Cats and maths (math), a winning combination. Edexcel and Co. should seriously introduce kitties into the GCSE syllabus.
Can you solve the missing answer to the final sum?
SOURCES:
Rishi Rangbahadoor.
Radio Plus CONSEIL POLITIQUE . , Mauritius/Ile-Maurice, Facebook, Facebook Inc. https://www.facebook.com/groups/radioplusilemaurice/
Seattle – VIJAY SHAH via ANDREW GRIFFIN and The Independent
Notorious alternative news writer and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, founder of the Infowars website, was assailed by an objector who threw a cup of boiling hot coffee in his face while filming a video in the streets of Seattle, the British newspaper The Independent reported recently.
Jones, a far-right leaning journalist and a firm supporter of U.S. president Donald Trump was recording a video concerning the recent terror atrocity in Barcelona, when the passer-by objected to him and hurled the drink at him, while challenging him to a fight, the Independent reports.
As Jones began shooting, one man makes an obscene gesture at him. Jones then follows the man down the street, berating him for being non-intellectual, and labelling him a “dumbass and a coward”. The two parties also trade obscenities and insults as Jones blocks the man’s path and challenges him. At this point, another man shouts out to the Infowars founder that he is ‘trash’. This angered Jones, who then challenges the passer-by to repeat what he said and tell him “intellectually who you are”.
Jones furthers insults the man, calling him a “literal slave of the system” as they square off. The man who is seen carrying a full cup of coffee, then proceeds to remove the lid, before flinging its contents into Jones’ face, and then carries on his journey. At this point Jones speaks directly to camera, saying he was’ proud’ that the incident happened and that the assailant was in league with jihadists. The video was later uploaded to the conspiracy theorist’s personal YouTube channel.
A radio host and filmmaker, Jones who has been widely criticised for his far-right, anti-government and racist views. He recently claimed the white supremacists behind the Charlottesville rally were ‘Jewish actors’. In the past, he suggested the Sandy Hook school massacre was staged, that the 1995 Oklahoma City FBI bombing was set up up by the US federal government, and that a yogurt factory in Idaho state which employed refugees was behind a sexual assault and a rise in tuberculosis infections. In the last U.S. presidential election, Alex Jones came out heavily in favour of Trump, who was said to have personally thanked Jones after his victory in the polls.
He owns two conspiracy theory sites, Infowars and Prison Planet. Infowars, which claims to be the home of the number one Internet news show globally, has been slated for promulgating ‘fake news’.
SOURCES:
The Independent, Facebook, Facebook Inc. https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline/
“Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has cup of coffee thrown in his face on street while filming video” – Andrew Griffin, The Independent (18 August 2017) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-coffee-video-infowars-prison-planet-seattle-footage-spain-attacks-barcelona-a7901101.html?cmpid=facebook-post
“Alex Jones (radio host)” – Wikipedia/Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones_(radio_host)
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“Neil Fallon of The Rock Band [Clutch] on Alex Jones Tv 2_4-Digitized Feudalism!” – Alex Jones, Flickr (23 January 2010) https://www.flickr.com/photos/thealexjonesshow/4297411467
A fold-eared kitten takes a break out from playing to drink water from the bathroom tap, but using an unusual method to hydrate!
SOURCES:
HEM Businesses, HEM News Agency, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/halfeatenmind/lists/hem-businesses
Love quotes, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/LoveFactsReal
Omg Facts, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/OmgFacts_life
🐈, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/catsu
Gorakhpur – VIJAY SHAH via PRABHASH DUTTA and India Today
The latest stage in a series of infant encephalitis outbreaks has claimed the lives of around sixty children in the Indian city of Gorakhpur, in Uttar Pradesh state, India Today news magazine reported this Saturday. The city, which lies 200 kilometres north-west of India’s capital New Delhi has been the scene of yearly outbreaks of both Japanese encephalitis and acute encephalitis syndrome since 1978, a period of nearly forty years.
Official figures claim that so far, around 25,000 children have succumbed to both conditions, which is spread by mosquitoes and causes inflammation of the brain and can leave survivors mentally and physically disabled, since the first outbreak in 1978. Unofficially the death toll since then has been claimed to be double that, at 50,000. The unofficial tally includes those children who never made it to hospital and were not officially recorded by doctors. Lack of medical facilities, poor nutrition and hygiene and close contact in crowded family environments in Gorakhpur and other parts of Uttar Pradesh has seen regular encephalitis outbreaks impossible to control.
Government records suggest that since September 2016, 224 children had died of encephalitis at just one hospital, BRD Medical College hospital, where already sixty children died just this year. This is the only hospital within a 300-kilometre radius that has the facilities to treat encephalitis victims, some of which come to the hospital from as far away as Nepal. Most of the victims were below the ages of eight and ten. Including all age ranges, Gorakhpur has lost 114 residents to the lethal diseases this year alone..
Government support of medical facilities and initiatives to combat the outbreak, of which Gorakhpur is the epicentre, have been minimal most of the time. In 2007, a government initiative was launched to save people live’s using drugs imported from China. While successful in many other parts of India, it failed to halt the march of encephalitis in the struggling eastern regions of Uttar Pradesh.
Recently, the Yoga Adityanath administration that governs the northern state launched a massive anti-encephalitis drive, vaccinating babies against catching the illness, but it will be years before results become conclusive, and the yearly sceptre of death is lifted from Gorakhpur’s innocent children.
SOURCES:
Vijay Shah { विजय }, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/VShah1984
annapurnapande, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/ManyaPande
Abhijit Majumder, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/abhijitmajumder
“Gorakhpur has a history of children’s deaths, 25,000 kids have lost lives to encephalitis” – Prabhash K. Dutta, indiatoday.in/Living Media India Limited. (12 August 2017) http://m.indiatoday.in/lite/story/gorakhpur-encephalitis-deaths-brd-medical-college-hospital/1/1024551.html
IMAGE CREDIT:
“How is Japanese Encephalitis transmitted?” – Sanofi Pasteur, Flickr (22 February 2013) https://www.flickr.com/photos/sanofi-pasteur/8497288143
Baltimore’s Sullee Justice features artist Beast 1333 of the Temple of Hip Hop organisation and UK’s DJ Trickalome on the second single “Reborn” produced by Dansonn beats off his upcoming album. This track was made in the hopes of reviving listeners from the darkest thoughts and deepest of pains. From the increasing rate of suicide our world is facing and the lack of support people receive in the times of need, music like this is appreciated. This song not only will help you feel better, but hopefully gives you an alternative outlook and saves you from yourself. We all have had moments where we have felt like nothing else matters and why do we even need to exist anymore. We ask ourselves, would it make a difference if we were here any longer? This song speaks to you! This song tells you why you’re important and why you matter and why you must belong. Listen and “Be Reborn”.
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1262221104?ls=1&app=itunes
@Beast1333
@SulleeJ85
@Trickalome
SOURCES:
Sullee J Management.
A photo taken of the murti of Lord Ganesh at the Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandal festival located in Love Lane, Mazgaon, Mumbai. Devotees of God as Ganesh are getting ready for the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival which commences on the 24th August 2017.
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Vijay Shah { विजय }, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/VShah1984
@lovelanecharaja
Mumbai Ganpati, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/Mum_Ganpati
An image of trainers, a television and 1980s gaming items produced by an unknown artist for the clothing retailer Diesel. Featuring their new SKB model of trainer, the picture draws its influence predominately from the vaporwave art movement (combining pastel and bright colours, retro designs and 1980s nostalgic throwbacks), but with a slight nod to the photography trend known as ‘flat lay’.
IMAGE CREDIT:
Diesel, Facebook, Facebook Inc. https://www.facebook.com/Diesel/
This Photo Moment is a cast back into the mists of time. It’s a photo I took of my bedroom window in Morley Road, Plaistow, east London as the sun was setting. This was taken six years ago to the day (29 July 2011).
It’s cats that help power the internet, and nearly everyone goes mushy at the sight of a kitty doing or wearing human things. Today’s Photo Moment is this rugged marmalade tabby who has a soft spot for their granny, not to mention fashionably great taste in bibs too 😀
This tweet was made by Top Ten Blogger theverybesttop10.com, a long-time member of the HEM Community. Based in Wales, his blog covers the top ten of amazing things. Recently they’ve made listicles of the world’s oldest casinos, most expensive schools in the U.K. and the world’s ten most expensive postcards!. I’d highly recommended visiting their fascinating and very navigable blog. Who knows, it could become one of the Top Ten websites in your browser’s bookmarks list.
I’ll leave you with some words from TTB themselves, on the subject of Gorgeous Grandma Day: ” Many people around the world say that we do not do enough to honour our elderly. Just as well, then, that days such as Gorgeous Grandma Day exist. Now that you know the day exists, hopefully, you are already making plans to spend it with your own gran. “
Oh yeah, and one more thing, cat food is a nightmare to wipe off a bib. Let’s hope Tiddles is a clean eater!
SOURCES:
HEM Bloggers List, HEM News Agency, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/halfeatenmind/lists/hem-bloggers-list
Top Ten Blogger, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/Worlds_Top_10
Houston – VIJAY SHAH via noticiasdelaciencia.com and AgroAlimentando
Batteries are one of the most important elements of our technologically driven society. We rely on them to energise everything from children’s toys and torches, to cars and lorries, yet often they can be the bane of our lives too. Batteries can have their drawbacks, such as catching on fire, running out too quickly, leaking, and performing poorly in wintry weather.
Recently, researchers led by Dr. Yan Yao at the US’ University of Houston have discovered that manufacturing batteries from a new and inexpensive class of materials may help solve the problem of troublesome lithium ion batteries and the like.
Yao and team used quinones, a type of chemical organic compound derived from petrochemicals which are easy to obtain and cheap. These recyclable materials were converted into a stable anode compound, which can be used in the manufacture of water-rechargeable batteries. Water-chargeable batteries contain water-based electrolytes that carry current easily, but unlike conventional batteries, do not corrode. Until recently, these kinds of batteries were only really good in the laboratory environment, as their short shelf life made them impractical for situations where replacing the battery regularly is inconvenient, such as in heavy machinery. Despite their short lifespans, water-rechargeable batteries, also known as aqueous-rechargeable batteries are much safer and are more robust.
The main problem with previous models of water-rechargeable batteries has been their anodes, one of three parts in a battery, that is negative when the battery is discharging, and then switches to a positive charge when the battery is being charged up. The anodes in these previous models were intrinsically structurally and chemically unstable, which means that the battery was only efficient for a relatively short period of time.
Yan Yao and the researchers used quinones, which cost as little as $2 (£1.54) per kilogram. They discovered that anodes made from quinones were effective in both acid and alkali batteries as well as newer water-based models using metallic ions. This diversity of usage means that Yao’s technology could be applied to any battery setting for any technology, including for devices not yet invented.
The quinones also help batteries work at a wide range of temperatures, which gives Yao’s batteries an advantage even over other existing aqueous rechargeable battery technology, which still underperforms in cold conditions.
SOURCES:
Vijay Shah { विजय }, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/VShah1984
Alejandro Shammah, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/aleshammah
“Baterías con vida más larga gracias a una clase de materiales baratos” – noticiasdelaciencia.com via Agroalimentando – AgroA http://agroalimentando.com/nota.php?id_nota=7753&utm_content=buffer2de86&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
IMAGE CREDIT:
“Duracell battery AA type” – Anton Fomkin, Flickr (19 November 2008) https://www.flickr.com/photos/antonfomkin/3046002213
