral pigs or not
more the merrier ha
great to be chsing the little ones sreeching/screaming ha


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dont blame them
keep away from us adults
i bet there are millions of sneaky snakey supposed Adults of jealousy
ie
dubious means who closet/disguise themselves and cunningly sneak into the kids domain


TikTok is the massive social network where kids escape adults
Milovan Savic and Kath Albury18:35, Jul 12 2019


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TikTok is the massive social network where kids escape adults
 
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