Sunday 8 January 2017
Thousands of toy eggs washed up on a German beach
What could be more enchanting and colorful than a thousand plastic round eggs washing up on to a German shore?
Well, probably a lot of things, but a thousand colored plastic eggs
washing up this week on the North sea coast on the island of Langeoog
and it’s really a sight to be seen. Each little toy, lining the sand on
the beach were greeted by tons of curious German children.
Reports
say that police suspect the toy eggs came from a freighter that “lost
part of its cargo during an intense storm,” according to NPR. Now, the
eggs have been collected by the residents of Langeoog and everyone seems
to be intrigued.
Of course with the happiness of the gifts also come the reality of the trash that washed up on their shoreline. Mayor Uwe Garrels told the Associated Press, “At first I thought this was a wonder, because everything was so colorful and so on, but then we realized that this is a huge mess in the end. ”-Read More
One-mile-long stretch of ancient trees is chopped down because squirrels have gnawed at branches causing them to fall in front of drivers
Gnawing squirrels have forced officials to chop down hundreds of thriving trees across a mile-long stretch of road.
Some
750 towering beech trees used to flank this section of the A38, a busy
road running through picturesque parts of Devon and Cornwall.
But
they have been reduced to barren, 4ft stumps because squirrels were
chomping off branches, which then fell in front of drivers.
Baby elephant tries to forget her fear of water as she receives hydrotherapy in bid to learn to walk again after injuring her foot in a trap
THIS baby elephant is trying to forget her fear of water as she learns to walk again after losing part of her foot.
The nervous six-month-old grabbed a keeper for support as she was
lowered into the pool at an animal hospital in Chonburi, Thailand.A baby elephant named Clear Sky is learning to walk again in a swimming pool after she injured her foot-Read MoreZombies Would Wipe Out Humans in Less than 100 Days
The zombie apocalypse won't take long.
A
new article in a peer-reviewed student journal finds that the zombie
hordes would take Earth's population down to a mere 273 survivors in 100
days.
The
paper, published in the University of Leicester's Journal of Physics
Special Topics, was a fanciful use of the so-called SIR model, which is
used in epidemiology to simulate how diseases spread over time. It's not
the first time zombies have been used as a public health metaphor. In December 2015, for example, the British medical journal The Lancet published a tongue-in-cheek paper
titled "Zombie infections: epidemiology, treatment, and prevention."
And a viral blog post from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention urged zombie-apocalypse preparations as a a metaphor for real-life disaster preparedness.
In
the new analysis, the University of Leicester undergraduates assumed
that each zombie would have 90 percent success at finding and infecting
one human per day — a rate that would make the zombie virus twice as
contagious as the Black Death, the plague that devastated Europe in the
1300s. [Zombie Animals: 5 Real Cases of Body-Snatching]-Read More
Pedro Gets Rescued.
Sepsis
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Symptoms in children under five
Symptoms in older children and adults
Tests to diagnose sepsis
Treatments for sepsis
Recovering from sepsis
Who's at risk of sepsis
Different terms
Sepsis symptoms in children under five
Go straight to A&E or call 999 if your child
- looks mottled, bluish or pale
- is very lethargic or difficult to wake
- feels abnormally cold to touch
- is breathing very fast
- has a rash that does not fade when you press it
- has a fit or convulsion
Get medical advice urgently from NHS 111
If your child has any of the symptoms listed below, is getting worse or is sicker than you'd expect (even if their temperature falls), trust Read MoreCats are a part of our lives.
Recently we have adoped a cat called thomas ,will he is not ours but we feedhim and give him cuddles and he lives only a couple of doors down on same esate.Cats are never really owed as far too indepedant and i enjoy thier company as we had some in the past and would again but our jack russell may disagree.Our past cats were SOOTY who was the runt of the liteer and my wife had to fed him daily with a syringe ,he liked toeat crisps and steal next doors chicken pieces,LENNY liked shiny objects and once took a screwdriver from a workmans toolbox and ended up living in our old nieghbours house who he spent alot of time with,ONION was a pure white pursian cat who was not deaf who disappeared and never came back,my first cat was called BORIS who was a big farm catwho liked a scrap .
Is This Stop going to the stables?
Giant scrap metal soldier is haunting reminder of First World War
An imposing figure of a First World War
soldier has been created from scrap metal to commemorate those who paid
the ultimate sacrifice.Thanks for the coin.
A homeless man who was begging at exeter city centre got a nice surpise when somenoe put a coin in his hat as when he inspected it he saw a silver piece featuring one of beatix potters chactacters.He asked a local policeman to check it for him online and found out it was a coin produced for the 150th anniversary of beatix potter and could be worth a up to 400 pounds so he gladly moved on when requested.
History buff gambles life savings to buy empty field in hope of finding lost medieval city - and strikes gold
A history fan was so convinced that secrets were hidden beneath the soil of an empty field he blew his entire life savings to purchase it.
Stuart Wilson has been finally proved right 12 years later after he dug it up to discover it was home to a medieval city .
The 27-year-old paid £32,000 for the 4.6-acre plot of land, where he found the site of the ancient industrial town of Trellech in South Wales.
The former toll booth worker lived with his parents so he could finance his field of dreams - and says the decision has fully paid off.Read More
18th century Bodmin bee hives given heritage listed status by Historic England
A series of 18th century Cornish bee hives have been added to the list of protected historic buildings.
The Bee Boles at Dannonchapel Farm, St. Teath, Bodmin, now have Grade-II listed status after being added to Historic England's list of heritage sites.
The bee hives made with Delabole slate stones were granted special heritage status because of the architectural interest they represent.
The boles take the form of five slate shelves divided by four 'V'- shaped splayed piers of approximately nine 9 slender courses of stone, narrowest at the bottom and progressively wider towards the top. Each bole was used for the storage of a bee colony, usually in a skep.
Read more: 'Poldark' shipwreck is discovered off the coast of Cornwall
In its heritage list, Historic England officers said: "The structure is of architectural interest because it is built using a Cornish method once that is not only structurally sound but also provides distinctive 'V' splayed piers in local stone as an interesting if modest example of the vernacular vocabulary.
"The bee boles are of historic interes as they are a distinctive physical record of an historic agricultural activity.
"Bee bole structures are relatively uncommon survivals and these are largely intact."
Read more at http://www.cornwalllive.com/18th-century-bodmin-bee-hives-given-heritage-listed-status/story-29993503-detail/story.html#6k0zSKz4crBuEH8M.99
The Bee Boles at Dannonchapel Farm, St. Teath, Bodmin, now have Grade-II listed status after being added to Historic England's list of heritage sites.
The bee hives made with Delabole slate stones were granted special heritage status because of the architectural interest they represent.
The boles take the form of five slate shelves divided by four 'V'- shaped splayed piers of approximately nine 9 slender courses of stone, narrowest at the bottom and progressively wider towards the top. Each bole was used for the storage of a bee colony, usually in a skep.
Read more: 'Poldark' shipwreck is discovered off the coast of Cornwall
In its heritage list, Historic England officers said: "The structure is of architectural interest because it is built using a Cornish method once that is not only structurally sound but also provides distinctive 'V' splayed piers in local stone as an interesting if modest example of the vernacular vocabulary.
"The bee boles are of historic interes as they are a distinctive physical record of an historic agricultural activity.
"Bee bole structures are relatively uncommon survivals and these are largely intact."
Read more at http://www.cornwalllive.com/18th-century-bodmin-bee-hives-given-heritage-listed-status/story-29993503-detail/story.html#6k0zSKz4crBuEH8M.99
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Events in Ypres, Belgium, will be
held in July to mark the centenary of Passchendaele, one of the muddiest
and bloodiest battles of World War One.
Descendants of British soldiers who fought in the battle will be offered free tickets to the commemorations.About 325,000 Allied troops and 260,000 Germans died in the battle.
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said it was important to remember the "horrors" of the Ypres battlefields, and honour the memories of the many who died.
'Hell'
Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele was fought from 31 July to 6 November 1917 in the West Flanders region of northern Belgium.It is remembered as one of the harshest battles of the war, with heavy rain contributing to the Allies gaining only five miles of ground in three months.
Poet Siegfried Sassoon described the muddy fields as "hell".
Ms Bradley said: "Some of World War One's most defining images of futility, mud, gas attacks and trenches come from these very battlefields.
"As the war recedes into the distance, it is our responsibility to not only mark the years that have gone past, but to keep alive the memories of those who sacrificed so much."
The main ceremony will be on 31 July at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Tyne Cot Cemetery, where 12,000 British and Commonwealth troops are buried.
There will also be a traditional Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate memorial in Ypres on 30 July and a number of live performances in Ypres' Market Square to tell the-Read More
Wolly Mammoth willy fossil found.
Wearing Glasses.
I remember the first time i wore glasses i was very embaased about the way there made me look.People tend to sometimes tease and make fun but you need to rise above as glaases are needed for everyday living.So glaases are cool ,dude.
Burnt Roast Potatoes
Wow how sad am i i even managed to burn roast potatoes the other day.How did you say reader of this post by putting in mircowave and 1 on too long on timer and 2 forgot to check for excess fat ddoohh .
Excuse me there is a scorpion on the train.
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