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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2018 9:07:57 GMT
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/04/27/farewell-no-16-scientists-left-miserable-worlds-oldest-spider/
Farewell, No. 16: scientists left 'miserable' after world's oldest spider dies aged 43
The world’s oldest known spider has died at the age of 43, outliving its nearest rival by 15 years, Australian scientists have reported. Affectionately known as “Number 16”, the female Giaus Villosus or trapdoor spider had been under observation in the wild since its birth in 1974.  The arachnid is believed to have survived for so long by sticking to one protected burrow its entire life and expending the minimum of energy. Previously the oldest known spider was a tarantula in Mexico, which died at the age of 28. Published the Pacific Conservation Biology Journal, the research is the life’s work of Barbara York Main, now 88, who first set eyes on Number 16 shortly after its birth. “To our knowledge this is the oldest spider ever recorded and her significant life has allowed us to further investigate the trapdoor spider’s behaviour and popular dynamics,” said Leanda Mason, a student of Professor Main’s and the study’s lead author. “Through Barbara’s detailed research, we were able to determine that the extensive life span of the trapdoor spider is due to their life-history traits, including how they live in uncleared, native bushland, their sedentary nature and low metabolisms.” While trapdoor spiders are poisonous, it is the males, who leave their burrows to find a mate, which are usually encountered by humans. A typical danger in Australia is homeowners finding what they believe to be dead spiders in their swimming pools, which can then rear up and attack when removed. The trapdoor species typically take five to seven years to mature and will then invest their energies in a single burrow, with the females rarely venturing more than a few metres away from their place of birth. Ms Mason said of the Number 16’s death: “We’re really miserable about it. “We were hoping she could have made it to 50 years old.”
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Post by GhostofEd on Apr 28, 2018 12:19:23 GMT
The paper: ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/EHP935.alt_.pdf
Conclusions
This prospective study, conducted over 22 y of follow-up with time-varying and objective measures of ambient LAN across the contiguous United States, provides evidence that women living in areas with high levels of outdoor LAN may be at higher risk of breast cancer even after accounting for individual and area level risk factors for breast cancer. Athough further work is required to confirm our results and to clarify potential mechanisms, our findings suggest that exposure to outdoor light at night may contribute to breast cancer risk.
Not entirely conclusive. Sounds like it falls into the correlation does not necessarily mean causation bucket. Maybe the link has more to do with other factors involved with night shift workers and not driving to work under outdoor lights. A lot more work is needed. I do notice how this story and the references to this study are now popping up over the last few days. Many if not most bother to link to the actual paper. The usual too often practice employed with these type stories nowadays it seems. I doubt any of the authors even bother to read the paper but rather pass the same quotes along. The good old "Scientists say ......" technique.  |
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Apr 28, 2018 12:45:08 GMT
Good Saturday Matinee lovely UFOCasebookers 
Crystal
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Post by GhostofEd on Apr 28, 2018 13:24:38 GMT
The end of an era and truth in advertising! Ronco files for bankruptcy after failing to secure fundingBy Lisa Fickenscher April 27, 2018 | 10:52pm The maker of the Veg-O-Matic, the Showtime Rotisserie oven and the 5 Minute Pasta Wizard has been cooked again.
Ronco — whose TV spots hawked gadgets like Mr. Microphone and the Beef Jerky Machine, a dehydrator it called “a one-way ticket to meat-lover’s heaven” — filed for Chapter 11 this week, its third trip to bankruptcy court since its founding 49 years ago.Get the rest of the sad story here: Sad Story Link
Who can forget this great product? They only made a limited supply in blonde so I bought 3 cases of it. Still have a few cans left. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2018 14:13:35 GMT
Absolutely correct..I happen to like those kewl blue leds on my stereo and pc equipment..makes them look like an alien console or sometin'..I don't now many women go out at night in scant clothing and stand underneath a streetlamp..or tuck their cellphones in their bras (do they still use those?)anyway.. this kind of of gives those hormone grown treated meats, dog dna vaccines, etc a free pass imo.. With what we put in our bodies makes Whitleys experience pale in comparison..just sayin' Wow Ed..I love that old Ronco commercial..the memories! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2018 14:34:55 GMT
Speaking of Vaccines..Look who's at it again selling Vaccines using the sameo sameo there is a pandemic coming like the 1918 Spanish Flu like everyone can remember 1918... Mr Vaccine Himself..Bill Gates!! www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-27/bill-gates-warns-millions-could-die-if-us-doesnt-prepare-next-pandemicwhich by the way is the same line used back in February when that guy Disappeared from The CDC for allegedly criticizing Vaxes...some are of the school of thought the pharms are releasing this..in a perpetuating porfit circle of death..If you are a health worker and dont take the vaxes you will be fired.. |
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Post by swamprat on Apr 28, 2018 15:04:06 GMT
Surgeons Reattached This Girl's Leg Backwards. No, It Wasn't a Mistake
By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer | April 27, 2018
Seven-year-old Amelia Eldred had an unusal procedure to treat her bone cancer, called rotationplasty, in which part of her leg was amputated and reattached backwards. Above, Amelia with her mother Michelle. Credit: Richard T. Harris/BPM Media
When Amelia Eldred, an active 7-year old in England, needed her leg amputated to treat bone cancer, doctors performed an unusual surgery: They removed the middle part of her leg, then reattached the lower part of her leg — but backward.
While the surgery sounds odd — it results in a foot that's at knee-height, facing the back of the body — doctors say it can allow children to have a more active lifestyle and better leg function, compared with other treatment options, such as a full-leg amputation. In this case, Amelia's backward food acts as a knee joint.
"Straight away, it was the best option for us," Amelia's mom, Michelle Eldred, told the BBC. With a lower-leg prosthesis, the girl will be able to do all the things she loves to do, including dancing and sports. But with a full-leg amputation, she would be unlikely to have a good range of movement, Eldred said.
Rare procedure
The surgery that Amelia received is a rare procedure known as rotationplasty, which is used to treat bone tumors that occur near the knee, according to the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's and Blood Disorders Center. In this case, Amelia was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, the most common type of bone cancer in children, which caused an aggressive tumor in her left femur (or thigh) bone, according to the British news outlet Birmingham Live.
In an operation of this type, doctors first remove the middle section of the leg, which includes the bottom of the femur bone, the knee and the upper tibia bone. Then, they take the remaining portion of the lower leg, rotate it 180 degrees and reattach it to the femur. The foot is turned backward, so it can function as a knee joint, according to Dana-Farber/Boston Children's.
With a prosthesis attached over the foot, the patient's leg essentially functions like it would with a below-the-knee amputation, said Dr. Joel Mayerson, an orthopedic oncologist at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, who was not involved with the case. That's important, because with an above-the-knee amputation, patients need to expend about 70 percent more energy than normal to walk with a prosthesis, but with a below-the-knee amputation, the energy expenditure is just 20 percent above normal, Mayerson said.
"This is a good alternative to allow them to be very functional with modern prosthesis use," Mayerson told Live Science.
Rotationplasty is most often performed on children under age 12, who are generally better at retraining their brains to use their ankle as their knee joint, according to Dana-Farber/Boston Children's. In addition, young children still have a lot of growing to do, which can make other treatment options for bone cancer more challenging.
For example, a procedure called limb-salvage surgery can be used to treat osteosarcoma, but that technique requires doctors to replace a section of the patient's bone with a metal implant or a cadaver bone. These materials don't grow with the child, though, so a young child will need multiple surgeries to make the limb longer so it can grow with the child, Mayerson said. In contrast, with rotationplasty, "most of the time, it's one surgery and you're done," he said.
Another advantage to rotationplasty is that it allows children to maintain a very active lifestyle — including participating in high-impact activities, such as running and jumping, which wouldn't be possible with limb-salvage surgery, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's said. Patients who have rotationplasty also avoid the phantom limb pain that typically occurs with a traditional amputation, according to Stanford Children's Health, because the nerves in the lower leg are preserved.
Amelia was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in August 2017 and had several chemotherapy treatments before undergoing the rotationplasty surgery in January, according to Birmingham Live. A recent scan shows that Amelia's bones are fusing together well following the operation, Birmingham Live reported.
Amelia "has shown real bravery and confidence in showing off her leg, even though it looks a bit different," Dr. Lee Jeys, a consultant orthopedic surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham, England, who performed the procedure, said in a statement. "I'm glad that she'll be able to continue doing all the things a normal child can do, including sports and dancing."
www.livescience.com/62429-amputated-leg-reattached-backwards-rotationplasty.html
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Post by lonegunman on Apr 28, 2018 15:37:49 GMT
The paper: ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/EHP935.alt_.pdf
Conclusions
This prospective study, conducted over 22 y of follow-up with time-varying and objective measures of ambient LAN across the contiguous United States, provides evidence that women living in areas with high levels of outdoor LAN may be at higher risk of breast cancer even after accounting for individual and area level risk factors for breast cancer. Athough further work is required to confirm our results and to clarify potential mechanisms, our findings suggest that exposure to outdoor light at night may contribute to breast cancer risk.
Not entirely conclusive. Sounds like it falls into the correlation does not necessarily mean causation bucket. Maybe the link has more to do with other factors involved with night shift workers and not driving to work under outdoor lights. A lot more work is needed. I do notice how this story and the references to this study are now popping up over the last few days. Many if not most bother to link to the actual paper. The usual too often practice employed with these type stories nowadays it seems. I doubt any of the authors even bother to read the paper but rather pass the same quotes along. The good old "Scientists say ......" technique. Incandescent at night creates many vision problems at night and always has. The Blue light helps with shadows and glare. This sounds like more trying to create a problem that most likely won't manifest itself at all ! |
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Post by swamprat on Apr 28, 2018 20:57:12 GMT
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Apr 29, 2018 13:33:16 GMT
Good morning Swamprat,
Great advice from McConaughey.
Crystal
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Apr 29, 2018 13:41:07 GMT
Good morning all 
Gympie Times (south eastern Queensland, Australia)
Gympie's 10 most haunted places
by Frances Klein
29th Apr 2018 3:00 PM
WHETHER you're a believer or not, there's no doubting there are some strange things that have gone one around Gympie.
According to readers, long-term residents and supernatural investigators, Gympie has its fair share of paranormal activity all year round.
Could these be the most haunted places in the region?
1. Mary Valley Rattler and Old Gympie Station
A TEAM of four paranormal investigators spent a night in one of the old carriages in 2011 and they concluded hair-raising results.
Using energy monitoring systems, meters, audio recorders, shadow detection devices, surveillance cameras and trigger devices, founder of the Paranormal Paratek group, Darren Davies said they definitely detected flashes of white shadows running through the old carriages.
"The carriages were locked up and no one but my team and I were inside the Rattler. We could hear loud bangs from one end of the carriage then suddenly at the other end.
"It was definitely a spooky place at night time," Mr Davies said.
more after the jump:
www.gympietimes.com.au/news/are-these-the-most-haunted-places-around-gympie/3106337/
Crystal
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Post by philliman on Apr 29, 2018 16:29:33 GMT
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Post by swamprat on Apr 29, 2018 20:15:03 GMT
Always ask for a window seat.
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Apr 29, 2018 22:16:29 GMT
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