Sunday, 19 March 2017

Victorian diseases live and kicking today

In a  shocking article in the paper the following diseases are being seen in  hospital admissions ,rickets. ..bone disease caused by lack of vitamin d due to poor diet, lack of sun, gout. .rich diet, too much booze  creates  uric acid in blood, scarlet fever. .mainly effects children. .causes red rash, highly  contagious, seems history does  repeat it's self

Polar dinosaurs

Polar dinosaurs roamed the earth, too, in polar forests: What we learned from Weird Dinosaurs http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/polar-dinosaurs-roamed-the-earth-too-in-polar-forests-what-we-learned-from-weird-dinosaurs

It fell from the sky

IT FELL FROM THE SKY: Panic as 'UFO' crashes to Earth over Colombia http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/778991/UFO-crash-Colombia-Tolima-Google-balloon

Earth image

http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/18/astronaut-captures-incredible-images-of-planet-earth-from-space-6518225/

Coral reef

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-great-barrier-reef-bleaching-20160317-story.html

Solar system

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/202296/20170319/solar-system-has-more-than-100-planets-scientists.htm

Saturday, 18 March 2017

Resurgent Ireland deny England grand slam

Ireland stunned England 13-9 in the Six Nations on Saturday to deny their old rivals a second successive grand slam and end their hopes of a world record 19th victory in a row.
Joe Schmidt's Irish team secured a top seeding for the 2019 World Cup draw as a try by lock Iain Henderson after 23 minutes proved the difference between the sides.
While England improved after being completely dominated in the first half, they failed to make a serious dent in the Irish defence.
England won the tournament last week with a 61-21 thrashing of Scotland, but they collected the Six Nations trophy in a downbeat mood as the third English side in 16 years to be denied a grand slam in Dublin on the final day of the tournament.
"We didn't slam it but, hey-ho, we're still the champions," said England captain Dylan Hartley. "Full credit to Ireland. They put us under unbelievable pressure."
England lost in 2001 and 2011 but hammered Ireland in a grand slam decider in the old Lansdowne Road in 2003, months before they won the World Cup.
The win also denied England a tier-one record of 19 consecutive wins just four months after Ireland prevented world champions New Zealand from reaching the same milestone with a 40-29 win in November.

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