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It is not always a wonderful world, but often enough for "the music" to prevail.
Check out the great story about a toxic dump that's been transformed into a National Park.
I also recommend the story about an Australian seaweed farmer's new snacks -- Neptune's Weed and Savory Seaweed Jerky.
Here's an fun (and useful) "seaweed fact" I discovered years ago:
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1.) Camera traps have been covertly capturing photos of animals in the Amazon for nearly two decades, resulting in the largest-ever photo database of the area’s wildlife.
 | 2.) See diver Gigi Torras save a whale that had gotten stuck in a fishing net, making her “best ever” birthday.Alan: Even if we're reprising The Titanic -- which I don't believe -- we can still experience joy in the kindness we show to the strangers on deck. Strike up the band! N.B. The musicians of the Titanic did play on, and every one of them went down with the ship. https://en.wikipedia. If we're looking for heros, I propose Titanic musicians be at the top of our list. ... followed by Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler: "Do Wars Really Defend America's Freedom?" (Homage To Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler) |
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Dear Ed,
Donning sack and ash, I promise to right my wrong.
How wonderful that the human being who saved the most human lives -- and prevented the most human suffering --did so by disobeying a direct order from the Soviet Union's highest chain of command.
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On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 8:57 PM Ed Myer <remyer20002000@yahoo.com> wrote:
Compa,RE “Heros” ** , HOW could you leave out Stanislav Petrov ??? The 5th anniversary of his passing was just LAST WEEK (9/7/1939-5/19/2017). Dude!! [Stanislav would be my “top of list”]**If we're looking for heros, I propose Titanic musicians be at the top of our list.... followed by Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler:"Do Wars Really Defend America's Freedom?" (Homage To Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler)
Sent from my iPhoneOn May 27, 2022, at 3:23 PM, Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:What a Wonderful World (Year 1967, Oct) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com › watchIt is not always a wonderful world, but often enough for "the music" to prevail.Greetings
Check out the great story about a toxic dump that's been transformed into a National Park.I also recommend the story about an Australian seaweed farmer's new snacks -- Neptune's Weed and Savory Seaweed Jerky.Here's an fun (and useful) "seaweed fact" I discovered years ago:Plus...
1.) Camera traps have been covertly capturing photos of animals in the Amazon for nearly two decades, resulting in the largest-ever photo database of the area’s wildlife.
2.) See diver Gigi Torras save a whale that had gotten stuck in a fishing net, making her “best ever” birthday.
Alan: Even if we're reprising The Titanic -- which I don't believe -- we can still experience joy in the kindness we show to the strangers on deck.Strike up the band!N.B. The musicians of the Titanic did play on, and every one of them went down with the ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_of_the_ Titanic) If we're looking for heros, I propose Titanic musicians be at the top of our list.... followed by Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler:"Do Wars Really Defend America's Freedom?" (Homage To Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler)
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Environment How a Toxic Wasteland Was Transformed Into a National Park
When the National Park Service acquired the Krejci Dump in 1985, it was a toxic wasteland — filled with junk and contaminated with chemicals like lead and cadmium. Today, though, it is part of Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park, home to flourishing wildflowers, salamanders, toads, bald eagles, and more. The decades-long transformation, which was completed last year and opened to the public in December, wasn’t an easy road, but it is a reminder that hope is not lost when it comes to rehabilitating polluted lands.
“Krejci was a ‘biological desert,’ meaning almost nothing could live in the area,” Chris Davis, a plant ecologist for the park, told National Geographic. The EPA called on corporations that were responsible for the pollution, including Ford and General Motors, to fund the $50 million project, making for the “largest cleanup by far in National Park Service history,” Davis said. But clearly it has paid off. He added: “This was a toxic wasteland only a few decades ago. To find this diversity of species there today is remarkable.”
The Before and After Hansons Auctioneers
Culture Sisters Discover Late Dad’s Paintings Hidden in Attic: “Unbelievable”
After their father’s death in 2020, sisters Sheena and Anne Penfold made a shocking discovery about what he left behind. Their dad, Hugh, was an avid painter throughout his life and had several works framed around his home in Derbyshire, England. But he had hidden a whopping 150 paintings in the attic that the two sisters only recently stumbled upon. “He must have painted those for mum,” Sheena said of their mother Rita, who died in 2017. “There were so many paintings it was unbelievable.”
She said they saved some of the secret paintings for family and friends, but there were so many that they decided to auction off around 100 to raise money for multiple sclerosis, which Hugh was diagnosed with in his mid-60s, just before his 1989 retirement. The paintings, which include scenes of Derbyshire as well as the family’s vacations to Scotland, Cornwall, and Sussex, are expected to earn around $1,888 at the Hansons Auctioneers auction on May 31. Sheena said: “It’s our father’s legacy and we would like to use it to help others.”
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Innovation Innovator Turns Seaweed Into Sweet Candies With Underwater Garden
Most people don’t immediately associate salty seaweed with candy, but Ash Sutton isn’t most people. The Australian seaweed farmer saw that the plants growing in his “underwater garden” resembled gummy snakes in both look and texture, and immediately thought to make them taste the same as well. After four years of experimentation, he is rolling out two new snack products under the brand name Neptunes Weed: seaweed candy (or “lollies,” in Australia) and savory seaweed jerky.
“It’s straight from pretty much the ocean in the mouth,” Sutton said, noting that he sweetens the candy-like product with honey collected from his farm. He explained that once the seaweed, which he grows off the West Australian coast, reaches a certain size, he harvests the cuttings, allowing it to regrow. “So it's really sustainable,” he said. “It’s like you don't touch the environment ever again.”
How He Does It
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MacKenzie Scott has given $122.6 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America — the highest donation by a single person in the mentorship organization’s history.
Camera traps have been covertly capturing photos of animals in the Amazon for nearly two decades, resulting in the largest-ever photo database of the area’s wildlife.
A woman has gone viral on social media after discovering that her late mom was her boyfriend’s kindergarten teacher.
See diver Gigi Torras save a whale that had gotten stuck in a fishing net, making for her “best ever” birthday.
Post of the Day
@guinnessworldrecords Meet Wain: a wombat who has defied the odds. The average age of wombats in the wild is about five years, and about 20 years in captivity. Wain, who resides at Satsukiyama Zoo in Ikeda, Japan, has lived to 32, making him the oldest wombat in captivity ever. His record-breaking age, the human equivalent of over 100 years, was first confirmed by Guinness World Records back in January and announced earlier this month. Click the photo above to see a video of Wain in his zoo habitat. (Photo Credit: Guinness World Records)
Alan: Wombat feces is cubical. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ scientists-have-solved- mystery-how-wombats-poop- cubes-180976898/
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