Sunday, 9 July 2017
BANK CLOSURE -ARRRH.
We had a letter in the post from our local branch of BARCLAYS BANK,HOLSWORTHY to state it was shutting down this branch in October 2017 .I know some may think not a problem but it starts to breed fear that others will follow .The move is blamed on online banking and not enough people using the bank .If you are like me mistrust online banking due to rise of cyber crime and prefer to not travel miles to go to bank you may use the post office to pay money into most bank accounts.
PART OF HOLSWORTHY ST .PETERS FAIR.
I was surprised to find out that our front garden was part of ST PETERS FAIR ,HOLSWORTHY.The reason for this we were a clue in the treasure hunt and it was great to see loads of people stopping and looking around garden and sme of the little children were coming in to stroke one of our sheep garden ornaments known to them as shaun the sheep ,not bad as only been in HOLSWORTHY for 2 years plus.
Extremely rare seahorse discovered off coast of Devon
An extremely rare breed of seahorse has been found in British waters.
The Short Snouted Seahorse – scientific name Hippocampus Hippocampus – was found by experts off the coast of Devon.
Its native habitat is the south west waters but there has been a sharp decline in sightings and it is currently endangered.
It is now normally found in the Mediterranean and grows to between 7cm and 13cm long.
Mark Parry, community Seagrass initiative project manager at the National Marine Aquarium, said: “It is with great excitement that we are able to announce our first seahorse sighting within one of our seagrass surveys.
“Our volunteer divers even managed to capture photos of the beautiful animal.-read more
A grave mistake about Dick Turpin! Historian who has written a book on the highwayman claims it is unlikely his body is under his headstone
Even for a city steeped in history, the colourful story of Dick Turpin’s death and burial in York is a genuine highlight.
But the thousands of tourists who have visited the highwayman’s last resting place and taken photos of his inscribed gravestone, were doing so under false pretences it has been claimed.
For new research by the country’s leading expert, Professor James Sharpe, has concluded that the headstone of ‘John Palmer otherwise Richard Turpin the notorious highwayman and horse stealer’ who was ‘executed’ on 7th April 1739 is a fake.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4669462/Historian-claims-Dick-Turpin-s-resting-place-unknown.html#ixzz4mFFdcNex
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SORT OF A GARDENER.
I do not consider i have what is termed as green fingers but i like to do a bit of gardening .I got into gardening when i started as an volunteer down at Westward Ho Devon at a place known as Happy Cafe .It was their i learned about planting,maintenance of garden areas and much more and i am proud of all the hard work i and other volunteers got the garden and surrounding areas to a great standard .I carry on doing a bit of gardening at home but i do not know latin names and i am a bit of a bung it in and hope for the best and i am fond of garden ornaments 1 have over 15 in front garden alone,sad a.
Why frogs thrived after the dinosaurs were wiped out
Frogs around the world should be grateful for the forces that wiped out dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
That's according to new research from scientists in the United States and China that suggests whatever caused the mass extinction paved the way for the proliferation of frogs.
While frogs have been around for more than 200 million years, new research suggests that three main modern frog lineages — about 88 per cent of the living species of frogs — began to thrive shortly after the extinction event that signalled the end of all non-avian dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
- Scientists discover feathered dinosaur provides more clues to evolution of birds
- Human-dog bond dates back to ancient times, research shows
While we know that about 80 per cent of the world's species were killed off in the mass extinction, what's not known is whether that extended to frogs, as there are few fossilized remains that have been found.
However, the researchers of this new study say that whether or not many frog species became extinct, the event gave rise to the frogs we know today.
"Maybe there was some extinction that happened there," says David Blackburn, co-author of the paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"At the very least, what happened afterwards was that it seems like there must have been rapid diversification, where we had many new lineages evolve," said Blackburn, who is also associate curator of amphibians and reptiles at the Florida Museum of Natural History.-read more
GIFTS IN SPACE.
N.A.S.A are teaming up with couier DHL to deliver capsules half an inch in size to the moon.This service will cost you 353 pounds so you can leave tiny gifts for future generations.
Why Are These Male Fish Growing Eggs?
—Silver maples, lanky and bare, stand on the frozen flood plain at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge. Two sets of tracks—fox and mouse—weave across the snowy surface of the river, which is home to bass, muskrats, and beavers. In the fall, more than 20,000 migrating ducks will converge here, and in the summer, one of the refuge’s rarest species, spiny softshell turtles, will bask and forage on its gravelly beaches and sandbars.-Sixty miles south of Montreal, near the U.S.-Canada border, Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge is one of the most productive and pristine wetland ecosystems in the Northeast. Yet even here, scientists have found an abundance of fish with bizarre abnormalities that suggest exposure to hormone-disrupting water pollution.
Scientists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey studied fish in 19 national wildlife refuges in the U.S. Northeast, including Missisquoi. Their conclusion: An astonishing 60 to 100 percent of all the male smallmouth bass they examined had female egg cells growing in their testes.
Scientists call this condition intersex, and while its exact causes are unknown, it’s been linked to manmade, environmental chemicals that mimic or block sex hormones.
Over the past decade, feminized male fish have been discovered in 37 species in lakes and rivers throughout North America, Europe, and other -read more
PARAKEETS ARE PESTS?
A 4 year research project done by Parrotnet is saying the Parakeets are driving out native breeds,bats,destroying crops .And due to this problem their is a mention of a cull which i do not believe in.
Saturday, 8 July 2017
How to Survive in a Humid Climate
Here's my best advice:
- Don't do strenuous exercise outside. If you want to do sports, find an indoor location. ...
- Wear loose, light clothing. Go for light colours and natural fabrics like cotton and linen. ...
- Drink lots of water. ...
- Stay inside at noon.
Dirty laundry: Are your clothes polluting the ocean?
In an indoor "Manchester-drizzle-simulating" rain room at the University of Leeds, and in a laundry lab in Plymouth, research is revealing the unexpected environmental cost of the very clothes on our backs.
"Not many people know that lots of our clothes are made of plastic," says Imogen Napper, a PhD student at Plymouth University, "polyester, acrylic."
Ms Napper and Prof Richard Thompson study marine microplastics - fragments and fibres found in the ocean surface, the deep sea and the marine food chain.
And in a recent lab study, they found that polyester and acrylic clothing shed thousands of plastic fibres each time it was washed- sending another source of plastic pollution down the drain and, eventually, into the ocean.
"My friends always make fun of me because they think of marine biology as such a sexy science - it's all turtles, hot countries and bikinis," says Ms Napper.
"But I've been spending hours washing clothes and counting the fibres."
It might not be exotic, but this painstaking "laundry-science" has revealed that an average UK washing load - 6kg (13lb) of fabric - can release:
- 140,000 fibres from polyester-cotton blend
- nearly half a million fibres from polyester
- more than 700,000 fibres from acrylic-read more
Sunday, 2 July 2017
HOLSWORTHY ST PETERS FAIR
The St. Peters Fair was founded under the patronage of the church of St.Peters and St.Pauls in the late 13th.century.This annual event which takes place on 10th.July and is one of the most popular events in the area. Despite the loss of the churches influence on secular life since the industrial revolution,this is one event which originates from the rector Thomas Meyrick who proclaimed in 1841 the choosing of a fair queen every 10th. of July which makes this fair -read more
Cavemen visited ancient dentists and cleaned their gnashers with toothpicks made from BONE
Experts found Neanderthals used toothpicks crafted out of bone, wood or grass to tackle troublesome teeth.Lab tests reveal multiple grooves and other marks on ancient Neanderthal gnashers that prove our prehistoric relatives were trying to tackle their sore gums.
Scientists claim the scratches on the teeth indicate they were likely causing discomfort for some time for the sufferer.
And they were using primitive dentistry to treat it.
As well as having several toothpick grooves, they found the premolars and molars were pushed out of their normal positions.
Professor David Frayer, an anthropologist at Kansas University, said: “The toothpick grooves…show us Neanderthals were doing something inside their mouths to treat the dental irritation.
“The scratches indicate this individual was pushing something into his or her mouth to get at that twisted premolar.read more
Space-faring humans will become Cybermen, says top astronomer
A race of “Cybermen”, resembling Doctor Who’s famous foes, will exist for real in the future, according to Britain’s top astronomer. Lord Martin Rees predicts that the first settlers on Mars, and other planets, will reengineer their bodies to cope with hostile conditions found in deep space.Lord Rees, who is Astronomer Royal, says humans will eventually evolve into a new species of super-powerful beings combining genetic and cyber technology.
And if ET exists, he is also more likely to be detected in an advanced electronic form than in any organic phase of existence.
In the season finale of Doctor Who, which concludes on Saturday, the Doctor stumbles upon the genesis of the original Cybermen aboard a vast spaceship escaping a black hole.
Lord Rees, Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, told the Starmus -read more
NO MORE SKY.
No not a future prediction of future but sky viewing channels.We decided to get rid of sky due to amount it costs monthly and mostly recorded normal channels and have gone over to freestat.The only problem being it will think time to get used too new channel numbers.
AM I A TYPICAL BLOKE?
My wife gets annoyed when as she says put my nose into a newspaper,television,computer ,mobile.She thinks i do not even notice she is in the room or not very talkative .I do not mean to do this but i do not think i am the only one when it comes to this?
MY DAY IN THE SUN.
Eight-foot shark sparks panic at beach in Majorca
Abeach in a popular Majorcan holiday resort was briefly closed on Sunday after a blue shark sent panicked bathers running out of the sea.
The eight-foot shark was spotted near swimmers in Illetas close to Magaluf just after midday on Saturday.
Extraordinary photos taken by stunned onlookers show the shark swimming towards a group of people including children on lilos.-read more,see video.
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