Sunday 22 January 2017
Elephants now safe.
Monster Alligator seen .
A 12 ft alligator was seen by passers by onlookers at Lakeland,Florida.The alligator was nicknamed humpback and images were seen on facebook and bbc news -See Video
Saturday 21 January 2017
Sitting down makes you age by 8 YEARS
Women who spend too much time sitting down speed up the ageing process, experts have found.
Sitting
for more than ten hours a day gives women a 'biological age' up to
eight years older than it should be, according to a major study.
The
researchers, who tracked the movements of 1,481 women over the age of
64, found a strong link between a sedentary lifestyle and the premature
ageing of cells in the body.
This process is known to increase the risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
Just
half an hour of moderate exercise - such as brisk walking, gardening or
cycling - is enough to undo the damage of a day sat down.
CIA Releases 13 Million Pages Of Declassified Documents: Include Psychic Experiments, UFO Research
The Central Intelligence Agency has published nearly 13 million pages
of declassified files online, documents which previously were
physically accessible only from four computer terminals at the National
Archives in College Park, Maryland.
The record include info on Nazi war crimes, the Cuban Missile Crisis, UFO sightings, human telepathy ("Project Stargate") and much more. The release has been a long time coming: Bill Clinton first ordered all documents at least 25 years old with "historical value" to be declassified in 1995. The agency complied, however anyone who wanted access had to trek all the way to the US National Archives in Washington DC to get a peak.
In 2014, a nonprofit journalism organization called MuckRock filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit pressing the CIA to post all of its documents online, but the agency said it would take up to six years to scan everything according to engadget. At the same time, journalist Mike Best crowd-funded more than $15,000 to visit the archives to print out and then publicly upload the records, one by one, to apply pressure to the CIA. "By printing out and scanning the documents at CIA expense, I was able to begin making them freely available to the public and to give the agency a financial incentive to simply put the database online," Best wrote in a blog post.
"Access to this historically significant collection is no longer limited by geography," said Joseph Lambert, the CIA's information management director in a press release. The agency was aiming to publish the documents by the end of 2017, but finished the work ahead of schedule.
“We’ve been working on this for a very long time and this is one of the things I wanted to make sure got done before I left. Now you can access it from the comfort of your own home,” said outgoing CIA director of information Lambert. The agency continues to review documents for declassification, so the treasure trove has not been unearthed in full, and there’s definitely more to follow.
* * *
The online records, shed light on the agency's activities throughout the Vietnam, Korean and Cold War conflicts; they also includes documents relating to UFO sightings and psychic experiments from the Stargate program, which has long been of interest to conspiracy theorists. The archives also cover events from the 1940s the 1990s (each year, a new batch are declassified) and include details about the flight of war criminals from Nazi Germany, the quarter-mile Berlin tunnel built to tap Soviet telephone lines, internal intelligence bulletins and memos from former CIA directors, UFO reports and more.
The released trove also includes the papers of Henry Kissinger, who served as secretary of state under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, as well as several hundred thousand pages of intelligence analysis and science research and development.
Among the more unusual records are documents from the Stargate Project, which dealt with psychic powers and extrasensory perception. Those include records of testing on celebrity psychic Uri Geller in 1973, when he was already a well-established performer.-Read More
The record include info on Nazi war crimes, the Cuban Missile Crisis, UFO sightings, human telepathy ("Project Stargate") and much more. The release has been a long time coming: Bill Clinton first ordered all documents at least 25 years old with "historical value" to be declassified in 1995. The agency complied, however anyone who wanted access had to trek all the way to the US National Archives in Washington DC to get a peak.
In 2014, a nonprofit journalism organization called MuckRock filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit pressing the CIA to post all of its documents online, but the agency said it would take up to six years to scan everything according to engadget. At the same time, journalist Mike Best crowd-funded more than $15,000 to visit the archives to print out and then publicly upload the records, one by one, to apply pressure to the CIA. "By printing out and scanning the documents at CIA expense, I was able to begin making them freely available to the public and to give the agency a financial incentive to simply put the database online," Best wrote in a blog post.
"Access to this historically significant collection is no longer limited by geography," said Joseph Lambert, the CIA's information management director in a press release. The agency was aiming to publish the documents by the end of 2017, but finished the work ahead of schedule.
“We’ve been working on this for a very long time and this is one of the things I wanted to make sure got done before I left. Now you can access it from the comfort of your own home,” said outgoing CIA director of information Lambert. The agency continues to review documents for declassification, so the treasure trove has not been unearthed in full, and there’s definitely more to follow.
* * *
The online records, shed light on the agency's activities throughout the Vietnam, Korean and Cold War conflicts; they also includes documents relating to UFO sightings and psychic experiments from the Stargate program, which has long been of interest to conspiracy theorists. The archives also cover events from the 1940s the 1990s (each year, a new batch are declassified) and include details about the flight of war criminals from Nazi Germany, the quarter-mile Berlin tunnel built to tap Soviet telephone lines, internal intelligence bulletins and memos from former CIA directors, UFO reports and more.
The released trove also includes the papers of Henry Kissinger, who served as secretary of state under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, as well as several hundred thousand pages of intelligence analysis and science research and development.
Among the more unusual records are documents from the Stargate Project, which dealt with psychic powers and extrasensory perception. Those include records of testing on celebrity psychic Uri Geller in 1973, when he was already a well-established performer.-Read More
Sunday 15 January 2017
Inside the Nepalese tribe that migrates every time a member dies and buries their dead upright after piercing their skull to allow the spirit to be free
Hidden deep in the Himalayan forest is one
of the world's last enduring nomadic tribes who are resisting attempts
to move them into permanent settlements.
The Raute tribe has no permanent home and frequently moves between camps.
They
will vacate a camp whenever a member dies to avoid bad spirits, but not
before burying their dead in an upright position and piercing their
skull to allow their spirit to be released into heaven.
Living
as hunter-gatherers and eating the meat of langur and macaque monkeys -
a controversial choice in the Hindu dominated country of Nepal, where
monkeys are considered to be the reincarnation of the God Hanuman.
Bert the randy tortoise, 22, is fitted with a pair of wheels after sex sessions left him with severe arthritis in his legs
Bert the randy tortoise has been fitted with a pair of wheels after he developed arthritis following wild sex sessions.
The 22-year-old African spurred tortoise now travels around with the help of heavy duty wheels strapped to his shell.
His
keepers at the Secret Animal Garden at the Dinosaur Adventure Park in
Norfolk believe he is the largest tortoise in the world to have wheels
fitted.
Pioneer Cabin Tree in California felled by storms
Storms in California have toppled one of America's most famous trees - the Pioneer Cabin Tree.
The giant sequoia was known for having a hole cut through its trunk - big enough for a car to drive through.
The tree, estimated to be more than 1,000-years-old, was felled by the strongest storm to have hit the area in more than a decade.
California and Nevada have been hit by unusually high rainfall levels, leading to flooding and falling trees.-read more
Parkour is now officially a sport – here’s to jumping for joy
Running, leaping and climbing through the city isn’t just a test of
strength and stamina – it’s also now an official sport. Parkour – a form
of urban acrobatics, originating in France – is now officially
recognised by sports councils across Britain. On a practical level, this
means that it can be on national educational curricula, apply for
lottery funding and access the benefits enjoyed by other major sports.
This is a big step forward for the development of parkour, which already has about 35,000 practitioners – or “traceurs” – in the UK alone. There’s no typical traceur; participants can range from very young children to those with Parkinson’s disease, and there are new people starting up all the time.
As well as having obvious physical health benefits, parkour also continues to show signs in research of contributing to positive mental health. It’s often practised in groups, which fosters social bonds between people, as encouraging each other to engage with the city in a constructive way,-read more
This is a big step forward for the development of parkour, which already has about 35,000 practitioners – or “traceurs” – in the UK alone. There’s no typical traceur; participants can range from very young children to those with Parkinson’s disease, and there are new people starting up all the time.
As well as having obvious physical health benefits, parkour also continues to show signs in research of contributing to positive mental health. It’s often practised in groups, which fosters social bonds between people, as encouraging each other to engage with the city in a constructive way,-read more
The extraordinary story of the Chorlton nurse who spied against the Nazis in wartime France
The extraordinary story of the Manchester nurse who risked her life
as an undercover spy against the Nazis has been pieced together by
historians.
Thrice-married Madge Addy lived a life of dashing adventure... helping stranded British troops evade capture in occupied France.
But her heroic exploits would have come to a huge shock to her neighbours in Chorlton, where she had quietly worked at a hairdressing salon.
But local historians have now launched a campaign to honour Madge, who received a Royal honour for her spy work, with a blue plaque in the south Manchester suburb. They are also appealing for further information to complete the puzzle about her remarkable life.
Ms Addy, who was born in Chorlton at the turn of the century, served as a nurse in Spain during the Spanish Civil War then became an agent for the government in occupied France. Research has revealed she was awarded an OBE, or possibly even a CBE, for her work as a spy, with sources suggesting she risked death to carry secret documents for the Allies under the noses of the Nazis.-read more
Thrice-married Madge Addy lived a life of dashing adventure... helping stranded British troops evade capture in occupied France.
But her heroic exploits would have come to a huge shock to her neighbours in Chorlton, where she had quietly worked at a hairdressing salon.
But local historians have now launched a campaign to honour Madge, who received a Royal honour for her spy work, with a blue plaque in the south Manchester suburb. They are also appealing for further information to complete the puzzle about her remarkable life.
Ms Addy, who was born in Chorlton at the turn of the century, served as a nurse in Spain during the Spanish Civil War then became an agent for the government in occupied France. Research has revealed she was awarded an OBE, or possibly even a CBE, for her work as a spy, with sources suggesting she risked death to carry secret documents for the Allies under the noses of the Nazis.-read more
Desmond T. Doss
"Fellows, come over here and gather
around. Doss wants to pray for us."
Corporal Desmond Doss, the lanky medic,
cringed inside. This was not what he had meant when he'd suggested prayer to
Lieutenant Goronto. Faced with an assault on the 400 foot sheer cliff that split the
island of Okinawa, Doss had merely meant that each soldier might want to spend a few
moments in personal, private prayer, before the attack began.
Prayer certainly was in order that April
morning in 1945. Doss's 77th Division had landed on Okinawa after fierce
fighting in Guam and Leyte. The Japanese were dug in all over the island.
Presenting an additional barrier was the Maeda Escarpment, the 400 foot cliff that
stretched across the island. The escarpment rose with a steep, rugged rise for the
first 360 feet, then rose another 40-50 feet as a sheer face. Honeycombed throughout
were multi-story caves, tunnels, and enemy gun emplacements. Wresting control of the
escarpment from the enemy would be a major struggle, the Americans fighting not only a
well entrenched and often camouflaged enemy, but formidable terrain. When the order
to attack had come, Doss told Lieutenant Goronto, "I believe prayer is the best life
saver there is. The men should really pray before going up."
It really shouldn't have surprised anyone in
Doss's company that he would suggest prayer. Doss was always praying...or reading
his Bible. From the first day of training everyone could tell he was different.
A devout Seventh-Day Adventist, the first night Doss knelt beside his bunk in the
barracks, oblivious to the taunts around him and the boots they threw his way, to spend
his time talking to God. Regularly he pulled the small Bible his new wife had given
him for a wedding gift, and read it as well. Among the men of the unit, disdain
turned to resentment. Doss refused to train or work on Saturday, the Lord's Sabbath.
Though he felt no reservation about caring for the medical needs of the men or
otherwise helping them on the Sabbath, he refused to violate it. The fact that he
worked overtime to make up for it the rest of the week made little difference. Doss
was teased, harassed, and ridiculed. And it only got worse.-read more
Robert Burns could have suffered bipolar disorder
Robert Burns’
tempestuous personality, intense creativity and unstable love life
suggest that he might have suffered from bipolar disorder, according to
Scottish researchers.
The 18th-century Scottish bard produced huge quantities of literary
works, including Auld Lang Syne and A Red, Red, Rose, in bursts of
creativity interspersed with periods of depression and heavy drinking.
According to scientific and literary experts at Glasgow University his
creative spikes, along with his volatile love life, point to the
possibility that he suffered from the condition that affects up to
three million people in Britain.
Dr Daniel Smith, from the university’s Institute of Health and
Wellbeing, said: “Burns had a complicated and some might say tempestuous
personal history, with bouts of melancholic depression, heavy lifelong
alcohol consumption and considerable instability in relationships,
including a series of extramarital affairs.
“Although it is difficult to prove conclusively, it is possible that his
life history and his prodigious literary outputs may have been
influenced by a recurrent disorder of -Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/robert-burns-could-have-suffered-bipolar-disorder-1-3427401
tempestuous personality, intense creativity and unstable love life
suggest that he might have suffered from bipolar disorder, according to
Scottish researchers.
The 18th-century Scottish bard produced huge quantities of literary
works, including Auld Lang Syne and A Red, Red, Rose, in bursts of
creativity interspersed with periods of depression and heavy drinking.
According to scientific and literary experts at Glasgow University his
creative spikes, along with his volatile love life, point to the
possibility that he suffered from the condition that affects up to
three million people in Britain.
Dr Daniel Smith, from the university’s Institute of Health and
Wellbeing, said: “Burns had a complicated and some might say tempestuous
personal history, with bouts of melancholic depression, heavy lifelong
alcohol consumption and considerable instability in relationships,
including a series of extramarital affairs.
“Although it is difficult to prove conclusively, it is possible that his
life history and his prodigious literary outputs may have been
influenced by a recurrent disorder of -Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/robert-burns-could-have-suffered-bipolar-disorder-1-3427401
Robert Burns’
tempestuous personality, intense creativity and unstable love life
suggest that he might have suffered from bipolar disorder, according to
Scottish researchers.
The 18th-century Scottish bard produced huge quantities of literary
works, including Auld Lang Syne and A Red, Red, Rose, in bursts of
creativity interspersed with periods of depression and heavy drinking.
According to scientific and literary experts at Glasgow University his
creative spikes, along with his volatile love life, point to the
possibility that he suffered from the condition that
affects up to
three million
people in Britain.
Dr Daniel Smith, from the university’s Institute of Health and
Wellbeing, said: “Burns had a complicated and some might say tempestuous
personal history, with bouts of melancholic depression, heavy lifelong
alcohol consumption and considerable instability in relationships,
including a series of extramarital affairs.
“Although it is difficult to prove conclusively, it is possible that his
life history and his prodigious literary outputs may have been
influenced by a recurrent disorder of
Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/robert-burns-could-have-suffered-bipolar-disorder-1-3427401
Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/robert-burns-could-have-suffered-bipolar-disorder-1-3427401
Saturday 14 January 2017
6 strange newspaper stories that shocked Victorian Britain
Somnambulists in peril
The Victorians in general, and readers of the weekly newspaper the Illustrated Police News (IPN)
in particular, had a fascination with the mobile but unconscious female
body. Sleepwalkers, or ‘somnambulists’ as the Victorians called them,
were among the favourite subjects for the IPN’s bawdy-minded
draughtsmen. Male somnambulists may have been news, but they were never Illustrated Police news, even if they performed a tap-dance on the roof of the House of Lords; the IPN’s somnambulists were all young, female, and scantily clad.
Mice are transformed into aggressive 'zombie' hunters after scientists flick a killer switch in their brain
They're known for their timidity and love
of cheese, but scientists have tapped into the 'killer instinct' of
mice, to turn them into aggressive 'zombies'.
Researchers
isolated the brain circuitry in mice that coordinates predatory
hunting, including one set of neurons in the amygdala - the brain's
centre of emotion and motivation, making the animal pursue prey.
They
also 'switched on' another set in the brain region signalling the
animal to use its jaw and neck muscles to bite anything in its path – a
little like a fictional zombie.
Sunday 8 January 2017
EDDIE HALL -STRONGMAN
About MeREAD MORE ON HIS WEB SITE
Hi and welcome to Eddie Hall's website, here you can find official links to Eddie's sponsors, contact his manager for bookings, buy merchandise including signed photos and t-shirts, tickets to his next UK Strongman contest, and keep up to date with Eddie's competitive accomplishments and lifestyle.
Eddie was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England 1988. His athletic career started as a National Championship swimmer; but bored of endless laps of the pool he turned his attention to the gym at 15. On leaving school, he worked as a truck mechanic up to the age of 26 and then became a full time strongman upon meeting his manager Mo Chaudry.
Eddie has since dedicated his life to becoming the world's strongest man, and his famous ever lasting words have been "if you never see me on the podium at world's strongest man, I probably died trying"
He's broken world records in front of Arnold Schwarzenegger, he's lifted things so heavy his eyes balls have burst out of his head, but mos
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
Introduction
Sepsis is a rare but serious complication of an infection.Without quick treatment, sepsis can lead to multiple organ failure and death.
Read on or go straight to:
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.
Not Hollywood but Hollyweed.
Saturday 7 January 2017
JAN29-2017 IN HOLSWORTHY- Marksmemorywalk
JUST A WALK TO RAISE SOME FUNDS FOR THIS CHARITY I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE A 100.00 POUNDS TY-READ MORE AND PLEASE HELP-https://www.facebook.com/events/1370720929666126/-
Urbanisation signal detected in evolution, study shows
A "clear signal" of urbanisation has
been identified in the evolution of organisms, which has implications
for sustainability and human well-being.
In analysis of more than
1,600 cases around the globe, researchers said the changes could affect
ecosystem services important to humans.More than half of the world's human populations now live in urban areas, and this proportion is set to grow.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"We found that there is a clear urban signal of phenotypic change, and also greater phenotypic change in urbanising systems compared to natural or non-urban anthropogenic systems," said co-author Marina Alberti from the University of Washington's Department of Urban Design and Planning.
"So urbanisation, globally, is clearly affecting things."
Phenotypic change refers to change in an organism's observable traits, such as it morphology, physiology, phenology, or behaviour.-Read More
'Aliens' spotted in Elite Dangerous space game
After years of waiting, a player of the Elite Dangerous game seems to have encountered its mysterious aliens.
Gamer DP Sayre recorded a video of his encounter with a massive, flower-shaped organic craft late on 5 January.Other players of the space exploration and trading game have grabbed videos of similar meetings in deep space.
The encounter ends a three-year hunt by players for signs of belligerent aliens known as Thargoids that featured in the game's earlier versions.
Hidden hints
Hints about the eventual appearance of Thargoids have been dropped regularly since the game launched in 2014. Strange objects floating in space and structures found on isolated moons and planets have revealed clues about the location of the aliens.In an official statement, Elite creator Frontier Developments said: "We are currently investigating reports of unusual sightings around the Elite Dangerous galaxy, but we are otherwise unable to comment on galactic rumour and speculation."
DP Sayre's encounter took place when he was travelling between star systems using-Read More
Sunday 1 January 2017
NEW POUND COIN
The new 12-sided £1 coin will enter circulation on 28 March, the government has said.
The round £1 will be legal tender alongside the new, more-secure coin until 15 October.
The public are being urged to use their current £1 coins or bank them before they lose their legal tender status.
The government estimates around a third of the £1.3 billion worth of coins stored in piggy banks or saving jars around the UK are the current £1 style.
Some of those returned by the public will be melted down and used to make the 12-sided version.
The new style was announced in the 2014 budget and has been billed by the Royal Mint as "the most secure coin in the world".
Why the new coin is harder to counterfeit
- 12-sided - its distinctive shape means it stands out by sight and by touch
- Bimetallic - The outer ring is gold coloured (nickel-brass) and the inner ring is silver coloured (nickel-plated alloy)
- Latent image - it has an image like a hologram that changes from a '£' symbol to the number '1' when the coin is seen from different angles
- Micro-lettering - around the rim on the heads side of the coin tiny lettering reads: ONE POUND. On the tails side you can find the year the coin was produced
- Milled edges - it has grooves on alternate sides
- Hidden high security feature - an additional security feature is built into the coin to protect it from counterfeiting but details have not been revealed
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Its introduction will come as a new set of coin designs are also brought into circulation, celebrating the achievements of Jane Austen and Sir Isaac Newton.
The Royal Mint said the new designs have a "strong pioneering theme" and will start appearing this spring.
A Jane Austen £2 coin will celebrate the author 200 years after her death, while another £2 version will remember the Royal Flying Corps.
A 50p coin will mark the achievements of mathematician Sir Isaac Newton, a one-time Master of the Royal Mint.
Dr Kevin Clancy, director of the Royal Mint Museum, said: "This is a particularly significant year in Royal Mint history as we welcome in the new 12-sided £1 coin, with its innovative security features.
"This year we also mark the achievements of Jane Austen, Sir Isaac Newton and the Royal Flying Corps - all pioneers in their own field.
ITV launch new 'soap-style' reality show featuring glamorous… dogs
The show is said to follow the format made famous by the Real Housewives franchise, which first followed a group of Orange County women.
The format has done incredibly well spawning nine American versions and nine international, including The Real Housewives of Cheshire in the UK.
Filming will apparently begin in the new year and will focus on Britain's glamorous dogs and their breeders.read more
The New Saints break Ajax's 44-year world record after Welsh club win 27th straight game
Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints have broken Ajax's 44-year world record for the most consecutive wins.
The great Ajax team of Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens and Arie Haan won 26 consecutive games in 1972 at a time when the Dutch club were dominating European football.
But TNS - who are currently 21 points clear at the top of the Welsh Premier League - eclipsed that by winning 2-0 at Cefn Druids on Friday night.
The Guinness Book of Records have already verified that TNS will remove Ajax from the record books.read more
Motorway speed limits near roadworks could be raised
The Government has announced new plans to raise speed limits near roadworks on motorways to cut congestion
Motorways and trunk roads could see faster speed limits introduced near roadworks under new plans to cut down on congestion.
The Department for Transport wants to raise speed limits near roadworks from the current maximum of 50mph, and has tasked Highways England to determine whether this can be done "safely."
The agency is currently running a trial on a four-mile stretch of roadworks on the M1 with a 60mph limit. If the trial is declared a success faster limits could appear throughout the country.
Transport minister John Haynes has also asked Highways England to limit roadside works to no longer than 10 miles, as well as increasing the number of lanes open during roadworks.
The reforms are much needed as the latest traffic predictions by the DfT estimate a potential 55 per cent rise in traffic numbers by 2040. The next few years will also see a rising number of roadworks as Highways England is currently busy converting over 4,000 miles of the motorway network into new ‘smart’ motorways. Smart motorways will use the hard shoulder as an added lane during busy periods as well as variable speed limits to cut congestion. -read more
You now need ID to vote
From next year you will need to bring identification to the polling station in order to cast your vote, following the adoption of recommendations to crack down on electoral fraud.
Traditionally, voters bring a polling card posted to their address, but a pilot scheme will be introduced next year in which a driving licence, passport or utility bill will also be required.
Earlier this year, former cabinet minister Sir Eric Pickles produced a report into electoral fraud, following widespread corruption in Tower Hamlets, and concluded abuse of Britain’s electoral system was widespread.read more
Massive jellyfish found washed up on North Devon beach
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The Barrel jellyfish washed up near Fremington Quay
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This giant jellyfish was discovered this week on a North Devon beach.
The marine animal - thought to be a Barrel jellyfish - measured around 40cm across.
Read more at http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/massive-jellyfish-found-washed-up-on-north-devon-beach/story-29982522-detail/story.html#q2RuxMly3ed5dEVv.99
Worlds Smallest Radio Receiver.
Built by a team of Harvard scientists with parts size of 2 atoms.It could work in space or a heart pacemaker.The radio uses diamond imperfections or nitrogen -vacancy centers to convert radio waves and a magnetic field can be used to change channels.
Protected Status.
The following have been protected status by government body historic England-a bronze age mound in the suburbs,set of lampposts,rock carvings by conscientious objectors,18th century artificial beehives are among 1,00 places given this status.
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