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I'm cat but I love water too
Sunday, September 9, 2012 | 11:04 PM | 0 Dancing Queen and Prince Says
Anyone who's ever tried to bathe a cat knows that these pets generally aren't fans of water. Even a few drops flicked their way will send cats scurrying in the other direction. There are exceptions to that rule, however. An extraordinary cat named Hawkeye has his own custom-made scuba diving gear that his owner designed and had made for a pretty penny. And it doesn't take coercing to get Hawkeye in the water; he'll hop into his owner's swimming pool of his own accord. Read more about Hawkeye's underwater adventures in How could a cat scuba dive? But what would it take to coerce a 445-pound (201-kilogram) tiger to get wet? Like Hawkeye, Odin doesn't mind the water either, although he has some added incentive for getting wet. His trainer tosses meat into the pool, which the white tiger eagerly dives in after by holding his breath to retrieve the tasty morsel. But it wasn't the trainer that initially gave Odin his water wings. Instead, Odin picked up the behavior from another tiger at the animal park. Odin's swimming wouldn't come as a surprise to any knowledgeable tiger expert. Of all the big cat species, tigers in particular are known for their swimming capabilities. When most tigers swim, they don't spend much time fully submerged like the white Bengal, but taking a dip wouldn't be out of the ordinary since swimming serves a few key purposes. who says cats don't take a bath??? Rarrrrrr...... feed mind solved. Labels: animals, EVENT, something to know I own the sun
| 10:53 PM | 0 Dancing Queen and Prince Says
A woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia, Angeles Duran, said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property. "There was no snag, I backed my claim legally, I am not stupid, I know the law. I did it but anyone else could have done it, it simply occurred to me first." That is a quote directly from her. She want's to also tax everyone on the planet for use of the Sun, with 50% going to Spain's government, 20% to Spain's pension plan, 10% to research, 10% to end world hunger and the remaining 10% for herself... She plans on giving most of the money to Spain? When EVERYONE uses the Sun? What's wrong with this picture? Personally I think she is both crazy and stupid, though she argues against that. I know that there is a law saying no country can own the moon, but apparently the Sun is fair game? I don't think so, honey! A) The Sun supports all of us, not just Spain, so get over yourself. B) Owning the Sun is just as ridiculous as the guy that claimed the moon and the rest of the planets. and C) What the F-word are you thinking?!How selfish can you be to use most of the so-called taxes on this ridiculous venture to forward only your own country? When all of us use it? Please...Angeles Duran, never breed. It's for everyone's good. In what she’s admitted to be nothing short of an oddball scheme to save the flailing failing Spanish economy (hey, at least they’re not quite Portugal, Greece, or Ireland), 49-year-old Angeles Duran has quite officially claimed she legally owns the Sun after being issued a document proclaiming her the sole owner by a Spanish notary. Now she plans to rescue her country’s economy by taxing “everyone on the planet” for basking in her UV-rays. (Let’s just thank she beat the US government to it, they could probably pull it off and would hardly be above it.) According to Helium online, the document “described ‘Sol’ (the sun’s proper name) as ‘a star of spectral type G2, located in the center of the solar system, located at an average distance from Earth of about 149,600,000 kilometers.’ Duran, who maintains she ‘backed [her] claim legally,’ is ‘not stupid,’ and knows the law, stated: “I did it but anyone else could have done it, it simply occurred to me first.” This because, she says, international law concerning ownership of celestial bodies applies only to states and makes no reference to individuals. Which points out the problem in her loophole: that she was issued her papers by the Spanish state assumes that Spain, or any nation for that matter, ever had the power to grant ownership over of such a celestial body (and implicitly had the ability to control it)… Not just an abstract problem, such a situation calls into question the relative absurdity that is owning any sort property – what is it about a piece of paper scribbled on by the right hand that enacts the quasi-magical binding contractual power of ownership over property, be it earthly, heavenly, or even of another man with the same emotions and mental faculties? Duran, ever the hard-taxing land grabber, is hardly looking for an answer, stating: “If there is an idea for how to generate income and improve the economy and people’s well being, why not do it?” A surprisingly worthy question, but couldn't such an argument be made for such things as extreme as slavery (after all, far easier than the Earth or sun to control are certainly the thoughts and actions of another man)– especially considering she means ‘one people’s well being’ at the very literal expense of many other’s? feed mind solved Labels: EVENT, something to know Mt. Everest (mountain of corpse)
| 10:41 PM | 0 Dancing Queen and Prince Says
Mount Everest has claimed the lives of over 216 known mountain climbers in recorded history. The area above 26,000 feet is called “the Death Zone”, where breathing fresh oxygen from canisters is necessary for all but the most experienced climbers. The atmospheric pressure is about a third of that at sea level, so there is about one third the amount of oxygen to breathe. The air is so thin, recovery of bodies is impossible. As such, many victims lay where they took their last breath. ** “PLEASE don’t leave me,” the dying woman cried. Two climbers heard the screams of Francys Arsentiev, an American woman who had fallen after succumbing to snow blindness and found herself separated from her husband. They were in the “death zone,” low on oxygen, and the woman was on the side of a steep cliff; carrying her was not an option. The trip just to get down to her would be a risk for their own lives. The two climbers, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, climbed down to her and did what they could to keep her company, but it was too late. They administered oxygen and tried to tend to Fran, but there was nothing they could do. Ian and Cathy returned down to base camp to ask for help and report their findings. Eight years later the two climbers would return (above), and in an attempt to give Francys a proper burial, they would place an American flag on her along with a note from her family. At the time of her death, no one knew what had happened to her husband Sergei; all that was found was his pick axe and rope nearby. On the date of her death, other climbers had last seen Sergei far ahead of Francys on the descent after the two had accidentally become separated. Sergei later had backtracked up toward the summit, despite knowing he did not have enough Oxygen to last. His own exposure levels to the climate on Mount Everest were nearing the maximum recommendation, and he was already beginning to suffer from frostbite. Still, Sergei would not leave his wife behind. It was later discovered that Sergei had made his way back and located Francys, and descended toward the cliff she lay on as she screamed for help. Sadly, he fell to his death trying to reach his dying wife. (below left: Francys memorial. Below center & right: Francys Arsentiev before her death) Possibly the most famous body on Everest is that of “Green Boots,” an Indian climber named Tsewang Paljor. Paljor was a Constable with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police who took his last breath on the 10th of May during the famous 1996 Mount Everest Disaster. Paljor was part of a three-man group that was attempting to be the first Indian team to ascend Mt. Everest from the Northeastern route. The weather that season was worse than other years and 1996 proved to be one of the deadliest seasons for Mount Everest climbers. When the storm rolled in, visibility went to zero and the temperature dropped considerably. Separated from the climbers in his group and suffering from the cold, Paljor found a small cave and huddled inside for protection from the elements. Little did he know that would be his resting place for the next 15 years. (below) * One of the more storied climbers that met his fate on Everest was George Mallory, a famous English Mountaineer. In 1924, Mallory fell to his death during a storm while attempting to be the first to reach the summit of Everest. His body was discovered in 1999 during the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition. Decades earlier, Chinese climbers had reported seeing a “European body” laying face down on a shelf off the main trail. Given the description and the date of the find, experts had always assumed it was the body of Andrew Irvine. Irvine was another famous English Mountaineer who had attempted the ascent of Everest with Mallory and perished in the same storm. During a 1933 Everest expedition, climbers found Andrew Irvine’s axe and rope. Because of this, it was widely believe to be Irvine’s body discovered by the Chinese. When the body was found during the 1999 search expedition, it was discovered to be that of George Mallory, not Irvine. Mallory was found face down in a bunch of shale with his arms spread out and up. His skin was in remarkably good condition but was tanned from 75 years of sun exposure. After examining the body, experts hypothesized that Mallory’s rope had failed as he was found with a short severed rope tied around his waist. He was also found with a golf ball-sized hole in his forehead, indicating he might have suffered blunt force trauma from striking a sharp rock. Andrew Irvine has never been found. Video of the Mallory Body Find on Everest: * The morbidity of seeing hundreds of bodies along one’s ascent up Mount Everest is only trumped by the fascination of the levels of preservation of many of the bodies. The temperatures are ideal for long-term preservation, and perhaps some of these corpses will serve as studies for generations thousands of years from now. Or maybe not? The Nepalese consider Mount Everest sacred, and do not want it to become a graveyard. Many parents of those who have perished have asked for the bodies to be left as they were when they died, but this is against Nepalese law. As soon as a body can be reached for retrieval, it is and then is brought down for identification and burial. Those too high for retrieval will have stone tombs (called cairns) constructed around the corpses to shield them from the elements and the view of other climbers. A few corpses located on shallow ledges were rolled off to be buried in the snow below, away from the trail. (Click thumbnails to enlarge) * A more recent story is that of David Sharp. David was an English mountaineer who, in 2005, ascended Everest in a group but attempted the final climb by himself. At one point he stopped in a small cave and eventually froze to the point he could not move. As he lay near death below the summit, he was passed by over 40 other climbers both on their way up and their way down. Sharp had stopped to rest and protect himself from the elements in the same cave Green Boots had used. Since David was not moving, the 40 climbers that passed by had either not seen him or assumed he was Green Boots. A group of sherpas in a later expedition on the way up to the summit noticed Sharp just off the trail, alive and moaning. When the sherpas reached David, he was not coherent, and badly frostbitten, but he was able to say his name and which party he was with. After giving him some oxygen, the sherpas attempted to help him climb down – but he could not stand under his own power. Realizing Sharp was not going to be able to move, the sherpas pulled David into the sunlight hoping the sun exposure would warm him up. By the time the sherpas returned to camp to report their find, David was dead. The last party to see Sharp alive was the documentary crew filming the ascent of double-amputee Mark Inglis. Since they were filming, they had cameras rolling when they approached David and the footage was used in the documentary. “Dying for Everest” – a short documentary outlining the David Sharp case including video of Sharp next to Green Boots: Below: David Sharp’s memorial, David Sharp, and Green Boots’ Cave where David Sharp was found * Some died peacefully in their sleep, while others (who fell and/or became injured) were left to die slowly of hypothermia. Until recently, the statistics were nearly one in four climbers dies attempting to reach the summit. Advancements in technology and experience have led to a better survival rate of climbers. Currently about 1,000 climbers a year attempt to reach the summit, and on average 15-20 perish. Expeditions are the primary source of income for Nepal, and licenses to ascend start at around $25,000. If you have lesser experience and want to ascend with an experienced group, several companies will lead you to the top with a team of sherpas for prices starting around $40,000 per person. Quick video of a discovered body: Many climbers fall into trouble but cannot be helped because it would endanger the life of another climber or a team. Basically, because of the cost and conditions on the mountain, if you run into trouble, you're on your own. You know what else is left on the mountain? An estimated 120 tons of trash. Seriously? Why do you climb the mountain? You go to the trouble of spending the money and energy for training, you get to the mountain and you can't take your goddam garbage back down? Unbelievable. Nepal now requires climbers to remove their garbage or lose their deposit which has decreased recent additions to the pile. Why wasn't that just a common sense kind of thing in the first place? this is a fact. bodies saw in the mountains where still there and decided let them rest in peace. Labels: EVENT, something to know April 11, 1954
| 10:08 PM | 0 Dancing Queen and Prince Says
Researchers claim they have 'officially' discovered the most boring day of the 20th century… April 11 1954. A team of Cambridge scientists say the day was devoid of any major news events or even the birth or death of any famous people. They made the discovery after developing a new search engine which collates 300 million facts and can reveal what happened on certain days in history. Running a script to compare all days from the beginning of the 20th century April 11 1954 was revealed as the most uneventful. The 'highlight' events included a general election in Belgium and the birth of a Turkish academic… and we thought today was boring. A spokesperson for True Knowledge said: "Nobody significant died that day, no major events apparently occurred and although a typical day in the 20th century has many notable people being born, for some reason that day had only one person that might make that claim: Abdullah Atalar - a Turkish academic. "The irony is though, that having done the calculation, the day is now interesting for being exceptionally boring! Perhaps we need to calculate the second most boring day." Feed mind. solved Labels: EVENT, something to know Berry bannana
| 10:02 PM | 0 Dancing Queen and Prince Says
By technical definition, a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single seed. The strawberry, however has its dry, yellow "seeds" on the outside (each of which is actually considered a separate fruit). True berries, such as blueberries and cranberries have seeds inside. However, the banana fruit is a berry for the same reason strawberries are not. There is a theory that strawberries were named by 19th century children who picked the fruit, strung them on grass straws, and sold them as "Straws of berries". Strawberries, as you know them, are not actual berries. According to botanists, a ‘berry’ is a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary. Strawberries, however, are an example of an “aggregate fruit”, forming from a flower that has many ovaries. After pollination, each “ovary” eventually develops and ripens into a strawberry. The way we use ‘berry’ traditionally, is for any teeny, tiny edible fruit, but that’s not so. In fact, according to the definition bananas, tomatoes, and watermelons are all considered berries. Fact banana are berry while strawberry are not! feed mind. solved Labels: EVENT, Foods, something to know Beavers can breath underwater?
| 8:17 PM | 0 Dancing Queen and Prince Says
Did you know that beaver can hold their breaths for 45mins under water? beavers are known as animal engineer the busy little animals chewing down trees with their big teeth, building dams, and hauling mud and their babies on their paddle-like tails. When you think of beavers, do you think of real animals or do you think of a cartoon or advertising image? Because there are so many images of beavers in the media, the real animal can easily be confused with the stereotype. In the case of the beaver, the scientific facts are far more interesting than the simple image of our popular culture. Beavers are nocturnal herbivores, which means they eat plants at night. As green plants become available in the spring and summer, beavers eat fresh buds, greens, grass, leaves and aquatic plants. When beavers cut cottonwood and willow trees during the fall, their activity is most visible. Because beavers don't hibernate they must store food for winter, either as fat on their bodies or in a food cache. Trees are trimmed, cut into convenient sizes, and carried to the dam site. There, beavers either eat the bark, turning branches in their forefeet as humans eat an ear of corn, or store them in underwater food piles near the lodge so that they can get to them easily even when the beaver pond is frozen over. Beavers eat the bark and cambium layer, of each limb. The survival of a beaver colony depends on the availability of this under-ice food supply The beaver lodge is built in standing water of lakes, ponds or marshes. It consists of limbs and logs plastered with mud and sod. The inner chamber always has an air vent and is lined with grasses or shredded bark to absorb moisture. Entrances are underwater. The chief construction materials of aspen, willow, cottonwood, and maple are also preferred foods. Beavers are protected from predators, such as coyotes, dogs, bobcats, and mountain lions by their aquatic habits. When disturbed they will slap their tails on the water surface to warn the colony of danger and then dive to deep water. They can stay submerged at least 25 minutes, but most dives last 1 to 2 minutes. Beaver populations are affected by drought and floods more than by predators. Human activities exert the greatest effect on beaver populations. some says that they can only stay underwater for only 15mins. how long they breath under water is not an issue as long as they can breath underwater for that long is something amazing to know :) mind feed solved... Labels: animals, EVENT, something to know water hyacinth (water lilies) in pasig river.
| 9:55 AM | 0 Dancing Queen and Prince Says
Almost everyday, before I go to work I always make it a point for me to take a glimpse of pasig river to check if the water is high or clear. I don't know why maybe I'm scared lang or amaze to see the popular pasig river. but there are days that I question myself if last night ba meron ako nakitang water lilies? because I work at night every morning, meron akong nakikitang water lilies sa river that I did not see last night when I passed by the bridge. I always tell myself to search about water lilies but I always feel lazy na when I got home. too sleepy and hungry so I always forgot my agenda on searching about water lilies. so now I make sure to search about it because I just pass the bridge this afternoon and there is no sign of any water lilies in the water. but then after 4hrs on my way home I saw the river field with water lilies na. and I ask my BF if kanina ba meron ng water lilies? and he said nope wala and he even tell me kanina lang sinabi mo ang clear ng river hindi kulay putik. and that makes me feel eager to know how this plant grow so fast in just hours and not just simpleng pag tubo, ang dami nila na halos ma cover na ung buong river. when I got home after my home routine cleaning, washing dishes, feeding the dogs and taking a shower. I asked for my laptop and started feeding my mind about this water lilies in pasig river. I don't know if this plant are solution of another cause of problem in pasig river. upon searching the net. I found out that MMDA and other organizations are already monitoring the river rehabilitation. they said that this water lilies are normal during rainy season which also a good sign that the river is already starting to bring its life back but what I'm thinking right now is, Water hyacinth (water lilies) mats clog waterways, making boating, fishing and almost all other water activities impossible. Many large hydro power schemes are suffering from the effects of water hyacinth(water lilies). these water lilies came from Laguna Lake and passed by the Pasig River before flowing out into Manila Bay. they assured the public that these lilies will not cause massive flooding in the city because this lilies are just passing by our rivers and will go straight into manila bay. But water hyacinths are not the only materials that clog esteros and other bodies of water. Plastic bags, like water hyacinths, are obnoxious. “Plastic bags could be the most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth,” wrote Brian Halweil of the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute. “Their light weight, low cost and water resistance make them so convenient for carrying groceries, clothing or any other routine purchase that it’s hard to imagine life without them.” so I say yes to NO PLASTIC CAMPAIGN. there are number or environmentalist consider plastic bag as public enemy no. 1. “Plastic bags are a waste of resources in that we use them once and throw them away,” Claire Wilton, senior waste campaigner for the London-based Friends of the Earth. Currently, there are several popular control mechanisms for preventing the spread of or eradicating water hyacinth: biological, chemical and physical control. Each has its benefits and drawbacks. Chemical control is the least favored due the unknown long-term effects on the environment and the communities with which it comes into contact. Physical control, using mechanical mowers, dredgers or manual extraction methods, is used widely but is costly and cannot deal with very large infestations. In Cotabato, backhoes, bolos and brawn were pressed into service. For short-term solution, physical control is alright. For long-term solution, water hyacinth must be managed and controlled throughout the year. On the water hyacinth problem that caused the recent flooding in Cotabato, Cabrera told a television network, “I think this is a problem that they made worse before it was solved.” Another agricultural use of water hyacinth is by turning them into green manure or as compost. As a green manure, it can be either ploughed into the ground or used as mulch. The plant is ideal for composting. After removing the plant from the water it can be left to dry for a few days before being mixed with ash, soil and some animal manure. as of now the only familiar solutions that I know is that these water hyacinth (water lilies) is dried and used to make baskets and matting for domestic use. The key to a good product is to ensure that the stalks are properly dried before being used. If the stalks still contain moisture then this can cause the product to rot quite quickly. Traditional basket making and weaving skills are used. these are some samples of water hyacinth (water lilies) products. pillow cover native stylish bag stylish hand bag It's pretty true that not all good things are good there are good and bad in everything. Like these water hyacinth (water lilies) it's pretty good that they are there keeping the river looks beautiful and green. but then if they grow to much as what our river can take they can be pollution and can cause bad effect during rainy season. just like in our life too much of everything can be deadly so be careful and watchful you might get drowned. Simply soleil. Labels: EVENT, something to know |