cheetah love

not a toaster

if you like toast you can now get a toaster called tasteriod.this toaster connects to your smartphone to print images on bread ,very useful not.

cheetah cubs rescued contains some upsetting scenes

wild cats being helped back to health

what not an orb in devon?

DNA traces origins of Iceman's ragtag wardrobe

DNA analysis of Oetzi the Iceman's clothes has traced their origin to at least five different species of animal.

Among his kit were a hat of brown bear skin and a quiver made from roe deer.

Despite being well preserved and studied, the 5,300-year-old mummy's various leather items had not all been identified at the species level.

These findings, published in Scientific Reports, reveal a mix of wild-hunted animals with sheep, goat and cattle related to modern domestic breeds.

The researchers say this points to Copper Age people choosing carefully between different wild and domesticated animals when looking for materials to make their clothes.

But Oetzi's motley wardrobe, including a coat made from at least four separate goat and sheep hides, could also suggest a more haphazard and desperate approach - stitching together whatever scraps of skin were available.-read more

British Comics: A Cultural History

The specifically British contribution to the history of comics and cartoons remains under-researched and underappreciated. While there is a growing critical literature on such high-profile figures as Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Grant Morrison, huge swathes of British cartooning history have been neglected by critics, historians, and fans. As James Chapman points out in his informative new study, the “work of Martin Barker and Roger Sabin represents the only sustained academic engagement with comics in Britain… the British comic has never achieved the cultural cachet of the bande dessinee, but nor has it found a popular mythology equivalent to the American superhero tradition.” While Chapman might also have pointed to Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury’s 2006 book on Great British Comics: Ripping Yarns and Wizard Wheezes, his larger point is a valid one. Not only has “scholarly attention” been “thin on the ground,” fan culture in Britain often evinces a greater interest in second-tier Marvel characters than indigenous creators and titles. The so-called “British invasion” of the 1980s and 1990s is the conspicuous exception precisely because it left its mark on the American mainstream.

Both the scope and the scale of British cartooning are worth emphasizing. The medium’s early development was profoundly influenced by the work of satirical print artists such as William Hogarth (1697-1764), James Gillray (1757-1815), and George Cruikshank (1792-1878), as well as by various London-based illustrated magazines of the nineteenth century, such as Punch, the Illustrated London News, and-read more

Marvel Comics History and Marvel Comics Background

Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Affectionately called the House of Ideas by the fan press, Marvel’s best-known comics titles include Fantastic Four, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Daredevil, Thor, Captain America, and X-Men. Most of Marvel’s fictional characters reside in the Marvel Universe.

Since the 1960s, it has been one of the two largest American comics companies, along with DC Comics. Located in New York City, Marvel has been successively headquartered in the McGraw-Hill Building on West 42nd Street (where it originated as Timely Comics in 1939); in suite 1401 of the Empire State Building; at 635 Madison Avenue (the actual location, though the comic books’ indicia listed the parent publishing-company’s address of 625 Madison Ave.); 575 Madison Avenue; 387 Park Avenue South; 10 East 40th Street; and 417 Fifth Avenue.

Timely Comics

Marvel Comics was founded by established pulp-magazine publisher Martin Goodman in 1939 as an eventual group of subsidiary companies under the umbrella name Timely Comics. Its first publication was Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), featuring the second appearance of Carl Burgos’ android superhero, the Human Torch, and the first generally available appearance of Bill Everett’s mutant anti-hero Namor the Sub-Mariner. The contents of that sales blockbuster were supplied by an outside packager, Funnies, Inc., but by the following year Timely had a staff in place.

The company’s first editor, the writer-artist Joe Simon, teamed with soon-to-be industry legend Jack Kirby to create one of the first patriotically themed superheroes, -read more

The History Of DC Comics

DC Comics is known as the king of all comic books. It has been the leader in the industry since its start many years ago. They paved their way with their styles and strategies and many other comics book industries in America followed them such as their rival Marvel Comics. The history of DC Comics has gone on to be a huge part of American culture.

DC Comics were able to survive and continue to thrive even when there were times when they had gone through declining periods when comics books were losing interest. However, today they proved to be one of the most successful stories in the comic book industry and are a subsidiary of the Warner Brothers Entertainment and are also part of Time Warner too.

The DC Comics made a name for themselves in 1939 as they were then founded by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. During that time its company was known as National Allied Publications. The initials for the DC Comic books were from taken from the Detective Comic series.

With that series came the rise of Batman. There was another line of comic books, known as Action Comics, which featured a new super hero named Superman. Over the years these two super heroes became quite popular and to this day they are still two of the most popular characters to ever appear in comic books and went on to spark the way for many other super heroes.

There once was a time when this industry was under an attack during the 1950’s as they were not considered to be up to any American standards for any children and the younger generation too. This company did continue to keep its success during that time along with several other companies too, and covered some areas as westerns and romantic stories but it was their reemergence of the super heroes which would lead them to a huge recreation of what made them so successful in the comic book industry known as the Silver Age.

It was during 1965 when the industry introduced a new super hero by the name of Flash. This character was created many years before but was brought back and updated to be placed in more popular times. This time more emotional and personal compelling stories were used along with some better storyboards and artwork which helped to liven up the character. The company did the same with all the other characters too, which included batman and superman. -read more

old gold

the worlds oldest known  gold artifact -4mm metal bead -dated between 4,500 and 4,600 bc has been discovered whilst a remains of a house were being checked due it sat in a ancient urban settlement near pazardzhik ,bulgaria.

hope i see the shower

on friday 12-8-2016 -this post is being written today sunday 14.i hope to be among the stargazers as over 80 shooting stars an hour may get seen due to perseid shower hitting a 12 year peak ,aw pictures on tv wow what a free show universe.

virtual elvis

in a book the death and resurrection of elvis presley .author  ted harrison believes through virtual reality you could book the king to be at your birthday party or even be able to simulate contact .

Does your DNA code prove you’re part alien?

Many MetroSpirituals feel different, but are not sure how or why. Some feel they don't really belong here. Perhaps it's because Earth has not always been their home planet.

It's not as farfetched as some may think!

The “Who are we?” and “Why are we here?” has mystified humans for centuries. History is peppered with tales about our genetic relationship to otherworldly beings. Today, some scientists have theorized that it's true.

As it turns out, it's all in our DNA!For years only 3% of our DNA was understood. Then came The Human Genome Project, which was completed in 2003 after 13 years. It was set up in order to discover more about our "human blueprint" — and some scientists believe human DNA is out of this world. Literally!

The researchers, scientists, computer programmers, chemists and mathematicians found that 97% of the non-coding sequences, aka “junk DNA,” couldn't be explained by evolution.

According to one researcher, "We have to come to grips with the unbelievable notion that every life on earth carries genetic code for his extraterrestrial cousin… Our hypothesis is that a higher extraterrestrial life form was engaged in creating new life and planting it on various planets. Earth is just one of them.”-read more

My cafe experience

I frist heard about this voluntary work placement  when I decided to get back into voluntary work through the Bideford voluntary centre. I found it hard at frist to try to be part of a team again as although put a mask of a exovert really deep down shy and sensitive. I got to know and respect the fellow volunteers and enjoyed diong the gardening. Sometimes the politics of the place would rear its ugly head so i just sat on the fence to stay out of this situation. I had to leave due due to moving to Holsworthy for family reasons. I was able to get the chance of  doing a second stint due to fellow volunteer moving to Holsworthy. I have to say in my own opinion that the garden and surrounding areas were in a  terrible state of disarray and through my and over voluntary worker was able to ger back to a very good standard. The journey to and from place to home was a long trek so to past time got chatting to volunteer giving life about  usual every day stuff and at time i thought  i was founded a friendship. When  the place frist got its new young vulnerable adult i was considered not able to be own to work with him due to my own disabled which in some eyes made me a vulnerable adult as well which did upset me at time,this changed and i got on well with said adult who seemed to blossom in a lot  of ways,then hear comes the punch it all changed due a lack of information and my wife getting worse. The lack of information kead to my wife wandering why i was there a problem with me being picked up which in turn lead to a very shittty nasty response from  the  voluntary worker who give me a lift a rant about why did wife ring up ,something about Facebook, children being picked up late from school, and i treatment of  them as at my beck and call then my wife got very ill which when i read message  i got very pissed off and yes i did put comments on a site on Facebook which was  wrong but then i was accused of either picking on them or having  a problem which i did not reply to as i thought mistakenly that people knew i was not that kind of person so i decided to leave to not make tge situation get worse or ruin  my reputation, was 10 years a care worker in mental health and special needs and 10 years voluntary work on different projects and never had any complaints. Don't get the wrong impression i really enjoyed my time  at this place but when things start to make you uneasy its time  to  go.

volunteer

volunteer

ˌvɒlənˈtɪə/

noun

1. 1.

   a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.

   "a call for volunteers to act as foster-parents"

   synonyms:

   subject, participant, case, client, patient;  informalguinea pig "during the investigation, each volunteer was studied three times"
2. 2.

   a person who works for an organization without being paid.

   "the railway is operated solely by volunteers"

verb

1. 1.

   freely offer to do something.

   "140 employees volunteered for redundancy"
2. 2.

   work for an organization without being paid.

   "volunteering is an easy way to get involved in practical conservation"

   synonyms:

   offer one's services, present oneself, step forward, come forward, make oneself available read leaflet

NYSTAGMUS by janice copp

Hi I just wanted to tell people a bit more about my eye conditions as people I know and I went to school with don't really understand it and I was badly bullied because of it.
One of my conditions is nystagmus this is where my eyes continually move in lots of different directions. So some times when I am talking to people they think that I am not looking at them when I am talking to them because my eyes were looking elsewhere. I have to tilt my head to the left hand side as it reduces my eyes wobbling.
My other condition is astigmatism this is where my eyes are shaped differently. Most people's eyes are shaped like footballs and my are shaped like rugby balls. This makes my vision fuzzy.
I wear glasses to help with the fuzziness.
These conditions mean that I have got reduced vision as my vision is 6/36 this means that what most people can see at 36 meters I can only see at 6metres or less.
And foe the people that say I can't work in a kitchen well you are very wrong as I do it as voluntary work in a kitchen and I really enjoy this. I am going to follow my dream and get a paid job in waitressing or in a kitchen. Z I hope that people will understand a bit more about my eye conditions. Xx Also if I don't say hi or wave to you in the street it is not because I am being rude and just ignoring you it is because I don't see you. I also can't see faces properly so I may say who are you please not because I am being rude it is because I don't recognise you
A lot of people think that I make up not being able to see but I really can't see very well. I hope that this will help people to understand my conditions if you want to know something please ask and I will do my best to answer you. Xx
If you know if anyone with these conditions please let me know as I would like to share our experiences xx
Sorry if I it is a long post and a lot to read but I hope you will read It and share it for me.
Thank you x

cute lion cubs .

first trio of lion cubs to arrive at cotswold wildlife park ,bedford,oxfordshire in 46 years .parents rana and lioness kana are 5 years old and cubs are kali,sita,sonika.

Thousands of jellyfish wash up on North Devon beach... but are they dangerous?

A woman was surprised find "thousands" of jellyfish washed up on a North Devon beach this week.

Helen Orpen took to social media to share her shock at the sheer number of the gelatinous critters that had been marooned on Woolacombe beach on Tuesday.

Helen wrote: "Did anyone see the jellies on Woolacombe beach today? Never seen so many."-read more

Wild dogs move into new homes at Exmoor Zoo

Rare endangered African wild dogs have set up home at Exmoor Zoo after three years of work to bring them to North Devon.

The painted or hunting dog is instantly recognized for its unique coat patterns, but it is also verging on extinction.

Danny Reynolds, one of the partners at the zoo near Bratton Fleming said: “This wild dog of Africa has got to be potentially one of the most likely species of dogs to become extinct in the wild in the near future.

“With less than 1,200 breeding adults alive and these animals scattered in segmented groups across sub-Sahara Africa in packs isolated from one another, time is beginning to run out for the hunting dogs.”

The Exmoor dogs are three sisters from Port Lympne Wildlife Park in Kent and are about one-and-half years old.

The zoo’s curator Derek Gibson added: “Today’s role of a zoo is not just to exhibit animals but the right animals, those that need the effort of all of us to be able to stay alive in the near future.

“This is why we have joined the European Association of Zoos & Aquaria (EAZA) as well as our British counterpart the British Association of zoos & Aquaria (BIAZA). By doing this and complying with their requirements as well as our -read more

Lion 'on the loose in Cornwall' sparks police hunt

T

he police force that spent weeks looking for a missing lynx are now searching for an even bigger cat after a lorry driver claimed he spotted - a lion.

Officers in Devon and Cornwall say they have carried out a search for a female lion after a trucker said one jumped out in front of his vehicle.

Police officers who went to look for the animal even found giant paw prints.read more