Cone Heads (it's a disease)
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“I'm not going down on my knees begging you to adore me
Can't you see it's misery and torture for me?
When I'm misunderstood, try as hard as you can
I've tried as hard as I could
To make you see
How important it is for me
Here is a plea from my heart to you
Nobody knows me as well as you do
You know how hard it is for me to shake the disease
That takes hold of my tongue in situations like these
Understand me…”
The beautiful cover by Hooverphonic: youtu.be/J3OMKTQK8-8
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Dutch Elm Disease. I think this is the artistic, spider-like damage caused by the larvae of the elm bark beetle.
From the Woodland Trust - This now infamous tree disease has killed millions of elm trees in the UK over the last 50 years. It’s changed parts of our landscape forever. Dutch elm disease is caused by the fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi which is spread by elm bark beetles. It got its name from the team of Dutch pathologists who carried out research on the disease in the 1920s.
Yeah, now the work force is disgusted, downs tools, walks
Innocence is injured, experience just talks
Everyone seeks damages, everyone agrees that
These are classic symptoms of a monetary squeeze
On ITV and BBC they talk about the curse
Philosophy is useless, theology is worse
History boils over, there's an economics freeze
Sociologists invent words that mean "industrial disease"
... and there it was, the spreader injector of TBE, the Lyme disease marauder, the undoubtedly worst forest and meadow summer enemy we humans face during the summer half year...
The tick!!!
Patiently waiting in nature's vegetation with outstretched limbs for us prey to pass so they can attack and penetrate our skin where they unleash their armies of ill-tempered bacteria and viruses into our relatively fragile body.
My God
Vaccinate yourselves!!!
The vet said it squawk should pass squawk and it is not uncommon squawk ..then told me to go and sit on the fence and enjoy my seed..LOL squawk.
Alright brian go and take 3 asprin and lie down HAHAHAHAHA squawk !!!!!
If you say the word, "vaccine," in the United States today, many of us will turn off our thinking brain and revert to slogans we read on social media.
When you see a compound femur fracture, you recognize the harm. There's a bone fragment sticking out of this person's leg. It may be less visible but people who treat infectious diseases know the harm caused. They see patients every day who would have been better off if they had not contracted the disease. Medical treatment costs money. There's lost productivity. There are medical bankrupcies. Poor management of infectious disease is expensive. Indirectly, we all pay for these costs.
I claim, vaccine availability is part of a road that leads from developing country status to industrialized nation status. On the developing country side, where vacines cannot be had, you face higher mortality rates. Your grandchildren will die preventable deaths. We'll miss them a lot. They won't grow up to be friends and to be the great talents who solve our nation's problems. On the industrialized side, fewer grandchildren die. If you willfully go to the developing country side, it's an uphill battle to get back to 2024.
Everything I've posted up to this point was copyrighted. This is a single exception. The left half of this graphic is a Works Progress Administration poster in the public domain. The rest of what I've drawn in this one file is released into the public domain. Scoff at it or copy and enjoy as you see fit.
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Pests or diseases have damaged most of Britain’s 470,000 horse chestnut trees and there are just five years left to find a solution, experts warn. Dr Glynn Percival, manager of the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory at the University of Reading, said: “I don’t think the prognosis is good at all, unless we find something to control the leaf miner. In trees that have leaf miner we do get an increase in the severity of bleeding canker because they have so little energy to defend themselves.”
He continues: “Our research shows trees without leaf miner produce conkers twice the weight of those with – 8g against 4g, which is a 50 per cent drop. We planted them out and the 4g conker germination rate is lower and the vigour is lower. There’s a definite knock-on effect, our data shows. The affected trees’ conkers are smaller and they have less vigour when germinating because of leaf miner.”
“Horse chestnuts have got maybe another five years unless we get these issues under control. The trees are living off their own natural resources. They’re brown and crispy when everything else is green. No energy is being produced.” He said his research shows that honey fungus is also attacking stressed trees, killing them off quicker.
I’ve had this image sitting on the shelf for a while now. I had a theme in mind when I set up the shot but there is something about this image that has just not been working for me.
I like the colours in the sky. I like the smooth but slightly rippled finish on the water. I even like the turbines and I’ve deliberately kept in the power masts and the stacks from the refinery over the hill but I can’t get my head around that grungy mess of a pier. I’m so accustomed to trying to keep all the elements in an image balanced and appealing, like a good landscape should be, that this just doesn't seem right but you know if you change your perspective then interesting can work too. I started to think about the juxtaposition of the beautiful colour of the sky and water being put in comparison to the desolation of the broken pier. If you think about the image as an impression of industrial decay amidst the beauty of nature then I begin to see the appeal.
Please feel free to give me some feedback if you think the combination works or is just a bunch of pretentious crap. I’m thick skinned and I won’t be upset if you want to be honest. Well, hopefully not too upset…
Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent reason of dementia that has inflicted an approximate 5.3 million individuals in the United States.
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In addition to the Langevin Bridge, the Calgary Tower was also lit in the color of lime green. This too was to bring awareness to the plight of those with Lyme disease.
Many ask me, "if the city is willing to light these structures in green in recognition of the disease, how is it that many doctors in Calgary say it does not exist? After that question, you begin to understand our frustration. As well, it is now a law in Canada, bill C442 thanks to MLA, Heather May.
My poor lovely Audrey. Although the disease was first spotted in Pedigree dolls, and was named'Pedigree Doll Disease' it was soon noted that the condition could affect other makes of hard plastic doll and the name was changed to 'hard plastic disease' (HPD).
Although relatively rare, collectors of hard plastic dolls must be aware of the condition and be alert for early symptoms. There are several theories as to the reason the dolls can develop this condition - a reaction of metal to plastic, due to rusting of the metal eye pieces or joining rods, poor storage conditions - a damp loft or warm, moist conditions, high humidity or being stored in a plastic bag.
Symptoms of HPD include indication a smell of vinegar or acetone, small vertical lines around the nose, roughening around the wrists, noticeable loss of colour - especially in a limb, pink or red blotches on the head, small bumps. Eventually the doll will warp, white crusty patches appearing on the surface of the plastic and the the doll will ooze a brown liquid. The plastic is literally dissolving.
The doll must be isolated from other plastic dolls as the disease can spread.
So that is why Audrey stands in a broken mug in the corner, hidden from others by a large dolls house. She holds too many memories for me to part with her - my Dear Grandma bought her for me from a Scouts Jumble Sale in the early 60s - and I played with her for hours as I did all my dolls. Audrey was such a delight - shy but very sensible and everyone loved her. I still love her! I last posted photos of Audrey on Flickr 12 years ago - she had HPD then - so it’s taken some time for her to reach this stage. I think I’ll gently give her a wash and see how much longer she lasts. Unfortunately I am of guilty of keeping her for too long in the attic with extreme changes in temperature. Luckily the disease hasn’t passed to my other hard plastic doll, Sarah Jane.
We're still treating Darla's kidney disease with subcutaneious fluids and a special diet. Although she doesn't look too happy here, she is doing fantastic. The strange thing is that Darla has never been that interested in any kind of food but I don't know if its the fluids or the special diet, but she's the first one running to the bowl lately.
My mom has Alzheimer's Disease. Today she was sad, I think. I'm not sure where she was at the time; maybe lost! She came back to us before we had to leave, and had a smile on her face when we told her we would be back soon. Please support Alzheimer's Research if you are able. Too late for my mom, but hopefully will save someone else's in the future. Love you MOM!
De trein beklimt de hoogste berg van het Harz gebergte in Duitsland. Wat opvalt zijn de dode bomen die zijn aangetast door de schorskever, wat een grote ramp is geworden voor dat gebied.
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A railway route between Burma and Thailand was by the British government considered too difficult to undertake. But in early 1942, Japanese forces invaded Burma and seized control of the colony from the United Kingdom. To supply their forces in Burma, the Japanese began the railway project of 415 km through hilly jungle terrain divided by many rivers. Beter known as Death Railway in Thailand which was built with forced labour by prisoners of war during the Second World War. The pass is noted for the harsh conditions and heavy loss of life. Soldiers were forced to remove the rock using no more than picks, hammers and their bare hands. Hellfire Pass is so called because the sight of starved prisoners labouring at night by torchlight was said to resemble a scene from Hell. Hellfire Pass was a particularly difficult section of the line to build. It was the largest rock cutting on the railway, coupled with its general remoteness and the lack of proper construction tools during building. The Australian, British, Dutch and other Prisoners of War were required by the Japanese to work 18 hours a day to complete the cutting. Sixty nine men were beaten to death by Japanese guards in the six weeks it took to build the cutting, and many more died from cholera, dysentery, starvation, and exhaustion. More than 16,000 enslaved British, Dutch, Australian and American POWs perished at these sites. More than 90,000 Asians also died from starvation and disease during their forced labor, according to the United Kingdom's Forces War Records. At the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum the highly recommended portable audio headset includes the voices of survivors who describe atrocities they endured, which you can listen to while wandering between Hellfire Pass's stone walls. On the way back I stopped at the Sai Yok Noi Falls, not for the falls, but for the original steam train. It was well hidden. An old steam train that is resting here. Retired Japanese steam train no. 702 build in 1935 by Mitsubishi.
Kanchanaburi is home to the famous Bridge on the River Kwai. During WW II, Japan constructed the meter-gauge railway line from Thailand to Burma. The line passing through the scenic Three Pagodas Pass runs for 415 km. This is now known as the Death Railway. At Sai Yok Noi waterfall stands a spirit house and State Railway Steam Train 702, built by Mitsubishi in 1935 and was sold to the Thai Government at the end of WW II. This was part of a package of one and half million pounds for the track and rolling stock seized from the Japanese Army. The State Railway of Thailand still has in working condition seven of the original steam trains which are used every Saturday and Sunday for special trips from the River Kwai Bridge to Nam Tok.
Verreweg het meest indrukwekkende oorlogs monument in Kanchanaburi. Hellfire pass is de naam van een berg doorgang voor het dodenspoor tussen Thailand en Birma, het is berucht vanwege de vele gestorven krijgsgevangenen op deze moeilijke locatie. De pas is aangelegd door de geallieerde krijgsgevangen in 1943 tijdens de 2de wereld oorlog. Het werken in de nacht bij het licht van de kampvuren gaf deze pas de naam Helffire pass, de pas van het hellevuur. Het is gelegen in een stuk met dichte bebossing. Langs een stuk van 4 kilometer kunnen bezoekers een voorstelling maken van de omstandigheden waarin de pas is aangelegd. De pas is ca 500m lang en 26m diep. De pas is in 6 weken aangelegd door de krijgsgevangen met behulp van simpele gereedschappen zoals handboren, houwelen, manden en schoppen. De totale lente van de Dodenspoorlijn ook wel Birmaspoorweg is 415km. Tijdens de aanleg stierven per dag gemiddeld 75 arbeiders; 16.000 krijgsgevangenen stierven aan uitputting, ziekte en ondervoeding. Onder hen waren 7.000 Britten, 4 500 Australiërs, 131 Amerikanen en bijna 3.000 Nederlanders. Ook stierven er meer dan 90.000 Aziatische dwangarbeiders en arbeiders bij de aanleg door het moeilijke gebied. Het museum is zeer interessant. Sterk aanbevolen is de draagbare audio headset, deze bevat de stemmen van overlevenden die vertelen over de gruweldaden. Hoe ze deze hebben doorstaan. Een bijzondere ervaring wanneer je zelf loopt door deze Hellfire pass. Foto van de Brug over de rivier de Kwai. Deze brug is in het Westen vooral bekend van de speelfilm The Bridge on the River Kwai. De opnamen werden echter niet hier gemaakt, en het verhaal is slechts losjes op de werkelijkheid gebaseerd. Echter, bij de constructie van de brug zelf vielen relatief weinig doden (negen). De huidige brug is het originele exemplaar. In de jaren 80 heeft de toenmalige Nederlandse kroonprins Willem-Alexander een bezoek gebracht aan deze brug. Bij de Sai Yoi Noi waterval staat een Staatsspoorwegen Stoomtrein nr. 702, gebouwd door Mitsubishi in 1935 en werd verkocht aan de Thaise regering aan het einde van WO II. Dit was onderdeel van een pakket van anderhalf miljoen pond voor het spoor en het rollend materieel in beslag genomen door het Japanse leger. De Thaise Staatsspoorwegen heeft nog zeven werkende oorspronkelijke stoomtreinen die elke zaterdag en zondag gebruikt worden voor speciale reizen van de River Kwai Bridge naar de waterval.