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Thai rescuers locate 12 missing boys and coach alive in flooded cave

TASSANEE VEJPONGSA

Last updated 08:59, July 3 2018

• Australians rush to help rescue soccer team stuck in cave
  * Rescuers in Thailand search for alternative entrance to cave
  * Flooding continues to complicate cave search in Thailand
  * Thai officials believe 12 boys missing in flooded cave are still alive
  
  One of the boys, noticing the camera and hearing words they don't immediately understand, says in Thai, "Oh, they want to take a picture; tell him we're hungry. I haven't had anything to eat."
  
  
  
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  A relative of the missing boys show photos of them after the 12 boys and their soccer coach were found alive.
  
  
  Then the boy breaks into English, saying, "Eat, eat, eat," to which another voice responds in Thai that he already told that to the rescuer.
  
  Chiang Rai provincial Governor Narongsak Osatanakorn said the 13 were in the process of being rescued, but he cautioned that they were not out of danger yet.
  
  "We found them safe. But the operation isn't over," he said in comments broadcast nationwide, referring to the complicated process of extricating them.
  
  
  
  LINH PHAM/GETTY IMAGES
  Relatives of the missing boys were told the 12 boys and their soccer coach had been found alive.
  
  
  Family members of the missing hugged each other as they cheered the news of the discovery.
  
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  Aisha Wiboonrungrueng, the mother of 11-year-old Chanin Wiboonrungrueng, smiled and hugged her family as news of their discovery spread. She said she would cook her son a Thai fried omelet, his favorite food, when he returns home.
  
  Rescue divers had spent much of Monday making preparations for a final push to locate the lost soccer players, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach. They disappeared when flooding trapped them after entering the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai on June 23.
  
  Narongsak said the divers located the missing about 300 - 400 metres past a section of the cave that was on higher ground and was thought to be where the team members and their coach may have taken shelter.
  
  "When the medics have evaluated the kids to see if their health is in good condition, we will care for them until they have enough strength to move by themselves, and then we will evaluate the situation on bringing them out again later," Narongsak said.
  
  Anmar Mirza, a leading American cave rescue expert, said many challenges remain for the rescuers. He said the primary decision is whether to try to evacuate the boys and their coach or to supply them in place.
  
  
  
  AP
  Thai rescue teams inside cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing.
  
  
  "Supplying them on site may face challenges depending on how difficult the dives are," Mirza, coordinator of the US National Cave Rescue Commission, said in an email.
  
  "Trying to take non-divers through a cave is one of the most dangerous situations possible, even if the dives are relatively easy. That also begets the question: If the dives are difficult then supply will be difficult, but the risk of trying to dive them out is also exponentially greater."
  
  Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha thanked the international experts and rescuers who helped locate the missing for their "tremendous efforts."
  
  
  
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  Family members of the missing hugged each other as they cheered the news.
  
  "The Royal Thai Government and the Thai people are grateful for this support and cooperation, and we all wish the team a safe and speedy recovery," Prayuth's office said in a statement.
  
  Thai navy SEAL divers and rescue workers from other countries had made initial progress through a narrow passageway early Monday after passing through a key chamber on Sunday whose high, murky waters had previously blocked their progress.
  
  Governor Narongsak had said earlier that the passageway goes upward in some places and downward in others and is extremely narrow, making it difficult for divers and their gear to fit through.
  
  
  
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  Rescuers make their way down at the entrance to a cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing.
  
  
  Divers have been stymied repeatedly by rising water that forced them to withdraw for safety reasons. When water levels fell Sunday, the divers went forward with a more methodical approach, deploying a rope line and extra oxygen supplies along the way.
  
  The SEALs' Facebook page said that since Sunday night, the divers had reached a bend where the kilometre-long passage splits in two directions. The divers were aiming for a sandy chamber on higher ground in the cave.
  
  Narongsak explained early Monday that fixing rope lines and deploying oxygen tanks along their route will allow the divers to operate.
  
  In addition to the divers, teams have been working to pump out water as well as divert groundwater. Other efforts have focused on finding shafts on the mountainside that might serve as a back door to the blocked-off areas.
  
  Teams have been combing the mountainside looking for fissure that might lead to such shafts. Several have been found and explorers have been able to descend into some.
  
  Experts in cave rescues from around the world had gathered at the site. An official Australian group has followed a US military team, British cave experts, Chinese lifesaving responders and several other volunteer groups from various countries.
  
  "These are challenging conditions and there's a lot of consideration for safety as well as, the environment outside is contributing to the environment inside," said US Air Force Captain Jessica Tait, part of a 30-member US military team assisting in the search operation, referring to the rain that has been flooding the cave. "So I'd say, yeah, it's an accurate statement that it's challenging."
  
  - AP
  
  Thai rescuers locate 12 missing boys and coach alive in flooded cave

 

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Video: Dolphin That Survived Shark Attack Released In Atlantic Ocean
"Sharkie," an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, suffered severe shark bites to her body and right...

its an
anima/insect l day for the smithsonian


bummer

National Zoo Reports Death of Infant Golden Lion Tamarin
The golden lion tamarin and its sibling were born on Friday, marking the first births of tamarins for the Zoo in a decade

National Zoo Reports Death of Infant Golden Lion Tamarin | At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian

yes
was verry interesting to note that

Newly Mapped Koala Genome Unlocks Secrets of Marsupial’s Diet, Susceptibility to Chlamydia
The cuddly creatures can survive on a diet of high-toxin eucalyptus leaves thanks to detoxifying genes

Newly Mapped Koala Genome Unlocks Secrets of Marsupial’s Diet, Susceptibility to Chlamydia | Smart News | Smithsonian

smile
basicallyhad a live in orrganic
' spiderr in my caravanon island haha
well i treated him/her as such
he/she lasted several years mmmmm

New Spider Species Discovered In Indiana Cave
The translucent sheet-weaving spider shows that scientists haven’t yet found everything in our own backyard

New Spider Species Discovered In Indiana Cave | Smart News | Smithsonian

cant say i like these buggers/saudis, compared to BEES'

Five Real Life Wasp Superpowers Not in Ant-Man and the Wasp
Bees tend to get all the attention, but Marvel turns the spotlight on one of nature’s most devious mastermind

Five Real Life Wasp Superpowers Not in <i>Ant-Man and the Wasp</i> | Science | Smithsonian

 

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grreatest news ever
much better than humankind
they dont need no wars

Against All Odds, Mountain Gorilla Numbers Are on the Rise


Deadly snake discovery all in a day's work in outback NT
A NT station worker a few months into the job finds two death adders.

 

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yes
organic,straight from steaming cowshit
living proof !

#2 RISING STARS
Do Magic Mushrooms Work Better Than Prozac? She Aims to Find Out
Rosalind Watts is tackling depression with strong psychedelic drugs.

 

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all
of interest this am
sharing if you like it or not haha

July 05, 2018

Ghana's Amazing Barbershop Signs
From the 1930s to the late 1990s, self-taught artists painted hairstyles on wooden boards with acrylics. While some signs were mere 2-D portrayals, others contained rich brushwork in every follicle. Though you won't find them in barbershops any more, these works of art live on in private collections or institutions like the Fowler Museum of Cultural History in Los Angeles.

READ THIS STORY »

ATLAS OBSCURA TRIPS
Travel to Cambodia With Us!
In January 2019, explore the vibrant art, religion, and food culture of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and spend time with the country's leading artists and performers.

LEARN MORE »

Good-Luck Garlic
Fans of the Spanish soccer team Deportivo de la Coruña often come to the stadium with garlic in hand. Not only are the cloves and bulbs considered good luck, but they are also thought to dispel evil.

READ THIS STORY »

The Lost Caves of Nottingham, England
Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

VIEW THIS PLACE »

Behold the Potato Vending Machine
What if you need some spuds after hours? Vending machines have sprouted up in small villages around rural Belgium, where anyone can purchase potatoes and onions around the clock.

VIEW THIS PLACE »

 

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A Slightly Spicy Wine
Vintners at the St. Clair Winery, about a 45-minute drive southwest of Hatch, New Mexico, take roasted, chopped green chiles and soak them in cold white wine. Although the green chiles are removed before bottling, they linger on in the drink's light green tint and mild peppery aftertaste.

VIEW THIS FOOD »

African Horned Cucumber
This fruit's appearance is so striking, it once moonlighted in an episode ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine as a "Golana melon" from the planet of Golana. On Earth, however, the fruit grows in the wild across southern Africa. It's also cultivated in Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Kenya.

VIEW THIS FOOD »

2018 onwards

 

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Thai cave rescue: UK cavers say rescue will be tough |

Published on Jul 5, 2018
Food supplies and medical treatment are helping build up the strength of a football team trapped in a cave in northern Thailand for 12 days.

Rescuers are working out how to get the 12 boys and their coach out, including a crash course in scuba diving.

Thai navy SEALS are using a chamber around 700 metres into the cave complex as a base for the rescue operation.

But heavy rain expected in the next few days could slow progress.

Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba met cavers in the English county of Derbyshire closely connected to the mission.

Thailand: New video shows trapped football team in 'good health'

GOOGLE the above

 

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and not scaring the living daylights out of our young people."

believe AUSTRALIA the biggest sexual hangup country in the world
- i said
is proposing a'YES we can have SEX
law, at least a state is thinking of it
think it was mentioned if the person agrees, then it cant be called rape, later down the track

Q?
who is to say a recipient' will remain honest and say he/she did/NOT give there consent

only caught the tail end of the news report so not sure
of the details


VERBATIM
"Despite living in a world of every kind of niche pornography, strip clubs … sex education … Viagra, pussy-grabbing scandals, and #MeToo … we still … haven’t found a way to talk about [sex] that is truthful, open, informative, and not scaring the living daylights out of our young people."
[Caitlin Moran on discerning good relationships from the bad ones at a young age / The Cut]

 

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fair enuf
good on them fo priorities
watching with interest,lik many are
yes we all know
deserves acknowlegement
dedication to beliefs,sacrifice for the childrendarre i sy unlike blatantv callous supposed ... etc

Former Thai Navy SEAL working to rescue boys dies from lack of oxygen
Petty Officer First Class Saman Kunan, a former Navy SEAL, dies after entering the cave to lay oxygen tanks along a potential exit route.

Desperate push to free boys from cave within 48 hours, before heavy rains hit
A Thai navy source, speaking anonymously, told the ABC three factors are driving the urgency — the water level inside the cave, the amount of oxygen available, and the health of the boys and their coach.

utilize resources, like'
the mere fact the offer was made, genuine sincere, qualiies of a decent thinking man

Elon Musk in talks to help free Thai soccer team from cave
Representatives for Elon Musk are in talks with Thai authorities about aiding in the rescue of a boys’ soccer team stuck in a cave, said a spokesman for the billionaire. The spokesman said Musk’s companies could help by trying to locate the boys’ precise location by using SpaceX or Boring Co. technology, pumping water or providing heavy-duty battery packs. It’s unclear whether Thai officials will accept the offer.

Watch the latest.

 

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AUSTRALIAN rural
always like
farmers,backbone of the worlds food sources
along with every countries INDIGENOUS the preserrvation of land
no lust for wealth
need no wars!!!


ntriuging
watch
BEES,most important
shame NZ suffers from Varroa mite

wheres those govts who selectively insist on chemical controls
WW corporates who insist on chemical pesticides for the death/destrction of such
not satisfied with ddoing such with humans

Coles drops imported honey brand Allowrie from their shelves

• Shoppers in Coles have one less choice to make when shopping for honey as the supermarket giant has dropped the Allowrie brand of honey, which is produced from mostly imported product by Australian company Capilano Honey.
  
  The Allowrie brand is made from up to 70 per cent imported honey from countries including China, Argentina and Mexico.
  
  The brand is the subject of a court case after a social media campaign raised questions about the origin and quality of the Allowrie brand.
  
  Coles said their decision was not related to any quality concerns and they dropped Allowrie products as part of their "ongoing review of the product range" to ensure they are "meeting the needs of customers".
  
  The chief executive of Capilano Honey, Ben McKee, said he was expecting the change.
  
  
  
  Woolworths is still stocking the Allowrie honey brand, which has up to 70 per cent imported honey from China, Argentina or Mexico.
  
  (ABC Rural: David Claughton)
  
  
  Honey imported due to Aussie drought
  Dr McKee said Allowrie was established at a time when the supply of Australian honey had dried up due to drought conditions.
  
  
  
  Apiarist Kieran Sunderland is struggling with drought conditions but welcomes Coles' decision to drop imported honey from its shelves.
  
  (ABC Rural: Sally Bryant)
  
  
  Mr Sunderland said it was very difficult to compete against imported honey products.
  
  dramatic impact on honey production.
  
  
  "It's a disaster. We haven't produced a drop of honey since Christmas and I'm not sure when we're going to produce the next drop."
  
  Woolworths have not followed Coles' decision to take Allowrie branded honey off their shelves.
  
  The supermarket giant said the imported honey is a popular product in a cheaper price category that their customers want.
  
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• apparently you can eat this now
• always thought carp wasa pest

DONT LIKE nor agree with the elease of a virs tho, could be disastrous noy only Aussye but eventuall otherr countries
note the Caliciviuson rabbitts, ven the ekease of cane tooads

Coles drops imported honey from shelves

aparrt from vegicle noise pollution, WW pogress
related to some degrree with Europes/USAs use of forests for an energy source
be ok if trees wee purpoely grown i expect

Woodchip proposal in southern Tasmanian raises questions over truck routes, forestry deals


another clean up the envirronment huh

Herpes-based carp control plan may stop some Australian fish exports, cause alarm overseas

Fishermen and scientists raise concerns over herpes-based carp control plan

 

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V.I.P
like a lot

fo the super concious
in our age,and more so for our futue generations
why be thinking of our selfish selves

A lot of our BBQ charcoal comes from tropical forests, and this can contribute to deforestation, a survey has found. But there are alternatives for more environmentally friendly grilling.

Barbecuing sustainably: How not to burn rainforests in our grills

A lot of our BBQ charcoal comes from tropical forests, and this can contribute to deforestation, a survey has found. But there are alternatives for more environmentally friendly grilling. How good are they?

Sacilotto promotes his product as a solution to fight loss of rainforests due to charcoal production.

Corn cobs make for good charcoal, according to Sacilotto

Dirty deals with tropical wood

Germans are among the folk who love to barbecue, and like in many places around the world, their favorite way to do it is on wood charcoal. This lends a tasty smoky flavor unrivaled by other forms of charcoal.

But such charcoal is made from wood — by heating it in the absence of oxygen.

According to wood expert Johannes Zahnen of WWF, 250,000 tons of charcoal are used in Germany each year, mainly for summer barbecues.

"That represents 2 to 10 percent of all wood consumed in Germany," he tells DW.

A recent analysis of 36 charcoal products from German supermarkets, commissioned by WWF and the German public television channel NDR, revealed that charcoal quite often contains tropical wood.

This was even true for products labeled with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, and for products stating on their package that they only contain German wood species.

Read more: The difficult task of tracking deadly wood

Charcoal produced in Africa

"The problem should not be oversimplified," cautions Gerhard Koch, a scientist with the Thünen Institute, a German research body that conducted the charcoal analysis. "Not everything that comes from the tropics is illegal."

Koch points out that there are sustainably managed plantations in the tropics as well. Moreover, some acacia species are spreading as invaders throughout Namibia. If their wood is cut and made into charcoal, it's a good thing, he says.

But the problem is, you can never be completely sure where the wood is coming from.

Through examining the charcoal with a microscope, scientists at Thünen Institute can distinguish from what kind of tree species the wood was originally made of, including whether it is a tropical species or not.

"There is practically no overexploitation of forests in Germany," he says. As long as they truly don't import wood from other countries, "then this is a good option."

But Zahnen points out that the quantity of charcoal produced this way wouldn't be enough for the market if everybody switched to this sustainable product.

Barbecuing on all kinds of waste

By now, several ideas and products are available in Europe as an alternative to wood charcoal.

The company Oliobric, for example, sells briquets made from olive pits.

Leftovers from pressing olives are dried, burned in the absence of oxygen and pressed into BBQ briquettes "that burn extremly hot and for a long period of time" Oliobric's director Gerhard Erning tells DW.

As in in Mario Sacilotto's case, it's not a completely new idea.

"My business associate is married to a Greek, and in Greece they have been using this biomass as a fuel for their ovens for ages."

Erning sells his product in organic supermarkets in Germany and in grocery stores in Switzerland.

There are also charcoal alternatives made from coconut waste or from grapevine wood, which has to be cleared away on a regular basis anyway.

Olive pits are among the waste products that can be turned into charcoal

Which is the most sustainable of them all?

Zahnen is cautious in recommending any of the charcoal alternatives made from materials other than wood.

"You really have to look thoroughly into the production process," he says. "Be careful not to replace one evil by another. There might be a drawback."

Coconut plantations, for example, could easily replace native forests.

Apart from that, Zahnen thinks that too little charcoal is able to be generated from those alternatives to be of wide use.

Barbecuing sustainably: How not to burn rainforests in our grills | DW | 06.07.2018

 

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how ruthless humans can be towards animals
Australia also has a problem with live export of Animals on ships to Europe/Middle East
not sure i NZ does also, as havent neard if it is prevalent


no wonder humans kill humans without a worry

Secret animal transports | DW Documentary
DW Documentary

Published on Jul 6, 2018
Millions of animals are transported across Europe every year. Sheep and cattle are often crammed into trucks and ships for days or even weeks. [Online until: 04.08.2018]

Animal welfare activists are concerned - are the laws being ignored? Since 1991, filmmaker Manfred Karremann has been documenting the fate of animals on long-distance transports. Despite improvements in legislation, not much has changed over that time. Manfred Karremann has already made an impact with his documentaries about the transport of animals across Europe. On several occasions the EU has responded to his reports by improving animal welfare regulations. But this still offers too little protection to the animals. An everyday occurrence: the brown and white cow in the truck is breathing heavily. It's down on the floor, where other animals can't avoid stepping on it. After 20 minutes the animal is dead. That is a scene shot at the end of August 2017 on the EU's external border with Turkey. An exception? Exports of cattle and sheep from the EU are on the rise again. Along with Turkey, most of the live animals are headed for the Middle East. Even young calves are transported over distances as great as 3,000 kilometers at a stretch. Arriving at their destination after days or weeks, the animals from Europe face an end with terrible suffering. Animal welfare activists are sounding the alarm again: They say that the laws are no longer obeyed once the animals leave the EU. They report dehydrated cattle at the Turkish border and unspeakable torment on old cattle freighters and after arrival in the Middle East and North Africa. More than one million signatures protesting this state of affairs were recently submitted to the EU Commission in Brussels. The background: The European Court of Justice decided that animal welfare rules apply up to the animals' final destination. The problem: nobody monitors the transports once they have left the EU, as filmmaker Manfred Karremann proves. Just outside the EU's borders, he encounters dehydrated cattle, and cows giving birth and dying on trucks. Karremann wanted to know: Are these images of animal suffering just exceptions? Or is the law being systematically broken? Karremann's months-long investigation takes him from German farms through Bulgaria and Turkey to Lebanon.
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DW Documentary gives you knowledge beyond the headlines. Watch high-class documentaries from German broadcasters and international production companies. Meet intriguing people, travel to distant lands, get a look behind the complexities of daily life and build a deeper understanding of current affairs and global events. Subscribe and explore the world around you with DW Documentary.

 

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0:48 | NEWS
Watch a Stingray Devour Spider Crabs on the Seafloor
I've had to decide whether I want to eat crabs or not. They're so messy. But then I watched this stingray easily devour spider crabs as if it were a vacuum cleaner sucking up dust. Spotted off the coast of Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia, this stingray also happens to have a lighter skin color than others of its kind, which could be an indicator that it is a rare albino stingray. However, it's difficult to confirm without an expert look into it.

— Fritz Burnett, producer
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Capturing a Carnivorous Bat on Camera
We have a hard enough time getting our kids to stand still for pictures. So how is it that National Geographic photographers are able to capture some of the world’s most elusive species in perfect form? This video explores the method behind the madness of one of my all-time favorite photographers, Anand Varma, in his quest to find rare carnivorous bats in the Yucatán rain forest.

— Mike Olcott, producer
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Strands of spider silk are pulled up by an electric field, helping spiders fly away. Image by Erica Morley and Daniel Robert


Happy Saturday, science bugs!

Durday, science bugson’t buzz off. This science news isn’t pesky.

This week in science, we learned:
Spiders don’t have wings, but they can fly across entire oceans on long strands of silk. For more than a century, scientists thought it was the wind that carried them, but a new study shows the Earth’s electric field can propel these flying arachnids too.

Pedestrian deaths are up nationwide, fueled by people who walk while drunk.

A year ago, Google’s Gmail said it stopped its practice of scanning users’ inboxes to personalize ads. But it still allows outside app developers to scan inboxes. Correspondent John Yang talks with Wall Street Journal tech reporter Douglas MacMillan, who broke the story.

When should you file for Social Security if you have a young child?

Two summers ago, Zika virus infected more than half a million people in the Americas and caused more than 3,700 birth defects. Then, the virus declined sharply in its hotspots and all but disappeared in the U.S. With the weather warming and mosquitoes out, how much do we need to worry about Zika?

How giving black women time for self-care benefits the whole community.

A new study suggests that methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas operations are much higher than previously thought.

Drones are revolutionizing how we study humpback whales.

The cost of health care remains a big concern, even for people with insurance. A new analysis found the cost of emergency care has nearly doubled in the last eight years, even as the total number of visits has stayed about the same.


The world is weird, and we love it

He loves me… He loves me not… Ouch, ouch, ouch! It burns! (WIRED)

America’s first dogs lived with people for thousands of years. Then they vanished. (Science Magazine)

How to treat deadly brain cancer with a genetically modified poliovirus. (NPR)

Why can’t we find Planet Nine? (Quanta)


Look, Watch

 

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smile
just cant help myself putting this out there haha
and some ignorants say its not happening, suffe all of us

Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week

By Jason SamenowJuly 5Email the author
reports the heat is to blame for at least 54 deaths in southern Quebec, mostly in and near Montreal, which endured record high temperatures.

Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week

 

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Bleh. The coming week is supposed to be even hotter than last week. Meal prep for Rem and I has gotten tweaked due to that. Hard boiled eggs for breakfast, with dry salami for me and granola bar things for him. I'm making summer rolls + home made peanut sauce for our lunches. Marinated then stir fried thinly sliced beef, lettuce, blanched pea sprouts, bell pepper, cucumber, carrot, cilantro, mint, quick pickled thinly sliced onions all wrapped in some rice paper. Nom. Dinner is probably just going to be mild snacking. Heat makes me not very hungry.

 

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I should become a gold member and get verified so I can edit my posts.

 

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laugh

Daily Shouts
Cooking with Chef Bobo

Stir. Chef Bobo stir food. Bobo put food on hot place. Fifteen penis touches. Finish penis, finish food. Throw toque.

By Bruce Handy

need to be applied to human species as well/maye not

1
IVF might save the northern white rhino, the world’s most endangered species

IVF might save the northern white rhino, the world’s most endangered species

how nice
love indigenous

 

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The heatwave in the UK is exposing history. Because of varying soil qualityunderneath, the outlines of archaeological settlements are showing up in the grass.

Cropmarks 2018

The unprecedented spell of hot, dry weather across Wales has provided perfect conditions for archaeological aerial photography. As the drought has persisted across Wales, scores of long-buried archaeological sites have been revealed once again as ‘cropmarks’, or patterns of growth in ripening crops and parched grasslands. The Royal Commission’s aerial investigator Dr Toby Driver has been busy in the skies across mid and south Wales over the last week documenting known sites in the dry conditions, but also discovering hitherto lost monuments. With the drought expected to last at least another two weeks Toby will be surveying right across north and south Wales in a light aircraft to permanently record these discoveries for the National Monuments Record of Wales, before thunderstorms and rain wash away the markings until the next dry summer.

How cropmarks form in summer, DI2006_1443C



GALLERY

The Iron Age hillfort of Gaer Fawr near Lledrod, Ceredigion, looking across the parched landscape of mid Wales.

GAER FAWR;GAER FAWR HILLFORT | Coflein

Low reservoir levels at Nant y Moch, Ceredigion

RHEIDOL HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME: NANT-Y-MOCH RESERVOIR AND DAM | Coflein

 

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pt 2


stopped to view the chalk erect penis fo 20 minutes in the day, of UK travels
free erotica courtesy of the ancient poms

Newly discovered cropmarks of a prehistoric or Roman farm near Langstone, Newport, south Wales.

A newly discovered Roman fortlet near Magor, south Wales, emerging in ripening crops.

The ‘playing card’ shape of Pen-llwyn Roman fort, Ceredigion emerging in parched grassland.

PEN-LLWYN ROMAN FORT | Coflein

Extensive cropmarks of Trewen Roman farmstead or villa, Caerwent, south Wales.

TREWEN, CAERWENT, ENCLOSED SETTLEMENT | Coflein

The buried ramparts of Cross Oak Hillfort, Talybont on Usk, showing as cropmarks.

CROSS OAK HILLFORT | Coflein

The almost ploughed-down medieval castle mound at Castell Llwyn Gwinau, Tregaron, showing clearly under parched conditions.

CASTELL LLWYN GWINAU | Coflein

RCAHMW | Cropmarks 2018