“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.”

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The Majestic South African Dog Rhodesian Ridgeback

Rhodesian Ridgeback
Other names: Rhodesian Ridgeback with dorsal crest, African Lion Hound

Source: www.europuppy.com

 

 

Source: en.petglobals.com

The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a dog originated from southern Africa and is a perfect companion for life. It has a gentle, calm temperament. It is affectionate and in constant need of affection although capable of being left alone. It is a very sporty dog with almost no maintenance. Its health, although robust, opposes some hereditary diseases which it will be advisable to detect as of its youth. The Rhodesian Ridgeback can be recognized by the ridge on its back, formed by a line of hair growing against the direction of the coat.  The Rhodesian Ridgeback's gait is characterized by parallel, free and active movements. 
 
Breed History
The Rhodesian Ridgeback is descended from the dogs of the Cape Colony of Southern Africa. It has received contributions from various primitive canine varieties and back-crested hunting dogs bred by the Khoikhoï (or Hottentots) tribes. The Rhodesian Ridgeback was once used to hunt lions, which it circled in the company of 2 or 3 other members of the pack. The first standard of the breed was established in 1922 in Rhodesia, and was approved 4 years later by the Southern African Kennel Club. The Rhodesian-Ridgeback breed was finally recognized by the FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) on February 21st 1955.

Physical characteristics
Its coat: short, dense, smooth and shiny. The dorsal crest goes from behind the shoulders to the point of the hip, becoming thinner.
His color : light wheaten to red fawn, with possibly a little white on the chest and toes.
Head : rather long, in harmony with the rest of the body. The skull is flat and wide between its ears. The stop is well marked, but not exaggerated. The nose is black or brown (going with the color of the eyes), the muzzle long and powerful, the lips clear, the jaws strong and articulated in scissors, the cheeks well chiselled. 
Ears : Set high, medium size, wide at the base, tapering to a rounded tip.
His eyes : round, medium sized, shining, showing a look full of vivacity and intelligence.
Its body : powerful and robust. The neck is rather long and strong, the back powerful, the loins slightly arched, the chest well let down and ample, the ribs well sprung.
Tail : thick at its base and tapering towards its tip. Carried slightly curved upwards, but in no case curled.

Behaviour and temperament: AFFECTIVE.

Companion dog, hunting dog, guard dog. Its many qualities make the Rhodesian Ridgeback an excellent dog for family life. He is very attached to his master, faithful and loyal, almost potty. He is very attentive to children, with whom he will not hesitate to play. He is also benevolent towards his adoptive family, not hesitating to protect and watch over them. It does not show any aggressiveness, especially not with strangers that it prefers to ignore. It can be used in endless hunting parties. He will know, thanks to his instinct, how to find the rare pearls.

His intelligence is both his greatest quality and his main weakness. If its education is not good, it could take advantage of it to show itself untenable. Fortunately, taken early, it proves to be quite easy as long as one is firm, gentle and fair. The Rhodesian Ridgeback should be rewarded for every good deed, without overdoing it.

Never be aggressive when he doesn't execute a command well. It is preferable to have previous experience with a canine before taking on this breed. You should not hesitate to contact a professional trainer. It is recommended to rely on its intelligence and its desire to please its owner, by applying positive reinforcement methods based on encouragement and rewards.

The Rhodesian Ridgeback is not fussy about its environment. He adapts to any type of life, as long as he can go out long enough on a daily basis. So, he will not be against a comfortable and cozy apartment, just as he will like to stretch his legs as he pleases in a garden backing onto a house. He needs to be able to exercise every day to fully develop. The ideal living environment for this dog would be a house with a large fenced-in garden, where he can exercise and stand guard.

 

Guest wrote:
I have a 14 1/2 year old dog.... What a great life journey together! Loyal, guarding, calm and a great long walk buddy. I will miss her immensely.

Bérengère Fleury wrote:
I have a 6 month old Rhodesian dog, she is a sweetheart. Extremely intelligent and alert, she is very social with other people and other dogs. We continue to socialize her as much as possible as she is a breed that is known to be rather cautious around strangers. Training sessions are nevertheless necessary because it is a stubborn dog which risks to make the law in the house. It is indestructible, sporty but also adept at long naps and cuddles next to family members. She needs to be able to exercise daily, and even though we have a large garden, she can't do without long walks, alternating between the cityscape for leash training and the forest/parks for her to socialize and let off steam. It is a very sensitive dog that perceives the emotions of those around him. It needs a firm and rigorous education without ever showing aggressiveness. It is an incredible companion, and it is a dignified and beautiful dog. It is a breed that I did not know before, and in fact not many "bad crosses", the character and the look of this dog are preserved: we know what to expect!

 

Here: https://www.woopets.fr/chien/race/rhodesian-ridgeback/

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ON A STALKING TRIP - AFRICAN WILD DOGS
 by Susanne Schlesinger

Source: https://za.pinterest.com/pin/15551561203989790/

 

Source: https://www.outback-africa.de/blog/2014/03/07/auf-pirschfahrt-afrikanische-wildhunde/

If you are lucky enough to go on a game drive, you will see them. African wild dogs, also called "Painted Dogs" because of their colorful patches of fur. They are very rare and endangered.A larger settlement area is in central southern Africa between the Kalahari in Namibia and Botswana to the border area between Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique. Other small distribution areas are in central Africa as well as northern Kenya, southern Tanzania and Somalia. Only a few smaller packs are sighted in each case.

Wild dogs look similar to jackals, wolves, and distantly to hyenas, which has earned them the nickname "hyena dog." Biologically, they are most closely related to jackals, although the latter are considerably smaller. Like all members of the genus, the African wild dog is a pack animal and the social bond with the family is so strong that young animals in the pack are raised by all members and fed by regurgitating food mash. Likewise, all members of a pack capable of doing this go hunting together several times a day and help care for sick or elderly dogs. The dogs are very skillful hunters, however, the prey is often disputed by hyenas or lions, against which they are physically inferior.hunted during the day on sight, the prey is killed by tearing. Unlike predatory cats, dogs cannot grasp their prey with their paws. The long legs make them fast, the large ears hear approaching prey particularly well. The dogs do not have fixed territories, they wander where there is water and food. The puppies like to be hidden in a burrow, which is guarded by the pack. When they are old enough to hunt (after about six months), the wild dogs move around again.

The pack leader is a male wild dog. Only he and his leader mate and have offspring. All other adult members are hormonally "controlled" so that they have no mating instinct. This changes only when the alpha dogs can no longer have offspring. However, there is hardly any aggression and rank fights. This peculiarity is certainly one of the reasons why the dogs are threatened with extinction. There are simply not enough offspring, moreover many of the dogs are killed by other predators, so that the population is getting smaller and smaller. In addition, there are diseases, accidents and the ever-shrinking habitat.

In Zimbabwe, therefore, a conservation project was launched in the Hwange National Park. Our colleague René reported about it some time ago. Further chances to see the rare wild dogs are in Botswana in the Moremi Game Reserve and in the Okavango area (here Doreen and Ulrike were independently lucky). Marco also experienced unforgettable wild dog sightings in Botswana and in Zambia in the Luangwa Valley. Svenja saw the dogs in the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania. Also in private reserves around the Kruger National Park you can meet wild dogs, but luck is always a part of it...

More photos here: https://www.outback-africa.de/blog/2014/03/07/auf-pirschfahrt-afrikanische-wildhunde/

- yes, Pretty Animals!

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Jeff Eagan

The Rhodesian Ridgeback Parable

Rhodesian Ridgebacks are fierce.

If you aren’t familiar with the Ridgeback, it was bred to hunt lions. Yeah. Lions. Ricky Gervais accurately observed that the Ridgeback got a bad assignment when the genetic gods created it in his recent Netflix special Humanity. You also don’t need to imagine what centuries of lion-hunting have done to the psyche of the Ridgeback. As insane as it might sound, this breed of dog is intended to be able to kill the King of all animals — and some people have it just hanging out at home.

The Ridgeback is a very protective dog that can easily become aggressive when it encounters strangers. A strong, assertive person is required to keep this dog from doing some serious damage to other humans in the neighborhood. If a Ridgeback gets into the hands of the wrong person, it should go without saying, there can be deadly consequences.

Don’t get me wrong. The Ridgeback is a beautiful dog. It is smart and strong, and doesn’t even bark all that much. A good owner can raise a happy and well-socialized Ridgeback. It can be a lover and a protector, and isn’t inherently bad.

It is just inherently deadly.

The other day, a Rhodesian Ridgeback and a Siberian Husky wandered into the taproom where I bar-tend, with their owner in tow. These dogs were strong and beautiful. Their owner is a laid back 20-something who seems to be quite proud of this unique pair.

He was also pretty casual with the dogs, letting them wander and get to know the place. Ostensibly, this was a good way to get the dogs acclimated to the new environment. As he sipped cider with his friends, his dogs snooped and sniffed their way through the place, both on very long leashes. No big deal. Just a normal Thursday evening at the taproom, where dogs are honestly more welcome than children.

After about fifteen minutes, a guy came in to deliver a box full of pretzels. The Ridgeback snapped, barking with an intensity intended to make the delivery guy pause and reflect on his life. Other people had walked in and out of the taproom without any reaction from the Ridgeback, so I supposed it was unsure of the box the man was carrying. Not cool, but explicable, I thought.

Ten minutes later, another guy came in carrying music gear. He was there to play music later that evening. Again, the Ridgeback unloaded its lion-taming roar, one that would put any Rottweiler or Doberman to shame. With that famous ridge of hair standing at attention on its spine, the Ridgeback stood guard, staring the sweetest young man in Longmont down as if he were carrying a bazooka in that guitar case.

At this point, a good owner would have reeled in his dog. He would have some skills to disarm the weapon that was about to go off on an innocent person. He just said, “Sorry. She honestly never does this. I don’t know what’s going on with her. She’s a really nice dog.”

Two minutes later, my coworker walks out from the production area carrying a box and a jacket. This time the Ridgeback snapped its jaws at her, again barking so wildly that I wanted to run away. Since dogs are wild animals at heart, I don’t trust the ones that act like they enjoy eating humans. She laughed it off and stood talking to us at the end of the bar. Behind her, the Ridgeback silently puffed its chest, standing guard between her and its owner. It peered with its lion-killer eyes at her back, waiting for her to make a move.

I complained to my coworker (the one who was almost eaten alive) about the dog, wondering why anyone would want to have a Rhodesian Ridgeback as a pet when it is a lion-killer at heart. She said that it wasn’t a dog issue but an owner issue. She argued that there is nothing wrong with the dog itself. The problem is the person carrying, er, raising the dog.

The problem isn’t the dog, but the person with the dog.

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More here: https://extranewsfeed.com/the-rhodesian-ridgeback-parable-9f9b363a21b5

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Africanis, the original dog of Africa

By SOUTH AFRICA GATEWAY - Researched and written by Mary Alexander.

Africanis are clever and attentive to people, as shown in the face of this dog photographed in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (Johan Gallant, © Africanis Society)

 

They’ve been dismissed as mongrels, ‘township dogs’ and worse. But as a breed they are smart, tough, athletic, loving – and ancient. They are the Africanis, the dog of Africa.

You’ll see them in the villages and on the dirt roads of rural South Africa, and in the country’s townships. They’re ordinary-looking medium-sized dogs, sometimes scrawny, with long snouts, pointed ears, short brownish coats and springy up-curled tails.

They’ve been dismissed as mongrels, strays, curs and street dogs. Racists have euphemistically labelled them “township” dogs and, without euphemism, “k*****” dogs.

But the dogs are a distinct breed, endemic to southern Africa. And they have a proven lineage going back at least 7,000 years.

They are the Africanis, the original dog of Africa.

 

Africanis dogs were long valued in precolonial South Africa for their hardiness, intelligence, loyalty and hunting ability. But it was only in the 21st century that they began to lose the Western stigma of “mongrel”, thanks to the work of two men: dog experts Johan Gallant and Joseph Sithole.

For years Gallant and Sithole roamed rural KwaZulu-Natal, studying and photographing the dogs they came across in kraals and homesteads. They concluded that these animals were not a mess of mongrels but members of coherent breed of dog, with a distinct behaviour and appearance.

Gallant came up with a name for the breed: “canis” (Latin for dog) and “Africa” – the Africanis. He later wrote up his and Sithole’s work in The Story of the African Dog, published by the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press in 2002.

“The Africanis is the real African dog – shaped in Africa, for Africa,” Gallant and Sithole say in the book. “It is part of the cultural and biological heritage of Africa.”

The Africanis is descended from dogs pictured in ancient cave art and on Egyptian murals. The earliest remains of the domesticated dog in Africa was found in the Nile delta and dated to 4,700 BC.

Today, Africanis dogs are found all over southern Africa.

Rock art in Algeria’s Tassili n’Ajjer plateau has been dated at 7,000 to 10,000 years before present. The dog at the top right of this hunting scene shows typical Africanis traits – long snout, pointed ears, elegant build and curled-up tail. (Alberto Bertelli)

A carved limestone mural of a dog from Giza, Egypt, dated to about 4,400 years ago. Again, the dog has the snout, ears, build and tail seen in today’s Africanis. (Wikimedia Commons, via the Walters Art Museum) - photo in the original article

An 1805 aquatint by Samuel Daniell shows Kora Khoekhoe pastoralists in the southern Cape region of South Africa, breaking camp to move to new pastures. Note the dog at lower left. (Museum Africa, via Wikimedia Commons) - photo in the original article

Natural – not human – selection

What makes the Africanis unique is that the dog is a mainly a result of natural, not human, selection. Unlike Western dog breeds, whose bodies have been artificially shaped by the arbitrary and sometimes cruelstandards of the Kennel Clubs, Africanis dogs are healthy and valued only for their usefulness and loyalty.

As Gallant and Sithole point out:

The Africanis is the result of natural selection and physical and mental adaptation to environmental conditions. It has not been “selected” or “bred” for appearance.

For centuries, the fittest and cleverest dogs survived to give us one of the rare remaining natural dog races in the world.

Also unlike Western breeds, the Africanis does not have a rigidly uniform appearance, although Gallant and Sithole have identified the common traits that define the breed.

 

“The beauty of this dog is embodied in the simplicity and functionality of its build,” they say.

The Africanis is of medium size and well muscled. It is agile and supple and can run at great speed. The coat is generally short, in a range of colours and with or without markings. A ridge of hair is sometimes be seen on the back – one of the Africanis’s genetic contributions to the Rhodesian Ridgeback.

The head is wedge-shaped, and the face expressive. Its slender build is sometimes wrongly attributed to starvation. When in good condition, the animal’s ribs are just visible.

Because the Africanis has roamed freely in and around rural settlements for centuries, it has a need both for space and for human companionship. ...

Africanis dog in Botswana. Note the similarity in colour and shape to the dogs’ distant feral relative, the Australian dingo. (Johan Gallant, © Africanis Society)

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More: https://southafrica-info.com/arts-culture/africanis_original_dog_africa/

Edited October 24, 2022 by msfntor

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The 11 languages of South Africa

By SOUTH AFRICA GATEWAY - Researched, written and designed by Mary Alexander.
Updated 29 May 2021.

 

South Africa has 11 official languages and a multilingual population fluent in at least two. IsiZulu and isiXhosa are the largest languages, while English is spoken at home by only one in 10 people – most of them not white.

 

South Africa’s Constitution recognises 11 official languages: Sepedi (also known as Sesotho sa Leboa), Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu.

For centuries South Africa’s official languages were European – Dutch, English, Afrikaans. African languages, spoken by at least 80% of the people, were ignored. In 1996 South Africa’s new Constitution gave official protection to all major languages...

 

Overview of South Africa’s languages

IsiZulu is South Africa’s biggest language, spoken by almost a quarter (23%) of the population. Our other official languages are isiXhosa (spoken by 16%), Afrikaans (13.5%), English (10%), Sesotho sa Leboa (9%), Setswana and Sesotho (both 8%), Xitsonga (4.5%), siSwati and Tshivenda (both 2.5%), and isiNdebele (2%).

 

English is an urban language of public life, widely used in the media, business and government. Out of the 4.9-million South Africans who speak English as a first language, a third (33%) are white, a quarter (24%) are black, 22% are Indian and 19% are coloured South Africans. English is widely used as a second language and common language of communication, mainly in the cities.

Afrikaans is a version of Dutch that evolved out of a South Holland dialect brought here in the 1600s. Over the centuries it has picked up many influences from African languages, as well as from European colonial languages such as English, French and German. More than half (50.2%) of Afrikaans speakers are coloured, 40% are white, 9% black and just 1% Indian.

South Africa’s nine African official languages all fall into the Southern Bantu-Makua subfamily, part of the broad and branching Niger-Congo family of languages. ...

South Africans are more than bilingual...

English- and Afrikaans-speaking people (mostly coloured, Indian and white South Africans) tend not to have much ability in African languages, but are fairly fluent in each other’s language. Multilingualism is common among black South Africans.

The contrast between first language and second language is shown in the maps above. While the geographical pattern of dominant first languages neatly conforms to the facts of history and urbanisation, the picture of second languages is more complicated, more of a mess.

The second map reveals a couple of things. The first is how few South Africans speak just one language. The second is that while English is the dominant first language only in the cities – Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban – it is widely used as a second language across the country. English is spread by the media and used as a common language of communication.

But many South Africans are compelled to learn English, and often Afrikaans as well, simply to get a job and to work. ...

 

 

The main languages of each province are:

Eastern Cape – isiXhosa (78.8%), Afrikaans (10.6%)

Free State – Sesotho (64.2%), Afrikaans (12.7%)

Gauteng – isiZulu (19.8%), English (13.3%), Afrikaans (12.4%), Sesotho (11.6%)

KwaZulu-Natal – isiZulu (77.8%), English (13.2%)

Limpopo – Sesotho sa Leboa (52.9%), Xitsonga (17%), Tshivenda (16.7%)

Mpumalanga – siSwati (27.7%), isiZulu (24.1%), Xitsonga (10.4%), isiNdebele (10.1%)

Northern Cape – Afrikaans (53.8%), Setswana (33.1%)

North West – Setswana (63.4%), Afrikaans (9%)

Western Cape – Afrikaans (49.7%), isiXhosa (24.7%), English (20.3%)

 

Afrikaans evolved out of a 17th-century Dutch dialect introduced to South Africa in 1652 when the Dutch first colonised the Cape of Good Hope. Today it is the majority language of the Northern Cape.

Afrikaans became an official language in South Africa with the Official Languages of the Union Act of 1925, which retroactively dated the language’s official status to 1910.

The 6,855,082 South Africans who speak Afrikaans as a first language make up 13.5% of the country’s total population. More than half (50.2%) of these Afrikaans speakers are coloured, 39.5% white, 8.8% black, 0.9% Indian or Asian, and 0.6% other.

More than three-quarters (75.8%) of coloured South Africans speak Afrikaans, as do almost two-thirds (60.8%) of whites. It is the home language of 4.6% of Indian or Asian people, and of 1.5% of black South Africans.

Most Afrikaans speakers (41%) live in the Western Cape, and 21% in Gauteng. Ten percent of all Afrikaans speakers live in the Eastern Cape, 8.8% in the Northern Cape, and 5% in the Free State.

Within the provinces, Afrikaans is the majority language in the Northern Cape (53.8%) and the Western Cape (49.7%). It makes up 12.7% of languages spoken in the Free State, 12.4% of Gauteng’s languages, 10.6% of languages in the Eastern Cape, 9% in North West, 7.2% in Mpumalanga, 2.6% in Limpopo and 1.6% in KwaZulu-Natal.

English

Also known as: Engels (Afrikaans), isiNgisi (isiNdebele and isiZulu), isiNgesi (isiXhosa), Senyesemane (Sesotho), Seisemane (Sesotho sa Leboa), siNgisi (siSwati), Xinghezi (Xitsonga)
First-language users: 4,892,623 (9.6% of South Africans)
Second-language users: 11,000,000 (2002 estimate)
All users: 15,892,623 (estimate)

English is a prominent language in South African public life, widely used in government, business and the media. As a first language it is mainly confined to the cities.

In 1910 English and Dutch were declared the official languages of the new Union of South Africa. English has retained this official status ever since.

The 4,892,623 South Africans who speak English as a first language make up 9.6% of the country’s total population. Among first-language English speakers, 32.8% are white, 23.9% black, 22.4% Indian and 19.3% coloured.

The majority (86.1%) of Indian South Africans speak English as their home language, as do over a third (35.9%) of whites. It is the first language of 20.8% of coloured people, and of 2.9% of black South Africans.

The largest number of English speakers are in Gauteng – 1.6-million people, or a third (32.8%) of all English-speaking South Africans. Over a quarter (27.3%) live in KwaZulu-Natal, 23.5% in the Western Cape, and 7.4% in the Eastern Cape.

English is a minority language within all nine provinces.

It is the second-largest language in both the Western Cape (after Afrikaans) and Gauteng (after isiZulu). In the Western Cape it is spoken by 20.2% of the population, and in Gauteng by 13.3%. English is minimally spoken in the other provinces. ...

 

More: https://southafrica-info.com/arts-culture/11-languages-south-africa/

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Bear attacks climber - video of the fight goes viral

10/24/2022, 4:57:24 AM

 By: Sina Lück

 

As a man is climbing in the Japanese nature, he is suddenly attacked by a bear.

The scenes of the fight go around the world.

The further nature enthusiasts move away from urban habitats, the higher the probability of encountering a wild animal.

The risk is particularly great in some countries.

A climber in Japan who is on his way up Mount Futago and is suddenly attacked by a bear also has this experience.

The man's GoPro records how he fights back with his hands and feet.

The recordings go all over the world.

Bear attacks climber - video of the fight goes viral

While climbing, a bear comes dangerously close to a man.

 

Bear Attacks Climber - YouTube

At the beginning of the video, which the man later uploads to YouTube, there is nothing exciting to see.

With the GoPro on his head, he sets off on the descent of the Japanese mountain Futago.

But the climber cannot enjoy the breathtaking view of nature for long, because suddenly a bear appears above him.

When the wild animal lunges at him, he can just hold on to the rock face.

A moment later, the bear launches a new attack.

But not only in Japan you can meet a bear.

Brown bears also roam around in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Intuitively, he decides to counterattack: the climber hits the bear's head with full force and starts screaming loudly.

But the aggressive animal does not let go of him.

Determined, the man kicks with his feet.

After a few more seconds of fear, the bear finally turns away and disappears into the bushes.

Full of panic, the Japanese climbs up the rock face to get to safety.

On the other hand, the residents of one house do not notice that a family of bears is wintering in the basement.

 

Under his video, which already has 3.8 million views on YouTube, the climber describes his thoughts during the bear encounter.

"Instead of being scared, I switched to feeling like I had no choice but to face it," he explains.

"Looking back at the video, it seems the bear attacked me to protect a cub.

I invaded their territory, but since they attacked me, I had to defend myself.” In doing so, he was able to benefit from his skills in karate and mixed martial arts.

The man got away from the climbing trip with a fright.

Only a few scratches on his hands and a sprained wrist remind him of the bear mama's attack.

Here: https://newsrnd.com/life/2022-10-24-bear-attacks-climber---video-of-the-fight-goes-viral.S1-afyFXVi.html

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On 10/18/2022 at 7:42 PM, msfntor said:

Is programming our future? Why should you improve your coding skills?

I don't know, I think I'd go nuts staring at the code all day. Imagine code rolling in front of your eyes everywhere you look. Then there are endless to-do lists, things that should've worked right with v1.0, but still don't after a decade, customers complaining all the time and expecting program to read their minds etc.

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Haha, I have the same feelings, and I definitely don't want to get my hands in those gears!

 

Maybe a little reminder... to change your mind, you can also check these other topics:

Pretty Detox Posts: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183266-pretty-detox-posts/page/21/  so the latest page 21..

The MSFN café - A Penny for Your Thoughts: https://msfn.org/board/topic/182193-the-msfn-café-a-penny-for-your-thoughts/page/56/  latest page 56..

 

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Your Meme of the Day

 

Huge elephant in room dies suddenly.

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The music stopped suddenly: the radio presenter (55) died during the live broadcast

 

Created: 10/26/2022 5:29 am

By: Michelle Brey

Radio presenter Tim Gough died while on his own show.

 

A British radio station had to deliver sad news to its listeners.

A presenter died during his morning show.

Suffolk/Munich – Radio presenter Tim Gough presented his breakfast show live for GenX Radio Suffolk on Monday morning (October 24) .

A short time later, the radio station had to deliver the sad news of his death to his listeners and followers on social media.

The music suddenly stopped: British radio presenter Tim Gough died

According to a radio station press release, Gough died at 7:50 a.m.

The BBC reported that the music suddenly stopped before returning to the radio a few minutes later.

"It is with a heavy heart that I have to inform you that our dear friend and breakfast presenter Tim Gough passed away this morning while hosting his program," the broadcaster wrote on Facebook.

It continued: “Our love goes out to his family, his son, his sister, his brother and his mother.

Tim did what he loved.

He was 55 years old.

Rest in peace." ...

The cause of death was initially unclear.

The BBC assumes a heart attack.

...

More here: https://newsrnd.com/news/2022-10-26-the-music-stopped-suddenly--the-radio-presenter-(55)-died-during-the-live-broadcast.r1xmf37LVj.html

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CNN is here to tell you about a new study that says the more severe your reaction to the Covid vaccine, the better it's working!

Daniel Payne

··Oct 25, 2022 · NottheBee.com

 

"People who reported experiencing side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines such as fever, chills or muscle pain tended to have a greater antibody response following vaccination, according to new research.

Having such symptoms after vaccination is associated with greater antibody responses compared with having only pain or rash at the injection site or no symptoms at all, suggests the paper published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open.

"In conclusion, these findings support reframing post-vaccination symptoms as signals of vaccine effectiveness and reinforce guidelines for vaccine boosters in older adults," the researchers – from Columbia University in New York, University of Vermont and Boston University – wrote in their paper."

Source:

NotTheBee article here: https://notthebee.com/article/great-news-a-new-stud-tells-us-that-the-more-severe-your-reaction-to-the-covid-vaccine-the-better-its-working

RandomNonsense tweet here: https://twitter.com/RandomNonsensed/status/1584918987690893315

Brook Hines tweet here: https://twitter.com/nashville_brook/status/1584713807867174913

MORE from CNN article here: Covid-19 vaccine study links side effects with greater antibody response: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/24/health/covid-antibody-response-vaccines/index.html

 

Edited October 26, 2022 by msfntor

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RandomNonsense @RandomNonsensed - twitter

 

The following TEST was developed as a mental age assesment ...

https://twitter.com/RandomNonsensed/status/1565436128596983810

 

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Researchers in China discover a 300 million year old screw embedded into rock

 

1) According to reports from Chinese News agencies, a mysterious object discovered in 2002 could be evidence of prehistorical civilizations
2) The Lanzhou screw is believed to be similar to the one found in Russia in the 90’s
3) These objects challenge mainstream archaeology and history
4) Researchers from numerous Chinese laboratories have studied the item

The Lanzhou screw is another mysterious object discovered in recent years that seems to challenge mainstream archaeology and history. It was discovered in 2002 and has since generated a great amount of attention among collectors and researchers. The most mysterious part of this object is that within the piece of rock, a metal screw was discovered. The mysterious pear-shaped stone is about 6×8 cm and weighs around 466 grams. But it is not a common rock and the metal shaped screw just adds to the mystery of the rock that according to researchers is around 300 million years old.

As a matter of fact, the mysterious rock has geologists scratching their head. Tests have failed to show the exact composition of the mysterious rock, researchers that include geologists and physicists from the National Land Resources Bureau of Gansu Province, Colored Metal Survey Bureau of Gansu Province, the Institute of Geology and Minerals Research of China Academy, Lanzhou Branch, and the School of Resources and Environment of Lanzhou College are unsure of the origin of the artifact and point out that at this time, all theories are possible.

According to Lanzhou Morning News; After a discussion about the possibility of being man-made and the possible reasons for its formation, scientists unanimously labeled the stone as one of the most valuable in China and in the world of collection, research and Archaeological studies.” ...

MORE: https://www.chaosmosnews.net/2022/04/10/researchers-in-china-discover-a-300-million-year-old-screw-embedded-into-rock/

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Astrobiologist Tries Cooking In Antarctica At -94ºF (-70ºC), And The Result Will Crack You Up

... the gravity-defying pictures vividly illustrate the absolute intensity of the cold down there in Antarctica ...

MORE here: https://www.chaosmosnews.net/2022/03/02/astrobiologist-tries-cooking-in-antarctica-at-94of-70oc-and-the-result-will-crack-you-up/

 

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An Object of Astronomical Proportions Just Started Punching Holes in Our Galaxy And Scientist Don’t Know What It Is

It is invisible, and it may not be composed of conventional matter. It may be something that astronomers have never before identified. And despite the fact that we cannot see the enormous thing, astronomers have recently discovered its effects, while not having seen the object itself.

Astronomer at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics researcher Ana Bonaca described the mysterious object as “a dense bullet of something.” Bonaca presented proof of the existence of the object at a convention of the American Physical Society in Denver.

In our galaxy’s longest star stream, GD-1, evidence of the object that is creating holes was identified.

A stellar stream is a collection of stars that orbits a galaxy that was originally a globular cluster or dwarf galaxy but has been ripped apart and stretched along its orbit by tidal forces. ...

MORE here: https://www.chaosmosnews.net/2022/06/11/an-object-of-astronomical-proportions-just-started-punching-holes-in-our-galaxy-and-scientist-dont-know-what-it-is/

Edited October 26, 2022 by msfntor