Is Your Memory Normal?

older. So what's the first? Umm, I forgot! And actually, by the time you reach the end of this story, you may remember only a fraction of it. Not to worry, you're not alone.

Experts say that mild memory loss is perfectly normal -- especially as we age. That's right, if you sometimes forget simple things, you're not necessarily developing Alzheimer's disease. There is a gang of people walking around just like you who occasionally misplace their keys, have that deer-in-headlights look as they search for their cars in parking lots, and can't recall the name of one new person they met at their last office party -- yes, the one from last night. And there's a reason for those character-themed floors coupled with the happy-go-lucky music in Disney amusement park parking garages.

"If we have forgotten an appointment, we begin thinking, 'Uh oh, is this the first sign of Alzheimer's disease?' and we become much more conscious, and it gets kind of a disproportionate amount of attention when it really may be something quite benign," Stuart Zola, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Emory School of Medicine and director of Yerkes National Primate Facility in Atlanta tells WebMD.

Memory is the ability to normally recall the facts and events of our lives, and this takes place in three stages:read more

Dementia is a serious brain disorder that interferes with a person’s ability to carry out everyday tasks.

• The key feature of dementia is a decline in cognitive functions. These are mental processes such as thinking, reasoning, learning, problem solving, memory, language, and speech.
• Other features that occur frequently in dementia include changes in personality and behavior.
• Generally, these symptoms are not considered dementia unless they have continued unabated for at least 6 months.
• Dementia has many different causes. Some may be reversible, such as certain infections, drug intoxication, and liver diseases. Of the irreversible causes, the most common in older adults is Alzheimer's disease.
• Although dementia is frequently linked to old age (“getting senile”), it is not a normal part of aging. Even children with certain degenerative brain disorders can develop dementia.read more

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Great Fire of London website to mark 350th anniversary

The Museum of London has launched a Great Fire of London website to mark the 350th anniversary of the blaze, tracking the course of the fire that broke out in the small hours of 2 September 1666, and over four days tore the heart out of the medieval city.

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The site is intended as a permanent resource for information on the fire, and brings together interactive maps as well as images and information from 11 partners, including the museum’s own collections, the Guildhall art gallery and the London Metropolitan Archives. read more

CANNIBAL SPIDERS in UK: New warning on ravenous arachnids that feast on flesh in YOUR home

As millions of people cower at the sight of huge, hairy spiders sprinting across the carpet looking for sex, an even creepier crawly is taking over our homes – a with lust for flesh.

Arachnophobes will be left scared out of their wits by the sight of cannibal daddy-longlegs spiders hunting for easy meals in toilets, bathrooms and even under our beds.

Only last week, the nation squirmed as videos of huge house spiders began to emerge on the web as perfect summer conditions created a bumper harvest of two scary species: Tegenaria Saeva and Tegenaria gigantea.read more

Missing Clyde the turtle returned to aquarium after appeal

A missing turtle called Clyde has been safely returned to his aquarium in north-west England after a nationwide appeal.

Clyde, a 20cm mud turtle, was taken from his tank at the Blue Planet aquarium in Ellesmere Port on Tuesday afternoon, Cheshire police said.

He was returned home on Wednesday after detectives circulated CCTV images of a woman accompanying a young boy who had apparently dived into Clyde’s tank. The boy was seen carrying something suspiciously turtle-like under a jumper.

Clyde’s keepers had warned that without proper care he could die.

Police said Clyde was returned to the aquarium by a group of people. No one had been arrested. “We are continuing with our inquiries,” a spokeswoman said. “Clyde seems to be safe and well.”

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How and why Clyde was taken remains unclear. Before the turtle was returned, DS Rob Grantham said: “Our investigation has so far established that a young boy managed to get into the tank and remove the turtle. The boy was completely -read more

The Island with Bear Grylls under fire again after crocodile stabbed to death

Bear Grylls has once more come under fire, both by viewers and animal charities, after contestants on The Island with Bear Gryllskilled and consumed a crocodile.

The episode saw Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke, encouraged by fellow contestant Karen Danczuk, jump on the back of the animal before stabbing it through the back of its neck; as part of the reality TV series which challenges celebrities to use their survival skills to endure two weeks on a remote island. 

Alan Knight, of International Animal Rescue, told The Sun about the incident, "I feel it is totally unacceptable to kill or abuse animals for entertainment." The charity spokesperson claimed the animal "suffered unncecessarily", as Locke would not have the right knowledge to kill the animal "humanely".-read more

Thin ice getting thinner

Levels of Arctic sea ice reached an all-time low this spring, according to data collected by scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA). 

The measurements are based on data collected by ESA’s CryoSat satellite and are consistent with what the agency has observed for the past three years. (See time lapse video below.)

Launched in 2010, CryoSat uses radar to measure the difference between the top height of the ice and the top height of water in cracks between the ice sheets. Scientists the use the data to calculate the thickness and volume of the ice.

“CryoSsat continues to provide clear evidence of diminishing Arctic sea ice,” Professor Andrew Shephard said in an address at the Living Planet Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Winter holds clues to summer ice amounts
Arctic sea ice, which floats on the ocean, unlike ice sheets on land, expands and contracts with the seasons.read more

hick hick sting

beware of the worker yellowjacket wasp  is coming from germany after finishing supplying nectar to their queen and now getting drunk on fermenting fruit.these wasps are bigger than the common wasp and sting nastier.wiki link info

Garden gang 'steal a second hedge just 30 miles away from their first night raid

A second couple have woken up to find their hedge dug up and stolen just 30 miles from the first incident of shrub theft.

Peter and Julie Vine, of Wrotham in Kent, spent £1,300 on a line of 127 shrubs to blot out road noise - but overnight all of their beloved trees were stolen.

Meanwhile over the weekend pensioners Anthony and Daphne Hawley, who live just 30 miles away in Copthorne, West Sussex, woke to find their hedge of 25 laurels worth £750 had also been snatched.read more

he Mars Simulation Project (MSP)

The Mars Simulation Project (MSP) is an open source java project simulating future missions of establishing human settlements on Mars.

You may ask, "in what ways?"

Have you ever been fascinated by reality TV shows in which how contestants survive each test? Some are natural-born team players even if they must compete against one another or must help. Some are loners by traits and have to work pass suspicion and mistrust to collaborate with others to accomplish mutual goals.read more

Bathers flee Spanish beach after 'shark' spotted

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ourists were ordered out of the water at a packed Costa del Sol beach after bathers said they had spotted a shark.

Holidaymakers raced to get back to the shoreline in scenes reminiscent of the hit film Jaws after the alert was raised.

Lifeguards on jet skis helped children on dinghies and from an inflatable water park near where the shark was spotted to safety as colleagues ran along the shoreline blowing their whistles and ordering swimmers to get out of the water.

Fuengirola beach, one of the most popular beaches on the Costa del Sol with British tourists, was closed for five hours while patrol boats searched for the fish.

The red flag was hoisted along nearly two miles of coastline.-read more

old tasks found .

found in austria were 2 giant tusks of a rae breed of million year old mammoth .

Man, 23, spends thousands on the world’s biggest Mr Men collection… and now plans to open a theme park

THIS is the man who’s splashed thousands of pounds on the world’s biggest Mr Men collection – and now he plans to open a Mr Men THEME PARK.

23-year-old Ben Daly has spent nearly two decades collecting anything and everything to do with the childhood classic – and now he’s got almost 3,000 items in his impressive collection.Ben and his parents, Kate and Jerry, have spent the best part of £20,000 on the collection over the years – and Kate has even taken out special insurance for it to the tune of £35,000.

Ben, who has autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, fell in love with Mr Men after mum Kate starting reading them to him when he was just a tot – and he’s been obsessed ever since.

Ben, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, explained: “Mum used to read me the books, as she had loved them as a child – she said they were the only thing she could draw easily!

“Since then I’ve been hooked.-read more

Where is the Small Tortoiseshell this summer?

Gardeners are being asked to focus on their flowerbeds this Bank Holiday to look for one of the UK’s best-loved butterflies whose numbers appear to have plummeted this summer.

The beautiful Small Tortoiseshell is one of the most recognisable and widespread UK species and is a regular garden fixture in high summer.

But this year, numbers have been worryingly low as the cool spring and slow start to the summer appear to have taken their toll on the butterfly’s attempts to breed and feed.

Small Tortoiseshell sightings are significantly down across the UK and gardeners are being asked to look out for the butterfly by joining the Garden Butterfly Survey, sponsored by B&Q, to help build a picture of what is happening.

The Small Tortoiseshell has endured a tumultuous recent history. The butterfly, whose population has plummeted by 73% since the 1970s, had seen its numbers rise over the last few years and hopes were high that it was on the path to recovery.

But this summer’s poor showing could mean the Small Tortoiseshell is set for yet more years of decline.

Butterfly Conservation Head of Recording Richard Fox said: “We don’t understand what is causing the drastic long-term decline of this familiar and much-loved butterfly. Theories involve climate change, pollution and parasitic flies that kill the butterfly’s caterpillars, but we need more information.

“If you see Small Tortoiseshells or any other butterflies in your garden, the Garden Butterfly Survey -read more

artificial kidney

now scientists have managed to develop a way to create a lab grown transplantable kidney by using a 3d cell culture and chemicals .the progenitor cells could be used to make replacement kidney tissue foe research and to treat disease.

no tv on itv

on the 27th august 2016  the television channel i.t.v decided to go off air for one hour to encourage people to do sport.but 60,000 viewers still watched the blank scene ,just goes to show people will even watch the dot.

Lightning Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Rare Mass Death

More than 300 wild reindeer were recently killed by lightning at a Norwegian national park, officials say.

The Norwegian Environment Agency has released haunting images of reindeer—including 70 calves—that seemingly fell over where they stood in the grasses of Hardangervidda, the largest high mountain plateau in northern Europe.

The national park, the largest in Norway with wild reindeer populations, spans some 8,000 square kilometers (3,088 square miles) and is home to 10,000 to 11,000 wild reindeer.

While specifics on the lightning strike are still unknown at this time, it’s likely that the dead reindeer were a herd that huddled together to weather a severe thunderstorm that rolled through the area on Friday.read more

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Holsworthy, New South Wales

Holsworthy is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 31 kilometres south-west of theSydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and partly in the Sutherland Shire.

Holsworthy is most notable for a large Australian Army reserve, Holsworthy Barracks, where training exercises are frequently carried out. The reserve is adjacent to Heathcote Road, which connects to Bankstown, Liverpool, Lucas Heights, Engadine andHeathcote. Signs on the perimeter warn potential trespassers of the use of laser guided and conventional gunfire.

The residential area is located north of the railway station. Anzac Village is a locality in the northern part of the suburb and the adjacent suburb of Wattle Grove. A new development called 'Mornington' has recently been built in this region. A shopping centre has also been built in this area.The area was named after Holsworthy, Devon, England, where Governor Lachlan Macquarie married Elizabeth Campbell, on 3 November 1807. It was originally spelt as Holdsworthy until after World War II, when the 'd' was dropped.^[2]

Originally the land belonged to the Tharawal people but following the arrival of the First Fleet, indigenous people were pushed back from their traditional lands in the area surrounding Sydney. In 1795, explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinders explored the Georges River and in 1798, grants of land for farming were made in the area. The soil was good and crops of corn, wheat and vegetables were soon being harvested.^[3]

However, tensions developed with the Tharawal. In 1801, Governor King ordered soldiers to fire on the aborigines to keep them from settler's properties. By 1815, Governor Macquarie declared a state of open warfare against aborigines in the Georges River area and forbade them carrying weapons within a mile of any British settlement. Ultimately, the British prevailed.^{[4]-wiki link}